| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Steven Adler |
Drummer |
22-Jan-1965 |
|
Former Guns N' Roses drummer |
| Hafez al-Assad |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1930 |
10-Jun-2000 |
President of Syria, 1971-2000 |
| Sparky Anderson |
Baseball |
22-Feb-1934 |
|
Reds and Tigers manager |
| Earl Anthony |
Bowling |
27-Apr-1938 |
14-Aug-2001 |
Professional bowler |
| Benigno Aquino |
Politician |
27-Nov-1932 |
21-Aug-1983 |
Philippine opposition leader |
| Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
5-Aug-1930 |
|
First man on the Moon |
| Hap Arnold |
Military |
25-Jun-1886 |
15-Jan-1950 |
Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII |
| Arthur Ashe |
Tennis |
10-Jul-1943 |
6-Feb-1993 |
First black man to win Wimbledon |
| Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
| Sergei Averintsev |
Author |
10-Dec-1937 |
21-Feb-2004 |
Myth of the Peoples of the World |
| Tariq Aziz |
Government |
1936 |
|
Ex-Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister |
| Max Baer |
Boxing |
11-Feb-1909 |
21-Nov-1959 |
Beat Max Schmeling in 1933 |
| Joe Barton |
Politician |
15-Sep-1949 |
|
Congressman, Texas 6th |
| Barbara Bel Geddes |
Actor |
31-Oct-1922 |
8-Aug-2005 |
Miss Ellie on Dallas |
| Rex Bell |
Actor |
16-Oct-1903 |
5-Jul-1962 |
Cowboy actor, Nevada politician |
| Charles E. Bennett |
Politician |
2-Dec-1910 |
6-Sep-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1949-93 |
| Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
|
UK Great Train Robber |
| David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
| Joe Bonanno |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1905 |
12-May-2002 |
Bonanno crime family |
| David Bowie |
Musician |
8-Jan-1947 |
|
Ziggy Stardust |
| Peter Boyle |
Actor |
18-Oct-1935 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Young Frankenstein |
| Ruth Brown |
Singer |
12-Jan-1928 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Miss Rhythm |
| Gene Burns |
Radio Personality |
? |
|
KGO-AM evening talk show host |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Author |
1-Sep-1875 |
19-Mar-1950 |
Tarzan |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Richard G. Butler |
Activist |
23-Feb-1918 |
8-Sep-2004 |
Founder of the Aryan Nations |
| Pat Califia |
Author |
8-Mar-1954 |
|
FTM transgendered sex writer |
| Carroll Campbell |
Politician |
24-Jul-1940 |
7-Dec-2005 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1987-95 |
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1836 |
22-Apr-1908 |
UK Prime Minister 1905-08 |
| Benjamin Cardozo |
Judge |
24-May-1870 |
9-Jul-1938 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38 |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
|
Wiseass stand-up comic |
| Jack L. Chalker |
Author |
17-Dec-1944 |
11-Feb-2005 |
SF author, wrote Well World series |
| Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
| Otis Chandler |
Publisher |
23-Nov-1927 |
27-Feb-2006 |
Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 |
| Harry Chapin |
Musician |
7-Dec-1942 |
16-Jul-1981 |
Cat's in the Cradle |
| John Cheever |
Author |
27-May-1912 |
18-Jun-1982 |
The Enormous Radio |
| Dick Cheney |
Politician |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
Dubya's VP, ex-CEO of Halliburton |
| Clark Clifford |
Government |
25-Dec-1906 |
10-Oct-1998 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69 |
| Tony Conigliaro |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1945 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Boston Red Sox |
| Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
| Juan Corona |
Criminal |
1934 |
