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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dean Acheson
Government
11-Apr-1893 12-Oct-1971 US Secretary of State, 1949-53
Milton Ager
Songwriter
6-Oct-1893 6-May-1979 Ain't She Sweet
Alexander
Royalty
1-Aug-1893 25-Oct-1920 King of Greece, 1917-20
Walter Baade
Astronomer
24-Mar-1893 25-Jun-1960 German-American observational astronomer
Irving Bacon
Actor
6-Sep-1893 5-Feb-1965 Mr. Beazley
Raymond E. Baldwin
Politician
31-Aug-1893 4-Oct-1986 Governor and Senator from Connecticut
Martin Boyd
Novelist
10-Jun-1893 3-Jun-1972 The Montforts
Omar Bradley
Military
12-Feb-1893 8-Apr-1981 US Army Chief of Staff
John Brahm
Film Director
17-Aug-1893 12-Oct-1982 The Lodger
John W. Bricker
Politician
6-Sep-1893 22-Mar-1986 Governor of Ohio, 1939-45
Vera Brittain
Author
29-Dec-1893 29-Mar-1970 Testament of Youth
Lew Brown
Songwriter
10-Dec-1893 5-Feb-1958 Beer Barrel Polka
Frank Carlson
Politician
23-Jan-1893 30-May-1987 Governor and Senator from Kansas
Irene Castle
Dancer
17-Apr-1893 25-Jan-1969 Vernon & Irene Castle
Ruth Chatterton
Actor
24-Dec-1893 24-Nov-1961 Madame X
Walter Christaller
Scientist
21-Apr-1893 9-Mar-1969 Central Place Theory
Ina Claire
Actor
15-Oct-1893 21-Feb-1985 Ninotchka
James B. Conant
Educator
26-Mar-1893 11-Feb-1978 President of Harvard, 1933-53
Cicely Courtneidge
Actor
1-Apr-1893 26-Apr-1980 The Ghost Train
Harry Crookshank
Politician
27-May-1893 17-Oct-1961 Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55
Russel Crouse
Playwright
20-Feb-1893 3-Apr-1966 The Sound of Music
Harlow Curtice
Business
15-Aug-1893 3-Nov-1962 President of General Motors, 1952-58
Charles M. Dale
Politician
8-Mar-1893 28-Sep-1978 Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49
Donald Davidson
Poet
8-Aug-1893 25-Apr-1968 Agrarian, Southern American poet
Frank Dalby Davison
Author
23-Jun-1893 24-May-1970 Dusty
Roy Del Ruth
Film Director
18-Oct-1893 27-Apr-1961 The Phantom of the Rue Morgue
William Dieterle
Film Director
15-Jul-1893 8-Dec-1972 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Roy O. Disney
Business
24-Jun-1893 20-Dec-1971 Walt Disney's brother
Richard Dix
Actor
18-Jul-1893 20-Sep-1949 Cimarron
Edward A. Doisy
Scientist
3-Nov-1893 23-Oct-1986 Chemical structure of Vitamin K
Walter Donaldson
Songwriter
15-Feb-1893 15-Jul-1947 Yes, Sir, That's My Baby
Allen W. Dulles
Spy
7-Apr-1893 29-Jan-1969 CIA Director, 1953-61
Jimmy Durante
Comic
10-Feb-1893 20-Jan-1980 Everybody wants ta get inta da act
Isobel Elsom
Actor
16-Mar-1893 12-Jan-1981 Ladies in Retirement
Julia Faye
Actor
24-Sep-1893 6-Apr-1966 Silent film actress
Marshall Field III
Business
28-Sep-1893 8-Nov-1956 Founder of the Chicago Sun-Times
John S. Fine
Politician
10-Apr-1893 21-May-1978 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1951-55
Marion B. Folsom
Business
23-Nov-1893 27-Sep-1976 HEW Secretary, 1955-58
Edsel Ford
Business
6-Nov-1893 26-May-1943 President of Ford, 1919-43
Sidney Franklin
Film Director
21-Mar-1893 18-May-1972 The Good Earth
Roland Freisler
Government
30-Oct-1893 3-Feb-1945 Headed the Reich Ministry of Justice
Ralph F. Gates
Politician
24-Feb-1893 28-Jul-1978 Governor of Indiana, 1945-49
Lillian Gish
Actor
14-Oct-1893 27-Feb-1993 Silent film actress, director
Hermann Goering
Military
12-Jan-1893 15-Oct-1946 Founder of the Gestapo
Victor Gollancz
Publisher
9-Apr-1893 8-Feb-1967 Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd.
