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Luis W. Alvarez
Physicist / 1911 - 1988
Luis Alvarez was an experimental physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1968.
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(1911-1988)
Physicist
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Lucille Ball
Television Actress, Comedian / 1911 - 1989
One of America's most beloved comedians, Lucille Ball is particularly known for her iconic TV show I Love Lucy.
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(1911-1989)
Television Actress, Comedian
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Joseph Barbera
Illustrator, Television Producer / 1911 - 2006
Cartoon artist, director and producer Joseph Barbera formed Hanna-Barbera with William Hanna, which by the late 1960s dominated the TV animation scene.
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(1911-2006)
Illustrator, Television Producer
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Romare Bearden
Illustrator, Painter / 1911 - 1988
Romare Bearden is considered one of the most important American artists of the 20th century. He depicted aspects of black culture in a Cubist style.
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(1911-1988)
Illustrator, Painter
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Elizabeth Bishop
Evangelist, Nun, Poet / 1911 - 1979
Pulitzer Prize–winning writer Elizabeth Bishop's work includes poem "In The Waiting Room," short story "In the Village" and verse collection North & South.
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(1911-1979)
Evangelist, Nun, Poet
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Melvin Calvin
Educator, Chemist / 1911 - 1997
Melvin Calvin was an American biochemist who received the 1961 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his discovery of the chemical pathways of photosynthesis.
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(1911-1997)
Educator, Chemist
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James (Mark) Cameron
Journalist / 1911 - 1985
James Mark Cameron was a respected and prominent British journalist who reported widely and illuminatingly on poverty, war, injustice.
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(1911-1985)
Journalist
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Lee J. Cobb
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1911 - 1976
Actor Lee J. Cobb had roles in some eighty movies. Despite his success in Hollywood, he was probably most proud of his stage work in Death of a Salesman.
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(1911-1976)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Hume Cronyn
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1911 - 2003
Hume Cronyn was a Canadian actor. He enjoyed a long career and often appeared alongside his second wife, Jessica Tandy.
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(1911-2003)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Barbara West Dainton
1911 - 2007
Barbara West Dainton survived the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912, and was the second-to-last remaining survivor when she died in 2007.
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(1911-2007)
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Dizzy Dean
Baseball Player / 1911 - 1974
Dizzy Dean was a Major League Baseball pitcher who led the St. Louis Cardinals to World Series victory in 1937.
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(1911-1974)
Baseball Player
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Antonio Guzmán Fernández
World Leader / 1911 - 1982
Antonio Guzmán Fernández was president of the Dominican Republic from 1978 to 1982, helping to stabilize the economy and demilitarize the government.
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(1911-1982)
World Leader
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William Golding
Author / 1911 - 1993
British novelist William Golding wrote the critically acclaimed classic Lord of the Flies, and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1983.
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(1911-1993)
Author
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Hank Greenberg
Baseball Player / 1911 - 1986
Hank Greenberg became one of Major League Baseball's first Jewish super stars, while playing for the Detroit Tigers.
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(1911-1986)
Baseball Player
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Jean Harlow
Film Actress, Pin-up / 1911 - 1937
Jean Harlow was an American actress who proved herself a platinum-blonde sex-symbol and able comedian in 1930s Hollywood.
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(1911-1937)
Film Actress, Pin-up
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Bernard Herrmann
Songwriter / 1911 - 1975
Bernard Herrmann was an American composer best known as the author of scores for Orson Welles and Alfred Hitchcock films including Citizen Kane and Psycho.
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(1911-1975)
Songwriter
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Academic, Mayor, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative / 1911 - 1978
Hubert H. Humphrey was an assistant majority leader of the Senate who became the 38th U.S. vice president under Lyndon B. Johnson.
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(1911-1978)
Academic, Mayor, U.S. Vice President, U.S. Representative
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Mahalia Jackson
Civil Rights Activist, Singer, Television Personality / 1911 - 1972
20th century recording artist Mahalia Jackson, known as the Queen of Gospel, is revered as one of the greatest musical figures in U.S. history.
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(1911-1972)
Civil Rights Activist, Singer, Television Personality
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Robert Johnson
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer / 1911 - 1938
Musician Robert Johnson is best known as one of the greatest blues performers of all time, a recognition that came largely after his death at age 27.
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(1911-1938)
Songwriter, Guitarist, Singer
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Jo Jones
Drummer / 1911 - 1985
Musician Jo Jones, considered one of the most influential of all jazz drummers, noted for his swing and finesse, played with Count Basie’s Kansas City band.
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(1911-1985)
Drummer
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Stan Kenton
Songwriter, Pianist / 1911 - 1979
Stan Kenton was an American pianist, composer and bandleader associated with the swing movement in jazz.
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(1911-1979)
Songwriter, Pianist
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Lester Lanin
Conductor / 1911 - 2004
Lester Lanin was a band leader and contractor who was known for playing inaugural balls and high-society functions.
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(1911-2004)
Conductor
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Gypsy Rose Lee
Dancer, Pin-up / 1911 - 1970
Gypsy Rose Lee rose from an early life in vaudeville to America's most famed burlesque performers, becoming the subject of the Broadway show Gypsy.
