Birthdays In History 1907

1907 Kinue Hitomi Japanese sprinter and long jumper (d. 1931)

1907 Volmari Iso-Hollo Finnish athlete (d. 1969)

1907 Gordon Kidd Teal American engineer and inventor (d. 2003)

1907 Pierre Mendès France French lawyer and politician 142nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1982)

1907 Abraham Joshua Heschel Polish-American rabbi theologian and philosopher (d. 1972)

1907 Georges-Émile Lapalme Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 1985)

1907 Janusz Kusociński Polish runner and soldier (d. 1940)

1907 Alexander Knox Canadian-English actor and screenwriter (d. 1995)

1907 Paul Nitze American banker and politician tenth United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2004)

1907 Henk Badings Indonesian-Dutch composer and engineer (d. 1987)

1907 Alfred Wainwright British fellwalker guidebook author and illustrator (d. 1991)

1907 János Ferencsik Hungarian conductor (d. 1984)

1907 Briggs Cunningham American race car driver sailor and businessman (d. 2003)

1907 Paula Wessely Austrian actress and producer (d. 2000)

1907 Carlo Cavagnoli Italian boxer (d. 1991)

1907 Douglas Corrigan American pilot and engineer (d. 1995)

1907 Dixie Dean English footballer (d. 1980)

1907 Dan Duryea American actor and singer (d. 1968)

1907 Hideki Yukawa Japanese physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)

1907 Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu fourth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 1979)

1907 Maurice Couve de Murville French soldier and politician Prime Minister of France (d. 1999)

1907 Jean Daetwyler Swiss composer and musician (d. 1994)

1907 Dimitrios Holevas Greek priest and philologist (d. 2001)

1907 James A. Michener American author and philanthropist (d. 1997)

1907 Birgit Dalland Norwegian politician (d. 2007)

1907 Pierre Pflimlin French politician Prime Minister of France (d. 2000)

1907 Trường Chinh Vietnamese politician 4th President of Vietnam (d. 1988)

1907 Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter English-Canadian mathematician and academic (d. 2003)

