| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Irving Berlin |
Composer |
11-May-1888 |
22-Sep-1989 |
White Christmas, God Bless America |
| Maximilian Berlitz |
Business |
14-Apr-1852 |
6-Apr-1921 |
Berlitz Language Schools |
| Nellie Bly |
Journalist |
5-May-1864 |
27-Jan-1922 |
Ten Days in a Mad-House |
| Benjamin H. Bristow |
Government |
20-Jun-1832 |
22-Jun-1896 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1874-76 |
| Barbara Britton |
Actor |
26-Sep-1919 |
17-Jan-1980 |
Mr. and Mrs. North |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Harry Carey, Sr. |
Actor |
16-Jan-1878 |
21-Sep-1947 |
VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| Irene Castle |
Dancer |
17-Apr-1893 |
25-Jan-1969 |
Vernon & Irene Castle |
| Vernon Castle |
Dancer |
2-May-1887 |
15-Feb-1918 |
Vernon & Irene Castle |
| George M. Cohan |
Composer |
3-Jul-1878 |
5-Nov-1942 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Ricardo Cortez |
Actor |
19-Sep-1899 |
28-Apr-1977 |
The Torrent |
| Celia Cruz |
Singer |
21-Oct-1924 |
16-Jul-2003 |
Queen of Salsa |
| Countee Cullen |
Poet |
30-May-1903 |
9-Jan-1946 |
Harlem Renaissance poet |
| Miles Davis |
Jazz Musician |
26-May-1926 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue |
| Clarence Day |
Author |
18-Nov-1874 |
28-Dec-1935 |
Life with Father |
| Reginald De Koven |
Composer |
3-Apr-1859 |
16-Jan-1920 |
Oh, Promise Me |
| William C. Durant |
Business |
8-Dec-1861 |
18-Mar-1947 |
Founder of General Motors |
| Gus Edwards |
Songwriter |
18-Aug-1879 |
7-Nov-1945 |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
| Duke Ellington |
Jazz Musician |
29-Apr-1899 |
24-May-1974 |
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing |
| Albert Ellis |
Psychologist |
27-Sep-1913 |
24-Jul-2007 |
Rational emotive behavior therapy |
| David Farragut |
Military |
5-Jul-1801 |
14-Aug-1870 |
America's first admiral |
| Geraldine Fitzgerald |
Actor |
24-Nov-1913 |
17-Jul-2005 |
Wuthering Heights |
| James Montgomery Flagg |
Painter |
18-Jun-1877 |
27-May-1960 |
I Want YOU for U.S. Army |
| Frankie Frisch |
Baseball |
9-Sep-1898 |
12-Mar-1973 |
2880 hits with .316 batting average |
| Jay Gould |
Business |
27-May-1836 |
2-Dec-1892 |
Railroad baron owned Union Pacific |
| Lionel Hampton |
Jazz Musician |
20-Apr-1908 |
31-Aug-2002 |
Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader |
| W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
| Ned Harrigan |
Actor |
26-Oct-1844 |
6-Jun-1911 |
Harrigan & Hart |
| Coleman Hawkins |
Jazz Musician |
21-Nov-1904 |
19-May-1969 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Victor Herbert |
Composer |
1-Feb-1859 |
24-May-1924 |
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life |
| Charles Evans Hughes |
Politician |
11-Apr-1862 |
27-Aug-1948 |
US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate |
| Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. |
Government |
30-Nov-1889 |
21-Jan-1950 |
US Solicitor General, 1929-30 |
| Barbara Hutton |
Socialite |
14-Nov-1912 |
11-May-1979 |
The Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Oscar Hammerstein I |
Theatre Producer |
8-May-1847 |
1-Aug-1919 |
Olympia Theatre |
| Milt Jackson |
Jazz Musician |
1-Jan-1923 |
9-Oct-1999 |
Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet |
| Illinois Jacquet |
Musician |
31-Oct-1922 |
22-Jul-2004 |
Squealing saxophone legend |
| Fritz Kreisler |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1875 |
29-Jan-1962 |
Austrian violin virtuoso |
| Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
| Canada Lee |
Actor |
3-Mar-1907 |
9-May-1952 |
Cry, the Beloved Country |
| Rowland H. Macy |
Business |
30-Aug-1822 |
29-Mar-1877 |
Founder of Macy's department stores |
| Vito Marcantonio |
Politician |
10-Dec-1902 |
9-Aug-1954 |
American Labor Party |
| Bat Masterson |
Government |
26-Nov-1853 |
25-Oct-1921 |
Frontier peace officer |
| Herman Melville |
Author |
1-Aug-1819 |
28-Sep-1891 |
Moby Dick |
| Marilyn Miller |
Actor |
1-Sep-1898 |
7-Apr-1936 |
Broadway actress |
| Florence Mills |
Singer |
25-Jan-1896 |
1-Nov-1927 |
Jazz singer, Queen of Happiness |
| Robert Moses |
Government |
18-Dec-1888 |
29-Jul-1981 |
New York City planner |
| Thomas Nast |
Cartoonist |
27-Sep-1840 |
7-Dec-1902 |
American political caricaturist |
| LeRoy Neiman |
Painter |
8-Jun-1921 |
20-Jun-2012 |
Painter of sports scenes |
| Harold Nicholas |
Dancer |
27-Mar-1921 |
3-Jul-2000 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| King Oliver |
Jazz Musician |
11-May-1885 |
10-Apr-1938 |
King Oliver Creole Jazz Band |
| J. C. Penney |
Business |
16-Sep-1875 |
12-Feb-1971 |
Founder of J. C. Penney Company |
| Otto Preminger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1906 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Anatomy of a Murder |
| Joseph Pulitzer |
Business |
10-Apr-1847 |
29-Oct-1911 |
Established the Pulitzer Prize |
| Grantland Rice |
Sports Journalist |
1-Nov-1880 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Sportswriter, Idolmaker |
| Max Roach |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1924 |
16-Aug-2007 |
Enduring jazz drummer |
| Ruth Snyder |
Criminal |
1895 |
12-Jan-1928 |
Electrocuted for murdering husband |
| Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
Activist |
12-Nov-1815 |
26-Oct-1902 |
National Woman Suffrage Association |
| Margot Stevenson |
Actor |
8-Feb-1912 |
2-Jan-2011 |
Margo Lane on The Shadow |
| Harold Vermilyea |
Actor |
10-Oct-1889 |
8-Jan-1958 |
Sorry, Wrong Number |
| Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney |
Business |
9-Jan-1875 |
18-Apr-1942 |
Whitney Museum of American Art |
| William C. Whitney |
Business |
5-Jul-1841 |
2-Feb-1904 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1885-89 |
| F. W. Woolworth |
Business |
13-Apr-1852 |
8-Apr-1919 |
Five and dime magnate |
