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Manhattan, NY

LOCATION

A borough of New York City.

SCHOOLS

SchoolFounded
Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
1969
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
1964
Borough of Manhattan Community College
1963
School of Visual Arts
1947
High School of Performing Arts, New York, NY
1947
The King's College
1938
Marymount Manhattan College
1936
Dalton School
1919
Manhattan School of Music
1917
Seward Park High School, Manhattan, NY
1916
Columbia Business School
1916
Professional Children's School
1914
Rhodes Preparatory School
1912
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
1912
Rockefeller University
1901
Chapin School
1901
Spence School
1892
New York Law School
1891
Barnard College
1889
Brearley School
1884
Dwight School
1880
Art Students League of New York
1875
Cooper Union
1859
Columbia Law School
1858
Xavier High School, Manhattan, NY
1847
Union Theological Seminary
1836
New York University
1831
Friends Seminary, Manhattan, NY
1786
Columbia University
1754
Trinity School, Manhattan, NY
1709

CIVIC INSTITUTIONS

InstitutionTypeFounded
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Museum
2011
Museum of Jewish Heritage
Museum
1997
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Museum
1982
New Museum of Contemporary Art
Museum
1977
Museum of Television and Radio
Museum
1975
South Street Seaport Museum
Museum
1967
American Folk Art Museum
Museum
1962
Guggenheim Museum New York City
Museum
1937
Whitney Museum of American Art
Museum
1931
Museum of Modern Art
Museum
1929
Museum of the City of New York
Museum
1923
Frick Collection
Museum
1913
Morgan Library & Museum
Museum
1906
Jewish Museum (New York)
Museum
1904
New York Aquarium
Aquarium
1896
Carnegie Hall
Venue
1891
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum
1870
American Museum of Natural History
Museum
1869
Central Park Zoo
Zoo
1864
New York Philharmonic
Orchestra
1842

COMPANY HEADQUARTERS

CompanyFounded
Kickstarter
2009
Boxee
2008
Tumblr
2007
NewBay Media
2006
Shutterstock
2003
Rockstar Games
1998
Wind-up Records
1997
Fueled by Ramen
1996
WebMD
1996
Ultra Music
1995
Strictly Rhythm
1989
Weitz & Luxenberg
1986
Workman Publishing
1968
Epic Records
1953
St. Martin's Press
1952
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
1946
Ford Models
1946
Pantheon Books
1942
Capitol Records
1942
DC Comics
1934
W. W. Norton
1923
Trump Organization
1923
RCA Records
1901
Bergdorf Goodman
1899
Sears Roebuck
1886
Bloomingdale's
1861
Little, Brown and Co.
1837

BIRTHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Dan Abrams
Journalist
20-May-1966   NBC legal reporter
Danny Aiello
Actor
20-Jun-1933   The Last Don
Barbara Jo Allen
Radio Personality
2-Sep-1906 14-Sep-1974 Vera Vague
Geoffrey Arend
Actor
28-Feb-1978   Ethan Gross on Body of Proof
David Axelrod
Government
22-Feb-1955   NBC talking head
Adrienne Bailon
Actor
24-Oct-1983   The Cheetah Girls
Peter Bart
Journalist
24-Jul-1932   Former editor of Variety
Matthew A. Berdon
Business
31-Jul-1919 27-Mar-2010 Senior Partner, F. B. & Co.