|
Serial killer serving 25 life sentences |
| Thomas George Cowling |
Mathematician |
17-Jun-1906 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Cowling model |
| Barbara Cubin |
Politician |
30-Nov-1946 |
|
Congresswoman, Wyoming |
| Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
| Harry M. Daugherty |
Government |
26-Jan-1860 |
12-Oct-1941 |
US Attorney General, 1921-24 |
| Ted Demme |
Film Director |
26-Oct-1963 |
13-Jan-2002 |
Blow |
| Gerard Depardieu |
Actor |
27-Dec-1948 |
|
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Richard DeVos |
Business |
4-Mar-1926 |
|
Amway cofounder |
| Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
| Bo Diddley |
Guitarist |
30-Dec-1928 |
2-Jun-2008 |
Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist |
| Sepp Dietrich |
Military |
28-May-1892 |
22-Apr-1966 |
Nazi general, guilty of war crimes |
| David Dinkins |
Politician |
10-Jul-1927 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1989-93 |
| Mike Ditka |
Football |
18-Oct-1939 |
|
Tight End became Chicago Bears coach |
| Thomas J. Dodd |
Politician |
15-May-1907 |
24-May-1971 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71 |
| Eric Dolphy |
Jazz Musician |
20-Jun-1928 |
29-Jun-1964 |
Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist |
| Troy Donahue |
Actor |
27-Jan-1936 |
2-Sep-2001 |
A Summer Place |
| Morton Downey, Jr. |
Talk Show Host |
9-Dec-1933 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Mort the Mouth |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Roy Eldridge |
Jazz Musician |
30-Jan-1911 |
26-Feb-1989 |
Swing-era jazz trumpeter |
| Stanley Elkin |
Novelist |
11-May-1930 |
31-May-1995 |
The Living End |
| Harlan Ellison |
Author |
27-May-1934 |
|
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream |
| Zhou Enlai |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1898 |
8-Jan-1976 |
Mao's right-hand man |
| Dennis Erectus |
Radio Personality |
1949 |
|
Early KOME shock jock |
| Ranulph Fiennes |
Explorer |
7-Mar-1944 |
|
World explorer |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Author |
24-Sep-1896 |
21-Dec-1940 |
The Great Gatsby |
| James Montgomery Flagg |
Painter |
18-Jun-1877 |
27-May-1960 |
I Want YOU for U.S. Army |
| Ian Fleming |
Novelist |
8-May-1908 |
12-Aug-1964 |
Author of the James Bond series |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| John Garfield |
Actor |
4-Mar-1913 |
21-May-1952 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| Green Gartside |
Musician |
22-Jun-1955 |
|
Frontman for Scritti Politti |
| Michael Gerson |
Politician |
1965 |
|
White House policy advisor |
| Maurice Gibb |
Bassist |
22-Dec-1949 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees |
| Althea Gibson |
Tennis |
25-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2003 |
First black woman to win Wimbledon |
| Kelsey Grammer |
Actor |
21-Feb-1955 |
|
Frasier |
| Fred Grandy |
Actor |
29-Jun-1948 |
|
Congressman, Gopher on The Love Boat |
| Wilson Greatbatch |
Inventor |
6-Sep-1919 |
|
Implantable pacemaker |
| Zane Grey |
Novelist |
31-Jan-1872 |
23-Oct-1939 |
Riders of the Purple Sage |
| Eddie Griffin |
Comic |
15-Jul-1968 |
|
Undercover Brother |
| Philip C. Habib |
Diplomat |
25-Feb-1920 |
24-May-1992 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1971-74 |
| Gene Hackman |
Actor |
30-Jan-1930 |
|
The Conversation |
| Paul Haggis |
Screenwriter |
10-Mar-1953 |
|
Crash |
| Oliver Hardy |
Actor |
18-Jan-1892 |
7-Aug-1957 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Bobby Hatfield |
Singer |
10-Aug-1940 |
5-Nov-2003 |
The Righteous Brothers |
| Rondo Hatton |
Actor |
22-Apr-1894 |
