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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bela Bartok
Composer
25-Mar-1881 26-Sep-1945 Hungarian composer
Walter Benjamin
Philosopher
15-Jul-1892 26-Sep-1940 The Arcades Project
Nils Bohlin
Engineer
17-Jul-1920 26-Sep-2002 Three-point safety belt
Daniel Boone
Military
22-Oct-1734 26-Sep-1820 Legendary frontiersman
Clara Bow
Actor
29-Jul-1905 26-Sep-1965 Schizophrenic actress, Wings
Lane Bryant
Fashion Designer
1-Dec-1879 26-Sep-1951 Plus-size designer
Betty Carter
Singer
16-May-1929 26-Sep-1998 Jazz vocalist
Charles J. Correll
Actor
2-Feb-1890 26-Sep-1972 Andy of Amos & Andy
John Cromwell
Film Director
23-Dec-1887 26-Sep-1979 The Prisoner of Zenda
W. H. Davies
Poet
3-Jul-1871 26-Sep-1940 Tramp-Poet, The Soul's Destroyer
John Dury
Religion
1596 26-Sep-1680 The Reformed Librarie-Keeper
William L. Emmet
Engineer
10-Jul-1859 26-Sep-1941 All-electric warships
Herman G. Fisher
Business
2-Nov-1898 26-Sep-1975 Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys
Bruce Haack
Musician
4-May-1932 26-Sep-1988 The Electric Lucifer
Keir Hardie
Politician
15-Aug-1856 26-Sep-1915 Organizer of the British Labour Party
Lafcadio Hearn
Author
27-Jun-1850 26-Sep-1904 Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation
Arthur Hunnicutt
Actor
17-Feb-1910 26-Sep-1979 The Big Sky
Alexander Gordon Laing
Explorer
27-Dec-1793 26-Sep-1826 Explorer killed returning from Timbuktu
Hugh Lofting
Novelist
14-Jun-1886 26-Sep-1947 The Story of Dr. Dolittle
Breckinridge Long
Diplomat
16-May-1881 26-Sep-1958 US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36
Anna Magnani
Actor
7-Mar-1908 26-Sep-1973 The Rose Tattoo
Shelly Manne
Drummer
11-Jun-1920 26-Sep-1984 West Coast jazz drummer
Stephen McKenna
Novelist
27-Feb-1888 26-Sep-1967 The Education of Eric Lane
August Möbius
Astronomer
17-Nov-1790 26-Sep-1868 Möbius strip
Harriet Monroe
Poet
23-Dec-1860 26-Sep-1936 Founder of Poetry magazine
Ida Moore
Actor
1-Mar-1882 26-Sep-1964 American character actress
Alberto Moravia
Novelist
28-Nov-1907 26-Sep-1990 Il Conformista
Richard Mulligan
Actor
13-Nov-1932 26-Sep-2000 Burt Campbell in Soap
Byron Nelson
Golf
4-Feb-1912 26-Sep-2006 Winner of 5 Majors
Paul Newman
Actor
26-Jan-1925 26-Sep-2008 Salad dressing magnate
Robert Palmer
Singer
19-Jan-1949 26-Sep-2003 Addicted To Love
Leopold Ruzicka
Chemist
13-Sep-1887 26-Sep-1976 Terpenes and hormones
George Santayana
Philosopher
16-Dec-1863 26-Sep-1952 The Realms of Being
Manne Siegbahn
Physicist
3-Dec-1886 26-Sep-1978 X-Ray spectroscopy
Georg Simmel
Sociologist
1-Mar-1858 26-Sep-1918 Philosophy of Money
Bessie Smith
Singer
15-Apr-1894 26-Sep-1937 Empress of the Blues
Levi Strauss
Business
26-Feb-1829 26-Sep-1902 Blue jeans
William Strunk
Author
1-Jul-1869 26-Sep-1946 Elements of Style
Iva Toguri
Radio Personality
4-Jul-1916 26-Sep-2006 Never actually was Tokyo Rose
Paul Turan
Mathematician
28-Aug-1910 26-Sep-1976 Hungarian mathematician
Thomas Watson
Poet
c. 1557 26-Sep-1592 The Tears of Fancie
Richard H. Whiteley
Politician
22-Dec-1830 26-Sep-1890 Congressman from Georgia, 1870-76
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Chemist
14-Jul-1921 26-Sep-1996 Organometallic "sandwich" compounds
Charles E. Wilson
Government
18-Jul-1890 26-Sep-1961 US Secretary of Defense, 1953-57


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