In the year 1907, Maria Montessori opens her first school and daycare center for working class children in Rome (Jan 6), the parliamentary elections in Finland are the first in the world with woman candidates, as well as the first elections in Europe where universal suffrage is applied (Mar 15), the first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London (Mar 22), Korea becomes a protectorate of Japan (Jul 25), UPS is founded in Seattle, WA (Aug 28), RMS Lusitania makes its maiden voyage from Liverpool to New York (Sep 7) - and all these fine people were born:
1907-0102 Ray Milland* actor - Neath, Glamorgan, Wales (1986/79)
1907-0103 Run Run Shaw* Hong Kong entertainment mogul/philanthropist - Ningbo, Qing China (2014/106)
1907-0105 Volmari Iso-Hollo* athlete (steeple chase)/OG - Ylöjärvi, GD of Finland (1969/62)
1907-0112 Sergei Korolev* rocket scientist - Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (1966/59)
1907-0122 Douglas Corrigan* aviator - Galveston, TX USA (1995/88)
1907-0123 Hideki Yukawa* physicist/N - Tokyo, Japan (1981/74)
1907-0203 James A. Michener* author - Doylestown, PA USA (1997/90)
1907-0215 Cesar Romero* actor/singer/dancer - New York, NY USA (1994/86)
1907-0222 Robert Young* actor - Chicago, IL USA (1998/91)
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1907-0304 Maria Branyas Morera* to Spain at age 7/nurse/supercentenarian - San Francisco, CA USA (2024/117)
1907-0304 Rosalind Pitt-Rivers* (b Henley) biochemist - London, England (1990/82)
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1907-0308 Konstantinos Karamanlis* politician - Küpköy, Ottoman Empire (1998/91)
1907-0309 Mircea Eliade* historian of religion/fiction writer/philosopher - Bucharest, Romania (1986/79)
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1907-0315 Zarah Leander* singer /actress - Karlstad, Sweden (1981/74)
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1907-0401 Shivakumara Swami* Indian spiritual leader/ humanitarian/ educator - Veerapura, Magadi, Kingdom of Mysore (2019/111)
1907-0407 Joseph H. Lewis* film director - Brooklyn, NY USA (2000/93)
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1907-0412 Imogen Holst* composer/conductor/ daughter of composer Gustav Holst - Richmond, Surrey, England (1984/76)
1907-0414 François “Papa Doc” Duvalier* physician/ politician/P - Port-au-Prince, Haiti (1971/64)
1907-0415 Nikolaas Tinbergen* biologist/ornithologist/ N - The Hague, Netherlands (1988/81)
1907-0418 Lars Ahlfors* mathematician /active in the U.S. - Helsinki, GD of Finland (1996/89)
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1907-0421 Dorothy Baker* (b Dodds) writer/novelist - Missoula, MT USA (1968/61)
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1907-0423 Lee Miller* fashion model/war photographer/ journalist - Poughkeepsie, NY USA (1977/70)
1907-0423 Fritz Wotruba* sculptor/of Czecho-Hungarian descent - Vienna, Austria-Hungary (1975/68)
1907-0429 Fred Zinnemann* Austrian-American film director - Rzeszów, Austria-Hungary (1997/89)
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1907-0509 Baldur von Schirach* politician/ leader of the Hitler Youth - Berlin, German Empire (1974/67)
1907-0510 Kalle Jalkanen* cross-country skier/OG - Suonenjoki, Finland (1941/34)
1907-0512 Katharine Hepburn* actress - Hartford, CT USA (2003/96)
1907-0513 Daphne du Maurier* author/playwright - London, England (1989/81)
1907-0514 Johnny Moss* poker player - Marshall, TX USA (1995/88)
1907-0522 Hergé* (b Georges Prosper Remi ) comics writer/cartoonist - Etterbeek, Belgium (1983/75)
1907-0522 Laurence Olivier* actor - Dorking, Surrey, England (1989/82)
1907-0526 John Wayne* actor - Winterset, IA USA (1979/72)
1907-0527 Rachel Carson* marine biologist/author/conversationist - Springvale, PA USA (1964/56)
1907-0527 Jesse A. Marcel* /Roswell witness - Terrebonne Parrish, LA USA (1986/79)
1907-0624 Maire Gullichsen* (b Ahlström) art collector/patron/co-founder of the Artek furniture company - Pori, GD of Finland (1990/87)
1907-0625 J. Hans D. Jensen* nuclear physicist/N - Hamburg, German Empire (1973/65)
1907-0627 John McIntire* actor - Spokane, WA USA (1991/83)
