| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Maude Adams |
Actor |
11-Nov-1872 |
17-Jul-1953 |
Stage actress, Peter Pan |
| Fred E. Ahlert |
Composer |
19-Sep-1892 |
20-Oct-1953 |
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter |
| Mary Anderson |
Inventor |
19-Feb-1866 |
27-Jun-1953 |
Inventor of the windshield wiper |
| Ed Barrow |
Baseball |
10-May-1868 |
15-Dec-1953 |
Yankees General Manager, 1920-45 |
| Arnold Bax |
Composer |
8-Nov-1883 |
3-Oct-1953 |
Symphonist, Tone Poet |
| Hilaire Belloc |
Author |
27-Jul-1870 |
16-Jul-1953 |
The Bad Child's Book of Beasts |
| Lavrenty Beria |
Government |
29-Mar-1899 |
23-Dec-1953 |
Chief of the NKVD, 1940-46 |
| Nigel Bruce |
Actor |
14-Feb-1895 |
8-Oct-1953 |
Played Rathbone's Dr. Watson |
| Ivan Bunin |
Author |
10-Oct-1870 |
8-Oct-1953 |
Russian short story writer, Light Breathing |
| Jesse Burkett |
Baseball |
4-Dec-1868 |
27-May-1953 |
The Crab, MLB Hall of Famer |
| Robin Bush |
Relative |
20-Dec-1949 |
11-Oct-1953 |
George W. Bush sister, died at age four |
| Jesse Martin Combs |
Politician |
7-Jul-1889 |
21-Aug-1953 |
Congressman from Texas, 1945-53 |
| Ruth Porter Crawford |
Musicologist |
3-Jul-1901 |
18-Nov-1953 |
Composer, musical ethnologist |
| George Creel |
Journalist |
1-Dec-1876 |
2-Oct-1953 |
Head of the Committee on Public Information |
| Jan Czochralski |
Scientist |
23-Oct-1885 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Czochralski Process |
| Lee Dixon |
Actor |
22-Jan-1914 |
8-Jan-1953 |
Ready, Willing and Able |
| Raoul Dufy |
Painter |
3-Jun-1877 |
23-Mar-1953 |
French Fauvist painter |
| Edmund Dulac |
Artist |
22-Oct-1882 |
25-May-1953 |
Children's book illustrator |
| James Finlayson |
Actor |
27-Aug-1887 |
9-Oct-1953 |
D'oh! |
| William L. Frierson |
Government |
3-Sep-1868 |
25-May-1953 |
US Solicitor General, 1920-21 |
| Hans Fritzsche |
Government |
21-Apr-1900 |
27-Sep-1953 |
Reich minister of radio propaganda |
| Porter Hall |
Actor |
19-Sep-1888 |
6-Oct-1953 |
Going My Way |
| Hjalmar Hammarskjöld |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1862 |
12-Oct-1953 |
Prime Minister of Sweden, 1914-17 |
| Edwin Hubble |
Astronomer |
20-Nov-1889 |
28-Sep-1953 |
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's Law |
| Herbert E. Ives |
Physicist |
21-Jul-1882 |
13-Nov-1953 |
Facsimile machine |
| Moses E. Kiley |
Religion |
13-Nov-1876 |
15-Apr-1953 |
Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1940-53 |
| James L. Kraft |
Business |
11-Dec-1874 |
Feb-1953 |
Inventor of processed cheese |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Ivan Lebedeff |
Actor |
18-Jun-1895 |
31-Mar-1953 |
Russian-American character actor |
| Armin O. Leuschner |
Astronomer |
16-Jan-1868 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Astronomer at Berkeley |
| Ralph Linton |
Anthropologist |
27-Feb-1893 |
25-Dec-1953 |
The Study of Man |
| Chris-Pin Martin |
Actor |
19-Nov-1893 |
27-Jun-1953 |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
| Mary of Teck |
Royalty |
26-May-1867 |
24-Mar-1953 |
Queen Mary, Consort of George V |
| Daniel T. McCarty |
Politician |
18-Jan-1912 |
28-Sep-1953 |
Governor of Florida, 1953 |
| Charles E. Merriam |
Scholar |
15-Nov-1874 |
8-Jan-1953 |
American Political Ideas |
| Robert A. Millikan |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1868 |
19-Dec-1953 |
Determined the charge of an electron |
| Millard Mitchell |
Actor |
14-Aug-1903 |
13-Oct-1953 |
My Six Convicts |
| Iris Morley |
Author |
10-May-1910 |
27-Jul-1953 |
A Thousand Lives |
