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Notable Birthdays - 1886

1886Ty Cobb, Narrows Georgia, American baseball player, Colo, batted .367, stole 892 bases (Det Tigers)

1886Jim Barnes, Lelant Cornwall, English golfing pioneer (4 major wins)

1886George Mallory, England, mountain climber ("because it is there")

1886Diego Rivera, [Lenin of Mexico], Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, painter/wife of Frida Kahlo (En el Arsenal ), (d. 1957)

1886David Ben-Gurion, Plonsk Poland, 1st Prime Minister of Israel (1948-53, 55)

1886Joyce Kilmer, New Brunswick, New Jersey, poet (Trees), (d. 1918)

1886 Birthdays
Date Event
Jan 2
Moyshe Leyb Halpern, Galican/US poet (In New-York) 
Jan 2
Florence Lawrence, Canadian actress (d. 1938) 
Jan 2
Apsley Cherry-Garrard, English Antarctic explorer (d. 1959) 
Jan 2
Lupu Pick, Aus den Erinnerungen eines Frauenarztes - 2. Lüge und Wahrheit 
Jan 2
Elise Ottesen-Jensen, Girls Without Rooms 
Jan 2
Alfons Godard, Madonna in Ketten 
Jan 2
Eddie Seefeld, Die Goldfelder von Jacksonville 
Jan 3
Arthur Mailey, cricketer (great Aussie leg-spinner & cartoonist) 
Jan 3
John G Fletcher, US, poet (Epic of Arkansas) 
Jan 3
Josephine Hull, Newtonville MA, Academy award actress (Harvey) 
Jan 3
László Mihó, Kutya van a kertben 
Jan 3
Kurt Dürnhöfer, Last Stop 
Jan 6
Joaquín Coss, The Grey Automobile 
Jan 6
Ludovico Tomarchio, Swiss Miss 
Jan 6
Harry Wall, The Night Porter 
Jan 6
Jacques Guilhène, La bouquetière des innocents 
Jan 7
Fritz Zeckendorf, The Three Wishes 
Jan 7
Virginia Hudson Brightman, Teeth 
Jan 8
Noble Drew Ali, [Timothy Drew], NC, prophet (Moorish Science Temple) 
Jan 8
Stepan Shkurat, Earth 
Jan 8
Olga Gulazyan, Zare 
Jan 8
Frederic Blanchard, Man Hunt 
Jan 9
Bernard Gorcey, The Great Dictator 
Jan 9
Walter R. Brooks, The First Meeting 
Jan 9
Arthur 'Bugs' Baer, Headin' Home 
Jan 10
Jose Antonio de Donostia, composer 
Jan 11
George Zucco, England, actor (Adv of Sherlock Holmes, Capt Fury) 
Jan 11
George Zucco, Dead Men Walk 
Jan 11
Chester Conklin, Modern Times 
Jan 11
Warner Richmond, Child Bride 
Jan 11
Hamtree Harrington, The Devil's Daughter 
Jan 11
O.A.C. Lund, Jacques the Wolf 
Jan 11
Saro Arcidiacono, The Path of Hope 
Jan 12
Charles Bimbo, Babes in Toyland 
Jan 13
Art Ross, Canadian ice hockey player and executive (d. 1964) 
Jan 13
Ettore Petrolini, Nerone 
Jan 13
Art Ross,  
Jan 14
Hugh Lofting, England, writer & illustrator (Dr Dolittle) 
Jan 14
Hugh Lofting, Doctor Dolittle 
Jan 14
Clara Beranger, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 
Jan 15
Alexandria Carlisle, The Tides of Fate 
Jan 16
Martin Faust, The Vicar of Wakefield 
Jan 16
Ludwig Hardt, Arizona 
Jan 17
Glenn Luther Martin, aviator (Collier Trophy-1933) 
Jan 17
Ronald Firbank, London, novelist (Flower Beneath the Foot) 
Jan 17
Glenn L. Martin, A Girl of Yesterday 
Jan 17
Johan Ankerstjerne, Häxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages 
Jan 18
Antoine Pevsner, French sculptor 
Jan 18
Peter Alma, Dutch painter/graphic artist 
Jan 18
Edwina Robbins, Hats Is Hats 
Jan 18
Georges Raulet, Le Million 
Jan 20
Albert Petit, Révolte dans la prison 
Jan 20
Aileen Manning, Home, James 
Jan 20
Rudi Bach, Purzel als Tennisspieler 
Jan 21
Gustaaf Sap, Belgian minister of Finance/Economy 
Jan 21
John M. Stahl, Leave Her to Heaven 
Jan 22
John Joseph Becker, composer 
Jan 22
Oskar Jelinek, Thy Neighbor's Wife 
Jan 24
Henry King, Christiansburg Virginia, American film director (d. 1982) 
Jan 24
Henry King, Twelve O'Clock High 
Jan 24
Kersti Bergroth, Anu ja Mikko 
Jan 24
Arnold Jensen, En mand af betydning 
Jan 24
Joseph F. Hewitt, She Loves Me Not 
Jan 24
Oda Larsen, Hans Ungdomsbrud 
Jan 25
Wilhelm Furtwängler, German conductor (d. 1954) 
Jan 25
Wilhelm Furtwängler, Mozart's Don Giovanni 
Jan 25
Franklin Hall, The Puny Soul of Peter Rand 
Jan 25
Emilio Petacci, Dagli Appennini alle Ande 
Jan 26
Joannes A Veraart, Dutch economist/MP (Jews of the Netherlands) 
Jan 26
Luigi Garrone, The Adulteress 
Jan 26
Hick Cady, 1915 World's Championship Series 
Jan 26
Louis Sarecky, Kept Husbands 
Jan 27
Frank Nitti,  
Jan 28
Marthe Bibesco, Romanian writer (d. 1973) 
Jan 28
Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese electrical engineer (d. 1976) 
Jan 28
Sam McDaniel, Captains Courageous 
Jan 28
Princesse Bibesco, Katia 
Jan 29
Alfred Junge, The Man Who Knew Too Much 
Jan 29
Alexander Kolowrat, Pampulik hat Hunger 
Jan 29
Giuseppe Bonavolontà, Arcobaleno 
Jan 30
Stewart Rome, Rynox 
Jan 30
Wid Gunning, The Valley of the Giants 
Jan 30
Charles Gee, A Dog's Life 
Jan 30
Afonso R. Castelao, Os paxaros morren no aire 
Jan 31
Alfonso Lopez, Colombia, statesman (Pres UN security council-1948) 
Feb 1
Maurice Desfassiaux, At 3:25 
Feb 2
Kurt Baschwitz, German/Dutch sociologist/journalist (Du und) 
Feb 2
Frank Lloyd, Mutiny on the Bounty 
Feb 3
Erwin Kroll, composer 
Feb 3
Pat Harmon, The Freshman 
Feb 3
Alan Williamson, Those Troublesome Boys 
Feb 3
Paul Widlicska, Come and Get It 
Feb 4
Hugo Björne, Torment 
Feb 4
Clemente Giglio, O Festino o la legge 
Feb 4
Edward Sheldon, Romance 
Feb 4
Per Hugo Jacobsson, Djurgårdsnätter 
Feb 6
Clarice Mayne, Nursie! Nursie! 
