Born in 1906

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• 1906–1978Kurt GödelMathematician and philosopherApril 28
• 1906–1945Dietrich BonhoefferGerman Lutheran pastor and theologianFebruary 4
• 1906–1992Grace HopperU.S. naval officer and computer scientistDecember 9
• 1906–1988John CarradineAmerican actorFebruary 5
• 1906–1977Roberto RosselliniItalian film directorMay 8
• 1906–1967Ilse KochGerman war criminalSeptember 22
• 1906–1987Mary AstorAmerican actressMay 3
• 1906–1972George SandersBritish actor and singerJuly 3
• 1906–2008Albert HofmannSwiss chemistJanuary 11
• 1906–1984Janet GaynorAmerican actressOctober 6
• 1906–1976Luchino ViscontiItalian theatre, opera, and cinema directorNovember 2
• 1906–1936Robert E. HowardAmerican pulp fiction writerJanuary 22
• 1906–2001R. K. NarayanIndian writerOctober 10
• 1906–1979Joan BlondellAmerican actressAugust 30
• 1906–1947Bugsy SiegelAmerican mobsterFebruary 28
• 1906–2005Hans BetheGerman-American physicistJuly 2
• 1906–1985Louise BrooksAmerican actressNovember 14
• 1906–1968Princess Marina of Greece and DenmarkDuchess of KentDecember 13
• 1906–1980Hans AspergerAustrian physicianFebruary 18
• 1906–2004Estée LauderAmerican businesswomanJuly 1
• 1906–2001Léopold Sédar SenghorFirst president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theoristOctober 9
• 1906–1976Carol ReedEnglish film directorDecember 30
• 1906–1945Hermann FegeleinGerman Nazi Waffen-SS commanderOctober 30
• 1906–1972Maria Goeppert MayerGerman–American physicistJune 28
• 1906–1973Lon Chaney Jr.American actorFebruary 10
• 1906–1946William JoyceAmerican-born fascist and propaganda broadcasterApril 24
• 1906–1966Giuseppe FarinaItalian racing driverOctober 30
• 1906–1949Hassan al-BannaEgyptian Islamist leader and politicianOctober 14
• 1906–1947Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of VästerbottenSwedish princeApril 22
• 1906–1991Soichiro HondaJapanese businessmanNovember 17
• 1906–2007Philip JohnsonAmerican architectJuly 8
• 1906–1949Klaus MannGerman writer and dissidentNovember 18
• 1906–1959Lou CostelloAmerican comedian and actorMarch 6
• 1906–1971Philo FarnsworthAmerican inventorAugust 19
• 1906–1994Léon DegrelleBelgian politician and Nazi collaboratorJune 15
• 1906–1990Curtis LeMayAmerican air force generalNovember 15
• 1906–1995Emmanuel LevinasLithuanian-French philosopherJanuary 12
• 1906–1997Clyde TombaughAmerican astronomerFebruary 4
• 1906–1931Chandra Shekhar AzadIndian revolutionary and freedom fighterJuly 23
• 1906–1984John BetjemanEnglish poetAugust 28
• 1906–1986Hermione BaddeleyEnglish actressNovember 13
• 1906–1990A. J. P. TaylorEnglish historianMarch 25
• 1906–1996Jack ChurchillBritish Army officerSeptember 16
• 1906–2002Joaquín BalaguerPresident of the Dominican Republic (1960–1961, 1966–1978, 1986–1996)September 1
• 1906–1997Victor VasarelyHungarian-French artistApril 9
• 1906–1935Thelma ToddAmerican actressJuly 29
• 1906–1998André WeilFrench mathematicianMay 6
• 1906–1979Shin'ichirō TomonagaJapanese physicistMarch 31
• 1906–1977John Dickson CarrAmerican mystery novelist and playwrightNovember 30
• 1906–1967Anthony MannAmerican film directorJune 30
• 1906–1998Joan HicksonEnglish actressAugust 5
• 1906–1964T. H. WhiteEnglish authorMay 29
• 1906–1987Madeleine CarrollEnglish actressFebruary 26
• 1906–1993Albert SabinPolish-American medical researcherAugust 26
• 1906–1982Virginia HallAmerican SOE spyApril 6
• 1906–1945Josef KramerGerman SS officerNovember 10
• 1906–1996J. R. JayewardenePresident of Sri Lanka from 1978 to 1989September 17
• 1906–1955Tribhuvan of NepalKing of Nepal (1911–1950; 1951–1955)June 23
• 1906–1968Bea BenaderetAmerican actressApril 4
• 1906–1979Ernst ChainGerman-born British biochemistJune 19