| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| George Abbott |
Playwright |
25-Jun-1887 |
31-Jan-1995 |
Damn Yankees |
| John Quincy Adams |
Head of State |
11-Jul-1767 |
23-Feb-1848 |
6th President of the U.S. |
| Cannonball Adderley |
Musician |
15-Sep-1928 |
8-Aug-1975 |
Alto sax blower |
| Robert Alda |
Actor |
26-Nov-1914 |
3-May-1986 |
Cloak and Dagger |
| Ethan Allen |
Military |
10-Jan-1739 |
12-Feb-1789 |
Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys |
| Leon Ames |
Actor |
20-Jan-1902 |
12-Oct-1993 |
Character actor, a SAG founder |
| Maxwell Anderson |
Playwright |
15-Dec-1888 |
28-Feb-1959 |
What Price Glory? |
| Queen Anne |
Royalty |
6-Feb-1665 |
1-Aug-1714 |
Queen of England 1702-14 |
| Cliff Arquette |
Actor |
28-Dec-1905 |
23-Sep-1974 |
Charlie Weaver |
| Peggy Ashcroft |
Actor |
22-Dec-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
A Passage to India |
| Les Aspin |
Politician |
21-Jul-1938 |
21-May-1995 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94 |
| Herbert Henry Asquith |
Head of State |
12-Sep-1852 |
15-Feb-1928 |
UK Prime Minister 1908-16 |
| Adele Astaire |
Dancer |
10-Sep-1896 |
25-Jan-1981 |
Dance partner of Fred Astaire |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Composer |
21-Mar-1685 |
28-Jul-1750 |
Baroque composer |
| Hermione Baddeley |
Actor |
13-Nov-1906 |
19-Aug-1986 |
Brighton Rock |
| Parley Baer |
Actor |
5-Aug-1914 |
22-Nov-2002 |
Chester on Gunsmoke radio |
| Robert Bárány |
Doctor |
22-Apr-1876 |
8-Apr-1936 |
Studied inner ear, equilibrium system |
| Wendy Barrie |
Actor |
18-Apr-1912 |
2-Feb-1978 |
The Private Life of Henry VIII |
| Alex Barris |
TV Personality |
1922 |
15-Jan-2004 |
Canadian TV star from the '50s and '60s |
| Richard Basehart |
Actor |
31-Aug-1914 |
17-Sep-1984 |
La Strada |
| Stephen Báthory |
Royalty |
27-Sep-1533 |
12-Dec-1586 |
King of Poland, 1575-86 |
| Charles Baudelaire |
Poet |
9-Apr-1821 |
31-Aug-1867 |
Les Fleurs du Mal |
| L. Frank Baum |
Novelist |
15-May-1856 |
6-May-1919 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| John Beal |
Actor |
13-Aug-1909 |
26-Apr-1997 |
The Little Minister |
| Jacob D. Beam |
Diplomat |
24-Mar-1908 |
16-Aug-1993 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73 |
| Henry Ward Beecher |
Religion |
24-Jun-1813 |
8-Mar-1887 |
American Congregationalist preacher |
| John Betjeman |
Poet |
28-Aug-1906 |
19-May-1984 |
Summoned By Bells |
| Dana X. Bible |
Football |
8-Oct-1891 |
19-Jan-1980 |
Legendary Texas football coach |
| Richard Biggs |
Actor |
18-Mar-1961 |
22-May-2004 |
Dr. Stephen Franklin on Babylon 5 |
| Robert D. Blue |
Politician |
24-Sep-1898 |
13-Dec-1989 |
Governor of Iowa, 1945-49 |
| Niels Bohr |
Physicist |
7-Oct-1885 |
18-Nov-1962 |
Father of Quantum Theory |
| Johnny Bond |
Country Musician |
1-Jun-1915 |
12-Jun-1978 |
Ten Little Bottles |
| Margaret Booth |
Editor |
14-Jan-1898 |
28-Oct-2002 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Charles Brackett |
Screenwriter |
26-Nov-1892 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Billy Wilder's collaborator |
| John G. Brady |
Politician |
25-May-1848 |
17-Dec-1918 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906 |
| Norm Van Brocklin |
Football |
15-Mar-1926 |
2-May-1983 |
NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game |
| Ford Madox Brown |
Painter |
16-Apr-1821 |
6-Oct-1893 |
English historical painter |
| George Brown |
Politician |
2-Sep-1914 |
2-Jun-1985 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68 |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
Engineer |
9-Apr-1806 |
15-Sep-1859 |
Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway |
