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In the year 1901
768 Notable birthdays
Rosamond Lehmann
English writer (1901–1990).
Born February 3rd, 1901 in Bourne End.
Died March 12th, 1990 at 89 years old in London.
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer (1901-1972).
Born August 26th, 1901 in Oklahoma City.
Died June 8th, 1972 at 70 years old in New York City (leukemia).
Chic Young
American comic strip cartoonist (1901-1973).
Born January 9th, 1901 in Chicago.
Died March 14th, 1973 at 72 years old in St. Petersburg.
Otto Ambros
German chemist (1901-1990).
Born May 19th, 1901 in Weiden in der Oberpfalz.
Died July 23rd, 1990 at 89 years old in Mannheim.
Fuzzy Knight
American film actor (1901-1976).
Born May 9th, 1901 in Fairmont.
Died February 23rd, 1976 at 74 years old in Woodland Hills (myocardial infarction).
Henri Cochet
French tennis player (1901-1987).
Born December 14th, 1901 in Villeurbanne.
Died April 2nd, 1987 at 85 years old in Saint-Germain-en-Laye.
Ödön von Horváth
Austro-hungarian writer (1901–1938).
Born December 9th, 1901 in Rijeka.
Died June 1st, 1938 at 36 years old in Paris, avenue des Champs-Élysées.
Curt Bois
German actor (1901–1991).
Born April 5th, 1901 in Berlin.
Died December 25th, 1991 at 90 years old in Berlin.
Consuelo de Saint Exupéry
Salvadoran-french writer and artist (1901-1979).
Born April 10th, 1901 in Armenia.
Died May 28th, 1979 at 78 years old in Grasse (asthma).
Hugo Haas
Czech film director, actor, director, scriptwriter and singer (1901-1968).
Born December 19th, 1901 in Brno. [ref]
Died December 1st, 1968 at 66 years old in Vienna (asthma, heart disease). [ref]
Liang Sicheng
Chinese architect and scholar (1901-1972).
Born April 20th, 1901 in Tokyo.
Died January 9th, 1972 at 70 years old in Beijing Hospital.
Jean Prouvé
French architect and designer (1901-1984).
Born April 8th, 1901 in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Died March 23rd, 1984 at 82 years old in Nancy.
Pancho Villa
Filipino boxer (1901-1925).
Born August 1st, 1901 in Ilog.
Died July 14th, 1925 at 23 years old in San Francisco.
José Leandro Andrade
Uruguayan footballer.
Born November 22nd, 1901 in Salto.
Died October 5th, 1957 at 55 years old in Montevideo. [ref]
Kiyoshi Oka
Japanese mathematician who worked in the theory of several complex variables (1901-1978).
Born April 19th, 1901 in Osaka.
Died March 1st, 1978 at 76 years old in Nara.
Leon Shamroy
American cinematographer (1901–1974).
Born July 16th, 1901 in New York City.
Died July 7th, 1974 at 72 years old in Los Angeles.
Alberto Hurtado
Chilean jesuit saint (1901-1952).
Born January 22nd, 1901 in Viña del Mar.
Died August 18th, 1952 at 51 years old in Santiago (pancreatic cancer).
Chen Yi
Chinese military officer, people's republic of china (1901-1972).
Born August 26th, 1901 in Lezhi County.
Died January 6th, 1972 at 70 years old in Beijing.
Luigi Chinetti
Racecar driver (1901–1994).
Born July 17th, 1901 in Jerago con Orago.
Died August 17th, 1994 at 93 years old in Greenwich.
Gilda Gray
Dancer, singer and actress (1901–1959).
Born October 24th, 1901 in Kraków, Rydlewo.
Died December 22nd, 1959 at 58 years old in Hollywood (myocardial infarction).
Stanisław Mikołajczyk
Polish politician (1901–1966).
Born July 18th, 1901 in Holsterhausen.
Died December 13th, 1966 at 65 years old in Washington, D.C..
Alex Manoogian
American businessman (1901-1996).
Born June 28th, 1901 in Smyrna.
Died July 10th, 1996 at 95 years old in Detroit.
John Collier
British writer (1901-1980).
Born May 3rd, 1901 in London. [ref]
Died April 6th, 1980 at 78 years old in Los Angeles. [ref]
Margarete Buber-Neumann
German writer (1909-1989).
Born October 21st, 1901 in Potsdam.
Died November 6th, 1989 at 88 years old in Frankfurt.
John Alton
American cinematographer of austrian-hungarian origin (1901-1996).
Born October 5th, 1901 in Sopron.
Died June 2nd, 1996 at 94 years old in Santa Monica.
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