Famous people born in 1896

The best-known people born in 1896, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

F. Scott Fitzgerald
American writer (1896–1940)
September 24 · d. 1940
Photo: Nickolas Muray, Public domain
Georgy Zhukov
Marshal of the Soviet Union (1896-1974)
December 2 · d. 1974
Photo: Министерство обороны Российской Федерации, CC BY 4.0
Jean Piaget
Swiss psychologist, biologist, logician, philosopher and academic (1896–1980)
August 9 · d. 1980
Photo: Unidentified (Ensian published by University of Michigan), Public domain
Eugenio Montale
Italian poet (1896-1981)
October 12 · d. 1981
Photo: Kaj Hagman., Public domain
André Breton
French writer and poet, co-founder of Surrealism (1896–1966)
February 19 · d. 1966
Photo: Henri Manuel, Public domain
Gerty Cori
Austro-Hungarian-American biochemist (1896–1957)
August 15 · d. 1957
Photo: National Library of Medicine, Images from the History of Medicine, B05353, Public domain
Tristan Tzara
Romanian-French poet (1896–1963)
April 16 · d. 1963
Photo: original author: unknown; cropped and retouched by: Rlevente, CC BY-SA 4.0
Lev Vygotsky
Soviet psychologist (1896-1934)
November 17 · d. 1934
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Trygve Lie
1st Secretary-General of the United Nations (1896–1968)
July 16 · d. 1968
Photo: atelier Benkow, CC BY-SA 3.0
Antonin Artaud
French-Occitanian poet, playwright, actor and theatre director (1896-1948)
September 4 · d. 1948
Photo: Agence de presse Meurisse, Public domain
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Indian spiritual teacher and founder of the ISKCON
September 1 · d. 1977
Photo: Christian Jansen, CC BY 3.0
Imre Nagy
Hungarian politician (1896-1958)
June 7 · d. 1958
Photo: ismeretlen szerző (Nagy Imre Emlékház tulajdona), Public domain
Sandro Pertini
Italian journalist, resistance leader and politician, President of Italy from 1978 to 1985
September 25 · d. 1990
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Attribution
Wallis Simpson
American socialite and wife of the Duke of Windsor (1896-1986)
June 19 · d. 1986
Photo: Attributed to Angelo Laviosa / Formerly attributed to Vincenzo Laviosa, Public domain
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Soviet and Polish military commander (1896-1968)
December 21 · d. 1968
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 4.0
Morarji Desai
Prime Minister of India (1977-1979)
February 29 · d. 1995
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author or not provided, Public domain
Nikolay Semyonov
Soviet physical chemist (1896-1986)
April 15 · d. 1986
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Roman Jakobson
Russian linguist (1896–1982)
October 10 · d. 1982
Photo: Philweb Bibliographical Archive, CC BY 3.0
Robert S. Mulliken
American physicist, chemist and botanical collector (1896 - 1986)
June 7 · d. 1986
John Dos Passos
American novelist (1896–1970)
January 14 · d. 1970
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Sicilian Prince and writer (1896-1957)
December 23 · d. 1957
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Klement Gottwald
5th President of Czechoslovakia
November 23 · d. 1953
Photo: ČTK/Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Carl Ferdinand Cori
Czech Nobel prize laureate and scientist (1896–1984)
December 5 · d. 1984
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Dziga Vertov
Russian-Soviet documentary/avantgarde filmmaker (1896-1954)
January 2 · d. 1954
Photo: Mikhail Kaufman, Public domain
A. J. Cronin
Scottish novelist (1896–1981)
July 19 · d. 1981
Photo: Bassano Ltd, Public domain
Buenaventura Durruti
Spanish anarchist (1896-1936)
July 14 · d. 1936
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Mamie Eisenhower
First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961
November 14 · d. 1979
Photo: White House photographer, Public domain
Andrei Zhdanov
Soviet politician (1896-1948)
February 26 · d. 1948
Photo: ТАСС, Public domain
David Alfaro Siqueiros
Mexican painter and muralist (1908–1974)
December 29 · d. 1974
Photo: Galería Fundación Héctor García, CC BY-SA 3.0
Howard Hawks
American film director, producer and screenwriter (1896–1977)
May 30 · d. 1977
Photo: Hal McAlpin, Public domain

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January

January 4 · André Masson, French painter (1896–1987)
January 12 · Boris Skossyreff, Russian adventurer, self-declared King of Andorra (1896-1989)
January 18 · Ville Ritola, Finnish long distance runner
January 20 · George Burns, American comedian, actor, writer and singer (1896–1996)
January 21 · Paula Hitler, younger sister of Adolf Hitler (1896–1960)
January 23 · Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1919 to 1964

February

February 1 · Anastasio Somoza García, former President of Nicaragua (1896–1956)
February 2 · Kazimierz Kuratowski, Polish mathematician (1896–1980)
February 4 · Friedrich Hund, German physicist (1896-1997)
February 25 · Ida Noddack, German chemist (1896–1978)
February 28 · Philip Showalter Hench, American physician (1896-1965)
February 29 · William A. Wellman, American director, actor (1896-1975)

