| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Harry Antrim |
Actor |
27-Aug-1884 |
18-Jan-1967 |
Vaudevillian, Hollywood character actor |
| Claude Auchinleck |
Military |
21-Jun-1884 |
23-Mar-1981 |
C-in-C of the Indian Army, 1943-47 |
| Vincent Auriol |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1884 |
1-Jan-1966 |
President of France, 1947-54 |
| Roger Baldwin |
Activist |
21-Jan-1884 |
26-Aug-1981 |
Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union |
| Janet Beecher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1884 |
6-Aug-1955 |
The Mighty Barnum |
| Yitzhak Ben-Zvi |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1884 |
23-Apr-1963 |
President of Israel, 1952-63 |
| Eduard Benes |
Head of State |
28-May-1884 |
3-Sep-1948 |
Founder of modern Czechoslovakia |
| Friedrich Bergius |
Chemist |
11-Oct-1884 |
30-Mar-1949 |
Hydrogenation of coal |
| A. Bruce Bielaski |
Government |
1884 |
Feb-1964 |
FBI Director 1912-19 |
| George David Birkhoff |
Mathematician |
21-Mar-1884 |
12-Nov-1944 |
Modern theory of dynamical systems |
| Max Brod |
Novelist |
27-May-1884 |
20-Dec-1968 |
The Redemption of Tycho Brahe |
| John D. Clark |
Economist |
26-Sep-1884 |
6-Nov-1961 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53 |
| Ivy Compton-Burnett |
Novelist |
5-Jun-1884 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Pastors and Masters |
| James Cruze |
Film Director |
27-Mar-1884 |
3-Aug-1942 |
If I Had a Million |
| Édouard Daladier |
Head of State |
18-Jun-1884 |
10-Oct-1970 |
Three-time Prime Minister of France |
| Martin L. Davey |
Politician |
25-Jul-1884 |
31-Mar-1946 |
Governor of Ohio, 1935-39 |
| Clement Davies |
Politician |
19-Feb-1884 |
23-Mar-1962 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1945-56 |
| Peter Debye |
Physicist |
24-Mar-1884 |
2-Nov-1966 |
Studied molecular structure, dipoles |
| Clarence C. Dill |
Politician |
21-Sep-1884 |
14-Jan-1978 |
US Senator from Washington, 1923-35 |
| Forrest C. Donnell |
Politician |
20-Aug-1884 |
3-Mar-1980 |
Governor and Senator from Missouri |
| Sheridan Downey |
Politician |
11-Mar-1884 |
25-Oct-1961 |
US Senator from California, 1939-50 |
| Georges Duhamel |
Novelist |
30-Jun-1884 |
13-Apr-1966 |
Civilisation |
| Robert J. Flaherty |
Film Director |
16-Feb-1884 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Nanook of the North |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| Peter Fraser |
Head of State |
28-Aug-1884 |
5-Aug-1950 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1940-49 |
| Rudolf Friml |
Composer |
7-Dec-1884 |
12-Nov-1972 |
The Vagabond King |
| Gerald Gardner |
Religion |
13-Jun-1884 |
12-Feb-1964 |
Founder of Modern Wicca |
| Hugo Gernsback |
Author |
16-Aug-1884 |
19-Aug-1967 |
Founded Amazing Stories in 1926 |
| Carl Goerdeler |
Politician |
31-Jul-1884 |
2-Feb-1945 |
Politician, hanged by the Nazis |
| C. Henry Gordon |
Actor |
17-Jun-1884 |
3-Dec-1940 |
Scarface |
| Charles Griffes |
Composer |
17-Sep-1884 |
8-Apr-1920 |
The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan |
| Franz Halder |
Military |
30-Jun-1884 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Nazi general |
| Hugh Herbert |
Actor |
10-Aug-1884 |
12-Mar-1952 |
Hellzapoppin |
| Theodor Heuss |
Head of State |
31-Jan-1884 |
12-Dec-1963 |
President of Germany, 1949-59 |
| Clark L. Hull |
Psychologist |
24-May-1884 |
10-May-1952 |
Principles of Behavior |
| Walter Huston |
Actor |
6-Apr-1884 |
7-Apr-1950 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| Jock Hutchison |
Golf |
6-Jun-1884 |
27-Sep-1977 |
Winner of 2 Majors |
| Ismet Inonu |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1884 |
25-Dec-1973 |
President, Prime Minister of Turkey |
| Emil Jannings |
Actor |
23-Jul-1884 |
3-Jan-1950 |
The Last Command |
| Bert Kalmar |
Songwriter |
10-Feb-1884 |
17-Sep-1947 |
Who's Sorry Now? |
| Werner Krauss |
Actor |
23-Jun-1884 |
20-Oct-1959 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Harry Langdon |
Actor |
15-Jun-1884 |
22-Dec-1944 |
The Strong Man |
| Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
Socialite |
12-Feb-1884 |
20-Feb-1980 |
The Other Washington Monument |
