| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Albert I |
Royalty |
8-Apr-1875 |
17-Feb-1934 |
King of Belgium, 1909-34 |
| Roger Babson |
Economist |
6-Jul-1875 |
5-Mar-1967 |
Founder of Babson College |
| Mary McLeod Bethune |
Educator |
10-Jul-1875 |
18-May-1955 |
Black activist and educator |
| Hiram Bingham |
Politician |
19-Nov-1875 |
6-Jun-1956 |
US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu |
| Maurice de Broglie |
Physicist |
27-Apr-1875 |
14-Jul-1960 |
X-ray spectroscopy |
| John Buchan |
Author |
26-Aug-1875 |
11-Feb-1940 |
The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Novelist |
1-Sep-1875 |
19-Mar-1950 |
Tarzan |
| Jeanne Calment |
Elderly |
21-Feb-1875 |
4-Aug-1997 |
Oldest recorded person, died at 122 |
| Anton J. Carlson |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1875 |
2-Sep-1956 |
The Machinery of the Body |
| Spencer Charters |
Actor |
25-Mar-1875 |
25-Jan-1943 |
Character actor |
| Walter P. Chrysler |
Business |
2-Apr-1875 |
18-Aug-1940 |
Founder of Chrysler Corporation |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| Henry Dale |
Scientist |
9-Jun-1875 |
23-Jul-1968 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Patrick H. Drewry |
Politician |
24-May-1875 |
21-Dec-1947 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1920-47 |
| Alice Dunbar-Nelson |
Author |
19-Jul-1875 |
18-Sep-1935 |
Harlem Renaissance influence |
| Fred Fisher |
Songwriter |
30-Sep-1875 |
14-Jan-1942 |
Dardanella |
| Finis J. Garrett |
Politician |
26-Aug-1875 |
25-May-1956 |
Congressman from Tennessee, 1905-29 |
| D. W. Griffith |
Film Director |
22-Jan-1875 |
21-Jul-1948 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| Edmund Gwenn |
Actor |
26-Sep-1875 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| Masujiro Hashimoto |
Business |
1875 |
Jan-1944 |
Founder of Nissan Motor Co. |
| Samuel S. Hinds |
Actor |
4-Apr-1875 |
13-Oct-1948 |
It's a Wonderful Life |
| E. F. Hutton |
Business |
7-Sep-1875 |
11-Jul-1962 |
Founder of E. F. Hutton brokerage |
| Roger Imhof |
Actor |
15-Aug-1875 |
15-Apr-1958 |
This Gun for Hire |
| Oscár Jászi |
Sociologist |
2-Mar-1875 |
13-Feb-1957 |
The Dissolution of the Habsburg Monarchy |
| Carl Jung |
Psychiatrist |
26-Jul-1875 |
6-Jun-1961 |
Inventor of the collective unconscious |
| Fritz Kreisler |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1875 |
29-Jan-1962 |
Austrian violin virtuoso |
| Ethelreda Lewis |
Novelist |
1875 |
1-Aug-1946 |
Trader Horn |
| J. Farrell MacDonald |
Actor |
14-Apr-1875 |
2-Aug-1952 |
My Darling Clementine |
| Antonio Machado |
Poet |
26-Jul-1875 |
22-Feb-1939 |
Generation of '98 |
| Percy MacKaye |
Playwright |
16-Mar-1875 |
31-Aug-1956 |
The Canterbury Pilgrims |
| Thomas Mann |
Novelist |
6-Jun-1875 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Buddenbrooks |
| Jeannette Marks |
Poet |
16-Aug-1875 |
1964 |
The Merry Merry Cuckoo |
| Reginald Mason |
Actor |
27-Jun-1875 |
10-Jul-1962 |
Stage actor |
| Eugene Meyer |
Publisher |
31-Oct-1875 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Washington Post publisher, 1933-47 |
| Pierre Monteux |
Conductor |
4-Apr-1875 |
1-Jul-1964 |
Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52 |
| John H. Overton |
Politician |
17-Sep-1875 |
14-May-1948 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1933-48 |
| Elizabeth Patterson |
Actor |
22-Nov-1875 |
31-Jan-1966 |
Mrs. Matilda Trumbull on I Love Lucy |
| J. C. Penney |
Business |
16-Sep-1875 |
12-Feb-1971 |
Founder of J. C. Penney Company |
| Ferdinand Porsche |
Engineer |
3-Sep-1875 |
30-Jan-1951 |
Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle |
| Ludwig Prandtl |
Physicist |
4-Feb-1875 |
15-Aug-1953 |
Father of Aerodynamics |
| Reginald Punnett |
Biologist |
20-Jun-1875 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Early geneticist |
| Bessica Raiche |
Aviator |
Apr-1875 |
11-Apr-1932 |
Aviatrix and gynecologist |
| Maurice Ravel |
Composer |
7-Mar-1875 |
28-Dec-1937 |
Bolero |
| Syngman Rhee |
Head of State |
26-Mar-1875 |
19-Jul-1965 |
First President of South Korea |
| Rainer Maria Rilke |
Poet |
04-Dec-1875 |
29-Dec-1926 |
Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus |
| Owen J. Roberts |
Judge |
2-May-1875 |
17-May-1955 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1930-45 |
| Albert Schweitzer |
Activist |
14-Jan-1875 |
4-Sep-1965 |
Humanitarian and theologian |
| V. M. Slipher |
Astronomer |
11-Nov-1875 |
8-Nov-1969 |
Interstellar dust |
| Alfred P. Sloan |
Business |
23-May-1875 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Chairman of GM, 1937-56 |
| Joel Elias Spingarn |
Critic |
17-May-1875 |
26-Jul-1939 |
Literary critic, NAACP leader |
| Gerd von Rundstedt |
Military |
12-Dec-1875 |
24-Feb-1953 |
German Field Marshall |
| Edgar Wallace |
Novelist |
1-Apr-1875 |
10-Feb-1932 |
Highly prolific English novelist |
| H. B. Warner |
Actor |
26-Oct-1875 |
21-Dec-1958 |
The King of Kings |
| Helen Westley |
Actor |
28-Mar-1875 |
12-Dec-1942 |
Death Takes a Holiday |
| Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney |
Business |
9-Jan-1875 |
18-Apr-1942 |
Whitney Museum of American Art |
| Ray Lyman Wilbur |
Educator |
13-Apr-1875 |
26-Jun-1949 |
President of Stanford University, 1916-43 |
