| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joan Vollmer Adams |
Victim |
1924 |
6-Sep-1951 |
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs |
| David Allen |
Author |
28-Dec-1945 |
|
Getting Things Done |
| Busby Berkeley |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1895 |
14-Mar-1976 |
Strike Up the Band |
| Nellie Bly |
Journalist |
5-May-1864 |
27-Jan-1922 |
Ten Days in a Mad-House |
| Lorena Bobbitt |
Criminal |
1970 |
|
Severed husband's penis |
| Clara Bow |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
26-Sep-1965 |
Schizophrenic actress, Wings |
| Emanuel Bronner |
Business |
1-Feb-1908 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Soap label philosopher |
| Beau Brummell |
Socialite |
7-Jun-1778 |
30-Mar-1840 |
Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion |
| William S. Burroughs, Jr. |
Relative |
21-Jul-1947 |
3-Mar-1981 |
Son of William S. Burroughs |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
| Leonora Carrington |
Painter |
6-Apr-1917 |
|
Last living Surrealist |
| Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
| Paulo Coelho |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
The Alchemist |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Roky Erickson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jul-1947 |
|
13th Floor Elevators |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress dehumanized by insane asylum |
| Marshall Field IV |
Business |
15-Jun-1916 |
18-Sep-1965 |
Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1956-65 |
| Ed Gein |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1906 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Frances Gifford |
Actor |
7-Dec-1919 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Jungle Girl |
| Philip L. Graham |
Publisher |
18-Jul-1915 |
3-Aug-1963 |
Washington Post publisher, 1947-63 |
| Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
| John Hinckley |
Assassin |
29-May-1955 |
|
Took a shot at President Reagan |
| Daniel Johnston |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jan-1961 |
|
Hi How Are You? |
| Ronnie Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Kray brothers |
| Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
| W. C. Minor |
Scholar |
Jun-1834 |
26-Mar-1920 |
Prolific OED contributor |
| Yoko Ono |
Artist |
18-Feb-1933 |
|
Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon |
| Charlie Parker |
Jazz Musician |
29-Aug-1920 |
12-Mar-1955 |
Be-bop jazz musician |
| Colonel Tom Parker |
Business |
26-Jun-1909 |
21-Jan-1997 |
Elvis Presley's manager |
| Jimmy Piersall |
Baseball |
14-Nov-1929 |
|
Crazy center fielder |
| Lou Reed |
Musician |
2-Mar-1942 |
|
The Velvet Underground |
| Maria Schneider |
Actor |
27-Mar-1952 |
|
Last Tango in Paris |
| Edie Sedgwick |
Socialite |
20-Apr-1943 |
16-Nov-1971 |
Warhol factory girl |
| David Hyrum Smith |
Relative |
17-Nov-1844 |
29-Aug-1904 |
Son of Joseph Smith |
| Valerie Solanas |
Activist |
9-Apr-1936 |
26-Apr-1988 |
Shot Andy Warhol |
| Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
| Aby Warburg |
Scholar |
13-Jun-1866 |
26-Oct-1929 |
Founder of the Warburg Institute |