Feb 8
Charlie Ruggles, Los Angeles California, actor (Ruggles, Aesop-Bullwinkle Show) 
Feb 8
Charles Ruggles, Bringing Up Baby 
Feb 8
Donald MacDonald, Too Much Married 
Feb 8
John Erik Strandman, Storstadsfaror 
Feb 9
Edwin Maxwell, His Girl Friday 
Feb 10
Olin Howland, Gone with the Wind 
Feb 10
Jack Standing, Hell's Hinges 
Feb 10
Yoshie Nakagawa, A Page of Madness 
Feb 11
Raymond B. West, Civilization 
Feb 12
Gustaf Lazarus Nordqvist, composer 
Feb 12
Michel Brusselmans, composer 
Feb 12
Margarita Fischer, Uncle Tom's Cabin 
Feb 12
Leach Cross, The Prince of Broadway 
Feb 12
Michel Brusselmans, The Mummy 
Feb 14
Theodor Werner, German painter 
Feb 14
Gilbert Childs, The Co-Optimists 
Feb 15
Mack Riley, Hoffmeyer's Legacy 
Feb 16
Andrew Ducat, cricketer (Test for Eng 1921 (3 & 2) Soccer intl) 
Feb 16
Van Wyck Brooks, NJ, literary historian/writer (Ordeal of Mark Twain) 
Feb 16
Albert Pommer, Lebenshunger 
Feb 16
Van Wyck Brooks, The Fall of the Romanoffs 
Feb 18
Constantin J. David, Sündenbabel 
Feb 18
Paul Pauley, La famille Pont-Biquet 
Feb 19
George Luther Foote, composer 
Feb 19
Louise Schenrich, Wo ist mein Schatz? 
Feb 20
Bela Kun, Czehul Romania, head of Hungarian Soviet Republic (1919) 
Feb 20
Peter Freuchen, Eskimo 
Feb 20
G.S. Melvin, Down Melody Lane 
Feb 21
Harry Archer, Beating the Game 
Feb 21
Alex Akimoff, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 
Feb 21
Miriam Shelby, Behind the Lines 
Feb 21
Auguste Bovério, Children of Paradise 
Feb 21
Fernand Herrmann, Les vampires 
Feb 21
Leo Edwards, Heroes of the Street 
Feb 21
Alexander Akimoff, Double Jeopardy 
Feb 22
Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti 
Feb 23
Albert Edward Sammons, composer 
Feb 23
Ventura Garcia Calderon, Peruvian diplomat/author 
Feb 24
Harry Welchman, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 
Feb 24
Minoru Nishida, Four Frightened People 
Feb 26
Clarissa Selwynne, Dangerous Days 
Feb 27
Hugo L Black, Ala, (Sen-D-Ala)/78th Supreme Court justice (1937-71) 
Feb 27
John Paul Jones, The Shadow 
Feb 28
Jose Gutierrez Solana, Spanish painter/author (Madrid Escenas) 
Feb 28
Max Vasmer, German slavic (La Tertulia de Pombo) 
Feb 28
Georgia Stark, The Wizard of Oz 
Feb 28
Edith Shayne, Enchantment 
Feb 28
Aladar Racz, Somnifia 
Mar 1
Oskar Kokoschka, Russia/Austrian/British, painter (Erasmus Prize 1960) 
Mar 1
Marlise Ludwig, Murderers Among Us 
Mar 1
Heinz Landsmann, Diary of a Lost Girl 
Mar 1
Oskar Kokoschka, Comenius 
Mar 2
Willis O'Brien, American animator (d. 1962) 
Mar 2
Vittorio Pozzo, Sunday Heroes 
Mar 2
Willis H. O'Brien, The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy 
Mar 3
James Friskin, composer 
Mar 3
Reginald Owen Morris, composer 
Mar 3
Tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (d. 1968) 
Mar 3
José Isbert, The Executioner 
Mar 3
Paul Faivre, ...And God Created Woman 
Mar 3
Kálmán Zátony, The Laughing Lady 
Mar 3
Hermann Schulenburg, Pour le Mérite 
Mar 4
Paul Bazelaire, French cellist (d. 1958) 
Mar 4
Gaston Palmer, I Didn't Do It 
Mar 5
Paul Radmilovic, England, swimmer (Olympic-3 gold-1908) 
Mar 5
Dong Biwu, High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (d. 1975) 
Mar 5
Léon Mathot, In the Shadow of the Harem 
Mar 5
Elwin Neame, La Cigale 
Mar 5
Oszkár Damó, Ali rózsáskertje 
Mar 5
Fewlass Llewellyn, Good Morning, Boys 
Mar 6
Nella Walker, Sabrina 
Mar 6
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, M 
Mar 6
Jamison Handy, Uncle Jim's Dairy Farm 
Mar 6
Bill James, Random Harvest 
Mar 7
Raymond Largay, Wisc, actor (April in Paris, Variety Girl) 
Mar 7
Virginia Pearson, The Phantom of the Opera 
Mar 7
Raymond Largay, The Second Woman 
Mar 7
Jessica Grayson, The Little Foxes 
Mar 7
Franklyn Bellamy, Member of the Jury 
Mar 8
Anton Portielje, Dutch radio host/zoo director (Artis) 
Mar 8
Edward Kendall, chemist, isolated cortisone (Nobel 1950) 
Mar 8
Leo L. Stanley, 6,000 Enemies 
Mar 8
Manuel Jovés, Gran Casino 
Mar 9
Joe Bordeaux, The Butcher Boy 
Mar 9
Robert Eichelberger, West Point on the Hudson 
Mar 9
Charles Gay, The Winning of Jess 
Mar 9
Dave Stoner, The Dawn Rider 
Mar 9
Charles Gay, The Adventures of Tarzan 
Mar 9
Gladys Mason, The Queen Mother 
Mar 9
Nat Burns, Tough to Handle 
Mar 9
King D. Gray, Shoes 
Mar 10
Eugen Klöpfer, The Golden City 
Mar 10
Aku Peltonen, Passionate Power 
Mar 10
Antonín Fric, Sest musketýru 
Mar 11
Dave Anderson, Wife, Husband and Friend 
Mar 11
René Barberis, Ramuntcho 
Mar 11
Edward Rydz-Smigly, Kenes Brit Hekhayal 
Mar 11
Zuzanna Lozinska, Klakier 
Mar 12
Leopoldine Konstantin, Notorious 
Mar 12
Kay Nielsen, The Little Mermaid 
