| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles McLean Andrews |
Historian |
22-Feb-1863 |
9-Sep-1943 |
The Colonial Period of American History |
| Harry Baur |
Actor |
12-Apr-1880 |
8-Apr-1943 |
Un carnet de bal |
| Stephen Vincent Benét |
Author |
22-Jul-1898 |
13-Mar-1943 |
John Brown's Body |
| Paul Boucherot |
Engineer |
3-Oct-1869 |
7-Aug-1943 |
Ocean thermal energy conversion |
| George Washington Carver |
Botanist |
c. 1860 |
5-Jan-1943 |
Crop rotation and peanut butter |
| Spencer Charters |
Actor |
25-Mar-1875 |
25-Jan-1943 |
Character actor |
| Camille Claudel |
Sculptor |
8-Dec-1864 |
19-Oct-1943 |
French sculptor, mistress of Rodin |
| Gordon Coates |
Head of State |
3-Feb-1878 |
27-May-1943 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925-28 |
| R. G. Collingwood |
Historian |
22-Feb-1889 |
9-Jan-1943 |
The Idea of History |
| W. S. Van Dyke |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1889 |
5-Feb-1943 |
The Thin Man |
| Theodore Eicke |
Military |
17-Oct-1892 |
26-Feb-1943 |
Inspector of Concentration Camps |
| Richard T. Ely |
Economist |
13-Apr-1854 |
4-Oct-1943 |
Introduction to Political Economy |
| Edsel Ford |
Business |
6-Nov-1893 |
26-May-1943 |
President of Ford, 1919-43 |
| Dwight Frye |
Actor |
22-Feb-1899 |
7-Nov-1943 |
Renfield in 1931 Dracula |
| Mildred Fish Harnack |
Spy |
16-Sep-1902 |
16-Feb-1943 |
Guillotined by the Gestapo |
| Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
| David Hilbert |
Mathematician |
23-Jan-1862 |
14-Feb-1943 |
Hilbert Space |
| Arthur Cardinal Hinsley |
Religion |
25-Aug-1865 |
17-Mar-1943 |
Archbishop of Westminster, 1935-43 |
| James P. Hogan |
Film Director |
21-Sep-1890 |
4-Nov-1943 |
Bulldog Drummond films |
| Leslie Howard |
Actor |
3-Apr-1893 |
1-Jun-1943 |
Pygmalion |
| W. W. Jacobs |
Author |
8-Sep-1863 |
1-Sep-1943 |
The Monkey's Paw |
| Paul B. Johnson, Sr. |
Politician |
23-Mar-1880 |
26-Dec-1943 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1940-43 |
| John Harvey Kellogg |
Doctor |
26-Feb-1852 |
14-Dec-1943 |
Battle Creek Sanitarium |
| Albert Kingsbury |
Engineer |
23-Dec-1863 |
28-Jul-1943 |
Kingsbury thrust bearing |
| Nile Kinnick |
Football |
9-Jul-1918 |
2-Jun-1943 |
Winner, 1939 Heisman Trophy |
| Henri La Fontaine |
Activist |
22-Apr-1854 |
14-May-1943 |
Belgian activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Karl Landsteiner |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1868 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Discovered blood typing |
| Ben B. Lindsey |
Judge |
25-Nov-1869 |
26-Mar-1943 |
Created the first juvenile court |
| Montagu Love |
Actor |
15-Mar-1877 |
17-May-1943 |
British character actor |
| Frank O. Lowden |
Politician |
26-Jan-1861 |
20-Mar-1943 |
Governor of Illinois, 1917-21 |
| A. Lawrence Lowell |
Educator |
1-Jan-1856 |
6-Jan-1943 |
President, Harvard University, 1909-33 |
| Lon D. Marrs |
Politician |
1867 |
31-May-1943 |
Mayor of Amarillo, 1908-10, 1917-22 |
| Tully Marshall |
Actor |
13-Apr-1864 |
10-Mar-1943 |
The Covered Wagon |
| Francis Sydney Marvin |
Educator |
6-Aug-1863 |
1943 |
The Living Past |
| Reginald McKenna |
Politician |
6-Jul-1863 |
6-Sep-1943 |
UK Home Secretary, 1911-15 |
| J. P. Morgan, Jr. |
Business |
7-Sep-1867 |
13-Mar-1943 |
Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
| Jean Moulin |
Government |
20-Jun-1899 |
8-Jul-1943 |
Martyr of the French Resistance |
| James A. O'Gorman |
Politician |
5-May-1860 |
17-May-1943 |
US Senator from New York, 1911-17 |
| Camillo Olivetti |
Business |
13-Aug-1868 |
4-Dec-1943 |
Founder of Olivetti SpA |
| Lynne Overman |
Actor |
19-Sep-1887 |
19-Feb-1943 |
Reap the Wild Wind |
| William Lyon Phelps |
Critic |
2-Jan-1865 |
21-Aug-1943 |
Essays on Modern Novelists |
| Henrik Pontoppidan |
Author |
24-Jul-1857 |
21-Aug-1943 |
Lucky Peter |
| Beatrix Potter |
Artist |
28-Jul-1866 |
22-Dec-1943 |
Peter Rabbit |
| James H. Price |
Politician |
7-Sep-1878 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Governor of Virginia, 1938-42 |
| Sergei Rachmaninov |
Composer |
20-Mar-1873 |
28-Mar-1943 |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
| Max Reinhardt |
Theater Director |
9-Sep-1873 |
30-Oct-1943 |
Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Friend Richardson |
Politician |
1-Dec-1865 |
6-Sep-1943 |
Governor of California, 1923-27 |
| Sir Charles G. D. Roberts |
Poet |
10-Jan-1860 |
26-Nov-1943 |
Earth's Enigmas |
| Kermit Roosevelt |
Relative |
10-Oct-1889 |
4-Jun-1943 |
Theodore Roosevelt's son |
| Daniel C. Roper |
Government |
1-Apr-1867 |
11-Apr-1943 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1933-38 |
| Frank Schlesinger |
Astronomer |
11-May-1871 |
10-Jul-1943 |
Stellar parallaxes |
| John Frank Stevens |
Engineer |
25-Apr-1853 |
2-Jun-1943 |
Chief engineer of the Panama Canal |
| Helen Taft |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1861 |
22-May-1943 |
Wife of US President William Howard Taft |
| Nikola Tesla |
Inventor |
10-Jul-1856 |
7-Jan-1943 |
Invented alternating current |
| Conrad Veidt |
Actor |
22-Jan-1893 |
3-Apr-1943 |
Maj. Strasser in Casablanca |
| Fats Waller |
Jazz Musician |
21-May-1904 |
15-Dec-1943 |
Influential jazz pianist |
| Simone Weil |
Philosopher |
3-Feb-1909 |
24-Aug-1943 |
The Iliad, or the Poem of Force |
| Alexander Woollcott |
Critic |
18-Jan-1887 |
23-Jan-1943 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Isoroku Yamamoto |
Military |
4-Apr-1884 |
18-Apr-1943 |
Commander of the Japanese Navy |
| Pieter Zeeman |
Physicist |
25-May-1865 |
9-Oct-1943 |
Discovered Zeeman Effect |
