Bessie Smith
1894–1937
American blues singer (1892–1937)
entertainer · singer · musician
Born in Chattanooga
Contemporaries
People who walked the earth at the same time as Bessie Smith:
- Adolf Hitler (1889–1945)
- Albert Einstein (1879–1955)
- Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)
- Vladimir Lenin (1870–1924)
- Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
- Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948)
- Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910)
- Joseph Stalin (1878–1953)