| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Howard Aiken |
Physicist |
8-Mar-1900 |
14-Mar-1973 |
Designer of early computers |
| Marc Allégret |
Film Director |
22-Dec-1900 |
4-Nov-1973 |
Entrée des Artistes |
| George Antheil |
Composer |
8-Jul-1900 |
12-Feb-1959 |
Le Ballet mécanique |
| Jean Arthur |
Actor |
17-Oct-1900 |
19-Jun-1991 |
Only Angels Have Wings |
| Arthur Askey |
Comic |
6-Jun-1900 |
16-Nov-1982 |
Horn-rimmed British comic |
| Gene Austin |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Jun-1900 |
24-Jan-1972 |
Vaudeviller crooner and songwriter |
| Stephen D. Bechtel |
Business |
24-Sep-1900 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Ran Bechtel from 1936-60 |
| Warren Beck |
Novelist |
c. 1900 |
? |
Final Score |
| Arnold Beckman |
Inventor |
10-Apr-1900 |
18-May-2004 |
Philanthropist who invented pH meter |
| Edna Best |
Actor |
3-Mar-1900 |
18-Sep-1974 |
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
| Green Bar Bill |
Author |
6-Aug-1900 |
9-Nov-1992 |
Prominent Scouter |
| Martin Bormann |
Government |
17-Jun-1900 |
2-May-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's adjutant |
| Jim Bottomley |
Baseball |
23-Apr-1900 |
11-Dec-1959 |
St. Louis Cardinal, Hall-of-Famer |
| Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
Royalty |
4-Aug-1900 |
30-Mar-2002 |
The Queen Mother |
| Wallace R. Brode |
Chemist |
12-Jun-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
Absorption spectra of dyes |
| Luis Buñuel |
Film Director |
22-Feb-1900 |
29-Jul-1983 |
That Obscure Object of Desire |
| Edward Buzzell |
Film Director |
13-Nov-1900 |
11-Jan-1985 |
At the Circus |
| Ilka Chase |
Actor |
8-Apr-1900 |
15-Feb-1978 |
Now, Voyager |
| Colin Clive |
Actor |
20-Jan-1900 |
25-Jun-1937 |
Frankenstein |
| Lionel Conacher |
Hockey |
24-May-1900 |
26-May-1954 |
Canadian All-Around Athlete |
| Aaron Copland |
Composer |
14-Nov-1900 |
2-Dec-1990 |
Fanfare for the Common Man |
| Lloyd Corrigan |
Actor |
16-Oct-1900 |
5-Nov-1969 |
Arthur Manleder in Boston Blackie films |
| Norris Cotton |
Politician |
11-May-1900 |
24-Feb-1989 |
US Senator from New Hampshire, 1954-74 |
| Xavier Cugat |
Musician |
1-Jan-1900 |
27-Oct-1990 |
The Rumba King |
| Roland Culver |
Actor |
21-Aug-1900 |
29-Feb-1984 |
Dead of Night |
| Haskell Curry |
Mathematician |
12-Sep-1900 |
1-Sep-1982 |
Combinatory Logic |
| Edward Dahlberg |
Novelist |
22-Jul-1900 |
27-Feb-1977 |
Because I Was Flesh |
| Marcel Dalio |
Actor |
17-Jul-1900 |
20-Nov-1983 |
The Sun Also Rises |
| John M. Dalton |
Politician |
9-Nov-1900 |
7-Jul-1972 |
Governor of Missouri, 1961-65 |
| Adi Dassler |
Business |
3-Nov-1900 |
6-Sep-1978 |
Founder of Adidas |
| Deane C. Davis |
Politician |
7-Nov-1900 |
8-Dec-1990 |
Governor of Vermont, 1969-73 |
| W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
Quality Control guru |
| Martin Dies, Jr. |
Politician |
5-Nov-1900 |
14-Nov-1972 |
Congressman from Texas |
| T. G. Dobzhansky |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1900 |
18-Dec-1975 |
Genetics and the Origin of Species |
| Charles Elton |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1900 |
1-May-1991 |
Animal Ecology |
| Fritz Feld |
Actor |
15-Oct-1900 |
18-Nov-1993 |
Bringing Up Baby |
| Robert Florey |
Film Director |
14-Sep-1900 |
16-May-1979 |
Tarzan and the Mermaids |
| Norman Foster |
Film Director |
13-Dec-1900 |
7-Jul-1976 |
Journey Into Fear |
| Preston Foster |
Actor |
24-Aug-1900 |
14-Jul-1970 |
My Friend Flicka |
| Hans Frank |
Military |
23-May-1900 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi King of Poland |
| Hans Fritzsche |
Government |
21-Apr-1900 |
27-Sep-1953 |
Reich minister of radio propaganda |
| Erich Fromm |
Psychologist |
23-Mar-1900 |
18-Mar-1980 |
Psychoanalyst, Humanist |
| Dennis Gabor |
Physicist |
5-Jun-1900 |
8-Feb-1979 |
Inventor of holography |
