| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Bud Abbott |
Actor |
2-Oct-1895 |
24-Apr-1974 |
Half of Abbott and Costello |
| Gracie Allen |
Actor |
26-Jul-1895 |
27-Aug-1964 |
Say goodnight Gracie |
| Clinton P. Anderson |
Politician |
23-Oct-1895 |
11-Nov-1975 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73 |
| Sig Arno |
Actor |
27-Dec-1895 |
17-Aug-1975 |
The Palm Beach Story |
| Ove Arup |
Engineer |
16-Apr-1895 |
5-Feb-1988 |
Danish civil engineer |
| Roscoe Ates |
Actor |
20-Jan-1895 |
1-Mar-1962 |
The Champ |
| Richard Barthelmess |
Actor |
9-May-1895 |
17-Aug-1963 |
Tol'able David |
| Bert Bell |
Football |
25-Feb-1895 |
11-Oct-1959 |
NFL Commissioner, 1946-59 |
| Busby Berkeley |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1895 |
14-Mar-1976 |
Strike Up the Band |
| Charles Bidwill, Sr. |
Football |
16-Sep-1895 |
19-Apr-1947 |
Owner, Chicago Cardinals, 1933-47 |
| Sidney Blackmer |
Actor |
13-Jul-1895 |
5-Oct-1973 |
Played Theodore Roosevelt 12 times |
| George Blaisdell |
Inventor |
5-Jun-1895 |
3-Oct-1978 |
Zippo cigarette lighter |
| Marie Blake |
Actor |
21-Aug-1895 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Grandmama on The Addams Family |
| John Boles |
Actor |
28-Oct-1895 |
27-Feb-1969 |
Victor Moritz in Frankenstein |
| Fortunio Bonanova |
Singer |
13-Jan-1895 |
2-Apr-1969 |
Citizen Kane |
| William Boyd |
Actor |
5-Jun-1895 |
12-Sep-1972 |
Hopalong Cassidy |
| Rudolph Boysen |
Botanist |
14-Jul-1895 |
25-Nov-1950 |
Created the boysenberry |
| Edward Brophy |
Actor |
27-Feb-1895 |
27-May-1960 |
The Last Hurrah |
| Nigel Bruce |
Actor |
14-Feb-1895 |
8-Oct-1953 |
Played Rathbone's Dr. Watson |
| Prescott Bush |
Politician |
15-May-1895 |
8-Oct-1972 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63 |
| Irving Caesar |
Songwriter |
4-Jul-1895 |
17-Dec-1996 |
Tea for Two |
| Louis Calhern |
Actor |
19-Feb-1895 |
12-May-1956 |
Duck Soup |
| Yakima Canutt |
Actor |
29-Nov-1895 |
24-May-1986 |
Legendary stuntman |
| Lázaro Cárdenas |
Head of State |
21-May-1895 |
19-Oct-1970 |
President of Mexico, 1934-40 |
| Prentice Cooper |
Government |
28-Sep-1895 |
18-May-1969 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45 |
| André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Richard Cardinal Cushing |
Religion |
24-Aug-1895 |
2-Nov-1970 |
Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70 |
| Robert Cutler |
Government |
12-Jun-1895 |
8-May-1974 |
1950s National Security Advisor |
| Henrik Dam |
Scientist |
21-Feb-1895 |
Apr-1976 |
Discovered Vitamin K |
| Jack Dempsey |
Boxing |
24-Jun-1895 |
31-May-1983 |
Heavyweight champ |
| Vernon Dent |
Actor |
16-Feb-1895 |
5-Nov-1963 |
Frequent foil to The Three Stooges |
| Buddy DeSylva |
Songwriter |
27-Jan-1895 |
11-Jul-1950 |
DeSylva, Brown, and Henderson |
| John Diefenbaker |
Head of State |
18-Sep-1895 |
16-Aug-1979 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63 |
| Gerhard Domagk |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1895 |
24-Apr-1964 |
Sulfa drugs for strep, stapf infections |
| Lloyd H. Donnell |
Engineer |
20-May-1895 |
7-Nov-1997 |
