20th Century

Carl Gustav Jung was born on 26 July 1875 in Kesswil, Switzerland. He became one of the most influential figures…

Grace Brewster Murray Hopper was born on 9 December 1906 in New York City, United States. She became one of…

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born on 2 February 1882 in Rathgar, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. He became one…

Leon Trotsky was born Lev Davidovich Bronstein on 7 November 1879 in Yanovka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire, now part of…

Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech was born on 11 May 1904 in Figueres, Catalonia, Spain. He would become…

Katherine Coleman Goble Johnson was born on 26 August 1918 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States. She became…

Helen Adams Keller was born on 27 June 1880 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. She became one of the most…

Natalie Wood was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko on 20 July 1938 in San Francisco, California, United States. She became one…

Frank Patrick Herbert was born on 8 October 1920 in Tacoma, Washington, United States. He became one of the most…

Lucille Désirée Ball was born on 6 August 1911 in Jamestown, New York, United States. She became one of the…

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr., known to the world as John Denver, was born on 31 December 1943 in Roswell, New…

Margaretha Geertruida Zelle, better known to the world as Mata Hari, was born on 7 August 1876 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.…

Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on 19 May 1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. He became one of the most influential…

Gregory Peck, born Eldred Gregory Peck on 5 April 1916 in La Jolla, California, was one of Hollywood’s most celebrated…

Anne Frank, born Annelies Marie Frank on 12 June 1929 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, became one of the most…

Alfred Hitchcock, born Alfred Joseph Hitchcock on 13 August 1899 in Leytonstone, Essex, England, is often regarded as one of…