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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Howard Aiken
Physicist
8-Mar-1900 14-Mar-1973 Designer of early computers
Marc Allégret
Film Director
22-Dec-1900 4-Nov-1973 Entrée des Artistes
George Antheil
Composer
8-Jul-1900 12-Feb-1959 Le Ballet mécanique
Jean Arthur
Actor
17-Oct-1900 19-Jun-1991 Only Angels Have Wings
Arthur Askey
Comic
6-Jun-1900 16-Nov-1982 Horn-rimmed British comic
Gene Austin
Singer/Songwriter
24-Jun-1900 24-Jan-1972 Vaudeviller crooner and songwriter
Stephen D. Bechtel
Business
24-Sep-1900 14-Mar-1989 Ran Bechtel from 1936-60
Warren Beck
Novelist
c. 1900 ? Final Score
Arnold Beckman
Inventor
10-Apr-1900 18-May-2004 Philanthropist who invented pH meter
Edna Best
Actor
3-Mar-1900 18-Sep-1974 The Man Who Knew Too Much
Green Bar Bill
Author
6-Aug-1900 9-Nov-1992 Prominent Scouter
Martin Bormann
Government
17-Jun-1900 2-May-1945 Adolf Hitler's adjutant
Jim Bottomley
Baseball
23-Apr-1900 11-Dec-1959 St. Louis Cardinal, Hall-of-Famer
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Royalty
4-Aug-1900 30-Mar-2002 The Queen Mother
Wallace R. Brode
Chemist
12-Jun-1900 10-Aug-1974 Absorption spectra of dyes
Luis Buñuel
Film Director
22-Feb-1900 29-Jul-1983 That Obscure Object of Desire
Edward Buzzell
Film Director
13-Nov-1900 11-Jan-1985 At the Circus
Ilka Chase
Actor
8-Apr-1900 15-Feb-1978 Now, Voyager
Colin Clive
Actor
20-Jan-1900 25-Jun-1937 Frankenstein
Lionel Conacher
Hockey
24-May-1900 26-May-1954 Canadian All-Around Athlete
Aaron Copland
Composer
14-Nov-1900 2-Dec-1990 Fanfare for the Common Man
Lloyd Corrigan
Actor
16-Oct-1900 5-Nov-1969 Arthur Manleder in Boston Blackie films
Norris Cotton
Politician
11-May-1900 24-Feb-1989 US Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74
Xavier Cugat
Musician
1-Jan-1900 27-Oct-1990 The Rumba King
Roland Culver
Actor
21-Aug-1900 29-Feb-1984 Dead of Night
Haskell Curry
Mathematician
12-Sep-1900 1-Sep-1982 Combinatory Logic
Edward Dahlberg
Novelist
22-Jul-1900 27-Feb-1977 Because I Was Flesh
Marcel Dalio
Actor
17-Jul-1900 20-Nov-1983 The Sun Also Rises
John M. Dalton
Politician
9-Nov-1900 7-Jul-1972 Governor of Missouri, 1961-65
Adi Dassler
Business
3-Nov-1900 6-Sep-1978 Founder of Adidas
Deane C. Davis
Politician
7-Nov-1900 8-Dec-1990 Governor of Vermont, 1969-73
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
Martin Dies, Jr.
