Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Peter Agre |
Biologist |
30-Jan-1949 |
|
Water channels of cell membranes |
Martti Ahtisaari |
Head of State |
23-Jun-1937 |
|
President of Finland, 1994-2000 |
Gene Amdahl |
Engineer |
16-Nov-1922 |
|
Parallel computing pioneer |
Rasmus B. Anderson |
Scholar |
12-Jan-1846 |
2-Mar-1936 |
America Not Discovered by Columbus |
Rocky Anderson |
Politician |
9-Sep-1951 |
|
Mayor of Salt Lake City, 2000-08 |
LaVerne Andrews |
Singer |
6-Jul-1911 |
8-May-1967 |
The Andrews Sisters |
Maxene Andrews |
Singer |
3-Jan-1916 |
21-Oct-1995 |
The Andrews Sisters |
Patty Andrews |
Singer |
16-Feb-1918 |
|
The Andrews Sisters |
John Ashcroft |
Government |
9-May-1942 |
|
US Attorney General, 2001-05 |
Terry E. Branstad |
Politician |
17-Nov-1946 |
|
Governor of Iowa, 1983-99 |
Jackson Browne |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Oct-1948 |
|
Running on Empty |
Walter Burkemo |
Golf |
9-Oct-1918 |
8-Oct-1986 |
Winner, 1953 PGA Championship |
James Cagney |
Actor |
17-Jul-1899 |
30-Mar-1986 |
New York tough guy |
Dale Chihuly |
Artist |
20-Sep-1941 |
|
Glass artist |
Russell Crowe |
Actor |
7-Apr-1964 |
|
A Beautiful Mind |
Roald Dahl |
Author |
13-Sep-1916 |
23-Nov-1990 |
James and the Giant Peach |
Doug Engelbart |
Scientist |
30-Jan-1925 |
|
Inventor of computer mouse |
Jack Fletcher |
Photographer |
? |
31-Dec-2003 |
National Geographic photographer |
Melyssa Ford |
TV Personality |
7-Nov-1976 |
|
BET personality |
Ralph Guldahl |
Golf |
22-Nov-1911 |
11-Jun-1987 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
Gail Halvorsen |
Military |
10-Oct-1920 |
|
Berlin Airlift candy bomber |
Tippi Hedren |
Actor |
19-Jan-1930 |
|
The Birds |
Jon-Erik Hexum |
Actor |
5-Nov-1957 |
18-Oct-1984 |
Actor accidently shot himself |
Carl Hiaasen |
Author |
12-Mar-1953 |
|
Team Rodent: How Disneyland Devours the World |
Conrad Hilton |
Business |
25-Dec-1887 |
3-Jan-1979 |
Founder, Hilton Hotels |
Paris Hilton |
Socialite |
17-Feb-1981 |
|
Unexpected porno actress |
Henry "Scoop" Jackson |
Politician |
31-May-1912 |
1-Sep-1983 |
US Senator from Washington, 1953-83 |
Fred Kavli |
Philanthropist |
1927 |
|
Kavli Foundation |
Garrison Keillor |
Radio Personality |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
A Prairie Home Companion |
Bud Krogh |
Government |
3-Aug-1939 |
|
Nixon's plumbers |
E. Floyd Kvamme |
Business |
1938 |
|
Partner, Kleiner Perkins |
Carole Landis |
Actor |
1-Jan-1919 |
5-Jul-1948 |
A Scandal in Paris |
Arthur Larson |
Politician |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Mar-1993 |
Moderate conservative thinker |
Kristanna Loken |
Actor |
8-Oct-1979 |
|
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines |
Anni-Frid Lyngstad |
Musician |
15-Nov-1945 |
|
ABBA |
Warren G. Magnuson |
Politician |
12-Apr-1905 |
20-May-1989 |
US Senator from Washington |
Bob Metcalfe |
Business |
1946 |
|
Co-Inventor of Ethernet |
Walter Mondale |
Politician |
5-Jan-1928 |
|
US Vice President under Jimmy Carter |
Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
Harry Morgan |
Actor |
10-Apr-1915 |
|
Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H |
John Moses |
Politician |
12-Jun-1885 |
3-Mar-1945 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1939-45 |
Edvard Munch |
Painter |
12-Dec-1863 |
23-Jan-1944 |
Scream |
Eliot Ness |
Government |
19-Apr-1903 |
16-May-1957 |
Treasury Agent, The Untouchables |
Peter Norbeck |
Politician |
20-Aug-1870 |
20-Dec-1936 |
US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36 |
Lauris Norstad |
Military |
24-Mar-1907 |
12-Sep-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63 |
John Paulson |
Business |
1955 |
|
Billionaire hedge fund manager |
Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
Charles J. Pedersen |
Chemist |
3-Oct-1904 |
26-Oct-1989 |
Synthesis of crown ethers |
Piper Perabo |
Actor |
31-Oct-1976 |
|
Slap Her... She's French |
Iggy Pop |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Apr-1947 |
|
Iggy and the Stooges |
Dominic Purcell |
Actor |
17-Feb-1970 |
|
Prison Break |
John Qualen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1987 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
Lois E. Quam |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Managing Director, Piper Jaffray |
Vidkun Quisling |
Politician |
18-Jul-1887 |
24-Oct-1945 |
Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator |
Ann Reinking |
Dancer |
10-Nov-1949 |
|
Broadway dancer |
Karl F. Rolvaag |
Politician |
18-Jul-1913 |
20-Dec-1990 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67 |
Charles Schulz |
Cartoonist |
26-Nov-1922 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Cartoonist created Peanuts |
Alia Shawkat |
Actor |
18-Apr-1989 |
|
Maeby on Arrested Development |
Henrik Shipstead |
Politician |
8-Jan-1881 |
26-Jun-1960 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47 |
Grace Slick |
Singer |
30-Oct-1939 |
|
Jefferson Airplane and Starship |
Jeff Smith |
Chef |
22-Jan-1939 |
7-Jul-2004 |
Former TV chef, alleged child molester |
Reed Smoot |
Politician |
10-Jan-1862 |
9-Feb-1941 |
Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act |
Ruth Snyder |
Criminal |
1895 |
12-Jan-1928 |
Electrocuted for murdering husband |
Harold Stassen |
Politician |
13-Apr-1907 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Perennial presidential candidate |
Rick Steves |
Author |
1955 |
|
Europe Through the Back Door |
Kevin Strom |
Activist |
1956 |
|
Founder, National Vanguard |
Richard E. Taylor |
Physicist |
2-Nov-1929 |
|
Verified existence of quarks |
Ann Telnaes |
Cartoonist |
1960 |
|
Political cartoonist |
Lee Tergesen |
Actor |
8-Jul-1965 |
|
Beecher in Oz |
Edward J. Thye |
Politician |
26-Apr-1896 |
28-Aug-1969 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47 |
Merle Tuve |
Physicist |
27-Jun-1901 |
20-May-1982 |
Proximity fuse |
Liv Ullmann |
Actor |
16-Dec-1938 |
|
The Passion of Anna |
Sigrid Undset |
Author |
20-May-1882 |
10-Jun-1949 |
Kristin Lavransdåtter |
Andrew Volstead |
Politician |
31-Oct-1860 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Legislated enforcement of Prohibition |
Tom Waits |
Musician |
7-Dec-1949 |
|
Heartattack and Vine |
Earl Warren |
Judge |
19-Mar-1891 |
9-Jul-1974 |
US Chief Justice, 1953-69 |
Renée Zellweger |
Actor |
25-Apr-1969 |
|
Bridget Jones' Diary |