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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Shmuel Agnon
Author
17-Jul-1888 17-Feb-1970 'Tmol Shilshom
George Akerson
Government
5-Sep-1888 ? First White House Press Secretary
Josef Albers
Artist
19-Mar-1888 25-Mar-1976 Homage to the Square
Claud Allister
Actor
3-Oct-1888 26-Jul-1970 The Reluctant Dragon
Maxwell Anderson
Playwright
15-Dec-1888 28-Feb-1959 What Price Glory?
Henry Armetta
Actor
4-Jul-1888 21-Oct-1945 A Bell For Adano
John Logie Baird
Inventor
13-Aug-1888 14-Jun-1946 Television
Florence Bates
Actor
15-Apr-1888 31-Jan-1954 The Moon and Sixpence
Vicki Baum
Novelist
24-Jan-1888 29-Aug-1960 Grand Hotel
Harry Beaumont
Film Director
10-Feb-1888 22-Dec-1966 The Broadway Melody
Irving Berlin
Composer
11-May-1888 22-Sep-1989 White Christmas, God Bless America
Georges Bernanos
Novelist
20-Feb-1888 5-Jul-1948 The Diary of a Country Priest
Beulah Bondi
Actor
3-May-1888 1-Jan-1981 Make Way for Tomorrow
Owen Brewster
Politician
22-Feb-1888 25-Dec-1961 Governor and Senator from Maine
Heywood Broun
Journalist
7-Dec-1888 18-Dec-1939 Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s
Nikolai Bukharin
Economist
9-Oct-1888 15-Mar-1938 Soviet theoretical economist
Harold H. Burton
Judge
22-Jun-1888 28-Oct-1964 US Supreme Court Justice, 1945-58
Richard E. Byrd
Explorer
25-Oct-1888 11-Mar-1957 Arctic and Antarctic explorer
Dale Carnegie
Author
24-Nov-1888 1-Nov-1955 How to Win Friends and Influence People
Walter S. Carpenter, Jr.
Business
8-Jan-1888 1976 President of DuPont, 1940-48
Joyce Cary
Novelist
6-Dec-1888 29-Mar-1957 The Horse's Mouth
Paul Cavanagh
Actor
8-Dec-1888 15-Mar-1964 The Scarlet Claw
William Lee Cazort
Politician
1888 6-Oct-1969 Twice Lt. Governor of Arkansas
Emanuel Celler
Politician
6-May-1888 15-Jan-1981 Congressman from New York, 1923-73
Raymond Chandler
Author
23-Jul-1888 26-Mar-1959 Invented hard-boiled detective novel
Sydney Chapman
Mathematician
29-Jan-1888 16-Jun-1970 Geomagnetism
Dennis Chavez
Politician
8-Apr-1888 18-Nov-1962 US Senator from New Mexico, 1935-62
Maurice Chevalier
Actor
12-Sep-1888 1-Jan-1972 Love Me Tonight
Giorgio de Chirico
Painter
10-Jul-1888 20-Nov-1978 Metaphysical surrealist painter
Gladys Cooper
Actor
18-Dec-1888 17-Nov-1971 My Fair Lady
Irving Cummings
Film Director
9-Oct-1888 18-Apr-1959 In Old Arizona
S. S. Van Dine
Novelist
15-Oct-1888 11-Apr-1939 The Canary Murder Case
John Foster Dulles
Government
25-Feb-1888 24-May-1959 Eisenhower's Secretary of State
Louis Durey
Composer
27-May-1888 3-Jul-1979 Carillons
T. S. Eliot
Poet
26-Sep-1888 4-Jan-1965 Author of "The Waste Land"
Edith Evans
Actor
8-Feb-1888 14-Oct-1976 The Whisperers
Paul Peter Ewald
Physicist
23-Jan-1888 22-Aug-1985 X-Ray crystallographer
Red Faber
Baseball
6-Sep-1888 25-Sep-1976 Chicago White Sox spitballer, Hall-of-Famer
James A. Farley
Government
30-May-1888 9-Jun-1976 US Postmaster General, 1933-40
George Finch
Chemist
4-Aug-1888 22-Nov-1970 Oxygen for mountain climbing
Barry Fitzgerald
Actor
10-Mar-1888 14-Jan-1961 Going My Way
Victor Francen
Actor
5-Aug-1888 18-Nov-1977 Confidential Agent
John C. Garand
Inventor
1-Jan-1888 16-Feb-1974 M-1 semiautomatic rifle
Herbert S. Gasser
Scientist
5-Jul-1888 11-May-1963 Nerve conduction
Julian Grenfell
Poet
30-Mar-1888 26-May-1915 Into Battle
Heinz Guderian
Military
17-Jun-1888 14-May-1954 German WWII general, Panzer tactician
Porter Hall
Actor
19-Sep-1888 6-Oct-1953 Going My Way
Will Hay
Actor
6-Dec-1888 18-Apr-1949 Ask a Policeman
Frank B. Heintzleman
Politician
3-Dec-1888 24-Jun-1965 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1953-57
Edgar W. Hiestand
Politician
3-Dec-1888 19-Aug-1970 Congressman from California, 1953-63
Jack Holt
Actor
31-May-1888 18-Jan-1951 They Were Expendable
Sol Hurok
Theatre Producer
9-Apr-1888 5-Mar-1974 American impresario
Joseph P. Kennedy
Business
6-Sep-1888 18-Nov-1969 Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan
Percy Kilbride
