Famous people born in 1905

The best-known people born in 1905, ranked by how many languages Wikipedia covers them in.

Best known

Jean-Paul Sartre
French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
June 21 · d. 1980
Photo: Moshe Milner, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ayn Rand
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
February 2 · d. 1982
Photo: Photo portrait credited to "Talbot" (though not on original dust jacket). Published by the Bobbs-Mer, Public domain
Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
July 29 · d. 1961
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Mikhail Sholokhov
Soviet writer (1905-1984)
May 24 · d. 1984
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Greta Garbo
Swedish-American actress (1905–1990)
September 18 · d. 1990
Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (work for hire), Public domain
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)
July 25 · d. 1994
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl
Joan Crawford
American actress (1908–1977)
March 23 · d. 1977
Photo: George Hurrell, Public domain
Henry Fonda
American actor (1905–1982)
May 16 · d. 1982
Photo: Studio publicity still, Public domain
Carl David Anderson
American physicist
September 3 · d. 1991
Photo: Smithsonian Institution, No restrictions
Viktor Frankl
Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
March 26 · d. 1997
Photo: Prof. Dr. Franz Vesely, CC BY-SA 3.0 de
Felix Bloch
Swiss physicist (1905-1983)
October 23 · d. 1983
Photo: Unbekannt, CC BY-SA 4.0
Emilio G. Segrè
Italian physicist and Nobel laureate
February 1 · d. 1989
Photo: Nobel foundation, Public domain
Christian Dior
French fashion designer (1905–1957)
January 21 · d. 1957
Photo: 投稿者によるスキャン, Public domain
Howard Hughes
American aviator, engineer, industrialist, and film producer (1905–1976)
December 24 · d. 1976
Photo: Acme Newspictures, Public domain
Arthur Koestler
Hungarian-British author and journalist (1905–1983)
September 5 · d. 1983
Photo: Eric Koch for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0
Wassily Leontief
Russian economist (1906-1999)
August 5 · d. 1999
Photo: Keystone, Public domain
Nevill Francis Mott
English physicist, Nobel prize winner
September 30 · d. 1996
Photo: GFHund, CC BY 3.0
Raymond Aron
French philosopher, sociologist, journalist, and political scientist (1905–1983)
March 14 · d. 1983
Photo: Studio Harcourt., Public domain
Santa Faustina Kowalska
nun and saint from Poland (1905–1938)
August 25 · d. 1938
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Gerard Kuiper
Netherlands-born American astronomer (1905–1973)
December 7 · d. 1973
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Severo Ochoa
Spanish physician
September 24 · d. 1993
Photo: Irwin Gooen (NY University), Public domain
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
politician, fifth President of India (1905-1977)
May 13 · d. 1977
Photo: President's Secretariat, GODL-India
Clara Bow
American actress (1905–1965)
July 29 · d. 1965
Simo Häyhä
Finnish military sniper (1905–2002)
December 17 · d. 2002
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Władysław Gomułka
Polish politician (1905-1982)
February 6 · d. 1982
Photo: unknown-anonymous, Public domain
Astrid of Sweden
queen consort of the Belgians (1905-1935)
November 17 · d. 1935
Photo: Unknown photographer, Public domain
Ulf von Euler
Swedish physiologist and pharmacologist (1905–1983)
February 7 · d. 1983
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, CC BY 4.0
Vasily Grossman
Russian Soviet writer and journalist (1905-1964)
December 12 · d. 1964
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
Robert Donat
English actor (1905–1958)
March 18 · d. 1958
Photo: Trailer screenshot, Public domain
Daniil Kharms
Russian writer (1905–1942)
December 30 · d. 1942
Photo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain

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January

January 3 · Anna May Wong, Chinese American actress (1905-1961)
January 8 · Carl Gustav Hempel, German philosopher (1905–1997)
January 14 · Takeo Fukuda, Prime Minister of Japan from 1976 to 1978
January 17 · Guillermo Stábile, Argentine football player and manager
January 18 · Enrique Ballestrero, Uruguayan footballer (1905-1969)
January 29 · Barnett Newman, American painter (1905—1970)

February

February 3 · Paul Ariste, Estonian linguist (1905-1990)
February 7 · Paul Nizan, French philosopher, politician, writer (1905-1940)
February 12 · Federica Montseny, Spanish politician, anarchist, intellectual and writer (1905–1994)
February 15 · Harold Arlen, American composer of popular music (1905-1986)
February 15 · Nise da Silveira, Brazilian psychiatrist (1905-1999)
February 27 · Franchot Tone, American actor (1905-1968)