Mar 12
Jenö Herczeg, Everything for the Woman 
Mar 13
Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist 
Mar 13
John "Home Run" Baker, hall of famer (hit 2 HR in 1911 world series) 
Mar 13
Henry Roquemore, Texas Terror 
Mar 13
Frank Baker, Home Run Baker's Double 
Mar 13
Hans Herbert Ulrich, Stützen der Gesellschaft 
Mar 14
Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (d. 1964) 
Mar 14
Calvin Emery, Around the World in Eighty Days 
Mar 14
Kitty Watson, Odio nei secoli 
Mar 14
Ernest Borrow, Dick Barton, Detective 
Mar 15
Michael Mark, The Wasp Woman 
Mar 15
Lillian West, Where Danger Lives 
Mar 15
Hattie Carnegie, Our Betters 
Mar 15
Lili Berky, The Exile 
Mar 15
William N. Porter,  
Mar 16
Mrs. Harold Lockwood, Dynamite Dan 
Mar 16
Vojta Novák, Cesta do hlubin studákovy duse 
Mar 16
Richard Duce, Mr. Blabbermouth! 
Mar 17
Princess Patricia of Connaught, British princess (d. 1974) 
Mar 17
Wilbur Daniel Steele, Shadows 
Mar 18
Edward Everett Horton, Brooklyn New York, American actor/narrator (Bulwinkle Show) 
Mar 18
Kurt Koffka, Germany, Gestalt psychologist 
Mar 18
Marianne [Goudeket-]Philips, Dutch author (Between Heaven & Earth) 
Mar 21
Harmon MacGregor, Tides of Time 
Mar 21
Arthur Grover Rider, The Wizard of Oz 
Mar 22
Syd Walker, What Would You Do, Chums? 
Mar 22
Julius Stern, Peg o' the Mounted 
Mar 22
Thomas Cowan, Wing and a Prayer 
Mar 23
Robert N. Bradbury, Blue Steel 
Mar 23
Ethel Lloyd, Hearts and Diamonds 
Mar 23
Peter E. Kassler, Moon Over Harlem 
Mar 23
Ronald Bradbury, The Tyrant of Chiracahua 
Mar 24
Athenagoras I, Greek Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972) 
Mar 24
Edward Weston, American photographer (d. 1958) 
Mar 24
Edward Weston, The Photographer 
Mar 24
Charlotte Mineau, The Vagabond 
Mar 24
Robert Mallet-Stevens, Les trois mousquetaires 
Mar 24
Norman Feusier, Diamond Trail 
Mar 24
Paula Grey, Amare il mondo è bello 
Mar 25
Athenagoras, Patriarch of Constantinople (d. 1972) 
Mar 25
Ronald Squire, Around the World in Eighty Days 
Mar 25
Lydia Kyasht, Foolish Monte Carlo 
Mar 25
Patriarch Athenagoras,  
Mar 26
Hugh Mulzac, America military officer (d. 1971) 
Mar 27
Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe, German/US architect (Bauhaus) 
Mar 27
Sergey Kirov, Russian bolshevik leader (d. 1934) 
Mar 27
William Harrigan, The Invisible Man 
Mar 27
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,  
Mar 27
Clemens Holzmeister, Mozart's Don Giovanni 
Mar 28
Jaroslav Novotny, composer 
Mar 28
Arthur Mayer, Paris 1900 
Mar 29
Gustaf Adolf Tiburtius Bengtsson, composer 
Mar 29
Paul Amiot, Le Cercle Rouge 
Mar 30
Stanislaw Lesniewski, Poland, logician/mathematician 
Mar 30
Archie Stout, Angel and the Badman 
Mar 30
Henry Lehrman, Kid Auto Races at Venice 
Mar 30
Dion Titheradge, Dangerous Ground 
Mar 31
Maria Hofen, Asternplatz 10 Uhr 6 
Mar 31
Stellan Claësson, A Woman's Face 
Mar 31
A. Van Buren Powell, Captain of the Gray Horse Troop 
Apr 1
Casimir von Paszthory, composer 
Apr 1
Wallace Beery, KC MO, actor (Alias a Gentleman, Dinner at 8) 
Apr 1
Alberto Vacarezza, North Wind 
Apr 2
Reginald Barker, Civilization 
Apr 2
Kirile Macharadze, Gakra 
Apr 3
Dooley Wilson, Casablanca 
Apr 3
Paul Hansen, Die Herrin der Welt, 7. Teil - Die Wohltäterin der Menschheit 
Apr 3
William Bodie, The Power of a Hymn 
Apr 4
Jorge Stahl, Ladrón de bicicletas 
Apr 4
Aubrey Bowser, The Call of His People 
Apr 4
Peter Esser, Die Buddenbrooks 
Apr 5
Jacques Handschin, Swiss musicologist (Der Toncharakter) 
Apr 5
Rezsö Harsányi, The Eternal Secret 
Apr 6
Osman Ali Khan, Asaf Jah VII, The Last Nizam of Hyderabad state (d. 1967) 
Apr 6
Charles Horan, The Splendid Lie 
Apr 6
Asaf Jah, Our King Emperor and Queen Empress Hold a Durbar in Delhi 
Apr 6
Baptista Schreiber, Den hvide rytterske 
Apr 6
George W. Pyper, Avenging Fangs 
Apr 6
Caesar Dunn, The Mating Season 
Apr 6
Patterson Margoni, Brotherly Love 
Apr 7
Ed Lafitte, American baseball player (d. 1971) 
Apr 7
Nelson Keys, Knights for a Day 
Apr 7
Frank Bond, The Sultan's Wife 
Apr 7
Emilio Pujol, Los tarantos 
Apr 7
Mimi Gstöttner-Auer, Wally of the Vultures 
Apr 8
Margaret A Barnes, writer 
Apr 8
Jim Barnes, Lelant Cornwall, English golfing pioneer (4 major wins) 
Apr 8
Hal Salter, The Law of Nature 
Apr 8
Lily Elsie, Comradeship 
Apr 8
Seymour Howard, ITV Opening Night at the Guildhall 
Apr 9
W.T. Chang, The Monster of Moon Ridge 
Apr 9
Sidgui Roukhoulla, Peasants 
Apr 10
Val Paul, Denver Colorado, American actor and director 
Apr 10
Val Paul, Suspense 
Apr 10
Joseph-Louis Mundwiller, Napoleon 
Apr 10
Gabriellino D'Annunzio, Quo Vadis? 