| John Brunner |
Author |
24-Sep-1934 |
25-Aug-1995 |
The Shockwave Rider |
| Jean de La Bruyère |
Author |
16-Aug-1645 |
10-May-1696 |
Les Caractères de Théophraste |
| John Buchan |
Author |
26-Aug-1875 |
11-Feb-1940 |
The Thirty-Nine Steps |
| Sebastian Cabot |
Actor |
6-Jul-1918 |
22-Aug-1977 |
The Family Jewels |
| John Cage |
Composer |
5-Sep-1912 |
12-Aug-1992 |
Experimental composer |
| Cab Calloway |
Jazz Musician |
25-Dec-1907 |
18-Nov-1994 |
King of Hi-De-Ho |
| L. Sprague de Camp |
Author |
27-Nov-1907 |
6-Nov-2000 |
Lest Darkness Fall |
| Norman Campbell |
Film Director |
4-Feb-1924 |
12-Apr-2004 |
TV director, producer |
| Ron Carey |
Actor |
11-Dec-1935 |
16-Jan-2007 |
Officer Levitt on Barney Miller |
| Catherine the Great |
Royalty |
2-May-1729 |
17-Nov-1796 |
Tsarina of Russia, 1762-96 |
| Jean-François Champollion |
Historian |
23-Dec-1790 |
4-Mar-1832 |
Deciphered the Rosetta Stone |
| King Charles II |
Royalty |
29-May-1630 |
6-Feb-1685 |
King of England 1660-85 |
| Carl Charlier |
Astronomer |
1-Apr-1862 |
5-Nov-1934 |
Motion and the Distribution of the Stars |
| George Christopher |
Politician |
8-Dec-1907 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1956-64 |
| Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
| George Rogers Clark |
Military |
19-Nov-1752 |
13-Feb-1818 |
Kentucky frontier military leader |
| Claudette Colbert |
Actor |
13-Sep-1903 |
30-Jul-1996 |
It Happened One Night |
| Jack Colvin |
Actor |
13-Oct-1934 |
1-Dec-2005 |
Jack McGee on The Incredible Hulk |
| Arthur H. Compton |
Physicist |
10-Sep-1892 |
15-Mar-1962 |
Discovered the Compton Effect |
| John Compton |
Head of State |
29-Apr-1925 |
7-Sep-2007 |
Many-time Prime Minister of St. Lucia |
| Tony Conigliaro |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1945 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Boston Red Sox |
| Walter Connolly |
Actor |
8-Apr-1887 |
28-May-1940 |
It Happened One Night |
| Nicolaus Copernicus |
Astronomer |
19-Feb-1473 |
24-May-1543 |
Heliocentrist, De revolutionibus |
| Broderick Crawford |
Actor |
9-Dec-1911 |
26-Apr-1986 |
All the King's Men |
| Donald Crisp |
Actor |
27-Jul-1880 |
25-May-1974 |
Silent film actor survived into talkies |
| John Dalton |
Chemist |
6-Sep-1766 |
27-Jul-1844 |
Early proponent of Atomic Theory |
| Samuel H. Day |
Activist |
5-Oct-1926 |
26-Jan-2001 |
Antinuke crusader |
| Samuel de Champlain |
Explorer |
1567 |
25-Dec-1635 |
Namesake of Lake Champlain |
| Frances Dee |
Actor |
26-Nov-1907 |
6-Mar-2004 |
Finishing School |
| John DeLorean |
Business |
6-Jan-1925 |
19-Mar-2005 |
Automobile designer and entepreneur |
| Melvil Dewey |
Curator |
10-Dec-1851 |
26-Dec-1931 |
Creator of Dewey Decimal System |
| Charles Dickens |
Author |
7-Feb-1812 |
9-Jun-1870 |
English Victorian novelist |
| Charles Diggs, Jr. |
Politician |
2-Dec-1922 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80 |
| Marie Dionne |
Victim |
28-May-1934 |
27-Feb-1970 |
Canadian quintuplets put on display |
| Sanford Ballard Dole |
Politician |
23-Apr-1844 |
9-Jun-1926 |
Governor of Hawaii, 1900-03 |
| Alexandre Dumas père |
Novelist |
24-Jul-1802 |
5-Dec-1870 |
The Three Musketeers |
| John Duns Scotus |
Religion |
c. 1265 |
8-Nov-1308 |
14th century Scottish scholar |
| Émile Durkheim |
Sociologist |
15-Apr-1858 |
15-Nov-1917 |
Rules of the Sociological Method |
| Lawrence Durrell |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1912 |
7-Nov-1990 |
The Alexandria Quartet |
| Seymour Durst |
Business |
c. 1913 |
19-May-1995 |
New York real estate mogul |
| Nelson Eddy |
Singer |
29-Jun-1901 |
6-Mar-1967 |
Phantom of the Opera |
| King Edward III |
Royalty |
13-Nov-1312 |
