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Traveled to the USSR

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A visit, or relocation to, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (1922-91) by a nonresident.

See also Traveled to Bolshevik Russia.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Konrad Adenauer
Politician
5-Jan-1876 19-Apr-1967 Chancellor of West Germany, 1949-61
Hafez al-Assad
Head of State
6-Oct-1930 10-Jun-2000 President of Syria, 1971-2000
Raúl Alfonsín
Head of State
13-Mar-1927 31-Mar-2009 President of Argentina, 1983-89
Muhammad Ali
Boxing
17-Jan-1942   Floated like butterfly, stung like bee
Salvador Allende
Head of State
26-Jul-1908 11-Sep-1973 Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet
Luis W. Alvarez
Physicist
13-Jun-1911 1-Sep-1988 Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs
Dwayne Andreas
Business
4-Mar-1918   Archer Daniels Midland CEO, 1970-97
Princess Anne
Royalty
15-Aug-1950   The Horsey Princess Royal
Yasser Arafat
Politician
24-Aug-1929 10-Nov-2004 Palestinian leader, former terrorist
Louis Aragon
Poet
3-Oct-1897 24-Dec-1982 Communistic French poet
John Ashcroft
Politician
9-May-1942   US Attorney General, 2001-05
Ed Asner
Actor
15-Nov-1929   Lou Grant
Bashar al-Assad
Head of State
11-Sep-1965   President of Syria
Clement Attlee
Head of State
3-Jan-1883 8-Oct-1967 UK Prime Minister, 1945-51
Tariq Aziz
Government
28-Apr-1936 5-Jun-2015 Ex-Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister
Sebastian Bach
Musician
3-Apr-1968   Former Skid Row vocalist
Joan Baez
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jan-1941   Diamonds and Rust
Howard Baker
Government
15-Nov-1925 26-Jun-2014 Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1987-88
James Baker
Government
28-Apr-1930   US Secretary of State, 1989-92
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Ernest Bevin
Politician
9-Mar-1881 14-Apr-1951 UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Head of State
5-Jan-1928 4-Apr-1979 Head of Pakistan, hanged
Anthony Blunt
Historian
26-Sep-1907 26-Mar-1983 Art historian, Soviet spy
Jon Bon Jovi
Musician
2-Mar-1962   Gives love a bad name
Frank Borman
Astronaut
14-Mar-1928   First to circumnavigate moon
Willy Brandt
Head of State
18-Dec-1913 8-Oct-1992 German Chancellor, 1969-74
Terry E. Branstad
Politician
17-Nov-1946   Governor of Iowa
Bertolt Brecht
Playwright
10-Feb-1898 14-Aug-1956 Mother Courage and Her Children
William C. Bullitt
Diplomat
25-Jan-1891 15-Feb-1967 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36
Carol Burnett
Actor
26-Apr-1933   The Carol Burnett Show
Richard R. Burt
Diplomat
3-Feb-1947   US Ambassador to Germany, 1985-89
Barbara Bush
First Lady
8-Jun-1925   Wife of US President George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush
Head of State
12-Jun-1924   41st US President, 1989-93
Robert Byrd
Politician
20-Nov-1917 28-Jun-2010 US Senator, former Klan member
James F. Byrnes
Politician
2-May-1882 9-Apr-1972 US Secretary of State, 1945-47
Erskine Caldwell
Author
17-Dec-1903 11-Apr-1987 Tobacco Road
Robert Capa
Photographer
22-Oct-1913 25-May-1954 War photographer
John Le Carré
Novelist
19-Oct-1931   The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Fidel Castro
Head of State
13-Aug-1926   Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years
Raúl Castro
Head of State
3-Jun-1931   President of Cuba
Marc Chagall
Artist
7-Jul-1887 28-Mar-1985 I and the Village
Dick Cheney
Politician
30-Jan-1941   US Vice President, 2001-09
Winston Churchill
Head of State
30-Nov-1874 24-Jan-1965 WWII Prime Minister of England
Eldridge Cleaver
Activist
31-Aug-1935 1-May-1998 Black Panther turned Republican
Van Cliburn
Pianist
12-Jul-1934 27-Feb-2013 Piano prodigy
Bill Clinton
Head of State
19-Aug-1946   42nd US President, 1993-2001
George D. Clyde
Politician
21-Jul-1898 2-Apr-1972 Governor of Utah, 1957-65
LeRoy Collins
Politician
10-Mar-1909 12-Mar-1991 Governor of Florida, 1955-61
Chuck Connors
Actor
10-Apr-1921 10-Nov-1992 The Rifleman
William J. Crowe, Jr.