Apr 10
Alfed Grasso, For Those We Love 
Apr 10
Alfred Grasso, The Miracle Man 
Apr 11
Giuseppe Blanc, Malèna 
Apr 11
Heikki Välisalmi, Herra Elanto 
Apr 12
Marie Nordstrom, Watch the Birdie 
Apr 12
Fritz Sterler, The General's Children 
Apr 13
Ethel Leginska, composer 
Apr 13
Christian Rub, You Can't Take It With You 
Apr 13
Thomas Carrigan, Crooked Alley 
Apr 13
Willie Howard, Between the Acts at the Opera 
Apr 13
Millie Schottland, Hungry Hearts 
Apr 13
Jack Haskell, Lonely Gigolo 
Apr 13
Colin Chase, The Range War 
Apr 13
Tommy Clark, King Kong 
Apr 14
Edward C Tolman, US psychologist (behaviorism) 
Apr 14
Ernst R Curtius, German literature historian 
Apr 14
Robert F. Hill, Shadow of Chinatown 
Apr 14
Árpád Tóth, A bor lelke 
Apr 14
Fausto Maria Martini, Satan's Rhapsody 
Apr 14
Albin Erlandzon, Gay Old Time 
Apr 15
Nikolay Gumilyov, Russian poet (d. 1921) 
Apr 15
Earl Benham, Ed Wynn 
Apr 15
Frank Conklin, Federal Man-Hunt 
Apr 15
Nikolai Gumilev, Svidanie v teatre pepla 
Apr 15
Jack O'Donnell, Riders of Death Valley 
Apr 15
Amédée Ozenfant, Artists and Their Work 
Apr 15
Lili Poór, Madách: Egy ember tragédiája 
Apr 16
Ernst Thalmann, German communist presidential candidate 
Apr 16
Jekabs Graubins, composer 
Apr 16
Konstantin Mostras, composer 
Apr 16
Ernst Thälmann,  
Apr 16
Arthur Richman, The Awful Truth 
Apr 17
Otto Lederer, Czechoslovakia, actor (Jazz Singer) 
Apr 17
Otto Lederer, The Jazz Singer 
Apr 17
Mathilde Alberti, Simplet 
Apr 18
Silver Tip Baker, In the Days of Buffalo Bill 
Apr 18
Kornél D'Arrigó, Csak egy kislány van a világon 
Apr 19
Tadeusz Skarzynski, Nie damy ziemi, skad nasz ród 
Apr 19
Manuel Bandeira, O Poeta do Castelo 
Apr 20
Alex Woloshin, The Case of Lena Smith 
Apr 21
Charlie Naughton, Glasgow Scotland, actor (Frozen Limits) 
Apr 21
Charlie Naughton, Wise Guys 
Apr 21
Jimmy Gold, Life Is a Circus 
Apr 21
László Pacsery, Bob herceg 
Apr 21
John Hassett, Rascals 
Apr 22
Lillian Ten Eyck, Moonlight and Monkey Business 
Apr 23
Belle Montrose, The Absent-Minded Professor 
Apr 23
Iva Shepard, A Friend of the Family 
Apr 23
Adele Blood, The Devil's Toy 
Apr 23
Robert Scholz, Wenn der junge Wein blüht 
Apr 24
Kurt Pinthus, writer 
Apr 24
R Pelgrom, oldest Dutch man (died Apr 15, 1994, 9 days short of 108) 
Apr 24
Becky Gardiner, A Free Soul 
Apr 25
George Binns, The Camera Cure 
Apr 25
Jindrich Horejsí, Provdám svou zenu 
Apr 26
Ma Rainey, [Gertrude Pridgett], "Mother of the Blues" American singer (d. 1939) 
Apr 26
Ğabdulla Tuqay, Tatar poet (d. 1913) 
Apr 26
Ma Rainey, The Graduate 
Apr 26
Linton Baldwin, Captain Video and His Video Rangers 
Apr 27
Don Mullaly, Mystery of the Wax Museum 
Apr 27
Dorothy Kingdon, Shakuntala 
Apr 28
Erich Salomon, German photographer 
Apr 29
William Kent, King of Jazz 
Apr 29
Mabel Hart, Over the Wall 
Apr 29
Kurt Kluge, The Higher Command 
Apr 30
Frank Merrik, composer 
Apr 30
Dick Elliott, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 
Apr 30
Jess Robbins, The Lucky Dog 
May 1
Jim Hollywood, A Chump at Oxford 
May 1
Joseph Achron, Spring Night 
May 1
C. Ernest Cadle, The Bushman 
May 2
Gottfried Benn, writer 
May 2
William Gould, Mr. Wong, Detective 
May 2
Edward Alexander, The Saphead 
May 2
Gottfried Benn, Rönnes Reise 
May 2
Larry Cheney, World Series Games 1916, Boston vs. Brooklyn 
May 3
Marcel Dupré, French organist and composer (d. 1971) 
May 3
Sidney D'Albrook, The King of Kings 
May 3
Marcel Dupré, Marcel Dupré 
May 3
Percy Abbott, Playlands of Michigan 
May 3
Maxine Alton, Call of the Circus 
May 4
Valles, Spartacus 
May 4
Earl Lee, Five 
May 4
Shelton Brooks, The Aviator 
May 4
Yakov Malyutin, Shumi, gorodok 
May 5
Manuel Borguno, composer 
May 6
Karl Heinz Martin, From Morn to Midnight 
May 7
Tom McNamara, Fire Fighters 
May 7
Stanislawa Kawinska, Kazdemu wolno kochac 
May 7
Otto Lange, Der Schuß durchs Fenster 
May 8
Jef van Hoof, composer 
May 8
Albert Arthur Allen, Forbidden Daughters 
May 8
Gene Lucas, Queen of Burlesque 
May 9
Francis Biddle, United States Attorney General (d. 1968) 
May 9
Francis Biddle, The Magnificent Yankee 
