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In the year 1906
842 Notable birthdays
Helene Costello
American actress (1906–1957).
Born June 21st, 1906 in New York City.
Died January 26th, 1957 at 50 years old in San Bernardino (tuberculosis).
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).
Franz Schädle
Schutzstaffel officer (1906-1945).
Born November 19th, 1906 in Westerheim.
Died May 1st, 1945 at 38 years old in Berlin (shot to the head).
Ango Sakaguchi
Japanese writer (1906–1955).
Born October 20th, 1906 in Niigata.
Died February 17th, 1955 at 48 years old in Kiryū.
Horst P. Horst
German-american photographer (1906–1999).
Born August 14th, 1906 in Weißenfels.
Died November 18th, 1999 at 93 years old in Palm Beach Gardens.
Henry Roth
American novelist and short story writer (1906–1995).
Born February 8th, 1906 in Tysmenytsia.
Died October 13th, 1995 at 89 years old in Albuquerque.
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.
Dwight Macdonald
American writer, editor, film critic, social critic, philosopher and political radical (1906-1982).
Born March 24th, 1906 in New York City.
Died December 19th, 1982 at 76 years old in New York City.
Harry Hopman
Australian tennis player (1906-1985).
Born August 12th, 1906 in Sydney.
Died December 27th, 1985 at 79 years old in Largo.
Paul Rassinier
French writer and activist (1906-1967).
Born March 18th, 1906 in Bermont.
Died July 28th, 1967 at 61 years old in Paris.
Richard Llewellyn
British novelist (1906–1983).
Born December 8th, 1906 in Hendon. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1983 at 76 years old in Dublin. [ref]
James Flavin
American actor (1906–1976).
Born May 14th, 1906 in Portland.
Died April 23rd, 1976 at 69 years old in Los Angeles.
Vladimir Prelog
Bosnian-swiss chemist (1906-1998).
Born July 23rd, 1906 in Sarajevo.
Died January 7th, 1998 at 91 years old in Zurich.
George Wald
American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and nobel laureate (1906–1997).
Born November 18th, 1906 in New York City.
Died April 12th, 1997 at 90 years old in Cambridge.
Luis Federico Leloir
Argentine biochemist.
Born September 6th, 1906 in 16th arrondissement of Paris.
Died December 2nd, 1987 at 81 years old in Buenos Aires, Catamarca Province (myocardial infarction).
Atos Wirtanen
Finnish politician (1906-1979).
Born January 27th, 1906 in Saltvik.
Died March 10th, 1979 at 73 years old in Helsinki.
Vincent Sherman
American film director (1906–2006).
Born July 16th, 1906 in Vienna.
Died June 18th, 2006 at 99 years old in Woodland Hills. [ref]
Willy Ley
German-american science and science-fiction writer (1906–1969).
Born October 2nd, 1906 in Berlin.
Died June 24th, 1969 at 62 years old in New York City.
Joel Brand
Rescue worker (1906-1964).
Born April 25th, 1906 in Năsăud.
Died July 13th, 1964 at 58 years old in Bad Kissingen (myocardial infarction).
Ernst Chain
Jewish-german-born british biochemist (1906–1979).
Born June 19th, 1906 in Berlin.
Died August 12th, 1979 at 73 years old in Castlebar.
Daulat Singh Kothari
Indian physicist (1906–1993).
Born July 6th, 1906 in Udaipur. [ref]
Died February 4th, 1993 at 86 years old in Delhi.
Charles Malik
Lebanese politician (1906-1987).
Born February 11th, 1906 in Btourram.
Died December 28th, 1987 at 81 years old in Beirut.
Kathleen Kenyon
British archaeologist (1906-1978).
Born January 5th, 1906 in London.
Died August 24th, 1978 at 72 years old in Wrexham.
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.
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