March

March 5 · László Benedek, Hungarian-born film director
March 12 · Takashi Shimura, Japanese actor (1905–1982)
March 20 · Raymond Cattell, British-American psychologist (1905–1998)
March 20 · Vera Panova, Soviet writer, playwright, journalist, screenwriter (1905–1973)
March 23 · Lale Andersen, German singer and actress (1905–1972)
March 23 · Grigori Kozintsev, Soviet film director (1905-1973)

April

April 1 · Gaston Eyskens, Belgian prime minister (1905-1988)
April 11 · Attila József, Hungarian poet (1905–1937)
April 18 · George H. Hitchings, Nobel Prize-winning American physician
April 18 · Princess Margarita of Greece and Denmark, Greco-Danish Royal and German Noble
April 24 · Robert Penn Warren, American poet, novelist, and literary critic (1905-1989)
April 26 · Jean Vigo, French film director (1905–1934)

May

May 1 · Henry Koster, American film director (1905–1988)
May 5 · Ángel Bossio, Argentine association football player (1905-1978)
May 11 · Pedro Petrone, Uruguayan footballer (1905-1964)
May 14 · Nikolay Aleksandrovich Tikhonov, Soviet prime minister 1980-1985, metallurgist
May 15 · Joseph Cotten, American actor (1905–1994)
May 29 · Sebastian Shaw, British actor and author (1905–1994)

June

June 7 · James J. Braddock, American boxer (1905-1974)
June 13 · Chen Yun, Elder of the Chinese Communist Party (1905-1995)
June 19 · Mildred Natwick, American actress (1905–1994)
June 20 · Lillian Hellman, American dramatist and screenwriter (1905-1984)
June 24 · Georgia Hale, American silent film actress (1905–1985)
June 28 · Ashley Montagu, British-American anthropologist

July

July 5 · Isa Miranda, Italian actress (1905-1982)
July 12 · Prince John of the United Kingdom, Son of King George V
July 15 · Chaudhry Muhammad Ali, politician and Prime minister of Pakistan (1905–1982)
July 17 · Jacinto Quincoces, Spanish footballer (1905-1997)
July 17 · Edgar Snow, American journalist (1905–1972)
July 29 · Stanley Kunitz, American poet (1905-2006)

August

August 2 · Myrna Loy, American actress (1905–1993)
August 5 · Artem Mikoyan, Soviet aircraft designer (1905–1970)
August 11 · Erwin Chargaff, Ukrainian-born biochemist who emigrated to the United States (1905–2002)
August 12 · Hans Urs von Balthasar, Swiss Catholic theologian (1905–1988)
August 16 · Marian Rejewski, Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1905–1980)
August 29 · Major Dhyan Chand Singh, Indian field hockey player (1905–1979)

September

September 4 · Mary Renault, English novelist (1905–1983)
September 10 · Juan José Arévalo, Guatemalan politician (1904–1990)
September 15 · Pat O'Callaghan, Irish athletics competitor (1905-1991)
September 28 · Max Schmeling, German boxer (1905-2005)
September 30 · Savitri Devi, Greek-French writer (1905-1982)
September 30 · Michael Powell, English film director (1905–1990)

October

October 6 · Helen Wills, American tennis player (1905–1998)
October 11 · Fred Trump, American real estate developer; father of Donald Trump (1905–1999)
October 15 · C. P. Snow, English novelist and physical chemist (1905–1980)
October 15 · Angelo Schiavio, Italian footballer (1905-1990)
October 22 · Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer
October 23 · Gertrude Ederle, American swimmer (1905–2003)

November

November 1 · Aldo Fabrizi, Italian actor and cinema and theatre director (1905-1990)
November 5 · Joel McCrea, American actor (1905–1990)
November 9 · Erika Mann, German actress and writer (1905-1969)
November 10 · Louis Harold Gray, British physicist (1905-1965)
November 19 · Tommy Dorsey, American big band leader and musician
November 29 · Marcel Lefebvre, French traditionalist Catholic archbishop

December

December 4 · Emílio Garrastazu Médici, Brazilian politician (1905–1985), president of Brazil (1969–1974)
December 5 · Otto Preminger, Austrian-American director, producer, and actor (1905–1986)
December 9 · Dalton Trumbo, American screenwriter (1905–1976)
December 12 · Mulk Raj Anand, Indian English writer (1905–2004)
December 16 · Piet Hein, 20th-century Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, writer and poet (1905–1996)
December 17 · Mohammad Hidayatullah, Vice President of India from 1979 to 1984

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