1907-0628 Yvonne Sylvain* first female doctor in Haiti - Port-au-Prince, Haiti (198982)
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1907-0706 Frida Kahlo* artist - Coyoacán, Mexico (1954/47)
1907-0706 George Stanley* historian/public servant/designer of the current Canadian flag - Calgary, AB Canada (2002/95)
1907-0707 Robert A. Heinlein* aeronautical engineer/science fiction author - Butler, MO USA (1988/80)
1907-0716 Barbara Stanwyck* actress/model/dancer - New York, NY USA (1990/82)
1907-0716 Orville Redenbacher* food scientist/businessman/the “popcorn man” - Brazil, IN USA (1995/88)
1907-0719 Marguerite Oswald* (b Claverie) mother of Lee Harvey Oswald - New Orleans, LA USA (1981/73)
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1907-0728 Earl Tupper* businessman/ inventor/founder of Tupperware - Berlin, NH USA (1983/76)
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1907-0807 Bernard Beryl Brodie* leading researcher on drug therapy/ widely considered to be the founder of modern pharmacology - Liverpool, England (1989/81)
1907-0808 Benny Carter* musician/composer/ bandleader - Harlem, NY USA (2003/95)
1907-0808 Kerttu Hämeranta* (b Vaara) actress/ theater director/writer - Pori, GD of Finland (1962/)
1907-0813 William Waldorf Astor II* businessman/ politician/eldest son of Waldorf Astor- Cliveden, Buckinghamshire, England (1966/58)
1907-0820 Alan Reed* actor/voice actor - New York City, NY USA (1977/69)
1907-0821 Betty Archdale* educationalist/cricketer - Paddington, London, England (2000/92)
1907-0821 John G. Trump* engineer/inventor/uncle of Donald Trump - New York, NY USA (1985/77)
1907-0918 Edwin McMillan* physicist/N - Redondo Beach, CA USA (1991/83)
1907-0928 Heikki Savolainen* artistic gymnast - Joensuu, GD of Finland (1997/90)
1907-0929 Gene Autry* singer/actor/rodeo performer - Tioga, TX USA (1998/91)
1907-0929 George W. Jenkins* businessman/ founder of Publix Super Markets/philanthropist - Warm Springs, GA USA (1996/88)
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1907-1002 Alexander R. Todd* biochemist/N - Glasgow, Scotland (1997/89)
1907-1009 Klaes Karppinen* cross-country skier/OG - Iisalmi, GD of Finland (1992/84)
1907-1009 Jacques Tati* (b Tatischeff) mime/ filmmaker/actor - Le Pecq, France (1982/75)
1907-1010 George Hodel* physician/possible killer - Los Angeles, CA USA (1999/91)
1907-1020 Arlene Francis* actresss/talk show host/game show panelist - Boston, MA USA (2001/93)
1907-1028 Hannes Veivo* actor/ singer - Oulu, GD of Finland (1974/66)
1907-1030 Sol Tax* anthropologist - Milwaukee, WI USA (1995/87)
1907-1104 Bennie Benjamin* songwriter/to U.S. at age 19 - Christiansted, St. Croix, Danish West Indies (1989/81)
1907-1113 Valter Tauli* (b Poissman) linguist/active in Sweden - Tallinn, Estonia (1986/78)
1907-1114 Astrid Lindgren* author - Vimmerby, Sweden (2002/94)
1907-1114 William Steig* cartoonist - The Bronx, NY USA (2003/95)
1907-1116 Burgess Meredith* actor - Cleveland, OH USA (1997/89)
1907-1120 Fran Allison* television and radio comedienne/and singer - La Porte City, IA USA (1989/81)
1907-1122 Dora Maar* photographer/painter/love partner of Pablo Picasso - Paris, France (1997/89)
1907-1125 Pamela Mitford* the least radical of the Mitford sisters - Wilbury, Wiltshire, England (1994/86)
1907-1128 Alberto Moravia* author - Rome, Kingdom of Italy (1990/82)
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1907-1201 Joey Aiuppa* Chicago mobster - Melrose Park, IL USA (1997/89)
1907-1206 Helli Stehle* actress/ radio presenter - Basel, Switzerland (2017/109)
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1907-1215 Oscar Niemeyer* architect - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2012/104)
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1907-1222 Emma Väänänen* actress - Mikkeli, GD of Finland (1970/62)
1907-1223 James Roosevelt* businessman/politician/oldest son of FDR - New York City, NY USA (1991/83)
1907-1225 Cab Calloway* singer/dancer/bandleader - Rochester, NY USA (1994/86)
1907-1226 Kaarlo Aavajoki* (b Appelström) actor/singer - GD of Finland (1971/63)
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