Famous people born in the year 1905

Manfred Georg Rudolf von Brauchitsch was a German auto racing driver who drove for MercedesBenz in the famous Silver Arrows of Grand Prix motor racing in the 1930s.....
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Berthold Alfred Maria Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg was a German aristocrat and lawyer who was a key conspirator in the plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler on 20 July 1944, alongside his younger brother, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg. After the plot failed, Berthold was tried and executed by the Nazi regime.....
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Franz Xaver Josef Maria Augsberger was a Brigadefhrer of the WaffenSS. He was killed in action in March 1945.....
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Greta Garbo, born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson was a Swedish film actress and an international star and icon during the 1920s and 1930s. Garbo was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress and received an honorary one in 1954 for her luminous and unforgettable screen performances. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Garbo fifth on their list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema, after Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Audrey Hepburn, and Ingrid Bergman.....
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Edmund Gerald Pat Brown, Sr. was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 32nd Governor of California from 1959 to 1967. Born in San Francisco, Brown had an early interest in speaking and politics he earned a law degree in 1927, and subsequently began legal practice. As district attorney for San Francisco, he was elected Attorney General of California in 1950 before becoming the states Governor in 1959. As Governor, Brown embarked on massive projects building important infrastructure....
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James Walter Cinderella Man Braddock was an American boxer who was the world heavyweight champion from 1935 to 1937.....
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Dorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote over 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her most well known pieces include The Way You Look Tonight, A Fine Romance, On the Sunny Side of the Street, Pick Yourself Up, and You Couldnt Be Cuter. Throughout her career, she collaborated with various influential figures in the American musical theater, including Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin, and Jimmy McHugh. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, Bernice Petkere, and ....
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Franz Schlieper 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. The Knights Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership. Franz Schlieper was captured by Soviet forces in May 1945 and was held until 1955. His older brother, Fritz Schlieper was awarded the Knights Cross of the Iron Cross on 27 December 1941 for his performance in commanding t....
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Konstanty Ildefons Gaczyski , alias Karakuliambro, was a Polish poet. He is well known for the paradramatic absurd humorous sketches of the Green Goose Theatre.....
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Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austrian American theatre and film director. He is known for directing over 35 feature films in a fivedecade career after leaving the theatre. He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as Laura and Fallen Angel , while in the 1950s and 60s, he directed a number of highprofile adaptations of popular novels and stage works. Several of these later films pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as ....
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David Montrose , better known as Newsboy Brown, was an American boxer who held the World Flyweight Title for eight months in 1928.....
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Oveta Culp Hobby was the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare, first director of the Womens Army Corps, and a chairperson of the board of the Houston Post.....
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Lee Wulff , born Henry Leon Wulff, was an artist, pilot, fly fisherman, author, filmmaker, outfitter and conservationist who made significant contributions to recreational fishing, especially fly fishing and the conservation of Atlantic Salmon.....
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Leila Hyams was an American model, vaudeville and film actress. Her relatively short film career began in the 20s silent films, and ended in 1936 and although only lasted around 10 years, she appeared in more than 50 film roles.....
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Marcel Franois Marie Joseph Lefebvre was a French Roman Catholic archbishop.....
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Durga Khote was an Indian actress, starting as one of the foremost leading ladies of her times, she remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starring in around 200 films and numerous theatre productions.....
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Alex A. Schomburg, born Alejandro Schomburg y Rosa was a prolific American commercial artist and comicbook artist and painter whose career lasted over 70 years.....
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Frederik Jacques Frits Philips was the fourth chairman of the board of directors of the Dutch electronics company Philips, which his uncle and father founded. For his actions in saving 382 Jews during the Nazi Occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, he was recognized in 1996 by Yad Vashem as a Righteous Among the Nations.....
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Alfons Goppel was a German politician of the CSU party and Prime Minister of Bavaria .....
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General Alfredo Manapat Santos was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1962 to 1965, making him the first fourstar general of the Philippines armed forces.....
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