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| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
PICK |
Marc Allégret |
Film Director |
Entrée des Artistes |
22-Dec-1900 |
04-Nov-1973 |
DEAD |
George Antheil |
Composer |
Le Ballet mécanique |
08-Jul-1900 |
12-Feb-1959 |
DEAD |
Jean Arthur |
Actor |
Only Angels Have Wings |
17-Oct-1900 |
19-Jun-1991 |
DEAD |
Arthur Askey |
Comic |
Horn-rimmed British comic |
06-Jun-1900 |
16-Nov-1982 |
DEAD |
Gene Austin |
Musician |
Vaudeviller crooner and songwriter |
24-Jun-1900 |
24-Jan-1971 |
DEAD |
Stephen D. Bechtel |
Business |
Ran Bechtel from 1936-60 |
24-Sep-1900 |
14-Mar-1989 |
DEAD |
Arnold Beckman |
Inventor |
Philanthropist who invented pH meter |
10-Apr-1900 |
18-May-2004 |
DEAD |
Edna Best |
Actor |
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
03-Mar-1900 |
18-Sep-1974 |
DEAD |
Green Bar Bill |
Author |
Prominent Scouter |
06-Aug-1900 |
09-Nov-1992 |
DEAD |
Martin Bormann |
Government |
Adolf Hitler's adjutant |
17-Jun-1900 |
02-May-1945 |
DEAD |
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
Royalty |
The Queen Mother |
04-Aug-1900 |
30-Mar-2002 |
DEAD |
Wallace R. Brode |
Chemist |
Absorption spectra of dyes |
12-Jun-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
DEAD |
Luis Buñuel |
Film Director |
That Obscure Object of Desire |
22-Feb-1900 |
29-Jul-1983 |
DEAD |
Edward Buzzell |
Film Director |
At the Circus |
13-Nov-1900 |
11-Jan-1985 |
DEAD |
Colin Clive |
Actor |
Frankenstein |
20-Jan-1900 |
25-Jun-1937 |
DEAD |
Lionel Conacher |
Hockey |
Canadian All-Around Athlete |
24-May-1900 |
26-May-1954 |
DEAD |
Aaron Copland |
Composer |
Fanfare for the Common Man |
14-Nov-1900 |
02-Dec-1990 |
DEAD |
Xavier Cugat |
Musician |
The Rumba King |
01-Jan-1900 |
27-Oct-1990 |
DEAD |
Roland Culver |
Actor |
Dead of Night |
21-Aug-1900 |
29-Feb-1984 |
DEAD |
Haskell Curry |
Mathematician |
Combinatory Logic |
12-Sep-1900 |
01-Sep-1982 |
DEAD |
Edward Dahlberg |
Novelist |
Because I Was Flesh |
22-Jul-1900 |
27-Feb-1977 |
DEAD |
Marcel Dalio |
Actor |
The Sun Also Rises |
17-Jul-1900 |
20-Nov-1983 |
DEAD |
John M. Dalton |
Politician |
Governor of Missouri, 1961-65 |
09-Nov-1900 |
07-Jul-1972 |
DEAD |
Adi Dassler |
Business |
Founder of Adidas |
03-Nov-1900 |
06-Sep-1978 |
DEAD |
Deane C. Davis |
Politician |
Governor of Vermont, 1969-73 |
07-Nov-1900 |
08-Dec-1990 |
DEAD |
W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
Quality Control guru |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
DEAD |
T. G. Dobzhansky |
Scientist |
Genetics and the Origin of Species |
25-Jan-1900 |
18-Dec-1975 |
DEAD |
Charles Elton |
Scientist |
Animal Ecology |
29-Mar-1900 |
01-May-1991 |
DEAD |
Fritz Feld |
Actor |
Bringing Up Baby |
15-Oct-1900 |
18-Nov-1993 |
DEAD |
Robert Florey |
Film Director |
Tarzan and the Mermaids |
14-Sep-1900 |
16-May-1979 |
DEAD |
Norman Foster |
Film Director |
Journey Into Fear |
13-Dec-1900 |
07-Jul-1976 |
DEAD |
Preston Foster |
Actor |
My Friend Flicka |
24-Aug-1900 |
14-Jul-1970 |
DEAD |
Hans Frank |
Military |
Nazi King of Poland |
23-May-1900 |
16-Oct-1946 |
DEAD |
Hans Fritzsche |
Government |
