Famous People Born in 1906

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Albert Hofmann (1906-2008)

Jan 11 Swiss chemist who first synthesized and ingested LSD, born in Baden, Switzerland

Jan 11 Johannes Paul Thilman, German composer, born in Dresden, Germany (d. 1973)
Jan 11 Robert Nesbitt, English theatre impresario (Royal Variety Show), born in London, England (d. 1995)
Jan 12 (Woodward) "Tex" Ritter, American country singer (5 Star Jubilee, "Wayward Wind"), born in Murvaul, Texas (d. 1974)
Jan 13 Maxime Jacob, French composer and organist, born in Bordeaux, France (d. 1977)

Zhou Youguang (1906-2017)

Jan 13 Chinese economist and linguist known as the "father of pinyin", born in Changchow, Kiangsu, Qing Empire

Jan 14 Walter Knape, German conductor & composer, born in Bernburg, Germany (d. 2000)
Jan 14 William Bendix, American actor (Lifeboat, Babe Ruth Story, Life of Riley), born in NYC, New York (d. 1964)
Jan 15 Aristotle Onassis, Greek shipping magnate, born in Konak, Turkey (d. 1975)
Jan 15 Rezső Kókai, Hungarian pianist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue, born in Budapest (d. 1962)
Jan 16 Clement Greenberg, American art critic (Art & Culture), born in New York City (d. 1994)
Jan 16 Diana Wynyard, British actress (Cavalcade), born in London, England (d. 1964)
Jan 18 Hans Aeschbacher, Swiss sculptor (Venus de Six-Tours), born in Switzerland (d. 1980)
Jan 19 Ish Kabbible [Merwyn Bogue], American comedian and cornetist (Kay Kyser's Kollege), born in North East Pennsylvania (d. 1994)
Jan 19 Lanny Ross, American radio singer (Show Boat, The Swift Show), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1988)
Jan 19 Lillian Harvey [Pape], British actress (Invitation to the Waltz; Congress Dance), born in London, England (d. 1968)
Jan 21 Fred Fehl, Austrian-American photographer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1995)
Jan 21 Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (d. 2007)
Jan 21 John Putz, British journalist (Guardian) (d. 1995)
Jan 22 Joe Gladwin, British actor (Nearest and Dearest, No Hard Feelings), born in Salford, Lancashire, England (d. 1987)
Jan 22 Robert E. Howard, American pulp fiction author (Conan the Barbarian), born in Peaster, Texas (d. 1936)
Jan 22 Willa Brown, American air pioneer (NAAA) and civil rights activist (1st African American woman to hold a pilot's license), born in Glasgow, Kentucky (d. 1992)
Jan 24 Norman Cook, British museum curator (d. 1994)
Jan 27 Radames Gnattali, Brazilian composer and conductor (Rádio Nacional), born in Porto Alegre, Brazil (d. 1988)
Jan 28 Harry van Kruiningen, Dutch painter and graphic artist, born in Kruiningen, Netherlands (d. 1996)
Jan 28 Henry Foley, New Zealand cricketer (batted in New Zealand's 1st Test 1930), born in Wellington (d. 1948)
Jan 29 Frans Hin, Dutch yachtsman (Olympic gold 12' Dinghy 1920; aged 14 years 163 days), born in Haarlem, Netherlands (d. 1968)
Jan 29 Joe Primeau, Canadian Hockey HOF center (Stanley Cup, Lady Byng Memorial Trophy 1931–32; Toronto Maple Leafs) and coach (Stanley Cup 1950-51 Toronto Maple Leafs), born in Lindsay, Ontario (d. 1989)
Jan 30 Greta Nissen, Norwegian-born American actress (Ambassador Bill), born in Oslo, Norway (d. 1988)
Jan 31 Benjamin Frankel, British composer, born in London, England (d. 1973)
Jan 31 Roosevelt Sykes, American blues and boogie-woogie pianist, and singer (The Honeydripper), born in Elmar, Arkansas (d. 1983)
Feb 1 Helen Chandler, American actress (Christopher Strong, Dracula), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1965)
Feb 1 Hildegarde [Sell], American cabaret vocalist (“Leave It To The Girls"; "Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup"), born in Adell, Wisconsin (d. 2005)
Feb 1 Pierre Capdevielle, French conductor, composer (Élégie de Duino), music critic (Monde musicale), and teacher, born in Paris (d. 1969)
Feb 3 George Adamson [Baba ya Simba - "Father of Lions"], British conservationist (Born Free), born in Etawah, India (d. 1989)
Feb 3 Ludvig Nielsen, Norwegian organist, composer, choir director, and conductor (Nidaros Cathedral, 1935-76), born in Borge, Norway (d. 2001)
