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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Pedro de Alvarado
Military
c. 1495 4-Jul-1541 Spanish conqueror of Americas
John Alvin
Actor
24-Oct-1917 27-Feb-2009 The Fighting Sullivans
Kingsley Amis
Novelist
16-Apr-1922 22-Oct-1995 Lucky Jim
Robert O. Anderson
Business
13-Apr-1917 2-Dec-2007 CEO of ARCO, 1966-86
Earl Anthony
Bowling
27-Apr-1938 14-Aug-2001 Professional bowler
Laura Ashley
Fashion Designer
7-Sep-1925 17-Sep-1985 Welsh designer
Robert Atkins
Doctor
17-Oct-1930 17-Apr-2003 Atkins Diet doctor
Red Badgro
Football
1-Dec-1902 13-Jul-1998 NFL Hall of Famer
John Balance
Electronic Musician
16-Feb-1962 13-Nov-2004 Coil
Malcolm Baldrige
Politician
4-Oct-1922 25-Jul-1987 US Secretary of Commerce 1981-87
Bruce Bennett
Actor
19-May-1906 24-Feb-2007 Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials
Salvador Jorge Blanco
Head of State
5-Jul-1926 26-Dec-2010 President of Dominican Republic, 1982-86
Umberto Boccioni
Painter
19-Oct-1882 17-Aug-1916 Italian Futurist painter and sculptor
Fortunio Bonanova
Singer
13-Jan-1895 2-Apr-1969 Citizen Kane
Beulah Bondi
Actor
3-May-1888 1-Jan-1981 Make Way for Tomorrow
Vance Bourjaily
Novelist
17-Sep-1922 31-Aug-2010 The End of My Life
David Brinkley
Journalist
10-Jul-1920 11-Jun-2003 The Huntley-Brinkley Report
William Cullen Bryant
Poet
3-Nov-1794 12-Jun-1878 Editor, The New York Evening Post
Octavia Butler
Novelist
22-Jun-1947 24-Feb-2006 Patternmaster
George Washington Carver
Botanist
c. 1860 5-Jan-1943 Crop rotation and peanut butter
Gordon Childe
Archaeologist
14-Apr-1892 19-Oct-1957 The Dawn of European Civilisation
Gary Coleman
Actor
8-Feb-1968 28-May-2010 Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes
Jeff Corey
Actor
10-Aug-1914 16-Aug-2002 Little Big Man
Robert Culp
Actor
16-Aug-1930 24-Mar-2010 I Spy
Jubal Early
Military
3-Nov-1816 2-Mar-1894 Confederate General
Stephen Collins Foster
Songwriter
4-Jul-1826 13-Jan-1864 My Old Kentucky Home
Phyllis Fraser
Socialite
22-Jun-1911 24-Nov-2006 Wife of Bennett Cerf
Jonathan Frid
Actor
2-Dec-1924 14-Apr-2012 Dark Shadows
Hugo Friedhofer
Composer
3-May-1901 17-May-1981 The Best Years of Our Lives
Jerry Fuchs
Drummer
c. 1974 8-Nov-2009 Maserati, !!!
Frank Gannett
Business
15-Sep-1876 3-Dec-1957 Founder, Gannett publishing empire
William F. Giauque
Chemist
12-May-1895 28-Mar-1982 Adiabatic demagnetization
Katharine Graham
Publisher
16-Jun-1917 17-Jul-2001 Washington Post publisher, 1966-79
Rob Grill
Musician
30-Nov-1943 11-Jul-2011 Lead Vocalist, The Grass Roots
Kenny Guinn
Politician
24-Aug-1936 22-Jul-2010 Governor of Nevada, 1999-2007
Otto Hahn
Chemist
8-Mar-1879 28-Jul-1968 Demonstrated fission
Owen Hart
Wrestling
7-May-1965 23-May-1999 Wrestler fell to his death
Howard Hawks
Film Director
30-May-1896 26-Dec-1977 Rio Bravo
Ron Hayes
Actor
26-Feb-1929 1-Oct-2004 Ben Jones on The Rounders
Chick Hearn
Journalist
27-Nov-1916 5-Aug-2002 Legendary basketball announcer
Kenneth J. Hendricks
Business
8-Sep-1941 21-Dec-2007 Billionaire, ABC Supply
William Holden
Actor
17-Apr-1918 16-Nov-1981 Stalag 17
Roman Hruska
Politician
16-Aug-1904 25-Apr-1999 US Senator from Nebraska, 1954-76
Jeffrey Hunter
Actor
25-Nov-1926 27-May-1969 King of Kings
Paul Iams
Business
11-Aug-1915 26-Oct-2004 Pet food manufacturer
Isaac M. Jordan
Politician
5-May-1835 3-Dec-1890 Congressman from Ohio, 1883-85
Genghis Khan
Royalty
c. 1162 AD 18-Aug-1227 World's most successful conqueror
Edward J. King
Politician
