| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Alvar Aalto |
Architect |
3-Feb-1898 |
11-May-1976 |
Finnish modernist architect, furniture designer |
| Walter Abel |
Actor |
6-Jun-1898 |
26-Mar-1987 |
The Three Musketeers |
| Renée Adorée |
Actor |
30-Sep-1898 |
5-Oct-1933 |
The Big Parade |
| Vicente Aleixandre |
Poet |
26-Apr-1898 |
14-Dec-1984 |
Spanish surrealist poet |
| J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. |
Politician |
15-Jun-1898 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Governor of Virginia, 1958-62 |
| Richard Arlen |
Actor |
1-Sep-1898 |
28-Mar-1976 |
Island of Lost Souls |
| Arletty |
Actor |
15-May-1898 |
23-Jul-1992 |
Les Enfants du paradis |
| Hastings Banda |
Head of State |
1898 |
25-Nov-1997 |
First President of Malawi |
| Vilma Bánky |
Actor |
9-Jan-1898 |
18-Mar-1991 |
The Hungarian Rhapsody |
| Ross R. Barnett |
Politician |
22-Jan-1898 |
6-Nov-1987 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1960-64 |
| Stephen Vincent Benét |
Author |
22-Jul-1898 |
13-Mar-1943 |
John Brown's Body |
| Robert D. Blue |
Politician |
24-Sep-1898 |
13-Dec-1989 |
Governor of Iowa, 1945-49 |
| Margaret Booth |
Editor |
14-Jan-1898 |
28-Oct-2002 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Shirley Booth |
Actor |
30-Aug-1898 |
16-Oct-1992 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Ira S. Bowen |
Astronomer |
21-Dec-1898 |
6-Feb-1973 |
Debunked nebulium |
| Bertolt Brecht |
Playwright |
10-Feb-1898 |
14-Aug-1956 |
Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Styles Bridges |
Politician |
9-Sep-1898 |
26-Nov-1961 |
Governor and Senator from New Hampshire |
| Ralph G. Brooks |
Politician |
6-Jul-1898 |
9-Sep-1960 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1959-60 |
| Big Bill Broonzy |
Musician |
26-Jun-1898 |
15-Aug-1958 |
Blues singer and guitarist |
| David K. E. Bruce |
Diplomat |
12-Feb-1898 |
5-Dec-1977 |
US Ambassador to England, France, Germany |
| Alexander Calder |
Sculptor |
22-Jul-1898 |
11-Nov-1976 |
Creator of the mobile as art form |
| Guy Stewart Callendar |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1898 |
3-Oct-1964 |
Callendar Effect |
| Leonard Carmichael |
Educator |
9-Nov-1898 |
16-Sep-1973 |
Smithsonian Chief, 1953-64 |
| Bennett Cerf |
Publisher |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Albert "Happy" Chandler |
Politician |
14-Jul-1898 |
15-Jun-1991 |
Kentucky Governor, Baseball Commissioner |
| George Chandler |
Actor |
30-Jun-1898 |
10-Jun-1985 |
Uncle Petrie on Lassie |
| Stoyan Christowe |
Author |
1-Sep-1898 |
28-Dec-1995 |
Heroes and Assassins |
| René Clair |
Film Director |
11-Nov-1898 |
15-Mar-1981 |
Silent film director, Paris qui dort |
| George D. Clyde |
Politician |
21-Jul-1898 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Governor of Utah, 1957-65 |
| Samuel C. Collins |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1898 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Collins-type cryocooler |
| Katharine Cornell |
Actor |
16-Feb-1898 |
9-Jun-1974 |
The Barretts of Wimpole Street |
| Malcolm Cowley |
Author |
24-Aug-1898 |
27-Mar-1989 |
Exile's Return |
| Kiki Cuyler |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1898 |
11-Feb-1950 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Michel de Ghelderode |
Playwright |
3-Apr-1898 |
1-Apr-1962 |
Surrealistic Belgian playwright |
