| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
| Robert Laird Borden |
Head of State |
26-Jun-1854 |
10-Jun-1937 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-20 |
| 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 |
| Amelia Earhart |
Aviator |
24-Jul-1897 |
2-Jul-1937 |
Misplaced aviatrix |
| Élie Faure |
Historian |
4-Apr-1873 |
31-Oct-1937 |
History of Art |
| 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 |
| Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane |
Author |
27-May-1862 |
24-Dec-1937 |
Descartes: His Life and Times |
| Jean Harlow |
Actor |
3-Mar-1911 |
7-Jun-1937 |
Bombshell |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| H. P. Lovecraft |
Author |
20-Aug-1890 |
15-Mar-1937 |
Necronomicon and Cthulhu mythos author |
| 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 the 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 |
| 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 |
| Maurice Ravel |
Composer |
7-Mar-1875 |
28-Dec-1937 |
Bolero |
| 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 |
| Jacob Schick |
Inventor |
16-Sep-1877 |
3-Jul-1937 |
Electric razor |
| Bessie Smith |
Singer |
15-Apr-1894 |
26-Sep-1937 |
Empress of the Blues |
| 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, played at weddings |
