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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Franklin Pierce Adams
Columnist
15-Nov-1881 23-Mar-1960 New York columnist, The Conning Tower
Ray Atherton
Diplomat
1883 1960 US Ambassador to Canada, 1943-48
Walter Baade
Astronomer
24-Mar-1893 25-Jun-1960 German-American observational astronomer
Vicki Baum
Novelist
24-Jan-1888 29-Aug-1960 Grand Hotel
Jacques Becker
Film Director
15-Sep-1906 21-Feb-1960 Le Trou
James Crawford Biggs
Politician
29-Aug-1872 30-Jan-1960 US Solicitor General, 1933-35
Jussi Björling
Singer
2-Feb-1911 9-Sep-1960 Operatic tenor
Ward Bond
Actor
9-Apr-1903 5-Nov-1960 Wagon Train
Maurice de Broglie
Physicist
27-Apr-1875 14-Jul-1960 X-ray spectroscopy
Ralph G. Brooks
Politician
6-Jul-1898 9-Sep-1960 Governor of Nebraska, 1959-60
Edward Brophy
Actor
27-Feb-1895 27-May-1960 The Last Hurrah
William Bulow
Politician
13-Jan-1869 26-Feb-1960 US Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43
Usher L. Burdick
Politician
21-Feb-1879 19-Aug-1960 Congressman from North Dakota
Albert Camus
Novelist
7-Nov-1913 4-Jan-1960 French author and Nobel laureate
Walter Catlett
Actor
4-Feb-1889 14-Nov-1960 Bringing Up Baby
Georges Claude
Chemist
24-Sep-1870 23-May-1960 Neon lighting
Eddie Cochran
Musician
3-Oct-1938 17-Apr-1960 Summertime Blues
Richard Cromwell
Actor
8-Jan-1920 11-Oct-1960 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
H. L. Davis
Novelist
18-Oct-1894 31-Oct-1960 Honey in the Horn
Ernst von Dohnányi
Composer
27-Jul-1877 9-Feb-1960 Opus 25
Hope Emerson
Actor
29-Oct-1897 25-Apr-1960 Caged
Edwin Fischer
Pianist
6-Oct-1886 24-Jan-1960 Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart
James Montgomery Flagg
Painter
18-Jun-1877 27-May-1960 I Want YOU for U.S. Army
Walther Funk
Government
18-Aug-1890 31-May-1960 Reich economic minister
Clark Gable
Actor
1-Feb-1901 16-Nov-1960 Gone With the Wind
Lowell Gilmore
Actor
20-Dec-1906 31-Jan-1960 King Solomon's Mines
Alfred E. Green
Film Director
11-Jul-1889 4-Sep-1960 Dangerous
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musician
12-Jul-1895 23-Aug-1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr.
Politician
25-Jun-1903 13-Sep-1960 US Senator from Missouri, 1951-60
Louis Jean Heydt
Actor
17-Apr-1905 29-Jan-1960 American character actor
Joseph H. Himes
Politician
15-Aug-1885 9-Sep-1960 Congressman from Ohio, 1921-23
Dennis Hoey
Actor
30-Mar-1893 25-Jul-1960 Inspector Lestrade
Zora Neale Hurston
Novelist
7-Jan-1891 28-Jan-1960 Their Eyes Were Watching God
Ian Keith
Actor
27-Feb-1899 26-Mar-1960 It Came from Beneath the Sea
Aly Khan
Royalty
13-Jun-1911 12-May-1960 Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince
Melanie Klein
Psychologist
30-Mar-1882 22-Sep-1960 The Psychoanalysis of Children
Alfred Kohlberg
Business
27-Jan-1887 7-Apr-1960 The China Lobby Man
Alfred Kroeber
Anthropologist
11-Jun-1876 5-Oct-1960 Pioneer in American Anthropology
Alma Kruger
Actor
13-Sep-1871 5-Apr-1960 Molly Byrd, Dr. Kildare's head nurse
Max von Laue
Physicist
9-Oct-1879 23-Apr-1960 X-ray crystallography
Lucien Littlefield
Actor
