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<html> <head> <title>Born in 1887</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Born in 1887 LISTS <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000089324/">George Abbott</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1995</tt></td> <td>Damn Yankees</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000085678/">Grover Cleveland Alexander</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1950</tt></td> <td>Pitcher, 373 career wins</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/028/000031932/">Fatty Arbuckle</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1933</tt></td> <td>Keystone Cop</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/418/000087157/">Jean Arp</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1966</tt></td> <td>Avant-garde sculptor, Dadaist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000173739/">Gertrude Astor</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1977</tt></td> <td>The Cat and the Canary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/009/000209379/">Charles Bedaux</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1944</tt></td> <td>Industrial efficiency expert</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000097495/">Ruth Benedict</a></td> <td><center>Anthropologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1948</tt></td> <td>Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000206739/">Robert O. Blood</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1975</tt></td> <td>Governor of New Hampshire, 1941-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/323/000179783/">Leonard Bloomfield</a></td> <td><center>Linguist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1949</tt></td> <td>Structural linguistics of Tagalog</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000118823/">Eric Blore</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1959</tt></td> <td>Sullivan's Travels</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/151/000068944/">Monte Blue</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1963</tt></td> <td>Orphans of the Storm</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000206271/">Michael Bohnen</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1965</tt></td> <td>Operatic bass baritone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/588/000207964/">Edwin G. Booz</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1951</tt></td> <td>Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000162641/">Fletcher Bowron</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1968</tt></td> <td>Mayor of Los Angeles, 1938-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/407/000173885/">Clive Brook</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1974</tt></td> <td>Shanghai Express</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000115308/">Rupert Brooke</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1915</tt></td> <td>1914 and Other Poems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/816/000060636/">Avery Brundage</a></td> <td><center>Sports Figure</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1975</tt></td> <td>International Olympic Committee Chair, 1952-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000055506/">Harry F. Byrd</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1966</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Virginia, 1933-65</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/068/000087804/">Wilhelm Canaris</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1945</tt></td> <td>Nazi spymaster, tried to kill Hitler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/436/000091163/">René Cassin</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1976</tt></td> <td>Legal scholar, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000205585/">Vernon Castle</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1918</tt></td> <td>Vernon & Irene Castle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/695/000084443/">Marc Chagall</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1985</tt></td> <td>I and the Village</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/427/000115082/">Mary Ellen Chase</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1973</tt></td> <td>Silas Crockett</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/033/000085775/">Eddie Collins</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1951</tt></td> <td>Second baseman, 1914 MVP</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000168506/">Karl T. Compton</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1954</tt></td> <td>Bikini Island atomic tests</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/491/000135086/">Walter Connolly</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1940</tt></td> <td>It Happened One Night</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/720/000279880/">Albert Conti</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jan-1967</tt></td> <td>American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/942/000043813/">Jack Conway</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1952</tt></td> <td>Too Hot to Handle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/822/000084570/">Le Corbusier</a></td> <td><center>Architect</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1965</tt></td> <td>Most influential 20th century architect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/028/000078791/">John Cromwell</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1979</tt></td> <td>The Prisoner of Zenda</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/505/000173983/">Lil Dagover</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1980</tt></td> <td>The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/420/000079183/">Floyd Dell</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1969</tt></td> <td>Moon-Calf</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/026/000278189/">Charles Dingle</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1956</tt></td> <td>The Little Foxes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/144/000065946/">Marcel Duchamp</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1968</tt></td> <td>Lead proponent of Dadaism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/517/000052361/">Glen E. Edgerton</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1956</tt></td> <td>Canal Zone Governor, 1940-44</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/402/000131009/">James Finlayson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1953</tt></td> <td>D'oh!