Mark Bittman
Chef
c. 1950   The Minimalist
William Peter Blatty
Author
7-Jan-1928 12-Jan-2017 The Exorcist
Peter J. Brennan
Government
24-May-1918 2-Oct-1996 US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75
John Bunny
Actor
21-Sep-1863 26-Apr-1915 Comic starred in over 200 short films
Billy Bush
TV Personality
13-Oct-1971   Co-Host of Access Hollywood
James Cagney
Actor
17-Jul-1899 30-Mar-1986 New York tough guy
Bobby Caldwell
Singer/Songwriter
15-Aug-1951   What You Won't Do for Love
George Carlin
Comic
12-May-1937 22-Jun-2008 Seven Dirty Words
Robert Caro
Historian
30-Oct-1935   Biographer of Lyndon Johnson
Caleb Carr
Novelist
2-Aug-1955   The Alienist
Bennett Cerf
Publisher
25-May-1898 27-Aug-1971 Founder of Random House
Lee Chamberlin
Actor
14-Feb-1938 30-May-2014 The Electric Company
Harry Chapin
Singer/Songwriter
7-Dec-1942 16-Jul-1981 Cat's in the Cradle
Rhys Chatham
Composer
19-Sep-1952   An Angel Moves Too Fast To See
Leonardo Cimino
Actor
4-Mar-1917 3-Mar-2012 Dune
Bram Cohen
Computer Programmer
12-Oct-1975   Creator of BitTorrent
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Religion
1-Mar-1921 6-Oct-1983 Archbishop of New York, 1968-83
Wanda De Jesus
Actor
26-Aug-1960   The Glass Shield
Eamon de Valera
Head of State
14-Oct-1882 29-Aug-1975 President of Ireland, 1959-73
Dana Delany
Actor
13-Mar-1956   China Beach
William Donohue
Activist
18-Jul-1947   Catholic League president
Elizabeth L. Eisenstein
Historian
11-Oct-1923 31-Jan-2016 The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
Diane Farr
Actor
7-Sep-1969   Megan Reeves on Numb3rs
Bobby Flay
Chef
10-Dec-1964   Southwestern cuisine impresario
James Thomas Flexner
Historian
13-Jan-1908 13-Feb-2003 George Washington
Philip S. Foner
Historian
14-Dec-1910 13-Dec-1994 History of the Labor Movement in the United States
Eddie Foy
Singer
9-Mar-1856 16-Feb-1928 The Seven Little Foys
Helen Frankenthaler
Painter
12-Dec-1928 27-Dec-2011 Mountains and Sea
Drew Friedman
Cartoonist
21-Sep-1958   Celebrity pointillist
William Gaddis
Novelist
29-Dec-1922 16-Dec-1998 A Frolic of His Own
Ira Gershwin
Songwriter
6-Dec-1896 17-Aug-1983 They Can't Take That Away from Me
Tony Gilroy
Screenwriter
11-Sep-1956   The Bourne Legacy
Erica Gimpel
Actor
25-Jun-1964   Angel Brown on Profiler
Sheldon Glashow
Physicist
5-Dec-1932   Electroweak Theory
Jonah Goldberg
Columnist
21-Mar-1969   National Review Online
Marian Goodman
Art Dealer
1928   Marian Goodman Gallery
Gordon Gould
Physicist
17-Jul-1920 16-Sep-2005 Invented the laser, arguably
David Greenglass
Spy
2-Mar-1922 1-Jul-2014 Gave atomic secrets to Julius Rosenberg
Thomas Guinzburg
Publisher
30-Mar-1926 8-Sep-2010 Former owner, Viking Press
John Gutfreund
Business
14-Sep-1929 9-Mar-2016 CEO of Salomon Brothers, 1984-91
Petra Haden
Violinist
11-Oct-1971   Indie rock violinist
Rachel Haden
Musician
11-Oct-1971   One of the musical Haden triplets
Armand Hammer
Business
21-May-1898 10-Dec-1990 Soviet agent of influence
Robert L. Heilbroner
Economist
24-Mar-1919 4-Jan-2005 The Worldly Philosophers
Maurice Hinchey
Politician
27-Oct-1938   Congressman, New York 22nd
John Hollander
Poet
28-Oct-1929 17-Aug-2013 Powers of Thirteen
Peter Kaplan
Editor
10-Feb-1954 29-Nov-2013 Editor-in-Chief, New York Observer
