| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Walter S. Adams |
Astronomer |
20-Dec-1876 |
11-May-1956 |
Long-time director of Mt. Wilson Observatory |
| Konrad Adenauer |
Politician |
5-Jan-1876 |
19-Apr-1967 |
Chancellor of West Germany, 1949-61 |
| Sherwood Anderson |
Author |
13-Sep-1876 |
8-Mar-1941 |
The Triumph of the Egg |
| Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
| Georges Barrère |
Musician |
31-Oct-1876 |
14-Jun-1944 |
Franco-American flautist |
| Constantin Brancusi |
Sculptor |
19-Feb-1876 |
16-Mar-1957 |
Bird in Space |
| Mordecai Brown |
Baseball |
19-Oct-1876 |
14-Feb-1948 |
Three Finger Brown |
| Georgia Caine |
Actor |
30-Oct-1876 |
4-Apr-1964 |
Broadway musical actress |
| Willis Carrier |
Inventor |
26-Nov-1876 |
7-Oct-1950 |
Created the first air conditioning |
| Pablo Casals |
Cellist |
29-Dec-1876 |
22-Oct-1973 |
Spanish cellist and conductor |
| Berton Churchill |
Actor |
9-Dec-1876 |
10-Oct-1940 |
Heroes for Sale |
| Irvin S. Cobb |
Author |
23-Jun-1876 |
10-Mar-1944 |
Old Judge Priest |
| George Creel |
Journalist |
1-Dec-1876 |
2-Oct-1953 |
Head of the Committee on Public Information |
| Wilhelm Cuno |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1876 |
3-Jan-1933 |
German Chancellor 1922-23 |
| Joseph E. Davies |
Diplomat |
29-Nov-1876 |
9-May-1958 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38 |
| Otto Diels |
Chemist |
23-Jan-1876 |
7-Mar-1954 |
Diels-Alder Reaction |
| Manuel de Falla |
Composer |
23-Nov-1876 |
14-Nov-1946 |
La Vida Breve |
| Frank Gannett |
Business |
15-Sep-1876 |
3-Dec-1957 |
Founder, Gannett publishing empire |
| John Gilmour |
Politician |
27-May-1876 |
30-Mar-1940 |
UK Home Secretary, 1932-35 |
| Charles Halton |
Actor |
16-Mar-1876 |
16-Apr-1959 |
Bespectacled character actor |
| Cary A. Hardee |
Politician |
13-Nov-1876 |
21-Nov-1957 |
Governor of Florida, 1921-25 |
| Mata Hari |
Spy |
7-Aug-1876 |
15-Oct-1917 |
Framed by the Germans |
| Julius P. Heil |
Politician |
24-Jul-1876 |
30-Nov-1949 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1939-43 |
| Gottlob Honold |
Engineer |
26-Aug-1876 |
17-Mar-1923 |
Invented the spark plug |
| Max Jacob |
Poet |
12-Jul-1876 |
5-Mar-1944 |
Le Cornet à dés |
| Mohammad Ali Jinnah |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1876 |
11-Sep-1948 |
Founder of Pakistan |
| Edward J. Kelly |
Politician |
1-May-1876 |
20-Oct-1950 |
Mayor of Chicago, 1933-47 |
| Charles F. Kettering |
Engineer |
29-Aug-1876 |
25-Nov-1958 |
Invented the electric starter |
| Moses E. Kiley |
Religion |
13-Nov-1876 |
15-Apr-1953 |
Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1940-53 |
| Alfred Kroeber |
Anthropologist |
11-Jun-1876 |
5-Oct-1960 |
Pioneer in American Anthropology |
| Maxim Litvinov |
Government |
17-Jul-1876 |
31-Dec-1951 |
Soviet foreign minister, ousted in nod to Hitler |
| Jack London |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1876 |
22-Nov-1916 |
Call of the Wild |
| Frank E. Lucas |
Politician |
4-Aug-1876 |
26-Nov-1948 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1924-25 |
| Clara Maass |
Activist |
28-Jun-1876 |
24-Aug-1901 |
Human experiments with yellow fever |
| John Macleod |
Scientist |
6-Sep-1876 |
16-Mar-1935 |
Helped discover insulin |
| Pat McCarran |
Politician |
8-Aug-1876 |
28-Sep-1954 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54 |
| Edwin T. Meredith |
Government |
23-Dec-1876 |
17-Jun-1928 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1920-21 |
| Victor Moore |
Actor |
24-Feb-1876 |
24-Jul-1962 |
Swing Time |
| Hermann Mueller |
Head of State |
18-May-1876 |
20-Mar-1931 |
German Chancellor 1920, 1928-30 |
| Culbert L. Olson |
Politician |
7-Nov-1876 |
13-Apr-1962 |
Governor of California, 1939-43 |
| Maria Ouspenskaya |
Actor |
29-Jul-1876 |
3-Dec-1949 |
Waterloo Bridge |
| Wilhelm Pieck |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1876 |
7-Sep-1960 |
President of East Germany, 1949-60 |
| Pope Pius XII |
Religion |
2-Mar-1876 |
9-Oct-1958 |
Signed treaty with Hitler |
| Erich Raeder |
Military |
24-Apr-1876 |
6-Nov-1960 |
Reich Admiral |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1876 |
22-Sep-1958 |
Circular Staircase |
| O. E. Rölvaag |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1876 |
5-Nov-1931 |
Giants in the Earth |
| Nellie Ross |
Politician |
29-Nov-1876 |
19-Dec-1977 |
First woman elected Governor in America |
| King Ibn Saud |
Head of State |
1876 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Founder of Saudi Arabia |
| James Scullin |
Head of State |
18-Sep-1876 |
28-Jan-1953 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1929-32 |
| Harry Sinclair |
Business |
6-Jul-1876 |
10-Nov-1956 |
Founder of Sinclair Oil |
| Clyde Harold Smith |
Politician |
9-Jun-1876 |
8-Apr-1940 |
Congressman from Maine, 1937-40 |
| Eugene O. Sykes |
Government |
16-Jul-1876 |
21-Jun-1941 |
First Chairman of the FCC, 1934-35 |
| Lionel Tertis |
Violist |
29-Dec-1876 |
22-Feb-1975 |
First prominent violist |
| Park Trammell |
Politician |
9-Apr-1876 |
8-May-1936 |
Governor and Senator from Florida |
| G. M. Trevelyan |
Historian |
16-Feb-1876 |
21-Jul-1962 |
England under Queen Anne |
| E. Lee Trinkle |
Politician |
12-Mar-1876 |
25-Nov-1939 |
Governor of Virginia, 1922-26 |
| Bruno Walter |
Conductor |
15-Sep-1876 |
17-Feb-1962 |
Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33 |
| Prince William of Wied |
Royalty |
26-Mar-1876 |
18-Apr-1945 |
Prince of Albania, 1914 |
| Adolf Windaus |
Chemist |
25-Dec-1876 |
9-Jun-1959 |
Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D |
