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name
image
description
country of citizenship
date of birth
date of death
place of birth
place of death
item
1
Mary Kinley Ingraham
author
Canada
1874-03-06
1949-11-19
Prince Edward Island
Q130489374
2
Ivie Anderson
American jazz singer (1905-1949)
United States of America
1905-07-10 1904-07-10
1949-12-28
Gilroy
Los Angeles
Q278641
3
Alice Bailey
British-American esoteric, theosophist and writer (1880-1949)
United Kingdom United States of America
1880-06-16
1949-12-15
Manchester
New York City
Q260575
4
Maria Ouspenskaya
Russian actress (1876-1949)
United States of America Russian Empire
1876-07-29
1949-12-03
Tula
Los Angeles
Q255808
5
Margaret Mitchell
American author and journalist (1900–1949)
United States of America
1900-11-08
1949-08-16
Atlanta
Atlanta
Q173540
6
Helen Churchill Candee
American writer (1858–1949)
United States of America
1858-10-05 1859-10-05
1949-08-23
New York City
York Harbor
Q458686
7
Mary Antin
American memoirist (1881–1949)
United States of America
1881-06-13
1949-05-15
Polatsk
Suffern
Q433755
8
Neysa McMein
American illustrator and portrait painter (1888-1949)
United States of America
1888-01-24
1949-05-12
Quincy
New York City
Q530624
9
Blanche Sewell
American film editor (1898–1949)
United States of America
1898-10-27
1949-02-02 1920s
Noble County
Burbank
Q509759
10
Ida C. Ward
British linguist 1880-1949
United Kingdom United States of America
1880-10-04
1949-10-10
Bradford
Guildford
Q1656501
11
Adrienne Kroell
American actress (1892–1949)
United States of America
1892-07 1892-12-13
1949-10-02
Chicago
Evanston
Q2825317
12
Linda Arvidson
American actress (1884–1949)
United States of America
1884-07-12
1949-07-26
San Francisco
New York City
Q2710971
13
Teresa Żarnowerówna
Polish artist (1895-1949
United States of America Poland
1897-12-16 1895-12-16
1949-04-30 1950-05-30
Warsaw
New York City
Q3197848
14
Rachel Bespaloff
Ukrainian-French philosopher
United States of America
1895-05-14
1949-04-06
Nova Zagora
South Hadley
Q3416076
15
Éva Circé-Côté
Canadian journalist (1871–1949)
Canada
1871-01-31
1949-05-04
Montreal
Montreal
Q3592675
16
Valentine Grant
American actress (1881-1949)
United States of America
1881-02-14
1949-03-12
Frankfort
Orange County
Q4007731
17
Alice Lounsberry
American botanist, dendrologist and author (1872-1949)
United States of America
1872-11-06
1949-11-20
New York City
Q4725973
18
Alice Corbin Henderson
American writer (1881-1949)
United States of America
1881-04-16
1949-07-18
St. Louis
Tesuque
Q4725793
19
Anne Ripley Smith
American writer
United States of America
1881-03-03
1949-06-01
Q4768748
20
Ameena Begum
American Sufi poet
United States of America
1892-05-08
1949-05-01
Albuquerque
Paris
Q4742114
21
Agnes Steele
American actress (1881-1949)
United States of America
1881-08-22
1949-03-03
Q4693120
22
Adelaide Fries
American historian (1871–1949)
United States of America
1871
1949
Q4681714
23
Amelia R. Coats
American printmaker known for small etchings
United States of America
1872
1949
Minnesota
Q4742292
24
Benedicte Wrensted
notable Danish-American photographer (1859–1949)
United States of America Kingdom of Denmark
1859-02-10
1949-01-19
Hjørring
Los Angeles
Q4887336
25
Charmion
American trapeze artist, strongwoman (1875–1949)
United States of America
1875-07-18
1949-02-06
Sacramento
Santa Ana
Q5086519
26
Emarel Freshel
American designer and vegetarian activist
United States of America
1867
1949-01-02
West Virginia
Q5369238
27
Ricca Allen
actress (1863-1949)
Canada
1863-06-09
1949-09-13
Victoria
Los Angeles
Q7322883
28
Pegi Nicol MacLeod
Canadian artist (1904-1949)
Canada
1904
1949
Listowel
New York City
Q7160776
29
Alice Amelia Chown
Canadian activist and writer
Canada
1866-02-03
1949-03-02
Kingston
Toronto
Q18167845
30
Ethel Knight Kelly
actor, writer
Canada
1875-01-28
1949-09-22
Saint John
Darlinghurst
Q19666867
31
Gertrude des Clayes
Scottish-born portrait artist who lived in England and Quebec
Canada
1879
1949-08-23
Aberdeen
London
Q23584906
32
Marie Joussaye
Canadian poet
Canada
1864
1949-03-24
Belleville
Vancouver
Q24701979
33
Carlotta Case Hall
American botanist (1880-1949)
United States of America
1880-01-19
1949-12-06
Q5752310
34
Helen E. Hokinson
American cartoonist (1893-1949)
United States of America
1893-06-29
1949-11-01
Mendota
Arlington County Washington, D.C.