Raymond W. Kelly
Law Enforcement
4-Sep-1941   NYPD Commissioner, 2002-13
Alicia Keys
Singer
25-Jan-1981   Fallin'
Leon Klinghoffer
Victim
24-Sep-1916 7-Oct-1985 Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists
Christopher Knight
Actor
7-Nov-1957   Peter on The Brady Bunch
Tony Kushner
Playwright
16-Jul-1956   Angels in America
Lawrence Lader
Activist
6-Aug-1919 7-May-2006 Father of abortion rights activism
Lady Gaga
Singer
28-Mar-1986   The Fame
Richard W. Leopold
Historian
6-Jan-1912 23-Nov-2006 Robert Dale Owen: A Biography
Jeffrey Loria
Baseball
20-Nov-1940   Miami Marlins owner
Henry Luce III
Publisher
28-Apr-1925 7-Sep-2005 Former Time magazine publisher
Gerald W. Lynch
Educator
24-Mar-1937 17-Apr-2013 President of John Jay College, 1977-2004
Roma Maffia
Actor
31-May-1958   Dr. Liz Cruz on Nip/Tuck
Thomas J. Manton
Politician
3-Nov-1932 22-Jul-2006 Congressman from New York, 1985-99
Jared Martin
Actor
21-Dec-1941   Steven Farlow on Dallas
Harry Mathews
Author
14-Feb-1930 25-Jan-2017 My Life in CIA
Matt McGorry
Actor
12-Apr-1986   Asher Millstone on How to Get Away with Murder
Julia Migenes
Singer
13-Mar-1949   Operatic soprano
Dash Mihok
Actor
24-May-1974   Lynn McKennan on Felicity
Paul Milstein
Business
12-May-1922 9-Aug-2010 Manhattan real estate developer
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Playwright
16-Jan-1980   Creator of Hamilton
Richard B. Morris
Historian
24-Jul-1904 3-Mar-1989 The Peacemakers
Viggo Mortensen
Actor
20-Oct-1958   Aragorn in Lord of the Rings
Joe Morton
Actor
18-Oct-1947   The brother from another planet
Bruce E. Mosler
Business
c. 1958   CEO of Cushman & Wakefield
George Cardinal Mundelein
Religion
2-Jul-1872 2-Oct-1939 Archbishop of Chicago, 1915-39
Gloria Naylor
Novelist
25-Jan-1950 28-Sep-2016 The Women of Brewster Place
Nicholas Negroponte
Educator
1-Dec-1943   Founder, MIT Media Lab
Sheila Nevins
Film/TV Producer
6-Apr-1939   President, HBO Documentary and Family
S. I. Newhouse, Sr.
Publisher
24-May-1895 29-Aug-1979 Founder of Advance Publications
Carroll O'Connor
Actor
2-Aug-1924 21-Jun-2001 Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Bill O'Reilly
Talk Show Host
10-Sep-1949   The O'Reilly Factor
Ana Ortiz
Actor
25-Jan-1971   Hilda Suarez on Ugly Betty
Regis Philbin
Talk Show Host
25-Aug-1931   Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly
Jeremy Piven
Actor
26-Jul-1965   Ari Gold on Entourage
Richard H. Popkin
Philosopher
27-Dec-1923 14-Apr-2005 The History of Scepticism
David H. Popper
Diplomat
3-Oct-1912 24-Jul-2008 US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77
Mario Puzo
Novelist
15-Oct-1920 2-Jul-1999 The Godfather
Henry Hope Reed
Critic
25-Sep-1915 1-May-2013 American Skyline
Morris Renek
Novelist
12-Mar-1925 10-May-2013 Heck
Robin Riker
Actor
2-Oct-1952   Kelly Hall on Brothers
Chase T. Rogers
Judge
12-Nov-1956   Connecticut Chief Justice
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
11-Oct-1884 7-Nov-1962 First Lady under FDR
Billy Rose
Theatre Producer
6-Sep-1899 10-Feb-1966 Ziegfeld Theatre, Billy Rose Theater
Susan Rosenberg
Activist
1955   Radical
Judith Rossner
Novelist
31-Mar-1935 9-Aug-2005 Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Harry Ruby
Songwriter
27-Jan-1895 23-Feb-1974 Who's Sorry Now?
