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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ansel Adams
Photographer
20-Feb-1902 22-Apr-1984 Yosemite photographer
Mortimer J. Adler
Philosopher
28-Dec-1902 28-Jun-2001 How to Read a Book
Joe Adonis
Criminal
22-Nov-1902 26-Nov-1971 Mafia boss, eventually deported
Brian Aherne
Actor
2-May-1902 10-Feb-1986 I Confess
Kurt Alder
Chemist
10-Jul-1902 20-Jun-1958 Diels-Alder Reaction
Leon Ames
Actor
20-Jan-1902 12-Oct-1993 Character actor, a SAG founder
Albert Anastasia
Criminal
26-Feb-1902 25-Oct-1957 Gambino crime boss
Lloyd Anderson
Business
4-Aug-1902 13-Sep-2000 Founder of REI
Victor E. Anderson
Politician
30-Mar-1902 15-Aug-1962 Governor of Nebraska, 1955-59
Anthony Asquith
Film Director
9-Nov-1902 20-Feb-1968 Pygmalion
Brooke Astor
Philanthropist
30-Mar-1902 13-Aug-2007 Heiress, philanthropist
Red Badgro
Football
1-Dec-1902 13-Jul-1998 NFL Hall of Famer
Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
31-Jan-1902 12-Dec-1968 Lifeboat
Charles Barton
Film Director
25-May-1902 5-Dec-1981 Africa Screams
Frances Bavier
Actor
14-Dec-1902 6-Dec-1989 Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show
Louise Beavers
Actor
8-Mar-1902 26-Oct-1962 She Done Him Wrong
Gwendolyn Bennett
Author
8-Jul-1902 30-May-1981 Harlem Renaissance writer
Rudolf Bing
Business
9-Jan-1902 2-Sep-1997 Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72
James T. Blair, Jr.
Politician
15-Mar-1902 12-Jul-1962 Governor of Missouri, 1957-61
Arna Bontemps
Novelist
13-Oct-1902 4-Jun-1973 God Sends Sunday
Kay Boyle
Author
19-Feb-1902 27-Dec-1992 The Underground Woman
Robert F. Bradford
Politician
15-Dec-1902 18-Mar-1983 Governor of Massachusetts, 1947-49
Roger D. Branigin
Politician
26-Jul-1902 19-Nov-1975 Governor of Indiana, 1965-69
Walter H. Brattain
Physicist
10-Feb-1902 13-Oct-1987 Co-Inventor of the transistor
Marcel Breuer
Designer
21-May-1902 1-Jul-1981 Bauhaus furniture designer
Dirk Brouwer
Astronomer
1-Sep-1902 31-Jan-1966 Celestial mechanics
Rab Butler
Politician
9-Dec-1902 8-Mar-1982 UK Foreign Secretary, 1963-64
Lord David Cecil
Author
9-Apr-1902 1-Jan-1986 Melbourne
Luis Cernuda
Poet
21-Sep-1902 5-Nov-1963 Generation of '27
Myron Cohen
Comic
1-Jul-1902 10-Mar-1986 Borscht Belt comic
Henry Steele Commager
Historian
25-Oct-1902 2-Mar-1998 The American Mind
Edward Condon
Physicist
2-Mar-1902 26-Mar-1974 Quantum Mechanics
Crash Corrigan
Actor
14-Feb-1902 10-Aug-1976 Undersea Kingdom
Lùcio Costa
Architect
27-Feb-1902 13-Jun-1998 Designed the city of Brasilia
William Edward Cousins
Religion
20-Aug-1902 14-Sep-1988 Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1958-77
John Crommelin, Jr.
