| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Babe Adams |
Baseball |
18-May-1882 |
27-Jul-1968 |
Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| John Anderson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1882 |
4-Jan-1958 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1943-45 |
| Ion Antonescu |
Head of State |
15-Jun-1882 |
1-Jun-1946 |
Pro-Nazi dictator of Romania |
| Harold D. Babcock |
Astronomer |
24-Jan-1882 |
8-Apr-1968 |
Solar radiation |
| George Bancroft |
Actor |
30-Sep-1882 |
2-Oct-1956 |
Thunderbolt |
| John Barrymore |
Actor |
15-Feb-1882 |
29-May-1942 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Noah Beery, Sr. |
Actor |
17-Jan-1882 |
1-Apr-1946 |
The Mark of Zorro |
| George Bellows |
Painter |
12-Aug-1882 |
8-Jan-1925 |
American realist painter |
| Umberto Boccioni |
Painter |
19-Oct-1882 |
17-Aug-1916 |
Italian Futurist painter and sculptor |
| Max Born |
Physicist |
11-Dec-1882 |
5-Jan-1970 |
Pioneer of quantum mechanics |
| Georges Braque |
Painter |
13-May-1882 |
31-Aug-1963 |
Co-Founded Cubism |
| Percy Williams Bridgman |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1882 |
20-Aug-1961 |
High-pressure physics |
| Tod Browning |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1882 |
6-Oct-1962 |
Freaks |
| H. Ralph Burton |
Government |
1882 |
5-Aug-1971 |
Red-baiting Senate staffer |
| Harlan J. Bushfield |
Politician |
6-Aug-1882 |
27-Sep-1948 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1939-43 |
| James F. Byrnes |
Politician |
2-May-1882 |
9-Apr-1972 |
US Secretary of State, 1945-47 |
| Grenville Clark |
Attorney |
5-Nov-1882 |
13-Jan-1967 |
World Peace Through World Law |
| Eamon de Valera |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1882 |
29-Aug-1975 |
President of Ireland, 1959-73 |
| William N. Doak |
Government |
12-Dec-1882 |
23-Oct-1933 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1930-33 |
| Alphonse Dochez |
Doctor |
21-Apr-1882 |
30-Jun-1964 |
Scarlet fever, pneumonia, common cold |
| Edmund Dulac |
Artist |
22-Oct-1882 |
25-May-1953 |
Children's book illustrator |
| Margaret Dumont |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
6-Mar-1965 |
Foil to the Marx Brothers |
| Arthur Eddington |
Astronomer |
28-Dec-1882 |
22-Nov-1944 |
Eddington luminosity |
| E. R. Eddison |
Novelist |
24-Nov-1882 |
18-Aug-1945 |
The Worm Ouroboros |
| James Chuter Ede |
Politician |
11-Sep-1882 |
11-Nov-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1945-51 |
| Frank C. Emerson |
Politician |
26-May-1882 |
18-Feb-1931 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1927-31 |
| Geraldine Farrar |
Singer |
28-Feb-1882 |
11-Mar-1967 |
Soprano, New York Metropolitan Opera |
| Jessie Redmon Fauset |
Novelist |
27-Apr-1882 |
30-Apr-1961 |
Comedy: American Style |
| John T. Flynn |
Journalist |
25-Oct-1882 |
13-Apr-1964 |
The Roosevelt Myth |
| James Franck |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1882 |
21-May-1964 |
Franck-Hertz experiment |
| Felix Frankfurter |
Judge |
15-Nov-1882 |
22-Feb-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-62 |
| Hans Geiger |
Physicist |
30-Sep-1882 |
24-Sep-1945 |
Co-Inventor of the Geiger Counter |
| Eric Gill |
Typographer |
22-Feb-1882 |
17-Nov-1940 |
Typographer, Gill Sans |
| Jean Giraudoux |
Novelist |
29-Oct-1882 |
31-Jan-1944 |
The Madwoman of Chaillot |
| Susan Glaspell |
Playwright |
1-Jul-1882 |
27-Jul-1948 |
Provincetown Players |
| James Gleason |
Actor |
23-May-1882 |
12-Apr-1959 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Robert Goddard |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1882 |
10-Aug-1945 |
Father of modern rocketry |
| Samuel Goldwyn |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Aug-1882 |
31-Jan-1974 |
Put the G in MGM |
| Henry F. Grady |
Economist |
12-Feb-1882 |
14-Sep-1957 |
First US Ambassador to India, 1947-48 |
| Percy Grainger |
Composer |
8-Jul-1882 |
20-Feb-1961 |
Country Gardens |
| Gustaf VI Adolf |
Royalty |
11-Nov-1882 |
15-Sep-1973 |
King of Sweden, 1950-73 |
| Thurston Hall |
Actor |
10-May-1882 |
20-Feb-1958 |
Mr. Schuyler on Topper |
| William F. Halsey |
Military |
30-Oct-1882 |
20-Aug-1959 |
WWII Commander of the South Pacific |
| Paul Harvey |
Actor |
10-Sep-1882 |
5-Dec-1955 |
American character actor |
| Edward Hopper |
Painter |
22-Jul-1882 |
15-May-1967 |
American realist painter, Nighthawks |
| Avery Hopwood |
Playwright |
28-May-1882 |
1-Jul-1928 |
The Bat |
| Bronislaw Huberman |
Violinist |
19-Dec-1882 |
16-Jun-1947 |
Polish violin prodigy, Pan-Europeanist |
| Herbert E. Ives |
Physicist |
