| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Leo Baeck |
Religion |
23-May-1873 |
2-Nov-1956 |
Progressive Jewish Rabbi |
| Carl Becker |
Historian |
7-Sep-1873 |
10-Apr-1945 |
Everyman His Own Historian |
| Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
| Hayyim Nahman Bialik |
Poet |
9-Jan-1873 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Foremost Hebrew poet |
| Harry Brittain |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1873 |
9-Jul-1974 |
Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
| William Marshall Bullitt |
Attorney |
4-Mar-1873 |
3-Oct-1957 |
US Solicitor General, 1912-13 |
| Alexis Carrel |
Doctor |
28-Jun-1873 |
5-Nov-1944 |
Sutured blood vessels |
| Enrico Caruso |
Singer |
25-Feb-1873 |
2-Aug-1921 |
Operatic tenor nonpareil |
| Willa Cather |
Novelist |
7-Dec-1873 |
24-Apr-1947 |
O Pioneers! |
| Henry S. Caulfield |
Politician |
9-Dec-1873 |
11-May-1966 |
Governor of Missouri, 1929-33 |
| Anton J. Cermak |
Politician |
9-May-1873 |
6-Mar-1933 |
Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office |
| Feodor Chaliapin |
Singer |
13-Feb-1873 |
12-Apr-1938 |
Operatic bass |
| William W. Coblentz |
Astronomer |
20-Nov-1873 |
15-Sep-1962 |
Infrared spectroscopy |
| Colette |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1873 |
3-Aug-1954 |
Gigi |
| William D. Coolidge |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1873 |
4-Feb-1975 |
Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes |
| Myers Y. Cooper |
Politician |
25-Nov-1873 |
6-Dec-1958 |
Governor of Ohio, 1929-31 |
| Leon Czolgosz |
Assassin |
1873 |
29-Oct-1901 |
President McKinley's assassin |
| James J. Davis |
Government |
27-Oct-1873 |
22-Nov-1947 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30 |
| John W. Davis |
Attorney |
13-Apr-1873 |
24-Mar-1955 |
US Solicitor General, 1913-18 |
| Walter de la Mare |
Poet |
25-Apr-1873 |
22-Jun-1956 |
Memoirs of a Midget |
| A. Victor Donahey |
Politician |
7-Jul-1873 |
8-Apr-1946 |
Governor of Ohio, 1923-29 |
| John T. Dorrance |
Business |
11-Nov-1873 |
21-Sep-1930 |
Invented condensed soup |
| Hans von Euler-Chelpin |
Chemist |
15-Feb-1873 |
7-Nov-1964 |
Enzymes of sugar fermentation |
| Élie Faure |
Historian |
4-Apr-1873 |
31-Oct-1937 |
History of Art |
| Ford Madox Ford |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1873 |
26-Jun-1939 |
The Good Soldier |
| Lee De Forest |
Inventor |
26-Aug-1873 |
30-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
| Ellen Glasgow |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1873 |
21-Nov-1945 |
In This Our Life |
| Alice Guy |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1873 |
24-Mar-1968 |
First female film director |
| W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
| Otto Harbach |
Songwriter |
18-Aug-1873 |
24-Jan-1963 |
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes |
| Francis Burton Harrison |
Politician |
18-Dec-1873 |
21-Nov-1957 |
Drug prohibition |
| Ejnar Hertzsprung |
Astronomer |
8-Oct-1873 |
21-Oct-1967 |
Hertzsprung-Russell diagram |
| William E. Hocking |
Philosopher |
10-Aug-1873 |
12-Jun-1966 |
The Meaning of God in Human Experience |
| Edward L. Jackson |
Politician |
27-Dec-1873 |
18-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Indiana, 1925-29 |
| Alfred Jarry |
Playwright |
8-Sep-1873 |
1-Nov-1907 |
Ubu roi |
| Johannes V. Jensen |
Author |
20-Jan-1873 |
25-Nov-1950 |