Carmine De Sapio
Government
10-Dec-1908 27-Jul-2004 The Last Boss of Tammany Hall
Raphael Sbarge
Actor
12-Feb-1964   Archie Hopper on Once Upon a Time
James H. Scheuer
Politician
6-Feb-1920 30-Aug-2005 Congressman from New York, 1965-93
John Schoenherr
Artist
5-Jul-1935 8-Apr-2010 Owl Moon
Albert Shanker
Labor Leader
14-Sep-1928 22-Feb-1997 American Federation of Teachers
Ally Sheedy
Actor
13-Jun-1962   The Breakfast Club
Martin Shubik
Economist
24-Mar-1926   Economist and game theorist
Sheldon Silver
Politician
13-Feb-1944   Former Speaker, NY State Assembly
Sue Simmons
TV Personality
27-May-1943   WNBC-TV News Anchor, 1980-2012
Guy Siner
Actor
16-Oct-1947   Lt. Gruber on Allo 'Allo!
Ruth Snyder
Criminal
27-Mar-1895 12-Jan-1928 Electrocuted for murdering husband
Ronnie Spector
Singer
10-Aug-1943   Be her baby
James Speyer
Business
22-Jul-1861 31-Oct-1941 New York Banker
Joe Spinell
Actor
28-Oct-1936 13-Jan-1989 Frank Zito in Maniac
Jordana Spiro
Actor
12-Apr-1977   PJ Franklin on My Boys
Richard Stallman
Computer Programmer
16-Mar-1953   Founder, GNU software project
Arnold Stang
Actor
28-Sep-1918 20-Dec-2009 Bespectacled character actor
Paul Stanley
Musician
20-Jan-1952   Lead singer for Kiss
Brenda K. Starr
Singer
15-Oct-1966   Freestyle-turned-salsa performer
Jan Sterling
Actor
3-Apr-1921 26-Mar-2004 Ace in the Hole
Margot Stevenson
Actor
8-Feb-1912 2-Jan-2011 Margo Lane on The Shadow
Corey Stoll
Actor
14-Mar-1976   Peter Russo on House of Cards
Steven Strait
Model
23-Mar-1986   The Covenant
Ethan Suplee
Actor
25-May-1976   Frankie on Boy Meets World
Susan J. Tolchin
Political Scientist
14-Jan-1941 18-May-2016 To the Victor...
Jim Valvano
Basketball
10-Mar-1946 28-Apr-1993 NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89
Peter Viereck
Poet
5-Aug-1916 13-May-2006 Terror and Decorum
Jennifer Warren
Actor
12-Aug-1941   Night Moves
Sigourney Weaver
Actor
8-Oct-1949   Alien
Chloe Webb
Actor
25-Jun-1956   Sid and Nancy
Gillian Welch
Singer/Songwriter
2-Oct-1967   Revival
Albert Wohlstetter
Scholar
19-Dec-1913 10-Jan-1997 Nuclear strategist
Alex Wolff
Drummer
1-Nov-1997   The Naked Brothers Band
John E. Zuccotti
Business
23-Jun-1937 19-Nov-2015 Real estate tycoon

DEATHS

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joey Adams
Comic
6-Jan-1911 2-Dec-1999 Borscht Belt comedian
Mason Adams
Actor
26-Feb-1919 26-Apr-2005 Charlie Hume on Lou Grant
Herbert A. Allen, Sr.
Business
13-Feb-1908 18-Jan-1997 Allen & Company, Inc.
