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• 1900–1980Erich FrommGerman-American psychologistMarch 23
• 1900–1978Adolf DasslerFounder of AdidasNovember 3
• 1900–1958Wolfgang PauliAustrian physicistApril 25
• 1900–1990Aaron CoplandAmerican composer and conductorNovember 14
• 1900–1991Jean ArthurAmerican actressOctober 17
• 1900–1948Zelda FitzgeraldAmerican writerJuly 24
• 1900–1974Prince Henry, Duke of GloucesterBritish princeMarch 31
• 1900–1945Heinrich MüllerGerman police official and head of the Gestapo (1900–c.1945)April 28
• 1900–1938Thomas WolfeAmerican novelistOctober 3
• 1900–1965Adlai Stevenson IIAmerican politician and diplomatFebruary 5
• 1900–1986Urho KekkonenPresident of Finland from 1956 to 1982September 3
• 1900–1950Kurt WeillGerman composerMarch 2
• 1900–1986Chiune SugiharaJapanese diplomat and humanitarianJanuary 1
• 1900–1958Frédéric Joliot-CurieFrench chemist and physicistMarch 19
• 1900–2002Hans-Georg GadamerGerman philosopherFebruary 11
• 1900–1979Cecilia Payne-GaposchkinBritish-American astronomerMay 10
• 1900–1970Alfred NewmanAmerican composerMarch 17
• 1900–1945Edith FrankMother of Anne FrankJanuary 16
• 1900–1993W. Edwards DemingAmerican engineer and statisticianOctober 14
• 1900–1977Jacques PrévertFrench poet and screenwriterFebruary 4
• 1900–1978Funmilayo Ransome-KutiNigerian activistOctober 25
• 1900–1979Dennis GaborHungarian-British physicistJune 5
• 1900–1987Mervyn LeRoyAmerican filmmakerOctober 15
• 1900–1961Maria of YugoslaviaQueen of Yugoslavia from 1922 to 1934January 6
• 1900–1971Giorgos SeferisGreek poet and diplomatMarch 13
• 1900–1981Hans KrebsBritish biochemistAugust 25
• 1900–1990Xavier CugatCatalan-American musician and bandleaderJanuary 1
• 1900–1996Gladwyn JebbBritish diplomatApril 25
• 1900–2017Violet BrownJamaican supercentenarianMarch 10
• 1900–1989Sándor MáraiHungarian writerApril 11
• 1900–1976Gilbert RyleBritish philosopherAugust 19
• 1900–1954James HiltonBritish novelist and screenwriterSeptember 9
• 1900–1985Charles RichterSeismologist and physicistApril 26
• 1900–1983Anna SeghersGerman writerNovember 19
• 1900–1992Jan OortDutch astronomerApril 28
• 1900–1987Camille ChamounPresident of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958April 3
• 1900–1991Natalie SchaferAmerican actressNovember 5
• 1900–1988Mildred GillarsAmerican Nazi propagandistNovember 29
• 1900–1955Yves TanguyFrench surrealist painterJanuary 5
• 1900–1980John McEwenPrime Minister of Australia from 1967 to 1968March 29
• 1900–1986Hyman G. RickoverUS Navy admiralJanuary 27
• 1900–1967Richard KuhnAustrian-German biochemistDecember 3
• 1900–1945Ernie PyleAmerican war correspondent and writerAugust 3
• 1900–1985Seewoosagur RamgoolamPrime Minister of Mauritius from 1968 to 1982September 18
• 1900–1959George AntheilAmerican composer and inventorJuly 8
• 1900–1976Alastair SimScottish actorOctober 9
• 1900–1937Colin CliveEnglish actorJanuary 20
• 1900–1975Theodosius DobzhanskyRussian-American geneticist and evolutionary biologistJanuary 25
• 1900–1998Mary CartwrightBritish mathematicianDecember 17
• 1900–1976Eyvind JohnsonSwedish writerJuly 29
• 1900–1989James BondAmerican ornithologist and character namesakeJanuary 4
• 1900–1984Eduardo De FilippoItalian actor, director and playwrightMay 24
• 1900–1980Helen Gahagan DouglasAmerican actress and politicianNovember 25
• 1900–1941Karin BoyeSwedish poet and novelistOctober 26
• 1900–1999Nathalie Sarraute20th century French writer and lawyerJuly 18
• 1900–1998Julien GreenAmerican novelist who lived in FranceSeptember 6
• 1900–1975Gustavo Rojas PinillaPresident of Colombia from 1953 to 1957March 12
• 1900–1933Giuseppe ZangaraAttempted assassin of Franklin D. RooseveltSeptember 7
• 1900–1971Helene WeigelAustrian actress and artistic directorMay 12
• 1900–1984Alice NeelAmerican visual artistJanuary 28