Reich minister of radio propaganda |
21-Apr-1900 |
27-Sep-1953 |
DEAD |
Erich Fromm |
Psychologist |
Psychoanalyst, Humanist |
23-Mar-1900 |
18-Mar-1980 |
DEAD |
Dennis Gabor |
Physicist |
Inventor of holography |
05-Jun-1900 |
08-Feb-1979 |
DEAD |
Hans-Georg Gadamer |
Philosopher |
Truth and Method |
11-Feb-1900 |
13-Mar-2002 |
DEAD |
Goose Goslin |
Baseball |
MLB Hall of Famer |
16-Oct-1900 |
15-May-1971 |
DEAD |
Chester Gould |
Cartoonist |
Creator of Dick Tracy |
20-Nov-1900 |
11-May-1985 |
DEAD |
Ragnar Granit |
Scientist |
Physiology of the retina |
30-Oct-1900 |
31-Mar-1990 |
DEAD |
Lefty Grove |
Baseball |
Perhaps the best MLB pitcher in history |
06-Mar-1900 |
22-May-1975 |
DEAD |
Duke Guider |
Business |
Defense attorney for Hideki Tojo |
10-Mar-1900 |
1969 |
DEAD |
William Haines |
Actor |
Hollywood's first openly gay leading man |
02-Jan-1900 |
26-Dec-1973 |
DEAD |
James Hall |
Actor |
Hell's Angels |
22-Oct-1900 |
07-Jun-1940 |
DEAD |
Roy Harrod |
Economist |
Towards a Dynamic Economics |
13-Feb-1900 |
09-Mar-1978 |
DEAD |
Helen Hayes |
Actor |
First Lady of the Theater |
10-Oct-1900 |
17-Mar-1993 |
DEAD |
James Hilton |
Novelist |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
09-Sep-1900 |
20-Dec-1954 |
DEAD |
Heinrich Himmler |
Government |
Leader of the SS |
07-Oct-1900 |
23-May-1945 |
DEAD |
Laura Z. Hobson |
Novelist |
Gentleman's Agreement |
19-Jun-1900 |
28-Feb-1986 |
DEAD |
Geoffrey Household |
Novelist |
Rogue Male |
30-Nov-1900 |
04-Oct-1988 |
DEAD |
Cal Hubbard |
Football |
NFL Hall of Famer, Baseball umpire |
31-Oct-1900 |
17-Oct-1977 |
DEAD |
Richard Hughes |
Author |
A High Wind in Jamaica |
19-Apr-1900 |
28-Aug-1976 |
DEAD |
Ian Hunter |
Actor |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
13-Jun-1900 |
23-Sep-1975 |
DEAD |
Gladwyn Jebb |
Diplomat |
Acting UN Secretary General, 1945-46 |
25-Apr-1900 |
24-Oct-1996 |
DEAD |
Allen Jenkins |
Actor |
American character actor |
09-Apr-1900 |
20-Jul-1974 |
DEAD |
Eyvind Johnson |
Author |
Rain at Dawn |
29-Jul-1900 |
25-Aug-1976 |
DEAD |
Frédéric Joliot |
Chemist |
Researcher of radioactivity |
19-Mar-1900 |
14-Aug-1958 |
DEAD |
Kenneth B. Keating |
Politician |
US Senator from New York, 1959-65 |
18-May-1900 |
05-May-1975 |
DEAD |
Hermann Kesten |
Novelist |
I, the King |
28-Jan-1900 |
1996 |
DEAD |
Fred C. Koch |
Business |
Founder, Koch Industries |
23-Sep-1900 |
TBD |
DEAD |
Fritz Kolbe |
Spy |
Allied mole in WWII Berlin |
25-Sep-1900 |
1971 |
DEAD |
Hans Krebs |
Scientist |
Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
25-Apr-1900 |
22-Nov-1981 |
DEAD |
Richard Kuhn |
Chemist |
Researcher of carotenoids |
03-Dec-1900 |
01-Aug-1967 |
DEAD |
Joe Lapchick |
Basketball |
Original Celtic, later NY Knicks Coach |
12-Apr-1900 |
10-Aug-1970 |
DEAD |
Wilfrid Lawson |
Actor |
Pygmalion |
14-Jan-1900 |
10-Oct-1966 |
DEAD |
Meridel Le Sueur |
Novelist |
North Star Country |
22-Feb-1900 |
14-Nov-1996 |
DEAD |
Mervyn LeRoy |
Film Director |
Quo Vadis? |
15-Oct-1900 |
13-Sep-1987 |
DEAD |
Margaret Livingston |
Actor |
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans |
25-Nov-1900 |
13-Dec-1984 |
DEAD |
John Longden |
Actor |
Quatermass 2 |
