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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Leslie Banks
Actor
9-Jun-1890 21-Apr-1952 The Most Dangerous Game
Albert Bassermann
Actor
7-Sep-1867 15-May-1952 German actor
Jack Conway
Film Director
17-Jul-1887 11-Oct-1952 Too Hot to Handle
Stafford Cripps
Politician
24-Apr-1889 21-Apr-1952 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50
Benedetto Croce
Philosopher
25-Feb-1866 20-Nov-1952 Philosophy of Spirit
John Dewey
Educator
20-Oct-1859 1-Jun-1952 Pragmatist philosopher, education reformer
Paul Éluard
Poet
14-Dec-1895 18-Nov-1952 La Capitale de la Douleur
William Fox
Film/TV Producer
1-Jan-1879 8-May-1952 Founder of 20th Century Fox
John Garfield
Actor
4-Mar-1913 21-May-1952 Gentleman's Agreement
King George VI
Royalty
14-Dec-1895 6-Feb-1952 King of England, 1936-1952
Knut Hamsun
Novelist
4-Aug-1859 19-Feb-1952 Norwegian novelist, Sult
Fletcher Henderson
Jazz Musician
18-Dec-1897 29-Dec-1952 Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader
Curly Howard
Actor
22-Oct-1903 18-Jan-1952 Highest pitched Stooge
Billy Hughes
Head of State
25-Sep-1862 28-Oct-1952 Prime Minister of Australia, 1915-23
Clark L. Hull
Psychologist
24-May-1884 10-May-1952 Principles of Behavior
Harold Ickes
Government
15-Mar-1874 3-Feb-1952 US Secretary of the Interior, 1933-46
Eugene Jolas
Editor
26-Oct-1894 26-May-1952 transition
Hendrik Kramers
Physicist
17-Feb-1894 24-Apr-1952 Kramers dispersion theory
Gregory La Cava
Film Director
10-Mar-1892 1-Mar-1952 My Man Godfrey
Pedro Lascurain
Head of State
8-May-1856 21-Jul-1952 President of Mexico for 25 minutes
Gertrude Lawrence
Actor
4-Jul-1898 6-Sep-1952 British and Broadway theatre star
Canada Lee
Actor
3-Mar-1907 9-May-1952 Cry, the Beloved Country
Dixie Lee
Musician
4-Nov-1911 1-Nov-1952 Singer and wife of Bing Crosby
Morris E. Leeds
Business
6-Mar-1869 8-Feb-1952 Leeds & Northrup Co.
Walter Long
Actor
5-Mar-1879 4-Jul-1952 The Birth of a Nation
Bernard Lyot
Astronomer
27-Feb-1897 2-Apr-1952 Sandstorms on Mars
Antonia Maury
Astronomer
21-Mar-1866 8-Jan-1952 Stellar classification
Hattie McDaniel
Actor
10-Jun-1893 26-Oct-1952 Mammy on Gone with the Wind
Ferenc Molnár
Playwright
12-Jan-1878 1-Apr-1952 The Devil
Maria Montessori
Educator
31-Aug-1870 6-May-1952 Founder of Montessori Education Method
Polly Moran
Actor
28-Jun-1883 25-Jan-1952 Adam's Rib
Anne Morgan
Philanthropist
25-Jul-1873 29-Jan-1952 Friend of the French
Jack Parsons
Scientist
2-Oct-1914 17-Jul-1952 Satanic rocket scientist
Robert P. Patterson
Judge
12-Feb-1891 22-Jan-1952 US Secretary of War, 1945-47
Evita Peron
First Lady
7-May-1919 26-Jul-1952 Don't cry for her
Susan Peters
Actor
3-Jul-1921 23-Oct-1952 Random Harvest
George Santayana
Philosopher
16-Dec-1863 26-Sep-1952 The Realms of Being
Charles Sherrington
Doctor
27-Nov-1857 4-Mar-1952 Neurons and synapses
Joseph H. Short
Government
11-Feb-1904 18-Sep-1952 Harry S. Truman's press secretary
Josephine Tey
Novelist
1897 13-Feb-1952 Richard of Bordeaux
Lamar Trotti
Screenwriter
18-Oct-1900 28-Aug-1952 Young Mr. Lincoln
Carl von Cosel
Criminal
8-Feb-1877 23-Jul-1952 Florida's favorite necrophile
James W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Politician
12-Aug-1877 21-Jun-1952 US Senator from New York, 1915-27
Chaim Weizmann
Head of State
27-Nov-1874 9-Nov-1952 First President of Israel
Roland West
Film Director
20-Feb-1885 31-Mar-1952 The Bat Whispers
Wallace H. White, Jr.
Politician
6-Aug-1877 31-Mar-1952 US Senator from Maine, 1931-49


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