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1896 births
- F. Scott FitzgeraldFrancis Scott Key Fitzgerald arrived in the world on the 24th of September 1896. He was born into a middle-class Catholic family in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- André BretonAndré Robert Breton was born on the 19th of February 1896 in Tinchebray, a small town in Normandy. His father Louis-Justin worked as a policeman while his…
- Hugo DysonHenry Victor Dyson taught English at the University of Reading from 1924 until he secured a fellowship with Merton College, Oxford, in 1945.
- Lev VygotskyLev Semyonovich Vygotsky was born on the 17th of November 1896 in Orsha, a town within the Mogilev Governorate of the Russian Empire.
- Roger SessionsRoger Huntington Sessions entered the world on the 28th of December 1896 in Brooklyn, New York. His family lineage traced back to Samuel Huntington, a…
- Jean PiagetJean Piaget was born on the 9th of August 1896 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He grew up as the oldest son of Arthur Piaget and Rebecca Jackson.
- Dziga VertovDavid Abelevich Kaufman entered the world in Białystok, Poland, during 1896. His family belonged to a Jewish community within the Russian Empire.
- Imre NagyImre Nagy was born prematurely on the 7th of June 1896 in Kaposvár, a small town within the Kingdom of Hungary. His father József Nagy worked as a carriage…
- H. F. M. PrescottHilda Frances Margaret Prescott entered the world on the 22nd of February 1896 in Cheshire. Her father was Rev James Mulleneux Prescott and her mother was…
- Boris PodolskyBoris Yakovlevich Podolsky entered the world on the 29th of June 1896 in Taganrog. This port city sat within the Don Host Oblast of the Russian Empire.
- Rudolph NissenRudolph Nissen was born on the 5th of September 1896 in Neisse, Silesia. He grew up in a Jewish-German family where his father Franz worked as a well-known…
- V. A. SundaramVellalore Annaswamy Sundaram entered the world on the 2nd of February 1896 in Coimbatore. His family traced their lineage back to Appayya Dikshita, a…