| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Samuel Hopkins Adams |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1871 |
15-Nov-1958 |
The Great American Fraud |
| Zoë Akins |
Playwright |
30-Oct-1886 |
29-Oct-1958 |
The Greeks Had a Word For It |
| Kurt Alder |
Chemist |
10-Jul-1902 |
20-Jun-1958 |
Diels-Alder Reaction |
| John Anderson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1882 |
4-Jan-1958 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45 |
| Giacomo Balla |
Painter |
17-Jul-1871 |
1-Mar-1958 |
Italian futurist painter |
| William Berke |
Film Director |
3-Oct-1903 |
15-Feb-1958 |
Dick Tracy |
| Claude G. Bowers |
Diplomat |
20-Nov-1878 |
21-Jan-1958 |
The Tragic Era |
| Big Bill Broonzy |
Musician |
26-Jun-1898 |
15-Aug-1958 |
Blues singer and guitarist |
| Lew Brown |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1893 |
5-Feb-1958 |
Beer Barrel Polka |
| James Branch Cabell |
Novelist |
14-Apr-1879 |
5-May-1958 |
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice |
| Robert Cecil |
Politician |
14-Sep-1864 |
24-Nov-1958 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Ronald Colman |
Actor |
9-Feb-1891 |
19-May-1958 |
A Double Life |
| Myers Y. Cooper |
Politician |
25-Nov-1873 |
6-Dec-1958 |
Governor of Ohio, 1929-31 |
| Rachel Crothers |
Playwright |
12-Dec-1878 |
5-Jul-1958 |
When Ladies Meet |
| James M. Curley |
Politician |
20-Nov-1874 |
12-Nov-1958 |
Four-time Mayor of Boston |
| Joseph E. Davies |
Diplomat |
29-Nov-1876 |
9-May-1958 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38 |
| Clinton Davisson |
Physicist |
22-Oct-1881 |
1-Feb-1958 |
Diffraction of electrons |
| Paul A. Dever |
Politician |
15-Jan-1903 |
11-Apr-1958 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53 |
| Robert Donat |
Actor |
18-Mar-1905 |
9-Jun-1958 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| William F. Durand |
Engineer |
5-Mar-1859 |
9-Aug-1958 |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
Author |
17-Feb-1879 |
9-Nov-1958 |
Understood Betsy |
| Rosalind Franklin |
Chemist |
25-Jul-1920 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Photographed DNA's structure |
| Roger Martin du Gard |
Author |
23-Mar-1881 |
22-Aug-1958 |
Les Thibault |
| Dwight H. Green |
Politician |
9-Jan-1897 |
20-Feb-1958 |
Governor of Illinois, 1941-49 |
| Robert Greig |
Actor |
27-Dec-1879 |
27-Jun-1958 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Raymond Hackett |
Actor |
15-Jul-1902 |
7-Jul-1958 |
Theater and silent film actor |
| Thurston Hall |
Actor |
10-May-1882 |
20-Feb-1958 |
Mr. Schuyler on Topper |
| W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
| Roger Imhof |
Actor |
15-Aug-1875 |
15-Apr-1958 |
This Gun for Hire |
| Juan Ramón Jiménez |
Poet |
24-Dec-1881 |
29-May-1958 |
Pastorales |
| Frédéric Joliot |
Physicist |
19-Mar-1900 |
14-Aug-1958 |
Artificial radioactivity |
| Charles F. Kettering |
Engineer |
29-Aug-1876 |
25-Nov-1958 |
Invented the electric starter |
| Walter Kingsford |
Actor |
20-Sep-1881 |
7-Feb-1958 |
British-American character actor |
| C. M. Kornbluth |
Novelist |
23-Jul-1923 |
21-Mar-1958 |
The Space Merchants |
| Ernest Lawrence |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1901 |
27-Aug-1958 |
Inventor of the cyclotron |
| Guy Liddell |
Spy |
8-Nov-1892 |
2-Dec-1958 |
British spymaster |
| Breckinridge Long |
Diplomat |
16-May-1881 |
26-Sep-1958 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36 |
| John W. Martin |
Politician |
21-Jun-1884 |
22-Feb-1958 |