21-Jun-1377 |
King of England 1327-77 |
| Paul Ehrlich |
Doctor |
14-Mar-1854 |
20-Aug-1915 |
Discovered treatment for syphilis |
| James Pollard Espy |
Scientist |
9-May-1785 |
24-Jan-1860 |
The Philosophy of Storms |
| Leonhard Euler |
Mathematician |
15-Apr-1707 |
18-Sep-1783 |
The Elements of Euclid |
| Paul J. Fannin |
Politician |
29-Jan-1907 |
13-Jan-2002 |
Governor and Senator from Arizona |
| Frances Faye |
Singer |
4-Nov-1912 |
8-Nov-1991 |
Out, Lesbian nightclub singer |
| Verna Felton |
Actor |
20-Jul-1890 |
14-Dec-1966 |
Hilda Crocker on December Bride |
| Millard Fillmore |
Head of State |
7-Jan-1800 |
8-Mar-1874 |
13th President of the US, 1850-53 |
| Larry Fine |
Actor |
5-Oct-1902 |
24-Jan-1975 |
Larry on The Three Stooges |
| Dorothy Canfield Fisher |
Author |
17-Feb-1879 |
9-Nov-1958 |
Understood Betsy |
| Benson Fong |
Actor |
10-Oct-1916 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Flower Drum Song |
| William D. Ford |
Politician |
6-Aug-1927 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95 |
| E. M. Forster |
Author |
1-Jan-1879 |
7-Jun-1970 |
Howard's End |
| Anne Francine |
Actor |
8-Aug-1917 |
3-Dec-1999 |
Stage actress, Vera Charles in MAME |
| Tony Franciosa |
Actor |
25-Oct-1928 |
19-Jan-2006 |
A Face in the Crowd |
| John Frankenheimer |
Film Director |
19-Feb-1930 |
6-Jul-2002 |
Seven Days in May |
| Fred Friendly |
Journalist |
30-Oct-1915 |
3-Mar-1998 |
President of CBS News, 1964-66 |
| J. William Fulbright |
Politician |
9-Apr-1905 |
9-Feb-1995 |
Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships |
| Allen Funt |
Film/TV Producer |
16-Sep-1914 |
5-Sep-1999 |
Producer and host of Candid Camera |
| Clarence Gaines |
Basketball |
21-May-1923 |
18-Apr-2005 |
Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93 |
| Genevieve |
Singer |
1930 |
14-Mar-2004 |
Singer on Jack Paar Show |
| King George I |
Royalty |
28-May-1660 |
11-Jun-1727 |
King of England 1714-27 |
| King George II |
Royalty |
10-Nov-1683 |
25-Oct-1760 |
King of Britain, 1727-60 |
| W. H. Krome George |
Business |
27-Mar-1918 |
6-Sep-2004 |
Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, 1975-83 |
| Orlando Gibbons |
Composer |
1583 |
5-Jun-1625 |
Late Tudor composer and organist |
| Josh Gibson |
Baseball |
21-Dec-1911 |
20-Jan-1947 |
Negro Leagues hall of fame hitter |
| Billy Gilbert |
Actor |
12-Sep-1894 |
23-Sep-1971 |
Comic actor and vaudevillian |
| Vincenzo Gioberti |
Philosopher |
5-Apr-1801 |
26-Nov-1852 |
Rinnovamenlo civile d'Italia |
| Christoph Willibald Gluck |
Composer |
2-Jul-1714 |
15-Nov-1787 |
Orfeo ed Eurydice |
| E. L. Godkin |
Journalist |
2-Oct-1831 |
21-May-1902 |
Co-founder of The Nation |
| Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
| Ruth Gordon |
Actor |
30-Oct-1896 |
28-Aug-1985 |
Oscar for Rosemary's Baby |
| Glenn Gould |
Pianist |
25-Sep-1932 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Canadian pianist, Bach soloist |
| Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
| Jo Grimond |
Politician |
29-Jul-1913 |
24-Oct-1993 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67 |
| Anne Gwynne |
Actor |
10-Dec-1918 |
31-Mar-2003 |
WWII pinup girl, also actress |
| Arthur Hailey |
Novelist |
5-Apr-1920 |
24-Nov-2004 |
Hotel and Airport |
| Alexander Hall |
Film Director |
11-Jan-1894 |
30-Jul-1968 |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
| Walter Hampden |
Actor |
30-Jun-1879 |
11-Jun-1955 |
Prominent American theater actor |
| Keir Hardie |
Politician |
15-Aug-1856 |
26-Sep-1915 |
Organizer of the British Labour Party |
| R. M. Hare |
Philosopher |
21-Mar-1919 |
29-Jan-2002 |
Moral Thinking |
| Pamela Harriman |
Diplomat |
