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In the year 1899
718 Notable birthdays
Neil Hamilton
American actor (1899-1984).
Born September 9th, 1899 in Lynn.
Died September 24th, 1984 at 85 years old in Escondido (asthma).
Madge Blake
Actress (1899-1969).
Born May 31st, 1899 in Kinsley.
Died February 19th, 1969 at 69 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Percy Lavon Julian
African-american chemist (1899-1975).
Born April 11th, 1899 in Montgomery.
Died April 19th, 1975 at 76 years old in Waukegan (liver cancer).
Jean Moulin
French resistance fighter and civil servant (1899-1943).
Born June 20th, 1899 in Béziers.
Died July 8th, 1943 at 44 years old in Metz (torture).
Lotte Reiniger
German silhouette animator and film director (1899–1981).
Born June 2nd, 1899 in Charlottenburg.
Died June 19th, 1981 at 82 years old in Dettenhausen.
Carlos P. Romulo
Filipino politician and diplomat (1899-1985).
Born January 14th, 1899 in Manila, Camiling.
Died December 15th, 1985 at 86 years old in Manila.
Nevil Shute
British writer and engineer (1899–1960).
Born January 17th, 1899 in Ealing.
Died January 12th, 1960 at 60 years old in Melbourne (stroke).
Ezra Taft Benson
President of the church of jesus christ of latter-day saints (1899-1994).
Born August 4th, 1899 in Whitney. [ref]
Died May 30th, 1994 at 94 years old in Salt Lake City (heart failure).
Suzanne Lenglen
French tennis player.
Born May 24th, 1899 in 16th arrondissement of Paris. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1938 at 39 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (pernicious anemia, leukemia).
Gale Sondergaard
American actress (1899–1985).
Born February 15th, 1899 in Litchfield.
Died August 14th, 1985 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
Ludwig Guttmann
German-british neurologist who created the paralympic games (1899-1980).
Born July 3rd, 1899 in Toszek.
Died March 18th, 1980 at 80 years old in Aylesbury.
Al Bowlly
South african–british vocalist (1899–1941).
Born January 7th, 1899 in Maputo.
Died April 17th, 1941 at 42 years old in London (explosion).
Soraya Tarzi
Princess consort (1919-1926), later queen consort of king amanullah khan of afghanistan (1926-1929).
Born November 24th, 1899 in Damascus.
Died April 20th, 1968 at 68 years old in Rome.
Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski
German politician and ss functionary (1899–1972).
Born March 1st, 1899 in Germany, Lębork.
Died March 8th, 1972 at 73 years old in Munich.
George Macready
American actor (1899-1973).
Born August 29th, 1899 in New York City.
Died July 2nd, 1973 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema).
Alfred Blalock
American surgeon (1899–1964).
Born April 5th, 1899 in Culloden.
Died September 15th, 1964 at 65 years old in Baltimore.
Hart Crane
American writer (1899–1932).
Born July 21st, 1899 in Garrettsville.
Died April 27th, 1932 at 32 years old in Florida (drowning).
Mervyn Johns
Welsh actor (1899–1992).
Born February 18th, 1899 in Pembroke.
Died September 6th, 1992 at 93 years old in Northwood.
Jimmie Davis
American singer, songwriter and 47th governor of louisiana (1899–2000).
Born September 11th, 1899 in Quitman.
Died November 5th, 2000 at 101 years old in Baton Rouge.
Eva Le Gallienne
British-american actress and author (1899–1991).
Born January 11th, 1899 in London.
Died June 3rd, 1991 at 92 years old in Weston (disease).
Thomas A. Dorsey
American musician, composer, and christian evangelist influential in the development of early blues and 20th-century gospel music.
Born July 1st, 1899 in Villa Rica.
Died January 23rd, 1993 at 93 years old in Chicago.
Philipp Bouhler
German general, head of nazi action t4 euthanasia program for children and the handicapped (1899–1945).
Born September 11th, 1899 in Munich.
Died May 19th, 1945 at 45 years old in Zell am See (poison).
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Welsh-english christian theologian and preacher (1899-1981).
Born December 20th, 1899 in Cardiff.
Died March 1st, 1981 at 81 years old in Ealing.
Hal B. Wallis
American film producer and art collector (1898–1986).
Born September 14th, 1899 in Chicago. [ref]
Died October 5th, 1986 at 87 years old in Rancho Mirage (diabetes).
Dwight Frye
Actor (1899-1943).
Born February 22nd, 1899 in Kansas.
Died November 7th, 1943 at 44 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
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