| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Franklin Pierce Adams |
Columnist |
15-Nov-1881 |
23-Mar-1960 |
New York columnist, The Conning Tower |
| Ray Atherton |
Diplomat |
1883 |
1960 |
US Ambassador to Canada, 1943-48 |
| Walter Baade |
Astronomer |
24-Mar-1893 |
25-Jun-1960 |
German-American observational astronomer |
| Vicki Baum |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1888 |
29-Aug-1960 |
Grand Hotel |
| Jacques Becker |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1906 |
21-Feb-1960 |
Le Trou |
| James Crawford Biggs |
Politician |
29-Aug-1872 |
30-Jan-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1933-35 |
| Jussi Björling |
Singer |
2-Feb-1911 |
9-Sep-1960 |
Operatic tenor |
| Ward Bond |
Actor |
9-Apr-1903 |
5-Nov-1960 |
Wagon Train |
| Maurice de Broglie |
Physicist |
27-Apr-1875 |
14-Jul-1960 |
X-ray spectroscopy |
| Ralph G. Brooks |
Politician |
6-Jul-1898 |
9-Sep-1960 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1959-60 |
| Edward Brophy |
Actor |
27-Feb-1895 |
27-May-1960 |
The Last Hurrah |
| William Bulow |
Politician |
13-Jan-1869 |
26-Feb-1960 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1931-43 |
| Usher L. Burdick |
Politician |
21-Feb-1879 |
19-Aug-1960 |
Congressman from North Dakota |
| Albert Camus |
Novelist |
7-Nov-1913 |
4-Jan-1960 |
French author and Nobel laureate |
| Walter Catlett |
Actor |
4-Feb-1889 |
14-Nov-1960 |
Bringing Up Baby |
| Georges Claude |
Chemist |
24-Sep-1870 |
23-May-1960 |
Neon lighting |
| Eddie Cochran |
Musician |
3-Oct-1938 |
17-Apr-1960 |
Summertime Blues |
| Richard Cromwell |
Actor |
8-Jan-1920 |
11-Oct-1960 |
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer |
| H. L. Davis |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1894 |
31-Oct-1960 |
Honey in the Horn |
| Ernst von Dohnányi |
Composer |
27-Jul-1877 |
9-Feb-1960 |
Opus 25 |
| Hope Emerson |
Actor |
29-Oct-1897 |
25-Apr-1960 |
Caged |
| Edwin Fischer |
Pianist |
6-Oct-1886 |
24-Jan-1960 |
Pianist/conductor, emphasis Bach and Mozart |
| James Montgomery Flagg |
Painter |
18-Jun-1877 |
27-May-1960 |
I Want YOU for U.S. Army |
| Walther Funk |
Government |
18-Aug-1890 |
31-May-1960 |
Reich economic minister |
| Clark Gable |
Actor |
1-Feb-1901 |
16-Nov-1960 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Lowell Gilmore |
Actor |
20-Dec-1906 |
31-Jan-1960 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Alfred E. Green |
Film Director |
11-Jul-1889 |
4-Sep-1960 |
Dangerous |
| Oscar Hammerstein II |
Musician |
12-Jul-1895 |
23-Aug-1960 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. |
Politician |
25-Jun-1903 |
13-Sep-1960 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1951-60 |
| Louis Jean Heydt |
Actor |
17-Apr-1905 |
29-Jan-1960 |
American character actor |
| Joseph H. Himes |
Politician |
15-Aug-1885 |
9-Sep-1960 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1921-23 |
| Dennis Hoey |
Actor |
30-Mar-1893 |
25-Jul-1960 |
Inspector Lestrade |
| Zora Neale Hurston |
Novelist |
7-Jan-1891 |
28-Jan-1960 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| Ian Keith |
Actor |
27-Feb-1899 |
26-Mar-1960 |
It Came from Beneath the Sea |
| Aly Khan |
Royalty |
13-Jun-1911 |
12-May-1960 |
Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince |
| Melanie Klein |
Psychologist |
30-Mar-1882 |
22-Sep-1960 |
The Psychoanalysis of Children |
| Alfred Kohlberg |
Business |
27-Jan-1887 |
7-Apr-1960 |
The China Lobby Man |
| Alfred Kroeber |
Anthropologist |
11-Jun-1876 |
5-Oct-1960 |
Pioneer in American Anthropology |
| Alma Kruger |
Actor |
13-Sep-1871 |
5-Apr-1960 |
Molly Byrd, Dr. Kildare's head nurse |
