Doris Humphrey

Doris Batcheller Humphrey was an American dancer and choreographer of the early twentieth century. Along with her contemporaries Martha Graham and Katherine Dunham, Humphrey was one of the second generation modern dance pioneers who followed their forerunners – including Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, and Ted Shawn – in exploring the use of breath and developing techniques still taught today. As many of her works were annotated, Humphrey continues to be taught, studied and performed.

17 October 1895

Born on the same birth date (17 October 1895): Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes

Born on the same birth day (17 October): Adolphe-Félix Cals • Craig Murray • Domenico Penzo • Haritina Korotkevich • Hjördis Petterson • Julie Adams • Leopoldo Panero • Mário Wilson

Born in the same month (October 1895): B. H. Liddell Hart • Buster Keaton • Edna Purviance • Frank Durbin • Fridolf Rhudin • Gerhard Domagk • Giovanni Comisso • Jack Warner (actor) • Juan Perón • Levi Eshkol • Morrie Ryskind • Paavo Johansson • Rex Ingram (actor) • Ruth Cheney Streeter • Wolfram von Richthofen