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In the year 1919

714 Notable birthdays

Daniel Bell

American sociologist, writer, editor, and professor emeritus at harvard university (1919-2011).

Born May 10th, 1919 in Lower East Side. [ref]

Died January 25th, 2011 at 91 years old in Cambridge. [ref]

Paul de Man

Belgian literary theorist (1919–1983).

Born December 6th, 1919 in Antwerp.

Died December 21st, 1983 at 64 years old in New Haven (cancer).

Raymond Smullyan

American mathematician.

Born May 25th, 1919 in Far Rockaway. [ref]

Died February 6th, 2017 at 97 years old in Hudson. [ref]

Robert Duncan

American poet (1919-1988).

Born January 7th, 1919 in Oakland.

Died February 3rd, 1988 at 69 years old in San Francisco (kidney disease).

Pierre Soulages

French painter and engraver (1919–2022).

Born December 24th, 1919 in Rodez. [ref]

Died October 25th, 2022 at 102 years old in Centre Hospitalier Universitaire De Nîmes. [ref]

Doris Singleton

American actress (1919-2012).

Born September 29th, 1919 in New York City.

Died June 26th, 2012 at 92 years old in Los Angeles (cancer). [ref]

Kiichi Miyazawa

78th prime minister of japan (1919-2007).

Born October 8th, 1919 in Tokyo.

Died June 28th, 2007 at 87 years old in Jingūmae. [ref]

Tracy Hall

American chemist (1919–2008).

Born October 20th, 1919 in Ogden.

Died July 25th, 2008 at 88 years old in Provo. [ref]

Ryszard Kaczorowski

Polish statesman, last president of poland in exile (1919–2010).

Born November 26th, 1919 in Białystok.

Died April 10th, 2010 at 90 years old in Smolensk (Smolensk air disaster).

J. Presper Eckert

American electrical engineer and computer pioneer.

Born April 9th, 1919 in Philadelphia.

Died June 3rd, 1995 at 76 years old in Bryn Mawr (leukemia).

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