| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Louis Adamic |
Author |
23-Mar-1899 |
4-Sep-1951 |
Laughing in the Jungle |
| Valdas Adamkus |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1926 |
|
President of Lithuania |
| Ilesanmi Adesida |
Educator |
c. 1949 |
|
Dean, College of Engineering, UIUC |
| Robert Adler |
Physicist |
4-Dec-1913 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Invented wireless remote control |
| Madeleine Albright |
Diplomat |
15-May-1937 |
|
Bill Clinton's Secretary of State |
| Ernst F. W. Alexanderson |
Inventor |
25-Jan-1878 |
14-May-1975 |
Developed radio and television at GE and RCA |
| Isabel Allende |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1942 |
|
The House of Spirits |
| Joaquim de Almeida |
Actor |
15-Mar-1957 |
|
Clear and Present Danger |
| Sidney Altman |
Chemist |
7-May-1939 |
|
Proved enzyme role of RNA |
| Albert Anastasia |
Criminal |
26-Feb-1902 |
25-Oct-1957 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Pamela Anderson |
Actor |
1-Jul-1967 |
|
Baywatch |
| Mario Andretti |
Auto Racing |
28-Feb-1940 |
|
Indy car racer |
| Paul Anka |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jul-1941 |
|
Put Your Head on My Shoulder |
| Anousheh Ansari |
Business |
12-Sep-1966 |
|
Telecom executive, space tourist |
| Piers Anthony |
Novelist |
6-Aug-1934 |
|
Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality |
| Hannah Arendt |
Philosopher |
14-Oct-1906 |
4-Dec-1975 |
Origins of Totalitarianism |
| Desi Arnaz |
Actor |
2-Mar-1917 |
2-Dec-1986 |
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy |
| Peter Arnett |
Journalist |
13-Nov-1934 |
|
Reporter during the Persian Gulf War |
| J. Hugo Aronson |
Politician |
1-Sep-1891 |
25-Feb-1978 |
Governor of Montana, 1953-61 |
| Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
| Charles Atlas |
Fitness Guru |
30-Oct-1892 |
23-Dec-1972 |
Former 97-pound weakling |
| W. H. Auden |
Poet |
21-Feb-1907 |
29-Sep-1973 |
The Age of Anxiety |
| Roy L. Austin |
Diplomat |
13-Dec-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Trinidad |
| Ramani Ayer |
Business |
27-May-1947 |
|
CEO of The Hartford |
| John Badham |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1939 |
|
Saturday Night Fever |
| Adolph Bandelier |
Anthropologist |
6-Aug-1840 |
18-Mar-1914 |
Native cultures of the American southwest |
| Jacques Barzun |
Historian |
30-Nov-1907 |
|
From Dawn to Decadence |
| Gregory Bateson |
Anthropologist |
9-May-1904 |
4-Jul-1980 |
Steps to an Ecology of Mind |
| Vicki Baum |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1888 |
29-Aug-1960 |
Grand Hotel |
| Brian Bedford |
Actor |
16-Feb-1935 |
|
The School for Wives |
| Alexander Graham Bell |
Inventor |
3-Mar-1847 |
2-Aug-1922 |
Inventor of the telephone |
| Catherine Bell |
Actor |
14-Aug-1968 |
|
Sarah MacKenzie on JAG |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
|
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Eric Bentley |
Critic |
14-Sep-1916 |
|
The Life of the Drama |
| Victor L. Berger |
Politician |
28-Feb-1860 |
7-Aug-1929 |
Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin |
| Hans Bethe |
Physicist |
2-Jul-1906 |
6-Mar-2005 |
Atomic scientist |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Elizabeth Blackwell |
Doctor |
3-Feb-1821 |
31-May-1910 |
America's first woman doctor |
| Tony Blankley |
Pundit |
1948 |
|
McLaughlin Group pundit |
| H. P. Blavatsky |
Author |
12-Aug-1831 |
8-May-1891 |
Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
| Günter Blobel |
Scientist |
21-May-1936 |
|
Protein signaling in cells |
| Erich Bloch |
Business |
9-Jan-1925 |
|
Director of NSF, 1984-90 |
| Ernest Bloch |
Composer |
24-Jul-1880 |
15-Jul-1959 |
Schelomo |
| Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Studied nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Nicolaas Bloembergen |
Physicist |
11-Mar-1920 |
|
Nonlinear optics |
| W. Michael Blumenthal |
Government |
3-Jan-1926 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79 |
| Franz Boas |
Anthropologist |
9-Jul-1858 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Father of American Anthropology |
| Hector Boiardi |
Chef |
22-Oct-1897 |
21-Jun-1985 |
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee |
| Bart Jan Bok |
Astronomer |
28-Apr-1906 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Bok globules |
| Joe Bonanno |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1905 |
12-May-2002 |
Bonanno crime family |