Cleveland Amory
Author
2-Sep-1917 14-Oct-1998 The Cat Who Came for Christmas
Albert Anastasia
Criminal
26-Feb-1902 25-Oct-1957 Gambino crime boss
Robert W. Anderson
Playwright
28-Apr-1917 9-Feb-2009 Tea and Sympathy
Virginia Apgar
Doctor
7-Jun-1909 7-Aug-1974 Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score
Victor Argo
Actor
5-Nov-1934 6-Apr-2004 Taxi Driver and Mean Streets
Harold Arlen
Songwriter
15-Feb-1905 23-Apr-1986 Wrote score to Wizard of Oz
Richie Ashburn
Baseball
19-Mar-1927 9-Sep-1997 MLB Hall of Fame Whiz Kid
Mohammed Atta
Terrorist
1-Sep-1968 11-Sep-2001 Mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks
Louis Auchincloss
Author
27-Sep-1917 26-Jan-2010 Portrait in Brownstone
Aram Avakian
Film Director
23-Apr-1926 17-Jan-1987 End of the Road
Val Avery
Actor
14-Jul-1924 12-Dec-2009 The Anderson Tapes
Herman Badillo
Politician
21-Aug-1929 3-Dec-2014 Congressman from New York, 1971-77
Ralph M. Bahna
Business
23-Aug-1942 24-Feb-2014 CEO of Cunard Line, 1980-89
LaVern Baker
Singer
11-Nov-1929 10-Mar-1997 Jim Dandy
Robert L. Bartley
Editor
12-Oct-1937 10-Dec-2003 Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
15-Nov-1968 13-Nov-2004 Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
Robert H. Benmosche
Business
29-May-1944 27-Feb-2015 CEO of AIG, 2009-14
Marshall Berman
Scholar
24-Nov-1940 11-Sep-2013 All That Is Solid Melts Into Air
Elisabeth Bing
Activist
8-Jul-1914 15-May-2015 Natural childbirth movement
Earl Blackwell
Business
3-May-1913 1-Mar-1995 Celebrity publicist
Leo Bogart
Sociologist
23-Sep-1921 15-Oct-2005 Preserving the Press
Stephen F. Bollenbach
Business
14-Jul-1942 8-Oct-2016 CEO of Hilton Hotels, 1996-2007
Louise Bourgeois
Sculptor
25-Dec-1911 31-May-2010 Crouching Spider
Julie Bovasso
Actor
1-Aug-1930 14-Sep-1991 Saturday Night Fever
David Bowie
Singer/Songwriter
8-Jan-1947 10-Jan-2016 Ziggy Stardust
John Brademas
Politician
2-Mar-1927 11-Jul-2016 Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81
Edmund Breese
Actor
18-Jun-1871 6-Apr-1936 Duck Soup
Helen Gurley Brown
Author
18-Feb-1922 13-Aug-2012 Editor of Cosmopolitan, 1965-97
Lew Brown
Songwriter
10-Dec-1893 5-Feb-1958 Beer Barrel Polka
Charles F. Brush III
Archaeologist
3-Apr-1923 1-Jun-2006 Explorers Club president 1978-81
Arnold I. Burns
Attorney
14-Apr-1930 1-Oct-2013 Deputy US Attorney General, 1986-88
Nicholas Murray Butler
Educator
2-Apr-1862 7-Dec-1947 President of Columbia University, 1901-45
Hortense Calisher
Novelist
20-Dec-1911 15-Jan-2009 In the Absence of Angels
Vincent Canby
Critic
27-Jul-1924 15-Sep-2000 Film/Theater Critic, The New York Times
Milton Caniff
Cartoonist
28-Feb-1907 3-Apr-1988 Terry and the Pirates
Kitty Carlisle
Singer
3-Sep-1910 18-Apr-2007 A Night at the Opera
Jim Carroll
Author
1-Aug-1950 11-Sep-2009 The Basketball Diaries
Peggy Cass
Actor
21-May-1924 8-Mar-1999 Auntie Mame
Lionel Casson
Scholar
22-Jul-1914 18-Jul-2009 The Ancient Mariners
Paul Castellano
Criminal
20-Jun-1915 16-Dec-1985 Gambino crime boss
George M. Cohan
Composer
3-Jul-1878 5-Nov-1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
Ornette Coleman
Jazz Musician
19-Mar-1930 11-Jun-2015 Free Jazz innovator
