1908 births

Norwegian Nordic combined skier (1908–1996)

Polish landscape architect

Estonian actor and singer (1908–1989)

Japanese actor (1908–1981)

Egyptian architect (1908-2008)

recipient of the Victoria Cross (1908–1994)

American mathematician

Finnish conductor (1908-1985)

Russian artist (1908-1986)

Soviet general and politician (1908-1985)

SS officer

Patriarch of Assyrian Church of the East (1908–1975)

British colonial officer (1908-1992)

American costume designer (1908-1952)

American botanist (1908-1993)

Chinese Peking opera actress

Polish flying ace and general (1908-1996)

botanist and painter (1908-2000)

Soviet Union soldier and Hero of the Soviet Union (1908–1943)

Moroccan writer (1908–1989)

Argentine botanist and phytogeographer (1908-1999)

Swedish botanist (1908-2001)

Russian-Soviet pianist and teacher (1908-1978)

Hungarian associational football player and associational football manager (1908-1982)

German discus thrower (1908-1997)

German actress (1908-1986)

Uruguayan poet

American cinematographer (1908–1997)

French water polo player (1908–1937)

English-language Filipino poet

mathematician

special effects expert, cinematographer and cameraman (1908-1985)

British alpine skier

Japanese army and ground force general (1908–1986)

American musician (1908-1942)

actress (1908-1954)

women's rights activist

British physicist

American actor (1908-1966)

Russian chess player (1908-1941)

cricketer (1908-1980)

American accountant, civil servant (1908–1998)

Iraqi artist

American actor (1908–1989)

Secretary of the Communist Party of Armenia (1908-1980)

Polish musician (1908–1945)

American aerospace engineer

American fashion designer (1915–2000)

British tennis player and commentator (1908-1992)

American nuclear engineer (1908–1993)

American astronomer (1908–1974)

KGB officer (1908–1993)

Indonesian writer (1908–1978)

German actress

German screenwriter and film director (1908–1980)

French composer and conductor (1908–1974)

Japanese documentary filmmaker (1908-1987)

Soviet composer (1908-1961)

Japanese musician (1908-2001)

French footballer (1908-1989)