1922 Dilip Kumar, Indian Bollywood actor known as the 'Tragedy King' and one of the greatest actors in Indian cinema (Jwar Bhata), born in Peshawar, British India (d.1921 Maila Nurmi, Finnish-American actress (The Vampira Show), born in Gloucester, Massachusetts or Petsamo, Finland (d.1921 Liz Smith British BAFTA Award-winning character actress (A Private Function 2point4 Children -'Belle' and 'Bette'), born in Crosby, Lincolnshire, England (d.1920 Eddy Firestone, American radio, television, and film actor (Mixed Doubles), born in San Francisco, California (d.

1919 Marie Windsor, American actress (The Bounty Hunter, Double Deal), born in Marysvale, Utah (d.

1911 Naguib Mahfouz, Egyptian novelist (Palace Walk, Sugar Street) and first Arabic writer to win a Nobel Prize (1988), born in Cairo, Egypt (d.

1910 Robert Grieve, Scottish civil servant and planner, born in Glasgow (d.

1910 Noel Rosa, Brazilian songwriter, born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (d.

1909 Ronald McKie, Australian author (The Mango Tree), born in Toowoomba, Queensland (d.

1909 John Wyer, English sports car racing team manager, born in Kidderminster, England (d.

1908 Elliott Carter, American classical composer and winner of two Pulitzer prizes, born in New York City (d.

1907 Norbert Rosseau, Belgian composer, born in Ghent, Belgium (d.

1906 Jack Purvis, American jazz trumpet player and composer, born in Kokomo, Indiana (d.

1906 Birago Diop, Senegalese writer and ambassador (Leurres et Lueurs), born in Dakar, French West Africa (d.

1905 Robert Henriques, English writer (100 Hours to Suez) (d.

1905 Koos van de Griend, Dutch composer, born in Kampen, Netherlands (d.

1905 Gilbert Roland, Mexican actor (Juarez, Barbarosa), born in Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico (d.

1905 Eugen Fink, German philosopher, born in Konstanz, German Empire (d.

1904 Marge, American cartoonist (created Little Lulu), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d.

1904 Joe Coral, British bookmaker (Gala Coral Group), born in Warsaw, Poland (d.

1899 Vera von der Heydt, German psychoanalyst, born in Berlin (d.

1898 Nils Johan Einar Ferlin, Swedish poet (Barfotabarn), born in Karlstad, Sweden (d.

1895 Eddie Dowling, American actor (Rainbow Man, Anywhere USA), born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (d.

Sugar street by naguib mahfouz