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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Alfred Adler
Psychologist
7-Feb-1870 28-May-1937 Founder of Individual Psychology
Ray Stannard Baker
Journalist
17-Apr-1870 12-Jul-1946 Biographer of Woodrow Wilson
Bernard M. Baruch
Business
19-Aug-1870 20-Jun-1965 Coined the term Cold War
Gustav Bauer
Head of State
6-Jan-1870 16-Sep-1944 German Chancellor 1919-20
Hilaire Belloc
Author
27-Jul-1870 16-Jul-1953 The Bad Child's Book of Beasts
Richard Bedford Bennett
Head of State
3-Jul-1870 26-Jun-1947 Prime Minister of Canada, 1930-35
Alexander Berkman
Anarchist
21-Nov-1870 28-Jun-1936 A.B.C. of Anarchism
Henry E. Bliss
Curator
29-Jan-1870 9-Aug-1955 Bliss Classification System
Jules Bordet
Scientist
13-Jun-1870 6-Apr-1961 Researched antibodies and antigens
Ivan Bunin
Author
10-Oct-1870 8-Oct-1953 Russian short story writer, Light Breathing
Herbert Bunston
Actor
21-Oct-1870 27-Feb-1935 Dr. Seward in Dracula
Benjamin Cardozo
Judge
24-May-1870 9-Jul-1938 US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38
Christian X
Royalty
26-Sep-1870 20-Apr-1947 King of Denmark, 1912-47
Georges Claude
Chemist
24-Sep-1870 23-May-1960 Neon lighting
James M. Cox
Politician
31-Mar-1870 15-Jul-1957 Newspaper magnate, twice Ohio Governor
William E. Crow
Politician
10-Mar-1870 2-Aug-1922 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1921-22
Homer S. Cummings
Attorney
30-Apr-1870 10-Sep-1956 US Attorney General, 1933-39
Albert Fish
Criminal
19-May-1870 16-Jan-1936 Serial killer and cannibal
John Spalding Flannery
Attorney
16-May-1870 17-Feb-1954 Prominent Washington attorney
J. Marion Futrell
Politician
14-Aug-1870 20-Jun-1955 Twice Governor of Arkansas
A. P. Giannini
Business
6-May-1870 3-Jun-1949 Founder of Bank of America
Leopold Godowsky
Pianist
13-Feb-1870 21-Nov-1938 Exceptional Polish-American pianist
Thomas P. Gore
Politician
10-Dec-1870 16-Mar-1949 Blind US Senator from Oklahoma
Lawrence Grant
Actor
30-Oct-1870 10-Feb-1952 The Mask of Fu Manchu
Joseph F. Guffey
Politician
29-Dec-1870 6-Mar-1959 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47
Ross Granville Harrison
Zoologist
13-Jan-1870 30-Sep-1959 Embryology and tissue culture techniques
Richmond Pearson Hobson
Military
17-Aug-1870 16-Mar-1937 Spanish-American War hero
Josef Hoffmann
Architect
15-Dec-1870 7-May-1956 Vienna Secession architect
Mary Johnston
Novelist
21-Nov-1870 9-May-1936 To Have and To Hold
Henry Kolker
Actor
13-Nov-1870 15-Jul-1947 Romeo and Juliet
Gustav Krupp
Business
7-Aug-1870 16-Jan-1950 Industrialist, Nazi war criminal
Thomas W. Lamont
Business
30-Sep-1870 2-Feb-1948 Banker and diplomat
Harry Lauder
Singer
4-Aug-1870 26-Feb-1950 Roamin' in the Gloamin'
Franz Lehár
Composer
30-Apr-1870 24-Oct-1948 The Merry Widow
Vladimir Lenin
Head of State
22-Apr-1870 21-Jan-1924 Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union
Adolf Loos
Architect
10-Dec-1870 8-Aug-1933 Ornament and Crime
Maria Montessori
Educator
31-Aug-1870 6-May-1952 Founder of Montessori Education Method
H. H. Munro
Novelist
18-Dec-1870 14-Nov-1916 Reginald
John M. Nelson
Politician
10-Oct-1870 29-Jan-1955 Congressman from Wisconsin, 1921-33
Amado Nervo
Poet
27-Aug-1870 24-May-1919 Modernismo poet, La Revista Moderna
Albert Jay Nock
Author
13-Oct-1870 19-Aug-1945 Memoirs of a Superfluous Man
Peter Norbeck
Politician
20-Aug-1870 20-Dec-1936 US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36
Frank Norris
Novelist
5-Mar-1870 25-Oct-1902 The Octopus
Hamaguchi Osachi
Head of State
1-Apr-1870 26-Aug-1931 Prime Minister of Japan, 1929-31
Maxfield Parrish
Artist
25-Jul-1870 10-Mar-1966 American book and magazine illustrator
Jean Perrin
Physicist
30-Sep-1870 17-Apr-1942 Verified atomic nature of matter
Edwin Stanton Porter
Film Director
21-Apr-1870 30-Apr-1941 The Great Train Robbery
Roscoe Pound
Judge
27-Oct-1870 1-Jul-1964 Sociological jurisprudence
Karl Renner
Head of State
14-Dec-1870 31-Dec-1950 President of Austria, 1945-50
Alice Hegan Rice
Novelist
11-Jan-1870 10-Feb-1942 Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Herbert Samuel
Politician
6-Nov-1870 2-Feb-1963 High Commissioner of Palestine, 1920-25
Jan Smuts
Politician
24-May-1870 11-Sep-1950 South African Prime Minister
Bertrand H. Snell
Politician
9-Dec-1870 2-Feb-1958 Congressman from New York, 1915-39
Joseph W. Stern
Composer
11-Jan-1870 31-Mar-1934 My Mother Was a Lady
John W. Summers
Politician
29-Apr-1870 25-Sep-1937 US Congressman from Washington, 1919-33
Harry Vardon
Golf
9-May-1870 20-Mar-1937 Early golf superstar




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