| Hans-Georg Gadamer |
Philosopher |
11-Feb-1900 |
13-Mar-2002 |
Truth and Method |
| John H. Gaddum |
Scientist |
31-Mar-1900 |
30-Jun-1965 |
Drug antagonism |
| Helen Gahagan |
Actor |
25-Nov-1900 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Actress, California Congresswoman |
| Gladys George |
Actor |
13-Sep-1900 |
8-Dec-1954 |
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie |
| Goose Goslin |
Baseball |
16-Oct-1900 |
15-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Chester Gould |
Cartoonist |
20-Nov-1900 |
11-May-1985 |
Creator of Dick Tracy |
| Ragnar Granit |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1900 |
31-Mar-1990 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Lefty Grove |
Baseball |
6-Mar-1900 |
22-May-1975 |
Perhaps the best MLB pitcher in history |
| Duke Guider |
Business |
10-Mar-1900 |
1969 |
Defense attorney for Hideki Tojo |
| Tyrone Guthrie |
Theater Director |
2-Jul-1900 |
15-May-1971 |
Influential Anglo-Irish theatre director |
| William Haines |
Actor |
2-Jan-1900 |
26-Dec-1973 |
Hollywood's first openly gay leading man |
| James Hall |
Actor |
22-Oct-1900 |
7-Jun-1940 |
Hell's Angels |
| Roy Harrod |
Economist |
13-Feb-1900 |
9-Mar-1978 |
Towards a Dynamic Economics |
| Gabby Hartnett |
Baseball |
20-Dec-1900 |
20-Dec-1972 |
Chicago Cubs catcher, Hall-of-Famer |
| Helen Hayes |
Actor |
10-Oct-1900 |
17-Mar-1993 |
First Lady of the Theater |
| James Hilton |
Novelist |
9-Sep-1900 |
20-Dec-1954 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| Heinrich Himmler |
Government |
7-Oct-1900 |
23-May-1945 |
Leader of the SS |
| Laura Z. Hobson |
Novelist |
19-Jun-1900 |
28-Feb-1986 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| Geoffrey Household |
Novelist |
30-Nov-1900 |
4-Oct-1988 |
Rogue Male |
| Cal Hubbard |
Football |
31-Oct-1900 |
17-Oct-1977 |
NFL Hall of Famer, Baseball umpire |
| Richard Hughes |
Author |
19-Apr-1900 |
28-Aug-1976 |
A High Wind in Jamaica |
| Ian Hunter |
Actor |
13-Jun-1900 |
23-Sep-1975 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Gladwyn Jebb |
Diplomat |
25-Apr-1900 |
24-Oct-1996 |
Acting UN Secretary General, 1945-46 |
| Allen Jenkins |
Actor |
9-Apr-1900 |
20-Jul-1974 |
American character actor |
| Eyvind Johnson |
Author |
29-Jul-1900 |
25-Aug-1976 |
Rain at Dawn |
| Frédéric Joliot |
Physicist |
19-Mar-1900 |
14-Aug-1958 |
Artificial radioactivity |
| Kenneth B. Keating |
Politician |
18-May-1900 |
5-May-1975 |
US Senator from New York, 1959-65 |
| Hermann Kesten |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1900 |
1996 |
I, the King |
| Paul Kletzki |
Conductor |
21-Mar-1900 |
5-Mar-1973 |
Director, Bern Symphony, 1964-67 |
| Fred C. Koch |
Business |
23-Sep-1900 |
Nov-1967 |
Founder, Koch Industries |
| Fritz Kolbe |
Spy |
25-Sep-1900 |
1971 |
Allied mole in WWII Berlin |
| Paul Kollsman |
Inventor |
22-Feb-1900 |
17-Mar-1982 |
Barometric altimeter |
| Hans Krebs |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1900 |
22-Nov-1981 |
Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| Richard Kuhn |
Chemist |
3-Dec-1900 |
1-Aug-1967 |
Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6 |
| Tommy Ladnier |
Jazz Musician |
28-May-1900 |
4-Jun-1939 |
Jazz trumpeter |
| Arthur B. Langlie |
Politician |
25-Jul-1900 |
24-Jul-1966 |
Twice Governor of Washington |
| Joe Lapchick |
Basketball |
12-Apr-1900 |
10-Aug-1970 |
Original Celtic, later NY Knicks Coach |
| Mary Lasker |
Activist |
30-Nov-1900 |
21-Feb-1994 |
Health care advocate |
| Owen Lattimore |
Author |
29-Jul-1900 |
31-May-1989 |
Scholar of Mongolia |
| Wilfrid Lawson |
Actor |
14-Jan-1900 |
10-Oct-1966 |
Pygmalion |
| Meridel Le Sueur |
Novelist |
22-Feb-1900 |
14-Nov-1996 |
North Star Country |
| Herbert I. Leeds |
Film Director |
1900 |
1984 |
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness |
| Eugenie Leontovich |
Actor |
21-Mar-1900 |
3-Apr-1993 |
Russian-American stage actress |
| Mervyn LeRoy |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1900 |
13-Sep-1987 |
Quo Vadis? |
| Margaret Livingston |
Actor |
25-Nov-1900 |
13-Dec-1984 |
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans |
| John Longden |
Actor |
11-Nov-1900 |
26-May-1971 |
Quatermass 2 |
| Leo Lowenthal |
Sociologist |
3-Nov-1900 |
21-Jan-1993 |
Literature and the Image of Man |
| Ethel Mannin |
Novelist |
6-Oct-1900 |
1984 |
Confessions |
| J. Willard Marriott |
Business |
17-Sep-1900 |
13-Aug-1985 |
Founded the Marriott hotel chain |
| Lester Matthews |
Actor |
6-Jun-1900 |
6-Jun-1975 |
The Raven |
| David Maxwell Fyfe |
Politician |
29-May-1900 |
27-Jan-1967 |
UK Home Secretary, 1951-54 |
| John McEwen |
Head of State |
29-Mar-1900 |
20-Nov-1980 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1967-68 |
| Theodore R. McKeldin |
Politician |
20-Nov-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
Governor of Maryland, 1951-59 |
| Emmett Miller |
Singer |
02-Feb-1900 |
29-Mar-1962 |
Minstrel show yodeller |
| James P. Mitchell |
Government |
12-Nov-1900 |
19-Oct-1964 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1953-61 |
| Margaret Mitchell |
Novelist |
8-Nov-1900 |
16-Aug-1949 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Colleen Moore |
Actor |
19-Aug-1900 |
25-Jan-1988 |
Ella Cinders |
| Agnes Moorehead |
Actor |
6-Dec-1900 |
30-Apr-1974 |
Endora on Bewitched |
| Helen Morgan |
Actor |
2-Aug-1900 |
9-Oct-1941 |
Show Boat |
| Henry S. Morgan |
Business |
24-Oct-1900 |
8-Feb-1982 |
Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley |
| Wayne Morse |
Politician |
20-Oct-1900 |
22-Jul-1974 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69 |
| Lord Mountbatten |
Military |
25-Jun-1900 |
27-Aug-1979 |
Last Viceroy of India |
| Joseph Needham |
Historian |
9-Dec-1900 |
24-Mar-1995 |
Science and Civilization in China |
| Jean Negulesco |
Film Director |
26-Feb-1900 |
18-Jul-1993 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Sean O'Faolain |
Novelist |
22-Feb-1900 |
20-Apr-1991 |
Come Back to Erin |
| Jan Hendrik Oort |
Astronomer |
28-Apr-1900 |
5-Nov-1992 |
Theory of the origin of comets |
| Mitchell Parish |
Songwriter |
10-Jul-1900 |
31-Mar-1993 |
Volare |
| Paul L. Patterson |
Politician |
18-Jul-1900 |
31-Jan-1956 |
Governor of Oregon, 1952-56 |
| Wolfgang Pauli |
Physicist |
25-Apr-1900 |
15-Dec-1958 |
Pauli Exclusion Principle |
| Katina Paxinou |
Actor |
17-Dec-1900 |
22-Feb-1973 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
| Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
Astronomer |
10-May-1900 |
7-Dec-1979 |
Hydrogen in the Sun |
| Claude Pepper |
Politician |
8-Sep-1900 |
30-May-1989 |
Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 |
| V. S. Pritchett |
Author |
16-Dec-1900 |
20-Mar-1997 |
Midnight Oil |
| Noel Purcell |
Actor |
23-Dec-1900 |
3-Mar-1985 |
The Rising of the Moon |
| Ernie Pyle |
Journalist |
3-Aug-1900 |
18-Apr-1945 |
Scripps-Howard war correspondent |
| Monroe Rathbone |
Business |
1-Mar-1900 |
2-Aug-1976 |
Formed Exxon |
| Malvina Reynolds |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Aug-1900 |
17-Mar-1978 |
Little Boxes |
| Charles Richter |
Scientist |
26-Apr-1900 |
30-Sep-1985 |
Groundbreaking seismologist |
| Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
| Leo Robin |
Songwriter |
6-Apr-1900 |
29-Dec-1984 |
Thanks For The Memory |
| Elmo Roper |
Business |
31-Jul-1900 |
30-Apr-1971 |
American pollster |
| Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
Author |
29-Jun-1900 |
31-Jul-1944 |
The Little Prince |
| Mark Sandrich |
Film Director |
26-Aug-1900 |
4-Mar-1945 |
Top Hat |
| Nathalie Sarraute |
Novelist |
18-Jul-1900 |
19-Oct-1999 |
Portrait of a Man Unknown |
| Natalie Schafer |
Actor |
5-Nov-1900 |
