LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Roald Amundsen	Explorer	16-Jul-1872	18-Jun-1928	First to reach South Pole
Herbert Henry Asquith	Head of State	12-Sep-1852	15-Feb-1928	UK Prime Minister, 1908-16
Clarence W. Barron	Publisher	2-Jul-1855	2-Oct-1928	Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28
Anita Berber	Actor	10-Jun-1899	10-Nov-1928	Scarlet whore of Berlin
George Cave	Politician	23-Feb-1856	29-Mar-1928	Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1922-28
Charles Chree	Astronomer	5-May-1860	12-Aug-1928	Geomagnetic phenomena
John C. Cutler	Politician	5-Feb-1846	30-Jul-1928	Utah Governor, committed suicide
Chauncey Depew	Politician	23-Apr-1834	5-Apr-1928	Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society
Johannes Fibiger	Scientist	23-Apr-1867	30-Jan-1928	Caused cancer in lab rats
Andrew Fisher	Head of State	29-Aug-1862	22-Oct-1928	Former Prime Minister of Australia
William J. Flynn	Government	1867	14-Oct-1928	FBI Director, 1919-21
Eddie Foy	Singer	9-Mar-1856	16-Feb-1928	The Seven Little Foys
George Goethals	Architect	29-Jun-1858	21-Jan-1928	Creator of the Panama Canal
Douglas Haig	Military	19-Jun-1861	29-Jan-1928	British Field Marshall in WWI
Richard Burdon Haldane	Government	30-Jul-1856	19-Aug-1928	Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924
Thomas Hardy	Novelist	2-Jun-1840	11-Jan-1928	Far from the Madding Crowd
Bill Haywood	Labor Leader	4-Feb-1869	18-May-1928	Industrial Workers of the World
Avery Hopwood	Playwright	28-May-1882	1-Jul-1928	The Bat
Conrad Hubert	Business	15-Apr-1856	12-Mar-1928	Flashlights
Leoš Janácek	Composer	3-Jul-1854	12-Aug-1928	Her Foster Daughter
Basil King	Novelist	26-Feb-1859	22-Jun-1928	The Inner Shrine
Ladislav Klíma	Philosopher	8-Aug-1878	19-Apr-1928	The Sufferings of Prince Sternenhoch
Robert Lansing	Government	17-Oct-1864	30-Oct-1928	US Secretary of State, 1915-20
Hendrik Lorentz	Physicist	18-Jul-1853	4-Feb-1928	Electrons
Charles Rennie Mackintosh	Architect	7-Jun-1868	10-Dec-1928	Glasgow Style designer
George Barr McCutcheon	Novelist	26-Jul-1866	23-Oct-1928	Brewster's Millions
Edwin T. Meredith	Government	23-Dec-1876	17-Jun-1928	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1920-21
Frances Newman	Novelist	13-Sep-1888	22-Oct-1928	The Hard-Boiled Virgin
Álvaro Obregón	Head of State	19-Feb-1880	17-Jul-1928	President of Mexico, 1920-24
Richard F. Outcault	Cartoonist	14-Jan-1863	25-Sep-1928	Yellow Kid
Emmeline Pankhurst	Activist	14-Jul-1857	14-Jun-1928	Militant suffragette
Theodore W. Richards	Chemist	31-Jan-1868	2-Apr-1928	Atomic weights
Ruth Snyder	Criminal	1895	12-Jan-1928	Electrocuted for murdering husband
Arthur G. Sorlie	Politician	26-Apr-1874	28-Aug-1928	Governor of North Dakota, 1925-28
Ellen Terry	Actor	27-Feb-1848	21-Jul-1928	Shakespearean stage actress
Amos Whitney	Business	8-Oct-1832	5-Aug-1928	Co-Founder of Pratt & Whitney
Wilhelm Wien	Physicist	13-Jan-1864	30-Aug-1928	Blackbody radiation
Frank B. Willis	Politician	28-Dec-1871	30-Mar-1928	Governor and Senator from Ohio
Elinor Wylie	Poet	7-Sep-1885	16-Dec-1928	Nets to Catch the Wind

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