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Charles Atlas
Athlete / 1892 - 1972
Charles Atlas was an Italian-born American bodybuilder who, with Frederick Tilney and Charles P. Roman, created highly popular mail-order bodybuilding course.
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(1892-1972)
Athlete
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Francisco Franco
Dictator / 1892 - 1975
Francisco Franco led a successful military rebellion to overthrow the Spanish democratic republic in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939), and he subsequently established his lasting dictatorship.
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(1892-1975)
Dictator
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Pearl S. Buck
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Author / 1892 - 1973
Prolific author Pearl S. Buck earned a Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Good Earth. She was also the first female to win a Nobel Prize for Literature.
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(1892-1973)
Civil Rights Activist, Women's Rights Activist, Author
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Eddie Cantor
Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality / 1892 - 1964
Comedian Eddie Cantor was a superstar of early 20th Century radio, stage, and film, most notably on NBC Radio's The Chase and Sanborn Hour.
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(1892-1964)
Actor, Comedian, Radio Personality
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Edwin Cohn
Scientist / 1892 - 1953
Scientist Edwin Cohn helped develop a method of separating blood plasma proteins, which provided lifesaving care to many soldiers during World War II.
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(1892-1953)
Scientist
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Caresse Crosby
Inventor, Journalist, Author, Poet / 1892 - 1970
Caresse Crosby invented the modern bra in 1913. She was a poet and established a publishing company with her husband Harry Crosby in Paris, France.
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(1892-1970)
Inventor, Journalist, Author, Poet
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Johnny Dodds
Musician / 1892 - 1940
African-American musician Johnny Dodds was noted as one of the most lyrically expressive of jazz clarinetists. He was part of King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band.
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(1892-1940)
Musician
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J. Paul Getty
Art Collector, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist / 1892 - 1976
Billionaire businessman J. Paul Getty became president of the Getty Oil Company after his father George Getty’s death. His Getty Foundation funds the J. Paul Getty Museum and other artist endeavors.
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(1892-1976)
Art Collector, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
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J.B.S. Haldane
Academic, Geneticist, Academic Author / 1892 - 1964
J.B.S. Haldane was a British geneticist who helped found the theories of population genetics.
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(1892-1964)
Academic, Geneticist, Academic Author
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Robert H. Jackson
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official / 1892 - 1954
Robert H. Jackson, the only Supreme Court Justice who didn't graduate from any law school, is best known as the chief U.S. prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials.
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(1892-1954)
Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice, Government Official
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Alfred A Knopf
Entrepreneur, Publisher / 1892 - 1984
Alfred A Knopf was an American book publisher who founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in 1915. In 1966 it became a subsidiary of Random House, Inc.
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(1892-1984)
Entrepreneur, Publisher
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Gummo Marx
Actor, Comedian, Inventor / 1892 - 1977
Often referred to as the "forgotten" Marx brother, Gummo Marx was the first to leave the act to enlist in World War I and become a businessman.
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(1892-1977)
Actor, Comedian, Inventor
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Edna St. Vincent Millay
Playwright, Poet / 1892 - 1950
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Edna St. Vincent Millay was such a bright young thing of the jazz age that she coined the term "my candle burns at both ends."
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(1892-1950)
Playwright, Poet
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Nickolas Muray
Photographer, Athlete / 1892 - 1965
Photographer Nickolas Muray was famous for his portraits of Hollywood beauties, his fabulous fencing skills and his romance with artist Frida Kahlo.
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(1892-1965)
Photographer, Athlete
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Mary Pickford
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Producer, Screenwriter / 1892 - 1979
Mary Pickford was a legendary silent film actress and was known as "America’s sweetheart." She was a founder of United Artists and helped establish the Academy.
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(1892-1979)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Producer, Screenwriter
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William Powell
Film Actor / 1892 - 1984
William Powell was a baritone-voiced actor remembered for playing Nick Charles in The Thin Man films.
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(1892-1984)
Film Actor
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Basil Rathbone
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1892 - 1967
Character actor Basil Rathbone (1892-1967) is best known for playing Sherlock Holmes in 14 movies from 1939 to 1946.
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(1892-1967)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Hal Roach
Producer / 1892 - 1992
Hal Roach is best known for his work as an American film producer responsible for putting Laurel and Hardy in their first film together.
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(1892-1992)
Producer
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Manuel Roxas
World Leader / 1892 - 1948
Manuel Roxas was a political leader and first president (1946–48) of the independent Republic of the Philippines.
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(1892-1948)
World Leader
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Margaret Rutherford
Film Actress, Television Actress / 1892 - 1972
Dame Margaret Rutherford was an Academy Award-winning English actress on stage, film and television. Her best known role was Agatha Christie's Miss Marple.
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(1892-1972)
Film Actress, Television Actress
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Vita Sackville-West
Author, Poet / 1892 - 1962
Vita Sackville-West was a novelist and poet known for works such as The Land and All Passion Spent.
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(1892-1962)
Author, Poet
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Augusta Savage
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Sculptor / 1892 - 1962
Augusta Savage is remembered as an artist, activist, and arts educator, serving as an inspiration to the many that she taught, helped, and encouraged.
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(1892-1962)
Educator, Civil Rights Activist, Sculptor
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Haile Selassie I
Emperor / 1892 - 1975
Emperor Haile Selassie I worked to modernize Ethiopia for several decades before famine and political opposition forced him from office in 1974.
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(1892-1975)
Emperor
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Lowell Thomas
Radio Personality, Writer / 1892 - 1981
Lowell Thomas was a radio commentator and writer best known for his book Lawrence of Arabia.
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(1892-1981)
Radio Personality, Writer
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J.R.R. Tolkien
Linguist, Author / 1892 - 1973
J.R.R. Tolkien is an internationally renowned fantasy writer. He is best known for authoring The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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(1892-1973)
Linguist, Author