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Born in 1908

1,139 people in this dataset · ordered by Wikipedia popularity

  1. John Hench

    production designer, background artist

    1908–2004 · aged 95

    June 29 · 1908

    Source: Who's Who in Animated Cartoon

  2. Tadeusz Pankiewicz*

    pharmacist

    Date disputed

    November 21 · 1908

    Source: The Righteous Among the Nations Database

  3. Kočo Racin

    poet, opinion journalist

    1908–1943 · aged 34

    December 22 · 1908

    Source: Discogs

  4. Mario Evaristo

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–1993 · aged 84

    December 10 · 1908

    Source: FBref

  5. Buddhadeb Bose

    poet, writer

    1908–1974 · aged 65

    November 30 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  6. Max Grundig

    Retail Merchant, entrepreneur

    1908–1989 · aged 81

    May 7 · 1908

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  7. Walter Bruch

    engineer, inventor

    1908–1990 · aged 82

    March 2 · 1908

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  8. Marcel Langiller

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–1980

    June 2 · 1908

    Source: GeneaStar

  9. Victor Pasmore

    illustrator, architect

    1908–1998 · aged 89

    December 3 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  10. Frank G. Slaughter

    physician, physicist

    1908–2001 · aged 93

    February 25 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  11. Inez Courtney

    actor, stage actor

    1908–1975 · aged 67

    March 12 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  12. Hot Lips Page

    musician, singer

    1908–1954 · aged 46

    January 27 · 1908

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  13. Rita Angus

    printmaker, painter

    1908–1970 · aged 61

    March 12 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  14. Kazuo Hasegawa

    director, actor

    1908–1984 · aged 76

    February 27 · 1908

    Source: Find a Grave

  15. Helmut Käutner

    film director, screenwriter

    1908–1980 · aged 72

    March 25 · 1908

    Source: filmportal.de

  16. George Devereux

    anthropologist, poet

    1908–1985 · aged 76

    September 13 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  17. Shamus Culhane

    animator, director

    1908–1996 · aged 87

    November 12 · 1908

    Source: Who's Who in Animated Cartoon

  18. Pál Titkos

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–1988 · aged 80

    January 8 · 1908

    Source: FBref

  19. Giacomo Manzù

    theatre designer, sculptor

    1908–1991 · aged 82

    December 22 · 1908

    Source: Enciclopédia Itaú Cultural

  20. Henry H. Fowler

    jurist, secretary of state

    1908–2000 · aged 91

    September 5 · 1908

    Source: Encyclopædia Britannica Online

  21. Chu Berry

    saxophonist, jazz musician

    1908–1941 · aged 33

    September 13 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  22. Albert Isaac Bezzerides

    actor, screenwriter

    1908–2007 · aged 98

    August 9 · 1908

    Source: Find a Grave

  23. Zhang Aiping

    military personnel, politician

    1908–2003 · aged 95

    January 9 · 1908

    No external source identified

  24. František Kriegel

    politician, physician

    1908–1979

    April 10 · 1908

    Source: Czech National Authority Database

  25. Boris Polevoy

    journalist, writer

    1908–1981

    March 17 · 1908

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  26. Bronisława Wajs

    singer, poet

    1908–1987 · aged 78

    August 17 · 1908

    Source: gorzow.wyborcza.pl

  27. Abdurakhman Avtorkhanov*

    history, historian

    Date disputed

    October 25 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  28. Tullio Pinelli

    playwright, writer

    1908–2009 · aged 100

    June 24 · 1908

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  29. Robert Bernardis

    resistance fighter, military officer

    1908–1944 · aged 36

    August 7 · 1908

    No external source identified

  30. Lya Lys

    actor, film actor

    1908–1986 · aged 78

    May 18 · 1908

    Source: IMDb

  31. Geirr Tveitt

    composer, classical pianist

    1908–1981 · aged 72

    October 19 · 1908

    Source: Hvem er Hvem? (1973)

  32. William Ling

    association football referee

    1908–1984 · aged 75

    August 1 · 1908

    No external source identified

  33. Warren P. Knowles

    military officer, politician

    1908–1993 · aged 84

    August 19 · 1908

    Source: Find a Grave

  34. Pat Frank*

    novelist, writer

    Date disputed

    May 5 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  35. George M. McCune

    linguist

    1908–1948 · aged 40

    June 16 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  36. Frank Stanton

    businessperson, journalist

    1908–2006 · aged 98

    March 20 · 1908

    Source: Croatian Encyclopedia

  37. Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub

    politician, poet

    1908–1976 · aged 68

    May 17 · 1908

    No external source identified

  38. Nicolás Lindley López

    politician, military officer

    1908–1995 · aged 86

    November 16 · 1908

    No external source identified

  39. Joseph Keilberth

    music director, general music director

    1908–1968 · aged 60

    April 19 · 1908

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  40. Maximos V Hakim

    Catholic bishop, Catholic priest

    1908–2001

    May 18 · 1908

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  41. Alexei Ivanovich Hegay

