| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Eva Amurri |
Actor |
15-Mar-1985 |
|
Actress/daughter of Susan Sarandon |
| Laura Ashley |
Fashion Designer |
7-Sep-1925 |
17-Sep-1985 |
Welsh designer |
| Reiko Aylesworth |
Actor |
9-Dec-1972 |
|
Michelle Dessler on 24 |
| Shirley Bassey |
Singer |
8-Jan-1937 |
|
Singer of James Bond title song Goldfinger |
| Neville Brand |
Actor |
13-Aug-1920 |
16-Apr-1992 |
Birdman of Alcatraz |
| Dean Cain |
Actor |
31-Jul-1966 |
|
Superman |
| Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Supermodel junkie, died of AIDS |
| Nick Carter |
Singer |
28-Jan-1980 |
|
The Backstreet Boys |
| Hillary Clinton |
Politician |
26-Oct-1947 |
|
US Secretary of State |
| Sacha Baron Cohen |
Comic |
13-Oct-1971 |
|
Boyakasha! Respec |
| Tom Cruise |
Actor |
3-Jul-1962 |
|
Flamboyant Scientologist |
| Hugh Cudlipp |
Business |
28-Aug-1913 |
17-May-1998 |
British news magnate |
| Jack Daniel |
Business |
5-Sep-1846 |
10-Oct-1911 |
Moonshine magnate |
| John Nelson Darby |
Religion |
18-Nov-1800 |
29-Apr-1882 |
Father of Dispensationalism |
| Robertson Davies |
Author |
28-Aug-1913 |
3-Dec-1995 |
Fifth Business |
| John Dee |
Mathematician |
13-Jul-1527 |
26-Mar-1609 |
Mathematician and mystic |
| Cleveland H. Dodge |
Business |
1860 |
1926 |
Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor |
| The Edge |
Guitarist |
8-Aug-1961 |
|
Guitarist for U2 |
| Robert F. Engle III |
Economist |
10-Nov-1942 |
|
Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity |
| Peg Entwistle |
Actor |
1-Jul-1908 |
18-Sep-1932 |
Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign |
| Bill Evans |
Jazz Musician |
16-Aug-1929 |
15-Sep-1980 |
Jazz pianist |
| George Everest |
Explorer |
4-Jul-1790 |
1-Dec-1866 |
Namesake of Mt. Everest |
| Green Gartside |
Musician |
22-Jun-1955 |
|
Frontman for Scritti Politti |
| David Lloyd George |
Head of State |
17-Jan-1863 |
26-Mar-1945 |
UK Prime Minister, 1916-22 |
| Peter Greenaway |
Film Director |
5-Apr-1942 |
|
Prospero's Books |
| William M. Gwin |
Politician |
9-Oct-1805 |
3-Sep-1885 |
US Senator from California |
| Robert Hamer |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1911 |
4-Dec-1963 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
| Thomas J. Herbert |
Politician |
28-Oct-1894 |
26-Oct-1974 |
Governor of Ohio, 1947-49 |
| Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
| Mary Hopkin |
Singer |
5-May-1950 |
|
Those Were the Days |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
| Billy Hughes |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1862 |
28-Oct-1952 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1915-23 |
| Charles Evans Hughes |
Politician |
11-Apr-1862 |
27-Aug-1948 |
US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate |
| Dave Hughes |
Journalist |
c. 1928 |
|
Electronic bulletin boards |
| Howard Hughes |
Business |
24-Sep-1905 |
5-Apr-1976 |
Insane billionaire |
| E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
| Don Imus |
Radio Personality |
23-Jul-1940 |
|
Imus in the Morning |
| J. Hughlings Jackson |
Doctor |
4-Apr-1835 |
7-Oct-1911 |
Father of British neurology |
| Rachel Jackson |
First Lady |
Jun-1767 |
22-Dec-1828 |
Wife of US President Andrew Jackson |
| Richard D. James |
Electronic Musician |
18-Aug-1971 |
|
Aphex Twin |
| Thomas Jefferson |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1743 |
4-Jul-1826 |
3rd US President, 1801-09 |
| Mandana Jones |
Actor |
26-Feb-1967 |
|
Nikki Wade on Bad Girls |
| Terry Jones |
Comic |
1-Feb-1942 |
|
Monty Python |
| Tom Jones |
Singer |
7-Jun-1940 |
|
It's Not Unusual |
| Samuel P. Langley |
Astronomer |
22-Aug-1834 |
2-Feb-1906 |
Heavier-than-air flying machine |
| Tommy Lee |
Drummer |
3-Oct-1962 |
|
Mötley Crüe drummer |
| John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
| C. S. Lewis |
Novelist |
29-Nov-1898 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Chronicles of Narnia |
| James Madison |
Head of State |
16-Mar-1751 |
28-Jun-1836 |
