1. Red Nichols (1905)

American Jazz Musician

Cornetist, trumpeter, bandleader, and prolific recording artist with supposedly more than 4,000 appearances on albums in the 1920s.

2. Elfriede Geiringer (1905)

Second Wife Of Otto Frank

Austrian-born concentration camp survivor who married Otto Frank, the father of famous diarist Anne Frank, after both had lost their children and first spouses in the Holocaust.

3. Arthur Crudup (1905)

Blues Singer

Mississippi blues singer who was called The Father of Rock and Roll for his influence of Elvis Presley.

4. Arthur Lake (1905)

Actor

Famous for his role as Blondie's husband Dagwood Bumstead, he portrayed the comedic character in nearly thirty Columbia Pictures movies based on the Blondie comic strip, as well as in...

5. Dalton Trumbo (1905)

American Screenwriter And Noveli

Oscar-winning screenwriter and the most famous member of the Hollywood Ten, who were ten directors and screenwriters who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947. He...

6. Tex Ritter (1905)

Actor

America's singing cowboy who sang "Sam Hall" and "Get Along Little Dogie" and is a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee. He was the first artist signed to Capitol Records.

7. Ruth Lyons (1905)

Actor

American pioneer of daytime television talk shows. She is particularly remembered for her work on such radio and television programs as Your Sunday Matinee and The 50/50 Club.

8. Dorothy Fields (1905)

American Musician

Known for Exactly Like You, On the Sunny Side of the Street, and The Way You Look Tonight. She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway and films.

9. Roger Edens (1905)

American Composer

One of MGM's greatest musical minds during Hollywood's Golden Era. He worked as a songwriter, arranger, and supervisor on many musical pictures.

10. Barnett Newman (1905)

American Artist

Abstract expressionist and color field painter whose works included "The Stations of the Cross" and "Onement 1." His later work, such as 1966's "Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue?,"...

11. Maxwell Shane (1905)

Screenwriter

Award-winning screenwriter who received the artistic quality award from the Locarno International Film Festival for his film, The Glass Wall.

12. Agnes Fenton (1905)

Supercentenarian

Supercentenarian who attributed her long and healthy life to drinking three beers and a shot of whiskey everyday. 

13. Cliff Arquette (1905)

TV Actor

Hollywood Squares favorite who gained fame for playing the folksy Charley Weaver.

14. Ray Cunningham (1905)

American Baseball Player

MLB third baseman who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1931 to 1932.

15. Kuda Bux (1905)

Magician

Magician remembered for his amazing ability to walk over flames.

16. Doc Cheatham (1905)

American Jazz Musician

Jazz trumpeter who toured for decades with music groups led by Chick Webb, Cab Calloway, Teddy Hill, and Benny Goodman. He also produced some solo work in between those engagements.

17. James A. Porter (1905)

Historian

American scholar and artist who helped to establish the field of African-American art history.

18. Masazo Nonaka (1905)

Supercentenarian

Japanese Supercentenarian who gained fame in January 2018 when he became the oldest living man in the world. He sadly passed a year later of natural causes at the age...

19. Henry Green (1905)

Novelist

Most well known for his twentieth-century modernist novels Party Going (1939), Living (1929), and Loving (1945), he is also remembered for such late 1940s and early 1950s works of fiction...

20. Walter Zapp (1905)

Estonian Inventor

Inventor whose greatest creation was the subminiature camera.

21. Howard Hughes (1905)

Aviator Engineer And Film Produc

American pilot and eventual businessman who later became a millionaire movie producer and Las Vegas recluse. He was one of the wealthiest people of his time and used much of...

22. Oscar Auerbach (1905)

Pathologist

Pathologist who was the first to discover that smoking cigarettes is linked to cancer. He was the first to take the evidence against smoking beyond statistical studies.

23. Joel McCrea (1905)

American Actor

Popular western actor and stuntman who starred in the 1946 film, The Virginian. During his 50-year career, he appeared in more than 90 films.

24. Sam Muchnick (1905)

American Wrestling Promoter

Professional wrestling promoter who was a major player in the establishment of the National Wrestling Alliance and served as the NWA president.

25. Meyer Levin (1905)

Novelist Non-fiction Writer Reli

A Jewish-American novelist, he is particularly known for works inspired by the Anne Frank story and the Leopold and Loeb case. His notable works include The New Bridge and The Old Bunch.

26. Mildred Natwick (1905)

Actress

She created eccentric characters, including a stoney Army wife in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, throughout her 60-year career.

