Famous people who died on their birthday

Name Nationality and Occupation Born Died
Alfred Kazin US critic 06/05/1915 06/05/1998
Allen Drury US novelist 09/02/1918 09/02/1998
Arnold Bennett English writer 05/27/1867 05/27/1931
Sir Arthur Helps English writer 03/07/1813 03/07/1875
Betty Friedan US writer 02/04/1921 02/04/2006
Bob Moose US Major League Baseball pitcher 10/09/1947 10/09/1976
Bobby Byrne (musician) US bandleader, trombonist, and music executive 10/10/1918 10/10/2006
Corrie ten Boom Dutch watchmaker and Christian 04/15/1892 04/15/1983
DeWitt E. "Tex" Coulter US football offensive lineman 10/02/1924 10/02/2007
Diane Shalet Broadway and television character actress 02/23/1935 02/23/2006
Edna May Oliver US stage and film actress 11/09/1883 11/09/1942
Ella Baker African-American civil rights activist 12/13/1903 12/13/1986
Francesco Petrarch Italian scholar 07/20/1304 07/20/1374
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. US lawyer, politician, and businessman 08/17/1914 08/17/1988
Fran Warren US popular singer 03/04/1926 03/04/2013
Gertrude Astor US motion picture character actress 11/09/1887 11/09/1977
George Washington Carver US agricultural chemist 01/05/1864 01/05/1903
George Francis Barnes Jr. better known as "Machine Gun Kelly" US gangster from Memphis, Tennessee 07/18/1895 07/18/1954
Grace Bradley US film actress 09/21/1913 09/21/2010
Ian Don Marter English actor and writer 10/28/1944 10/28/1986
Ingrid Bergman US actor 08/29/1915 08/29/1982
John Eric Longden US Hall of Fame jockey 02/14/1907 02/14/2003
Joseph Bert Tinker US professional baseball player and manager 07/27/1880 07/27/1948
Jilly Rizzo US restaurateur and entertainer 05/06/1917 05/06/1992
Kamehameha V Reigned as monarch of the Kingdom of Hawai'i 11/12/1830 11/12/1872
Lawrence Oates English explorer 03/17/1880 03/17/1912
Levi P. Morton 22nd Vice President of the US 05/16/1824 05/16/1920
Maury Chaykin American-born Canadian actor 07/27/1949 07/27/2010
Mel Street US country music singer 10/21/1935 10/21/1978
Merle Haggard US American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler 04/06/1937 04/06/2016
Mike Douglas US "Big Band" era singer, entertainer 08/11/1925 08/11/2006
Nan Grey US film actress 07/25/1918 07/25/1993
Otto Kruger US actor 09/06/1885 09/06/1974
Raffaello Santi Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance 04/06/1483 04/06/1520
Swede Risberg Major League Baseball shortstop 10/13/1894 10/13/1975
Sidney Bechet US jazz saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer 05/14/1897 05/14/1959
Stanley Raymond "Bucky" Harris US Major League Baseball player 11/08/1896 11/08/1977
William Shakespeare English writer 04/23/1564 04/23/1616

People who died near their birthday

These people died within seven days of their birthday:

