2006-12-16 03:05:48 · 12 answers · asked by Fiona Lee 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Fred Allen Comic 31-May-1894 17-Mar-1956 Town Hall Tonight
Edward Arnold Actor 18-Feb-1890 26-Apr-1956 You Can't Take It With You
George Bancroft Actor 30-Sep-1882 2-Oct-1956 Thunderbolt
Alben W. Barkley Politician 24-Nov-1877 30-Apr-1956 US Vice President, 1949-53
Max Beerbohm Critic 24-Aug-1872 20-May-1956 Caricaturist, Seven Men
Gottfried Benn Poet 2-May-1886 7-Jul-1956 Postwar Germany's T. S. Eliot
Hiram Bingham Politician 19-Nov-1875 6-Jun-1956 US Senator, discovered Machu Piccu
Bertolt Brecht Playwright 10-Feb-1898 14-Aug-1956 Mother Courage and Her Children
Bob Burns Actor 2-Aug-1890 2-Feb-1956 The Arkansas Traveler
Louis Calhern Actor 19-Feb-1895 12-May-1956 Duck Soup
Gustave Charpentier Composer 25-Jun-1860 18-Feb-1956 Louise
Walter de la Mare Poet 25-Apr-1873 22-Jun-1956 Memoirs of a Midget
Tommy Dorsey Musician 19-Nov-1905 26-Nov-1956 Popular bandleader
Jean Hersholt Actor 12-Jul-1886 2-Jun-1956 Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund
Josef Hoffmann Architect 15-Dec-1870 7-May-1956 Vienna Secession architect
Charles S. Johnson Sociologist 24-Jul-1893 27-Oct-1956 The Negro in Chicago
Irène Joliot-Curie Chemist 12-Sep-1897 17-Mar-1956 Researcher of radioactivity
Jesse H. Jones Government 5-Apr-1874 1-Jun-1956 US Secretary of Commerce 1940-45
Sheila Kaye-Smith Novelist 4-Feb-1887 14-Jan-1956 The End of the House of Alard
Guy Kibbee Actor 6-Mar-1882 24-May-1956 Captain January
Alfred Kinsey Scientist 23-Jun-1894 25-Aug-1956 Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Alexander Korda Film Director 16-Sep-1893 23-Jan-1956 The Private Life of Henry VIII
Bela Lugosi Actor 20-Oct-1882 16-Aug-1956 Dracula
Charles MacArthur Playwright 5-Nov-1895 21-Apr-1956 The Front Page
Connie Mack Baseball 22-Dec-1862 8-Feb-1956 Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics
Percy MacKaye Playwright 16-Mar-1875 31-Aug-1956 The Canterbury Pilgrims
Percy Marks Novelist 9-Sep-1891 27-Dec-1956 The Plastic Age
Robert McAlmon Author 9-Mar-1896 2-Feb-1956 Village: As It Happened
H. L. Mencken Critic 12-Sep-1880 29-Jan-1956 The American Language
Charles E. Merrill Business 19-Oct-1885 6-Oct-1956 Founder of Merrill Lynch
A. A. Milne Author 18-Jan-1882 31-Jan-1956 Winnie the Pooh series
Clarence E. Mulford Novelist 3-Feb-1883 10-May-1956 Hopalong Cassidy
Robert Newton Actor 1-Jun-1905 25-Mar-1956 Long John Silver
Jackson Pollock Painter 28-Jan-1912 11-Aug-1956 Abstract expressionist
Elpidio Quirino Head of State 16-Nov-1890 29-Feb-1956 6th President of the Philippines
George Sarton Historian 31-Aug-1884 22-Mar-1956 Introduction to the History of Science
Al Simmons Baseball 22-May-1902 26-May-1956 Lifetime batting average .334
Frederick Soddy Chemist 2-Sep-1877 22-Sep-1956 Investigated radioactivity, isotopes
Konstantin von Neurath Diplomat 2-Feb-1873 15-Aug-1956 Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs
Thomas J. Watson Business 17-Feb-1874 19-Jun-1956 Founder of IBM
Joseph Wirth Head of State 6-Sep-1879 3-Jan-1956 German Chancellor
2006-12-16 03:18:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peaches Browning
Irène Joliot-Curie
Lyonel Charles Feininger
Alfred Kinsey
Bela Lugosi
Walter de la Mare
H. L. Mencken
Jackson Pollock
Art Tatum
2006-12-16 03:08:03 · answer #2 · answered by Asphycsia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock August 11th 1956.
2006-12-18 11:59:55 · answer #3 · answered by Peter J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
James Dean
2006-12-16 03:14:25 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ziggy Sears
Birth name
John William Sears
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Trivia
A National League umpire from 1934 to 1945, he worked in the World Series in 1938 and 1944, and in the All-Star Game in 1935 and 1944. His son Kenny Sears went on to play for the New York Yankees.
Date of death (details)
16 December 1956
Houston, Texas, USA. (heart attack)
50 years ago today! How's that?
2006-12-16 03:11:11 · answer #5 · answered by MarkEverest 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Miss Fiona, really I do not know.50 exactly?I ´d need to check many books.Also what means famous for You?
Also people who died before I was born, how can I really know about them?Good day
2006-12-16 03:27:08 · answer #6 · answered by hteqiqi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's all on Wikipedia
2006-12-16 03:10:22 · answer #7 · answered by Kate J 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A A Milne.......the author that wrote the Winnie the Pooh stories
2006-12-16 03:16:25 · answer #8 · answered by MsCymru 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
terry wogan
2006-12-16 03:07:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
george washington!!!!!!!!! YAY!
2006-12-16 03:09:01 · answer #10 · answered by Stumbles 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