Born in 1898

Zhou Enlai Chinese Statesman March 5
Malcolm Cowley American Critic August 24
M. C. Escher Dutch Artist June 17
Luther H. Hodges American Politician March 9
Ludwig Bemelmans Austrian Author April 27
Lillian Gordy Carter American Celebrity August 15
Leo Szilard American Scientist February 11
Joyce Carey British Actress March 30
John Grierson British Director April 26
Irene Dunne American Actress December 20
Horace Gregory American Poet April 10
Herbert Marcuse German Philosopher July 18
Henry R. Luce American Editor April 3
Henry Moore English Sculptor July 30
Millicent Carey McIntosh American Educator November 30
Ninette de Valois Irish Dancer June 6
Norman Vincent Peale American Clergyman May 31
Winifred Holtby English Novelist June 23
Willis Goldbeck American Dramatist October 24
William O. Douglas American Judge October 16
Wiley Post American Aviator November 22
Vicente Aleixandre Spanish Poet April 26
Stephen Vincent Benet American Poet July 22
Shinichi Suzuki October 17
Sergei Eisenstein Latvian Director January 23
Rene Magritte Belgian Artist November 21
Preston Sturges American Writer August 29
Paul Tournier Swiss Author May 12
Paul Robeson American Actor April 9
Paul Brunton British Philosopher October 21
Helen B. Taussig American Scientist May 24
Harry Crosby American Writer June 4
Harold Stephen Black American Inventor April 14
Bill Terry American Athlete October 30
Beverley Nichols English Writer September 9
Bertolt Brecht German Poet February 10
Berenice Abbott American Photographer July 17
Bennett Cerf American Journalist May 25
Benjamin Shahn Lithuanian Artist September 12
Ben Shahn Lithuanian Artist September 12
Armand Hammer American Businessman May 21
Ariel Durant American Author May 10
Amelia Earhart American Aviator July 24
Alvar Aalto Finnish Architect February 3
Alfred Eisenstaedt American Photographer December 6
Alexander Calder American Sculptor July 22
Brooks Hays American Politician August 9
C. S. Lewis British Author November 29
Clarence Williams American Musician November 8
Happy Chandler American Politician July 14
Hanns Eisler German Composer July 6
Golda Meir Israeli Leader May 3
George Gershwin American Composer September 26
Fritz Zwicky Swiss Scientist February 14
Federico Garcia Lorca Spanish Poet June 5
Erich Maria Remarque German Writer June 22
Enzo Ferrari Italian Designer February 18
Emmett Kelly American Entertainer December 9
Dorothy Gish American Actress March 11
Dan May American Businessman
Crane Brinton American Historian
Clementine Paddleford American Journalist September 27
Alec Waugh English Novelist July 8