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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Charles Greeley Abbot
Astronomer
31-May-1872 17-Dec-1973 Solar energy
Maude Adams
Actor
11-Nov-1872 17-Jul-1953 Stage actress, Peter Pan
Roald Amundsen
Explorer
16-Jul-1872 18-Jun-1928 First to reach South Pole
Norman Angell
Economist
26-Dec-1872 7-Oct-1967 The Great Illusion
Ma Barker
Criminal
1872 16-Jan-1935 Matriarch of the Barker-Karpis Gang
Albert C. Barnes
Curator
2-Jan-1872 24-Jul-1951 Barnes Foundation
L. L. Bean
Business
13-Nov-1872 5-Feb-1967 Founder of L. L. Bean, Inc.
Aubrey Beardsley
Artist
21-Aug-1872 16-Mar-1898 Leading late 19th c. English illustrator
Warren A. Bechtel
Business
12-Sep-1872 28-Aug-1933 Founder of Bechtel Corporation
Max Beerbohm
Critic
24-Aug-1872 20-May-1956 Caricaturist, Seven Men
James Crawford Biggs
Politician
29-Aug-1872 30-Jan-1960 US Solicitor General, 1933-35
G. W. Bitzer
Cinematographer
21-Apr-1872 29-Apr-1944 The Birth of a Nation
Louis Blériot
Aviator
1-Jul-1872 2-Aug-1936 First to fly across English Channel
Henry H. Blood
Politician
1-Oct-1872 19-Jun-1942 Governor of Utah, 1933-41
Léon Blum
Head of State
9-Apr-1872 30-Mar-1950 Thrice Prime Minister of France
Jacques E. Brandenberger
Chemist
19-Oct-1872 13-Jul-1954 Cellophane
Calvin Coolidge
Head of State
4-Jul-1872 5-Jan-1933 30th US President, 1923-29
James J. Couzens
Politician
26-Aug-1872 22-Oct-1936 US Senator from Michigan, 1922-36
Willem de Sitter
Astronomer
6-May-1872 19-Nov-1934 Expanding space
George H. Dern
Government
8-Sep-1872 27-Aug-1936 Governor of Utah, 1925-33
William Duddell
Physicist
1872 4-Nov-1917 Electronic music
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Poet
27-Jun-1872 9-Feb-1906 Lyrics of a Lowly Life
Herbert Fleishhacker
Business
2-Nov-1872 1957 San Francisco banking magnate
Zane Grey
Novelist
31-Jan-1872 23-Oct-1939 Riders of the Purple Sage
Learned Hand
Judge
27-Jan-1872 18-Aug-1961 Influential American justice
Thomas W. Hardwick
Politician
9-Dec-1872 31-Jan-1944 Senator and Governor from Georgia
Andrew Kehoe
Criminal
1-Feb-1872 18-May-1927 Bath School Bomber
Paul Langevin
Physicist
23-Jan-1872 19-Dec-1946 Studied piezoelectricity
Marcel Mauss
Sociologist
10-May-1872 10-Feb-1950 The Gift
Adam McMullen
Politician
12-Jun-1872 2-Mar-1959 Governor of Nebraska, 1925-29
Piet Mondrian
Painter
7-Mar-1872 1-Feb-1944 Dutch abstract painter
Julia Morgan
Architect
20-Jan-1872 2-Feb-1957 Designed Hearst Castle
George Cardinal Mundelein
Religion
2-Jul-1872 2-Oct-1939 Archbishop of Chicago, 1915-39
Ole H. Olson
Politician
19-Sep-1872 29-Jan-1954 Governor of North Dakota, 1934-35
A. Mitchell Palmer
Government
4-May-1872 11-May-1936 US Attorney General, Palmer Raids
Guy Brasfield Park
Politician
10-Jun-1872 1-Oct-1946 Governor of Missouri, 1933-37
David Pinski
Playwright
5-Apr-1872 11-Aug-1959 Yiddish playwright, Der Oitzer
Key Pittman
Politician
12-Sep-1872 10-Nov-1940 US Senator from Nevada, 1913-40
John C. Porter
Politician
4-Apr-1872 27-May-1959 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1929-33
John Cowper Powys
Novelist
8-Oct-1872 17-Jun-1963 Wolf Solent
Joe T. Robinson
Politician
26-Aug-1872 14-Jul-1937 US Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37
Bertrand Russell
Mathematician
18-May-1872 2-Feb-1970 Mathematician, atheist, and social critic
Michael Joseph Savage
Head of State
23-Mar-1872 27-Mar-1940 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1935-40
William H. Standley
Military
18-Dec-1872 25-Oct-1963 US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37
Harlan Fiske Stone
Judge
11-Oct-1872 22-Apr-1946 US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46
William Desmond Taylor
Film Director
26-Apr-1872 1-Feb-1922 Early Hollywood director, murdered
William Monroe Trotter
Activist
7-Apr-1872 7-Apr-1934 Co-founder, Boston Guardian
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer
12-Oct-1872 26-Aug-1958 Sinfonia Antarctica
Harry Von Tilzer
Songwriter
8-Jul-1872 10-Jan-1946 Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad
Bessie Potter Vonnoh
Sculptor
17-Aug-1872 8-Mar-1955 American sculptor in bronze
David I. Walsh
Politician
11-Nov-1872 11-Jun-1947 Governor and Senator from Massachusetts
George White
Politician
21-Aug-1872 15-Dec-1953 Governor of Ohio, 1931-35
Richard Willstätter
Chemist
13-Aug-1872 3-Aug-1942 Plant pigments
Edith Wilson
First Lady
15-Oct-1872 28-Dec-1961 Second wife of US President Woodrow Wilson
Harold Bell Wright
Novelist
4-May-1872 24-May-1944 The Winning of Barbara Worth


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