Antonin Artaud was a French actor, costume designer and writer who revolutionized drama with his idea of a Theater of Cruelty.
1896-1948
Philip Barry is an American playwright best known for writing comedies of life. His most famous play is The Philadelphia Story.
1896-1949
André Breton was a French writer, editor and critic who was a key figure in the Dada and Surrealist art movements.
1896-1966
1896-1956
George Burns was a comedian who worked in vaudeville, radio, film and television. His long-time performance partner and wife was comedienne Gracie Allen. Burns lived until age 100.
1896-1996
A chemist, W.H. Carothers worked for DuPont and with his research laid the foundation for the synthetic fiber industry.
1896-1937
1896-1954
Howard Dietz was a songwriter and the creator of the famous MGM lion mascot.
1896-1983
1896-1993
1896-1970
Mamie Eisenhower was first lady of the United States when her husband, Dwight Eisenhower, was president from 1953 to 1961.
1896-1979
American short-story writer and novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald is known for his turbulent personal life and his famous novel The Great Gatsby.
1896-1940
Lyricist Ira Gershwin wrote for popular musicals like Porgy and Bess in the 1920s and '30s. He was in the first writing team to win a Pulitzer for songwriting.
1896-1983
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Howard Hawks directed Only Angels Have Wings, Sergeant York, Scarface, Bringing Up Baby and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
1896-1977
1896-1979
1896-1987
1896-1927
Prime Minister of Hungary Imre Nagy withdrew Hungary from the Warsaw Pact and led Hungarians against the Soviets in the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
1896-1958
1896-1984
Psychologist Jean Piaget identified stages of mental development, called Schema, and established the fields of cognitive theory and developmental psychology.
1896-1980
American socialite Wallis Simpson became the mistress of Edward, Prince of Wales. Edward abdicated the throne to marry her, a period known as the Abdication Crisis.
1896-1986
David Alfaro Siqueiros was a Mexican painter and muralist whose work reflected his Marxist ideology.
1896-1974
1896-1989
1896-1977