Bud Abbott was a comedian best known for playing the "straight man" of the Abbott and Costello comedy duo.
1895-1974
1895-1975
Cristóbal Balenciaga was a Spanish-French fashion designer and the leading couturier of Spain in the 1920s-30s. He moved to Paris during the Spanish Civil War.
1895-1972
Edith Ewing Beale, also known as "Big Edie," was aunt to Jackie Kennedy, and resident of the decrepit mansion called Grey Gardens.
1895-1977
1895-1976
1895-1969
Jack Dempsey -- known as the "Manassa Mauler" -- was the world heavyweight boxing champion from 1919-1926.
1895-1983
1895-1980
Heinrich Eberbach was a German General der Panzertruppen in the German Army of World War II.
1895-1992
Psychiatrist Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund Freud, pioneered the field of child psychoanalysis and further defined the function of the ego in psychology.
1895-1982
1895-1983
George VI served as king of the United Kingdom during World War II and was an important symbolic leader. He was succeeded by Queen Elizabeth II, in 1952.
1895-1952
British poet Robert Graves is best known for writing his first volumes of poetry, primarily about war, while serving at the Western Front during World War I.
1895-1985
Lyricist and librettist Oscar Hammerstein II collaborated with Richard Rodgers on the Pulitzer Prize–winning musicals Oklahoma! and South Pacific.
1895-1960
Lorenz Hart was an American lyricist best known for his collaborations with Richard Rodgers, including "My Funny Valentine" and "Blue Moon."
1895-1943
As director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover had rabid anti-Communist and anti-subversive views and used unconventional tactics to monitor related activity.
1895-1972
Charles H. Houston was an attorney and vice-dean who worked in important civil rights cases, ultimately helping to end Jim Crow laws.
1895-1950
1895-1989
Comedian and director Buster Keaton was popular for his pioneering silent comedies in the 1920s.
1895-1966
1895-1954
Dorothea Lange was a photographer whose portraits of displaced farmers during the Great Depression greatly influenced later documentary photography.
1895-1965
Actress and radio performer Hattie McDaniel became the first African American to win an Oscar in 1940, for her supporting role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind.
1895-1952
László Moholy-Nagy was a Hungarian painter, photographer and art teacher who took charge of the metal workshop of the Bauhaus.
1895-1946
American actor Paul Muni is best known for his film and stage portrayals of noted historical figures. He was nominated five times for the Academy Awards.
1895-1967
1895-1991
Juan Perón was an army colonel who became president of Argentina (1946-52, 1952-55, 1973-74) and was the founder and leader of the Peronist movement.
1895-1974
1895-1948
William Grant Still was a conductor and composer and the first African-American to conduct a professional symphony orchestra in the U.S.
1895-1978
Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino was admired as the “Great Lover” of the 1920s.
1895-1926