Basie, Count (August 21)
Swing bandleader and performer of "One O'Clock Jump"
Famous People Born in 1904
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Crawford, Joan (March 23)
Star of Mildred Pierce and subject of the book Mommie Dearest -
Dali, Salvador (May 11)
The surrealist artist with the curly mustache -
Dixon, Jeane (January 3)
Popular astrologer and psychic -
Drew, Charles (June 3)
The inventor of the blood bank -
Grant, Cary (January 18)
The suave star of North by Northwest -
Greene, Graham (October 2)
Author of The Honorary Consul and The Third Man -
Hawkins, Coleman (November 21)
Tenor sax player who had the hit "Body and Soul" -
Hiss, Alger (November 11)
The State Department official accused of being a Soviet spy in 1948 -
Isherwood, Christopher (August 26)
The author of 'Goodbye to Berlin,' which became 'Cabaret' -
Lorre, Peter (June 26)
The squirrely star of M and The Maltese Falcon -
Miller, Glenn (March 1)
Wartime big band leader -
Neruda, Pablo (July 12)
The Chilean poet who won the 1971 Nobel Prize -
Oppenheimer, J. Robert (April 22)
The physicist who directed the Manhattan Project -
Perelman, S.J. (February 1)
Humorist for The New Yorker and Marx Bros. writer -
Seuss, Dr. (March 2)
Author of The Cat In the Hat -
Skinner, B.F. (March 20)
The behaviorist who invented the Skinner Box -
Waller, Fats (May 21)
The joyous piano player who wrote the song "Ain't Misbehavin'" -
Xioping, Deng (August 22)
Leader of China, 1978-89