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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Abercrombie
Business
6-Jun-1867 29-Aug-1931 Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
Edward G. Acheson
Inventor
9-Mar-1856 6-Jul-1931 Discovered silicon carbide
Art Acord
Actor
17-Apr-1890 4-Jan-1931 Cowboy actor
Stephen Babcock
Chemist
22-Oct-1843 2-Jul-1931 Chemistry of milk
George F. Baker
Business
27-Mar-1840 2-May-1931 "None of the public's business"
Bix Beiderbecke
Jazz Musician
10-Mar-1903 6-Aug-1931 Celebrated jazz cornetist
David Belasco
Playwright
25-Jul-1853 14-May-1931 Madame Butterfly
Arnold Bennett
Novelist
27-May-1867 27-Mar-1931 Five Towns novels
Buddy Bolden
Jazz Musician
6-Sep-1877 4-Nov-1931 Ragtime, pre-Jazz cornetist
Edward Channing
Historian
15-Jun-1856 7-Jan-1931 A History of the United States
Vincent d'Indy
Composer
27-Mar-1851 1-Dec-1931 Symphonie Cévenole
Melvil Dewey
Curator
10-Dec-1851 26-Dec-1931 Dewey Decimal System
Thomas Edison
Inventor
11-Feb-1847 18-Oct-1931 Invented the light bulb
Frank C. Emerson
Politician
26-May-1882 18-Feb-1931 Governor of Wyoming, 1927-31
Daniel Chester French
Sculptor
20-Apr-1850 7-Oct-1931 Lincoln Memorial
Khalil Gibran
Poet
6-Jan-1883 10-Apr-1931 The Prophet
Frank Harris
Author
14-Feb-1856 26-Aug-1931 My Life and Loves
August Herrmann
Baseball
3-May-1859 25-Apr-1931 Commissioner of Baseball, 1903-20
David Starr Jordan
Biologist
19-Jan-1851 19-Sep-1931 Fishes of North and Middle America
Erik Axel Karlfeldt
Poet
20-Jul-1864 8-Apr-1931 Songs of the wilderness and love
Frederick W. Lehmann
Attorney
28-Feb-1853 12-Sep-1931 US Solicitor General, 1910-12
Vachel Lindsay
Poet
10-Nov-1879 5-Dec-1931 The Congo and Other Poems
Nicholas Longworth
Politician
5-Nov-1869 9-Apr-1931 Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31
Charles MacVeagh
Attorney
6-Jun-1860 4-Dec-1931 US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28
Salvatore Maranzano
Criminal
1868 10-Sep-1931 Capo di tutti capi
Joe Masseria
Criminal
1879 15-Apr-1931 NY mobster, killed by Luciano
George Herbert Mead
Philosopher
27-Feb-1863 26-Apr-1931 Pragmatist, social behaviorist
Nellie Melba
Singer
19-May-1861 23-Feb-1931 Operatic soprano
André Michelin
Business
16-Jan-1853 4-Apr-1931 Founder of Michelin Group
Albert A. Michelson
Physicist
19-Dec-1852 9-May-1931 Measured the speed of light
Oskar Minkowski
Doctor
13-Jan-1858 18-Jul-1931 Linked pancreas to diabetes
Dwight Morrow
Politician
11-Jan-1873 5-Oct-1931 US Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30
Hermann Mueller
Head of State
18-May-1876 20-Mar-1931 German Chancellor 1920, 1928-30
F. W. Murnau
Film Director
28-Dec-1888 11-Mar-1931 Nosferatu, Sunrise
Carl Nielsen
Composer
9-Jun-1865 3-Oct-1931 The Four Temperaments
Hamaguchi Osachi
Head of State
1-Apr-1870 26-Aug-1931 Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31
Anna Pavlova
Dancer
12-Feb-1881 22-Jan-1931 Early 20th century Russian ballerina
Geli Raubal
Relative
4-Jun-1908 18-Sep-1931 Hitler's niece
Knute Rockne
Football
4-Mar-1888 31-Mar-1931 Notre Dame Head Coach, 1918-30
O. E. Rölvaag
Novelist
22-Apr-1876 5-Nov-1931 Giants in the Earth
Arthur Schnitzler
Playwright
15-May-1862 21-Oct-1931 Reigen
E. Irvin Scott
Business
13-May-1846 24-Apr-1931 Founder of Scott Paper Company
Nathan Söderblom
Religion
15-Jan-1866 12-Jul-1931 Archbishop of Sweden
Otto Wallach
Chemist
27-Mar-1847 26-Feb-1931 Terpenes and essential oils
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Activist
16-Jul-1862 25-Mar-1931 Civil rights advocate


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