1900s births

American actress (1908–1977)

Malian writer, historian and ethnologist

Malagasy poet who is widely considered to be Africa's first modern poet and the greatest literary artist of Madagascar. (1901–1937)

American entertainer (1901–1971)

Saudi businessman (1908–1967)

American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (1905–1935)

Chinese actress (1908–1989)

American singer-songwriter

American actor (1909-1995)

American film producer and film editor (1904-1958)

German political writer, translator, actress, and journalist (1904–1994)

Austrian ballet dancer and choreographer

French actor (1901–1932)

Ecuadorian poet/historian/author/diplomat (1903–1978)

Hindu religious leader (c.1900–1973)

Moroccan writer

Armenian writer (d. 1973)

Nigerian feminist, activist and entrepreneur

Guatemalan writer (1904-2006)

Armenian singer (1900–2005)

actress (1907-1982)

Argentine footballer and manager (1904-1970)

Vietnamese painter and art critic (1906–1954)

American boxer (1901-1981)

German sideshow performer (1907–1973)

Last native and proficient speaker and writer of Nüshu script (1906–2004)

Pakistani politician

Soviet ballet dancer and ballet master (1908-1979)

Romanian murderer

American writer, inventor and actress

South African actor

Australian pianist (1912–1991)

Yugoslav partisan (1903–1942)

Polish-Jewish activist (1905-1943)

Japanese political activist and novelist

American comic strip writer and cartoonist (1900–1955)

American centenarian (1907–2011)

Mayor of Gaza

Indian tribal leader (1901-1940)

Brazilian aviator and flight instructor

Brazilian musician

Iraqi traveler, journalist and author, who mastered over 17 languages

Mexican artist (1909–1985)

American country blues musician

20th-century Chinese assassin of Sun Chuanfang

Kyrgyz leader from Xinjiang

Turkish composer and musician (1900–1981)

National Hero of Turkey

Serbian soldier (1902–1963)

American actress (1905-1943)

Chinese actress

Taiwanese historian and philosopher (1903–1982)

Anastasya Soerip (Perfected Spelling: Surip; 22 October 19? – 7 May 1992) was an Indonesian singer and actress.

Opera and operetta singer (1900-1949)

Ukrainian and Ukrainian American author (1904-1996)

Hopi painter, silversmith, farmer, writer, and educator (1900-1986)

Lebanese Marxist intellectual writer journalist and literary critic (1910–1987)

American author and advertising copywriter

Scottish paleobotanist

Indonesian actor