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| NAME |
OCCUPATION |
SUMMARY |
BORN |
DIED |
PICK |
Stella Adler |
Actor |
Theater actress, Group Theater |
10-Feb-1901 |
21-Dec-1992 |
DEAD |
Mabel Albertson |
Actor |
Darrin's mother on Bewitched |
24-Jul-1901 |
28-Sep-1982 |
DEAD |
Princess Alice |
Royalty |
Late Duchess of Gloucester |
25-Dec-1901 |
29-Oct-2004 |
DEAD |
John Alton |
Cinematographer |
An American in Paris |
05-Oct-1901 |
02-Jun-1996 |
DEAD |
Regina M. Anderson |
Playwright |
Climbing Jacob's Ladder |
21-May-1901 |
05-Feb-1993 |
DEAD |
Louis Armstrong |
Jazz Musician |
Jazz trumpeter |
04-Aug-1901 |
06-Jul-1971 |
DEAD |
Fulgencio Batista |
Head of State |
Overthrown by Fidel Castro |
16-Jan-1901 |
06-Aug-1973 |
DEAD |
William S. Beardsley |
Politician |
Governor of Iowa, 1949-54 |
17-May-1901 |
21-Nov-1954 |
DEAD |
Ed Begley, Sr. |
Actor |
Juror #10 in 12 Angry Men |
25-Mar-1901 |
28-Apr-1970 |
DEAD |
Ben Blue |
Actor |
The Big Broadcast of 1938 |
12-Sep-1901 |
07-Mar-1975 |
DEAD |
Chester Bowles |
Politician |
Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51 |
05-Apr-1901 |
25-May-1986 |
DEAD |
Robert Bresson |
Film Director |
Une Femme Douce |
25-Sep-1901 |
18-Dec-1999 |
DEAD |
John Albert Carroll |
Politician |
US Senator from Colorado, 1957-63 |
30-Jul-1901 |
30-Aug-1983 |
DEAD |
Barbara Cartland |
Author |
Wrote way too many romance novels |
09-Jul-1901 |
21-May-2000 |
DEAD |
Turner Catledge |
Journalist |
New York Times editor |
17-Mar-1901 |
27-Apr-1983 |
DEAD |
Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
01-Apr-1901 |
09-Jul-1961 |
DEAD |
Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
DEAD |
Donald Cook |
Actor |
Viva Villa! |
26-Sep-1901 |
01-Oct-1961 |
DEAD |
Gary Cooper |
Actor |
High Noon |
07-May-1901 |
14-May-1961 |
DEAD |
John S. Cooper |
Politician |
US Senator from Kentucky |
23-Aug-1901 |
21-Feb-1991 |
DEAD |
Ruth Porter Crawford |
Composer |
Composer, musical ethnologist |
03-Jul-1901 |
18-Nov-1953 |
DEAD |
Lili Damita |
Actor |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
19-Jul-1901 |
21-Mar-1994 |
DEAD |
Bebe Daniels |
Actor |
42nd Street |
14-Jan-1901 |
16-Mar-1971 |
DEAD |
Marlene Dietrich |
Actor |
The Blue Angel |
27-Dec-1901 |
06-May-1992 |
DEAD |
Walt Disney |
Business |
Founder of Disney empire |
05-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
DEAD |
Brian Donlevy |
Actor |
The Great McGinty |
09-Feb-1901 |
05-Apr-1972 |
DEAD |
Melvyn Douglas |
Actor |
Being There |
05-Apr-1901 |
04-Aug-1981 |
DEAD |
Allen B. DuMont |
Inventor |
TV picture tube and TV network |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-Nov-1965 |
DEAD |
Mildred Dunnock |
Actor |
Death of a Salesman |
25-Jan-1901 |
05-Jul-1991 |
DEAD |
Olin Dutra |
Golf |
Winner of 2 Majors |
17-Jan-1901 |
05-May-1983 |
DEAD |
Nelson Eddy |
Singer |
Phantom of the Opera |
29-Jun-1901 |
06-Mar-1967 |
DEAD |
Tage Erlander |
Head of State |
Prime Minister of Sweden, 1946-69 |
13-Jun-1901 |
21-Jun-1985 |
DEAD |
Maurice Evans |
Actor |
Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes |
03-Jun-1901 |
12-Mar-1989 |
DEAD |
Oliver La Farge |
Author |
Laughing Boy |
19-Dec-1901 |
02-Aug-1963 |
DEAD |
Charles Farrell |
Actor |
Seventh Heaven |
09-Aug-1901 |
06-May-1990 |
DEAD |
Enrico Fermi |
Physicist |
First controlled nuclear chain reaction |
29-Sep-1901 |
29-Nov-1954 |
DEAD |
Sir Raymond Firth |
Anthropologist |
