Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Leo Baeck |
Religion |
23-May-1873 |
2-Nov-1956 |
Progressive Jewish Rabbi |
Carl Becker |
Historian |
7-Sep-1873 |
10-Apr-1945 |
Everyman His Own Historian |
Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
Hayyim Nahman Bialik |
Poet |
9-Jan-1873 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Foremost Hebrew poet |
Harry Brittain |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1873 |
9-Jul-1974 |
Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
William Marshall Bullitt |
Attorney |
4-Mar-1873 |
3-Oct-1957 |
US Solicitor General, 1912-13 |
Alexis Carrel |
Doctor |
28-Jun-1873 |
5-Nov-1944 |
Sutured blood vessels |
Enrico Caruso |
Singer |
25-Feb-1873 |
2-Aug-1921 |
Operatic tenor nonpareil |
Willa Cather |
Novelist |
7-Dec-1873 |
24-Apr-1947 |
O Pioneers! |
Henry S. Caulfield |
Politician |
9-Dec-1873 |
11-May-1966 |
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33 |
Anton J. Cermak |
Politician |
9-May-1873 |
6-Mar-1933 |
Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office |
Feodor Chaliapin |
Singer |
13-Feb-1873 |
12-Apr-1938 |
Operatic bass |
William W. Coblentz |
Astronomer |
20-Nov-1873 |
15-Sep-1962 |
Infrared spectroscopy |
Colette |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1873 |
3-Aug-1954 |
Gigi |
William D. Coolidge |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1873 |
4-Feb-1975 |
Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes |
Myers Y. Cooper |
Politician |
25-Nov-1873 |
6-Dec-1958 |
Governor of Ohio, 1929-31 |
Leon Czolgosz |
Assassin |
1873 |
29-Oct-1901 |
President McKinley's assassin |
James J. Davis |
Government |
27-Oct-1873 |
22-Nov-1947 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30 |
John W. Davis |
Attorney |
13-Apr-1873 |
24-Mar-1955 |
US Solicitor General, 1913-18 |
Walter de la Mare |
Poet |
25-Apr-1873 |
22-Jun-1956 |
Memoirs of a Midget |
A. Victor Donahey |
Politician |
7-Jul-1873 |
8-Apr-1946 |
Governor of Ohio, 1923-29 |
John T. Dorrance |
Business |
11-Nov-1873 |
21-Sep-1930 |
Invented condensed soup |
Hans von Euler-Chelpin |
Chemist |
15-Feb-1873 |
7-Nov-1964 |
Enzymes of sugar fermentation |
Élie Faure |
Historian |
4-Apr-1873 |
31-Oct-1937 |
History of Art |
Ford Madox Ford |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1873 |
26-Jun-1939 |
The Good Soldier |
Lee De Forest |
Inventor |
26-Aug-1873 |
30-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
Ellen Glasgow |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1873 |
21-Nov-1945 |
In This Our Life |
Alice Guy |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1873 |
24-Mar-1968 |
First female film director |
W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
Otto Harbach |
Songwriter |
18-Aug-1873 |
24-Jan-1963 |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
Francis Burton Harrison |
Politician |
18-Dec-1873 |
21-Nov-1957 |
Drug prohibition |
Ejnar Hertzsprung |
Astronomer |
8-Oct-1873 |
21-Oct-1967 |
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram |
William E. Hocking |
Philosopher |
10-Aug-1873 |
12-Jun-1966 |
The Meaning of God in Human Experience |
Edward L. Jackson |
Politician |
27-Dec-1873 |
18-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Indiana, 1925-29 |
Alfred Jarry |
Playwright |
8-Sep-1873 |
1-Nov-1907 |
Ubu roi |
Johannes V. Jensen |
Author |
20-Jan-1873 |
25-Nov-1950 |
The Long Journey |
Tullio Levi-Civita |
Mathematician |