| William O. Douglas |
Judge |
16-Oct-1898 |
19-Jan-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75 |
| Irene Dunne |
Actor |
20-Dec-1898 |
4-Sep-1990 |
Penny Serenade |
| Ariel Durant |
Historian |
10-May-1898 |
25-Oct-1981 |
The Story of Civilization |
| Alfred Eisenstaedt |
Photographer |
6-Dec-1898 |
23-Aug-1995 |
Life magazine photographer |
| Sergei Eisenstein |
Film Director |
23-Jan-1898 |
11-Feb-1948 |
Alexander Nevsky |
| Hanns Eisler |
Composer |
6-Jul-1898 |
6-Sep-1962 |
German radical composer |
| Leo Elthon |
Politician |
9-Jun-1898 |
16-Apr-1967 |
Governor of Iowa, 1954-55 |
| Zhou Enlai |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1898 |
8-Jan-1976 |
Mao's right-hand man |
| M. C. Escher |
Artist |
17-Jun-1898 |
27-Mar-1972 |
Illogical lithographer |
| Enzo Ferrari |
Business |
18-Feb-1898 |
14-Aug-1988 |
Legendary automobile maker |
| Gracie Fields |
Singer |
9-Jan-1898 |
27-Sep-1979 |
Sally in Our Alley |
| Herman G. Fisher |
Business |
2-Nov-1898 |
26-Sep-1975 |
Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys |
| Howard Florey |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1898 |
21-Feb-1968 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Charles M. La Follette |
Politician |
27-Feb-1898 |
27-Jun-1974 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1943-47 |
| Wallace Ford |
Actor |
12-Feb-1898 |
11-Jun-1966 |
A Patch of Blue |
| Frankie Frisch |
Baseball |
9-Sep-1898 |
12-Mar-1973 |
2880 hits with .316 batting average |
| Federico García Lorca |
Poet |
5-Jun-1898 |
18-Aug-1936 |
Lament for a Bullfighter |
| Roswell Garst |
Agriculturalist |
13-Jun-1898 |
5-Nov-1977 |
Hybrid corn farmer, amateur diplomat |
| Dan Gerber |
Business |
6-May-1898 |
16-Mar-1974 |
Baby food magnate |
| George Gershwin |
Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
| Dorothy Gish |
Actor |
11-Mar-1898 |
4-Jun-1968 |
Orphans of the Storm |
| Horace Gregory |
Poet |
10-Apr-1898 |
11-Mar-1982 |
Chelsea Rooming House |
| Peggy Guggenheim |
Socialite |
26-Aug-1898 |
23-Dec-1979 |
Renowned art collector |
| Jack Haley |
Actor |
10-Aug-1898 |
6-Jun-1979 |
Tin Man on The Wizard of Oz |
| Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
| George Russell Harrison |
Physicist |
14-Jul-1898 |
27-Jul-1979 |
Echelle spectrograph |
| Henry Hathaway |
Film Director |
13-Mar-1898 |
11-Feb-1985 |
The Sons of Katie Elder |
| John D. Hickerson |
Diplomat |
26-Jan-1898 |
18-Jan-1989 |
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61 |
| Luther H. Hodges |
Politician |
9-Mar-1898 |
6-Oct-1974 |
Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61 |
| Oskar Homolka |
Actor |
12-Aug-1898 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Sabotage |
| Margaret Irving |
Actor |
18-Jan-1898 |
5-Mar-1988 |
Animal Crackers |
| George Jessel |
Actor |
3-Apr-1898 |
24-May-1981 |
Toastmaster General of the United States |
| Marian Jordan |
Actor |
15-Apr-1898 |
7-Apr-1961 |
Molly of Fibber McGee and Molly |
| Madame Chiang Kai-Shek |
First Lady |
5-Mar-1898 |
23-Oct-2003 |
The Dragon Lady |
| Emmett Kelly |
Performance Artist |
9-Dec-1898 |
28-Mar-1979 |
Weary Willy, circus clown |
| Curly Lambeau |
Football |
9-Apr-1898 |
1-Jun-1965 |
Founder, Green Bay Packers |
| Thomas J. Lane |
Politician |
6-Jul-1898 |
14-Jun-1994 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1941-63 |
| Sidney Lanfield |