Economic Anthropology |
25-Mar-1901 |
22-Feb-2002 |
DEAD |
Paul Fix |
Actor |
Marshal Torrance on The Rifleman |
13-Mar-1901 |
14-Oct-1983 |
DEAD |
Paul Ford |
Actor |
The Phil Silvers Show |
02-Nov-1901 |
12-Apr-1976 |
DEAD |
Clark Gable |
Actor |
Gone With the Wind |
01-Feb-1901 |
16-Nov-1960 |
DEAD |
George Gallup |
Business |
Founder, The Gallup Organization |
18-Nov-1901 |
26-Jul-1984 |
DEAD |
Alberto Giacometti |
Sculptor |
Head of a Man on a Rod |
10-Oct-1901 |
11-Jan-1966 |
DEAD |
John Gunther |
Journalist |
Inside Europe |
30-Aug-1901 |
29-May-1970 |
DEAD |
A. B. Guthrie |
Novelist |
The Way West |
13-Jan-1901 |
26-Apr-1991 |
DEAD |
Irene Handl |
Actor |
Matronly British character actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
29-Nov-1987 |
DEAD |
Ann Harding |
Actor |
Holiday |
07-Aug-1901 |
01-Sep-1981 |
DEAD |
Raymond A. Hare |
Diplomat |
US Mideast Ambassador |
03-Apr-1901 |
09-Feb-1994 |
DEAD |
Arvid Harnack |
Spy |
Executed for espionage |
24-May-1901 |
22-Dec-1942 |
DEAD |
F. Edward Hebert |
Politician |
Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77 |
12-Oct-1901 |
29-Dec-1979 |
DEAD |
Otto Heckmann |
Astronomer |
Investigated cosmic expansion |
23-Jun-1901 |
13-May-1983 |
DEAD |
Jascha Heifetz |
Violinist |
Violin virtuoso |
02-Feb-1901 |
10-Dec-1987 |
DEAD |
Werner Heisenberg |
Physicist |
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle |
05-Dec-1901 |
01-Feb-1976 |
DEAD |
Granville Hicks |
Critic |
Marxist critic, The Great Tradition |
09-Sep-1901 |
18-Jun-1982 |
DEAD |
Emperor Hirohito |
Royalty |
Emperor of Japan 1926-89 |
29-Apr-1901 |
07-Jan-1989 |
DEAD |
Charles B. Huggins |
Scientist |
Hormonal treatment of prostate and breast cancers |
22-Sep-1901 |
12-Jan-1997 |
DEAD |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Film Director |
Directed several Charlie Chan films |
18-Nov-1901 |
11-Oct-1984 |
DEAD |
Ub Iwerks |
Cartoonist |
First to animate Mickey Mouse |
24-Mar-1901 |
07-Jul-1971 |
DEAD |
Allyn Joslyn |
Actor |
Only Angels Have Wings |
21-Jul-1901 |
21-Jan-1981 |
DEAD |
Louis Kahn |
Architect |
Prominent architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
DEAD |
Fuzzy Knight |
Actor |
American character actor |
09-May-1901 |
23-Feb-1976 |
DEAD |
Max Kohl |
Business |
Kohl's Department Stores |
12-May-1901 |
14-Dec-1981 |
DEAD |
Simon Kuznets |
Economist |
National Income and Its Composition |
30-Apr-1901 |
08-Jul-1985 |
DEAD |
Jacques Lacan |
Psychologist |
The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I |
13-Apr-1901 |
09-Sep-1981 |
DEAD |
Ernest Lawrence |
Physicist |
Inventor of the cyclotron |
08-Aug-1901 |
27-Aug-1958 |
DEAD |
Lila Lee |
Actor |
Male and Female |
25-Jul-1901 |
13-Nov-1973 |
DEAD |
Leopold III |
Royalty |
Abdicated King of Belgium |
03-Nov-1901 |
25-Sep-1983 |
DEAD |
André Malraux |
Novelist |
La Condition Humaine |
03-Nov-1901 |
23-Nov-1976 |
DEAD |
David Manners |
Actor |
Dracula |
30-Apr-1901 |
23-Dec-1998 |
DEAD |
Heinie Manush |
Baseball |
MLB Hall of Famer |
20-Jul-1901 |
12-May-1971 |
DEAD |
Zeppo Marx |
Actor |
Straight man of the Marx Brothers |
25-Feb-1901 |
30-Nov-1979 |
DEAD |
Margaret Mead |
Anthropologist |
Coming of Age in Samoa |
16-Dec-1901 |
15-Nov-1978 |
DEAD |
Chester Morris |
Actor |
Alibi |
16-Feb-1901 |
11-Sep-1970 |
DEAD |
Francis J. Myers |
Politician |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1945-51 |
18-Dec-1901 |
