| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Samuel Alexander |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1859 |
13-Sep-1938 |
Space, Time, and Deity |
| Kemal Ataturk |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1881 |
10-Nov-1938 |
President of Turkey, 1923-38 |
| Otto Bauer |
Politician |
5-Sep-1881 |
4-Jul-1938 |
Austrian Marxist |
| Ernest W. Brown |
Astronomer |
29-Nov-1866 |
22-Jul-1938 |
Tables of the Motion of the Moon |
| Nikolai Bukharin |
Economist |
9-Oct-1888 |
15-Mar-1938 |
Soviet theoretical economist |
| William W. Campbell |
Astronomer |
11-Apr-1862 |
14-Jun-1938 |
Stellar Motions |
| Karel Capek |
Author |
9-Jan-1890 |
25-Dec-1938 |
R.U.R. |
| Benjamin Cardozo |
Judge |
24-May-1870 |
9-Jul-1938 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38 |
| Feodor Chaliapin |
Singer |
13-Feb-1873 |
12-Apr-1938 |
Operatic bass |
| John Bates Clark |
Economist |
26-Jan-1847 |
21-Mar-1938 |
Philosophy of Wealth |
| Con Conrad |
Songwriter |
18-Jun-1891 |
28-Sep-1938 |
The Continental |
| Royal S. Copeland |
Politician |
7-Nov-1868 |
17-Jul-1938 |
US Senator from New York, 1923-38 |
| Gabriele D'Annunzio |
Author |
12-Mar-1863 |
1-Mar-1938 |
Anarchist Dictator of Fiume, 1919-20 |
| Clarence Darrow |
Attorney |
18-Apr-1857 |
13-Mar-1938 |
Scopes Monkey Trial (monkey side) |
| George Draper Dayton |
Business |
6-Mar-1857 |
18-Feb-1938 |
Founder of what is now Target Stores |
| Joseph M. Devine |
Politician |
15-Mar-1861 |
31-Aug-1938 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1898-99 |
| Harvey Firestone |
Business |
20-Dec-1868 |
7-Feb-1938 |
Rubber tire baron |
| Pauline Frederick |
Actor |
12-Aug-1883 |
19-Sep-1938 |
This Modern Age |
| Zona Gale |
Novelist |
26-Aug-1874 |
27-Dec-1938 |
Miss Lulu Bett |
| Leopold Godowsky |
Pianist |
13-Feb-1870 |
21-Nov-1938 |
Exceptional Polish-American pianist |
| Charles Édouard Guillaume |
Physicist |
15-Feb-1861 |
13-Jun-1938 |
Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar |
| George Ellery Hale |
Astronomer |
29-Jun-1868 |
21-Feb-1938 |
Palomar Observatory founder, astronomer |
| Edwin Hall |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1855 |
20-Nov-1938 |
Discovered the Hall Effect |
| Wilford B. Hoggatt |
Politician |
11-Sep-1865 |
26-Feb-1938 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1906-09 |
| Edward M. House |
Diplomat |
26-Jul-1858 |
28-Mar-1938 |
Advisor to Woodrow Wilson |
| Edmund Husserl |
Philosopher |
8-Apr-1859 |
26-Apr-1938 |
Phenomenological philosopher |
| James Weldon Johnson |
Author |
17-Jun-1871 |
26-Jun-1938 |
God's Trombones |
| Robert Johnson |
Guitarist |
8-May-1911 |
16-Aug-1938 |
Influential blues guitarist |
| Jigoro Kano |
Sports Figure |
28-Oct-1860 |
4-May-1938 |
Founder of Judo |
| Karl Kautsky |
Politician |
16-Oct-1854 |
17-Oct-1938 |
Proponent of Marxism |
| Fred Kohler |
Actor |
20-Apr-1888 |
28-Oct-1938 |
The Iron Horse |
| Barney Kroger |
Business |
24-Jan-1860 |
21-Jul-1938 |
Founder of Kroger grocery empire |
| Nikolai Krylenko |
Government |
2-May-1885 |
29-Jul-1938 |
Soviet prosecutor executed during the Great Purge |
| Christian Lange |
Activist |
17-Sep-1869 |
11-Dec-1938 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Edmund C. Lynch |
Business |
19-May-1885 |
12-May-1938 |
The Lynch of Merrill-Lynch |
| Osip Mandelshtam |
Poet |
1891 |
27-Dec-1938 |
Acmeist Russian poet |
| Typhoid Mary |
Chef |
22-Sep-1869 |
11-Nov-1938 |
Notorious typhoid carrier |
| Aylmer Maude |
Translator |
28-Mar-1858 |
25-Aug-1938 |
Translator of Tolstoy |
| W. B. Maxwell |
Novelist |
1866 |
4-Aug-1938 |
The Ragged Messenger |
| William McDougall |
Psychologist |
22-Jun-1871 |
28-Nov-1938 |
An Introduction to Social Psychology |
| Philip Musica |
Business |
1884 |
16-Dec-1938 |
Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler |
| Harry Myers |
Actor |
5-Sep-1882 |
25-Dec-1938 |
City Lights |
| Warner Oland |
Actor |
3-Oct-1879 |
6-Aug-1938 |
Charlie Chan |
| King Oliver |
Jazz Musician |
11-May-1885 |
10-Apr-1938 |
King Oliver Creole Jazz Band |
| Lyda Roberti |
Actor |
20-May-1906 |
12-Mar-1938 |
Million Dollar Legs |
| Konstantin Stanislavsky |
Actor |
5-Jan-1863 |
7-Aug-1938 |
Inventor of "method" acting |
| Conway Tearle |
Actor |
17-May-1878 |
1-Oct-1938 |
Stella Maris |
| James Thornton |
Songwriter |
5-Dec-1861 |
27-Jul-1938 |
When You Were Sweet Sixteen |
| Carl von Ossietzky |
Activist |
3-Oct-1889 |
4-May-1938 |
German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Pearl White |
Actor |
4-Mar-1889 |
4-Aug-1938 |
Heroine of silent serial films |
| Richard A. Whiting |
Composer |
12-Nov-1891 |
10-Feb-1938 |
Ain't We Got Fun? |
| Robert Wiene |
Film Director |
24-Apr-1873 |
17-Jul-1938 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Owen Wister |
Author |
14-Jul-1860 |
21-Jul-1938 |
The Virginian |
| Thomas Wolfe |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1900 |
15-Sep-1938 |
Look Homeward, Angel |
