Curated category
1953 deaths
- Joseph StalinJoseph Stalin signed his articles "K. Stalin", an alias drawn from the Russian word for steel, translated as "Man of Steel." The man who chose it was born…
- Dylan ThomasDylan Marlais Thomas entered the world on the 27th of October 1914 inside a red-brick semi-detached house at 5 Cwmdonkin Drive in Swansea.
- Eugene O'NeillEugene Gladstone O'Neill was born on the 16th of October 1888, inside the Barrett House hotel located at Longacre Square in New York City.
- Hank WilliamsHiram Williams arrived in the rural community of Mount Olive, Alabama, on the 17th of September 1923. He was the third child born to Jessie Lillybelle…
- Carol II of RomaniaCarol was born in Peleș Castle as the son of Crown Prince Ferdinand and Crown Princess Marie. He spent his early years under the thumb of King Carol I, a…
- Lavrentiy BeriaLavrentiy Pavlovich Beria was born in the village of Merkheuli, near Sukhumi, within the Kutais Governorate of the Russian Empire.
- Sulaiman NadviSulaiman Nadvi entered the world on the 22nd of November 1884 in Desna, a quiet village within Nalanda District of Bihar.
- Sergei ProkofievSergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev was born on the 23rd of April 1891 at a rural estate in Sontsovka, a village in the Bakhmut uezd of the Yekaterinoslav…
- Edwin HubbleEdwin Powell Hubble was born on the 20th of November 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri. His early years were defined by physical dominance rather than academic…
- Jim ThorpeJames Francis Thorpe was born in Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, between May 22 and May 28 of 1887. No birth certificate exists to confirm the exact date or…
- Ivan BuninIvan Alekseyevich Bunin was born on his parental estate in Voronezh province, the third and youngest son of Aleksey Nikolayevich Bunin and Lyudmila…