Government
2-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2007 US Navy Admiral
Javier Pérez de Cuellar
Government
19-Jan-1920   UN Secretary General, 1982-91
John Culver
Politician
8-Aug-1932   US Senator from Iowa, 1974-81
e. e. cummings
Poet
14-Oct-1894 3-Sep-1962 Majuscule-challenged American poet
Mario Cuomo
Politician
15-Jun-1932 1-Jan-2015 Governor of New York, 1983-95
Nicholas Daniloff
Journalist
30-Dec-1934   Journalist jailed by Soviet Union
Angela Davis
Activist
26-Jan-1944   Black Panther, teacher, professor
John E. Davis
Politician
18-Apr-1913 12-May-1990 Governor of North Dakota, 1957-61
Charles de Gaulle
Head of State
22-Nov-1890 9-Nov-1970 President of France, 1958-69
John Denver
Country Musician
31-Dec-1943 12-Oct-1997 Rocky Mountain High
Butler Derrick
Politician
30-Sep-1936 5-May-2014 Congressman from South Carolina, 1975-95
Jacques Derrida
Philosopher
15-Jul-1930 9-Oct-2004 Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist
John Dewey
Educator
20-Oct-1859 1-Jun-1952 Pragmatist philosopher, education reformer
Norm Dicks
Politician
16-Dec-1940   Congressman, Washington 6th
Pete Domenici
Politician
7-May-1932   US Senator from New Mexico, 1973-2009
Phil Donahue
Talk Show Host
21-Dec-1935   The Phil Donahue Show
José Eduardo dos Santos
Head of State
28-Aug-1942   President of Angola
Thomas J. Downey
Politician
28-Jan-1949   Congressman from New York, 1975-93
Theodore Dreiser
Novelist
27-Aug-1871 28-Dec-1945 An American Tragedy
Georges Duhamel
Novelist
30-Jun-1884 13-Apr-1966 Civilisation
Ariel Durant
Historian
10-May-1898 25-Oct-1981 The Story of Civilization
Will Durant
Historian
5-Nov-1885 7-Nov-1981 The Story of Civilization
Freeman Dyson
Physicist
15-Dec-1923   Theoretical physicist at Institute for Advanced Study
Luis Echeverría
Head of State
17-Jan-1922   President of Mexico, 1970-76
Anthony Eden
Head of State
12-Jun-1897 14-Jan-1977 UK Prime Minister, 1955-57
Zhou Enlai
Head of State
5-Mar-1898 8-Jan-1976 Mao's right-hand man
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.