| Eugene O'Neill |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1888 |
27-Nov-1953 |
Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Francis Picabia |
Painter |
22-Jan-1879 |
30-Nov-1953 |
Cubist, Dadaist |
| Walter B. Pitkin |
Psychologist |
6-Feb-1878 |
25-Jan-1953 |
Life Begins at Forty |
| Ludwig Prandtl |
Physicist |
4-Feb-1875 |
15-Aug-1953 |
Father of Aerodynamics |
| Sergei Prokofiev |
Composer |
23-Apr-1891 |
5-Mar-1953 |
Peter and the Wolf |
| Vsevolod Pudovkin |
Film Director |
28-Feb-1893 |
30-Jun-1953 |
Mother |
| Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Novelist |
8-Aug-1896 |
14-Dec-1953 |
The Yearling |
| David A. Reed |
Politician |
21-Dec-1880 |
10-Feb-1953 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35 |
| Django Reinhardt |
Jazz Musician |
23-Jan-1910 |
16-May-1953 |
Gypsy jazz guitarist |
| Irving Reis |
Film Director |
7-May-1906 |
3-Jul-1953 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
| Ethel Rosenberg |
Relative |
28-Sep-1915 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Executed for being married to Julius Rosenberg |
| Julius Rosenberg |
Spy |
12-May-1918 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR |
| King Ibn Saud |
Head of State |
1876 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Founder of Saudi Arabia |
| Clarence Saunders |
Business |
9-Aug-1881 |
14-Oct-1953 |
Father of modern retailing |
| James Scullin |
Head of State |
18-Sep-1876 |
28-Jan-1953 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1929-32 |
| Edward Sedgwick |
Film Director |
7-Nov-1892 |
7-Mar-1953 |
The Cameraman |
| David Sholtz |
Politician |
6-Oct-1891 |
21-Mar-1953 |
Governor of Florida, 1933-37 |
| Lee Shubert |
Theatre Producer |
25-Mar-1871 |
25-Dec-1953 |
Broke the Erlanger theater syndicate |
| Albert Spalding |
Violinist |
15-Aug-1888 |
26-May-1953 |
American violin virtuoso |
| Josef Stalin |
Head of State |
18-Dec-1878 |
5-Mar-1953 |
Brutal dictator, Soviet Union |
| Lewis Stone |
Actor |
15-Nov-1879 |
12-Sep-1953 |
Judge James Hardy |
| Robert A. Taft |
Politician |
8-Sep-1889 |
31-Jul-1953 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1939-53 |
| Vladimir Tatlin |
Sculptor |
16-Dec-1885 |
31-May-1953 |
Monument to the Third International |
| Godfrey Tearle |
Actor |
12-Oct-1884 |
8-Jun-1953 |
The 39 Steps |
| Dylan Thomas |
Poet |
27-Oct-1914 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Most influential Welsh poet |
| Jim Thorpe |
Football |
28-May-1887 |
28-Mar-1953 |
Olympics and football |
| Bill Tilden |
Tennis |
10-Feb-1893 |
5-Jun-1953 |
Winner of 21 Grand Slam titles |
| Charles W. Tobey |
Politician |
22-Jul-1880 |
24-Jul-1953 |
Governor and Senator from New Hampshire |
| Maurice J. Tobin |
Politician |
22-May-1901 |
19-Jul-1953 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1948-53 |
| Fred Vinson |
Judge |
22-Jan-1890 |
8-Sep-1953 |
US Chief Justice, 1946-53 |
| Gerd von Rundstedt |
Military |
12-Dec-1875 |
24-Feb-1953 |
German Field Marshall |
| Robert F. Wagner, Sr. |
Politician |
8-Jun-1877 |
4-May-1953 |
US Senator from New York, 1927-49 |
| Jonathan M. Wainwright |
Military |
23-Aug-1883 |
2-Sep-1953 |
Commander of the Philippines |
| George White |
Politician |
21-Aug-1872 |
15-Dec-1953 |
Governor of Ohio, 1931-35 |
| Hank Williams, Sr. |
Country Musician |
17-Sep-1923 |
1-Jan-1953 |
Take These Chains From My Heart |
| Dooley Wilson |
Actor |
3-Apr-1886 |
30-May-1953 |
Sam in Casablanca |
| George A. Wilson |
Politician |
1-Apr-1884 |
8-Sep-1953 |
Governor of Iowa, 1939-43 |
| Roland Young |
Actor |
11-Nov-1887 |
5-Jun-1953 |
Cosmo Topper |
