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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alvar Aalto
Architect
3-Feb-1898 11-May-1976 Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer
Walter Abel
Actor
6-Jun-1898 26-Mar-1987 The Three Musketeers
Renée Adorée
Actor
30-Sep-1898 5-Oct-1933 The Big Parade
Vicente Aleixandre
Poet
26-Apr-1898 14-Dec-1984 Spanish surrealist poet
J. Lindsay Almond, Jr.
Politician
15-Jun-1898 15-Apr-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1958-62
Richard Arlen
Actor
1-Sep-1898 28-Mar-1976 Island of Lost Souls
Arletty
Actor
15-May-1898 23-Jul-1992 Les Enfants du paradis
Hastings Banda
Head of State
1898 25-Nov-1997 First President of Malawi
Vilma Bánky
Actor
9-Jan-1898 18-Mar-1991 The Hungarian Rhapsody
Ross R. Barnett
Politician
22-Jan-1898 6-Nov-1987 Governor of Mississippi, 1960-64
Stephen Vincent Benét
Author
22-Jul-1898 13-Mar-1943 John Brown's Body
Robert D. Blue
Politician
24-Sep-1898 13-Dec-1989 Governor of Iowa, 1945-49
Margaret Booth
Editor
14-Jan-1898 28-Oct-2002 Mutiny on the Bounty
Shirley Booth
Actor
30-Aug-1898 16-Oct-1992 Come Back, Little Sheba
Ira S. Bowen
Astronomer
21-Dec-1898 6-Feb-1973 Debunked nebulium
Bertolt Brecht
Playwright
10-Feb-1898 14-Aug-1956 Mother Courage and Her Children
Styles Bridges
Politician
9-Sep-1898 26-Nov-1961 Governor and Senator from New Hampshire
Ralph G. Brooks
Politician
6-Jul-1898 9-Sep-1960 Governor of Nebraska, 1959-60
Big Bill Broonzy
Musician
26-Jun-1898 15-Aug-1958 Blues singer and guitarist
David K. E. Bruce
Diplomat
12-Feb-1898 5-Dec-1977 US Ambassador to England, France, Germany
Alexander Calder
Sculptor
22-Jul-1898 11-Nov-1976 Creator of the mobile as art form
Guy Stewart Callendar
Scientist
9-Feb-1898 3-Oct-1964 Callendar Effect
Leonard Carmichael
Educator
9-Nov-1898 16-Sep-1973 Smithsonian Chief, 1953-64
Bennett Cerf
Publisher
25-May-1898 27-Aug-1971 Founder of Random House
Albert "Happy" Chandler
Politician
14-Jul-1898 15-Jun-1991 Kentucky Governor, Baseball Commissioner
George Chandler
Actor
30-Jun-1898 10-Jun-1985 Uncle Petrie on Lassie
Stoyan Christowe
Author
1-Sep-1898 28-Dec-1995 Heroes and Assassins
René Clair
Film Director
11-Nov-1898 15-Mar-1981 Silent film director, Paris qui dort
George D. Clyde
Politician
21-Jul-1898 2-Apr-1972 Governor of Utah, 1957-65
Samuel C. Collins
Chemist
28-Dec-1898 19-Jun-1984 Collins-type cryocooler
Katharine Cornell
Actor
16-Feb-1898 9-Jun-1974 The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Malcolm Cowley
Author
24-Aug-1898 27-Mar-1989 Exile's Return
Kiki Cuyler
Baseball
30-Aug-1898 11-Feb-1950 MLB Hall of Famer
Michel de Ghelderode
Playwright
3-Apr-1898 1-Apr-1962 Surrealistic Belgian playwright
William O. Douglas
Judge
16-Oct-1898 19-Jan-1980 US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75
Irene Dunne
Actor
20-Dec-1898 4-Sep-1990 Penny Serenade
Ariel Durant
Historian
10-May-1898 25-Oct-1981 The Story of Civilization
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Photographer
6-Dec-1898 23-Aug-1995 Life magazine photographer
Sergei Eisenstein
Film Director
23-Jan-1898 11-Feb-1948 Alexander Nevsky
Hanns Eisler
Composer
6-Jul-1898 6-Sep-1962 German radical composer
Leo Elthon
Politician
9-Jun-1898 16-Apr-1967 Governor of Iowa, 1954-55
Zhou Enlai
Head of State
5-Mar-1898 8-Jan-1976 Mao's right-hand man
M. C. Escher
Artist
17-Jun-1898 27-Mar-1972 Illogical lithographer
Enzo Ferrari
Business
