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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Eddie Acuff
Actor
3-Jun-1903 17-Dec-1956 Mr. Beasley in Blondie
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
Leo Baeck
Religion
23-May-1873 2-Nov-1956 Progressive Jewish Rabbi
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
Lawrence Bell
Business
5-Apr-1894 20-Oct-1956 Founder of Bell Helicopter
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
Louis Bromfield
Author
27-Dec-1896 18-Mar-1956 Early Autumn
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
Edward P. Carville
Politician
14-May-1885 27-Jun-1956 Governor of Nevada, 1939-45
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
Charles Dingle
Actor
28-Dec-1887 19-Jan-1956 The Little Foxes
Tommy Dorsey
Musician
19-Nov-1905 26-Nov-1956 Popular bandleader
E. A. Dupont
Film Director
25-Dec-1891 12-Dec-1956 Piccadilly
Glen E. Edgerton
Military
17-Apr-1887 1956 Canal Zone Governor, 1940-44
Marshall Field III
Business
28-Sep-1893 8-Nov-1956 Founder of the Chicago Sun-Times
Marjorie Fielding
Actor
17-Feb-1892 28-Dec-1956 English stage actress
Finis J. Garrett
Politician
26-Aug-1875 25-May-1956 Congressman from Tennessee, 1905-29
William T. Granahan
Politician
26-Jul-1895 25-May-1956 Congressman from Pennsylvania
Charley Grapewin
Actor
20-Dec-1869 2-Feb-1956 Tobacco Road
Ward Greene
Novelist
23-Dec-1892 22-Jan-1956 Lady and the Tramp
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
Physicist
12-Sep-1897 17-Mar-1956 Artificial radioactivity
Jesse H. Jones
Government
5-Apr-1874 1-Jun-1956 US Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45
Oskar Karlweis
Actor
10-Jun-1894 24-Jan-1956 5 Fingers
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
Ernest J. King
Military
23-Nov-1878 25-Jun-1956 Chief of Naval Operations, 1942-45
Alfred Kinsey
Scientist
23-Jun-1894 25-Aug-1956 Researched human sexual behavior
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?
Arthur Bliss Lane
Diplomat
16-Jun-1894 12-Aug-1956 US Ambassador to Poland, 1945-47
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
Samuel R. McKelvie
Politician
15-Apr-1881 6-Oct-1956 Governor of Nebraska, 1919-23
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
Ralph Morgan
Actor
6-Jul-1883 11-Jun-1956 The Kennel Murder Case
Clarence E. Mulford
Novelist
3-Feb-1883 10-May-1956 Hopalong Cassidy
William H. Murray
Politician
21-Nov-1869 15-Oct-1956 Governor of Oklahoma, 1931-35
Francis J. Myers
Politician
18-Dec-1901 5-Jul-1956 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1945-51
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
Mikhail Rasumny
Actor
13-May-1890 17-Feb-1956 For Whom the Bell Tolls
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
Jean Schwartz
Songwriter
4-Nov-1878 30-Nov-1956 Chinatown, My Chinatown
Al Simmons
Baseball
22-May-1902 26-May-1956 Lifetime batting average .334
Harry Sinclair
Business
6-Jul-1876 10-Nov-1956 Founder of Sinclair Oil
Frederick Soddy
Chemist
2-Sep-1877 22-Sep-1956 Isotopes
Henry Stephenson
Actor
16-Apr-1871 24-Apr-1956 The Prince and the Pauper
Francis L. Sullivan
Actor
6-Jan-1903 19-Nov-1956 Great Expectations
Art Tatum
Jazz Musician
13-Oct-1909 5-Nov-1956 Greatest jazz pianist of all time
Lewis Terman
Psychologist
15-Jan-1877 21-Dec-1956 Intelligence tests
Preston Tucker
Business
21-Sep-1903 26-Dec-1956 The car of tomorrow -- today
Konstantin von Neurath
Diplomat
2-Feb-1873 15-Aug-1956 Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs
Albert Von Tilzer
Songwriter
29-Mar-1878 1-Oct-1956 Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Thomas J. Watson
Business
17-Feb-1874 19-Jun-1956 Led IBM into the computer era
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


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