Military
2-Oct-1902 2-Nov-1996 Rear Admiral, US Navy
Richard J. Daley
Politician
15-May-1902 20-Dec-1976 Mayor of Chicago, 1955-76
Roy Daniells
Poet
6-Apr-1902 13-Apr-1979 The Chequered Shade
Jonathan Daniels
Government
26-Apr-1902 6-Nov-1981 FDR and Truman's press secretary
Thomas E. Dewey
Politician
24-Mar-1902 16-Mar-1971 Did not defeat Truman
Paul Dirac
Physicist
8-Aug-1902 20-Oct-1984 The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Wallace J. Eckert
Astronomer
19-Jun-1902 24-Aug-1971 First scientist hired by IBM
Erik Erikson
Psychologist
15-Jun-1902 12-May-1994 Eight Stages of Development
Carl Esmond
Actor
14-Jun-1902 4-Dec-2004 Ministry of Fear
Edward Evans-Pritchard
Anthropologist
21-Sep-1902 11-Sep-1973 Theories of Primitive Religion
Sammy Fain
Composer
17-Jun-1902 6-Dec-1989 Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
George H. Fallon
Politician
24-Jul-1902 21-Mar-1980 Congressman from Maryland, 1945-71
Kenneth Fearing
Novelist
28-Jul-1902 26-Jun-1961 The Big Clock
Stepin Fetchit
Actor
30-May-1902 19-Nov-1985 Professional black stereotype
Emanuel Feuermann
Cellist
22-Nov-1902 25-May-1942 Cellist
Larry Fine
Actor
5-Oct-1902 24-Jan-1975 Larry on The Three Stooges
Zino Francescatti
Violinist
9-Aug-1902 17-Sep-1991 French violin virtuoso
Eduard Franz
Actor
31-Oct-1902 10-Feb-1983 The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Carlo Gambino
Criminal
24-Aug-1902 15-Oct-1976 Don of the Gambino Crime family
Will Geer
Actor
9-Mar-1902 22-Apr-1978 Zebulon Walton in The Waltons
Samuel Goudsmit
Physicist
11-Jul-1902 4-Dec-1978 Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
C. Hartley Grattan
Author
19-Oct-1902 25-Jun-1980 The Southwest Pacific
Paul Guilfoyle
Actor
14-Jul-1902 27-Jun-1961 Winterset
Raymond Hackett
Actor
15-Jul-1902 7-Jul-1958 Theater and silent film actor
Vera Hall
Singer
1902 1964 Troubled So Hard
Margaret Hamilton
Actor
9-Dec-1902 16-May-1985 Wicked Witch of the West
Mildred Fish Harnack
Spy
16-Sep-1902 16-Feb-1943 Guillotined by the Gestapo
Fred A. Hartley
Politician
22-Feb-1902 11-May-1969 Congressman from New Jersey, 1929-49
Leland Hayward
Theatre Producer
13-Sep-1902 18-Mar-1971 The Sound of Music
Felisberto Hernández
Author
20-Oct-1902 13-Jan-1964 Nadie encendía las lámparas
Eric Hoffer
Author
25-Jul-1902 21-May-1983 The True Believer
Sidney Hook
Philosopher
20-Dec-1902 12-Jul-1989 Pragmatist
Miriam Hopkins
Actor
18-Oct-1902 9-Oct-1972 The Story of Temple Drake
John Houseman
Actor
22-Sep-1902 31-Oct-1988 The Paper Chase
Langston Hughes
Poet
1-Feb-1902 22-May-1967 The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Skip James
Musician
21-Jun-1902 3-Oct-1969 Devil Got My Woman
Frank Jenks
Actor
4-Nov-1902 13-May-1962 Vaudvillian, character actor
Bobby Jones
Golf
17-Mar-1902 18-Dec-1971 Winner of 13 major championships
Pascual Jordan
Physicist
18-Oct-1902 31-Jul-1980 Founder of Quantum Mechanics
Victor Jory
Actor
23-Nov-1902 12-Feb-1982 Cat-Women of the Moon
Alfred Kastler
Physicist
3-May-1902 7-Jan-1984 Optical pumping
Ayatollah Khomeini
Religion
24-Sep-1902 3-Jun-1989 Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran
Josef Krips
Conductor
8-Apr-1902 13-Oct-1974 Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63
Ray Kroc
Business
5-Oct-1902 14-Jan-1984 McDonald's fast food tycoon
Juscelino Kubitschek
Head of State
12-Sep-1902 22-Aug-1976 President of Brazil, founder of Brasilia
Corliss Lamont
Activist
28-Mar-1902 26-Apr-1995 Millionaire socialist
Elsa Lanchester
Actor
28-Oct-1902 26-Dec-1986 Bride of Frankenstein
Meyer Lansky
Criminal
2-Jul-1902 15-Jan-1983 The brains behind the Mafia's money
Halldór Laxness
Author
23-Apr-1902 8-Feb-1998 Iceland's Bell
Reginald Le Borg
Film Director
11-Dec-1902 25-Mar-1989 The Mummy's Ghost
William P. Lear
Inventor
26-Jun-1902 14-May-1978 Lear Jet, Inc.
