| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dan Abrams |
Journalist |
20-May-1966 |
|
Host of MSNBC's The Abrams Report |
| Danny Aiello |
Actor |
20-Jun-1933 |
|
Pizza shop owner in Do The Right Thing |
| Adrienne Bailon |
Actor |
24-Oct-1983 |
|
The Cheetah Girls |
| Peter Bart |
Journalist |
24-Jul-1932 |
|
Editor of Variety |
| 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 |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
|
Wiseass stand-up comic |
| Robert Caro |
Historian |
30-Oct-1935 |
|
Biographer of Lyndon Johnson |
| Caleb Carr |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1955 |
|
The Alienist |
| Bennett Cerf |
Business |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Harry Chapin |
Musician |
7-Dec-1942 |
16-Jul-1981 |
Cat's in the Cradle |
| Rhys Chatham |
Composer |
19-Sep-1952 |
|
An Angel Moves Too Fast To See |
| Gerry Cooney |
Boxing |
24-Aug-1956 |
|
Fought Larry Holmes |
| 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, Exit to Eden |
| William Donohue |
Activist |
18-Jul-1947 |
|
Catholic League president |
| Diane Farr |
Actor |
7-Sep-1969 |
|
Megan Reeves on Numb3rs |
| Bobby Flay |
Chef |
9-Oct-1964 |
|
Southwestern cuisine impresario |
| Drew Friedman |
Cartoonist |
21-Sep-1958 |
|
Celebrity pointillist |
| William Gaddis |
Novelist |
29-Dec-1922 |
16-Dec-1998 |
A Frolic of His Own |
| Ira Gershwin |
Composer |
6-Dec-1896 |
17-Aug-1983 |
American composer |
| Sheldon Glashow |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1932 |
|
Electroweak Theory |
| Jonah Goldberg |
Columnist |
21-Mar-1969 |
|
National Review Online |
| Gordon Gould |
Physicist |
17-Jul-1920 |
16-Sep-2005 |
Invented the laser |
| 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 |
| Maurice Hinchey |
Politician |
27-Oct-1938 |
|
Congressman, New York 22nd |
| Raymond W. Kelly |
Government |
4-Sep-1941 |
|
NYPD Commissioner |
| Alicia Keys |
Musician |
25-Jan-1980 |
|
Fallin' |
| 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 |
| Henry Luce III |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1925 |
7-Sep-2005 |
Former Time magazine publisher |
| 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 |
| Julia Migenes |
Singer |
13-Mar-1949 |
|
Operatic soprano |
| 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 |
| Nicholas Negroponte |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Founder, MIT Media Lab |
| 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 |
| Regis Philbin |
Talk Show Host |
25-Aug-1931 |
|
Host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire |
| Jeremy Piven |
Actor |
26-Jul-1965 |
|
Ari Gold on Entourage |
| Chase T. Rogers |
Judge |
12-Nov-1956 |
|
Connecticut Chief Justice |
| James H. Scheuer |
Politician |
6-Feb-1920 |
30-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from New York, 1965-93 |
| Albert Shanker |
Labor Leader |
14-Sep-1928 |
22-Feb-1997 |
American Federation of Teachers |
| Ally Sheedy |
Actor |
13-Jun-1962 |
|
The Breakfast Club |
| Sheldon Silver |
Politician |
13-Feb-1944 |
|
Speaker, NY State Assembly |
| Guy Siner |
Actor |
16-Oct-1947 |
|
Lt. Gruber on Allo 'Allo! |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Steven Strait |
Model |
23-Mar-1986 |
|
The Covenant |
| Ethan Suplee |
Actor |
25-May-1976 |
|
Frankie on Boy Meets World |
| 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 |
| Sigourney Weaver |
Actor |
8-Oct-1949 |
|
Alien |
| Chloe Webb |
Actor |
1956 |
|
Sid and Nancy |
| Albert Wohlstetter |
Author |
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 |
|
Real estate tycoon |
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| 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 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 |
| Earl Blackwell |
Business |
3-May-1913 |
1-Mar-1995 |
Celebrity publicist |
| Charles F. Brush III |
Archaeologist |
3-Apr-1923 |
1-Jun-2006 |
Explorers Club president 1978-81 |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Paul Castellano |
Criminal |
20-Jun-1915 |
16-Dec-1985 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Joseph Force Crater |
Victim |
1889 |
6-Aug-1930 |
NY State Judge vanished |
| Joseph F. Cullman III |
