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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Albert I
Royalty
8-Apr-1875 17-Feb-1934 King of Belgium, 1909-34
Roger Babson
Economist
6-Jul-1875 5-Mar-1967 Founder of Babson College
Hiram Bingham
Politician
19-Nov-1875 6-Jun-1956 US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu
Maurice de Broglie
Physicist
27-Apr-1875 14-Jul-1960 X-ray spectroscopy
John Buchan
Author
26-Aug-1875 11-Feb-1940 The Thirty-Nine Steps
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Author
1-Sep-1875 19-Mar-1950 Tarzan
Jeanne Calment
Elderly
21-Feb-1875 4-Aug-1997 Oldest recorded person dies at 122
Anton J. Carlson
Biologist
29-Jan-1875 2-Sep-1956 The Machinery of the Body
Walter P. Chrysler
Business
2-Apr-1875 18-Aug-1940 Founder of Chrysler Corporation
Aleister Crowley
Religion
12-Oct-1875 1-Dec-1947 Wickedest man in the world
Henry Dale
Scientist
9-Jun-1875 23-Jul-1968 Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Patrick H. Drewry
Politician
24-May-1875 21-Dec-1947 Congressman from Virginia, 1920-47
Alice Dunbar-Nelson
Author
19-Jul-1875 18-Sep-1935 Harlem Renaissance influence
D. W. Griffith
Film Director
22-Jan-1875 21-Jul-1948 The Birth of a Nation
Edmund Gwenn
Actor
26-Sep-1875 6-Sep-1959 Miracle on 34th Street
Masujiro Hashimoto
Business
1875 Jan-1944 Founder of Nissan Motor Co.
Samuel S. Hinds
Actor
4-Apr-1875 13-Oct-1948 It's a Wonderful Life
E. F. Hutton
Business
7-Sep-1875 11-Jul-1962 Founder of E. F. Hutton brokerage
Carl Jung
Psychologist
26-Jul-1875 6-Jun-1961 Inventor of the collective unconscious
Ethelreda Lewis
Novelist
1875 1-Aug-1946 Trader Horn
Antonio Machado
Poet
26-Jul-1875 22-Feb-1939 Generation of '98
Percy MacKaye
Playwright
16-Mar-1875 31-Aug-1956 The Canterbury Pilgrims
Thomas Mann
Novelist
6-Jun-1875 12-Aug-1955 Buddenbrooks
Jeannette Marks
Poet
16-Aug-1875 1964 The Merry Merry Cuckoo
Eugene Meyer
Publisher
31-Oct-1875 17-Jul-1959 Washington Post publisher, 1933-47
John H. Overton
Politician
17-Sep-1875 14-May-1948 US Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48
J. C. Penney
Business
16-Sep-1875 12-Feb-1971 Founder of J. C. Penney Company
Ludwig Prandtl
Physicist
4-Feb-1875 15-Aug-1953 Father of Aerodynamics
Reginald Punnett
Biologist
20-Jun-1875 3-Jan-1967 Early geneticist
Maurice Ravel
Composer
7-Mar-1875 28-Dec-1937 Bolero
Syngman Rhee
Head of State
26-Mar-1875 19-Jul-1965 First President of South Korea
Rainer Maria Rilke
Poet
04-Dec-1875 29-Dec-1926 Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus
Albert Schweitzer
Activist
14-Jan-1875 4-Sep-1965 Humanitarian and theologian
Alfred P. Sloan
Business
23-May-1875 17-Feb-1966 Chairman of GM, 1937-56
Joel Elias Spingarn
Critic
17-May-1875 26-Jul-1939 Literary critic, NAACP leader
Gerd von Rundstedt
Military
12-Dec-1875 24-Feb-1953 German Field Marshall
Edgar Wallace
Novelist
1-Apr-1875 10-Feb-1932 Highly prolific English novelist
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney
Business
9-Jan-1875 18-Apr-1942 Whitney Museum of American Art
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Educator
13-Apr-1875 26-Jun-1949 President of Stanford University, 1916-43


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