Max Lerner
Sociologist
20-Dec-1902 5-Jun-1992 Ideas Are Weapons
Joe E. Lewis
Comic
12-Jan-1902 4-Jun-1971 It's post time!
Charles P. Light, Jr.
Attorney
1902 1976 Prominent Washington attorney, law professor
Charles Lindbergh
Aviator
4-Feb-1902 26-Aug-1974 Transatlantic soloist
Anatole Litvak
Film Director
10-May-1902 15-Dec-1974 Anastasia
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Politician
5-Jul-1902 27-Feb-1985 Ambassador, Massachusetts Senator
Guy Lombardo
Musician
19-Jun-1902 5-Nov-1977 The Royal Canadians
Jimmie Lunceford
Jazz Musician
6-Jun-1902 13-Jul-1947 Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra
Alexander Luria
Psychologist
16-Jul-1902 14-Aug-1977 Pioneer of neuropsychology
André Lwoff
Scientist
8-May-1902 30-Sep-1994 Operon theory of genetic control
Barton MacLane
Actor
25-Dec-1902 1-Jan-1969 Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
Vito Marcantonio
Politician
10-Dec-1902 9-Aug-1954 American Labor Party
Beryl Markham
Aviator
26-Oct-1902 3-Aug-1986 West with the Night
F. O. Matthiessen
Critic
19-Feb-1902 1-Apr-1950 American Renaissance
Barbara McClintock
Scientist
16-Jun-1902 2-Sep-1992 Discovered transposable genes
John McCone
Government
4-Jan-1902 14-Feb-1991 CIA Director, 1961-65
Maurice McDonald
Business
26-Nov-1902 11-Dec-1971 Co-Founder of McDonald's
Mary Miles Minter
Actor
1-Apr-1902 4-Aug-1984 Anne of Green Gables
Mantan Moreland
Actor
3-Sep-1902 28-Sep-1973 Birmingham Brown
Howie Morenz
Hockey
21-Jun-1902 8-Mar-1937 Montreal Canadiens, Hall of Famer
Oskar Morgenstern
Economist
24-Jan-1902 26-Jul-1977 Game theorist
George Murphy
Actor
4-Jul-1902 3-May-1992 Actor and US Senator from California
Johnston Murray
Politician
21-Jul-1902 16-Apr-1974 Governor of Oklahoma, 1951-55
Alva Myrdal
Politician
31-Jan-1902 1-Feb-1986 Swedish diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Ogden Nash
Poet
19-Aug-1902 19-May-1971 Candy is dandy; but liquor is quicker
Ernie Nevers
Football
11-Jun-1902 3-May-1976 NFL Hall of Famer
Louis Nizer
Attorney
6-Feb-1902 10-Nov-1994 My Life in Court
Lloyd Nolan
Actor
11-Aug-1902 27-Sep-1985 Dr. Chegley on Julia
Philip Ober
Actor
23-Mar-1902 13-Sep-1982 From Here to Eternity
Max Ophüls
Film Director
6-May-1902 25-Mar-1957 Letter from an Unknown Woman
William H. Parker
Government
21-Jun-1902 16-Jul-1966 Chief of LAPD, 1950-66
Talcott Parsons
Sociologist
13-Dec-1902 8-May-1979 The Structure of Social Action
Karl Popper
Philosopher
28-Jul-1902 17-Sep-1994 Critical Rationalist
Emeric Pressburger
Film Director
5-Dec-1902 5-Feb-1988 Black Narcissus
Ted Radcliffe
Baseball
7-Jul-1902 11-Aug-2005 Double Duty
Jennings Randolph
Politician
8-Mar-1902 8-May-1998 US Senator from West Virginia, 1958-85
Ralph Richardson
Actor
19-Dec-1902 10-Oct-1983 Things To Come
Leni Riefenstahl
Film Director
22-Aug-1902 8-Sep-2003 Triumph of the Will
Flora Robson
Actor
