| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Fred G. Aandahl |
Politician |
9-Apr-1897 |
7-Apr-1966 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1945-50 |
| Herbert Agar |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1897 |
24-Nov-1980 |
The People's Choice |
| Gordon W. Allport |
Psychologist |
11-Nov-1897 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Personality: A Psychological Interpretation |
| Judith Anderson |
Actor |
10-Feb-1897 |
3-Jan-1992 |
Rebecca |
| Marian Anderson |
Singer |
27-Feb-1897 |
8-Apr-1993 |
Operatic contralto |
| Louis Aragon |
Poet |
3-Oct-1897 |
24-Dec-1982 |
Communistic French poet |
| Dorothy Arzner |
Film Director |
3-Jan-1897 |
1-Oct-1979 |
Craig's Wife |
| Nils Asther |
Actor |
17-Jan-1897 |
13-Oct-1981 |
The Single Standard |
| Georges Bataille |
Philosopher |
10-Sep-1897 |
8-Jul-1962 |
Histoire de l'oeil |
| Sidney Bechet |
Jazz Musician |
14-May-1897 |
14-May-1959 |
Jazz saxophonist |
| Elisabeth Bergner |
Actor |
22-Aug-1897 |
12-May-1986 |
Escape Me Never |
| Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Dec-1897 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Ambassador to governments in exile |
| Patrick M. S. Blackett |
Physicist |
18-Nov-1897 |
13-Jul-1974 |
Cosmic radiation, continental drift |
| Earl Blaik |
Football |
15-Feb-1897 |
6-May-1989 |
Head Coach at Army, 1941-58 |
| Louise Bogan |
Poet |
11-Aug-1897 |
4-Feb-1970 |
The New Yorker poetry critic |
| Hector Boiardi |
Chef |
22-Oct-1897 |
21-Jun-1985 |
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee |
| Manlio Brosio |
Diplomat |
10-Jul-1897 |
14-Mar-1980 |
NATO Secretary General, 1964-71 |
| Kenneth Burke |
Critic |
5-May-1897 |
19-Nov-1993 |
Language as Symbolic Action |
| John Marshall Butler |
Politician |
21-Jul-1897 |
14-Mar-1978 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1951-63 |
| Thomas Dudley Cabot |
Business |
1-May-1897 |
8-Jun-1995 |
CEO of Cabot, 1922-60 |
| Millard F. Caldwell |
Politician |
6-Feb-1897 |
23-Oct-1984 |
Governor of Florida, 1945-49 |
| Joseph Calleia |
Actor |
4-Aug-1897 |
31-Oct-1975 |
Touch of Evil |
| Manuel Ávila Camacho |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1897 |
13-Oct-1955 |
President of Mexico, 1940-46 |
| Cass Canfield |
Publisher |
26-Apr-1897 |
27-Mar-1986 |
Harper & Brothers |
| Frank Capra |
Film Director |
18-May-1897 |
3-Sep-1991 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Julien Carette |
Actor |
23-Dec-1897 |
20-Jul-1966 |
The Grand Illusion |
| Morris Carnovsky |
Actor |
5-Sep-1897 |
1-Sep-1992 |
Dead Reckoning |
| Alberto Cavalcanti |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1897 |
23-Aug-1982 |
Went the Day Well? |
| John Cockcroft |
Physicist |
27-May-1897 |
18-Sep-1967 |
Split the atom |
| Bull Connor |
Government |
11-Jul-1897 |
10-Mar-1973 |
Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner |
| J. Fred Coots |
Songwriter |
2-May-1897 |
8-Apr-1985 |
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town |
| Jerome Cowan |
Actor |
6-Oct-1897 |
24-Jan-1972 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| Henry Cowell |
Composer |
11-Mar-1897 |
10-Dec-1965 |
New Musical Resources |
| Milton Cross |
Radio Personality |
16-Apr-1897 |
3-Jan-1975 |
Announcer, voice of the Metropolitan Opera |
| Colgate W. Darden, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1897 |
9-Jun-1981 |
Governor of Virginia, 1942-46 |
| Marion Davies |
Actor |
3-Jan-1897 |
22-Sep-1961 |
When Knighthood Was in Flower |
| Dorothy Day |
Activist |
8-Nov-1897 |
29-Nov-1980 |
Founder of the Catholic Worker movement |
| Eddie Eagan |
Boxing |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jun-1967 |
Won Summer and Winter Olympic Gold |
| Amelia Earhart |
Aviator |
24-Jul-1897 |
2-Jul-1937 |