Q5702182
35
Hallie Quinn Brown
American writer and activist (1849–1949)
United States of America
1849-03-10 1850-03-10
1949-09-16
Pittsburgh
Wilberforce
Q5642978
36
Ethyle Cooke
American actress
United States of America
1885-08-04 1880-08-04
1949-04-20
Lynn
Waukesha
Q5404464
37
Geneva Mitchell
American actress (1907-1949)
United States of America
1905-02-03 1908-02-03 1907-02-03
1949-03-10
Medaryville
Los Angeles
Q5533019
38
Helen Abbot Merrill
American mathematician, writer (1864-1949)
United States of America
1864-03-30
1949-05-02
Llewellyn Park
Q5701781
39
Helen Francis Hood
Pianist and composer (1863–1949)
United States of America
1863-06-28
1949-01-22
Chelsea
Brookline
Q5702284
40
Kate Sara Chittenden
Music School Dean, Piano Teacher
United States of America
1856-04-17
1949-09-16
Hamilton
Hamilton
Q6375765
41
Mildred Griffiths
set decorator (1894-1949)
United States of America
1894-01-20
1949-05-24
California
Los Angeles
Q6475324
42
Leona Hutton
actress (1892-1949)
United States of America
1892-04-08
1949-01-04 1949-04-01
St. Joseph
Toledo
Q6525002
43
Louise Helen Coburn
American botanist, botanical collector, writer, poet and founder of Sigma Kappa (1856-1949)
United States of America
1856-09-01
1949-02-07
Skowhegan
Somerset County
Q6688782
44
Minerva Parker Nichols
American architect (1863–1949)
United States of America
1863-05-14
1949-11-17
Chicago
Westport
Q6864499
45
Mary Sands
singer
United States of America
1872-04-08
1949-04-02
Madison County
Q6780676
46
Rachel Kollock McDowell
American journalist (1880–1949)
United States of America
1880-01-11
1949-08-30
Q7279295
47
Ruth Findlay
American actress (1896-1949)
United States of America
1896-09-19 1904
1949-07-13
Jersey City
New York City
Q7382984
48
Laura Cornelius Kellogg
Native American activist
United States of America
1880
1949
Green Bay
Q9033413
49
Jenny Eakin Delony
American painter
United States of America
1866-05-13 1862
1949-04-01
Washington
Little Rock
Q13560679
50
Carolyn Mase
American woman painter
United States of America
1880
1949
Beacon
Staten Island
Q13560739
51
Mignon Langnas
Austrian writer (1903-1949)
Austria United States of America
1903-09-30
1949-11-08
Boryslav
New York City
Q15431580
52
Mary Bidwell Breed
American chemist
United States of America
1870-09-15
1949-09-15
Pittsburgh
Newton
Q15997816
53
Edith Irvine
American photographer
United States of America
1884-01-07
1949 1949-08-14
California
California
Q15997792
54
Sarah Gildersleeve Fife
American philanthropist
United States of America
1885-09-28
1949-05-20
Q15997765
55
May Wilson Preston
American artist
United States of America
1873-08-11
1949-05-18
New York City
East Hampton
Q15997836
56
Josephine Turpin Washington
Educator and Writer
United States of America
1861-07-31
1949-03-17
Goochland County
Cleveland
Q15997876
57
Emily Spencer Hayden
American photographer
United States of America
1869
1949
Maryland
Q15997782
58
Margaret Church
American mycologist
United States of America
1889
1976 1949
Providence
Q16008068
59
Tonita Peña
Native American painter and muralist
United States of America
1893-05-10 1895-06-13
1949-09-09
Real Sitio de San Ildefonso
Kewa Pueblo
Q18336552
60
Betty May
American actress (1904-1949)
United States of America
1904-06-22
1949-11-13
Cripple Creek
Los Angeles
Q18416435
61
Vivian Edwards
American actress (1896-1949)
United States of America
1896-09-10
1949-12-04
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Q19544338
62
Nellie Huntington Gere
American artist
United States of America
1859
1949-07-29
Norwich