Actor
23-May-1883 12-Dec-1939 The Thief of Baghdad
Joan Finney
Politician
12-Feb-1925 28-Jul-2001 Governor of Kansas, 1991-95
Hamilton Fish III
Politician
7-Dec-1888 18-Jan-1991 Congressman from New York, 1920-45
Eddie Fisher
Singer
10-Aug-1928 22-Sep-2010 Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist
Betty Ford
First Lady
8-Apr-1918 8-Jul-2011 Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center
Gerald Ford
Head of State
14-Jul-1913 26-Dec-2006 38th US President, 1974-77
Henry Ford II
Business
4-Sep-1917 29-Sep-1987 Former President, CEO of Ford
Robert Frost
Poet
26-Mar-1874 29-Jan-1963 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Indira Gandhi
Head of State
19-Nov-1917 31-Oct-1984 First Female Prime Minister of India
Rajiv Gandhi
Head of State
20-Aug-1944 21-May-1991 Prime Minister of India 1984-9
Roswell Garst
Agriculturalist
14-Jun-1898 5-Nov-1977 Hybrid corn farmer, amateur diplomat
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Government
21-Mar-1927   German Foreign Minister, 1974-92
André Gide
Author
22-Nov-1869 19-Feb-1951 Le Voyage d'Urien
David Gilmour
Guitarist
6-Mar-1946   Guitarist for Pink Floyd
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Robin Givens
Actor
27-Nov-1964   Darlene on Head of the Class
Benny Goodman
Jazz Musician
30-May-1909 13-Jun-1986 Bespectacled jazz clarinetist
James P. Goodrich
Politician
18-Feb-1864 15-Aug-1940 Governor of Indiana, 1917-21
Al Gore
Politician
31-Mar-1948   US Vice President under Clinton
Bill Graham
Business
8-Jan-1931 25-Oct-1991 Rock & roll promoter
Billy Graham
Religion
7-Nov-1918   Televangelist
Bryant Gumbel
Talk Show Host
29-Sep-1948   The Today Show
Gus Hall
Activist
8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA
Armand Hammer
Business
21-May-1898 10-Dec-1990 Soviet agent of influence
Kirk Hammett
Guitarist
18-Nov-1962   Guitarist for Metallica
W. Averell Harriman
Diplomat
15-Nov-1891 26-Jul-1986 Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY
Gary Hart
Politician
28-Nov-1936   US Senator from Colorado, 1975-87
Arthur A. Hartman
Diplomat
12-Mar-1926 16-Mar-2015 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1981-87
Stephen Hawking
Physicist
8-Jan-1942   Wheelchair-bound physicist
Lillian Hellman
Playwright
20-Jun-1905 30-Jun-1984 Little Foxes
James Hetfield
Musician
3-Aug-1963   Metallica
Al Hirschfeld
Artist
21-Jun-1903 20-Jan-2003 Pen and ink caricaturist
Alger Hiss
Government
11-Nov-1904 15-Nov-1996 Accused spy for the Soviet Union
Luther H. Hodges
Politician
9-Mar-1898 6-Oct-1974 Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61
Fritz Hollings
Politician
1-Jan-1922   US Senator from South Carolina, 1967-2005
Bob Hope
Comic
29-May-1903 27-Jul-2003 Centenarian comic
Harry Lloyd Hopkins
Government
17-Aug-1890 29-Jan-1946 US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40
Vladimir Horowitz
Pianist
1-Oct-1903 5-Nov-1989 Virtuoso pianist
Carroll Hubbard, Jr.
Politician
7-Jul-1937   Congressman from Kentucky, 1975-93
Hubert Humphrey
Politician
27-May-1911 13-Jan-1978 US Vice President, 1965-69
King Hussein I
Royalty
14-Nov-1935 7-Feb-1999 King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Kim Jong Il
Head of State
16-Feb-1941 17-Dec-2011 Dictator of North Korea, 1994-2011
Jacob K. Javits
Politician
18-Mar-1904 7-Mar-1986 US Senator from New York, 1957-81
Steve Jobs
Business
24-Feb-1955 5-Oct-2011 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Billy Joel
Pianist
9-May-1949   Didn't start the fire
John Scarlett
Spy
18-Aug-1948   Head of MI6
Elton John
Singer/Songwriter
25-Mar-1947   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Brian Johnson
Singer
5-Oct-1947   Frontman of AC/DC
Babrak Karmal
Head of State
6-Jan-1929 3-Dec-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1979-86
Danny Kaye
Actor
18-Jan-1913 3-Mar-1987 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Rose Kennedy
Relative
22-Jul-1890 22-Jan-1995 Kennedy Matriarch
Ted Kennedy
Politician
22-Feb-1932 25-Aug-2009 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Rockwell Kent
Painter
21-Jun-1882 13-Mar-1971 Early 20th c. American realist painter
B. B. King
Musician
16-Sep-1925 14-May-2015 King of the Blues
Alan G. Kirk
Military
30-Oct-1888 15-Oct-1963 US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR
Henry Kissinger
Government
27-May-1923   US Secretary of State, 1973-77
Ed Koch
Politician
12-Dec-1924 1-Feb-2013 Mayor of New York City, 1978-89
Helmut Kohl
Head of State
3-Apr-1930   Chancellor of Germany 1982-98
Corliss Lamont
Activist
28-Mar-1902 26-Apr-1995 Millionaire socialist
Ann Landers
Columnist
4-Jul-1918 22-Jun-2002 Syndicated advice columnist
Jim Leach
Politician
15-Oct-1942   Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007
Patrick Leahy
Politician
31-Mar-1940   US Senator from Vermont
Tommy Lee
Drummer
3-Oct-1962   Mötley Crüe drummer
René Lévesque
Politician
24-Aug-1922 1-Nov-1987 Premier of Quebec, 1976-85
Charles Lindbergh
Aviator
4-Feb-1902 26-Aug-1974 Transatlantic soloist
Samora Machel
Head of State
29-Sep-1933 19-Oct-1986 President of Mozambique, 1975-86
Shirley MacLaine
Actor
24-Apr-1934   Terms of Endearment
Donald Maclean
Spy
25-May-1913 6-Mar-1983 Spy for Moscow, Cambridge Five
Harold Macmillan
Head of State
10-Feb-1894 29-Dec-1986 UK Prime Minister, 1957-63
André Malraux
Novelist
3-Nov-1901 23-Nov-1976 La Condition Humaine
Mao
Head of State
26-Dec-1893 9-Sep-1976 Great Leap Forward!