Actor
16-Jul-1888 11-Dec-1964 Pa Kettle
Alan G. Kirk
Military
30-Oct-1888 15-Oct-1963 US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR
Fred Kohler
Actor
20-Apr-1888 28-Oct-1938 The Iron Horse
T. E. Lawrence
Author
16-Aug-1888 19-May-1935 Lawrence of Arabia
Lotte Lehmann
Singer
27-Feb-1888 26-Aug-1976 German-American operatic soprano
Katherine Mansfield
Author
14-Oct-1888 9-Jan-1923 Bliss
Harpo Marx
Actor
23-Nov-1888 28-Sep-1964 Silent harp-playing Marx Brother
Stephen McKenna
Novelist
27-Feb-1888 26-Sep-1967 The Education of Eric Lane
Jean Monnet
Diplomat
09-Nov-1888 16-Mar-1979 Worked to unify Europe
Matt Moore
Actor
8-Jan-1888 20-Jan-1960 Irish-American character actor
Lee Moran
Actor
23-Jun-1888 24-Apr-1961 American character actor
Herbert Morrison
Politician
3-Jan-1888 6-Mar-1965 UK Home Secretary, 1940-45
Robert Moses
Government
18-Dec-1888 29-Jul-1981 New York City planner
F. W. Murnau
Film Director
28-Dec-1888 11-Mar-1931 Nosferatu, Sunrise
Frances Newman
Novelist
13-Sep-1888 22-Oct-1928 The Hard-Boiled Virgin
Fred C. Newmeyer
Film Director
9-Aug-1888 24-Apr-1967 Safety Last!
Eugene O'Neill
Playwright
16-Oct-1888 27-Nov-1953 Long Day's Journey Into Night
Friedrich Olbricht
Military
4-Oct-1888 20-Jul-1944 German general, failed coup plotter
Rafaela Ottiano
Actor
4-Mar-1888 18-Aug-1942 Grand Hotel
Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Artist
9-Jun-1888 25-Jun-1960 Elves and Fairies illustrator
Franklin Pangborn
Actor
23-Jan-1888 20-Jul-1958 Character actor, 1920s to 1950s
George Papandreou
Head of State
18-Feb-1888 1-Nov-1968 Former Prime Minister of Greece
Anne Parrish
Novelist
12-Nov-1888 5-Sep-1957 Loads of Love
Fernando Pessoa
Author
13-Jun-1888 30-Nov-1935 Heteronymous author, The Book of Disquiet
Joseph Proudman
Mathematician
30-Dec-1888 26-Jun-1975 Tidal currents
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Politician
5-Sep-1888 17-Apr-1975 Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
Physicist
7-Nov-1888 21-Nov-1970 Discovered the Raman Effect
John Crowe Ransom
Poet
30-Apr-1888 4-Jul-1974 God Without Thunder
Ernest Raymond
Novelist
31-Dec-1888 14-May-1974 Tell England
Fritz Reiner
Conductor
19-Dec-1888 15-Nov-1963 Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62
Royal Rife
Doctor
16-May-1888 11-Aug-1971 Beam Ray Machine destroys cancer
Knute Rockne
Football
4-Mar-1888 31-Mar-1931 Notre Dame Head Coach, 1918-30
Willard Rockwell
Business
31-Mar-1888 16-Oct-1978 Founder of Rockwell Automation
Phil Rosen
Film Director
8-May-1888 22-Oct-1951 Spooks Run Wild
Basil Ruysdael
Actor
24-Jul-1888 10-Oct-1960 The Cocoanuts
Arthur M. Schlesinger
Historian
27-Feb-1888 30-Oct-1965 The Rise of the City
George B. Seitz
Film Director
3-Jan-1888 8-Jul-1944 Andy Hardy series
George F. Shafer
Politician
23-Nov-1888 13-Aug-1948 Governor of North Dakota, 1929-32
Merrell Q. Sharpe
Politician
11-Jan-1888 22-Jan-1962 Governor of South Dakota, 1943-47
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Author
16-Sep-1888 3-Jun-1964 The Loveliness and Wretchedness of Human Life
M. B. Skaggs
Business
5-Apr-1888 8-May-1976 Founder of Safeway
Albert Spalding
Violinist
15-Aug-1888 26-May-1953 American violin virtuoso
Tris Speaker
Baseball
4-Apr-1888 8-Dec-1958 Exceptional centerfielder
Max Steiner
Composer
10-May-1888 28-Dec-1971 Gone With the Wind
Otto Stern
Physicist
17-Feb-1888 17-Aug-1969 Molecular beam experiment
Jameson Thomas
Actor
24-Mar-1888 10-Jan-1939 British stage, minor Hollywood actor
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Anarchist
11-Jun-1888 27-Aug-1927 Sacco and Vanzetti
Selman A. Waksman
Scientist
22-Jul-1888 16-Aug-1973 Streptomycin and other antibiotics
Henry A. Wallace
Politician
7-Oct-1888 18-Nov-1965 US Vice President, 1941-45
Monty Woolley
Actor
17-Aug-1888 6-May-1963 The Man Who Came to Dinner
Frits Zernike
Physicist
16-Jul-1888 10-Mar-1966 Phase-contrast microscope


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