LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Abercrombie	Business	6-Jun-1867	29-Aug-1931	Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
Edward G. Acheson	Inventor	9-Mar-1856	6-Jul-1931	Discovered silicon carbide
Art Acord	Actor	17-Apr-1890	4-Jan-1931	Cowboy actor
Stephen Babcock	Chemist	22-Oct-1843	2-Jul-1931	Chemistry of milk
George F. Baker	Business	27-Mar-1840	2-May-1931	"None of the public's business"
Bix Beiderbecke	Jazz Musician	10-Mar-1903	6-Aug-1931	Celebrated jazz cornetist
David Belasco	Playwright	25-Jul-1853	14-May-1931	Madame Butterfly
Arnold Bennett	Novelist	27-May-1867	27-Mar-1931	Five Towns novels
Buddy Bolden	Jazz Musician	6-Sep-1877	4-Nov-1931	Ragtime, pre-Jazz cornetist
Edward Channing	Historian	15-Jun-1856	7-Jan-1931	A History of the United States
Vincent d'Indy	Composer	27-Mar-1851	1-Dec-1931	Symphonie Cévenole
Melvil Dewey	Curator	10-Dec-1851	26-Dec-1931	Dewey Decimal System
Thomas Edison	Inventor	11-Feb-1847	18-Oct-1931	Invented the light bulb
Frank C. Emerson	Politician	26-May-1882	18-Feb-1931	Governor of Wyoming, 1927-31
Daniel Chester French	Sculptor	20-Apr-1850	7-Oct-1931	Lincoln Memorial
Khalil Gibran	Poet	6-Jan-1883	10-Apr-1931	The Prophet
Frank Harris	Author	14-Feb-1856	26-Aug-1931	My Life and Loves
August Herrmann	Baseball	3-May-1859	25-Apr-1931	Commissioner of Baseball, 1903-20
David Starr Jordan	Biologist	19-Jan-1851	19-Sep-1931	Fishes of North and Middle America
Erik Axel Karlfeldt	Poet	20-Jul-1864	8-Apr-1931	Songs of the wilderness and love
Frederick W. Lehmann	Attorney	28-Feb-1853	12-Sep-1931	US Solicitor General, 1910-12
Vachel Lindsay	Poet	10-Nov-1879	5-Dec-1931	The Congo and Other Poems
Nicholas Longworth	Politician	5-Nov-1869	9-Apr-1931	Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31
Charles MacVeagh	Attorney	6-Jun-1860	4-Dec-1931	US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28
Salvatore Maranzano	Criminal	1868	10-Sep-1931	Capo di tutti capi
Joe Masseria	Criminal	1879	15-Apr-1931	NY mobster, killed by Luciano
George Herbert Mead	Philosopher	27-Feb-1863	26-Apr-1931	Pragmatist, social behaviorist
Nellie Melba	Singer	19-May-1861	23-Feb-1931	Operatic soprano
André Michelin	Business	16-Jan-1853	4-Apr-1931	Founder of Michelin Group
Albert A. Michelson	Physicist	19-Dec-1852	9-May-1931	Measured the speed of light
Oskar Minkowski	Doctor	13-Jan-1858	18-Jul-1931	Linked pancreas to diabetes
Dwight Morrow	Politician	11-Jan-1873	5-Oct-1931	US Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30
Hermann Mueller	Head of State	18-May-1876	20-Mar-1931	German Chancellor 1920, 1928-30
F. W. Murnau	Film Director	28-Dec-1888	11-Mar-1931	Nosferatu, Sunrise
Carl Nielsen	Composer	9-Jun-1865	3-Oct-1931	The Four Temperaments
Hamaguchi Osachi	Head of State	1-Apr-1870	26-Aug-1931	Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31
Anna Pavlova	Dancer	12-Feb-1881	22-Jan-1931	Early 20th century Russian ballerina
Geli Raubal	Relative	4-Jun-1908	18-Sep-1931	Hitler's niece
Knute Rockne	Football	4-Mar-1888	31-Mar-1931	Notre Dame Head Coach, 1918-30
O. E. Rölvaag	Novelist	22-Apr-1876	5-Nov-1931	Giants in the Earth
Arthur Schnitzler	Playwright	15-May-1862	21-Oct-1931	Reigen
E. Irvin Scott	Business	13-May-1846	24-Apr-1931	Founder of Scott Paper Company
Nathan Söderblom	Religion	15-Jan-1866	12-Jul-1931	Archbishop of Sweden
Otto Wallach	Chemist	27-Mar-1847	26-Feb-1931	Terpenes and essential oils
Ida B. Wells-Barnett	Activist	16-Jul-1862	25-Mar-1931	Civil rights advocate

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