| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dean Acheson |
Government |
11-Apr-1893 |
12-Oct-1971 |
US Secretary of State, 1949-53 |
| Milton Ager |
Songwriter |
6-Oct-1893 |
6-May-1979 |
Ain't She Sweet |
| Alexander |
Royalty |
1-Aug-1893 |
25-Oct-1920 |
King of Greece, 1917-20 |
| Walter Baade |
Astronomer |
24-Mar-1893 |
25-Jun-1960 |
German-American observational astronomer |
| Irving Bacon |
Actor |
6-Sep-1893 |
5-Feb-1965 |
Mr. Beazley |
| Raymond E. Baldwin |
Politician |
31-Aug-1893 |
4-Oct-1986 |
Governor and Senator from Connecticut |
| Martin Boyd |
Novelist |
10-Jun-1893 |
3-Jun-1972 |
The Montforts |
| Omar Bradley |
Military |
12-Feb-1893 |
8-Apr-1981 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| John Brahm |
Film Director |
17-Aug-1893 |
12-Oct-1982 |
The Lodger |
| John W. Bricker |
Politician |
6-Sep-1893 |
22-Mar-1986 |
Governor of Ohio, 1939-45 |
| Vera Brittain |
Author |
29-Dec-1893 |
29-Mar-1970 |
Testament of Youth |
| Lew Brown |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1893 |
5-Feb-1958 |
Beer Barrel Polka |
| Frank Carlson |
Politician |
23-Jan-1893 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor and Senator from Kansas |
| Irene Castle |
Dancer |
17-Apr-1893 |
25-Jan-1969 |
Vernon & Irene Castle |
| Ruth Chatterton |
Actor |
24-Dec-1893 |
24-Nov-1961 |
Madame X |
| Walter Christaller |
Scientist |
21-Apr-1893 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Central Place Theory |
| Ina Claire |
Actor |
15-Oct-1893 |
21-Feb-1985 |
Ninotchka |
| James B. Conant |
Educator |
26-Mar-1893 |
11-Feb-1978 |
President of Harvard, 1933-53 |
| Cicely Courtneidge |
Actor |
1-Apr-1893 |
26-Apr-1980 |
The Ghost Train |
| Harry Crookshank |
Politician |
27-May-1893 |
17-Oct-1961 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1951-55 |
| Russel Crouse |
Playwright |
20-Feb-1893 |
3-Apr-1966 |
The Sound of Music |
| Harlow Curtice |
Business |
15-Aug-1893 |
3-Nov-1962 |
President of General Motors, 1952-58 |
| Charles M. Dale |
Politician |
8-Mar-1893 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49 |
| Donald Davidson |
Poet |
8-Aug-1893 |
25-Apr-1968 |
Agrarian, Southern American poet |
| Frank Dalby Davison |
Author |
23-Jun-1893 |
24-May-1970 |
Dusty |
| Roy Del Ruth |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1893 |
27-Apr-1961 |
The Phantom of the Rue Morgue |
| William Dieterle |
Film Director |
15-Jul-1893 |
8-Dec-1972 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Roy O. Disney |
Business |
24-Jun-1893 |
20-Dec-1971 |
Walt Disney's brother |
| Richard Dix |
Actor |
18-Jul-1893 |
20-Sep-1949 |
Cimarron |
| Edward A. Doisy |
Scientist |
3-Nov-1893 |
23-Oct-1986 |
Chemical structure of Vitamin K |
| Walter Donaldson |
Songwriter |
15-Feb-1893 |
15-Jul-1947 |
Yes, Sir, That's My Baby |
| Allen W. Dulles |
Spy |
7-Apr-1893 |
29-Jan-1969 |
CIA Director, 1953-61 |
| Jimmy Durante |
Comic |
10-Feb-1893 |
20-Jan-1980 |
Everybody wants ta get inta da act |
| Isobel Elsom |
Actor |
16-Mar-1893 |
12-Jan-1981 |
Ladies in Retirement |
| Julia Faye |
Actor |
24-Sep-1893 |
6-Apr-1966 |
Silent film actress |
| Marshall Field III |
Business |
28-Sep-1893 |
8-Nov-1956 |
Founder of the Chicago Sun-Times |
| John S. Fine |
Politician |
10-Apr-1893 |
21-May-1978 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1951-55 |
| Marion B. Folsom |
Business |
23-Nov-1893 |
27-Sep-1976 |
HEW Secretary, 1955-58 |
| Edsel Ford |
Business |
6-Nov-1893 |
26-May-1943 |
President of Ford, 1919-43 |
| Sidney Franklin |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1893 |
18-May-1972 |
The Good Earth |
| Roland Freisler |
Government |
30-Oct-1893 |
3-Feb-1945 |
Headed the Reich Ministry of Justice |
| Ralph F. Gates |
