Famous people born in 1901

The best-known people born in 1901, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Walt Disney
American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney Company (1901–1966)
December 5 · d. 1966
Photo: Boy Scouts of America, Public domain
Marlene Dietrich
German and American actress and singer (1901–1992)
December 27 · d. 1992
Photo: für die Datei Arths-at, Public domain
Louis Armstrong
American jazz musician, trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
August 4 · d. 1971
Photo: World-Telegram staff photographer, Public domain
Enrico Fermi
Italian–American physicist (1901–1954)
September 29 · d. 1954
Photo: Department of Energy-Office of Public Affairs, restored by Yann, Public domain
Hirohito
emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989
April 29 · d. 1989
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Werner Heisenberg
German theoretical physicist and nobel prize winner (1901–1976)
December 5 · d. 1976
Sukarno
1st President of Indonesia (1901—1970)
June 6 · d. 1970
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Linus Pauling
American scientist (1901–1994)
February 28 · d. 1994
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Clark Gable
American actor (1901–1960)
February 1 · d. 1960
Photo: Unknown, Public domain
André Malraux
French novelist, art theorist, and statesman (1901–1976)
November 3 · d. 1976
Photo: Roger Pic, Public domain
Margaret Mead
American anthropologist (1901-1978)
December 16 · d. 1978
Photo: Smithsonian Institution from United States, No restrictions
Gary Cooper
American actor (1901–1961)
May 7 · d. 1961
Photo: Warner Bros., Public domain
Salvatore Quasimodo
Italian writer (1901-1968)
August 20 · d. 1968
Photo: Nobel Foundation, Public domain
Jaroslav Seifert
Czechoslovak poet, Nobel prize laureate (1901–1986)
September 23 · d. 1986
Photo: Hana Hamplová, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ernest Lawrence
American nuclear physicist (1901–1958)
August 8 · d. 1958
Photo: Nobel foundation, Public domain
Langston Hughes
American writer and social activist (1901–1967)
February 1 · d. 1967
Jacques Lacan
French psychoanalyst and writer (1901–1981)
April 13 · d. 1981
Photo: Foto Moisio, Public domain
Eisaku Satō
Prime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972
March 27 · d. 1975
Photo: 内閣官房内閣広報室, CC BY 4.0
Vittorio De Sica
Italian film director (1901-1974)
July 7 · d. 1974
Photo: Harry Pot for Anefo, CC0
Nâzım Hikmet
Turkish communist poet, playwright and novelist (1902–1963)
November 30 · d. 1963
Photo: Hans-Joachim Koch, CC BY-SA 4.0
Max Euwe
Dutch chess player and mathematician
May 20 · d. 1981
Photo: Hans van Dijk for Anefo, CC0
Ngô Đình Diệm
South Vietnamese politician; President of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963
January 3 · d. 1963
Photo: The Embassy of (the State of )Viet-Nam, Washington, D.C., U.S.A., Public domain
Leopold III of Belgium
king of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951 (1901–1983)
November 3 · d. 1983
Jean Dubuffet
French artist (1901–1985)
July 31 · d. 1985
Photo: Paolo Monti, CC BY-SA 4.0
Simon Kuznets
Russian-born American economist and statistician (1901–1985)
April 30 · d. 1985
Photo: Unknown (Associated Press), Public domain
Mohamed Naguib
1st President of the Republic of Egypt (1901–1984)
February 20 · d. 1984
Photo: Ashkroft Bombai, Public domain
Alberto Giacometti
Swiss sculptor and painter (1901–1966)
October 10 · d. 1966
Photo: Emmy Andriesse, Public domain
Robert Bresson
French film director (1901–1999)
September 25 · d. 1999
Barbara Cartland
English writer and media personality (1901-2000)
July 9 · d. 2000
Photo: Allan warren, CC BY-SA 3.0
Paul of Greece
King of Greece from 1947 to 1964
December 14 · d. 1964
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

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Month by month

January

January 3 · Eric Voegelin, American philosopher (1901–1985)
January 10 · Henning von Tresckow, German general and member of the resistance of 20 July 1944 (1901-1944)
January 14 · Alfred Tarski, Polish-American logician (1901-1983)
January 21 · Ricardo Zamora, Spanish association football player (1901-1978)
January 24 · Mikhail Romm, Soviet film director (1901–1971)
January 30 · Rudolf Caracciola, German/Swiss racing and motorcycle driver (1901–1959)

February

February 2 · Jascha Heifetz, Russian-American violinist (1901–1987)
February 10 · Stella Adler, American actress and acting teacher (1901–1992)
February 13 · Vasily Kuznetsov, Soviet politician (1901-1990)
February 17 · Agniya Barto, Russian Soviet writer and poet (1901–1981)
February 20 · Louis Kahn, Estonian-American architect (1901–1974)
February 25 · Zeppo Marx, American film star; member of the Marx Brothers (1901–1979)

