List of Famous people who born in 1908

Josef Meixner

First Name Josef
Last Name Meixner
Born on April 24, 1908
Died on March 19, 1994 (aged 85)
Born in Germany, Bavaria

Josef Meixner was a German theoretical physicist known for his work on the physics of deformable bodies, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, Meixner polynomials, Meixner-Pollaczek polynomials, and spheroidal wave functions.

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Bob Nolan

First Name Bob
Last Name Nolan
Born on April 13, 1908
Died on June 16, 1980 (aged 72)
Born in Canada, Manitoba

Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the finest Western songwriters of all time. As an actor and singer he appeared in scores of Western films.

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unknown Gregorie

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Born on January 1, 1908 (age 118)
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Francis Hubert Warre-Cornish

First Name Francis
Last Name Warre-Cornish
Born on June 14, 1908
Died on September 30, 1992 (aged 84)
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Viola Gwendoline Elizabeth Pakenham

First Name Viola
Last Name Pakenham
Born on January 1, 1908 (age 118)
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Jean Christian Isobel Burnett

First Name Jean
Last Name Burnett
Born on April 13, 1908 (age 118)
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Jim Folsom

First Name Jim
Last Name Folsom
Born on October 9, 1908
Died on November 21, 1987 (aged 79)

James Elisha Folsom Sr., commonly known as Jim Folsom or Big Jim Folsom, was an American politician who served as the 42nd governor of the U.S. state of Alabama, having served from 1947 to 1951, and again from 1955 to 1959.

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Edith Bridget Hazlerigg

First Name Edith
Last Name Hazlerigg
Born on March 30, 1908 (age 118)
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Else Frenkel-Brunswik

First Name Else
Born on August 18, 1908
Died on March 31, 1958 (aged 49)
Born in Ukraine, Lviv Oblast

Else Frenkel-Brunswik was a Polish-Austrian Jewish psychologist. She was forced to leave Poland and later Austria as a result of anti-Jewish persecution. She is best known for her contributions to The Authoritarian Personality (1950), her collaboration with Theodor W. Adorno, Daniel Levinson, and Nevitt Sanford. It is considered a milestone work in personality theory and social psychology.

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Charles Richardson Oliver

First Name Charles
Last Name Oliver
Born on June 21, 1908
Died on January 1, 1983 (aged 74)
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