18-Feb-1898 14-Aug-1988 Legendary automobile maker
Gracie Fields
Singer
9-Jan-1898 27-Sep-1979 Sally in Our Alley
Herman G. Fisher
Business
2-Nov-1898 26-Sep-1975 Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys
Howard Florey
Scientist
24-Sep-1898 21-Feb-1968 Isolated penicillin
Charles M. La Follette
Politician
27-Feb-1898 27-Jun-1974 Congressman from Indiana, 1943-47
Wallace Ford
Actor
12-Feb-1898 11-Jun-1966 A Patch of Blue
Frankie Frisch
Baseball
9-Sep-1898 12-Mar-1973 2880 hits with .316 batting average
Federico García Lorca
Poet
5-Jun-1898 18-Aug-1936 Lament for a Bullfighter
Roswell Garst
Agriculturalist
13-Jun-1898 5-Nov-1977 Hybrid corn farmer, amateur diplomat
Dan Gerber
Business
6-May-1898 16-Mar-1974 Baby food magnate
George Gershwin
Songwriter
26-Sep-1898 11-Jul-1937 Rhapsody In Blue
Dorothy Gish
Actor
11-Mar-1898 4-Jun-1968 Orphans of the Storm
Horace Gregory
Poet
10-Apr-1898 11-Mar-1982 Chelsea Rooming House
Peggy Guggenheim
Socialite
26-Aug-1898 23-Dec-1979 Renowned art collector
Jack Haley
Actor
10-Aug-1898 6-Jun-1979 Tin Man on The Wizard of Oz
Armand Hammer
Business
21-May-1898 10-Dec-1990 Soviet agent of influence
George Russell Harrison
Physicist
14-Jul-1898 27-Jul-1979 Echelle spectrograph
Henry Hathaway
Film Director
13-Mar-1898 11-Feb-1985 The Sons of Katie Elder
John D. Hickerson
Diplomat
26-Jan-1898 18-Jan-1989 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61
Luther H. Hodges
Politician
9-Mar-1898 6-Oct-1974 Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61
Oskar Homolka
Actor
12-Aug-1898 27-Jan-1978 Sabotage
Margaret Irving
Actor
18-Jan-1898 5-Mar-1988 Animal Crackers
George Jessel
Actor
3-Apr-1898 24-May-1981 Toastmaster General of the United States
Marian Jordan
Actor
15-Apr-1898 7-Apr-1961 Molly of Fibber McGee and Molly
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
First Lady
5-Mar-1898 23-Oct-2003 The Dragon Lady
Emmett Kelly
Performance Artist
9-Dec-1898 28-Mar-1979 Weary Willy, circus clown
Curly Lambeau
Football
9-Apr-1898 1-Jun-1965 Founder, Green Bay Packers
Thomas J. Lane
Politician
6-Jul-1898 14-Jun-1994 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1941-63
Sidney Lanfield
Film Director
30-Apr-1898 20-Jun-1972 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Gertrude Lawrence
Actor
4-Jul-1898 6-Sep-1952 British and Broadway theatre star
René Lefèvre
Actor
7-Mar-1898 4-May-1991 The Million
Mitchell Leisen
Film Director
6-Oct-1898 28-Oct-1972 Death Takes a Holiday
Lotte Lenya
Singer
18-Oct-1898 27-Nov-1981 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
C. S. Lewis
Novelist
29-Nov-1898 22-Nov-1963 Chronicles of Narnia
John Loder
Actor
3-Jan-1898 26-Dec-1988 Sabotage
Karl Lohmann
Chemist
10-Apr-1898 22-Apr-1978 Discovered ATP
Bessie Love
Actor
10-Sep-1898 26-Apr-1986 The Broadway Melody
Arthur Lubin
Film Director
25-Jul-1898 12-May-1995 Phantom of the Opera
Henry R. Luce
Business
3-Apr-1898 28-Feb-1967 Founded Time Magazine
Edward Ludwig
Film Director
7-Oct-1898 20-Aug-1982 The Fighting Seabees
Albert Lutuli
Activist
c. 1898 21-Jul-1967 ANC president, Nobel Prize recipient
Eugene Lyons
Author
1-Jul-1898 1985 Anti-Communist Editor of American Mercury
Trofim Lysenko
Scientist
29-Sep-1898 20-Nov-1976 Dazzled Stalin with false genetic theory
René Magritte
Painter
21-Nov-1898 15-Aug-1967 Ceci n'est pas une pipe
Herbert Marcuse
Philosopher
19-Jul-1898 29-Jul-1979 One-Dimensional Man
Reginald Marsh
Artist
14-Mar-1898 3-Jul-1954 Why Not Use the L?
