Page 8: Famous Personalities Born In 1900

Aug 03 John t scopes: Tennessee teacher convicted for teaching evolution  

Aug 04 Douglas l mays: Cartoonist (punch)  

Aug 04 Arturo umberto illia: Pres of argentina (1963-66)  

Aug 04 Elizabeth: Queen mother of england, king george vi's wife  

Aug 05 Bodi rapp: [johanna pac goetmakers], dutch mezzo-soprano/teacher  

Aug 06 Cecil h. green: American geophysicist  

Aug 07 Taylor caldwell: Novelist  

Aug 08 Josephine holt bay: 1st woman to head a firm on ny stock exchange  

Aug 08 Victor young: Chic ill, orch leader (milton berle show, in old calif)  

Aug 10 Norma shearer: Montreal quebec, actress (divorcee, idiot's delight)  

Aug 10 Arthur porritt: Nz, 100m sprinter (olympic-bronze-1924)  

Aug 11 Philip phillips: American archaeologist  

Aug 11 Alexander mosolov: Kiev russia, composer (zavod) [ns]  

Aug 11 Charles william paddock: Texas, 100m runner (olympic-2 gold-1920)  

Aug 12 Jose ignacio prieto arrizubieta: Composer  

Aug 12 Wilhelm steinitz: Germany, 1st chess champ (1866-1894)  

Aug 14 Shalva mikhailovich taktakishvili: Composer  

Aug 15 Estelle brody: Nyc, actress (safari, kitty, plaything)  

Aug 17 Quincy howe: Boston mass, newscaster (cbs weekend news)  

Aug 18 Glenn albert black: American archaeologist  

Aug 18 Walter o'keefe: Hartford ct, songwriter/tv host (mayor of hollywood)  

Aug 19 Gilbert ryle: British philosopher  

Aug 19 Colleen moore: Port huron mi, actress (scarlet letter)  

Aug 20 Edward j "murt" o'donoghue: Snooker player, 1st witnessed 147 break  

Aug 21 Eileen percy: Belfast ireland, silent film actress (let's go)  

Aug 22 Sergei ozhegov: Russian lexicographer  

Aug 22 Elizabeth bergner: Vienna austria, actress (catherine the great)  

Aug 23 Malvina reynolds: American folk singer/songwriter  

Aug 23 Ernst krenek: Vienna austria, composer (johnny spielt auf)  

Aug 24 Preston foster: Ocean city nj, actor (waterfront, gunslinger)  

Aug 25 Mary bruce: Dance teacher  

Aug 26 Hellmuth walter: German engineer and inventor  

Aug 29 Oscar nitzchke: German architect (alcoa building/centre pompidou)  

Aug 30 Franklin c fry: Us minister (lutheran world relief)  

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Jan 03 Edwin george monk: Composer,  

Jan 08 Billy bates: Cricketer (656 runs & 50 wkts in 15 tests for eng),  

Jan 20 John ruskin: English writer (dearest mama talbot),  

Jan 22 David e. hughes: American musician (b. 1831)  

Jan 30 Vittorio bersezio: [carlo nugelli], italian playwright,  

Feb 03 Ottokar eugen novacek: Composer,  

Feb 16 George labram: Us mine engineer in south africa,  

Feb 18 Clinton l. merriam: American politician (b. 1824)