10-Apr-1991 |
Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island |
| Arthur Schwartz |
Composer |
4-Nov-1900 |
3-Sep-1984 |
That's Entertainment |
| John T. Scopes |
Educator |
3-Aug-1900 |
21-Oct-1970 |
Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial |
| Hugh D. Scott, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Nov-1900 |
21-Jul-1994 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77 |
| Giorgos Seferis |
Poet |
1-Mar-1900 |
20-Sep-1971 |
Imerolóyion katastrómatos |
| Lesley Selander |
Film Director |
26-May-1900 |
5-Dec-1979 |
The Texican |
| Robert Shayne |
Actor |
4-Oct-1900 |
29-Nov-1992 |
Insp. Henderson on Adventures of Superman |
| Ignazio Silone |
Novelist |
1-May-1900 |
22-Aug-1978 |
Anti-Fascist novelist, Pro-Fascist informant |
| Alastair Sim |
Actor |
9-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
| Robert Siodmak |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1900 |
10-Mar-1973 |
The Killers |
| Lawrence E. Spivak |
TV Personality |
11-Jun-1900 |
9-Mar-1994 |
Meet the Press |
| John R. Steelman |
Government |
23-Jun-1900 |
14-Jul-1999 |
Truman's Chief of Staff |
| Philip Van Doren Stern |
Author |
10-Sep-1900 |
31-Jul-1984 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Edward Stettinius, Jr. |
Government |
22-Oct-1900 |
31-Oct-1949 |
US Secretary of State, 1944-45 |
| Adlai Stevenson |
Politician |
5-Feb-1900 |
14-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Illinois, 1949-53 |
| William E. Stevenson |
Diplomat |
25-Oct-1900 |
2-Apr-1985 |
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1962-64 |
| Chiune Sugihara |
Diplomat |
1-Jan-1900 |
31-Jul-1986 |
Helped Jews escape Lithuania |
| Gladys Swarthout |
Singer |
25-Dec-1900 |
8-Jul-1969 |
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
| Rufino Tamayo |
Painter |
c. 1900 |
24-Jun-1991 |
Dos Personajes Atacados por Perros |
| Frederick Terman |
Scientist |
7-Jun-1900 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Stanford Research Park |
| Charles L. Terry, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Sep-1900 |
6-Feb-1970 |
Governor of Delaware, 1965-69 |
| Nikolai Timofeev-Ressovsky |
Biologist |
20-Sep-1900 |
28-Mar-1981 |
Russian geneticist |
| Clyde Tolson |
Government |
22-May-1900 |
14-Apr-1975 |
J. Edgar Hoover's 40-year companion |
| Spencer Tracy |
Actor |
5-Apr-1900 |
10-Jun-1967 |
Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars |
| Roger J. Traynor |
Judge |
12-Feb-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
California Chief Justice, 1964-70 |
| Lamar Trotti |
Screenwriter |
18-Oct-1900 |
28-Aug-1952 |
Young Mr. Lincoln |
| Ralph Truman |
Actor |
7-May-1900 |
15-Oct-1977 |
Quo Vadis |
| George Uhlenbeck |
Physicist |
6-Dec-1900 |
31-Oct-1988 |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
| Miguel Alemán Valdés |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
President of Mexico, 1946-52 |
| Charles Vidor |
Film Director |
27-Jul-1900 |
4-Jun-1959 |
A Farewell to Arms |
| Fred Waring |
Conductor |
9-Jun-1900 |
29-Jul-1984 |
Innovative bandleader and musician |
| Helene Weigel |
Actor |
12-May-1900 |
6-May-1971 |
The Berliner Ensemble |
| Kurt Weill |
Composer |
2-Mar-1900 |
3-Apr-1950 |
The Threepenny Opera |
| Leslie A. White |
Anthropologist |
19-Jan-1900 |
31-Mar-1975 |
The Science of Culture |
| Don Wilson |
Radio Personality |
1-Sep-1900 |
25-Apr-1982 |
Jack Benny's announcer |
| Hack Wilson |
Baseball |
26-Apr-1900 |
23-Nov-1948 |
Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930 |
| Yvor Winters |
Poet |
17-Oct-1900 |
25-Jan-1968 |
Primitivism & Decadence |
| Thomas Wolfe |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1900 |
15-Sep-1938 |
Look Homeward, Angel |
| Giuseppe Zangara |
Assassin |
7-Sep-1900 |
20-Mar-1933 |
Tried to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt |
