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Sergei Eisenstein
Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)
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Federico García Lorca
Spanish poet, dramatist and prose writer (1898–1936)
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Golda Meir
Prime Minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974
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C. S. Lewis
British writer, lay theologian, and scholar (1898–1963)
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Erich Maria Remarque
German-born novelist (1898–1970)
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Umm Kulthum
Egyptian singer and actress (1904–1975)
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Zhou Enlai
1st Premier of the People's Republic of China
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René Magritte
Belgian surrealist (1898–1967)
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Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect and designer (1898–1976)
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M. C. Escher
Dutch graphic artist (1898–1972)
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Herbert Marcuse
German philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist (1898–1979)
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Isidor Isaac Rabi
American physicist (1898–1988)
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Vicente Aleixandre
Spanish poet (1898–1984)
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George Gershwin
American composer and pianist (1898–1937)
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Gunnar Myrdal
Swedish economist (1898–1987)
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Enzo Ferrari
Italian racing driver and entrepreneur (1898–1988)
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Leó Szilárd
Hungarian-American Jewish physicist and inventor (1898–1964)
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Howard Florey
Australian pathologist (1898-1968)
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Julius Evola
Italian philosopher and esotericist (1898-1974)
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Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
South African politician (1898–1967)
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Karl Ziegler
German chemist (1898–1973)
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Shirley Booth
American actress (1898–1992)
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Gulzarilal Nanda
Indian politician (1898-1998)
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Rodion Malinovsky
Soviet military commander
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Sòng Měilíng
Chiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China (1898–2003)
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Fritz Zwicky
Swiss astronomer who posited dark matter (1898–1974)
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Alexander Calder
American artist (1898–1976)
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Paul Robeson
American singer, actor, and political activist (1898–1976)
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Curzio Malaparte
Italian writer (1898-1957)
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Trofim Lysenko
Soviet agronomist and biologist (1898-1976)
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Irene Dunne
American actress and singer (1898–1990)
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René Clair
French filmmaker and writer (1898–1981)
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Kenji Mizoguchi
Japanese film director and screenwriter (1898-1956)
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Georges Dumézil
French philologist (1898-1986)
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Ahmad Shah Qajar
The seventh and last Shah of Iran Qajar (1909–1925)
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Randolph Scott
American actor (1898–1987)
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Leo McCarey
American film director, screenwriter and producer (1898-1969)
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William James Sidis
American child prodigy (1898-1944)
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Totò
Antonio Griffo Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno Porfirogenito Gagliardi De Curtis di Bisanzio (15 February 1898 – 15 April 1967), best known by his stage name Totò (), or simply as Antonio de Curtis, and nicknamed il principe della risata ("the prince of laughter"), was an Italian actor, comedian, screenwriter, dramatist, poet, singer and lyricist. He is commonly referred to as one of the most popular Italian performers of all time. While best known for his funny and sometimes cynical comic characters in theatre and then many successful comedy films made from the 1940s to the 1960s, he also w
Peng Dehuai
Chinese military leader, Marshal of the People's Republic of China (1898–1974)
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Héctor Scarone
Uruguayan footballer (1898-1967)
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Lotte Lenya
Austrian singer and actress (1898-1981)
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Henry Hathaway
American film director and producer (1898-1985)
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Aloysius Stepinac
Croatian Roman Catholic cardinal, archbishop of Zagreb (1898-1960) and blessed
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Willy Messerschmitt
German aircraft designer and manufacturer (1898-1978)
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Norman Vincent Peale
American writer and minister (1898-1993)
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Berenice Abbott
American photographer (1898-1991)
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Joris Ivens
Dutch filmmaker (1898-1989)
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Bessie Love
American actress (1898–1986)
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Emil Artin
Austrian-Armenian mathematician (1898–1962)
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Hans Krebs
German general
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Hanns Eisler
Austrian and German composer (1898–1962)
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Karl Hermann Frank
Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Nazi Germany politician (1898-1946)
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Lionel Robbins, Baron Robbins
British economist (1898–1984)
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Arletty
Léonie Marie Julie Bathiat (15 May 1898 – 23 July 1992), known professionally as Arletty, was a French actress, singer, and fashion model. As an actress she is particularly known for classics directed by Marcel Carné, including Hotel du Nord (1938), Le jour se lève (1939) and Children of Paradise (1945). She was found guilty of treason for an affair with a German officer during World War II.
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Dámaso Alonso
Spanish poet, philologist, and literary critic
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Peggy Guggenheim
American art collector, art dealer, museum founder and socialite (1898–1979)
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Alberto Suppici
Uruguayan football player and manager (1898-1981)
Leopold Infeld
Polish physicist (1898–1968)
Desanka Maksimović
Serbian writer (1898-1993)