1908 births

American astronomer (1908–1974)

American anthropologist (1908-2005)

Japanese documentary filmmaker (1908-1987)

American entertainer, radio singer, songwriter, and presidential candidate (1908–1989)

German actress

American mayor (1908-1981)

Spanish actor (1908-1977)

French linguist and French resistance fighter (1908-1942)

French footballer (1908-1989)

Luxembourgian sculptor (1908-2002)

British ice hockey player; Ice hockey coach (1908-1979)

journalist and editorial writer (1908–1956)

Turkish translator and writer (1908–1973)

Carnatic musician

British mathematician

German actor (1908–1979)

Taiwanese Tsou musician and educator

Austrian football player (1908-1970)

American production designer (1908-2007)

French actor (1908–1958)

American anthropologist and spy (1908–1990)

Indian actor (1908–2000)

Israeli artist (1908-1989)

French explorer, journalist and writer (1908–1940)

Italian naval officer and submariner during World War II (1908–1942)

Footballer (1908-1993)

Greek actor (1908-1984 )

German-born American film director

Explorer of Antarctica (1908–1992)

Mexican writer (1908-1990)

Canadian long jumper

Yugoslavian Olympic swimmer (1908-2011)

American Roman Catholic bishop (1908–2005)

Puerto Rican soccer player (1908-1969)

Armenian architect (1908-1988)

Israeli politician

Nazi concentration guard (1908–1977)

Spanish politician (1908-1976)

Peruvian writer (1908-1985)

Canadian activist (1908-2009)

American photographer and writer (1913–2002)

American actor (1908-1980)

Russian philosopher (1908–1990)

Mexican painter and muralist (1908-1985)

Russian physicist (1908–1996)

American mobster

American production designer (1908-2005)

South African cricketer (1908-1990)

American boxer (1908–1977)

Russian operatic tenor (1908–1980)

German chemist (1908–1944)

rocket scientist (1908–1987)

German ornithologist and Nazi SS officer (1908–1974)

British musical composer, arranger and conductor (1908–1984)

German-born American character actor

Swedish philosopher (1908–1982)

Albanian nationalist

American child actress; silent film actress (1908-1984)

American writer

Indonesian reporter and politician