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<html> <head> <title>Born in 1896</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" 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href="/people/092/000118735/">Morris Ankrum</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1964</tt></td> <td>Invaders from Mars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000119757/">Antonin Artaud</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1948</tt></td> <td>Theater of Cruelty</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/090/000107766/">Adele Astaire</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1981</tt></td> <td>Dance partner of Fred Astaire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/111/000118754/">Olga Baclanova</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1974</tt></td> <td>The Docks of New York</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/684/000278847/">Phil Baker</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1963</tt></td> <td>Host of Take It or Leave It, 1941-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/148/000174623/">Michael Balcon</a></td> <td><center>Film/TV Producer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Oct-1977</tt></td> <td>Eealing Studios</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/953/000206335/">Philip Barry</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Jun-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1949</tt></td> <td>The Philadelphia Story</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/632/000115287/">Edmund Blunden</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1974</tt></td> <td>Undertones of War</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/922/000070712/">André Breton</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1966</tt></td> <td>Manifeste du Surréalisme</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000206311/">Louis Bromfield</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1956</tt></td> <td>Early Autumn</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/620/000206002/">Nacio Herb Brown</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1964</tt></td> <td>Singin' in the Rain</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/895/000022829/">George Burns</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1996</tt></td> <td>Oh, God!</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/644/000204032/">Charles Butterworth</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Jul-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1946</tt></td> <td>This is the Army</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/056/000078819/">Olive Carey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Mar-1988</tt></td> <td>Billy the Kid versus Dracula</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/215/000164720/">Evans F. Carlson</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1947</tt></td> <td>Carlson's Raiders</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/670/000117319/">Wallace Hume Carothers</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1937</tt></td> <td>Inventor of Nylon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/176/000282327/">Whitman Chambers</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-1968</tt></td> <td>Hard-boiled mystery novelist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/044/000116693/">Oscar L. Chapman</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Feb-1978</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000168470/">Brock Chisholm</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1971</tt></td> <td>First Director-General of World Health Organization</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000024902/">Mark Clark</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1984</tt></td> <td>US Army Chief of Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/524/000174002/">Melville Cooper</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1973</tt></td> <td>The Adventures of Robin Hood</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/135/000128748/">Carl Cori</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1984</tt></td> <td>Catalytic conversion of glycogen</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/144/000128757/">Gerty Cori</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Oct-1957</tt></td> <td>Catalytic conversion of glycogen</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/129/000205511/">Curtis B. Dall</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1991</tt></td> <td>Liberty Lobby</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/203/000089933/">Morarji Desai</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Apr-1995</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of India, 1977-79</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/362/000205744/">Howard Dietz</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1983</tt></td> <td>MGM songwriter, publicity chief</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/650/000043521/">Everett Dirksen</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1969</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/836/000278002/">Ruth Donnelly</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1982</tt></td> <td>A Slight Case of Murder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000115251/">James Doolittle</a></td> <td><center>Aviator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1993</tt></td> <td>Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/486/000179946/">Buenaventura Durruti</a></td> <td><center>Anarchist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Nov-1936</tt></td> <td>Spanish anarchist, killed in Civil War</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/239/000135831/">Julien Duvivier</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1967</tt></td> <td>Pépé le Moko</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/171/000114826/">Irwin Edman</a></td> <td><center>Philosopher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1954</tt></td> <td>Philosopher抯 Holiday</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/295/000024223/">Mamie Eisenhower</a></td> <td><center>First Lady</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1979</tt></td> <td>Ike's First Lady</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/507/000135102/">Ray Enright</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Apr-1965</tt></td> <td>The Spoilers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/229/000109899/">Sam Ervin</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1985</tt></td> <td>US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/007/000163515/">Ruth Etting</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1978</tt></td> <td>Love Me or Leave Me</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/051/000031955/">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1940</tt></td> <td>The Great Gatsby</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/247/000173725/">Ralph Forbes</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1951</tt></td> <td>The Hound of the Baskervilles</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/141/000098844/">Carlos P. Garcia</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1971</tt></td> <td>8th President of the Philippines</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/188/000022122/">Ira Gershwin</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1983</tt></td> <td>They Can't Take That Away from Me</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/818/000043689/">Ruth Gordon</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1985</tt></td> <td>Rosemary's Baby</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000205891/">Jay