| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert S. Abbott |
Publisher |
24-Nov-1868 |
29-Feb-1940 |
Chicago Defender |
| Robert Aldrich |
Film Director |
9-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1983 |
The Dirty Dozen |
| Elizabeth Allen |
Actor |
25-Jan-1929 |
19-Sep-2006 |
The Jackie Gleason Show |
| Gene Allison |
Musician |
29-Apr-1934 |
28-Feb-2004 |
You Can Make It If You Try |
| Prospero Alpini |
Botanist |
23-Nov-1553 |
23-Nov-1616 |
De Plantis Aegypti liber |
| William Robert Anderson |
Military |
17-Jun-1921 |
25-Feb-2007 |
Commander, USS Nautilus |
| Yuri Andropov |
Head of State |
14-Jun-1914 |
9-Feb-1984 |
Soviet General Secretary, 1982-84 |
| Paul Atkinson |
Guitarist |
19-Mar-1946 |
2-Apr-2004 |
Guitarist for The Zombies |
| Leonard Baskin |
Sculptor |
15-Aug-1922 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Sculptor and printmaker |
| Les Baxter |
Musician |
14-Mar-1922 |
15-Jan-1996 |
The Mel-Tones |
| Emily Morison Beck |
Editor |
c. 1916 |
28-Mar-2004 |
Editor of Bartlett's Quotations |
| Maurice Béjart |
Choreographer |
1-Jan-1927 |
22-Nov-2007 |
Innovative ballet choreographer |
| Edgar Bergen |
Actor |
16-Feb-1903 |
30-Sep-1978 |
Radio's greatest ventriloquist |
| Sarah Bernhardt |
Actor |
22-Oct-1844 |
26-Mar-1923 |
French theatre actress |
| John Biffen |
Politician |
3-Nov-1930 |
14-Aug-2007 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1982-87 |
| Harry Blackstone |
Magician |
27-Sep-1885 |
16-Nov-1965 |
Vaudeville illusionist |
| Léon Bourgeois |
Politician |
21-May-1851 |
29-Sep-1925 |
French Prime Minister 1895-96 |
| John Bromfield |
Actor |
11-Jun-1922 |
18-Sep-2005 |
U.S. Marshal |
| L. Dean Brown |
Diplomat |
21-Aug-1920 |
2-May-2001 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1970-73 |
| Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
| Buffalo Bill |
Performance Artist |
26-Feb-1846 |
10-Jan-1917 |
Wild West showman |
| Mikhail Bulgakov |
Author |
3-May-1891 |
10-Mar-1940 |
The Master and Margarita |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Clarence "Du" Burns |
Politician |
17-Sep-1918 |
12-Jan-2002 |
First black mayor of Baltimore |
| Harold H. Burton |
Judge |
22-Jun-1888 |
28-Oct-1964 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1945-58 |
| Ferruccio Busoni |
Pianist |
1-Apr-1866 |
27-Jul-1924 |
Fantasia Contrappuntistica |
| Pat Buttram |
Actor |
19-Jun-1915 |
8-Jan-1994 |
Mr. Haney on Green Acres |
| Jack L. Chalker |
Author |
17-Dec-1944 |
11-Feb-2005 |
SF author, wrote Well World series |
| Julia Child |
Chef |
15-Aug-1912 |
12-Aug-2004 |
Haute cuisine with a unique voice |
| June Christy |
Singer |
20-Nov-1925 |
21-Jun-1990 |
Something Cool |
| Cassius Marcellus Clay |
Politician |
19-Oct-1810 |
22-Jul-1903 |
Kentucky anti-slavery advocate |
| Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1967 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Bob Cummings |
Actor |
10-Jun-1908 |
2-Dec-1990 |
The Bob Cummings Show |
| Ray Danton |
Actor |
19-Sep-1931 |
11-Feb-1992 |
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond |
| Sandra Dee |
Actor |
23-Apr-1942 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gidget |
| Delia Derbyshire |
Electronic Musician |
5-May-1937 |
3-Jul-2001 |
Constructed the Doctor Who theme |
| Khigh Dhiegh |
Actor |
1910 |
25-Oct-1991 |
Wo Fat on Hawaii 5-O |
| Emily Dickinson |
Poet |
10-Dec-1830 |
15-May-1886 |
Perplexing American poet |
| Marlene Dietrich |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
6-May-1992 |
The Blue Angel |
| Ivan Dixon |
Actor |
6-Apr-1931 |
16-Mar-2008 |
Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes |
| Denny Doherty |
Singer |
29-Nov-1940 |
19-Jan-2007 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
| Robert Duncan |
Poet |
7-Jan-1919 |
3-Feb-1988 |
Bending the Bow |
| George Eliot |
Novelist |
22-Nov-1819 |
22-Dec-1880 |
Silas Marner |
| Albert Ellis |
Psychologist |
27-Sep-1913 |
24-Jul-2007 |
Rational emotive behavior therapy |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Loony chess grandmaster |
| Paul Fix |
Actor |
13-Mar-1901 |
14-Oct-1983 |
Marshal Torrance on The Rifleman |
| Arthur S. Flemming |
Government |
12-Jun-1905 |
7-Sep-1996 |
HEW Secretary, 1958-61 |
| Hiram Fong |
Politician |
15-Oct-1906 |
18-Aug-2004 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-77 |
| Magda Gabor |
Actor |
11-Jun-1914 |
6-Jun-1997 |
The least-known Gabor |
| Daniel Gélin |
Actor |
19-May-1921 |
29-Nov-2002 |
Rendezvous in July |
| Dexter Gordon |
Jazz Musician |
27-Feb-1923 |
25-Apr-1990 |
Influential bop saxophonist |
| Ray Goulding |
Comic |
20-Mar-1922 |
24-Mar-1990 |
Half of Bob & Ray |
| Florence Harding |
First Lady |
15-Aug-1860 |
21-Nov-1924 |
Wife of US President Warren G. Harding |
| Jean Harlow |
Actor |
3-Mar-1911 |
7-Jun-1937 |
Bombshell |
| Shirley Hemphill |
Actor |
1-Jul-1947 |
10-Dec-1999 |
Shirley Wilson on What's Happening |
