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1903 births
- George OrwellEric Arthur Blair arrived in the world on the 25th of June 1903 within a house in Motihari, Bengal Presidency. His family belonged to what he called the…
- Bing CrosbyHarry Lillis Crosby Jr. entered the world on the 3rd of May 1903, in Tacoma, Washington. He grew up at a house his father built at 1112 North J Street before…
- Medard BossMedard Boss entered medical school in Vienna during the early 1920s. He began his psychoanalytic training by undergoing sessions with Sigmund Freud.
- John von NeumannBudapest, 1903. A boy named Neumann János Lajos sat at a table in an eighteen-room apartment on the top floor of a building above the Kann-Heller offices.
- Oleg LosevOleg Vladimirovich Losev was born on the 10th of May 1903 into a noble family in Tver, Russia. His father served as a retired captain in the Tsarist Imperial…
- Joan RobinsonJoan Violet Maurice was born in Camberley, Surrey, on the 31st of October 1903. Her father Frederick Maurice had just returned from fighting in the Second…
- Howard Hayes ScullardHoward Hayes Scullard entered the world on the 9th of February 1903 in Bedford, England. His father Herbert Hayes Scullard served as a minister while his…
- Raymond QueneauRaymond Auguste Queneau entered the world on the 21st of February 1903 at 47, rue Thiers in Le Havre. He was the only child born to Auguste Queneau and…
- Hans JonasHans Jonas was born in the German city of Mönchengladbach on the 10th of May 1903. He grew up within a Jewish family during a time when European society was…
- Nikolai PodgornyNikolai Viktorovich Podgorny was born on the 18th of February 1903 in the city of Karlovka to a Ukrainian working-class family.
- Galeazzo CianoGian Galeazzo Ciano was born in Livorno, Italy, on the 18th of March 1903. His father Costanzo held the title of Admiral and served as a hero during World…
- Ronald SymeRonald Syme arrived in the world on the 11th of March 1903 within the quiet town of Eltham, New Zealand. His father David and mother Florence raised him…
- A. L. RowseAlfred Leslie Rowse was born on the 4th of December 1903 at Tregonissey near St Austell in Cornwall. His father Richard worked as a china clay worker while…