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In the year 1906
842 Notable birthdays
Bede Griffiths
Benedictine monk (1906–1993).
Born December 17th, 1906 in Walton-on-Thames.
Died May 13th, 1993 at 86 years old in Tamil Nadu.
Mehmed Abdülkerim Efendi
Ottoman noble (1906–1935).
Born June 26th, 1906 in Istanbul.
Died August 3rd, 1935 at 29 years old in New York City (gunshot wound). [ref]
Daulat Singh Kothari
Indian physicist (1906–1993).
Born July 6th, 1906 in Udaipur. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1993 at 86 years old in Delhi.
William Feller
Croatian-american mathematician.
Born July 7th, 1906 in Zagreb.
Died January 14th, 1970 at 63 years old in New York City.
Olive Borden
American actress (1906–1947).
Born July 14th, 1906 in Richmond.
Died October 1st, 1947 at 41 years old in Los Angeles (pneumonia).
Wolf Albach-Retty
Austrian actor (1906-1967).
Born May 28th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died February 21st, 1967 at 60 years old in Vienna (myocardial infarction).
Jacques Pills
French actor and singer (1906–1970).
Born March 6th, 1906 in Tulle. [ref]
Died September 12th, 1970 at 64 years old in 12th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Betty Bronson
American actress (1906–1971).
Born November 17th, 1906 in Trenton.
Died October 19th, 1971 at 64 years old in Pasadena.
Eleanor Alice Burford
English novelist (1906–1993).
Born September 1st, 1906 in London.
Died January 18th, 1993 at 86 years old in Mediterranean Sea.
Rose Hobart
American actress (1906–2000).
Born May 1st, 1906 in New York City.
Died August 29th, 2000 at 94 years old in Woodland Hills (disease).
Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
American diplomat (1906-1983).
Born April 10th, 1906 in Germantown.
Died March 25th, 1983 at 76 years old in Philadelphia.
Erik Rhodes
American actor and singer (1906–1990).
Born February 10th, 1906 in El Reno.
Died February 17th, 1990 at 84 years old in Oklahoma City (pneumonia).
Kazuo Ohno
Japanese dancer and choreographer (1906-2010).
Born October 27th, 1906 in Hakodate.
Died June 1st, 2010 at 103 years old in Yokohama (respiratory failure). [ref]
Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
Iranian grand ayatollah (1906-1986).
Born January 6th, 1906 in Tabriz.
Died April 3rd, 1986 at 80 years old in Tehran (kidney failure).
Igor Moiseyev
Soviet dancer (1906–2007).
Born January 21st, 1906 in Kyiv.
Died November 2nd, 2007 at 101 years old in Moscow. [ref]
Eva Zeisel
Hungarian artist, industrial designer (1906–2011).
Born November 13th, 1906 in Budapest.
Died December 30th, 2011 at 105 years old in New York City, New City. [ref]
Jacques Becker
French screenwriter and film director (1906-1960).
Born September 15th, 1906 in 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Died February 21st, 1960 at 53 years old in 16th arrondissement of Paris (iron overload).
Jean Dieudonné
French mathematician (1906–1992).
Died November 29th, 1992 at 86 years old in 15th arrondissement of Paris.
Barney Bigard
American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician (1906-1980).
Born March 3rd, 1906 in New Orleans.
Died June 27th, 1980 at 74 years old in Culver City.
Willa Brown
American pilot and aviation educator (1906-1992).
Born January 22nd, 1906 in Glasgow.
Died July 18th, 1992 at 86 years old in Chicago.
Nii Amaa Ollennu
Judge, former speaker of the parliament and former acting president of ghana (1906-1986).
Died December 22nd, 1986 at 80 years old
Richard Whorf
American actor, director and author (1906–1966).
Born June 4th, 1906 in Winthrop.
Died December 14th, 1966 at 60 years old in Santa Monica (myocardial infarction).
Luo Ruiqing
Chinese general, politician (1906-1978).
Born May 31st, 1906 in Nanchong.
Died August 3rd, 1978 at 72 years old in Heidelberg.
Antal Doráti
Hungarian-born conductor and composer.
Born April 9th, 1906 in Budapest.
Died November 13th, 1988 at 82 years old in Gerzensee.
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