| Victor Borge |
Pianist |
3-Jan-1909 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Comedic pianist |
| Kenneth E. Boulding |
Economist |
18-Jan-1910 |
18-Mar-1993 |
The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society |
| Charles Boyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1899 |
26-Aug-1978 |
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Barbara Taylor Bradford |
Novelist |
5-May-1933 |
|
Emma Harte saga |
| Eric Braeden |
Actor |
3-Apr-1941 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
| Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Social parasite turned Poet Laureate |
| Geraldine Brooks |
Novelist |
1955 |
|
March |
| Pierce Brosnan |
Actor |
16-May-1951 |
|
Remington Steele, James Bond |
| Dirk Brouwer |
Astronomer |
1-Sep-1902 |
31-Jan-1966 |
Celestial mechanics |
| Ernest W. Brown |
Astronomer |
29-Nov-1866 |
22-Jul-1938 |
Tables of the Motion of the Moon |
| Georg Stanford Brown |
Actor |
24-Jun-1943 |
|
Officer Webster on The Rookies |
| Herbert C. Brown |
Chemist |
22-May-1912 |
19-Dec-2004 |
Discovered organoboranes |
| Coral Browne |
Actor |
23-Jul-1913 |
29-May-1991 |
The Killing of Sister George |
| Zbigniew Brzezinski |
Government |
28-Mar-1928 |
|
National Security Advisor, 1977-81 |
| Algis Budrys |
Author |
9-Jan-1931 |
|
Rogue Moon |
| Gerald Bull |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1928 |
22-Mar-1990 |
Supergun builder |
| E. Margaret Burbidge |
Astronomer |
12-Aug-1919 |
|
Synthesis of the elements in stars |
| Geoffrey Burbidge |
Astronomer |
24-Sep-1925 |
|
Quasi-steady state cosmology |
| Frances Hodgson Burnett |
Novelist |
24-Nov-1849 |
29-Oct-1924 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy |
| Mark Burnett |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Jul-1960 |
|
Survivor, Eco-Challenge, etc. |
| Arthur F. Burns |
Economist |
27-Apr-1904 |
6-Jun-1987 |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78 |
| Adolphus Busch |
Business |
10-Jul-1839 |
10-Oct-1913 |
Made Anheuser's brewery profitable |
| Columba Bush |
Relative |
1953 |
|
Wife of Florida governor Jeb Bush |
| Stuart Butler |
Activist |
c. 1946 |
|
Heritage Foundation |
| Mario Capecchi |
Scientist |
6-Oct-1937 |
|
Knock-out mice |
| Frank Capra |
Film Director |
18-May-1897 |
3-Sep-1991 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Anton J. Carlson |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1875 |
2-Sep-1956 |
The Machinery of the Body |
| Stokely Carmichael |
Activist |
29-Jun-1941 |
15-Nov-1998 |
Black separatist, Pan-Africanist |
| Rudolf Carnap |
Philosopher |
18-May-1891 |
14-Sep-1970 |
The Logical Syntax of Language |
| Jim Carrey |
Actor |
17-Jan-1962 |
|
Rubber-faced fartsmith |
| Oleg Cassini |
Fashion Designer |
11-Apr-1913 |
17-Mar-2006 |
Fashion designer |
| Carlos Castaneda |
Author |
25-Dec-1925 |
27-Apr-1998 |
The Teachings of Don Juan |
| Raúl H. Castro |
Politician |
12-Jun-1916 |
|
Governor of Arizona, 1975-77 |
| Max Cavalera |
Musician |
4-Aug-1969 |
|
Sepultura frontman |
| Paul L. Cejas |
Business |
1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1998-2001 |
| Henry Chadwick |
Journalist |
5-Oct-1824 |
20-Apr-1908 |
Father of baseball |
| Nanci Chambers |
Actor |
1-Oct-1963 |
|
Lt. Loren Singer on JAG |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Astronomer |
19-Oct-1910 |
21-Aug-1995 |
Evolution stages of stars |
| Charo |
Singer |
13-Mar-1941 |
|
Cuchi Cuchi |
| Leslie Charteris |
Novelist |
12-May-1907 |
15-Apr-1993 |
Created Simon Templar |
| Joan Chen |
Actor |
26-Apr-1961 |
|
The Last Emperor |
| Louis Chevrolet |
Auto Racing |
25-Dec-1878 |
6-Jun-1941 |
Designed the first Chevrolet |
| Christo |
Artist |
13-Jun-1935 |
|
Gift-wraps large monuments |
| Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
| Tansu Ciller |
Politician |
9-Oct-1946 |
|
Prime Minister of Turkey, 1993-96 |
| Albert Claude |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1899 |
22-May-1983 |
Microstructure of the cell |
| James Clavell |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1924 |
7-Sep-1994 |
Shogun and The Great Escape |
| Andrei Codrescu |
Author |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Exquisite Corpse |
| William Colgate |
Business |
25-Jan-1783 |
25-Jan-1857 |
Toothpaste empirebuilder |
| Nadia Comaneci |
Gymnastics |
12-Nov-1961 |
|
Olympic gymnast |
| Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
| Helene Cooper |
Journalist |
c. 1966 |
|
