Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Ansel Adams |
Photographer |
20-Feb-1902 |
22-Apr-1984 |
Yosemite photographer |
Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
Jerry Barber |
Golf |
25-Apr-1916 |
23-Sep-1994 |
Winner, 1961 PGA Championship |
Grady Booch |
Computer Programmer |
27-Feb-1955 |
|
Unified Modeling Language |
Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate |
R. L. Burnside |
Musician |
23-Nov-1926 |
1-Sep-2005 |
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey |
Barbara Bush |
First Lady |
8-Jun-1925 |
|
Wife of US President George H.W. Bush |
Drew Carey |
Comic |
23-May-1958 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
Frank Carson |
Comic |
11-Jun-1926 |
22-Feb-2012 |
Irish comedian |
June Carter Cash |
Country Musician |
23-Jun-1929 |
15-May-2003 |
Country singer, wife of Johnny Cash |
Francis Cherry |
Politician |
5-Sep-1908 |
15-Jul-1965 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1953-55 |
Daniel Clowes |
Cartoonist |
14-Apr-1961 |
|
Eightball, Ghost World, David Boring |
Jackie Cochran |
Aviator |
11-May-1906 |
9-Aug-1980 |
First woman to break the sound barrier |
Rocky Colavito |
Baseball |
10-Aug-1933 |
|
Denies having cursed Cleveland |
David Crosby |
Musician |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
Bobby Darin |
Singer |
14-May-1936 |
20-Dec-1973 |
Mack the Knife |
Michael DeBakey |
Doctor |
7-Sep-1908 |
11-Jul-2008 |
Father of cardiovascular surgery |
Dan Devine |
Football |
22-Dec-1924 |
9-May-2002 |
Packers, NCAA head coach |
King Diamond |
Musician |
14-Jun-1956 |
|
Death metal pioneer, Mercyful Fate |
Dirk Dirksen |
Business |
25-Aug-1937 |
20-Nov-2006 |
Godfather of San Francisco punk |
Spencer Dryden |
Drummer |
7-Apr-1938 |
11-Jan-2005 |
Jefferson Airplane drummer |
Will Eisner |
Cartoonist |
6-Mar-1917 |
3-Jan-2005 |
Turned comic book authors into Sequential Artists |
Myron Floren |
Musician |
5-Nov-1919 |
23-Jul-2005 |
Accordionist for Lawrence Welk |
James Garner |
Actor |
7-Apr-1928 |
19-Jul-2014 |
Jim Rockford on Rockford Files |
Bob Graham |
Politician |
9-Nov-1936 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 1987-2005 |
George Habash |
Activist |
2-Aug-1926 |
26-Jan-2008 |
Founder of the PFLP |
Irma P. Hall |
Actor |
3-Jun-1935 |
|
Soul Food |
William F. Harrah |
Business |
2-Sep-1911 |
30-Jun-1978 |
Founder of Harrah's Casino |
Ed Helms |
Comic |
24-Jan-1974 |
|
The Daily Show |
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. |
Judge |
25-Feb-1928 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Chief Justice, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
Richard C. Holbrooke |
Diplomat |
24-Apr-1941 |
13-Dec-2010 |
US Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan |
Ferlin Husky |
Singer |
3-Dec-1925 |
17-Mar-2011 |
On the Wings of a Dove |
Henry Hyde |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
29-Nov-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1975-2007 |
Kate Jackson |
Actor |
29-Oct-1948 |
|
Sabrina Duncan on Charlie's Angels |
Roy Jenkins |
Politician |
11-Nov-1920 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Twice UK Home Secretary |
George Jones |
Country Musician |
12-Sep-1931 |
26-Apr-2013 |
Country singer, White Lightning |
Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Film Director |
27-Jun-1941 |
13-Mar-1996 |
Trois Couleurs |
Kathryn Kuhlman |
Religion |
9-May-1907 |
20-Feb-1976 |
Faith healer, I Believe In Miracles |
Jim Lehrer |
Journalist |
19-May-1934 |
|
PBS NewsHour |
Peter W. Likins |
Educator |
1936 |
|
President, University of Arizona, 1997-2006 |
Brian Littrell |
Singer |
20-Feb-1975 |
|
The Backstreet Boys |
Jeanette MacDonald |
Actor |
18-Jun-1903 |
14-Jan-1965 |
The Merry Widow |
Lester Maddox |
Politician |
30-Sep-1915 |
25-Jun-2003 |
Governor of Georgia, 1967-71 |
John Marley |
Actor |
17-Oct-1907 |
22-May-1984 |
Godfather horsehead recipient |
Harpo Marx |
Actor |
23-Nov-1888 |
28-Sep-1964 |
Silent harp-playing Marx Brother |
Claude Pepper |
Politician |
8-Sep-1900 |
30-May-1989 |
Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 |
Prince Philip |
Royalty |
10-Jun-1921 |
|
Duke of Edinburgh |
Bo Pilgrim |
Business |
8-May-1928 |
|
Co-Founder of Pilgrim's Pride |
Tito Puente |
Musician |
20-Apr-1923 |
31-May-2000 |
Popular Latin bandleader |
Pat Robertson |
Religion |
22-Mar-1930 |
|
The 700 Club |
Charlie Rose |
Talk Show Host |
5-Jan-1942 |
|
Charlie Rose Show |
Soupy Sales |
Comic |
8-Jan-1926 |
22-Oct-2009 |
Inveterate pie thrower |
Francis W. Sargent |
Politician |
29-Jul-1915 |
21-Oct-1998 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1969-75 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Actor |
30-Jul-1947 |
|
Governor of California, 2003-11 |
Paul Simon |
Politician |
29-Nov-1928 |
9-Dec-2003 |
US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate |
Cleon Skousen |
Activist |
20-Jan-1913 |
9-Jan-2006 |
The Naked Communist |
Jeff Smith |
Chef |
22-Jan-1939 |
7-Jul-2004 |
Former TV chef, alleged child molester |
Todd Starnes |
Talk Show Host |
28-Oct-1967 |
|
FOX News & Commentary |
Rod Steiger |
Actor |
14-Apr-1925 |
9-Jul-2002 |
In The Heat of the Night |
John C. Stennis |
Politician |
3-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
John Stonehouse |
Politician |
28-Jul-1925 |
14-Apr-1988 |
British MP, faked his own death |
Gladys Swarthout |
Singer |
25-Dec-1900 |
8-Jul-1969 |
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
Herman Talmadge |
Politician |
9-Aug-1913 |
21-Mar-2002 |
Senator and Governor from Georgia |
Mother Teresa |
Religion |
26-Aug-1910 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Missionaries of Charity |
Studs Terkel |
Author |
16-May-1912 |
31-Oct-2008 |
Working |
Skeet Ulrich |
Actor |
20-Jan-1970 |
|
Nobody's Baby |
John Vivyan |
Actor |
31-May-1915 |
20-Dec-1983 |
Mr. Lucky |
John Wayne |
Actor |
26-May-1907 |
11-Jun-1979 |
The Duke |
Ted Williams |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1918 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Cryonically preserved .400 hitter |