{--page_num--}Famous Personalities Born In 1906

Oct 05 In the year 1906 birth of leopold Kohr, writer/mentor of Fritz Schumacher  

Oct 05 On this day in history birth of louise Brown, dancer/teacher  

Oct 06 On this day in history birth of janet Gaynor, Philadelphia, actress (Sunrise, A Star Is Born)  

Oct 06 On this day in history birth of louis Borell, Amsterdam Neth, actor (Over the Moon, Queer Cargo)  

Oct 07 James E Webb, head of NASA (1961-68) was born in the year 1906.  

Oct 09 13th earl of Stair, English lt-colonel/large landowner was born in the year 1906.  

Oct 09 Janis Ivanovs, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Léopold Sédar Senghor, Senegalese poet and politician (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 10 In the year 1906 birth of paul Creston, [Giuseppe Guttoveggio], NY, composer (Creative Harmony)  

Oct 10 R.K. Narayan, Indian novelist (d. 2001) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Earl "Dutch" Clark, Colo, NFL hall of fame QB (Spartans, Detroit) was born in the year 1906.  

Oct 12 On this day in history birth of edmund Charles Wolf Myers, soldier/engineer  

Oct 12 On this day in history birth of joe Cronin, baseball (Pirates, Red Sox, Senators, MVP 1930, AL Pres)  

Oct 12 On this day in history birth of willy Hess, Swiss musicologist, composer and famous Beethoven scholar  

Oct 14 Benita Hume, London England, actress (Vicky-Halls of Ivy) was born in the year 1906.  

Oct 14 Hannah Arendt, Germany, historian (Origins of Totalitarianism) was born in the year 1906.  

Oct 14 Imam Hassan al Banna, Egyptian founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (d. 1949) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 15 On this day in history birth of hiram Fong, Honolulu U.S. (Sen-R-Hawaii)  

Oct 16 Dino Buzzati, writer was born in the year 1906.  

Oct 16 George Martin Lott Jr, tennis champ (1931 US Open runner-up) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 17 In the year 1906 birth of paul Derringer, American baseball player (d. 1987)  

Oct 18 James Brooks, US mural painter (Acquisition of Long Island) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 18 In the year 1906 birth of sidney Kiescher Kingslei, playwright  

Oct 21 On this day in history birth of lillian Asplund, last American Titanic survivor (d. 2006)  

Oct 22 In the year 1906 birth of cornelis L "Kees" van Baaren, Dutch composer (Willem Pijper)  

Oct 22 In the year 1906 birth of sidney Kingsley, US playwright (One in White, Darkness at Noon)  

Oct 23 Gertrude Ederle, NYC, swimmer (Olympic-gold-1924) was born in the year 1906.  

Oct 23 Miriam Gideon, composer was born on this day in history.  

Oct 24 Alexander Gelfond, Russian mathematician (d. 1968) was born in the year 1906.  

Oct 24 In the year 1906 birth of marie-Louise von Motesiczky, painter  

Oct 27 Anton AM Struyken, minister of justice/governor Dutch Antilles was born on this day in history.  

Oct 27 Earle Cabell, American politician (d. 1975) was born on this day in history.  

Oct 29 In the year 1906 birth of fredric [William] Brown, US, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)  

Oct 30 On this day in history birth of alexander Gode, German-American linguist (d. 1970)  

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Jan 01 Joseph Miroslav Weber, composer, dies at 51 in the year 1906.  

Jan 13 In the year 1906 death of alexander Stepanovich Popov, Russian physicist (b. 1859)  

Jan 16 Marshall Field, founder of Marshall Field and Company (b. 1834) died in the year 1906.  

Jan 18 In the year 1906 bartolomé Mitre, president of Argentina (1862-70), dies at 84  

Jan 25 Joseph Wheeler II, Confederate General, dies at 70 in the year 1906.  

Jan 29 Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies in the year 1906.  

Feb 09 Paul Laurence Dunbar, black dialect poet, dies at 33 in Dayton, Ohio on this day in history.  

Feb 10 Ezra Butler Eddy, Canadian businessman (E.B. Eddy Company) and politician (b. 1827) died on this day in history.