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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bud Abbott
Actor
2-Oct-1895 24-Apr-1974 Half of Abbott and Costello
Joseph P. Addabbo
Politician
17-Mar-1925 10-Apr-1986 Congressman from New York, 1961-86
Larry Adler
Musician
10-Feb-1914 6-Aug-2001 Mouth organ virtuoso
Claude Akins
Actor
25-May-1926 27-Jan-1994 Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Lloyd Alexander
Novelist
30-Jan-1924 17-May-2007 The Chronicles of Prydain
Shana Alexander
Journalist
6-Oct-1925 23-Jun-2005 Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder
Margery Allingham
Novelist
20-May-1904 30-Jun-1966 Albert Campion detective novels
Luis W. Alvarez
Physicist
13-Jun-1911 1-Sep-1988 Particle accelerator pioneer
Robert Anderson
Business
2-Nov-1920 28-Oct-2006 Chairman of Rockwell, 1979-88
Robert Armstrong
Actor
20-Nov-1890 20-Apr-1973 King Kong
Roland Arnall
Business
29-Mar-1939 17-Mar-2008 Ameriquest billionaire
Hal Ashby
Film Director
2-Sep-1929 27-Dec-1988 Harold and Maude
Chet Atkins
Country Musician
20-Jun-1924 30-Jun-2001 Prominent country picker
Carter T. Barron
Business
30-Jan-1905 16-Nov-1950 Washington advocate for the arts
Robert L. Bartley
Editor
12-Oct-1937 10-Dec-2003 Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003
Romare Bearden
Painter
2-Sep-1911 12-Mar-1988 Collagist
Dave Berg
Cartoonist
12-Jun-1920 17-May-2002 The Lighter Side of...
Samuel D. Berger
Diplomat
6-Dec-1911 12-Feb-1980 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64
Georges Bernanos
Novelist
20-Feb-1888 5-Jul-1948 The Diary of a Country Priest
Prince Bernhard
Royalty
29-Jun-1911 1-Dec-2004 Prince of the Netherlands
Willie Best
Actor
27-May-1913 27-Feb-1962 Sleep 'n' Eat
Alexander Bickel
Scholar
17-Dec-1924 7-Nov-1974 The Least Dangerous Branch
Whitney Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1925 28-Sep-2002 Mrs. B on Hazel
Mari Blanchard
Actor
13-Apr-1927 10-May-1970 She-Devil
Ernest Bloch
Composer
24-Jul-1880 15-Jul-1959 Schelomo
Lloyd Bochner
Actor
29-Jul-1924 29-Oct-2005 It's a cookbook
Charles E. Bohlen
Diplomat
30-Aug-1904 31-Dec-1974 US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57
Ray Bolger
Actor
10-Jan-1904 15-Jan-1987 The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow
Pauline Borghese
Relative
20-Oct-1780 9-Jun-1825 Sister of Napoleon Bonaparte
Frank Borzage
Film Director
23-Apr-1894 19-Jun-1962 A Farewell to Arms
Kenneth E. Boulding
Economist
18-Jan-1910 18-Mar-1993 The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society
Daniel Bovet
Scientist
23-Mar-1907 8-Apr-1992 Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide
Alice Brady
Actor
2-Nov-1892 28-Oct-1939 In Old Chicago
Johannes Brahms
Composer
7-May-1833 3-Apr-1897 Ein deutsches Requiem
Jean-Claude Brialy
Actor
30-Mar-1933 30-May-2007 Une femme est une femme
James Bridges
Film Director
3-Feb-1936 6-Jun-1993 Urban Cowboy and The Paper Chase
Barbara Britton
Actor
26-Sep-1919 17-Jan-1980 Mr. and Mrs. North
James Broderick
Actor
7-Mar-1927 1-Nov-1982 Doug Lawrence on Family
Steve Brodie
Actor
21-Nov-1919 9-Jan-1992 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Geraldine Brooks
Actor
29-Oct-1925 19-Jun-1977 The Reckless Moment
Rand Brooks
Actor
21-Sep-1918 1-Sep-2003 Gone With the Wind
Chandler Brossard
Novelist
18-Jul-1922 29-Aug-1993 The Bold Saboteurs
R. Hanbury Brown
Astronomer
31-Aug-1916 16-Jan-2002 Optical intensity interferometer
Roscoe Lee Browne
Actor
2-May-1925 11-Apr-2007 Character actor, 1960s to 2000s
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Government
20-Feb-1904 1-May-1996 US Attorney General, 1953-57
Tod Browning
Film Director
12-Jul-1882 6-Oct-1962 Director, Dracula, Freaks
