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In the year 1908
849 Notable birthdays
Henri Cartier-Bresson
French photographer.
Born August 22nd, 1908 in Chanteloup-en-Brie. [ref]
Died August 3rd, 2004 at 95 years old in Montjustin. [ref]
Lev Landau
Soviet theoretical physicist (1908–1968).
Born January 22nd, 1908 in Baku.
Died April 1st, 1968 at 60 years old in Moscow (intestinal disease). [ref]
Lew Ayres
American actor (1908–1996).
Born December 28th, 1908 in Minneapolis.
Died December 30th, 1996 at 88 years old in Los Angeles.
Imogene Coca
American comic actress (1908–2001).
Born November 18th, 1908 in Philadelphia.
Died June 2nd, 2001 at 92 years old in Westport (Alzheimer's disease).
John Kenneth Galbraith
Canadian-american economist and diplomat (1908–2006).
Born October 15th, 1908 in Iona Station.
Died April 29th, 2006 at 97 years old in Cambridge. [ref]
Morey Amsterdam
American actor and comedian (1908–1996).
Born December 14th, 1908 in Chicago.
Died October 28th, 1996 at 87 years old in Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Paul Henreid
Austrian-american actor and film director.
Born January 10th, 1908 in Trieste.
Died March 29th, 1992 at 84 years old in Santa Monica (pneumonia).
Quentin Crisp
English writer, humorist and actor (1908-1999).
Born December 25th, 1908 in Sutton.
Died November 21st, 1999 at 90 years old in Chorlton-cum-Hardy (myocardial infarction).
John Bardeen
American physicist and engineer.
Born May 23rd, 1908 in Madison. [ref]
Died January 30th, 1991 at 82 years old in Boston (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Olivier Messiaen
French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992).
Born December 10th, 1908 in Avignon.
Died April 27th, 1992 at 83 years old in Clichy.
Lee Krasner
American abstract expressionist painter (1908–1984).
Born October 27th, 1908 in Brooklyn.
Died June 19th, 1984 at 75 years old in New York City.
Franz Stangl
Austrian-born ss officer, commandant at first sobibór extermination camp and then treblinka extermination camp (1908-1971).
Born March 26th, 1908 in Altmünster.
Died June 28th, 1971 at 63 years old in Düsseldorf (heart failure).
Harry Blackmun
Us supreme court justice from 1970 to 1994.
Born November 12th, 1908 in Nashville.
Died March 4th, 1999 at 90 years old in Arlington County.
Buster Crabbe
American swimmer, olympic gold medalist, actor (1908-1983).
Born February 7th, 1908 in Oakland.
Died April 23rd, 1983 at 75 years old in Scottsdale (myocardial infarction).
Mary Welsh Hemingway
American journalist (1908–1986).
Born April 5th, 1908 in Walker.
Died November 26th, 1986 at 78 years old in New York City.
Devika Rani
Indian actress (1908-1994).
Born March 30th, 1908 in Visakhapatnam.
Died March 9th, 1994 at 85 years old in Bengaluru.
William McMahon
Australian politician, 20th prime minister of australia (1908–1988).
Born February 23rd, 1908 in Redfern.
Died March 31st, 1988 at 80 years old in Potts Point (cancer).
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
Indian hindi poet, essayis (1908-1974).
Born September 23rd, 1908 in Simaria.
Died April 24th, 1974 at 65 years old in Chennai.
Shivaram Rajguru
Indian revolutionist.
Born August 24th, 1908 in Bombay Presidency, Rajgurunagar.
Died March 23rd, 1931 at 22 years old in Lahore, Punjab (hanging).
Maurice Merleau-Ponty
French phenomenological philosopher.
Born March 14th, 1908 in Rochefort.
Died May 3rd, 1961 at 53 years old in Paris, 6th arrondissement of Paris (myocardial infarction). [ref]
William Saroyan
Armenian-american novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981).
Born August 31st, 1908 in Fresno. [ref]
Died May 18th, 1981 at 72 years old in Fresno (prostate cancer). [ref]
Robert Morley
English actor (1908-1992).
Born May 26th, 1908 in Semley. [ref]
Died June 3rd, 1992 at 84 years old in Reading (stroke). [ref]
Lionel Stander
American actor in films, radio, theater and television (1908-1994).
Born January 11th, 1908 in The Bronx.
Died November 30th, 1994 at 86 years old in Los Angeles (lung cancer).
Willard Van Orman Quine
American philosopher and logician (1908–2000).
Born June 25th, 1908 in Akron. [ref]
Died December 25th, 2000 at 92 years old in Boston. [ref]
Yousuf Karsh
Armenian-canadian photographer (1908–2002).
Born December 23rd, 1908 in Mardin. [ref]
Died July 13th, 2002 at 93 years old in Boston. [ref]
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