| Alfred Hitchcock |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1899 |
29-Apr-1980 |
Master of Suspense |
| Michael Hordern |
Actor |
3-Oct-1911 |
2-May-1995 |
The Slipper and the Rose |
| Robert M. Hutchins |
Educator |
17-Jan-1899 |
17-May-1977 |
President, University of Chicago, 1929-51 |
| Frederic Eugene Ives |
Inventor |
17-Feb-1856 |
27-May-1937 |
Halftone process |
| Raj Kapoor |
Actor |
14-Dec-1924 |
2-Jun-1988 |
Top 20th Century Hindi megastar |
| Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan |
Musician |
13-Oct-1948 |
16-Aug-1997 |
World-renowned Qawwali vocalist |
| Theodor Kocher |
Doctor |
25-Aug-1841 |
27-Jul-1917 |
Thyroid surgeon |
| Walter Lang |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1896 |
7-Feb-1972 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| David Lange |
Head of State |
4-Aug-1942 |
13-Aug-2005 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1984-89 |
| Paul C. Lauterbur |
Scientist |
6-May-1929 |
27-Mar-2007 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Peter Lawford |
Actor |
7-Sep-1923 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Rat Pack member |
| Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
Military |
29-Aug-1899 |
12-Nov-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69 |
| C. S. Lewis |
Novelist |
29-Nov-1898 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Chronicles of Narnia |
| Solomon Linda |
Musician |
1909 |
8-Oct-1962 |
Wrote The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
| Jack London |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1876 |
22-Nov-1916 |
Call of the Wild |
| Norman Mailer |
Author |
31-Jan-1923 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Armies of the Night |
| Ferdinand Marcos |
Head of State |
11-Sep-1917 |
28-Sep-1989 |
Disgraced Philippine dictator |
| Frank Mars |
Business |
24-Sep-1883 |
8-Apr-1934 |
Invented Milky Way and Snickers bars |
| Louis B. Mayer |
Film/TV Producer |
4-Jul-1885 |
29-Oct-1957 |
The final M in MGM |
| John McKay |
Football |
5-Jul-1923 |
10-Jun-2001 |
USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75 |
| John Merivale |
Actor |
1-Dec-1917 |
6-Feb-1990 |
The List of Adrian Messenger |
| James A. Michener |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1907 |
16-Oct-1997 |
South Pacific |
| Spike Milligan |
Comic |
16-Apr-1918 |
27-Feb-2002 |
The Goon Show |
| Jay Miner |
Engineer |
31-May-1932 |
20-Jun-1994 |
Father of the Amiga Computer |
| Anna Neagle |
Singer |
20-Oct-1904 |
3-Jun-1986 |
Victoria the Great |
| Milton Obote |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1924 |
10-Oct-2005 |
Two-time President of Uganda |
| Kerry Packer |
Business |
17-Dec-1937 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Richest man in Australia |
| William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
| John O. Pastore |
Politician |
17-Mar-1907 |
15-Jul-2000 |
Governor and Senator from Rhode Island |
| Luciano Pavarotti |
Singer |
12-Oct-1935 |
6-Sep-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
| Hy Peskin |
Photographer |
5-Nov-1915 |
2-Jun-2005 |
Sports photojournalist |
| Oscar Peterson |
Pianist |
15-Aug-1925 |
24-Dec-2007 |
Maharajah of the keyboard |
| William Pierce |
Author |
11-Sep-1933 |
23-Jul-2002 |
The Turner Diaries |
| Cole Porter |
Composer |
9-Jun-1891 |
15-Oct-1964 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
| Billy Preston |
Musician |
9-Sep-1946 |
6-Jun-2006 |
Wrote You Are So Beautiful |
| Howard Pyle |
Artist |
5-Mar-1853 |
9-Nov-1911 |
Art Nouveau children's book illustrator |
| James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
| Patricia Roc |
Actor |
7-Jun-1915 |
30-Dec-2003 |
When the Bough Breaks |
| Percy Rodriguez |
Actor |
13-Jun-1918 |
6-Sep-2007 |
Afro-Canadian actor |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Painter |
12-May-1828 |
9-Apr-1882 |
English pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Jacob Schick |
Inventor |
16-Sep-1877 |
3-Jul-1937 |
Electric razor |
| Compay Segundo |
Guitarist |
18-Nov-1907 |
13-Jul-2003 |
Cuban guitarist, Buena Vista Social Club |
| Jack Starrett |
Film Director |
2-Nov-1936 |
27-Mar-1989 |
Cleopatra Jones |
| Albert Szent-Györgyi |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1893 |
22-Oct-1986 |
Vitamins C and B2 |
| Leon Uris |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2003 |
Battle Cry |
| Silas Warner |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1949 |
26-Feb-2004 |
Castle Wolfenstein |
| Barry White |
Singer |
12-Sep-1944 |
4-Jul-2003 |
Soulful R&B singer |
| Ellen Wilson |
First Lady |
15-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1914 |
First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Monty Woolley |
Actor |
17-Aug-1888 |
6-May-1963 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Sidney Yates |
Politician |
27-Aug-1909 |
5-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1949-99 |
