| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Gilbert M. Anderson |
Actor |
21-Mar-1880 |
20-Jan-1971 |
Bronco Billy |
| Guillaume Apollinaire |
Poet |
26-Aug-1880 |
9-Nov-1918 |
Alcools, Calligrammes |
| Sholem Asch |
Author |
1-Nov-1880 |
1-Aug-1957 |
Yiddish novelist |
| Ludwig Beck |
Military |
29-Jun-1880 |
20-Jul-1944 |
Supported failed coup against Hitler |
| Andrei Bely |
Author |
26-Oct-1880 |
8-Jan-1934 |
Petersburg |
| Leslie Biffle |
Government |
9-Oct-1880 |
6-Apr-1966 |
Secretary of the Senate |
| Clara Blandick |
Actor |
4-Jun-1880 |
15-Apr-1962 |
Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz |
| Ernest Bloch |
Composer |
24-Jul-1880 |
15-Jul-1959 |
Schelomo |
| Alexander Blok |
Poet |
16-Nov-1880 |
7-Aug-1921 |
Russian Silver Age poet |
| Mary Boland |
Actor |
28-Jan-1880 |
23-Jun-1965 |
Ruggles of Red Gap |
| Roy D. Chapin, Sr. |
Government |
23-Feb-1880 |
16-Feb-1936 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1932-33 |
| Donald Crisp |
Actor |
27-Jul-1880 |
25-May-1974 |
Silent film actor survived into talkies |
| Father Divine |
Religion |
1880 |
1965 |
Founder of the International Peace Mission |
| Jacob Epstein |
Sculptor |
10-Nov-1880 |
21-Aug-1959 |
Strand Statues |
| W. C. Fields |
Comic |
29-Jan-1880 |
25-Dec-1946 |
The Bank Dick |
| Bertie Forbes |
Business |
14-May-1880 |
6-May-1954 |
Forbes Magazine founder |
| John Oliver La Gorce |
Explorer |
1880 |
1949 |
Antarctica explorer, National Geographic editor |
| Joseph Grew |
Diplomat |
27-May-1880 |
25-May-1965 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1932-41 |
| John Halliday |
Actor |
14-Sep-1880 |
17-Oct-1947 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Joseph Hergesheimer |
Novelist |
15-Feb-1880 |
25-Apr-1954 |
Tol'Able David |
| Duncan Hines |
Business |
26-Mar-1880 |
15-Mar-1959 |
Roadside gourmet |
| Samuel Hoare |
Politician |
24-Feb-1880 |
7-May-1959 |
UK Home Secretary, 1937-39 |
| Albert Wallace Hull |
Physicist |
19-Apr-1880 |
22-Jan-1966 |
Inventor of the magnetron tube |
| Ze'ev Jabotinsky |
Military |
18-Oct-1880 |
4-Aug-1940 |
Founder of the Jewish Legion |
| Paul B. Johnson, Sr. |
Politician |
23-Mar-1880 |
26-Dec-1943 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1940-43 |
| Paul Kammerer |
Biologist |
17-Aug-1880 |
23-Oct-1926 |
Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance |
| Helen Keller |
Activist |
27-Jun-1880 |
1-Jun-1968 |
Deaf and blind activist |
| Sophie Kerr |
Novelist |
23-Aug-1880 |
6-Feb-1965 |
The Sound of Petticoats |
| Douglas MacArthur |
Military |
26-Jan-1880 |
5-Apr-1964 |
General of the Army |
| George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
| Christy Mathewson |
Baseball |
12-Aug-1880 |
7-Oct-1925 |
Pitched 37 winning games in 1908 |
| Elton Mayo |
Psychologist |
26-Dec-1880 |
7-Sep-1949 |
Student of Industrial Civilization |
| Robert McCormick |
Business |
30-Jul-1880 |
1-Apr-1955 |
Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower |
| H. L. Mencken |
Critic |
12-Sep-1880 |
29-Jan-1956 |
The American Language |
| Tom Mix |
Actor |
6-Jan-1880 |
12-Oct-1940 |
Old-time silent movie cowboy |
| Robert Musil |
Novelist |
6-Nov-1880 |
15-Apr-1942 |
Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften |
| Sean O'Casey |
Playwright |
30-Mar-1880 |
18-Sep-1964 |
Juno and the Paycock |
| Álvaro Obregón |
Head of State |
19-Feb-1880 |
17-Jul-1928 |
President of Mexico, 1920-24 |
| John Boyd Orr |
Scientist |
23-Sep-1880 |
25-Jun-1971 |
Nutritionist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Earle Page |
Head of State |
8-Aug-1880 |
20-Dec-1961 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1939 |
| Ernest Poole |
Novelist |
23-Jan-1880 |
10-Jan-1950 |
His Family |
| Mack Sennett |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Jan-1880 |
5-Nov-1960 |
Founder of Keystone Studios |
| Oswald Spengler |
Historian |
29-May-1880 |
8-May-1936 |
The Decline of the West |
| Marie Stopes |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1880 |
2-Oct-1958 |
Scientist and birth control advocate |
| Lytton Strachey |
Author |
1-Mar-1880 |
21-Jan-1932 |
Eminent Victorians |
| R. H. Tawney |
Scholar |
30-Nov-1880 |
16-Jan-1962 |
The Acquisitive Society |
| Carl Van Vechten |
Novelist |
17-Jun-1880 |
21-Dec-1964 |
Patron of the Harlem Renaissance |
| Wilhelmina |
Royalty |
31-Aug-1880 |
28-Nov-1962 |
Queen of the Netherlands, 1890-1948 |
| Leonard Woolf |
Author |
25-Nov-1880 |
14-Aug-1969 |
British memoirist, husband of Virginia |
| Anzia Yezierska |
Novelist |
c. 1880 |
21-Nov-1970 |
Bread Givers |