Gorney</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1990</tt></td> <td>Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/739/000055574/">Leslie R. Groves</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1970</tt></td> <td>Director of the Manhattan Project</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/220/000092941/">Howard Hanson</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1981</tt></td> <td>Symphony No. 4</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/371/000205753/">E. Y. Harburg</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1981</tt></td> <td>The Wizard of Oz</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/670/000032574/">Howard Hawks</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-May-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1977</tt></td> <td>Rio Bravo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/571/000278734/">Ted Healy</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td>Creator of The Three Stooges</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/868/000133469/">Stuart Heisler</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1979</tt></td> <td>The Glass Key</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/555/000129168/">Philip S. Hench</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1965</tt></td> <td>Adrenocortical hormones</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/512/000205894/">Ray Henderson</a></td> <td><center>Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1970</tt></td> <td>The Best Things in Life Are Free</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/597/000168093/">Bourke B. Hickenlooper</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-1971</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from Iowa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/046/000085788/">Rogers Hornsby</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1963</tt></td> <td>The Raj</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/155/000099855/">Friedrich Hund</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Mar-1997</tt></td> <td>Quantum tunneling</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/869/000161386/">Irving M. Ives</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1962</tt></td> <td>US Senator from New York, 1947-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/267/000206646/">Olin D. Johnston</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Apr-1965</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from South Carolina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/244/000205626/">Jim Jordan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1988</tt></td> <td>Fibber McGee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/838/000279001/">Larry Keating</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jun-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1963</tt></td> <td>Roger Addison on Mister Ed</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/585/000132189/">Robert Keith</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Dec-1966</tt></td> <td>Guys and Dolls</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/271/000114926/">Margaret Kennedy</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Jul-1967</tt></td> <td>The Constant Nymph</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/875/000205260/">Erle C. Kenton</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1980</tt></td> <td>House of Frankenstein</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/122/000171606/">Robert S. Kerr</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jan-1963</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from Oklahoma</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000119268/">Goodwin Knight</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-May-1970</tt></td> <td>Governor of California, 1953-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/287/000115939/">Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jul-1957</tt></td> <td>Il gattopardo</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/107/000135699/">Jessie Royce Landis</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1972</tt></td> <td>North by Northwest</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/301/000206680/">Benjamin Travis Laney</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1977</tt></td> <td>Governor of Arkansas, 1945-49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/383/000041260/">Walter Lang</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Feb-1972</tt></td> <td>There's No Business Like Show Business</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/809/000113470/">William Leonard Langer</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-1977</tt></td> <td>Our Vichy Gamble</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/469/000091196/">Trygve Lie</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1968</tt></td> <td>UN Secretary General, 1946-52</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/500/000135095/">Doris Lloyd</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1968</tt></td> <td>British-American character actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000132600/">Pat Manion</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1979</tt></td> <td>Manion Forum</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/105/000126724/">George Preston Marshall</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1969</tt></td> <td>Redskins owner, halftime show pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/837/000078603/">Raymond Massey</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1983</tt></td> <td>Things to Come</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/031/000114686/">Robert McAlmon</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1956</tt></td> <td>Village: As It Happened</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/550/000135145/">John L. McClellan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1977</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Arkansas, 1943-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/164/000179624/">Florence Mills</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Nov-1927</tt></td> <td>Jazz singer, Queen of Happiness</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/840/000171327/">E. Arthur Milne</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1950</tt></td> <td>Kinematic relativity</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/958/000196370/">Dimitri Mitropoulos</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1960</tt></td> <td>Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/151/000093869/">Eugenio Montale</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1981</tt></td> <td>Ossi di seppia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000114191/">Oswald Mosley</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1980</tt></td> <td>Founder of the British Union of Fascists</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/841/000102535/">Alan Mowbray</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1969</tt></td> <td>Founding member, Screen Actors Guild</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/211/000099911/">Robert S. Mulliken</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1986</tt></td> <td>Molecular orbital theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/971/000113632/">Imre Nagy</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1958</tt></td> <td>Twice Prime Minister of Hungary</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000205556/">J. Carrol Naish</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jan-1973</tt></td> <td>Sahara</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/489/000355421/">Elliott Nugent</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1980</tt></td> <td>My Favorite