Famous People from Lost Generation

182 curated profiles of notable figures born 1890–1900.

Amelia EarhartAnimator Read biography →

Dwight EisenhowerEntertainment Read biography →

Humphrey BogartEntertainment Read biography →

Duke EllingtonComposer Read biography →

Charles de GaulleStatesman Read biography →

Ruhollah KhomeiniPolitical Strategist Read biography →

George GershwinComposer Read biography →

Groucho MarxComedian Read biography →

Mary PickfordActress Read biography →

Fred AstaireDancer Read biography →

Stan LaurelActor Read biography →

Norman RockwellArtist Read biography →

Margaret MitchellWriter Read biography →

George BurnsEntertainment Read biography →

Jack BennyEntertainment Read biography →

Jack DempseyAthlete Read biography →

Moe HowardEntertainment Read biography →

Mae WestActress Read biography →

Adlai StevensonPolitician Read biography →

Charles LaughtonActor Read biography →

Jean RenoirEntertainment Read biography →

Edward G. RobinsonEntertainment Read biography →

Frank MorganActor Read biography →

Henry MooreSculptor Read biography →

Ruth GordonEntertainment Read biography →

Ethel WatersEntertainment Read biography →

Helen HayesActress Read biography →

Rudolph ValentinoActor Read biography →

Spencer TracyActor Read biography →

Agnes MooreheadActress Read biography →

James CagneyActor Read biography →

Basil RathboneEntertainment Read biography →

Gracie FieldsActress Read biography →

Bud AbbottComedian Read biography →

Gloria SwansonActress Read biography →

Nigel BruceEntertainment Read biography →

Paul RobesonEntertainment Read biography →

Wallis SimpsonSocialite Read biography →

Jean ArthurActress Read biography →

Egon SchielePainter Read biography →

Fanny BriceComedian Read biography →

Henry LuceBusinessman Read biography →

Hoagy CarmichaelComposer Read biography →

Jimmy DuranteEntertainment Read biography →

Judith AndersonEntertainment Read biography →

Lillian GishActress Read biography →

Bert LahrEntertainment Read biography →

Eddie CantorEntertainment Read biography →

Margaret RutherfordEntertainment Read biography →

Paul LukasEntertainment Read biography →

William PowellActor Read biography →

Barbara La MarrEntertainment Read biography →

Freeman GosdenEntertainment Read biography →

Lauritz MelchiorEntertainment Read biography →

Fredric MarchEntertainment Read biography →

Constance TalmadgeEntertainment Read biography →

Irene DunneEntertainment Read biography →

Lily PonsEntertainment Read biography →

Marion DaviesEntertainment Read biography →

Shemp HowardEntertainment Read biography →

Ted HealyEntertainment Read biography →

Colin CliveActor Read biography →

Norma TalmadgeActress Read biography →

Randolph ScottEntertainment Read biography →

Carlos GardelEntertainment Read biography →

Jack WarnerEntertainment Read biography →

Richard TauberEntertainment Read biography →

Ronald ColmanEntertainment Read biography →

Walter BrennanActor Read biography →

Gertrude LawrenceActress Read biography →

Hermione GingoldEntertainment Read biography →

Walter PidgeonEntertainment Read biography →

Raymond MasseyEntertainment Read biography →

Tyrone GuthrieDirector Read biography →

Cicely CourtneidgeEntertainment Read biography →

Faina RanevskayaEntertainment Read biography →

Frank FayEntertainment Read biography →

Moms MableyEntertainment Read biography →

William HainesActor Read biography →

Shirley BoothEntertainment Read biography →

Richard ArlenEntertainment Read biography →

Anita LoosAuthor Read biography →

Jobyna RalstonEntertainment Read biography →

Paul MuniActor Read biography →

Walter AbelEntertainment Read biography →

Antonin ArtaudPlaywright Read biography →

Thomas WolfeWriter Read biography →

John GilbertEntertainment Read biography →

Bessie LoveEntertainment Read biography →

Olive ThomasEntertainment Read biography →

Warren WilliamEntertainment Read biography →

Alice BradyEntertainment Read biography →