| Max von Laue |
Physicist |
9-Oct-1879 |
23-Apr-1960 |
X-ray crystallography |
| Lucien Littlefield |
Actor |
16-Aug-1895 |
4-Jun-1960 |
American character actor |
| Frank Lloyd |
Film Director |
2-Feb-1886 |
10-Aug-1960 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Earl Long |
Politician |
26-Aug-1895 |
5-Sep-1960 |
Three-time Governor of Louisiana |
| Seumas MacManus |
Author |
1869 |
1960 |
A Lad of the O'Friels |
| John P. Marquand |
Novelist |
10-Nov-1893 |
16-Jul-1960 |
The Late George Apley |
| Arthur Meighen |
Head of State |
16-Jun-1874 |
5-Aug-1960 |
Twice Canadian Prime Minister |
| John Miljan |
Actor |
9-Nov-1892 |
24-Jan-1960 |
I Accuse My Parents |
| Dimitri Mitropoulos |
Conductor |
1-Mar-1896 |
2-Nov-1960 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58 |
| Matt Moore |
Actor |
8-Jan-1888 |
20-Jan-1960 |
Irish-American character actor |
| Richard L. Neuberger |
Politician |
26-Dec-1912 |
9-Mar-1960 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1955-60 |
| Herbert O'Conor |
Politician |
17-Nov-1896 |
4-Mar-1960 |
Governor and Senator from Maryland |
| Ida Rentoul Outhwaite |
Artist |
9-Jun-1888 |
25-Jun-1960 |
Elves and Fairies illustrator |
| Boris Pasternak |
Author |
10-Feb-1890 |
30-May-1960 |
Doctor Zhivago |
| Lester Patrick |
Hockey |
30-Dec-1883 |
1-Jun-1960 |
NY Rangers Head Coach, 1926-39 |
| Philip B. Perlman |
Attorney |
5-Mar-1890 |
31-Jul-1960 |
US Solicitor General, 1947-52 |
| Oscar Pettiford |
Jazz Musician |
30-Sep-1922 |
8-Sep-1960 |
Jazz double bassist |
| St. John Philby |
Government |
3-Apr-1885 |
30-Sep-1960 |
Sheikh Abdullah, Arabist |
| Wilhelm Pieck |
Head of State |
3-Jan-1876 |
7-Sep-1960 |
President of East Germany, 1949-60 |
| Emily Post |
Columnist |
27-Oct-1873 |
25-Sep-1960 |
Etiquette |
| Melvin Purvis |
Government |
26-Oct-1903 |
29-Feb-1960 |
Top G-man of the 1930s |
| Erich Raeder |
Military |
24-Apr-1876 |
6-Nov-1960 |
Reich Admiral |
| Gregory Ratoff |
Film Director |
20-Apr-1897 |
14-Dec-1960 |
Intermezzo: A Love Story |
| John D. Rockefeller, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jan-1874 |
11-May-1960 |
Built Rockefeller Center |
| Edith Nourse Rogers |
Politician |
19-Mar-1881 |
10-Sep-1960 |
Congresswoman from Massachusetts, 1925-60 |
| Basil Ruysdael |
Actor |
24-Jul-1888 |
10-Oct-1960 |
The Cocoanuts |
| Mack Sennett |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Jan-1880 |
5-Nov-1960 |
Founder of Keystone Studios |
| Henrik Shipstead |
Politician |
8-Jan-1881 |
26-Jun-1960 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47 |
| Nevil Shute |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1899 |
12-Jan-1960 |
On the Beach |
| Donald Somervell |
Politician |
24-Aug-1889 |
18-Nov-1960 |
AG for England and Wales, 1936-45 |
| Harold Spencer Jones |
Astronomer |
29-Mar-1890 |
3-Nov-1960 |
10th Royal Astronomer of England |
| Margaret Sullavan |
Actor |
16-May-1911 |
1-Jan-1960 |
The Shop Around the Corner |
| Leonard Warren |
Singer |
21-Apr-1911 |
4-Mar-1960 |
Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Pierre Watkin |
Actor |
29-Dec-1887 |
3-Feb-1960 |
Adventures of Superman |
| Joseph Welch |
Attorney |
22-Oct-1890 |
6-Oct-1960 |
Have you no sense of decency? |
| Richard B. Wigglesworth |
Government |
25-Apr-1891 |
22-Oct-1960 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1928-58 |
| Edwin E. Witte |
Economist |
4-Jan-1887 |
20-May-1960 |
Father of Social Security |
| Richard Wright |
Author |
4-Sep-1908 |
28-Nov-1960 |
Native Son |
| Francis Parker Yockey |
Author |
18-Sep-1917 |
16-Jun-1960 |
Imperium |
| George Zucco |
Actor |
11-Jan-1886 |
28-May-1960 |
Fog Island |