Born in 1894

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• 1894–1961Louis-Ferdinand CélineFrench writerMay 27
• 1894–1972Richard von Coudenhove-KalergiPolitician and philosopherNovember 16
• 1894–1937Bessie SmithAmerican blues singerApril 15
• 1894–1956Alfred KinseyAmerican scientistJune 23
• 1894–1964Norbert WienerAmerican mathematician and philosopherNovember 26
• 1894–1974Jack BennyAmerican comedic entertainerFebruary 14
• 1894–1980V. V. GiriPresident of India from 1969 to 1974August 10
• 1894–1979Jean RenoirFrench filmmakerSeptember 15
• 1894–1978Robert MenziesPrime Minister of Australia (1939–1941; 1949–1966)December 20
• 1894–1962E. E. CummingsAmerican poet and authorOctober 14
• 1894–1991Martha GrahamAmerican dancer and choreographerMay 11
• 1894–1965Moshe SharettPrime Minister of Israel from 1954 to 1955October 15
• 1894–1969Meher BabaIndian spiritual masterFebruary 25
• 1894–1946Fritz SauckelGerman Nazi politicianOctober 27
• 1894–1952Kiichiro ToyodaJapanese businessmanJune 11
• 1894–1984J. B. PriestleyEnglish writerSeptember 13
• 1894–1976Benjamin GrahamAmerican financial analyst, investor, and professorMay 9
• 1894–1965Edogawa RanpoJapanese authorOctober 21
• 1894–1966Dietrich von CholtitzGerman generalNovember 9
• 1894–1982King VidorAmerican writer and directorFebruary 8
• 1894–1971Paul LukasHungarian-American actorMay 26
• 1894–1939Joseph RothAustro-Hungarian novelist and journalistSeptember 2
• 1894–1940Isaac BabelRussian writer and journalistJuly 13
• 1894–1989Hermann OberthAustro-Hungarian German physicist and rocketry pioneerJune 25
• 1894–1924Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of LuxembourgGrand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 to 1919June 14
• 1894–1969Josef von SternbergAustrian-American film directorMay 29
• 1894–1984Pyotr KapitsaRussian and Soviet physicistJuly 8
• 1894–1989Kōnosuke MatsushitaJapanese industrialistNovember 27
• 1894–1961James ThurberAmerican cartoonist, author, journalist, and playwrightDecember 8
• 1894–1964Ben HechtAmerican writer, director, and producerFebruary 28
• 1894–1962Frank BorzageAmerican film director and actorApril 23
• 1894–1963ZaSu PittsAmerican actressJanuary 3
• 1894–1957Norma TalmadgeAmerican actressMay 2
• 1894–1979Dimitri TiomkinRussian and American composerMay 10
• 1894–1970Percy SpencerAmerican electrical engineer and inventor of the microwave ovenJuly 19
• 1894–1945Arthur NebeGerman SS functionary and Holocaust perpetratorNovember 13
• 1894–1938E. C. SegarAmerican cartoonistDecember 8
• 1894–1930José Carlos MariáteguiPeruvian writer and academicJune 14
• 1894–1956Elisabeth of RomaniaQueen of Greece from 1922 to 1924October 12
• 1894–1956Alexander DovzhenkoSoviet filmmakerSeptember 10
• 1894–1987Américo TomásPresident of Portugal from 1958 to 1974November 19
• 1894–1954Claude CahunFrench artistOctober 25
• 1894–1973Arthur FreedAmerican film producerSeptember 9
• 1894–1920Olive ThomasAmerican actress and modelOctober 20
• 1894–1973Arthur FaddenPrime Minister of Australia in 1941April 13
• 1894–1977Sergey IlyushinSoviet aircraft designerMarch 30
• 1894–1964Khwaja NazimuddinPrime Minister of Pakistan from 1951 to 1953July 19
• 1894–1982Ben NicholsonBritish abstract painterApril 10
• 1894–1968Mae MarshAmerican actressNovember 9
• 1894–1950Bibhutibhushan BandyopadhyayIndian Bengali authorSeptember 12
• 1894–1956Fred AllenAmerican comedianMay 31
• 1894–1941Ernst LindemannGerman naval officerMarch 28
• 1894–1981Karl BöhmAustrian conductorAugust 28
• 1894–1981Leo KannerAustrian-American physician and psychiatristJune 13
• 1894–1953Julian TuwimPolish poetSeptember 13
• 1894–1922Lothar von RichthofenGerman WWI flying aceSeptember 27
• 1894–1961Mei Lanfang20th-century Peking opera artistOctober 22
• 1894–1982C. R. SwartSouth African politicianDecember 5
• 1894–1948Warren WilliamBroadway and Hollywood actorDecember 2
• 1894–1976Walter WarlimontGerman WWII general and war criminalOctober 3