Los Angeles
Q19560788
63
Annie Eliot Trumbull
American writer
United States of America
1857-03-02 1857
1949-12-22 1949
Hartford
Hartford
Q19837961
64
Elizabeth Vila Taylor Watson
American | Painter
United States of America
1863
1949
Q19802853
65
Alice Van Vechten Brown
American art historian (1862-1949)
United States of America
1862-06-07
1949-10-16
Hanover
Q20675490
66
Marion Cothren
American suffrage and peace activist, lawyer, and author
United States of America
1880
1949-10-02
Brooklyn
Monhegan Island Plantation
Q20715522
67
Marion H. Beckett
American artist (1886-1949)
United States of America
1886
1949
New York City
Q20708022
68
Elsie Roxborough
Detroit socialite also known as Mona Manet
United States of America
1914
1949
Detroit
Q20711042
69
Eugenie Baizerman
American artist (1899–1949)
United States of America
1899-10-14
1949-12-30
Warsaw
New York City
Q20860856
70
Joan Blaine
actor (1900-1949)
United States of America
1900
1949-04-18
Fort Dodge
New York City
Q21070364
71
Ethel Winifred Bennett Chase
American university professor, botanist and collector (1877-1949)
United States of America
1877-12-19
1949-08-26
La Porte
Novi
Q21508268
72
Julia Harwood Caverno
American classical philologist (1862–1949)
United States of America
1862-12-19
1949-02-04
Milwaukee
Northampton
Q21524523
73
Caroline Thomas Rumbold
American botanist (1877-1949)
United States of America
1877-07-22
1949-11-07
St. Louis
Cleveland
Q21607541
74
Violetta Susan Elizabeth White
American botanist, mycologist and scientific illustrator (1875-1949)
United States of America
1875-05-10
1949-05-01
Florence
New York City
Q21612598
75
Maria Judson Strean
American artist, 1865-1949
United States of America
1865
1949
Washington
East Liberty
Q21995235
76
Mary Brush
American painter, sculptor, and pioneer of aviation
United States of America
1866-01-11
1949-07-29
Boston
Dublin
Q22918505
77
Dora Dean
American vaudeville performer
United States of America
1872
1949-12-13
Cloverport
Minneapolis
Q24579119
78
Gertrude Selma Sober
American geologist and mining company executive
United States of America
1869-12-26
1949-11-02
Farragut
Oklahoma City
Q25834859
79
Katharine Kimball
American artist and etcher (1866-1949)
United States of America
1866-04-17
1949-03-19
Fitzwilliam
Bath
Q27058641
80
Mathilde Mueden Leisenring
American painter
United States of America
1870
1949
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Q28549912
81
Theresa Malkiel
American labor activist, suffragist, and educator
United States of America Russian Empire
1874-05-01
1949-11-17
Bar
Yonkers
Q28950417
82
Edith Howland
American sculptor (1863-1949)
United States of America
1863
1949
Auburn
Q28537265
83
Ellen Ravenscroft
American painter
United States of America
1876
1949
Jackson Jackson
New York City
Q28793856
84
Gertrude L. Pew
American artist (1876-1949)
United States of America
1876-03-25
1949-06-28
Q29653740
85
Lao Genevra Simons
American mathematician and historian of mathematics (1870-1949)
United States of America
1870-03-29
1949-11-25
San Jose
Greenwich
Q29180882
86
Martha Hale Harvey
American photographer
United States of America
1862 1863-06-04
1949
Gloucester
Q42319452
87
Harriet Ford
American actress and playwright
United States of America
1868 1864-06-17
1949-12-12
Seymour
New York City
Q43021640
88
Sara Sax
American decorative artist (1870–1949)
United States of America
1870
1949
Q43136446
89
Sarah Tarleton Colvin
American nurse and suffragist
United States of America
1865-09-12
1949-04-22
Greene County
Roseville
Q47036806
90