Feb 4 Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer (discovered Pluto), born in Streator, Illinois (d. 1997)
Feb 4 Dietrich Bonhoeffer, German pastor, theologist and anti-Nazi dissident (Confessing Church), born in Breslau, Silesia, German Empire (d. 1945)
Feb 5 John Carradine, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Stagecoach, Howling), born in Greenwich Village, New York (d. 1988)
Feb 7 Henry Puyi, Chinese Emperor (last emperor of China and the Qing dynasty 1908-12), born in Beijing, China (d. 1967)
Feb 7 Oleg Antonov, Soviet aircraft designer (d. 1984)
Feb 8 Artur Balsam, Polish-American classical pianist (Begeleidde Menuhin, Milstein), born in Warsaw, Kingdom of Poland (d. 1994)
Feb 8 Chester F. Carlson, American inventor (photocopy), born in Seattle, Washington (d. 1968)
Feb 8 Henry Roth, American writer (Call it Sleep), born in Tysmenitz, Austria-Hungary (d. 1995)
Feb 9 André Kostolany, stock market expert and speculator (d. 1999)
Feb 9 Gwen Catley, British coloratura soprano, born in London, England (d. 1996)
Feb 10 Cat Thompson, American college basketball player (hall of fame 1962), born in St. George, Utah (d. 1990)
Feb 10 Erik Rhodes [Ernest Sharpe], American actor (Top Hat, Night at the Ritz), born in El Reno, Indian Territory (d. 1990)
Feb 10 Henry Phelps Brown, British historian and economist, born in Calne (d. 1994)
Feb 10 Lon Chaney Jr, American actor (Larry Talbot-The Wolf Man, Lennie Small-Of Mice and Men), born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (d. 1973)
Feb 10 Walraven van Hall, Dutch banker who led resistance against Nazis, born in Amsterdam, Netherlands (d. 1945)
Feb 11 Denis Barnett, British air chief marshal (WWII, Suez Canal) (d. 1992)
Feb 13 Agostinho da Silva, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1994)
Feb 16 Vera Menchik, Russian-born British chess master, 1st official women's world chess champion (1927-39), born in Moscow, Russian Empire (d. 1944)
Feb 17 Galo Plaza Lasso, Ecuadorian statesman (President of Ecuador 1948-52, head of OAS1968-75), born in New York City (d. 1987)
Feb 17 Ramon Tapales, Filipino composer and conductor, born in Baybay, Philippines (d. 1995)
Feb 18 Hans Asperger, Austrian pediatrician and eponym of Asperger syndrome, born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (d. 1980)
Feb 19 Grace Mary Williams, Welsh composer (Penillion), born in Barry, Wales (d. 1977)
Feb 19 Hendrik Spruit, Dutch conductor and composer, born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1998)
Feb 19 Louis Gesensway, Latvian-American violinist (Philadelphia Orchestra, 1926-71), and composer (Ode To Peace), born in Dvinsk, Russian Empire (now Daugavpils, Latvia) (d. 1976)
Feb 20 Gale Gordon [Charles Thomas Aldrich, Jr], American actor and comedian (Our Miss Brooks; Dennis The Menace; The Lucy Show; Here's Lucy), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 1995)
Feb 20 Jack Jackson, British trumpeter, dance band bandleader, and influential BBC disc jockey, born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England (d. 1978)
Feb 22 Edmund von Borck, German composer, born in Wrocław, Poland (d. 1944)
Feb 24 Alexis Curvers, Belgian author (Tempo di Roma, Bourg-le-Rond) (d. 1992)
Feb 25 Boris Papandopulo, Croatian composer, born in Bad Honnef, Germany (d. 1991)
Feb 25 Domingo Ortega, Spanish bullfighter (The Art of Bullfighting), born in Borox, Spain (d. 1988)
Feb 25 Howard Zahniser, American environmental activist (father of Wilderness Act), born in Franklin, Pennsylvania (d. 1864)
Feb 25 Warren Hymer, American actor (Girl From Havana, Meet the Mob), born in NYC, New York (d. 1948)
Feb 26 Madeleine Carroll, British actress (39 Steps, Secret Agent), born in West Bromwich, West Midlands, England (d. 1987)
Feb 26 Nikos Ghika, Greek artist, born in Athens (d. 1994)
Feb 27 Algernon Rumbold, English diplomat who advocated for Tibet, (d. 1993)
Feb 27 Mal Matheson, New Zealand cricket fast bowler (2 Tests) and rugby union Test referee (Australia v NZ 1946), born in Omaha, New Zealand (d. 1985)

