| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Adrienne Ames |
Actor |
3-Aug-1907 |
31-May-1947 |
You're Telling Me! |
| Stanley Baldwin |
Head of State |
3-Aug-1867 |
14-Dec-1947 |
UK Prime Minister three times |
| Jim Beam |
Business |
1864 |
1947 |
Bourbon baron |
| Perry Belmont |
Politician |
28-Dec-1851 |
25-May-1947 |
Congressman from New York, 1881-88 |
| Richard Bedford Bennett |
Head of State |
3-Jul-1870 |
26-Jun-1947 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1930-35 |
| Charles Bidwill, Sr. |
Football |
16-Sep-1895 |
19-Apr-1947 |
Owner, Chicago Cardinals, 1933-47 |
| Theodore Bilbo |
Government |
13-Oct-1877 |
21-Aug-1947 |
Archangel of white supremacy |
| Herman Bing |
Actor |
30-Mar-1889 |
9-Jan-1947 |
1930s character actor |
| Pierre Bonnard |
Artist |
3-Oct-1867 |
23-Jan-1947 |
Les Nabis painter and lithographer |
| Nicholas Murray Butler |
Educator |
2-Apr-1862 |
7-Dec-1947 |
President of Columbia University, 1901-45 |
| Al Capone |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1899 |
25-Jan-1947 |
Scarface |
| Harry Carey, Sr. |
Actor |
16-Jan-1878 |
21-Sep-1947 |
VP in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| Evans F. Carlson |
Military |
26-Feb-1896 |
27-May-1947 |
Carlson's Raiders |
| Alfredo Casella |
Composer |
25-Jul-1883 |
5-Mar-1947 |
Rejuvinated Vivaldi |
| Willa Cather |
Novelist |
7-Dec-1873 |
24-Apr-1947 |
O Pioneers! |
| Christian X |
Royalty |
26-Sep-1870 |
20-Apr-1947 |
King of Denmark, 1912-47 |
| Winston Churchill |
Novelist |
10-Nov-1871 |
12-Mar-1947 |
Early 20th century American novelist |
| Frances Cleveland |
First Lady |
21-Jul-1864 |
29-Oct-1947 |
Wife of US President Grover Cleveland |
| Morris Raphael Cohen |
Philosopher |
25-Jul-1880 |
28-Jan-1947 |
Reason and Nature |
| Joseph Cook |
Head of State |
7-Dec-1860 |
30-Jul-1947 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1913-14 |
| Marcus A. Coolidge |
Politician |
6-Oct-1865 |
23-Jan-1947 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1931-37 |
| Henry Page Croft |
Politician |
22-Jun-1881 |
7-Dec-1947 |
British Under-Secretary of War, 1940-45 |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| James J. Davis |
Government |
27-Oct-1873 |
22-Nov-1947 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30 |
| Walter Donaldson |
Songwriter |
15-Feb-1893 |
15-Jul-1947 |
Yes, Sir, That's My Baby |
| Patrick H. Drewry |
Politician |
24-May-1875 |
21-Dec-1947 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1920-47 |
| William C. Durant |
Business |
8-Dec-1861 |
18-Mar-1947 |
Founder of General Motors |
| Irving Fisher |
Economist |
27-Feb-1867 |
29-Apr-1947 |
The Theory of Interest |
| George William Forbes |
Head of State |
12-May-1869 |
17-May-1947 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1930-35 |
| Henry Ford |
Business |
30-Jul-1863 |
7-Apr-1947 |
Founder of Ford Motors |
| Lynn J. Frazier |
Politician |
21-Dec-1874 |
11-Jan-1947 |
Governor and Senator from North Dakota |
| George II |
Royalty |
20-Jul-1890 |
1-Apr-1947 |
King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47 |
| Josh Gibson |
Baseball |
21-Dec-1911 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Negro Leagues hall of fame hitter |
| Walter S. Goodland |
Politician |
22-Dec-1862 |
12-Mar-1947 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1943-47 |
| Howard M. Gore |
Politician |
12-Oct-1887 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1925-29 |
| Frederic W. Goudy |
Typographer |
8-Mar-1865 |
11-May-1947 |
Designer of Garamond and Goudy fonts |
| John Halliday |
Actor |
14-Sep-1880 |