May 10
Karl Barth, Basel Switzerland, theologian/author (Action in Waiting) 
May 10
Olaf Stapleton, British religious sci-fi writer (Star Maker) 
May 10
Felix Manalo, Founder and 1st Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo (d. 1963) 
May 10
Carlo Micheluzzi, Fiori d'arancio 
May 10
Tom Miranda, Mamba 
May 10
Franz Tappers, Vergiß die Liebe nicht 
May 10
Torsten Winge, The Devil's Eye 
May 11
Einar Olsen, The Bride of Glomdal 
May 11
Henri Eerens, Rechter Thomas 
May 12
Albert Saverys, Flemish painter 
May 12
Hermann Grabner, composer 
May 12
Piotr F Scharoff, Russian/Italian actor/director (Chechov) 
May 12
Bud Pollard, The Road to Hollywood 
May 12
Petr Sharov, Die Macht der Finsternis 
May 12
Geni Sadero, Affairs of Maupassant 
May 12
Eugen Stolzer, Das Raritätenkabinett 
May 13
Joseph Achron, Latvia/US violinist/composer (Golem suite) 
May 13
Larry Gardner, 1915 World's Championship Series 
May 13
Hjalmar Løve, I sidste Sekund 
May 15
Gustav Püttjer, Comradeship 
May 16
Seymour Zeliff, For Professional Reasons 
May 17
Alfonso XIII of Spain (d. 1941) 
May 17
King Alfonso XIII, Réception de sa majesté Alphonse XIII à Barcelone 
May 17
William Blatchford, The Old Fashioned Way 
May 18
Ole Windingstad, composer 
May 18
Myrtle Tannehill, The Barnstormers 
May 18
Grigori Adamov, Ori okeanis saidumloeba 
May 19
Tarva Penna, The Avenging Hand 
May 19
Zillah Bateman, Caught in the Net 
May 20
Arnold Storrer, Love and the Law 
May 21
Tenkatsu Shôkyokusai, Taki no shiraito 
May 22
Pauline Bush, Betty's Bondage 
May 22
Rube Miller, Rube's Hotel Tangle 
May 23
Magda Sonja, The Robber Symphony 
May 23
Earle Snell, Come Out Fighting 
May 24
Paul Paray, French conductor and composer (d. 1979) 
May 24
J. Edward Reynolds, Plan 9 from Outer Space 
May 24
Paul Paray, Sour Grapes 
May 24
Edward M. Roskam, The Sea Hawk 
May 25
Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) 
May 25
Rash Behari Bose, leader against the British Raj in India (d. 1945) 
May 25
Harry Ham, The Four Feathers 
May 26
Al Jolson, [Asa Yoelson], jazz singer/silent actor (Mamie, Swanee) 
May 26
Al Jolson, The Aviator 
May 26
Chandler Sprague, Always 
May 26
Charles Mcdonald, Loyal Lives 
May 26
Lawrence McCloskey, The Discarded Woman 
May 26
Krag Johnson, Madame Mystery 
May 26
Mimmi Törnqvist-Zedell, Torment 
May 27
Bobbie Hale, America or Bust 
May 27
Ernest Vajda, Marie Antoinette 
May 27
E. Lloyd Sheldon, Dawn of the East 
May 28
Nicolai Sokoloff, near Kiev Ukraine, conductor (Seattle Symph) 
May 28
Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (d. 1954) 
May 28
K.A. Schenzinger, Our Flags Lead Us Forward 
May 28
Kálmán Körmendy, Alraune 
May 29
Jørgen Christian Jensen, Fra den gamle Købmandsgaard 
May 30
Randolph Bourne, American writer (d. 1918) 
May 31
Agnes Thorberg Wieth, Take What You Want 
Jun 1
Ernst Kurth, Austrian/Swiss musicologist 
Jun 1
Bert Lubin, Your Friend and Mine 
Jun 1
Emanuel Hríbal, Reka 
Jun 1
Géza Boross, Sportszerelem 
Jun 2
Grover Whalen, Medicus Film of New York World's Fair 
Jun 2
Rudolf Anthoni, Carl XII:s kurir 
Jun 2
Effingham Pinto, Remorseless Love 
Jun 3
J.R. Crone, Citizen Kane 
Jun 3
Luiz Severiano Ribeiro, Lana - Königin der Amazonen 
Jun 3
Joe McGee, The Mummy's Curse 
Jun 4
Eugenio Bava, Cabiria 
Jun 4
Robert Cain, Male and Female 
Jun 4
Octavia Broske, The Great Adventure 
Jun 5
Alexander Schoenberg, The Beast of Borneo 
Jun 5
Armand 'Curly' Wright, In Love at 40 
Jun 6
Paul Dudley White, heart specialist 
Jun 6
Tyler Brooke, The Divorcee 
Jun 6
Reine Davies, Sunday 
Jun 6
Frances Starr, The Star Witness 
Jun 6
Beulah Poynter, The Little Girl That He Forgot 
Jun 7
Henri Coandă, Romanian aerodynamics pioneer (d. 1972) 
Jun 7
Jacob Kull, Uncle Tom's Cabin 
Jun 8
Gaston Dupray, The Story of a Cheat 
Jun 8
Richard Coburn, Magnolia 
Jun 9
Kusaku Yamada, composer 
Jun 9
Kosaku Yamada, Atarashiki tsuchi 
Jun 10
Baron Josse Emile van Dievoet, Flemish lawyer 
Jun 10
Margrethe Løve, I sidste Sekund 
Jun 11
David Steinman, NYC, bridge designer (Hudson, Triborough) 
Jun 11
