Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Emilio Aguinaldo |
Head of State |
22-Mar-1869 |
6-Feb-1964 |
1st President of the Philippines |
Clifford K. Berryman |
Cartoonist |
2-Apr-1869 |
11-Dec-1949 |
Political cartoonist |
Paul Boucherot |
Engineer |
3-Oct-1869 |
7-Aug-1943 |
Ocean thermal energy conversion |
William Bulow |
Politician |
13-Jan-1869 |
26-Feb-1960 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43 |
William M. Calder |
Politician |
3-Mar-1869 |
3-Mar-1945 |
US Senator from New York, 1917-23 |
António Óscar Carmona |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1869 |
18-Apr-1951 |
President of Portugal, 1926-51 |
Élie Cartan |
Mathematician |
9-Apr-1869 |
6-May-1951 |
Spinor groups |
Neville Chamberlain |
Politician |
18-Mar-1869 |
9-Nov-1940 |
Architect of appeasement |
Walter E. Clark |
Politician |
7-Jan-1869 |
4-Feb-1950 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1909-13 |
John Robert Clynes |
Politician |
27-Mar-1869 |
23-Oct-1949 |
UK Home Secretary, 1929-31 |
Bainbridge Colby |
Government |
22-Dec-1869 |
11-Apr-1950 |
US Secretary of State, 1920-21 |
Herbert Croly |
Author |
23-Jan-1869 |
17-May-1930 |
The Promise of American Life |
Harvey Cushing |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1869 |
7-Oct-1939 |
Cushing's Syndrome |
Gustaf Dalén |
Inventor |
30-Nov-1869 |
9-Dec-1937 |
Automatic sun valve |
William E. Dodd |
Diplomat |
27-Oct-1869 |
9-Feb-1940 |
US Ambassador to Nazi Germany |
George Douglas |
Novelist |
26-Jan-1869 |
28-Aug-1902 |
The House With the Green Shutters |
Giulio Douhet |
Military |
30-May-1869 |
15-Feb-1930 |
Father of strategic air power |
David G. Fairchild |
Botanist |
7-Apr-1869 |
6-Aug-1954 |
Brought exotic plants to America |
Joseph W. Folk |
Politician |
29-Oct-1869 |
29-May-1923 |
Governor of Missouri, 1905-09 |
George William Forbes |
Head of State |
12-May-1869 |
17-May-1947 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1930-35 |
Mahatma Gandhi |
Activist |
2-Oct-1869 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Proselytizer of nonviolence |
Frederick D. Gardner |
Politician |
6-Nov-1869 |
18-Dec-1933 |
Governor of Missouri, 1917-21 |
André Gide |
Author |
22-Nov-1869 |
19-Feb-1951 |
Le Voyage d'Urien |
Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
Charley Grapewin |
Actor |
20-Dec-1869 |
2-Feb-1956 |
Tobacco Road |
Bill Haywood |
Labor Leader |
4-Feb-1869 |
18-May-1928 |
Industrial Workers of the World |
F. Augustus Heinze |
Business |
1869 |
4-Nov-1914 |
Copper baron, went broke in the Panic of 1907 |
John Heisman |
Football |
23-Oct-1869 |
3-Oct-1936 |
Namesake of the Heisman Trophy |
Albert Kahn |
Architect |
21-Mar-1869 |
8-Dec-1942 |
Detroit architect, factory designer |
Vaughan Kester |
Novelist |
12-Sep-1869 |
4-Jul-1911 |
The Prodigal Judge |
Claude Kitchin |
Politician |
24-Mar-1869 |
31-May-1923 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1901-23 |
Pyotr Krasnov |
Military |
22-Sep-1869 |
17-Jan-1947 |
Ataman of the Don Cossacks, betrayed by Churchill |
Henri Landru |
Criminal |
1869 |
25-Feb-1922 |
Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows |
Christian Lange |
Activist |
17-Sep-1869 |
11-Dec-1938 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
Stephen Leacock |
Author |
30-Dec-1869 |
28-Mar-1944 |
Literary Lapses |
Morris E. Leeds |
Business |
6-Mar-1869 |
8-Feb-1952 |
Leeds & Northrup Co. |
Ben B. Lindsey |
Judge |
25-Nov-1869 |
26-Mar-1943 |
Created the first juvenile court |
Nicholas Longworth |
Politician |
5-Nov-1869 |
9-Apr-1931 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31 |
Edwin Lutyens |
Architect |
29-Mar-1869 |
1-Jan-1944 |
Laid the plan for New Delhi |
Seumas MacManus |
Author |
1869 |
1960 |
A Lad of the O'Friels |
Charles Marriott |
Novelist |
1869 |
13-Jul-1957 |
Art critic, Modern Art |
Typhoid Mary |
Chef |
22-Sep-1869 |
11-Nov-1938 |
Notorious typhoid carrier |
Edgar Lee Masters |
Poet |
23-Aug-1869 |
5-Mar-1950 |
Spoon River Anthology |
Henri Matisse |
Painter |
31-Dec-1869 |
3-Nov-1954 |
Free, expressive French painter |
William Vaughn Moody |
Playwright |
8-Jul-1869 |
17-Oct-1910 |
The Great Divide |
William H. Murray |
Politician |
21-Nov-1869 |
15-Oct-1956 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1931-35 |
Ernest Fox Nichols |
Physicist |
1-Jun-1869 |
29-Apr-1924 |
Infrared radiation |
Fritz Pregl |
Chemist |
3-Sep-1869 |
13-Dec-1930 |
Microanalysis of organic compounds |
Edwin Arlington Robinson |
Poet |
22-Dec-1869 |
6-Apr-1935 |
The Man Against the Sky |
James Rolph, Jr. |
Government |
23-Aug-1869 |
2-Jun-1934 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31 |
Huntley N. Spaulding |
Politician |
29-Oct-1869 |
14-Nov-1955 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-29 |
Hans Spemann |
Scientist |
27-Jun-1869 |
9-Sep-1941 |
Experimental embryology |
William Strunk |
Author |
1-Jul-1869 |
26-Sep-1946 |
Elements of Style |
Booth Tarkington |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1869 |
19-May-1946 |
The Magnificent Ambersons |
Ben Turpin |
Actor |
19-Sep-1869 |
1-Jul-1940 |
Cross-eyed comic actor |
Victor Emmanuel III |
Royalty |
11-Nov-1869 |
28-Dec-1947 |
King of Italy, 1900-46 |
Brand Whitlock |
Diplomat |
4-Mar-1869 |
24-May-1934 |
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1914-21 |
C. T. R. Wilson |
Physicist |
14-Feb-1869 |
15-Nov-1959 |
Cloud chamber |
C. C. Young |
Politician |
28-Apr-1869 |
24-Dec-1947 |
Governor of California, 1927-31 |
Florenz Ziegfeld |
Theatre Producer |
21-Mar-1869 |
22-Jul-1932 |
The Ziegfeld Follies |