Politician
5-Nov-1900 14-Nov-1972 Congressman from Texas
T. G. Dobzhansky
Scientist
25-Jan-1900 18-Dec-1975 Genetics and the Origin of Species
Charles Elton
Scientist
29-Mar-1900 1-May-1991 Animal Ecology
Fritz Feld
Actor
15-Oct-1900 18-Nov-1993 Bringing Up Baby
Robert Florey
Film Director
14-Sep-1900 16-May-1979 Tarzan and the Mermaids
Norman Foster
Film Director
13-Dec-1900 7-Jul-1976 Journey Into Fear
Preston Foster
Actor
24-Aug-1900 14-Jul-1970 My Friend Flicka
Hans Frank
Military
23-May-1900 16-Oct-1946 Nazi King of Poland
Hans Fritzsche
Government
21-Apr-1900 27-Sep-1953 Reich minister of radio propaganda
Erich Fromm
Psychologist
23-Mar-1900 18-Mar-1980 Psychoanalyst, Humanist
Dennis Gabor
Physicist
5-Jun-1900 8-Feb-1979 Inventor of holography
Hans-Georg Gadamer
Philosopher
11-Feb-1900 13-Mar-2002 Truth and Method
John H. Gaddum
Scientist
31-Mar-1900 30-Jun-1965 Drug antagonism
Helen Gahagan
Actor
25-Nov-1900 28-Jun-1980 Actress, California Congresswoman
Gladys George
Actor
13-Sep-1900 8-Dec-1954 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
Goose Goslin
Baseball
16-Oct-1900 15-May-1971 MLB Hall of Famer
Chester Gould
Cartoonist
20-Nov-1900 11-May-1985 Creator of Dick Tracy
Ragnar Granit
Scientist
30-Oct-1900 31-Mar-1990 Physiology of the retina
Lefty Grove
Baseball
6-Mar-1900 22-May-1975 Perhaps the best MLB pitcher in history
Duke Guider
Business
10-Mar-1900 1969 Defense attorney for Hideki Tojo
Tyrone Guthrie
Theater Director
2-Jul-1900 15-May-1971 Influential Anglo-Irish theatre director
William Haines
Actor
2-Jan-1900 26-Dec-1973 Hollywood's first openly gay leading man
James Hall
Actor
22-Oct-1900 7-Jun-1940 Hell's Angels
Roy Harrod
Economist
13-Feb-1900 9-Mar-1978 Towards a Dynamic Economics
Gabby Hartnett
Baseball
20-Dec-1900 20-Dec-1972 Chicago Cubs catcher, Hall-of-Famer
Helen Hayes
Actor
10-Oct-1900 17-Mar-1993 First Lady of the Theater
James Hilton
Novelist
9-Sep-1900 20-Dec-1954 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Heinrich Himmler
Government
7-Oct-1900 23-May-1945 Leader of the SS
Laura Z. Hobson
Novelist
19-Jun-1900 28-Feb-1986 Gentleman's Agreement
Geoffrey Household
Novelist
30-Nov-1900 4-Oct-1988 Rogue Male
Cal Hubbard
Football
31-Oct-1900 17-Oct-1977 NFL Hall of Famer, Baseball umpire
Richard Hughes
Author
19-Apr-1900 28-Aug-1976 A High Wind in Jamaica
Ian Hunter
Actor
13-Jun-1900 23-Sep-1975 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Gladwyn Jebb
Diplomat
25-Apr-1900 24-Oct-1996 Acting UN Secretary General, 1945-46
Allen Jenkins
Actor
9-Apr-1900 20-Jul-1974 American character actor
Eyvind Johnson
Author
29-Jul-1900 25-Aug-1976 Rain at Dawn
Frédéric Joliot
Physicist
19-Mar-1900 14-Aug-1958 Artificial radioactivity
Kenneth B. Keating
Politician
18-May-1900 5-May-1975 US Senator from New York, 1959-65
Hermann Kesten
Novelist
28-Jan-1900 1996 I, the King
Paul Kletzki
Conductor
21-Mar-1900 5-Mar-1973 Director, Bern Symphony, 1964-67
Fred C. Koch
Business
23-Sep-1900 Nov-1967 Founder, Koch Industries
Fritz Kolbe
Spy
25-Sep-1900 1971 Allied mole in WWII Berlin
Paul Kollsman
Inventor
22-Feb-1900 17-Mar-1982 Barometric altimeter
Hans Krebs
Scientist
25-Apr-1900 22-Nov-1981 Tricarboxylic acid cycle
Richard Kuhn
Chemist
3-Dec-1900 1-Aug-1967 Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6
Tommy Ladnier
Jazz Musician
28-May-1900 4-Jun-1939 Jazz trumpeter
Arthur B. Langlie
Politician
25-Jul-1900 24-Jul-1966 Twice Governor of Washington
Joe Lapchick
Basketball
12-Apr-1900 10-Aug-1970 Original Celtic, later NY Knicks Coach
Mary Lasker
Activist
30-Nov-1900 21-Feb-1994 Health care advocate
Owen Lattimore
Author
29-Jul-1900 31-May-1989 Scholar of Mongolia
Wilfrid Lawson
Actor
14-Jan-1900 10-Oct-1966 Pygmalion
Meridel Le Sueur
Novelist
22-Feb-1900 14-Nov-1996 North Star Country
Herbert I. Leeds
Film Director
1900 1984 Charlie Chan in City in Darkness
Eugenie Leontovich
Actor
21-Mar-1900 3-Apr-1993 Russian-American stage actress
Mervyn LeRoy
Film Director
15-Oct-1900 13-Sep-1987 Quo Vadis?