NY Times editorial board |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1967 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Allan M. Cormack |
Physicist |
23-Feb-1924 |
7-May-1998 |
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
| André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Dinesh D'Souza |
Author |
25-Apr-1961 |
|
Conservative author |
| Lili Damita |
Actor |
19-Jul-1901 |
21-Mar-1994 |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
| Helene von Damm |
Government |
4-May-1938 |
|
Reagan's personal secretary |
| George Dangerfield |
Historian |
28-Oct-1904 |
26-Dec-1986 |
The Strange Death of Liberal England |
| James J. Davis |
Government |
27-Oct-1873 |
22-Nov-1947 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30 |
| Richard Dawson |
Game Show Host |
20-Nov-1932 |
|
Hogan's Heroes, Family Feud |
| Yvonne De Carlo |
Actor |
1-Sep-1922 |
8-Jan-2007 |
Lily on The Munsters |
| John Gunther Dean |
Diplomat |
24-Feb-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 1985-88 |
| Gerard Debreu |
Economist |
4-Jul-1921 |
31-Dec-2004 |
Supply and demand theorist |
| Peter Debye |
Chemist |
24-Mar-1884 |
2-Nov-1966 |
Studied molecular structure, dipoles |
| Hans G. Dehmelt |
Physicist |
9-Sep-1922 |
|
Co-Inventor of the ion trap |
| Max Delbrück |
Scientist |
4-Sep-1906 |
10-Mar-1981 |
Molecular structure of viral genes (phages) |
| John Demjanjuk |
Victim |
3-Apr-1920 |
|
Retired auto worker hounded for war crimes |
| Charles J. Van Depoele |
Inventor |
27-Apr-1846 |
18-Mar-1892 |
Trolley car pioneer |
| Martin Deutsch |
Physicist |
29-Jun-1917 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Discovered positronium |
| T. G. Dobzhansky |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1900 |
18-Dec-1975 |
Genetics and the Origin of Species |
| John William Draper |
Chemist |
5-May-1811 |
4-Jan-1882 |
Radiant energy and portrait photography |
| Peter Drucker |
Business |
19-Nov-1909 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Management guru |
| Marcel Duchamp |
Artist |
28-Jul-1887 |
2-Oct-1968 |
Lead proponent of Dadaism |
| Renato Dulbecco |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1914 |
|
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| Dermot Dunphy |
Business |
15-Apr-1932 |
|
CEO of Sealed Air, 1971-99 |
| Robert C. Dynes |
Educator |
8-Nov-1942 |
|
President, University of California, 2003-08 |
| Freeman Dyson |
Physicist |
15-Dec-1923 |
|
Theoretical physicist at Princeton |
| Victor J. Dzau |
Doctor |
1946 |
|
CEO of Duke University Health System |
| Sheena Easton |
Singer |
27-Apr-1959 |
|
My Baby Takes The Morning Train |
| Sibel Edmonds |
Government |
1969 |
|
Former FBI translator |
| Hermann Eilts |
Diplomat |
23-Mar-1922 |
12-Oct-2006 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79 |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| Alfred Eisenstaedt |
Photographer |
6-Dec-1898 |
23-Aug-1995 |
Life magazine photographer |
| David James Elliott |
Actor |
21-Sep-1960 |
|
JAG |
| John Ericsson |
Inventor |
31-Jul-1803 |
8-Mar-1889 |
Built the ironclad USS Monitor |
| Maurice Evans |
Actor |
3-Jun-1901 |
12-Mar-1989 |
Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes |
| Patrick Ewing |
Basketball |
5-Aug-1962 |
|
New York Knicks player |
| Sergei Fedorov |
Hockey |
13-Dec-1969 |
|
Columbus Blue Jackets |
| Craig Ferguson |
Talk Show Host |
17-May-1962 |
|
The Late Late Show |
| Enrico Fermi |
Physicist |
29-Sep-1901 |
29-Nov-1954 |
First controlled nuclear chain reaction |
| Siegfried Fischbacher |
Magician |
13-Jun-1939 |
|
Half of the Siegfried and Roy magic act |
| Edmond H. Fischer |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1920 |
|
Protein phosphorylation |
| Megan Follows |
Actor |
14-Mar-1968 |
|
Anne of Green Gables |
| Glenn Ford |
Actor |
1-May-1916 |
30-Aug-2006 |
Gilda, Blackboard Jungle |
| Milos Forman |
Film Director |
18-Feb-1932 |
|
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest |
| Werner Fornos |
Activist |
1933 |
|
The Population Institute |
| Michael J. Fox |
Actor |
9-Jun-1961 |
|
Back to the Future |
| William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| Charles Fried |
Government |
15-Apr-1935 |
|
US Solicitor General, 1985-89 |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| Elizabeth Furse |
Politician |
13-Oct-1936 |
|
Congresswoman from Oregon, 1993-99 |
| Brigitte Gabriel |
Activist |
1965 |
|
American Congress for Truth |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
| James Gamble |
Business |
3-Apr-1803 |