Film Director |
30-Apr-1898 |
20-Jun-1972 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Gertrude Lawrence |
Actor |
4-Jul-1898 |
6-Sep-1952 |
British and Broadway theatre star |
| René Lefèvre |
Actor |
7-Mar-1898 |
4-May-1991 |
The Million |
| Mitchell Leisen |
Film Director |
6-Oct-1898 |
28-Oct-1972 |
Death Takes a Holiday |
| Lotte Lenya |
Singer |
18-Oct-1898 |
27-Nov-1981 |
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone |
| C. S. Lewis |
Novelist |
29-Nov-1898 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Chronicles of Narnia |
| John Loder |
Actor |
3-Jan-1898 |
26-Dec-1988 |
Sabotage |
| Karl Lohmann |
Chemist |
10-Apr-1898 |
22-Apr-1978 |
Discovered ATP |
| Bessie Love |
Actor |
10-Sep-1898 |
26-Apr-1986 |
The Broadway Melody |
| Arthur Lubin |
Film Director |
25-Jul-1898 |
12-May-1995 |
Phantom of the Opera |
| Henry R. Luce |
Business |
3-Apr-1898 |
28-Feb-1967 |
Founded Time Magazine |
| Edward Ludwig |
Film Director |
7-Oct-1898 |
20-Aug-1982 |
The Fighting Seabees |
| Albert Lutuli |
Activist |
c. 1898 |
21-Jul-1967 |
ANC president, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Eugene Lyons |
Author |
1-Jul-1898 |
1985 |
Anti-Communist Editor of American Mercury |
| Trofim Lysenko |
Scientist |
29-Sep-1898 |
20-Nov-1976 |
Dazzled Stalin with false genetic theory |
| René Magritte |
Painter |
21-Nov-1898 |
15-Aug-1967 |
Ceci n'est pas une pipe |
| Herbert Marcuse |
Philosopher |
19-Jul-1898 |
29-Jul-1979 |
One-Dimensional Man |
| Reginald Marsh |
Artist |
14-Mar-1898 |
3-Jul-1954 |
Why Not Use the L? |
| Rudolph Maté |
Cinematographer |
21-Jan-1898 |
27-Oct-1964 |
When Worlds Collide |
| Leo McCarey |
Film Director |
3-Oct-1898 |
5-Jul-1969 |
The Awful Truth |
| Frank McHugh |
Actor |
23-May-1898 |
11-Sep-1981 |
The Roaring Twenties |
| Norman Z. McLeod |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1898 |
27-Jan-1964 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| John L. McMillan |
Politician |
12-Apr-1898 |
3-Sep-1979 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1939-73 |
| Golda Meir |
Head of State |
3-May-1898 |
8-Dec-1978 |
Fourth Prime Minister of Israel |
| George R. Merrell |
Diplomat |
13-Jul-1898 |
1962 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1951-52 |
| Willy Messerschmitt |
Engineer |
26-Jun-1898 |
17-Sep-1978 |
Designer of Nazi fighter planes |
| Marilyn Miller |
Actor |
1-Sep-1898 |
7-Apr-1936 |
Broadway actress |
| Kenji Mizoguchi |
Film Director |
16-May-1898 |
24-Aug-1956 |
The Life of Oharu |
| Vilhelm Moberg |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1898 |
8-Aug-1973 |
The Emigrants |
| Charlotte E. Moore |
Astronomer |
24-Sep-1898 |
3-Mar-1990 |
Technetium in the Sun |
| Grace Moore |
Singer |
5-Dec-1898 |
26-Jan-1947 |
One Night of Love |
| Henry Moore |
Sculptor |
30-Jul-1898 |
31-Aug-1986 |
20th c. English humanist sculptor |
| Queen Mother Moore |
Activist |
27-Jul-1898 |
7-May-1997 |
Republic of New Africa |
| Herbert Mundin |
Actor |
21-Aug-1898 |
5-Mar-1939 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Gunnar Myrdal |
Economist |
6-Dec-1898 |
17-May-1987 |
Monetary Equilibrium |
| Odette Myrtil |
Actor |
28-Jun-1898 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Out of the Fog |
| Robert Nix, Sr. |
Politician |
9-Aug-1898 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1958-79 |
| Steve Owen |
