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In the year 1899

587 Notable birthdays

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986).

Born August 24th, 1899 in Buenos Aires. [ref]

Died June 14th, 1986 at 86 years old in Geneva (liver cancer). [ref]

Gloria Swanson

American actress (1899-1983).

Born March 27th, 1899 in Chicago.

Died April 4th, 1983 at 84 years old in Weill Cornell Medical Center (heart failure). [ref]

Friedrich Hayek

Austrian and british economist.

Born May 8th, 1899 in Vienna. [ref]

Died March 23rd, 1992 at 92 years old in Freiburg im Breisgau. [ref]

Noël Coward

English playwright, composer, actor and singer (1899-1973).

Born December 16th, 1899 in Teddington. [ref]

Died March 26th, 1973 at 73 years old in Firefly Estate (myocardial infarction). [ref]

Maria Rasputin

Daughter of grigori rasputin; memoirist, circus performer.

Born March 29th, 1899 in Pokrovskoye, Tyumen Oblast. [ref]

Died September 27th, 1977 at 78 years old in Los Angeles.

Charles Laughton

English-born american stage and film actor and director (1899-1962).

Born July 1st, 1899 in Scarborough. [ref]

Died December 15th, 1962 at 63 years old in Hollywood (kidney cancer). [ref]

Hoagy Carmichael

American composer, pianist, singer, actor and bandleader (1899-1981).

Born November 22nd, 1899 in Bloomington.

Died December 27th, 1981 at 82 years old in Rancho Mirage (heart failure). [ref]

Kazi Nazrul Islam

Bengali poet, writer, and musician (1899–1976).

Born May 24th, 1899 in Churulia. [ref]

Died August 29th, 1976 at 77 years old in West Bengal (Pick disease). [ref]

E. B. White

American writer.

Born July 11th, 1899 in Mount Vernon. [ref]

Died October 1st, 1985 at 86 years old in Brooklin (Alzheimer's disease). [ref]

Martin Luther King Sr.

American baptist preacher.

Born December 19th, 1899 in Stockbridge.

Died November 11th, 1984 at 84 years old in Atlanta (myocardial infarction).

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