1908 births

British travel writer (1908–2003)

American sociologist and demographer (1908–1997)

American boxer (1908–2001)

British-French writer

gymnast (1908-1957)

Indian vocalist (1908-2003)

American journalist, novelist and spy for the Soviet Union (1908–1990)

German water polo player (1908–1985)

Belgian painter (1908–1960)

Ukrainian poet (1908–1973)

actress (1908-2002)

Polish actress (1908–1990)

German linguist (1908 – 1967)

Japanese actor and director (1908-1993)

Soviet and Russian actor (1908–2001)

Slovak poet (1908–1995)

cross-country skier, ski jumper and Nordic combined skier (1908-1982)

Polish nun, Righteous among the Nations

Yugoslav politician (1908-1993)

German nurse, camp guard at concentration camp Ravensbrück (1908-1947)

Italian actor, voice actor and screenwriter (1908–1975)

Brazilian journalist (1908–1966)

American historian

American writer and broadcaster (1908-1967)

English footballer (1908-1970)

German aviator (1908–1991)

American television executive (1908–2002)

English mathematician (1908–1994)

Japanese army and ground force general (1908–1986)

Argentine botanist and phytogeographer (1908-1999)

Armenian historian (1908–1992)

German discus thrower (1908-1997)

German actress (1908-1986)

French water polo player (1908–1937)

women's rights activist

Iraqi artist

American historian (1908-1999)

American astronomer (1908–1997)

Cypriot politician (1908–1988)

American cinematographer (1908–1997)

broadcasting executive (1908-2006)

German / Danish teacher (1908-1994)

British writer (1908-1937)

Swiss cryptographer (1908-1981)

American politician (1908-1972)

American mobster during depression-era

SS officer

actress (1908-1954)

cricketer (1908-1980)

Muktananda (16 May 1908 – 2 October 1982), born Krishna Rai, was a yoga guru and the founder of Siddha Yoga. He was a disciple of Bhagavan Nityananda. He wrote books on the subjects of Kundalini Shakti, Vedanta, and Kashmir Shaivism, including a spiritual autobiography entitled The Play of Consciousness. In honorific style, he is often referred to as Swami Muktananda, or Baba Muktananda, or in a familiar way just Baba.

French singer, composer and pianist (1919–1983)

German vexillologist and heraldist (1908–1992)

Canadian-American singer and actor (1908-1980)

Occitan poet, writer, physician and activist (1908-2005)

French politician (1908-1999)

Swiss rower

German palaeontologist (1908-1990)

British lady-in-waiting and baroness

United States Army general (1908–1975)

British actor (1908-1989)