1908 births

Indian politician

Ermelinda Cardozo (7 May 1908 – unknown), also known mononymously as Ermeline, and later by her stage name Sudhabala, was an Indian actress from the silent era of Hindi films. She is often credited with providing the first significant acting job to Prithviraj Kapoor, the patriarch of the Kapoor family in the Hindi film industry. Along with Patience Cooper, Ruby Myers, and Sita Devi, she is credited as a "leading star" of the 1920s and 1930s who had more mass appeal than their male counterparts.

Romanian writer

Lebanese women's rights writer

cyclist

Royal Navy admiral of the fleet (1908-1995)

Dutch bicycle racer and track cyclist (1908-1945)

British composer and musicologist (1908–1999)

economist and bureaucrat (1908–2009)

Israeli writer (1908–1996)

French novelist (1903–1979)

American singer (1908-1963)

American biologist known for his work as a zoologist and natural historian (1908–1994)

Film producer, Art director (1908–1984)

French actress (1908-1962)

American rabbi (1907–2000)

Chief Justice of Saudi Arabia

English cricketer, born 1908 (1908–1967)

South African long-distance runner (1908-2006)

novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter

Swedish film director, film editor and screenwriter (1908–1998)

Iranian jurist and author (1908–1993)

Poet, writer and folklorist (1908-1983)

set decorator (1908-1973)

American actress (1908-1993)

American architect (1908–1988)

American artist (1908-2007)

American diplomat (1908-2000)

Indian archaeologist

British classical scholar and academic (1908-1978)

American singer (1908-1975)

Italian actor and voice actor (1908–1970)

British actor (1908-1967)

Polish automotive engineer

Israeli diplomat

Japanese politician (1908–1981)

Polish archaeologist (1908–1985)

First Tuvan pilot

Puerto Rican politician (1908–1985)

Spanish anarchist

Czechoslovak minister of interior (1908–1973)

Polish artist (1908-1980)

physical chemist, football administrator (1908-1983)

Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1908-1996)

Balabhai Virchand Desai, better known by his pen name Jaybhikhkhu, was a Gujarati novelist, short story writer, playwright, essayist, and biographer from Gujarat, India. He is known for his historical novels.

American psychiatrist & psychoanalyst (1908–1999)

Portuguese actress, writer, translator and feminist

Spanish composer

English Test and County cricketer (1908-1971)

Pakistani philosopher and Poet

association football player (1908-1985)

German conductor and academic

American art collector (1908–1997)

Canadian musician (1908–1950)

Luxembourgian boxer (1908-1942)

Catholic priest; Vietnamese anticommunist military leader (1908–1989)

American swimmer, Olympic athlete, former world record-holder (1908-1933)

Swiss composer (1908-2006)

Japanese singer, actor (1908-1991)

Hungarian photographer (1908-1997)