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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Zoë Akins
Playwright
30-Oct-1886 29-Oct-1958 The Greeks Had a Word For It
Luis Alberni
Actor
4-Oct-1886 23-Dec-1962 Spanish-American character actor
Alfonso XIII
Royalty
17-May-1886 28-Feb-1941 King of Spain, 1902-31
Margaret Anderson
Author
24-Nov-1886 18-Oct-1973 Founder of the Little Review
Hap Arnold
Military
25-Jun-1886 15-Jan-1950 Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII
Home Run Baker
Baseball
13-Mar-1886 28-Jun-1963 MLB Hall of Famer
Jim Barnes
Golf
8-Apr-1886 24-May-1966 Winner of 4 Majors
Karl Barth
Religion
10-May-1886 9-Dec-1968 Church Dogmatics
David Ben-Gurion
Head of State
16-Oct-1886 1-Dec-1973 First Prime Minister of Israel
William Rose Benét
Poet
2-Feb-1886 4-May-1950 The Dust Which Is God
Gottfried Benn
Poet
2-May-1886 7-Jul-1956 Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot
Francis Biddle
Government
9-May-1886 4-Oct-1968 US Attorney General, 1941-45
Clarence Birdseye
Scientist
9-Dec-1886 7-Oct-1956 Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane
Hugo Black
Judge
27-Feb-1886 25-Sep-1971 US Supreme Court Justice, 1937-71
Edwin G. Boring
Psychologist
23-Oct-1886 1-Jul-1968 A History of Experimental Psychology
Van Wyck Brooks
Critic
16-Feb-1886 2-May-1963 Finders & Makers
Ernest Burgess
Sociologist
16-May-1886 27-Dec-1966 Introduction to the Science of Sociology
Thomas Burke
Author
29-Nov-1886 22-Sep-1945 Limehouse Nights
Spring Byington
Actor
17-Oct-1886 7-Sep-1971 You Can't Take it With You
Jefferson Caffery
Diplomat
1-Dec-1886 13-Apr-1974 US Ambassador to Egypt, France, Brazil, Cuba
Hobart Cavanaugh
Actor
22-Sep-1886 27-Apr-1950 A Midsummer Night's Dream
Ty Cobb
Baseball
18-Dec-1886 17-Jul-1961 Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
Robert L. Cochran
Politician
28-Jan-1886 23-Feb-1963 Governor of Nebraska, 1935-41
Violet Kemble Cooper
Actor
12-Dec-1886 17-Aug-1961 Our Betters
Michael Curtiz
Film Director
24-Dec-1886 10-Apr-1962 Casablanca
Marcel Dupré
Organist
3-May-1886 30-May-1971 French organist and composer
Edwin Fischer
Pianist
6-Oct-1886 24-Jan-1960 Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart
Karl von Frisch
Zoologist
20-Nov-1886 12-Jun-1982 Researched bee communications
Wilhelm Furtwängler
Conductor
25-Jan-1886 30-Nov-1954 Pre-War German conductor
Ruth Hale
Activist
1886 18-Sep-1933 Maiden name crusader
H. D.
Poet
10-Sep-1886 27-Sep-1961 Imagist poet, Sea Garden
Mayo D. Hersey
Engineer
30-Aug-1886 5-Sep-1978 Tribology
Jean Hersholt
Actor
12-Jul-1886 2-Jun-1956 Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund
Archibald V. Hill
Scientist
26-Sep-1886 3-Jun-1977 Studied muscles and nerves
Edward Everett Horton
Actor
18-Mar-1886 29-Sep-1970 Prolific 1930s comedic actor
Josephine Hull
Actor
3-Jan-1886 12-Mar-1957 Harvey
Al Jolson
Singer
26-May-1886 23-Oct-1950 The Jazz Singer
Gus Kahn
Songwriter
6-Nov-1886 8-Oct-1941 Ain't We Got Fun?
Edward C. Kendall
Scientist
8-Sep-1886 4-May-1972 Adrenocortical hormones
Joyce Kilmer
Poet
6-Dec-1886 30-Jul-1918 Trees
Henry King
Film Director
24-Jan-1886 29-Jun-1982 Twelve O'Clock High
Oskar Kokoschka
Painter
1-Mar-1886 22-Feb-1980 Austrian expressionist painter
Rose Wilder Lane
Author
5-Dec-1886 30-Oct-1968 The Discovery of Freedom
William Langer
Politician
30-Sep-1886 8-Nov-1959 Governor and Senator from North Dakota
Frederick Lindemann
Government
5-Apr-1886 3-Jul-1957 Churchill's scientific and war advisor
Horace Liveright
Publisher
10-Dec-1886 24-Sep-1933 Publisher of the Modern Library series
Frank Lloyd
Film Director
2-Feb-1886 10-Aug-1960 Mutiny on the Bounty
Alain Locke
Author
13-Sep-1886 9-Jun-1954 Leader in the Harlem Renaissance
Hugh Lofting
Novelist
14-Jun-1886 26-Sep-1947 The Story of Dr. Dolittle
Salvador de Madariaga
Author
23-Jul-1886 14-Dec-1978 Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards
George Mallory
Explorer
18-Jun-1886 8-Jun-1924 Frozen for 75 years on Mt. Everest
Clarence D. Martin
Politician
29-Jun-1886 11-Aug-1955 Governor of Washington, 1933-41
Glenn L. Martin
Engineer
17-Jan-1886 5-Dec-1955 Martin Aircraft Co.
