Famous people born in the year 1911
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George Fleming Davis
George Fleming Davis was a United States Navy officer and a recipient of Americas highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for actions during World War II.....
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Elinor Smith
Elinor Smith was a pioneering American aviator, once known as The Flying Flapper of Freeport. She was the first woman test pilot for both Fairchild and Bellanca . She was the youngest licensed pilot in the world at age 16.....
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Heinrich Lehmann Willenbrock
Fregattenkapitn Heinrich LehmannWillenbrock was a German naval officer and submarine commander during World War II. He was sixth among the top ten Aces of the Deep during the Battle of the Atlantic against the Allies, in terms of tonnage of merchant ships sunk. He commanded four Uboats, and his most notable and successful tour was commanding the U96 a Type VIIC Uboat, which gained widespread recognition when one of its patrols was documented and publicized by an accompanying war correspondent L....
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Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop was an American poet and shortstory writer. She was Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1949 to 1950, the Pulitzer Prize winner for Poetry in 1956, the National Book Award winner in 1970, and the recipient of the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1976.....
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David Wade Louisiana
Lieutenant General of the United States Air Force Commander of the Eighth Air Force....
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David Wanklyn
Lieutenant Commander Malcolm David Wanklyn VC, DSO amp Two Bars was a Second World War British Royal Navy submarine ace and one of the most successful submariners in the Western Allied navies. Wanklyn and his crew sank 16 enemy vessels.....
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Heinz von Westernhagen
1st SS Div. Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler I SS Panzer Corps ....
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Helen Hicks
Helen L. Hicks Harb was an American professional golfer and one of 13 founders of the LPGA in 1950.....
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George Strock
George Strock was a photojournalist during World War II when he took a picture of three American soldiers who were killed during the Battle of BunaGona on the Buna beach. It became the first photograph to depict dead American troops on the battlefield to be published during World War II. Life correspondent Cal Whipple went all the way to the White House to get permission to print the image.....
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Emil Cioran
Emil Cioran 8 April 1911 20 June 1995 was a Romanian philosopher and essayist, who published works in both Romanian and French. Cioran was born in Rinari, Sibiu County, which was part of AustriaHungary at the time. His first French book, A Short History of Decay, was awarded the prestigious Rivarol Prize in 1950. It was the only book for which he accepted an award given to him, claiming that it would have been insolent of him to refuse it. The Latin Quarter of Paris was his permanent residence....
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Clarence M Mitchell Jr
Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. was a civil rights activist and was the chief lobbyist for the NAACP for nearly 30 years. He also served as a regional director for the organization.....
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Henry P Glass
Henry P. Glass was an American designer, architect, author, and inventor.....
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Engelbert Endrass
Engelbert Endrass was a German Uboat commander in World War II. He commanded the Type VIIB Uboat U46 and the Type VIIC U567, sinking twentytwo ships on ten patrols, for a total of 118,528 tons of Allied shipping, to become the 23rd highest scoring UBoat ace of World War II. He was also a recipient of the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves . The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful militar....
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Bahram Mansurov
Bahram Meshadi Suleyman oglu Mansurov was a Soviet and Azerbaijani Tar player. He also served as Peoples Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR .....
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Erich Schmidt soldier
Erich Schmidt was a highly decorated Major in the Wehrmacht during World War II who was one of only 882 recipients who were awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross and its higher grade Oak Leaves was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.....
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Hermann H fle
Hermann Julius Hfle 160 pron. also Hans Hermann Hoefle was an Austrianborn SSSturmbannfhrer . He was deputy to Odilo Globocnik in the Aktion Reinhard program, serving as his main deportation and extermination expert. As such he was heavily involved in crimes against humanity during the Holocaust.....
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Ginger Rogers
Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She was known for dance films in which she was partnered with Fred Astaire and she appeared in films and on stage, as well as on radio and television throughout much of the 20th century.....
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K rlis Padegs
Krlis Padegs is one of Latvias most popular artists. He studied under noted Latvian painter Vilhelms Purvtis at the Latvia Art Academy. Padegs style was original and shocking using themes which were very iconoclastic at the time.....
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