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1890

Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist and poet (Dr. Zhivago).

1893

Jimmy Durante, American comedian and film actor.

1894

Harold MacMillan, British prime minister (1957-1963).

1897

John F. Enders, virologist.

1898

Bertolt Brecht, German poet and dramatist (The Threepenny Opera).

1901

Stella Adler, actress and teacher.

1902

Walter Brattain, physicist, one of the inventors of the transistor.

1910

Dominique Georges Pire, Belgian cleric and educator.

1914

Larry Adler, harmonica virtuoso.

1920

Alex Comfort, English physician and author (Joy of Sex).

1927

(Mary Violet) Leontyne Price, opera singer.

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