27. Chick Webb (1905)

Drummer

Jazz and swing music drummer who played with the Chick Webb band, which featured the then-unknown Ella Fitzgerald.

28. Arthur Koestler (1905)

Philosopher

Hungarian-British author and journalist who was not allowed by the Soviet authorities to publish his book on the Soviet Five-Year Plan.

29. Fred Trump (1905)

Real Estate Developer And Busine

Business mogul and real estate developer known for being the father of the 45th president, Donald Trump. He made his fortune (estimated to be more than $250 million at his death)...

30. Meade Lux Lewis (1905)

Pianist

Meade Lux Lewis is a famous Pianist, who was born on September 4, 1905 in United States. Musician who gained recognition for composing the much-covered Honky Tonk Train Blues and...

31. Albert E Brumley (1905)

Composer

Albert E Brumley is a famous Composer, who was born on October 29, 1905 in United States. 20th century shape note gospel music composer. He was known for several wildly...

32. Ayn Rand (1905)

Novelist Philosopher Playwright

Russian-American novelist, philosopher, and Conservative/Libertarian political activist who most famously wrote The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957). She is also known for developing a philosophical system called Objectivism.

33. Helen Wills (1905)

Tennis Player

Considered the first female athlete to attain celebrity status, she won Wimbledon eight times, the US Open seven times, and the French Open four times.

34. Ben Schoeman (1905)

Politician

South African politician who served as the Minister of Labour from 1948 to 1954 and Minister of Transport from 1954 to 1974.

35. J Howard Marshall (1905)

Entrepreneur

American businessman, oil magnate, university professor, attorney, and federal government official. He became a figure of controversy after marrying the voluptuous model Anna Nicole Smith in 1994.

36. Michael Latham Powell (1905)

Director

Legendary British film director who worked with Emeric Pressburger to produce 49th Parallel, Red Shoes, and others.

37. Raymond Aron (1905)

Philosopher

Former philosopher and academic most remembered for his thoughts on French Liberalism and his novel The Opium of the Intellectuals from 1955.

38. Jule Styne (1905)

British Musician

Known for Don't Rain on My Parade, Let It Snow!, Time After Time, and several Broadway musicals.

39. Harold Arlen (1905)

Composer

Harold Arlen is a famous Composer, who was born on February 15, 1905 in United States. Composer who wrote the score for the 1938 classic film “The Wizard of Oz.”...

40. Joseph Cotten (1905)

American Actor

Actor who appeared in several of director Orson Welles films, including Citizen Kane. His other credits include the 1943 film, Journey into Fear, which he wrote.

41. Karl Wallenda (1905)

German Stunt Performer

Late high wire artist remembered for being the founder of the circus act The Flying Wallendas. He was known for walking without the aid of a safety net and was...

42. Ivar Haglund (1905)

American Musician

Seattle folk singer who founded his eponymous chain of Pacific Northeast seafood restaurants.

43. Joseph E. Levine (1905)

Film Producer

Joseph E. Levine is a famous Film Producer, who was born on September 9, 1905 in United States. Self-proclaimed colossus of filmdom who did indeed produce, import, or distribute some...

44. Carl Gustav Hempel (1905)

Philosopher

Carl Gustav Hempel is a famous Philosopher, who was born on January 8, 1905 in Germany. German philosopher best remembered for his work on the theory of Logical Empiricism. According...

45. Allie Wrubel (1905)

American Composer

Composer and songwriter best known for the songs Gone with the Wind and Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah, which was the winner of the 1947 Oscar for Best Song.

46. Oliver Franks (1905)

Philosopher

Civil servant and philosopher who was remembered as one of the founders of the post-war world.

47. Hendrik Wade Bode (1905)

Engineer

Hendrik Wade Bode is a famous Engineer, who was born on December 24, 1905 in United States. Engineer, inventor, and pioneer of modern control theory and electronic telecommunications who helped...

48. Joe McCoy (1905)

Guitarist

Otherwise known as Kansas Joe, he released songs including "When the Levee Break" and "The Weed Smoker's Dream."

49. Leo Durocher (1905)

American Baseball Player And Coa

Hall of Fame manager who was nicknamed 'The Lip,' for his habit of talking back to everyone.

50. Raymond Cattell (1905)

Psychologist

British-American psychologist who was devoted to the scientific method and studied the basic dimensions of personality and temperament and the dynamic dimensions of motivation and emotion.