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Tony Accardo
Organized Crime Boss / 1906 - 1992
Tony 'Big Tuna' Accardo turned to a life of crime in his early teens, and quickly rose to infamy as a soldier in Al Capone's Chicago Crime Syndicate.
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(1906-1992)
Organized Crime Boss
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Hassan al-Banna
Activist, Political Leader, Religious Leader, Writer / 1906 - 1949
Egyptian Hassan al-Banna was the founder the Muslim Brotherhood, with goals of expelling the British from Egypt and re-establishing the Caliphate.
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(1906-1949)
Activist, Political Leader, Religious Leader, Writer
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Eddie Albert
Actor / 1906 - 2005
Actor Eddie Albert starred in films like The Sun Also Rises and Roman Holiday as well as the TV show Green Acres.
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(1906-2005)
Actor
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Hannah Arendt
Philosopher, Academic Author / 1906 - 1975
Hannah Arendt gained much attention for her writings on totalitarianism and Jewish affairs after World War II.
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(1906-1975)
Philosopher, Academic Author
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Lillian Asplund
1906 - 2006
Lillian Asplund was a survivor of the sinking of the Titanic and the last living American survivor.
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(1906-2006)
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Mary Astor
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Journalist, Author / 1906 - 1987
Mary Astor was an Academy Award-winning actress of the stage and screen. Her best known role was in The Maltese Falcon.
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(1906-1987)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Journalist, Author
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Josephine Baker
Civil Rights Activist, Dancer, Singer / 1906 - 1975
Josephine Baker was a dancer and singer who became wildly popular in France during the 1920s. She also devoted much of her life to fighting racism.
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(1906-1975)
Civil Rights Activist, Dancer, Singer
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Samuel Beckett
Writer / 1906 - 1989
20th century Irish novelist, playwright and poet Samuel Beckett penned the play Waiting for Godot. In 1969, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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(1906-1989)
Writer
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Hans Bethe
Physicist / 1906 - 2005
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Hans Albrecht Bethe is known for his discoveries regarding energy generation in stars and for advocating against the use of nuclear weapons.
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(1906-2005)
Physicist
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William J. Brennan, Jr.
Supreme Court Justice / 1906 - 1997
William J. Brennan was an attorney who rose to the U.S. Supreme Court, where he served for 34 years.
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(1906-1997)
Supreme Court Justice
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Leonid Ilich Brezhnev
Government Official / 1906 - 1982
Leonid Brezhnev was a Soviet statesman and Communist Party official who was, in effect, the leader of the Soviet Union for 18 years.
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(1906-1982)
Government Official
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Louise Brooks
Film Actress / 1906 - 1985
Louise Brooks was a silent-film actress known for bringing a sense of corrupt sensuality to her roles.
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(1906-1985)
Film Actress
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E. Simms Campbell
Illustrator / 1906 - 1971
Cartoonist E. Simms Campbell was the first African American to have his cartoons published regularly in magazines like Esquire and The New Yorker.
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(1906-1971)
Illustrator
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John Carradine
Film Actor / 1906 - 1988
In 1935, actor John Carradine began a non-stop film career. He appeared in 10 films by director John Ford, including The Prisoner of Shark Island.
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(1906-1988)
Film Actor
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Lou Costello
Film Actor, Television Actor / 1906 - 1959
Working with Bud Abbott, Lou Costello was part of one of most popular comedy duos of the 20th century.
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(1906-1959)
Film Actor, Television Actor
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Adolf Eichmann
War Criminal / 1906 - 1962
Adolf Eichmann would be executed by the state of Israel for his role as coordinator of logistics for "the final solution to the Jewish question."
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(1906-1962)
War Criminal
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Philo T. Farnsworth
Inventor / 1906 - 1971
Philo T. Farnsworth was an American inventor best known as a pioneer of television technology.
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(1906-1971)
Inventor
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Andreas Feininger
Architect, Photographer, Journalist / 1906 - 1999
Andreas Feininger was the son of Lyonel Feininger and a prolific magazine photographer and writer on photography.
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(1906-1999)
Architect, Photographer, Journalist
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José Figueres Ferrer
World Leader / 1906 - 1990
Moderate socialist Costa Rican statesman José Figueres Ferrer served as president of a governing junta and later as constitutional president of Costa Rica.
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(1906-1990)
World Leader
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Janet Gaynor
Film Actress / 1906 - 1984
Silent film actress Janet Gaynor won the first-ever Academy Award for Best Actress in 1929, for her role in the movie Seventh Heaven.
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(1906-1984)
Film Actress
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Ed Gein
Serial Killer / 1906 - 1984
Ed Gein was a notorious serial killer and grave robber. He inspired the creation of several film characters, including Norman Bates (Psycho), Jame Gumb (The Silence of the Lambs) and Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre).
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(1906-1984)
Serial Killer
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Johnny Hodges
Saxophonist / 1906 - 1970
American jazz saxophonist Johnny Hodges, a featured soloist in Duke Ellington's orchestra, was among the most influential sax players in the history of jazz.
