| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bela Bartok |
Composer |
25-Mar-1881 |
26-Sep-1945 |
Hungarian composer |
| Walter Benjamin |
Philosopher |
15-Jul-1892 |
26-Sep-1940 |
The Arcades Project |
| Nils Bohlin |
Engineer |
17-Jul-1920 |
26-Sep-2002 |
Three-point safety belt |
| Daniel Boone |
Military |
22-Oct-1734 |
26-Sep-1820 |
Legendary frontiersman |
| Clara Bow |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
26-Sep-1965 |
Schizophrenic actress, Wings |
| Lane Bryant |
Fashion Designer |
1-Dec-1879 |
26-Sep-1951 |
Plus-size designer |
| Betty Carter |
Singer |
16-May-1929 |
26-Sep-1998 |
Jazz vocalist |
| Charles J. Correll |
Actor |
2-Feb-1890 |
26-Sep-1972 |
Andy of Amos & Andy |
| John Cromwell |
Film Director |
23-Dec-1887 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| W. H. Davies |
Poet |
3-Jul-1871 |
26-Sep-1940 |
Tramp-Poet, The Soul's Destroyer |
| John Dury |
Religion |
1596 |
26-Sep-1680 |
The Reformed Librarie-Keeper |
| William L. Emmet |
Engineer |
10-Jul-1859 |
26-Sep-1941 |
All-electric warships |
| Herman G. Fisher |
Business |
2-Nov-1898 |
26-Sep-1975 |
Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys |
| Bruce Haack |
Musician |
4-May-1932 |
26-Sep-1988 |
The Electric Lucifer |
| Keir Hardie |
Politician |
15-Aug-1856 |
26-Sep-1915 |
Organizer of the British Labour Party |
| Lafcadio Hearn |
Author |
27-Jun-1850 |
26-Sep-1904 |
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation |
| Arthur Hunnicutt |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Big Sky |
| Alexander Gordon Laing |
Explorer |
27-Dec-1793 |
26-Sep-1826 |
Explorer killed returning from Timbuktu |
| Hugh Lofting |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1886 |
26-Sep-1947 |
The Story of Dr. Dolittle |
| Breckinridge Long |
Diplomat |
16-May-1881 |
26-Sep-1958 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1933-36 |
| Anna Magnani |
Actor |
7-Mar-1908 |
26-Sep-1973 |
The Rose Tattoo |
| Shelly Manne |
Drummer |
11-Jun-1920 |
26-Sep-1984 |
West Coast jazz drummer |
| Stephen McKenna |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1888 |
26-Sep-1967 |
The Education of Eric Lane |
| August Möbius |
Astronomer |
17-Nov-1790 |
26-Sep-1868 |
Möbius strip |
| Harriet Monroe |
Poet |
23-Dec-1860 |
26-Sep-1936 |
Founder of Poetry magazine |
| Ida Moore |
Actor |
1-Mar-1882 |
26-Sep-1964 |
American character actress |
| Alberto Moravia |
Novelist |
28-Nov-1907 |
26-Sep-1990 |
Il Conformista |
| Richard Mulligan |
Actor |
13-Nov-1932 |
26-Sep-2000 |
Burt Campbell in Soap |
| Byron Nelson |
Golf |
4-Feb-1912 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Winner of 5 Majors |
| Paul Newman |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
26-Sep-2008 |
Salad dressing magnate |
| Robert Palmer |
Singer |
19-Jan-1949 |
26-Sep-2003 |
Addicted To Love |
| Leopold Ruzicka |
Chemist |
13-Sep-1887 |
26-Sep-1976 |
Terpenes and hormones |
| George Santayana |
Philosopher |
16-Dec-1863 |
26-Sep-1952 |
The Realms of Being |
| Manne Siegbahn |
Physicist |
3-Dec-1886 |
26-Sep-1978 |
X-Ray spectroscopy |
| Georg Simmel |
Sociologist |
1-Mar-1858 |
26-Sep-1918 |
Philosophy of Money |
| Bessie Smith |
Singer |
15-Apr-1894 |
26-Sep-1937 |
Empress of the Blues |
| Levi Strauss |
Business |
26-Feb-1829 |
26-Sep-1902 |
Blue jeans |
| William Strunk |
Author |
1-Jul-1869 |
26-Sep-1946 |
Elements of Style |
| Iva Toguri |
Radio Personality |
4-Jul-1916 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Never actually was Tokyo Rose |
| Paul Turan |
Mathematician |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Sep-1976 |
Hungarian mathematician |
| Thomas Watson |
Poet |
c. 1557 |
26-Sep-1592 |
The Tears of Fancie |
| Richard H. Whiteley |
Politician |
22-Dec-1830 |
26-Sep-1890 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1870-76 |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson |
Chemist |
14-Jul-1921 |
26-Sep-1996 |
Organometallic "sandwich" compounds |
| Charles E. Wilson |
Government |
18-Jul-1890 |
26-Sep-1961 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1953-57 |
