| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| James Agee |
Poet |
27-Nov-1909 |
16-May-1955 |
A Death in the Family |
| Oswald Avery |
Biologist |
21-Oct-1877 |
20-Feb-1955 |
Antibodies and DNA |
| Lloyd Bacon |
Film Director |
4-Dec-1889 |
15-Nov-1955 |
Knute Rockne All American |
| Theda Bara |
Actor |
29-Jul-1885 |
7-Apr-1955 |
A Fool There Was |
| Janet Beecher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1884 |
6-Aug-1955 |
The Mighty Barnum |
| Mary McLeod Bethune |
Educator |
10-Jul-1875 |
18-May-1955 |
Black activist and educator |
| Henry E. Bliss |
Curator |
29-Jan-1870 |
9-Aug-1955 |
Bliss Classification System |
| Manuel Ávila Camacho |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1897 |
13-Oct-1955 |
President of Mexico, 1940-46 |
| Dale Carnegie |
Author |
24-Nov-1888 |
1-Nov-1955 |
How to Win Friends and Influence People |
| Lynne Carver |
Actor |
13-Sep-1909 |
12-Aug-1955 |
American character actress |
| Paul Claudel |
Poet |
6-Aug-1868 |
23-Feb-1955 |
French poet and diplomat |
| Robert P. Tristram Coffin |
Poet |
18-Mar-1892 |
20-Jan-1955 |
Strange Holiness |
| Constance Collier |
Actor |
22-Jan-1878 |
25-Apr-1955 |
Stage Door |
| Arthur G. Crane |
Educator |
1-Sep-1877 |
11-Aug-1955 |
President, University of Wyoming, 1922-41 |
| John W. Davis |
Attorney |
13-Apr-1873 |
24-Mar-1955 |
US Solicitor General, 1913-18 |
| James Dean |
Actor |
8-Feb-1931 |
30-Sep-1955 |
Lived fast, died young |
| Tom Dugan |
Actor |
1-Jan-1889 |
7-Mar-1955 |
To Be or Not to Be |
| Martin P. Durkin |
Government |
18-Mar-1894 |
19-Jan-1955 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1953 |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| Ruth Ellis |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1925 |
13-Jul-1955 |
Last woman hanged in England |
| Georges Enesco |
Composer |
19-Aug-1881 |
4-May-1955 |
Oedipe |
| Alexander Fleming |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1881 |
11-Mar-1955 |
Discovered penicillin |
| Robert Francis |
Actor |
26-Feb-1930 |
31-Jul-1955 |
The Caine Mutiny |
| J. Marion Futrell |
Politician |
14-Aug-1870 |
20-Jun-1955 |
Twice Governor of Arkansas |
| Wardell Gray |
Jazz Musician |
13-Feb-1921 |
25-May-1955 |
Tenor sax bop-jazzman |
| Walter Hampden |
Actor |
30-Jun-1879 |
11-Jun-1955 |
Prominent American theater actor |
| Paul Harvey |
Actor |
10-Sep-1882 |
5-Dec-1955 |
American character actor |
| Matthew Henson |
Explorer |
8-Aug-1866 |
9-Mar-1955 |
Possibly first to reach North Pole |
| John Hodiak |
Actor |
14-Apr-1914 |
19-Oct-1955 |
Lifeboat |
| Arthur Honegger |
Composer |
10-Mar-1892 |
27-Nov-1955 |
Pacific 231 |
| Shemp Howard |
Actor |
4-Mar-1895 |
22-Nov-1955 |
Stooge who replaced Curly |
| Cordell Hull |
Government |
2-Oct-1871 |
23-Jul-1955 |
US Secretary of State, 1933-44 |
| William M. Jardine |
Educator |
16-Jan-1879 |
17-Jan-1955 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29 |
| James P. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
01-Feb-1894 |
17-Nov-1955 |
The father of stride piano |
| Alice Joyce |
Actor |
1-Oct-1890 |
9-Oct-1955 |
The Green Goddess |
| Robert Kent |
Actor |
3-Dec-1908 |
4-May-1955 |
The Phantom Creeps |
| Kenneth Mackenzie |
Novelist |
25-Sep-1913 |
19-Jan-1955 |
Dead Men Rising |
| Thomas Mann |
Novelist |
6-Jun-1875 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Buddenbrooks |
| Clarence D. Martin |
Politician |
29-Jun-1886 |
11-Aug-1955 |