Politician |
24-Feb-1893 |
28-Jul-1978 |
Governor of Indiana, 1945-49 |
| Lillian Gish |
Actor |
14-Oct-1893 |
27-Feb-1993 |
Silent film actress, director |
| Hermann Goering |
Military |
12-Jan-1893 |
15-Oct-1946 |
Founder of the Gestapo |
| Victor Gollancz |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1893 |
8-Feb-1967 |
Founder of Victor Gollancz, Ltd. |
| Eugene Goossens III |
Conductor |
24-May-1893 |
13-Jun-1962 |
Cincinnati Symphony, 1931-46 |
| Alexander Granach |
Actor |
18-Apr-1893 |
14-Mar-1945 |
Nosferatu |
| Dwight P. Griswold |
Politician |
27-Nov-1893 |
12-Apr-1954 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1941-47 |
| George Grosz |
Artist |
26-Jul-1893 |
6-Jul-1959 |
German social caricaturist |
| Virginia Hammond |
Actor |
20-Aug-1893 |
6-Apr-1972 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Cedric Hardwicke |
Actor |
19-Feb-1893 |
6-Aug-1964 |
Suspicion |
| Lewis B. Hershey |
Military |
12-Sep-1893 |
20-May-1977 |
Director of Selective Service System |
| Dennis Hoey |
Actor |
30-Mar-1893 |
25-Jul-1960 |
Inspector Lestrade |
| Helen Hokinson |
Cartoonist |
29-Jun-1893 |
1-Nov-1949 |
Cartoonist for The New Yorker |
| Fay Holden |
Actor |
26-Sep-1893 |
23-Jun-1973 |
Played Andy Hardy's mother |
| Sidney Holland |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1893 |
5-Aug-1961 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1949-57 |
| Leslie Howard |
Actor |
3-Apr-1893 |
1-Jun-1943 |
Pygmalion |
| Laura Ingalls |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1893 |
10-Jan-1967 |
Aviatrix and Nazi sympathizer |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson |
Singer |
24-Sep-1893 |
Dec-1929 |
Influential bluesman |
| Charles S. Johnson |
Sociologist |
24-Jul-1893 |
27-Oct-1956 |
The Negro in Chicago |
| Leatrice Joy |
Actor |
7-Nov-1893 |
13-May-1985 |
The Ace of Hearts |
| Gaston Julia |
Mathematician |
3-Feb-1893 |
19-Mar-1978 |
Creator of the Julia Sets |
| Cecil Kellaway |
Actor |
22-Aug-1893 |
28-Feb-1973 |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| Alexander Korda |
Film Director |
16-Sep-1893 |
23-Jan-1956 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Joseph Wood Krutch |
Naturalist |
25-Nov-1893 |
22-May-1970 |
The Modern Temper |
| Harold Laski |
Economist |
30-Jun-1893 |
24-Mar-1950 |
A Grammar of Politics |
| Ralph Linton |
Anthropologist |
27-Feb-1893 |
25-Dec-1953 |
The Study of Man |
| Harold Lloyd |
Actor |
20-Apr-1893 |
8-Mar-1971 |
Prolific silent film actor |
| Raymond Loewy |
Designer |
5-Nov-1893 |
14-Jul-1986 |
Father of industrial design |
| Huey Long |
Politician |
30-Aug-1893 |
10-Sep-1935 |
Governor and Senator from Louisiana |
| Anita Loos |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1893 |
18-Aug-1981 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Karl Mannheim |
Sociologist |
27-Mar-1893 |
9-Jan-1947 |
Ideology and Utopia |
| Mao |
Head of State |
26-Dec-1893 |
9-Sep-1976 |
Great Leap Forward! |
| John P. Marquand |
Novelist |
10-Nov-1893 |
16-Jul-1960 |
The Late George Apley |
| William Moulton Marston |
Inventor |
9-May-1893 |
2-May-1947 |
Invented polygraph, Wonder Woman |
| Chris-Pin Martin |
Actor |
19-Nov-1893 |
27-Jun-1953 |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
| Thomas E. Martin |
Politician |
18-Jan-1893 |
27-Jun-1971 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1955-61 |
| Herbert B. Maw |
Politician |
11-Mar-1893 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Governor of Utah, 1941-49 |
| Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy in Gone with the Wind |
| Jimmy McHugh |
Songwriter |
10-Jul-1893 |
23-May-1969 |
On the Sunny Side of the Street |
| Douglas McKay |
Politician |
24-Jun-1893 |
