| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Charles Greeley Abbot |
Astronomer |
31-May-1872 |
17-Dec-1973 |
Solar energy |
| Maude Adams |
Actor |
11-Nov-1872 |
17-Jul-1953 |
Stage actress, Peter Pan |
| Roald Amundsen |
Explorer |
16-Jul-1872 |
18-Jun-1928 |
First to reach South Pole |
| Norman Angell |
Economist |
26-Dec-1872 |
7-Oct-1967 |
The Great Illusion |
| Ma Barker |
Criminal |
1872 |
16-Jan-1935 |
Matriarch of the Barker-Karpis Gang |
| Albert C. Barnes |
Curator |
2-Jan-1872 |
24-Jul-1951 |
Barnes Foundation |
| L. L. Bean |
Business |
13-Nov-1872 |
5-Feb-1967 |
Founder of L. L. Bean, Inc. |
| Aubrey Beardsley |
Artist |
21-Aug-1872 |
16-Mar-1898 |
Leading late 19th c. English illustrator |
| Warren A. Bechtel |
Business |
12-Sep-1872 |
28-Aug-1933 |
Founder of Bechtel Corporation |
| Max Beerbohm |
Critic |
24-Aug-1872 |
20-May-1956 |
Caricaturist, Seven Men |
| James Crawford Biggs |
Politician |
29-Aug-1872 |
30-Jan-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1933-35 |
| G. W. Bitzer |
Cinematographer |
21-Apr-1872 |
29-Apr-1944 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| Louis Blériot |
Aviator |
1-Jul-1872 |
2-Aug-1936 |
First to fly across English Channel |
| Henry H. Blood |
Politician |
1-Oct-1872 |
19-Jun-1942 |
Governor of Utah, 1933-41 |
| Léon Blum |
Head of State |
9-Apr-1872 |
30-Mar-1950 |
Thrice Prime Minister of France |
| Jacques E. Brandenberger |
Chemist |
19-Oct-1872 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Cellophane |
| Calvin Coolidge |
Head of State |
4-Jul-1872 |
5-Jan-1933 |
30th US President, 1923-29 |
| James J. Couzens |
Politician |
26-Aug-1872 |
22-Oct-1936 |
US Senator from Michigan, 1922-36 |
| Willem de Sitter |
Astronomer |
6-May-1872 |
19-Nov-1934 |
Expanding space |
| George H. Dern |
Government |
8-Sep-1872 |
27-Aug-1936 |
Governor of Utah, 1925-33 |
| William Duddell |
Physicist |
1872 |
4-Nov-1917 |
Electronic music |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar |
Poet |
27-Jun-1872 |
9-Feb-1906 |
Lyrics of a Lowly Life |
| Herbert Fleishhacker |
Business |
2-Nov-1872 |
1957 |
San Francisco banking magnate |
| Zane Grey |
Novelist |
31-Jan-1872 |
23-Oct-1939 |
Riders of the Purple Sage |
| Learned Hand |
Judge |
27-Jan-1872 |
18-Aug-1961 |
Influential American justice |
| Thomas W. Hardwick |
Politician |
9-Dec-1872 |
31-Jan-1944 |
Senator and Governor from Georgia |
| Andrew Kehoe |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1872 |
18-May-1927 |
Bath School Bomber |
| Paul Langevin |
Physicist |
23-Jan-1872 |
19-Dec-1946 |
Studied piezoelectricity |
| Marcel Mauss |
Sociologist |
10-May-1872 |
10-Feb-1950 |
The Gift |
| Adam McMullen |
Politician |
12-Jun-1872 |
2-Mar-1959 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1925-29 |
| Piet Mondrian |
Painter |
7-Mar-1872 |
1-Feb-1944 |
Dutch abstract painter |
| Julia Morgan |
Architect |
20-Jan-1872 |
2-Feb-1957 |
Designed Hearst Castle |
| George Cardinal Mundelein |
Religion |
2-Jul-1872 |
2-Oct-1939 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1915-39 |
| Ole H. Olson |
Politician |
19-Sep-1872 |
29-Jan-1954 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1934-35 |
| A. Mitchell Palmer |
Government |
4-May-1872 |
11-May-1936 |
US Attorney General, Palmer Raids |
| Guy Brasfield Park |
Politician |
10-Jun-1872 |
1-Oct-1946 |
Governor of Missouri, 1933-37 |
| David Pinski |
Playwright |
5-Apr-1872 |
11-Aug-1959 |
Yiddish playwright, Der Oitzer |
| Key Pittman |
Politician |
12-Sep-1872 |
10-Nov-1940 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1913-40 |
| John C. Porter |
Politician |
4-Apr-1872 |
27-May-1959 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1929-33 |
| John Cowper Powys |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1872 |
17-Jun-1963 |
Wolf Solent |
| Joe T. Robinson |
Politician |
26-Aug-1872 |
14-Jul-1937 |
US Senator from Arkansas, 1913-37 |
| Bertrand Russell |
Mathematician |
18-May-1872 |
2-Feb-1970 |
Mathematician, atheist, and social critic |
| Michael Joseph Savage |
Head of State |
23-Mar-1872 |
27-Mar-1940 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1935-40 |
| William H. Standley |
Military |
18-Dec-1872 |
25-Oct-1963 |
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37 |
| Harlan Fiske Stone |
Judge |
11-Oct-1872 |
22-Apr-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46 |
| William Desmond Taylor |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1872 |
1-Feb-1922 |
Early Hollywood director, murdered |
| William Monroe Trotter |
Activist |
7-Apr-1872 |
7-Apr-1934 |
Co-founder, Boston Guardian |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams |
Composer |
12-Oct-1872 |
26-Aug-1958 |
Sinfonia Antarctica |
| Harry Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
8-Jul-1872 |
10-Jan-1946 |
Just Like The Girl Who Married Dear Old Dad |
| Bessie Potter Vonnoh |
Sculptor |
17-Aug-1872 |
8-Mar-1955 |
American sculptor in bronze |
| David I. Walsh |
Politician |
11-Nov-1872 |
11-Jun-1947 |
Governor and Senator from Massachusetts |
| George White |
Politician |
21-Aug-1872 |
15-Dec-1953 |
Governor of Ohio, 1931-35 |
| Richard Willstätter |
Chemist |
13-Aug-1872 |
3-Aug-1942 |
Plant pigments |
| Edith Wilson |
First Lady |
15-Oct-1872 |
28-Dec-1961 |
Second wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Harold Bell Wright |
Novelist |
4-May-1872 |
24-May-1944 |
The Winning of Barbara Worth |