Arthur TreacherEntertainment Read biography →

Fay BainterEntertainment Read biography →

George JesselEntertainment Read biography →

Henny PortenEntertainment Read biography →

Leatrice JoyEntertainment Read biography →

Reginald DennyActor Read biography →

Vladimir MayakovskyEntertainment Read biography →

Joseph SchildkrautEntertainment Read biography →

William DemarestEntertainment Read biography →

Adolphe MenjouEntertainment Read biography →

Cedric HardwickeEntertainment Read biography →

Conrad NagelEntertainment Read biography →

Helen GahaganActress Read biography →

Marie PrevostEntertainment Read biography →

Maurice EscandeEntertainment Read biography →

Pola NegriEntertainment Read biography →

Ruth ChattertonEntertainment Read biography →

Virginia RappeEntertainment Read biography →

Yvonne PrintempsEntertainment Read biography →

Fay ComptonEntertainment Read biography →

Edward ArnoldEntertainment Read biography →

Jetta GoudalEntertainment Read biography →

Louis CalhernEntertainment Read biography →

Marjorie MainEntertainment Read biography →

Alastair SimActor Read biography →

Beatrice LillieActress Read biography →

Evelyn LayeActress Read biography →

Gale SondergaardEntertainment Read biography →

George BrentEntertainment Read biography →

Helene WeigelActress Read biography →

Jack BuchananEntertainment Read biography →

Nita NaldiEntertainment Read biography →

Pat O'BrienActor Read biography →

Richard BarthelmessEntertainment Read biography →

Claire WindsorEntertainment Read biography →

Sam JaffeEntertainment Read biography →

Tina ModottiEntertainment Read biography →

Heinrich GeorgeEntertainment Read biography →

John StuartEntertainment Read biography →

Pierre BlancharEntertainment Read biography →

Ramon NovarroEntertainment Read biography →

Alma RubensEntertainment Read biography →

Charles BickfordEntertainment Read biography →

Kathleen HarrisonEntertainment Read biography →

Agnes AyresEntertainment Read biography →

Beverly BayneEntertainment Read biography →

Clarence WilliamsEntertainment Read biography →

Fred WaringMusician Read biography →

Gaby MorlayEntertainment Read biography →

Gladys GeorgeActress Read biography →

Ina ClaireEntertainment Read biography →

Joseph CalleiaEntertainment Read biography →

Karl PlaggeEntertainment Read biography →

Lilia SkalaEntertainment Read biography →

Mae MarshEntertainment Read biography →

Pina MenichelliEntertainment Read biography →

Stanley HollowayEntertainment Read biography →

Madge BellamyEntertainment Read biography →

Tsuru AokiEntertainment Read biography →

Alan HaleEntertainment Read biography →

Aileen PringleEntertainment Read biography →

Lawrence TibbettEntertainment Read biography →

Blanche SweetEntertainment Read biography →

Chhabi BiswasActor Read biography →

Evelyn PreerEntertainment Read biography →

Liane HaidEntertainment Read biography →

Lilyan TashmanEntertainment Read biography →

Mary EllisEntertainment Read biography →

Norman KerryEntertainment Read biography →

Richard DixEntertainment Read biography →

Suzy PrimEntertainment Read biography →

José MojicaEntertainment Read biography →

Catherine HesslingActress Read biography →

Robert HarronEntertainment Read biography →

Elaine HammersteinEntertainment Read biography →

Binnie HaleEntertainment Read biography →

Anita StewartEntertainment Read biography →

Celia LovskyEntertainment Read biography →

Enid BennettEntertainment Read biography →

Gertrude OlmsteadEntertainment Read biography →

James PierceActor Read biography →

Marie BellActress Read biography →

Katharine AlexanderEntertainment Read biography →

May AllisonEntertainment Read biography →

France DhéliaEntertainment Read biography →

Irene RichEntertainment Read biography →

Tito LusiardoEntertainment Read biography →

Rex CherrymanEntertainment Read biography →

Olive TellEntertainment Read biography →

Giacomo Lauri VolpiEntertainment Read biography →