Misplaced aviatrix |
| Anthony Eden |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1897 |
14-Jan-1977 |
UK Prime Minister, 1955-57 |
| Hope Emerson |
Actor |
29-Oct-1897 |
25-Apr-1960 |
Caged |
| Richard S. Emmet |
Attorney |
8-Apr-1897 |
5-Oct-1969 |
Counsel to the Bank of New York |
| John F. Enders |
Scientist |
10-Feb-1897 |
8-Sep-1985 |
Cultured the polio virus |
| Ludwig Erhard |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1897 |
5-May-1977 |
German Chancellor, 1963-66 |
| William Faulkner |
Author |
25-Sep-1897 |
6-Jul-1962 |
Novels set in the American South |
| Paul Gallico |
Author |
26-Jul-1897 |
15-Jul-1975 |
The Snow Goose |
| Vito Genovese |
Criminal |
27-Nov-1897 |
14-Feb-1969 |
Genovese crime family |
| Hermione Gingold |
Actor |
9-Dec-1897 |
24-May-1987 |
Madame Alvarez in Gigi |
| Joseph Goebbels |
Government |
29-Oct-1897 |
1-May-1945 |
Reich Minister of Propaganda |
| Walter Greaza |
Actor |
1-Jan-1897 |
1-Jun-1973 |
The Chief on Treasury Men in Action |
| William J. Grede |
Business |
24-Feb-1897 |
5-Jun-1989 |
Grede Foundries, Inc. |
| Dwight H. Green |
Politician |
9-Jan-1897 |
20-Feb-1958 |
Governor of Illinois, 1941-49 |
| Odd Hassel |
Chemist |
17-May-1897 |
11-May-1981 |
Conformational analysis |
| Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
| Fletcher Henderson |
Jazz Musician |
18-Dec-1897 |
29-Dec-1952 |
Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader |
| Pete Henry |
Football |
31-Oct-1897 |
7-Feb-1952 |
NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter |
Military |
8-May-1897 |
18-Jun-1982 |
CIA Director, 1947-50 |
| Sir Cyril Hinshelwood |
Chemist |
19-Jun-1897 |
9-Oct-1967 |
The Kinetics of Chemical Change |
| Kenneth C. Hogate |
Publisher |
27-Jul-1897 |
11-Feb-1947 |
President of Dow Jones, 1931-45 |
| Moe Howard |
Actor |
19-Jun-1897 |
4-May-1975 |
Boss Stooge |
| Zakir Hussain |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1897 |
3-May-1969 |
President of India, 1967-69 |
| Nunnally Johnson |
Screenwriter |
5-Dec-1897 |
25-Mar-1977 |
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit |
| Irène Joliot-Curie |
Physicist |
12-Sep-1897 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Artificial radioactivity |
| Doris Kenyon |
Actor |
5-Sep-1897 |
1-Sep-1979 |
Counsellor at Law |
| Kay Kyser |
Musician |
18-Jun-1897 |
23-Jul-1985 |
The Ol' Professor, eleven #1 records |
| John Laurie |
Actor |
25-Mar-1897 |
23-Jun-1980 |
Pvt. James Frazer on Dad's Army |
| Fernand Ledoux |
Actor |
24-Jan-1897 |
21-Sep-1993 |
La Bête Humaine |
| Louis Lepke |
Criminal |
6-Feb-1897 |
4-Mar-1944 |
Head of Murder, Inc. |
| Rayford W. Logan |
Historian |
7-Jan-1897 |
4-Nov-1982 |
The Negro in American Life and Thought |
| Lucky Luciano |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1897 |
26-Jan-1962 |
Founder of Murder, Inc. |
| Daniel K. Ludwig |
Business |
24-Jun-1897 |
27-Aug-1992 |
The Invisible Billionaire |
| Bernard Lyot |
Astronomer |
27-Feb-1897 |
2-Apr-1952 |
Sandstorms on Mars |
| John D. MacArthur |
Philanthropist |
6-Mar-1897 |
6-Jan-1978 |
Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation |
| Noel Madison |
Actor |
30-Apr-1897 |
6-Jan-1975 |
American character actor |
| Rouben Mamoulian |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1897 |
4-Dec-1987 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| Fredric March |
Actor |
31-Aug-1897 |
14-Apr-1975 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Manuel Gomez Morin |
Politician |
27-Feb-1897 |
19-Apr-1972 |
One of the Seven Sages of Mexico |
| Elijah Muhammad |
Religion |
7-Oct-1897 |
25-Feb-1975 |
Nation of Islam |
| Conrad Nagel |
Actor |
16-Mar-1897 |
24-Feb-1970 |
The Thirteenth Chair |
| Arthur C. Nielsen |
Business |
5-Sep-1897 |
1-Jun-1980 |
