| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Frances Alda |
Singer |
31-May-1879 |
18-Sep-1952 |
Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Sara Allgood |
Actor |
31-Oct-1879 |
13-Sep-1950 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Emile Argand |
Geologist |
6-Jan-1879 |
14-Sep-1940 |
Theory of embryotectonics |
| Nancy Astor |
Politician |
19-May-1879 |
2-May-1964 |
First woman in the House of Commons |
| Hugh Bancroft |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1879 |
17-Oct-1933 |
President of Dow Jones, 1928-31 |
| Ethel Barrymore |
Actor |
15-Aug-1879 |
18-Jun-1959 |
None But the Lonely Heart |
| Lord Beaverbrook |
Business |
25-May-1879 |
9-Jun-1964 |
Media mogul, UK cabinet minister |
| Thomas Beecham |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1879 |
8-Mar-1961 |
Founder, London and Royal Philharmonics |
| Clem Bevans |
Actor |
16-Oct-1879 |
11-Aug-1963 |
Saboteur |
| William Beveridge |
Economist |
5-Mar-1879 |
16-Mar-1963 |
Social Insurance and Allied Services |
| Emmet D. Boyle |
Politician |
26-Jul-1879 |
3-Jan-1926 |
Governor of Nevada, 1915-23 |
| Lane Bryant |
Fashion Designer |
1-Dec-1879 |
26-Sep-1951 |
Plus-size designer |
| Usher L. Burdick |
Politician |
21-Feb-1879 |
19-Aug-1960 |
Congressman from North Dakota |
| James Branch Cabell |
Novelist |
14-Apr-1879 |
5-May-1958 |
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice |
| Clarence Cannon |
Politician |
11-Apr-1879 |
12-May-1964 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1923-64 |
| E. E. Clive |
Actor |
28-Aug-1879 |
6-Jun-1940 |
Tenney in Bulldog Drummond |
| Grace Coolidge |
First Lady |
3-Jan-1879 |
8-Jul-1957 |
Wife of US President Calvin Coolidge |
| Jane Darwell |
Actor |
15-Oct-1879 |
13-Aug-1967 |
The bird woman in Mary Poppins |
| William Duncan |
Actor |
16-Dec-1879 |
8-Feb-1961 |
Silent film actor |
| Gus Edwards |
Songwriter |
18-Aug-1879 |
7-Nov-1945 |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| James A. Elkins |
Attorney |
25-Sep-1879 |
7-May-1972 |
Vinson & Elkins |
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
Author |
17-Feb-1879 |
9-Nov-1958 |
Understood Betsy |
| Mary Forbes |
Actor |
30-Dec-1879 |
22-Jul-1974 |
Character actress |
| E. M. Forster |
Author |
1-Jan-1879 |
7-Jun-1970 |
Howards End |
| William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| Guy M. Gillette |
Politician |
3-Feb-1879 |
3-Mar-1973 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1949-55 |
| Sydney Greenstreet |
Actor |
27-Dec-1879 |
18-Jan-1954 |
Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon |
| Robert Greig |
Actor |
27-Dec-1879 |
27-Jun-1958 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Otto Hahn |
Chemist |
8-Mar-1879 |
28-Jul-1968 |
Demonstrated fission |
| Walter Hampden |
Actor |
30-Jun-1879 |
11-Jun-1955 |
Prominent American theater actor |
| Hamilton Harty |
Conductor |
4-Dec-1879 |
19-Feb-1941 |
Principal Conductor, The Hallé, 1920-34 |
| Will H. Hays |
Business |
5-Nov-1879 |
7-Mar-1954 |
The Hays Production Code |
| Joe Hill |
Labor Leader |
7-Oct-1879 |
19-Nov-1915 |
Labor leader, convicted of murder |
| Miller Huggins |
Baseball |
27-Mar-1879 |
25-Sep-1929 |
Yankees Manager, 1918-29 |
| John Ireland |
Composer |
13-Aug-1879 |
12-Jun-1962 |
The Holy Boy |
| William M. Jardine |
Educator |
16-Jan-1879 |
17-Jan-1955 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1925-29 |
| Leon Jouhaux |
Labor Leader |
1-Jul-1879 |
28-Apr-1954 |
