| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Zoë Akins |
Playwright |
30-Oct-1886 |
29-Oct-1958 |
The Greeks Had a Word For It |
| Luis Alberni |
Actor |
4-Oct-1886 |
23-Dec-1962 |
Spanish-American character actor |
| Alfonso XIII |
Royalty |
17-May-1886 |
28-Feb-1941 |
King of Spain, 1902-31 |
| Margaret Anderson |
Author |
24-Nov-1886 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Founder of the Little Review |
| Hap Arnold |
Military |
25-Jun-1886 |
15-Jan-1950 |
Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII |
| Home Run Baker |
Baseball |
13-Mar-1886 |
28-Jun-1963 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Jim Barnes |
Golf |
8-Apr-1886 |
24-May-1966 |
Winner of 4 Majors |
| Karl Barth |
Religion |
10-May-1886 |
9-Dec-1968 |
Church Dogmatics |
| David Ben-Gurion |
Head of State |
16-Oct-1886 |
1-Dec-1973 |
First Prime Minister of Israel |
| William Rose Benét |
Poet |
2-Feb-1886 |
4-May-1950 |
The Dust Which Is God |
| Gottfried Benn |
Poet |
2-May-1886 |
7-Jul-1956 |
Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot |
| Francis Biddle |
Government |
9-May-1886 |
4-Oct-1968 |
US Attorney General, 1941-45 |
| Clarence Birdseye |
Scientist |
9-Dec-1886 |
7-Oct-1956 |
Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane |
| Hugo Black |
Judge |
27-Feb-1886 |
25-Sep-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1937-71 |
| Edwin G. Boring |
Psychologist |
23-Oct-1886 |
1-Jul-1968 |
A History of Experimental Psychology |
| Van Wyck Brooks |
Critic |
16-Feb-1886 |
2-May-1963 |
Finders & Makers |
| Ernest Burgess |
Sociologist |
16-May-1886 |
27-Dec-1966 |
Introduction to the Science of Sociology |
| Thomas Burke |
Author |
29-Nov-1886 |
22-Sep-1945 |
Limehouse Nights |
| Spring Byington |
Actor |
17-Oct-1886 |
7-Sep-1971 |
You Can't Take it With You |
| Jefferson Caffery |
Diplomat |
1-Dec-1886 |
13-Apr-1974 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, France, Brazil, Cuba |
| Hobart Cavanaugh |
Actor |
22-Sep-1886 |
27-Apr-1950 |
A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Ty Cobb |
Baseball |
18-Dec-1886 |
17-Jul-1961 |
Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter |
| Robert L. Cochran |
Politician |
28-Jan-1886 |
23-Feb-1963 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1935-41 |
| Violet Kemble Cooper |
Actor |
12-Dec-1886 |
17-Aug-1961 |
Our Betters |
| Michael Curtiz |
Film Director |
24-Dec-1886 |
10-Apr-1962 |
Casablanca |
| Marcel Dupré |
Organist |
3-May-1886 |
30-May-1971 |
French organist and composer |
| Edwin Fischer |
Pianist |
6-Oct-1886 |
24-Jan-1960 |
Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart |
| Karl von Frisch |
Zoologist |
20-Nov-1886 |
12-Jun-1982 |
Researched bee communications |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler |
Conductor |
25-Jan-1886 |
30-Nov-1954 |
Pre-War German conductor |
| Ruth Hale |
Activist |
1886 |
18-Sep-1933 |
Maiden name crusader |
| H. D. |
Poet |
10-Sep-1886 |
27-Sep-1961 |
Imagist poet, Sea Garden |
| Mayo D. Hersey |
Engineer |
30-Aug-1886 |
5-Sep-1978 |
Tribology |
| Jean Hersholt |
Actor |
12-Jul-1886 |
2-Jun-1956 |
Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund |
| Archibald V. Hill |
Scientist |
26-Sep-1886 |
3-Jun-1977 |
Studied muscles and nerves |
| Edward Everett Horton |
Actor |
18-Mar-1886 |
29-Sep-1970 |
Prolific 1930s comedic actor |
| Josephine Hull |
Actor |
3-Jan-1886 |
12-Mar-1957 |
Harvey |
| Al Jolson |
Singer |
26-May-1886 |
23-Oct-1950 |
The Jazz Singer |
| Gus Kahn |
Songwriter |
6-Nov-1886 |
8-Oct-1941 |
Ain't We Got Fun? |
| Edward C. Kendall |
Scientist |
8-Sep-1886 |
4-May-1972 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Joyce Kilmer |
Poet |
6-Dec-1886 |
30-Jul-1918 |
Trees |
| Henry King |
Film Director |
24-Jan-1886 |
29-Jun-1982 |
Twelve O'Clock High |
| Oskar Kokoschka |
Painter |
1-Mar-1886 |
22-Feb-1980 |
Austrian expressionist painter |
| Rose Wilder Lane |
Author |
5-Dec-1886 |
30-Oct-1968 |
The Discovery of Freedom |
| William Langer |
Politician |
30-Sep-1886 |
8-Nov-1959 |
Governor and Senator from North Dakota |
| Frederick Lindemann |
Government |
5-Apr-1886 |
3-Jul-1957 |
Churchill's scientific and war advisor |
| Horace Liveright |
Publisher |
10-Dec-1886 |
24-Sep-1933 |
