- Descendants of his went to South Dakota (in August 2006) to give an official apology to the descendants of Amerian Indian--mainly Sioux--tribes for newspaper editorials Baum wrote in 1890 justifying the infamous Wounded Knee Massacre of Indians by US troops that year and advocating the extermination of all surviving Indians.
- Was a supporter of the women's suffrage movement.
- Designed the chandeliers of the dining hall of the Hotel del Coronado in San Diego, CA.
- Fantasy--not science-fiction--writer whose main claim to fame is the novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz". It was the basis for what has become perhaps the single most beloved, and most frequently seen, film ever made--MGM's classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr and Frank Morgan, which was well-liked, but made less than expected during its initial release, partly because it opened in August, and its children's audience tapered off after the school year started.
- Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA, section G.
- Hand-set the type of his privately-printed poetry collection, "By the Candelabra's Glare: Some Verse" without a handwritten manuscript.
- Had worked unsuccessfully as an actor, newspaper editor, chicken farmer, store owner and traveling salesman before finding success as a writer.
- Disliked his first name and preferred to be called by his middle name "Frank".
- Had a poem of his quoted in Sally Benson's novel and Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
- "The Wizard of Oz" at the Paramount Theatre in Aurora, Illinois was nominated for a 2019 Equity Joseph Jefferson Award for Large Musical Production.
- He didn't officially pursue a career in writing kids books until he was 41 years old.
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