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(1911-1970)
Dancer, Pin-up
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Naguib Mahfouz
Author / 1911 - 2006
Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz (1911–2006) won the Nobel Prize in 1988 for his significant contribution to Arabic literature.
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(1911-2006)
Author
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Marshall McLuhan
Educator, Journalist / 1911 - 1980
Famous for his aphorism, "the medium is the message," communications theorist Marshall McLuhan was an influential educator during the 20th century.
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(1911-1980)
Educator, Journalist
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Josef Mengele
War Criminal / 1911 - 1979
Josef Mengele was a Nazi doctor at Auschwitz extermination camp who selected prisoners for execution in gas chambers and led medical experiments on inmates.
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(1911-1979)
War Criminal
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U Ne Win
General, Political Leader / 1911 - 2002
U Ne Win was a Burmese military general who staged a coup and ruled his country from 1962 until 1988.
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(1911-2002)
General, Political Leader
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Flann O'Brien
Writer / 1911 - 1966
Author Flann O’Brien’s most famous novel, At Swim-Two-Birds, combines folklore, poetry and humor. It was published in 1939.
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(1911-1966)
Writer
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Maureen O'Sullivan
Film Actress / 1911 - 1998
Maureen O'Sullivan was an actress best known for playing Jane in the Tarzan film series opposite Johnny Weismuller.
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(1911-1998)
Film Actress
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David M. Ogilvy
Entrepreneur / 1911 - 1999
David Ogilvy was an advertising executive who founded Hewitt, Ogilvy, Benson & Mather, one of the world's largest advertising firms.
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(1911-1999)
Entrepreneur
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Georges Pompidou
Civil Servant, World Leader / 1911 - 1974
Frenchman Georges Pompidou rose from schoolteacher to Premier and then President, continuing many of his predecessor's, Charles de Gaulle, policies.
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(1911-1974)
Civil Servant, World Leader
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Vincent Price
Film Actor / 1911 - 1993
American actor Vincent Price starred as the villain in the 1953 film House of Wax, which revitalized the horror genre, and was one of the first films shot in 3D.
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(1911-1993)
Film Actor
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Louis Prima
Actor, Songwriter, Singer, Trumpet Player / 1911 - 1978
Louis Prima was an influential jazz trumpeter, singer and composer known for songs like "Sing, Sing, Sing," "Angelina," "Buona Sera" and "Jump, Jive an' Wail."
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(1911-1978)
Actor, Songwriter, Singer, Trumpet Player
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Ronald Reagan
Film Actor, Television Actor, U.S. President, U.S. Governor / 1911 - 2004
President Ronald Reagan helped redefine the purpose of government and pressured the Soviet Union to end the Cold War. He solidified the conservative agenda for decades after his presidency.
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(1911-2004)
Film Actor, Television Actor, U.S. President, U.S. Governor
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Ginger Rogers
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Dancer, Pin-up / 1911 - 1995
Ginger Rogers was a prolific Oscar-winning actress, singer and dancer who was revered for her cinematic footwork with Fred Astaire.
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(1911-1995)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress, Dancer, Pin-up
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Roy Rogers
Film Actor, Television Actor, Guitarist, Singer, Television Personality / 1911 - 1998
Roy Rogers was an American actor and singer best known as the “King of the Cowboys” for his heroic roles in musical westerns. His sidekick palomino, Trigger, and dog, Bullet often appeared with him.
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(1911-1998)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Guitarist, Singer, Television Personality
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Jack Ruby
Entrepreneur, Assassin / 1911 - 1967
Nightclub owner Jack Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald before Oswald could stand trial for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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(1911-1967)
Entrepreneur, Assassin
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Phil Silvers
Television Actor / 1911 - 1985
Phil Silvers is an American comedian best known for his portrayal of the fast-talking gambler Sergeant Ernest Bilko in The Phil Silvers Show.
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(1911-1985)
Television Actor
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Zenko Suzuki
Prime Minister / 1911 - 2004
Zenko Suzuki is a Japanese politician and the 70th Prime Minister of Japan who resigned in 1982 due to factional strife within his party.
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(1911-2004)
Prime Minister
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Le Duc Tho
Political Leader / 1911 - 1990
Le Duc Tho was a Vietnamese politician and co-recipient in 1973 (with Henry Kissinger) of the Nobel Prize for Peace, which he declined.
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(1911-1990)
Political Leader
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Eric Williams
Prime Minister / 1911 - 1981
Eric Williams formed the People's National Movement for an independent Trinidad and Tobago, and served as that country's first prime minister.
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(1911-1981)
Prime Minister
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Tennessee Williams
Playwright / 1911 - 1983
Tennessee Williams was an American writer, whose signature works include A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Glass Menagerie.
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(1911-1983)
Playwright
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Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Basketball Player, Golfer, Track and Field Athlete / 1911 - 1956
Babe Didrikson Zaharias (1914–1956) was named "Woman Athlete of the Half Century" in 1950 for her skills in basketball, track & field, and golf.
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(1911-1956)
Basketball Player, Golfer, Track and Field Athlete