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In the year 1904
799 Notable birthdays
Renuka Ray
Indian freedom-fighter, social activist and politician.
Born January 4th, 1904.
Died April 11th, 1997 at 93 years old
John Wisdom
British philosopher (1904–1993).
Born September 12th, 1904 in Leyton.
Died December 9th, 1993 at 89 years old in Cambridge.
Joseph Edward Mayer
American chemist (1904–1983).
Born February 5th, 1904 in New York City.
Died October 15th, 1983 at 79 years old in San Diego County.
Egon Eiermann
Architect (1904–1970).
Born September 29th, 1904 in Neuendorf bei Potsdam. [ref]
Died July 19th, 1970 at 65 years old in Baden-Baden.
Jean Hélion
French painter (1904–1987).
Born April 21st, 1904 in Couterne.
Died October 27th, 1987 at 83 years old in 14th arrondissement of Paris.
Paul-Émile Léger
Canadian catholic cardinal (1904–1991).
Born April 25th, 1904 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield.
Died November 13th, 1991 at 87 years old in Montreal (pneumonia). [ref]
Gwen Lee
Actress, model (1904-1961).
Born November 12th, 1904 in Hastings.
Died August 20th, 1961 at 56 years old in Reno.
Vlado Perlemuter
Lithuanian-born french pianist and teacher.
Born May 26th, 1904 in Kaunas.
Died September 4th, 2002 at 98 years old in Neuilly-sur-Seine.
Philip Hall
British mathematician (1904–1982).
Born April 11th, 1904 in Hampstead.
Died December 30th, 1982 at 78 years old in Cambridge.
Anders Lange
Norwegian politician (1904–1974).
Born September 5th, 1904 in Aker, Oslo Municipality.
Died October 18th, 1974 at 70 years old in Bærum Municipality.
Emil Bodnăraș
Romanian general and politician (1904-1976).
Born February 10th, 1904 in Iaslovăț.
Died January 24th, 1976 at 71 years old in Bucharest.
Goffredo Alessandrini
Italian filmwriter and film director (1904–1978).
Born September 9th, 1904 in Cairo.
Died May 16th, 1978 at 73 years old in Rome.
Georges Sadoul
French journalist, critic (1904-1967).
Born February 4th, 1904 in Nancy. [ref]
Died October 13th, 1967 at 63 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ralph Kronig
German physicist noted for the discovery of particle spin and for his theory of x-ray absorption spectroscopy (1904-1995).
Born March 10th, 1904 in Dresden.
Died November 16th, 1995 at 91 years old in Zeist.
Werner Seelenbinder
German sportsman (1904–1944).
Born August 2nd, 1904 in Szczecin.
Died October 24th, 1944 at 40 years old in Brandenburg an der Havel (decapitation).
Virginia Brown Faire
American actress (1904–1980).
Born June 26th, 1904 in Brooklyn.
Died June 30th, 1980 at 76 years old in Laguna Beach.
Hertta Kuusinen
Finnish politician (1904–1974).
Born February 14th, 1904 in Luhanka. [ref]
Died March 18th, 1974 at 70 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Heinrich von Brentano
German politician and lawyer (1904-1964).
Born June 6th, 1904 in Offenbach am Main.
Died November 14th, 1964 at 60 years old in Darmstadt (cancer).
Edvard Kocbek
Slovenian writer (1904-1981).
Born September 27th, 1904 in Sveti Jurij ob Ščavnici.
Died November 3rd, 1981 at 77 years old in Ljubljana.
André Leducq
French cyclist (1904–1980).
Born February 27th, 1904 in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine.
Died June 18th, 1980 at 76 years old in Marseille.
Ren Bishi
Secretary of the chinese communist party (1904-1950).
Born April 30th, 1904 in Bishi.
Died October 27th, 1950 at 46 years old in Beijing (cerebral hemorrhage).
Fakih Usman
Indonesian politician.
Born March 2nd, 1904 in Gresik.
Died October 3rd, 1968 at 64 years old in Indonesia.
Milan Gorkić
Politician (1904-1937).
Born February 19th, 1904 in Sarajevo.
Died October 23rd, 1937 at 33 years old in Moscow.
Jürgen Kuczynski
German economist and economic historian (1904-1997).
Born September 17th, 1904 in Germany, Elberfeld. [ref]
Died August 6th, 1997 at 92 years old in Berlin. [ref]
Rafael Filiberto Bonnelly
President of the dominican republic (1904-1979).
Born August 22nd, 1904 in Santiago de los Caballeros.
Died December 28th, 1979 at 75 years old in Santo Domingo (cancer).
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