Publisher of the Modern Library series |
| Frank Lloyd |
Film Director |
2-Feb-1886 |
10-Aug-1960 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Alain Locke |
Author |
13-Sep-1886 |
9-Jun-1954 |
Leader in the Harlem Renaissance |
| Hugh Lofting |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1886 |
26-Sep-1947 |
The Story of Dr. Dolittle |
| Salvador de Madariaga |
Author |
23-Jul-1886 |
14-Dec-1978 |
Englishmen, Frenchmen, Spaniards |
| George Mallory |
Explorer |
18-Jun-1886 |
8-Jun-1924 |
Frozen for 75 years on Mt. Everest |
| Clarence D. Martin |
Politician |
29-Jun-1886 |
11-Aug-1955 |
Governor of Washington, 1933-41 |
| Glenn L. Martin |
Engineer |
17-Jan-1886 |
5-Dec-1955 |
Martin Aircraft Co. |
| Jan Masaryk |
Government |
14-Sep-1886 |
10-Mar-1948 |
Czech Foreign Minister |
| Philip Merivale |
Actor |
2-Nov-1886 |
12-Mar-1946 |
The Stranger |
| Leslie A. Miller |
Politician |
29-Jan-1886 |
29-Sep-1970 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1933-39 |
| Owen Moore |
Actor |
12-Dec-1886 |
9-Jun-1939 |
Irish-American character actor |
| Kay Nielsen |
Artist |
12-Mar-1886 |
21-Jun-1957 |
Danish Golden Age illustrator |
| Kid Ory |
Jazz Musician |
25-Dec-1886 |
23-Jan-1973 |
Trombonist, Ory's Creole Jazz Band |
| Radhabinod Pal |
Judge |
27-Jan-1886 |
10-Jan-1967 |
Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal |
| Paul Paray |
Conductor |
24-May-1886 |
10-Oct-1979 |
Music Director, Detroit Symphony, 1951-62 |
| Isabel Paterson |
Author |
22-Jan-1886 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The God of the Machine |
| Arthur Perdue |
Business |
c. 1886 |
27-Jun-1977 |
Founder of Perdue Farms |
| Karl Polanyi |
Scholar |
25-Oct-1886 |
23-Apr-1964 |
The Great Transformation |
| Fred Quimby |
Film/TV Producer |
31-Jul-1886 |
16-Sep-1965 |
Producer of Tom and Jerry |
| Ma Rainey |
Singer |
26-Apr-1886 |
22-Dec-1939 |
The mother of the blues |
| Alice Huyler Ramsey |
Daredevil |
11-Nov-1886 |
1983 |
First woman to drive an auto across America |
| Diego Rivera |
Painter |
8-Dec-1886 |
24-Nov-1957 |
Mexican painter |
| Willard Robertson |
Actor |
1-Jan-1886 |
5-Apr-1948 |
Remember the Night |
| Sir Robert Robinson |
Chemist |
13-Sep-1886 |
8-Feb-1975 |
Researcher of alkaloids |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
Architect |
27-Mar-1886 |
17-Aug-1969 |
The Glass Skyscraper |
| Art Ross |
Hockey |
13-Jan-1886 |
5-Aug-1964 |
Longtime Bruins GM and Head Coach |
| Christian Rub |
Actor |
13-Apr-1886 |
14-Apr-1956 |
Voice of Gepetto |
| Charles Ruggles |
Actor |
8-Feb-1886 |
23-Dec-1970 |
Bringing Up Baby |
| Siegfried Sassoon |
Poet |
8-Sep-1886 |
1-Sep-1967 |
War Poems |
| Walter Schottky |
Physicist |
23-Jul-1886 |
4-Mar-1976 |
Solid-state physics and electronics |
| William Seabrook |
Author |
22-Feb-1886 |
20-Sep-1945 |
Thoroughly sodden traveling author |
| Charles Seeger |
Musicologist |
14-Dec-1886 |
7-Feb-1979 |
American musicologist |
| Manne Siegbahn |
Physicist |
3-Dec-1886 |
26-Sep-1978 |
X-Ray spectroscopy |
| Forrest Smith |
Politician |
14-Feb-1886 |
8-Mar-1962 |
Governor of Missouri, 1949-53 |
| Nikolai Sokoloff |
Conductor |
28-May-1886 |
25-Sep-1965 |
Founding Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra |
| Raymond A. Spruance |
Military |
3-Jul-1886 |
13-Dec-1969 |
US Navy Admiral during WWII |
| Lloyd C. Stark |
Politician |
23-Nov-1886 |
17-Sep-1972 |
Governor of Missouri, 1937-41 |
| Harry Steenbock |
Biologist |
16-Aug-1886 |
25-Dec-1967 |
Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D |
| Rex Stout |
Novelist |
1-Dec-1886 |
27-Oct-1975 |
Nero Wolf novels |
| Paul Tillich |
Religion |
20-Aug-1886 |
22-Oct-1965 |
Systematic Theology |
| Karl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel |
Military |
2-Jan-1886 |
30-Aug-1944 |
Nazi general, tried to overthrow Hitler |
| Nella Walker |
Actor |
6-Mar-1886 |
22-Mar-1971 |
Mack and Walker |
| Dooley Wilson |
Actor |
3-Apr-1886 |
30-May-1953 |
Sam in Casablanca |
| Ed Wynn |
Actor |
9-Nov-1886 |
19-Jun-1966 |
Requiem for a Heavyweight |
| John Orr Young |
Business |
25-Jun-1886 |
1-May-1976 |
Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Solomon Zeitlin |
Historian |
1886 |
1976 |
Dead Sea Scrolls debunker |
| George Zucco |
Actor |
11-Jan-1886 |
28-May-1960 |
Fog Island |
