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In the year 1906
842 Notable birthdays
David Smith
American visual artist (1906-1965).
Born March 9th, 1906 in Decatur.
Died May 23rd, 1965 at 59 years old in Bennington (traffic collision).
Dino Buzzati
Italian writer (1906-1972).
Born October 16th, 1906 in Belluno.
Died January 28th, 1972 at 65 years old in Milan (pancreatic cancer).
Bruno Gröning
German mystic (1906–1959).
Born May 30th, 1906 in Gdańsk.
Died January 26th, 1959 at 52 years old in Paris (stomach cancer).
Franz Hössler
German ss officer and schutzhaftlagerführer in auschwitz, mittelbau and bergen-belsen concentration camps (1906-1945).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Oberdorf bei Immenstadt.
Died December 13th, 1945 at 39 years old in Hamelin (hanging to death).
Daniil Kharms
Russian writer (1905–1942).
Born January 12th, 1906 in Saint Petersburg.
Died February 2nd, 1942 at 36 years old in Saint Petersburg.
Muzaffer Şerif
Turkish psychologist (1906–1988).
Born July 29th, 1906 in İzmir.
Died October 16th, 1988 at 82 years old in Fairbanks.
Anna Marie Hahn
American serial killer (1906–1938).
Born July 7th, 1906 in Bavaria.
Died December 7th, 1938 at 32 years old in Ohio Penitentiary (electrocution).
Enrico Mattei
Italian entrepreneur (1906-1962).
Born April 29th, 1906 in Acqualagna.
Died October 27th, 1962 at 56 years old in Bascapè (aircraft crash, bomb).
Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen
Mathematician, statistician and economist (1906-1994).
Born February 4th, 1906 in Constanța.
Died October 30th, 1994 at 88 years old in Nashville (diabetes).
Vera Menchik
Czech chess player (1906–1944).
Born March 1st, 1906 in Moscow.
Died June 26th, 1944 at 38 years old in Clapham.
Esmond Knight
British actor (1906–1987).
Born May 4th, 1906 in East Sheen.
Died February 23rd, 1987 at 80 years old in London (myocardial infarction).
Helen Chandler
American actress (1906–1965).
Born February 1st, 1906 in Charleston.
Died April 30th, 1965 at 59 years old in Hollywood (surgical complications).
Chester Carlson
American physicist (1906-1968).
Born February 8th, 1906 in Seattle.
Died September 19th, 1968 at 62 years old in New York City (myocardial infarction).
Nelson Goodman
American philosopher (1906–1998).
Born August 7th, 1906 in Somerville.
Died November 25th, 1998 at 92 years old in Needham.
Vinton Hayworth
American actor (1906–1970).
Born June 4th, 1906 in Washington, D.C..
Died May 21st, 1970 at 63 years old in Van Nuys (myocardial infarction).
Mary Brian
American actress (1906–2002).
Born February 17th, 1906 in Corsicana.
Died December 30th, 2002 at 96 years old in Del Mar (cardiovascular disease).
William McChesney Martin
Chairman of the united states federal reserve bank from 1951 to 1970.
Born December 17th, 1906 in St. Louis.
Died July 29th, 1998 at 91 years old in Washington, D.C..
Lilian Harvey
Anglo-german actress and singer.
Born January 19th, 1906 in London.
Died July 27th, 1968 at 62 years old in Antibes (liver failure).
Frank H. Netter
American surgeon (1906-1991).
Born April 25th, 1906 in Manhattan.
Died September 17th, 1991 at 85 years old in New York City.
Ernst Ruska
German physicist (1906–1988).
Born December 25th, 1906 in Heidelberg.
Died May 27th, 1988 at 81 years old in West Berlin.
Hans Aumeier
German ss officer (1906-1948).
Born August 20th, 1906 in Amberg.
Died January 24th, 1948 at 41 years old in Kraków (hanging to death).
Guy Mollet
French politician (1905-1975).
Born January 2nd, 1906 in Flers. [ref]
Died October 3rd, 1975 at 69 years old in 7th arrondissement of Paris (cardiovascular disease).
Fredric Brown
American novelist, short story author (1906–1972).
Born October 29th, 1906 in Cincinnati.
Died March 12th, 1972 at 65 years old in Tucson.
Cleanth Brooks
American literary critic and academic (1906–1994).
Born October 16th, 1906 in Murray.
Died May 10th, 1994 at 87 years old in New Haven.
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