Christie, Agatha (September 15)
Author of Murder on the Orient Express
Famous People Born in 1890
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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De Gaulle, Charles (November 22)
President of France, 1958-69 -
Eisenhower, Dwight (October 14)
Supreme commander of Allied forces in WWII -
Evanti, Lillian (August 12)
The first African-American woman to sing opera professionally -
Fokker, Anthony (April 6)
"The Flying Dutchman" who built WWI planes for Germany -
Ho Chi Minh (May 19)
Communist leader of North Vietnam, 1945-69 -
Lang, Fritz (December 5)
The director of 1927's Metropolis -
Lovecraft, H.P. (August 20)
The horror writer who came up with Cthulhu -
Marx, Groucho (October 2)
The mustachioed leader of the Marx Brothers -
McPherson, Aimee Semple (October 9)
The popular 1920s preacher who disappeared -
Morton, Jelly Roll (October 20)
The composer of Jelly Roll Blues -
Porter, Katherine Anne (May 15)
Short story writer and the author of Ship of Fools -
Ripley, Robert L. (December 25)
Founder of Ripley's Believe It Or Not! -
Sanders, Colonel Harland (September 9)
Founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken