| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Art Acord |
Actor |
17-Apr-1890 |
4-Jan-1931 |
Cowboy actor |
| Homer M. Adkins |
Politician |
15-Oct-1890 |
26-Feb-1964 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1941-45 |
| Birdman of Alcatraz |
Criminal |
28-Jan-1890 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Subject of Burt Lancaster movie |
| Frederick Lewis Allen |
Journalist |
5-Jul-1890 |
13-Feb-1954 |
Editor of Harpers, 1941-53 |
| George Archainbaud |
Film Director |
7-May-1890 |
20-Feb-1959 |
Thirteen Women |
| Edwin H. Armstrong |
Inventor |
18-Dec-1890 |
31-Jan-1954 |
Inventor of FM radio |
| Robert Armstrong |
Actor |
20-Nov-1890 |
20-Apr-1973 |
King Kong |
| Edward Arnold |
Actor |
18-Feb-1890 |
26-Apr-1956 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| Leslie Banks |
Actor |
9-Jun-1890 |
21-Apr-1952 |
The Most Dangerous Game |
| John S. Battle |
Politician |
11-Jul-1890 |
9-Apr-1972 |
Governor of Virginia, 1950-54 |
| Lawrence Bragg |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1890 |
1-Jul-1971 |
Bragg's Law of diffraction |
| El Brendel |
Actor |
25-Mar-1890 |
9-Apr-1964 |
Former vaudevillian, Wings |
| Clarence Brown |
Film Director |
10-May-1890 |
17-Aug-1987 |
National Velvet |
| Bob Burns |
Actor |
2-Aug-1890 |
2-Feb-1956 |
The Arkansas Traveler |
| Fritz Busch |
Conductor |
13-Mar-1890 |
14-Sep-1951 |
Conductor, Danish National Symphony, 1934-51 |
| Vannevar Bush |
Scientist |
11-Mar-1890 |
30-Jun-1974 |
Pre-internet visionary |
| Karel Capek |
Author |
9-Jan-1890 |
25-Dec-1938 |
R.U.R. |
| Max Carey |
Baseball |
11-Jan-1890 |
30-May-1976 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Agatha Christie |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
12-Jan-1976 |
Mystery novelist |
| Michael Collins |
Activist |
16-Oct-1890 |
22-Aug-1922 |
Irish Nationalist, spymaster |
| Marc Connelly |
Playwright |
13-Dec-1890 |
21-Dec-1980 |
The Green Pastures |
| Frank Conroy |
Actor |
14-Oct-1890 |
24-Feb-1964 |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
| Guy Cordon |
Politician |
24-Apr-1890 |
8-Jun-1969 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1944-55 |
| Charles J. Correll |
Actor |
2-Feb-1890 |
26-Sep-1972 |
Andy of Amos & Andy |
| Adolfo Ruiz Cortines |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1890 |
3-Dec-1973 |
President of Mexico, 1952-58 |
| James Clement Dunn |
Diplomat |
27-Dec-1890 |
1979 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Maurice Duplessis |
Politician |
20-Apr-1890 |
7-Sep-1959 |
Premier of Quebec, 1936-39 & 1944-59 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Allen J. Ellender |
Politician |
24-Sep-1890 |
27-Jul-1972 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1937-72 |
| Verna Felton |
Actor |
20-Jul-1890 |
14-Dec-1966 |
Hilda Crocker on December Bride |
| Ronald Fisher |
Mathematician |
17-Feb-1890 |
29-Jul-1962 |
Analysis of variance and covariance |
| Frank Forde |
Head of State |
18-Jul-1890 |
28-Jan-1983 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1945 |
| Walther Funk |
Government |
18-Aug-1890 |
31-May-1960 |
Reich economic minister |
| Naum Gabo |
Sculptor |
5-Aug-1890 |
23-Aug-1977 |
Constructivist, Realistic Manifesto |
| Charles de Gaulle |
Head of State |
22-Nov-1890 |
9-Nov-1970 |
President of France, 1958-69 |
| George II |
Royalty |
20-Jul-1890 |
1-Apr-1947 |
King of Greece, 1922-24 and 1935-47 |
| Charlotte Greenwood |
Actor |
25-Jun-1890 |
28-Dec-1977 |
Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! |
| Morley Griswold |
Politician |
