Avery, Tex (February 26)
Co-creator of Bugs Bunny
Famous People Born in 1908
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Balthus (February 29)
20th century French painter of The Guitar Lesson -
Berle, Milton (July 12)
"Mister Television" of the 1950s -
Blanc, Mel (May 30)
The voice of Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes cartoons -
Bronner, Emanuel (February 1)
Creator of Dr. Bronner's soap products -
Cartier-Bresson, Henri (August 22)
French photojournalism pioneer who snapped the liberation of Paris -
Clayton Powell, Adam Jr. (November 29)
The Harlem preacher who was a congressman from 1945 to 1970 -
Davis, Bette (April 5)
The bug-eyed movie star from All About Eve -
Fleming, Ian (May 28)
The creator of James Bond 007 -
Hampton, Lionel (April 20)
Jazz legend who was "King of the Vibes" -
Harrison, Rex (March 5)
Professor Henry Higgins from My Fair Lady -
Johnson, Lyndon (August 27)
President of the United States, 1963-1969 -
Kabibble, Ish (January 19)
Comic cornetist who chanted 'boop boop' in Three Little Fishies -
Karsh, Yousuf (December 23)
Photographer of the famous grumpy Churchill portrait -
L'Amour, Louis (March 22)
Author of many westerns, including Hondo -
Lean, David (March 25)
The director of Lawrence of Arabia -
Lombard, Carole (October 6)
The silver screen legend who was married to Clark Gable -
Marshall, Thurgood (July 2)
The first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court -
Maslow, Abraham (April 1)
Creator of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs -
McCarthy, Joseph (November 14)
Communist-hating senator and namesake of "McCarthyism" -
Merman, Ethel (January 16)
The brassy star of Annie Get Your Gun -
Mitchell, Joseph (July 27)
The author of "Joe Gould's Secret" -
Murrow, Edward R. (April 25)
World War II CBS newsman and host of TV's See It Now -
Peterson, Roger Tory (August 28)
The author of Field Guide to Birds -
Roethke, Theodore (May 25)
The Michigan poet who wrote "Elegy for Jane" -
Stewart, Jimmy (May 20)
The lanky, aw-shucks star of It's A Wonderful Life -
Teller, Edward (January 15)
"The Father of the Hydrogen Bomb" -
Wiesenthal, Simon (December 31)
The Nazi hunter who nabbed Adolf Eichmann -
Wright, Richard (September 4)
Author of Native Son