| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Fred E. Ahlert |
Composer |
19-Sep-1892 |
20-Oct-1953 |
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter |
| George Aiken |
Politician |
20-Aug-1892 |
19-Nov-1984 |
Governor and Senator from Vermont |
| Richard Aldington |
Poet |
8-Jul-1892 |
27-Jul-1962 |
Death of a Hero |
| Ivo Andric |
Author |
9-Oct-1892 |
13-Mar-1975 |
The Bridge on the Drina |
| Edward Victor Appleton |
Physicist |
6-Sep-1892 |
21-Apr-1965 |
Ionosphere, shortwave radio |
| Charles Atlas |
Fitness Guru |
30-Oct-1892 |
23-Dec-1972 |
Former 97-pound weakling |
| Djuna Barnes |
Novelist |
12-Jun-1892 |
18-Jun-1982 |
Modernist poet, Nightwood |
| Frank A. Barrett |
Politician |
10-Nov-1892 |
20-May-1962 |
Governor and Senator from Wyoming |
| William Beaudine |
Film Director |
15-Jan-1892 |
18-Mar-1970 |
Billy the Kid versus Dracula |
| Walter Benjamin |
Philosopher |
15-Jul-1892 |
26-Sep-1940 |
The Arcades Project |
| Charles Brackett |
Screenwriter |
26-Nov-1892 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Billy Wilder's collaborator |
| Alice Brady |
Actor |
2-Nov-1892 |
28-Oct-1939 |
In Old Chicago |
| Felix Bressart |
Actor |
2-Mar-1892 |
17-Mar-1949 |
To Be or Not to Be |
| Louis de Broglie |
Physicist |
15-Aug-1892 |
19-Mar-1987 |
Discovered the wave nature of electrons |
| Joe E. Brown |
Actor |
28-Jul-1892 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Pearl S. Buck |
Author |
26-Jun-1892 |
6-Mar-1973 |
The Good Earth |
| Dwight W. Burney |
Politician |
7-Jan-1892 |
10-Mar-1987 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1960-61 |
| James M. Cain |
Novelist |
1-Jul-1892 |
27-Oct-1977 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| Eddie Cantor |
Singer |
31-Jan-1892 |
10-Oct-1964 |
Banjo Eyes |
| Leo G. Carroll |
Actor |
25-Oct-1892 |
16-Oct-1972 |
Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. |
| Gordon Childe |
Archaeologist |
14-Apr-1892 |
19-Oct-1957 |
The Dawn of European Civilisation |
| Andy Clyde |
Actor |
25-Mar-1892 |
18-May-1967 |
Cully Wilson on Lassie |
| Robert P. Tristram Coffin |
Poet |
18-Mar-1892 |
20-Jan-1955 |
Strange Holiness |
| Arthur H. Compton |
Physicist |
10-Sep-1892 |
15-Mar-1962 |
Discovered the Compton Effect |
| Zara Cully |
Actor |
26-Jan-1892 |
28-Feb-1978 |
Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons |
| William Demarest |
Actor |
27-Feb-1892 |
28-Dec-1983 |
The Great McGinty |
| Sepp Dietrich |
Military |
28-May-1892 |
22-Apr-1966 |
Nazi general, guilty of war crimes |
| Engelbert Dollfuss |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1892 |
25-Jul-1934 |
Austrian Chancellor murdered by Nazis |
| Donald W. Douglas |
Business |
6-Apr-1892 |
1-Feb-1981 |
Founder of Douglas Aircraft Co. |
| Paul H. Douglas |
Politician |
26-Mar-1892 |
24-Sep-1976 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1949-67 |
| Theodore Eicke |
Military |
17-Oct-1892 |
26-Feb-1943 |
Inspector of Concentration Camps |
| Erté |
Artist |
23-Nov-1892 |
21-Apr-1990 |
Art deco fashion designer and artist |
| Charles Fahy |
Attorney |
27-Aug-1892 |
17-Sep-1979 |
Solicitor General, Appellate Judge |
| Marjorie Fielding |
Actor |
17-Feb-1892 |
28-Dec-1956 |
English stage actress |
| Janet Flanner |
Journalist |
13-Mar-1892 |
7-Nov-1978 |
The New Yorker |
| John Folinsbee |
Painter |
14-Mar-1892 |
10-May-1972 |
Impressionist painter |
| James V. Forrestal |
Government |
15-Feb-1892 |
22-May-1949 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1947-49 |
| Francisco Franco |
Head of State |
4-Dec-1892 |
20-Nov-1975 |
Spanish Generalissimo, 1939-75 |
| Elizebeth Friedman |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1892 |
31-Oct-1980 |
America's first female cryptanalyst |
| David Garnett |
Novelist |
9-Mar-1892 |
17-Feb-1981 |
Lady into Fox |
| J. Paul Getty, Sr. |
Business |
15-Dec-1892 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Founder of Getty Oil Company |
| Hoot Gibson |
Actor |
6-Aug-1892 |
23-Aug-1962 |
Cowboy star of the 20s and 30s |
| Minna Gombell |