</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/194/000114849/">Norman Foerster</a></td> <td><center>Critic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1972</tt></td> <td>New Humanist movement</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/662/000107341/">Lynn Fontanne</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1983</tt></td> <td>English-American stage actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/420/000045285/">William Frawley</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1966</tt></td> <td>Fred on I Love Lucy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/557/000160077/">Charles E. Fuller</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1968</tt></td> <td>Co-Founder, Fuller Theological Seminary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000032002/">Marcus Garvey</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1940</tt></td> <td>Pan-African black nationalist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/541/000168037/">Howard M. Gore</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1947</tt></td> <td>Governor of West Virginia, 1925-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/922/000084670/">Juan Gris</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1927</tt></td> <td>Spanish Synthetic Cubist painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/990/000054828/">Ernest Gruening</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jun-1974</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/354/000054192/">Nelson T. Hartson</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td>Solicitor of the IRS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/079/000169569/">E. Newton Harvey</a></td> <td><center>Zoologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1959</tt></td> <td>Light-emitting organisms</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/324/000072108/">Gustav Hertz</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1975</tt></td> <td>Franck-Hertz experiment</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/591/000116243/">Georg Heym</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1912</tt></td> <td>Der ewige Tag</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/756/000026678/">Conrad Hilton</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1979</tt></td> <td>Founder, Hilton Hotels</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000177398/">Harry Hooper</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1974</tt></td> <td>MLB Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/235/000128848/">Bernardo Houssay</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1971</tt></td> <td>Pituitary hormones in sugar metabolism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/009/000100706/">Julian Huxley</a></td> <td><center>Biologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1975</tt></td> <td>Evolutionary biologist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/274/000203662/">Hastings Ismay</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1965</tt></td> <td>Churchill's chief military assistant</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000113775/">Robinson Jeffers</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1962</tt></td> <td>Tamar and Other Poems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/374/000205756/">Howard Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1941</tt></td> <td>We All Scream for Ice Cream</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/087/000085829/">Walter Johnson</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td>American League MVP in 1913 and 1924</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/057/000135649/">Louis Jouvet</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Aug-1951</tt></td> <td>The Strange Adventures of Doctor Molyneaux</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000086716/">Chiang Kai-Shek</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Apr-1975</tt></td> <td>President of Nationalist China</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/571/000026493/">Boris Karloff</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1969</tt></td> <td>Horror actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/273/000114928/">Sheila Kaye-Smith</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1956</tt></td> <td>The End of the House of Alard</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/272/000114927/">Robert Keable</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1927</tt></td> <td>Simon Called Peter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000048248/">George Kelly</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1974</tt></td> <td>Craig's Wife</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/680/000207059/">Thomas Kennedy</a></td> <td><center>Labor Leader</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1963</tt></td> <td>UMW President, 1960-63</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/109/000162620/">Martin H. Kennelly</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1961</tt></td> <td>Mayor of Chicago, 1947-55</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/152/000179612/">Alfred Kohlberg</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1960</tt></td> <td>The China Lobby Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/261/000032165/">Alf Landon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1987</tt></td> <td>Republican Presidential candidate 1936</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/222/000114877/">Francis Ledwidge</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1917</tt></td> <td>Songs of the Fields</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/483/000115138/">Aldo Leopold</a></td> <td><center>Naturalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1948</tt></td> <td>A Sand County Almanac</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000170710/">Alfred Lee Loomis</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1975</tt></td> <td>Millionaire scientist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000042587/">Paul Lukas</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1971</tt></td> <td>Watch on the Rhine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/211/000114866/">Frederic Manning</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1935</tt></td> <td>The Middle Parts of Fortune</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/468/000206847/">Tim Mara</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1959</tt></td> <td>Founder, Owner of NY Giants, 1925-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/866/000043737/">Chico Marx</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1961</tt></td> <td>An Italian con-man of a Marx Brother</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/521/000174996/">Alfieri Maserati</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1932</tt></td> <td>Founder of Maserati S.p.A</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/531/000165036/">Vincent Massey</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1967</tt></td> <td>Governor-General of Canada, 1952-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/115/000085857/">Joe McCarthy</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-1978</tt></td> <td>Yankees manager for 15 years</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/300/000068096/">James L. McConaughy</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1948</tt></td> <td>Governor of Connecticut, 1947-48</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/695/000171182/">Paul W. Merrill</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jul-1961</tt></td> <td>S-process