| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| David Abercrombie |
Business |
6-Jun-1867 |
29-Aug-1931 |
Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch |
| Edward G. Acheson |
Inventor |
9-Mar-1856 |
6-Jul-1931 |
Discovered silicon carbide |
| Art Acord |
Actor |
17-Apr-1890 |
4-Jan-1931 |
Cowboy actor |
| Stephen Babcock |
Chemist |
22-Oct-1843 |
2-Jul-1931 |
Chemistry of milk |
| George F. Baker |
Business |
27-Mar-1840 |
2-May-1931 |
"None of the public's business" |
| Bix Beiderbecke |
Jazz Musician |
10-Mar-1903 |
6-Aug-1931 |
Celebrated jazz cornetist |
| David Belasco |
Playwright |
25-Jul-1853 |
14-May-1931 |
Madame Butterfly |
| Arnold Bennett |
Novelist |
27-May-1867 |
27-Mar-1931 |
Five Towns novels |
| Buddy Bolden |
Jazz Musician |
6-Sep-1877 |
4-Nov-1931 |
Ragtime, pre-Jazz cornetist |
| Edward Channing |
Historian |
15-Jun-1856 |
7-Jan-1931 |
A History of the United States |
| Vincent d'Indy |
Composer |
27-Mar-1851 |
1-Dec-1931 |
Symphonie Cévenole |
| Melvil Dewey |
Curator |
10-Dec-1851 |
26-Dec-1931 |
Dewey Decimal System |
| Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
| Frank C. Emerson |
Politician |
26-May-1882 |
18-Feb-1931 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1927-31 |
| Daniel Chester French |
Sculptor |
20-Apr-1850 |
7-Oct-1931 |
Lincoln Memorial |
| Khalil Gibran |
Poet |
6-Jan-1883 |
10-Apr-1931 |
The Prophet |
| Frank Harris |
Author |
14-Feb-1856 |
26-Aug-1931 |
My Life and Loves |
| August Herrmann |
Baseball |
3-May-1859 |
25-Apr-1931 |
Commissioner of Baseball, 1903-20 |
| David Starr Jordan |
Biologist |
19-Jan-1851 |
19-Sep-1931 |
Fishes of North and Middle America |
| Erik Axel Karlfeldt |
Poet |
20-Jul-1864 |
8-Apr-1931 |
Songs of the wilderness and love |
| Frederick W. Lehmann |
Attorney |
28-Feb-1853 |
12-Sep-1931 |
US Solicitor General, 1910-12 |
| Vachel Lindsay |
Poet |
10-Nov-1879 |
5-Dec-1931 |
The Congo and Other Poems |
| Nicholas Longworth |
Politician |
5-Nov-1869 |
9-Apr-1931 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1903-31 |
| Charles MacVeagh |
Attorney |
6-Jun-1860 |
4-Dec-1931 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28 |
| Salvatore Maranzano |
Criminal |
1868 |
10-Sep-1931 |
Capo di tutti capi |
| Joe Masseria |
Criminal |
1879 |
15-Apr-1931 |
NY mobster, killed by Luciano |
| George Herbert Mead |
Philosopher |
27-Feb-1863 |
26-Apr-1931 |
Pragmatist, social behaviorist |
| Nellie Melba |
Singer |
19-May-1861 |
23-Feb-1931 |
Operatic soprano |
| André Michelin |
Business |
16-Jan-1853 |
4-Apr-1931 |
Founder of Michelin Group |
| Albert A. Michelson |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1852 |
9-May-1931 |
Measured the speed of light |
| Oskar Minkowski |
Doctor |
13-Jan-1858 |
18-Jul-1931 |
Linked pancreas to diabetes |
| Dwight Morrow |
Politician |
11-Jan-1873 |
5-Oct-1931 |
US Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30 |
| Hermann Mueller |
Head of State |
18-May-1876 |
20-Mar-1931 |
German Chancellor 1920, 1928-30 |
| F. W. Murnau |
Film Director |
28-Dec-1888 |
11-Mar-1931 |
Nosferatu, Sunrise |
| Carl Nielsen |
Composer |
9-Jun-1865 |
3-Oct-1931 |
The Four Temperaments |
| Hamaguchi Osachi |
Head of State |
1-Apr-1870 |
26-Aug-1931 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31 |
| Anna Pavlova |
Dancer |
12-Feb-1881 |
22-Jan-1931 |
Early 20th century Russian ballerina |
| Geli Raubal |
Relative |
4-Jun-1908 |
18-Sep-1931 |
Hitler's niece |
| Knute Rockne |
Football |
4-Mar-1888 |
31-Mar-1931 |
Notre Dame Head Coach, 1918-30 |
| O. E. Rölvaag |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1876 |
5-Nov-1931 |
Giants in the Earth |
| Arthur Schnitzler |
Playwright |
15-May-1862 |
21-Oct-1931 |
Reigen |
| E. Irvin Scott |
Business |
13-May-1846 |
24-Apr-1931 |
Founder of Scott Paper Company |
| Nathan Söderblom |
Religion |
15-Jan-1866 |
12-Jul-1931 |
Archbishop of Sweden |
| Otto Wallach |
Chemist |
27-Mar-1847 |
26-Feb-1931 |
Terpenes and essential oils |
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett |
Activist |
16-Jul-1862 |
25-Mar-1931 |
Civil rights advocate |
