| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ion Antonescu |
Head of State |
15-Jun-1882 |
1-Jun-1946 |
Pro-Nazi dictator of Romania |
| George Arliss |
Actor |
10-Apr-1868 |
5-Feb-1946 |
Disraeli |
| Lionel Atwill |
Actor |
1-Mar-1885 |
22-Apr-1946 |
The Ghost of Frankenstein |
| William Bagley |
Educator |
15-Mar-1874 |
1-Jul-1946 |
Opponent of Dewey's progressive education |
| John Logie Baird |
Inventor |
13-Aug-1888 |
14-Jun-1946 |
Television |
| Ray Stannard Baker |
Journalist |
17-Apr-1870 |
12-Jul-1946 |
Biographer of Woodrow Wilson |
| Noah Beery, Sr. |
Actor |
17-Jan-1882 |
1-Apr-1946 |
The Mark of Zorro |
| Edward Bowes |
Radio Personality |
14-Jun-1874 |
14-Jun-1946 |
Major Bowes' Amateur Hour |
| Mae Busch |
Actor |
18-Jun-1891 |
19-Apr-1946 |
The Ever-Popular Mae Busch |
| Charles Butterworth |
Actor |
26-Jul-1896 |
14-Jun-1946 |
This is the Army |
| Countee Cullen |
Poet |
30-May-1903 |
9-Jan-1946 |
Harlem Renaissance poet |
| Martin L. Davey |
Politician |
25-Jul-1884 |
31-Mar-1946 |
Governor of Ohio, 1935-39 |
| Thomas Dixon |
Author |
11-Jan-1864 |
3-Apr-1946 |
The Clansman |
| A. Victor Donahey |
Politician |
7-Jul-1873 |
8-Apr-1946 |
Governor of Ohio, 1923-29 |
| Manuel de Falla |
Composer |
23-Nov-1876 |
14-Nov-1946 |
La Vida Breve |
| W. C. Fields |
Comic |
29-Jan-1880 |
25-Dec-1946 |
The Bank Dick |
| Hans Frank |
Military |
23-May-1900 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi King of Poland |
| Wilhelm Frick |
Government |
12-Mar-1877 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Authored the Nuremberg Laws |
| Carter Glass |
Politician |
4-Jan-1858 |
28-May-1946 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1920-46 |
| Hermann Goering |
Military |
12-Jan-1893 |
15-Oct-1946 |
Founder of the Gestapo |
| Amon Goeth |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1908 |
13-Sep-1946 |
Ran concentration camp at Plaszow |
| William S. Hart |
Actor |
6-Dec-1864 |
23-Jun-1946 |
Old-time silent movie cowboy |
| Rondo Hatton |
Actor |
22-Apr-1894 |
2-Feb-1946 |
Horror actor afflicted with acromegaly |
| Gerhart Hauptmann |
Playwright |
15-Nov-1862 |
6-Jun-1946 |
Die Weber |
| Lord Haw-Haw |
Radio Personality |
24-Apr-1906 |
3-Jan-1946 |
WWII propagandist hanged in England |
| Felix Hoffmann |
Chemist |
21-Jan-1868 |
8-Feb-1946 |
Aspirin and heroin |
| Harry Lloyd Hopkins |
Government |
17-Aug-1890 |
29-Jan-1946 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40 |
| George A. Hormel |
Business |
4-Dec-1860 |
5-Jun-1946 |
Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation |
| Maria Innocentia Hummel |
Painter |
21-May-1909 |
6-Nov-1946 |
Catholic nun, painter |
| James H. Jeans |
Astronomer |
11-Sep-1877 |
16-Sep-1946 |
Continuous creation theory |
| Alfred Jodl |
Military |
10-May-1890 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Signed Germany's unconditional WWII surrender |
| Jack Johnson |
Boxing |
31-Mar-1878 |
10-Jun-1946 |
First black heavyweight champion |
| Walter Johnson |
Baseball |
6-Nov-1887 |
10-Dec-1946 |
American League MVP in 1913 and 1924 |
| Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
Military |
4-Oct-1903 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Commanded the Reich Central Security Office |
| Wilhelm Keitel |
Military |
22-Sep-1882 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Just following orders |
| John Maynard Keynes |
Economist |
5-Jun-1883 |
21-Apr-1946 |
Father of Keynesian economics |
| Paul Langevin |
Physicist |