2-Feb-1946 |
Horror actor afflicted with acromegaly |
| Charles Haughey |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1925 |
13-Jun-2006 |
Three-time Prime Minister of Ireland |
| F. A. Hayek |
Economist |
8-May-1899 |
23-Mar-1992 |
Austrian economist |
| Jim Henson |
Performance Artist |
24-Sep-1936 |
16-May-1990 |
Creator of the Muppets |
| Gareth Hunt |
Actor |
7-Feb-1942 |
14-Mar-2007 |
The New Avengers |
| Punch Imlach |
Hockey |
15-Mar-1918 |
1-Dec-1987 |
NHL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| Bobby Ingram |
Guitarist |
c. 1955 |
|
Lead Guitarist, Molly Hatchet |
| Reed Irvine |
Activist |
29-Sep-1922 |
16-Nov-2004 |
Founder, Accuracy in Media |
| Illinois Jacquet |
Musician |
31-Oct-1922 |
22-Jul-2004 |
Squealing saxophone legend |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1908 |
22-Jan-1973 |
36th US President, 1963-69 |
| Chiang Kai-Shek |
Head of State |
31-Oct-1887 |
5-Apr-1975 |
President of Nationalist China |
| Max Kampelman |
Diplomat |
7-Nov-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to the CSCE |
| Estes Kefauver |
Politician |
26-Jul-1903 |
10-Aug-1963 |
US Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63 |
| Joan Kennedy |
Relative |
9-Sep-1936 |
|
First wife of Ted Kennedy |
| Jomo Kenyatta |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1892 |
22-Aug-1978 |
President of Kenya, 1964-78 |
| John Maynard Keynes |
Economist |
5-Jun-1883 |
21-Apr-1946 |
Economist advocated deficit necessity |
| Coretta Scott King |
Activist |
27-Apr-1927 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King |
| Larry King |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1933 |
|
CNN's Larry King Live |
| Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male |
| Les Kinsolving |
Journalist |
18-Dec-1927 |
|
WorldNetDaily |
| Ed Koch |
Politician |
12-Dec-1924 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89 |
| Mort Kondracke |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1939 |
|
Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin |
| Gene Krupa |
Drummer |
15-Jan-1909 |
16-Oct-1973 |
Pioneering drummer |
| Frankie Laine |
Singer |
30-Mar-1913 |
6-Feb-2007 |
Moonlight Gambler, Rawhide |
| Burt Lancaster |
Actor |
2-Nov-1913 |
20-Oct-1994 |
Elmer Gantry |
| David L. Lander |
Actor |
22-Jun-1947 |
|
Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley |
| Bob Lanier |
Politician |
10-Mar-1925 |
|
Mayor of Houston, 1992-98 |
| Gregory S. Lashutka |
Politician |
1944 |
|
Mayor of Columbus, 1992-2000 |
| Tommy Lasorda |
Baseball |
22-Sep-1927 |
|
Slim-Fast shill |
| Stan Laurel |
Actor |
16-Jun-1890 |
23-Feb-1965 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Jim Lehrer |
Journalist |
19-May-1934 |
|
Lehrer News Hour on PBS |
| Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
The French can have him |
| Peter B. Lewis |
Business |
11-Nov-1933 |
|
CEO of Progressive, 1965-2000 |
| Earl Long |
Politician |
26-Aug-1895 |
5-Sep-1960 |
Three-time Governor of Louisiana |
| Huey Long |
Politician |
30-Aug-1893 |
10-Sep-1935 |
Governor and Senator from Louisiana |
| Al Lopez |
Baseball |
20-Aug-1908 |
30-Oct-2005 |
Catcher, manager in the Baseball Hall of Fame |
| Joe Louis |
Boxing |
13-May-1914 |
12-Apr-1981 |
The Champ |
| Ernst Lubitsch |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1892 |
30-Nov-1947 |
To Be or Not To Be |
| Manny Lujan |
Politician |
12-May-1928 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior 1989-93 |
| Paul Lynde |
Comic |
13-Jun-1926 |
10-Jan-1982 |
Hollywood Square |
| Moms Mabley |
Comic |
19-Mar-1894 |
23-May-1975 |
Pioneering black comedienne |
| Lester Maddox |
Politician |