11-Nov-1900 |
26-May-1971 |
DEAD |
Leo Lowenthal |
Sociologist |
Literature and the Image of Man |
03-Nov-1900 |
21-Jan-1993 |
DEAD |
Ethel Mannin |
Novelist |
Confessions |
06-Oct-1900 |
1984 |
DEAD |
J. Willard Marriott |
Business |
Founded the Marriott hotel chain |
17-Sep-1900 |
13-Aug-1985 |
DEAD |
David Maxwell Fyfe |
Politician |
UK Home Secretary, 1951-54 |
29-May-1900 |
27-Jan-1967 |
DEAD |
John McEwen |
Head of State |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1967-68 |
29-Mar-1900 |
20-Nov-1980 |
DEAD |
Theodore R. McKeldin |
Politician |
Governor of Maryland, 1951-59 |
20-Nov-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
DEAD |
Emmett Miller |
Singer |
Minstrel show yodeller |
02-Feb-1900 |
29-Mar-1962 |
DEAD |
James P. Mitchell |
Government |
US Secretary of Labor, 1953-61 |
12-Nov-1900 |
19-Oct-1964 |
DEAD |
Margaret Mitchell |
Novelist |
Gone With the Wind |
08-Nov-1900 |
16-Aug-1949 |
DEAD |
Colleen Moore |
Actor |
Ella Cinders |
19-Aug-1900 |
25-Jan-1988 |
DEAD |
Agnes Moorehead |
Actor |
Endora on Bewitched |
06-Dec-1900 |
30-Apr-1974 |
DEAD |
Wayne Morse |
Politician |
US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69 |
20-Oct-1900 |
22-Jul-1974 |
DEAD |
Lord Mountbatten |
Military |
Last Viceroy of India |
25-Jun-1900 |
27-Aug-1979 |
DEAD |
Joseph Needham |
Historian |
Science and Civilization in China |
09-Dec-1900 |
24-Mar-1995 |
DEAD |
Jean Negulesco |
Film Director |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
26-Feb-1900 |
18-Jul-1993 |
DEAD |
Louise Nevelson |
Sculptor |
Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor |
23-Sep-1900 |
17-Apr-1988 |
DEAD |
Sean O'Faolain |
Novelist |
Come Back to Erin |
22-Feb-1900 |
20-Apr-1991 |
DEAD |
Jan Hendrik Oort |
Astronomer |
Theory of the origin of comets |
28-Apr-1900 |
05-Nov-1992 |
DEAD |
Paul L. Patterson |
Politician |
Governor of Oregon, 1952-56 |
18-Jul-1900 |
31-Jan-1956 |
DEAD |
Wolfgang Pauli |
Physicist |
Pauli Exclusion Principle |
25-Apr-1900 |
15-Dec-1958 |
DEAD |
Katina Paxinou |
Actor |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
17-Dec-1900 |
22-Feb-1973 |
DEAD |
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
Astronomer |
Hydrogen in the Sun |
10-May-1900 |
07-Dec-1979 |
DEAD |
Claude Pepper |
Politician |
Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 |
08-Sep-1900 |
30-May-1989 |
DEAD |
V. S. Pritchett |
Author |
Midnight Oil |
16-Dec-1900 |
20-Mar-1997 |
DEAD |
Ernie Pyle |
Journalist |
Scripps-Howard war correspondent |
03-Aug-1900 |
18-Apr-1945 |
DEAD |
Monroe Rathbone |
Business |
Formed Exxon |
01-Mar-1900 |
02-Aug-1976 |
DEAD |
Charles Richter |
Scientist |
Groundbreaking seismologist |
26-Apr-1900 |
30-Sep-1985 |
DEAD |
Hyman Rickover |
Military |
Built the nuclear navy |
27-Jan-1900 |
08-Jul-1986 |
DEAD |
Elmo Roper |
Business |
American pollster |
31-Jul-1900 |
30-Apr-1971 |
DEAD |
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
Author |
The Little Prince |
29-Jun-1900 |
31-Jul-1944 |
DEAD |
Mark Sandrich |
Film Director |
Top Hat |
26-Aug-1900 |
04-Mar-1945 |
DEAD |
Nathalie Sarraute |
Novelist |
Portrait of a Man Unknown |
18-Jul-1900 |