Donnell's thin shell theory |
| Paddy Driscoll |
Football |
11-Jan-1895 |
28-Jun-1968 |
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Halfback |
| Cliff Edwards |
Musician |
14-Jun-1895 |
17-Jul-1971 |
Ukulele Ike |
| Paul Éluard |
Poet |
14-Dec-1895 |
18-Nov-1952 |
La Capitale de la Douleur |
| Levi Eshkol |
Head of State |
25-Oct-1895 |
26-Feb-1969 |
Third Prime Minister of Israel |
| Arthur Fadden |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1895 |
21-Apr-1973 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1941 |
| Louise Fazenda |
Actor |
17-Jun-1895 |
17-Apr-1962 |
The Old Maid |
| Kirsten Flagstad |
Singer |
12-Jul-1895 |
7-Dec-1962 |
Wagnerian soprano |
| Anna Freud |
Relative |
3-Dec-1895 |
9-Oct-1982 |
Daughter of Sigmund Freud |
| Ragnar Frisch |
Economist |
3-Mar-1895 |
31-Jan-1973 |
Econometrics pioneer |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| King George VI |
Royalty |
14-Dec-1895 |
6-Feb-1952 |
King of England, 1936-1952 |
| William F. Giauque |
Chemist |
12-May-1895 |
28-Mar-1982 |
Adiabatic demagnetization |
| Connie Gilchrist |
Actor |
17-Jul-1895 |
3-Mar-1985 |
Character actress |
| George Gipp |
Football |
18-Feb-1895 |
14-Dec-1920 |
Win one for the Gipper |
| William T. Granahan |
Politician |
26-Jul-1895 |
25-May-1956 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania |
| Robert Graves |
Poet |
24-Jul-1895 |
7-Dec-1985 |
I, Claudius |
| Leroy Grumman |
Business |
4-Jan-1895 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Co-Founder, Grumman Aircraft |
| George Halas |
Football |
2-Feb-1895 |
31-Oct-1983 |
Founder of the Chicago Bears |
| Victor Halperin |
Film Director |
24-Aug-1895 |
17-May-1983 |
White Zombie |
| Oscar Hammerstein II |
Musician |
12-Jul-1895 |
23-Aug-1960 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Laurens Hammond |
Inventor |
11-Jan-1895 |
3-Jul-1973 |
Hammond Organ |
| Basil Liddell Hart |
Military |
31-Oct-1895 |
29-Jan-1970 |
Military strategist |
| Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
| L. P. Hartley |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1895 |
13-Dec-1972 |
The Boat |
| Gayelord Hauser |
Author |
1895 |
26-Dec-1984 |
Look Younger, Live Longer |
| Melville J. Herskovits |
Anthropologist |
10-Sep-1895 |
25-Feb-1963 |
The Myth of the Negro Past |
| Christian Herter |
Politician |
28-Mar-1895 |
30-Dec-1966 |
US Secretary of State, 1959-61 |
| Russell Hicks |
Actor |
4-Jun-1895 |
1-Jun-1957 |
American character actor |
| Walter Hieber |
Chemist |
18-Dec-1895 |
29-Nov-1976 |
Metal carbonyl chemistry |
| George W. Hill |
Film Director |
25-Apr-1895 |
10-Aug-1934 |
The Big House |
| Paul Hindemith |
Composer |
16-Nov-1895 |
28-Dec-1963 |
Mathis der Maler |
| Johnny Hines |
Actor |
25-Jul-1895 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Silent film comedian |
| J. Edgar Hoover |
Government |
1-Jan-1895 |
2-May-1972 |
Director of the FBI, 1924-72 |
| Shemp Howard |
Actor |
4-Mar-1895 |
22-Nov-1955 |
Stooge who replaced Curly |
| Alberta Hunter |
Singer |
1-Apr-1895 |
17-Oct-1984 |
Downhearted Blues |
| Robert A. Hurley |
Politician |