Governor of Washington, 1933-41 |
| Glenn L. Martin |
Engineer |
17-Jan-1886 |
5-Dec-1955 |
Martin Aircraft Co. |
| Oscar Mayer |
Business |
29-Mar-1859 |
11-Mar-1955 |
Oscar Mayer Meats, Inc. |
| Robert McCormick |
Business |
30-Jul-1880 |
1-Apr-1955 |
Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower |
| Paul V. McNutt |
Politician |
19-Jul-1891 |
24-Mar-1955 |
Governor of Indiana, 1933-37 |
| Edward Mellanby |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1884 |
30-Jan-1955 |
Rickets |
| Frank Merriam |
Politician |
22-Dec-1865 |
25-Apr-1955 |
Governor of California, 1934-39 |
| James Millican |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
24-Nov-1955 |
American character actor |
| Carmen Miranda |
Dancer |
9-Feb-1909 |
5-Aug-1955 |
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat |
| William D. Mitchell |
Government |
9-Sep-1874 |
24-Aug-1955 |
US Attorney General, 1929-33 |
| Egas Moniz |
Scientist |
29-Nov-1874 |
13-Dec-1955 |
Pre-frontal lobotomy and cerebral arteriography |
| Tom Moore |
Actor |
1-May-1883 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Irish-American character actor |
| John R. Mott |
Activist |
25-May-1865 |
31-Jan-1955 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Ona Munson |
Actor |
16-Jun-1903 |
11-Feb-1955 |
Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind |
| John M. Nelson |
Politician |
10-Oct-1870 |
29-Jan-1955 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1921-33 |
| Charlie Parker |
Jazz Musician |
29-Aug-1920 |
12-Mar-1955 |
Be-bop jazz musician |
| Tom Powers |
Actor |
7-Jul-1890 |
9-Nov-1955 |
Double Indemnity |
| A. R. Radcliffe-Brown |
Anthropologist |
17-Jan-1881 |
24-Oct-1955 |
Father of modern social anthropology |
| Richard Samuel Reynolds |
Business |
15-Aug-1881 |
29-Jul-1955 |
Founder of Reynolds Metals |
| Owen J. Roberts |
Judge |
2-May-1875 |
17-May-1955 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1930-45 |
| S. Z. Sakall |
Actor |
2-Feb-1884 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Casablanca |
| Robert E. Sherwood |
Playwright |
4-Apr-1896 |
14-Nov-1955 |
Abe Lincoln in Illinois |
| Huntley N. Spaulding |
Politician |
29-Oct-1869 |
14-Nov-1955 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1927-29 |
| Wallace Stevens |
Poet |
2-Oct-1879 |
2-Aug-1955 |
Harmonium |
| James B. Sumner |
Chemist |
19-Nov-1887 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Crystallized enzymes |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Philosopher |
1-May-1881 |
10-Apr-1955 |
The Phenomenon of Man |
| Charles A. Templeton |
Politician |
3-Mar-1871 |
15-Aug-1955 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25 |
| Emmett Till |
Victim |
25-Jul-1941 |
28-Aug-1955 |
Black boy, murdered brutally in Mississippi |
| Bessie Potter Vonnoh |
Sculptor |
17-Aug-1872 |
8-Mar-1955 |
American sculptor in bronze |
| Bill Vukovich |
Auto Racing |
13-Dec-1918 |
30-May-1955 |
Winner, 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500 |
| Honus Wagner |
Baseball |
24-Feb-1874 |
6-Dec-1955 |
Pittsburgh shortstop on valuable baseball card |
| Walter White |
Activist |
1-Jul-1893 |
21-Mar-1955 |
Worked against lynchings |
| Robert Wilcox |
Actor |
19-May-1910 |
11-Jun-1955 |
The Man They Could Not Hang |
| Robert W. Wood |
Physicist |
2-May-1868 |
11-Aug-1955 |
Physical Optics |
| Cy Young |
Baseball |
29-Mar-1867 |
4-Nov-1955 |
Pitched 511 career wins |
