| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Johnny Ace |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jun-1929 |
25-Dec-1954 |
R&B star, shot himself |
| Charles Francis Adams III |
Government |
2-Aug-1866 |
11-Jun-1954 |
Secretary of the Navy, 1929-33 |
| Frederick Lewis Allen |
Journalist |
5-Jul-1890 |
13-Feb-1954 |
Editor of Harpers, 1941-53 |
| Paul Althouse |
Singer |
2-Dec-1889 |
6-Feb-1954 |
Operatic tenor |
| Edwin H. Armstrong |
Inventor |
18-Dec-1890 |
31-Jan-1954 |
Inventor of FM radio |
| Lionel Barrymore |
Actor |
28-Apr-1878 |
15-Nov-1954 |
Young Dr. Kildare |
| Florence Bates |
Actor |
15-Apr-1888 |
31-Jan-1954 |
The Moon and Sixpence |
| William S. Beardsley |
Politician |
17-May-1901 |
21-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Iowa, 1949-54 |
| Jacinto Benavente |
Playwright |
12-Aug-1866 |
14-Jul-1954 |
The Bonds of Interest |
| Poultney Bigelow |
Author |
10-Sep-1855 |
28-May-1954 |
The German Struggle for Liberty |
| Jacques E. Brandenberger |
Chemist |
19-Oct-1872 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Cellophane |
| Robert Capa |
Photographer |
22-Oct-1913 |
25-May-1954 |
War photographer |
| Henry Sloane Coffin |
Religion |
5-Jan-1877 |
25-Nov-1954 |
Meaning of the Cross |
| Colette |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1873 |
3-Aug-1954 |
Gigi |
| Karl T. Compton |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1887 |
22-Jun-1954 |
Bikini Island atomic tests |
| Lionel Conacher |
Hockey |
24-May-1900 |
26-May-1954 |
Canadian All-Around Athlete |
| André Derain |
Painter |
10-Jun-1880 |
8-Sep-1954 |
Fauvist |
| Otto Diels |
Chemist |
23-Jan-1876 |
7-Mar-1954 |
Diels-Alder Reaction |
| Emilie Dionne |
Victim |
28-May-1934 |
6-Aug-1954 |
Canadian quintuplets put on display |
| Irwin Edman |
Philosopher |
28-Nov-1896 |
4-Sep-1954 |
Philosopher’s Holiday |
| David G. Fairchild |
Botanist |
7-Apr-1869 |
6-Aug-1954 |
Brought exotic plants to America |
| Enrico Fermi |
Physicist |
29-Sep-1901 |
29-Nov-1954 |
First controlled nuclear chain reaction |
| John Spalding Flannery |
Attorney |
16-May-1870 |
17-Feb-1954 |
Prominent Washington attorney |
| Bertie Forbes |
Business |
14-May-1880 |
6-May-1954 |
Forbes Magazine founder |
| Wilhelm Furtwängler |
Conductor |
25-Jan-1886 |
30-Nov-1954 |
Pre-War German conductor |
| Gladys George |
Actor |
13-Sep-1900 |
8-Dec-1954 |
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie |
| Sydney Greenstreet |
Actor |
27-Dec-1879 |
18-Jan-1954 |
Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon |
| Dwight P. Griswold |
Politician |
27-Nov-1893 |
12-Apr-1954 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1941-47 |
| Heinz Guderian |
Military |
17-Jun-1888 |
14-May-1954 |
German WWII general, Panzer tactician |
| Will H. Hays |
Business |
5-Nov-1879 |
7-Mar-1954 |
The Hays Production Code |
| Joseph Hergesheimer |
Novelist |
15-Feb-1880 |
25-Apr-1954 |
Tol'Able David |
| James Hilton |
Novelist |
9-Sep-1900 |
20-Dec-1954 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| William K. Howard |
Film Director |
16-Jun-1899 |
21-Feb-1954 |
Fire Over England |
| Lester C. Hunt |
Politician |
8-Jul-1892 |
19-Jun-1954 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Charles Ives |
Composer |
20-Oct-1874 |
