| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Antonin Artaud |
Playwright |
4-Sep-1896 |
4-Mar-1948 |
Theater of Cruelty |
| Gertrude Franklin Atherton |
Author |
30-Oct-1857 |
14-Jun-1948 |
Black Oxen |
| Carl E. Bailey |
Politician |
8-Oct-1894 |
23-Oct-1948 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1937-41 |
| Charles A. Beard |
Historian |
27-Nov-1874 |
1-Sep-1948 |
The Rise of American Civilization |
| Ruth Benedict |
Anthropologist |
5-Jun-1887 |
17-Sep-1948 |
Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture |
| Eduard Benes |
Head of State |
28-May-1884 |
3-Sep-1948 |
Founder of modern Czechoslovakia |
| Georges Bernanos |
Novelist |
20-Feb-1888 |
5-Jul-1948 |
The Diary of a Country Priest |
| Hugo Boss |
Fashion Designer |
8-Jul-1885 |
9-Aug-1948 |
Designed Nazi uniforms |
| Sophonisba Breckinridge |
Activist |
1-Apr-1866 |
30-Jul-1948 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
| Mordecai Brown |
Baseball |
19-Oct-1876 |
14-Feb-1948 |
Three Finger Brown |
| Samuel P. Bush |
Relative |
4-Oct-1863 |
8-Feb-1948 |
Father of Senator Prescott Bush |
| Harlan J. Bushfield |
Politician |
6-Aug-1882 |
27-Sep-1948 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1939-43 |
| Fred P. Cone |
Politician |
28-Sep-1871 |
28-Jul-1948 |
Governor of Florida, 1937-41 |
| Frederick G. Cottrell |
Inventor |
10-Jan-1877 |
16-Nov-1948 |
Smokestack filters to fight pollution |
| Wilbur L. Cross |
Politician |
10-Apr-1862 |
5-Oct-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1931-39 |
| Josephus Daniels |
Government |
18-May-1862 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1913-21 |
| Henri Alexandre Deslandres |
Astronomer |
24-Jul-1853 |
15-Jan-1948 |
Spectroheliograph |
| Hugh M. Dorsey |
Politician |
10-Jul-1871 |
11-Jun-1948 |
Governor of Georgia, 1917-21 |
| Sergei Eisenstein |
Film Director |
23-Jan-1898 |
11-Feb-1948 |
Alexander Nevsky |
| Jacques Feyder |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1885 |
24-May-1948 |
Carnival in Flanders |
| Mahatma Gandhi |
Activist |
2-Oct-1869 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Proselytizer of nonviolence |
| Susan Glaspell |
Playwright |
1-Jul-1882 |
27-Jul-1948 |
Provincetown Players |
| Arshile Gorky |
Painter |
15-Apr-1904 |
21-Jul-1948 |
Abstract expressionist |
| D. W. Griffith |
Film Director |
22-Jan-1875 |
21-Jul-1948 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| L. B. Hanna |
Politician |
9-Aug-1861 |
23-Apr-1948 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1913-17 |
| Samuel S. Hinds |
Actor |
4-Apr-1875 |
13-Oct-1948 |
It's a Wonderful Life |
| Charles Evans Hughes |
Politician |
11-Apr-1862 |
27-Aug-1948 |
US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate |
| Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1876 |
11-Sep-1948 |
Founder of Pakistan |
| Edgar Kennedy |
Actor |
26-Apr-1890 |
9-Nov-1948 |
Mad Wednesday |
| Kathleen Kennedy |
Relative |
20-Feb-1920 |
13-May-1948 |
Sister of John F. Kennedy |
| Everett J. Lake |
Politician |
8-Feb-1871 |
16-Sep-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1921-23 |
| Robert P. Lamont |
Politician |
1-Dec-1867 |
20-Feb-1948 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1929-32 |
| Thomas W. Lamont |
Business |
30-Sep-1870 |
2-Feb-1948 |
Banker and diplomat |
| Elissa Landi |
Actor |
6-Dec-1904 |
21-Oct-1948 |
The Count of Monte Cristo |
| Carole Landis |
Actor |
1-Jan-1919 |
5-Jul-1948 |
A Scandal in Paris |
| Franz Lehár |
Composer |
30-Apr-1870 |
24-Oct-1948 |