30-Sep-1915 |
25-Jun-2003 |
Governor of Georgia, 1967-71 |
| Om Malik |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1966 |
|
GigaOM |
| Charlie Manuel |
Baseball |
4-Jan-1944 |
|
Manager, Philadelphia Phillies |
| Diego Maradona |
Soccer |
30-Oct-1960 |
|
Led Argentina to 1986 World Cup Final |
| Thomas R. Marshall |
Politician |
14-Mar-1854 |
1-Jun-1925 |
Vice President under Wilson |
| Walter Matthau |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
1-Jul-2000 |
Messy half of the Odd Couple |
| Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy on Gone with the Wind |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Oct-1951 |
|
Jack and Diane |
| James A. Michener |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1907 |
16-Oct-1997 |
South Pacific |
| Stanley Milgram |
Psychologist |
15-Aug-1933 |
20-Dec-1984 |
Milgram Experiment |
| Eric Morecambe |
Comic |
14-May-1926 |
28-May-1984 |
Morecambe and Wise |
| Walter Mossberg |
Columnist |
27-Mar-1947 |
|
Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal |
| Helmut Newton |
Photographer |
31-Oct-1920 |
23-Jan-2004 |
Celebrity photographer |
| Harry Nilsson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jun-1941 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Me and My Arrow |
| Paul Nitze |
Diplomat |
16-Jan-1907 |
19-Oct-2004 |
US cold warrior |
| Donald O'Connor |
Actor |
28-Aug-1925 |
27-Sep-2003 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Maureen O'Hara |
Actor |
17-Aug-1920 |
|
Miracle on 34th Street |
| C. William O'Neill |
Politician |
14-Feb-1916 |
20-Aug-1978 |
Governor of Ohio, 1957-59 |
| Kerry Packer |
Business |
17-Dec-1937 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Richest man in Australia |
| Colonel Tom Parker |
Business |
26-Jun-1909 |
21-Jan-1997 |
Elvis Presley's manager |
| Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
| Pope Pius X |
Religion |
2-Jun-1835 |
20-Aug-1914 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1903-14 |
| June Pointer |
Musician |
30-Nov-1953 |
11-Apr-2006 |
The Pointer Sisters |
| Edgar Prince |
Business |
1931 |
2-Mar-1995 |
Prince Manufacturing |
| Richard Pryor |
Comic |
1-Dec-1940 |
10-Dec-2005 |
Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy |
| Tito Puente |
Musician |
20-Apr-1923 |
31-May-2000 |
Popular Latin bandleader |
| Julius Raab |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1891 |
8-Jan-1964 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1953-61 |
| Corin Redgrave |
Actor |
16-Jul-1939 |
|
Not About Nightingales |
| Wilhelm Reich |
Scientist |
24-Mar-1897 |
3-Nov-1957 |
Founder of Orgonomy |
| Charles Richter |
Scientist |
26-Apr-1900 |
30-Sep-1985 |
Groundbreaking seismologist |
| Oral Roberts |
Religion |
24-Jan-1918 |
|
Televangelist, faith healer |
| Joe M. Rodgers |
Business |
1933 |
|
US Ambassador to France, 1985-89 |
| James Rolph, Jr. |
Government |
23-Aug-1869 |
2-Jun-1934 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31 |
| George W. Romney |
Politician |
8-Jul-1907 |
26-Jul-1995 |
Presidential candidate admitted brainwashing |
| Charles G. Ross |
Government |
9-Nov-1885 |
5-Dec-1950 |
White House Press Secretary for Truman |
| Gail Russell |
Actor |
21-Sep-1924 |
26-Aug-1961 |
Angel and the Badman |
| Bayard Rustin |
Activist |
17-Mar-1910 |
24-Aug-1987 |
Organized the 1963 March on Washington |
| Audrey Santo |
Victim |
19-Dec-1983 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Miracle girl in a coma |
| Mario Savio |
Activist |
8-Dec-1942 |
6-Nov-1996 |
Free Speech Movement |
| Bo Schembechler |
Football |
1-Apr-1929 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89 |
