Dalton Trumbo

James Dalton Trumbo was an American screenwriter who scripted many award-winning films, including Roman Holiday (1953), Exodus, Spartacus, and Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). One of the Hollywood Ten, he refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in 1947 during the committee's investigation of alleged Communist influences in the motion picture industry.

9 December 1905

Born on the same birth day (9 December): Aron Baynes • Canibus • Clarence Birdseye • Cliff Hagan • Conchita Supervía • David Currie, Baron Currie of Marylebone • Diāna Ņikitina • Dobroslav Paraga • Henry Way Kendall • Imogen Heap • Jerome Beatty Jr. • Marleen Gorris • Ryan Grant (running back) • Sonia Gandhi

Born in the same month (December 1905): Anthony Powell • Cliff Arquette • Daniil Kharms • Erico Verissimo • Francisco Javier Arana • Gerard Kuiper • Gilbert Roland • Giovanni Lurani • Helen Dodson Prince • Howard Hughes • Käte Fenchel • Les Ames • Mohammad Hidayatullah • Pierre Brasseur • Pierre Levegh • Piet Hein (scientist) • Robert Henriques • Ruben Nirvi • Simo Häyhä • William Loeb III