March

March 1 · Dimitri Mitropoulos, Greek and American conductor (1896–1960)
March 6 · Norodom Suramarit, Cambodian king (1896-1960)
March 17 · Tadj ol-Molouk of Iran, Queen consort of Iran from 1925 to 1941
March 22 · Joseph Schildkraut, actor (1896-1964)
March 22 · He Long, marshal of the People's Republic of China (1896–1969)
March 29 · Wilhelm Ackermann, German mathematician best known for the Ackermann function (1896–1962)

April

April 7 · Donald Winnicott, British pediatric psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (1896–1971)
April 8 · Ho Chong, Korean politician and independence activist (1896-1988)
April 18 · Na Hye-sok, writer and painter from Korea (1896-1948)
April 26 · Ernst Udet, German flying ace (1896–1941)
April 27 · Wallace Carothers, American organic chemist (1896–1937)
April 30 · Anandamayi Ma, Hindu Guru (1896–1982)

May

May 1 · Mark W. Clark, United States Army general (1896–1984)
May 2 · Helen of Greece and Denmark, Greek and Romanian Royal (1896–1982)
May 3 · Dodie Smith, English children's novelist and playwright (1896–1990)
May 6 · Rolf Sievert, Swedish medical physicist, professor (1896–1966)
May 7 · Pavel Aleksandrov, Russian mathematician (1896–1982)
May 19 · Jorge Alessandri, Chilean politician and President (1896–1986)

June

June 3 · Memphis Minnie, American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1897–1973)
June 6 · Italo Balbo, Italian Marshal of the Air Force and minister (1896–1940)
June 6 · Henry Allingham, British supercentenarian,who lived to age 113
June 16 · Murray Leinster, novelist, short story writer (1896–1975)
June 18 · Blanche Sweet, American actress (1896–1986)
June 29 · Boris Podolsky, Russian-American physicist (1896-1966)

July

July 4 · Mao Dun, Chinese writer (1896-1981)
July 9 · William Cameron Townsend, American missionary (1896-1982)
July 11 · Ludwik Fleck, Polish physician (1896–1961)
July 25 · Josephine Tey, Scottish author (1896–1952)
July 28 · Barbara La Marr, American actress and screenwriter (1896-1926)
July 29 · William Cameron Menzies, American film production designer and art director (1896-1957)

August

August 10 · Milena Jesenská, Czech journalist, writer, editor and translator (1896-1944)
August 17 · Leslie Groves, United States Army Corps of Engineers officer (1896–1970)
August 17 · Tina Modotti, Italian photographer, activist and actress (1896–1942)
August 27 · Faina Ranevskaya, Soviet actress (1896-1984)
August 27 · Kenji Miyazawa, Japanese poet and author of children's literature (1896–1933)
August 27 · Leon Theremin, Russian inventor, physicist, and musician (1896-1993)

September

September 1 · André Hunebelle, French film director (1896–1985)
September 4 · Aspasia Manos, Wife of King Alexander, Princess of Greece and Denmark (1896-1972)
September 5 · Heimito von Doderer, Austrian writer (1896-1966)
September 6 · Karl August Wittfogel, German-American academic (1896–1988)
September 24 · Elsa Triolet, Russian-French writer (1896–1970)
September 27 · Aleksei Antonov, Soviet general (1896-1962)

October

October 7 · Paulino Alcántara, Spanish footballer (1896-1964)
October 8 · Julien Duvivier, French film director (1896–1967)
October 15 · Célestin Freinet, French pedagogue
October 21 · Evgeny Shvarts, Russian writer (1896-1958)
October 30 · Ruth Gordon, American actress and writer (1896–1985)
October 31 · Ethel Waters, American blues, jazz and gospel vocalist and actress (1896-1977)

November

November 4 · Carlos P. Garcia, President of the Philippines from 1957 to 1961
November 8 · Marie Prevost, Canadian actress (1898–1937)
November 12 · Salim Ali, Indian ornithologist (1896-1987)
November 13 · Nobusuke Kishi, 56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan (1896–1987)
November 16 · Oswald Mosley, British aristocrat and fascist politician (1896–1980)
November 24 · Corinne Griffith, American actress, film producer, author (1894–1979)

December

December 6 · Ira Gershwin, American lyricist (1896–1983)
December 14 · Jimmy Doolittle, American military officer and aviation pioneer (1896–1993)
December 16 · Anna Anderson, Romanov imposter who claimed to be the Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia (1896–1984)
December 27 · Carl Zuckmayer, German writer and playwright (1896-1977)
December 27 · Louis Bromfield, American author and conservationist (1896-1956)
December 31 · Carl Ludwig Siegel, German mathematician (1896-1981)

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