The Famous Birthdays: Celebrity birthdays and famous people biographies

Famous people born in 1904

Dr. Seuss

Dr. Seuss (1904 - 1991)

American author, poet, and illustrator
Cary Grant

Cary Grant (1904 - 1986)

English actor
Joan Crawford

Joan Crawford (1904 - 1977)

American actress
B. F. Skinner

B. F. Skinner (1904 - 1990)

American psychologist
Deng Xiaoping

Deng Xiaoping (1904 - 1997)

Chinese politician
Reinhard Heydrich

Reinhard Heydrich (1904 - 1942)

German Nazi SS officer
Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith

Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith (1904 - 1985)

Last undisputed descendant of Abraham Lincoln
Greer Garson

Greer Garson (1904 - 1996)

English actress
Graham Greene

Graham Greene (1904 - 1991)

English author, playwright, and critic
Pretty Boy Floyd

Pretty Boy Floyd (1904 - 1934)

American gangster
Cecil Day-Lewis

Cecil Day-Lewis (1904 - 1972)

Irish poet and writer
Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew (1904 - 1950)

American physician and surgeon
Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904 - 1966)

Indian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of India
Peter Lorre

Peter Lorre (1904 - 1964)

Hungarian actor
Ray Bolger

Ray Bolger (1904 - 1987)

American actor and dancer
Count Basie

Count Basie (1904 - 1984)

American pianist, bandleader, and composer
George F. Kennan

George F. Kennan (1904 - 2005)

American advisor, diplomat, political scientist and historian
Johnny Weissmuller

Johnny Weissmuller (1904 - 1984)

American swimmer and actor
Hans Albert Einstein

Hans Albert Einstein (1904 - 1973)

Swiss-American engineer and educator, son of Albert Einstein and Mileva Marić
Phil Harris

Phil Harris (1904 - 1995)

American singer-songwriter and actor
Tommy Douglas

Tommy Douglas (1904 - 1986)

Scottish-Canadian minister and politician, 7th Premier of Saskatchewan
J. R. D. Tata

J. R. D. Tata (1904 - 1993)

France-Indian aviator and businessman
Fats Waller

Fats Waller (1904 - 1943)

American singer, pianist, and composer
George Balanchine

George Balanchine (1904 - 1983)

Russian-American choreographer
Dick Powell

Dick Powell (1904 - 1963)

American actor
Christopher Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood (1904 - 1986)

English-American author
Isamu Noguchi

Isamu Noguchi (1904 - 1988)

American sculptor
Glenn Miller

Glenn Miller (1904 - 1944)

American trombonist, composer, and bandleader
Margaret Bourke-White

Margaret Bourke-White (1904 - 1971)

American photographer and journalist
George Formby

George Formby (1904 - 1961)

English singer-songwriter, actor, and comedian
George Brent

George Brent (1904 - 1979)

American film actor
Cecil Beaton

Cecil Beaton (1904 - 1980)

English photographer
Nnamdi Azikiwe

Nnamdi Azikiwe (1904 - 1996)

Nigerian politician, 1st head of state of Nigeria|President of Nigeria
Hans Morgenthau

Hans Morgenthau (1904 - 1980)

German philosopher
Arshile Gorky

Arshile Gorky (1904 - 1948)

Armenian artist
Coleman Hawkins

Coleman Hawkins (1904 - 1969)

American jazz saxophonist
Ernst Mayr

Ernst Mayr (1904 - 2005)

American biologist
Odilo Globocnik

Odilo Globocnik (1904 - 1945)

Austrian SS leader
Karl Rahner

Karl Rahner (1904 - 1984)

German theologian
George Gamow

George Gamow (1904 - 1968)

Ukrainian-American physicist
René Lacoste

René Lacoste (1904 - 1996)

French tennis player
Sally Rand

Sally Rand (1904 - 1979)

Burlesque dancer Actress
Jimmy Dorsey

Jimmy Dorsey (1904 - 1957)

Bandleader, musician, composer
Ève Curie

Ève Curie (1904 - 2007)

French journalist and pianist
Alejo Carpentier

Alejo Carpentier (1904 - 1980)

Swiss-Cuban author