| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Shmuel Agnon |
Author |
17-Jul-1888 |
17-Feb-1970 |
'Tmol Shilshom |
| George Akerson |
Government |
5-Sep-1888 |
? |
First White House Press Secretary |
| Josef Albers |
Artist |
19-Mar-1888 |
25-Mar-1976 |
Homage to the Square |
| Claud Allister |
Actor |
3-Oct-1888 |
26-Jul-1970 |
The Reluctant Dragon |
| Maxwell Anderson |
Playwright |
15-Dec-1888 |
28-Feb-1959 |
What Price Glory? |
| Henry Armetta |
Actor |
4-Jul-1888 |
21-Oct-1945 |
A Bell For Adano |
| John Logie Baird |
Inventor |
13-Aug-1888 |
14-Jun-1946 |
Television |
| Florence Bates |
Actor |
15-Apr-1888 |
31-Jan-1954 |
The Moon and Sixpence |
| Vicki Baum |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1888 |
29-Aug-1960 |
Grand Hotel |
| Harry Beaumont |
Film Director |
10-Feb-1888 |
22-Dec-1966 |
The Broadway Melody |
| Irving Berlin |
Composer |
11-May-1888 |
22-Sep-1989 |
White Christmas, God Bless America |
| Georges Bernanos |
Novelist |
20-Feb-1888 |
5-Jul-1948 |
The Diary of a Country Priest |
| Beulah Bondi |
Actor |
3-May-1888 |
1-Jan-1981 |
Make Way for Tomorrow |
| Owen Brewster |
Politician |
22-Feb-1888 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Governor and Senator from Maine |
| Heywood Broun |
Journalist |
7-Dec-1888 |
18-Dec-1939 |
Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s |
| Nikolai Bukharin |
Economist |
9-Oct-1888 |
15-Mar-1938 |
Soviet theoretical economist |
| Harold H. Burton |
Judge |
22-Jun-1888 |
28-Oct-1964 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1945-58 |
| Richard E. Byrd |
Explorer |
25-Oct-1888 |
11-Mar-1957 |
Arctic and Antarctic explorer |
| Dale Carnegie |
Author |
24-Nov-1888 |
1-Nov-1955 |
How to Win Friends and Influence People |
| Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. |
Business |
8-Jan-1888 |
1976 |
President of DuPont, 1940-48 |
| Joyce Cary |
Novelist |
6-Dec-1888 |
29-Mar-1957 |
The Horse's Mouth |
| Paul Cavanagh |
Actor |
8-Dec-1888 |
15-Mar-1964 |
The Scarlet Claw |
| William Lee Cazort |
Politician |
1888 |
6-Oct-1969 |
Twice Lt. Governor of Arkansas |
| Emanuel Celler |
Politician |
6-May-1888 |
15-Jan-1981 |
Congressman from New York, 1923-73 |
| Raymond Chandler |
Author |
23-Jul-1888 |
26-Mar-1959 |
Invented hard-boiled detective novel |
| Sydney Chapman |
Mathematician |
29-Jan-1888 |
16-Jun-1970 |
Geomagnetism |
| Dennis Chavez |
Politician |
8-Apr-1888 |
18-Nov-1962 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1935-62 |
| Maurice Chevalier |
Actor |
12-Sep-1888 |
1-Jan-1972 |
Love Me Tonight |
| Giorgio de Chirico |
Painter |
10-Jul-1888 |
20-Nov-1978 |
Metaphysical surrealist painter |
| Gladys Cooper |
Actor |
18-Dec-1888 |
17-Nov-1971 |
My Fair Lady |
| Irving Cummings |
Film Director |
9-Oct-1888 |
18-Apr-1959 |
In Old Arizona |
| S. S. Van Dine |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1888 |
11-Apr-1939 |
The Canary Murder Case |
| John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
| Louis Durey |
Composer |
27-May-1888 |
3-Jul-1979 |
Carillons |
| T. S. Eliot |
Poet |
26-Sep-1888 |
4-Jan-1965 |
Author of "The Waste Land" |
| Edith Evans |
Actor |