Eugene Goossens III
Conductor
24-May-1893 13-Jun-1962 Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46
Alexander Granach
Actor
18-Apr-1893 14-Mar-1945 Nosferatu
Dwight P. Griswold
Politician
27-Nov-1893 12-Apr-1954 Governor of Nebraska, 1941-47
George Grosz
Artist
26-Jul-1893 6-Jul-1959 German social caricaturist
Virginia Hammond
Actor
20-Aug-1893 6-Apr-1972 Romeo and Juliet
Cedric Hardwicke
Actor
19-Feb-1893 6-Aug-1964 Suspicion
Lewis B. Hershey
Military
12-Sep-1893 20-May-1977 Director of Selective Service System
Dennis Hoey
Actor
30-Mar-1893 25-Jul-1960 Inspector Lestrade
Helen Hokinson
Cartoonist
29-Jun-1893 1-Nov-1949 Cartoonist for The New Yorker
Fay Holden
Actor
26-Sep-1893 23-Jun-1973 Played Andy Hardy's mother
Sidney Holland
Head of State
18-Oct-1893 5-Aug-1961 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949-57
Leslie Howard
Actor
3-Apr-1893 1-Jun-1943 Pygmalion
Laura Ingalls
Aviator
14-Dec-1893 10-Jan-1967 Aviatrix and Nazi sympathizer
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Singer
24-Sep-1893 Dec-1929 Influential bluesman
Charles S. Johnson
Sociologist
24-Jul-1893 27-Oct-1956 The Negro in Chicago
Leatrice Joy
Actor
7-Nov-1893 13-May-1985 The Ace of Hearts
Gaston Julia
Mathematician
3-Feb-1893 19-Mar-1978 Creator of the Julia Sets
Cecil Kellaway
Actor
22-Aug-1893 28-Feb-1973 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Alexander Korda
Film Director
16-Sep-1893 23-Jan-1956 The Private Life of Henry VIII
Joseph Wood Krutch
Naturalist
25-Nov-1893 22-May-1970 The Modern Temper
Harold Laski
Economist
30-Jun-1893 24-Mar-1950 A Grammar of Politics
Ralph Linton
Anthropologist
27-Feb-1893 25-Dec-1953 The Study of Man
Harold Lloyd
Actor
20-Apr-1893 8-Mar-1971 Prolific silent film actor
Raymond Loewy
Designer
5-Nov-1893 14-Jul-1986 Father of industrial design
Huey Long
Politician
30-Aug-1893 10-Sep-1935 Governor and Senator from Louisiana
Anita Loos
Novelist
26-Apr-1893 18-Aug-1981 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Karl Mannheim
Sociologist
27-Mar-1893 9-Jan-1947 Ideology and Utopia
Mao
Head of State
26-Dec-1893 9-Sep-1976 Great Leap Forward!