29-Mar-1873 |
29-Dec-1941 |
Explored tensor calculus and PDE's |
Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
Arthur O. Lovejoy |
Historian |
10-Oct-1873 |
30-Dec-1962 |
The Great Chain of Being |
Francisco Madero |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1873 |
22-Feb-1913 |
El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13 |
Ricardo Flores Magón |
Anarchist |
16-Sep-1873 |
21-Nov-1922 |
Agitator behind Mexican revolution |
Burns Mantle |
Critic |
23-Dec-1873 |
9-Feb-1948 |
New York Daily News drama critic |
José Martínez Ruiz |
Author |
8-Jun-1873 |
4-Mar-1967 |
Generation of '98 |
John McGraw |
Baseball |
7-Apr-1873 |
25-Feb-1934 |
NY Giants manager for 30 years |
David O. McKay |
Religion |
8-Sep-1873 |
18-Jan-1970 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70 |
G. E. Moore |
Philosopher |
4-Nov-1873 |
24-Oct-1958 |
Principia Ethica |
Anne Morgan |
Philanthropist |
25-Jul-1873 |
29-Jan-1952 |
Friend of the French |
William Morris |
Business |
1873 |
2-Nov-1932 |
Founder, William Morris Agency |
Dwight Morrow |
Politician |
11-Jan-1873 |
5-Oct-1931 |
US Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30 |
Condé Nast |
Business |
26-Mar-1873 |
19-Sep-1942 |
Founder of Condé Nast Publications |
George C. Peery |
Politician |
28-Oct-1873 |
14-Oct-1952 |
Governor of Virginia, 1934-38 |
Tom Pendergast |
Politician |
22-Jul-1873 |
26-Jan-1945 |
Missouri political boss |
Emily Post |
Columnist |
27-Oct-1873 |
25-Sep-1960 |
Etiquette |
Sergei Rachmaninov |
Composer |
20-Mar-1873 |
28-Mar-1943 |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
Max Reinhardt |
Theater Director |
9-Sep-1873 |
30-Oct-1943 |
Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Dorothy Richardson |
Novelist |
17-May-1873 |
17-Jun-1957 |
Pilgrimage novel sequence |
Thomas C. Riggs |
Politician |
17-Oct-1873 |
16-Jan-1945 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1918-21 |
William E. Riker |
Religion |
1873 |
3-Dec-1969 |
Holy City cult leader |
William B. Ross |
Politician |
4-Dec-1873 |
2-Oct-1924 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1923-24 |
Eliel Saarinen |
Architect |
20-Aug-1873 |
1-Jul-1950 |
Finnish-American art nouveau architect |
Karl Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-May-1916 |
Black holes, Schwarzschild radius |
Frederick Hanley Seares |
Astronomer |
17-May-1873 |
20-Jul-1964 |
Astronomer at Mt. Wilson Observatory |
John Simon |
Politician |
28-Feb-1873 |
11-Jan-1954 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45 |
Leo Slezak |
Singer |
18-Aug-1873 |
1-Jun-1946 |
Operatic tenor |
Alfred E. Smith |
Government |
30-Dec-1873 |
4-Oct-1944 |
Twice Governor of New York |
John H. Trumbull |
Politician |
4-Mar-1873 |
21-May-1961 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1925-31 |
Marcus L. Urann |
Business |
2-Oct-1873 |
1-Apr-1963 |
Cranberry magnate |
Konstantin von Neurath |
Diplomat |
2-Feb-1873 |
15-Aug-1956 |
Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Charles Walgreen |
Business |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-Dec-1939 |
Founder of Walgreen Co. |
Arthur J. Weaver |
Politician |
18-Nov-1873 |
17-Oct-1945 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1929-31 |
Robert Wiene |
Film Director |
24-Apr-1873 |
17-Jul-1938 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
Adolph Zukor |
Business |
7-Jan-1873 |
10-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Paramount Pictures |