| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Walter S. Adams |
Astronomer |
20-Dec-1876 |
11-May-1956 |
Long-time director of Mt Wilson Observatory |
| Fred Allen |
Comic |
31-May-1894 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Town Hall Tonight |
| Edward Arnold |
Actor |
18-Feb-1890 |
26-Apr-1956 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| George Bancroft |
Actor |
30-Sep-1882 |
2-Oct-1956 |
Thunderbolt |
| Alben W. Barkley |
Politician |
24-Nov-1877 |
30-Apr-1956 |
US Vice President, 1949-53 |
| Max Beerbohm |
Critic |
24-Aug-1872 |
20-May-1956 |
Caricaturist, Seven Men |
| Gottfried Benn |
Poet |
2-May-1886 |
7-Jul-1956 |
Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot |
| Hiram Bingham |
Politician |
19-Nov-1875 |
6-Jun-1956 |
US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu |
| Clarence Birdseye |
Scientist |
9-Dec-1886 |
7-Oct-1956 |
Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane |
| William Boeing |
Business |
1-Oct-1881 |
28-Sep-1956 |
Founder of Boeing, United Airlines |
| Bertolt Brecht |
Playwright |
10-Feb-1898 |
14-Aug-1956 |
Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Bob Burns |
Actor |
2-Aug-1890 |
2-Feb-1956 |
The Arkansas Traveler |
| Louis Calhern |
Actor |
19-Feb-1895 |
12-May-1956 |
Duck Soup |
| Anton J. Carlson |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1875 |
2-Sep-1956 |
The Machinery of the Body |
| Gustave Charpentier |
Composer |
25-Jun-1860 |
18-Feb-1956 |
Louise |
| Homer S. Cummings |
Attorney |
30-Apr-1870 |
10-Sep-1956 |
US Attorney General, 1933-39 |
| Walter de la Mare |
Poet |
25-Apr-1873 |
22-Jun-1956 |
Memoirs of a Midget |
| Tommy Dorsey |
Musician |
19-Nov-1905 |
26-Nov-1956 |
Popular bandleader |
| Glen E. Edgerton |
Military |
17-Apr-1887 |
1956 |
Canal Zone Governor 1940-44 |
| Marshall Field III |
Business |
28-Sep-1893 |
1956 |
Founder of the Chicago Sun-Times |
| Jean Hersholt |
Actor |
12-Jul-1886 |
2-Jun-1956 |
Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund |
| Josef Hoffmann |
Architect |
15-Dec-1870 |
7-May-1956 |
Vienna Secession architect |
| Charles S. Johnson |
Sociologist |
24-Jul-1893 |
27-Oct-1956 |
The Negro in Chicago |
| Irène Joliot-Curie |
Chemist |
12-Sep-1897 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Researcher of radioactivity |
| Jesse H. Jones |
Government |
5-Apr-1874 |
1-Jun-1956 |
US Secretary of Commerce 1940-45 |
| Sheila Kaye-Smith |
Novelist |
4-Feb-1887 |
14-Jan-1956 |
The End of the House of Alard |
| Paul Kelly |
Actor |
9-Aug-1899 |
6-Nov-1956 |
Flying Tigers |
| Guy Kibbee |
Actor |
6-Mar-1882 |
24-May-1956 |
Captain January |
| Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male |
| Alexander Korda |
Film Director |
16-Sep-1893 |
23-Jan-1956 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Theodore Kosloff |
Dancer |
22-Jan-1882 |
22-Nov-1956 |
Why Change Your Wife? |
| Bela Lugosi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
16-Aug-1956 |
Dracula |
| Jan Lukasiewicz |
Mathematician |
21-Dec-1878 |
13-Feb-1956 |
Invented Reverse Polish Notation |
| Charles MacArthur |
Playwright |
5-Nov-1895 |
21-Apr-1956 |
The Front Page |
| Connie Mack |
Baseball |
22-Dec-1862 |
8-Feb-1956 |
Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics |
| Percy MacKaye |
Playwright |
16-Mar-1875 |
31-Aug-1956 |
The Canterbury Pilgrims |
| Percy Marks |
Novelist |
9-Sep-1891 |
27-Dec-1956 |
The Plastic Age |
| Robert McAlmon |
Author |
9-Mar-1896 |
2-Feb-1956 |
Village: As It Happened |
| H. L. Mencken |
Critic |
12-Sep-1880 |
29-Jan-1956 |
The American Language |
| Charles E. Merrill |
Business |
19-Oct-1885 |
6-Oct-1956 |
Founder of Merrill Lynch |
| A. A. Milne |
Author |
18-Jan-1882 |
31-Jan-1956 |
Winnie the Pooh |
| Robert Milton |
Film Director |
24-Jan-1885 |
13-Jan-1956 |
Outward Bound |
| Kenji Mizoguchi |
Film Director |
16-May-1898 |
24-Aug-1956 |
The Life of Oharu |
| Clarence E. Mulford |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1883 |
10-May-1956 |
Hopalong Cassidy |
| Robert Newton |
Actor |
1-Jun-1905 |
25-Mar-1956 |
Long John Silver |
| Paul L. Patterson |
Politician |
18-Jul-1900 |
31-Jan-1956 |
Governor of Oregon, 1952-56 |
| Jackson Pollock |
Painter |
28-Jan-1912 |
11-Aug-1956 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Elpidio Quirino |
Head of State |
16-Nov-1890 |
29-Feb-1956 |
6th President of the Philippines |
| H. B. Reese |
Business |
24-May-1879 |
16-May-1956 |
Peanut butter cups |
| Christian Rub |
Actor |
13-Apr-1886 |
14-Apr-1956 |
Voice of Gepetto |
| George Sarton |
Historian |
31-Aug-1884 |
22-Mar-1956 |
Introduction to the History of Science |
| Al Simmons |
Baseball |
22-May-1902 |
26-May-1956 |
Lifetime batting average .334 |
| Frederick Soddy |
Chemist |
2-Sep-1877 |
22-Sep-1956 |
Investigated radioactivity, isotopes |
| Lewis Terman |
Psychologist |
15-Jan-1877 |
21-Dec-1956 |
Intelligence tests |
| Konstantin von Neurath |
Diplomat |
2-Feb-1873 |
15-Aug-1956 |
Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Thomas J. Watson |
Business |
17-Feb-1874 |
19-Jun-1956 |
Founder of IBM |
| Joseph Wirth |
Head of State |
6-Sep-1879 |
3-Jan-1956 |
German Chancellor |
| Margaret Wycherly |
Actor |
26-Oct-1881 |
6-Jun-1956 |
Sergeant York |
| Babe Zaharias |
Golf |
26-Jun-1914 |
27-Sep-1956 |
Best female athlete of all time |
