LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Samuel Alexander	Philosopher	6-Jan-1859	13-Sep-1938	Space, Time, and Deity
Kemal Ataturk	Head of State	12-Mar-1881	10-Nov-1938	President of Turkey, 1923-38
Otto Bauer	Politician	5-Sep-1881	4-Jul-1938	Austrian Marxist
Ernest W. Brown	Astronomer	29-Nov-1866	22-Jul-1938	Tables of the Motion of the Moon
Nikolai Bukharin	Economist	9-Oct-1888	15-Mar-1938	Soviet theoretical economist
William W. Campbell	Astronomer	11-Apr-1862	14-Jun-1938	Stellar Motions
Karel Capek	Author	9-Jan-1890	25-Dec-1938	R.U.R.
Benjamin Cardozo	Judge	24-May-1870	9-Jul-1938	US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38
Feodor Chaliapin	Singer	13-Feb-1873	12-Apr-1938	Operatic bass
John Bates Clark	Economist	26-Jan-1847	21-Mar-1938	Philosophy of Wealth
Con Conrad	Songwriter	18-Jun-1891	28-Sep-1938	The Continental
Royal S. Copeland	Politician	7-Nov-1868	17-Jul-1938	US Senator from New York, 1923-38
Gabriele D'Annunzio	Author	12-Mar-1863	1-Mar-1938	Anarchist Dictator of Fiume, 1919-20
Clarence Darrow	Attorney	18-Apr-1857	13-Mar-1938	Scopes Monkey Trial (monkey side)
George Draper Dayton	Business	6-Mar-1857	18-Feb-1938	Founder of what is now Target Stores
Joseph M. Devine	Politician	15-Mar-1861	31-Aug-1938	Governor of North Dakota, 1898-99
Harvey Firestone	Business	20-Dec-1868	7-Feb-1938	Rubber tire baron
Pauline Frederick	Actor	12-Aug-1883	19-Sep-1938	This Modern Age
Zona Gale	Novelist	26-Aug-1874	27-Dec-1938	Miss Lulu Bett
Leopold Godowsky	Pianist	13-Feb-1870	21-Nov-1938	Exceptional Polish-American pianist
Charles Édouard Guillaume	Physicist	15-Feb-1861	13-Jun-1938	Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar
George Ellery Hale	Astronomer	29-Jun-1868	21-Feb-1938	Palomar Observatory founder, astronomer
Edwin Hall	Physicist	7-Nov-1855	20-Nov-1938	Discovered the Hall Effect
Wilford B. Hoggatt	Politician	11-Sep-1865	26-Feb-1938	Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1906-09
Edward M. House	Diplomat	26-Jul-1858	28-Mar-1938	Advisor to Woodrow Wilson
Edmund Husserl	Philosopher	8-Apr-1859	26-Apr-1938	Phenomenological philosopher
James Weldon Johnson	Author	17-Jun-1871	26-Jun-1938	God's Trombones
Robert Johnson	Guitarist	8-May-1911	16-Aug-1938	Influential blues guitarist
Jigoro Kano	Sports Figure	28-Oct-1860	4-May-1938	Founder of Judo
Karl Kautsky	Politician	16-Oct-1854	17-Oct-1938	Proponent of Marxism
Fred Kohler	Actor	20-Apr-1888	28-Oct-1938	The Iron Horse
Barney Kroger	Business	24-Jan-1860	21-Jul-1938	Founder of Kroger grocery empire
Nikolai Krylenko	Government	2-May-1885	29-Jul-1938	Soviet prosecutor executed during the Great Purge
Christian Lange	Activist	17-Sep-1869	11-Dec-1938	Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Edmund C. Lynch	Business	19-May-1885	12-May-1938	The Lynch of Merrill-Lynch
Osip Mandelshtam	Poet	1891	27-Dec-1938	Acmeist Russian poet
Typhoid Mary	Chef	22-Sep-1869	11-Nov-1938	Notorious typhoid carrier
Aylmer Maude	Translator	28-Mar-1858	25-Aug-1938	Translator of Tolstoy
W. B. Maxwell	Novelist	1866	4-Aug-1938	The Ragged Messenger
William McDougall	Psychologist	22-Jun-1871	28-Nov-1938	An Introduction to Social Psychology
Philip Musica	Business	1884	16-Dec-1938	Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler
Harry Myers	Actor	5-Sep-1882	25-Dec-1938	City Lights
Warner Oland	Actor	3-Oct-1879	6-Aug-1938	Charlie Chan
King Oliver	Jazz Musician	11-May-1885	10-Apr-1938	King Oliver Creole Jazz Band
Lyda Roberti	Actor	20-May-1906	12-Mar-1938	Million Dollar Legs
Konstantin Stanislavsky	Actor	5-Jan-1863	7-Aug-1938	Inventor of "method" acting
Conway Tearle	Actor	17-May-1878	1-Oct-1938	Stella Maris
James Thornton	Songwriter	5-Dec-1861	27-Jul-1938	When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Carl von Ossietzky	Activist	3-Oct-1889	4-May-1938	German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient
Pearl White	Actor	4-Mar-1889	4-Aug-1938	Heroine of silent serial films
Richard A. Whiting	Composer	12-Nov-1891	10-Feb-1938	Ain't We Got Fun?
Robert Wiene	Film Director	24-Apr-1873	17-Jul-1938	The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Owen Wister	Author	14-Jul-1860	21-Jul-1938	The Virginian
Thomas Wolfe	Novelist	3-Oct-1900	15-Sep-1938	Look Homeward, Angel

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