16-Aug-1895 4-Jun-1960 American character actor
Frank Lloyd
Film Director
2-Feb-1886 10-Aug-1960 Mutiny on the Bounty
Earl Long
Politician
26-Aug-1895 5-Sep-1960 Three-time Governor of Louisiana
Seumas MacManus
Author
1869 1960 A Lad of the O'Friels
John P. Marquand
Novelist
10-Nov-1893 16-Jul-1960 The Late George Apley
Arthur Meighen
Head of State
16-Jun-1874 5-Aug-1960 Twice Canadian Prime Minister
John Miljan
Actor
9-Nov-1892 24-Jan-1960 I Accuse My Parents
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Conductor
1-Mar-1896 2-Nov-1960 Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58
Matt Moore
Actor
8-Jan-1888 20-Jan-1960 Irish-American character actor
Richard L. Neuberger
Politician
26-Dec-1912 9-Mar-1960 US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60
Herbert O'Conor
Politician
17-Nov-1896 4-Mar-1960 Governor and Senator from Maryland
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Artist
9-Jun-1888 25-Jun-1960 Elves and Fairies illustrator
Boris Pasternak
Author
10-Feb-1890 30-May-1960 Doctor Zhivago
Lester Patrick
Hockey
30-Dec-1883 1-Jun-1960 NY Rangers Head Coach, 1926-39
Philip B. Perlman
Attorney
5-Mar-1890 31-Jul-1960 US Solicitor General, 1947-52
Oscar Pettiford
Jazz Musician
30-Sep-1922 8-Sep-1960 Jazz double bassist
St. John Philby
Government
3-Apr-1885 30-Sep-1960 Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist
Wilhelm Pieck
Head of State
3-Jan-1876 7-Sep-1960 President of East Germany, 1949-60
Emily Post
Columnist
27-Oct-1873 25-Sep-1960 Etiquette
Melvin Purvis
Government
26-Oct-1903 29-Feb-1960 Top G-man of the 1930s
Erich Raeder
Military
24-Apr-1876 6-Nov-1960 Reich Admiral
Gregory Ratoff
Film Director
20-Apr-1897 14-Dec-1960 Intermezzo: A Love Story
John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Business
29-Jan-1874 11-May-1960 Built Rockefeller Center
Edith Nourse Rogers
Politician
19-Mar-1881 10-Sep-1960 Congresswoman from Massachusetts, 1925-60
Basil Ruysdael
Actor
24-Jul-1888 10-Oct-1960 The Cocoanuts
Mack Sennett
Film/TV Producer
17-Jan-1880 5-Nov-1960 Founder of Keystone Studios
Henrik Shipstead
Politician
8-Jan-1881 26-Jun-1960 US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47
Nevil Shute
Novelist
17-Jan-1899 12-Jan-1960 On the Beach
Donald Somervell
Politician
24-Aug-1889 18-Nov-1960 AG for England and Wales, 1936-45
Harold Spencer Jones
Astronomer
29-Mar-1890 3-Nov-1960 10th Royal Astronomer of England
Margaret Sullavan
Actor
16-May-1911 1-Jan-1960 The Shop Around the Corner
Leonard Warren
Singer
21-Apr-1911 4-Mar-1960 Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera
Pierre Watkin
Actor
29-Dec-1887 3-Feb-1960 Adventures of Superman
Joseph Welch
Attorney
22-Oct-1890 6-Oct-1960 Have you no sense of decency?
Richard B. Wigglesworth
Government
25-Apr-1891 22-Oct-1960 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1928-58
Edwin E. Witte
Economist
4-Jan-1887 20-May-1960 Father of Social Security
Richard Wright
Author
4-Sep-1908 28-Nov-1960 Native Son
Francis Parker Yockey
Author
18-Sep-1917 16-Jun-1960 Imperium
George Zucco
Actor
11-Jan-1886 28-May-1960 Fog Island


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