Ferdinand Marcos
Head of State
11-Sep-1917 28-Sep-1989 Disgraced Philippine dictator
Imelda Marcos
First Lady
2-Jul-1929   Former First Lady of the Philippines
George C. Marshall
Military
31-Dec-1880 16-Oct-1959 US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45
Nick Mason
Drummer
27-Jan-1945   Drummer for Pink Floyd
Charles Mathias
Politician
24-Jul-1922 25-Jan-2010 US Senator from Maryland, 1969-87
Thabo Mbeki
Head of State
18-Jun-1942   President of South Africa, 1999-2008
Eugene McCarthy
Politician
29-Mar-1916 10-Dec-2005 US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71
James A. McClure
Politician
27-Dec-1924 26-Feb-2011 US Senator from Idaho, 1973-91
Michael McFaul
Diplomat
1-Oct-1963   US Ambassador to Russia
Claude McKay
Novelist
15-Sep-1890 22-May-1948 Home to Harlem
Golda Meir
Head of State
3-May-1898 8-Dec-1978 Fourth Prime Minister of Israel
Howard Metzenbaum
Politician
4-Jun-1917 12-Mar-2008 US Senator from Ohio, 1977-95
Robert B. Meyner
Politician
3-Jul-1908 27-May-1990 Governor of New Jersey, 1954-62
Arthur Miller
Playwright
17-Oct-1915 10-Feb-2005 Death of a Salesman
Ho Chi Minh
Activist
19-May-1890 2-Sep-1969 Uncle Ho
François Mitterrand
Head of State
26-Oct-1916 8-Jan-1996 President of France, 1981-95
Bernard Montgomery
Military
17-Nov-1887 24-Mar-1976 Won Battle of El Alamein during WWII
Jim Moody
Politician
2-Sep-1935   Congressman from Wisconsin, 1983-93
Robert B. Morgan
Politician
5-Oct-1925   US Senator from North Carolina, 1975-81
Brian Mulroney
Head of State
20-Mar-1939   Canadian Prime Minister, 1984-93
Ed Muskie
Politician
28-Mar-1914 26-Mar-1996 US Senator from Maine, 1959-80
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Head of State
27-May-1918   Prime Minister of Japan, 1982-87
Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Head of State
15-Jan-1918 28-Sep-1970 President of Egypt, 1956-70
Jawaharlal Nehru
Head of State
14-Nov-1889 27-May-1964 First Prime Minister of India
Vince Neil
Singer
8-Feb-1961   Mötley Crüe vocalist
Pablo Neruda
Poet
12-Jul-1904 23-Sep-1973 Residencia en la Tierra
Jason Newsted
Bassist
4-Mar-1963   Metallica, Voivod, Ozzy
Pat Nixon
First Lady
16-Mar-1912 22-Jun-1993 Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Head of State
9-Jan-1913 22-Apr-1994 37th US President, 1969-74
Kwame Nkrumah
Head of State
21-Sep-1909 27-Apr-1972 First President of Ghana
Daniel Ortega
Head of State
11-Nov-1945   President of Nicaragua
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer
3-Dec-1948   Black Sabbath
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassin
18-Oct-1939 24-Nov-1963 Assassin of John F. Kennedy
Olof Palme
Head of State
30-Jan-1927 28-Feb-1986 Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated
John Dos Passos
Author
14-Jan-1896 28-Sep-1970 U.S.A. Trilogy
James B. Pearson
Politician
7-May-1920 13-Jan-2009 US Senator from Kansas, 1962-78
Charles H. Percy
Politician
27-Sep-1919 17-Sep-2011 US Senator from Illinois, 1967-85
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
Prince Philip
Royalty
10-Jun-1921   Duke of Edinburgh
Mary Pickford
Actor
8-Apr-1892 29-May-1979 America's Sweetheart
Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Judge
19-Sep-1907 25-Aug-1998 US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87