29-Apr-1891 |
Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble |
| George Gamow |
Physicist |
4-Mar-1904 |
19-Aug-1968 |
Proponent of Big Bang Theory |
| Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
| Peter Gay |
Historian |
20-Jun-1923 |
|
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation |
| Frank Gehry |
Architect |
28-Feb-1929 |
|
Postmodern architect |
| Domenico Ghirardelli |
Business |
21-Feb-1817 |
17-Jan-1894 |
Founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company |
| Ivar Giaever |
Physicist |
5-Apr-1929 |
|
Tunneling in superconductors |
| Khalil Gibran |
Poet |
6-Jan-1883 |
10-Apr-1931 |
The Prophet |
| Kurt Gödel |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1906 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems |
| Alexander Godunov |
Dancer |
28-Nov-1949 |
18-May-1995 |
Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer |
| Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1906 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Shell nuclear model |
| Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
| Samuel Goldwyn |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Aug-1882 |
31-Jan-1974 |
Put the G in MGM |
| Samuel Gompers |
Labor Leader |
27-Jan-1850 |
13-Dec-1924 |
First President of the AFL |
| Richard R. Goodmanson |
Business |
1947 |
|
COO of DuPont |
| Percy Grainger |
Composer |
8-Jul-1882 |
20-Feb-1961 |
Country Gardens |
| Stewart Granger |
Actor |
6-May-1913 |
16-Aug-1993 |
King Solomon's Mines |
| Jennifer Granholm |
Politician |
5-Feb-1959 |
|
Governor of Michigan |
| Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
| Zvi Griliches |
Economist |
12-Sep-1930 |
4-Nov-1999 |
Technology, Education, and Productivity |
| Walter Gropius |
Architect |
18-May-1883 |
5-Jul-1969 |
Founder of the Bauhaus school |
| George Grosz |
Artist |
26-Jul-1893 |
6-Jul-1959 |
German social caricaturist |
| Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
| Edgar Guest |
Poet |
20-Aug-1881 |
5-Aug-1959 |
A Heap o' Livin' |
| Roger Guillemin |
Scientist |
11-Jan-1924 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Ozzie Guillen |
Baseball |
20-Jan-1964 |
|
Manager, Chicago White Sox |
| Vin Gupta |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO, InfoUSA |
| Carlos Gutierrez |
Government |
4-Nov-1953 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce |
| Mohan Gyani |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of AT&T Wireless, 2000-03 |
| Jan Hammer |
Musician |
17-Apr-1948 |
|
Wrote the theme for Miami Vice |
| Pamela Harriman |
Diplomat |
20-Mar-1920 |
5-Feb-1997 |
Socialite and Ambassador to France 1993-97 |
| Frank Harris |
Author |
14-Feb-1856 |
26-Aug-1931 |
My Life and Loves |
| John C. Harsanyi |
Economist |
29-May-1920 |
9-Aug-2000 |
Game theory |
| Geoffrey Hartman |
Critic |
11-Aug-1929 |
|
The Unmediated Vision |
| Phil Hartman |
Actor |
24-Sep-1948 |
28-May-1998 |
Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure |
| Martin Harwit |
Astronomer |
9-Mar-1931 |
|
Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy |
| Derek C. Hathaway |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Harsco, 1994-2007 |
| S. I. Hayakawa |
Politician |
19-Jul-1906 |
27-Feb-1992 |
Semanticist and US Senator |
| Shirley Hazzard |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1931 |
|
The Transit of Venus |
| Jascha Heifetz |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1901 |
10-Dec-1987 |
Violin virtuoso |
| Teresa Heinz |
Relative |
5-Oct-1938 |
|
John Kerry's rich wife |
| Skitch Henderson |
Conductor |
27-Jan-1918 |
1-Nov-2005 |
Original Tonight Show bandleader |
| Victor Herbert |
Composer |
1-Feb-1859 |
24-May-1924 |
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life |
| Victor Francis Hess |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1883 |
17-Dec-1964 |
Proved cosmic origin of radiation |
| Christopher Hitchens |
Journalist |
13-Apr-1949 |
|
Agent provocateur |
| David Ho |
Doctor |
3-Nov-1952 |
|
AIDS researcher |
| Pete Hoekstra |
Politician |
30-Oct-1953 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 2nd |
| Nicholas J. Hoff |
Engineer |
3-Jan-1906 |
4-Aug-1997 |
Aluminum in aircraft design |
| Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
| Roy Horn |
Magician |
3-Oct-1944 |
|
Half of the Siegfried and Roy magic act |
| Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
1-Oct-1903 |
5-Nov-1989 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| Sally Ann Howes |