Bugsy Siegel (1906-1947)

Feb 28 American gangster who created casinos in Las Vegas, born in Brooklyn, New York

Mar 3 Albany "Barney" Bigard, Creole-American jazz clarinetist (Duke Ellington Orchestra, 1927-42 - "Mood Indigo"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1980)
Mar 3 Artur Lundkvist, Swedish writer and professor (Swedish Academy, Agadir), born in Perstrop, Sweden (d. 1991)
Mar 3 Donald Novis, British-American singer and actor (Monte Carlo; The Singing Plumber), born in Hastings, East Sussex, England (d. 1966)
Mar 3 Krishnarao Shiva Shelvankar, Indian journalist and diplomat (The Problem with India), born in Madras, British India (d. 1996)
Mar 4 Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr., American businessman (President of Walgreens), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2007)
Mar 4 Georges Ronsse, Belgian road cyclist (UCI Road World C'ship 1928, 29), born in Antwerp, Belgium (d. 1969)
Mar 4 Meindert DeJong American author (d. 1991)

Lou Costello (1906-1959)

Mar 6 American comedian and actor (The Abbott and Costello Show; Who's On First?), born in Paterson, New Jersey

Mar 7 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, Cuban composer, born in Remedios, Cuba (d. 1940)
Mar 7 Hans Lachman, German born Dutch Jewish composer, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1990)
Mar 11 Hasan Ferit Alnar, Turkish composer, born in Istanbul, Ottoman Empire (d. 1978)
Mar 11 Zino Davidoff, Ukrainian businessman, born in Novhorod-Siversky, Ukraine (d. 1994)
Mar 13 Frank Teschemacher, American jazz clarinetist and alto-saxophonist, born in Kansas City, Missouri (d. 1932)
Mar 14 Ulvi Cemal Erkin, Turkish pianist, composer - one of "The Turkish Five" (Köçekçe - Dance Rhapsody for Orchestra), and pedagogue, born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire; (d. 1972)
Mar 16 Francisco Ayala, Spanish writer, born in Granada, Spain (d. 2009)
Mar 16 Henny Youngman, American comedian and violinist ("Take my wife ... please"), born in London, England (d. 1998)
Mar 16 Lloyd Waner, American Baseball Hall of Fame center fielder (MLB All Star 1938; batting average over .300 x 10; Pittsburgh Pirates), born in Harrah, Oklahoma (d. 1982)
Mar 17 Brigitte Helm [Gisele Eve von Kuenheim], German actress (Gloria, Gold, Metropolis), born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1996)
Mar 17 Michael O'Shea, American actor (It's a Great Life, Lady of Burlesque), born in Hartford, Connecticut (d. 1973)
Mar 17 Tamara Geva, Russian-born dancer and actress, born in St. Petersburg (d. 1997)
Mar 18 Roy L. Johnson, American admiral (WW II-Pacific Ocean, commanded Seventh Fleet 1960s), born n Eunice, Louisiana (d. 1999)

Adolf Eichmann (1906-1962)

Mar 19 German Nazi officer (SS-Obersturmbannführer, Holocaust organizer), born in Solingen, German Empire