Francis Gary Powers
Military
17-Aug-1929 1-Aug-1977 U2 shot down over the Soviet Union
Muammar Qaddafi
Head of State
1942 20-Oct-2011 Dictator of Libya
Julius Raab
Head of State
29-Nov-1891 8-Jan-1964 Chancellor of Austria, 1953-61
Mujibur Rahman
Head of State
17-Mar-1920 15-Aug-1975 President, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Bonnie Raitt
Singer
8-Nov-1949   Redhaired blueswoman
Narasimha Rao
Head of State
28-Jun-1921 23-Dec-2004 Prime Minister of India, 1991-96
Maureen Reagan
Relative
4-Jan-1941 8-Aug-2001 Daughter of Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman
Nancy Reagan
First Lady
6-Jul-1921   Wife of US President Reagan
Ron Reagan
Relative
28-May-1958   Son of Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan
Head of State
6-Feb-1911 5-Jun-2004 40th US President, 1981-89
Robert Redford
Actor
18-Aug-1936   The Sundance Kid
Sidney Reilly
Spy
24-Mar-1874 5-Nov-1925 Ace of Spies
Abraham Ribicoff
Politician
9-Apr-1910 22-Feb-1998 Senator and Governor from Connecticut
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviator
8-Oct-1890 23-Jul-1973 Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Hyman Rickover
Military
27-Jan-1900 8-Jul-1986 Built the nuclear navy
Diego Rivera
Painter
8-Dec-1886 24-Nov-1957 Mexican painter
Fred Rogers
TV Personality
20-Mar-1928 27-Feb-2003 Mister Rogers
Romain Rolland
Novelist
29-Jan-1866 30-Dec-1944 Jean-Christophe
Roy Romer
Politician
31-Oct-1928   Governor of Colorado, 1987-99
George W. Romney
Politician
8-Jul-1907 26-Jul-1995 Presidential candidate, admitted brainwashing
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Head of State
30-Jan-1882 12-Apr-1945 US President during WWII
Dean Rusk
Government
9-Feb-1909 21-Dec-1994 US Secretary of State, 1961-69
Anwar Sadat
Head of State
25-Dec-1918 6-Oct-1981 President of Egypt, 1970-81
Pierre Salinger
Journalist
14-Jun-1925 16-Oct-2004 Former ABC News Correspondent
Kim Young Sam
Head of State
20-Dec-1927 22-Nov-2015 President of South Korea, 1993-98
Carlos Santana
Musician
20-Jul-1947   House is dark, pots are cold
Telly Savalas
Actor
22-Jan-1922 22-Jan-1994 Kojak
James H. Scheuer
Politician
6-Feb-1920 30-Aug-2005 Congressman from New York, 1965-93
Helmut Schmidt
Head of State
23-Dec-1918 10-Nov-2015 Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82
Ariel Sharon
Head of State
26-Feb-1928 11-Jan-2014 Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
26-Jul-1856 2-Nov-1950 Irish dramatist and pamphleteer
George Shultz
Government
13-Dec-1920   US Secretary of State, 1982-89
Norodom Sihanouk
Royalty
31-Oct-1922 15-Oct-2012 King of Cambodia
Jaime Cardinal Sin
Religion
31-Aug-1928 21-Jun-2005 Former Archbishop of Manila
Nikki Sixx
Bassist
11-Dec-1958   Mötley Crüe bassist
Deke Slayton
Astronaut
1-Mar-1924 13-Jun-1993 Original Mercury 7 astronaut
Robert E. Smylie
Politician
31-Oct-1914 17-Jul-2004 Governor of Idaho, 1955-67
Thomas P. Stafford
Astronaut
17-Sep-1930   Gemini 6 & 9, Apollo 10, Apollo-Soyuz
Maurice H. Stans
Government
22-Mar-1908 14-Apr-1998 US Commerce Secretary, 1969-72
Lincoln Steffens
Journalist
6-Apr-1866 9-Aug-1936 Early muckraking journalist
John Steinbeck
Novelist
27-Feb-1902 20-Dec-1968 The Grapes of Wrath
Edward Stettinius, Jr.