21-Jul-1882 |
13-Nov-1953 |
Facsimile machine |
| James Joyce |
Author |
2-Feb-1882 |
13-Jan-1941 |
Ulysses |
| Henry J. Kaiser |
Business |
9-May-1882 |
24-Aug-1967 |
Industrialist and shipbuilder |
| Wilhelm Keitel |
Military |
22-Sep-1882 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Just following orders |
| Rockwell Kent |
Painter |
21-Jun-1882 |
13-Mar-1971 |
Early 20th c. American realist painter |
| Inayat Khan |
Religion |
5-Jul-1882 |
5-Feb-1927 |
Founder of Universal Sufism |
| Guy Kibbee |
Actor |
6-Mar-1882 |
24-May-1956 |
Captain January |
| Husband E. Kimmel |
Military |
26-Feb-1882 |
14-May-1968 |
Admiral, demoted after Pearl Harbor |
| Melanie Klein |
Psychologist |
30-Mar-1882 |
22-Sep-1960 |
The Psychoanalysis of Children |
| Zoltán Kodály |
Composer |
16-Dec-1882 |
6-Mar-1967 |
Psalmus Hungaricus |
| Theodore Kosloff |
Dancer |
22-Jan-1882 |
22-Nov-1956 |
Why Change Your Wife? |
| Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
| Fritz Leiber |
Actor |
31-Jan-1882 |
14-Oct-1949 |
Shakespearean actor |
| Wyndham Lewis |
Painter |
18-Nov-1882 |
7-Mar-1957 |
Vorticist movement |
| Hendrik Willem van Loon |
Historian |
14-Jan-1882 |
11-Mar-1944 |
Juvenile historian, Story of Mankind |
| Bela Lugosi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
16-Aug-1956 |
Dracula |
| Robert Morrison MacIver |
Sociologist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Jun-1970 |
The Web of Government |
| Gian Francesco Malipiero |
Composer |
18-Mar-1882 |
1-Aug-1973 |
Rispetti e Strambotti |
| Jacques Maritain |
Philosopher |
18-Nov-1882 |
28-Apr-1973 |
Interpreter of St. Thomas |
| A. A. Milne |
Author |
18-Jan-1882 |
31-Jan-1956 |
Winnie the Pooh |
| Edward Cardinal Mooney |
Religion |
9-May-1882 |
25-Oct-1958 |
Archbishop of Detroit, 1937-58 |
| Ida Moore |
Actor |
1-Mar-1882 |
26-Sep-1964 |
American character actress |
| Mohammed Mossadegh |
Head of State |
19-May-1882 |
5-Mar-1967 |
Prime Minister of Iran, 1951-53 |
| Harry Myers |
Actor |
5-Sep-1882 |
25-Dec-1938 |
City Lights |
| Walter Nash |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1882 |
4-Jun-1968 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1957-60 |
| George Jean Nathan |
Author |
14-Feb-1882 |
8-Apr-1958 |
American Mercury |
| Otto Neurath |
Sociologist |
10-Dec-1882 |
22-Dec-1945 |
Vienna Circle positivist |
| Frances Perkins |
Government |
10-Apr-1882 |
14-May-1965 |
First female US cabinet member |
| Charles Ponzi |
Criminal |
3-Mar-1882 |
18-Jun-1949 |
Get-rich-quick schemes |
| Olive Higgins Prouty |
Novelist |
10-Jan-1882 |
24-Mar-1974 |
Stella Dallas |
| Sam Rayburn |
Politician |
6-Jan-1882 |
16-Nov-1961 |
Speaker of the US House, 1940-61 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
| Everett Sanders |
Politician |
8-Mar-1882 |
12-May-1950 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1917-25 |
| Moritz Schlick |
Philosopher |
14-Apr-1882 |
22-Jun-1936 |
Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle |
| Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
| Rose Schneiderman |
Labor Leader |
16-Apr-1882 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Union leader of the 1920s-'50s |
| William Scholl |
Business |
22-Jun-1882 |
29-Mar-1968 |
Dr Scholl's shoe pads |
| Jesse Shwayder |
Business |
26-Mar-1882 |
24-Jul-1970 |
Founder of Samsonite Corporation |
| Waclaw Sierpinski |
Mathematician |
14-Mar-1882 |
21-Oct-1969 |
Sierpinski's gasket |
| Milton Sills |
Actor |
12-Jan-1882 |
15-Sep-1930 |
The Sea Hawk |
| Louis St. Laurent |
Head of State |
1-Feb-1882 |
25-Jul-1973 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1948-57 |
| Leopold Stokowski |
Conductor |
18-Apr-1882 |
13-Sep-1977 |
American Symphony Orchestra |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Composer |
17-Jun-1882 |
6-Apr-1971 |
The Rite of Spring |
| Sybil Thorndike |
Actor |
24-Oct-1882 |
9-Jun-1976 |
English stage actress |
| Charles Trowbridge |
Actor |
10-Jan-1882 |
30-Oct-1967 |
The Great Lie |
| Sigrid Undset |
Author |
20-May-1882 |
10-Jun-1949 |
Kristin Lavransdåtter |
| Egbert Van Alstyne |
Songwriter |
4-Mar-1882 |
9-Jul-1951 |
In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree |
| Getúlio Vargas |
Head of State |
19-Apr-1882 |
24-Aug-1954 |
President of Brazil, 1930-45 and 1950-54 |
| Günther von Kluge |
Military |
30-Oct-1882 |
18-Aug-1944 |
Nazi general |
| Kurt von Schleicher |
Politician |
4-Jul-1882 |
30-Jun-1934 |
German chancellor, murdered by the SS |
| Virginia Woolf |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1882 |
28-Mar-1941 |
Suicidal English novelist |