Mar 19 Normand Lockwood, American composer (The Closing Doxology; The Hanging Judge), and educator, born in New York City (d. 2002)
Mar 19 Roy Roberts, American actor (Petticoat Junction, Lucy Show), born in Tampa, Florida (d. 1975)
Mar 20 Abraham Beame, American politician (Mayor of New York City, 1974-44, 1st Jewish mayor), born in London, England (d. 2001)
Mar 20 Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson, American actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet), born in Jersey City, New Jersey (d. 1975)
Mar 20 Pavel Parenago, Soviet scientist and astronomer (stellar astronomy), born in Krasnodar, Russia (d. 1960)
Mar 21 Jim Thompson, American designer and businessman (Thai silk industry), born in Greenville, Delaware (d. 1967)
Mar 21 John D. Rockefeller III, American oil billionaire and philanthropist, born in New York City (d. 1978)
Mar 23 George Posford [Ashwell], British composer (Goodnight Vienna), and conductor, born in Folkestone, England (d. 1976)
Mar 24 Klavdiya Shulzhenko, Soviet jazz and pop singer ("Let's Smoke"), born in Kharkiv, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) (d. 1984)

A. J. P. Taylor (1906-1990)

Mar 25 English historian (The Struggle for Mastery in Europe 1848–1918, Origins of the Second World War), born in Southport, England

Mar 25 Curley Weaver, American blues guitarist, born in Covington, Georgia (d. 1962)
Mar 25 Jean Sablon, French singer-songwriter, born in Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris (d. 1994)
Mar 25 John Howard Pyle, American politician (Gov-R-Az, 1951-55), born in Sheridan, Wyoming, (d. 1987)
Mar 26 Rafael Mendez, Mexican trumpetist (d. 1981)
Mar 27 Charles "Pee Wee" Russell, American jazz clarinet and saxophone player, born in Maplewood, Missouri (d. 1969)
Mar 28 Murray Adaskin, Canadian violinist, composer, conductor (Saskatoon Symphony), and teacher (University of Saskatchewan), born in Toronto, Ontario (d. 2002)
Mar 28 Robert Allen [Irvine Theodore Baehr], American actor (The Awful Truth, Crime and Punishment), born in Mount Vernon, New York (d. 1998)
Mar 29 E. Power Biggs, English organist and composer (CBS), born in Westcliff-on-Sea, England (d. 1977)
Mar 31 Lauri Saikkola, Finnish violinist (Viipuri Philharmonis, 1923–34); Helsinki Philharmonic, 1934–65), and composer (Laulusarja ; Unen kaivo), born in Vyborg, Finland (d. 1995)
Apr 1 Ned Glass, Polish-American actor (Sol-Julia, Uncle Moe-Bridget Loves Bernie), born in Poland (d. 1984)
Apr 1 Sigve Lie, Norwegian sailor (Olympic gold dragon class 1948, 52), born in Haugesund, Norway (d. 1958)
Apr 3 Kathleen Tillotson, Emeritus Professor of English (Bedford College), born in Berwick-upon-Tweed (d. 2001)
Apr 3 Walter "Fats" Pichon American jazz pianist, singer, and big bandleader, born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1967)
Apr 4 Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet, American actress (Kate-Petticoat Junction), born in NYC, New York (d. 1968)
Apr 4 John Cameron Swayze, American newscaster (Timex, Hindenberg), born in Wichita, Kansas (d. 1995)
Apr 5 Grady Sutton, American actor (The Bank Dick; The Pruitts of Southhampton), born in Chattanooga, Tennessee (d. 1995)
Apr 5 Guy Clutton-Brock, English social worker (declared as national hero in Zimbabwe), born in Northwood, Middlesex (d. 1995)
Apr 5 Lord Buckley, American comedian, born in Tuolumne, California (d. 1960)
Apr 6 Virginia Hall [Goillot], American spy with British Special Operations during WWII (1940-1966), born in Baltimore, Maryland (d. 1982)
Apr 8 Raoul Jobin, French Canadian operatic tenor, born in Quebec City, Quebec (d. 1974)
Apr 9 Antal Doráti, Hungarian-American conductor (Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-1960; National Symphony, 1970-77), and composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1988)

Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906-1975)

