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In the year 1903
743 Notable birthdays
Wilfrid Hyde-White
Stage, film and television actor (1903-1991).
Born May 12th, 1903 in Bourton-on-the-Water. [ref]
Died May 6th, 1991 at 87 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Barbara Hepworth
English sculptor (1903–1975).
Born January 10th, 1903 in Wakefield. [ref]
Died May 20th, 1975 at 72 years old in St Ives. [ref]
Elisha Cook Jr.
American actor (1903-1995).
Born December 26th, 1903 in San Francisco.
Died May 18th, 1995 at 91 years old in Big Pine (stroke).
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist, winner of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 1973.
Born November 7th, 1903 in Vienna. [ref]
Died February 27th, 1989 at 85 years old in Vienna (kidney failure). [ref]
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Polish-american writer (1904–1991).
Born November 21st, 1903 in Radzymin, Leoncin. [ref]
Died July 24th, 1991 at 87 years old in Miami, Surfside (stroke).
Ella Josephine Baker
(1903-1986) african-american civil rights and human rights activist.
Born December 13th, 1903 in Norfolk.
Died December 13th, 1986 at 83 years old in Manhattan.
Dolores Costello
American actress (1903–1979).
Born September 17th, 1903 in Pittsburgh.
Died March 1st, 1979 at 75 years old in Fallbrook (pulmonary emphysema).
Malcolm Muggeridge
English journalist, author, media personality, and satirist (1903-1990).
Born March 24th, 1903 in London.
Died November 14th, 1990 at 87 years old in Robertsbridge.
Clare Boothe Luce
American writer, politician, ambassador, journalist and anti-communist activist (1903-1987).
Born April 10th, 1903 in New York City.
Died October 9th, 1987 at 84 years old in Washington, D.C. (brain cancer).
Louis Leakey
British archaeologist and naturalist.
Born August 7th, 1903 in Nairobi. [ref]
Died October 1st, 1972 at 69 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Estes Kefauver
American politician (1903–1963).
Born July 26th, 1903 in Madisonville.
Died August 10th, 1963 at 60 years old in Bethesda (aortic aneurysm).
José Antonio Primo de Rivera
Spanish politician and founder of falange española (1903–1936).
Born April 24th, 1903 in Madrid.
Died November 20th, 1936 at 33 years old in Alicante (gunshot wound).
John Wyndham
English science fiction author (1903-1969).
Born July 10th, 1903 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died March 11th, 1969 at 65 years old in London. [ref]
Andrey Kolmogorov
Russian mathematician (1903–1987).
Born April 25th, 1903 in Tambov.
Died October 20th, 1987 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Habib Bourguiba
President of tunisia from 1957 to 1987.
Born August 3rd, 1903 in Monastir. [ref]
Died April 6th, 2000 at 96 years old in Monastir. [ref]
Mimi Smith
Aunt and parental guardian of john lennon (1903–1991).
Born April 24th, 1903 in Liverpool.
Died December 6th, 1991 at 88 years old in Poole.
Red Grange
American football player (1903-1991).
Born June 13th, 1903 in Sullivan County.
Died January 28th, 1991 at 87 years old in Lake Wales (pneumonia).
Watchman Nee
Chinese church leader (1903–1972).
Born November 4th, 1903 in Shantou.
Died May 30th, 1972 at 68 years old in Anhui.
Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
Indian freedom fighter and social reformer (1903-1988).
Born April 3rd, 1903 in Mangaluru.
Died October 29th, 1988 at 85 years old in Mumbai.
Orde Wingate
British army officer, creator of the chindit mission in world war ii (1903–1944).
Born February 26th, 1903 in Nainital.
Died March 24th, 1944 at 41 years old in Manipur State.
Georg Elser
German opponent of nazism, planned and carried out an assassination attempt on adolf hitler on 8 november 1939 (1903–1945).
Born January 4th, 1903 in Hermaringen.
Died April 9th, 1945 at 42 years old in Dachau concentration camp (gunshot wound).
John Williams
English actor (1903–1983).
Born April 15th, 1903 in Buckinghamshire.
Died May 5th, 1983 at 80 years old in La Jolla (disease).
Abel Meeropol
American songwriter (1903-1986).
Born February 10th, 1903 in New York City, The Bronx.
Died October 30th, 1986 at 83 years old in Longmeadow.
Kenneth Clark
English art historian, museum director, and broadcaster (1903–1983).
Born July 13th, 1903 in London. [ref]
Died May 21st, 1983 at 79 years old in Hythe. [ref]
Alonzo Church
American mathematician (1903-1995).
Born June 14th, 1903 in Washington, D.C.. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1995 at 92 years old in Hudson. [ref]
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