Football |
21-Apr-1898 |
17-May-1964 |
NY Giants Head Coach, 1930-53 |
| Luis Palés Matos |
Poet |
20-Mar-1898 |
23-Feb-1959 |
Tuntún de pasa y griferia |
| Okey L. Patteson |
Politician |
14-Sep-1898 |
3-Jul-1989 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1949-53 |
| Norman Vincent Peale |
Religion |
31-May-1898 |
24-Dec-1993 |
The Power of Positive Thinking |
| Molly Picon |
Actor |
1-Jun-1898 |
5-Apr-1992 |
Yiddish theatre actress |
| Lily Pons |
Singer |
12-Apr-1898 |
13-Feb-1976 |
French-American coloratura soprano |
| Wiley Post |
Aviator |
22-Nov-1898 |
15-Aug-1935 |
First pilot to fly solo round the world |
| Isidor Isaac Rabi |
Physicist |
29-Jul-1898 |
11-Jan-1988 |
Magnetic beam resonances |
| Lillian Randolph |
Actor |
14-Dec-1898 |
12-Sep-1980 |
Birdie on The Great Gildersleeve |
| Karl L. Rankin |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1898 |
15-Jan-1991 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57 |
| Irving Rapper |
Film Director |
16-Jan-1898 |
20-Dec-1999 |
Now, Voyager |
| Erich Maria Remarque |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1898 |
25-Sep-1970 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Paul Robeson |
Singer |
9-Apr-1898 |
23-Jan-1976 |
20th Century renaissance man |
| Rod La Rocque |
Actor |
20-Nov-1898 |
15-Oct-1969 |
Braveheart |
| Randolph Scott |
Actor |
23-Jan-1898 |
2-Mar-1987 |
Ride the High Country |
| Ben Shahn |
Painter |
12-Sep-1898 |
14-Mar-1969 |
American Social Realist painter |
| Lawrence Cardinal Shehan |
Religion |
18-Mar-1898 |
26-Aug-1984 |
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1961-74 |
| Zutty Singleton |
Jazz Musician |
14-May-1898 |
14-Jul-1975 |
New Orleans jazz drummer |
| Preston Sturges |
Screenwriter |
29-Aug-1898 |
6-Aug-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Leo Szilard |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1898 |
30-May-1964 |
Nuclear chain reaction |
| Helen B. Taussig |
Doctor |
24-May-1898 |
20-May-1986 |
Mother of pediatric cardiology |
| Frank W. Thomas |
Football |
15-Nov-1898 |
10-May-1954 |
Alabama Head Coach, 1931-46 |
| Regis Toomey |
Actor |
13-Aug-1898 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Burke's Law |
| Totò |
Actor |
15-Feb-1898 |
15-Apr-1967 |
The Hawks and the Sparrows |
| Lee Tracy |
Actor |
14-Apr-1898 |
18-Oct-1968 |
Crashing Hollywood |
| Ivan Triesault |
Actor |
14-Jul-1898 |
3-Jan-1980 |
The Amazing Transparent Man |
| James E. Van Zandt |
Politician |
18-Dec-1898 |
6-Jan-1986 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania |
| Norma Varden |
Actor |
20-Jan-1898 |
19-Jan-1989 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Alfred Wallenstein |
Cellist |
7-Oct-1898 |
8-Feb-1983 |
Music Director, LA Philharmonic, 1943-56 |
| Eric Walrond |
Author |
18-Dec-1898 |
8-Aug-1966 |
Tropic Death |
| Alec Waugh |
Author |
8-Jul-1898 |
3-Sep-1981 |
The Loom of Youth |
| Hazel Wolf |
Activist |
10-Mar-1898 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Seattle environmental activist |
| Jerauld Wright |
Military |
4-Jun-1898 |
27-Apr-1995 |
US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60 |
| Vincent Youmans |
Composer |
27-Sep-1898 |
5-Apr-1946 |
No, No Nanette |
| Karl Ziegler |
Chemist |
26-Nov-1898 |
12-Aug-1973 |
Researcher in plastics |
| Fritz Zwicky |
Astronomer |
14-Feb-1898 |
8-Feb-1974 |
Astrophysicist at CalTech |