Duke Ellington (1899-1974)
Pianist
1
Carlos Chavez (1899-1978)
Composer
2
Emma Morano (1899-2017)
Supercentenarian
3
Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Director
4
Fred Astaire (1899-1987)
Movie Actor
5
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
Novelist
6
Humphrey Bogart (1899-1957)
7
EB White (1899-1985)
Children's Author
8
Lillian Disney (1899-1997)
Illustrator
9
Aaron Douglas (1899-1979)
Painter
10
Ruth Becker (1899-1990)
Titanic Survivor
11
Kazi Nazrul Islam (1899-1976)
Poet
12
Jimmie Davis (1899-2000)
Country Singer
13
Gloria Swanson (1899-1983)
Movie Actress
14
Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1899-1918)
Duchess
15
Susannah Mushatt Jones (1899-2016)
16
Edith Head (1899-1981)
Fashion Designer
17
Ludwig Guttman (1899-1980)
Neurologist
18
Walter Lantz (1899-1994)
Cartoonist
19
HN Swanson (1899-1991)
20
James Cagney (1899-1986)
21
Charles Laughton (1899-1962)
22
Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975)
Chemist
23
Colleen Moore (1899-1988)
24
Died in 1899
Birthdays by Month
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986)
25
Ezra Taft Benson (1899-1994)
Politician
26
Tony Hinkle (1899-1992)
Basketball Coach
27
PL Travers (1899-1996)
28
John Qualen (1899-1987)
29
Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981)
30
Doris Speed (1899-1994)
Soap Opera Actress
31
Allen Tate (1899-1979)
32
Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo (1899-1991)
33
Pie Traynor (1899-1972)
Baseball Player
34
Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981)
35
Irving Thalberg (1899-1936)
Film Producer
36
Mary Margaret McBride (1899-1976)
Radio Host
37
George Brent (1899-1979)
38
Gussie Busch (1899-1989)
Entrepreneur
39
Burt Munro (1899-1978)
Motorcycle Racer
40
Winnie Lightner (1899-1971)
41
John H. Vanvleck (1899-1980)
Physicist
42
Hart Crane (1899-1932)
43
Jafar Jabbarly (1899-1934)
44
Charles Boyer (1899-1978)
45
Chief Dan George (1899-1981)
46
Weegee (1899-1968)
Photographer
47
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
48
Years