19-Oct-1999 |
DEAD |
Natalie Schafer |
Actor |
Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island |
05-Nov-1900 |
10-Apr-1991 |
DEAD |
John T. Scopes |
Educator |
Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial |
03-Aug-1900 |
21-Oct-1970 |
DEAD |
Hugh D. Scott, Jr. |
Politician |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77 |
11-Nov-1900 |
21-Jul-1994 |
DEAD |
Giorgos Seferis |
Poet |
Imerolóyion katastrómatos |
13-Mar-1900 |
20-Sep-1971 |
DEAD |
Ignazio Silone |
Novelist |
Anti-Fascist novelist, Pro-Fascist informant |
01-May-1900 |
22-Aug-1978 |
DEAD |
Alastair Sim |
Actor |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
09-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
DEAD |
Robert Siodmak |
Film Director |
The Killers |
08-Aug-1900 |
10-Mar-1973 |
DEAD |
John R. Steelman |
Government |
Truman's Chief of Staff |
23-Jun-1900 |
14-Jul-1999 |
DEAD |
Edward Stettinius, Jr. |
Government |
US Secretary of State, 1944-45 |
22-Oct-1900 |
31-Oct-1949 |
DEAD |
Adlai Stevenson |
Politician |
Governor of Illinois, 1949-53 |
05-Feb-1900 |
14-Jul-1965 |
DEAD |
William E. Stevenson |
Diplomat |
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64 |
25-Oct-1900 |
02-Apr-1985 |
DEAD |
Chiune Sugihara |
Diplomat |
Helped Jews escape Lithuania |
01-Jan-1900 |
31-Jul-1986 |
DEAD |
Frederick Terman |
Scientist |
Stanford Research Park |
07-Jun-1900 |
19-Dec-1982 |
DEAD |
Charles L. Terry, Jr. |
Politician |
Governor of Delaware, 1965-69 |
17-Sep-1900 |
06-Feb-1970 |
DEAD |
Nikolai Timofeev-Ressovsky |
Biologist |
Russian geneticist |
20-Sep-1900 |
28-Mar-1981 |
DEAD |
Clyde Tolson |
Government |
J. Edgar Hoover's 40-year companion |
22-May-1900 |
14-Apr-1975 |
DEAD |
Spencer Tracy |
Actor |
Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars |
05-Apr-1900 |
10-Jun-1967 |
DEAD |
Roger J. Traynor |
Judge |
California Chief Justice, 1964-70 |
12-Feb-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
DEAD |
Lamar Trotti |
Screenwriter |
Young Mr. Lincoln |
18-Oct-1900 |
28-Aug-1952 |
DEAD |
George Uhlenbeck |
Physicist |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
06-Dec-1900 |
31-Oct-1988 |
DEAD |
Miguel Alemán Valdés |
Head of State |
President of Mexico, 1946-52 |
29-Sep-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
DEAD |
Charles Vidor |
Film Director |
A Farewell to Arms |
27-Jul-1900 |
04-Jun-1959 |
DEAD |
Fred Waring |
Conductor |
Innovative bandleader and musician |
09-Jun-1900 |
29-Jul-1984 |
DEAD |
Helene Weigel |
Actor |
The Berliner Ensemble |
12-May-1900 |
06-May-1971 |
DEAD |
Kurt Weill |
Composer |
The Threepenny Opera |
02-Mar-1900 |
03-Apr-1950 |
DEAD |
Leslie A. White |
Anthropologist |
The Science of Culture |
19-Jan-1900 |
31-Mar-1975 |
DEAD |
Hack Wilson |
Baseball |
Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930 |
26-Apr-1900 |
23-Nov-1948 |
DEAD |
Yvor Winters |
Poet |
Primitivism & Decadence |
17-Oct-1900 |
25-Jan-1968 |
DEAD |
Thomas Wolfe |
Novelist |
Look Homeward, Angel |
03-Oct-1900 |
15-Sep-1938 |
DEAD |
Giuseppe Zangara |
Assassin |
Tried to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt |
07-Sep-1900 |
20-Mar-1933 |
DEAD |