Name Nationality and Occupation Born Died
Saint Francis of Assisi Umbrian saint 09/26/1181 10/03/1226
Louis XIV French royalty 09/05/1638 09/01/1715
Samuel Adams US patriot, brewer 09/27/1722 10/02/1803
Howard Aiken US mathematician, engineer 03/08/1900 03/14/1973
Djuna Barnes US writer 06/12/1892 06/18/1982
Sir Cecil Beaton English photographer, fashion designer 01/14/1904 01/18/1980
Louise Arner Boyd US explorer 09/16/1887 09/14/1972
Charles Boyer French actor 08/28/1899 08/26/1978
John Burroughs US essayist, naturalist 04/03/1837 03/29/1921
Isabel Burton English writer 03/20/1831 03/21/1896
James Callaghan British PM 03/27/1912 03/26/2005
Art Carney US actor 11/04/1918 11/09/2003
"Casanova" Italian writer 04/02/1725 04/06/1798
Joseph Chamberlain English politician 07/08/1836 07/02/1914
Edwin Hubbel Chapin US clergy 12/29/1814 12/26/1880
Julia Child US chef 08/15/1912 08/13/2004
Perry Como US singer, actor 05/18/1912 05/12/2001
Gary Cooper US actor 05/07/1901 05/13/1961
Hannah Cowley US writer 03/08/1743 03/14/1809
Richard Harding Davis US writer 04/18/1864 04/11/1916
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort Italian writer 04/06/1741 04/13/1794
Thomas Aloysius Dorgan US cartoonist 04/29/1877 05/02/1929
Will Durant US historian 11/05/1885 11/07/1981
Lolo Ferrari French porn star 03/04/1962 03/05/2000
Erich Fromm German psychoanalyst 03/23/1900 03/18/1980
Marvin Gaye US singer 04/02/1939 04/01/1984
Estelle Getty US actor 07/25/1924 07/22/2008
Andy Gibb English singer 03/05/1958 03/10/1988
Lew Grade Ukranian producer 12/15/1906 12/12/1998
Fulke Greville English writer 09/30/1554 10/03/1628
Alex Harvey English musician 02/05/1935 02/04/1982
Edith Head US costume designer 10/28/1898 10/24/1981
George V. Higgins US writer 11/13/1939 11/06/1999
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. US Supreme Court Justice 03/08/1841 03/06/1935
Walter Huston Canadian actor 04/06/1884 04/07/1950
James Jeans English physicist 09/11/1877 09/16/1946
Joseph Joubert French writer 05/07/1754 05/04/1824
Frida Kahlo Mexican artist 07/06/1907 07/13/1954
C. S. Lewis Irish writer 11/29/1898 11/22/1963
Jack Llewelyn Davies English boy 09/11/1894 09/17/1959
Ernst Mach German scientist 02/18/1838 02/19/1916
Joseph L. Mankiewicz Polish-American director 02/11/1909 02/05/1993
Karl Menninger US scientist, psychologist 07/23/1893 07/18/1990
Dale Messick US cartoonist 04/11/1906 04/04/2005
Edward R. Murrow US broadcast journalist 04/25/1908 04/27/1965
Beverley Nichols English writer 09/09/1898 09/15/1983
Lord Palmerston English statesman 10/20/1784 10/18/1865
Joe Pasternak English writer 09/09/1901 09/13/1991
Antonio Porchia Italian writer 11/13/1885 11/09/1968
Ezra Pound US poet 10/30/1885 11/01/1972
John Ritter US actor 09/17/1948 09/11/2003
Cliff Robertson US actor 09/09/1925 09/10/2011
Auguste Rodin French sculptor 11/12/1840 11/17/1917
Jean-Jacques Rousseau French writer, philosopher, political theorist 06/28/1712 07/02/1778
Dr. George Sheehan US physician, runner 11/05/1918 11/01/1993
Dinah Shore US singer 02/29/1916 02/24/1994
Gene Siskel US critic 01/26/1946 01/20/1999
Alexander Smith Scottish writer 12/31/1830 01/06/1867
Sam Snead US golfer 05/27/1912 05/23/2002
Edward Steichen US photographer 03/27/1879 03/25/1973
Algernon Charles Swinburne English writer 04/05/1837 04/10/1909
Thorstein Veblen Norwegian economist 07/30/1857 08/03/1929
Saw Walton US businessman 03/29/1918 04/05/1992
James McNeil Whistler US artist 07/10/1834 07/17/1903
Lord William Whitelaw Scottish politician 06/28/1916 07/01/1999
Ella Wheeler Wilcox US writer 11/05/1850 10/30/1919
Cornel Wilde US actor 10/13/1915 10/16/1989
Ludwig Wittgenstein Austrian-English philosopher 04/26/1889 04/29/1951
Grant Wood US artist 02/13/1892 02/12/1942
Alexander Woollcott US writer 01/19/1887 01/23/1943

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