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Alice Augusta Ball (July 24, 1892 – December 31, 1916) was an African American chemist who developed an injectable oil extract that was the most effective treatment for leprosy until the 1940s. She was also the first woman and first African America
Curt A. Stark was born on February 2, 1880 in Springe, Lower Saxony, Germany as Kurt Schöltzel-Stark. He was a director and actor, known for Der Schatten des Meeres (1912), When Honor Calls (1913) and Das Opfer (1913). He was married to Henny Porten
João Simões Lopes Neto (March 9, 1865 – June 14, 1916) was a Brazilian regionalist writer of Rio Grande Do Sul. After some unsuccessful business ventures he married at 27. He only wrote four works of note, but nevertheless had a strong importance
Antonio Sant’Elia (30 April 1888 – 10 October 1916) was an Italian architect and a key member of the Futurist movement in architecture. He left behind almost no completed works of architecture and is primarily remembered for his bold sketches and inf
John Dickson “Dick” McBride (June 14, 1847—January 20, 1916) was an American Major League Baseball player from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who was the star pitcher and the player-manager for the Philadelphia Athletics of the National Association fr
Agnes Robertson Robertson (31 July 1882 – 29 January 1968) was an Australian Senator for Western Australia.
Sydney Ayres (August 28, 1879 – September 9, 1916) was an American silent film actor, director and screenwriter.
Yuan Shikai (16 September 1859 – 6 June 1916) was a Chinese general, politician and “emperor”, famous for his influence during the late Qing Dynasty, his role in the events leading up to the abdication of the last Qing Emperor, his autocratic rule
Ervin Thomas “Erve” Beck (July 19, 1878 – December 23, 1916), nicknamed “Dutch”, was a professional baseball player, who played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman for three seasons.
Edith Mary Oldham Ellis (née Lees; 1861, Manchester – 1916, Paddington, London) was an English writer and women’s rights activist. She was married to the early sexologist Havelock Ellis.
Inez Milholland Boissevain (August 6, 1886 – November 25, 1916) was a suffragist, labor lawyer, World War I correspondent, and public speaker who greatly influenced the women’s movement in America. She was active in the National Woman’s Party and a
Richard Harding Davis (April 18, 1864 – April 11, 1916) was a journalist and writer of fiction and drama, known foremost as the first American war correspondent to cover the Spanish–American War, the Second Boer War, and the First World War. His