Actor |
28-May-1892 |
14-Apr-1973 |
Block-Heads |
| Ward Greene |
Novelist |
23-Dec-1892 |
22-Jan-1956 |
Lady and the Tramp |
| Walter Hagen |
Golf |
21-Dec-1892 |
5-Oct-1969 |
Won 11 major championships |
| J. B. S. Haldane |
Biologist |
5-Nov-1892 |
1-Dec-1964 |
Haldane's principle |
| Alan Hale, Sr. |
Actor |
10-Feb-1892 |
22-Jan-1950 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Oliver Hardy |
Actor |
18-Jan-1892 |
7-Aug-1957 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Kathleen Harrison |
Actor |
23-Feb-1892 |
7-Dec-1995 |
Mrs. Thursday |
| Loy W. Henderson |
Diplomat |
28-Jun-1892 |
24-Mar-1986 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1951-54 |
| Josephine Herbst |
Novelist |
5-Mar-1892 |
28-Jan-1969 |
Pity Is Not Enough |
| Corneille Heymans |
Scientist |
28-Mar-1892 |
18-Jul-1968 |
Aortic and carotid chemoreceptors |
| Spessard Holland |
Politician |
10-Jul-1892 |
6-Nov-1971 |
Governor and Senator from Florida |
| Arthur Honegger |
Composer |
10-Mar-1892 |
27-Nov-1955 |
Pacific 231 |
| Mieczyslaw Horszowski |
Pianist |
23-Jun-1892 |
22-May-1993 |
Polish-American pianist |
| Lester C. Hunt |
Politician |
8-Jul-1892 |
19-Jun-1954 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Rex Ingram |
Film Director |
15-Jan-1892 |
21-Jul-1950 |
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Robert H. Jackson |
Judge |
13-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1954 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54 |
| Jomo Kenyatta |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1892 |
22-Aug-1978 |
President of Kenya, 1964-78 |
| Alfred A. Knopf |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1892 |
11-Aug-1984 |
American publisher |
| Fritz Kortner |
Actor |
12-May-1892 |
22-Jul-1970 |
Pandora's Box |
| Gregory La Cava |
Film Director |
10-Mar-1892 |
1-Mar-1952 |
My Man Godfrey |
| Lupino Lane |
Actor |
16-Jun-1892 |
10-Nov-1959 |
The Love Parade |
| William Preston Lane, Jr. |
Politician |
12-May-1892 |
7-Feb-1967 |
Governor of Maryland, 1947-51 |
| Ted Lewis |
Jazz Musician |
6-Jun-1892 |
25-Aug-1971 |
Is Everybody Happy? |
| Guy Liddell |
Spy |
8-Nov-1892 |
2-Dec-1958 |
British spymaster |
| John Litel |
Actor |
30-Dec-1892 |
3-Feb-1972 |
Two Dollar Bettor |
| Ernst Lubitsch |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1892 |
30-Nov-1947 |
To Be or Not To Be |
| Heinrich Lübke |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1892 |
6-Apr-1972 |
President of Germany, 1959-69 |
| Alfred Lunt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1892 |
3-Aug-1977 |
American stage actor |
| Hugh MacDiarmid |
Poet |
11-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle |
| Denis Mackail |
Novelist |
3-Jun-1892 |
1971 |
Greenery Street |
| Archibald Macleish |
Poet |
7-May-1892 |
20-Apr-1982 |
Conquistador |
| Dumas Malone |
Historian |
10-Jan-1892 |
27-Dec-1986 |
Jefferson and His Time |
| Gummo Marx |
Actor |
23-Oct-1892 |
21-Apr-1977 |
Left the Marx Brothers troupe early |
| Darius Milhaud |
Composer |
4-Sep-1892 |
22-Jun-1974 |
The Creation of the World |
| John Miljan |
Actor |
9-Nov-1892 |
24-Jan-1960 |
I Accuse My Parents |
| Edna St. Vincent Millay |
Poet |
22-Feb-1892 |
19-Oct-1950 |
Renascence |
| Thomas Mitchell |
Actor |
11-Jul-1892 |
17-Dec-1962 |
Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind |
| William P. Murphy |
Scientist |
6-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Reinhold Niebuhr |
Religion |
21-Jun-1892 |
1-Jun-1971 |
Prominent historical/political theologian |
| Mabel Normand |
Actor |
16-Nov-1892 |
22-Feb-1930 |
Tillie's Punctured Romance |
| Gerald P. Nye |
Politician |
19-Dec-1892 |
17-Jul-1971 |
US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45 |
| Erwin Panofsky |
Historian |
30-Mar-1892 |
14-Mar-1968 |
Studies in Iconology |
| Mary Pickford |
Actor |
8-Apr-1892 |
29-May-1979 |
America's Sweetheart |
| Ezio Pinza |
Singer |
18-May-1892 |
9-May-1957 |
Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Alexander M. Poniatoff |
Business |
1892 |
1980 |