25-Aug-1895 |
3-May-1968 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1941-43 |
| José Iturbi |
Pianist |
28-Nov-1895 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester |
| Buster Keaton |
Actor |
4-Oct-1895 |
1-Feb-1966 |
The General |
| Machine Gun Kelly |
Criminal |
18-Jul-1895 |
18-Jul-1954 |
Notorious bank robber, kidnapper |
| Charles King |
Actor |
21-Feb-1895 |
7-May-1957 |
30s and 40s cinema henchman |
| Zoltán Korda |
Film Director |
3-Jun-1895 |
13-Oct-1961 |
Sahara |
| J. Krishnamurti |
Religion |
12-May-1895 |
18-Feb-1986 |
Theosophist guru |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Bert Lahr |
Actor |
13-Aug-1895 |
4-Dec-1967 |
Lion in The Wizard of Oz |
| Charles Lamont |
Film Director |
5-May-1895 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Director, Abbott & Costello |
| Dorothea Lange |
Photographer |
26-May-1895 |
11-Oct-1965 |
Depression-era photographer |
| Frank J. Lausche |
Politician |
14-Nov-1895 |
21-Apr-1990 |
Governor, Senator from Ohio |
| Edward B. Lawson |
Diplomat |
26-Sep-1895 |
19-Nov-1962 |
US Ambassador to Israel, 1954-59 |
| Ivan Lebedeff |
Actor |
18-Jun-1895 |
31-Mar-1953 |
Russian-American character actor |
| Bertil Lindblad |
Astronomer |
26-Nov-1895 |
25-Jun-1965 |
Spiral structure of the galaxy |
| Lucien Littlefield |
Actor |
16-Aug-1895 |
4-Jun-1960 |
American character actor |
| Earl Long |
Politician |
26-Aug-1895 |
5-Sep-1960 |
Three-time Governor of Louisiana |
| Robert A. Lovett |
Government |
14-Sep-1895 |
7-May-1986 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1951-53 |
| Charles MacArthur |
Playwright |
5-Nov-1895 |
21-Apr-1956 |
The Front Page |
| Mae Marsh |
Actor |
9-Nov-1895 |
13-Feb-1968 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| Ngaio Marsh |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1895 |
18-Feb-1982 |
New Zealand detective novelist |
| Ken Maynard |
Actor |
21-Jul-1895 |
23-Mar-1973 |
Flashy cowboy idol |
| John J. McCloy |
Military |
31-Mar-1895 |
11-Mar-1989 |
World Bank, Warren Commission |
| Ruth McDevitt |
Actor |
13-Sep-1895 |
27-May-1976 |
Pistols 'n' Petticoats |
| James P. McGranery |
Government |
8-Jul-1895 |
23-Dec-1962 |
US Attorney General, 1952-53 |
| Ben McKelway |
Journalist |
2-Oct-1895 |
1976 |
Editor, The Washington Star |
| Anastas Mikoyan |
Politician |
25-Nov-1895 |
21-Oct-1978 |
Knew where the shrimps stay in winter |
| Lewis Milestone |
Film Director |
30-Sep-1895 |
25-Sep-1980 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Rudolph Minkowski |
Astronomer |
28-May-1895 |
4-Jan-1976 |
Galaxies in collision |
| László Moholy-Nagy |
Painter |
20-Jul-1895 |
24-Nov-1946 |
Bauhaus professor |
| Lewis Mumford |
Historian |
19-Oct-1895 |
26-Jan-1990 |
Technics and Civilization |
| Paul Muni |
Actor |
22-Sep-1895 |
25-Aug-1967 |
The Life of Louis Pasteur |
| Arthur Murray |
Dancer |
4-Apr-1895 |
3-Mar-1991 |
Founded Arthur Murray dance studios |
| S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
| Jimmie Noone |
Jazz Musician |
23-Apr-1895 |
19-Apr-1944 |
New Orleans jazz clarinetist |
| Jack Northrop |
Business |