Virginia Bruce
Actor
29-Sep-1910 24-Feb-1982 The Invisible Woman
Heidi Brühl
Actor
30-Jan-1941 8-Jun-1991 The Eiger Sanction
Spring Byington
Actor
17-Oct-1886 7-Sep-1971 You Can't Take it With You
Rod Cameron
Actor
7-Dec-1910 21-Dec-1983 The Bounty Killer
Judy Canova
Actor
20-Nov-1913 5-Aug-1983 Comic actress, vaudevillian
Lázaro Cárdenas
Head of State
21-May-1895 19-Oct-1970 President of Mexico, 1934-40
Eric Carr
Drummer
12-Jul-1950 24-Nov-1991 Drummer for KISS
Leo Carrillo
Actor
6-Aug-1881 10-Sep-1961 Pancho on The Cisco Kid
Leo G. Carroll
Actor
25-Oct-1892 16-Oct-1972 Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Angela Carter
Author
7-May-1940 16-Feb-1992 Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
Rosalind Cash
Actor
31-Dec-1938 31-Oct-1995 The Omega Man
Joan Caulfield
Actor
1-Jun-1922 18-Jun-1991 Dear Ruth
Gower Champion
Dancer
22-Jun-1921 25-Aug-1980 Show Boat
Frederic L. Chapin
Diplomat
13-Jul-1929 8-Sep-1989 US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84
Paddy Chayefsky
Playwright
29-Jan-1923 1-Aug-1981 Network
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer
31-Mar-1929 26-Jun-2007 Founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Kenneth B. Clark
Psychologist
14-Jul-1914 1-May-2005 Dark Ghetto: Dilemmas of Social Power
Mark Clark
Military
1-May-1896 17-Apr-1984 US Army Chief of Staff
Walter van Tilburg Clark
Novelist
3-Aug-1909 10-Nov-1971 The Ox-Bow Incident
James Clavell
Novelist
10-Oct-1924 7-Sep-1994 Shogun and The Great Escape
Ty Cobb
Baseball
18-Dec-1886 17-Jul-1961 Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
George M. Cohan
Composer
3-Jul-1878 5-Nov-1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
Jeffery Cohelan
Politician
24-Jun-1914 15-Feb-1999 Congressman from California, 1959-71
LeRoy Collins
Politician
10-Mar-1909 12-Mar-1991 Governor of Florida, 1955-61
Maureen Connolly
Tennis
17-Sep-1934 21-Jun-1969 Little Mo
Charles Cooley
Educator
17-Aug-1864 8-May-1929 Looking-glass self
Allan M. Cormack
Physicist
23-Feb-1924 7-May-1998 Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans)
Aneta Corsaut
Actor
3-Nov-1933 6-Nov-1995 The Andy Griffith Show
Lawrence Coughlin
Politician
11-Apr-1929 30-Nov-2001 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93
Floyd Cramer
Country Musician
27-Oct-1933 31-Dec-1997 Country music pianist
Ruth Porter Crawford
Composer
3-Jul-1901 18-Nov-1953 Composer, musical ethnologist
John Patrick Crecine
Educator
22-Aug-1939 28-Apr-2008 President of Georgia Tech, 1987-94
Paul Cronin
Government
14-Mar-1938 5-Apr-1997 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-75
Richard Crossman
Politician
15-Dec-1907 5-Apr-1974 Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68
Michael Curtiz
Film Director
24-Dec-1886 10-Apr-1962 Casablanca
Bob Davies
Basketball
15-Jan-1920 22-Apr-1990 Rochester Royals, Hall of Famer
Marion Davies
Actor
3-Jan-1897 22-Sep-1961 When Knighthood Was in Flower
Gail Davis
Actor
5-Oct-1925 15-Mar-1997 Annie Oakley
George Draper Dayton
Business
6-Mar-1857 18-Feb-1938 Founder of what is now Target Stores
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
Reginald Denny
Actor
20-Nov-1891 16-Jun-1967 English actor and RC airplane popularizer
Colleen Dewhurst
Actor
3-Jun-1924 2-Aug-1991 Murphy Brown's mother
Edsger Dijkstra
Computer Programmer
11-May-1930 6-Aug-2002 Enemy of the goto statement
Yvonne Dionne
Victim
28-May-1934 23-Jun-2001 Canadian quintuplets put on display
Faith Domergue
Actor
16-Jun-1924 4-Apr-1999 Where Danger Lives
King Donovan
Actor
25-Jan-1918 30-Jun-1987 Character actor husband of Imogene Coca
Gordon Douglas
Film Director
15-Dec-1907 29-Sep-1993 Them!