28-Mar-1902 7-Jul-1984 Fire Over England
Richard Rodgers
Composer
28-Jun-1902 30-Dec-1979 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Carl Rogers
Psychologist
8-Jan-1902 4-Feb-1987 Non-directive theory of psychology
Max Rudolf
Conductor
15-Jun-1902 28-Feb-1995 Director, Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-71
Irene Ryan
Actor
17-Oct-1902 26-Apr-1973 Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies
Gene Sarazen
Golf
27-Feb-1902 13-May-1999 First winner of the Grand Slam
Dutch Schultz
Criminal
6-Aug-1902 24-Oct-1935 Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer
Theodore W. Schultz
Economist
30-Apr-1902 26-Feb-1998 Investment in Human Capital
Harold Schuster
Film Director
1-Aug-1902 19-Jul-1986 My Friend Flicka
David O. Selznick
Film/TV Producer
10-May-1902 22-Jun-1965 Producer of A Star Is Born
Wilbur Shaw
Auto Racing
31-Oct-1902 30-Oct-1954 Three time Indianapolis 500 Winner
Norma Shearer
Actor
10-Aug-1902 12-Jun-1983 The Divorcee
Eddie Shore
Hockey
25-Nov-1902 16-Mar-1985 Boston Bruins, Hall of Famer
Vittorio De Sica
Film Director
7-Jul-1902 13-Nov-1974 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Al Simmons
Baseball
22-May-1902 26-May-1956 Lifetime batting average .334
Walter Slezak
Actor
3-May-1902 21-Apr-1983 Hitchcock's Lifeboat
Joe Smith
Jazz Musician
28-Jun-1902 2-Dec-1937 Cool jazz trumpeter
Frank Soskice
Politician
23-Jul-1902 1-Jan-1979 UK Home Secretary, 1964-65
Christina Stead
Novelist
17-Jul-1902 31-Mar-1983 The Man Who Loved Children
John Steinbeck
Novelist
27-Feb-1902 20-Dec-1968 The Grapes of Wrath
Ed Sullivan
TV Personality
28-Sep-1902 13-Oct-1974 The Ed Sullivan Show
Nora Swinburne
Actor
24-Jul-1902 1-May-2000 British character actress
Lyle Talbot
Actor
8-Feb-1902 2-Mar-1996 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Alfred Tarski
Mathematician
14-Jan-1902 26-Oct-1983 Tarski's indefinability theorem
Ray Teal
Actor
12-Jan-1902 2-Apr-1976 Sheriff Roy Coffee on Bonanza
Wallace Thurman
Author
16-Aug-1902 22-Dec-1934 The Blacker the Berry
Strom Thurmond
Politician
5-Dec-1902 26-Jun-2003 US Senator from South Carolina, 1954-2003
Arne Tiselius
Chemist
10-Aug-1902 29-Aug-1971 Electrophoresis
William Walton
Composer
29-Mar-1902 8-Mar-1983 Troilus and Cressida
Jessamyn West
Author
18-Jul-1902 23-Feb-1984 The Friendly Persuasion
Nydia Westman
Actor
19-Feb-1902 23-May-1970 Mrs. Featherstone on Going My Way
Michael Whalen
Actor
30-Jun-1902 14-Apr-1974 Wee Willie Winkie
Eugene Wigner
Physicist
17-Nov-1902 1-Jan-1995 Law of conservation of parity
Meredith Willson
Composer
18-May-1902 15-Jun-1984 The Music Man
Donald Wolfit
Actor
20-Apr-1902 17-Feb-1968 Svengali
William Wyler
Film Director
1-Jul-1902 27-Jul-1981 Ben-Hur
Darryl F. Zanuck
Film/TV Producer
5-Sep-1902 22-Dec-1979 Ran 20th Century Fox, 1935-71


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