March

March 17 · Alfred Newman, American composer (1900-1970)
March 18 · Manly P. Hall, Canadian writer and mystic (1901–1990)
March 24 · Ub Iwerks, American animator and special effects pioneer (1901–1971)
March 25 · Ed Begley, American actor (1901–1970)
March 27 · Carl Barks, American cartoonist (1901-2000)
March 28 · Princess Märtha of Sweden, Crown Princess of Norway (1901–1954)

April

April 5 · Melvyn Douglas, American actor (1901-1981)
April 6 · Pier Giorgio Frassati, Italian Dominican tertiary and social activist (1901–1925)
April 8 · Jean Prouvé, French architect and designer (1901-1984)
April 15 · Joe Davis, English snooker and billiards player (1901–1978)
April 15 · René Pleven, French politician (1901-1993)
April 20 · Michel Leiris, French surrealist writer and ethnographer (1901–1990)

May

May 10 · John Desmond Bernal, Irish scientist (1901-1971)
May 11 · Rose Ausländer, Jewish poet from the Bukowina writing in German and English (1901-1988)
May 13 · Witold Pilecki, Polish underground resistance soldier, World War II concentration camp resistance leader (1901-1948)
May 15 · Luis Monti, Argentine and Italian footballer (1901-1983)
May 18 · Vincent du Vigneaud, American biochemist (1901–1978)
May 24 · José Nasazzi, Uruguayan footballer (1901-1968)

June

June 3 · Maurice Evans, English actor (1901-1989)
June 13 · Tage Erlander, Swedish 20th century prime minister (1901-1985)
June 16 · Henri Lefebvre, French philosopher (1901-1991)
June 23 · Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Turkish poet, novelist, literary scholar and essayist (1901–1962)
June 24 · Harry Partch, American composer, music theorist, creator of musical instruments
June 29 · Nelson Eddy, American actor and singer (1901–1967)

July

July 5 · Sergey Obraztsov, Soviet and Russian puppeteer (1901-1992)
July 6 · Shyama Prasad Mukherjee, Indian politician, barrister and academic (1901-1953)
July 7 · Eiji Tsuburaya, Japanese film director (1901-1970)
July 15 · Nicola Abbagnano, Italian existential philosopher (1901-1990)
July 26 · Umberto Caligaris, Italian footballer (1901-1940)
July 31 · Rudolf Slánský, Czechoslovak politician (1901-1952)

August

August 3 · Stefan Wyszyński, Polish Roman Catholic cardinal (1901-1981)
August 5 · Claude Autant-Lara, French film director (1901–2000)
August 8 · Nina Berberova, Russian novelist and short story writer (1901–1993)
August 10 · Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Chilean botanist (1901–1997)
August 26 · Chen Yi, Chinese military officer, People's Republic of China (1901-1972)
August 26 · Maxwell D. Taylor, American military officer and diplomat (1901-1987)

September

September 8 · Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd, Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966
September 14 · Andrey Vlasov, Russian lieutenant general (1901–1946)
September 22 · Charles Brenton Huggins, American physiologist (1901-1997)
September 22 · Nadezhda Alliluyeva, second wife of Joseph Stalin
September 26 · George Raft, American actor (1895–1980)
September 28 · Ed Sullivan, American television host (1901-1974)

October

October 2 · Alice Prin, French painter (1901–1953)
October 7 · Souvanna Phouma, Prime Minister of Laos (1901–1984)
October 8 · Mark Oliphant, nuclear physicist, Governor of South Australia (1901–2000)
October 20 · Ismail al-Azhari, President of Sudan from 1965 to 1969
October 20 · Adelaide Hall, American-born jazz singer and actor (1901–1993)
October 27 · Aleksandrs Čaks, Latvian writer (1901–1950)

November

November 2 · James Dunn, actor, Vaudeville performer (1901–1967)
November 8 · Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, 47th Prime Minister of Romania (1952-1955)
November 11 · Magda Goebbels, German politician (1901–1945)
November 17 · Lee Strasberg, American theatre director, actor and acting teacher (1901–1982)
November 17 · Walter Hallstein, German diplomat and statesman (1901–1982)
November 22 · Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer, best known for his Concierto de Aranjuez (1901–1999)

December

December 2 · Raimundo Orsi, Argentine-Italian footballer (1901-1986)
December 5 · Milton H. Erickson, American psychiatrist (1901–1980)
December 9 · Ödön von Horváth, Austro-Hungarian writer (1901–1938)
December 16 · Nikolai Vatutin, Soviet general
December 20 · Robert J. Van de Graaff, American physicist (1901–1967)
December 24 · Alexander Fadeyev, Soviet writer and politician (1901-1956)

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