Literary scholars have identified characteristics of Margaret Mitchell's first husband, Berrien " Red " Upshaw, in the character of Rhett, while another sees the image of Italian actor, Rudolph Valentino.

Further, Mitchell's romantic hero is colored: black and brown, and Rhett's symbolic dark-colored image is placed within the context of two other images: the mythic black rapist and the dark-skinned Arab Sheik, Rudolph Valentino.

* 1895 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian-American actor ( d. 1926 )

The Apache and the Tango were scandalous dances for their elements of eroticism, the latter popularized in a 1921 silent film, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, that made its lead actor, Rudolph Valentino, a sex symbol for his ability to Tango.

In an article that appeared on July 1, 1923, Valentino Declares He Isn't a Sheik, she interviewed celebrity actor Rudolph Valentino, referring to him as " Sheik " from his film role.

Because Zukor believed in stars, he signed and developed many of the leading early stars, including Mary Pickford, Marguerite Clark, Pauline Frederick, Douglas Fairbanks, Gloria Swanson, Rudolph Valentino, and Wallace Reid.

Ingram and Mathis had begun to grow distant when her new find, Rudolph Valentino, began to overshadow his own fame.

The film is based on the life of the silent screen icon Rudolph Valentino, known as the Hollywood's first " Great Lover ".

* August 23 – The sudden death of popular Hollywood actor and sex symbol Rudolph Valentino at the age of only 31 years old causes mass grief and hysteria around the world.

* August 23 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor ( b. 1895 )

* May 6 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor ( d. 1926 )

The use of the Orient as an exotic backdrop continued in the movies, for instance, those featuring Rudolph Valentino.

* The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse ( film ), a 1921 film starring Rudolph Valentino, based on a novel by Ibanez

In 1994, caricaturist Al Hirschfeld penned a series of silent film stars for the United States Post Office, including Rudolph Valentino and Keaton.

Rudolph Valentino ( May 6, 1895 – August 23, 1926 ) was an Italian actor, known simply as " Valentino " and also an early pop icon.

In 1917, Rudolph Valentino joined an operetta company that traveled to Utah where it disbanded.

One beauty contest was filmed by a young David O. Selznick titled Rudolph Valentino and His 88 Beauties.

He craved authenticity and wished to shoot on location, finally forming his own production company, Rudolph Valentino Productions, in 1925.

The award, named The Rudolph Valentino Medal, required the agreement of Valentino, two judges and the votes of 75 critics.

A mourner pictured with the body of Rudolph Valentino at the actor's funeral

From 1972 to 2006 an Italian acting award, " The Rudolph Valentino Award ", was handed out every year.

In May 2010, the American Society held The Rudolph Valentino Film Festival in Los Angeles, California.

Rudolph Minkowski ( born Rudolf Leo Bernhard Minkowski ; May 28, 1895 – January 4, 1976 ) was a German-American astronomer.

Charles Rudolph Boysen ( July 14, 1895 – November 25, 1950 ) was the California horticulturist who created the boysenberry, a hybrid between several varieties of blackberries, raspberries, and loganberries.

Well known composers of the Netherlands Antilles are Jan Gerard Palm ( 1831 – 1906 ), Chris Ulder ( 1843 – 1895 ), Joseph Sickman Corsen ( 1853 – 1911 ), Paul de Lima ( 1861 – 1926 ), Jacobo Conrad ( 1879 – 1918 ), Rudolph Palm ( 1880 – 1950 ), Charles Maduro ( 1883 – 1947 ), John Palm ( 1885 – 1925 ), Toni Palm ( 1885 – 1963 ), Jacobo Palm ( 1887 – 1982 ) Albert Palm ( 1903 – 1958 ), Edgar Palm ( 1905 – 1998 ), Wim Statius Muller ( 1930 ), Robert Rojer ( 1939 ) and Randal Corsen ( b 1972 ).

He was especially known for his heroic portrayal of Rudolph Rassendyl in the first stage adaptation of The Prisoner of Zenda, by Anthony Hope, which he first played in 1895.

Among his earliest influences were Punch cartoonist – illustrator Phil May, and American comic strip cartoonists Tad Dorgan, Cliff Sterrett, Rube Goldberg, Rudolph Dirks, Fred Opper, Billy DeBeck, George McManus and Milt Gross.

* 1923 – Rudolph Pariser, Chinese-born American chemist

* 1625 – Johann Rudolph Ahle, German composer, organist, theorist, and Protestant church musician ( d. 1673 )

* 1893 – Georg August Rudolph, German politician ( b. 1816 )

# 1934 – 1940 Rudolph Reimer ( Democrat )

* 1877 – Rudolph Ganz, Swiss pianist, conductor and composer ( d. 1972 )

* 1856 – Rudolph Karstadt, German entrepreneur ( d. 1944 )

* 1998 – Roman Catholic sex abuse cases: The Diocese of Dallas agrees to pay $ 23. 4 million to nine former altar boys who claimed they were sexually abused by former priest Rudolph Kos.

* 1628 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher ( b. 1547 )

* 1972 – Maya Rudolph, American actress, singer, and screenwriter

* 923 – Battle of Soissons: King Robert I of France is killed and King Charles the Simple is arrested by the supporters of Duke Rudolph of Burgundy.

* 1788 – Archduke Rudolph of Austria ( d. 1831 )

* 1923 – Rudolph A. Marcus, Canadian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

* 2008 – We Wish You a Metal Christmas – Run Run Rudolph

* 1547 – Rudolph Goclenius, German philosopher ( d. 1628 )

* 1950 – James Rudolph Garfield, American politician ( b. 1865 )

* 1906 – Arthur Rudolph, German rocket engineer ( d. 1996 )

* 1994 – Wilma Rudolph, American runner ( b. 1940 )

Mathew sent missionaries to the United States, including the theosophist Bishop J. I. Wedgwood ( 1892 – 1950 ) and Bishop Rudolph de Landas Berghes et de Rache ( 1873 – 1920 ).

* 1998 – Eric Robert Rudolph is charged with six bombings including the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing in Atlanta, Georgia.

* 1918 – Paul Rudolph, American architect ( d. 1997 )

Vanderjagt, ' Wessel Gansfort ( 1419 – 1489 ) and Rudolph Agricola ( 1443 < sup >?</ sup >- 1485 ): Piety and Hebrew ', in Frömmigkeit-Theologie-Frömmigkeitstheologie: Contributions to European Church History.