Margaret Livingston
Actor
25-Nov-1900 13-Dec-1984 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
John Longden
Actor
11-Nov-1900 26-May-1971 Quatermass 2
Leo Lowenthal
Sociologist
3-Nov-1900 21-Jan-1993 Literature and the Image of Man
Ethel Mannin
Novelist
6-Oct-1900 1984 Confessions
J. Willard Marriott
Business
17-Sep-1900 13-Aug-1985 Founded the Marriott hotel chain
Lester Matthews
Actor
6-Jun-1900 6-Jun-1975 The Raven
David Maxwell Fyfe
Politician
29-May-1900 27-Jan-1967 UK Home Secretary, 1951-54
John McEwen
Head of State
29-Mar-1900 20-Nov-1980 Prime Minister of Australia, 1967-68
Theodore R. McKeldin
Politician
20-Nov-1900 10-Aug-1974 Governor of Maryland, 1951-59
Emmett Miller
Singer
02-Feb-1900 29-Mar-1962 Minstrel show yodeller
James P. Mitchell
Government
12-Nov-1900 19-Oct-1964 US Secretary of Labor, 1953-61
Margaret Mitchell
Novelist
8-Nov-1900 16-Aug-1949 Gone With the Wind
Colleen Moore
Actor
19-Aug-1900 25-Jan-1988 Ella Cinders
Agnes Moorehead
Actor
6-Dec-1900 30-Apr-1974 Endora on Bewitched
Helen Morgan
Actor
2-Aug-1900 9-Oct-1941 Show Boat
Henry S. Morgan
Business
24-Oct-1900 8-Feb-1982 Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
Wayne Morse
Politician
20-Oct-1900 22-Jul-1974 US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69
Lord Mountbatten
Military
25-Jun-1900 27-Aug-1979 Last Viceroy of India
Joseph Needham
Historian
9-Dec-1900 24-Mar-1995 Science and Civilization in China
Jean Negulesco
Film Director
26-Feb-1900 18-Jul-1993 Three Coins in the Fountain
Sean O'Faolain
Novelist
22-Feb-1900 20-Apr-1991 Come Back to Erin
Jan Hendrik Oort
Astronomer
28-Apr-1900 5-Nov-1992 Theory of the origin of comets
Mitchell Parish
Songwriter
10-Jul-1900 31-Mar-1993 Volare
Paul L. Patterson
Politician
18-Jul-1900 31-Jan-1956 Governor of Oregon, 1952-56
Wolfgang Pauli
Physicist
25-Apr-1900 15-Dec-1958 Pauli Exclusion Principle
Katina Paxinou
Actor
17-Dec-1900 22-Feb-1973 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Astronomer
10-May-1900 7-Dec-1979 Hydrogen in the Sun
Claude Pepper
Politician
8-Sep-1900 30-May-1989 Congressman from Florida, 1963-89
V. S. Pritchett
Author
16-Dec-1900 20-Mar-1997 Midnight Oil
Noel Purcell
Actor
23-Dec-1900 3-Mar-1985 The Rising of the Moon
Ernie Pyle
Journalist
3-Aug-1900 18-Apr-1945 Scripps-Howard war correspondent
Monroe Rathbone
Business
1-Mar-1900 2-Aug-1976 Formed Exxon
Malvina Reynolds
Singer/Songwriter
23-Aug-1900 17-Mar-1978 Little Boxes
Charles Richter
Scientist
26-Apr-1900 30-Sep-1985 Groundbreaking seismologist
Hyman Rickover
Military
27-Jan-1900 8-Jul-1986 Built the nuclear navy
Leo Robin
Songwriter
6-Apr-1900 29-Dec-1984 Thanks For The Memory
Elmo Roper
Business
31-Jul-1900 30-Apr-1971 American pollster
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Author
29-Jun-1900 31-Jul-1944 The Little Prince
Mark Sandrich
Film Director
26-Aug-1900 4-Mar-1945 Top Hat
Nathalie Sarraute
Novelist
18-Jul-1900 19-Oct-1999 Portrait of a Man Unknown
Natalie Schafer
Actor
5-Nov-1900 10-Apr-1991 Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island
Arthur Schwartz
Composer
4-Nov-1900 3-Sep-1984 That's Entertainment
John T. Scopes
Educator
3-Aug-1900 21-Oct-1970 Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial
Hugh D. Scott, Jr.
