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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Brooks Adams
Historian
24-Jun-1848 13-Feb-1927 The Law of Civilization and Decay
Svante Arrhenius
Chemist
19-Feb-1859 2-Oct-1927 Explored electrolytic conductivity
Simeon E. Baldwin
Politician
5-Feb-1840 30-Jan-1927 Governor of Connecticut, 1911-15
Ernest Ball
Songwriter
22-Jul-1878 3-May-1927 When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Lizzie Borden
Criminal
19-Jul-1860 1-Jun-1927 Presumed axe murderer
Albert Champion
Business
2-Apr-1878 26-Oct-1927 ACDelco and Champion spark plugs
Isadora Duncan
Dancer
26-May-1877 14-Sep-1927 Mother of modern dance
Willem Einthoven
Scientist
21-May-1860 28-Sep-1927 Invented the electrocardiograph
Lyman J. Gage
Business
28-Jun-1836 26-Jan-1927 US Treasury Secretary, 1897-1902
Elbert Henry Gary
Business
8-Oct-1846 15-Aug-1927 CEO of US Steel, 1901-27
John W. Griggs
Politician
10-Jul-1849 28-Nov-1927 Governor of New Jersey, 1896-98
Juan Gris
Painter
23-Mar-1887 11-May-1927 Spanish Synthetic Cubist painter
Peter Paul Halajian
Business
1850 1927 Candy maker
Jerome K. Jerome
Author
2-May-1859 14-Jun-1927 Three Men in a Boat
Robert Keable
Novelist
6-Mar-1887 23-Dec-1927 Simon Called Peter
Andrew Kehoe
Criminal
1-Feb-1872 18-May-1927 Bath School Bomber
Inayat Khan
Religion
5-Jul-1882 5-Feb-1927 Founder of Universal Sufism
Albrecht Kossel
Scientist
16-Sep-1853 5-Jul-1927 Chemistry of tissues and cells
Walter Leaf
Scholar
28-Nov-1852 8-Mar-1927 Classicist, translated Iliad
Juliette Gordon Low
Activist
31-Oct-1860 18-Jan-1927 Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA
William H. Mann
Politician
30-Jul-1843 12-Dec-1927 Governor of Virginia, 1910-14
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr.
Attorney
4-May-1853 18-Feb-1927 US Solicitor General, 1893-95
Florence Mills
Singer
25-Jan-1896 1-Nov-1927 Jazz singer, Queen of Happiness
James Ford Rhodes
Author
1-May-1848 22-Jan-1927 History of the Civil War
Nicola Sacco
Anarchist
22-Apr-1891 27-Aug-1927 Sacco and Vanzetti
Edward Titchener
Psychologist
11-Jan-1867 3-Aug-1927 Structural psychology
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Anarchist
11-Jun-1888 27-Aug-1927 Sacco and Vanzetti
Victoria Woodhull
Activist
23-Sep-1838 9-Jun-1927 First woman candidate for US President


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