1909 births

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959)

Dutch communist (1909–1934)

English poet and man of letters (1909–1995)

American filmmaker and theatre director (1909–1984)

French Canadian fiction writer

American scientist and inventor (1909–1991)

French physicist (1909–1975)

American essayist and visual art critic (1909-1994)

American novelist, short story writer (1909-1981)

Soviet helicopter designer (1909-1970)

Yugoslav politician (1909-1983)

Maltese chief judge and first President of the republic (1909-2008)

American mathematician and theoretical computer scientist (1909–1994)

president of Argentina from May to July 1973

New Zealand aviator (1909-1982)

American architect (1909–1990)

Soviet physicist

American-Israeli physicist

Nepali poet (1909-1959)

Japanese association football player and manager

First democratically elected President of the Dominican Republic (1909-2001)

American film producer (1909–1996)

American actress (1909–2001)

American lyricist, songwriter, singer and record executive (1909–1976)

American drummer, composer, and bandleader (1909-1973)

Hungarian politician (1909–1949)

Peruvian writer, journalist and politician (1909-1967)

American boxer (1909–1959)

American soccer player (1909-1974)

French film director (1909–1989)

German zoo director and author (1909–1987)

Polish author (1909–1983)

American jazz saxophonist (1909–1973)

Nigerian politician (1909-1987)

American animator (1909–1985)

American historian, writer, and environmentalist (1909-1993)

American mathematician (1909-2005)

English writer (1909–1998)

American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, actress and activist (1909/1912–2006)

Polish historian and politician (1909-2003)

President of Colombia (1909-1971)

Dutch physicist (1909–2000)

German actress (1909–1996)

Soviet Army captain who led 1943 revolt in Sobibor (1909-1990)

Prime Minister of Poland from 1970 to 1980 (1909–1992)

American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)

American athlete (1909–1980)

American novelist, short story writer, poet, editor, and anthologist (1909–1971)

American actress, dancer, and singer (1910-1993)

Romanian Royal

German mathematician (1909-1945)

Serbian and French footballer (1909-1963)

Austrian-German automobile designer (1909–1998)

Japanese writer (1909–1942)

American actress (1909–1979)

Swedish footballer and manager (1909-1984)

German magazine publisher (1909–2005)

Italian footballer (1909-1990)

German tennis player (1909–1976)

Romanian Christian minister of Jewish descent (1909-2001)