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DeMille</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/642/000048498/"><font size=-1>Maxwell Anderson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Dec-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>What Price Glory?</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/874/000116526/"><font size=-1>George Antheil</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Jul-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Le Ballet mécanique</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/900/000345862/"><font size=-1>George Archainbaud</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-May-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Thirteen Women</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/171/000101865/"><font size=-1>Max Baer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Boxing</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Feb-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Nov-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Beat Max Schmeling in 1933</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000043614/"><font size=-1>Ethel Barrymore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Aug-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jun-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>None But the Lonely Heart</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/923/000196335/"><font size=-1>Sidney Bechet</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Jazz Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-1897</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-May-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Jazz saxophonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/686/000180146/"><font size=-1>Bert Bell</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1895</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Oct-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>NFL Commissioner, 1946-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000278419/"><font size=-1>William Bishop</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jul-1918</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Oct-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Killer That Stalked New York</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/990/000091717/"><font size=-1>Ernest Bloch</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Jul-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Schelomo</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/180/000118823/"><font size=-1>Eric Blore</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Dec-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Mar-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Sullivan's Travels</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/034/000049884/"><font size=-1>The Big Bopper</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Oct-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Chantilly Lace</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/797/000206179/"><font size=-1>Jim Bottomley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Baseball</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Apr-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Dec-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>St. Louis Cardinal, Hall-of-Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/406/000173884/"><font size=-1>Helen Broderick</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Top Hat</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/807/000031714/"><font size=-1>Raymond Chandler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jul-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Mar-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Invented hard-boiled detective novel</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/690/000117339/"><font size=-1>George Douglas Howard Cole</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Economist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Sep-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>British Labour theorist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/598/000043469/"><font size=-1>Lou Costello</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Mar-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Half of <i>Abbott and Costello</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/865/000133466/"><font size=-1>Irving Cummings</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Oct-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Apr-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>In Old Arizona</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/621/000031528/"><font size=-1>Cecil B. DeMille</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Aug-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Pioneering film director</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/320/000028236/"><font size=-1>Wild Bill Donovan</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jan-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founded the OSS</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/013/000119653/"><font size=-1>Paul Douglas</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Apr-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Angels in the Outfield</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/321/000028237/"><font size=-1>John Foster Dulles</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Feb-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-May-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Eisenhower's Secretary of State</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/659/000160179/"><font size=-1>Maurice Duplessis</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Apr-1890</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Premier of Quebec, 1936-39 & 1944-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000084548/"><font size=-1>Jacob Epstein</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sculptor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Nov-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Aug-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Strand Statues</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/241/000115893/"><font size=-1>Abraham Flexner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Nov-1866</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The American College</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/694/000042568/"><font size=-1>Errol Flynn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jun-1909</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Oct-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Robin Hood</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/177/000130784/"><font size=-1>James Gleason</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-May-1882</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Apr-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Here Comes Mr. Jordan</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/630/000206012/"><font size=-1>Mack Gordon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Composer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jun-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Chattanooga Choo Choo</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000078082/"><font size=-1>Edmund Goulding</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Dec-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Grand Hotel</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/206/000205588/"><font size=-1>Gilda Gray</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Dancer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Oct-1901</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Dec-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>The Shimmy Queen</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/936/000084684/"><font size=-1>George Grosz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Artist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Jul-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Jul-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>German social caricaturist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/850/000114508/"><font size=-1>Edgar Guest</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Aug-1881</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Aug-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>A Heap o' Livin'</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/502/000172983/"><font size=-1>Joseph F. Guffey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Dec-1870</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Mar-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/123/000063931/"><font size=-1>Edmund Gwenn</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Sep-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Miracle on 34th Street</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/470/000061287/"><font size=-1>William F. Halsey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Oct-1882</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Aug-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>WWII Commander of the South Pacific</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000134959/"><font size=-1>Charles Halton</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Mar-1876</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Apr-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Bespectacled character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/804/000165309/"><font size=-1>Ross Granville Harrison</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Zoologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Jan-1870</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Embryology and tissue culture techniques</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/079/000169569/"><font