Life & People

Edvard Eriksen Edvard Eriksen (10 March 1876 – 12 January 1959) was a Danish–Icelandic sculptor.[1] Eriksen's most famous work is the ...

Wilson Mizner (1876-1933) Wilson Mizner (May 19, 1876 – April 3, 1933) was an American playwright, raconteur, and entrepreneur. His best...

Willa Cather (1873-1947) Willa Sibert Cather (December 7, 1873[1] – April 24, 1947) was an American author who achieved recognition for ...

Will Rogers (1879-1935) Will Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, social ...

Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) Wallace Stevens (October 2, 1879 – August 2, 1955) was an American Modernist poet. He was born in Reading, P...

Samuel Goldwyn (1879-1974) Samuel Goldwyn (c. July 1879 – January 31, 1974) was an American film producer. He was most notably well know...

Robert Frost (1874-1963) Robert Lee Frost (March 26, 1874 – January 29, 1963) was an American poet. He is highly regarded for his realis...

Roald Amundsen (1872-1928) Roald Engelbregt Gravning Amundsen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɾuːɑl ˈɑmʉnsən]; 16 July 1872 – c. 18 June 192...

E.M. Foster (1879-1970) Edward Morgan Forster OM, CH (1 January 1879 – 7 June 1970) was an English novelist, short story writer, essayis...

Dwight Morrow (1873-1931) Dwight Whitney Morrow (January 11, 1873 – October 5, 1931) was an American businessman, politician, and diploma...

Konrad Adenauer Konrad Hermann Josef Adenauer (January 5, 1876 – April 19, 1967) was a German statesman. Although his political career spa...

Charles Péguy (1873-1914) Charles Péguy (January 7, 1873 – September 4, 1914) was a noted French poet, essayist, and editor. His two mai...

Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Albert Einstein ( /ˈælbərt ˈaɪnstaɪn/; German: [ˈalbɐt ˈaɪnʃtaɪn] ; 14 March 1879 – 18 April 1955) was a Germ...

Winston Churchill (1874-1965) Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, PC, DL, FRS, Hon. RA (30 November 1874 – 24 January...