| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Winthrop W. Aldrich |
Business |
2-Nov-1885 |
25-Feb-1974 |
Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1934-53 |
| Phog Allen |
Basketball |
18-Nov-1885 |
16-Sep-1974 |
KU Head Coach, 1919-56 |
| Leona Anderson |
Actor |
3-Apr-1885 |
25-Dec-1973 |
House on Haunted Hill |
| Lionel Atwill |
Actor |
1-Mar-1885 |
22-Apr-1946 |
The Ghost of Frankenstein |
| Theda Bara |
Actor |
29-Jul-1885 |
7-Apr-1955 |
A Fool There Was |
| Wallace Beery |
Actor |
1-Apr-1885 |
15-Apr-1949 |
Grand Hotel |
| Alban Berg |
Composer |
9-Feb-1885 |
24-Dec-1935 |
Violin Concerto |
| Harry Blackstone |
Magician |
27-Sep-1885 |
16-Nov-1965 |
Vaudeville illusionist |
| Karen Blixen |
Author |
17-Apr-1885 |
7-Sep-1962 |
Babette's Feast and Out of Africa |
| Ernst Bloch |
Philosopher |
8-Jul-1885 |
4-Aug-1977 |
Principle of Hope |
| Niels Bohr |
Physicist |
7-Oct-1885 |
18-Nov-1962 |
Father of Quantum Theory |
| Hugo Boss |
Fashion Designer |
8-Jul-1885 |
9-Aug-1948 |
Designed Nazi uniforms |
| Heinrich Bruening |
Head of State |
26-Nov-1885 |
30-Mar-1970 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1930-32 |
| Billie Burke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1885 |
14-May-1970 |
Glinda, the Good Witch of the North |
| Doyle E. Carlton |
Politician |
6-Jul-1885 |
25-Oct-1972 |
Governor of Florida, 1929-33 |
| Edward P. Carville |
Politician |
14-May-1885 |
27-Jun-1956 |
Governor of Nevada, 1939-45 |
| Ben Chifley |
Head of State |
22-Sep-1885 |
13-Jun-1951 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1945-49 |
| A. J. Clark |
Scientist |
19-Aug-1885 |
30-Jul-1941 |
Drug responses |
| George Cleveland |
Actor |
17-Sep-1885 |
15-Jul-1957 |
Gramps on Lassie |
| John Curtin |
Head of State |
8-Jan-1885 |
5-Jul-1945 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1941-45 |
| Jan Czochralski |
Scientist |
23-Oct-1885 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Czochralski Process |
| Esther Dale |
Actor |
10-Nov-1885 |
23-Jul-1961 |
Curly Top |
| Joseph S. Davis |
Economist |
5-Nov-1885 |
1975 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-58 |
| Will Durant |
Historian |
5-Nov-1885 |
7-Nov-1981 |
The Story of Civilization |
| Allan Dwan |
Film Director |
3-Apr-1885 |
28-Dec-1981 |
Sands of Iwo Jima |
| Edna Ferber |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1885 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Show Boat and Giant |
| Jacques Feyder |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1885 |
24-May-1948 |
Carnival in Flanders |
| George Fitzmaurice |
Film Director |
13-Feb-1885 |
13-Jun-1940 |
The Son of the Sheik |
| Alfred C. Fuller |
Business |
13-Jan-1885 |
4-Dec-1973 |
Founder of Fuller Brush Company |
| Amy Jacques Garvey |
Activist |
31-Dec-1885 |
25-Jul-1973 |
Pan-African black nationalist |
| Walter S. Gifford |
Business |
10-Jan-1885 |
7-May-1966 |
President of AT&T, 1925-48 |
| Romano Guardini |
Religion |
17-Feb-1885 |
1-Oct-1968 |
Roman Catholic theologian |
| Ethel Browne Harvey |
Zoologist |
14-Dec-1885 |
2-Sep-1965 |
Embryology of sea urchins |
| Gabby Hayes |
Actor |
7-May-1885 |
9-Feb-1969 |
Don't Fence Me In |
| George de Hevesy |
Chemist |
1-Aug-1885 |
5-Jul-1966 |
Radioisotope researcher |
| DuBose Heyward |
Novelist |
31-Aug-1885 |
16-Jun-1940 |
Porgy |
| Joseph H. Himes |
Politician |
15-Aug-1885 |
9-Sep-1960 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1921-23 |
| Hedda Hopper |
Actor |
2-May-1885 |
1-Feb-1966 |
Queen of the Quickies |
| Karen Horney |
Psychologist |
16-Sep-1885 |
4-Dec-1952 |
Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy" |
| Tom Kennedy |
Actor |
15-Jul-1885 |
6-Oct-1965 |
Character actor, 1910s to 1960s |
| Jerome Kern |
Composer |
27-Jan-1885 |
12-Nov-1945 |
Show Boat |
| Frances Parkinson Keyes |
Novelist |
21-Jul-1885 |
3-Jul-1970 |
All That Glitters |
| Otto Klemperer |
Conductor |
