Fred Astaire (1899-1987)
Movie Actor
1
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957)
2
Emma Morano (1899-2017)
Supercentenarian
3
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Director
4
Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Pianist
5
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
6
EB White (1899-1985)
Children's Author
7
Lillian Disney (1899-1997)
Illustrator
8
Jafar Jabbarly (1899-1934)
Poet
9
Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)
Composer
10
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
11
James Cagney (1899-1986)
12
Burt Munro (1899-1978)
Motorcycle Racer
13
Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
14
Chief Dan George (1899-1981)
15
Charles Laughton (1899-1962)
16
Gloria Swanson (1899-1983)
Movie Actress
17
Madge Blake (1899-1969)
TV Actress
18
Pat O'Brien (1899-1983)
19
Edith Head (1899-1981)
Fashion Designer
20
Died in 1899
Birthdays by Month
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918)
Duchess
21
Allen Tate (1899-1979)
22
Ruth Becker (1899-1990)
Titanic Survivor
23
DeFord Bailey (1899-1982)
Country Singer
24
Neil Hamilton (1899-1984)
TV Actor
25
Weegee (1899-1968)
Photographer
26
Noel Coward (1899-1973)
Playwright
27
Justas Paleckis (1899-1980)
Politician
28
Jimmie Davis (1899-2000)
29
Leonie Adams (1899-1988)
30
Joe Hauser (1899-1997)
Baseball Player
31
Gussie Busch (1899-1989)
Entrepreneur
32
Norman George Hunter (1899-1995)
33
Janet Lewis (1899-1998)
34
Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899-2016)
35
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
36
Duy Tan (1899-1945)
Emperor
37
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976)
38
Jeralean Talley (1899-2015)
39
HN Swanson (1899-1991)
40
Billy Rose (1899-1966)
Songwriter
41
PL Travers (1899-1996)
42
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979)
Painter
43
Clara Muhammad (1899-1972)
Civil Rights Leader
44
Francis Lederer (1899-2000)
45
Howard Hill (1899-1975)
Archer
46
Aline Macmahon (1899-1991)
47
Walter Lantz (1899-1994)
Cartoonist
48
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