Actor |
20-Jul-1930 |
|
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
| Norman Hsu |
Philanthropist |
Oct-1951 |
|
Notorious Democratic donor |
| David H. Hubel |
Scientist |
27-Feb-1926 |
|
Neurophysiology of vision |
| Conrad Hubert |
Business |
15-Apr-1856 |
12-Mar-1928 |
Flashlights |
| William Hung |
Singer |
13-Jan-1983 |
|
Hong Kong Ricky Martin on American Idol |
| Leonid Hurwicz |
Economist |
21-Aug-1917 |
|
Mechanism design theory |
| Martin Indyk |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1995-97, 2000-01 |
| Tony Jay |
Actor |
2-Feb-1933 |
13-Aug-2006 |
Voice and character actor |
| Peter Jennings |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1938 |
7-Aug-2005 |
Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight |
| Hans Jonas |
Philosopher |
10-May-1903 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Gnostic philosopher |
| John Percival Jones |
Politician |
27-Jan-1829 |
12-Nov-1912 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903 |
| Joseph M. Juran |
Scientist |
24-Dec-1904 |
28-Feb-2008 |
The Pareto Principle |
| Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
| Otto Kahn |
Business |
21-Feb-1867 |
29-Mar-1934 |
Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. |
| Daniel Kahneman |
Psychologist |
5-Mar-1934 |
|
The psychology of economics |
| Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Theodore von Kármán |
Mathematician |
11-May-1881 |
7-May-1963 |
Kármán vortices |
| Munr Kazmir |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO, Direct Meds, Inc. |
| Joyce L. Kennard |
Judge |
6-May-1941 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Arthur E. Kennelly |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1861 |
18-Jun-1939 |
Kennelly-Heaviside layer |
| Graham Kerr |
Chef |
22-Jan-1934 |
|
The Galloping Gourmet |
| H. Gobind Khorana |
Scientist |
9-Jan-1922 |
|
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
Secretly bombed Cambodia |
| Otto Klemperer |
Conductor |
14-May-1885 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Prominent German conductor |
| Werner Klemperer |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
6-Dec-2000 |
Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes |
| Hildegard Knef |
Actor |
28-Dec-1925 |
1-Feb-2002 |
The Murderers Are Among Us |
| Max Kohl |
Business |
12-May-1901 |
14-Dec-1981 |
Kohl's Department Stores |
| Walter Kohn |
Chemist |
9-Mar-1923 |
|
Density-functional theory |
| Tjalling C. Koopmans |
Economist |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Feb-1985 |
Linear programming |
| James L. Kraft |
Business |
11-Dec-1874 |
Feb-1953 |
Inventor of processed cheese |
| Kurt Kreuger |
Actor |
23-Jul-1916 |
12-Jul-2006 |
The Enemy Below |
| Ryszard Kuklinski |
Spy |
13-Jun-1930 |
10-Feb-2004 |
Polish Cold War era spy who worked with CIA |
| Sanjay Kumar |
Business |
1962 |
|
Former CEO, Computer Associates |
| Polykarp Kusch |
Physicist |
26-Jan-1911 |
20-Mar-1993 |
Magnetic moment of the electron |
| Marquis de Lafayette |
Military |
6-Sep-1757 |
20-May-1834 |
French revolutionary in America |
| Hedy Lamarr |
Actor |
9-Nov-1913 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Actress, invented frequency hopping |
| George W. Landau |
Diplomat |
4-Mar-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1982 |
| Franklin K. Lane |
Government |
15-Jul-1864 |
18-May-1921 |
US Secretary of the Interior 1913-20 |
| Angela Lansbury |
Actor |
16-Oct-1925 |
|
Murder She Wrote |
| Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
| Charles Laughton |
Actor |
1-Jul-1899 |
15-Dec-1962 |
Island of Lost Souls |
| Wen Ho Lee |
Victim |
21-Dec-1939 |
|
Allegedly spied for China |
| Yuan T. Lee |
Chemist |
29-Nov-1936 |
|
Crossed molecular beam experiments |
| Anthony J. Leggett |
Physicist |
26-Mar-1938 |
|
Particle physicist, explored superfluidity |
| Ivan Lendl |
Tennis |
7-Mar-1960 |
|
The Father of Modern Tennis |
| Wassily Leontief |
Economist |
5-Aug-1906 |
5-Feb-1999 |
Structure of the American Economy |
| Abba Lerner |
Economist |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
The Economics of Control |
| Gerda Lerner |
Historian |
30-Apr-1920 |
|
The Woman in American History |
| Denise Levertov |
Poet |
24-Oct-1923 |
20-Dec-1997 |
With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads |
| Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Scientist |
22-Apr-1909 |
|
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
| Kurt Lewin |
Psychologist |
9-Sep-1890 |