23-Jan-1872 |
19-Dec-1946 |
Studied piezoelectricity |
| Tony Lazzeri |
Baseball |
6-Dec-1903 |
6-Aug-1946 |
Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer |
| Ethelreda Lewis |
Novelist |
1875 |
1-Aug-1946 |
Trader Horn |
| Wilhelm Marx |
Head of State |
15-Jan-1863 |
5-Aug-1946 |
German Chancellor 1923-25, 1926-28 |
| James C. McReynolds |
Judge |
3-Feb-1862 |
24-Aug-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1914-41 |
| Donald Meek |
Actor |
14-Jul-1878 |
18-Nov-1946 |
Scottish-American character actor |
| Philip Merivale |
Actor |
2-Nov-1886 |
12-Mar-1946 |
The Stranger |
| László Moholy-Nagy |
Painter |
20-Jul-1895 |
24-Nov-1946 |
Bauhaus professor |
| Roy William Neill |
Film Director |
4-Sep-1887 |
14-Dec-1946 |
Pursuit to Algiers |
| Albert S. Osborn |
Scientist |
1858 |
1946 |
Questioned Documents |
| Guy Brasfield Park |
Politician |
10-Jun-1872 |
1-Oct-1946 |
Governor of Missouri, 1933-37 |
| Joseph Medill Patterson |
Business |
6-Jan-1879 |
26-May-1946 |
Founder of New York Daily News |
| Miles Poindexter |
Politician |
22-Apr-1868 |
21-Sep-1946 |
US Senator from Washington, 1911-23 |
| Paul Porcasi |
Actor |
1879 |
8-Aug-1946 |
Character actor, Broadway and film |
| Rags Ragland |
Actor |
23-Aug-1905 |
20-Aug-1946 |
Panama Hattie |
| Raimu |
Actor |
18-Dec-1883 |
20-Sep-1946 |
Marius |
| Alfred Rosenberg |
Politician |
12-Jan-1893 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories |
| Damon Runyon |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1884 |
10-Dec-1946 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Fritz Sauckel |
Military |
27-Oct-1894 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Reich slavemaster |
| Arthur Seyss-Inquart |
Government |
22-Jul-1892 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Reich Commissar of Austria, Netherlands |
| Leo Slezak |
Singer |
18-Aug-1873 |
1-Jun-1946 |
Operatic tenor |
| Louis Slotin |
Physicist |
1-Dec-1910 |
30-May-1946 |
Died tickling the dragon's tail |
| Gertrude Stein |
Author |
3-Feb-1874 |
27-Jul-1946 |
Avant-garde writer, salon |
| Alfred Stieglitz |
Photographer |
1-Jan-1864 |
13-Jul-1946 |
Photo-Secessionist |
| Joseph Stilwell |
Military |
19-Mar-1883 |
12-Oct-1946 |
Led US and Chinese forces in WWII China |
| Harlan Fiske Stone |
Judge |
11-Oct-1872 |
22-Apr-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46 |
| Julius Streicher |
Journalist |
12-Feb-1885 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Editor of Der Stuermer 1923-45 |
| William Strunk |
Author |
1-Jul-1869 |
26-Sep-1946 |
Elements of Style |
| Eugene Talmadge |
Politician |
23-Sep-1884 |
21-Dec-1946 |
Twice Governor of Georgia |
| Booth Tarkington |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1869 |
19-May-1946 |
The Magnificent Ambersons |
| Werner von Blomberg |
Military |
2-Sep-1878 |
22-Mar-1946 |
Nazi general, married a whore |
| Joachim von Ribbentrop |
Diplomat |
30-Apr-1893 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Reich Foreign Minister |
| Harry Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
8-Jul-1872 |
10-Jan-1946 |
Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad |
| Max M. Warburg |
Business |
5-Jun-1867 |
26-Dec-1946 |
M. M. Warburg & Company |
| H. G. Wells |
Author |
21-Sep-1866 |
13-Aug-1946 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Fielding H. Yost |
Football |
30-Apr-1871 |
20-Apr-1946 |
Legendary UMich Head Coach |
| Vincent Youmans |
Composer |
27-Sep-1898 |
5-Apr-1946 |
No, No Nanette |
