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In the year 1901
768 Notable birthdays
Horace Heidt
American musician (1901-1986).
Born May 21st, 1901 in Alameda.
Died December 1st, 1986 at 85 years old in Del Mar.
Cassandre
French designer painter, commercial poster artist and typeface designer (1901-1968).
Born January 24th, 1901 in Kharkov Governorate. [ref]
Died June 17th, 1968 at 67 years old in Paris.
Severino Di Giovanni
Italian anarchist, executed in argentina.
Born March 16th, 1901 in Chieti.
Died February 1st, 1931 at 29 years old in Buenos Aires (gunshot wound).
Jacqueline Logan
American actress (1901–1983).
Born November 30th, 1901 in Corsicana.
Died April 4th, 1983 at 81 years old in Melbourne.
Antal Szerb
Hungarian literary scholar and writer (1901–1945).
Born May 1st, 1901 in Budapest.
Died January 27th, 1945 at 43 years old in Balf.
Adolf Busemann
German engineer (1901–1986).
Born April 20th, 1901 in Lübeck.
Died November 3rd, 1986 at 85 years old in Boulder.
Mary Eaton
American actress (1901–1948).
Born January 29th, 1901.
Died October 10th, 1948 at 47 years old in Hollywood (liver cirrhosis).
Richard Brauer
Mathematician (1901-1977).
Born February 10th, 1901 in Charlottenburg.
Died April 17th, 1977 at 76 years old in Belmont.
Sarla Behn
English gandhian social activist.
Born April 5th, 1901 in Shepherd's Bush.
Died July 8th, 1982 at 81 years old in Pithoragarh district.
Mikhail Romm
Soviet film director (1901–1971).
Born January 24th, 1901 in Irkutsk.
Died November 1st, 1971 at 70 years old in Moscow.
Vladimir Sofronitsky
Russian pianist (1901-1961).
Born May 8th, 1901 in Saint Petersburg.
Died August 29th, 1961 at 60 years old in Moscow (cancer).
Raymond Firth
Ethnologist from new zealand.
Born March 25th, 1901 in Auckland.
Died February 22nd, 2002 at 100 years old in London.
Vincent du Vigneaud
American biochemist (1901–1978).
Born May 18th, 1901 in Chicago.
Died December 11th, 1978 at 77 years old in White Plains.
Chandraprava Saikiani
Indian social reformer, writer and freedom fighter from assam.
Born March 16th, 1901 in Assam.
Died March 16th, 1972 at 71 years old
Sergo Goglidze
Nkvd officer (1901–1953).
Born August 12th, 1901 in Racha Uyezd.
Died December 23rd, 1953 at 52 years old in Moscow.
Karl Arnold
German politician (1901-1958).
Born March 21st, 1901 in Höfen (Warthausen).
Died June 29th, 1958 at 57 years old in Düsseldorf (myocardial infarction).
Mario Pei
American linguist and philologist (1901-1978).
Born February 16th, 1901 in Rome.
Died March 2nd, 1978 at 77 years old in Glen Ridge.
Aghasi Khanjian
Soviet politician (1901–1936).
Born November 30th, 1901 in Van.
Died July 9th, 1936 at 34 years old in Tbilisi.
John Strachey
British politician and writer (1901-1963).
Born October 21st, 1901 in Guildford.
Died July 15th, 1963 at 61 years old in London.
Motojirō Kajii
Author (1901–1932).
Born February 17th, 1901 in Osaka.
Died March 24th, 1932 at 31 years old in Sumiyoshi-ku (tuberculosis).
Gerhard von Rad
German theologian (1901-1971).
Born October 21st, 1901 in Nuremberg.
Died October 31st, 1971 at 70 years old in Heidelberg.
Jürgen Wagner
German ss brigade leader, major general of the waffen-ss and war criminal (1901–1947).
Born September 9th, 1901 in Strasbourg.
Died June 27th, 1947 at 45 years old in Belgrade (hanging to death).
Friedrich Alpers
German general (1901–1944).
Born March 25th, 1901 in Sonnenberg.
Died September 3rd, 1944 at 43 years old in Mons.
Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar
Turkish writer (1901–1962).
Born June 23rd, 1901 in Istanbul.
Died January 24th, 1962 at 60 years old in Istanbul.
Stanley William Hayter
English print-maker and engraver (1901-1988).
Born December 27th, 1901 in London.
Died May 4th, 1988 at 86 years old in Paris.
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