| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Samuel Hopkins Adams |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1871 |
15-Nov-1958 |
The Great American Fraud |
| Newton D. Baker |
Politician |
3-Dec-1871 |
25-Dec-1937 |
US Secretary of War, 1916-21 |
| Giacomo Balla |
Painter |
17-Jul-1871 |
1-Mar-1958 |
Italian futurist painter |
| Robert Worth Bingham |
Business |
8-Nov-1871 |
18-Dec-1937 |
Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal |
| Edmund Breese |
Actor |
18-Jun-1871 |
6-Apr-1936 |
Duck Soup |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| Winston Churchill |
Novelist |
10-Nov-1871 |
12-Mar-1947 |
Early 20th century American novelist |
| Fred P. Cone |
Politician |
28-Sep-1871 |
28-Jul-1948 |
Governor of Florida, 1937-41 |
| Stephen Crane |
Novelist |
1-Nov-1871 |
5-Jun-1900 |
The Red Badge of Courage |
| W. H. Davies |
Poet |
3-Jul-1871 |
26-Sep-1940 |
Tramp-Poet, The Soul's Destroyer |
| Grazia Deledda |
Author |
27-Sep-1871 |
15-Aug-1936 |
Novels of Sardinia |
| Hugh M. Dorsey |
Politician |
10-Jul-1871 |
11-Jun-1948 |
Governor of Georgia, 1917-21 |
| Theodore Dreiser |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1871 |
28-Dec-1945 |
An American Tragedy |
| Friedrich Ebert |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1871 |
28-Feb-1925 |
German Chancellor, 1918-19 |
| Victor Grignard |
Chemist |
6-May-1871 |
13-Dec-1935 |
Grignard Reaction |
| Ralph Hodgson |
Poet |
9-Sep-1871 |
3-Nov-1962 |
The Skylark |
| Louise Homer |
Singer |
30-Apr-1871 |
6-May-1947 |
Operatic contralto |
| Louis McHenry Howe |
Government |
14-Jan-1871 |
18-Apr-1936 |
Close advisor to FDR |
| Cordell Hull |
Government |
2-Oct-1871 |
23-Jul-1955 |
US Secretary of State, 1933-44 |
| James Weldon Johnson |
Author |
17-Jun-1871 |
26-Jun-1938 |
God's Trombones |
| Alma Kruger |
Actor |
13-Sep-1871 |
5-Apr-1960 |
Molly Byrd, Dr. Kildare's head nurse |
| Everett J. Lake |
Politician |
8-Feb-1871 |
16-Sep-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1921-23 |
| Rosa Luxemburg |
Activist |
5-Mar-1871 |
15-Jan-1919 |
Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany |
| William McDougall |
Psychologist |
22-Jun-1871 |
28-Nov-1938 |
An Introduction to Social Psychology |
| Willem Mengelberg |
Conductor |
28-Mar-1871 |
21-Mar-1951 |
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945 |
| John W. Nordstrom |
Business |
15-Feb-1871 |
1-Oct-1963 |
Founder of Nordstrom |
| Vernon Louis Parrington |
Historian |
3-Aug-1871 |
16-Jun-1929 |
Main Currents in American Thought |
| John G. Pollard |
Politician |
4-Aug-1871 |
28-Apr-1937 |
Governor of Virginia, 1930-34 |
| Marcel Proust |
Author |
10-Jul-1871 |
18-Nov-1922 |
In Search of Lost Time |
| Rasputin |
Religion |
23-Jan-1871 |
30-Dec-1916 |
Russia's Greatest Love Machine |
| Georges Rouault |
Painter |
27-May-1871 |
13-Feb-1958 |
Expressionist painter of clowns, Christs |
| Amos Rusie |
Baseball |
30-May-1871 |
6-Dec-1942 |
The Hoosier Thunderbolt |
| Ernest Rutherford |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1871 |
19-Oct-1937 |
Father of nuclear physics |
| Frank Schlesinger |
Astronomer |
11-May-1871 |
10-Jul-1943 |
Stellar parallaxes |
| Aleksandr Scriabin |
Composer |
25-Dec-1871 |
14-Apr-1915 |
Prometheus: The Poem of Fire |
| Lee Shubert |
Theatre Producer |
25-Mar-1871 |
25-Dec-1953 |
Broke the Erlanger theater syndicate |
| Henry Stephenson |
Actor |
16-Apr-1871 |
24-Apr-1956 |
The Prince and the Pauper |
| John Millington Synge |
Playwright |
16-Apr-1871 |
24-Mar-1909 |
The Playboy of the Western World |
| Charles A. Templeton |
Politician |
3-Mar-1871 |
15-Aug-1955 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25 |
| Paul Valéry |
Poet |
30-Oct-1871 |
20-Jul-1945 |
La Jeune Parque |
| Felix M. Warburg |
Business |
14-Jan-1871 |
20-Oct-1937 |
Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
| Pop Warner |
Football |
5-Apr-1871 |
7-Sep-1954 |
Coach and kids' football namesake |
| Margaret Floy Washburn |
Psychologist |
25-Jul-1871 |
29-Oct-1939 |
First female American psychologist |
| Frank B. Willis |
Politician |
28-Dec-1871 |
30-Mar-1928 |
Governor and Senator from Ohio |
| Orville Wright |
Aviator |
19-Aug-1871 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Co-Inventor of the airplane |
| Fielding H. Yost |
Football |
30-Apr-1871 |
20-Apr-1946 |
Legendary UMich Head Coach |
