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CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAYS

Departed Individuals of Note Who Would Have Turned 100

~ February & March 2026 ~

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Valéry Giscard d'Estaing
French president (1974–1981)
02/02/1926 – 12/02/2020
Neal Cassady
American writer, Beat Generation member and muse
02/08/1926 – 02/04/1968
Hazel Court
English actress, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Premature Burial
02/10/1926 – 04/15/2008
Leslie Nielsen
Canadian/American actor, Airplane!, the Naked Gun film series
02/11/1926 – 11/28/2010
Joe Garagiola
American baseball player, sports announcer, and television host
02/12/1926 – 03/23/2016
Margot Frank
German Holocaust victim, older sister of diarist Anne Frank
02/16/1926 – c. 02/1945 or 03/1945
John Schlesinger
English motion picture director, Darling, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man
02/16/1926 – 07/25/2003
Whitney Blake
American actress, TV's Hazel
02/20/1926 – 09/28/2002
Richard Matheson
American novelist, I Am Legend, and screenwriter, The Legend of Hell House
02/20/1926 – 06/23/2013
Verne Gagne
American wrestler
02/26/1926 – 04/27/2015
Robert Clary
French-born American actor, TV's Hogan's Heroes
03/01/1926 – 11/16/2022
Pete Rozelle
American sports executive, NFL commissioner (1960–1989)
03/01/1926 – 12/06/1996
Andrzej Wajda
Polish motion picture director, The Promised Land, Man of Iron
03/06/1926 – 10/09/2016
Alan Sues
American actor and comedian, TV's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
03/07/1926 – 12/01/2011
Ralph Abernathy
American religious leader and civil rights activist
03/11/1926 – 04/17/1990
Jerry Lewis
American comedian, actor, motion picture director, The Nutty Professor, and humanitarian
03/16/1926 – 08/20/2017
Peter Graves
American actor, Airplane!, TV’s Mission: Impossible
03/18/1926 – 03/14/2010
Dario Fo
Italian actor and Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Accidental Death of an Anarchist
03/24/1926 – 10/13/2016
Sydney Chaplin
American actor, Broadway's Bells Are Ringing, Funny Girl
03/30/1926 – 03/03/2009
Peter Marshall
American singer, actor, and game show host, The Hollywood Squares
03/30/1926 – 08/15/2024

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		Valéry Giscard d'Estaing French president (1974–1981) 02/02/1926 – 12/02/2020
		Neal Cassady American writer, Beat Generation member and muse 02/08/1926 – 02/04/1968
		Hazel Court English actress, The Curse of Frankenstein, The Premature Burial 02/10/1926 – 04/15/2008
		Leslie Nielsen Canadian/American actor, Airplane!, the Naked Gun film series 02/11/1926 – 11/28/2010
		Joe Garagiola American baseball player, sports announcer, and television host 02/12/1926 – 03/23/2016
		Margot Frank German Holocaust victim, older sister of diarist Anne Frank 02/16/1926 – c. 02/1945 or 03/1945
		John Schlesinger English motion picture director, Darling, Midnight Cowboy, Marathon Man 02/16/1926 – 07/25/2003
		Whitney Blake American actress, TV's Hazel 02/20/1926 – 09/28/2002
		Richard Matheson American novelist, I Am Legend, and screenwriter, The Legend of Hell House 02/20/1926 – 06/23/2013
		Verne Gagne American wrestler 02/26/1926 – 04/27/2015
		Robert Clary French-born American actor, TV's Hogan's Heroes 03/01/1926 – 11/16/2022
		Pete Rozelle American sports executive, NFL commissioner (1960–1989) 03/01/1926 – 12/06/1996
		Andrzej Wajda Polish motion picture director, The Promised Land, Man of Iron 03/06/1926 – 10/09/2016
		Alan Sues American actor and comedian, TV's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In 03/07/1926 – 12/01/2011
		Ralph Abernathy American religious leader and civil rights activist 03/11/1926 – 04/17/1990
		Jerry Lewis American comedian, actor, motion picture director, The Nutty Professor, and humanitarian 03/16/1926 – 08/20/2017
		Peter Graves American actor, Airplane!, TV’s Mission: Impossible 03/18/1926 – 03/14/2010
		Dario Fo Italian actor and Nobel Prize-winning playwright, Accidental Death of an Anarchist 03/24/1926 – 10/13/2016
		Sydney Chaplin American actor, Broadway's Bells Are Ringing, Funny Girl 03/30/1926 – 03/03/2009
		Peter Marshall American singer, actor, and game show host, The Hollywood Squares 03/30/1926 – 08/15/2024