LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert S. Abbott	Publisher	24-Nov-1868	29-Feb-1940	Chicago Defender
Spottiswoode Aitken	Actor	16-Apr-1868	26-Feb-1933	Silent film actor
George Arliss	Actor	10-Apr-1868	5-Feb-1946	Disraeli
Mary Austin	Author	9-Sep-1868	13-Aug-1934	Land of Little Rain
Peter Behrens	Architect	14-Apr-1868	27-Feb-1940	Invented corporate identity
W. E. B. Du Bois	Activist	23-Feb-1868	27-Aug-1963	Civil rights activist
Jesse Burkett	Baseball	4-Dec-1868	27-May-1953	The Crab, MLB Hall of Famer
Paul Claudel	Poet	6-Aug-1868	23-Feb-1955	French poet and diplomat
Royal S. Copeland	Politician	7-Nov-1868	17-Jul-1938	US Senator from New York, 1923-38
Marie Dressler	Actor	2-Nov-1868	28-Jul-1934	Min and Bill
Frank W. Dyson	Astronomer	8-Jan-1868	25-May-1939	Six pips on the BBC
Dietrich Eckart	Playwright	23-Mar-1868	25-Dec-1923	Nazi intellectual, Hitler's best friend
Harvey Firestone	Business	20-Dec-1868	7-Feb-1938	Rubber tire baron
Alfred Fowler	Astronomer	22-Mar-1868	24-Jun-1940	Celestial spectroscopy
John Nance Garner	Politician	22-Nov-1868	7-Nov-1967	US Vice President, 1933-41
Stefan George	Poet	12-Jul-1868	4-Dec-1933	Algabal
Maxim Gorky	Playwright	28-Mar-1868	17-Jun-1936	The Lower Depths
Fritz Haber	Chemist	9-Dec-1868	29-Jan-1934	Synthesized ammonia
George Ellery Hale	Astronomer	29-Jun-1868	21-Feb-1938	Palomar Observatory founder, astronomer
Felix Hoffmann	Chemist	21-Jan-1868	8-Feb-1946	Aspirin and heroin
Kin Hubbard	Cartoonist	1-Sep-1868	26-Dec-1930	Abe Martin of Brown County
Scott Joplin	Musician	24-Nov-1868	1-Apr-1917	The King of Ragtime
Karl Landsteiner	Doctor	14-Jun-1868	26-Jun-1943	Discovered blood typing
Henrietta Swan Leavitt	Astronomer	4-Jul-1868	12-Dec-1921	Cepheid variable
Armin O. Leuschner	Astronomer	16-Jan-1868	22-Apr-1953	Astronomer at Berkeley
Charles Rennie Mackintosh	Architect	7-Jun-1868	10-Dec-1928	Glasgow Style designer
Salvatore Maranzano	Criminal	1868	10-Sep-1931	Capo di tutti capi
Robert A. Millikan	Physicist	22-Mar-1868	19-Dec-1953	Determined the charge of an electron
Tsar Nicholas II	Royalty	18-May-1868	17-Jul-1918	Last of the Russian Tsars
Miles Poindexter	Politician	22-Apr-1868	21-Sep-1946	US Senator from Washington, 1911-23
Eleanor H. Porter	Novelist	19-Dec-1868	21-May-1920	Pollyanna
Theodore W. Richards	Chemist	31-Jan-1868	2-Apr-1928	Proved existence of isotopes
Edmond Rostand	Playwright	1-Apr-1868	2-Dec-1918	Cyrano de Bergerac
Arnold Sommerfeld	Physicist	5-Dec-1868	26-Apr-1951	Fine-structure constant
The Sundance Kid	Criminal	19-Apr-1868	c. 1908	Outlaw and sidekick
John Townsend	Mathematician	7-Jun-1868	16-Feb-1957	Electron's charge
John W. Troy	Politician	31-Oct-1868	2-May-1942	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-39
Georgy Voronoy	Mathematician	28-Apr-1868	20-Nov-1908	Voronoi diagram
Paul M. Warburg	Business	10-Aug-1868	24-Jan-1932	The Federal Reserve System
Roy Owen West	Attorney	27-Oct-1868	29-Nov-1958	US Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29
William Allen White	Journalist	10-Feb-1868	29-Jan-1944	The Emporia Gazette
Robert W. Wood	Physicist	2-May-1868	11-Aug-1955	Physical Optics
William H. Woodin	Business	27-May-1868	3-May-1934	US Treasury Secretary, 1933

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