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In the year 1899
671 Notable birthdays
Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist (1899-1961).
Born July 21st, 1899 in Oak Park. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1961 at 61 years old in Ketchum (ballistic trauma). [ref]
Alfred Hitchcock
English filmmaker (1899–1980).
Born August 13th, 1899 in Leytonstone. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1980 at 80 years old in Bel Air (kidney failure). [ref]
Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899–1957).
Born December 25th, 1899 in New York City.
Died January 14th, 1957 at 57 years old in Los Angeles (esophageal cancer).
Fred Astaire
American actor, dancer, singer (1899–1987).
Born May 10th, 1899 in Omaha. [ref]
Died June 22nd, 1987 at 88 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia). [ref]
Lavrentiy Beria
Soviet politician and nkvd police chief.
Born March 29th, 1899 in Merkheuli.
Died December 23rd, 1953 at 54 years old in Moscow (gunshot wound).
Duke Ellington
American jazz musician, composer and band leader (1899-1974).
Born April 29th, 1899 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died May 24th, 1974 at 75 years old in New York City (lung cancer). [ref]
James Cagney
American actor and dancer (1899–1986).
Born July 17th, 1899 in New York City. [ref]
Died March 30th, 1986 at 86 years old in Stanford (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Vladimir Nabokov
Russian-american novelist, lepidopterist, professor (1899–1977).
Born April 23rd, 1899 in Saint Petersburg. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1977 at 78 years old in Montreux (disease). [ref]
Udham Singh
Indian revolutionary (1899-1940).
Born December 26th, 1899 in Sunam.
Died July 31st, 1940 at 40 years old in HM Prison Pentonville (hanging to death).
P. L. Travers
Australian-british novelist, actress and journalist (1899-1996).
Born August 9th, 1899 in Maryborough.
Died April 23rd, 1996 at 96 years old in London (epilepsy).
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986).
Born August 24th, 1899 in Buenos Aires. [ref]
Died June 14th, 1986 at 86 years old in Geneva (liver cancer). [ref]
Noël Coward
English playwright, composer, director, actor, and singer (1899–1973).
Born December 16th, 1899 in Teddington.
Died March 26th, 1973 at 73 years old in Firefly Estate (myocardial infarction).
Gloria Swanson
American actress (1899–1983).
Born March 27th, 1899 in Chicago.
Died April 4th, 1983 at 84 years old in Weill Cornell Medical Center (cardiovascular disease).
Friedrich Hayek
Austrian and british economist.
Born May 8th, 1899 in Vienna. [ref]
Died March 23rd, 1992 at 92 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Charles Laughton
English-born american stage and film actor and director (1899-1962).
Born July 1st, 1899 in Scarborough. [ref]
Died December 15th, 1962 at 63 years old in Hollywood (kidney cancer). [ref]
Hoagy Carmichael
American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899–1981).
Born November 22nd, 1899 in Bloomington.
Died December 27th, 1981 at 82 years old in Rancho Mirage (heart failure).
Kazi Nazrul Islam
Bengali poet, writer, and musician (1899–1976).
Born May 24th, 1899 in Churulia. [ref]
Died August 29th, 1976 at 77 years old in West Bengal (Pick disease). [ref]
Martin Luther King Sr.
American baptist pastor (1899–1984).
Born December 19th, 1899 in Stockbridge.
Died November 11th, 1984 at 84 years old in Atlanta (myocardial infarction).
E. B. White
American writer.
Born July 11th, 1899 in Mount Vernon. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1985 at 86 years old in Brooklin (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]
Burt Munro
New zealand motorcycle racer (1899–1978).
Born March 25th, 1899 in Edendale.
Died January 6th, 1978 at 78 years old in Invercargill.
Lillian Disney
American artist and philanthropist (1899–1997).
Born February 15th, 1899 in Spalding.
Died December 16th, 1997 at 98 years old in West Los Angeles (stroke).
Kamala Nehru
Indian independence activist.
Born August 1st, 1899 in Delhi.
Died February 28th, 1936 at 36 years old in Lausanne (tuberculosis).
Charles Boyer
French actor (1899-1978).
Born August 28th, 1899 in Figeac. [ref]
Died August 26th, 1978 at 78 years old in Phoenix (drug overdose). [ref]
Leo Strauss
History of political philosophy scholar (1899-1973).
Born September 20th, 1899 in Kirchhain.
Died October 18th, 1973 at 74 years old in Annapolis.
Alma Reville
British screenwriter, film editor, and wife of alfred hitchcock.
Born August 14th, 1899 in Nottingham.
Died July 6th, 1982 at 82 years old in Bel Air.
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