20-Mar-1920 |
5-Feb-1997 |
Socialite and Ambassador to France 1993-97 |
| Wilbert Harrison |
Musician |
5-Jan-1929 |
26-Oct-1994 |
Let's Work Together |
| Johnny Hart |
Cartoonist |
18-Feb-1931 |
7-Apr-2007 |
The Wizard of Id, B.C. |
| William Hartnell |
Actor |
8-Jan-1908 |
23-Apr-1975 |
The First Doctor Who |
| John Hawkes |
Novelist |
17-Aug-1925 |
15-May-1998 |
The Blood Oranges |
| Will Hay |
Actor |
6-Dec-1888 |
18-Apr-1949 |
Ask a Policeman |
| Lucy Hayes |
First Lady |
28-Aug-1831 |
25-Jun-1889 |
Wife of US President Rutherford B. Hayes |
| H. D. |
Poet |
10-Sep-1886 |
27-Sep-1961 |
Imagist poet, Sea Garden |
| Fletcher Henderson |
Jazz Musician |
18-Dec-1897 |
29-Dec-1952 |
Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader |
| Louis Henyey |
Astronomer |
3-Feb-1910 |
18-Feb-1970 |
Henyey method |
| Corneille Heymans |
Scientist |
28-Mar-1892 |
18-Jul-1968 |
Aortic and carotid chemoreceptors |
| A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. |
Judge |
25-Feb-1928 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Chief Justice, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Thora Hird |
Actor |
28-May-1911 |
15-Mar-2003 |
Talking Heads |
| Thomas Hobbes |
Philosopher |
5-Apr-1588 |
4-Dec-1679 |
Leviathan |
| Oveta Culp Hobby |
Publisher |
19-Jan-1905 |
16-Aug-1995 |
Houston Post President, 1955-83 |
| Frank J. Horton |
Politician |
12-Dec-1919 |
30-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from New York, 1963-93 |
| Curly Howard |
Actor |
22-Oct-1903 |
18-Jan-1952 |
Highest pitched Stooge |
| L. Ron Hubbard |
Religion |
13-Mar-1911 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology |
| Edwin Hubble |
Astronomer |
20-Nov-1889 |
28-Sep-1953 |
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's Law |
| Henrik Ibsen |
Playwright |
20-Mar-1828 |
23-May-1906 |
Peer Gynt |
| Henry James |
Author |
15-Apr-1843 |
28-Feb-1916 |
Portrait of a Lady |
| Edward Jenner |
Doctor |
17-May-1749 |
26-Jan-1823 |
Smallpox Vaccination |
| João III |
Royalty |
6-Jun-1502 |
11-Jun-1557 |
King of Portugal, 1521-57 |
| Celia Johnson |
Actor |
18-Dec-1908 |
26-Apr-1982 |
Brief Encounter |
| James P. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
01-Feb-1894 |
17-Nov-1955 |
The father of stride piano |
| Grandpa Jones |
Country Musician |
30-Jan-1914 |
19-Feb-1998 |
Old-time banjo picker and Hee-Haw comic |
| Odette Joyeux |
Actor |
5-Dec-1914 |
26-Aug-2000 |
La Ronde |
| Joseph M. Juran |
Scientist |
24-Dec-1904 |
28-Feb-2008 |
The Pareto Principle |
| James Robertson Justice |
Actor |
15-Jun-1907 |
2-Jul-1975 |
Doctor in the House |
| Herman Kahn |
Scholar |
15-Feb-1922 |
7-Jul-1983 |
Hudson Institute founder |
| Cresson H. Kearny |
Inventor |
7-Jan-1914 |
18-Dec-2003 |
Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol |
| James E. Keeler |
Astronomer |
10-Sep-1857 |
12-Aug-1900 |
Composition of Saturn's rings |
| Gene Kelly |
Actor |
23-Aug-1912 |
2-Feb-1996 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Jack Kelly |
Actor |
16-Sep-1927 |
7-Nov-1992 |
Bart Maverick |
| Rachel Kempson |
Actor |
28-May-1910 |
24-May-2003 |
Matriarch of Redgrave dynasty |
| Stan Kenton |
Jazz Musician |
19-Feb-1912 |
25-Aug-1979 |
Jazz bandleader |
| Jerome Kern |
Composer |
27-Jan-1885 |
12-Nov-1945 |
Show Boat |
| Charles F. Kettering |
Inventor |
29-Aug-1876 |
25-Nov-1958 |
Invented the electric starter |
| Alfred A. Knopf |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1892 |
11-Aug-1984 |
American publisher |
| Tjalling C. Koopmans |
Economist |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Feb-1985 |
Linear programming |
| Otto Kruger |
Actor |
6-Sep-1885 |
6-Sep-1974 |