Government
22-Oct-1900 31-Oct-1949 US Secretary of State, 1944-45
Adlai Stevenson
Politician
5-Feb-1900 14-Jul-1965 Governor of Illinois, 1949-53
Rollen Stewart
Oddity
23-Feb-1945   The Rainbow Man
William G. Stratton
Politician
26-Feb-1914 2-Mar-2001 Governor of Illinois, 1953-61
Igor Stravinsky
Composer
17-Jun-1882 6-Apr-1971 The Rite of Spring
Kim Il Sung
Head of State
15-Apr-1912 8-Jul-1994 North Korea's official deity
Maria Tallchief
Dancer
24-Jan-1925 11-Apr-2013 New York City Ballet
Elizabeth Taylor
Actor
27-Feb-1932 23-Mar-2011 Cleopatra
James Taylor
Singer/Songwriter
12-Mar-1948   Seen fire, rain
Mother Teresa
Religion
26-Aug-1910 5-Sep-1997 Missionaries of Charity
U Thant
Diplomat
22-Jan-1909 25-Nov-1974 UN Secretary General, 1961-71
Margaret Thatcher
Head of State
13-Oct-1925 8-Apr-2013 UK Prime Minister, 1979-90
Dick Thornburgh
Politician
16-Jul-1932   US Attorney General, 1988-91
Mary Travers
Singer
9-Nov-1936 16-Sep-2009 The Mary in Peter, Paul, and Mary
Pierre Trudeau
Head of State
18-Oct-1919 28-Sep-2000 Twice Prime Minister of Canada
Morgan Tsvangirai
Government
10-Mar-1952   Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
Ted Turner
Business
19-Nov-1938   Founder of Cable News Network
Desmond Tutu
Religion
7-Oct-1931   Archbishop of Cape Town
Nathan F. Twining
Military
11-Oct-1897 29-Mar-1982 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60
Mike Tyson
Boxing
30-Jun-1966   Erratic heavyweight champion
Lars Ulrich
Drummer
26-Dec-1963   Drummer for Metallica
Cecil H. Underwood
Politician
5-Nov-1922 24-Nov-2008 Twice Governor of West Virginia
Cyrus Vance
Government
27-Mar-1917 12-Jan-2002 US Secretary of State, 1977-80
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Diplomat
30-Apr-1893 16-Oct-1946 Reich Foreign Minister
Lillian Wald
Activist
10-Mar-1867 1-Sep-1940 Henry Street Settlement
Henry A. Wallace
Politician
7-Oct-1888 18-Nov-1965 US Vice President, 1941-45
Elie Wiesel
Activist
30-Sep-1928   Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist
Wendell Willkie
Politician
18-Feb-1892 8-Oct-1944 Defeated by Roosevelt in 1940
Charlie Wilson
Politician
1-Jun-1933 10-Feb-2010 Congressman from Texas, 1973-96
Harold Wilson
Head of State
11-Mar-1916 24-May-1995 Two-time Prime Minister of Britain
Jim Wright
Politician
22-Dec-1922 6-May-2015 Congressman from Texas, 1955-89
Rick Wright
Musician
28-Jul-1943 15-Sep-2008 Keyboardist for Pink Floyd
Angus Young
Guitarist
31-Mar-1955   Schoolboy-clad guitarist for AC/DC
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Head of State
12-Aug-1924 17-Aug-1988 Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88


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