author, critic, and academic (d. 1980) 1893 – Germaine Guèvremont, Canadian journalist and author (d. 1968) 1893 – John Norton, American hurdler (d. 1979) 1895 – Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (d. 1988) 1896 – Robert Henry Best, American journalist (d. 1952) 1896 – Árpád Weisz, Hungarian footballer (d. 1944) 1899 – Osman Achmatowicz, Polish chemist and academic (d. 1988) 1900 – Polly Adler, Russian-American madam and author (d. 1962) 1901–present 1903 – Paul Waner, American baseball player and manager (d. 1965) 1904 – Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian-American vaudevillian, actress, and singer (d. 1983) 1905 – Frits Philips, Dutch businessman (d. 2005) 1907 – Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Canadian inventor and businessman, founded Bombardier Inc. (d. 1964) 1907 – August Eigruber, Austrian-German politician (d. 1947) 1908 – Ellis Marsalis, Sr., American businessman and activist (d. 2004) 1908 – Ray Ventura, French jazz bandleader (d. 1979) 1910 – Berton Roueché, American journalist and author (d. 1994) 1911 – Guy Burgess, English-Russian spy (d. 1963) 1913 – Les Tremayne, English actor (d. 2003) 1914 – John Hodiak, American actor (d. 1955) 1915 – Robert Speck, Canadian politician, first Mayor of Mississauga (d. 1972) 1916 – Behçet Necatigil, Turkish author, poet, and translator (d. 1979) 1917 – Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli (d. 2013) 1917 – Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007) 1918 – Dick Gibson, English racing driver (d. 2010) 1918 – Hsuan Hua, Chinese-American monk and author (d. 1995) 1918 – Juozas Kazickas, Lithuanian-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014) 1918 – Spike Milligan, Irish actor, comedian, and writer (d. 2002) 1919 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) 1919 – Nilla Pizzi, Italian singer (d. 2011) 1919 – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Mexican architect, designed the Tijuana Cultural Center and National Museum of Anthropology (d. 2013) 1919 – Thomas Willmore, English geometer and academic (d. 2005) 1920 – Ananda Dassanayake, Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012) 1920 – Prince George Valdemar of Denmark (d. 1986) 1921 – Arlin Adams, American lawyer and judge (d. 2015) 1921 – Wolfgang Leonhard, German historian and author (d. 2014) 1921 – Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) 1922 – Kingsley Amis, English novelist, poet, and critic (d. 1995) 1922 – John Christopher, English author (d. 2012) 1922 – Lawrence N. Guarino, American colonel (d. 2014) 1922 – Leo Tindemans, Belgian politician, 43rd Prime Minister of Belgium (d.