| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert S. Abbott |
Publisher |
24-Nov-1868 |
29-Feb-1940 |
Chicago Defender |
| Spottiswoode Aitken |
Actor |
16-Apr-1868 |
26-Feb-1933 |
Silent film actor |
| Henry Justin Allen |
Politician |
11-Sep-1868 |
17-Jan-1950 |
Governor of Kansas, 1919-23 |
| George Arliss |
Actor |
10-Apr-1868 |
5-Feb-1946 |
Disraeli |
| Mary Austin |
Author |
9-Sep-1868 |
13-Aug-1934 |
Land of Little Rain |
| Ed Barrow |
Baseball |
10-May-1868 |
15-Dec-1953 |
Yankees General Manager, 1920-45 |
| Peter Behrens |
Architect |
14-Apr-1868 |
27-Feb-1940 |
Invented corporate identity |
| Jesse Burkett |
Baseball |
4-Dec-1868 |
27-May-1953 |
The Crab, MLB Hall of Famer |
| Alonzo M. Clark |
Politician |
13-Aug-1868 |
12-Oct-1952 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1931-33 |
| Paul Claudel |
Poet |
6-Aug-1868 |
23-Feb-1955 |
French poet and diplomat |
| Constantine I |
Royalty |
2-Aug-1868 |
11-Jan-1923 |
King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-22 |
| Royal S. Copeland |
Politician |
7-Nov-1868 |
17-Jul-1938 |
US Senator from New York, 1923-38 |
| Marie Dressler |
Actor |
2-Nov-1868 |
28-Jul-1934 |
Min and Bill |
| W. E. B. Du Bois |
Sociologist |
23-Feb-1868 |
27-Aug-1963 |
Civil rights activist |
| Frank W. Dyson |
Astronomer |
8-Jan-1868 |
25-May-1939 |
Six pips on the BBC |
| Dietrich Eckart |
Playwright |
23-Mar-1868 |
25-Dec-1923 |
Nazi intellectual, Hitler's best friend |
| Harvey Firestone |
Business |
20-Dec-1868 |
7-Feb-1938 |
Rubber tire baron |
| Mary Parker Follett |
Business |
3-Sep-1868 |
18-Dec-1933 |
Community centers and conflict resolution |
| Alfred Fowler |
Astronomer |
22-Mar-1868 |
24-Jun-1940 |
Celestial spectroscopy |
| William L. Frierson |
Government |
3-Sep-1868 |
25-May-1953 |
US Solicitor General, 1920-21 |
| John Nance Garner |
Politician |
22-Nov-1868 |
7-Nov-1967 |
US Vice President, 1933-41 |
| Edward Garnett |
Editor |
5-Jan-1868 |
19-Feb-1937 |
English critic and editor |
| Stefan George |
Poet |
12-Jul-1868 |
4-Dec-1933 |
Algabal |
| Maxim Gorky |
Playwright |
28-Mar-1868 |
17-Jun-1936 |
The Lower Depths |
| Fritz Haber |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1868 |
29-Jan-1934 |
Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare |
| George Ellery Hale |
Astronomer |
29-Jun-1868 |
21-Feb-1938 |
Palomar Observatory founder, astronomer |
| Felix Hoffmann |
Chemist |
21-Jan-1868 |
8-Feb-1946 |
Aspirin and heroin |
| August Horch |
Engineer |
12-Oct-1868 |
3-Feb-1951 |
Founder of Audi |
| Kin Hubbard |
Cartoonist |
1-Sep-1868 |
26-Dec-1930 |
Abe Martin of Brown County |
| Scott Joplin |
Musician |
24-Nov-1868 |
1-Apr-1917 |
The King of Ragtime |
| Karl Landsteiner |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1868 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Discovered blood typing |
| Henrietta Swan Leavitt |
Astronomer |
4-Jul-1868 |
12-Dec-1921 |
Cepheid variable |
| Armin O. Leuschner |
Astronomer |
16-Jan-1868 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Astronomer at Berkeley |
| Charles Rennie Mackintosh |
Architect |
7-Jun-1868 |
10-Dec-1928 |
Glasgow Style designer |
| Salvatore Maranzano |
Criminal |
1868 |
10-Sep-1931 |
Capo di tutti capi |
| Robert A. Millikan |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1868 |
19-Dec-1953 |
Determined the charge of an electron |
| Tsar Nicholas II |
Royalty |
18-May-1868 |
17-Jul-1918 |
Last of the Russian Tsars |
| Camillo Olivetti |
Business |
13-Aug-1868 |
4-Dec-1943 |
Founder of Olivetti SpA |
| Miles Poindexter |
Politician |
22-Apr-1868 |
21-Sep-1946 |
US Senator from Washington, 1911-23 |
| Eleanor H. Porter |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1868 |
21-May-1920 |
Pollyanna |
| Theodore W. Richards |
Chemist |
31-Jan-1868 |
2-Apr-1928 |
Atomic weights |
| Edmond Rostand |
Playwright |
1-Apr-1868 |
2-Dec-1918 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| George Rublee |
Government |
7-Jul-1868 |
26-Apr-1957 |
Advisor to Woodrow Wilson |
| Heinrich Schenker |
Musicologist |
19-Jun-1868 |
13-Jan-1935 |
Music theorist |
| Robert Falcon Scott |
Explorer |
6-Jun-1868 |
29-Mar-1912 |
Led 2 expeditions to Antarctica |
| Arnold Sommerfeld |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1868 |
26-Apr-1951 |
Fine-structure constant |
| The Sundance Kid |
Criminal |
19-Apr-1868 |
c. 1908 |
Outlaw and sidekick |
| John Townsend |
Mathematician |
7-Jun-1868 |
16-Feb-1957 |
Electron's charge |
| John W. Troy |
Politician |
31-Oct-1868 |
2-May-1942 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1933-39 |
| Georgy Voronoy |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1868 |
20-Nov-1908 |
Voronoi diagram |
| Paul M. Warburg |
Business |
10-Aug-1868 |
24-Jan-1932 |
The Federal Reserve System |
| Walter Welford |
Politician |
21-May-1868 |
28-Jun-1952 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1935-36 |
| Roy Owen West |
Attorney |
27-Oct-1868 |
29-Nov-1958 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1928-29 |
| William Allen White |
Journalist |
10-Feb-1868 |
29-Jan-1944 |
The Emporia Gazette |
| Robert W. Wood |
Physicist |
2-May-1868 |
11-Aug-1955 |
Physical Optics |
| William H. Woodin |
Business |
27-May-1868 |
3-May-1934 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1933 |
