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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alfred Adler
Psychologist
7-Feb-1870 28-May-1937 Founder of Individual Psychology
Ross Alexander
Actor
27-Jul-1907 2-Jan-1937 Captain Blood
Newton D. Baker
Politician
3-Dec-1871 25-Dec-1937 US Secretary of War, 1916-21
J. M. Barrie
Author
9-May-1860 19-Jun-1937 Peter Pan
Robert Worth Bingham
Business
8-Nov-1871 18-Dec-1937 Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal
Richard Boleslawsky
Film Director
4-Feb-1889 17-Jan-1937 Les misérables
Robert Laird Borden
Head of State
26-Jun-1854 10-Jun-1937 Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-20
J. C. Bose
Botanist
30-Nov-1858 23-Nov-1937 Plant physiology
Constantin Brunner
Philosopher
27-Aug-1862 17-Aug-1937 German Jewish philosopher
John Burke
Politician
25-Feb-1859 14-May-1937 North Dakota Governor, US Treasurer
William M. Butler
Politician
29-Jan-1861 29-Mar-1937 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1924-26
Robert D. Carey
Politician
12-Aug-1878 17-Jan-1937 Governor and Senator from Wyoming
Wallace Hume Carothers
Chemist
27-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1937 Inventor of Nylon
Austen Chamberlain
Politician
16-Oct-1863 16-Mar-1937 British pol, Nobel Prize recipient
Colin Clive
Actor
20-Jan-1900 25-Jun-1937 Frankenstein
Ralph Connor
Author
13-Sep-1860 31-Oct-1937 Canadian pulp author, Black Rock
Gustaf Dalén
Inventor
30-Nov-1869 9-Dec-1937 Automatic sun valve
Edward F. Dunne
Politician
12-Oct-1853 24-May-1937 Governor of Illinois, 1913-17
Amelia Earhart
Aviator
24-Jul-1897 2-Jul-1937 Misplaced aviatrix
Élie Faure
Historian
4-Apr-1873 31-Oct-1937 History of Art
Edward Garnett
Editor
5-Jan-1868 19-Feb-1937 English critic and editor
George Gershwin
Songwriter
26-Sep-1898 11-Jul-1937 Rhapsody In Blue
William Gillette
Actor
24-Jul-1853 29-Apr-1937 Portrayed Sherlock Holmes on the stage
Antonio Gramsci
Activist
23-Jan-1891 27-Apr-1937 Founder of the Italian Communist Party
Ivor Gurney
Poet
28-Aug-1890 26-Dec-1937 War's Embers
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane
Author
27-May-1862 24-Dec-1937 Descartes: His Life and Times
Lamartine G. Hardman
Politician
14-Apr-1856 18-Feb-1937 Governor of Georgia, 1927-31
Jean Harlow
Actor
3-Mar-1911 7-Jun-1937 Bombshell
Ted Healy
Actor
1-Oct-1896 21-Dec-1937 Creator of The Three Stooges
Charles Hires
Business
19-Aug-1851 31-Jul-1937 Root beer
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Military
17-Aug-1870 16-Mar-1937 Spanish-American War hero
William Temple Hornaday
Activist
1-Dec-1854 6-Mar-1937 Defender of the American bison
Frederic Eugene Ives
Inventor
17-Feb-1856 27-May-1937 Halftone process
J. Franklin Jameson
Historian
19-Sep-1859 28-Sep-1937 Dictionary of United States History
Frank B. Kellogg
Government
22-Dec-1856 21-Dec-1937 US Secretary of State, 1925-29
Harry G. Leslie
Politician
6-Apr-1878 10-Dec-1937 Governor of Indiana, 1929-33
H. P. Lovecraft
Author
20-Aug-1890 15-Mar-1937 The Call of Cthulhu
Ramsay MacDonald
Head of State
12-Oct-1866 9-Nov-1937 First Labour Prime Minister of UK
Guglielmo Marconi
Scientist
25-Apr-1874 20-Jul-1937 Inventor of radio
Don Marquis
Journalist
29-Jul-1878 29-Dec-1937 archy and mehitabel
Tomas Masaryk
Head of State
7-Mar-1850 14-Sep-1937 Czech President, 1920-35
Frederick L. Maytag
Business
14-Jul-1857 26-Mar-1937 Founder of Maytag Corporation
Andrew W. Mellon
Business
24-Mar-1855 27-Aug-1937 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32
Ogden L. Mills
Government
23-Aug-1884 11-Oct-1937 US Treasury Secretary, 1932-33
Andrew J. Montague
Politician
3-Oct-1862 24-Jan-1937 Governor and Congressman from Virginia
Paul Elmer More
Scholar
12-Dec-1864 9-Mar-1937 Shelburne Essays
Howie Morenz
Hockey
21-Jun-1902 8-Mar-1937 Montreal Canadiens, Hall of Famer
Grayson Murphy
Business
1878 Nov-1937 Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion
Osgood Perkins
Actor
16-May-1893 21-Sep-1937 Broadway and radio actor
John G. Pollard
Politician
4-Aug-1871 28-Apr-1937 Governor of Virginia, 1930-34
Maurice Ravel
Composer
7-Mar-1875 28-Dec-1937 Bolero
Joe T. Robinson
Politician
26-Aug-1872 14-Jul-1937 US Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37
John D. Rockefeller
Business
8-Jul-1839 23-May-1937 Founder of Standard Oil
Elihu Root
Government
15-Feb-1845 7-Feb-1937 Senator, Secretary of War, State
Ernest Rutherford
Physicist
30-Aug-1871 19-Oct-1937 Father of nuclear physics
Granville Ryrie
Military
1-Jul-1865 2-Oct-1937 Soldier, High Commissioner to the UK
Jacob Schick
Inventor
16-Sep-1877 3-Jul-1937 Electric razor
Bessie Smith
Singer
15-Apr-1894 26-Sep-1937 Empress of the Blues
Joe Smith
Jazz Musician
28-Jun-1902 2-Dec-1937 Cool jazz trumpeter
John W. Summers
Politician
29-Apr-1870 25-Sep-1937 US Congressman from Washington, 1919-33
Ambrose Swasey
Business
19-Dec-1846 15-Jun-1937 Warner and Swasey Company and Observatory
Elihu Thomson
Inventor
29-Mar-1853 13-Mar-1937 Electric welding and A/C motors
Harry Vardon
Golf
9-May-1870 20-Mar-1937 Early golf superstar
Felix M. Warburg
Business
14-Jan-1871 20-Oct-1937 Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
Edith Wharton
Novelist
24-Jan-1862 11-Aug-1937 The Age of Innocence
Charles-Marie Widor
Composer
21-Feb-1844 12-Mar-1937 Toccata


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