14-May-1885 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Prominent German conductor |
| Otto Kruger |
Actor |
6-Sep-1885 |
6-Sep-1974 |
Saboteur |
| Nikolai Krylenko |
Government |
2-May-1885 |
29-Jul-1938 |
Soviet prosecutor executed during the Great Purge |
| Ring Lardner |
Journalist |
6-Mar-1885 |
25-Sep-1933 |
Gullible's Travels |
| D. H. Lawrence |
Novelist |
11-Sep-1885 |
2-Mar-1930 |
Lady Chatterley's Lover |
| Leadbelly |
Guitarist |
29-Jan-1885 |
6-Dec-1949 |
Goodnight Irene |
| Sinclair Lewis |
Novelist |
7-Feb-1885 |
10-Jan-1951 |
Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry |
| Hans Luther |
Head of State |
10-Mar-1885 |
11-May-1962 |
German Chancellor 1925-26 |
| Edmund C. Lynch |
Business |
19-May-1885 |
12-May-1938 |
The Lynch of Merrill-Lynch |
| François Mauriac |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1885 |
1-Sep-1970 |
Le Noeud de Vipères |
| André Maurois |
Author |
26-Jul-1885 |
9-Oct-1967 |
French biographer |
| Louis B. Mayer |
Film/TV Producer |
4-Jul-1885 |
29-Oct-1957 |
The final M in MGM |
| James M. Mead |
Politician |
27-Dec-1885 |
15-Mar-1964 |
US Senator from New York, 1938-47 |
| Charles E. Merrill |
Business |
19-Oct-1885 |
6-Oct-1956 |
Founder of Merrill Lynch |
| Robert Milton |
Film Director |
24-Jan-1885 |
13-Jan-1956 |
Outward Bound |
| George R. Minot |
Doctor |
2-Dec-1885 |
25-Feb-1950 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Jimmy Monaco |
Composer |
13-Jan-1885 |
16-Oct-1945 |
You Made Me Love You |
| John Moses |
Politician |
12-Jun-1885 |
3-Mar-1945 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1939-45 |
| Chester W. Nimitz |
Military |
24-Feb-1885 |
20-Feb-1966 |
WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy |
| King Oliver |
Jazz Musician |
11-May-1885 |
10-Apr-1938 |
King Oliver Creole Jazz Band |
| Ruth Bryan Owen |
Politician |
2-Oct-1885 |
26-Jul-1954 |
Congresswoman and Ambassador to Demark |
| George S. Patton |
Military |
11-Nov-1885 |
21-Dec-1945 |
American WWII Army commander |
| Alice Paul |
Activist |
11-Jan-1885 |
9-Jul-1977 |
Suffragette |
| St. John Philby |
Government |
3-Apr-1885 |
30-Sep-1960 |
Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist |
| Ezra Pound |
Poet |
30-Oct-1885 |
1-Nov-1972 |
The Cantos |
| Joseph Banks Rhine |
Paranormal |
29-Sep-1885 |
20-Feb-1980 |
Father of modern parapsychology |
| Kenneth Roberts |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1885 |
21-Jul-1957 |
Northwest Passage |
| Charles G. Ross |
Government |
9-Nov-1885 |
5-Dec-1950 |
White House Press Secretary for Truman |
| Luigi Russolo |
Author |
30-Apr-1885 |
6-Feb-1947 |
Authored the manifesto The Art of Noises |
| Erskine Sanford |
Actor |
19-Nov-1885 |
7-Jul-1969 |
Citizen Kane |
| Blanche Stuart Scott |
Aviator |
8-Apr-1885 |
12-Jan-1970 |
Auto and air daredevil |
| Harlow Shapley |
Astronomer |
2-Nov-1885 |
20-Oct-1972 |
Organizer of Heaven |
| Albert Sharpe |
Actor |
15-Apr-1885 |
13-Feb-1970 |
Darby O'Gill and the Little People |
| Walter W. Stewart |
Economist |
1885 |
Mar-1958 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55 |
| Julius Streicher |
Journalist |
12-Feb-1885 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Editor of Der Stuermer 1923-45 |
| Erich von Stroheim |
Actor |
22-Sep-1885 |
12-May-1957 |
Swanson's servant in Sunset Blvd. |
| Guilhermina Suggia |
Cellist |
27-Jun-1885 |
30-Jul-1950 |
Cellist |
| Vladimir Tatlin |
Sculptor |
16-Dec-1885 |
31-May-1953 |
Monument to the Third International |
| Andrew Tombes |
Actor |
29-Jun-1885 |
17-Mar-1976 |
Doubting Thomas |
| Bess Truman |
First Lady |
13-Feb-1885 |
18-Oct-1982 |
First Lady under Harry S. Truman |
| Louis Untermeyer |
Poet |
1-Oct-1885 |
18-Dec-1977 |
Anthologist of poetry |
| Carl Van Doren |
Author |
10-Sep-1885 |
18-Jul-1950 |
The American Novel |
| Roland West |
Film Director |
20-Feb-1885 |
31-Mar-1952 |
The Bat Whispers |
| Elinor Wylie |
Poet |
7-Sep-1885 |
16-Dec-1928 |
Nets to Catch the Wind |