Apr 9 King of Saudi Arabia (1964-75), born in Riyadh, Emirate of Nejd and Hasa

Apr 9 Hugh Gaitskell, British politician (Leader of the Labour Party), born in Kensington, London (d. 1963)
Apr 9 Rafaela Aparicio [Rafaela Díaz Valiente], Spanish actress, born in Málaga, Spain (d. 1996)
Apr 9 Victor Vasarely, Hungarian-French painter and author (Op Art), born in Pécs, Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire (d. 1997)
Apr 10 Joseph "Fud" Livingston, American jazz clarinetist, arranger, and composer ("Im Thru With Love"), born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 1957) [1]
Apr 10 Kathleen Major, British historian and principal (St Hilda's College, England), born in Lincolnshire (d. 2001)
Apr 11 Dalia "Dale" Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005)
Apr 13 Lawrence "Bud" Freeman, American jazz tenor saxophonist, bandleader, and composer ("The Eel"; "Zen Is When"), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1991)

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

Apr 13 Irish novelist and playwright (Waiting for Godot, Nobel 1969), born in Foxrock, Ireland

Apr 14 Hunter Johnson, American composer, born near Benson, North Carolina (d. 1998)
Apr 15 Sandy Bell, South African cricket fast bowler (16 Tests, 48 wickets, BB 6/99; Western Province, Rhodesia), born in East London, South Africa (d. 1985)
Apr 16 Cobina W "Coby" Molenaar, Dutch peace activist (d. 1994)
Apr 16 Marion Lloyd Vince, American fencer (National champion 1928, 31), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1969)
Apr 17 Sidney Garfield, American physician and pioneer of health maintenance organizations (Kaiser Permanente), born in Elizabeth, New Jersey (d. 1984)
Apr 18 (Eurreal) "Little Brother" Montgomery, American jazz, boogie-woogie and blues pianist, singer, and composer ("Vicksburg Blues"; "Crescent City Blues"), born in Kentwood, Louisiana (d. 1985)
Apr 18 Clara Eggink, Dutch poet (Life with J C Bloem), born in Utrecht, Netherlands (d. 1991)
Apr 21 Tom Burns, British-Chilean publisher and editor, born in Chile (d. 1995)

Eddie Albert (1906-2005)

Apr 22 American actor (Roman Holiday, Green Acres), born in Rock Island, Illinois

Apr 22 Eric Fenby, English composer and president (Delius Society), born in Scarborough, North Yorkshire (d. 1997)
Apr 22 Prince Gustaf Adolf, Duke of Västerbotten, Swedish prince second in line to the Swedish throne, born in Stockholm Palace, Stockholm, Sweden (d. 1947)

William Joyce (1906-1946)

Apr 24 American-born Irish Fascist politician and NAZI propagandist, born in Brooklyn, New York

Apr 25 Sally Salminen, Finnish writer (Katrina), born in Vårdö, Finland (d. 1976)
Apr 25 William J. Brennan, Jr, American Supreme Court judge (1956-90), born in Newark, New Jersey (d. 1997)
Apr 25 Zoltán Gárdonyi, Hungarian composer, born in Budapest, Hungary (d. 1986)
Apr 27 Mark Alexander Abrams, English market researcher, born in Edmonton, London (d. 1994)
Apr 27 Yórgos Theotokás, Greek novelist (Leonís), born in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire (d. 1966)
Apr 28 Bart [Bartholomeus Jan] Bok, Dutch-American astronomer (Milky Way), born in Hoorn, Netherlands (d. 1983)
Apr 28 Kurt Gödel, Austrian-American mathematician (Gödel's incompleteness theorems), born in Brünn, Austria-Hungary (d. 1978)
Apr 28 Paul Sacher, Swiss conductor and entrepreneur, born in Basel, Switzerland (d. 1999)
Apr 28 Pierre Boileau, French novelist (Vertigo), born in Paris, France (d. 1989)
Apr 28 Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, American mobster (St Valentine's Day) and boss of the Chicago Outfit, born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 1992)
May 1 Horst Schumann, Nazi physician, born in Halle an der Saale, Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1983)
May 2 Aileen Riggin, American diver (Olympic gold 3m springboard 1920, 24), born in Newport, Rhode Island (d. 2002)
May 2 Maurice Thiriet, French composer, born in Meulan, Yvelines, France (d. 1972)
May 2 Philippe Halsman, American portrait photographer, born in Riga, Latvia (d. 1979)

