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Famous people born in the 1900s

The most famous people born between 1900 and 1909, each with the year they were born.

Marlene Dietrich

Actors

2nd1901 · Actors

Salvador Dalí

Artists

1st1904 · Artists

Walt Disney

Directors

3rd1901 · Directors
Salvador Dalí tops this list.

Born: 1904, ahead of Marlene Dietrich at 1901.

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  1. 4thFrida KahloArtists1907
  2. 5thJean-Paul SartreAcademics1905
  3. 6thLouis ArmstrongMusicians1901
  4. 7thGeorge OrwellWriters1903
  5. 8thEnrico FermiScientists1901
  6. 9thSimone de BeauvoirAcademics1908
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PlaceNameCountryCategoryBorn
10thBing CrosbyMusicians · MusiciansUnited StatesMusicians1903Musicians11thLyndon B. JohnsonPoliticians · PoliticiansUnited StatesPoliticians1908Politicians12thHirohitoHistorical Figures · Historical FiguresJapanHistorical Figures1901Historical Figures13thKwame NkrumahPoliticians · PoliticiansGhanaPoliticians1909Politicians14thJohn SteinbeckWriters · WritersUnited StatesWriters1902Writers15thAntoine de Saint-ExupéryWriters · WritersFranceWriters1900Writers16thAnsel AdamsArtists · ArtistsUnited StatesArtists1902Artists17thPablo NerudaWriters · WritersChileWriters1904Writers18thLeonid BrezhnevPoliticians · PoliticiansRussiaPoliticians1906Politicians19thRuhollah KhomeiniPoliticians · PoliticiansIranPoliticians1902Politicians20thEd GeinHistorical Figures · Historical FiguresUnited StatesHistorical Figures1906Historical Figures21stSalvador AllendePoliticians · PoliticiansChilePoliticians1908Politicians22ndJ. Robert OppenheimerScientists · ScientistsUnited StatesScientists1904Scientists23rdWerner HeisenbergScientists · ScientistsGermanyScientists1901Scientists24thHannah ArendtAcademics · AcademicsUnited StatesAcademics1906Academics25thAstrid LindgrenWriters · WritersSwedenWriters1907Writers

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