Marie Dressler
Actor
2-Nov-1868 28-Jul-1934 Min and Bill
Marguerite Duras
Novelist
4-Apr-1914 3-Mar-1996 Hiroshima mon Amour
Dan Duryea
Actor
23-Jan-1907 7-Jun-1968 The Little Foxes
Timothy Dwight
Educator
14-May-1752 11-Jan-1817 President of Yale, 1795-1817
William J. Dyess
Diplomat
1-Aug-1929 6-Jan-1996 US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83
Edward Elgar
Composer
2-Jun-1857 23-Feb-1934 Pomp and Circumstance
Wild Bill Elliott
Actor
16-Oct-1903 26-Nov-1965 1940s movie cowboy
John Hart Ely
Scholar
3-Dec-1938 25-Oct-2003 Democracy and Distrust
Zhou Enlai
Head of State
5-Mar-1898 8-Jan-1976 Mao's right-hand man
Paul Erdman
Economist
19-May-1932 23-Apr-2007 The Billion Dollar Sure Thing
Leif Erickson
Actor
27-Oct-1911 29-Jan-1986 The High Chaparral
M. C. Escher
Artist
17-Jun-1898 27-Mar-1972 Famous for illogical drawings
Madge Evans
Actor
1-Jul-1909 26-Apr-1981 Hallelujah I'm a Bum
Maurice Evans
Actor
3-Jun-1901 12-Mar-1989 Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes
Percy Faith
Musician
07-Apr-1908 09-Feb-1976 Easy listening arranger and composer
Norman Fell
Actor
24-Mar-1924 14-Dec-1998 Mr. Roper on Three's Company
Edna Ferber
Novelist
15-Aug-1885 16-Apr-1968 Show Boat and Giant
Glenn W. Ferguson
Educator
28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Ruth Fertel
Business
5-Feb-1927 16-Apr-2002 Founder, Ruth's Chris Steak House
Irving Fisher
Economist
27-Feb-1867 29-Apr-1947 The Theory of Interest
Myron Floren
Musician
5-Nov-1919 23-Jul-2005 Accordionist for Lawrence Welk
Robert Florey
Film Director
14-Sep-1900 16-May-1979 Tarzan and the Mermaids
Edsel Ford
Business
6-Nov-1893 26-May-1943 President of Ford, 1919-43
Norman Foster
Film Director
13-Dec-1900 7-Jul-1976 Journey Into Fear
Marshall Frady
Journalist
11-Jan-1940 9-Mar-2004 Wallace
Bill France, Jr.
Auto Racing
4-Apr-1933 4-Jun-2007 Longtime NASCAR president
Kay Francis
Actor
13-Jan-1905 26-Aug-1968 Trouble in Paradise
Milton Frank
Diplomat
18-Nov-1919 13-Jan-1993 US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89
Max Frisch
Novelist
15-May-1911 4-Apr-1991 Homo Faber
Hans Fritzsche
Government
21-Apr-1900 27-Sep-1953 Reich minister of radio propaganda
Slim Gaillard
Jazz Musician
4-Jan-1916 26-Feb-1991 Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti
Thomas Gainsborough
Painter
14-May-1727 2-Aug-1788 Portrait and landscape painter
Erle Chennault Galbraith
Relative
1-Dec-1922 11-Jan-2004 Widow of Al Jolson
Evan Griffith Galbraith
Business
2-Jul-1928 21-Jan-2008 US Ambassador to France, 1981-85
Richard H. Gallagher
Engineer
17-Nov-1927 30-Sep-1997 Finite element method
John W. Gardner
Administrator
8-Oct-1912 16-Feb-2002 Founder of Common Cause
João Batista de Almeida Garrett
Playwright
4-Feb-1799 9-Dec-1854 Frei Luís da Sousa
Jim Garrison
Attorney
20-Nov-1921 21-Oct-1992 New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination
Ed Gein
Criminal
27-Aug-1906 26-Jul-1984 Serial killer and cannibal
Richard Gelb
Business
1924 4-Apr-2004 CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1972-93
Tony Gillespie
Diplomat
22-Mar-1935 7-Mar-2008 US Ambassador to Chile, 1988-91
