George Burns (1896-1996)
TV Actor
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
Novelist
2
Wallis Simpson (1896-1986)
Political Wife
3
Oswald Mosley (1896-1980)
Politician
4
Samuel L Lewis (1896-1971)
Religious Leader
5
Walter Breuning (1896-2011)
Supercentenarian
6
Phil Baker (1896-1963)
Comedian
7
Mamie Eisenhower (1896-1979)
First Lady
8
Ethel Waters (1896-1977)
Jazz Singer
9
Jimmy Doolittle (1896-1993)
War Hero
10
Ruth Gordon (1896-1985)
Movie Actress
11
Howard Hawks (1896-1977)
Director
12
Zakariyya Ahmad (1896-1961)
Composer
13
Gary Davis (1896-1972)
Gospel Singer
14
Besse Cooper (1896-2012)
15
Lawrence Tibbett (1896-1960)
Opera Singer
16
Betty Smith (1896-1972)
17
Adele Astaire (1896-1981)
Dancer
18
Everett Dirksen (1896-1969)
19
Tomás Blanco (1896-1975)
Non-Fiction Author
20
Austin Clarke (1896-1974)
Poet
21
Jack Howarth (1896-1984)
Soap Opera Actor
22
Señor Wences (1896-1999)
Ventriloquist
23
Ira Gershwin (1896-1983)
Songwriter
24
Died in 1896
Birthdays by Month
Nacio Herb Brown (1896-1964)
25
Antonin Artaud (1896-1948)
Playwright
26
Jean Piaget (1896-1980)
Psychologist
27
William Cameron Townsend (1896-1982)
Missionary
28
Joan Lindsay (1896-1984)
29
Louis Bromfield (1896-1956)
30
Lilyan Tashman (1896-1934)
31
Doris Lloyd (1896-1968)
32
Italo Balbo (1896-1940)
Pilot
33
J Carrol Naish (1896-1973)
Movie Actor
34
Blanche Sweet (1896-1986)
35
Robert S. Kerr (1896-1963)
36
William A. Wellman (1896-1975)
37
Florence Atwater (1896-1979)
Children's Author
38
Raymond Massey (1896-1983)
39
Amelia Peláez (1896-1968)
Painter
40
Morarji Desai (1896-1995)
World Leader
41
Pat Collins (1896-1960)
Baseball Player
42
Marion Harris (1896-1944)
43
Jack Pickford (1896-1933)
44
Leon Theremin (1896-1993)
Engineer
45
Barbara La Marr (1896-1926)
46
Kathleen Long (1896-1968)
Pianist
47
Alberto Vargas (1896-1982)
48
Years