    politician

    1908–1953 · aged 45

    March 18 · 1908

    No external source identified

  42. Paul Wegener

    politician

    1908–1993 · aged 84

    October 1 · 1908

    Source: Munzinger Personen

  43. Hugo Distler

    university teacher, organist

    1908–1942 · aged 34

    June 24 · 1908

    Source: Discogs

  44. Jacques Herbrand

    mathematician, philosopher

    1908–1931 · aged 23

    February 12 · 1908

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  45. Gus Schilling

    stage actor, film actor

    1908–1957 · aged 48

    June 20 · 1908

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  46. Mir Jalal Pashayev

    short story writer, translator

    1908–1978

    April 26 · 1908

    Source: The Fine Art Archive

  47. José Antonio Remón Cantera

    politician, police officer

    1908–1955 · aged 46

    April 11 · 1908

    No external source identified

  48. Amir Elahi

    cricketer

    1908–1980 · aged 72

    September 1 · 1908

    No external source identified

  49. Juan Botasso

    association football player

    1908–1950

    October 23 · 1908

    Source: Argentine Soccer Database

  50. Tommaso Landolfi

    literary scholar, novelist

    1908–1979 · aged 70

    August 9 · 1908

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  51. Luis Regueiro

    association football player, association football coach

    1908–1995 · aged 87

    July 1 · 1908

    Source: Spanish Biographical Dictionary

  52. Gim Yujeong

    novelist, writer

    1908–1937 · aged 29

    January 11 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  53. Toto Koopman

    spy, gallerist

    1908–1991 · aged 82

    October 28 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  54. Sergey Urusevsky

    screenwriter, camera operator

    1908–1974 · aged 65

    December 23 · 1908

    No external source identified

  55. Kazuo Miyagawa

    cinematographer, camera operator

    1908–1999 · aged 91

    February 25 · 1908

    No external source identified

  56. Abdulla Aliş

    children's writer, writer

    1908–1944 · aged 35

    September 15 · 1908

    No external source identified

  57. André Martinet

    university teacher, linguist

    1908–1999 · aged 91

    April 12 · 1908

    Source: Babelio

  58. Marina Semyonova*

    ballerina, ballet teacher

    Date disputed

    May 30 · 1908

    No external source identified

  59. Nicholas Kurti

    physicist, university teacher

    1908–1998 · aged 90

    May 14 · 1908

    No external source identified

  60. Alfred Eisenbeisser

    association football coach, figure skater

    1908–1991 · aged 83

    April 7 · 1908

    No external source identified

  61. Gotthard Handrick

    aircraft pilot, athlete

    1908–1978 · aged 69

    October 25 · 1908

    No external source identified

  62. Edmund MacDonald

    film actor, actor

    1908–1951 · aged 43

    May 7 · 1908

    Source: Find a Grave

  63. Sonja Graf

    chess player

    1908–1965 · aged 56

    December 16 · 1908

    No external source identified

  64. Antony Tudor

    dancer, ballet master

    1908–1987 · aged 79

    April 4 · 1908

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  65. Joseíto Fernández

    singer, poet

    1908–1979 · aged 71

    September 5 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  66. Guido Colonna di Paliano

    diplomat, politician

    1908–1982 · aged 73

    April 16 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  67. Hertha Thiele

    film actor, stage actor

    1908–1984 · aged 76

    May 8 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  68. Vladimir Kotelnikov

    engineer, astronomer

    1908–2005 · aged 96

    September 6 · 1908

    No external source identified

  69. Lauri Lehtinen

    athletics competitor, police officer

    1908–1973 · aged 65

    August 10 · 1908

    No external source identified

  70. Jean Bellette

    painter

    1908–1991 · aged 82

    March 25 · 1908

    Source: Australian Prints + Printmaking

  71. Paul Misraki*

    singer-songwriter, composer

    Date disputed

    January 8 · 1908

    No external source identified

  72. Gideon Ståhlberg

    chess player

    1908–1967 · aged 59

    January 26 · 1908

    Source: Dictionary of Swedish National Biography

  73. Helmut Thielicke

    writer, Protestant theologian

    1908–1986 · aged 77

    December 4 · 1908

    Source: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie

  74. Julian Scriabin

    pianist, composer

    1908–1919 · aged 11

    February 12 · 1908

    Source: Find a Grave

  75. Abdurrahman Baswedan

    journalist

    1908–1986

    September 9 · 1908

    No external source identified

  76. Ethel Catherwood

    high jumper, athletics competitor

    1908–1987 · aged 79

    April 28 · 1908

    No external source identified

  77. Ida Pollock

    short story writer, novelist

    1908–2013 · aged 105

    April 12 · 1908

    No external source identified

  78. Boris Rybakov

    professor, university teacher

    1908–2001 · aged 93

    June 3 · 1908

    Source: Great Russian Encyclopedia

  79. Charles L. Stevenson

    analytic philosopher, university teacher

    1908–1979

    June 27 · 1908

    Source: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

  80. Anne Anastasi

    psychologist, university teacher

    1908–2001 · aged 92

    December 19 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  81. Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling

    tennis player

    1908–1981 · aged 72

    March 26 · 1908

    Source: 100 years of Wimbledon

  82. Ernesto de Martino

    ethnologist, historian of religion

    1908–1965 · aged 56

    December 1 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  83. Siegfried Uiberreither

    politician, jurist

    1908–1984 · aged 76

    March 29 · 1908

    Source: The Hitler Book

  84. Kristjan Palusalu

    military personnel, amateur wrestler

    1908–1987 · aged 79

    March 10 · 1908

    Source: Biographical lexicon of Estonian sport

  85. Ray Heindorf

    film score composer, musician

    1908–1980 · aged 71

    August 25 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  86. Jack Hildyard

    cinematographer

    1908–1990 · aged 82

    March 17 · 1908

    Source: IMDb

  87. Elek Schwartz

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–2000 · aged 91

    October 23 · 1908

    No external source identified

  88. Arsène Heitz

    painter

    1908–1989 · aged 80

    September 20 · 1908

    Source: Fichier des personnes décédées

  89. Nikolai Patolichev

    writer, functionary

    1908–1989 · aged 81

    September 23 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  90. Nancy Hamilton

    film producer, stage actor

    1908–1985 · aged 76

    July 27 · 1908

    Source: asteria.fivecolleges.edu

  91. Klaus Patau

    human geneticist, geneticist

    1908–1975 · aged 67

    September 30 · 1908

    Source: gepris-historisch.dfg.de

  92. Rina Morelli

    stage actor, actor

    1908–1976 · aged 67

    November 24 · 1908

    Source: IMDb

  93. Mário Peixoto

    film director, poet

    1908–1992 · aged 83

    March 25 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  94. Ludwig Goldbrunner

    association football player, association football coach

    1908–1981 · aged 73

    March 5 · 1908

    Source: Discogs

  95. Olav Hauge

    fruit grower, translator

    1908–1994 · aged 85

    August 18 · 1908

    Source: Norsk biografisk leksikon

  96. Israel Yeshayahu

    politician

    1908–1979 · aged 71

    April 20 · 1908

    Source: knesset.gov.il

  97. Cyrus Herzl Gordon

    Semitist, orientalist

    1908–2001 · aged 92

    June 29 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  98. Marina Ladynina

    film actor, actor

    1908–2003

    June 24 · 1908

    No external source identified

  99. Robert Kent

    actor

    1908–1955 · aged 46

    December 3 · 1908

    Source: Find a Grave

  100. Miguel Otero Silva

    journalist, poet

    1908–1985 · aged 76

    October 26 · 1908

    Source: bibliofep.fundacionempresaspolar.org

  101. Dorothea Wieck

    stage actor, actor

    1908–1986 · aged 78

    January 3 · 1908

    Source: filmportal.de

  102. Phyllis Barry

    dancer, actor

    1908–1954 · aged 45

    December 7 · 1908

    Source: IMDb

  103. Mikayil Mushfig

    pedagogue, writer

    1908–1938

    June 5 · 1908

    No external source identified

  104. Fu Lei

    translator, literary critic

    1908–1966 · aged 58

    April 7 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  105. Phyllis Shand Allfrey*

    politician, political activist

    Date disputed

    October 24 · 1908

    Source: dom767.com

  106. Myra Adele Logan

    oncologist, physician

    1908–1977

    1908

    Source: The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science

  107. Ray Ventura

    musician, bandleader

    1908–1979

    April 16 · 1908

    Source: Discogs

  108. Mária Szepes

    film actor, children's writer

    1908–2007 · aged 98

    December 14 · 1908

    Source: Internet Speculative Fiction Database

  109. Karl Hohmann

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–1974

    June 18 · 1908

    Source: Transfermarkt

  110. Louis Essen

    inventor, cyclist

    1908–1997 · aged 88

    September 6 · 1908

    No external source identified

  111. Nobuo Nakamura

    actor

    1908–1991 · aged 82

    September 14 · 1908

    Source: mymovies.it

  112. Ella Lingens

    psychoanalyst, writer

    1908–2002 · aged 94

    November 18 · 1908

    Source: biografiA: Lexikon österreichischer Frauen

  113. J. A. Todd

    mathematician

    1908–1994 · aged 86

    August 23 · 1908

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  114. Panagiotis Charanis*

    university teacher, armenologist

    Date disputed

    1908

    Source: Find a Grave

  115. Edward V. Long

    politician

    1908–1972 · aged 64

    July 18 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  116. Arkhip Lyulka