10-Nov-1895 |
18-Feb-1981 |
All-wing aircraft |
| Carl Orff |
Composer |
10-Jul-1895 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Carmina Burana |
| Marcel Pagnol |
Screenwriter |
28-Feb-1895 |
18-Apr-1974 |
Jean de Florette |
| Nat Pendleton |
Actor |
9-Aug-1895 |
12-Oct-1967 |
At the Circus |
| Juan Peron |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1895 |
1-Jul-1974 |
Twice President of Argentina |
| Norris Poulson |
Politician |
23-Jul-1895 |
25-Sep-1982 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1953-61 |
| Edna Purviance |
Actor |
21-Oct-1895 |
11-Jan-1958 |
Leading lady in Chaplin films |
| George Raft |
Actor |
26-Sep-1895 |
24-Nov-1980 |
Actor with Mafia ties |
| Dickinson W. Richards |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1895 |
23-Feb-1973 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Eurith D. Rivers |
Politician |
5-Dec-1895 |
11-Jun-1967 |
Governor of Georgia, 1937-41 |
| Stephen Roberts |
Film Director |
23-Nov-1895 |
17-Jul-1936 |
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford |
| Harry Ruby |
Songwriter |
27-Jan-1895 |
23-Feb-1974 |
Who's Sorry Now? |
| Babe Ruth |
Baseball |
6-Feb-1895 |
16-Aug-1948 |
The Bambino |
| Malcolm Sargent |
Conductor |
29-Apr-1895 |
3-Oct-1967 |
Conductor, BBC Symphony, 1950-57 |
| Victor Saville |
Film Director |
25-Sep-1895 |
8-May-1979 |
Kim |
| Fulton J. Sheen |
Religion |
8-May-1895 |
9-Dec-1979 |
America's first televangelist |
| Michel Simon |
Actor |
9-Apr-1895 |
30-May-1975 |
L'Atalante |
| Walter Bedell Smith |
Government |
5-Oct-1895 |
9-Aug-1961 |
CIA Director, 1950-53 |
| Conn Smythe |
Hockey |
1-Feb-1895 |
18-Nov-1980 |
Longtime owner, Toronto Maple Leafs |
| John W. Snyder |
Government |
21-Jun-1895 |
8-Oct-1985 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53 |
| Ruth Snyder |
Criminal |
1895 |
12-Jan-1928 |
Electrocuted for murdering husband |
| Richard Sorge |
Spy |
4-Oct-1895 |
7-Nov-1944 |
Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa |
| George R. Stewart |
Author |
31-May-1895 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Earth Abides |
| A. Edward Sutherland |
Film Director |
5-Jan-1895 |
31-Dec-1973 |
The Flying Deuces |
| Igor Y. Tamm |
Physicist |
8-Jul-1895 |
12-Apr-1971 |
Cherenkov radiation |
| Sam Taylor |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1895 |
6-Mar-1958 |
Safety Last! |
| J. Parnell Thomas |
Government |
16-Jan-1895 |
19-Nov-1970 |
HUAC chairman, took the Fifth |
| Rudolph Valentino |
Actor |
6-May-1895 |
23-Aug-1926 |
Latin lover of the silent film era |
| Immanuel Velikovsky |
Author |
10-Jun-1895 |
17-Nov-1979 |
Worlds in Collision |
| Artturi Virtanen |
Chemist |
15-Jan-1895 |
11-Nov-1973 |
AIV method of fodder preservation |
| Bill W. |
Activist |
26-Nov-1895 |
24-Jan-1971 |
Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder |
| Edmund Wilson |
Author |
8-May-1895 |
12-Jun-1972 |
Axel's Castle |
| George W. Woodruff |
Business |
27-Aug-1895 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Continental Gin Company |
| King Zog |
Royalty |
8-Oct-1895 |
9-Apr-1961 |
King of Albania |
