Arendt, Hannah (October 14)
The author of 1951's The Origins of Totalitarianism
Famous People Born in 1906
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Baker, Josephine (June 3)
The Black American singer/dancer famous in 1920s Paris -
Beckett, Samuel (April 13)
Irish-French author of Waiting for Godot -
Bonhoeffer, Dietrich (February 4)
The theologian hanged for plotting against Hitler -
Carvel, Thomas (July 14)
Founder of the Carvel ice cream empire -
Chaney, Lon Jr. (February 10)
Larry Talbot, the guy who becomes The Wolf Man (1941) -
Cochran, Jacqueline (May 11)
The aviator who headed women pilots in World War II -
Dihigo, Martín (May 25)
The Cuban baseball star known as "The Immortal" -
Doss, Nannie
"The Jolly Black Widow" serial killer -
Farnsworth, Philo T. (August 19)
Inventor of the all-electronic television -
Gein, Ed (August 27)
Wisconsin killer who inspired the movie Psycho -
Gödel, Kurt (April 28)
The Austrian mathematician known for his Incompleteness Theorem -
Huston, John (August 5)
Director of The Man Who Would Be King -
Johnson, Crockett (October 20)
The author of Harold and the Purple Crayon -
Messick, Dale (April 11)
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Odets, Clifford (July 18)
The author of the play Waiting for Lefty -
Senghor, Leopold (October 9)
The French poet who was Senegal's first president -
Thompson, Jim (September 27)
The author of The Killer Inside Me -
Wilder, Billy (June 22)
Director of Sunset Boulevard and Some Like It Hot -
Youngman, Henny (March 16)
The comedian who said "Take my wife -- please!"