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Beno Gutenberg
seismologist (1889-1960)
Oswald Veblen
American mathematician (1880–1960)
Paul Abraham
Jewish-Hungarian composer (1892–1960)
Hugo Alfvén
Swedish composer, conductor, violinist, and painter (1872-1960)
Adone Zoli
Italian politician (1887-1960)
Jules Supervielle
French writer (1884–1960)
Clara Haskil
Romanian-Swiss classical pianist (1895-1960)
Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Chilean army officer and political figure (1877-1960)
H. C. Hansen
Danish politician (1906-1960)
Henny Porten
German actress and film producer (1890-1960)
Cedric Gibbons
American art director (1890–1960)
José Antonio Aguirre
Basque association football player and politician (1904–1960)
Jussi Björling
Swedish tenor (1911–1960)
Norodom Suramarit
Cambodian king (1896-1960)
Igor Grabar
Russian post-impressionist painter, publisher, restorer and historian of art (1871-1960)
Eric Temple Bell
Scottish American mathematician and science fiction author (1883-1960)
Lottie Dod
English tennis player (1871-1960)
Soghomon Tehlirian
Armenian who assassinated convicted war criminal Talaat Pasha (1896–1960)
Dorothea Douglass
English tennis and badminton player (1878–1960)
Maurice de Broglie
French physicist (1875-1960)
Ida Rubinstein
Russian actress and dancer
Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan
1st Yang Di-Pertuan Agong (1895-1960)
Hashim al-Atassi
Syrian statesman, thrice president (1875–1960)
Paul Fort
French poet and playwright (1872–1960)
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Pakistani politician and diplomat (1897–1960)
Harold Spencer Jones
British astronomer (1890–1960)
Virginia Bolten
Argentine anarchist
Eduard Pütsep
Estonian wrestler and coach (1898–1960)
Ward Bond
American actor (1903–1960)
Johan Gunnar Andersson
Swedish archeologist and geologist (1874–1960)
Dirk Jan de Geer
Dutch politician (1870-1960)
Ioannis Georgiadis
Greek doctor, fencer and university professor (1876–1960)
Carl Keenan Seyfert
American astronomer (1911–1960)
James Montgomery Flagg
American artist (1877-1960)
Willem Elsschot
Flemish writer (1882–1960)
Edwin Fischer
Swiss conductor and classical pianist (1886-1960)
Ken McArthur
South African long-distance runner
Georges Claude
French engineer and inventor (1870–1960)
Yen Hsi-shan
Chinese military officer (1883–1960)
Eduard Čech
Czech mathematician (1893-1960)
Oliver Kirk
American boxer (1884–1960)
Bruno Loerzer
Officer in the German Luftstreitkräfte during World War I and Luftwaffe during World War II
Felix Kersten
Finnish masseur for Heinrich Himmler (1898-1960)
Clara Kimball Young
American actress (1890–1960)
Erich Neumann
German writer, psychologist and philosopher (1905-1960)
Wander Johannes de Haas
Dutch physicist (1878–1960)
Semyon Lavochkin
Jewish Soviet aerospace engineer (1900-1960)
Dimitrana Ivanova
Bulgarian teacher and journalist
John P. Marquand
American writer (1893–1960)
Hope Emerson
American actress (1897–1960)
Harry Schell
racecar driver (1921-1960)
Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria
Archduchess of Austria (1878-1960)
Wu Lien-teh
Malaysian physician (1879–1960)
René Maran
French writer (1887-1960)
Diana Barrymore
American actress (1921–1960)
André Patry
French astronomer (1902-1960)
Móric Esterházy
Hungarian politician (1881–1960)
Julie Vinter Hansen
Danish astronomer (1890-1960)
Joseph Vendryes
French linguist (1875–1960)
Gregorio Marañón
Spanish physician and historian (1887-1960)