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): Bruno Ruffo • Conchita Supervía • David Houston (singer) • Donald Byrd • Frances Reid • Frederick II, Elector Palatine • George Blewett • Ida S. Scudder • Joel Chandler Harris • Kenny Vance • Mehmet Ali Birand • MyKayla Skinner • Neil Innes • Raphaël Rouquier • Ryan Grant (running back) • Stephen McPhail

Born in the same month (December 1905): Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter) • Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) • Cliff Arquette • Daniil Kharms • Gerard Kuiper • Gilbert Roland • Giovanni Lurani • Helen Dodson Prince • Howard Hughes • Kenneth Rexroth • Les Ames • Otto Preminger • Pierre Levegh • Piet Hein (scientist) • Robert Henriques • Simo Häyhä • William Loeb III