Governor of Florida, 1925-29 |
| Edward Cardinal Mooney |
Religion |
9-May-1882 |
25-Oct-1958 |
Archbishop of Detroit, 1937-58 |
| G. E. Moore |
Philosopher |
4-Nov-1873 |
24-Oct-1958 |
Principia Ethica |
| Francis P. Murphy |
Politician |
16-Aug-1877 |
19-Dec-1958 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1937-41 |
| Imre Nagy |
Head of State |
7-Jun-1896 |
16-Jun-1958 |
Twice Prime Minister of Hungary |
| George Jean Nathan |
Author |
14-Feb-1882 |
8-Apr-1958 |
American Mercury |
| Matthew M. Neely |
Politician |
9-Nov-1874 |
18-Jan-1958 |
Governor and Senator from West Virginia |
| Mel Ott |
Baseball |
2-Mar-1909 |
21-Nov-1958 |
HoF New York Giants outfielder |
| Franklin Pangborn |
Actor |
23-Jan-1888 |
20-Jul-1958 |
Character actor, 1920s to 1950s |
| Wolfgang Pauli |
Physicist |
25-Apr-1900 |
15-Dec-1958 |
Pauli Exclusion Principle |
| Leon C. Phillips |
Politician |
9-Dec-1890 |
27-Mar-1958 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1939-43 |
| Pope Pius XII |
Religion |
2-Mar-1876 |
9-Oct-1958 |
Signed treaty with Hitler |
| Tyrone Power |
Actor |
5-May-1913 |
15-Nov-1958 |
Witness for the Prosecution |
| Edna Purviance |
Actor |
21-Oct-1895 |
11-Jan-1958 |
Leading lady in Chaplin films |
| Harry Revel |
Composer |
21-Dec-1905 |
3-Nov-1958 |
Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1876 |
22-Sep-1958 |
Circular Staircase |
| Elisabeth Risdon |
Actor |
26-Apr-1887 |
20-Dec-1958 |
The Roaring Twenties |
| Artur Rodzinski |
Conductor |
2-Jan-1892 |
27-Nov-1958 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1943-47 |
| Georges Rouault |
Painter |
27-May-1871 |
13-Feb-1958 |
Expressionist painter of clowns, Christs |
| W. Kerr Scott |
Politician |
17-Apr-1896 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Governor and Senator from North Carolina |
| Robert W. Service |
Poet |
16-Jan-1874 |
11-Sep-1958 |
Bard of the Yukon |
| Bertrand H. Snell |
Politician |
9-Dec-1870 |
2-Feb-1958 |
Congressman from New York, 1915-39 |
| Tris Speaker |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1888 |
8-Dec-1958 |
Exceptional centerfielder |
| A. Owsley Stanley |
Politician |
21-May-1867 |
12-Aug-1958 |
US Senator from Kentucky, 1919-25 |
| Walter W. Stewart |
Economist |
1885 |
Mar-1958 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55 |
| Marie Stopes |
Scientist |
15-Oct-1880 |
2-Oct-1958 |
Scientist and birth control advocate |
| Samuel Cardinal Stritch |
Religion |
17-Aug-1887 |
27-May-1958 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1939-58 |
| Sam Taylor |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1895 |
6-Mar-1958 |
Safety Last! |
| Michael Todd |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Jun-1909 |
22-Mar-1958 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Helen Twelvetrees |
Actor |
25-Dec-1908 |
13-Feb-1958 |
The Painted Desert |
| Evelyn Varden |
Actor |
12-Jun-1893 |
11-Jul-1958 |
The Bad Seed |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Composer |
12-Oct-1872 |
26-Aug-1958 |
Sinfonia Antarctica |
| Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
| Harold Vermilyea |
Actor |
10-Oct-1889 |
8-Jan-1958 |
Sorry, Wrong Number |
| H. B. Warner |
Actor |
26-Oct-1875 |
21-Dec-1958 |
The King of Kings |
| John Watson |
Psychologist |
9-Jan-1878 |
25-Sep-1958 |
Founder of Behaviorism |
| Roy Owen West |
Attorney |
27-Oct-1868 |
29-Nov-1958 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29 |
| Herbert O. Yardley |
Scientist |
13-Apr-1889 |
7-Aug-1958 |
U.S. cryptographer during WWI |