19-May-1954 |
Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting) |
| Edward L. Jackson |
Politician |
27-Dec-1873 |
18-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Indiana, 1925-29 |
| Robert H. Jackson |
Judge |
13-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1954 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54 |
| Leon Jouhaux |
Labor Leader |
1-Jul-1879 |
28-Apr-1954 |
Union leader, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
| Machine Gun Kelly |
Criminal |
18-Jul-1895 |
18-Jul-1954 |
Notorious bank robber, kidnapper |
| Alain Locke |
Author |
13-Sep-1886 |
9-Jun-1954 |
Leader in the Harlem Renaissance |
| Frederick Lonsdale |
Playwright |
5-Feb-1881 |
4-Apr-1954 |
The King of Cadonia |
| Auguste Lumière |
Inventor |
19-Oct-1862 |
10-Apr-1954 |
Co-Inventor of motion pictures |
| Vito Marcantonio |
Politician |
10-Dec-1902 |
9-Aug-1954 |
American Labor Party |
| Reginald Marsh |
Artist |
14-Mar-1898 |
3-Jul-1954 |
Why Not Use the L? |
| Henri Matisse |
Painter |
31-Dec-1869 |
3-Nov-1954 |
Free, expressive French painter |
| Joe May |
Film Director |
7-Nov-1880 |
29-Apr-1954 |
The Invisible Man Returns |
| Pat McCarran |
Politician |
8-Aug-1876 |
28-Sep-1954 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54 |
| Billy Murray |
Singer |
25-May-1877 |
17-Aug-1954 |
Top recording star of the early 1900's |
| J. J. Newberry |
Business |
26-Sep-1877 |
6-Mar-1954 |
Five-and-dime store magnate |
| Moroni Olsen |
Actor |
27-Jun-1889 |
22-Nov-1954 |
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| Ole H. Olson |
Politician |
19-Sep-1872 |
29-Jan-1954 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1934-35 |
| Ruth Bryan Owen |
Politician |
2-Oct-1885 |
26-Jul-1954 |
Congresswoman and Ambassador to Demark |
| Eugene Pallette |
Actor |
8-Jul-1889 |
3-Sep-1954 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Irving Pichel |
Film Director |
24-Jun-1891 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Destination Moon |
| William H. Regnery |
Business |
12-Oct-1877 |
c. 1954 |
America First Committee |
| Grantland Rice |
Sports Journalist |
1-Nov-1880 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Sportswriter, Idolmaker |
| Wilbur Shaw |
Auto Racing |
31-Oct-1902 |
30-Oct-1954 |
Three time Indianapolis 500 Winner |
| John Simon |
Politician |
28-Feb-1873 |
11-Jan-1954 |
Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45 |
| Frank W. Thomas |
Football |
15-Nov-1898 |
10-May-1954 |
Alabama Head Coach, 1931-46 |
| M. Clifford Townsend |
Politician |
11-Aug-1884 |
11-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Indiana, 1937-41 |
| Alan Turing |
Mathematician |
23-Jun-1912 |
7-Jun-1954 |
Computing pioneer |
| Tom Tyler |
Actor |
9-Aug-1903 |
3-May-1954 |
Adventures of Captain Marvel |
| Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
| Getúlio Vargas |
Head of State |
19-Apr-1882 |
24-Aug-1954 |
President of Brazil, 1930-45 and 1950-54 |
| Andrei Vyshinsky |
Government |
10-Dec-1883 |
22-Nov-1954 |
Soviet Prosecutor General during the Great Purge |
| Clifford M. Walker |
Politician |
4-Jul-1877 |
9-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Georgia, 1923-27 |
| Pop Warner |
Football |
5-Apr-1871 |
7-Sep-1954 |
Coach and kids' football namesake |