12-Feb-1947 |
Field theorist, group dynamicist |
| Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
| Willy Ley |
Author |
2-Oct-1906 |
24-May-1969 |
The Conquest of Space |
| Hadassah Lieberman |
Relative |
Mar-1948 |
|
Wife of Joseph Lieberman |
| Viveca Lindfors |
Actor |
29-Dec-1920 |
25-Oct-1995 |
Night Unto Night |
| Bai Ling |
Actor |
10-Oct-1970 |
|
Anna and the King |
| Art Linkletter |
TV Personality |
17-Jul-1912 |
|
Kids Say the Darndest Things |
| Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
| John Loder |
Actor |
3-Jan-1898 |
26-Dec-1988 |
Sabotage |
| Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Karina Lombard |
Actor |
21-Jan-1964 |
|
The L Word |
| Guy Lombardo |
Musician |
19-Jun-1902 |
5-Nov-1977 |
The Royal Canadians |
| Johnny Longden |
Jockey |
14-Feb-1907 |
14-Feb-2003 |
Winner, 1943 Triple Crown |
| Bernard Lown |
Doctor |
7-Jun-1921 |
|
Inventor of defibrillator, peace activist |
| Bela Lugosi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
16-Aug-1956 |
Dracula |
| Paul Lukas |
Actor |
26-May-1887 |
15-Aug-1971 |
Watch on the Rhine |
| Keye Luke |
Actor |
18-Jun-1904 |
12-Jan-1991 |
Charlie Chan's No. 1 Son, Lee |
| Salvador Luria |
Biologist |
13-Aug-1912 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Demonstrated natural selection in bacteria |
| Willem J. Luyten |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1899 |
21-Nov-1994 |
Stellar mortician |
| Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
| Norm MacDonald |
Comic |
17-Oct-1963 |
|
Saturday Night Live alumnus |
| Charlotte MacLeod |
Novelist |
12-Nov-1922 |
14-Jan-2005 |
Mystery novelist, Peter Shandy Series |
| Patrick Macnee |
Actor |
6-Feb-1922 |
|
Mr. Steed on The Avengers |
| John Mahoney |
Actor |
20-Jun-1940 |
|
Martin Crane on Frasier |
| Mako |
Actor |
10-Dec-1933 |
21-Jul-2006 |
Akiro "The Wizard" in the Conan series |
| Thomas Mann |
Novelist |
6-Jun-1875 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Buddenbrooks |
| David Manners |
Actor |
30-Apr-1901 |
23-Dec-1998 |
Dracula |
| Rudolph A. Marcus |
Chemist |
21-Jul-1923 |
|
Electron-transfer reactions |
| Herbert Marcuse |
Philosopher |
19-Jul-1898 |
29-Jul-1979 |
One-Dimensional Man |
| Hans Mark |
Physicist |
17-Jun-1929 |
|
US Air Force Secretary, 1979-81 |
| Margaret H. Marshall |
Judge |
1-Sep-1944 |
|
Massachusetts Chief Justice |
| Mel Martinez |
Government |
23-Oct-1946 |
|
US Senator from Florida |
| Jamie Masada |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Laugh Factory owner |
| Raymond Massey |
Actor |
30-Aug-1896 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Things to Come |
| Peter Mayhew |
Actor |
19-May-1944 |
|
Chewbacca in Star Wars |
| Claude McKay |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
22-May-1948 |
Home to Harlem |
| Victor McLaglen |
Actor |
11-Dec-1883 |
7-Nov-1959 |
The Informer |
| John McVie |
Bassist |
26-Nov-1945 |
|
Bassist for Fleetwood Mac |
| Mike Medavoy |
Business |
21-Jan-1941 |
|
TriStar, Orion, Phoenix Pictures chairman |
| Ved Mehta |
Author |
21-Mar-1934 |
|
Face to Face |
| Christoph Meili |
Victim |
21-Apr-1968 |
|
Security guard fired by Union Banque Suisse |
| Thomas Mellon |
Business |
3-Feb-1813 |
3-Feb-1908 |
Patriarch of the Mellon dynasty |
| Michael Melvill |
Astronaut |
11-Nov-1941 |
|
First private astronaut in space |
| Ana Mendieta |
Performance Artist |
18-Nov-1948 |
8-Sep-1985 |
Feminist performance artist |
| Ray Milland |
Actor |
3-Jan-1907 |
10-Mar-1986 |
The Lost Weekend |
| Czeslaw Milosz |
Poet |
30-Jun-1911 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Polish novelist and poet, The Captive Mind |
| Stephan Minikes |
Diplomat |
1938 |
|
US Ambassador to the OSCE, 2001-05 |
| Rudolph Minkowski |
Astronomer |
28-May-1895 |
4-Jan-1976 |
Galaxies in collision |
| Jessica Mitford |
Author |
11-Sep-1917 |
23-Jul-1996 |
The American Way of Death |
| Franco Modigliani |
Economist |
18-Jun-1918 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Life-cycle theory |
| Donald Moffat |
Actor |
26-Dec-1930 |
|
British-American character actor |
| Ashley Montagu |
Anthropologist |
28-Jun-1905 |
26-Nov-1999 |
The Natural Superiority of Women |
| Matt Moore |
Actor |
8-Jan-1888 |
20-Jan-1960 |
Irish-American character actor |
| Owen Moore |
Actor |
12-Dec-1886 |
9-Jun-1939 |
Irish-American character actor |
| Tom Moore |
Actor |
1-May-1883 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Irish-American character actor |
| Oskar Morgenstern |
Economist |
