Fauset, Jessie Redmon (April 27)
The "midwife" of the Harlem Renaissance and editor of 'The Crisis'
Famous People Born in 1882
From the Who2 database of 4,809 musicians, actors, historical figures, and other celebrities:
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Hopper, Edward (July 22)
The painter of that lonely diner scene, Nighthawks -
Ince, Thomas H. (November 6)
The director of Civilization -
Joyce, James (February 2)
Author of Ulysses and Finnegan's Wake -
Kaiser, Henry J. (May 9)
The shipbuilder who founded Kaiser-Permanente -
La Guardia, Fiorello (December 11)
The New York mayor they named the airport after -
Lugosi, Bela (October 20)
Star of the 1931 movie Dracula -
Mawson, Douglas (May 5)
Australian explorer of the Antarctic -
Milne, A.A. (January 18)
Creator of Winnie the Pooh -
Ponzi, Carlo (March 3)
The guy behind the Ponzi Scheme -
Roosevelt, Franklin (January 30)
The president who led the U.S. through World War II -
Selfridge, Thomas E. (February 8)
The first air crash fatality -
Woolf, Virginia (January 25)
Author of A Room Of One's Own