Jan Masaryk
Government
14-Sep-1886 10-Mar-1948 Czech Foreign Minister
Philip Merivale
Actor
2-Nov-1886 12-Mar-1946 The Stranger
Leslie A. Miller
Politician
29-Jan-1886 29-Sep-1970 Governor of Wyoming, 1933-39
Owen Moore
Actor
12-Dec-1886 9-Jun-1939 Irish-American character actor
Kay Nielsen
Artist
12-Mar-1886 21-Jun-1957 Danish Golden Age illustrator
Kid Ory
Jazz Musician
25-Dec-1886 23-Jan-1973 Trombonist, Ory's Creole Jazz Band
Radhabinod Pal
Judge
27-Jan-1886 10-Jan-1967 Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal
Paul Paray
Conductor
24-May-1886 10-Oct-1979 Music Director, Detroit Symphony, 1951-62
Isabel Paterson
Author
22-Jan-1886 10-Jan-1961 The God of the Machine
Arthur Perdue
Business
c. 1886 27-Jun-1977 Founder of Perdue Farms
Karl Polanyi
Scholar
25-Oct-1886 23-Apr-1964 The Great Transformation
Fred Quimby
Film/TV Producer
31-Jul-1886 16-Sep-1965 Producer of Tom and Jerry
Ma Rainey
Singer
26-Apr-1886 22-Dec-1939 The mother of the blues
Alice Huyler Ramsey
Daredevil
11-Nov-1886 1983 First woman to drive an auto across America
Diego Rivera
Painter
8-Dec-1886 24-Nov-1957 Mexican painter
Willard Robertson
Actor
1-Jan-1886 5-Apr-1948 Remember the Night
Sir Robert Robinson
Chemist
13-Sep-1886 8-Feb-1975 Researcher of alkaloids
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architect
27-Mar-1886 17-Aug-1969 The Glass Skyscraper
Art Ross
Hockey
13-Jan-1886 5-Aug-1964 Longtime Bruins GM and Head Coach
Christian Rub
Actor
13-Apr-1886 14-Apr-1956 Voice of Gepetto
Charles Ruggles
Actor
8-Feb-1886 23-Dec-1970 Bringing Up Baby
Siegfried Sassoon
Poet
8-Sep-1886 1-Sep-1967 War Poems
Walter Schottky
Physicist
23-Jul-1886 4-Mar-1976 Solid-state physics and electronics
William Seabrook
Author
22-Feb-1886 20-Sep-1945 Thoroughly sodden traveling author
Charles Seeger
Musicologist
14-Dec-1886 7-Feb-1979 American musicologist
Manne Siegbahn
Physicist
3-Dec-1886 26-Sep-1978 X-Ray spectroscopy
Forrest Smith
Politician
14-Feb-1886 8-Mar-1962 Governor of Missouri, 1949-53
Nikolai Sokoloff
Conductor
28-May-1886 25-Sep-1965 Founding Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra
Raymond A. Spruance
Military
3-Jul-1886 13-Dec-1969 US Navy Admiral during WWII
Lloyd C. Stark
Politician
23-Nov-1886 17-Sep-1972 Governor of Missouri, 1937-41
Harry Steenbock
Biologist
16-Aug-1886 25-Dec-1967 Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D
Rex Stout
Novelist
1-Dec-1886 27-Oct-1975 Nero Wolf novels
Paul Tillich
Religion
20-Aug-1886 22-Oct-1965 Systematic Theology
Karl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel
Military
2-Jan-1886 30-Aug-1944 Nazi general, tried to overthrow Hitler
Nella Walker
Actor
6-Mar-1886 22-Mar-1971 Mack and Walker
Dooley Wilson
Actor
3-Apr-1886 30-May-1953 Sam in Casablanca
Ed Wynn
Actor
9-Nov-1886 19-Jun-1966 Requiem for a Heavyweight
John Orr Young
Business
25-Jun-1886 1-May-1976 Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam
Solomon Zeitlin
Historian
1886 1976 Dead Sea Scrolls debunker
George Zucco
Actor
11-Jan-1886 28-May-1960 Fog Island


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