1908 in the United States

January – March

• January 1 – Bill Tapia, Musician (died 2011)
• January 14 – Russ Columbo, Singer, bandleader, and composer (died 1934)
• January 27 – Oran "Hot Lips" Page, Jazz musician (died 1954)
• February 2 – Justice M. Chambers, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1982)
• February 10 – Charles Henri Ford, novelist, poet, filmmaker, photographer and collage artist (died 2002)
• February 17 – Red Barber, Baseball announcer and sports journalist (died 1992)
• February 26 – Tex Avery, Cartoonist (died 1980)
• February 29 – Dee Brown, Writer and historian (died 2002)
• March 4 – T.R.M. Howard, African-American civil rights leader &

`surgeon (died 1976)

• March 5 – Irving Fiske, American playwright, WPA writer and speaker; co-created Quarry Hill Creative Center in Rochester, Vermont, early children's rights activist; died 1990)
• March 13 – Walter Annenberg, Publisher and philanthropist (died 2002)
• March 20 – Frank Stanton, Businessman (died 2006)
• March 22 – Louis L'Amour, Author (died 1988)
• March 26 – Henry (Hank) Sylvern, Radio personality (died 1964)
• March 29 – Arthur O'Connell, Actor (died 1981)

April – June

• April 2 – Buddy Ebsen, Actor and dancer (died 2003)
• April 4
  • Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Author (died 2006)
  • Frances Ford Seymour, Socialite (died 1950)
• April 5 – Bette Davis, Actress (died 1989)
• April 6 – John P. Davies, Diplomat (died 1999)
• April 15 – eden ahbez, Musician (died 1995)
• April 20 – Lionel Hampton, African-American musician and bandleader (died 2002)
• April 25 – Edward R. Murrow, Journalist (died 1965)
• April 29 – Jack Williamson, Science fiction author (died 2006)
• May 3 – Howard Cary, American engineer & founder of Cary Instruments (died 1991)
• May 20 – James Stewart, Actor (died 1997)
• May 23 – John Bardeen, Physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
• May 25 – Theodore Roethke, Poet (died 1963)
• May 30 – Mel Blanc, Voice actor (died 1989)[5]
• May 31 – Don Ameche, Actor (died 1993)
• June 18 – Bud Collyer, Voice actor and game show host (died 1969)
• June 20 – Billy Werber, Baseball player (died 2009)
• June 25 – Willard Van Orman Quine, Philosopher (died 2000)
• June 26 – William F. Knowland, United States Senator from California from 1945 till 1959. Politician and newspaperman (died 1974)
• June 27 – Bill Kennedy, Actor (died 1997)
• June 29 – Leroy Anderson, Composer (died 1975)

July – September

• July 8 – Nelson A. Rockefeller, 49th Governor of New York from 1959 to 1973 and 41st Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977. (died 1979)
• July 12 – Milton Berle, Comedian (died 2002)
• July 21 – William E. Jenner, United States Senator from Indiana from 1947 to 1959. (died 1985)
• July 25 – Kathryn Eames, Actress (died 2004)
• July 27 – Joseph Mitchell, Writer (died 1996)
• August 2 – Al Alquist, California politician (died 2006)
• August 9 – A. I. Bezzerides, Screenwriter (died 2007)
• August 16
  • Miriam Rosen Minsker, Centenarian[6] (died 2017)
  • William Maxwell, Novelist and editor (died 2000)
  • Orlando Cole, Classical cellist and educator (died 2010)
• August 20 – Al López, Baseball player and manager (died 2005)
• August 27 – Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States from 1963 till 1969, 37th Vice President of the United States from 1961 till 1963. (died 1973)
• August 28 – Roger Tory Peterson, Naturalist, artist and educator (died 1996)
• August 31 – William Saroyan, Writer (died 1981)
• September 4 – Richard Wright, African-American author (died 1960)
• September 6 – Korczak Ziolkowski, Sculptor (died 1982)
• September 7
  • Paul Brown, Football coach (died 1991)
  • Michael E. DeBakey, Surgeon and medical researcher (died 2008)
• September 10 – Raymond Scott, Composer, bandleader, electronic music pioneer (died 1994)
• September 13 – Mae Questel, Actress (died 1998)
• September 15 – Penny Singleton, Actress (died 2003)
• September 29 – Eddie Tolan, Athlete (died 1967)

October – December

• October 6 – Carole Lombard, film actress (died 1942)
• October 9 – Lee Wiley, jazz singer (died 1975)
• October 14 – Ruth Hale, playwright and actress (died 2003)
• October 20 – Carl Stuart Hamblen, musician and presidential candidate (died 1989)
• October 22 – John Gould, humorist, essayist and columnist (died 2003)
• November 12 – Harry Blackmun, judge (died 1999)
• November 14 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator from Wisconsin (died 1957)
• November 18 – Imogene Coca, actress (died 2001)
• November 20 – Alistair Cooke, English-born journalist (died 2004)
• November 23 – Nelson S. Bond, science fiction writer (died 2006)
• November 28 – Mary Oppen, activist, artist, photographer and writer (died 1990)
• November 29 – Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., politician (died 1972)
• December 3 – Edward Underdown, actor (died 1989)
• December 4 – Alfred Hershey, bacteriologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1997)
• December 6 – Baby Face Nelson, bank robber (died 1934)
• December 7 – Slim Bryant, country music singer, songwriter and guitarist (died 2010)
• December 11 – Elliott Carter, composer (died 2012)
• December 17 – Willard Libby, chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1980)
• December 21 – Herbert Hutner, banker and lawyer (died 2008)
• December 23 – Sol Carter, baseball player (died 2006)