Born in 1911

L. Ron Hubbard American Author March 13
Mervyn Peake British Writer July 9
Mikhail Botvinnik Russian Celebrity August 17
Milovan Djilas Montenegrin Politician June 12
Mitch Miller Musician July 4
Naguib Mahfouz Egyptian Novelist December 11
Odysseas Elytis Greek Writer November 21
Paul Goodman American Writer September 11
Phil Silvers American Actor May 11
Merle Oberon American Actress February 19
Melvin Calvin American Scientist April 8
Max Gluckman South African Scientist January 26
Lee J. Cobb American Actor December 8
Leonard Warren American Musician April 21
Leonard Woodcock American Activist February 15
Lucille Ball American Comedian August 6
Mahalia Jackson American Musician October 26
Marshall McLuhan Canadian Sociologist July 21
Martin Denny American Musician April 10
Max Frisch Swiss Novelist May 15
Polykarp Kusch German Scientist January 26
Randolph Churchill British Journalist May 28
Todor Zhivkov Bulgarian Politician September 7
Val Guest British Director December 11
Vaughn Monroe American Musician October 7
Vincent Price American Actor May 27
Walt Alston American Athlete December 1
Wilfred Burchett Australian Journalist September 16
William Bernbach American Businessman August 13
William Golding English Novelist September 19
Thora Hird British Actress May 28
Terence Rattigan British Dramatist June 10
Tennessee Williams American Dramatist March 26
Robert Hamer British Director March 31
Robert Johnson American Psychologist May 8
Ronald Reagan American President February 6
Roy Rogers American Entertainer November 5
Sam Levenson American Author December 28
Samuel Fuller American Director August 12
Sonny Terry American Musician October 24
Stan Kenton American Musician December 15
William Howard Stein American Scientist June 25
Alan Hovhaness American Composer March 8
Czeslaw Milosz Poet June 30
David Ogilvy English Businessman June 23
E. F. Schumacher English Economist August 16
Edmund H. North American Writer March 12
Edward Levi American Public Servant June 26
Elizabeth Bishop American Poet February 8
Emile M. Cioran Romanian Philosopher April 8
Eric Williams Historian September 25
Clark Kerr American Economist May 17
Chet Huntley American Journalist December 10
Brooks Stevens American Designer June 7
Aly Khan Italian Public Servant June 13
Babe Didrikson Zaharias American Athlete June 26
Babe Zaharias American Athlete June 26
Bernard Herrmann American Composer June 29
Bernard Katz German Scientist March 26
Bill Bowerman American Coach February 19
Bill Monroe American Musician September 13
Broderick Crawford American Actor December 9
Flann O'Brien Irish Writer October 5
Fletcher Knebel American Author October 1
Jack Finney American Author October 2
Jack Ruby American Criminal March 25
Jay Dratler American Novelist
Jean Harlow American Actress March 3
Joey Adams American Comedian January 6
John Archibald Wheeler American Physicist July 9
Joseph Barbera American Cartoonist March 24
Juan Manuel Fangio Argentinian Celebrity June 24
J. L. Austin English Philosopher March 28
Ivan Allen American Politician March 15
Hume Cronyn English Actor July 18
George Seaton American Playwright April 17
George Stigler American Economist January 17
Georges Pompidou French Statesman July 5
Gian Carlo Menotti Italian Composer July 7
Ginger Rogers American Actress July 16
Goddard Lieberson American Businessman April 5
Guy Burgess British Criminal April 16
Hubert H. Humphrey American Politician May 27
Klaus Fuchs German Physicist December 29