10-Oct-1890 |
3-Oct-1951 |
Governor of Nevada, 1934-35 |
| Ivor Gurney |
Poet |
28-Aug-1890 |
26-Dec-1937 |
War's Embers |
| Myra Hess |
Pianist |
25-Feb-1890 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Held lunchtime concerts during WWII |
| Jaroslav Heyrovsky |
Chemist |
20-Dec-1890 |
27-Mar-1967 |
Polarography |
| James P. Hogan |
Film Director |
21-Sep-1890 |
4-Nov-1943 |
Bulldog Drummond films |
| Stanley Holloway |
Actor |
1-Oct-1890 |
30-Jan-1982 |
Passport to Pimlico |
| Arthur Holmes |
Geologist |
14-Jan-1890 |
20-Sep-1965 |
Father of the geological timescale |
| Harry Lloyd Hopkins |
Government |
17-Aug-1890 |
29-Jan-1946 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40 |
| Henry Hull |
Actor |
3-Oct-1890 |
8-Mar-1977 |
Werewolf of London |
| George M. Humphrey |
Government |
8-Mar-1890 |
20-Jan-1970 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57 |
| Jacques Ibert |
Composer |
15-Aug-1890 |
5-Feb-1962 |
Escales |
| Alfred Jodl |
Military |
10-May-1890 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Signed Germany's unconditional WWII surrender |
| Alice Joyce |
Actor |
1-Oct-1890 |
9-Oct-1955 |
The Green Goddess |
| Duke Kahanamoku |
Swimmer |
24-Aug-1890 |
22-Jan-1968 |
Olympic swimmer, five-time medalist |
| Edgar Kennedy |
Actor |
26-Apr-1890 |
9-Nov-1948 |
Mad Wednesday |
| Rose Kennedy |
Relative |
22-Jul-1890 |
22-Jan-1995 |
Kennedy Matriarch |
| Simon Kovar |
Musician |
22-May-1890 |
17-Jan-1970 |
Preeminent Basoon player and teacher |
| Otto Krueger |
Politician |
7-Sep-1890 |
6-Jun-1963 |
Congressman from North Dakota, 1953-59 |
| Fritz Lang |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1890 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Metropolis |
| Stan Laurel |
Actor |
16-Jun-1890 |
23-Feb-1965 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Kurt Lewin |
Psychologist |
9-Sep-1890 |
12-Feb-1947 |
Field theorist, group dynamicist |
| Robert Ley |
Military |
15-Feb-1890 |
25-Oct-1945 |
Nazi union buster, slave master |
| H. P. Lovecraft |
Author |
20-Aug-1890 |
15-Mar-1937 |
The Call of Cthulhu |
| Edmund Lowe |
Actor |
3-Mar-1890 |
21-Apr-1971 |
What Price Glory |
| Lincoln MacVeagh |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1890 |
15-Jan-1972 |
Roosevelt's Ambassador to Greece |
| Marjorie Main |
Actor |
24-Feb-1890 |
10-Apr-1975 |
Ma and Pa Kettle |
| George W. Malone |
Politician |
7-Aug-1890 |
19-May-1961 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1947-59 |
| Joe Malone |
Hockey |
28-Feb-1890 |
15-May-1969 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Herbert Marshall |
Actor |
23-May-1890 |
22-Jan-1966 |
Foreign Correspondent |
| Groucho Marx |
Comic |
2-Oct-1890 |
19-Aug-1977 |
You Bet Your Life |
| Claude McKay |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
22-May-1948 |
Home to Harlem |
| Aimee Semple McPherson |
Religion |
9-Oct-1890 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Evangelist, faith healer |
| Lauritz Melchior |
Singer |
20-Mar-1890 |
18-Mar-1973 |
Wagnerian operatic tenor |
| Adolphe Menjou |
Actor |
18-Feb-1890 |
29-Oct-1963 |
A Farewell to Arms |
| Ho Chi Minh |
Activist |
19-May-1890 |
2-Sep-1969 |
Uncle Ho |
| Sherman Minton |
Judge |
20-Oct-1890 |
9-Apr-1965 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-56 |
| Vyacheslav Molotov |
Government |
9-Mar-1890 |
8-Nov-1986 |
Stalin's right-hand-man |
| Frank Morgan |
Actor |
1-Jun-1890 |
18-Sep-1949 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Christopher Morley |
Novelist |
5-May-1890 |
28-Mar-1957 |
The Haunted Bookshop |
