Famous People Born in 1896

Famous people born in 1896

F. Scott Fitzgerald

F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940)

American writer

Jean Piaget

Jean Piaget (1896 - 1980)

Swiss psychologist

Wallis Simpson

Wallis Simpson (1896 - 1986)

American wife of Edward VIII

George Burns

George Burns (1896 - 1996)

American actor

Antonin Artaud

Antonin Artaud (1896 - 1948)

French playwright

André Breton

André Breton (1896 - 1966)

French poet

Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon (1896 - 1985)

American actress

Jimmy Doolittle

Jimmy Doolittle (1896 - 1993)

American general

Morarji Desai

Morarji Desai (1896 - 1995)

Indian politician

Howard Hawks

Howard Hawks (1896 - 1977)

American director

John Dos Passos

John Dos Passos (1896 - 1970)

American author

Besse Cooper

Besse Cooper (1896 - 2012)

American super-centenarian

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896 - 1977)

Indian religious leader, founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Mamie Eisenhower

Mamie Eisenhower (1896 - 1979)

American first lady

Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters (1896 - 1977)

American singer and actress

Señor Wences

Señor Wences (1896 - 1999)

Spanish ventriloquist

David Alfaro Siqueiros

David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896 - 1974)

Mexican painter

Raymond Massey

Raymond Massey (1896 - 1983)

Canadian actor

Tristan Tzara

Tristan Tzara (1896 - 1963)

Romanian-French poet

Imre Nagy

Imre Nagy (1896 - 1958)

Hungarian politician

Dziga Vertov

Dziga Vertov (1896 - 1954)

Russian director

Ira Gershwin

Ira Gershwin (1896 - 1983)

American songwriter

Ernst Udet

Ernst Udet (1896 - 1941)

German pilot

Salim Ali

Salim Ali (1896 - 1987)

Indian ornithologist

David Wechsler

David Wechsler (1896 - 1981)

American psychologist

Wallace Carothers

Wallace Carothers (1896 - 1937)

American organic chemist

Everett Dirksen

Everett Dirksen (1896 - 1969)

United States Army officer

Italo Balbo

Italo Balbo (1896 - 1940)

Italian Marshal of the Air Force

Buenaventura Durruti

Buenaventura Durruti (1896 - 1936)

Spanish soldier and anarchist

Sandro Pertini

Sandro Pertini (1896 - 1990)

Italian politician, 7th President of Italy

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa (1896 - 1957)

Italian author

Eugenio Montale

Eugenio Montale (1896 - 1981)

Italian poet

Ernesto Lecuona

Ernesto Lecuona (1896 - 1963)

Cuban composer

William Wellman

William Wellman (1896 - 1975)

Director, Actor

Lev Vygotsky

Lev Vygotsky (1896 - 1934)

Russian psychologist

Oswald Mosley

Oswald Mosley (1896 - 1980)

English politician

Dawn Powell

Dawn Powell (1896 - 1965)

American novelist, playwright, screenwriter

Howard Dietz

Howard Dietz (1896 - 1983)

Publicist, lyricist, and librettist

Ray Henderson

Ray Henderson (1896 - 1970)

American songwriter

Paddy Driscoll

Paddy Driscoll (1896 - 1968)

American baseball player

Evelyn Preer

Evelyn Preer (1896 - 1932)

Actress, singer

Phil Baker

Phil Baker (1896 - 1963)

American comedian

Georgy Zhukov

Georgy Zhukov (1896 - 1974)

Russian general

Lawrence Wackett

Lawrence Wackett (1896 - 1982)

Australian aviation pioneer

Lillian Powell

Lillian Powell (1896 - 1992)

Dancer

Priscilla Dean

Priscilla Dean (1896 - 1987)

American actress

Trygve Lie

Trygve Lie (1896 - 1968)

Norwegian politician