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(1906-1970)
Saxophonist
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John Huston
Film Actor, Director / 1906 - 1987
American motion-picture director whose taut dramas, including The Maltese Falcon, were some of the most popular films from the 1940s on.
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(1906-1987)
Film Actor, Director
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Philip C. Johnson
Educator, Architect / 1906 - 2005
Philip Johnson was an American architect best known for the design for his own home, the Glass House, in New Canaan, CT.
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(1906-2005)
Educator, Architect
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William Joyce
Political Leader / 1906 - 1946
William Joyce is best known for his involvement in the British Fascist Party during World War II and immigrating to Nazi Germany.
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(1906-1946)
Political Leader
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Kathleen Kenyon
Archaeologist, Educator, Historian, Journalist / 1906 - 1978
Dame Kathleen (Mary) Kenyon was an English archaeologist who excavated Jericho to and showed it to be the oldest known continuously occupied human settlement.
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(1906-1978)
Archaeologist, Educator, Historian, Journalist
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Oscar Levant
Film Actor, Comedian, Pianist, Author / 1906 - 1972
Oscar Levant was a talented pianist, comic actor and writer. His films include the 1951 movie An American in Paris.
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(1906-1972)
Film Actor, Comedian, Pianist, Author
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Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Pilot, Journalist, Author / 1906 - 2001
Writer and aviation pioneer Anne Morrow Lindbergh was married to aviator Charles Lindbergh. The couple’s child was kidnapped for ransom and murdered in 1932.
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(1906-2001)
Pilot, Journalist, Author
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Luis Federico Leloir
Chemist / 1906 - 1987
Luis Federico Leloir received the 1970 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery and study of sugar nucleotides.
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(1906-1987)
Chemist
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R.K. Narayan
Journalist, Author / 1906 - 2001
Indian author R.K. Narayan is widely considered to be one of India's greatest English language novelists known for his simple and unpretentious writing style.
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(1906-2001)
Journalist, Author
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Clifford Odets
Activist, Theater Actor, Director, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1906 - 1963
Clifford Odets was the leading dramatist of the theater of social protest in the United States during the 1930s. He helped form the influential Group Theatre.
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(1906-1963)
Activist, Theater Actor, Director, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Aristotle Onassis
Entrepreneur / 1906 - 1975
Aristotle Onassis is best known as the Greek shipping tycoon who married JFK’s widow, Jacqueline Kennedy, in 1968. Onassis died on March 15, 1975.
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(1906-1975)
Entrepreneur
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Satchel Paige
Baseball Player / 1906 - 1982
Legendary pitcher Satchel Paige became the oldest player to join Major League baseball, with a career that spanned 40 years.
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(1906-1982)
Baseball Player
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Otto Preminger
Director / 1906 - 1986
Otto Preminger helped establish film noir with his movie Laura in 1944. He opened his own production company, which made controversial movies that challenged film regulations.
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(1906-1986)
Director
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Carol Reed
Director, Producer / 1906 - 1976
Sir Carol Reed was British film director noted for his technical mastery of the suspense-thriller genre.
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(1906-1976)
Director, Producer
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Roberto Rossellini
Director / 1906 - 1977
Roberto Rossellini, father of actress Isabella Rossellini, was an Italian film director associated with the Neorealist movement. His most celebrated work is Rome, Open City.
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(1906-1977)
Director
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Léopold Senghor
Educator, World Leader, Poet / 1906 - 2001
Léopold Senghor was a poet, teacher, and statesman, first president of Senegal, and a major proponent of the concept of Negritude.
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(1906-2001)
Educator, World Leader, Poet
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Songwriter / 1906 - 1975
Dmitry Shostakovich was a Russian composer, renowned particularly for his 15 symphonies, numerous chamber works, and concerti.
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(1906-1975)
Songwriter
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Bugsy Siegel
Organized Crime Boss / 1906 - 1947
Iconic mobster Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel built the Flamingo casino in Las Vegas, igniting an era of glamour, gambling and gangsters in the desert.
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(1906-1947)
Organized Crime Boss
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A.J.P. Taylor
Historian, Academic Author / 1906 - 1990
A.J.P. Taylor was a British historian and journalist noted for his lectures on history and for his prose style, who often sparked controversy with his views.
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(1906-1990)
Historian, Academic Author
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Luchino Visconti
Director / 1906 - 1976
Luchino Visconti was a film director whose films presented a realistic treatment of individuals caught in the conflicts of modern society.
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(1906-1976)
Director
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Fred Whipple
Astronomer / 1906 - 2004
Fred Whipple was a Solar System expert. His “dirty snowball” theory, which said comets are composed of ice and dirt, was confirmed in 1986.
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(1906-2004)
Astronomer
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T.H. White
Journalist, Author / 1906 - 1964
T.H. White was an English writer known for his novel series about King Arthur, The Once and Future King.
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(1906-1964)
Journalist, Author
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Billy Wilder
Director, Producer / 1906 - 2002
Billy Wilder is best known for the many films he directed and produced, like Some Like It Hot.
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(1906-2002)
Director, Producer