Founder of A.C. Nielsen ratings company |
| Ronald G. W. Norrish |
Chemist |
9-Nov-1897 |
7-Jun-1978 |
Rapid chemical processes |
| Kate O'Brien |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1897 |
13-Aug-1974 |
The Land of Spices |
| Cecil Parker |
Actor |
3-Sep-1897 |
20-Apr-1971 |
The Ladykillers |
| Glubb Pasha |
Military |
16-Apr-1897 |
17-Mar-1986 |
Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56 |
| Pope Paul VI |
Religion |
26-Sep-1897 |
6-Aug-1978 |
The pilgrim pope |
| Drew Pearson |
Journalist |
13-Dec-1897 |
1-Sep-1969 |
Washington Merry-Go-Round |
| Lester Bowles Pearson |
Head of State |
23-Apr-1897 |
27-Dec-1972 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1963-68 |
| Vladimir Peniakoff |
Military |
30-Mar-1897 |
May-1951 |
Head of Popski's Private Army |
| Walter Pidgeon |
Actor |
23-Sep-1897 |
25-Sep-1984 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Rosa Ponselle |
Singer |
22-Jan-1897 |
25-May-1981 |
Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Dawn Powell |
Novelist |
28-Nov-1897 |
14-Nov-1965 |
She Walks In Beauty |
| Gregory Ratoff |
Film Director |
20-Apr-1897 |
14-Dec-1960 |
Intermezzo: A Love Story |
| Wilhelm Reich |
Scientist |
24-Mar-1897 |
3-Nov-1957 |
Founder of Orgonomy |
| Tadeus Reichstein |
Scientist |
20-Jul-1897 |
1-Aug-1996 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Cyril Ritchard |
Actor |
1-Dec-1897 |
18-Dec-1977 |
Stage actor, Capt. Hook in Peter Pan |
| Jimmie Rodgers |
Country Musician |
8-Sep-1897 |
26-May-1933 |
Pioneering country singer/songwriter/yodeler |
| C. J. Rogers |
Politician |
20-Dec-1897 |
18-May-1962 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1953-55 |
| Quentin Roosevelt |
Relative |
19-Nov-1897 |
14-Jul-1918 |
Theodore Roosevelt's son |
| Richard B. Russell |
Politician |
2-Nov-1897 |
21-Jan-1971 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1933-71 |
| Gershom Scholem |
Historian |
5-Dec-1897 |
21-Feb-1982 |
Revolutionized the study of Kabbalah |
| Milward L. Simpson |
Politician |
12-Nov-1897 |
10-Jun-1993 |
Governor and Senator from Wyoming |
| Douglas Sirk |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jan-1987 |
Written on the Wind |
| Louis Skidmore |
Architect |
8-Apr-1897 |
27-Sep-1962 |
Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill |
| Margaret Chase Smith |
Politician |
14-Dec-1897 |
29-May-1995 |
US Senator from Maine, 1949-73 |
| Willie "The Lion" Smith |
Jazz Musician |
25-Nov-1897 |
18-Apr-1973 |
Stride pianist, Finger Buster |
| Hans Speidel |
Military |
28-Oct-1897 |
28-Nov-1984 |
German general, NATO commander |
| Dirk Stikker |
Diplomat |
5-Feb-1897 |
23-Dec-1979 |
NATO Secretary General, 1961-64 |
| Otto Struve |
Astronomer |
12-Aug-1897 |
6-Apr-1963 |
Hydrogen in the interstellar medium |
| Gloria Swanson |
Actor |
27-Mar-1897 |
4-Apr-1983 |
Sunset Blvd. |
| George Szell |
Conductor |
7-Jun-1897 |
30-Jul-1970 |
Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70 |
| Josephine Tey |
Novelist |
1897 |
13-Feb-1952 |
Richard of Bordeaux |
| Gene Tunney |
Boxing |
25-May-1897 |
7-Nov-1978 |
Heavyweight Boxing Champion, 1926-28 |
| Nathan F. Twining |
Military |
11-Oct-1897 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60 |
| Albert C. Wedemeyer |
Military |
9-Jul-1897 |
17-Dec-1989 |
Victory Program |
| Thornton Wilder |
Novelist |
17-Apr-1897 |
7-Dec-1975 |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
| Rhys Williams |
Actor |
31-Dec-1897 |
28-May-1969 |
The Bells of St. Mary's |
| Walter Winchell |
Radio Personality |
7-Apr-1897 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Gossip commentator |
| Georg Wittig |
Chemist |
16-Jun-1897 |
26-Aug-1987 |
Wittig Reaction |
| Fazlollah Zahedi |
Head of State |
1897 |
2-Sep-1963 |
Prime Minister of Iran, 1953-55 |
