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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Leo Baeck
Religion
23-May-1873 2-Nov-1956 Progressive Jewish Rabbi
Carl Becker
Historian
7-Sep-1873 10-Apr-1945 Everyman His Own Historian
Hans Berger
Physicist
21-May-1873 1-Jun-1941 Electroencephalogram
Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Poet
9-Jan-1873 4-Jul-1934 Foremost Hebrew poet
Harry Brittain
Journalist
24-Dec-1873 9-Jul-1974 Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society
William Marshall Bullitt
Attorney
4-Mar-1873 3-Oct-1957 US Solicitor General, 1912-13
Alexis Carrel
Doctor
28-Jun-1873 5-Nov-1944 Sutured blood vessels
Enrico Caruso
Singer
25-Feb-1873 2-Aug-1921 Operatic tenor nonpareil
Willa Cather
Novelist
7-Dec-1873 24-Apr-1947 O Pioneers!
Henry S. Caulfield
Politician
9-Dec-1873 11-May-1966 Governor of Missouri, 1929-33
Anton J. Cermak
Politician
9-May-1873 6-Mar-1933 Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office
Feodor Chaliapin
Singer
13-Feb-1873 12-Apr-1938 Operatic bass
William W. Coblentz
Astronomer
20-Nov-1873 15-Sep-1962 Infrared spectroscopy
Colette
Novelist
28-Jan-1873 3-Aug-1954 Gigi
William D. Coolidge
Physicist
23-Oct-1873 4-Feb-1975 Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes
Myers Y. Cooper
Politician
25-Nov-1873 6-Dec-1958 Governor of Ohio, 1929-31
Leon Czolgosz
Assassin
1873 29-Oct-1901 President McKinley's assassin
James J. Davis
Government
27-Oct-1873 22-Nov-1947 US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30
John W. Davis
Attorney
13-Apr-1873 24-Mar-1955 US Solicitor General, 1913-18
Walter de la Mare
Poet
25-Apr-1873 22-Jun-1956 Memoirs of a Midget
A. Victor Donahey
Politician
7-Jul-1873 8-Apr-1946 Governor of Ohio, 1923-29
John T. Dorrance
Business
11-Nov-1873 21-Sep-1930 Invented condensed soup
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
Chemist
15-Feb-1873 7-Nov-1964 Enzymes of sugar fermentation
Élie Faure
Historian
4-Apr-1873 31-Oct-1937 History of Art
Ford Madox Ford
Novelist
17-Dec-1873 26-Jun-1939 The Good Soldier
Lee De Forest
Inventor
26-Aug-1873 30-Jun-1961 Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube
Ellen Glasgow
Novelist
22-Apr-1873 21-Nov-1945 In This Our Life
Alice Guy
Film Director
1-Jul-1873 24-Mar-1968 First female film director
W. C. Handy
Composer
16-Nov-1873 29-Mar-1958 Father of the Blues
Otto Harbach
Songwriter
18-Aug-1873 24-Jan-1963 Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
Francis Burton Harrison
Politician
18-Dec-1873 21-Nov-1957 Drug prohibition
Ejnar Hertzsprung
Astronomer
8-Oct-1873 21-Oct-1967 Hertzsprung-Russell diagram
William E. Hocking
Philosopher
10-Aug-1873 12-Jun-1966 The Meaning of God in Human Experience
Edward L. Jackson
Politician
27-Dec-1873 18-Nov-1954 Governor of Indiana, 1925-29
Alfred Jarry
Playwright
8-Sep-1873 1-Nov-1907 Ubu roi
Johannes V. Jensen
Author
20-Jan-1873 25-Nov-1950 The Long Journey
Tullio Levi-Civita
Mathematician
29-Mar-1873 29-Dec-1941 Explored tensor calculus and PDE's
Otto Loewi
Scientist
3-Jun-1873 25-Dec-1961 Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter
Arthur O. Lovejoy
Historian
10-Oct-1873 30-Dec-1962 The Great Chain of Being
Francisco Madero
Head of State
30-Oct-1873 22-Feb-1913 El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13
Ricardo Flores Magón
Anarchist
16-Sep-1873 21-Nov-1922 Agitator behind Mexican revolution
Burns Mantle
Critic
23-Dec-1873 9-Feb-1948 New York Daily News drama critic
José Martínez Ruiz
Author
8-Jun-1873 4-Mar-1967 Generation of '98
John McGraw
Baseball
7-Apr-1873 25-Feb-1934 NY Giants manager for 30 years
David O. McKay
Religion
8-Sep-1873 18-Jan-1970 President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70
G. E. Moore
Philosopher
4-Nov-1873 24-Oct-1958 Principia Ethica
Anne Morgan
Philanthropist
25-Jul-1873 29-Jan-1952 Friend of the French
William Morris
Business
1873 2-Nov-1932 Founder, William Morris Agency
Dwight Morrow
Politician
11-Jan-1873 5-Oct-1931 US Ambassador to Mexico, 1927-30
Condé Nast
Business
26-Mar-1873 19-Sep-1942 Founder of Condé Nast Publications
George C. Peery
Politician
28-Oct-1873 14-Oct-1952 Governor of Virginia, 1934-38
Tom Pendergast
Politician
22-Jul-1873 26-Jan-1945 Missouri political boss
Emily Post
Columnist
27-Oct-1873 25-Sep-1960 Etiquette
Sergei Rachmaninov
Composer
20-Mar-1873 28-Mar-1943 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Max Reinhardt
Theater Director
9-Sep-1873 30-Oct-1943 Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream
Dorothy Richardson
Novelist
17-May-1873 17-Jun-1957 Pilgrimage novel sequence
Thomas C. Riggs
Politician
17-Oct-1873 16-Jan-1945 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1918-21
William E. Riker
Religion
1873 3-Dec-1969 Holy City cult leader
William B. Ross
Politician
4-Dec-1873 2-Oct-1924 Governor of Wyoming, 1923-24
Eliel Saarinen
Architect
20-Aug-1873 1-Jul-1950 Finnish-American art nouveau architect
Karl Schwarzschild
Astronomer
9-Oct-1873 11-May-1916 Black holes, Schwarzschild radius
Frederick Hanley Seares
Astronomer
17-May-1873 20-Jul-1964 Astronomer at Mt. Wilson Observatory
John Simon
Politician
28-Feb-1873 11-Jan-1954 Lord Chancellor of Britain, 1940-45
Leo Slezak
Singer
18-Aug-1873 1-Jun-1946 Operatic tenor
Alfred E. Smith
Government
30-Dec-1873 4-Oct-1944 Twice Governor of New York
John H. Trumbull
Politician
4-Mar-1873 21-May-1961 Governor of Connecticut, 1925-31
Marcus L. Urann
Business
2-Oct-1873 1-Apr-1963 Cranberry magnate
Konstantin von Neurath
Diplomat
2-Feb-1873 15-Aug-1956 Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs
Charles Walgreen
Business
9-Oct-1873 11-Dec-1939 Founder of Walgreen Co.
Arthur J. Weaver
Politician
18-Nov-1873 17-Oct-1945 Governor of Nebraska, 1929-31
Robert Wiene
Film Director
24-Apr-1873 17-Jul-1938 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Adolph Zukor
Business
7-Jan-1873 10-Jun-1976 Founder of Paramount Pictures


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