List of Famous people who born in 1908

George Pal

Marczincsak György Pál
First Name George
Last Name Pal
Born on February 1, 1908
Died on May 2, 1980 (aged 72)
Born in Hungary, Pest County

George Pal was a Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer, principally associated with the fantasy and science-fiction genres. He became an American citizen after emigrating from Europe.

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Elli Schmidt

First Name Elli
Last Name Schmidt
Died on July 30, 1980 (aged 10)
Born in Germany

Elli Schmidt was a German communist political activist with links to Moscow, where as a young woman she spent most of the war years. She returned in 1945 to what later became the German Democratic Republic where she pursued a successful political career till her fall from grace: that came as part of a wider clear out of comrades critical of the national leadership in the aftermath of the 1953 uprising. She was formally rehabilitated on 29 July 1956, but never returned to mainstream politics.

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Phyllis Livingston Potter

First Name Phyllis
Born on May 4, 1908
Died on January 1, 1954 (aged 45)
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Evelyn Roger Seymour

First Name Evelyn
Last Name Seymour
Born on February 26, 1908
Died on August 28, 1987 (aged 79)
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Gladys Newell Walsham

First Name Gladys
Last Name Walsham
Born on February 10, 1908 (age 118)
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Antonio Castillo

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo de Rey
First Name Antonio
Last Name Castillo
Born on December 13, 1908
Died on May 13, 1984 (aged 75)

Antonio Cánovas del Castillo de Rey, known professionally as Antonio Castillo, was a Spanish costume designer who won an Academy Award for the film Nicholas and Alexandra in the category Academy Award for Best Costume Design during the 1971 Academy Awards, that he won along with Yvonne Blake.

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Rupprecht Geiger

First Name Rupprecht
Last Name Geiger
Born on January 26, 1908
Died on December 6, 2009 (aged 101)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Rupprecht Geiger was a German abstract painter and sculptor. Throughout his career, he favored monochromicity and color-field paintings. For a time, he concentrated solely on the color red.

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Kathleen Sydney Baker

First Name Kathleen
Born on August 8, 1908 (age 117)
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Preston Blair

First Name Preston
Last Name Blair
Born on October 24, 1908
Died on April 19, 1995 (aged 86)

Preston Erwin Blair was an American character animator, best remembered for his work at Walt Disney Productions and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.

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Anna Sten

First Name Anna
Last Name Sten
Born on December 3, 1908
Died on November 12, 1993 (aged 84)
Born in Ukraine

Anna Sten was a Ukrainian-born American actress. She began her career in stage plays and films in the Soviet Union before traveling to Germany, where she starred in several films. Her performances were noticed by film producer Samuel Goldwyn, who brought her to the United States with the aim of creating a new screen personality to rival Greta Garbo. After a few unsuccessful films, Goldwyn released her from her contract. She continued to act occasionally until her final film appearance in 1962.

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