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In the year 1899
718 Notable birthdays
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler
German artist (1899-1940).
Born December 4th, 1899 in Dresden.
Died July 31st, 1940 at 40 years old in Pirna.
Francis Ponge
French writer (1899–1988).
Born March 27th, 1899 in Montpellier.
Died August 6th, 1988 at 89 years old in Le Bar-sur-Loup.
Pavel Haas
Czech composer (1899–1944).
Born June 21st, 1899 in Brno. [ref]
Died October 17th, 1944 at 45 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. [ref]
Carmel Myers
Actress (1899-1980).
Born April 4th, 1899 in San Francisco.
Died November 9th, 1980 at 81 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction).
Bernt Balchen
Aviation pioneer and united states army officer (1899-1973).
Born October 23rd, 1899 in Tveit.
Died October 17th, 1973 at 73 years old in Mount Kisco (bone cancer).
Aleksandr Deyneka
Russian artist (1899-1969).
Born May 20th, 1899 in Kursk. [ref]
Died June 12th, 1969 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Bin Akao
Japanese ultranationalist political activist (1899–1990).
Born January 15th, 1899 in Nagoya.
Died February 6th, 1990 at 91 years old in Toshima.
W. R. Burnett
Novelist, screenwriter (1899-1982).
Born November 25th, 1899 in Springfield.
Died April 25th, 1982 at 82 years old in Santa Monica.
Muhammad Mahdi Al-Jawahiri
Iraqi neo-classical poet (1899 – 1997).
Born July 26th, 1899 in Najaf.
Died July 27th, 1997 at 98 years old in Damascus.
Gerald Moore
English classical pianist and renowned accompanist (1899–1987).
Born July 30th, 1899 in Watford.
Died March 13th, 1987 at 87 years old in Penn.
Paulino Uzcudun
Spanish boxer (1899–1985).
Born May 3rd, 1899 in Errezil.
Died July 5th, 1985 at 86 years old in Madrid.
Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani
Iranian grand ayatollah (1899-1993).
Born March 20th, 1899 in Golpayegan.
Died December 9th, 1993 at 94 years old in Qom.
Phyllis Haver
American actress (1899–1960).
Born January 6th, 1899 in Douglass.
Died November 19th, 1960 at 61 years old in Sharon (drug overdose).
Gregory Breit
American physicist (1899–1981).
Born July 13th, 1899 in Mykolaiv.
Died September 11th, 1981 at 82 years old in Salem.
Robert Kempner
German-american lawyer (1899–1993).
Born October 17th, 1899 in Freiburg im Breisgau.
Died August 15th, 1993 at 93 years old in Königstein im Taunus.
Karl Gero, Duke of Urach
German noble (1899-1981).
Born August 19th, 1899 in Lichtenstein.
Died August 15th, 1981 at 81 years old in Lichtenstein.
Heinrich Nordhoff
German businessman (1899–1968).
Born January 6th, 1899 in Hildesheim.
Died April 12th, 1968 at 69 years old in Wolfsburg.
Øystein Ore
Norwegian mathematician (1899–1968).
Born October 7th, 1899 in Oslo, Christiania.
Died August 13th, 1968 at 68 years old in Bærum Municipality.
William Dobell
Australian artist (1899-1970).
Born September 24th, 1899 in Cooks Hill.
Died May 13th, 1970 at 70 years old in Wangi Wangi.
Josep Tarradellas i Joan
Spanish catalan politician (1899-1988).
Born January 19th, 1899 in Cervelló. [ref]
Died June 10th, 1988 at 89 years old in Barcelona.
Karl-Gustav Sauberzweig
German general (1899–1946).
Born September 1st, 1899 in Wysoka.
Died October 20th, 1946 at 47 years old in Neuengamme (poisoning).
Li Lisan
Chinese politician (1899-1967).
Born November 18th, 1899 in Liling.
Died June 22nd, 1967 at 67 years old in Beijing.
Franz Jonas
Seventh president of austria (1899–1974).
Born October 4th, 1899 in Floridsdorf.
Died April 24th, 1974 at 74 years old in Vienna (cancer).
George Erskine
British army officer.
Born August 23rd, 1899 in Hascombe.
Died August 29th, 1965 at 66 years old in Rusper.
Princess Helene of Waldeck and Pyrmont
Hereditary grand duchess of oldenburg (1899–1948).
Born December 22nd, 1899 in Bad Arolsen.
Died February 18th, 1948 at 48 years old in Rastede.
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