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In the year 1905
754 Notable birthdays
Jan Gies
Dutch resistance member; dutch righteous among the nations; world war ii humanitarian.
Born August 18th, 1905 in Amsterdam. [ref]
Died January 26th, 1993 at 87 years old in Amsterdam (diabetes).
Philip Ahn
Korean-american actor (1905-1978).
Born March 29th, 1905 in Los Angeles.
Died February 28th, 1978 at 72 years old in Los Angeles (surgical complications).
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Swiss catholic theologian.
Born August 12th, 1905 in Lucerne. [ref]
Died June 26th, 1988 at 82 years old in Basel. [ref]
Erwin Chargaff
Ukrainian-born biochemist who emigrated to the united states.
Born August 11th, 1905 in Chernivtsi. [ref]
Died June 20th, 2002 at 96 years old in New York City.
Elias Canetti
Bulgarian-born swiss and british jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer.
Born July 25th, 1905 in Ruse. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1994 at 89 years old in Zürich. [ref]
Jule Styne
British-born american songwriter (1905-1994).
Born December 31st, 1905 in London.
Died September 20th, 1994 at 88 years old in New York City.
Albrecht, Duke of Bavaria
German noble (1905-1996).
Died July 8th, 1996 at 91 years old in Starnberg, Castle Berg.
Raymond Cattell
British-american psychologist (1905-1998).
Born March 20th, 1905 in West Bromwich.
Died February 2nd, 1998 at 92 years old in Honolulu.
Ivan Serov
Kgb officer (1905-1990).
Born August 25th, 1905 in Vologda.
Died July 1st, 1990 at 84 years old in Moscow.
Marian Rejewski
Polish mathematician and cryptologist (1905–1980).
Born January 16th, 1905 in Bydgoszcz. [ref]
Died February 13th, 1980 at 75 years old in Warsaw (myocardial infarction).
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