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John Bodkin Adams
Serial Killer, Doctor / 1899 - 1983
John Bodkin Adams is best known for standing trial in the suspicious deaths of 163 former patients in England.
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(1899-1983)
Serial Killer, Doctor
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Fred Astaire
Dancer / 1899 - 1987
Fred Astaire was an American dancer of stage and film who is best known for a number of successful musical comedy films in which he starred with Ginger Rogers.
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(1899-1987)
Dancer
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S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike
Prime Minister / 1899 - 1959
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike was the fourth prime minister of Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
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(1899-1959)
Prime Minister
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Charles H. Best
Academic, Physiologist / 1899 - 1978
Charles H. Best was a physiologist and medical researcher who co-discovered the use of insulin as a treatment for diabetes.
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(1899-1978)
Academic, Physiologist
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Georges Bidault
Prime Minister / 1899 - 1983
A two-time French prime minister, Georges Bidault was active in the French Resistance during World War II but later fled France after a dispute with de Gaulle.
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(1899-1983)
Prime Minister
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Alfred Blalock
Doctor, Surgeon / 1899 - 1964
Alfred Blalock was a surgeon who pioneered corrective heart surgery in newborns and did groudbreaking work related to blood loss and shock.
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(1899-1964)
Doctor, Surgeon
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Humphrey Bogart
Film Actor / 1899 - 1957
Actor Humphrey Bogart became a legend for his roles in 1940s-era films like Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon and To Have and Have Not.
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(1899-1957)
Film Actor
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Jorge Luis Borges
Journalist, Author, Poet / 1899 - 1986
Jorge Luis Borges was an Argentine poet, essayist, and short-story writer whose works have become classics of 20th-century world literature.
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(1899-1986)
Journalist, Author, Poet
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Elizabeth Bowen
Author / 1899 - 1973
Elizabeth Bowen is the author of novels and short-story collections such as The House in Paris (1935), The Heat of the Day (1938) and The Demon Lover (1945).
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(1899-1973)
Author
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Charles Boyer
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1899 - 1978
Charles Boyer was an Oscar-nominated French actor of stage, film and television with a career that spanned almost six decades.
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(1899-1978)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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BrassaĂŻ
Photographer, Sculptor, Poet / 1899 - 1984
BrassaĂŻ was a Hungarian-born French photographer, poet, and sculptor who became known for his photographs of Paris nightlife in the 1930s.
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(1899-1984)
Photographer, Sculptor, Poet
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Macfarlane Burnet
Biologist / 1899 - 1985
Macfarlane Burnet was an Australian physician and researcher who made groundbreaking discoveries in the fields of immunology and virology.
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(1899-1985)
Biologist
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James Cagney
Film Actor / 1899 - 1986
James Cagney was an Academy Award-winning actor who was known for playing gangsters and short-fused tough guys.
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(1899-1986)
Film Actor
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Al Capone
Organized Crime Boss / 1899 - 1947
A child from an Italian immigrant family, Al Capone (a.k.a. 'Scarface') rose to infamy as the leader of the Chicago mafia during the Prohibition era.
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(1899-1947)
Organized Crime Boss
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Hoagy Carmichael
Songwriter / 1899 - 1981
Hoagy Carmichael was an American songwriter who wrote the standards "Rockin' Chair," "Lazy River," "Stardust" and "Georgia on my Mind."
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(1899-1981)
Songwriter
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John Christie
Serial Killer / 1899 - 1953
British serial killer John Christie murdered at least six women, including his wife, before being arrested and hanged in 1953.
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(1899-1953)
Serial Killer
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Tom C Clark
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice / 1899 - 1977
Appointed Attorney General by President Harry Truman, Tom C. Clark went on to become a U.S. Supreme Court Justice.
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(1899-1977)
Lawyer, Judge, Supreme Court Justice
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Noel Coward
Playwright / 1899 - 1973
British actor, songwriter and playwright Noël
Coward was one of the top figures of 20th century theater, using wit to deal with major social issues.
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(1899-1973)
Playwright
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George D. Cukor
Director / 1899 - 1983
Director George D. Cukor made films for 50 years. He was a dialogue director in the early days of films with sound, and received an Academy Award in 1864 for My Fair Lady.
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(1899-1983)
Director
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Aaron Douglas
Illustrator, Painter / 1899 - 1979
Aaron Douglas was an African-American painter and graphic artist who played a leading role in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s.
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(1899-1979)
Illustrator, Painter
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Duke Ellington
Songwriter, Conductor, Pianist / 1899 - 1974
An originator of big-band jazz, Duke Ellington was an American composer, pianist and bandleader who composed thousands of scores over his 50-year career.