8-Feb-1888 |
14-Oct-1976 |
The Whisperers |
| Paul Peter Ewald |
Physicist |
23-Jan-1888 |
22-Aug-1985 |
X-Ray crystallographer |
| Red Faber |
Baseball |
6-Sep-1888 |
25-Sep-1976 |
Chicago White Sox spitballer, Hall-of-Famer |
| James A. Farley |
Government |
30-May-1888 |
9-Jun-1976 |
US Postmaster General, 1933-40 |
| George Finch |
Chemist |
4-Aug-1888 |
22-Nov-1970 |
Oxygen for mountain climbing |
| Barry Fitzgerald |
Actor |
10-Mar-1888 |
14-Jan-1961 |
Going My Way |
| Victor Francen |
Actor |
5-Aug-1888 |
18-Nov-1977 |
Confidential Agent |
| John C. Garand |
Inventor |
1-Jan-1888 |
16-Feb-1974 |
M-1 semiautomatic rifle |
| Herbert S. Gasser |
Scientist |
5-Jul-1888 |
11-May-1963 |
Nerve conduction |
| Julian Grenfell |
Poet |
30-Mar-1888 |
26-May-1915 |
Into Battle |
| Heinz Guderian |
Military |
17-Jun-1888 |
14-May-1954 |
German WWII general, Panzer tactician |
| Porter Hall |
Actor |
19-Sep-1888 |
6-Oct-1953 |
Going My Way |
| Will Hay |
Actor |
6-Dec-1888 |
18-Apr-1949 |
Ask a Policeman |
| Frank B. Heintzleman |
Politician |
3-Dec-1888 |
24-Jun-1965 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1953-57 |
| Edgar W. Hiestand |
Politician |
3-Dec-1888 |
19-Aug-1970 |
Congressman from California, 1953-63 |
| Jack Holt |
Actor |
31-May-1888 |
18-Jan-1951 |
They Were Expendable |
| Sol Hurok |
Theatre Producer |
9-Apr-1888 |
5-Mar-1974 |
American impresario |
| Joseph P. Kennedy |
Business |
6-Sep-1888 |
18-Nov-1969 |
Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan |
| Percy Kilbride |
Actor |
16-Jul-1888 |
11-Dec-1964 |
Pa Kettle |
| Alan G. Kirk |
Military |
30-Oct-1888 |
15-Oct-1963 |
US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR |
| Fred Kohler |
Actor |
20-Apr-1888 |
28-Oct-1938 |
The Iron Horse |
| T. E. Lawrence |
Author |
16-Aug-1888 |
19-May-1935 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| Lotte Lehmann |
Singer |
27-Feb-1888 |
26-Aug-1976 |
German-American operatic soprano |
| Katherine Mansfield |
Author |
14-Oct-1888 |
9-Jan-1923 |
Bliss |
| Harpo Marx |
Actor |
23-Nov-1888 |
28-Sep-1964 |
Silent harp-playing Marx Brother |
| Stephen McKenna |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1888 |
26-Sep-1967 |
The Education of Eric Lane |
| Jean Monnet |
Diplomat |
09-Nov-1888 |
16-Mar-1979 |
Worked to unify Europe |
| Matt Moore |
Actor |
8-Jan-1888 |
20-Jan-1960 |
Irish-American character actor |
| Lee Moran |
Actor |
23-Jun-1888 |
24-Apr-1961 |
American character actor |
| Herbert Morrison |
Politician |
3-Jan-1888 |
6-Mar-1965 |
UK Home Secretary, 1940-45 |
| Robert Moses |
Government |
18-Dec-1888 |
29-Jul-1981 |
New York City planner |
| F. W. Murnau |
Film Director |
28-Dec-1888 |
11-Mar-1931 |
Nosferatu, Sunrise |
| Frances Newman |
Novelist |
13-Sep-1888 |
22-Oct-1928 |
The Hard-Boiled Virgin |
| Fred C. Newmeyer |
Film Director |
9-Aug-1888 |
24-Apr-1967 |
Safety Last! |
| Eugene O'Neill |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1888 |
27-Nov-1953 |
Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Friedrich Olbricht |
Military |
4-Oct-1888 |
20-Jul-1944 |
German general, failed coup plotter |
| Rafaela Ottiano |
Actor |
