Grassroots antiwar organization founded in 1939 at Yale. Over the next two years, the AFC grew to a membership of 800,000. The group dissolved two days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Samuel Hopkins Adams |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1871 |
15-Nov-1958 |
The Great American Fraud |
| Harry Elmer Barnes |
Historian |
15-Jun-1889 |
25-Aug-1968 |
American conspiracy theorist |
| Chester Bowles |
Politician |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-May-1986 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1949-51 |
| William F. Buckley |
Columnist |
24-Nov-1925 |
27-Feb-2008 |
National Review |
| Anton J. Carlson |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1875 |
2-Sep-1956 |
The Machinery of the Body |
| Irvin S. Cobb |
Author |
23-Jun-1876 |
10-Mar-1944 |
Old Judge Priest |
| Barber Conable |
Politician |
2-Nov-1922 |
30-Nov-2003 |
World Bank President, Congressman |
| Father Charles Coughlin |
Religion |
25-Oct-1891 |
27-Oct-1979 |
Radio opponent of FDR |
| e. e. cummings |
Poet |
14-Oct-1894 |
3-Sep-1962 |
Majuscule-challenged American poet |
| Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
| Hamilton Fish III |
Politician |
7-Dec-1888 |
18-Jan-1991 |
Congressman from New York, 1920-45 |
| John T. Flynn |
Journalist |
25-Oct-1882 |
13-Apr-1964 |
The Roosevelt Myth |
| Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
| Henry Ford |
Business |
30-Jul-1863 |
7-Apr-1947 |
Founder of Ford Motors |
| Lillian Gish |
Actor |
14-Oct-1893 |
27-Feb-1993 |
Silent film actress, director |
| Herbert Hoover |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1874 |
20-Oct-1964 |
31st US President, 1929-33 |
| Laura Ingalls |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1893 |
10-Jan-1967 |
Aviatrix and Nazi sympathizer |
| John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Sinclair Lewis |
Novelist |
7-Feb-1885 |
10-Jan-1951 |
Arrowsmith and Elmer Gantry |
| Charles Lindbergh |
Aviator |
4-Feb-1902 |
26-Aug-1974 |
Transatlantic soloist |
| Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
Socialite |
12-Feb-1884 |
20-Feb-1980 |
The Other Washington Monument |
| Frank O. Lowden |
Politician |
26-Jan-1861 |
20-Mar-1943 |
Governor of Illinois, 1917-21 |
| Pat Manion |
Radio Personality |
1896 |
1979 |
Manion Forum |
| Robert McCormick |
Business |
30-Jul-1880 |
1-Apr-1955 |
Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower |
| Gerald P. Nye |
Politician |
19-Dec-1892 |
17-Jul-1971 |
US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45 |
| David A. Reed |
Politician |
21-Dec-1880 |
10-Feb-1953 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35 |
| William H. Regnery |
Business |
12-Oct-1877 |
16-Jan-1954 |
America First Committee |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| William Saroyan |
Author |
31-Aug-1908 |
18-May-1981 |
The Time of Your Life |
| Sargent Shriver |
Activist |
9-Nov-1915 |
18-Jan-2011 |
First Director of the Peace Corps |
| Potter Stewart |
Judge |
23-Jan-1915 |
7-Dec-1985 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81 |
| Robert A. Taft |
Politician |
8-Sep-1889 |
31-Jul-1953 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1939-53 |
| Norman Thomas |
Activist |
20-Nov-1884 |
19-Dec-1968 |
American Socialist Party |
| James E. Van Zandt |
Politician |
18-Dec-1898 |
6-Jan-1986 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania |
| Gore Vidal |
Author |
3-Oct-1925 |
31-Jul-2012 |
Visit to a Small Planet |
| Burton K. Wheeler |
Politician |
27-Feb-1882 |
6-Jan-1975 |
US Senator from Montana, 1923-47 |
| Robert E. Wood |
Business |
13-Jun-1879 |
6-Nov-1969 |
Chairman of Sears, 1939-54 |
| Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architect |
8-Jun-1867 |
9-Apr-1959 |
Fallingwater |
