1899 births

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema. In a career spanning six decades, he directed over 50 feature films, many of which are still widely watched and studied today. Known as the "Master of Suspense", Hitchcock became as well known as any of his actors thanks to his many interviews, his cameo appearances in most of his films, and his hosting and producing the television anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955–65). Among other accolades, his films garnered 46 Academy Award nominations, including six wins, although he never won the award for Best Director, despite five nominations.

Russian-American novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977)

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

American actor (1899–1957)

Austrian and British economist (1899–1992)

American gangster (1899–1947)

Guatemalan writer and diplomat (1899–1974)

American dancer, actor, and singer (1899–1987)

American actor and dancer (1899–1986)

American actress (1899–1983)

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

Soviet politician and NKVD police chief

German children's writer (1899–1974)

American physicist (1899–1980)

German politician, President of Germany 1969–1974 (1899–1976)

British-American actor (1899–1962)

American film director and producer (1899–1983)

King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972

Australian virologist (1899-1985)

South African-American virologist and doctor (1899-1972)

5th President of the Republic of Turkey (1899–1982)

Turkish statesperson (1899–1961)

Swedish economist and politician (1899-1979)

Hungarian physicist (1899–1972)

French tennis player

Hungarian inventor (1899–1985)

Belgian-American cell biologist (1899–1983)

French composer and pianist (1899–1963)

Belgian politician (1899-1972)

English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899–1973)

German-American biochemist

French writer (1899-1974)

Algerian politician (1899-1985), President of Provisional Government of Algeria, president of the National Constitutional Assembly of Algeria

Australian-British novelist, actress and journalist (1899–1996)

National poet of Bangladesh (1899-1976)

Russian author (1899–1951)

Grand Duchess of Russia (1899–1918)

Pakistani politician, statesman and military general (1899–1969)

French actor (1899–1978)

History of Political Philosophy scholar (1899-1973)

Chinese writer, novelist and playwright (1899-1966)

American actress (1899–1985)

Prime Minister of Japan from 1960 to 1964

American film producer (1899-1936)

American author (1899–1985)

King of Swaziland (1899-1982)

seventh President of Austria (1899–1974)

French painter, poet and writer (1899–1984)

French resistance fighter and civil servant (1899-1943)

Anglo-Irish novelist and diarist (1899–1973)

Romanian politician (1899-1938)

French politician (1899-1983)

Russian writer and educator

American writer (1899–1932)

American sociologist (1899–1959)

Soviet filmmaker and film theorist (1899–1970)

4th Prime Minister of the Dominion of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) from 1956-59

British writer and engineer (1899–1960)