Lillian Fontaine, Reading England, actress (Suddenly it's Spring) 
Jun 11
Lilian Fontaine, The Lost Weekend 
Jun 11
Vera Gordon, Humoresque 
Jun 11
Wheezer Dell, World Series Games 1916, Boston vs. Brooklyn 
Jun 12
E. Ray Goetz, Terms of Endearment 
Jun 13
Kurt Brenkendorf, Frauen, die sich opfern 
Jun 13
Art Hickman, Music and Lyrics 
Jun 13
Rózsi Forgách, Elnémult harangok 
Jun 13
Jadwiga Danilowicz-Jaraczowa, Wykolejeni 
Jun 14
Eugene Clifford, Scarlet Saint 
Jun 14
Ted Smith, High Sierra 
Jun 15
Charles Wood, composer 
Jun 15
William S. Johnson, Don Q Son of Zorro 
Jun 15
Tomaso Smith, The King's Jester 
Jun 15
Lu Synd, Sündenlust 
Jun 15
Yrjö Kallinen, Helsinki punaiseksi 
Jun 16
Lorna Moon, Min and Bill 
Jun 16
Olive Wyndham, Your Girl and Mine: A Woman Suffrage Play 
Jun 16
Margaret Ayer Barnes, Dishonored Lady 
Jun 17
Joseph Anthony Roach, Jaws of Justice 
Jun 17
Edith Bristol, Mother Knows Best 
Jun 18
George Mallory, England, mountain climber ("because it is there") 
Jun 18
Alexander Wetmore, American ornithologist (d. 1978) 
Jun 18
George Mallory, The Epic of Everest 
Jun 19
Robert Herberigs, Flemish composer/writer (Hiawatha's Song) 
Jun 19
Dario Faralla, The Return of Sophie Lang 
Jun 20
William Van Vleck, Ranger of the North 
Jun 20
C.E. Vulliamy, Courageous Mr. Penn 
Jun 21
Memo Benassi, Everybody's Woman 
Jun 21
Ben Piazza, Operator 13 
Jun 22
Vladimir Osvetsimsky, Heroes of the Sea 
Jun 22
Ralph Angel, The Real Glory 
Jun 23
Alfred Kjøge, Harestegen 
Jun 23
Jean Déré, The Secret Spring 
Jun 24
George Shiels, Northern Irish dramatist (d. 1949) 
Jun 24
Hal Price, The Devil Bat 
Jun 25
Henry "Hap" Arnold, commanding general, US Army Air Force (WW II) 
Jun 25
Reggie Morris, His Social Rise 
Jun 25
Henry H. Arnold, Army Air Forces - Pacific 
Jun 25
Walter Weems, Hearts in Dixie 
Jun 25
A. Culp, A Daughter of the Gods 
Jun 26
Margaretha C E "Greta" Beekman, actress (Wrong Poes) 
Jun 26
Einar Linden, Carmen 
Jun 27
Charles Macartney, cricketer (Governor-General) 
Jun 27
Lalo Encinas, The Call of the Wild 
Jun 27
Carroll McComas, Jack Straw 
Jun 27
Sally Crute, The Widow's Breezy Suit 
Jun 27
Aladár Ihász, Soldiers of the Emperor 
Jun 27
Olin Downes, First Opera Film Festival 
Jun 28
Joe Cox, cricketer (South African pace bowler in 1913-14 series v England) 
Jun 28
Frank Mayo, Wild Oranges 
Jun 28
Charles Fogel, Around the World in Eighty Days 
Jun 28
Léon Larive, The Passion of Joan of Arc 
Jun 28
Dan Carroll, The Blue Mountains Mystery 
Jun 29
George Frederick Boyle, composer 
Jun 29
James Van Der Zee, Lenox Ma, African American photographer 
Jun 29
Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician (Artus Quellin) 
Jun 29
Robert Schuman, French premier 
Jun 29
Harry Lachman, Our Relations 
Jun 29
Vincent Lawson, A King in New York 
Jun 29
Phil D'Esco, Boomerang! 
Jun 29
Robert Schuman, The Cold War: Act 1 - France 
Jun 30
Dorothy Green, Paolo and Francesca 
Jun 30
Alfred Harris, What the Butler Saw 
Jun 30
Paul Guerin, The Road to Hollywood 
Jul 1
Madeleine Samary, Le bossu 
Jul 1
Gabrielle Robinne, The Troubadour 
Jul 3
Raymond A Spruance, US admiral/fleet commander/ambassador 
Jul 3
Raymond A. Spruance, The Conquest of Micronesia 
Jul 3
Francis Carco, Marked Girls 
Jul 3
Enoch O. Van Pelt, Dynamite Dan 
Jul 4
Heinrich Kaminski, composer 
Jul 4
Thomas E. Jackson, The Woman in the Window 
Jul 4
Bernard 'Bunny' Granville, Love a la Mode 
Jul 5
Felix Timmermans, Flemish writer/painter/cartoonist (Pallieter) 
Jul 5
Willem Drees, PM of Netherland (PvdA, 1948-58)/Indonesia (AOW) 
Jul 5
Felix Timmermans, Little Baby Jesus of Flandr 
Jul 6
Sunshine Hart, My Best Girl 
Jul 6
Mario Voller-Buzzi, L'amazzone macabra 
Jul 6
Mary Holly, The Sniper 
Jul 6
Ben Rothwell, A Mother's Atonement 
Jul 7
Claudia Coleman, Test Pilot 
Jul 7
Semone Sergis, The King of Kings 
Jul 7
Robert Yost, The Phantom Plainsmen 
Jul 7
George Ahearn, The Strength of Donald McKenzie 
Jul 8
Kernan Cripps, Daughter of Don Q 
Jul 8
Birdie Thompson, The Unholy Three 
Jul 8
Alberto Capozzi, Nero. Or the Fall of Rome. 