1907 Anthony Cottrell New Zealand rugby player (d. 1988)

1907 Katy de la Cruz Filipino-American singer and actress (d. 2004)

1907 Jean Langlais French organist and composer (d. 1991)

1907 W. H. Auden British-American poet playwright and composer (d. 1973)

1907 Sheldon Leonard American actor director and producer (d. 1997)

1907 Robert Young American actor (d. 1998)

1907 Sabahattin Ali Turkish journalist author and poet (d. 1948)

1907 Momčilo Đujić Serbian-American priest and commander (d. 1999)

1907 Milton Caniff American cartoonist (d. 1988)

1907 Edgar Barrier American actor (d. 1964)

1907 Konstantinos Karamanlis Greek lawyer and politician President of Greece (d. 1998)

1907 Jessie Matthews English actress singer and dancer (d. 1981)

1907 Dorrit Hoffleit American astronomer and academic (d. 2007)

1907 Dorothy Tangney Australian politician (d. 1985)

1907 Zarah Leander Swedish actress and singer (d. 1981)

1907 Jean Van Houtte Belgian academic and politician 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (d. 1991)

1907 Takeo Miki Japanese politician 41st Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1988)

1907 John Zachary Young English zoologist and neurophysiologist (d. 1997)

1907 Hugh MacLennan Canadian author and educator (d. 1990)

1907 Zoltán Kemény Hungarian sculptor (d. 1965)

1907 James M. Gavin American general and diplomat United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990)

1907 Daniel Bovet Swiss-Italian pharmacologist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1992)

1907 Azellus Denis Canadian lawyer and politician Postmaster General of Canada (d. 1991)

1907 Mahadevi Varma Indian poet and activist (d. 1987)

1907 Irving Paul Lazar American lawyer and talent agent (d. 1993)

1907 Braguinha Brazilian singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2006)

1907 Friedrich August Freiherr von der Heydte German general (d. 1994)

1907 Shivakumara Swami Indian religious leader and philanthropist (d. 2019)

1907 Harald Andersson American-Swedish discus thrower (d. 1985)

1907 Luke Appling American baseball player and manager (d. 1991)

1907 Robert Askin Australian sergeant and politician 32nd Premier of New South Wales (d. 1981)

1907 Sanya Dharmasakti Thai jurist (d. 2002)

1907 Paul Douglas American actor (d. 1959)

1907 Zawgyi Burmese poet author literary historian critic scholar and academic (d. 1990)

1907 Felix de Weldon Austrian-American sculptor designed the Marine Corps War Memorial (d. 2003)

1907 Harold Stassen American lawyer and politician 25th Governor of Minnesota (d. 2001)

1907 Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canadian inventor and businessman founded Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964)

