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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Fred Allen
Comic
31-May-1894 17-Mar-1956 Town Hall Tonight
Tommy Armour
Golf
24-Sep-1894 12-Sep-1968 Winner of 3 Majors
Brooks Atkinson
Critic
28-Nov-1894 14-Jan-1984 New York Times drama critic
Isaac Babel
Author
1-Jul-1894 27-Jan-1940 Soviet master of short stories
Carl E. Bailey
Politician
8-Oct-1894 23-Oct-1948 Governor of Arkansas, 1937-41
Vernon Bartlett
Journalist
30-Apr-1894 18-Jan-1983 Journey's End
Lawrence Bell
Business
5-Apr-1894 20-Oct-1956 Founder of Bell Helicopter
Jack Benny
Actor
14-Feb-1894 26-Dec-1974 The Jack Benny Show
Karl Böhm
Conductor
28-Aug-1894 14-Aug-1981 Conductor, Vienna State Opera
Roman Bohnen
Actor
24-Nov-1894 24-Feb-1949 Of Mice and Men
Frank Borzage
Film Director
23-Apr-1894 19-Jun-1962 A Farewell to Arms
Satyendra Nath Bose
Physicist
1-Jan-1894 4-Feb-1974 Bose-Einstein condensates
Walter Brennan
Actor
25-Jul-1894 21-Sep-1974 Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor
Bryher
Novelist
2-Sep-1894 28-Jan-1983 The Fourteenth of October
Ellsworth Bunker
Diplomat
11-May-1894 30-Sep-1984 US Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1967-73
David Butler
Film Director
17-Dec-1894 14-Jun-1979 Calamity Jane
Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Novelist
27-May-1894 1-Jul-1961 Voyage au bout de la nuit
Guy Chamberlin
Football
16-Jan-1894 4-Apr-1967 The Champ
e. e. cummings
Poet
14-Oct-1894 3-Sep-1962 Majuscule-challenged American poet
Henry Daniell
Actor
5-Mar-1894 31-Oct-1963 British-American character actor
H. L. Davis
Novelist
18-Oct-1894 31-Oct-1960 Honey in the Horn
Stuart Davis
Painter
7-Dec-1894 24-Jun-1964 American cubist painter
Lewis W. Douglas
Politician
2-Jul-1894 7-Mar-1974 US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50
Martin P. Durkin
Government
18-Mar-1894 19-Jan-1955 US Secretary of Labor, 1953
August Dvorak
Inventor
5-May-1894 10-Oct-1975 Dvorak Simplified Keyboard
King Edward VIII
Royalty
23-Jun-1894 28-May-1972 King of England, 1936
Arthur Fiedler
Conductor
17-Dec-1894 10-Jul-1979 Conductor of the Boston Pops
Rachel Field
Author
19-Sep-1894 15-Mar-1942 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
Joel West Flood
Judge
2-Aug-1894 27-Apr-1964 Virginia Congressman, Judge
John Ford
Film Director
1-Feb-1894 31-Aug-1973 How Green Was My Valley
E. Franklin Frazier
Sociologist
24-Sep-1894 17-May-1962 Black Bourgeoisie
Arthur Freed
Film/TV Producer
9-Sep-1894 12-Apr-1973 MGM producer, big budget musicals
Tay Garnett
Film Director
13-Jun-1894 3-Oct-1977 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Gwilym Lloyd George
Politician
4-Dec-1894 14-Feb-1967 UK Home Secretary, 1954-57
Billy Gilbert
Actor
12-Sep-1894 23-Sep-1971 Comic actor and vaudevillian
Oskar Maria Graf
Author
22-Jul-1894 28-Jun-1967 Wir sind Gefangene
Martha Graham
Dancer
11-May-1894 1-Apr-1991 Innovator of modern dance
Kathryn E. Granahan