17-Oct-1947 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| G. H. Hardy |
Mathematician |
7-Feb-1877 |
1-Dec-1947 |
A Mathematician's Apology |
| Kenneth C. Hogate |
Publisher |
27-Jul-1897 |
11-Feb-1947 |
President of Dow Jones, 1931-45 |
| Louise Homer |
Singer |
30-Apr-1871 |
6-May-1947 |
Operatic contralto |
| Frederick Hopkins |
Scientist |
20-Jun-1861 |
16-May-1947 |
Discovered vitamins |
| Victor Horta |
Architect |
6-Jan-1861 |
9-Sep-1947 |
Art Nouveau architect |
| Bronislaw Huberman |
Violinist |
19-Dec-1882 |
16-Jun-1947 |
Polish violin prodigy, Pan-Europeanist |
| Arthur M. Hyde |
Politician |
12-Jul-1877 |
17-Oct-1947 |
Governor of Missouri, 1921-25 |
| Pierre Janet |
Psychologist |
30-May-1859 |
24-Feb-1947 |
Founder of Automatic Psychology |
| Bert Kalmar |
Songwriter |
10-Feb-1884 |
17-Sep-1947 |
Who's Sorry Now? |
| Henry Kolker |
Actor |
13-Nov-1870 |
15-Jul-1947 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Pyotr Krasnov |
Military |
22-Sep-1869 |
17-Jan-1947 |
Ataman of the Don Cossacks, betrayed by Churchill |
| Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
| Philipp Lenard |
Physicist |
7-Jun-1862 |
20-May-1947 |
Investigations of cathode rays |
| Kurt Lewin |
Psychologist |
9-Sep-1890 |
12-Feb-1947 |
Field theorist, group dynamicist |
| Hugh Lofting |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1886 |
26-Sep-1947 |
The Story of Dr. Dolittle |
| Ernst Lubitsch |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1892 |
30-Nov-1947 |
To Be or Not To Be |
| Jimmie Lunceford |
Jazz Musician |
6-Jun-1902 |
13-Jul-1947 |
Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra |
| Arthur Machen |
Author |
3-Mar-1863 |
30-Mar-1947 |
Welsh horror novelist, The Great God Pan |
| Karl Mannheim |
Sociologist |
27-Mar-1893 |
9-Jan-1947 |
Ideology and Utopia |
| William Moulton Marston |
Inventor |
9-May-1893 |
2-May-1947 |
Invented polygraph, Wonder Woman |
| Grace Moore |
Singer |
5-Dec-1898 |
26-Jan-1947 |
One Night of Love |
| Charles Nordhoff |
Novelist |
1-Feb-1887 |
10-Apr-1947 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Peter D. Ouspensky |
Philosopher |
5-Mar-1878 |
2-Oct-1947 |
Esoteric philosopher, Tertium Organum |
| Robert Latham Owen |
Politician |
2-Feb-1856 |
19-Jul-1947 |
Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25 |
| Max Planck |
Physicist |
23-Apr-1858 |
4-Oct-1947 |
Originator of quantum theory |
| Jesse W. Reno |
Inventor |
4-Aug-1861 |
2-Jun-1947 |
Invented the escalator |
| Luigi Russolo |
Author |
30-Apr-1885 |
6-Feb-1947 |
Authored the manifesto The Art of Noises |
| U Aung San |
Government |
13-Feb-1915 |
19-Jul-1947 |
Secured independence from Britain for Burma |
| Elizabeth Short |
Victim |
29-Jul-1924 |
15-Jan-1947 |
The Black Dahlia |
| Bugsy Siegel |
Criminal |
28-Feb-1906 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Brought the mob to Las Vegas |
| Sidney Toler |
Actor |
28-Apr-1874 |
12-Feb-1947 |
Charlie Chan |
| Victor Emmanuel III |
Royalty |
11-Nov-1869 |
28-Dec-1947 |
King of Italy, 1900-46 |
| Andrew Volstead |
Politician |
31-Oct-1860 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Legislated enforcement of Prohibition |
| Raoul Wallenberg |
Activist |
4-Aug-1912 |
16-Jul-1947 |
Worked to save Hungarian Jews |
| David I. Walsh |
Politician |
11-Nov-1872 |
11-Jun-1947 |
Governor and Senator from Massachusetts |
| Alfred North Whitehead |
Mathematician |
15-Feb-1861 |
30-Dec-1947 |
Metaphysical mathematician |
| John G. Winant |
Politician |
23-Feb-1889 |
3-Nov-1947 |
New Hampshire governor, committed suicide |
| C. C. Young |
Politician |
28-Apr-1869 |
24-Dec-1947 |
Governor of California, 1927-31 |