1907 August Eigruber Austrian-German politician (d. 1947)

1907 Miklós Rózsa Hungarian-American composer and conductor (d. 1995)

1907 Lee Miller American model and photographer (d. 1977)

1907 Fritz Wotruba Austrian sculptor designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975)

1907 Gabriel Figueroa Mexican cinematographer (d. 1997)

1907 Ilias Tsirimokos Greek politician Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1968)

1907 Fred Zinnemann Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)

1907 Hayes Alvis American bassist (d. 1972)

1907 Kate Smith American singer and actress (d. 1986)

1907 Pinky Lee American comedian and television host (d. 1993)

1907 Lincoln Kirstein American soldier and playwright co-founded the New York City Ballet (d. 1996)

1907 Walter Walsh American target shooter and FBI agent (d. 2014)

1907 Daryna Dmytrivna Polotniuk Bukovinian (Ukrainian) journalist and author (d. 1982)

1907 Peter Barnes Executed Irish Republican (d. 1940)

1907 Weeb Ewbank American football player and coach (d. 1998)

1907 Rip Sewell American baseball player and coach (d. 1989)

1907 Leslie Charteris English author and screenwriter (d. 1993)

1907 Daphne du Maurier English novelist and playwright (d. 1989)

1907 Ayub Khan Pakistani general and politician 2nd President of Pakistan (d. 1974)

1907 Hans von der Groeben German journalist and diplomat (d. 2005)

1907 Sukhdev Thapar Indian activist (d. 1931)

1907 Bob Tisdall Irish hurdler (d. 2004)

1907 Carl Mydans American photographer and journalist (d. 2004)

1907 John C. Allen American roller coaster designer (d. 1979)

1907 U Nu Burmese politician 1st Prime Minister of Burma (d. 1995)

1907 Jean Bernard French physician and haematologist (d. 2006)

1907 Nicolas Calas Greek-American poet and critic (d. 1988)

1907 Hartland Molson Canadian captain and politician (d. 2002)

1907 Germaine Tillion French anthropologist and academic (d. 2008)

1907 Dorothy West American journalist and author (d. 1998)

1907 John Lehmann English poet and publisher (d. 1987)

1907 Paul Rotha English director and producer (d. 1984)

1907 Jacques Roumain Haitian journalist and politician (d. 1944)

1907 Rosalind Russell American actress (d. 1976)

1907 Patience Strong English poet and journalist (d. 1990)

1907 Bill Dickey American baseball player and manager who played in eight World Series winning seven (d. 1993)

1907 Sigvard Bernadotte Count of Wisborg (d. 2002)

1907 Fairfield Porter American painter and critic (d. 1975)

1907 Dicky Wells American jazz trombonist (d. 1985)

1907 Nicolas Bentley English author and illustrator (d. 1978)

1907 René Char French poet and author (d. 1988)

1907 James Robertson Justice English actor and educator (d. 1975)

1907 Jack Albertson American actor (d. 1981)

1907 Maurice Cloche French director producer and screenwriter (d. 1990)

1907 Frithjof Schuon Swiss-American metaphysicist philosopher and author (d. 1998)

1907 Clarence Wiseman Canadian 10th General of the Salvation Army (d. 1985)

1907 Jimmy Driftwood American singer-songwriter and banjo player (d. 1998)

1907 Eriks Ādamsons Latvian writer poet and novelist (d. 1946)

1907 Dercy Gonçalves Brazilian actress and singer (d. 2008)

1907 James Meade English economist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995)

1907 Arseny Tarkovsky Russian poet and translator (d. 1989)

1907 J. Hans D. Jensen German physicist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)

1907 Debs Garms American baseball player (d. 1984)

1907 John McIntire American actor (d. 1991)

1907 Jimmy Mundy American saxophonist and composer (d. 1983)

1907 Yvonne Sylvain First female Haitian physician (d. 1989)

1907 Roman Shukhevych Ukrainian general and politician (d. 1950)

1907 Norman Pirie Scottish-English biochemist and virologist (d. 1997)

1907 John Anderson American discus thrower (d. 1948)

1907 Howard Taubman American author and critic (d. 1996)

1907 George Stanley Canadian soldier historian and author designed the flag of Canada (d. 2002)

1907 Robert A. Heinlein American science fiction writer and screenwriter (d. 1988)

1907 George W. Romney American businessman and politician 43rd Governor of Michigan (d. 1995)

1907 Eddie Dean American singer-songwriter (d. 1999)

1907 Blind Boy Fuller American singer and guitarist (d. 1941)

1907 George Weller American author playwright and journalist (d. 2002)

1907 Chico Landi Brazilian racing driver (d. 1989)

1907 Isabel Jewell American actress (d. 1972)

1907 Ross Alexander American stage and film actor (d. 1937)

1907 Carl McClellan Hill American educator and academic administrator (d. 1995)

1907 Irene Fischer Austrian-American geodesist and mathematician (d. 2009)

1907 Earl Tupper American inventor and businessman founded Tupperware Brands (d. 1983)

1907 Melvin Belli American lawyer (d. 1996)

1907 Eric Shipton Sri Lankan-English mountaineer and explorer (d. 1977)

1907 Mary Hamman American journalist and author (d. 1984)

1907 Lawrence Brown American trombonist and composer (d. 1988)

1907 Ernesto Geisel Brazilian general and politician 29th President of Brazil (d. 1996)

1907 Yang Shangkun Chinese politician and 4th President of China (d.1998)

1907 Albert Kotin Belarusian-American soldier and painter (d. 1980)

1907 Benny Carter American saxophonist trumpet player and composer (d. 2003)

1907 Su Yu Chinese general and politician (d. 1984)

1907 Ted a'Beckett Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)

1907 Gladys Bentley American blues singer (d. 1960)

1907 Joe Besser American actor (d. 1988)

1907 Boy Charlton Australian swimmer (d. 1975)

1907 Benjamin Sheares Singaporean physician and politician 2nd President of Singapore (d. 1981)

1907 Basil Spence Scottish architect designed Coventry Cathedral (d. 1976)

1907 Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Indian historian author and scholar (d. 1979)

