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Who was born in 1899

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Max Theiler

Max Theiler

18991972

South African-American virologist and physician who developed the life-saving vaccine against yellow fever, earning him the Nobel Prize in 1951

Adnan Menderes

Adnan Menderes

18991961

Turkish politician who served as Prime Minister from 1950 to 1960, co-founded the Democrat Party, and oversaw Turkey's admission to NATO in 1952

February

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Erich Kästner

Erich Kästner

18991974

German writer, poet, and screenwriter, celebrated for his humorous children's books such as Emil and the Detectives, and his socially astute poetry

Cevdet Sunay

Cevdet Sunay

18991982

5th President of the Republic of Turkey and distinguished military officer who served from 1966 to 1973

May

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Friedrich Hayek

Friedrich Hayek

18991992

Austrian and British economist, philosopher, and political scientist who won the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize for his work on economic fluctuations and the role of prices in communicating information

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Yasunari Kawabata

Yasunari Kawabata

18991972

Japanese novelist and short story writer, known for his spare, lyrical prose and as the first Japanese Nobel laureate in Literature

July

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Gustav Heinemann

Gustav Heinemann

18991976

German politician, lawyer, and theologian who served as President of West Germany from 1969 to 1974, following terms as Minister of the Interior and Minister of Justice

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

18991962

British-American actor, director, and screenwriter known for his Academy Award-winning performances and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

August

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Jorge Luis Borges

Jorge Luis Borges

18991986

Argentine writer, essayist, poet, and translator known for his profound short stories like Ficciones and El Aleph, which explored themes of labyrinths, infinity, and dreams, and significantly influenced magical realism and philosophical literature

Alfred Hitchcock

Alfred Hitchcock

18991980

British filmmaker known as the "Master of Suspense" who directed over 50 feature films and hosted the iconic Alfred Hitchcock Presents television series

September

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Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

18991985

Australian virologist and immunologist who won a Nobel Prize in 1960 for predicting acquired immune tolerance and developing the theory of clonal selection

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Huang Xianfan

Huang Xianfan

18991982

Zhuang Chinese historian, ethnologist, educator, politician, university teacher, folklorist, and anthropologist