LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Bayliss	Doctor	2-May-1860	27-Aug-1924	Co-Discovered hormones
F. H. Bradley	Philosopher	30-Jan-1846	18-Sep-1924	Appearance and Reality
Frank B. Brandegee	Politician	8-Jul-1864	14-Oct-1924	US Senator, committed suicide
Frances Hodgson Burnett	Novelist	24-Nov-1849	29-Oct-1924	Little Lord Fauntleroy
Ferruccio Busoni	Pianist	1-Apr-1866	27-Jul-1924	Fantasia Contrappuntistica
Joseph M. Carey	Politician	19-Jan-1845	5-Feb-1924	Governor of Wyoming, 1911-15
Joseph Conrad	Author	3-Dec-1857	3-Aug-1924	Heart of Darkness
Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant	Diplomat	22-Nov-1852	15-May-1924	Nobel Prize recipient
Eleanora Duse	Actor	3-Oct-1858	21-Apr-1924	Most famous Italian actress of her time
Charles S. Fairchild	Attorney	30-Apr-1842	24-Nov-1924	US Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89
Gabriel Fauré	Composer	12-May-1845	4-Nov-1924	Requiem
Anatole France	Novelist	16-Apr-1844	13-Oct-1924	French novelist
Isabella Stewart Gardner	Philanthropist	14-Apr-1840	17-Jul-1924	Prominent art patron, collector
Samuel Gompers	Labor Leader	27-Jan-1850	13-Dec-1924	First President of the AFL
Florence Harding	First Lady	15-Aug-1860	21-Nov-1924	Wife of US President Warren G. Harding
Victor Herbert	Composer	1-Feb-1859	24-May-1924	Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life
Clifford Holland	Architect	13-Mar-1883	27-Oct-1924	Chief engineer, Holland Tunnel
Franz Kafka	Novelist	3-Jul-1883	3-Jun-1924	Metamorphosis
Vladimir Lenin	Head of State	22-Apr-1870	21-Jan-1924	Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union
Henry Cabot Lodge	Politician	12-May-1850	9-Nov-1924	US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924
Jacques Loeb	Doctor	7-Apr-1859	11-Feb-1924	Investigator of artificial parthenogenesis
Jack Mack	Business	27-Oct-1864	14-Mar-1924	Founder of Mack Trucks
George Mallory	Explorer	18-Jun-1886	8-Jun-1924	Frozen for 75 years on Mt. Everest
Alfred Marshall	Economist	26-Jul-1842	13-Jul-1924	Principles of Economics
H. W. Massingham	Journalist	25-May-1860	27-Aug-1924	Radical English journalist
Annie Moore	unspecified	1-Jan-1877	1924	First arrival at Ellis Island
E. Nesbit	Novelist	15-Aug-1858	4-May-1924	The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Ernest Fox Nichols	Physicist	1-Jun-1869	29-Apr-1924	Infrared radiation
Mahlon Pitney	Judge	5-Feb-1858	9-Dec-1924	US Supreme Court Justice, 1912-22
Maurice Prendergast	Painter	10-Oct-1859	1-Feb-1924	American Post-Impressionist watercolorist
Giacomo Puccini	Composer	22-Dec-1858	29-Nov-1924	Madame Butterfly
William B. Ross	Politician	4-Dec-1873	2-Oct-1924	Governor of Wyoming, 1923-24
George Shiras, Jr.	Judge	26-Jan-1832	2-Aug-1924	US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903
Carl Spitteler	Poet	24-Apr-1845	29-Dec-1924	The Olympic Spring
Gene Stratton Porter	Novelist	17-Aug-1863	7-Dec-1924	A Girl of the Limberlost
Louis Sullivan	Architect	3-Sep-1856	14-Apr-1924	Early skyscraper architect
Henry C. Wallace	Government	11-May-1866	25-Oct-1924	US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24
Woodrow Wilson	Head of State	28-Dec-1856	3-Feb-1924	28th US President, 1913-21

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