1907 P. Jeevanandham Indian lawyer and politician (d. 1963)

1907 Bruno Giacometti Swiss architect designed the Hallenstadion (d. 2012)

1907 Leonor Fini Argentinian painter illustrator and author (d. 1996)

1907 Bertha Parker Pallan American archaeologist (d. 1978)

1907 John Mauchly American physicist and co-founder of the first computer company (d. 1980)

1907 Valter Biiber Estonian footballer (d. 1977)

1907 Augustus F. Hawkins American lawyer and politician (d. 2007)

1907 William Shawn American journalist (d. 1992)

1907 Altiero Spinelli Italian theorist and politician (d. 1986)

1907 Gil Puyat Filipino businessman and politician (d. 1981)

1907 Pertev Naili Boratav Turkish author and educator (d. 1998)

1907 Loren Eiseley American anthropologist philosopher and author (d. 1977)

1907 Reggie Nalder Austrian-American actor (d. 1991)

1907 Ahmed Adnan Saygun Turkish composer and musicologist (d. 1991)

1907 William Wentworth Australian economist and politician 11th Australian Minister for Human Services (d. 2003)

1907 Leon Edel American author and critic (d. 1997)

1907 Alva R. Fitch American general (d. 1989)

1907 Dorothy Hill Australian geologist and palaeontologist (d. 1997)

1907 Lev Oborin Russian pianist and educator (d. 1974)

1907 Louis MacNeice Irish poet and playwright (d. 1963)

1907 Yuri Ivask Russian-American poet and critic (d. 1986)

1907 Gunnar Ekelöf Swedish poet and author (d. 1968)

1907 Fay Wray Canadian-American actress (d. 2004)

1907 Warren E. Burger American lawyer and judge 15th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1995)

1907 Leon Askin Austrian actor (d. 2005)

1907 Edwin McMillan American physicist and chemist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1991)

1907 Lewis F. Powell Jr. American lawyer and jurist (d. 1998)

1907 Maurice Blanchot French philosopher and author (d. 2003)

1907 Philip Fotheringham-Parker English race car driver (d. 1981)

1907 Hermann Schlichting German engineer and academic (d. 1982)

1907 Tiny Bradshaw American singer-songwriter and pianist (d. 1958)

1907 Anne Desclos French journalist and author (d. 1998)

1907 Duarte Nuno Duke of Braganza (d. 1976)

1907 Ben Oakland American pianist composer and songwriter (d. 1979)

1907 Anthony Blunt English historian and spy (d. 1983)

1907 Shug Fisher American singer-songwriter musician actor and comedian (d. 1984)

1907 Bep van Klaveren Dutch boxer (d. 1992)

1907 Bernard Miles English actor director producer and screenwriter (d. 1991)

1907 Bhagat Singh Indian socialist revolutionary (disputed with 28 September) (d. 1931)

1907 Heikki Savolainen Finnish gymnast and physician (d. 1997)

1907 Gene Autry American singer actor and businessman (d. 1998)

1907 George W. Jenkins American businessman founded Publix (d. 1996)

1907 Maurice Bardèche French journalist author and critic (d. 1998)

1907 Ödön Pártos Hungarian-Israeli viola player and composer (d. 1977)

1907 Víctor Paz Estenssoro Bolivian politician President of Bolivia (d. 2001)

1907 Alexander R. Todd Scottish biochemist and academic Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1997)

1907 Alain Daniélou French-Swiss historian and academic (d. 1994)

1907 Mrs. Miller American novelty singer (d. 1997)

1907 Ragnar Nurkse Estonian-American economist and academic (d. 1959)

1907 Helen MacInnes Scottish-American librarian and author (d. 1985)

1907 Richard Sharpe Shaver American author and illustrator (d. 1975)

1907 Quintin Hogg Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone English academic and politician Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain (d. 2001)