Alan Colmes
Pundit
24-Sep-1950 23-Feb-2017 Left-leaning political pundit
Betty Comden
Songwriter
3-May-1915 23-Nov-2006 Singin' in the Rain
Barry Commoner
Biologist
28-May-1917 30-Sep-2012 Science and Survival
Bob Considine
Journalist
4-Nov-1906 25-Sep-1975 Ghostwriter, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Religion
1-Mar-1921 6-Oct-1983 Archbishop of New York, 1968-83
Irwin Corey
Comic
29-Jul-1914 6-Feb-2017 World's Foremost Authority
Joseph Force Crater
Victim
5-Jan-1889 6-Aug-1930 NY State Judge vanished
Judith Crist
Critic
22-May-1922 7-Aug-2012 Ascerbic film critic
Joseph F. Cullman III
Business
9-Apr-1912 30-Apr-2004 CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78
Bill Cunningham
Photographer
13-Mar-1929 25-Jun-2016 Fashion photographer, The New York Times
Nick De Noia
Dancer
c. 1941 7-Apr-1987 First choreographer for Chippendales
Dave DeBusschere
Basketball
16-Oct-1940 14-May-2003 NBA Hall of Famer
Alice Denham
Author
21-Jan-1927 27-Jan-2016 Sleeping with the Bad Boys
Adrian W. DeWind
Attorney
1-Dec-1913 7-Aug-2009 Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
Howard Dietz
Songwriter
8-Sep-1896 30-Jul-1983 MGM songwriter, publicity chief
DJ AM
Disc Jockey
30-Mar-1973 28-Aug-2009 New York Club DJ
Ernst von Dohnányi
Composer
27-Jul-1877 9-Feb-1960 Opus 25
Truman B. Douglass
Religion
15-Jul-1901 27-May-1969 United Church of Christ
Alfred Drake
Actor
7-Oct-1914 25-Jul-1992 Broadway actor, Kismet
Edward R. Dudley
Diplomat
11-Mar-1911 8-Feb-2005 First Black US Ambassador
Dominick Dunne
Novelist
29-Oct-1925 26-Aug-2009 High society novelist, true crime writer
John Gregory Dunne
Novelist
25-May-1932 30-Dec-2003 True Confessions
Edward Cardinal Egan
Religion
2-Apr-1932 5-Mar-2015 Catholic Archbishop of New York, 2000-09
Mischa Elman
Violinist
20-Jan-1891 5-Apr-1967 Ukrainian-American violin prodigy
Charles H. Erhart, Jr.
Business
31-Jul-1925 16-Jan-2009 President of W.R. Grace & Co., 1989-90
Kenneth Fearing
Novelist
28-Jul-1902 26-Jun-1961 The Big Clock
Fyvush Finkel
Actor
9-Oct-1923 14-Aug-2016 Picket Fences
Fred Fisher
Songwriter
30-Sep-1875 14-Jan-1942 Dardanella
Thomas King Forcade
Journalist
11-Sep-1945 17-Nov-1978 Founder of High Times
Ruth Ford
Actor
7-Jul-1915 12-Aug-2009 American stage actress
Lukas Foss
Conductor
15-Aug-1922 1-Feb-2009 Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71
Joe Franklin
Talk Show Host
9-Mar-1926 24-Jan-2015 Pioneer talk show host
Daniel J. Freed
Legal Scholar
12-May-1927 17-Jan-2010 Yale Law professor
Marilyn French
Author
21-Nov-1929 2-May-2009 The Women's Room
Betty Furness
Actor
3-Jan-1916 2-Apr-1994 You can be sure if it's a Westinghouse
Evan Griffith Galbraith
Business
2-Jul-1928 21-Jan-2008 US Ambassador to France, 1981-85
Leonard Garment
Attorney
11-May-1924 13-Jul-2013 Former Special Counsel to Nixon
Peter Gay
Historian
20-Jun-1923 12-May-2015 The Enlightenment: An Interpretation
Ben Gazzara
Actor
28-Aug-1930 3-Feb-2012 The Thomas Crown Affair
Arthur Gelb
Editor
3-Feb-1924 20-May-2014 Editor, The New York Times, 1986-89
Harvey J. Goldschmid
Government
6-May-1940 12-Feb-2015 SEC Commissioner, 2002-05
