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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Adrienne Ames
Actor
3-Aug-1907 31-May-1947 You're Telling Me!
Stanley Baldwin
Head of State
3-Aug-1867 14-Dec-1947 UK Prime Minister three times
Jim Beam
Business
1864 1947 Bourbon baron
Perry Belmont
Politician
28-Dec-1851 25-May-1947 Congressman from New York, 1881-88
Richard Bedford Bennett
Head of State
3-Jul-1870 26-Jun-1947 Prime Minister of Canada, 1930-35
Charles Bidwill, Sr.
Football
16-Sep-1895 19-Apr-1947 Owner, Chicago Cardinals, 1933-47
Theodore Bilbo
Government
13-Oct-1877 21-Aug-1947 Archangel of white supremacy
Herman Bing
Actor
30-Mar-1889 9-Jan-1947 1930s character actor
Pierre Bonnard
Artist
3-Oct-1867 23-Jan-1947 Les Nabis painter and lithographer
Nicholas Murray Butler
Educator
2-Apr-1862 7-Dec-1947 President of Columbia University, 1901-45
Al Capone
Criminal
17-Jan-1899 25-Jan-1947 Scarface
Harry Carey, Sr.
Actor
16-Jan-1878 21-Sep-1947 VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Evans F. Carlson
Military
26-Feb-1896 27-May-1947 Carlson's Raiders
Alfredo Casella
Composer
25-Jul-1883 5-Mar-1947 Rejuvinated Vivaldi
Willa Cather
Novelist
7-Dec-1873 24-Apr-1947 O Pioneers!
Christian X
Royalty
26-Sep-1870 20-Apr-1947 King of Denmark, 1912-47
Winston Churchill
Novelist
10-Nov-1871 12-Mar-1947 Early 20th century American novelist
Frances Cleveland
First Lady
21-Jul-1864 29-Oct-1947 Wife of US President Grover Cleveland
Morris Raphael Cohen
Philosopher
25-Jul-1880 28-Jan-1947 Reason and Nature
Joseph Cook
Head of State
7-Dec-1860 30-Jul-1947 Prime Minister of Australia, 1913-14
Marcus A. Coolidge
Politician
6-Oct-1865 23-Jan-1947 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1931-37
Henry Page Croft
Politician
22-Jun-1881 7-Dec-1947 British Under-Secretary of War, 1940-45
Aleister Crowley
Religion
12-Oct-1875 1-Dec-1947 Wickedest man in the world
James J. Davis
Government
27-Oct-1873 22-Nov-1947 US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30
Walter Donaldson
Songwriter
15-Feb-1893 15-Jul-1947 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
Patrick H. Drewry
Politician
24-May-1875 21-Dec-1947 Congressman from Virginia, 1920-47
William C. Durant
Business
8-Dec-1861 18-Mar-1947 Founder of General Motors
Irving Fisher
Economist
27-Feb-1867 29-Apr-1947 The Theory of Interest
George William Forbes
Head of State
12-May-1869 17-May-1947 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1930-35
Henry Ford
Business
30-Jul-1863 7-Apr-1947 Founder of Ford Motors
Lynn J. Frazier
Politician
21-Dec-1874 11-Jan-1947 Governor and Senator from North Dakota
George II
Royalty
20-Jul-1890 1-Apr-1947 King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47
Josh Gibson
Baseball
21-Dec-1911 20-Jan-1947 Negro Leagues hall of fame hitter
Walter S. Goodland
Politician
22-Dec-1862 12-Mar-1947 Governor of Wisconsin, 1943-47
Howard M. Gore
Politician
12-Oct-1887 20-Jun-1947 Governor of West Virginia, 1925-29
Frederic W. Goudy
Typographer
8-Mar-1865 11-May-1947 Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts
John Halliday
Actor
14-Sep-1880 17-Oct-1947 The Philadelphia Story
G. H. Hardy
Mathematician
7-Feb-1877 1-Dec-1947 A Mathematician's Apology
Kenneth C. Hogate
Publisher
27-Jul-1897 11-Feb-1947 President of Dow Jones, 1931-45
Louise Homer
Singer
30-Apr-1871 6-May-1947 Operatic contralto
Frederick Hopkins
Scientist
20-Jun-1861 16-May-1947 Discovered vitamins
Victor Horta
Architect
6-Jan-1861 9-Sep-1947 Art Nouveau architect
Bronislaw Huberman
Violinist
19-Dec-1882 16-Jun-1947 Polish violin prodigy, Pan-Europeanist
Arthur M. Hyde
Politician
12-Jul-1877 17-Oct-1947 Governor of Missouri, 1921-25
Pierre Janet
Psychologist
30-May-1859 24-Feb-1947 Founder of Automatic Psychology
Bert Kalmar
Songwriter
10-Feb-1884 17-Sep-1947 Who's Sorry Now?
