Quote Authors Born in 1896

Andre Breton

French Poet

Feb 18, 1896 - Sep 28, 1966

Antonin Artaud

French Dramatist

Sep 4, 1896 - Mar 4, 1948

Austin Clarke

Irish Poet

May 9, 1896 - Mar 19, 1974

Betty Smith

American Novelist

Dec 15, 1896 - Jan 17, 1972

Buenaventura Durruti

Spanish Revolutionary

Jul 14, 1896 - Nov 20, 1936

Charlotte Whitton

Canadian Politician

Mar 8, 1896 - Jan 25, 1975

Dawn Powell

American Writer

Nov 28, 1896 - Nov 14, 1965

Dodie Smith

English Dramatist

May 3, 1896 - Nov 24, 1990

E. Y. Harburg

American Musician

Apr 8, 1896 - Mar 5, 1981

Eric Johnston

American Businessman

Dec 21, 1896 - Aug 22, 1963

Ethel Waters

American Musician

Oct 31, 1896 - Sep 1, 1977

Eugenio Montale

Italian Poet

Oct 12, 1896 - Sep 12, 1981

Everett Dirksen

American Politician

Jan 4, 1896 - Sep 7, 1969

F. Scott Fitzgerald

American Author

Sep 24, 1896 - Dec 21, 1940

George Burns

American Comedian

Jan 20, 1896 - Mar 9, 1996

Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

Italian Writer

Dec 23, 1896 - Jul 23, 1957

Henry Allingham

British Celebrity

Jun 6, 1896 - Jul 18, 2009

Howard Dietz

American Musician

Sep 8, 1896 - Jul 30, 1983

Howard Hawks

American Director

May 30, 1896 - Dec 26, 1977

Ida Pauline Rolf

American Scientist

May 19, 1896 - Mar 19, 1979

Ira Gershwin

American Musician

Dec 6, 1896 - Aug 17, 1983

Irwin Edman

American Philosopher

Nov 28, 1896 - Sep 4, 1954

Jean Piaget

Swiss Psychologist

Aug 9, 1896 - Sep 16, 1980

Jimmy Doolittle

American Aviator

Dec 14, 1896 - Sep 27, 1993

John Dos Passos

American Novelist

Jan 14, 1896 - Sep 28, 1970

Klement Gottwald

Czechoslovakian Politician

Nov 23, 1896 - Mar 14, 1953