Founder of Ampex |
| William Powell |
Actor |
29-Jul-1892 |
5-Mar-1984 |
My Man Godfrey |
| Frank Puglia |
Actor |
9-Mar-1892 |
25-Oct-1975 |
20 Million Miles to Earth |
| Burton Rascoe |
Critic |
22-Oct-1892 |
19-Mar-1957 |
The New York Tribune |
| Basil Rathbone |
Actor |
13-Jun-1892 |
21-Jul-1967 |
Played original Sherlock Holmes |
| Elmer Rice |
Playwright |
28-Sep-1892 |
8-May-1967 |
Street Scene |
| Hal Roach |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1892 |
2-Nov-1992 |
Brilliant comedy producer |
| Jason Robards, Sr. |
Actor |
31-Dec-1892 |
4-Apr-1963 |
Bedlam |
| Artur Rodzinski |
Conductor |
2-Jan-1892 |
27-Nov-1958 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1943-47 |
| Harold W. Ross |
Publisher |
6-Nov-1892 |
6-Dec-1951 |
Founder of The New Yorker |
| Manuel Roxas |
Head of State |
1-Jan-1892 |
15-Apr-1948 |
5th President of the Philippines |
| Raymond Rubicam |
Business |
16-Jun-1892 |
8-May-1978 |
Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Margaret Rutherford |
Actor |
11-May-1892 |
22-May-1972 |
The V.I.P.s |
| Victor de Sabata |
Conductor |
10-Apr-1892 |
11-Dec-1967 |
Music Director at La Scala, 1930-53 |
| Vita Sackville-West |
Author |
9-Mar-1892 |
2-Jun-1962 |
The Land |
| Leverett Saltonstall |
Politician |
1-Sep-1892 |
17-Jun-1979 |
US Senator from Masachusetts, 1945-67 |
| Edward Sedgwick |
Film Director |
7-Nov-1892 |
7-Mar-1953 |
The Cameraman |
| Haile Selassie |
Royalty |
23-Jul-1892 |
27-Aug-1975 |
Last Emperor of Ethiopia |
| Arthur Seyss-Inquart |
Government |
22-Jul-1892 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Reich Commissar of Austria, Netherlands |
| Clark Shaughnessy |
Football |
6-Mar-1892 |
15-May-1970 |
Invented football T-Formation |
| Sidney Souers |
Government |
30-Mar-1892 |
14-Jan-1973 |
CIA Director, 1946 |
| Lawrence B. Sperry |
Inventor |
22-Dec-1892 |
13-Dec-1923 |
Invented the autopilot |
| Laurence A. Steinhardt |
Diplomat |
6-Oct-1892 |
28-Mar-1950 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 |
| Gregor Strasser |
Politician |
31-May-1892 |
30-Jun-1934 |
Loyal Nazi, devout socialist |
| Slim Summerville |
Actor |
10-Jul-1892 |
6-Jan-1949 |
The Front Page |
| Germaine Tailleferre |
Musician |
19-Apr-1892 |
7-Nov-1983 |
Sole female of Les Six |
| Lowell Thomas |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1892 |
29-Aug-1981 |
With Lawrence in Arabia |
| Ernest O. Thompson |
Politician |
24-Mar-1892 |
28-Jun-1966 |
Mayor of Amarillo, 1929-32 |
| George Paget Thomson |
Physicist |
3-May-1892 |
10-Sep-1975 |
Diffraction of electrons |
| Josip Broz Tito |
Head of State |
7-May-1892 |
4-May-1980 |
Communist dictator of Yugoslavia |
| J. R. R. Tolkien |
Author |
3-Jan-1892 |
2-Sep-1973 |
Lord of the Rings |
| Frank Tuttle |
Film Director |
6-Aug-1892 |
6-Jan-1963 |
This Gun for Hire |
| Henry Victor |
Actor |
2-Oct-1892 |
15-Mar-1945 |
Freaks |
| Manfred von Richthofen |
Military |
2-May-1892 |
21-Apr-1918 |
The Red Baron |
| Wallace Wade |
Football |
15-Jun-1892 |
7-Oct-1986 |
Alabama and Duke Head Coach |
| Jack L. Warner |
Business |
2-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
Co-Founder, Warner Bros. |
| Robert Watson-Watt |
Physicist |
13-Apr-1892 |
5-Dec-1973 |
Radar |
| Sumner Welles |
Diplomat |
14-Oct-1892 |
24-Sep-1961 |
US Under Secretary of State, 1937-43 |
| Rebecca West |
Author |
21-Dec-1892 |
15-Mar-1983 |
Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials |
| Tim Whelan |
Film Director |
2-Nov-1892 |
12-Aug-1957 |
The Divorce of Lady X |
| Herbert Wilcox |
Film/TV Producer |
19-Apr-1892 |
15-May-1977 |
Forever and a Day |
| Wendell Willkie |
Politician |
18-Feb-1892 |
8-Oct-1944 |
Defeated by Roosevelt in 1940 |
| Grant Wood |
Painter |
13-Feb-1892 |
12-Feb-1942 |
American Gothic |
| Peggy Wood |
Actor |
9-Feb-1892 |
18-Mar-1978 |
The Sound of Music |
| Jack Yellen |
Songwriter |
6-Jul-1892 |
17-Apr-1991 |
Happy Days Are Here Again |
| James David Zellerbach |
Business |
17-Jan-1892 |
1963 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1957-60 |
