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): Alan Ridout • André Randall • Edwin Sandys (1561–1629) • Judi Dench • Kirsten Gillibrand • Lorenzo Wright • Marleen Gorris • Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi
Born in the same month (December 1905): Alex Wilson (Canadian sprinter) • Ann Barzel • Bill O'Reilly (cricketer) • Daniil Kharms • Francisco Javier Arana • Gerard Kuiper • Gilbert Roland • Howard Hughes • Irving Kahn • Kenneth Rexroth • Pierre Levegh • Piet Hein (scientist) • Simo Häyhä