Politician
11-Nov-1900 21-Jul-1994 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77
Giorgos Seferis
Poet
1-Mar-1900 20-Sep-1971 Imerolóyion katastrómatos
Lesley Selander
Film Director
26-May-1900 5-Dec-1979 The Texican
Robert Shayne
Actor
4-Oct-1900 29-Nov-1992 Insp. Henderson on Adventures of Superman
Ignazio Silone
Novelist
1-May-1900 22-Aug-1978 Anti-Fascist novelist, Pro-Fascist informant
Alastair Sim
Actor
9-Oct-1900 19-Aug-1976 Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
Robert Siodmak
Film Director
8-Aug-1900 10-Mar-1973 The Killers
Lawrence E. Spivak
TV Personality
11-Jun-1900 9-Mar-1994 Meet the Press
John R. Steelman
Government
23-Jun-1900 14-Jul-1999 Truman's Chief of Staff
Philip Van Doren Stern
Author
10-Sep-1900 31-Jul-1984 It's A Wonderful Life
Edward Stettinius, Jr.
Government
22-Oct-1900 31-Oct-1949 US Secretary of State, 1944-45
Adlai Stevenson
Politician
5-Feb-1900 14-Jul-1965 Governor of Illinois, 1949-53
William E. Stevenson
Diplomat
25-Oct-1900 2-Apr-1985 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64
Chiune Sugihara
Diplomat
1-Jan-1900 31-Jul-1986 Helped Jews escape Lithuania
Gladys Swarthout
Singer
25-Dec-1900 8-Jul-1969 Operatic mezzo-soprano
Rufino Tamayo
Painter
c. 1900 24-Jun-1991 Dos Personajes Atacados por Perros
Frederick Terman
Scientist
7-Jun-1900 19-Dec-1982 Stanford Research Park
Charles L. Terry, Jr.
Politician
17-Sep-1900 6-Feb-1970 Governor of Delaware, 1965-69
Nikolai Timofeev-Ressovsky
Biologist
20-Sep-1900 28-Mar-1981 Russian geneticist
Clyde Tolson
Government
22-May-1900 14-Apr-1975 J. Edgar Hoover's 40-year companion
Spencer Tracy
Actor
5-Apr-1900 10-Jun-1967 Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars
Roger J. Traynor
Judge
12-Feb-1900 14-May-1983 California Chief Justice, 1964-70
Lamar Trotti
Screenwriter
18-Oct-1900 28-Aug-1952 Young Mr. Lincoln
Ralph Truman
Actor
7-May-1900 15-Oct-1977 Quo Vadis
George Uhlenbeck
Physicist
6-Dec-1900 31-Oct-1988 Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Miguel Alemán Valdés
Head of State
29-Sep-1900 14-May-1983 President of Mexico, 1946-52
Charles Vidor
Film Director
27-Jul-1900 4-Jun-1959 A Farewell to Arms
Fred Waring
Conductor
9-Jun-1900 29-Jul-1984 Innovative bandleader and musician
Helene Weigel
Actor
12-May-1900 6-May-1971 The Berliner Ensemble
Kurt Weill
Composer
2-Mar-1900 3-Apr-1950 The Threepenny Opera
Leslie A. White
Anthropologist
19-Jan-1900 31-Mar-1975 The Science of Culture
Don Wilson
Radio Personality
1-Sep-1900 25-Apr-1982 Jack Benny's announcer
Hack Wilson
Baseball
26-Apr-1900 23-Nov-1948 Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930
Yvor Winters
Poet
17-Oct-1900 25-Jan-1968 Primitivism & Decadence
Thomas Wolfe
Novelist
3-Oct-1900 15-Sep-1938 Look Homeward, Angel
Giuseppe Zangara
Assassin
7-Sep-1900 20-Mar-1933 Tried to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt


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