of nucleosynthesis</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/463/000136055/">Gaston Modot</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1970</tt></td> <td>Age of Gold</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/835/000030745/">Bernard Montgomery</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Mar-1976</tt></td> <td>Won Battle of El Alamein during WWII</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/580/000099283/">Marianne Moore</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1972</tt></td> <td>Collected Poems</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/655/000092379/">Antonio Moreno</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Feb-1967</tt></td> <td>Spanish-American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/472/000045337/">Samuel Eliot Morison</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1976</tt></td> <td>Rear Admiral and naval historian</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000099804/">Henry Gwyn Jeffreys Moseley</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1915</tt></td> <td>Confirmed importance of atomic number</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000078098/">Roy William Neill</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td>Pursuit to Algiers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/939/000206321/">Charles Nordhoff</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td>Mutiny on the Bounty</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/727/000084475/">Georgia O'Keeffe</a></td> <td><center>Painter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1986</tt></td> <td>American abstract and landscape painter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/326/000278489/">Lynne Overman</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1943</tt></td> <td>Reap the Wild Wind</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000042674/">Reginald Owen</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1972</tt></td> <td>Prolific character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/767/000140347/">Saint-John Perse</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1975</tt></td> <td>Exile</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/543/000092267/">Vidkun Quisling</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Oct-1945</tt></td> <td>Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/578/000240855/">Srinivasa Ramanujan</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1920</tt></td> <td>Self-educated mathematician</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/454/000115109/">John Reed</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1920</tt></td> <td>Ten Days That Shook the World</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000133801/">Addison Richards</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Mar-1964</tt></td> <td>American character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/940/000279103/">Elisabeth Risdon</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1958</tt></td> <td>The Roaring Twenties</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000167713/">Absalom Willis Robertson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1971</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Virginia, 1946-66</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/020/000031924/">Ernst Roehm</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td>Organizer of Hitler's Brownshirts, the SA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/522/000205904/">Sigmund Romberg</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1951</tt></td> <td>The New Moon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/179/000114834/">Alice Grant Rosman</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Aug-1961</tt></td> <td>Visitors to Hugo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/183/000115835/">Artur Rubinstein</a></td> <td><center>Pianist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1982</tt></td> <td>Polish-American piano virtuoso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/427/000100127/">Leopold Ruzicka</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1976</tt></td> <td>Terpenes and hormones</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/332/000167828/">Charles Sawyer</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Apr-1979</tt></td> <td>US Commerce Secretary, 1948-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/308/000072092/">Erwin Schrödinger</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1961</tt></td> <td>Schrödinger's wave equation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/295/000113953/">Kurt Schwitters</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1948</tt></td> <td>Collagist, Merz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/065/000113723/">Edith Sitwell</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1964</tt></td> <td>Façade</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000174224/">Samuel Cardinal Stritch</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1958</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Chicago, 1939-58</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/476/000100176/">James B. Sumner</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1955</tt></td> <td>Crystallized enzymes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/149/000173627/">Michio Suzuki</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1982</tt></td> <td>Founder of Suzuki Motor Co.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/699/000026621/">Jim Thorpe</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-1953</tt></td> <td>Olympics and football</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/955/000054793/">Alexander A. Vandegrift</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1973</tt></td> <td>18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/597/000093318/">Heitor Villa-Lobos</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1959</tt></td> <td>Bachianas Brasileiras</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/700/000089433/">Lutz Schwerin von Krosigk</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Aug-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1977</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor, 1945</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/185/000087921/">Erich von Manstein</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1973</tt></td> <td>Nazi general</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/265/000205647/">Raymond Walburn</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1969</tt></td> <td>Mr. Deeds Goes to Town</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/472/000041349/">Raoul Walsh</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1980</tt></td> <td>The Naked and the Dead</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/204/000278367/">Pierre Watkin</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1960</tt></td> <td>Adventures of Superman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/891/000206273/">Edwin E. 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