Mary Astor (1906-1987)

May 3 American Academy Award-winning actress (The Great Lie; Meet Me In St Louis; The Maltese Falcon), born in Quincy, Illinois

May 4 Esmond Knight, British actor (Hamlet, Sleeping Murder), born in East Sheen, England (d. 1987)
May 5 Frances "Fran" Lee, American actress (Reckless Rosie), born in Eagle Grove, Iowa (d. 2000)
May 5 Ursula Jeans, British actress (Cavalcade, Over the Moon, I Lived With You), born in Simla, British India (d. 1973)
May 6 André Weil, French mathematician (foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry), born in Paris (d. 1998)
May 6 Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican writer (La Llamarada), born in Moca, Puerto Rico (d. 2005)
May 8 David Van Vactor, American classical composer (Chaconne), born in Plymouth, Indiana (d. 1994)

Roberto Rossellini (1906-1977)

May 8 Italian film director (General della Rovere, Open City), born in Rome, Italy

May 9 Eleanor Estes, American children's author and illustrator (Ginger Pye, Moffats), born in New Haven, Connecticut (d. 1988)
May 11 Jacqueline Cochran, US pilot and 1st woman to break the sound barrier, born in Muscogee, Florida (d. 1980)
May 12 Maurice Ewing, US pioneering geologist and geophysicist, born in Lockney, Texas (d. 1974)
May 13 Thomas Mitchell, British architect and engineer, (d. 1996)
May 14 Hastings Kamuzu Banda, Prime Minister then 1st President of Malawi (1964-94), born near Kasungu, British Central Africa (d. 1997)
May 14 James Flavin, American actor (King Kong, In Cold Blood, Man With a Camera), born in Portland, Maine (d. 1976)
May 16 Alfred Pellan, French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
May 16 Arturo Uslar Pietri, Venezuelan writer, historian and politician (Lanzas Coloradas), born in Caracas, Venezuela (d. 2001)
May 16 Ernie McCormick, Australian cricket fast bowler (12 Tests, 36 wickets, BB 4/101; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Australia (d. 1991)
May 16 Margret Rey, author and illustrator (d. 1996)
May 16 Nicholas Beriozoff, Lithuanian-British dancer, choreographer and ballet master, born in Kaunus, Lithuania (d. 1996)
May 17 Eric Mensforth, British pioneer in the development of the helicopter in Britain, born in Stretford, Manchester (d. 2000)
May 17 Horace McMahon, American actor (Detective Story, Martin Kane Private Eye), born in South Norwalk, Connecticut (d. 1971)
May 17 Zinka Milanov, Croatian soprano (Ljubljana Opera, 1927; NY Metropolitan Opera, 1937-66), born in Zagreb, Croatia (d. 1989)
May 19 Bruce Bennett, American athlete and actor (Before I Hang, Sahara), born in Tacoma, Washington (d. 2007)
May 20 Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic cardinal (d. 1989)
May 21 Dorothy Tree [Triebitz], American actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois; Confessions Of A Nazi Spy; The Asphalt Jungle), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 1992)
May 21 Keith Rigg, Australian cricket batsman (8 Tests, 1 x 100, HS 127; Victoria), born in Melbourne, Victoria (d. 1995)
May 23 Hellmuth Christian Wolff, German composer, teacher, musicologist and painter, born in Zürich, Switzerland (d. 1988)
May 26 Mauri Rose, American auto racer (Indianapolis 500, 1941, 1947-48), born in Columbus, Ohio (d. 1981)
May 27 Robert Shone, British economist and director-general (NEDC), born in Birkenhead, Cheshire (d. 1992)

About 1906

How Old? 116 or 117 years old
Generation: Greatest Generation

Chinese Zodiac: Snake (Feb 4, 1905 - Jan 24, 1906),
Horse (Jan 25, 1906 - Feb 12, 1907)

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