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Birthdays 1 - 37 of 37

1st - Willem H van de Pol, Dutch theologist (Christian Dilemma)
4th - Pierre Fresnay, Paris France, actor (Grand Illusion)
7th - Harald Sigurd Johan Saeverud, composer [OS]
7th - Walter Winchell, Harlem NYC, newscaster/columnist (Untouchables)
7th - Erich Loewenhardt, German flying ace of World War I (d. 1918)
8th - Herbert Eimert, German composer/musicologist (Glockenspiel)
10th - Ross Youngs, American baseball player (d. 1927)
11th - Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist
13th - Werner Voss, German World War I pilot (d. 1917)
14th - Barbara baroness Wootton of Abinger, English Lower house leader
14th - Claire Windsor, American actress (d. 1972)
16th - Arthur Charles Ernest Hoeree, composer
16th - Jaap Vranken, Dutch organist/composer (Stabat Mater)
16th - John B Glubb, British commandant/writer (A soldier with the Arabs)
17th - Antonius F "Anton" Coolen, Dutch author (Village by the River)
17th - Harald Saeverud, Bergen Norway, composer (Saline) [NS]
17th - Thornton N Wilder, US, novelist/playwright (Our Town)
18th - Pedro Regas, actor (Pat Paulsen's Half a Comedy Hour) [or Apr 12]
18th - Ardito Desio, Italian topographer (d. 2001)
19th - Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, sculptor/art benefactor
19th - Vivienne Segal, Phila, Broadway actress (Pal Joey)
19th - Peter de Noronha, Indian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1970)
20th - Bernard Verhoeven, poet/literature (About the Laugh)
20th - Gregory Ratoff, Petrograd Russia, actor/director (Corsican Brothers)
23rd - Harold French, director (Encore)/actor
23rd - John Wengraf, Vienna Austria, actor (12 to Moon, Pride & Passion)
23rd - Lester Bowles Pearson, (L) 14th Canadian PM (1963-68) (Nobel 1957)
23rd - Lucius du Bignon Clay, US, general (WW II)/gov (West Germany)
24th - Benjamin Lee Whorf, linguist (or 1797)
24th - Gyorgy Kosa, composer
24th - Manuel Ávila Camacho, President of Mexico (d. 1955)
25th - Haro Levoni Step'anyan, composer
25th - VAA Mary, English princess
26th - Olga Chekova, Russia, actress (Italian Strawhat, Cry of the Children)
26th - Eddie Eagan, American sportsman (d. 1967)
28th - Ye Jianying, Chinese general and politician (d. 1986)
30th - Humberto Mauro, Brazillina director and screenwriter (d. 1983)

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