Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Valdas Adamkus |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1926 |
|
President of Lithuania |
Nick Adams |
Actor |
10-Jul-1931 |
7-Feb-1968 |
Johnny Yuma on The Rebel |
Sheldon Adelson |
Business |
1-Aug-1933 |
|
Las Vegas billionaire |
Dave Berg |
Cartoonist |
12-Jun-1920 |
17-May-2002 |
The Lighter Side of... |
Alexander Berkman |
Anarchist |
21-Nov-1870 |
28-Jun-1936 |
A.B.C. of Anarchism |
A. Bruce Bielaski |
Government |
1884 |
Feb-1964 |
FBI Director 1912-19 |
Lisa Boyle |
Model |
6-Aug-1964 |
|
Cover of October 1995 Playboy |
Tom Brazaitis |
Columnist |
8-Aug-1940 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist |
Algirdas Brazauskas |
Head of State |
22-Sep-1932 |
|
Prime Minister of Lithuania, 2001-06 |
Sydney Brenner |
Scientist |
13-Jan-1927 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
Eli Broad |
Business |
6-Jun-1933 |
|
Billionaire |
Charles Bronson |
Actor |
3-Nov-1921 |
30-Aug-2003 |
Death Wish |
Lane Bryant |
Fashion Designer |
1-Dec-1879 |
26-Sep-1951 |
Plus-size designer |
Algis Budrys |
Author |
9-Jan-1931 |
|
Rogue Moon |
Dick Butkus |
Football |
9-Dec-1942 |
|
Middle linebacker, Chicago Bears |
Catherine I |
Royalty |
15-Apr-1684 |
17-May-1727 |
Empress of Russia, 1725-27 |
Steve Cohen |
Politician |
24-May-1949 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 9th |
Dick Durbin |
Politician |
21-Nov-1944 |
|
US Senator from Illinois |
Gertrude B. Elion |
Scientist |
23-Jan-1918 |
21-Feb-1999 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS |
Vitas Gerulaitis |
Tennis |
26-Jul-1954 |
18-Sep-1994 |
Tennis champ |
John Gielgud |
Actor |
14-Apr-1904 |
21-May-2000 |
Prospero's Books |
Todd Gitlin |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Journalism professor, social critic |
Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
Zvi Griliches |
Economist |
12-Sep-1930 |
4-Nov-1999 |
Technology, Education, and Productivity |
Domino Harvey |
Relative |
7-Aug-1969 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Laurence Harvey's daughter |
Laurence Harvey |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Manchurian Candidate |
Seymour Hersh |
Journalist |
8-Apr-1937 |
|
Uncovered the My Lai Massacre |
John B. Hess |
Business |
5-Apr-1954 |
|
CEO of Amerada Hess |
Ann Jillian |
Actor |
29-Jan-1951 |
|
Ellis Island |
Al Jolson |
Singer |
26-May-1886 |
23-Oct-1950 |
The Jazz Singer |
Daniel Kahneman |
Psychologist |
5-Mar-1934 |
|
The psychology of economics |
Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
Natas Kaupas |
Skateboarder |
c. 1969 |
|
Legendary skateboarder |
Anthony Kiedis |
Musician |
1-Nov-1962 |
|
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman |
Gediminas Kirkilas |
Head of State |
30-Aug-1951 |
|
Prime Minister of Lithuania |
Walter Koenig |
Actor |
14-Sep-1936 |
|
Chekov on Star Trek |
Stanley Kunitz |
Poet |
29-Jul-1905 |
14-May-2006 |
US Poet Laureate, 2000 |
David M. Lee |
Physicist |
20-Jan-1931 |
|
Superfluidity of helium-3 |
Ruta Lee |
Actor |
30-May-1936 |
|
Former hostess, High Rollers |
Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
Bernard Lown |
Doctor |
7-Jun-1921 |
|
Inventor of defibrillator, peace activist |
George Maciunas |
Artist |
8-Nov-1931 |
9-May-1978 |
Founder of Fluxus |
Benoit Mandelbrot |
Mathematician |
20-Nov-1924 |
|
Fractal mathematician |
Harvey Milk |
Politician |
22-May-1930 |
27-Nov-1978 |
Openly gay SF city supervisor assassinated |
Jami Miscik |
Government |
c. 1958 |
|
Global Head of Sovereign Risk, Lehman Bros. |
Bohdan Paczynski |
Astronomer |
8-Feb-1940 |
19-Apr-2007 |
Gravitational microlensing |
Joseph Papp |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
31-Oct-1991 |
Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival |
Chris Penn |
Actor |
10-Oct-1965 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs |
Leo Penn |
Film Director |
27-Aug-1921 |
5-Sep-1998 |
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home |
Mark Penn |
Government |
c. 1954 |
|
Hillary Clinton 2008 campaign strategist |
Michael Penn |
Musician |
1-Aug-1958 |
|
Sean Penn's brother |
Sean Penn |
Actor |
17-Aug-1960 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
Marge Piercy |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1936 |
|
Gone to Soldiers |
Józef Pilsudski |
Military |
5-Dec-1867 |
12-May-1935 |
Military dictator of Poland, 1926-36 |
Pink |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Sep-1979 |
|
Can't Take Me Home |
John C. Reilly |
Actor |
24-May-1965 |
|
Boogie Nights, Magnolia |
Win Rockefeller |
Politician |
17-Sep-1948 |
16-Jul-2006 |
Billionaire, Arkansas Lt. Governor |
Oliver Sacks |
Doctor |
9-Jul-1933 |
|
Awakenings |
Edward Sapir |
Anthropologist |
26-Jan-1884 |
4-Feb-1939 |
Anthropological linguist |
Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
John Shimkus |
Politician |
21-Feb-1958 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 19th |
Jerry Siegel |
Author |
17-Oct-1914 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Creator of Superman |
Jerry Stahl |
Author |
1953 |
|
Permanent Midnight |
Joel Surnow |
Film/TV Producer |
18-Dec-1955 |
|
24, Half Hour News Hour |
Johnny Unitas |
Football |
7-May-1933 |
11-Sep-2002 |
The Golden Arm |
Wilfrid Voynich |
Activist |
31-Oct-1865 |
19-Mar-1930 |
Voynich manuscript |
Jude Wanniski |
Columnist |
17-Jun-1936 |
29-Aug-2005 |
Supply-side theorist |
Melissa F. Wells |
Diplomat |
18-Nov-1932 |
|
US Ambassador to Estonia, 1998-2001 |
Robert Zemeckis |
Film Director |
14-May-1952 |
|
Back To The Future |
Annette Zilinskas |
Musician |
6-Nov-1962 |
|
Blood on the Saddle vocalist, former Bangle |
Louis Zukofsky |
Poet |
23-Jan-1904 |
12-May-1978 |
Co-Founded Objectivist poetry movement |