Famous people born in the year 1908
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Jack Williamson
John Stewart Williamson , who wrote as Jack Williamson, was an American science fiction writer, often called the Dean of Science Fiction after the death of Robert Heinlein in 1988. Early in his career he sometimes used the pseudonyms Will Stewart and Nils O. Sonderlund.....
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Ernst K nig
Ernst Knig was a highly decorated Generalmajor in the Wehrmacht during 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 military leadership.....
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Alan McNicoll
Vice Admiral Sir Alan Wedel Ramsay McNicoll, KBE, CB, GM was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Navy and a diplomat. Born in Melbourne, he entered the Royal Australian Naval College at the age of thirteen and graduated in 1926. Following training and staff appointments in Australia and the United Kingdom, he was attached to the Royal Navy at the outbreak of the Second World War. As torpedo officer of the 1st Submarine Flotilla in the Mediterranean theatre, McNicoll was decorated with th....
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Mad Dog Coll
Vincent Mad Dog Coll was an Irish American mob hitman in the 1920s and early 1930s in New York City. Coll gained notoriety for the alleged accidental killing of a young child during a mob kidnap attempt.....
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Dmitriy Ustinov
Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov was Minister of Defense of the Soviet Union from 1976 until his death.....
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Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman was an American actress and singer. Known primarily for her voice and roles in musical theatre, she has been called the undisputed First Lady of the musical comedy stage.....
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Olivia Manning
Olivia Mary Manning CBE was a British novelist, poet, writer and reviewer. Her fiction and nonfiction, frequently detailing journeys and personal odysseys, were principally set in England, Ireland, Europe and the Middle East. She often wrote from her personal experience, though her books also demonstrate strengths in imaginative writing. Her books are widely admired for her artistic eye and vivid descriptions of place.....
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Gotthard Handrick
Karl Hermann Gotthard Handrick was a German Olympic athlete and German fighter pilot during the Spanish Civil War and World War II.....
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Ben Grauer
Benjamin Franklin Grauer was a US radio and TV personality, following a career during the 1920s as a child actor in films and on Broadway. He began his career as a child in David Warfields production of The Return of Peter Grimm. Among his early credits were roles in films directed by D.W. Griffith.....
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Dominique de Menil
Dominique de Menil was a FrenchAmerican art collector, philanthropist, founder of the Menil Collection and an heiress to the Schlumberger Limited oilequipment fortune. She was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1986.....
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Franklin Matthias
Franklin Thompson Matthias was an American civil engineer who directed construction of the Hanford nuclear site, a key facility of the Manhattan Project during World War II.....
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Ho Yuen Hoe
Ho Yuen Hoe , later in life but rarely known by her Dharma name, Venerable Jing Run , was a Buddhist nun affectionately known as Singapores grand dame of charity in recognition of her lifelong devotion in helping the old and needy. She was the abbess of Lin Chee Cheng Sia Temple and the founder in 1969 of the Man Fut Tong Nursing Home, the first Buddhist nursing home. Venerable Ho was relatively unknown to the public until 1996, when she was featured in a television programme The Extraordinary ....
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Imogene Coca
Imogene Coca was an American comic actress best known for her role opposite Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows. Starting out in vaudeville as a child acrobat, she studied ballet and wished to have a serious career in music and dance, graduating to decades of stage musical revues, cabaret and summer stock. In her 40s, she began a celebrated career as a comedian on television, starring in six series and guesting on successful television programs from the 1940s to the 1990s.....
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Donald Bradman
Sir Donald George Don Bradman, AC , often referred to as The Don, was an Australian cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradmans career Test batting average of 99.94 is often cited as the greatest achievement by any sportsman in any major sport.....
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Donald Gibson architect
Sir Donald Edward Evelyn Gibson CBE was Coventrys first City Architect and Planning Officer, from 19381954 most famous for the postwar redevelopment of Coventry city centre following the Coventry Blitz.....
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Laurence Sinclair
Air Vice Marshal Sir Laurence Frank Sinclair GC, KCB, CBE, DSO amp Bar was a Royal Air Force officer who was awarded the George Cross for rescuing a severely injured airman from a crashed and burning plane.....
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James Byrne bishop
James Joseph Byrne was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Dubuque from 1962 to 1983, having previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul and Bishop of Boise .....
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Don Ameche
Don Ameche was an American actor and voice artist with a career spanning almost 60 years.....
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