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(1899-1974)
Songwriter, Conductor, Pianist
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C.S. Forester
Journalist, Author / 1899 - 1966
Author C.S. Forester was best known for his character Horatio Hornblower, a fictional British navel officer. Forester wrote 12 novels about Hornblower’s adventures.
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(1899-1966)
Journalist, Author
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F.A. Hayek
Educator, Scholar, Economist, Journalist / 1899 - 1992
Economist F.A. Hayek was noted for his criticisms of the Keynesian welfare state and of totalitarian socialism. In 1974 he shared the Nobel Prize for Economics.
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(1899-1992)
Educator, Scholar, Economist, Journalist
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Ernest Hemingway
Author / 1899 - 1961
Nobel Prize winner Ernest Hemingway is seen as one of the great American 20th century novelists, and is known for works like A Farewell to Arms and The Old Man and the Sea.
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(1899-1961)
Author
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Alfred Hitchcock
Director, Producer, Television Personality, Screenwriter / 1899 - 1980
Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock was nicknamed the "Master of Suspense" for employing a kind of psychological suspense in his films, producing a distinct viewer experience.
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(1899-1980)
Director, Producer, Television Personality, Screenwriter
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Lonnie Johnson
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer / 1899 - 1970
Lonnie Johnson was a musician, singer and songwriter, and one of the first major blues and jazz guitarists. His innovative style has influenced many blues, jazz and rock musicians.
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(1899-1970)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer
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Percy Julian
Academic, Civil Rights Activist, Medical Professional, Chemist / 1899 - 1975
African-American chemist Percy Julian was a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs such as cortisone, steroids and birth control pills.
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(1899-1975)
Academic, Civil Rights Activist, Medical Professional, Chemist
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Yasunari Kawabata
Author / 1899 - 1972
Yasunari Kawabata was a Japanese writer whose melancholic lyricism echoes an ancient Japanese literary tradition in the modern idiom.
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(1899-1972)
Author
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Charles Laughton
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1899 - 1962
Anglo-American stage and film actor Charles Laughton starred in The Old Dark House and Mutiny on the Bounty. He also directed The Night of the Hunter.
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(1899-1962)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Suzanne Lenglen
Tennis Player / 1899 - 1938
Suzanne Lenglen was a French tennis player who won 31 championship titles between 1914 and 1926. She is largely credited as the first female tennis star.
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(1899-1938)
Tennis Player
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Tommy Lucchese
Organized Crime Boss / 1899 - 1967
Tommy Lucchese is best known as one of New York City's mob bosses during the 1950's and 1960's.
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(1899-1967)
Organized Crime Boss
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Vladimir Nabokov
Literary Critic, Journalist, Author, Poet / 1899 - 1977
Vladimir Nabokov was a Russian novelist and critic known for the intricate literary devices employed in such novels as Lolita.
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(1899-1977)
Literary Critic, Journalist, Author, Poet
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Louise Nevelson
Sculptor / 1899 - 1988
Louise Nevelson was an iconoclast artist known for her monochromatic abstract expressionist sculptures. She rose to be an internationally known artist and worked into her 80s.
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(1899-1988)
Sculptor
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Alma Reville
Filmmaker, Screenwriter / 1899 - 1982
Alma Reville, also known as "Lady Hitchcock," was Alfred Hitchcock's lifetime partner, assistant director and closest collaborator.
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(1899-1982)
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
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Leo Strauss
Scholar, Political Scientist, Academic Author / 1899 - 1973
Leo Strauss was a German-born American political philosopher and interpreter of classical political theory.
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(1899-1973)
Scholar, Political Scientist, Academic Author
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Rufino Tamayo
Painter, Sculptor / 1899 - 1991
Rufino Tamayo was a 20th century painter who was famous for combining Mexican folk themes and modern European surrealist imagery.
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(1899-1991)
Painter, Sculptor
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Hal B. Wallis
Producer / 1899 - 1986
One of the most famous filmmakers of all time, Hal B. Wallis produced over 400 movies starting from the 1920s.
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(1899-1986)
Producer
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Weegee
Photographer / 1899 - 1968
Weegee was a photographer noted for his gritty yet compassionate images of the aftermath of New York street crimes and disasters.
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(1899-1968)
Photographer
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E.B. White
Writer / 1899 - 1985
Writer E. B. White was a contributor to The New Yorker, co-author of The Elements of Style, and the author of Charlotte's Web.
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(1899-1985)
Writer