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<html> <head> <title>Born in 1876</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 1876 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/789/000141366/">Walter S. Adams</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1956</tt></td> <td>Long-time director of Mt. Wilson Observatory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/802/000028718/">Konrad Adenauer</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jan-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1967</tt></td> <td>Chancellor of West Germany, 1949-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000048687/">Sherwood Anderson</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Sep-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td>The Triumph of the Egg</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/258/000125880/">Robert Bárány</a></td> <td><center>Doctor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1936</tt></td> <td>Studied inner ear, equilibrium system</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/189/000179649/">Georges Barrère</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1944</tt></td> <td>Franco-American flautist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/696/000084444/">Constantin Brancusi</a></td> <td><center>Sculptor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1957</tt></td> <td>Bird in Space</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/031/000031935/">Mordecai Brown</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Feb-1948</tt></td> <td>Three Finger Brown</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/147/000280304/">Georgia Caine</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1964</tt></td> <td>Broadway musical actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/379/000094097/">Willis Carrier</a></td> <td><center>Inventor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>Created the first air conditioning</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000093317/">Pablo Casals</a></td> <td><center>Cellist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Oct-1973</tt></td> <td>Spanish cellist and conductor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/826/000350773/">Berton Churchill</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1940</tt></td> <td>Heroes for Sale</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/700/000115355/">Irvin S. Cobb</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1944</tt></td> <td>Old Judge Priest</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/507/000114165/">George Creel</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1953</tt></td> <td>Head of the Committee on Public Information</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000089564/">Wilhelm Cuno</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1933</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor 1922-23</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/276/000128889/">Joseph E. Davies</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1958</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/441/000100141/">Otto Diels</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1954</tt></td> <td>Diels-Alder Reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/593/000093314/">Manuel de Falla</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1946</tt></td> <td>La Vida Breve</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/314/000044182/">Frank Gannett</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Sep-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1957</tt></td> <td>Founder, Gannett publishing empire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000164539/">John Gilmour</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1940</tt></td> <td>UK Home Secretary, 1932-35</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000134959/">Charles Halton</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1959</tt></td> <td>Bespectacled character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/106/000210473/">Cary A. Hardee</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1957</tt></td> <td>Governor of Florida, 1921-25</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/657/000092381/">Mata Hari</a></td> <td><center>Spy</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1917</tt></td> <td>Framed by the Germans</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/551/000206930/">Julius P. Heil</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Nov-1949</tt></td> <td>Governor of Wisconsin, 1939-43</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/698/000204086/">Gottlob Honold</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1923</tt></td> <td>Invented the spark plug</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/128/000113786/">Max Jacob</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Mar-1944</tt></td> <td>Le Cornet à dés</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/263/000088996/">Mohammad Ali Jinnah</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1948</tt></td> <td>Founder of Pakistan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/112/000162623/">Edward J. Kelly</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1950</tt></td> <td>Mayor of Chicago, 1933-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/976/000115631/">Charles F. Kettering</a></td> <td><center>Engineer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Nov-1958</tt></td> <td>Invented the electric starter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000174228/">Moses E. Kiley</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Apr-1953</tt></td> <td>Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1940-53</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/040/000087776/">Alfred Kroeber</a></td> <td><center>Anthropologist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-1960</tt></td> <td>Pioneer in American Anthropology</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/181/000159701/">Maxim Litvinov</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Dec-1951</tt></td> <td>Soviet foreign minister, ousted in nod to Hitler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/929/000031836/">Jack London</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jan-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1916</tt></td> <td>Call of the Wild</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/664/000210034/">Frank E. Lucas</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Nov-1948</tt></td> <td>Governor of Wyoming, 1924-25</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/679/000205064/">Clara Maass</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Aug-1901</tt></td> <td>Human experiments with yellow fever</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/871/000126493/">John Macleod</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Sep-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1935</tt></td> <td>Helped discover insulin</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/723/000116375/">Pat McCarran</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1954</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Nevada, 1933-54</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/548/000168044/">Edwin T. Meredith</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1928</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Agriculture, 1920-21</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/471/000135066/">Victor Moore</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1962</tt></td> <td>Swing Time</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/761/000089494/">Hermann Mueller</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1931</tt></td> <td>German Chancellor 1920, 1928-30</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/368/000206747/">Culbert L. Olson</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1962</tt></td> <td>Governor of California, 1939-43</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/135/000133733/">Maria Ouspenskaya</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Dec-1949</tt></td> <td>Waterloo Bridge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/369/000095084/">Wilhelm Pieck</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Sep-1960</tt></td> <td>President of East Germany, 1949-60</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/250/000087986/">Pope Pius XII</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Mar-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1958</tt></td> <td>Signed treaty with Hitler</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/918/000087657/">Erich Raeder</a></td> <td><center>Military</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Apr-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1960</tt></td> <td>Reich Admiral</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/632/000114290/">Mary Roberts Rinehart</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Sep-1958</tt></td> <td>Circular Staircase</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000114401/">O. E. Rölvaag</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1931</tt></td> <td>Giants in the Earth</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/717/000162231/">Nellie Ross</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Nov-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1977</tt></td> <td>First woman elected Governor in America</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/240/000133838/">King Ibn Saud</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1953</tt></td> <td>Founder of Saudi Arabia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/157/000164662/">James Scullin</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1953</tt></td> <td>Prime Minister of Australia, 1929-32</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/808/000173289/">Harry Sinclair</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Nov-1956</tt></td> <td>Founder of Sinclair Oil</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/110/000052951/">Clyde Harold Smith</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1940</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Maine, 1937-40</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/424/000087163/">Eugene O. Sykes</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jul-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-1941</tt></td> <td>First Chairman of the FCC, 1934-35</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/190/000179650/">Lionel Tertis</a></td> <td><center>Violist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Dec-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1975</tt></td> <td>First prominent violist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/824/000122458/">Park Trammell</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1936</tt></td> <td>Governor and Senator from Florida</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/144/000117790/">G. M. Trevelyan</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1876</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jul-1962</tt></td> <td>England under Queen Anne</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/609/000209979/">E. 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