page_title: 1896
section_title: July–August
hierarchical_section_title: 1896 / Births / July–August
caption_attribution_description: English: Thomas Playford IV,, 33rd Premier of South Australia.
context_page_description: 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1896th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 896th year of the 2nd millennium, the 96th year of the 19th century, and the 7th year of the 1890s decade. As of the start of 1896, the Gregorian calendar was 12 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923.
context_section_description: July 2 – Quirino Cristiani, Argentine animated film director (d. 1984)
  July 4 – Mao Dun, Chinese novelist, cultural critic, and the Minister of Culture (d. 1981)
  July 5 – Thomas Playford IV, South Australian politician (d. 1981)
  July 7 – Harold Beamish, New Zealand World War I flying ace (d. 1986)
  July 8 – James B. Wilson, American football player, coach (d. 1986)
  July 9
  Thomas Barlow, American professional basketball player (d. 1983)
  Cullen Landis, American actor and director (d. 1975)
  July 10
  Stefan Askenase, Polish-Belgian classical pianist and pedagogue (d. 1985)
  Maurice Zbriger, Canadian violinist, composer and conductor (d. 1981)
  July 13
  Mordecai Ardon, Israeli painter (d. 1992)
  John Henry Cates, American businessman, political figure (d. 1986)
  July 14 – Grigore Bălan, Romanian general (d. 1944)
  July 15 – Gladys Edgerly Bates, American sculptor (d. 2003)
  July 16
  Léon Weil, French veteran of World War I (d. 2006)
  Gertrude Welcker, German actress (d. 1988)
  Trygve Lie, Norway-born United Nations Secretary General (d. 1968)
  July 17 – Dumitru Dămăceanu, Romanian general and politician (d. 1978)
  July 18
  Thelma Payne, American diver (d. 1988)
  Patrick O'Boyle, American prelate (d. 1987)
  July 19 – Stafford L. Warren, American physician and radiologist; inventor of the mammogram (d. 1981)
  July 20 – Ellen Louise Mertz, Denmark's first female geologist (d. 1987)
  July 21 – Gladys Hulette, American actress (d. 1991)
  July 27 – Henri Longchambon, French politician (d. 1969)
  July 28 – Vasile Chițu, Romanian general (d. 1968)
  August 9
  Erich Hückel, German physicist, physical chemist (d. 1980)
  Jean Piaget, Swiss psychologist (d. 1980)
  Léonide Massine, Russian ballet dancer, choreographer (d. 1979)
  August 12 – Ejner Federspiel, Danish actor (d. 1981)
  August 13 – Rudolf Schmundt, German general (d. 1944)
  August 14 – Albert Ball, British World War I fighter ace, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1917)
  August 15
  Gerty Cori, Austrian-born biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1957)
  Paul Outerbridge, American photographer (d. 1958)
  August 18 – Jack Pickford, Canadian-born American actor, film director, and producer (d. 1933)
  August 22 – W. E. Lawrence, American actor (d. 1947)
  August 26 – Besse Cooper, American supercentenarian; last known surviving person born in 1896 (d. 2012)
  August 27 – Léon Theremin, Russian inventor (d. 1993)
  August 28
  Morris Ankrum, American actor (d. 1964)
  Arthur Calwell, Australian politician (d. 1973)
  August 30 – Raymond Massey, Canadian-born American actor (d. 1983)
caption: Thomas Playford IV
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