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Hans Albers
Film Actor, Singer / 1891 - 1960
Beginning with his first film in 1911 and in the years leading up to World War II, Hans Albers was one of Germany's most beloved movie stars.
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(1891-1960)
Film Actor, Singer
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Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander
General, Political Leader / 1891 - 1969
British commander Harold Alexander fought in both World War I and World War II, during which he helped drive Nazi forces from Northern Africa.
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(1891-1969)
General, Political Leader
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Frederick Grant Banting
Inventor, Doctor / 1891 - 1941
Sir Frederick Grant Banting was a Canadian scientist and doctor, whose research led to the discovery of insulin to treat diabetic patients.
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(1891-1941)
Inventor, Doctor
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Fanny Brice
Film Actress, Comedian, Singer, Radio Personality / 1891 - 1951
Fanny Brice was a popular American singing comedienne who was long associated with the Ziegfeld Follies. She was portrayed by Barbara Streisand in Funny Girl.
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(1891-1951)
Film Actress, Comedian, Singer, Radio Personality
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A.P. Carter
Guitarist / 1891 - 1960
A.P. Carter is best known for forming the Carter Family band, which combined traditional Appalachian sounds with a unique guitar style and African American gospel influences.
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(1891-1960)
Guitarist
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Ronald Colman
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Warrior / 1891 - 1958
Ronald Colman was an Academy Award-winning British actor.
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(1891-1958)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Warrior
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Max Ernst
Painter, Sculptor, Editor / 1891 - 1976
Max Ernst was a German artist--in painting, sculpture and collage--who was a key figure in the Dadaist and Surrealist art movements.
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(1891-1976)
Painter, Sculptor, Editor
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Antonio Gramsci
Linguist, Philosopher, Political Leader, Journalist / 1891 - 1937
Antonio Gramsci was an Italian Communist Party leader. He was arrested for speaking out against fascism and wrote his Prison Notebooks before dying in jail.
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(1891-1937)
Linguist, Philosopher, Political Leader, Journalist
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Zora Neale Hurston
Civil Rights Activist, Author / 1891 - 1960
Anthropologist and novelist Zora Neale Hurston was a fixture of the Harlem Renaissance before writing her masterwork, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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(1891-1960)
Civil Rights Activist, Author
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Henry Miller
Author / 1891 - 1980
Henry Miller was a 20th century American writer, who created a new sort of novel—later characterized as a fictionalized autobiography.
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(1891-1980)
Author
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Carlos Mérida
Painter / 1891 - 1984
Guatemalan muralist Carlos Mérida created work inspired by the social revolution in Mexico. An earthquake destroyed his mosaic murals in Mexico City in 1985.
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(1891-1984)
Painter
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Cole Porter
Songwriter / 1891 - 1964
Cole Porter was a U.S. composer and lyricist who created songs like "I Get a Kick Out of You" and his own series of Broadway musicals including Anything Goes.
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(1891-1964)
Songwriter
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Erwin Rommel
General / 1891 - 1944
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel was one of German's most popular generals during World War II, and gained his enemies' respect with his victories as commander of the Afrika Korps. Implicated in a plot to overthrow Hitler, Rommel took his life in 1944.
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(1891-1944)
General
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Nelly Sachs
Playwright, Poet / 1891 - 1970
German poet and playwright Nelly Sachs won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966 for expressing the grief and yearning of her fellow Jews after WWII.
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(1891-1970)
Playwright, Poet
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Margaret Suckley
Historian, Writer / 1891 - 1991
Margaret Suckley was a close friend and confidante of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and served as the archivist for the first American presidential library.
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(1891-1991)
Historian, Writer
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Rafael Trujillo
War Criminal, Dictator, World Leader / 1891 - 1961
Rafael Trujillo was a dictator of the Dominican Republic for decades. He was assassinated in 1961.
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(1891-1961)
War Criminal, Dictator, World Leader
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Earl Warren
Supreme Court Justice, Governor / 1891 - 1974
Earl Warren was Governor of California, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and head of the commission that investigated the JFK assassination.
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(1891-1974)
Supreme Court Justice, Governor
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Leonard D. White
Historian, Political Scientist, Journalist / 1891 - 1958
Leonard White was a political scientist and historian who was a leading authority on public administration.
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(1891-1958)
Historian, Political Scientist, Journalist
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Grant Wood
Painter / 1891 - 1942
One of the most famous American
painters of all time, Grant Wood is popularly known for the iconic work, American Gothic.
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(1891-1942)
Painter