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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Art Acord
Actor
17-Apr-1890 4-Jan-1931 Cowboy actor
Homer M. Adkins
Politician
15-Oct-1890 26-Feb-1964 Governor of Arkansas, 1941-45
Birdman of Alcatraz
Criminal
28-Jan-1890 22-Nov-1963 Subject of Burt Lancaster movie
Frederick Lewis Allen
Journalist
5-Jul-1890 13-Feb-1954 Editor of Harpers, 1941-53
George Archainbaud
Film Director
7-May-1890 20-Feb-1959 Thirteen Women
Edwin H. Armstrong
Inventor
18-Dec-1890 31-Jan-1954 Inventor of FM radio
Robert Armstrong
Actor
20-Nov-1890 20-Apr-1973 King Kong
Edward Arnold
Actor
18-Feb-1890 26-Apr-1956 You Can't Take It With You
Leslie Banks
Actor
9-Jun-1890 21-Apr-1952 The Most Dangerous Game
John S. Battle
Politician
11-Jul-1890 9-Apr-1972 Governor of Virginia, 1950-54
Lawrence Bragg
Physicist
31-Mar-1890 1-Jul-1971 Bragg's Law of diffraction
El Brendel
Actor
25-Mar-1890 9-Apr-1964 Former vaudevillian, Wings
Clarence Brown
Film Director
10-May-1890 17-Aug-1987 National Velvet
Bob Burns
Actor
2-Aug-1890 2-Feb-1956 The Arkansas Traveler
Fritz Busch
Conductor
13-Mar-1890 14-Sep-1951 Conductor, Danish National Symphony, 1934-51
Vannevar Bush
Scientist
11-Mar-1890 30-Jun-1974 Pre-internet visionary
Karel Capek
Author
9-Jan-1890 25-Dec-1938 R.U.R.
Max Carey
Baseball
11-Jan-1890 30-May-1976 MLB Hall of Famer
Agatha Christie
Novelist
15-Sep-1890 12-Jan-1976 Mystery novelist
Michael Collins
Activist
16-Oct-1890 22-Aug-1922 Irish Nationalist, spymaster
Marc Connelly
Playwright
13-Dec-1890 21-Dec-1980 The Green Pastures
Frank Conroy
Actor
14-Oct-1890 24-Feb-1964 The Ox-Bow Incident
Guy Cordon
Politician
24-Apr-1890 8-Jun-1969 US Senator from Oregon, 1944-55
Charles J. Correll
Actor
2-Feb-1890 26-Sep-1972 Andy of Amos & Andy
Adolfo Ruiz Cortines
Head of State
30-Dec-1890 3-Dec-1973 President of Mexico, 1952-58
James Clement Dunn
Diplomat
27-Dec-1890 1979 Career US Ambassador
Maurice Duplessis
Politician
20-Apr-1890 7-Sep-1959 Premier of Quebec, 1936-39 & 1944-59
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Head of State
14-Oct-1890 28-Mar-1969 34th US President, 1953-61
Allen J. Ellender
Politician
24-Sep-1890 27-Jul-1972 US Senator from Louisiana, 1937-72
Verna Felton
Actor
20-Jul-1890 14-Dec-1966 Hilda Crocker on December Bride
Ronald Fisher
Mathematician
17-Feb-1890 29-Jul-1962 Analysis of variance and covariance
Frank Forde
Head of State
18-Jul-1890 28-Jan-1983 Prime Minister of Australia, 1945
Walther Funk
Government
18-Aug-1890 31-May-1960 Reich economic minister
Naum Gabo
Sculptor
5-Aug-1890 23-Aug-1977 Constructivist, Realistic Manifesto
Charles de Gaulle
Head of State
22-Nov-1890 9-Nov-1970 President of France, 1958-69
George II
Royalty
20-Jul-1890 1-Apr-1947 King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47
Charlotte Greenwood
Actor
25-Jun-1890 28-Dec-1977 Aunt Eller in Oklahoma!
Morley Griswold
Politician
10-Oct-1890 3-Oct-1951 Governor of Nevada, 1934-35
Ivor Gurney
Poet
28-Aug-1890 26-Dec-1937 War's Embers
Myra Hess
Pianist
25-Feb-1890 26-Nov-1965 Held lunchtime concerts during WWII
Jaroslav Heyrovsky
Chemist
20-Dec-1890 27-Mar-1967 Polarography
James P. Hogan
Film Director
21-Sep-1890 4-Nov-1943 Bulldog Drummond films
Stanley Holloway
Actor
1-Oct-1890 30-Jan-1982 Passport to Pimlico
Arthur Holmes
Geologist
14-Jan-1890 20-Sep-1965 Father of the geological timescale
Harry Lloyd Hopkins
Government
17-Aug-1890 29-Jan-1946 US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40
Henry Hull
Actor
3-Oct-1890 8-Mar-1977 Werewolf of London
George M. Humphrey
Government
8-Mar-1890 20-Jan-1970 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57
Jacques Ibert
Composer
15-Aug-1890 5-Feb-1962 Escales
Alfred Jodl
Military
10-May-1890 16-Oct-1946 Signed Germany's unconditional WWII surrender
Alice Joyce
Actor
1-Oct-1890 9-Oct-1955 The Green Goddess
Duke Kahanamoku
Swimmer
24-Aug-1890 22-Jan-1968 Olympic swimmer, five-time medalist
Edgar Kennedy
Actor
26-Apr-1890 9-Nov-1948 Mad Wednesday
Rose Kennedy
Relative
22-Jul-1890 22-Jan-1995 Kennedy Matriarch
Simon Kovar
Musician
22-May-1890 17-Jan-1970 Preeminent Basoon player and teacher
Otto Krueger
Politician
7-Sep-1890 6-Jun-1963 Congressman from North Dakota, 1953-59
Fritz Lang
Film Director
5-Dec-1890 2-Aug-1976 Metropolis
Stan Laurel
Actor
16-Jun-1890 23-Feb-1965 Laurel and Hardy
Kurt Lewin
Psychologist
9-Sep-1890 12-Feb-1947 Field theorist, group dynamicist
Robert Ley
Military
15-Feb-1890 25-Oct-1945 Nazi union buster, slave master
H. P. Lovecraft
Author
20-Aug-1890 15-Mar-1937 The Call of Cthulhu
Edmund Lowe
Actor
3-Mar-1890 21-Apr-1971 What Price Glory
Lincoln MacVeagh
Diplomat
1-Oct-1890 15-Jan-1972 Roosevelt's Ambassador to Greece
Marjorie Main
Actor
24-Feb-1890 10-Apr-1975 Ma and Pa Kettle
George W. Malone
Politician
7-Aug-1890 19-May-1961 US Senator from Nevada, 1947-59
Joe Malone
Hockey
28-Feb-1890 15-May-1969 NHL Hall of Famer
Herbert Marshall
Actor
23-May-1890 22-Jan-1966 Foreign Correspondent
Groucho Marx
Comic
2-Oct-1890 19-Aug-1977 You Bet Your Life
Claude McKay
Novelist
15-Sep-1890 22-May-1948 Home to Harlem
Aimee Semple McPherson
Religion
9-Oct-1890 27-Sep-1944 Evangelist, faith healer
Lauritz Melchior
Singer
20-Mar-1890 18-Mar-1973 Wagnerian operatic tenor
Adolphe Menjou
Actor
18-Feb-1890 29-Oct-1963 A Farewell to Arms
Ho Chi Minh
Activist
19-May-1890 2-Sep-1969 Uncle Ho
Sherman Minton
Judge
20-Oct-1890 9-Apr-1965 US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-56
Vyacheslav Molotov
Government
9-Mar-1890 8-Nov-1986 Stalin's right-hand-man
Frank Morgan
Actor
1-Jun-1890 18-Sep-1949 The Wizard of Oz
Christopher Morley
Novelist
5-May-1890 28-Mar-1957 The Haunted Bookshop
Jelly Roll Morton
Jazz Musician
20-Oct-1890 10-Jul-1941 Jazz composer, pianist
Hermann J. Muller
Scientist