Olivia Goldsmith
Novelist
c. 1949 15-Jan-2004 The First Wives Club
Mack Gordon
Composer
21-Jun-1904 28-Feb-1959 Chattanooga Choo Choo
Lesley Gore
Singer
2-May-1946 16-Feb-2015 It's My Party
Jay Gorney
Composer
12-Dec-1896 14-Jun-1990 Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
Gordon Gould
Physicist
17-Jul-1920 16-Sep-2005 Invented the laser, arguably
Stephen Jay Gould
Biologist
10-Sep-1941 20-May-2002 Evolutionary scientist
Farley Granger
Actor
1-Jul-1925 27-Mar-2011 Strangers on a Train
Alan C. Greenberg
Business
3-Sep-1927 25-Jul-2014 CEO of Bear Stearns, 1978-93
Ellie Greenwich
Songwriter
23-Oct-1940 26-Aug-2009 Leader of the Pack
George Grizzard
Actor
1-Apr-1928 2-Oct-2007 Advise and Consent
Ulu Grosbard
Film Director
9-Jan-1929 19-Mar-2012 The Subject Was Roses
Thomas Guinzburg
Publisher
30-Mar-1926 8-Sep-2010 Former owner, Viking Press
John Gutfreund
Business
14-Sep-1929 9-Mar-2016 CEO of Salomon Brothers, 1984-91
Charles Gwathmey
Architect
19-Jun-1938 3-Aug-2009 Designed extension to the Guggenheim
Uta Hagen
Actor
12-Jun-1919 14-Jan-2004 Renowned thespian and acting teacher
Grayson Hall
Actor
18-Sep-1922 7-Aug-1985 The Night of the Iguana
Gus Hall
Activist
8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA
Lionel Hampton
Jazz Musician
20-Apr-1908 31-Aug-2002 Jazz vibrophonist and bandleader
Elizabeth Hardwick
Critic
27-Jul-1916 2-Dec-2007 Seduction and Betrayal
Ned Harrigan
Actor
26-Oct-1844 6-Jun-1911 Harrigan & Hart
Jill Haworth
Actor
15-Aug-1946 3-Jan-2011 In Harm's Way
Shirley Hazzard
Novelist
30-Jan-1931 12-Dec-2016 The Transit of Venus
Robert L. Heilbroner
Economist
24-Mar-1919 4-Jan-2005 The Worldly Philosophers
Levon Helm
Drummer
26-May-1940 19-Apr-2012 Drummer for The Band
Nat Hentoff
Critic
10-Jun-1925 7-Jan-2017 The Jazz Life
Oscar Hijuelos
Novelist
24-Aug-1951 12-Oct-2013 The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
Steven Hill
Actor
24-Feb-1922 23-Aug-2016 Adam Schiff on Law & Order
Jerome Hines
Singer
8-Nov-1921 4-Feb-2003 Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera
Al Hirschfeld
Artist
21-Jun-1903 20-Jan-2003 Pen and ink caricaturist
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor
23-Jul-1967 2-Feb-2014 Capote
Sidney Homer
Economist
20-Oct-1902 9-Aug-1983 A History of Interest Rates
Lena Horne
Singer
30-Jun-1917 9-May-2010 Stormy Weather
Kevork S. Hovnanian
Business
16-May-1923 24-Sep-2009 Founder of Hovnanian Enterprises
Barnard Hughes
Actor
16-Jul-1915 11-Jul-2006 High priest in TRON
Harold L. Humes
Author
11-Apr-1926 10-Sep-1992 Co-Founder, The Paris Review
Josephine Hutchinson
Actor
12-Oct-1903 4-Jun-1998 North by Northwest
Oscar Hammerstein I
Theatre Producer
8-May-1847 1-Aug-1919 Olympia Theatre
Roy Innis
Activist
6-Jun-1934 8-Jan-2017 Congress of Racial Equality
Anne Jackson
Actor
3-Sep-1926 12-Apr-2016 Folks!
Milt Jackson
Jazz Musician
1-Jan-1923 9-Oct-1999 Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet
Lou Jacobi
Actor
28-Dec-1913 23-Oct-2009 Avalon
Peter Jennings
Journalist
29-Jul-1938 7-Aug-2005 Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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