Politician
7-Dec-1894 10-Jul-1979 Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 1956-63
Trygve Gulbranssen
Novelist
1894 10-Oct-1962 Beyond Sing the Woods
Alexander Hall
Film Director
11-Jan-1894 30-Jul-1968 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Dashiell Hammett
Author
27-May-1894 10-Jan-1961 The Maltese Falcon
Rondo Hatton
Actor
22-Apr-1894 2-Feb-1946 Horror actor afflicted with acromegaly
Ed Healey
Football
28-Dec-1894 9-Dec-1978 Hall of Fame Tackle, Chicago Bears
Donald R. Heath
Diplomat
12-Aug-1894 15-Oct-1981 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1958-61
Ben Hecht
Screenwriter
28-Feb-1894 18-Apr-1964 The Front Page
Percy Helton
Actor
31-Jan-1894 11-Sep-1971 Character actor
Thomas J. Herbert
Politician
28-Oct-1894 26-Oct-1974 Governor of Ohio, 1947-49
Rudolf Hess
Government
26-Apr-1894 17-Jul-1987 Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland
Lister Hill
Politician
29-Dec-1894 21-Dec-1984 US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69
Paul Hörbiger
Actor
29-Apr-1894 5-Mar-1981 Liebelei
Aldous Huxley
Author
26-Jul-1894 22-Nov-1963 Brave New World
James P. Johnson
Jazz Musician
01-Feb-1894 17-Nov-1955 The father of stride piano
Eugene Jolas
Editor
26-Oct-1894 26-May-1952 transition
Joseph Kane
Film Director
19-Mar-1894 25-Aug-1975 Flame of Barbary Coast
Pyotr Kapitsa
Physicist
8-Jul-1894 8-Apr-1984 Discovered superfluidity
Oskar Karlweis
Actor
10-Jun-1894 24-Jan-1956 5 Fingers
Nikita Khrushchev
Head of State
5-Apr-1894 11-Sep-1971 Deposed leader of the Soviet Union
Alfred Kinsey
Scientist
23-Jun-1894 25-Aug-1956 Researched human sexual behavior
Hendrik Kramers
Physicist
17-Feb-1894 24-Apr-1952 Kramers dispersion theory
Arthur Bliss Lane
Diplomat
16-Jun-1894 12-Aug-1956 US Ambassador to Poland, 1945-47
John Howard Lawson
Playwright
25-Sep-1894 11-Aug-1977 One of the Hollywood Ten
D. Ross Lederman
Film Director
12-Dec-1894 24-Aug-1972 Tarzan's Revenge
Beatrice Lillie
Actor
29-May-1894 20-Jan-1989 Too True To Be Good
Moms Mabley
Comic
19-Mar-1894 23-May-1975 Pioneering black comedienne
Harold Macmillan
Head of State
10-Feb-1894 29-Dec-1986 UK Prime Minister, 1957-63
Konosuke Matsushita
Business
27-Nov-1894 27-Apr-1989 Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Ernest W. McFarland
Politician
9-Oct-1894 8-Jun-1984 Governor of Arizona, 1955-59
Patrick V. McNamara
Politician
4-Oct-1894 30-Apr-1966 US Senator from Michigan, 1955-66
George Meany
Labor Leader
16-Aug-1894 10-Jan-1980 AFL-CIO President, 1955-79
Robert Menzies
Head of State
20-Dec-1894 15-May-1978 Twice Prime Minister of Australia
Irving Mills
Musician
16-Jan-1894 21-Apr-1985 Songwriter, music scout, raconteur
Robert D. Murphy
Diplomat
28-Oct-1894 9-Jan-1978 Envoy in French North Africa, 1940-42
Pola Negri
Actor
31-Dec-1894 1-Aug-1987 Sultry silent film diva
Westbrook Pegler
Columnist
2-Aug-1894 24-Jun-1969 Ultraconservative newspaper columnist
Walter Piston
Composer