Brunette</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/447/000121084/">Herbert O'Conor</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1960</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from Maryland</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/965/000102659/">Liam O'Flaherty</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1984</tt></td> <td>Thy Neighbour's Wife</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/092/000279252/">Vivienne Osborne</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jun-1961</tt></td> <td>The Dark Horse</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/458/000079221/">John Dos Passos</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1970</tt></td> <td>U.S.A. Trilogy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/356/000094074/">Wilton B. Persons</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>Sep-1977</tt></td> <td>Eisenhower's Chief of Staff</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/359/000094077/">Jean Piaget</a></td> <td><center>Psychologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Sep-1980</tt></td> <td>Elaborated the stages of childhood</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/603/000172087/">Arthur W. Radford</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Aug-1973</tt></td> <td>Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-57</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/279/000349229/">Amanda Randolph</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1967</tt></td> <td>The Amos 'n' Andy Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/870/000107549/">Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1953</tt></td> <td>The Yearling</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/510/000173988/">Samuel I. Rosenman</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1973</tt></td> <td>White House Counsel, 1943-46</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/231/000048087/">Mari Sandoz</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1966</tt></td> <td>Crazy Horse</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/115/000063923/">Joseph Schildkraut</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1964</tt></td> <td>The Life of Emile Zola</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/266/000206645/">W. Kerr Scott</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1958</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from North Carolina</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/542/000100242/">Nikolay Semyonov</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Sep-1986</tt></td> <td>Combustion, explosions, and chemical kinetics</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/238/000092959/">Roger Sessions</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1985</tt></td> <td>Concerto for Orchestra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/522/000209892/">James C. Shannon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1980</tt></td> <td>Governor of Connecticut, 1948-49</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/497/000104185/">Robert E. Sherwood</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1955</tt></td> <td>Abe Lincoln in Illinois</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/921/000111588/">Wallis Simpson</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jun-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1986</tt></td> <td>Duchess of Windsor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/664/000135259/">Lilia Skala</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1994</tt></td> <td>Lilies of the Field</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/528/000110198/">Betty Smith</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jan-1972</tt></td> <td>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/756/000278919/">Abraham Sofaer</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-1988</tt></td> <td>The Naked Jungle</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/896/000173377/">Philip Sporn</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1978</tt></td> <td>American Electric Power Company</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/285/000100982/">Jules Stein</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1981</tt></td> <td>Founder of MCA</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/611/000092335/">Dorothy Stickney</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1998</tt></td> <td>Broadway star of Life With Father</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/342/000348295/">Hope Summers</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1979</tt></td> <td>Clara Edwards on The Andy Griffith Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000092962/">Virgil Thomson</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Sep-1989</tt></td> <td>Four Saints in Three Acts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000043617/">Richard Thorpe</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1991</tt></td> <td>Jailhouse Rock</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/833/000167332/">Edward J. Thye</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1969</tt></td> <td>Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000060646/">Bill Tuck</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1983</tt></td> <td>Governor of Virginia, 1946-50</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/506/000082260/">Tristan Tzara</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1963</tt></td> <td>Founded the Dada movement</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/255/000049108/">Alberto Vargas</a></td> <td><center>Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Dec-1982</tt></td> <td>Creator of the "Vargas Girl"</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/664/000136256/">Anton Walbrook</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Aug-1967</tt></td> <td>The Red Shoes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/667/000174145/">Hal Walker</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-1972</tt></td> <td>Road to Bali</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/223/000130830/">Fletcher Warren</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1992</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to Turkey, 1956-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/096/000023027/">Ethel Waters</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-1977</tt></td> <td>Sweet Mama Stringbean</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/736/000043607/">William A. Wellman</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Feb-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1975</tt></td> <td>The High and the Mighty</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/353/000159873/">Señor Wences</a></td> <td><center>Performance Artist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Apr-1999</tt></td> <td>Ventriloquist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/019/000205401/">Alfred L. Werker</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1975</tt></td> <td>The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/149/000179609/">Bertram D. Wolfe</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1977</tt></td> <td>Three Who Made a Revolution</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/659/000207038/">Ian Wolfe</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1992</tt></td> <td>Bedlam</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/863/000159386/">Cecil Woodham-Smith</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Apr-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1977</tt></td> <td>Florence Nightingale</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/832/000167331/">Luther W. 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