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• 1912–2007Lady Bird JohnsonFirst Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969December 22
• 1912–1992José FerrerPuerto Rican actor and directorJanuary 8
• 1912–2011Otto von HabsburgHeir to the Austrian throneNovember 20
• 1912–1993Pat NixonFirst Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974March 16
• 1912–2001Perry ComoAmerican singer, actor, and TV personalityMay 18
• 1912–1988Kim PhilbyBritish intelligence officer and Soviet double agentJanuary 1
• 1912–1992John CageAmerican avant-garde composerSeptember 5
• 1912–1947Raoul WallenbergSwedish diplomat and humanitarianAugust 4
• 1912–2006Alfredo StroessnerDictator of Paraguay from 1954 to 1989November 3
• 1912–2007Michelangelo AntonioniItalian filmmakerSeptember 29
• 1912–2007Carlo PontiItalian film producerDecember 11
• 1912–1998Enoch PowellBritish politicianJune 16
• 1912–2009Millvina DeanBritish civil servant and Titanic survivorFebruary 2
• 1912–1969Sonja HenieNorwegian figure skater and film starApril 8
• 1912–2006Heinrich HarrerAustrian mountaineer and authorJuly 6
• 1912–2002Chuck JonesAmerican animatorSeptember 21
• 1912–1997Chien-Shiung WuChinese-American physicistMay 31
• 1912–1990Lawrence DurrellBritish novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writerFebruary 27
• 1912–1986Minoru YamasakiAmerican architectDecember 1
• 1912–1989János KádárLeader of Hungary from 1956 to 1988May 26
• 1912–1999Glenn T. SeaborgAmerican chemistApril 19
• 1912–1954Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and GothaNazi politicianJune 22
• 1912–2003Wendy HillerEnglish stage and film actressAugust 15
• 1912–2011Nancy WakeCourier and SOE operativeAugust 30
• 1912–1991Don SiegelAmerican filmmakerOctober 26
• 1912–1990Patrick WhiteAustralian writerMay 28
• 1912–1982John CheeverAmerican novelist and short story writerMay 27
• 1912–1997Georg SoltiBritish conductorOctober 21
• 1912–1963Pedro ArmendárizMexican actorMay 9
• 1912–1979Hanna ReitschGerman aviator and test pilotMarch 29
• 1912–1989Cornel WildeHungarian-American actor and film directorOctober 13
• 1912–2001Alois BrunnerAustrian war criminal (1912–2001/2010)April 8
• 1912–1997Ben HoganAmerican professional golferAugust 13
• 1912–1980Hugh GriffithWelsh actorMay 30
• 1912–1992Richard BrooksAmerican filmmaker and writerMay 18
• 1912–1988Charles AddamsAmerican cartoonistJanuary 7
• 1912–1989Barbara W. TuchmanAmerican historian and authorJanuary 30
• 1912–1994Pierre BoulleFrench novelistFebruary 20
• 1912–1991Danny ThomasAmerican actor and comedianJanuary 6
• 1912–2003Martha ScottAmerican actressSeptember 22
• 1912–2006Gordon ParksAmerican photographer, musician, writer and film directorNovember 30
• 1912–2001Jorge AmadoBrazilian writerAugust 10
• 1912–1989John PayneAmerican actorMay 23
• 1912–1994Jacques EllulFrench anarchist philosopherJanuary 6
• 1912–1996David PackardAmerican electrical engineerSeptember 7
• 1912–1997Samuel FullerAmerican filmmaker, writer, and actorAugust 12
• 1912–1982Eleanor PowellAmerican tap dancer and actressNovember 21
• 1912–2002B. D. JattiVice President of India from 1974 to 1979September 10
• 1912–1997Otto Ernst RemerGerman Wehrmacht Army officer and Neo-Nazi LeaderAugust 18
• 1912–1986Leonid KantorovichRussian mathematicianJanuary 19
• 1912–2008Studs TerkelAmerican author, historian and broadcasterMay 16
• 1912–2014Zohra SehgalIndian actress and choreographerApril 27
• 1912–1955Saadat Hasan MantoPakistani writerMay 11
• 1912–1979Barbara HuttonAmerican philanthropist and socialiteNovember 14
• 1912–1983John Le MesurierEnglish actorApril 5
• 1912–1988Henry ArmstrongAmerican boxerDecember 12
• 1912–1985Frank OppenheimerAmerican particle physicist and science educatorAugust 14
• 1912–1987Bayard RustinAmerican civil rights activistMarch 17
• 1912–2001Dale EvansAmerican actress, singer and writerOctober 31
• 1912–2010June HavocAmerican actress, vaudeville performer and memoiristNovember 8