4th US President, 1809-17 |
| George William Manby |
Inventor |
28-Nov-1765 |
18-Nov-1854 |
Invented the fire extinguisher |
| Steve Martin |
Comic |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
The Jerk |
| David O. McKay |
Religion |
8-Sep-1873 |
18-Jan-1970 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70 |
| Anne Morgan |
Philanthropist |
25-Jul-1873 |
29-Jan-1952 |
Friend of the French |
| Sir Henry Morgan |
Military |
1635 |
25-Aug-1688 |
Knighted pirate of the Caribbean |
| J. P. Morgan, Jr. |
Business |
7-Sep-1867 |
13-Mar-1943 |
Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
| J. Pierpont Morgan |
Business |
17-Apr-1837 |
31-Mar-1913 |
Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
| Joseph Morgan |
Business |
4-Jan-1780 |
23-Jul-1847 |
Patriarch of the Morgan family of millionaires |
| Junius Spencer Morgan |
Business |
14-Apr-1813 |
8-Apr-1890 |
J. S. Morgan and Company |
| Russ Morgan |
Musician |
29-Apr-1904 |
8-Aug-1969 |
Bandleader, arranger and trombonist |
| Gouverneur Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1752 |
6-Nov-1816 |
American financier, Revolutionary politician |
| Leslie Nielsen |
Actor |
11-Feb-1926 |
|
Airplane! |
| Robert Dale Owen |
Activist |
9-Nov-1801 |
24-Jun-1877 |
The Wrong of Slavery |
| Wilfred Owen |
Poet |
18-Mar-1893 |
4-Nov-1918 |
Dulce Et Decorum Est |
| Lindsay Owen-Jones |
Business |
17-Mar-1946 |
|
CEO of L'Oreal, 1988-2006 |
| William Penn |
Government |
14-Oct-1644 |
30-Jul-1718 |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
| Michael Peterson |
Author |
23-Oct-1943 |
|
The Staircase |
| Marge Piercy |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1936 |
|
Gone to Soldiers |
| Enoch Powell |
Politician |
16-Jun-1912 |
8-Feb-1998 |
British demagogue |
| Roger Rees |
Actor |
5-May-1944 |
|
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Henry Regnery |
Publisher |
5-Jan-1912 |
18-Jun-1996 |
Regnery Publishing |
| John Rhys-Davies |
Actor |
5-May-1944 |
|
Gimli the dwarf in Lord of the Rings |
| Charles Stewart Rolls |
Business |
27-Aug-1877 |
12-Jul-1910 |
Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce |
| Betsy Ross |
Business |
1-Jan-1752 |
30-Jan-1836 |
Legendary American flagmaker |
| Susan Sarandon |
Actor |
4-Oct-1946 |
|
Louise in Thelma and Louise |
| Isaac Shelby |
Military |
11-Dec-1750 |
18-Jul-1826 |
Twice Governor of Kentucky |
| Henry Morton Stanley |
Explorer |
28-Jan-1841 |
10-May-1904 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
| Frederick Terman |
Scientist |
7-Jun-1900 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Stanford Research Park |
| Lewis Terman |
Psychologist |
15-Jan-1877 |
21-Dec-1956 |
Intelligence tests |
| Dylan Thomas |
Poet |
27-Oct-1914 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Most influential Welsh poet |
| Conway Twitty |
Country Musician |
1-Sep-1933 |
5-Jun-1993 |
It's Only Make Believe |
| Martha Washington |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1731 |
22-May-1802 |
Wife of US President George Washington |
| Naomi Watts |
Actor |
28-Sep-1968 |
|
First you see The Ring, then you die |
| Robert Welch |
Activist |
1-Dec-1899 |
6-Jan-1985 |
Founder, John Birch Society |
| Andy Williams |
Singer |
3-Dec-1927 |
|
Moon River |
| Edward Bennett Williams |
Attorney |
31-May-1920 |
13-Aug-1988 |
Washington Superlawyer |
| Rowan Williams |
Religion |
14-Jun-1950 |
|
Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Treat Williams |
Actor |
1-Dec-1951 |
|
Prince of the City |
| Ellen Wilson |
First Lady |
15-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1914 |
First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Frank Lloyd Wright |
Architect |
8-Jun-1867 |
9-Apr-1959 |
America's most famous architect |
| Elihu Yale |
Philanthropist |
5-Apr-1649 |
8-Jul-1721 |
Namesake of Yale University |
| Linus Yale, Jr. |
Inventor |
14-Apr-1821 |
24-Dec-1868 |
Pin tumbler locks |
| Catherine Zeta-Jones |
Actor |
25-Sep-1969 |
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