| Jelly Roll Morton |
Jazz Musician |
20-Oct-1890 |
10-Jul-1941 |
Jazz composer, pianist |
| Hermann J. Muller |
Scientist |
21-Dec-1890 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Genetic effects of radiation |
| Frank Murphy |
Judge |
13-Apr-1890 |
19-Jul-1949 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1940-49 |
| Allan Nevins |
Historian |
20-May-1890 |
5-Mar-1971 |
Civil War historian |
| Boris Pasternak |
Author |
10-Feb-1890 |
30-May-1960 |
Doctor Zhivago |
| Friedrich Paulus |
Military |
23-Sep-1890 |
1-Feb-1957 |
Surrendered to Russians at Stalingrad |
| Philip B. Perlman |
Attorney |
5-Mar-1890 |
31-Jul-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1947-52 |
| Leon C. Phillips |
Politician |
9-Dec-1890 |
27-Mar-1958 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1939-43 |
| Katherine Anne Porter |
Author |
15-May-1890 |
18-Sep-1980 |
Ship of Fools |
| Tom Powers |
Actor |
7-Jul-1890 |
9-Nov-1955 |
Double Indemnity |
| Elpidio Quirino |
Head of State |
16-Nov-1890 |
29-Feb-1956 |
6th President of the Philippines |
| Mikhail Rasumny |
Actor |
13-May-1890 |
17-Feb-1956 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Man Ray |
Photographer |
27-Aug-1890 |
18-Nov-1976 |
Dadaist photographer |
| Jean Rhys |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1890 |
14-May-1979 |
Wide Sargasso Sea |
| Sam Rice |
Baseball |
20-Feb-1890 |
13-Oct-1974 |
Washington Senators Hall-of-Famer |
| Conrad Richter |
Novelist |
13-Oct-1890 |
30-Oct-1968 |
The Awakening Land |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| Stanley Ridges |
Actor |
17-Jul-1890 |
22-Apr-1951 |
Black Friday |
| Robert L. Ripley |
Curator |
25-Dec-1890 |
27-May-1949 |
Believe It or Not! |
| Mário de Sá-Carneiro |
Poet |
19-May-1890 |
26-Apr-1916 |
Dispersão |
| Colonel Sanders |
Business |
9-Sep-1890 |
16-Dec-1980 |
Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| Victor Schertzinger |
Film Director |
8-Apr-1890 |
26-Oct-1941 |
Road to Singapore |
| Egon Schiele |
Painter |
12-Jun-1890 |
31-Oct-1918 |
Painted many nudes |
| Lewis Seiler |
Film Director |
30-Sep-1890 |
8-Jan-1964 |
Guadalcanal Diary |
| William A. Seiter |
Film Director |
10-Jun-1890 |
26-Jul-1964 |
Allegheny Uprising |
| E. E. "Doc" Smith |
Novelist |
2-May-1890 |
31-Aug-1965 |
Lensman series |
| Harold Spencer Jones |
Astronomer |
29-Mar-1890 |
3-Nov-1960 |
10th Royal Astronomer of England |
| Thomas B. Stanley |
Politician |
16-Jul-1890 |
10-Jul-1970 |
Governor of Virginia, 1954-58 |
| Casey Stengel |
Baseball |
30-Jul-1890 |
29-Sep-1975 |
The Old Perfesser |
| Kurt Student |
Military |
12-May-1890 |
1-Jul-1978 |
Luftwaffe General |
| Harry Tierney |
Composer |
21-May-1890 |
22-Mar-1965 |
Irene |
| B. Traven |
Novelist |
c. 1890 |
26-Mar-1969 |
Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| Millard E. Tydings |
Politician |
6-Apr-1890 |
9-Feb-1961 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1927-51 |
| Fred Vinson |
Judge |
22-Jan-1890 |
8-Sep-1953 |
US Chief Justice, 1946-53 |
| Joseph Welch |
Attorney |
22-Oct-1890 |
6-Oct-1960 |
Have you no sense of decency? |
| Mortimer Wheeler |
Archaeologist |
10-Sep-1890 |
22-Jul-1976 |
Archaeology from the Earth |
| Paul Whiteman |
Musician |
28-Mar-1890 |
29-Dec-1967 |
The King of Jazz |
| Charles E. Wilson |
Government |
18-Jul-1890 |
26-Sep-1961 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1953-57 |
| Cora Witherspoon |
Actor |
5-Jan-1890 |
17-Nov-1957 |
The Bank Dick |
| Harry H. Woodring |
Politician |
31-May-1890 |
9-Sep-1967 |
US Secretary of War, 1936-40 |
