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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Harry Antrim
Actor
27-Aug-1884 18-Jan-1967 Vaudevillian, Hollywood character actor
Claude Auchinleck
Military
21-Jun-1884 23-Mar-1981 C-in-C of the Indian Army, 1943-47
Vincent Auriol
Head of State
27-Aug-1884 1-Jan-1966 President of France, 1947-54
Roger Baldwin
Activist
21-Jan-1884 26-Aug-1981 Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union
Janet Beecher
Actor
21-Oct-1884 6-Aug-1955 The Mighty Barnum
Yitzhak Ben-Zvi
Head of State
24-Nov-1884 23-Apr-1963 President of Israel, 1952-63
Eduard Benes
Head of State
28-May-1884 3-Sep-1948 Founder of modern Czechoslovakia
Friedrich Bergius
Chemist
11-Oct-1884 30-Mar-1949 Hydrogenation of coal
A. Bruce Bielaski
Government
1884 Feb-1964 FBI Director 1912-19
George David Birkhoff
Mathematician
21-Mar-1884 12-Nov-1944 Modern theory of dynamical systems
Max Brod
Novelist
27-May-1884 20-Dec-1968 The Redemption of Tycho Brahe
John D. Clark
Economist
26-Sep-1884 6-Nov-1961 Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Novelist
5-Jun-1884 27-Aug-1969 Pastors and Masters
James Cruze
Film Director
27-Mar-1884 3-Aug-1942 If I Had a Million
Édouard Daladier
Head of State
18-Jun-1884 10-Oct-1970 Three-time Prime Minister of France
Martin L. Davey
Politician
25-Jul-1884 31-Mar-1946 Governor of Ohio, 1935-39
Clement Davies
Politician
19-Feb-1884 23-Mar-1962 Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1945-56
Peter Debye
Physicist
24-Mar-1884 2-Nov-1966 Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Clarence C. Dill
Politician
21-Sep-1884 14-Jan-1978 US Senator from Washington, 1923-35
Forrest C. Donnell
Politician
20-Aug-1884 3-Mar-1980 Governor and Senator from Missouri
Sheridan Downey
Politician
11-Mar-1884 25-Oct-1961 US Senator from California, 1939-50
Georges Duhamel
Novelist
30-Jun-1884 13-Apr-1966 Civilisation
Robert J. Flaherty
Film Director
16-Feb-1884 23-Jul-1951 Nanook of the North
Leo Frank
Victim
17-Apr-1884 17-Aug-1915 Innocent man, lynched by mob
Peter Fraser
Head of State
28-Aug-1884 5-Aug-1950 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-49
Rudolf Friml
Composer
7-Dec-1884 12-Nov-1972 The Vagabond King
Gerald Gardner
Religion
13-Jun-1884 12-Feb-1964 Founder of Modern Wicca
Hugo Gernsback
Author
16-Aug-1884 19-Aug-1967 Founded Amazing Stories in 1926
Carl Goerdeler
Politician
31-Jul-1884 2-Feb-1945 Politician, hanged by the Nazis
C. Henry Gordon
Actor
17-Jun-1884 3-Dec-1940 Scarface
Charles Griffes
Composer
17-Sep-1884 8-Apr-1920 The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan
Franz Halder
Military
30-Jun-1884 2-Apr-1972 Nazi general
Hugh Herbert
Actor
10-Aug-1884 12-Mar-1952 Hellzapoppin
Theodor Heuss
Head of State
31-Jan-1884 12-Dec-1963 President of Germany, 1949-59
Clark L. Hull
Psychologist
24-May-1884 10-May-1952 Principles of Behavior
Walter Huston
Actor
6-Apr-1884 7-Apr-1950 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Jock Hutchison
Golf
6-Jun-1884 27-Sep-1977 Winner of 2 Majors
Ismet Inonu
Head of State
25-Sep-1884 25-Dec-1973 President, Prime Minister of Turkey
Emil Jannings
Actor
23-Jul-1884 3-Jan-1950 The Last Command
Bert Kalmar
Songwriter
10-Feb-1884 17-Sep-1947 Who's Sorry Now?
