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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bud Abbott
Actor
2-Oct-1895 24-Apr-1974 Half of Abbott and Costello
Gracie Allen
Actor
26-Jul-1895 27-Aug-1964 Say goodnight Gracie
Clinton P. Anderson
Politician
23-Oct-1895 11-Nov-1975 US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73
Sig Arno
Actor
27-Dec-1895 17-Aug-1975 The Palm Beach Story
Ove Arup
Engineer
16-Apr-1895 5-Feb-1988 Danish civil engineer
Roscoe Ates
Actor
20-Jan-1895 1-Mar-1962 The Champ
Richard Barthelmess
Actor
9-May-1895 17-Aug-1963 Tol'able David
Bert Bell
Football
25-Feb-1895 11-Oct-1959 NFL Commissioner, 1946-59
Busby Berkeley
Film Director
29-Nov-1895 14-Mar-1976 Strike Up the Band
Charles Bidwill, Sr.
Football
16-Sep-1895 19-Apr-1947 Owner, Chicago Cardinals, 1933-47
Sidney Blackmer
Actor
13-Jul-1895 5-Oct-1973 Played Theodore Roosevelt 12 times
George Blaisdell
Inventor
5-Jun-1895 3-Oct-1978 Zippo cigarette lighter
Marie Blake
Actor
21-Aug-1895 14-Jan-1978 Grandmama on The Addams Family
John Boles
Actor
28-Oct-1895 27-Feb-1969 Victor Moritz in Frankenstein
Fortunio Bonanova
Singer
13-Jan-1895 2-Apr-1969 Citizen Kane
William Boyd
Actor
5-Jun-1895 12-Sep-1972 Hopalong Cassidy
Rudolph Boysen
Botanist
14-Jul-1895 25-Nov-1950 Created the boysenberry
Edward Brophy
Actor
27-Feb-1895 27-May-1960 The Last Hurrah
Nigel Bruce
Actor
14-Feb-1895 8-Oct-1953 Played Rathbone's Dr. Watson
Prescott Bush
Politician
15-May-1895 8-Oct-1972 US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63
Irving Caesar
Songwriter
4-Jul-1895 17-Dec-1996 Tea for Two
Louis Calhern
Actor
19-Feb-1895 12-May-1956 Duck Soup
Yakima Canutt
Actor
29-Nov-1895 24-May-1986 Legendary stuntman
Lázaro Cárdenas
Head of State
21-May-1895 19-Oct-1970 President of Mexico, 1934-40
Prentice Cooper
Government
28-Sep-1895 18-May-1969 Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45
André F. Cournand
Scientist
24-Sep-1895 19-Feb-1988 Cardiac catheterization
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Religion
24-Aug-1895 2-Nov-1970 Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70
Robert Cutler
Government
12-Jun-1895 8-May-1974 1950s National Security Advisor
Henrik Dam
Scientist
21-Feb-1895 Apr-1976 Discovered Vitamin K
Jack Dempsey
Boxing
24-Jun-1895 31-May-1983 Heavyweight champ
Vernon Dent
Actor
16-Feb-1895 5-Nov-1963 Frequent foil to The Three Stooges
Buddy DeSylva
Songwriter
27-Jan-1895 11-Jul-1950 DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson
John Diefenbaker
Head of State
18-Sep-1895 16-Aug-1979 Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63
Gerhard Domagk
Scientist
30-Oct-1895 24-Apr-1964 Sulfa drugs for strep, stapf infections
Lloyd H. Donnell
Engineer
20-May-1895 7-Nov-1997 Donnell's thin shell theory
Paddy Driscoll
