Doolittle, James Harold (December 14)
Leader of the bomber attack on Tokyo in 1942
Famous People Born in 1896
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Eisenhower, Mamie (November 14)
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's wife -
Fitzgerald, F. Scott (September 24)
The author of The Great Gatsby -
Hawks, Howard (May 30)
The versatile film director who did Bringing Up Baby -
Nagy, Imre (June 7)
Martyred hero of Hungary's 1956 revolution -
Piaget, Jean (August 9)
Swiss psychologist who studied childhood cognition -
Prabhupada, Srila
Founder of the Hare Krishna movement -
Sherwood, Robert E. (April 4)
The playwright who wrote the movie The Best Years of Our Lives -
Simpson, Wallis (June 19)
The woman for whom King Edward VIII gave up the throne -
Smith, Dodie (May 3)
The author of The Hundred and One Dalmations -
Stephenson, William (January 11)
The Canadian spymaster behind A Man Called Intrepid -
Theremin, Leon (August 15)
Inventor of the electronic musical instrument -
Zhukov, Georgi K.
World War II Russian Army commander