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In the year 1906
842 Notable birthdays
Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
Japanese physicist (1906-1979).
Born March 31st, 1906 in Tokyo.
Died July 8th, 1979 at 73 years old in Tokyo (head and neck cancer).
Margret Rey
Children's illustrator and writer, german jewish american (1906–1996).
Born May 16th, 1906 in Hamburg.
Died December 21st, 1996 at 90 years old in Cambridge.
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.
John Carroll
American actor (1906-1979).
Born July 17th, 1906 in New Orleans.
Died April 24th, 1979 at 72 years old in Hollywood (leukemia).
Harry Hammond Hess
American geologist (1906–1969).
Born May 24th, 1906 in New York City.
Died August 25th, 1969 at 63 years old in Woods Hole (myocardial infarction).
Kent Taylor
American actor (1907–1987).
Born May 11th, 1906 in Nashua.
Died April 11th, 1987 at 80 years old in Hollywood (disease).
Joe Sawyer
Canadian actor (1906–1982).
Born August 29th, 1906 in Guelph.
Died April 21st, 1982 at 75 years old in Ashland (liver cancer).
Max Delbrück
Biophysicist (1906–1981).
Born September 4th, 1906 in Berlin.
Died March 10th, 1981 at 74 years old in Pasadena. [ref]
Horst Schumann
German physician, and ss officer (1906-1983).
Born May 1st, 1906 in Halle (Saale).
Died May 5th, 1983 at 77 years old in Frankfurt.
William Empson
English literary critic and poet (1906–1984).
Born September 27th, 1906 in Kingston upon Hull.
Died May 15th, 1984 at 77 years old in London.
Theresa Harris
American actress (1906-1985).
Born December 31st, 1906 in Houston.
Died October 8th, 1985 at 78 years old in Inglewood.
Wilfred Jackson
American film director (1906–1988).
Born January 24th, 1906 in Chicago.
Died August 7th, 1988 at 82 years old in Balboa Island.
Wilhelm Boger
Holocaust perpetrator, gestapo and ss officer at auschwitz (1906–1977).
Born December 19th, 1906 in Zuffenhausen.
Died April 3rd, 1977 at 70 years old in Bietigheim-Bissingen.
Franz Reichleitner
Ss officer, second commandant of sobibór extermination camp (1906-1944).
Born December 2nd, 1906 in Ried im Traunkreis.
Died January 3rd, 1944 at 37 years old in Rijeka.
Marcel Carné
French film director (1906 – 1996).
Born August 18th, 1906 in Paris.
Died October 31st, 1996 at 90 years old in Clamart.
Oleg Antonov
Soviet aeroplane designer (1906-1984).
Born February 7th, 1906 in Troitsa.
Died April 4th, 1984 at 78 years old in Kyiv.
Ivan Chernyakhovsky
Soviet general (1906–1945).
Born June 29th, 1906 in Oksanyna.
Died February 18th, 1945 at 38 years old in Pieniężno.
Humberto Delgado
Portuguese politician (1906-1965).
Born May 15th, 1906 in Brogueira.
Died February 13th, 1965 at 58 years old in Villanueva del Fresno.
Barbara Jo Allen
American actress (1906-1974).
Born September 2nd, 1906 in New York City.
Died September 14th, 1974 at 68 years old in Santa Barbara.
Alma Rosé
Austrian musician (1906–1944).
Born November 3rd, 1906 in Vienna.
Died July 1st, 1944 at 37 years old in Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp.
Walter Sande
American actor.
Born July 9th, 1906 in Denver.
Died February 22nd, 1972 at 65 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Missak Manouchian
Armenian resistance fighter and poet (1906-1944).
Born September 1st, 1906 in Adıyaman. [ref]
Died February 21st, 1944 at 37 years old in Fort Mont-Valérien (gunshot wound).
Diana Wynyard
English actress (1906-1964).
Born January 16th, 1906 in London.
Died May 13th, 1964 at 58 years old in London (kidney failure).
Abdus Sattar
Bangladeshi politician and statesman (1906–1985).
Born March 1st, 1906 in Birbhum district.
Died October 5th, 1985 at 79 years old in Dhaka.
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