Jul 8
Germaine Lecuyer, La grotte des supplices 
Jul 9
Harold Atteridge, The Haunted Mansion 
Jul 10
John SSPV Gort, viscount of Limerick/fieldmarshal of Palestine 
Jul 10
John Bonar, The Picture of Dorian Gray 
Jul 10
Leopold Zbucki, Dwie brygady 
Jul 10
Harold Dean Carsey, The Private Life of Helen of Troy 
Jul 10
Jack Bonar, Nothing But Trouble 
Jul 11
Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939) 
Jul 11
Hans May, Brighton Rock 
Jul 11
Ralph M. DeLacy, Buck Privates 
Jul 11
Eric Cowley, Hampton Court Palace 
Jul 12
Jean Hersholt, Copenhagen Denmark, actor (Men in White, Aryan) 
Jul 12
Jean Hersholt, Grand Hotel 
Jul 12
Fannie Bourke, The Scrub Lady 
Jul 12
Raoul Hausmann, Europe After the Rain 
Jul 13
Edward Flanagan, The City of Little Men 
Jul 13
Clifford Bax, Rose Without a Thorn 
Jul 13
Hilda Anthony, The Cardboard Box 
Jul 14
Edythe Elliott, The Phantom of 42nd Street 
Jul 14
Fred Sauer, Dämon Blut - 2. Teil 
Jul 16
Heinie Conklin, Riders of Destiny 
Jul 16
Isabel La Mal, Should Wives Work? 
Jul 16
Pierre Benoît, Hercules and the Captive Women 
Jul 17
Eddie James, The Little Organ Player of San Juan 
Jul 17
Golda Madden, Flying Colors 
Jul 17
Alfred H. Lathem, Lost, Strayed or Stolen 
Jul 18
Daan Van Olleffen, De laatste dagen van een eiland 
Jul 18
Robert Jewett, Around the World in Eighty Days 
Jul 19
Patrick Calhoun, An Old-Fashioned Girl 
Jul 20
Frank Heller, Finances of the Grand Duke 
Jul 20
Daisy Markham, Ships That Pass in the Night 
Jul 21
Emmerich Reimers, Maria Theresia 
Jul 22
Hella Wuolijoki, Niskavuoren Heta 
Jul 22
Theodor Morell,  
Jul 22
Ernst Friese, Der Mann in der Wanne 
Jul 23
Arthur Whitten Brown, aviator 
Jul 23
John C Poortenaar, painter/etcher/cartoonist 
Jul 23
Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo, writer/diplomat 
Jul 23
Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (d. 1976) 
Jul 23
Walter Schmeier, Geschichten jener Nacht 
Jul 23
Salvador de Madariaga, Es lebe der Tod 
Jul 24
Junichiro Tanizaki, Japan, writer (Snow Dusting) 
Jul 24
Jun'ichirô Tanizaki, The Makioka Sisters 
Jul 24
Walter Fenner, He Was Her Man 
Jul 25
Tom Brooker, A Wanderer of the West 
Jul 25
Hjalmar Bendtsen, De pokkers unger 
Jul 26
Lars Hanson, Swedish actor (d. 1965) 
Jul 26
Lars Hanson, The Wind 
Jul 26
Violet Loraine, Road House 
Jul 27
Ernst May, German architect (d. 1970) 
Jul 28
Ruby Hoffman, The Danger Signal 
Jul 29
George Cutshaw, World Series Games 1916, Boston vs. Brooklyn 
Jul 30
Johan Algot Haquinius, composer 
Jul 30
Sven Holm, Wir parken, wo es uns gefällt 
Jul 31
Salvatore Maranzano, Sicilian-born American organized crime figure (d. 1931) 
Jul 31
Constant Permeke, Flemish painter and statues artist (Sow) 
Jul 31
Fred Quimby, The Cat Concerto 
Jul 31
Philip Kieffer, Fort Apache 
Jul 31
Salvatore Maranzano, America and the Mob: Wartime Friends 
Jul 31
Larry Doyle, The Baseball Revue of 1917 
Jul 31
Henry Allen Farnham, From the Manger to the Cross; or, Jesus of Nazareth 
Aug 1
Isaac Keesing, Dutch publisher/founder (System Keesing) 
Aug 2
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy Canadian Aviator (d. 1961) 
Aug 2
Ernst Brunman, Summer with Monika 
Aug 2
Cesare Sodero, Isn't Life Wonderful 
Aug 3
Helen Freeman, Abraham Lincoln 
Aug 3
Henri Debain, Gisèle and Partner 
Aug 3
Russ Westover, Tillie the Toiler 
Aug 5
Oscar Espla, composer 
Aug 5
George Graff, Return to Me 
Aug 5
Bruce Barton,  
Aug 5
Bruce Barton, The King of Kings 
Aug 6
Edward Ballantine, composer 
Aug 6
Inez Milholland Boissevain, Animated Weekly, No. 1 
Aug 6
Inez Millholland, Votes for Women 
Aug 7
Louis Hazeltine, inventor (neutrodyne circuit, making radio possible) 
Aug 7
Edward Spears, The Sorrow and the Pity 
Aug 7
Bill McKechnie, 1949 MLB All-Star Game 
Aug 7
Gustav Mahncke, Patriots 
Aug 8
Daniel Ruyneman, composer 
Aug 8
Pietro Alessandro Yon, composer 
Aug 8
Edward Biby, Racketeer Round-up 
Aug 8
Ernst Barthels, O, diese Bayern! 
