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In the year 1899
671 Notable birthdays
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).
Madge Blake
Actress (1899-1969).
Born May 31st, 1899 in Kinsley.
Died February 19th, 1969 at 69 years old in Pasadena (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Lotte Reiniger
German silhouette animator and film director (1899–1981).
Born June 2nd, 1899 in Charlottenburg. [ref]
Died June 19th, 1981 at 82 years old in Dettenhausen. [ref]
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.
Jean Moulin
French resistance fighter and civil servant (1899-1943).
Born June 20th, 1899 in Béziers. [ref]
Died July 8th, 1943 at 44 years old in Metz (torture). [ref]
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.
Suzanne Lenglen
French tennis player.
Born May 24th, 1899 in Paris. [ref]
Died July 4th, 1938 at 39 years old in Paris (leukemia, pernicious anemia). [ref]
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.
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 Idaho.
Died May 30th, 1994 at 94 years old in Salt Lake City (heart failure).
Gale Sondergaard
American actress (1899–1985).
Born February 15th, 1899 in Litchfield.
Died August 14th, 1985 at 86 years old in Woodland Hills (stroke).
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. [ref]
Died July 2nd, 1973 at 73 years old in Los Angeles (pulmonary emphysema). [ref]
Hart Crane
American writer (1899-1932).
Born July 21st, 1899 in Garrettsville. [ref]
Died April 27th, 1932 at 32 years old in Florida (drowning).
Stringer Davis
Actor (1899–1973).
Born June 4th, 1899 in Birkenhead.
Died August 29th, 1973 at 74 years old in Chalfont St Giles.
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).
Alfred Blalock
American surgeon (1899–1964).
Born April 5th, 1899 in Culloden.
Died September 15th, 1964 at 65 years old in Baltimore.
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. [ref]
Died January 23rd, 1993 at 93 years old in Chicago. [ref]
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.
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).
Dimitri Tiomkin
Ukrainian-born american film composer.
Born May 22nd, 1899 in Kremenchuk.
Died November 11th, 1979 at 80 years old in London (hip fracture).
Peter Aufschnaiter
Austrian traveller, geographer, mountain climber and cartographer (1899–1973).
Born November 2nd, 1899 in Kitzbühel.
Died October 12th, 1973 at 73 years old in Innsbruck.
Jay C. Flippen
American actor (1899-1971).
Born March 6th, 1899 in Little Rock.
Died February 3rd, 1971 at 71 years old in Los Angeles.
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