    military flight engineer, design engineer

    1908–1984 · aged 76

    March 23 · 1908

    No external source identified

  117. Agustín Sauto Arana

    association football player

    1908–1986 · aged 78

    May 11 · 1908

    No external source identified

  118. Alejandro Villanueva

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–1944 · aged 35

    June 4 · 1908

    Source: elpopular.pe

  119. Alexei Kirichenko

    politician, official

    1908–1975

    February 25 · 1908

    Source: books.google.com.ar

  120. Alexander Mitscherlich

    actor, chemist

    1908–1982

    September 20 · 1908

    Source: filmportal.de

  121. Nina Quartero

    film actor, actor

    1908–1985 · aged 77

    March 17 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  122. Nazira Zain al-Din

    writer, feminist

    1908–1976

    1908

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  123. Antonio Castillo

    fashion designer, costume designer

    1908–1984 · aged 75

    December 13 · 1908

    Source: Internet Broadway Database

  124. Jackie Fields

    boxer

    1908–1987 · aged 79

    February 9 · 1908

    Source: tradingcarddb.com

  125. George Shevelov

    theatre critic, literary critic

    1908–2002 · aged 93

    December 17 · 1908

    Source: SNAC

  126. Theodore Samuel Motzkin

    mathematician

    1908–1970 · aged 62

    March 26 · 1908

    Source: MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

  127. Mark Krein

    university teacher, mathematician

    1908–1989 · aged 81

    April 28 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  128. Suleiman al-Nabulsi*

    economist, diplomat

    Date disputed

    1908

    Source: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology

  129. Jorge Oteiza

    sculptor, ceramicist

    1908–2003 · aged 94

    October 21 · 1908

    Source: RKDartists

  130. Abdul Rashid Khan

    singer, composer

    1908–2016 · aged 107

    August 19 · 1908

    Source: Discogs

  131. Eqrem Çabej

    university teacher, author

    1908–1980 · aged 72

    August 7 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  132. Tsendiin Damdinsüren

    writer, translator

    1908–1986 · aged 77

    September 14 · 1908

    Source: Integrated Authority File

  133. Luis de Souza Ferreira

    association football coach, association football player

    1908–2008 · aged 99

    October 6 · 1908

    Source: universitario.pe

  134. Jenő Vincze

    association football player, association football coach

    1908–1988 · aged 80

    November 20 · 1908

    Source: Transfermarkt

  135. Alexander Saburov

    politician

    1908–1974 · aged 65

    August 1 · 1908

    No external source identified

  136. Rostislav Plyatt

    actor, television actor

    1908–1989 · aged 80

    December 13 · 1908

    No external source identified

  137. Sutan Takdir Alisjahbana

    novelist, university teacher

    1908–1994

    February 11 · 1908

    Source: Proleksis Encyclopedia

  138. Sammy Price

    jazz musician, composer

    1908–1992 · aged 83

    October 6 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  139. Sulamith Messerer

    ballet teacher, dancer

    1908–2004 · aged 95

    August 27 · 1908

    No external source identified

  140. Pedro Arico Suárez

    association football player

    1908–1979 · aged 70

    June 5 · 1908

    Source: FBref

  141. Josef Kotin

    politician, engineer

    1908–1979 · aged 71

    March 10 · 1908

    Source: warheroes.ru

  142. Oskar Heil

    inventor, engineer

    1908–1994 · aged 86

    March 20 · 1908

    Source: gepris-historisch.dfg.de

  143. Bronisław Czech

    ski mountaineer, draftsperson

    1908–1944

    July 25 · 1908

    Source: Auschwitz Prisoners Database

  144. Son Ngoc Thanh

    jurist, politician

    1908–1977 · aged 68

    December 7 · 1908

    No external source identified

  145. Hans Jakob

    athlete, association football player

    1908–1994

    June 16 · 1908

    Source: Transfermarkt

  146. Tauno Palo

    singer, stage actor

    1908–1982 · aged 73

    October 25 · 1908

    Source: Biografiskt lexikon för Finland

  147. Gustav Jaenecke

    ice hockey player, tennis player

    1908–1985 · aged 77

    May 22 · 1908

    Source: Roglo

  148. Siddheshwari Devi

    singer

    1908–1977 · aged 68

    August 8 · 1908

    No external source identified

  149. Mário Rodrigues Filho

    sports journalist, writer

    1908–1966

    June 3 · 1908

    Source: BnF authorities

  150. Eufrosinia Kersnovskaya

    land owner, painter

    1908–1994 · aged 86

    January 8 · 1908

    No external source identified

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