Saboteur |
| Ryszard Kuklinski |
Spy |
13-Jun-1930 |
10-Feb-2004 |
Polish Cold War era spy who worked with CIA |
| Akira Kurosawa |
Film Director |
23-Mar-1910 |
6-Sep-1998 |
Yojimbo |
| Selma Lagerlöf |
Author |
20-Nov-1858 |
16-Mar-1940 |
First female Nobel Prize for Literature |
| Samuel P. Langley |
Astronomer |
22-Aug-1834 |
2-Feb-1906 |
Heavier-than-air flying machine |
| James Laughlin |
Publisher |
30-Oct-1914 |
12-Nov-1997 |
Founder, New Directions Press |
| Jerome Lawrence |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1915 |
29-Feb-2004 |
Inherit the Wind and Mame |
| Lila Lee |
Actor |
25-Jul-1901 |
13-Nov-1973 |
Male and Female |
| Joseph Leidy |
Biologist |
9-Sep-1823 |
30-Apr-1891 |
Trichinosis and dinosaurs |
| Lenin |
Head of State |
4-May-1870 |
21-Jan-1924 |
Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union |
| Pope Leo VIII |
Religion |
? |
1-Mar-965 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 963-65 |
| Armin O. Leuschner |
Astronomer |
16-Jan-1868 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Astronomer at Berkeley |
| Tullio Levi-Civita |
Mathematician |
29-Mar-1873 |
29-Dec-1941 |
Explored tensor calculus and PDE's |
| Patrick Lichfield |
Photographer |
25-Apr-1939 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Prominent British photographer |
| Mary Todd Lincoln |
First Lady |
13-Dec-1818 |
16-Jul-1882 |
Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln |
| Anne Morrow Lindbergh |
Aviator |
22-Jun-1906 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Wife of Charles Lindbergh |
| Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
| Seymour M. Lipset |
Sociologist |
18-Mar-1922 |
31-Dec-2006 |
American Exceptionalism |
| Calvin Lockhart |
Actor |
18-Sep-1934 |
29-Mar-2007 |
Uptown Saturday Night |
| Henry Cabot Lodge |
Politician |
12-May-1850 |
9-Nov-1924 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924 |
| Julie London |
Singer |
26-Sep-1926 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Cry Me a River |
| Johnny Longden |
Jockey |
14-Feb-1907 |
14-Feb-2003 |
Winner, 1943 Triple Crown |
| Peter Lorre |
Actor |
26-Jun-1904 |
23-Mar-1964 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Louis XI |
Royalty |
3-Jul-1423 |
30-Aug-1483 |
King of France 1461-83 |
| Anita Louise |
Actor |
9-Jan-1915 |
25-Apr-1970 |
The Little Princess |
| Arthur Lowe |
Actor |
22-Sep-1915 |
15-Apr-1982 |
Dad's Army |
| Percival Lowell |
Astronomer |
13-Mar-1855 |
12-Nov-1916 |
Predicted existence of planet Pluto |
| Keye Luke |
Actor |
18-Jun-1904 |
12-Jan-1991 |
Charlie Chan's No. 1 Son, Lee |
| Ida Lupino |
Actor |
4-Feb-1914 |
3-Aug-1995 |
The Man I Love |
| Diana Lynn |
Actor |
7-Oct-1926 |
18-Dec-1971 |
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
| Alexander Mackenzie |
Head of State |
28-Jan-1822 |
17-Apr-1892 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-78 |
| Jock Mahoney |
Actor |
7-Feb-1919 |
14-Dec-1989 |
Yancy Derringer |
| Nino Manfredi |
Actor |
22-Mar-1921 |
28-May-2004 |
Bread and Chocolate |
| Princess Margaret |
Royalty |
21-Aug-1930 |
9-Feb-2002 |
QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon |
| Don Marquis |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1878 |
29-Dec-1937 |
archy and mehitabel |
| David Maysles |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1932 |
3-Jan-1987 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| Pat McCormick |
Comic |
30-Jun-1927 |
29-Jul-2005 |
Smokey and the Bandit |
| Carson McCullers |
Author |
19-Feb-1917 |
29-Sep-1967 |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| Robert B. McGehee |
Business |
c. 1943 |
9-Oct-2007 |
CEO of Progress Energy, 2004-07 |