The Merry Widow |
| Aldo Leopold |
Naturalist |
11-Jan-1887 |
21-Apr-1948 |
A Sand County Almanac |
| Frank E. Lucas |
Politician |
4-Aug-1876 |
26-Nov-1948 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1924-25 |
| Emil Ludwig |
Author |
25-Jan-1881 |
17-Sep-1948 |
German biographer |
| Louis Lumière |
Inventor |
5-Oct-1864 |
6-Jun-1948 |
Inventor of motion pictures |
| Burns Mantle |
Critic |
23-Dec-1873 |
9-Feb-1948 |
New York Daily News drama critic |
| Jan Masaryk |
Government |
14-Sep-1886 |
10-Mar-1948 |
Czech Foreign Minister |
| A. E. W. Mason |
Novelist |
7-May-1865 |
22-Nov-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| James L. McConaughy |
Politician |
21-Oct-1887 |
7-Mar-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48 |
| James H. McGraw |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1860 |
21-Feb-1948 |
Co-Founder of the McGraw-Hill Companies |
| Claude McKay |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
22-May-1948 |
Home to Harlem |
| Wesley Clair Mitchell |
Economist |
5-Aug-1874 |
29-Oct-1948 |
Business Cycles |
| Thomas H. Moodie |
Politician |
26-May-1878 |
3-Mar-1948 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1935 |
| Fred Niblo |
Film Director |
6-Jan-1874 |
11-Nov-1948 |
Ben-Hur |
| John H. Overton |
Politician |
17-Sep-1875 |
14-May-1948 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48 |
| Cissy Patterson |
Business |
7-Nov-1881 |
24-Jul-1948 |
First female newspaper publisher |
| John J. Pershing |
Military |
13-Sep-1860 |
15-Jul-1948 |
General of the Armies of the United States |
| Willard Robertson |
Actor |
1-Jan-1886 |
5-Apr-1948 |
Remember the Night |
| Alvah C. Roebuck |
Business |
9-Jun-1864 |
18-Jun-1948 |
Sears Roebuck founder |
| Edith Roosevelt |
First Lady |
6-Aug-1861 |
30-Sep-1948 |
Wife of US President Theodore Roosevelt |
| Manuel Roxas |
Head of State |
1-Jan-1892 |
15-Apr-1948 |
5th President of the Philippines |
| Babe Ruth |
Baseball |
6-Feb-1895 |
16-Aug-1948 |
The Bambino |
| Lewis B. Schwellenbach |
Government |
20-Sep-1894 |
10-Jun-1948 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1945-48 |
| Kurt Schwitters |
Artist |
20-Jun-1887 |
8-Jan-1948 |
Collagist, Merz |
| George F. Shafer |
Politician |
23-Nov-1888 |
13-Aug-1948 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1929-32 |
| C. Aubrey Smith |
Actor |
21-Jul-1863 |
20-Dec-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| Jerome Smucker |
Business |
5-Dec-1858 |
19-Mar-1948 |
Founder of J. M. Smucker Company |
| Genevieve Taggard |
Poet |
28-Nov-1894 |
8-Nov-1948 |
Travelling Standing Still |
| D'Arcy Thompson |
Biologist |
2-May-1860 |
21-Jun-1948 |
On Growth and Form |
| Hideki Tojo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1884 |
23-Dec-1948 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44 |
| Donald B. Tresidder |
Educator |
7-Apr-1894 |
28-Jan-1948 |
President of Stanford University, 1943-48 |
| Walther von Brauchitsch |
Military |
4-Oct-1881 |
18-Oct-1948 |
Nazi general, failed to capture Moscow |
| James E. Watson |
Politician |
2-Nov-1864 |
29-Jul-1948 |
US Senator from Indiana, 1916-33 |
| May Whitty |
Actor |
19-Jun-1865 |
29-May-1948 |
Night Must Fall |
| Warren William |
Actor |
2-Dec-1894 |
24-Sep-1948 |
Imitation of Life |
| Hack Wilson |
Baseball |
26-Apr-1900 |
23-Nov-1948 |
Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930 |
| Orville Wright |
Aviator |
19-Aug-1871 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Co-Inventor of the airplane |