4-Mar-1888 |
18-Aug-1942 |
Grand Hotel |
| Ida Rentoul Outhwaite |
Artist |
9-Jun-1888 |
25-Jun-1960 |
Elves and Fairies illustrator |
| Franklin Pangborn |
Actor |
23-Jan-1888 |
20-Jul-1958 |
Character actor, 1920s to 1950s |
| George Papandreou |
Head of State |
18-Feb-1888 |
1-Nov-1968 |
Former Prime Minister of Greece |
| Anne Parrish |
Novelist |
12-Nov-1888 |
5-Sep-1957 |
Loads of Love |
| Fernando Pessoa |
Author |
13-Jun-1888 |
30-Nov-1935 |
Heteronymous author, The Book of Disquiet |
| Joseph Proudman |
Mathematician |
30-Dec-1888 |
26-Jun-1975 |
Tidal currents |
| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan |
Politician |
5-Sep-1888 |
17-Apr-1975 |
Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67 |
| Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman |
Physicist |
7-Nov-1888 |
21-Nov-1970 |
Discovered the Raman Effect |
| John Crowe Ransom |
Poet |
30-Apr-1888 |
4-Jul-1974 |
God Without Thunder |
| Ernest Raymond |
Novelist |
31-Dec-1888 |
14-May-1974 |
Tell England |
| Fritz Reiner |
Conductor |
19-Dec-1888 |
15-Nov-1963 |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62 |
| Royal Rife |
Doctor |
16-May-1888 |
11-Aug-1971 |
Beam Ray Machine destroys cancer |
| Knute Rockne |
Football |
4-Mar-1888 |
31-Mar-1931 |
Notre Dame Head Coach, 1918-30 |
| Willard Rockwell |
Business |
31-Mar-1888 |
16-Oct-1978 |
Founder of Rockwell Automation |
| Phil Rosen |
Film Director |
8-May-1888 |
22-Oct-1951 |
Spooks Run Wild |
| Basil Ruysdael |
Actor |
24-Jul-1888 |
10-Oct-1960 |
The Cocoanuts |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger |
Historian |
27-Feb-1888 |
30-Oct-1965 |
The Rise of the City |
| George B. Seitz |
Film Director |
3-Jan-1888 |
8-Jul-1944 |
Andy Hardy series |
| George F. Shafer |
Politician |
23-Nov-1888 |
13-Aug-1948 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1929-32 |
| Merrell Q. Sharpe |
Politician |
11-Jan-1888 |
22-Jan-1962 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1943-47 |
| Frans Eemil Sillanpää |
Author |
16-Sep-1888 |
3-Jun-1964 |
The Loveliness and Wretchedness of Human Life |
| M. B. Skaggs |
Business |
5-Apr-1888 |
8-May-1976 |
Founder of Safeway |
| Albert Spalding |
Violinist |
15-Aug-1888 |
26-May-1953 |
American violin virtuoso |
| Tris Speaker |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1888 |
8-Dec-1958 |
Exceptional centerfielder |
| Max Steiner |
Composer |
10-May-1888 |
28-Dec-1971 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Otto Stern |
Physicist |
17-Feb-1888 |
17-Aug-1969 |
Molecular beam experiment |
| Jameson Thomas |
Actor |
24-Mar-1888 |
10-Jan-1939 |
British stage, minor Hollywood actor |
| Bartolomeo Vanzetti |
Anarchist |
11-Jun-1888 |
27-Aug-1927 |
Sacco and Vanzetti |
| Selman A. Waksman |
Scientist |
22-Jul-1888 |
16-Aug-1973 |
Streptomycin and other antibiotics |
| Henry A. Wallace |
Politician |
7-Oct-1888 |
18-Nov-1965 |
US Vice President, 1941-45 |
| Monty Woolley |
Actor |
17-Aug-1888 |
6-May-1963 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Frits Zernike |
Physicist |
16-Jul-1888 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Phase-contrast microscope |