Werner Krauss
Actor
23-Jun-1884 20-Oct-1959 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Harry Langdon
Actor
15-Jun-1884 22-Dec-1944 The Strong Man
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Socialite
12-Feb-1884 20-Feb-1980 The Other Washington Monument
Bronislaw Malinowski
Anthropologist
7-Apr-1884 16-May-1942 Founder of social anthropology
John W. Martin
Politician
21-Jun-1884 22-Feb-1958 Governor of Florida, 1925-29
Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Politician
3-Nov-1884 6-Mar-1968 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1933-67
John McCormack
Singer
14-Jun-1884 16-Sep-1945 Operatic tenor, Irish balladeer
Edward Mellanby
Doctor
8-Apr-1884 30-Jan-1955 Rickets
Otto Meyerhof
Scientist
12-Apr-1884 6-Oct-1951 Glycogen-lactic acid cycle
Oscar Micheaux
Film/TV Producer
2-Jan-1884 25-Mar-1951 Within Our Gates
Ogden L. Mills
Government
23-Aug-1884 11-Oct-1937 US Treasury Secretary, 1932-33
Amedeo Modigliani
Sculptor
12-Jul-1884 24-Jan-1920 Cubist Italian sculptor and painter
Philip Musica
Business
1884 16-Dec-1938 Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler
Burt Mustin
Actor
8-Feb-1884 28-Jan-1977 Character actor, 1950s to 1970s
Mary Nash
Actor
15-Aug-1884 3-Dec-1976 The Philadelphia Story
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Politician
5-Nov-1884 1-Dec-1962 US Senator from Wyoming, 1934-61
Herbert C. Pell
Diplomat
16-Feb-1884 17-Jul-1961 US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41
Auguste Piccard
Physicist
28-Jan-1884 24-Mar-1962 First man in the stratosphere
Jean Piccard
Aviator
28-Jan-1884 28-Jan-1963 Extreme balloonist
Johannes Popitz
Government
2-Dec-1884 2-Feb-1945 Prussian finance minister 1933-44
Irving Price
Business
21-Sep-1884 23-Nov-1976 Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys
Stanley Reed
Judge
31-Dec-1884 2-Apr-1980 US Supreme Court Justice, 1938-57
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
11-Oct-1884 7-Nov-1962 First Lady under FDR
Sig Ruman
Actor
11-Oct-1884 14-Feb-1967 Stalag 17
Damon Runyon
Journalist
4-Oct-1884 10-Dec-1946 Guys and Dolls
S. Z. Sakall
Actor
2-Feb-1884 12-Feb-1955 Casablanca
Edward Sapir
Anthropologist
26-Jan-1884 4-Feb-1939 Anthropological linguist
George Sarton
Historian
31-Aug-1884 22-Mar-1956 Introduction to the History of Science
Nels H. Smith
Politician
27-Aug-1884 5-Jul-1976 Governor of Wyoming, 1939-43
Wilbert Snow
Politician
6-Apr-1884 28-Sep-1977 Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47
The Svedberg
Chemist
30-Aug-1884 25-Feb-1971 Inventor of the ultracentrifuge
Eugene Talmadge
Politician
23-Sep-1884 21-Dec-1946 Twice Governor of Georgia
Godfrey Tearle
Actor
12-Oct-1884 8-Jun-1953 The 39 Steps
Sara Teasdale
Poet
8-Aug-1884 29-Jan-1933 Strange Victory
Norman Thomas
Activist
20-Nov-1884 19-Dec-1968 American Socialist Party
Hideki Tojo
Head of State
30-Dec-1884 23-Dec-1948 Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44
M. Clifford Townsend
Politician
11-Aug-1884 11-Nov-1954 Governor of Indiana, 1937-41
Harry S. Truman
Head of State
8-May-1884 26-Dec-1972 33rd US President, 1945-53
Sophie Tucker
Singer
13-Jan-1884 9-Feb-1966 Some of These Days
Robert W. Upton
Politician
3-Feb-1884 28-Apr-1972 US Senator from New Hampshire, 1953-54
Arthur Vandenberg
Politician
22-Mar-1884 18-Apr-1951 US Senator from Michigan, 1928-51
Walther von Reichenau
Military
16-Aug-1884 17-Jan-1942 Nazi general, encouraged atrocities
George A. Wilson
Politician
1-Apr-1884 8-Sep-1953 Governor of Iowa, 1939-43
Charles Winninger
Actor
26-May-1884 27-Jan-1969 Show Boat
Isoroku Yamamoto
Military
4-Apr-1884 18-Apr-1943 Commander of the Japanese Navy


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