| Mary McGrory |
Journalist |
22-Aug-1918 |
21-Apr-2004 |
Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberal Icon |
| Frank McGuire |
Basketball |
8-Nov-1914 |
11-Nov-1994 |
NCAA Basketball Coach |
| Norman Z. McLeod |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1898 |
27-Jan-1964 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| Marshall McLuhan |
Author |
21-Jul-1911 |
31-Dec-1980 |
The medium is the message |
| Howard McNear |
Actor |
27-Jan-1905 |
3-Jan-1969 |
Floyd the Barber |
| Carmen McRae |
Singer |
8-Apr-1922 |
10-Nov-1994 |
Jazz vocalist |
| Felix Mendelssohn |
Composer |
3-Feb-1809 |
4-Nov-1847 |
Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Don Messick |
Actor |
7-Sep-1926 |
24-Oct-1997 |
Voice of Scooby Doo |
| Agnes de Mille |
Dancer |
18-Sep-1905 |
7-Oct-1993 |
Influential American choreographer |
| A. A. Milne |
Author |
18-Jan-1882 |
31-Jan-1956 |
Winnie the Pooh |
| Little Milton |
Musician |
17-Sep-1934 |
4-Aug-2005 |
Annie Mae's Cafe |
| Thelonious Monk |
Jazz Musician |
10-Oct-1917 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Influential jazz pianist and composer |
| J. P. Morgan, Jr. |
Business |
7-Sep-1867 |
13-Mar-1943 |
Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
| Christopher Morley |
Novelist |
5-May-1890 |
28-Mar-1957 |
The Haunted Bookshop |
| Robert Morley |
Actor |
26-May-1908 |
3-Jun-1992 |
Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? |
| Peggy Mount |
Actor |
2-May-1916 |
13-Nov-2001 |
George and the Dragon |
| Alan Napier |
Actor |
7-Jan-1903 |
8-Aug-1988 |
Alfred on Batman |
| Jawaharlal Nehru |
Head of State |
14-Nov-1889 |
27-May-1964 |
First Prime Minister of India |
| S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
| Pope Nicholas III |
Religion |
c. 1225 |
22-Aug-1280 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1277-80 |
| Chester W. Nimitz |
Military |
24-Feb-1885 |
20-Feb-1966 |
WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Jeanette Nolan |
Actor |
30-Dec-1911 |
5-Jun-1998 |
Annette Deveraux on Hotel de Paree |
| Frank O'Bannon |
Politician |
30-Jan-1930 |
13-Sep-2003 |
Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003 |
| Merle Oberon |
Actor |
19-Feb-1911 |
23-Nov-1979 |
Wuthering Heights |
| Keizo Obuchi |
Head of State |
25-Jun-1937 |
14-May-2000 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1998-2000 |
| Fred Olivi |
Military |
16-Jan-1922 |
8-Apr-2004 |
Co-pilot of Nagasaki bombing |
| Adam Osborne |
Business |
6-Mar-1939 |
18-Mar-2003 |
Inventor of Osborne personal computer |
| Maria Ouspenskaya |
Actor |
29-Jul-1876 |
3-Dec-1949 |
Waterloo Bridge |
| Alferd Packer |
Criminal |
21-Nov-1842 |
23-Apr-1907 |
Celebrated cannibal killer |
| Jean Parker |
Actor |
11-Aug-1915 |
30-Nov-2005 |
Little Women |
| Louis Pasteur |
Chemist |
27-Dec-1822 |
28-Sep-1895 |
Discovered process of pasteurization |
| Pope Paul II |
Religion |
23-Feb-1417 |
26-Jul-1471 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1464-71 |
| Norman Vincent Peale |
Religion |
31-May-1898 |
24-Dec-1993 |
The Power of Positive Thinking |
| Minnie Pearl |
Musician |
25-Oct-1912 |
4-Mar-1996 |
Her hat cost $1.98 |
| Carl Perkins |
Musician |
9-Apr-1932 |
19-Jan-1998 |
Wrote Blue Suede Shoes |
| Laurence J. Peter |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1919 |
12-Jan-1990 |
The Peter Principle |
| Philip V |
Royalty |
19-Dec-1683 |
9-Jul-1746 |
King of Spain, 1700-46 |
| Walter Pidgeon |
Actor |
23-Sep-1897 |
25-Sep-1984 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Lydia Pinkham |
Business |
9-Feb-1819 |
17-May-1883 |
Herbal supplements for "ladies' problems" |
| Fernando Poe, Jr. |
Politician |