Aug 8
Harry W. Gerstad, Dogs of War 
Aug 8
Frank Grimmer, The Magnet of Destruction 
Aug 8
John L. Hobble, Daddies 
Aug 9
Berta Hillberg, Johan Ulfstjerna 
Aug 10
Hilda Doolittle, poet/prominent member of imagist movement 
Aug 10
Robert Atkins, Stairway to Heaven 
Aug 10
Hugo Eckener,  
Aug 11
Jessie Winter, The Twelve Pound Look 
Aug 12
Sir Keith Murdoch, Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. 1952) 
Aug 12
Nat Carr, The Talk of Hollywood 
Aug 13
Jacob Pierneef, South Africa, painter 
Aug 13
Lajos Bazsay, The Five-Forty 
Aug 13
Aurania Rouverol, Dance, Fools, Dance 
Aug 14
Elsa af Trolle, Den farliga leken 
Aug 14
Charles Leahy, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 
Aug 15
Bill Whitty, cricketer (Australian left-arm bowler 1909-12) 
Aug 15
António Silva, O Leão da Estrela 
Aug 15
Dexter McReynolds, The Lost Diamond 
Aug 15
J.D. Kendis, Gambling with Souls 
Aug 15
D.W. MacReynolds, Wild Women 
Aug 15
Francis Yeats-Brown, The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 
Aug 16
Gian Bistolfi, Captain Fracasse 
Aug 17
Louise Kartousch, Wo die Lerche singt 
Aug 17
Eugene Thurston, The Great Secret 
Aug 18
Moffat Johnston, Midnight 
Aug 19
Robert Heger, composer 
Aug 20
Paul Tillich, German/US theologist (Die sozial Entscheidung) 
Aug 20
Sergio Tofano, Seconda B 
Aug 21
Monte Wax, The Eyes of the Totem 
Aug 23
Gottfried Rudinger, composer 
Aug 23
Alan Roscoe, The Last of the Mohicans 
Aug 23
Josette Andriot, In Search of the Castaways 
Aug 24
William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed Liberty ships 
Aug 24
Arthur Rosson, Red River 
Aug 24
Ève Francis, Eldorado 
Aug 25
Östen Undén,  
Aug 26
Robert McKim, The Mark of Zorro 
Aug 26
Franco Ghione, Careless Love 
Aug 27
Eric Coates, Hucknall Nottinghamshire England, viola player/composer 
Aug 27
Rebecca Clarke, composer 
Aug 27
Thomas Little, All About Eve 
Aug 27
Eric Coates, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader 
Aug 28
John T. Murray, Galloping Ghosts 
Aug 28
Evelyn Roberts, The Winslow Boy 
Aug 28
Byron Gay, The Penguin Parade 
Aug 28
Robert Hohlbaum, Falstaff in Vienna 
Aug 29
Carla Müller, Storstadens Hyæne 
Aug 29
Robert M. Savini, The Road to Hollywood 
Aug 30
Aleksandr Cheban, Sekretnaya missiya 
Aug 31
Luis G. Barreiro, Prisoner 13 
Aug 31
L. Wolfe Gilbert, Reds 
Aug 31
Walter Rodgers, The Fifth Wheel 
Aug 31
Arthur Shirley, Quits 
Aug 31
Frank Marsales, The Woody Woodpecker Show 
Aug 31
George L. Cobb, The Newton Boys 
Sep 1
Othmar Schoeck, composer 
Sep 4
Albert Orsborn, General of The Salvation Army (d. 1967) 
Sep 8
Siegfried L Sassoon, English poet/writer (Counterattack) 
Sep 10
Hilda Doolittle, US, poetess (imagisten) 
Sep 13
Alain LeRoy Locke, African American writer and philosopher "Father of the Harlem Renaissance" 
Sep 14
Jan Garrique Masaryk, Czech, statesman/minister to London (1918-35) 
Sep 20
Charles Walter Stansby Williams, songwriter 
Sep 21
Teiichi Igarashi, Japan, climed Mt Fuji at age 99 
Sep 24
James Burke, NYC, actor (Mystery Theater, Great Guy) 
Sep 25
Jesus Guridi, composer 
Sep 25
John Howard Lawson, scriptwriter/playwright 
Oct 1
Ahmad Amin, Egyptian historian/author 
Oct 1
Henrik Jaenzon, Ingeborg Holm 
Oct 1
Charles Tasman, Miss Mabel 
Oct 1
Paul Morgan, Alte Kleider 
Oct 1
Frantisek Kovárík, Marysa 
Oct 1
Tony Merlo, The Devil's Image 
Oct 2
Pieter "Pierre" Balledux, stage manager/Dutch resistance fighter 
Oct 2
B. Reeves Eason, Sharad of Atlantis 
Oct 3
Henri Alain-Fournier, French novelist (Great Adventure) 
Oct 3
Barbara Karinska, Hans Christian Andersen 
Oct 3
Alain-Fournier, The Wanderer 
Oct 4
Luis Alberni, Spain, actor (Topaze) 
Oct 4
Luis Alberni, The Lady Eve 
Oct 4
Lennox Robinson, The Whiteheaded Boy 
Oct 4
F.B. Crayne, Seven Years Bad Luck 
Oct 4
Henry Smith, Lest We Forget 
Oct 4
Frank Crayne, The Street of Seven Stars 
Oct 4
Stanislaw Sebel, Father Sergius 
Oct 5
Carter De Haven, IL 
Oct 5
Carter DeHaven, The Great Dictator 
Oct 6
Edwin Fischer, Swiss pianist and conductor (d. 1960) 
Oct 6
Arthur Ashley, The Praise Agent 
Oct 7
Johannes B Tielrooy, Dutch literary (Chateaubriand) 
Oct 7
Alonzo Bozan, Junction 88 
Oct 8
Isamu Yoshii, Koizuma 
Oct 9
Frank Newburg, actor (Homemaker) 
Oct 9
Rube Marquard, American baseball player (d. 1980) 
Oct 9
Lillie Wästfeldt, Guttersnipes 
Oct 9
Frank Newburg, The Married Virgin 
Oct 9
Rube Marquard, Rube Marquard Wins 
Oct 10
Jack McLallen, We Went to College 
Oct 10
Jules Epailly, Double Exposure 
Oct 11
Alexander Kahle, Citizen Kane