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• 1904–1990B. F. SkinnerAmerican psychologist and social philosopherMarch 20
• 1904–1984Johnny WeissmullerAmerican swimmer, water-polo player, and actorJune 2
• 1904–2000John GielgudEnglish actor and theatre directorApril 14
• 1904–1993JRD TataFrench-born Indian industrialist, philanthropist and aviatorJuly 29
• 1904–1987Joseph CampbellAmerican mythologist, writer, and lecturerMarch 26
• 1904–1996Greer GarsonBritish and American actressSeptember 29
• 1904–1918Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of RussiaHeir to the Russian throneAugust 12
• 1904–1983Dolores del RíoMexican actressAugust 3
• 1904–1984Count BasieAmerican jazz musician and composerAugust 21
• 1904–1988Kurt Georg KiesingerChancellor of West Germany from 1966 to 1969April 6
• 1904–1997Willem de KooningDutch-American abstract expressionist artistApril 24
• 1904–1973Luis Carrero BlancoSpanish Navy officer and Prime Minister in 1973March 4
• 1904–1991Ralph BellamyAmerican actorJune 17
• 1904–1973Nancy MitfordEnglish novelist and biographerNovember 28
• 1904–1986Christopher IsherwoodEnglish and American novelistAugust 26
• 1904–2005George F. KennanAmerican diplomat, political scientist, and historianFebruary 16
• 1904–1963Dick PowellAmerican actorNovember 14
• 1904–1983George BalanchineGeorgian-American ballet choreographerJanuary 22
• 1904–1996Nnamdi AzikiwePresident of Nigeria from 1963 to 1966November 16
• 1904–1971Ralph BuncheAmerican political scientistAugust 7
• 1904–2007Ève CurieFrench–American journalist and pianistDecember 6
• 1904–1981Robert MontgomeryAmerican actorMay 21
• 1904–1943Fats WallerAmerican jazz pianist and composerMay 21
• 1904–1987Ray BolgerAmerican entertainerJanuary 10
• 1904–1973Hans Albert EinsteinSwiss-American engineer and educatorMay 14
• 1904–1975George StevensAmerican filmmakerDecember 18
• 1904–1996René LacosteFrench tennis playerJuly 2
• 1904–1980Hans MorgenthauAmerican political scientistFebruary 17
• 1904–1988Isamu NoguchiAmerican artist and landscape architectNovember 17
• 1904–1972Cecil Day-LewisIrish-born British poetApril 27
• 1904–1968George GamowAmerican theoretical physicistMarch 4
• 1904–1948Karl BrandtGerman physician and Nazi criminalJanuary 8
• 1904–1963John FarrowAustralian film directorFebruary 10
• 1904–1988Seán MacBrideIrish republican activist, politician, and diplomatJanuary 26
• 1904–1980Cecil BeatonBritish photographer and designerJanuary 14
• 1904–2023Lucile RandonFrench supercentenarianFebruary 11
• 1904–1995Phil HarrisAmerican actor and musicianJune 24
• 1904–1948Arshile GorkyArmenian-American painterApril 15
• 1904–1994Lili DamitaFrench-American actressJuly 10
• 1904–2005Ernst MayrGerman-American evolutionary biologistJuly 5
• 1904–1979George BrentIrish-American actorMarch 15
• 1904–1965Constance BennettAmerican actress and producerOctober 22
• 1904–1996Alger HissAmerican diplomat and accused Soviet spyNovember 11
• 1904–1980Alejo CarpentierCuban novelistDecember 26
• 1904–1969Witold GombrowiczPolish writerAugust 4
• 1904–1969Coleman HawkinsAmerican jazz saxophonistNovember 21
• 1904–1945Odilo GlobocnikAustrian Nazi, SS officer, and Holocaust perpetratorApril 21
• 1904–1986Tommy DouglasPremier of Saskatchewan from 1944 to 1961October 20
• 1904–1972Bruce CabotAmerican actorApril 20
• 1904–1989John HicksBritish economistApril 8
• 1904–1985Clarence NashAmerican voice actorDecember 7
• 1904–1971Margaret Bourke-WhiteAmerican photographerJune 14
• 1904–1978Harry MartinsonSwedish writerMay 6
• 1904–1979Werner ForssmannGerman physician, Nobel prize winnerAugust 29
• 1904–1954Gladys GeorgeAmerican actressSeptember 13
• 1904–1988Clifford D. SimakAmerican science fiction writerAugust 3
• 1904–1980Milburn StoneAmerican actorJuly 5
• 1904–1975Antonín NovotnýLeader of Czechoslovakia from 1953 to 1968December 10
• 1904–1984Karl RahnerGerman Catholic theologianMarch 5
• 1904–1986Dmitry KabalevskyRussian composerDecember 30