21-Dec-1890 5-Apr-1967 Genetic effects of radiation
Frank Murphy
Judge
13-Apr-1890 19-Jul-1949 US Supreme Court Justice, 1940-49
Allan Nevins
Historian
20-May-1890 5-Mar-1971 Civil War historian
Boris Pasternak
Author
10-Feb-1890 30-May-1960 Doctor Zhivago
Friedrich Paulus
Military
23-Sep-1890 1-Feb-1957 Surrendered to Russians at Stalingrad
Philip B. Perlman
Attorney
5-Mar-1890 31-Jul-1960 US Solicitor General, 1947-52
Leon C. Phillips
Politician
9-Dec-1890 27-Mar-1958 Governor of Oklahoma, 1939-43
Katherine Anne Porter
Author
15-May-1890 18-Sep-1980 Ship of Fools
Tom Powers
Actor
7-Jul-1890 9-Nov-1955 Double Indemnity
Elpidio Quirino
Head of State
16-Nov-1890 29-Feb-1956 6th President of the Philippines
Mikhail Rasumny
Actor
13-May-1890 17-Feb-1956 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Man Ray
Photographer
27-Aug-1890 18-Nov-1976 Dadaist photographer
Jean Rhys
Novelist
24-Aug-1890 14-May-1979 Wide Sargasso Sea
Sam Rice
Baseball
20-Feb-1890 13-Oct-1974 Washington Senators Hall-of-Famer
Conrad Richter
Novelist
13-Oct-1890 30-Oct-1968 The Awakening Land
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviator
8-Oct-1890 23-Jul-1973 Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Stanley Ridges
Actor
17-Jul-1890 22-Apr-1951 Black Friday
Robert L. Ripley
Curator
25-Dec-1890 27-May-1949 Believe It or Not!
Mário de Sá-Carneiro
Poet
19-May-1890 26-Apr-1916 Dispersão
Colonel Sanders
Business
9-Sep-1890 16-Dec-1980 Kentucky Fried Chicken
Victor Schertzinger
Film Director
8-Apr-1890 26-Oct-1941 Road to Singapore
Egon Schiele
Painter
12-Jun-1890 31-Oct-1918 Painted many nudes
Lewis Seiler
Film Director
30-Sep-1890 8-Jan-1964 Guadalcanal Diary
William A. Seiter
Film Director
10-Jun-1890 26-Jul-1964 Allegheny Uprising
E. E. "Doc" Smith
Novelist
2-May-1890 31-Aug-1965 Lensman series
Harold Spencer Jones
Astronomer
29-Mar-1890 3-Nov-1960 10th Royal Astronomer of England
Thomas B. Stanley
Politician
16-Jul-1890 10-Jul-1970 Governor of Virginia, 1954-58
Casey Stengel
Baseball
30-Jul-1890 29-Sep-1975 The Old Perfesser
Kurt Student
Military
12-May-1890 1-Jul-1978 Luftwaffe General
Harry Tierney
Composer
21-May-1890 22-Mar-1965 Irene
B. Traven
Novelist
c. 1890 26-Mar-1969 Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Millard E. Tydings
Politician
6-Apr-1890 9-Feb-1961 US Senator from Maryland, 1927-51
Fred Vinson
Judge
22-Jan-1890 8-Sep-1953 US Chief Justice, 1946-53
Joseph Welch
Attorney
22-Oct-1890 6-Oct-1960 Have you no sense of decency?
Mortimer Wheeler
Archaeologist
10-Sep-1890 22-Jul-1976 Archaeology from the Earth
Paul Whiteman
Musician
28-Mar-1890 29-Dec-1967 The King of Jazz
Charles E. Wilson
Government
18-Jul-1890 26-Sep-1961 US Secretary of Defense, 1953-57
Cora Witherspoon
Actor
5-Jan-1890 17-Nov-1957 The Bank Dick
Harry H. Woodring
Politician
31-May-1890 9-Sep-1967 US Secretary of War, 1936-40


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