Union leader, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Paul Klee |
Painter |
18-Dec-1879 |
29-Jun-1940 |
German-Swiss abstract painter |
| Hans Heinrich Lammers |
Government |
27-May-1879 |
4-Jan-1962 |
Chief of the Reich Chancellery |
| David Landau |
Actor |
9-Mar-1879 |
20-Sep-1935 |
Judge Priest |
| Wanda Landowska |
Musician |
5-Jul-1879 |
16-Aug-1959 |
Harpsichord virtuoso |
| Max von Laue |
Physicist |
9-Oct-1879 |
23-Apr-1960 |
X-ray crystallography |
| Vachel Lindsay |
Poet |
10-Nov-1879 |
5-Dec-1931 |
The Congo and Other Poems |
| Walter Long |
Actor |
5-Mar-1879 |
4-Jul-1952 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| Mabel Dodge Luhan |
Author |
26-Feb-1879 |
13-Aug-1962 |
Movers and Shakers |
| Joseph Lyons |
Head of State |
15-Sep-1879 |
7-Apr-1939 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1932-39 |
| Edward Martin |
Politician |
18-Sep-1879 |
19-Mar-1967 |
Governor and Senator from Pennsylvania |
| Joe Masseria |
Criminal |
1879 |
15-Apr-1931 |
NY mobster, killed by Luciano |
| Jim Nance McCord |
Politician |
17-Mar-1879 |
2-Sep-1968 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1945-49 |
| Billy Mitchell |
Military |
28-Dec-1879 |
19-Feb-1936 |
Proponent of air power |
| Talbot Mundy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1879 |
5-Aug-1940 |
King of the Khyber Rifles |
| Alla Nazimova |
Actor |
22-May-1879 |
13-Jul-1945 |
Blood and Sand |
| Warner Oland |
Actor |
3-Oct-1879 |
6-Aug-1938 |
Charlie Chan |
| Joseph Medill Patterson |
Business |
6-Jan-1879 |
26-May-1946 |
Founder of New York Daily News |
| Raymond Pearl |
Biologist |
3-Jun-1879 |
17-Nov-1940 |
Biogerontology |
| Francis Picabia |
Painter |
22-Jan-1879 |
30-Nov-1953 |
Cubist, Dadaist |
| Paul Porcasi |
Actor |
1879 |
8-Aug-1946 |
Character actor, Broadway and film |
| John J. Raskob |
Business |
12-Mar-1879 |
14-Oct-1950 |
Built the Empire State Building |
| H. B. Reese |
Business |
24-May-1879 |
16-May-1956 |
Peanut butter cups |
| Ottorino Respighi |
Composer |
9-Jul-1879 |
18-Apr-1936 |
Belfagor |
| Owen Willans Richardson |
Physicist |
26-Apr-1879 |
15-Feb-1959 |
Electron emissions of metals |
| Sabato Rodia |
Artist |
12-Feb-1879 |
19-Jul-1965 |
Watts Towers |
| Will Rogers |
Comic |
04-Nov-1879 |
15-Aug-1935 |
American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist |
| Peyton Rous |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1879 |
16-Feb-1970 |
Blood banks and carcinogenic viruses |
| Margaret Sanger |
Activist |
14-Sep-1879 |
6-Sep-1966 |
Birth control advocate |
| Jouett Shouse |
Politician |
10-Dec-1879 |
2-Jun-1968 |
Congressman from Kansas, 1915-19 |
| Adolphus Staton |
Military |
28-Aug-1879 |
4-Jun-1964 |
US Navy admiral |
| Edward Steichen |
Photographer |
27-Mar-1879 |
25-Mar-1973 |
Photo-Secessionist |
| Wallace Stevens |
Poet |
2-Oct-1879 |
2-Aug-1955 |
Harmonium |
| Lewis Stone |
Actor |
15-Nov-1879 |
12-Sep-1953 |
Judge James Hardy |
| Ernest Thesiger |
Actor |
15-Jan-1879 |
14-Jan-1961 |
Dr. Pretorius in Bride of Frankenstein |
| Leon Trotsky |
Activist |
26-Oct-1879 |
21-Aug-1940 |
Bolshevik exile, murdered by Stalin |
| Franz von Papen |
Diplomat |
29-Oct-1879 |
2-May-1969 |
Nazi ambassador |
| Lucile Watson |
Actor |
27-May-1879 |
24-Jun-1962 |
Watch on the Rhine |
| Joseph Wirth |
Head of State |
6-Sep-1879 |
3-Jan-1956 |
German Chancellor |
| Robert E. Wood |
Business |
13-Jun-1879 |
6-Nov-1969 |
Chairman of Sears, 1939-54 |
| Emiliano Zapata |
Activist |
8-Aug-1879 |
10-Apr-1919 |
Mexican patriot, revolutionary |