20-Aug-1939 |
13-Dec-2004 |
Filipino actor turned presidential candidate |
| Perez Prado |
Musician |
11-Dec-1916 |
14-Sep-1989 |
Mambo king ("Dilo!") |
| William H. Prescott |
Historian |
4-May-1796 |
28-Jan-1859 |
The Conquest of Mexico |
| V. S. Pritchett |
Author |
16-Dec-1900 |
20-Mar-1997 |
Midnight Oil |
| John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
| Kirby Puckett |
Baseball |
14-Mar-1960 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer |
| Robert Purvis |
Activist |
4-Aug-1810 |
15-Apr-1898 |
President of the Underground Railroad |
| Yordan Radichkov |
Author |
24-Oct-1929 |
21-Jan-2004 |
Bulgarian writer |
| Ford Rainey |
Actor |
8-Aug-1908 |
25-Jul-2005 |
Window on Main Street |
| Peyton Randolph |
Politician |
1721 |
23-Oct-1775 |
First President of the Continental Congress |
| Gene Anthony Ray |
Dancer |
24-May-1962 |
14-Nov-2003 |
Leroy Johnson on Fame |
| Syngman Rhee |
Head of State |
26-Mar-1875 |
19-Jul-1965 |
First President of South Korea |
| Ralph Richardson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1902 |
10-Oct-1983 |
Things To Come |
| Samuel Richardson |
Novelist |
1689 |
4-Jul-1761 |
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded |
| Jerome Robbins |
Choreographer |
11-Oct-1918 |
29-Jul-1998 |
West Side Story |
| Paul Robeson |
Singer |
9-Apr-1898 |
23-Jan-1976 |
20th Century renaissance man |
| Archie Roosevelt |
Relative |
9-Apr-1894 |
13-Oct-1979 |
Conservative leader against New Deal |
| Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. |
Government |
16-Feb-1916 |
8-Jun-2000 |
1953 Iran coup |
| Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times executive editor 1977-86 |
| Ted Ross |
Actor |
30-Jun-1934 |
3-Sep-2002 |
Cowardly Lion in The Wiz |
| Lillian Roth |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
12-May-1980 |
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Philosopher |
28-Jun-1712 |
2-Jul-1778 |
Conceptualized the Social Contract |
| Mike Royko |
Columnist |
19-Sep-1932 |
29-Apr-1997 |
Syndicated Chicago columnist |
| Muriel Rukeyser |
Poet |
15-Dec-1913 |
12-Feb-1980 |
The Book of the Dead |
| António de Oliveira Salazar |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1889 |
27-Jul-1970 |
Ruler of Portugal, 1932-68 |
| Mongo Santamaria |
Drummer |
7-Apr-1922 |
1-Feb-2003 |
Influential latin percussionist |
| Grant Sawyer |
Politician |
14-Dec-1918 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Governor of Nevada, 1959-67 |
| Jack Schaefer |
Novelist |
19-Nov-1907 |
24-Jan-1991 |
Shane |
| Clara Schumann |
Pianist |
13-Sep-1819 |
20-May-1896 |
Romantic pianist and composer |
| James Schuyler |
Poet |
9-Nov-1923 |
12-Apr-1991 |
Freely Espousing |
| John T. Scopes |
Educator |
3-Aug-1900 |
21-Oct-1970 |
Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial |
| Dr. Gene Scott |
Religion |
14-Aug-1929 |
21-Feb-2005 |
Eccentric televangelist |
| Sir Walter Scott |
Author |
15-Aug-1771 |
21-Sep-1832 |
Ivanhoe |
| Jay Silverheels |
Actor |
26-May-1912 |
5-Mar-1980 |
Tonto on The Lone Ranger |
| Penny Singleton |
Actor |
15-Sep-1908 |
12-Nov-2003 |
Blondie |
| George Smathers |
Politician |
14-Nov-1913 |
20-Jan-2007 |
US Senator from Florida, 1951-69 |
| Warren L. Smith |
Economist |
1914 |
20-Apr-1972 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69 |
| Sam Snead |
Golf |
27-May-1912 |
23-May-2002 |
Winner of 82 PGA tournaments |
| Lewis C. Solmon |
Economist |
17-Jul-1942 |
17-Dec-2007 |
Education reformer |
| Ezra Solomon |
Economist |
1920 |
9-Dec-2002 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-73 |
| Aaron Spelling |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Apr-1923 |