1907 Jacques Tati French actor director and screenwriter (d. 1982)

1907 Horst Wessel German SA officer (d. 1930)

1907 Allan Jones American actor and singer (d. 1992)

1907 Varian Fry American journalist and author (d. 1967)

1907 Richard Titmuss English sociologist and academic (d. 1973)

1907 John Marley American actor (d. 1984)

1907 Roger Wolfe Kahn American bandleader and composer (d. 1962)

1907 Arlene Francis American actress and television personality (d. 2001)

1907 Nikos Engonopoulos Greek painter and poet (d. 1985)

1907 Günther Treptow German tenor (d. 1981)

1907 Patricia Griffin Montserratian nurse and social worker (d. 1986)

1907 John Hewitt Irish poet playwright and critic (d. 1987)

1907 Edwige Feuillère French actress (d. 1998)

1907 Sol Tax American anthropologist and academic (d. 1995)

1907 Edgar Sampson American musician and composer (d. 1973)

1907 Maxie Rosenbloom American boxer (d. 1976)

1907 John Moore English activist and author (d. 1967)

1907 Orestis Laskos Greek director screenwriter and poet (d. 1992)

1907 Howard W. Hunter American religious leader 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (d. 1995)

1907 Astrid Lindgren Swedish author and screenwriter (d. 2002)

1907 William Steig American author illustrator and sculptor (d. 2003)

1907 Claus von Stauffenberg German colonel (d. 1944)

1907 Israel Regardie English occultist and author (d. 1985)

1907 Gustav Nezval Czech actor (d. 1998)

1907 Compay Segundo Cuban singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)

1907 Jack Schaefer American author (d. 1991)

1907 Hans Liska Austrian-German artist (d. 1983)

1907 Fran Allison American entertainer (d. 1989)

1907 Mihai Beniuc Romanian writer (d. 1988)

1907 Henri-Georges Clouzot French film director screenwriter and producer (d. 1977)

1907 Anni Rehborn German swimmer (d. 1987)

1907 Buck Ram American songwriter and music producer (d. 1991)

1907 Lars Leksell Swedish physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1986)

1907 Run Run Shaw Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (d. 2014)

1907 John Stuart Hindmarsh English race car driver and pilot (d. 1938)

1907 Ruth Patrick American botanist (d. 2013)

1907 Harivansh Rai Bachchan Indian poet and author (d. 2003)

1907 L. Sprague de Camp American historian and author (d. 2000)

1907 Rose Bampton American soprano and educator (d. 2007)

1907 Alberto Moravia Italian journalist and author (d. 1990)

1907 Jacques Barzun French-American historian and author (d. 2012)

1907 Connee Boswell American jazz singer (d. 1976)

1907 Lin Biao Chinese general and politician 2nd Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1971)

1907 Giuseppe Occhialini Italian-French physicist and academic (d. 1993)

1907 John Barkley Rosser Sr. American logician (d. 1989)

1907 Fred Rose Polish-Canadian politician and spy (d. 1983)

1907 Rumer Godden English author and poet (d. 1998)

1907 Lucien Laurent French footballer and coach (d. 2005)

1907 Amedeo Nazzari Italian actor (d. 1979)

1907 Roy Douglas English pianist and composer (d. 2015)

1907 Gordon Douglas American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1993)

1907 Barbara Kent Canadian-born American film actress (d. 2011)

1907 Bill Holland American race car driver (d. 1984)

1907 Lawrence Lucie American guitarist and educator (d. 2009)

1907 Jimmy McLarnin Irish-American boxer actor and golfer (d. 2004)

1907 Paul Francis Webster American soldier and songwriter (d. 1984)

1907 Peggy Ashcroft English actress (d. 1991)

1907 Manuel Lopes Cape Verdean author and poet (d. 2005)

1907 James Roosevelt American general and politician (d. 1991)

1907 Avraham Stern Polish Zionist leader (d. 1942)

1907 I. F. Stone American journalist and author (d. 1989)

1907 Mike Mazurki Ukrainian-American wrestler and actor (d. 1990)

1907 Glenn McCarthy American businessman founded the Shamrock Hotel (d. 1988)

1907 Albert Gore Sr. American lawyer and politician (d. 1998)

1907 Asaf Halet Çelebi Turkish poet (d. 1958)

1907 Sebastian Haffner German journalist and author (d. 1999)

1907 Mary Howard English author (d. 1991)

1907 Conrad L. Raiford American baseball player and activist (d. 2002)

1907 Willem van Otterloo Dutch conductor and composer (d. 1978)

1907 Ze'ev Ben-Haim Ukrainian-Israeli linguist and academic (d. 2013)

1907 Günter Eich German author and songwriter (d. 1972)

1907 Camargo Guarnieri Brazilian pianist and composer (d. 1993)

1907 Joseph Kearns American actor (d. 1962)

1907 Paul Sauvé Canadian lawyer and politician 17th Premier of Quebec (d. 1960)

1907 Weary Dunlop Australian colonel and surgeon (d. 1993)

1907 Frances Horwich American educator and television host (d. 2001)

1907 Barbara Stanwyck American actress (d. 1990)

1907 Jan Patočka Czech philosopher (d. 1977)

1907 Frank Whittle English airman and engineer developed the jet engine (d. 1996)

1907 Irene Hunt American author and educator (d. 2001)

1907 Jackie Grant Trinidadian cricketer (d. 1978)

1907 Kathryn Kuhlman American evangelist and author (d. 1976)

1907 Baldur von Schirach German politician (d. 1974)

1907 Augoustinos Kantiotes Greek bishop (d. 2010)

1907 Nikolaas Tinbergen Dutch-English ethologist and ornithologist Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)

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