| Bronislaw Malinowski |
Anthropologist |
7-Apr-1884 |
16-May-1942 |
Founder of social anthropology |
| John W. Martin |
Politician |
21-Jun-1884 |
22-Feb-1958 |
Governor of Florida, 1925-29 |
| Joseph W. Martin, Jr. |
Politician |
3-Nov-1884 |
6-Mar-1968 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1933-67 |
| John McCormack |
Singer |
14-Jun-1884 |
16-Sep-1945 |
Operatic tenor, Irish balladeer |
| Edward Mellanby |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1884 |
30-Jan-1955 |
Rickets |
| Otto Meyerhof |
Scientist |
12-Apr-1884 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Glycogen-lactic acid cycle |
| Oscar Micheaux |
Film/TV Producer |
2-Jan-1884 |
25-Mar-1951 |
Within Our Gates |
| Ogden L. Mills |
Government |
23-Aug-1884 |
11-Oct-1937 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1932-33 |
| Amedeo Modigliani |
Sculptor |
12-Jul-1884 |
24-Jan-1920 |
Cubist Italian sculptor and painter |
| Philip Musica |
Business |
1884 |
16-Dec-1938 |
Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler |
| Burt Mustin |
Actor |
8-Feb-1884 |
28-Jan-1977 |
Character actor, 1950s to 1970s |
| Mary Nash |
Actor |
15-Aug-1884 |
3-Dec-1976 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Joseph C. O'Mahoney |
Politician |
5-Nov-1884 |
1-Dec-1962 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1934-61 |
| Herbert C. Pell |
Diplomat |
16-Feb-1884 |
17-Jul-1961 |
US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41 |
| Auguste Piccard |
Physicist |
28-Jan-1884 |
24-Mar-1962 |
First man in the stratosphere |
| Jean Piccard |
Aviator |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Extreme balloonist |
| Johannes Popitz |
Government |
2-Dec-1884 |
2-Feb-1945 |
Prussian finance minister 1933-44 |
| Irving Price |
Business |
21-Sep-1884 |
23-Nov-1976 |
Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys |
| Stanley Reed |
Judge |
31-Dec-1884 |
2-Apr-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1938-57 |
| Eleanor Roosevelt |
First Lady |
11-Oct-1884 |
7-Nov-1962 |
First Lady under FDR |
| Sig Ruman |
Actor |
11-Oct-1884 |
14-Feb-1967 |
Stalag 17 |
| Damon Runyon |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1884 |
10-Dec-1946 |
Guys and Dolls |
| S. Z. Sakall |
Actor |
2-Feb-1884 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Casablanca |
| Edward Sapir |
Anthropologist |
26-Jan-1884 |
4-Feb-1939 |
Anthropological linguist |
| George Sarton |
Historian |
31-Aug-1884 |
22-Mar-1956 |
Introduction to the History of Science |
| Nels H. Smith |
Politician |
27-Aug-1884 |
5-Jul-1976 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1939-43 |
| Wilbert Snow |
Politician |
6-Apr-1884 |
28-Sep-1977 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47 |
| The Svedberg |
Chemist |
30-Aug-1884 |
25-Feb-1971 |
Inventor of the ultracentrifuge |
| Eugene Talmadge |
Politician |
23-Sep-1884 |
21-Dec-1946 |
Twice Governor of Georgia |
| Godfrey Tearle |
Actor |
12-Oct-1884 |
8-Jun-1953 |
The 39 Steps |
| Sara Teasdale |
Poet |
8-Aug-1884 |
29-Jan-1933 |
Strange Victory |
| Norman Thomas |
Activist |
20-Nov-1884 |
19-Dec-1968 |
American Socialist Party |
| Hideki Tojo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1884 |
23-Dec-1948 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44 |
| M. Clifford Townsend |
Politician |
11-Aug-1884 |
11-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Indiana, 1937-41 |
| Harry S. Truman |
Head of State |
8-May-1884 |
26-Dec-1972 |
33rd US President, 1945-53 |
| Sophie Tucker |
Singer |
13-Jan-1884 |
9-Feb-1966 |
Some of These Days |
| Robert W. Upton |
Politician |
3-Feb-1884 |
28-Apr-1972 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1953-54 |
| Arthur Vandenberg |
Politician |
22-Mar-1884 |
18-Apr-1951 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1928-51 |
| Walther von Reichenau |
Military |
16-Aug-1884 |
17-Jan-1942 |
Nazi general, encouraged atrocities |
| George A. Wilson |
Politician |
1-Apr-1884 |
8-Sep-1953 |
Governor of Iowa, 1939-43 |
| Charles Winninger |
Actor |
26-May-1884 |
27-Jan-1969 |
Show Boat |
| Isoroku Yamamoto |
Military |
4-Apr-1884 |
18-Apr-1943 |
Commander of the Japanese Navy |