Rudolph Maté
Cinematographer
21-Jan-1898 27-Oct-1964 When Worlds Collide
Leo McCarey
Film Director
3-Oct-1898 5-Jul-1969 The Awful Truth
Frank McHugh
Actor
23-May-1898 11-Sep-1981 The Roaring Twenties
Norman Z. McLeod
Film Director
20-Sep-1898 27-Jan-1964 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
John L. McMillan
Politician
12-Apr-1898 3-Sep-1979 Congressman from South Carolina, 1939-73
Golda Meir
Head of State
3-May-1898 8-Dec-1978 Fourth Prime Minister of Israel
George R. Merrell
Diplomat
13-Jul-1898 1962 US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1951-52
Willy Messerschmitt
Engineer
26-Jun-1898 17-Sep-1978 Designer of Nazi fighter planes
Marilyn Miller
Actor
1-Sep-1898 7-Apr-1936 Broadway actress
Kenji Mizoguchi
Film Director
16-May-1898 24-Aug-1956 The Life of Oharu
Vilhelm Moberg
Novelist
20-Aug-1898 8-Aug-1973 The Emigrants
Charlotte E. Moore
Astronomer
24-Sep-1898 3-Mar-1990 Technetium in the Sun
Grace Moore
Singer
5-Dec-1898 26-Jan-1947 One Night of Love
Henry Moore
Sculptor
30-Jul-1898 31-Aug-1986 20th c. English humanist sculptor
Queen Mother Moore
Activist
27-Jul-1898 7-May-1997 Republic of New Africa
Herbert Mundin
Actor
21-Aug-1898 5-Mar-1939 Mutiny on the Bounty
Gunnar Myrdal
Economist
6-Dec-1898 17-May-1987 Monetary Equilibrium
Odette Myrtil
Actor
28-Jun-1898 18-Nov-1978 Out of the Fog
Robert Nix, Sr.
Politician
9-Aug-1898 22-Jun-1987 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1958-79
Steve Owen
Football
21-Apr-1898 17-May-1964 NY Giants Head Coach, 1930-53
Luis Palés Matos
Poet
20-Mar-1898 23-Feb-1959 Tuntún de pasa y griferia
Okey L. Patteson
Politician
14-Sep-1898 3-Jul-1989 Governor of West Virginia, 1949-53
Norman Vincent Peale
Religion
31-May-1898 24-Dec-1993 The Power of Positive Thinking
Molly Picon
Actor
1-Jun-1898 5-Apr-1992 Yiddish theatre actress
Lily Pons
Singer
12-Apr-1898 13-Feb-1976 French-American coloratura soprano
Wiley Post
Aviator
22-Nov-1898 15-Aug-1935 First pilot to fly solo round the world
Isidor Isaac Rabi
Physicist
29-Jul-1898 11-Jan-1988 Magnetic beam resonances
Lillian Randolph
Actor
14-Dec-1898 12-Sep-1980 Birdie on The Great Gildersleeve
Karl L. Rankin
Diplomat
4-Sep-1898 15-Jan-1991 US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57
Irving Rapper
Film Director
16-Jan-1898 20-Dec-1999 Now, Voyager
Erich Maria Remarque
Novelist
22-Jun-1898 25-Sep-1970 All Quiet on the Western Front
Paul Robeson
Singer
9-Apr-1898 23-Jan-1976 20th Century renaissance man
Rod La Rocque
Actor
20-Nov-1898 15-Oct-1969 Braveheart
Randolph Scott
Actor
23-Jan-1898 2-Mar-1987 Ride the High Country
Ben Shahn
Painter
12-Sep-1898 14-Mar-1969 American Social Realist painter
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Religion
18-Mar-1898 26-Aug-1984 Archbishop of Baltimore, 1961-74
Zutty Singleton
Jazz Musician
14-May-1898 14-Jul-1975 New Orleans jazz drummer
Preston Sturges
Screenwriter
29-Aug-1898 6-Aug-1959 Sullivan's Travels
Leo Szilard
Physicist
11-Feb-1898 30-May-1964 Nuclear chain reaction
Helen B. Taussig
Doctor
24-May-1898 20-May-1986 Mother of pediatric cardiology
Frank W. Thomas
Football
15-Nov-1898 10-May-1954 Alabama Head Coach, 1931-46
Regis Toomey
Actor
13-Aug-1898 12-Oct-1991 Burke's Law
Totò
Actor
15-Feb-1898 15-Apr-1967 The Hawks and the Sparrows
Lee Tracy
Actor
14-Apr-1898 18-Oct-1968 Crashing Hollywood
Ivan Triesault
Actor
14-Jul-1898 3-Jan-1980 The Amazing Transparent Man
James E. Van Zandt
Politician
18-Dec-1898 6-Jan-1986 Congressman from Pennsylvania
Norma Varden
Actor
20-Jan-1898 19-Jan-1989 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Alfred Wallenstein
Cellist
7-Oct-1898 8-Feb-1983 Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56
Eric Walrond
Author
18-Dec-1898 8-Aug-1966 Tropic Death
Alec Waugh
Author
8-Jul-1898 3-Sep-1981 The Loom of Youth
Hazel Wolf
Activist
10-Mar-1898 19-Jan-2000 Seattle environmental activist
Jerauld Wright
Military
4-Jun-1898 27-Apr-1995 US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60
Vincent Youmans
Composer
27-Sep-1898 5-Apr-1946 No, No Nanette
Karl Ziegler
Chemist
26-Nov-1898 12-Aug-1973 Researcher in plastics
Fritz Zwicky
Astronomer
14-Feb-1898 8-Feb-1974 Astrophysicist at CalTech


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