20-Jan-1894 12-Nov-1976 Symphony No. 3
Zazu Pitts
Actor
3-Jan-1894 7-Jun-1963 The Wedding March
Fritz Pollard
Football
27-Jan-1894 11-May-1986 First black coach in the NFL
J. B. Priestley
Novelist
13-Sep-1894 14-Aug-1984 An Inspector Calls
Gavrilo Princip
Assassin
25-Jul-1894 28-Apr-1918 Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Robert E. Quinn
Politician
2-Apr-1894 19-May-1975 Governor of Rhode Island, 1937-39
Jean Renoir
Film Director
15-Sep-1894 12-Feb-1979 La Grande Illusion
Elmer E. Robinson
Politician
3-Oct-1894 9-Jun-1982 Mayor of San Francisco, 1948-56
Norman Rockwell
Painter
3-Feb-1894 8-Nov-1978 Saturday Evening Post artist
Archie Roosevelt
Relative
9-Apr-1894 13-Oct-1979 Conservative leader against New Deal
Kenneth C. Royall
Attorney
24-Jul-1894 27-May-1971 US Secretary of the Army, 1947-49
Dora Russell
Activist
3-Apr-1894 31-May-1986 Feminist, birth control and peace activist
Wiley Rutledge
Judge
20-Jul-1894 10-Sep-1949 US Supreme Court Justice, 1943-49
Fritz Sauckel
Military
27-Oct-1894 16-Oct-1946 Reich slavemaster
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Government
20-Sep-1894 10-Jun-1948 US Secretary of Labor, 1945-48
Moshe Sharett
Head of State
15-Oct-1894 7-Jul-1965 Prime Minister of Israel, 1953-55
Nicolas Slonimsky
Musicologist
27-Apr-1894 25-Dec-1995 Preeminent musicologist
Bessie Smith
Singer
15-Apr-1894 26-Sep-1937 Empress of the Blues
Simon E. Sobeloff
Judge
3-Dec-1894 11-Jul-1973 4th US Court of Appeals, 1956-70
Chaim Soutine
Painter
1894 8-Aug-1944 Expressionist painter, Carcass of Beef
Percy Spencer
Scientist
19-Jul-1894 8-Sep-1970 Invented the microwave oven
Josef von Sternberg
Film Director
29-May-1894 22-Dec-1969 The Last Command
Donald Ogden Stewart
Author
30-Nov-1894 2-Aug-1980 The Philadelphia Story
Basil Sydney
Actor
23-Apr-1894 10-Jan-1968 English stage actor
Genevieve Taggard
Poet
28-Nov-1894 8-Nov-1948 Travelling Standing Still
J. Millard Tawes
Politician
8-May-1894 25-Jun-1979 Governor of Maryland, 1959-67
James Thurber
Author
8-Dec-1894 2-Nov-1961 Short story writer and cartoonist
Dimitri Tiomkin
Composer
10-May-1894 11-Nov-1979 Wild Is the Wind
Jean Toomer
Author
26-Dec-1894 30-Mar-1967 Cane
Kiichiro Toyoda
Business
11-Jun-1894 27-Mar-1952 Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation
Arthur Treacher
Actor
23-Jul-1894 14-Dec-1975 The Merv Griffin Show
Donald B. Tresidder
Educator
7-Apr-1894 28-Jan-1948 President of Stanford University, 1943-48
Roy J. Turner
Politician
6-Nov-1894 11-Jun-1973 Governor of Oklahoma, 1947-51
Mark Van Doren
Poet
13-Jun-1894 10-Dec-1972 The Happy Critic
King Vidor
Film Director
8-Feb-1894 1-Nov-1982 Northwest Passage
Walter Wanger
Film/TV Producer
11-Jul-1894 18-Nov-1968 Joan of Arc
Norbert Wiener
Mathematician
26-Nov-1894 18-Mar-1964 Cybernetics
Warren William
Actor
2-Dec-1894 24-Sep-1948 Imitation of Life
Will Wright
Actor
26-Mar-1894 19-Jun-1962 Character actor


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