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- Pete ConradCharles Conrad Jr. was born on the 2nd of June 1930, in Philadelphia to a family that lost its fortune during the Great Depression.
- Stanley KubrickStanley Kubrick was born on the 26th of July 1928 in New York City's Manhattan borough. He grew up in the Bronx with his parents, Jack and Sadie Kubrick, who…
- Joseph HellerJoseph Heller was born on the 1st of May 1923, in Coney Island. His parents were poor Jewish immigrants from Russia named Lena and Isaac Donald Heller.
- Wilt ChamberlainWilton Norman Chamberlain was born on the 21st of August 1936, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He grew up as the sixth of nine children to Olivia Ruth and…
- Tadahito MochinagaTadahito Mochinaga began his animation career in the middle of World War II Japan. He served as an assistant to Seo Mitsuyo on Momotarō's Sea Eagles, an…
- Robert BressonRobert Bresson was born on the 25th of September 1901 in Bromont-Lamothe, France. He grew up in a quiet region known as Puy-de-Dôme before moving to Paris…
- C. Vann WoodwardComer Vann Woodward entered the world on the 13th of November 1908 in Vanndale, Arkansas. This small town served as the county seat from 1886 until 1903 and…
- Joseph Francis SheaJoseph Francis Shea was born on the 5th of September, 1925, in the Bronx borough of New York City. He grew up as the eldest son in a working-class Irish…
- Naomi MitchisonNaomi Mary Margaret Haldane entered the world on the 1st of November 1897 in Edinburgh. Her father was John Scott Haldane, a prominent physiologist who…