John P. Marquand
Novelist
10-Nov-1893 16-Jul-1960 The Late George Apley
William Moulton Marston
Inventor
9-May-1893 2-May-1947 Invented polygraph, Wonder Woman
Chris-Pin Martin
Actor
19-Nov-1893 27-Jun-1953 The Ox-Bow Incident
Thomas E. Martin
Politician
18-Jan-1893 27-Jun-1971 US Senator from Iowa, 1955-61
Herbert B. Maw
Politician
11-Mar-1893 17-Nov-1990 Governor of Utah, 1941-49
Hattie McDaniel
Actor
10-Jun-1893 26-Oct-1952 Mammy in Gone with the Wind
Jimmy McHugh
Songwriter
10-Jul-1893 23-May-1969 On the Sunny Side of the Street
Douglas McKay
Politician
24-Jun-1893 22-Jul-1959 US Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56
Karl Menninger
Psychiatrist
22-Jul-1893 18-Jul-1990 The Human Mind
Charles Merz
Journalist
23-Feb-1893 31-Aug-1977 Editor of the New York Times, 1938-61
Marcel Minnaert
Astronomer
12-Feb-1893 26-Oct-1970 Solar spectrophotometry
Joan Miró
Painter
20-Apr-1893 25-Dec-1983 The most surrealist of them all
Douglas Stuart Moore
Composer
10-Aug-1893 25-Jul-1969 The Devil and Daniel Webster
Frederick H. Mueller
Government
22-Nov-1893 31-Aug-1976 US Commerce Secretary, 1959-61
Ivor Novello
Composer
15-Jan-1893 6-Mar-1951 Keep the Home Fires Burning
Ernst J. Öpik
Astronomer
23-Oct-1893 10-Sep-1985 Andromeda Nebula
Wilfred Owen
Poet
18-Mar-1893 4-Nov-1918 Dulce Et Decorum Est
Dorothy Parker
Author
22-Aug-1893 7-Jun-1967 Constant Reader known for acerbic quips
Wright Patman
Politician
6-Aug-1893 7-Mar-1976 Congressman from Texas, 1929-76
Osgood Perkins
Actor
16-May-1893 21-Sep-1937 Broadway and radio actor
Vsevolod Pudovkin
Film Director
28-Feb-1893 30-Jun-1953 Mother
Rosa Raisa
Singer
30-May-1893 28-Sep-1963 Operatic soprano
Carl Benton Reid
Actor
14-Aug-1893 16-Mar-1973 The Little Foxes
I. A. Richards
Critic
26-Feb-1893 7-Sep-1979 The Meaning of Meaning
Edward G. Robinson
Actor
12-Dec-1893 26-Jan-1973 Key Largo
Alfred Rosenberg
Politician
12-Jan-1893 16-Oct-1946 Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories
Dorothy L. Sayers
Novelist
13-Jun-1893 17-Dec-1957 Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels
Andres Segovia
Guitarist
21-Feb-1893 2-Jun-1987 Greatest classical guitarist
Frank J. Selke
Hockey
7-May-1893 3-Jul-1985 Montreal Canadiens GM, 1946-64
George Sisler
Baseball
24-Mar-1893 26-Mar-1973 Batted .420 in 1921
Clark Ashton Smith
Author
13-Jan-1893 14-Aug-1961 Horror/fantasy author
Albert Szent-Györgyi
Scientist
16-Sep-1893 22-Oct-1986 Vitamins C and B2
Norma Talmadge
Actor
26-May-1893 24-Dec-1957 Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Dorothy Thompson
Journalist
9-Jul-1893 30-Jan-1961 I Saw Hitler!
Bill Tilden
Tennis
10-Feb-1893 5-Jun-1953 Winner of 21 Grand Slam titles
Ernst Toller
Playwright
1-Dec-1893 22-May-1939 Transformation
Walter Ulbricht
Head of State
30-Jun-1893 1-Aug-1973 East German leader, 1960-73
Harold C. Urey
Chemist
29-Apr-1893 5-Jan-1981 Discovered Deuterium
Evelyn Varden
Actor
12-Jun-1893 11-Jul-1958 The Bad Seed
Conrad Veidt
Actor
22-Jan-1893 3-Apr-1943 Maj. Strasser in Casablanca
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Diplomat
30-Apr-1893 16-Oct-1946 Reich Foreign Minister
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Author
6-Dec-1893 1-May-1978 Lolly Willowes
Harry Warren
Composer
24-Dec-1893 22-Sep-1981 Forty-Second Street
Sinclair Weeks
Government
15-Jun-1893 7-Feb-1972 US Commerce Secretary, 1953-58
Mae West
Actor
17-Aug-1893 22-Nov-1980 Go up and see her sometime
Walter White
Activist
1-Jul-1893 21-Mar-1955 Worked against lynchings
Claude R. Wickard
Government
28-Feb-1893 29-Apr-1967 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-45
Beatrice Wood
Artist
3-Mar-1893 12-Mar-1998 Mama of Dada
Paramahansa Yogananda
Religion
5-Jan-1893 7-Mar-1952 Self-Realization Fellowship


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