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In the year 1903
807 Notable birthdays
Earl Hines
American jazz pianist (1903–1983).
Born December 28th, 1903 in Duquesne.
Died April 22nd, 1983 at 79 years old in Oakland.
Una Merkel
American actress (1903–1986).
Born December 10th, 1903 in Covington.
Died January 2nd, 1986 at 82 years old in Los Angeles (disease).
Joseph Cornell
American artist (1903-1972).
Born December 24th, 1903 in Nyack.
Died December 29th, 1972 at 69 years old in New York City.
Ruth Graves Wakefield
American chef (1903-1977).
Born June 17th, 1903 in Walpole.
Died January 10th, 1977 at 73 years old in Plymouth. [ref]
John Vincent Atanasoff
American computer pioneer (1903-1995).
Born October 4th, 1903 in Hamilton.
Died June 15th, 1995 at 91 years old in Frederick (stroke).
Bruno Bettelheim
Austrian-american child psychologist and writer (1903–1990).
Born August 28th, 1903 in Vienna.
Died March 13th, 1990 at 86 years old in Silver Spring (asphyxia).
Big Bill Broonzy
American blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (1893–1958).
Born June 26th, 1903 in Scott County.
Died August 15th, 1958 at 55 years old in Chicago (cancer, lung cancer, esophageal cancer).
Countee Cullen
American author (1903–1946).
Born May 30th, 1903 in Louisville.
Died January 9th, 1946 at 42 years old in New York City.
Fredi Washington
American actress (1903–1994).
Born December 23rd, 1903 in Savannah.
Died June 28th, 1994 at 90 years old in Stamford (stroke).
Yisrael Kristal
Holocaust survivor, oldest living man.
Born September 15th, 1903 in Żarnów. [ref]
Died August 11th, 2017 at 113 years old in Haifa. [ref]
Al Hirschfeld
American artist and caricaturist (1903-2003).
Born June 21st, 1903 in St. Louis.
Died January 20th, 2003 at 99 years old in New York City, Manhattan.
Tor Johnson
Swedish professional wrestler and actor (1902-1971).
Born October 19th, 1903 in Brännkyrka parish.
Died May 12th, 1971 at 67 years old in San Fernando (heart failure).
Princess Olga of Greece and Denmark
Eldest daughter of prince nicholas of greece and grand duchess elena vladimirovna of russia (1903-1997).
Born June 11th, 1903 in Tatoi Palace.
Died October 16th, 1997 at 94 years old in Paris (Alzheimer's disease).
Walker Evans
American photographer and photojournalist (1903-1975).
Born November 3rd, 1903 in St. Louis.
Died April 10th, 1975 at 71 years old in New Haven.
Maniben Patel
Indian politician.
Born April 3rd, 1903 in Gujarat.
Died March 26th, 1990 at 86 years old
Alan Paton
South african writer and activist (1903-1988).
Born January 11th, 1903 in Pietermaritzburg.
Died April 12th, 1988 at 85 years old in Durban.
Billie Dove
American silent film actress; aviator (1903–1997).
Born May 14th, 1903 in New York City.
Died December 31st, 1997 at 94 years old in Woodland Hills (pneumonia).
Marguerite Yourcenar
French novelist and essayist (1903-1987).
Born June 8th, 1903 in Brussels.
Died December 17th, 1987 at 84 years old in Bar Harbor.
Joan Robinson
English economist (1903–1983).
Born October 31st, 1903 in Camberley.
Died August 5th, 1983 at 79 years old in Cambridge.
Millard Mitchell
American actor (1903-1953).
Born August 14th, 1903 in Havana.
Died October 13th, 1953 at 50 years old in Santa Monica (lung cancer).
Igor Kurchatov
Soviet nuclear physicist (1903-1960).
Born January 12th, 1903 in Sim. [ref]
Died February 7th, 1960 at 57 years old in Barvikha.
Sam Spiegel
American film producer (1901–1985).
Born November 11th, 1903 in Jarosław.
Died December 31st, 1985 at 82 years old in Saint Martin.
Karl Fritzsch
Ss officer (1903-1945).
Born July 10th, 1903 in Mokřiny.
Died May 2nd, 1945 at 41 years old in Berlin.
Irène Némirovsky
French novelist (1903–1942).
Born February 11th, 1903 in Kyiv.
Died August 17th, 1942 at 39 years old in Auschwitz, Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp (influenza, typhus).
Mustafa Barzani
Kurdish nationalist (1903–1979).
Born March 14th, 1903 in Barzan. [ref]
Died March 1st, 1979 at 75 years old in Washington, D.C. (lung cancer).
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