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In the year 1903
743 Notable birthdays
Oleg Losev
Russian inventor, and physicist.
Died January 22nd, 1942 at 38 years old in Saint Petersburg (hunger).
Nikolai Voznesensky
Soviet economist (1903-1950).
Born December 1st, 1903 in Tula.
Died October 1st, 1950 at 46 years old in Saint Petersburg (execution by shooting).
Clyde Beatty
American circus performer (1903-1965).
Born June 10th, 1903 in Bainbridge.
Died July 19th, 1965 at 62 years old in Community Memorial Hospital. [ref]
Mimi Pollak
Swedish actress (1903–1999).
Born April 9th, 1903 in Karlstad church parish. [ref]
Died August 11th, 1999 at 96 years old in Stockholm.
Manly Wade Wellman
American writer (1903-1986).
Born May 21st, 1903 in Portuguese Angola.
Died April 5th, 1986 at 82 years old in Chapel Hill. [ref]
Ray Noble
English jazz and big band musician (1903–1978).
Born December 17th, 1903 in Brighton.
Died April 3rd, 1978 at 74 years old in London.
Don Beddoe
Film and television actor (1903-1991).
Born July 1st, 1903 in Pittsburgh.
Died January 19th, 1991 at 87 years old in Laguna Hills.
Adolf Butenandt
German biochemist (1903-1995).
Born March 24th, 1903 in Bremerhaven.
Died January 18th, 1995 at 91 years old in Munich.
Hardie Albright
American actor (1903–1975).
Born December 16th, 1903 in Charleroi.
Died December 7th, 1975 at 71 years old in Mission Viejo (heart failure).
M. King Hubbert
American geoscientist (1903–1989).
Born October 5th, 1903 in San Saba.
Died October 11th, 1989 at 86 years old in Bethesda.
Mikhail Kalatozov
Soviet film director and screenwriter.
Born December 28th, 1903 in Tbilisi.
Died March 27th, 1973 at 69 years old in Moscow.
George J. Lewis
Actor (1903-1995).
Born December 10th, 1903 in Guadalajara.
Died December 10th, 1995 at 92 years old in Rancho Santa Fe (stroke).
Daphne Akhurst
Australian tennis player (1903–1933).
Born April 22nd, 1903 in Sydney.
Died January 9th, 1933 at 29 years old in Sydney (maternal death).
King Clancy
Canadian ice hockey player.
Born February 25th, 1903 in Ottawa.
Died November 10th, 1986 at 83 years old in Toronto.
Waldemar Hoven
German physician, ss officer and convicted war criminal (1903-1948).
Born February 10th, 1903 in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]
Died June 2nd, 1948 at 45 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
Kathleen Lonsdale
Irish crystallographer (1903-1971).
Born January 28th, 1903 in Newbridge.
Died April 1st, 1971 at 68 years old in London (cancer).
Claude Dauphin
French actor (1903-1978).
Born August 19th, 1903 in Corbeil-Essonnes. [ref]
Died November 16th, 1978 at 75 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (gastrointestinal system disease). [ref]
Vernon Duke
American composer (1903-1969).
Born October 10th, 1903 in Parafjanava.
Died January 16th, 1969 at 65 years old in Santa Monica (cancer).
Krunoslav Draganović
Croatian roman catholic priest (1903–1982).
Born October 30th, 1903 in Brčko.
Died July 5th, 1983 at 79 years old in Sarajevo. [ref]
Marcia Davenport
American author and music critic.
Born June 9th, 1903 in New York City. [ref]
Died January 16th, 1996 at 92 years old in Monterey. [ref]
George Beadle
American geneticist.
Born October 22nd, 1903 in Wahoo.
Died June 9th, 1989 at 85 years old in Pomona.
Adolph Gottlieb
American artist (1903-1974).
Born March 14th, 1903 in New York City.
Died March 4th, 1974 at 70 years old in New York City, East Hampton.
Giulio Natta
Italian chemist.
Born February 26th, 1903 in Porto Maurizio.
Died May 2nd, 1979 at 76 years old in Bergamo (Parkinson's disease).
Joe Venuti
American jazz musician and pioneer jazz violinist (1903–1978).
Born September 16th, 1903 in Philadelphia, Lecco.
Died August 14th, 1978 at 74 years old in Seattle.
Hamilton Luske
American film director (1903-1968).
Born October 16th, 1903 in Chicago.
Died February 19th, 1968 at 64 years old in Bel Air (myocardial infarction).
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