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• 1901–1983Leopold III of BelgiumKing of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951November 3
• 1901–1963Ngo Dinh DiemPresident of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963January 3
• 1901–1981Jacques LacanFrench psychoanalyst and writerApril 13
• 1901–1964Paul of GreeceKing of Greece from 1947 to 1964December 14
• 1901–1982Lee StrasbergAmerican acting coach and actorNovember 17
• 1901–1978Margaret MeadAmerican cultural anthropologistDecember 16
• 1901–1958Ernest LawrenceAmerican physicistAugust 8
• 1901–1974Ed SullivanAmerican host and columnistSeptember 28
• 1901–2000Barbara CartlandEnglish writer and media personalityJuly 9
• 1901–1981Melvyn DouglasAmerican actorApril 5
• 1901–1970Ed BegleyAmerican actorMarch 25
• 1901–1974Vittorio De SicaItalian film director and actorJuly 7
• 1901–1984Mohamed NaguibPresident of Egypt from 1953 to 1954February 20
• 1901–1999Robert BressonFrench filmmakerSeptember 25
• 1901–1971Ub IwerksAmerican animator, producer and special effects technicianMarch 24
• 1901–1932Nadezhda AlliluyevaSecond wife of Joseph StalinSeptember 22
• 1901–1966Alberto GiacomettiSwiss sculptor and painterOctober 10
• 1901–1966Hendrik VerwoerdPrime Minister of South Africa from 1958 to 1966September 8
• 1901–1976André MalrauxFrench novelist, art theorist, and statesmanNovember 3
• 1901–1980George RaftAmerican actorSeptember 26
• 1901–2004Princess Alice, Duchess of GloucesterMember of the British royal familyDecember 25
• 1901–1979Zeppo MarxAmerican entertainerFebruary 25
• 1901–1975Eisaku SatōPrime Minister of Japan from 1964 to 1972March 27
• 1901–2000Carl BarksAmerican cartoonistMarch 27
• 1901–1987Jascha HeifetzRussian and American violinistFebruary 2
• 1901–1999Joaquín RodrigoSpanish composer and pianistNovember 22
• 1901–2001Zhang XueliangChinese general and warlordJune 3
• 1901–1985Simon KuznetsAmerican economist and statisticianApril 30
• 1901–1981Max EuweDutch chess grandmasterMay 20
• 1901–1925Pier Giorgio FrassatiItalian Catholic activist and saintApril 6
• 1901–1985Jean DubuffetFrench painter and sculptorJuly 31
• 1901–1992Stella AdlerAmerican actress and acting teacherFebruary 10
• 1901–1983Alfred TarskiPolish–American mathematicianJanuary 14
• 1901–1987Maxwell D. TaylorUnited States Army generalAugust 26
• 1901–1985Tage ErlanderPrime Minister of Sweden from 1946 to 1969June 13
• 1901–1981Ann HardingAmerican actressAugust 7
• 1901–1978Joe DavisEnglish snooker and billiards playerApril 15
• 1901–1983Luis MontiArgentine and Italian footballerMay 15
• 1901–1967James DunnAmerican actorNovember 2
• 1901–1990Manly P. HallCanadian-American philosopher and writerMarch 18
• 1901–1974Harry PartchAmerican composerJune 24
• 1901–1968Salvatore QuasimodoItalian poet and translatorAugust 20
• 1901–1968José NasazziUruguayan footballerMarch 24
• 1901–1986Rudy ValléeAmerican musicianJuly 28
• 1901–1990V. ShantaramIndian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actorNovember 18
• 1901–1972Brian DonlevyAmerican actorFebruary 9
• 1901–1982Walter HallsteinGerman diplomat and statesmanNovember 17
• 1901–1980Milton H. EricksonAmerican psychiatristDecember 5
• 1901–1989Maurice EvansEnglish actorJune 3
• 1901–1978Ricardo ZamoraSpanish footballerJanuary 21
• 1901–1970Chester MorrisAmerican actorFebruary 16
• 1901–1971Bebe DanielsAmerican actress, singer, dancer, writer, producerJanuary 14
• 1901–1935Dutch SchultzAmerican mobsterAugust 6
• 1901–1970Eiji TsuburayaJapanese special effects directorJuly 7
• 1901–2000Mark OliphantAustralian physicistOctober 8
• 1901–1989C. L. R. JamesTrinidadian historian, journalist and MarxistJanuary 4
• 1901–1957José Leandro AndradeUruguayan footballerNovember 20
• 1901–1967Nelson EddyAmerican actor and singerJune 29
• 1901–1986Jaroslav SeifertCzech writer and poetSeptember 23
• 1901–1945Hans KammlerSS engineer generalAugust 26