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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robert S. Abbott
Publisher
24-Nov-1868 29-Feb-1940 Chicago Defender
Spottiswoode Aitken
Actor
16-Apr-1868 26-Feb-1933 Silent film actor
Henry Justin Allen
Politician
11-Sep-1868 17-Jan-1950 Governor of Kansas, 1919-23
George Arliss
Actor
10-Apr-1868 5-Feb-1946 Disraeli
Mary Austin
Author
9-Sep-1868 13-Aug-1934 Land of Little Rain
Ed Barrow
Baseball
10-May-1868 15-Dec-1953 Yankees General Manager, 1920-45
Peter Behrens
Architect
14-Apr-1868 27-Feb-1940 Invented corporate identity
Jesse Burkett
Baseball
4-Dec-1868 27-May-1953 The Crab, MLB Hall of Famer
Alonzo M. Clark
Politician
13-Aug-1868 12-Oct-1952 Governor of Wyoming, 1931-33
Paul Claudel
Poet
6-Aug-1868 23-Feb-1955 French poet and diplomat
Constantine I
Royalty
2-Aug-1868 11-Jan-1923 King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22
Royal S. Copeland
Politician
7-Nov-1868 17-Jul-1938 US Senator from New York, 1923-38
Marie Dressler
Actor
2-Nov-1868 28-Jul-1934 Min and Bill
W. E. B. Du Bois
Sociologist
23-Feb-1868 27-Aug-1963 Civil rights activist
Frank W. Dyson
Astronomer
8-Jan-1868 25-May-1939 Six pips on the BBC
Dietrich Eckart
Playwright
23-Mar-1868 25-Dec-1923 Nazi intellectual, Hitler's best friend
Harvey Firestone
Business
20-Dec-1868 7-Feb-1938 Rubber tire baron
Mary Parker Follett
Business
3-Sep-1868 18-Dec-1933 Community centers and conflict resolution
Alfred Fowler
Astronomer
22-Mar-1868 24-Jun-1940 Celestial spectroscopy
William L. Frierson
Government
3-Sep-1868 25-May-1953 US Solicitor General, 1920-21
John Nance Garner
Politician
22-Nov-1868 7-Nov-1967 US Vice President, 1933-41
Edward Garnett
Editor
5-Jan-1868 19-Feb-1937 English critic and editor
Stefan George
Poet
12-Jul-1868 4-Dec-1933 Algabal
Maxim Gorky
Playwright
28-Mar-1868 17-Jun-1936 The Lower Depths
Fritz Haber
Chemist
9-Dec-1868 29-Jan-1934 Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare
George Ellery Hale
Astronomer
29-Jun-1868 21-Feb-1938 Palomar Observatory founder, astronomer
Felix Hoffmann
Chemist
21-Jan-1868 8-Feb-1946 Aspirin and heroin
August Horch
Engineer
12-Oct-1868 3-Feb-1951 Founder of Audi
Kin Hubbard
Cartoonist
1-Sep-1868 26-Dec-1930 Abe Martin of Brown County
Scott Joplin
Musician
24-Nov-1868 1-Apr-1917 The King of Ragtime
Karl Landsteiner
Scientist
14-Jun-1868 26-Jun-1943 Discovered blood typing
Henrietta Swan Leavitt
Astronomer
4-Jul-1868 12-Dec-1921 Cepheid variable
Armin O. Leuschner
Astronomer
16-Jan-1868 22-Apr-1953 Astronomer at Berkeley
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Architect
7-Jun-1868 10-Dec-1928 Glasgow Style designer
Salvatore Maranzano
Criminal
1868 10-Sep-1931 Capo di tutti capi
Robert A. Millikan
Physicist
22-Mar-1868 19-Dec-1953 Determined the charge of an electron
Tsar Nicholas II
Royalty
18-May-1868 17-Jul-1918 Last of the Russian Tsars
Camillo Olivetti
Business
13-Aug-1868 4-Dec-1943 Founder of Olivetti SpA
Miles Poindexter
Politician
22-Apr-1868 21-Sep-1946 US Senator from Washington, 1911-23
Eleanor H. Porter
Novelist
19-Dec-1868 21-May-1920 Pollyanna
Theodore W. Richards
Chemist
31-Jan-1868 2-Apr-1928 Atomic weights
Edmond Rostand
Playwright
1-Apr-1868 2-Dec-1918 Cyrano de Bergerac
George Rublee
Government
7-Jul-1868 26-Apr-1957 Advisor to Woodrow Wilson
Heinrich Schenker
Musicologist
19-Jun-1868 13-Jan-1935 Music theorist
Robert Falcon Scott
Explorer
6-Jun-1868 29-Mar-1912 Led 2 expeditions to Antarctica
Arnold Sommerfeld
Physicist
5-Dec-1868 26-Apr-1951 Fine-structure constant
The Sundance Kid
Criminal
19-Apr-1868 c. 1908 Outlaw and sidekick
John Townsend
Mathematician
7-Jun-1868 16-Feb-1957 Electron's charge
John W. Troy
Politician
31-Oct-1868 2-May-1942 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-39
Georgy Voronoy
Mathematician
28-Apr-1868 20-Nov-1908 Voronoi diagram
Paul M. Warburg
Business
10-Aug-1868 24-Jan-1932 The Federal Reserve System
Walter Welford
Politician
21-May-1868 28-Jun-1952 Governor of North Dakota, 1935-36
Roy Owen West
Attorney
27-Oct-1868 29-Nov-1958 US Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29
William Allen White
Journalist
10-Feb-1868 29-Jan-1944 The Emporia Gazette
Robert W. Wood
Physicist
2-May-1868 11-Aug-1955 Physical Optics
William H. Woodin
Business
27-May-1868 3-May-1934 US Treasury Secretary, 1933


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