05-Jul-1956 |
DEAD |
Mark Oliphant |
Physicist |
Deuterium reactions |
08-Oct-1901 |
14-Jul-2000 |
DEAD |
William S. Paley |
Business |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
DEAD |
Harry Partch |
Composer |
Hobo composer, built his own instruments |
24-Jun-1901 |
03-Sep-1974 |
DEAD |
Lee Patrick |
Actor |
Henrietta Topper on Topper |
22-Nov-1901 |
21-Nov-1982 |
DEAD |
Linus Pauling |
Chemist |
Reformed the science of chemistry |
28-Feb-1901 |
19-Aug-1994 |
DEAD |
Irna Phillips |
Film/TV Producer |
Queen of soap operas |
01-Jul-1901 |
23-Dec-1973 |
DEAD |
Salvatore Quasimodo |
Poet |
Acque e terre |
20-Aug-1901 |
14-Jun-1968 |
DEAD |
Laura Riding |
Poet |
A Survey of Modernist Poetry |
16-Jan-1901 |
02-Sep-1991 |
DEAD |
Art Rooney |
Football |
Pittsburgh Steelers owner |
27-Jan-1901 |
25-Aug-1988 |
DEAD |
Adolph Rupp |
Basketball |
Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72 |
02-Sep-1901 |
10-Dec-1977 |
DEAD |
Eisaku Sato |
Politician |
Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72 |
27-Mar-1901 |
03-Jun-1975 |
DEAD |
William J. Sebald |
Diplomat |
Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52 |
05-Nov-1901 |
TBD |
DEAD |
Jaroslav Seifert |
Poet |
The Nightingale Sings Out of Tune |
23-Sep-1901 |
10-Jan-1986 |
DEAD |
Sam Spiegel |
Film/TV Producer |
Lawrence of Arabia |
11-Nov-1901 |
31-Dec-1985 |
DEAD |
John C. Stennis |
Politician |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
03-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
DEAD |
Lee Strasberg |
Theater Director |
Theater director and acting coach |
17-Nov-1901 |
17-Feb-1982 |
DEAD |
Sukarno |
Head of State |
President of Indonesia, 1945-67 |
06-Jun-1901 |
21-Jun-1970 |
DEAD |
Willie Sutton |
Criminal |
Because that's where the money is |
30-Jun-1901 |
02-Nov-1980 |
DEAD |
Stuart Symington |
Politician |
US Senator from Missouri, 1953-76 |
26-Jun-1901 |
14-Dec-1988 |
DEAD |
Maxwell D. Taylor |
Military |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64 |
26-Aug-1901 |
19-Apr-1987 |
DEAD |
George Tobias |
Actor |
Abner Kravitz on Bewitched |
14-Jul-1901 |
27-Feb-1980 |
DEAD |
Maurice J. Tobin |
Politician |
US Secretary of Labor, 1948-53 |
22-May-1901 |
19-Jul-1953 |
DEAD |
Merle Tuve |
Physicist |
Proximity fuse |
27-Jun-1901 |
20-May-1982 |
DEAD |
Rudy Vallee |
Actor |
Singer, actor, bandleader |
28-Jul-1901 |
03-Jul-1986 |
DEAD |
William H. Vanderbilt |
Politician |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41 |
24-Nov-1901 |
14-Apr-1981 |
DEAD |
Vincent du Vigneaud |
Chemist |
Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin |
18-May-1901 |
11-Dec-1978 |
DEAD |
Naunton Wayne |
Actor |
Obsession |
22-Jun-1901 |
17-Nov-1970 |
DEAD |
Glenway Wescott |
Novelist |
The Pilgrim Hawk |
11-Apr-1901 |
22-Feb-1987 |
DEAD |
Thomas D. White |
Military |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61 |
06-Aug-1901 |
22-Dec-1965 |
DEAD |
Charles E. Whittaker |
Judge |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1957-62 |
22-Feb-1901 |
26-Nov-1973 |
DEAD |
Craig Wood |
Golf |
Winner, 1941 Masters and US Open |
18-Nov-1901 |
07-May-1968 |
DEAD |
Chic Young |
Cartoonist |
Creator of Blondie |
09-Jan-1901 |
14-Mar-1973 |
DEAD |
Morton Dauwen Zabel |
Educator |
Craft and Character |
10-Aug-1901 |
28-Apr-1964 |
DEAD |
Marion Zioncheck |
Politician |
Congressman, committed suicide |
05-Dec-1901 |
07-Aug-1936 |
DEAD |