Business |
9-Apr-1912 |
30-Apr-2004 |
CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78 |
| Dave DeBusschere |
Basketball |
16-Oct-1940 |
14-May-2003 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Edward R. Dudley |
Diplomat |
11-Mar-1911 |
8-Feb-2005 |
First Black US Ambassador |
| John Gregory Dunne |
Author |
25-May-1932 |
30-Dec-2003 |
True Confessions |
| Evan Griffith Galbraith |
Business |
2-Jul-1928 |
21-Jan-2008 |
US Ambassador to France, 1981-85 |
| Olivia Goldsmith |
Novelist |
c. 1949 |
15-Jan-2004 |
The First Wives Club |
| Stephen Jay Gould |
Biologist |
10-Sep-1941 |
20-May-2002 |
Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist |
| George Grizzard |
Actor |
1-Apr-1928 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Advise and Consent |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| Al Hirschfeld |
Artist |
21-Jun-1903 |
20-Jan-2003 |
Pen and ink caricaturist |
| Barnard Hughes |
Actor |
16-Jul-1915 |
11-Jul-2006 |
High priest in TRON |
| Peter Jennings |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1938 |
7-Aug-2005 |
Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight |
| Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
| Madame Chiang Kai-Shek |
First Lady |
5-Mar-1898 |
23-Oct-2003 |
The Dragon Lady |
| Elia Kazan |
Film Director |
7-Sep-1909 |
28-Sep-2003 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Alfred Kazin |
Critic |
5-Jun-1915 |
5-Jun-1998 |
On Native Grounds |
| Nan Kempner |
Socialite |
24-Jul-1930 |
3-Jul-2005 |
New York City socialite |
| Martin S. Kimmel |
Business |
9-Apr-1916 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Founder of Kimco Realty |
| Charles Korvin |
Actor |
21-Nov-1907 |
18-Jun-1998 |
Interpol Calling |
| Lawrence Lader |
Activist |
6-Aug-1919 |
7-May-2006 |
Father of abortion rights activism |
| Hector Lavoe |
Singer |
30-Sep-1946 |
29-Jun-1993 |
Puerto Rican salsa singer |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| Ira Levin |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1929 |
12-Nov-2007 |
Rosemary's Baby |
| Cory Lidle |
Baseball |
22-Mar-1972 |
11-Oct-2006 |
Yankees pitcher flew his plane into a high rise |
| Daniel K. Ludwig |
Business |
24-Jun-1897 |
27-Aug-1992 |
The Invisible Billionaire |
| Peter Maas |
Author |
27-Jun-1929 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Serpico |
| Norman Mailer |
Author |
31-Jan-1923 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Armies of the Night |
| Ethel Merman |
Singer |
16-Jan-1908 |
15-Feb-1984 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| James W. Michaels |
Journalist |
1921 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Longtime Forbes editor |
| Joseph Mitchell |
Author |
27-Jul-1908 |
24-May-1996 |
The New Yorker |
| Grayson Murphy |
Business |
1878 |
Nov-1937 |
Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion |
| John P. O'Neill |
Government |
6-Feb-1952 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anti-Terrorism expert, died in 9/11 |
| Jerry Orbach |
Actor |
20-Oct-1935 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order |
| Mollie Orshansky |
Economist |
9-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Orshansky Index |
| William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
| George Plimpton |
Author |
18-Mar-1927 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Paper Lion |
| Max Roach |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1924 |
16-Aug-2007 |
Enduring jazz drummer |
| Janice Rule |
Actor |
15-Aug-1931 |
17-Oct-2003 |
3 Women |
| Herbert Sargent |
Screenwriter |
15-Jul-1923 |
6-May-2005 |
SNL writer |
| James Schuyler |
Poet |
9-Nov-1923 |
12-Apr-1991 |
Freely Espousing |
| Adrienne Shelly |
Actor |
24-Jun-1966 |
1-Nov-2006 |
Waitress |
| Bob Tisch |
Business |
29-Apr-1926 |
15-Nov-2005 |
CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants |
| Michael Vale |
TV Personality |
28-Jun-1922 |
24-Dec-2005 |
Time to make the donuts |
| Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| Fay Wray |
Actor |
15-Sep-1907 |
8-Aug-2004 |
Screamed when King Kong picked her up |
| Walter B. Wriston |
Business |
3-Aug-1919 |
19-Jan-2005 |
CEO of Citibank, 1967-84 |
