The 1910s

1917

Susan Hayward, American actress (died 1975)

Susan Hayward was an American actress best known for her film portrayals of women that were based on true stories.

Susan Hayward, American actress (died 1975)

1917

Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2010)

Lena Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theater.

Lena Horne, American actress, singer, and activist (died 2010)

1917

Willa Kim, American costume designer (died 2016)

Wullah Mei Ok Kim, known as Willa Kim, was an American costume designer for stage, dance, and film.

Willa Kim, American costume designer (died 2016)

1917

Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (died 2005)

Don Álvaro Domecq y Díez was born into an aristocratic Spanish sherry family in Jerez, of Cádiz, a province of Andalucia in southwestern Spain.

Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (died 2005)

1917

João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (died 1990)

João Alves Jobin Saldanha was a Brazilian journalist and football manager. He coached the Brazil national football team during the South American Qualifying to the 1970 FIFA World …

João Saldanha, Brazilian footballer, manager, and journalist (died 1990)

1917

Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (died 1999)

Leonard James Arrington was an American author, academic and the founder of the Mormon History Association (MHA). He is known as the "Dean of Mormon History" and "the Father of Mor…

Leonard J. Arrington, American author and academic, founded the Mormon History Association (died 1999)

1917

Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (died 2004)

Arthur Leslie Lydiard was a New Zealand runner and athletics coach. He has been lauded as one of the outstanding athletics coaches of all time and is credited with popularising the…

Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner and coach (died 2004)

1917

Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (died 2003)

Fidel Sánchez Hernández was a Salvadoran military officer, military attaché, and politician who served as President of El Salvador from 1967 to 1972 as a member of the National Con…

Fidel Sánchez Hernández, Salvadoran general and politician, President of El Salvador (died 2003)

1917

Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2014)

Pearl Iva Edith Withers was a Canadian-born American actress and singer, best remembered as a replacement player who had long runs in some of Rodgers and Hammerstein's biggest musi…

Iva Withers, Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2014)

1917

Pamela Brown, English actress (died 1975)

Pamela Mary Brown was a British actress. For her portrayal of Queen Victoria's mother Princess Victoria, Duchess of Kent in Victoria Regina (1961) she was awarded the Primetime Emm…

Pamela Brown, English actress (died 1975)

1917

Faye Emerson, American actress (died 1983)

Faye Margaret Emerson was an American film and stage actress and television interviewer who gained fame as a film actress in the 1940s before transitioning to television in the 195…

Faye Emerson, American actress (died 1983)

1917

J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (died 1999)

James Farl Powers was an American novelist and short story writer who often drew his inspiration from developments in the Catholic Church, and was known for his studies of Catholic…

J. F. Powers, American novelist and short story writer (died 1999)

1917

Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (died 2019)

Krystyna Dańko, née Chłond, was a Polish orphan from the town of Otwock, daughter of Karol Chłond – a respected city official in prewar Poland – who was awarded the title of Righte…

Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of Holocaust (died 2019)

1917

Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (died 2000)

Hugh Alexander was an American professional baseball player and scout. He was an outfielder during his brief playing career, but after he suffered a career-ending injury at the age…

Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (died 2000)

1917

Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (died 1998)

Reginald Smyth was a British cartoonist who created the popular, long-running Andy Capp comic strip.

Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (died 1998)

1917

Red Sovine, "Red" Sovine, American country music singer and songwriter (died 1980)

Woodrow Wilson "Red" Sovine was an American country music singer and songwriter associated with truck-driving country songs, particularly those recited as narratives but set to mus…

Red Sovine, "Red" Sovine, American country music singer and songwriter (died 1980)

1917

Andrew Wyeth, American artist (died 2009)

Andrew Newell Wyeth was an American visual artist and one of the best-known American artists of the middle 20th century. Though he considered himself to be an "abstractionist," Wye…

Andrew Wyeth, American artist (died 2009)

1917

Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (died 2015)

George Robert Acworth Conquest was a British and American historian, poet, and novelist. He was one of the West’s leading Sovietologists during the Cold War and was influential to …

Robert Conquest, English-American historian, poet, and academic (died 2015)

1917

Don Herbert, American television host known as "Mr. Wizard" (died 2007)

Donald Jeffry Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, was an American television host. He was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard and Mr. Wizard's World (1983–1990), which were e…

Don Herbert, American television host known as "Mr. Wizard" (died 2007)

1917

Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (died 2014)

Luigi Gorrini, MOVM, was an Italian World War II fighter pilot in the Regia Aeronautica and in the Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana. During the conflict, he flew with the Corpo A…

Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier and pilot (died 2014)

1917

Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (died 2006)

Satyendra Narayan Sinha was an Indian politician and statesman, participant in the Indian independence movement, a leading light of Jaya Prakash Narayan's ‘complete revolution’ mov…

Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (died 2006)

1917

Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (died 2012)

Joan Roberts was an American actress, most famous for creating the role of Laurey in the original Broadway production of Oklahoma! in 1943.

Joan Roberts, American actress and singer (died 2012)

1917

Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (died 1979)

Nur Muhammad Taraki was an Afghan communist politician, revolutionary, journalist and writer. He was a founding member of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) who se…

Nur Muhammad Taraki, Afghan journalist and politician (died 1979)

1917

Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (died 2001)

Louis Boudreau, nicknamed "Old Shufflefoot", "Handsome Lou", and "the Good Kid", was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) …

Lou Boudreau, American baseball player and manager (died 2001)