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F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)
Eugenio Montale
Italian poet (1896-1981)
André Breton
French writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966)
Gerty Cori
Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957)
Tristan Tzara
Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)
Lev Vygotsky
Soviet psychologist (1896-1934)
Trygve Lie
1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON
Antonin Artaud
French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)
Imre Nagy
Hungarian politician (1896-1958)
Wallis Simpson
American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)
Sandro Pertini
Italian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985
Morarji Desai
Prime Minister of India (1977-1979)
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Soviet and Polish military commander (1896-1968)
Nikolay Semyonov
Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986)
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
Robert S. Mulliken
American physicist, chemist and botanical collector (1896 - 1986)
John Dos Passos
American novelist (1896–1970)
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Sicilian Prince and writer (1896-1957)
Klement Gottwald
5th President of Czechoslovakia
Carl Ferdinand Cori
Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984)
Dziga Vertov
Russian-Soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954)
Mamie Eisenhower
First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961
Buenaventura Durruti
Spanish anarchist (1896-1936)
Howard Hawks
American film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977)
Philip Showalter Hench
American physician (1896-1965)
Andrei Zhdanov
Soviet politician (1896-1948)
A. J. Cronin
Scottish novelist (1896–1981)
Faina Ranevskaya
Soviet actress (1896-1984)
Nobusuke Kishi
56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan (1896–1987)
George Burns
American comedian, actor, writer and singer (1896–1996)
Ruth Gordon
American actress and writer (1896–1985)
Italo Balbo
Italian Marshal of the Air Force and minister (1896–1940)
Oswald Mosley
British aristocrat and fascist politician (1896–1980)
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexican painter and muralist (1908–1974)
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964
Carl Zuckmayer
German writer and playwright (1896-1977)
Kazimierz Kuratowski
Polish mathematician (1896–1980)
Wallace Carothers
American organic chemist (1896–1937)
Leslie Groves
United States Army Corps of Engineers officer (1896–1970)
Anastasio Somoza García
former President of Nicaragua (1896–1956)
Kenji Miyazawa
Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896-1933)
Pavel Aleksandrov
Russian mathematician (1896–1982)
Paula Hitler
younger sister of Adolf Hitler (1896–1960)
Joseph Schildkraut
actor (1896-1964)
Mao Dun
Chinese writer (1896-1981)
Mark W. Clark
United States Army general (1896–1984)
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French painter (1896–1987)
Ernst Udet
German flying ace (1896–1941)
Carlos P. Garcia
President of the Philippines from 1957 to 1961
Rolf Sievert
Swedish medical physicist, professor (1896–1966)
Felix Steiner
German SS commander ; affiant in Pohl Trial (NMT 4)
Friedrich Hund
German physicist (1896-1997)
Aleksei Antonov
Soviet general (1896-1962)
Ira Gershwin
American lyricist (1896–1983)
Dodie Smith
English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)
Leon Theremin
Russian inventor, physicist, and musician (1896-1993)
Jorge Alessandri
Chilean politician and President (1896–1986)