List of Famous people who born in 1908

Duncan Sandys

First Name Duncan
Last Name Sandys
Born on January 24, 1908
Died on November 26, 1987 (aged 79)

Edwin Duncan Sandys, Baron Duncan-Sandys, was a British politician and minister in successive Conservative governments in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a son-in-law of Winston Churchill.

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Jussi Jalas

Armas Jussi Veikko Blomstedt
First Name Jussi
Born on June 23, 1908
Died on October 11, 1985 (aged 77)
Born in Central Finland

Jussi Jalas was a Finnish conductor and composer.

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Frances Brewis

First Name Frances
Last Name Brewis
Born on November 24, 1908
Died on January 21, 1974 (aged 65)
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Eden Ahbez

First Name Eden
Last Name Ahbez
Born on April 15, 1908
Died on March 4, 1995 (aged 86)

George Alexander Aberle, known as eden ahbez, was an American songwriter and recording artist of the 1940s to 1960s, whose lifestyle in California was influential in the hippie movement. He was known to friends simply as ahbe.

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Tanis Guinness

Tanis Eva Bulkeley Guinness
First Name Tanis
Born on December 27, 1908
Died on November 30, 1992 (aged 83)
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Kurt H. Debus

First Name Kurt
Last Name Debus
Born on November 29, 1908
Died on October 10, 1983 (aged 74)
Born in Germany, Hesse

Kurt Heinrich Debus was a German-born American rocket engineer, the first director of NASA's Launch Operations Center.

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Léo Hamon

First Name Léo
Last Name Hamon
Born on January 12, 1908
Died on October 27, 1993 (aged 85)

Léo Hamon, was a French politician. He was a member of the Popular Republican Movement and the Union for the Defence of the Republic. He was also a member of the fourth district of Essonne, Senator of the Seine, a government spokesman and State Secretary of Participation and the Incentive.

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Ursula Mommens

First Name Ursula
Last Name Mommens
Born on August 20, 1908
Died on January 30, 2010 (aged 101)

Ursula Frances Elinor Mommens was an English potter. Mommens studied at the Royal College of Art, under William Staite Murray, and later worked with Michael Cardew at Winchcombe Pottery and Wenford Bridge Pottery.

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Robert James Buxton

First Name Robert
Last Name Buxton
Born on April 29, 1908
Died on June 5, 1968 (aged 60)
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Hu Die

First Name Hu
Last Name Die
Born on March 23, 1908
Died on April 23, 1989 (aged 81)

Hu Die, also known by her English name Butterfly Wu, was one of the most popular Chinese actresses during the 1920s and 1930s. She starred in The Burning of the Red Lotus Temple, which started a craze for martial arts films, Sing-Song Girl Red Peony, China's first sound film, and what is considered her best film, Twin Sisters. She was voted China's first "Movie Queen" in 1933, and won the Best Actress Award at the 1960 Asian Film Festival for her performance in Rear Door.

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