LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Albert I	Royalty	8-Apr-1875	17-Feb-1934	King of Belgium, 1909-34
Roger Babson	Economist	6-Jul-1875	5-Mar-1967	Founder of Babson College
Mary McLeod Bethune	Educator	10-Jul-1875	18-May-1955	Black activist and educator
Hiram Bingham	Politician	19-Nov-1875	6-Jun-1956	US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu
Maurice de Broglie	Physicist	27-Apr-1875	14-Jul-1960	X-ray spectroscopy
John Buchan	Author	26-Aug-1875	11-Feb-1940	The Thirty-Nine Steps
Edgar Rice Burroughs	Novelist	1-Sep-1875	19-Mar-1950	Tarzan
Jeanne Calment	Elderly	21-Feb-1875	4-Aug-1997	Oldest recorded person, died at 122
Anton J. Carlson	Biologist	29-Jan-1875	2-Sep-1956	The Machinery of the Body
Spencer Charters	Actor	25-Mar-1875	25-Jan-1943	Character actor
Walter P. Chrysler	Business	2-Apr-1875	18-Aug-1940	Founder of Chrysler Corporation
Aleister Crowley	Religion	12-Oct-1875	1-Dec-1947	Wickedest man in the world
Henry Dale	Scientist	9-Jun-1875	23-Jul-1968	Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Patrick H. Drewry	Politician	24-May-1875	21-Dec-1947	Congressman from Virginia, 1920-47
Alice Dunbar-Nelson	Author	19-Jul-1875	18-Sep-1935	Harlem Renaissance influence
Fred Fisher	Songwriter	30-Sep-1875	14-Jan-1942	Dardanella
Finis J. Garrett	Politician	26-Aug-1875	25-May-1956	Congressman from Tennessee, 1905-29
D. W. Griffith	Film Director	22-Jan-1875	21-Jul-1948	The Birth of a Nation
Edmund Gwenn	Actor	26-Sep-1875	6-Sep-1959	Miracle on 34th Street
Masujiro Hashimoto	Business	1875	Jan-1944	Founder of Nissan Motor Co.
Samuel S. Hinds	Actor	4-Apr-1875	13-Oct-1948	It's a Wonderful Life
E. F. Hutton	Business	7-Sep-1875	11-Jul-1962	Founder of E. F. Hutton brokerage
Roger Imhof	Actor	15-Aug-1875	15-Apr-1958	This Gun for Hire
Oscár Jászi	Sociologist	2-Mar-1875	13-Feb-1957	The Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy
Carl Jung	Psychiatrist	26-Jul-1875	6-Jun-1961	Inventor of the collective unconscious
Fritz Kreisler	Violinist	2-Feb-1875	29-Jan-1962	Austrian violin virtuoso
Ethelreda Lewis	Novelist	1875	1-Aug-1946	Trader Horn
J. Farrell MacDonald	Actor	14-Apr-1875	2-Aug-1952	My Darling Clementine
Antonio Machado	Poet	26-Jul-1875	22-Feb-1939	Generation of '98
Percy MacKaye	Playwright	16-Mar-1875	31-Aug-1956	The Canterbury Pilgrims
Thomas Mann	Novelist	6-Jun-1875	12-Aug-1955	Buddenbrooks
Jeannette Marks	Poet	16-Aug-1875	1964	The Merry Merry Cuckoo
Reginald Mason	Actor	27-Jun-1875	10-Jul-1962	Stage actor
Eugene Meyer	Publisher	31-Oct-1875	17-Jul-1959	Washington Post publisher, 1933-47
Pierre Monteux	Conductor	4-Apr-1875	1-Jul-1964	Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52
John H. Overton	Politician	17-Sep-1875	14-May-1948	US Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48
Elizabeth Patterson	Actor	22-Nov-1875	31-Jan-1966	Mrs. Matilda Trumbull on I Love Lucy
J. C. Penney	Business	16-Sep-1875	12-Feb-1971	Founder of J. C. Penney Company
Ferdinand Porsche	Engineer	3-Sep-1875	30-Jan-1951	Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle
Ludwig Prandtl	Physicist	4-Feb-1875	15-Aug-1953	Father of Aerodynamics
Reginald Punnett	Biologist	20-Jun-1875	3-Jan-1967	Early geneticist
Bessica Raiche	Aviator	Apr-1875	11-Apr-1932	Aviatrix and gynecologist
Maurice Ravel	Composer	7-Mar-1875	28-Dec-1937	Bolero
Syngman Rhee	Head of State	26-Mar-1875	19-Jul-1965	First President of South Korea
Rainer Maria Rilke	Poet	04-Dec-1875	29-Dec-1926	Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus
Owen J. Roberts	Judge	2-May-1875	17-May-1955	US Supreme Court Justice, 1930-45
Albert Schweitzer	Activist	14-Jan-1875	4-Sep-1965	Humanitarian and theologian
V. M. Slipher	Astronomer	11-Nov-1875	8-Nov-1969	Interstellar dust
Alfred P. Sloan	Business	23-May-1875	17-Feb-1966	Chairman of GM, 1937-56
Joel Elias Spingarn	Critic	17-May-1875	26-Jul-1939	Literary critic, NAACP leader
Gerd von Rundstedt	Military	12-Dec-1875	24-Feb-1953	German Field Marshall
Edgar Wallace	Novelist	1-Apr-1875	10-Feb-1932	Highly prolific English novelist
H. B. Warner	Actor	26-Oct-1875	21-Dec-1958	The King of Kings
Helen Westley	Actor	28-Mar-1875	12-Dec-1942	Death Takes a Holiday
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney	Business	9-Jan-1875	18-Apr-1942	Whitney Museum of American Art
Ray Lyman Wilbur	Educator	13-Apr-1875	26-Jun-1949	President of Stanford University, 1916-43

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