24-Jan-1902 |
26-Jul-1977 |
Game theorist |
| Alanis Morissette |
Singer |
1-Jun-1974 |
|
Jagged Little Pill |
| Alan Mowbray |
Actor |
18-Aug-1896 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Founding member, Screen Actors Guild |
| Bharati Mukherjee |
Novelist |
27-Jul-1940 |
|
The Tiger's Daughter |
| William Mulholland |
Engineer |
11-Sep-1855 |
22-Jul-1935 |
Los Angeles Aqueduct |
| Rupert Murdoch |
Business |
11-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder and CEO of News Corp |
| Mike Myers |
Comic |
25-May-1963 |
|
SNL alumnus is Austin Powers |
| James Naismith |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1861 |
28-Nov-1939 |
Inventor of Basketball |
| Thomas Nast |
Cartoonist |
27-Sep-1840 |
7-Dec-1902 |
American political caricaturist |
| Martina Navratilova |
Tennis |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
Nine-time Wimbledon winner |
| Alla Nazimova |
Actor |
22-May-1879 |
13-Jul-1945 |
Blood and Sand |
| Pola Negri |
Actor |
31-Dec-1894 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Sultry silent film diva |
| Gerry Neugebauer |
Astronomer |
1932 |
|
Infrared astronomy |
| Richard John Neuhaus |
Religion |
14-May-1936 |
|
Catholic priest |
| Leslie Nielsen |
Actor |
11-Feb-1926 |
|
Airplane! |
| John W. Nordstrom |
Business |
15-Feb-1871 |
1-Oct-1963 |
Founder of Nordstrom |
| Milo O'Shea |
Actor |
2-Jun-1926 |
|
Ulysses |
| Severo Ochoa |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1905 |
1-Nov-1993 |
Synthesized RNA |
| Shavo Odadjian |
Bassist |
22-Apr-1974 |
|
Bassist, System of a Down |
| Soon-Tek Oh |
Actor |
29-Jan-1943 |
|
Frequently on M*A*S*H |
| Masi Oka |
Actor |
27-Dec-1974 |
|
Hiro Nakamura on Heroes |
| Michel Oksenberg |
Scholar |
12-Oct-1938 |
22-Feb-2001 |
Leading sinologist |
| George A. Olah |
Chemist |
22-May-1927 |
|
Isolated carbonium ions |
| Hakeem Olajuwon |
Basketball |
21-Jan-1963 |
|
Houston Rockets |
| Claes Oldenburg |
Sculptor |
28-Jan-1929 |
|
Pop-Art sculptor |
| Marian P. Opala |
Judge |
20-Jan-1921 |
|
Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court |
| Bohdan Paczynski |
Astronomer |
8-Feb-1940 |
19-Apr-2007 |
Gravitational microlensing |
| Nam June Paik |
Artist |
20-Jul-1932 |
29-Jan-2006 |
Korean-American video artist |
| George E. Palade |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1912 |
|
Microstructure of the cell |
| John M. Palms |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1935 |
|
President, University of South Carolina, 1991-2002 |
| Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| Andreas Papandreou |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1919 |
23-Jun-1996 |
Twice Prime Minister of Greece |
| George Papanicolaou |
Scientist |
13-May-1883 |
19-Feb-1962 |
Pap smear |
| Cecilia Parker |
Actor |
26-Apr-1905 |
25-Jul-1993 |
Marian Hardy in Andy Hardy series |
| Elizabeth Paté-Cornell |
Educator |
17-Aug-1948 |
|
Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor |
| Vivek Paul |
Business |
1958 |
|
Vice Chairman of Wipro, 1999-2005 |
| Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
Astronomer |
10-May-1900 |
7-Dec-1979 |
Hydrogen in the Sun |
| P. James E. Peebles |
Astronomer |
25-Apr-1935 |
|
Galaxy formation |
| I. M. Pei |
Architect |
26-Apr-1917 |
|
Designed Louvre's glass pyramid |
| Leonard Peikoff |
Philosopher |
1933 |
|
Proseletyzer of objectivism |
| Charles Pfizer |
Chemist |
1824 |
19-Oct-1906 |
Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals |
| Graham H. Phillips |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1999-2000 |
| Jean Piccard |
Aviator |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Extreme balloonist |
| Christina Pickles |
Actor |
17-Feb-1935 |
|
Judy Geller on Friends |
| James D. Plummer |
Educator |
3-Dec-1944 |
|
Dean of Stanford's Engineering School |
| Éleuthère Irénée du Pont |
Business |
24-Jun-1771 |
31-Oct-1834 |
Founder of DuPont |
| William J. Porter |
Diplomat |
1-Sep-1914 |
15-Mar-1988 |
US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea |
| Heinz C. Prechter |
Business |
1942 |
6-Jul-2001 |
The sunroof king |
| André Previn |
Pianist |
6-Apr-1929 |
|
Concert pianist and orchestral conductor |
| William Procter |
Business |
7-Dec-1801 |
4-Apr-1884 |
Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble |
| Wolfgang Puck |
Chef |
8-Jan-1949 |
|
Spago restaurant |
| Sergei Rachmaninov |
Composer |
20-Mar-1873 |
28-Mar-1943 |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
| Bogdan Raczynski |