22-Jul-1959 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56 |
| Karl Menninger |
Psychiatrist |
22-Jul-1893 |
18-Jul-1990 |
The Human Mind |
| Charles Merz |
Journalist |
23-Feb-1893 |
31-Aug-1977 |
Editor of the New York Times, 1938-61 |
| Marcel Minnaert |
Astronomer |
12-Feb-1893 |
26-Oct-1970 |
Solar spectrophotometry |
| Joan Miró |
Painter |
20-Apr-1893 |
25-Dec-1983 |
The most surrealist of them all |
| Douglas Stuart Moore |
Composer |
10-Aug-1893 |
25-Jul-1969 |
The Devil and Daniel Webster |
| Frederick H. Mueller |
Government |
22-Nov-1893 |
31-Aug-1976 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1959-61 |
| Ivor Novello |
Composer |
15-Jan-1893 |
6-Mar-1951 |
Keep the Home Fires Burning |
| Ernst J. Öpik |
Astronomer |
23-Oct-1893 |
10-Sep-1985 |
Andromeda Nebula |
| Wilfred Owen |
Poet |
18-Mar-1893 |
4-Nov-1918 |
Dulce Et Decorum Est |
| Dorothy Parker |
Author |
22-Aug-1893 |
7-Jun-1967 |
Constant Reader known for acerbic quips |
| Wright Patman |
Politician |
6-Aug-1893 |
7-Mar-1976 |
Congressman from Texas, 1929-76 |
| Osgood Perkins |
Actor |
16-May-1893 |
21-Sep-1937 |
Broadway and radio actor |
| Vsevolod Pudovkin |
Film Director |
28-Feb-1893 |
30-Jun-1953 |
Mother |
| Rosa Raisa |
Singer |
30-May-1893 |
28-Sep-1963 |
Operatic soprano |
| Carl Benton Reid |
Actor |
14-Aug-1893 |
16-Mar-1973 |
The Little Foxes |
| I. A. Richards |
Critic |
26-Feb-1893 |
7-Sep-1979 |
The Meaning of Meaning |
| Edward G. Robinson |
Actor |
12-Dec-1893 |
26-Jan-1973 |
Key Largo |
| Alfred Rosenberg |
Politician |
12-Jan-1893 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories |
| Dorothy L. Sayers |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1893 |
17-Dec-1957 |
Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels |
| Andres Segovia |
Guitarist |
21-Feb-1893 |
2-Jun-1987 |
Greatest classical guitarist |
| Frank J. Selke |
Hockey |
7-May-1893 |
3-Jul-1985 |
Montreal Canadiens GM, 1946-64 |
| George Sisler |
Baseball |
24-Mar-1893 |
26-Mar-1973 |
Batted .420 in 1921 |
| Clark Ashton Smith |
Author |
13-Jan-1893 |
14-Aug-1961 |
Horror/fantasy author |
| Albert Szent-Györgyi |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1893 |
22-Oct-1986 |
Vitamins C and B2 |
| Norma Talmadge |
Actor |
26-May-1893 |
24-Dec-1957 |
Du Barry, Woman of Passion |
| Dorothy Thompson |
Journalist |
9-Jul-1893 |
30-Jan-1961 |
I Saw Hitler! |
| Bill Tilden |
Tennis |
10-Feb-1893 |
5-Jun-1953 |
Winner of 21 Grand Slam titles |
| Ernst Toller |
Playwright |
1-Dec-1893 |
22-May-1939 |
Transformation |
| Walter Ulbricht |
Head of State |
30-Jun-1893 |
1-Aug-1973 |
East German leader, 1960-73 |
| Harold C. Urey |
Chemist |
29-Apr-1893 |
5-Jan-1981 |
Discovered Deuterium |
| Evelyn Varden |
Actor |
12-Jun-1893 |
11-Jul-1958 |
The Bad Seed |
| Conrad Veidt |
Actor |
22-Jan-1893 |
3-Apr-1943 |
Maj. Strasser in Casablanca |
| Joachim von Ribbentrop |
Diplomat |
30-Apr-1893 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Reich Foreign Minister |
| Sylvia Townsend Warner |
Author |
6-Dec-1893 |
1-May-1978 |
Lolly Willowes |
| Harry Warren |
Composer |
24-Dec-1893 |
22-Sep-1981 |
Forty-Second Street |
| Sinclair Weeks |
Government |
15-Jun-1893 |
7-Feb-1972 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1953-58 |
| Mae West |
Actor |
17-Aug-1893 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Go up and see her sometime |
| Walter White |
Activist |
1-Jul-1893 |
21-Mar-1955 |
Worked against lynchings |
| Claude R. Wickard |
Government |
28-Feb-1893 |
29-Apr-1967 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-45 |
| Beatrice Wood |
Artist |
3-Mar-1893 |
12-Mar-1998 |
Mama of Dada |
| Paramahansa Yogananda |
Religion |
5-Jan-1893 |
7-Mar-1952 |
Self-Realization Fellowship |
