1898-1991
Tony, Oscar and Golden Globe-winning actress Shirley Booth was in both the play and film versions of Come Back, Little Sheba, and the television show Hazel.
1898-1992
1898-1956
1898-1976
Septima Poinsette Clark was a pioneering educator and activist who championed teacher’s rights with organizations like the NAACP.
1898-1987
1898-1983
1898-1989
David Nelson Crosthwait, Jr. was an African American pioneer in the field of heating and air conditioning, best known for heating up Radio City Music Hall.
1898-1976
1898-1959
William O. Douglas was a government official who in 1939 became the second youngest Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.
1898-1980
Irene Dunne was an Academy Award-nominated actress and singer known for her roles in Showboat, Anna and the King of Siam and Love Affair.
1898-1990
1898-1995
1898-1972
Federico García Lorca is considered one of Spain's greatest poets and dramatists. One of his most successful poetry collections was The Gypsy Ballads.
1898-1936
George Gershwin was one of the most significant American composers of the 20th century, known for popular stage and screen numbers as well as classical compositions.
1898-1937
Dorothy Gish, younger sister of actress Lillian Gish, was a film actress in the first half of the 20th century.
1898-1968
American Football Hall of Famer Curly Lambeau founded the Green Bay Packers and coached the team to six NFL championships.
1898-1965
1898-1963
Henry R. Luce was a journalist and publishing mogul who started the magazines Time, Life, Fortune and Sports Illustrated.
1898-1967
1898-1967
Herbert Marcuse was an American political philosopher whose Marxists theories of 20th-century Western society influenced liberal student groups in the 1960s.
1898-1979
1898-1970
1898-1969
Golda Meir was best known as the fourth Prime Minister of Israel and the world’s third woman to hold the title.
1898-1978
Luis Muñoz Marín was Puerto Rico's first governor, serving four terms.
1898-1980
Nobel Prize-winning Swedish economist and sociologist Gunner Myrdal is regarded as a major theorist of international relations and developmental economics.
1898-1987
Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author known for works like The Power of Positive Thinking and A Guide to Confident Living.
1898-1993
Paul Robeson was an acclaimed 20th century performer known for productions like The Emperor Jones and Othello. He was also an international activist.
1898-1976
1898-1948
Preston Sturges is regarded as the first Hollywood figure to successfully move from screenwriting to directing his own scripts.
1898-1959
A student of such famed physicists as Albert Einstein and Max Planck, Leo Szilard was key in getting the United States to work on the atomic bomb.
1898-1964