Electronic Musician |
c. 1977 |
|
Boku Mo Wakaran |
| David Rakoff |
Author |
27-Nov-1964 |
|
Don't Get Too Comfortable |
| Manny Ramirez |
Baseball |
30-May-1972 |
|
Boston Red Sox outfielder |
| Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
The Fountainhead, Atlas Shrugged |
| James Randi |
Magician |
7-Aug-1928 |
|
The Amazing Randi |
| Prem Rawat |
Religion |
10-Dec-1957 |
|
Guru Maharaj Ji |
| Helen Reddy |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Oct-1941 |
|
She is Woman |
| Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
|
The Happy Hooker |
| Roger Rees |
Actor |
5-May-1944 |
|
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
| Eric Reissner |
Mathematician |
5-Jan-1913 |
1-Nov-1996 |
Reissner shear-deformation plate theory |
| Erich Maria Remarque |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1898 |
25-Sep-1970 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Oscar de la Renta |
Fashion Designer |
22-Jul-1932 |
|
Colorful and flirty fashion designer |
| Rick Rescorla |
Victim |
27-May-1939 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11 |
| Nicholas A. Rey |
Business |
1938 |
|
US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97 |
| Tony Rezko |
Business |
1955 |
|
Chicago chain restaurateur |
| Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
|
Pardoned by Clinton |
| Natasha Richardson |
Actor |
11-May-1963 |
|
Widows' Peak |
| Félix Rodríguez |
Spy |
1941 |
|
Bay of Pigs, Iran-Contra operative |
| Felix Rohatyn |
Business |
29-May-1928 |
|
Financier, Lazard Frères |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
Architect |
27-Mar-1886 |
17-Aug-1969 |
The Glass Skyscraper |
| O. E. Rölvaag |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1876 |
5-Nov-1931 |
Giants in the Earth |
| Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times executive editor 1977-86 |
| Artur Rubinstein |
Pianist |
28-Jan-1887 |
20-Dec-1982 |
Polish-American piano virtuoso |
| Hector Ruiz |
Business |
25-Dec-1945 |
|
CEO of Advanced Micro Devices |
| Eero Saarinen |
Architect |
20-Aug-1910 |
1-Sep-1961 |
Designed IBM's Watson Research Centre |
| Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
| Sabu |
Actor |
27-Jan-1924 |
2-Dec-1963 |
Jungle Book |
| Ruben Salazar |
Journalist |
3-Mar-1928 |
29-Aug-1970 |
L.A. Times reporter killed on duty |
| Carlos Santana |
Musician |
20-Jul-1947 |
|
House is dark, pots are cold |
| George Sarton |
Historian |
31-Aug-1884 |
22-Mar-1956 |
Introduction to the History of Science |
| Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Béla Schick |
Doctor |
16-Jul-1877 |
6-Dec-1967 |
Schick test for diphtheria |
| Jacob Schiff |
Business |
10-Jan-1847 |
25-Sep-1920 |
New York banker |
| Heinrich Schliemann |
Archaeologist |
6-Jan-1822 |
26-Dec-1890 |
Discoverer of ancient Troy |
| Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
| Arnold Schoenberg |
Composer |
13-Sep-1874 |
13-Jul-1951 |
Emancipated dissonance |
| Frederick A. O. Schwarz |
Business |
18-Oct-1836 |
17-May-1911 |
Founder of FAO Schwarz |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Actor |
30-Jul-1947 |
|
Governor of California |
| Martin Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
31-May-1912 |
10-Apr-1997 |
Structure and Evolution of the Stars |
| Peter Sebastian |
Diplomat |
19-Jun-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1984-87 |
| Emilio Segrè |
Physicist |
1-Feb-1905 |
22-Apr-1989 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Nathan Seiberg |
Physicist |
22-Sep-1956 |
|
String theorist at Princeton |
| Monica Seles |
Tennis |
2-Dec-1973 |
|
Stabbed by Steffi Graf's stalker |
| Norma Shearer |
Actor |
10-Aug-1902 |
12-Jun-1983 |
The Divorcee |
| Igor Sikorsky |
Business |
25-May-1889 |
26-Oct-1972 |
Helicopter magnate |
| Luther Simjian |
Inventor |
28-Jan-1905 |
23-Oct-1997 |
Invented automated teller machine |
| Charles Simonyi |
Computer Programmer |
10-Sep-1948 |
|
Hungarian notation |
| Isaac Bashevis Singer |
Author |
14-Jul-1904 |
24-Jul-1991 |
Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy |
| Slash |
Guitarist |
23-Jul-1965 |
|
Former lead guitarist, Guns n' Roses |
| Nicolas Slonimsky |
Lexicographer |
27-Apr-1894 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Preeminent musicologist |
| Louis Slotin |
Physicist |
1-Dec-1910 |
30-May-1946 |
Died tickling the dragon's tail |
| Yakov Smirnoff |
Comic |
24-Jan-1951 |
|
What a country |
| Oliver Smithies |
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