23-Jun-2006 |
Beverly Hills 90210 |
| Florence Stanley |
Actor |
1-Jul-1924 |
3-Oct-2003 |
Bernice Fish |
| Henry Morton Stanley |
Explorer |
28-Jan-1841 |
10-May-1904 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
| Willie Stargell |
Baseball |
6-Mar-1940 |
9-Apr-2001 |
National League MVP 1979 |
| Jan Sterling |
Actor |
3-Apr-1921 |
26-Mar-2004 |
Ace in the Hole |
| Robert Louis Stevenson |
Author |
13-Nov-1850 |
3-Dec-1894 |
Treasure Island |
| Potter Stewart |
Judge |
23-Jan-1915 |
7-Dec-1985 |
US Supreme Court Justice |
| George Stoneman |
Military |
8-Aug-1822 |
5-Sep-1894 |
Civil War general, California governor |
| Robert Strauss |
Actor |
8-Nov-1913 |
20-Feb-1975 |
Animal in Stalag 17 |
| Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
| Slim Summerville |
Actor |
10-Jul-1892 |
6-Jan-1949 |
The Front Page |
| William Graham Sumner |
Educator |
30-Oct-1840 |
12-Apr-1910 |
Laissez faire sociologist |
| Jonathan Swift |
Author |
30-Nov-1667 |
19-Oct-1745 |
Gulliver's Travels |
| Norma Talmadge |
Actor |
26-May-1893 |
24-Dec-1957 |
Du Barry, Woman of Passion |
| Oliver Tambo |
Government |
27-Oct-1917 |
24-Apr-1993 |
ANC President, 1969-91 |
| Adolphe Thiers |
Head of State |
18-Apr-1797 |
3-Sep-1877 |
First President of the Third Republic |
| George Henry Thomas |
Military |
31-Jul-1816 |
28-Mar-1870 |
Union Army General |
| Jim Thompson |
Novelist |
27-Sep-1906 |
7-Apr-1977 |
Heed the Thunder |
| Ann Todd |
Actor |
24-Jan-1909 |
6-May-1993 |
The Sound Barrier |
| David Tomlinson |
Actor |
7-May-1917 |
24-Jun-2000 |
Mary Poppins |
| Mel Tormé |
Singer |
13-Sep-1925 |
5-Jun-1999 |
The Velvet Fog |
| Arturo Toscanini |
Conductor |
25-Mar-1867 |
16-Jan-1957 |
20th Century virtuoso conductor |
| Jack Valenti |
Business |
5-Sep-1921 |
26-Apr-2007 |
Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA |
| Luther Vandross |
Singer |
20-Apr-1951 |
1-Jul-2005 |
R&B Singer, Never Too Much |
| Alberto Vargas |
Artist |
9-Feb-1896 |
30-Dec-1982 |
Creator of the "Vargas Girl" |
| Giuseppe Verdi |
Composer |
9-Oct-1813 |
27-Jan-1901 |
La Traviata |
| T-Bone Walker |
Guitarist |
28-May-1910 |
16-Mar-1975 |
Highly influential blues guitarist |
| Fred Waring |
Conductor |
9-Jun-1900 |
29-Jul-1984 |
Innovative bandleader and musician |
| Lew Wasserman |
Business |
22-Mar-1913 |
3-Jun-2002 |
Chairman and CEO of MCA, 1946-95 |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
| Johnny Weissmuller |
Actor |
2-Jun-1904 |
20-Jan-1984 |
Gold Medalist became Tarzan |
| Arthur Wellesley |
Military |
1-May-1769 |
14-Sep-1852 |
1st Duke of Wellington |
| Mae West |
Actor |
17-Aug-1893 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Go up and see her sometime |
| J. Ernest Wharton |
Politician |
4-Oct-1899 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Congressman from New York, 1951-65 |
| Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Angus Wilson |
Novelist |
11-Aug-1913 |
31-May-1991 |
Hemlock and After |
| Henry Wilson |
Politician |
16-Feb-1812 |
22-Nov-1875 |
Vice President under Grant |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
| Roland Winters |
Actor |
22-Nov-1904 |
22-Oct-1989 |
Charlie Chan |
| Harry H. Woodring |
Politician |
31-May-1890 |
9-Sep-1967 |
US Secretary of War, 1936-40 |
| Irene Worth |
Actor |
23-Jun-1916 |
10-Mar-2002 |
Lost in Yonkers |
| William Wrigley, Jr. |
Business |
30-Sep-1861 |
26-Jan-1932 |
Chewing gum magnate |
| Margaret Wycherly |
Actor |
26-Oct-1881 |
6-Jun-1956 |
Sergeant York |
| John Wycliffe |
Religion |
c. 1330 |
31-Dec-1384 |
Translated the bible into English |
| Herbert O. Yardley |
Scientist |
13-Apr-1889 |
7-Aug-1958 |
U.S. cryptographer during WWI |
