da Costa, Portuguese Roman Catholic mystic, victim soul and blessed (died 1955) Shin Matsushita, Japanese supercentenarian (died 2019) April April 1 – Nikolai Berzarin, Soviet general (died 1945) April 3 – Sally Rand, American dancer, actress (died 1979) April 4 – Soeman Hs, Indonesian author, educator (died 1999) April 6 William Challee, American actor (died 1989) Kurt Georg Kiesinger, Chancellor of West Germany (died 1988) April 8 – John Hicks, English economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989) April 9 – Sharkey Bonano, American jazz musician (died 1972) April 10 – Nino Pavese, Italian actor and voice actor (died 1979) April 13 – Elwood Richard Quesada, American air force general (died 1993) April 14 – John Gielgud, English actor (died 2000) April 15 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian-born painter (died 1948) April 16 – Fifi D'Orsay, Canadian actress (died 1983) April 22 – J. Robert Oppenheimer, American physicist (died 1967) April 24 – Willem de Kooning, Dutch artist (died 1997) April 26 Jimmy McGrory, Scottish footballer (died 1982) Xenophon Zolotas, Prime Minister of Greece (died 2004) April 27 Cecil Day-Lewis, English poet (died 1972) Syd Nathan, American record producer, music industry executive and founder of King Records (died 1968) April 29 – Pedro Vargas, Mexican singer, actor (died 1989) May May 4 Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer and actress (died 1975) Joaquín García Morato, Spanish fighter ace (died 1939) May 6 Raymond Bailey, American actor (died 1980) Moshé Feldenkrais, Ukrainian-born engineer (died 1984) Harry Martinson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1978) May 8 – John Snagge, British radio personality (died 1996) May 10 – James Roy Andersen, American general (died 1945) May 11 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish artist (died 1989) May 17 Marie-Anne Desmarest, French novelist (died 1973) Jean Gabin, French actor (died 1976) May 20 – Margery Allingham, British detective fiction writer (died 1966) May 21 Robert Montgomery, American actor, director (died 1981) Fats Waller, American pianist, comedian (died 1943) May 22 – Anne de Vries, Dutch writer (died 1964) May 24 – Chūhei Nambu, Japanese athlete (died 1997) May 25 – Charles L. Melson, United States Navy admiral (died 1981) May 26 – George Formby, English singer, comedian (died 1961) May 28 – George Beck, British Roman Catholic prelate and reverend (died 1978) May 29 – Abu Bakar of Pahang, sultan of Pahang (died 1974) May 30 – Doris Packer, American actress (died 1979) June June 2 – Johnny Weissmuller,