The Long Journey |
| Tullio Levi-Civita |
Mathematician |
29-Mar-1873 |
29-Dec-1941 |
Explored tensor calculus and PDE's |
| Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Arthur O. Lovejoy |
Historian |
10-Oct-1873 |
30-Dec-1962 |
The Great Chain of Being |
| Francisco Madero |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1873 |
22-Feb-1913 |
El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13 |
| Ricardo Flores Magón |
Anarchist |
16-Sep-1873 |
21-Nov-1922 |
Agitator behind Mexican revolution |
| Burns Mantle |
Critic |
23-Dec-1873 |
9-Feb-1948 |
New York Daily News drama critic |
| José Martínez Ruiz |
Author |
8-Jun-1873 |
4-Mar-1967 |
Generation of '98 |
| John McGraw |
Baseball |
7-Apr-1873 |
25-Feb-1934 |
NY Giants manager for 30 years |
| David O. McKay |
Religion |
8-Sep-1873 |
18-Jan-1970 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70 |
| G. E. Moore |
Philosopher |
4-Nov-1873 |
24-Oct-1958 |
Principia Ethica |
| Anne Morgan |
Philanthropist |
25-Jul-1873 |
29-Jan-1952 |
Friend of the French |
| William Morris |
Business |
1873 |
2-Nov-1932 |
Founder, William Morris Agency |
| Dwight Morrow |
Politician |
11-Jan-1873 |
5-Oct-1931 |
US Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30 |
| Condé Nast |
Business |
26-Mar-1873 |
19-Sep-1942 |
Founder of Condé Nast Publications |
| George C. Peery |
Politician |
28-Oct-1873 |
14-Oct-1952 |
Governor of Virginia, 1934-38 |
| Tom Pendergast |
Politician |
22-Jul-1873 |
26-Jan-1945 |
Missouri political boss |
| Emily Post |
Columnist |
27-Oct-1873 |
25-Sep-1960 |
Etiquette |
| 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 |
| Dorothy Richardson |
Novelist |
17-May-1873 |
17-Jun-1957 |
Pilgrimage novel sequence |
| Thomas C. Riggs |
Politician |
17-Oct-1873 |
16-Jan-1945 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1918-21 |
| William E. Riker |
Religion |
1873 |
3-Dec-1969 |
Holy City cult leader |
| William B. Ross |
Politician |
4-Dec-1873 |
2-Oct-1924 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1923-24 |
| Eliel Saarinen |
Architect |
20-Aug-1873 |
1-Jul-1950 |
Finnish-American art nouveau architect |
| Karl Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-May-1916 |
Black holes, Schwarzschild radius |
| Frederick Hanley Seares |
Astronomer |
17-May-1873 |
20-Jul-1964 |
Astronomer at Mt. Wilson Observatory |
| John Simon |
Politician |
28-Feb-1873 |
11-Jan-1954 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45 |
| Leo Slezak |
Singer |
18-Aug-1873 |
1-Jun-1946 |
Operatic tenor |
| Alfred E. Smith |
Government |
30-Dec-1873 |
4-Oct-1944 |
Twice Governor of New York |
| John H. Trumbull |
Politician |
4-Mar-1873 |
21-May-1961 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1925-31 |
| Marcus L. Urann |
Business |
2-Oct-1873 |
1-Apr-1963 |
Cranberry magnate |
| Konstantin von Neurath |
Diplomat |
2-Feb-1873 |
15-Aug-1956 |
Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| Charles Walgreen |
Business |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-Dec-1939 |
Founder of Walgreen Co. |
| Arthur J. Weaver |
Politician |
18-Nov-1873 |
17-Oct-1945 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1929-31 |
| Robert Wiene |
Film Director |
24-Apr-1873 |
17-Jul-1938 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Adolph Zukor |
Business |
7-Jan-1873 |
10-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Paramount Pictures |