11-May-1925 18-Sep-2006 Governor of Massachusetts, 1979-83
Roy Kinnear
Actor
8-Jan-1934 20-Sep-1988 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Henry Kolker
Actor
13-Nov-1870 15-Jul-1947 Romeo and Juliet
Tony Lazzeri
Baseball
6-Dec-1903 6-Aug-1946 Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer
Alan G. MacDiarmid
Chemist
14-Apr-1927 7-Feb-2007 Metallic polymers
Lester Maddox
Politician
30-Sep-1915 25-Jun-2003 Governor of Georgia, 1967-71
Max McGee
Football
16-Jul-1932 20-Oct-2007 Former WR, Green Bay Packers
Charles McGraw
Actor
10-May-1914 30-Jul-1980 Armored Car Robbery
George Meader
Politician
13-Sep-1907 15-Oct-1994 Congressman from Michigan, 1951-65
Col. Robert Morgan
Military
31-Jul-1918 15-May-2004 Pilot of The Memphis Belle
Mo Mowlam
Politician
18-Sep-1949 19-Aug-2005 Former Labour MP
Ronald Neame
Film Director
23-Apr-1911 16-Jun-2010 The Poseidon Adventure
Nico
Musician
16-Oct-1938 18-Jul-1988 The Velvet Underground and Nico
Derek Nimmo
Actor
19-Sep-1930 24-Feb-1999 All Gas and Gaiters
William of Orange
Royalty
14-Nov-1650 8-Mar-1702 Conquered England, Scotland, Ireland
Robert Peel
Head of State
5-Feb-1788 2-Jul-1850 U.K. Prime Minister
Charles Pfizer
Chemist
1824 19-Oct-1906 Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
James Pike
Religion
14-Feb-1913 Sep-1969 5th Episcopal Bishop of California
Richard Poirier
Critic
9-Sep-1925 15-Aug-2009 Raritan, A Quarterly Review
David H. Popper
Diplomat
3-Oct-1912 24-Jul-2008 US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77
William F. Quinn
Politician
13-Jul-1919 28-Aug-2006 Governor of Hawaii, 1957-62
Maxwell M. Rabb
Attorney
28-Sep-1910 9-Jun-2002 US Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89
Jane Randolph
Actor
30-Oct-1915 4-May-2009 Cat People
Abe Reles
Criminal
1906 12-Nov-1941 Hitman for Murder, Inc.
Lynne Roberts
Actor
22-Nov-1919 1-Apr-1978 American character actress
Bob Rosburg
Golf
21-Oct-1926 14-May-2009 Winner, 1959 PGA Championship
Lou Saban
Football
13-Oct-1921 29-Mar-2009 Head Coach in AFL, NFL, and NCAA
John D. Scanlan
Diplomat
20-Dec-1927 20-Nov-2007 US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1985-89
Glenn Shadix
Actor
15-Apr-1952 7-Sep-2010 Beetlejuice
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
26-Jul-1856 2-Nov-1950 Irish dramatist and pamphleteer
Joseph Stein
Playwright
30-May-1912 24-Oct-2010 Fiddler on the Roof librettist
Dimitri Tiomkin
Composer
10-May-1894 11-Nov-1979 Wild Is the Wind
Sherman W. Tribbitt
Politician
9-Nov-1922 14-Aug-2010 Governor of Delaware, 1973-77
Karel Van Miert
Politician
17-Jan-1942 22-Jun-2009 EU Commissioner for Competition, 1993-99
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist
11-Nov-1922 11-Apr-2007 Slaughterhouse Five
William Warfield
Singer
22-Jan-1920 25-Aug-2002 Porgy and Bess
Arthur K. Watson
Business
23-Apr-1919 26-Jul-1974 Past President of IBM World Corp.
Evelyn Waugh
Novelist
28-Oct-1903 10-Apr-1966 Brideshead Revisited
Daniel Webster
Politician
18-Jan-1782 24-Oct-1852 The completest man
John L. Weinberg
Business
25-Jan-1925 7-Aug-2006 Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90
George Weissman
Business
12-Jul-1919 24-Jul-2009 CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84
Michael Wilding
Actor
23-Jul-1912 8-Jul-1979 Torch Song
William the Conqueror
Royalty
c. 1027 9-Sep-1087 Invaded, conquered England in 1066
Sewall Wright
Biologist
21-Dec-1889 3-Mar-1988 Mathematics of evolution



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