| Terri Schiavo |
Victim |
3-Dec-1963 |
31-Mar-2005 |
Human vegetable 1990-2005 |
| Alex Schoenbaum |
Business |
8-Aug-1915 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Founder, Shoney's |
| Avery Schreiber |
Comic |
9-Apr-1935 |
7-Jan-2002 |
Burns and Schreiber |
| Robert Schuller |
Religion |
16-Sep-1926 |
|
World's most upbeat televangelist |
| Kurt Schwitters |
Artist |
20-Jun-1887 |
8-Jan-1948 |
Collagist, Merz |
| DJ Screw |
Disc Jockey |
20-Jul-1971 |
16-Nov-2000 |
Screw Music inventor |
| Earl Scruggs |
Musician |
6-Jan-1924 |
|
Bluegrass banjo pioneer |
| Peter Sellers |
Actor |
8-Sep-1925 |
24-Jul-1980 |
Inspector Clouseau |
| Michael Shaara |
Author |
23-Jun-1929 |
5-May-1988 |
The Killer Angels |
| Martin Sheen |
Actor |
3-Aug-1940 |
|
Apocalypse Now and The West Wing |
| Eric Show |
Baseball |
19-May-1956 |
16-Mar-1994 |
MLB pitcher |
| I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
| John Stonehouse |
Politician |
28-Jul-1925 |
14-Apr-1988 |
British MP, faked his own death |
| Gloria Swanson |
Actor |
27-Mar-1897 |
4-Apr-1983 |
Sunset Blvd. |
| Robert E. Sweeney |
Politician |
4-Nov-1924 |
30-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1965-67 |
| Edward Teller |
Physicist |
15-Jan-1908 |
9-Sep-2003 |
Father of the H Bomb |
| Mother Teresa |
Religion |
26-Aug-1910 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Missionaries of Charity |
| Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
| Meldrim Thomson, Jr. |
Politician |
8-Mar-1912 |
19-Apr-2001 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79 |
| Jim Thorpe |
Football |
28-May-1887 |
28-Mar-1953 |
Olympics and football |
| Tiny Tim |
Musician |
12-Apr-1932 |
30-Nov-1996 |
Tip Toe Thru the Tulips |
| Merle Travis |
Country Musician |
29-Nov-1917 |
20-Oct-1983 |
Influential fingerpicking country guitarist |
| Alex Trebek |
Game Show Host |
22-Jul-1940 |
|
Jeopardy |
| Alexander Trowbridge |
Politician |
12-Dec-1929 |
27-Apr-2006 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68 |
| Boss Tweed |
Government |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Johnny Unitas |
Football |
7-May-1933 |
11-Sep-2002 |
The Golden Arm |
| Ernest Vandiver |
Politician |
3-Jul-1918 |
21-Feb-2005 |
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63 |
| Vanity |
Singer |
4-Jan-1959 |
|
Lingerie-clad Prince protégé |
| Walther von Brauchitsch |
Military |
4-Oct-1881 |
18-Oct-1948 |
Nazi general, failed to capture Moscow |
| Carl von Ossietzky |
Activist |
3-Oct-1889 |
4-May-1938 |
German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Walther von Reichenau |
Military |
16-Aug-1884 |
17-Jan-1942 |
Nazi general, encouraged atrocities |
| Gerd von Rundstedt |
Military |
12-Dec-1875 |
24-Feb-1953 |
German Field Marshall |
| Rick Wakeman |
Pianist |
18-May-1949 |
|
Keyboards, Yes |
| Jude Wanniski |
Columnist |
17-Jun-1936 |
29-Aug-2005 |
Supply-side theorist |
| Bill Ward |
Drummer |
5-May-1948 |
|
Drummer for Black Sabbath |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
| Jack Welch |
Business |
19-Nov-1935 |
|
CEO of GE, 1981-2001 |
| Kevin H. White |
Politician |
25-Sep-1929 |
|
Mayor of Boston, 1968-84 |
| Harry Whittington |
Attorney |
3-Mar-1927 |
|
Shot by Dick Cheney |
| Don Wildmon |
Activist |
18-Jan-1938 |
|
Moral crusader |
| William Carlos Williams |
Poet |
17-Sep-1883 |
4-Mar-1963 |
Pictures from Brueghel |
| Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
| Orville Wright |
Aviator |
19-Aug-1871 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Co-inventor of the airplane |
| Konrad Zuse |
Engineer |
22-Jun-1910 |
18-Dec-1995 |
Built first Turing-complete computer |