Lou E. Hurst
American artist and botanical illustrator
United States of America
1883
1949
Q50352229
91
Samantha Littlefield Huntley
American artist, 1865-1949
United States of America
1865
1949
Q55541454
92
Clara Ann Thompson
1869-1949 , poet and lecturer
United States of America
1869
1949
Rossmoyne
Q55670063
93
Vera McCord
American actress (1872-1949)
United States of America
1872
1949-03-03
Marshalltown
Bellevue Hospital Center
Q56476614
94
Anne Belle Stone
American painter
United States of America
1874
1949
DeWitt
Seattle
Q56033576
95
Susan Myra Kingsbury
professor of economics (1870-1949)
United States of America
1870-10-18
1949-11-28
San Pablo
Q58878984
96
Mabel Washbourne Anderson
Cherokee writer
United States of America
1863
1949-09-05
Arkansas
Tulsa
Q58236938
97
Diana Allen
American actress (1898-1949)
United States of America
1898
1949-06-12
Gotland
Mount Pleasant
Q58918442
98
Rosalie Housman
American composer for the piano, journalist, and lecturer
United States of America
1888-06-25
1949-10-28
San Francisco
New York City
Q59191846
99
Eleanor Cole Bodrero
American painter and interior designer
United States of America
1900-08-08
1949-04-27
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Q60297708
100
Carrie Ashton Johnson
American editor, author
United States of America
1863-08-24
1949-03-03
Durand
Q61041085
101
Almeda C. Adams
US blind musician, teacher, and author (1865-1949)
United States of America
1865-02-26
1949-09-08
Meadville
Cleveland
Q61895940
102
Mary Aldis
American poet and playwright
United States of America
1872-06-08
1949-06-20
Chicago
Q61897378
103
Marjorie Wright
American architect
United States of America
1949
Q63430801
104
Florence Lundborg
American artist
United States of America
1871
1949-01-18
San Francisco
New York City
Q63930833
105
Clementina Butler
American evangelist, author (1862-1949)
United States of America
1862-01-07
1949-12-05
Bareilly
Boston
Q63993423
106
Fannie Cook
American writer (1893-1949)
United States of America
1893-10-04
1949-08-25
St. Charles
Q63486245
107
Jennie Fowler Willing Johnson
American suffragist
United States of America
1949
Bloomington
Tacoma
Q66699303
108
Marietta Sherman Raymond
American musical educator and orchestral conductor (1862-1949)
United States of America
1862-07-05
1949
Lowell
Q65665458
109
Camilla Whitcomb
American suffragist, artist (1860–1949)
United States of America
1860-07-24
1949-09-15
Worcester
Q66712414
110
Dixie Lee Bryant
American geologist (1862-1949)
United States of America
1862-01-07
1949-11-18
Louisville
Asheville
Q75084990
111
Helen Maria Noyes Webster
American author, botanist and botanical collector (1875-1949)
United States of America
1875-10-29
1949-03-21
Auburndale
Boston
Q80398650
112
Flora Virginia Milner Livingston
American bibliophile, literary scholar and librarian (1862 - 1949)
United States of America
1862-11-25
1949-11-20
Alliance
Cambridge
Q94511521
113
Elfie Huntington
American photographer (1868–1949)
United States of America
1868-12-27
1949-07-24
Springville
Springville
Q94537477
114
Mary Lamoreaux Burnell
United States of America
1871-11-11
1949-02-08
Minneapolis
Pasadena
Q94636488
115
Theano Wattles Case
American teacher, botanist and painter (1853-1949)
United States of America
1853-02-04
1949-10-01
West Point
San Diego
Q96231797
116
Delia Isabel Griffin
American museum professional and educator
United States of America
1868-09-23
1949-02-10
Maine
Q97488349
117
Mary Avis Hickman
American botanist and university teacher (1876-1949)
United States of America
1876-06-02