size=-1>E. Newton Harvey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Zoologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Nov-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jul-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Light-emitting organisms</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/237/000163745/"><font size=-1>Duncan Hines</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Mar-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Mar-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Roadside gourmet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/032/000164537/"><font size=-1>Samuel Hoare</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Feb-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-May-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>UK Home Secretary, 1937-39</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/106/000023037/"><font size=-1>Billie Holiday</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Apr-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Lady Sings the Blues</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/937/000031844/"><font size=-1>Buddy Holly</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Sep-1936</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Buddy Holly and The Crickets</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000174367/"><font size=-1>Rufus C. Holman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Oct-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Nov-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Oregon, 1939-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000222536/"><font size=-1>Taylor Holmes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-May-1878</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Nightmare Alley</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/639/000078405/"><font size=-1>Kay Kendall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-1926</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Les Girls</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/388/000206767/"><font size=-1>Richard Kirman, Sr.</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Jan-1877</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Nevada, 1935-39</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/589/000135184/"><font size=-1>Werner Krauss</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Jun-1884</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Oct-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/156/000166655/"><font size=-1>Nap Lajoie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Baseball</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Sep-1874</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>MLB Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/548/000091275/"><font size=-1>Carlos Saavedra Lamas</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Nov-1878</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-May-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/843/000206225/"><font size=-1>Wanda Landowska</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Musician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jul-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Aug-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Harpsichord virtuoso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/383/000134978/"><font size=-1>Lupino Lane</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jun-1892</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Nov-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Love Parade</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/807/000113468/"><font size=-1>William Langer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1886</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Nov-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor and Senator from North Dakota</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/994/000091721/"><font size=-1>Mario Lanza</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Jan-1921</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Oct-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Voice of the Century</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/154/000098857/"><font size=-1>José P. Laurel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Mar-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Nov-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>3rd President of the Philippines</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/468/000206847/"><font size=-1>Tim Mara</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-1887</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, Owner of NY Giants, 1925-59</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/704/000053545/"><font size=-1>George C. Marshall</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Military</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Dec-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Oct-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/040/000116689/"><font size=-1>Douglas McKay</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jun-1893</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Jul-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/452/000047311/"><font size=-1>Victor McLaglen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Dec-1883</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Nov-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Informer</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/537/000213895/"><font size=-1>Adam McMullen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jun-1872</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Mar-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Governor of Nebraska, 1925-29</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/534/000051381/"><font size=-1>Eugene Meyer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Publisher</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-1875</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Washington Post</i> publisher, 1933-47</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/982/000132586/"><font size=-1>Wayne Morris</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>14-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Paths of Glory</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/820/000277986/"><font size=-1>Una O'Connor</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Oct-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Googly-eyed character actress</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/581/000115236/"><font size=-1>Luis Palés Matos</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Mar-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>23-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Tuntún de pasa y griferia</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/186/000114841/"><font size=-1>David Pinski</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Playwright</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Apr-1872</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Yiddish playwright, <i>Der Oitzer</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000163454/"><font size=-1>John C. Porter</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1872</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-May-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Mayor of Los Angeles, 1929-33</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/253/000066055/"><font size=-1>George Reeves</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1914</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Jun-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Television's first <i>Superman</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/589/000162103/"><font size=-1>Alfonso Reyes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-May-1889</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Dec-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Visión de Anáhuac</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/722/000099425/"><font size=-1>Owen Willans Richardson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Apr-1879</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Feb-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Electron emissions of metals</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/160/000133758/"><font size=-1>Sid Richardson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Apr-1891</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>30-Sep-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Oilman, Bass family benefactor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/408/000278571/"><font size=-1>Russell Simpson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jun-1880</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Dec-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Grapes of Wrath</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/012/000110679/"><font size=-1>Charles Starkweather</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Criminal</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Nov-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jun-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Spree killer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000043816/"><font size=-1>Preston Sturges</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Screenwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Sullivan's Travels</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/762/000092486/"><font size=-1>Carl Switzer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Aug-1927</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Alfalfa in <i>Our Gang</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/427/000117076/"><font size=-1>Myron C. 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