Page 2: Famous Personalities Born In 1906

Jan 28 Henry foley: Cricketer (batted in new zealand's 1st test 1930)  

Jan 28 Harry van kruiningen: [henri a janssen], painter/graphic artist  

Jan 29 Franciscus hin: Holland, yachtsman (olympic-gold-1920)  

Jan 29 Joe primeau: Nhl center  

Jan 30 Greta nissen: Actress (ambassador bill)  

Jan 31 Benjamin frankel: Composer  

Jan 31 R w bonham: Founder (international braille chess association)  

Feb 01 Hildegarde: Adell wisc, night club vocalist (i'll be seeing you)  

Feb 01 Pierre cardevielle: French composer/conductor (amants captifs)  

Feb 03 Ludvig nielsen: Composer  

Feb 04 Dietrich bonhoeffer: German theologist (confessing church)  

Feb 04 Primo carnera: Italian boxer (champ-1933)  

Feb 04 Clyde william tombaugh: Us, astronomer (discovered pluto)  

Feb 05 John carradine: Greenwich village ny, actor (grapes of wrath, howling)  

Feb 07 Henry p'u-i: Last emperor of china, puppet emperor of manchukuo  

Feb 07 Oleg antonov: Soviet aircraft designer  

Feb 08 Henry roth: Austria-hungary/us writer (call it sleep)  

Feb 08 Chester f carlson: Inventor (photocopy)  

Feb 08 Artur balsam: Polish/us pianist (begeleidde menuhin, milstein)  

Feb 09 Gwen catley: British(?) soprano  

Feb 09 André kostolany: Stock market expert and speculator  

Feb 10 John "cat" thompson: Basketball hall of famer (elected 1962)  

Feb 10 Walraven (wally) van hall: Dutch banker/resisted nazis  

Feb 10 Henry phelps brown: Historian/economist  

Feb 10 Lon chaney jr: Okla city okla, actor (hawkeye, pistols 'n' petticoats)  

Feb 10 Erik rhodes: [ernest sharpe], actor (top hat, night at the ritz)  

Feb 11 Denis barnett: British air chief marshal  

Feb 13 Agostinho da silva: Portuguese philosopher  

Feb 15 Stephen brown: Ceo (stone-platt industries)  

Feb 16 Jeffrey lynn: Actor (tony rome, butterfield 8, up front)  

Feb 16 Vera menchik: Moscow, 1st official women's world chess champ (1927)  

Feb 17 Ramon tapales: Composer  

Feb 17 Galo plaza lasso: Pres of ecuador (1948-52), head of oas (1968-75)  

Feb 18 Hans asperger: Austrian pediatrician  

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Jan 01 Joseph miroslav weber: Composer,  

Jan 13 Alexander stepanovich popov: Russian physicist (b. 1859)  

Jan 16 Marshall field: Founder of marshall field and company (b. 1834)  

Jan 18 Bartolomé mitre: President of argentina (1862-70),  

Jan 25 Joseph wheeler ii: Confederate general,  

Jan 29 Christaan ix: King of denmark (1893-1906),  

Feb 09 Paul laurence dunbar: Black dialect poet,  

Feb 10 Ezra butler eddy: Canadian businessman (e.b. eddy company) and politician (b. 1827)