LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Brooks Adams	Historian	24-Jun-1848	13-Feb-1927	The Law of Civilization and Decay
Svante Arrhenius	Chemist	19-Feb-1859	2-Oct-1927	Explored electrolytic conductivity
Simeon E. Baldwin	Politician	5-Feb-1840	30-Jan-1927	Governor of Connecticut, 1911-15
Ernest Ball	Songwriter	22-Jul-1878	3-May-1927	When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Lizzie Borden	Criminal	19-Jul-1860	1-Jun-1927	Presumed axe murderer
Albert Champion	Business	2-Apr-1878	26-Oct-1927	ACDelco and Champion spark plugs
Isadora Duncan	Dancer	26-May-1877	14-Sep-1927	Mother of modern dance
Willem Einthoven	Scientist	21-May-1860	28-Sep-1927	Invented the electrocardiograph
Lyman J. Gage	Business	28-Jun-1836	26-Jan-1927	US Treasury Secretary, 1897-1902
Elbert Henry Gary	Business	8-Oct-1846	15-Aug-1927	CEO of US Steel, 1901-27
John W. Griggs	Politician	10-Jul-1849	28-Nov-1927	Governor of New Jersey, 1896-98
Juan Gris	Painter	23-Mar-1887	11-May-1927	Spanish Synthetic Cubist painter
Peter Paul Halajian	Business	1850	1927	Candy maker
Jerome K. Jerome	Author	2-May-1859	14-Jun-1927	Three Men in a Boat
Robert Keable	Novelist	6-Mar-1887	23-Dec-1927	Simon Called Peter
Andrew Kehoe	Criminal	1-Feb-1872	18-May-1927	Bath School Bomber
Inayat Khan	Religion	5-Jul-1882	5-Feb-1927	Founder of Universal Sufism
Albrecht Kossel	Scientist	16-Sep-1853	5-Jul-1927	Chemistry of tissues and cells
Walter Leaf	Scholar	28-Nov-1852	8-Mar-1927	Classicist, translated Iliad
Juliette Gordon Low	Activist	31-Oct-1860	18-Jan-1927	Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA
William H. Mann	Politician	30-Jul-1843	12-Dec-1927	Governor of Virginia, 1910-14
Lawrence Maxwell, Jr.	Attorney	4-May-1853	18-Feb-1927	US Solicitor General, 1893-95
Florence Mills	Singer	25-Jan-1896	1-Nov-1927	Jazz singer, Queen of Happiness
James Ford Rhodes	Author	1-May-1848	22-Jan-1927	History of the Civil War
Nicola Sacco	Anarchist	22-Apr-1891	27-Aug-1927	Sacco and Vanzetti
Edward Titchener	Psychologist	11-Jan-1867	3-Aug-1927	Structural psychology
Bartolomeo Vanzetti	Anarchist	11-Jun-1888	27-Aug-1927	Sacco and Vanzetti
Victoria Woodhull	Activist	23-Sep-1838	9-Jun-1927	First woman candidate for US President

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