Football
11-Jan-1895 28-Jun-1968 NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Halfback
Cliff Edwards
Musician
14-Jun-1895 17-Jul-1971 Ukulele Ike
Paul Éluard
Poet
14-Dec-1895 18-Nov-1952 La Capitale de la Douleur
Levi Eshkol
Head of State
25-Oct-1895 26-Feb-1969 Third Prime Minister of Israel
Arthur Fadden
Head of State
13-Apr-1895 21-Apr-1973 Prime Minister of Australia, 1941
Louise Fazenda
Actor
17-Jun-1895 17-Apr-1962 The Old Maid
Kirsten Flagstad
Singer
12-Jul-1895 7-Dec-1962 Wagnerian soprano
Anna Freud
Relative
3-Dec-1895 9-Oct-1982 Daughter of Sigmund Freud
Ragnar Frisch
Economist
3-Mar-1895 31-Jan-1973 Econometrics pioneer
R. Buckminster Fuller
Architect
12-Jul-1895 1-Jul-1983 Futurist, invented the geodesic dome
King George VI
Royalty
14-Dec-1895 6-Feb-1952 King of England, 1936-1952
William F. Giauque
Chemist
12-May-1895 28-Mar-1982 Adiabatic demagnetization
Connie Gilchrist
Actor
17-Jul-1895 3-Mar-1985 Character actress
George Gipp
Football
18-Feb-1895 14-Dec-1920 Win one for the Gipper
William T. Granahan
Politician
26-Jul-1895 25-May-1956 Congressman from Pennsylvania
Robert Graves
Poet
24-Jul-1895 7-Dec-1985 I, Claudius
Leroy Grumman
Business
4-Jan-1895 4-Oct-1982 Co-Founder, Grumman Aircraft
George Halas
Football
2-Feb-1895 31-Oct-1983 Founder of the Chicago Bears
Victor Halperin
Film Director
24-Aug-1895 17-May-1983 White Zombie
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musician
12-Jul-1895 23-Aug-1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Laurens Hammond
Inventor
11-Jan-1895 3-Jul-1973 Hammond Organ
Basil Liddell Hart
Military
31-Oct-1895 29-Jan-1970 Military strategist
Lorenz Hart
Songwriter
2-May-1895 22-Nov-1943 Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart
L. P. Hartley
Novelist
30-Dec-1895 13-Dec-1972 The Boat
Gayelord Hauser
Author
1895 26-Dec-1984 Look Younger, Live Longer
Melville J. Herskovits
Anthropologist
10-Sep-1895 25-Feb-1963 The Myth of the Negro Past
Christian Herter
Politician
28-Mar-1895 30-Dec-1966 US Secretary of State, 1959-61
Russell Hicks
Actor
4-Jun-1895 1-Jun-1957 American character actor
Walter Hieber
Chemist
18-Dec-1895 29-Nov-1976 Metal carbonyl chemistry
George W. Hill
Film Director
25-Apr-1895 10-Aug-1934 The Big House
Paul Hindemith
Composer
16-Nov-1895 28-Dec-1963 Mathis der Maler
Johnny Hines
Actor
25-Jul-1895 24-Oct-1970 Silent film comedian
J. Edgar Hoover
Government
1-Jan-1895 2-May-1972 Director of the FBI, 1924-72
Shemp Howard
Actor
4-Mar-1895 22-Nov-1955 Stooge who replaced Curly
Alberta Hunter
Singer
1-Apr-1895 17-Oct-1984 Downhearted Blues
Robert A. Hurley
Politician
25-Aug-1895 3-May-1968 Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43
José Iturbi
Pianist
28-Nov-1895 28-Jun-1980 Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester
Buster Keaton
Actor
4-Oct-1895 1-Feb-1966 The General
Machine Gun Kelly
Criminal
18-Jul-1895 18-Jul-1954 Notorious bank robber, kidnapper
Charles King
Actor
21-Feb-1895 7-May-1957 30s and 40s cinema henchman
Zoltán Korda
Film Director
3-Jun-1895 13-Oct-1961 Sahara
J. Krishnamurti
Religion
12-May-1895 18-Feb-1986 Theosophist guru
Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
Politician
6-Feb-1895 24-Feb-1953 US Senator, committed suicide
Bert Lahr
Actor
13-Aug-1895 4-Dec-1967 Lion in The Wizard of Oz
Charles Lamont
Film Director
5-May-1895 12-Sep-1993 Director, Abbott & Costello
Dorothea Lange
Photographer
26-May-1895 11-Oct-1965 Depression-era photographer
Frank J. Lausche
Politician
14-Nov-1895 21-Apr-1990 Governor, Senator from Ohio
Edward B. Lawson
Diplomat
26-Sep-1895 19-Nov-1962 US Ambassador to Israel, 1954-59
Ivan Lebedeff
Actor
18-Jun-1895 31-Mar-1953 Russian-American character actor
Bertil Lindblad
Astronomer
26-Nov-1895 25-Jun-1965 Spiral structure of the galaxy
Lucien Littlefield
Actor
16-Aug-1895 4-Jun-1960 American character actor
Earl Long
Politician
26-Aug-1895 5-Sep-1960 Three-time Governor of Louisiana
Robert A. Lovett
Government
14-Sep-1895 7-May-1986 US Secretary of Defense, 1951-53
Charles MacArthur
Playwright
5-Nov-1895 21-Apr-1956 The Front Page
Mae Marsh
Actor
9-Nov-1895 13-Feb-1968 The Birth of a Nation
Ngaio Marsh
Novelist
23-Apr-1895 18-Feb-1982 New Zealand detective novelist
Ken Maynard
Actor
21-Jul-1895 23-Mar-1973 Flashy cowboy idol
John J. McCloy
Military
31-Mar-1895 11-Mar-1989 World Bank, Warren Commission
Ruth McDevitt
Actor
13-Sep-1895 27-May-1976 Pistols 'n' Petticoats
James P. McGranery
Government
8-Jul-1895 23-Dec-1962 US Attorney General, 1952-53
Ben McKelway
Journalist
2-Oct-1895 1976 Editor, The Washington Star
Anastas Mikoyan
Politician
25-Nov-1895 21-Oct-1978 Knew where the shrimps stay in winter
Lewis Milestone
Film Director
30-Sep-1895 25-Sep-1980 Mutiny on the Bounty
Rudolph Minkowski
Astronomer
28-May-1895 4-Jan-1976 Galaxies in collision
László Moholy-Nagy
Painter
20-Jul-1895 24-Nov-1946 Bauhaus professor
Lewis Mumford
Historian
19-Oct-1895 26-Jan-1990 Technics and Civilization
Paul Muni
Actor
22-Sep-1895 25-Aug-1967 The Life of Louis Pasteur
Arthur Murray
Dancer
4-Apr-1895 3-Mar-1991 Founded Arthur Murray dance studios
S. I. Newhouse, Sr.
Publisher
24-May-1895 29-Aug-1979 Founder of Advance Publications
Jimmie Noone
Jazz Musician
23-Apr-1895 19-Apr-1944 New Orleans jazz clarinetist
Jack Northrop
Business
10-Nov-1895 18-Feb-1981 All-wing aircraft
Carl Orff
Composer
10-Jul-1895 29-Mar-1982 Carmina Burana
Marcel Pagnol
Screenwriter
28-Feb-1895 18-Apr-1974 Jean de Florette
Nat Pendleton
Actor
9-Aug-1895 12-Oct-1967 At the Circus
Juan Peron
Head of State
8-Oct-1895 1-Jul-1974 Twice President of Argentina
Norris Poulson
Politician
23-Jul-1895 25-Sep-1982 Mayor of Los Angeles, 1953-61
Edna Purviance
Actor
21-Oct-1895 11-Jan-1958 Leading lady in Chaplin films
George Raft
Actor
26-Sep-1895 24-Nov-1980 Actor with Mafia ties
Dickinson W. Richards
Scientist
30-Oct-1895 23-Feb-1973 Cardiac catheterization
Eurith D. Rivers
Politician
5-Dec-1895 11-Jun-1967 Governor of Georgia, 1937-41
Stephen Roberts
Film Director
23-Nov-1895 17-Jul-1936 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Harry Ruby
Songwriter
27-Jan-1895 23-Feb-1974 Who's Sorry Now?
Babe Ruth
Baseball
6-Feb-1895 16-Aug-1948 The Bambino
Malcolm Sargent
Conductor
29-Apr-1895 3-Oct-1967 Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57
Victor Saville
Film Director
25-Sep-1895 8-May-1979 Kim
Fulton J. Sheen
Religion
8-May-1895 9-Dec-1979 America's first televangelist
Michel Simon
Actor
9-Apr-1895 30-May-1975 L'Atalante
Walter Bedell Smith
Government
5-Oct-1895 9-Aug-1961 CIA Director, 1950-53
Conn Smythe
Hockey
1-Feb-1895 18-Nov-1980 Longtime owner, Toronto Maple Leafs
John W. Snyder
Government
21-Jun-1895 8-Oct-1985 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53
Ruth Snyder
Criminal
1895 12-Jan-1928 Electrocuted for murdering husband
Richard Sorge
Spy
4-Oct-1895 7-Nov-1944 Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa
George R. Stewart
Author
31-May-1895 22-Aug-1980 Earth Abides
A. Edward Sutherland
Film Director
5-Jan-1895 31-Dec-1973 The Flying Deuces
Igor Y. Tamm
Physicist
8-Jul-1895 12-Apr-1971 Cherenkov radiation
Sam Taylor
Film Director
13-Aug-1895 6-Mar-1958 Safety Last!
J. Parnell Thomas
Government
16-Jan-1895 19-Nov-1970 HUAC chairman, took the Fifth
Rudolph Valentino
Actor
6-May-1895 23-Aug-1926 Latin lover of the silent film era
Immanuel Velikovsky
Author
10-Jun-1895 17-Nov-1979 Worlds in Collision
Artturi Virtanen
Chemist
15-Jan-1895 11-Nov-1973 AIV method of fodder preservation
Bill W.
Activist
26-Nov-1895 24-Jan-1971 Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder
Edmund Wilson
Author
8-May-1895 12-Jun-1972 Axel's Castle
George W. Woodruff
Business
27-Aug-1895 4-Feb-1987 Continental Gin Company
King Zog
Royalty
8-Oct-1895 9-Apr-1961 King of Albania


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