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George Orwell
British writer and journalist (1903–1950)
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Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. was an American singer and actor. One of the first multimedia stars, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century worldwide. Crosby was a leader in record sales, network radio ratings, and motion picture grosses from 1926 to 1977. He was one of the first global cultural icons. Crosby made over 70 feature films and recorded more than 1,600 songs.
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John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist (1903–1957)
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Polish-American writer (1904–1991)
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Theodor W. Adorno
German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)
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Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973 (1903–1989)
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Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987)
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Anaïs Nin
French-born American author (1903–1977)
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Georges Simenon
Belgian writer (1903–1986)
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Claudette Colbert
American actress (1903–1996)
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Ernest Walton
Irish physicist and Nobel laureate (1903-1995)
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Aram Khachaturian
Soviet Armenian composer (1903–1978)
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Bob Hope
American entertainer (1903–2003)
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Habib Bourguiba
Tunisian politician (1903–2000)
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Andrey Kolmogorov
Russian mathematician (1903–1987)
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Alec Douglas-Home
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1963 to 1964
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Fernandel
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (; 8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel (), was a French comic actor. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, a town located in the province of Turin, Italy, he became a comedy star, first gaining popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. So attentive was he to his wife that his mother-in-law amusingly referred to him
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C. F. Powell
British physicist
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Evelyn Waugh
British writer and journalist (1903–1966)
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Adolf Butenandt
German biochemist (1903-1995)
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Lars Onsager
American physical chemist and theoretical physicist (1903-1976)
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Jan Tinbergen
Dutch economist (1903–1994)
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Mark Rothko
American painter of Latvian-Jewish descent (1903–1970)
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Giulio Natta
Italian chemist
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Olav V of Norway
king of Norway (1903-1991)
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Fahri Korutürk
6th President of the Republic of Turkey (1903–1987)
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Tunku Abdul Rahman
first Prime Minister of Malaysia (1903-1990)
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Igor Kurchatov
Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960)
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Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Austrian SS official, a major perpetrator of the Holocaust and convicted war criminal (1903-1946)
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Vladimir Horowitz
Russian and American pianist (1903–1989)
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George Beadle
American geneticist (1903-1989)
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Raymond Queneau
French novelist and poet (1903–1976)
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John Eccles
Australian neurophysiologist (1903–1997)
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Yasujirō Ozu
Japanese film director, screenwriter (1903–1963)
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Galeazzo Ciano
Italian noble, diplomat and politician (1903-1944)
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Hugo Theorell
biochemist (1903-1982)
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José Antonio Primo de Rivera
Spanish politician and founder of Falange Española (1903–1936)
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Alonzo Church
American mathematician and logician (1903–1995)
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Louis Leakey
kenyan-British archaeologist and naturalist
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Vincente Minnelli
American stage and film director (1903-1986)
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Johannes Heesters
Dutch actor, singer and entertainer (1903–2011)
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Sadegh Hedayat
Iranian writer
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Amy Johnson
pioneering English aviator (1903–1941)
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Benjamin Spock
American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care (1903-1998)
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Julius Fučík
Czech journalist and revolutionary (1903–1943)
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Haldan Keffer Hartline
American neuroscientist
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Misao Tamai
Japanese association football player (1903-1978)
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Erskine Caldwell
American novelist, short story writer, travel writer, essayist (1903–1987)
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Mykola Pidhornyi
Soviet politician (1903-1983)
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Alan Paton
South African writer and activist (1903-1988)
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Raymond Radiguet
French writer (1903–1923)
George Davis Snell
American geneticist
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John Vincent Atanasoff
American computer pioneer (1903-1995)
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Irène Némirovsky
French novelist (1903–1942)
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John Dillinger
American bank robber
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Anne Revere
American actress (1903-1990)
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John Wyndham
English science fiction author (1903–1969)
Kane Tanaka
Japanese supercentenarian
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Rudolf Abel
Soviet intelligence officer (1903–1971)
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Irving Stone
American writer (1903–1989)