1949-11-23
Attica
Madison
Q98034009
118
Ida Teed
American teacher, artist and botanical collector (1857-1949)
United States of America
1857-05-28
1949-01-31
Newburg
Los Angeles
Q98837567
119
Marie Katie Opperman Andrews
American botanist (1878-1949)
United States of America
1878-09-09
1949-12-21
Cochran
Bloomington
Q98563922
120
Marie Tudor Garland
American author, poet, and artist
United States of America
1870-07-25
1949-12-20
Q99657961
121
Emma Kaan
American artist (1860-1949)
United States of America
1860-04-02
1949-07-03
Q104721269
122
Lillian Bowles
American songwriter
United States of America
1881
1949
Q104832085
123
Alice Hunt Bartlett
poet and socialite
United States of America
1870
1949
Q106009230
124
Regina Prager
Yiddish theatre actress, singer
United States of America
1866
1949
Lviv
Q107616835
125
Laura Temple
American educator
United States of America
1865-08-03
1949-06-23
Q108042096
126
Alice Beard
artist
United States of America
1867
1949
Q108366163
127
Sarah Virginia Coombs
American botanist and botanical collector (1869-1949)
United States of America
1869-05-29
1949-10-29
District of Columbia
White Plains
Q109309843
128
Frances Wieser
artist for the National Museum of Natural History
United States of America
1869
1949-01-15
Washington, D.C.
Q109588165
129
Martha Shepard Lippincott
American Quaker poet 1867 - 1949
United States of America
1867
1949
Moorestown Township
Q110272677
130
Elvira Methfessel
American painter
United States of America
1869-08-12
1949-02-06
Q110913888
131
Anna Steese Richardson
American writer and editor (1865–1949)
United States of America
1865-04-05
1949-05-10
Massillon
New York City
Q110733133
132
Estella Short
American actress
United States of America
1879-03-29
1949-08-20
Q111173717
133
Katherine Lewis
American silent film actress
United States of America
1899-11-06
1949-08-25
Newark
Q111726764
134
Mary C. Dodge
American botanical collector (1861-1949)
United States of America
1861-11-30
1949-12-13
Windham
Worcester
Q112167315
135
Bertha Felix Campigli
Native American Tamál/Coastal Miwok artist (1882–1949)
United States of America
1882-01-30
1949-11-25
Marshall
Sonoma County
Q113155438
136
Lola Phinney
United States of America
1860-08-25
1949-12-14
Clifton
Q115751985
137
Templar Powell
American actor (1873-1949)
United States of America
1873-08-29
1949-06-29
Oregon
Glenn
Q117221536
138
Selma Münsterberg
Germany United States of America
1867-01-01
1949-02
Germany
Massachusetts
Q118350114
139
Eva Applefield
American composer
United States of America
1949
Q118303111
140
Catherine V. Beers
American geneticist
United States of America
1892-06-03
1949-04-22
Chicago
Q124174133
141
Elizabeth Stebbins
American actress (1875-1949)
United States of America
1875-10-19
1949-05-07
Q123035559
142
Eleanor Josephine Johnson Slaughter
American socialite, bear hunter, photographer and cinematographer (1880 - 1949)
United States of America
1880-10-30
1949-03-01
Q124415298
143
Ida Randall Bolles
United States of America
1861-03-14
1949
Q127604776
144
Blanca Estela Pavón
Mexican actress (1926-1949)
Mexico
1926-02-21
1949-09-26
Minatitlán
Popocatépetl
Q4924758
145
Elena Arizmendi Mejia
Mexican feminist writer
Mexico
1884-01-18
1949
Mexico City
Mexico City
Q19864610
146
Rebeca Uribe
Mexican poet
Mexico
1912-05-08
1949-08-14
Sayula
Mexico City
Q29105648
147
Felipa Velázquez
Mexico
1882-05-01
1949-12-15
Mazatlan
Mazatlan
Q116462410
148
Carmen Lyra
Costa Rican politician and writer
Costa Rica
1887-01-15
1949-05-14 1949-05-13
San José
Mexico City
Q2939620