Henry Kolker
Actor
13-Nov-1870 15-Jul-1947 Romeo and Juliet
Pyotr Krasnov
Military
22-Sep-1869 17-Jan-1947 Ataman of the Don Cossacks, betrayed by Churchill
Fiorello LaGuardia
Politician
11-Dec-1882 20-Sep-1947 New York City Mayor, 1934-45
Philipp Lenard
Physicist
7-Jun-1862 20-May-1947 Investigations of cathode rays
Kurt Lewin
Psychologist
9-Sep-1890 12-Feb-1947 Field theorist, group dynamicist
Hugh Lofting
Novelist
14-Jun-1886 26-Sep-1947 The Story of Dr. Dolittle
Ernst Lubitsch
Film Director
28-Jan-1892 30-Nov-1947 To Be or Not To Be
Jimmie Lunceford
Jazz Musician
6-Jun-1902 13-Jul-1947 Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
Arthur Machen
Author
3-Mar-1863 30-Mar-1947 Welsh horror novelist, The Great God Pan
Karl Mannheim
Sociologist
27-Mar-1893 9-Jan-1947 Ideology and Utopia
William Moulton Marston
Inventor
9-May-1893 2-May-1947 Invented polygraph, Wonder Woman
Grace Moore
Singer
5-Dec-1898 26-Jan-1947 One Night of Love
Charles Nordhoff
Novelist
1-Feb-1887 10-Apr-1947 Mutiny on the Bounty
Peter D. Ouspensky
Philosopher
5-Mar-1878 2-Oct-1947 Esoteric philosopher, Tertium Organum
Robert Latham Owen
Politician
2-Feb-1856 19-Jul-1947 Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25
Max Planck
Physicist
23-Apr-1858 4-Oct-1947 Originator of quantum theory
Jesse W. Reno
Inventor
4-Aug-1861 2-Jun-1947 Invented the escalator
Luigi Russolo
Author
30-Apr-1885 6-Feb-1947 Authored the manifesto The Art of Noises
U Aung San
Government
13-Feb-1915 19-Jul-1947 Secured independence from Britain for Burma
Elizabeth Short
Victim
29-Jul-1924 15-Jan-1947 The Black Dahlia
Bugsy Siegel
Criminal
28-Feb-1906 20-Jun-1947 Brought the mob to Las Vegas
Sidney Toler
Actor
28-Apr-1874 12-Feb-1947 Charlie Chan
Victor Emmanuel III
Royalty
11-Nov-1869 28-Dec-1947 King of Italy, 1900-46
Andrew Volstead
Politician
31-Oct-1860 20-Jan-1947 Legislated enforcement of Prohibition
Raoul Wallenberg
Activist
4-Aug-1912 16-Jul-1947 Worked to save Hungarian Jews
David I. Walsh
Politician
11-Nov-1872 11-Jun-1947 Governor and Senator from Massachusetts
Alfred North Whitehead
Mathematician
15-Feb-1861 30-Dec-1947 Metaphysical mathematician
John G. Winant
Politician
23-Feb-1889 3-Nov-1947 New Hampshire governor, committed suicide
C. C. Young
Politician
28-Apr-1869 24-Dec-1947 Governor of California, 1927-31


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