Arnold Gingrich
Journalist
5-Dec-1903 9-Jul-1976 Founder of Esquire magazine
Natalia Ginzburg
Novelist
14-Jul-1916 7-Oct-1991 La strada che va in città
William Ewart Gladstone
Head of State
29-Dec-1809 19-May-1898 Four times UK Prime Minister
Stephen M. Goldfeld
Economist
9-Aug-1940 25-Aug-1995 Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81
Marius Goring
Actor
23-May-1912 30-Sep-1998 The Red Shoes
Anne Gorsuch
Government
21-Apr-1942 18-Jul-2004 Reagan's EPA administrator forced to resign
Harry Goz
Actor
16-Feb-1932 6-Sep-2003 Captain Murphy on Sealab 2021
Gloria Grahame
Actor
28-Nov-1923 5-Oct-1981 The Bad and the Beautiful
Stewart Granger
Actor
6-May-1913 16-Aug-1993 King Solomon's Mines
Charles Gray
Actor
29-Aug-1928 7-Mar-2000 Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Hank Greenberg
Baseball
1-Jan-1911 4-Sep-1986 Two-time American League MVP
Jane Greer
Actor
9-Sep-1924 24-Aug-2001 Out of the Past
Pope Gregory XVI
Religion
18-Sep-1765 1-Jun-1846 Papal spendthrift, hated railroads
Ernest Gruening
Politician
6-Feb-1887 26-Jun-1974 US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69
Brion Gysin
Artist
19-Jan-1916 13-Jul-1986 Inventor of the Dreamachine
Walter Hagen
Golf
21-Dec-1892 5-Oct-1969 Won 11 major championships
William Haines
Actor
2-Jan-1900 26-Dec-1973 Hollywood's first openly gay leading man
Murray Hamilton
Actor
24-Mar-1923 1-Sep-1986 Jaws
Armand Hammer
Business
21-May-1898 10-Dec-1990 Soviet agent of influence
Sterling Hayden
Actor
26-Mar-1916 23-May-1986 Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove
Jean Hersholt
Actor
12-Jul-1886 2-Jun-1956 Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund
John D. Hickerson
Diplomat
26-Jan-1898 18-Jan-1989 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61
Fay Holden
Actor
26-Sep-1893 23-Jun-1973 Played Andy Hardy's mother
Alexander Lyman Holley
Engineer
20-Jul-1832 29-Jan-1882 Designed steel foundries
Robert D. Holmes
Politician
11-May-1909 6-Jun-1976 Governor of Oregon, 1957-59
Tim Holt
Actor
5-Feb-1918 15-Feb-1973 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Harry Lloyd Hopkins
Government
17-Aug-1890 29-Jan-1946 US Secretary of Commerce 1938-40
Edward Everett Horton
Actor
18-Mar-1886 29-Sep-1970 Prolific 1930s comedic actor
Cal Hubbard
Football
31-Oct-1900 17-Oct-1977 NFL Hall of Famer, Baseball umpire
Arthur Hunnicutt
Actor
17-Feb-1910 26-Sep-1979 The Big Sky
Evan Hunter
Novelist
15-Oct-1926 7-Jul-2005 The Blackboard Jungle
Arthur M. Hyde
Politician
12-Jul-1877 17-Oct-1947 Governor of Missouri, 1921-25
Ivan Illich
Philosopher
4-Sep-1926 2-Dec-2002 Deschooling Society
Christopher Isherwood
Author
26-Aug-1904 4-Jan-1986 The Berlin Stories
Sam Jaffe
Actor
10-Mar-1891 24-Mar-1984 Gunga Din
Skip James
Musician
21-Jun-1902 3-Oct-1969 Devil Got My Woman
Emil Jannings
Actor
23-Jul-1884 3-Jan-1950 The Last Command
Vic Janowicz
Football
26-Jan-1930 27-Feb-1996 Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy
Ursula Jeans
Actor
5-May-1906 21-Apr-1973 The Dam Busters
Frank Jenks
Actor
4-Nov-1902 13-May-1962 Vaudvillian, character actor
Carolyn Jones
Actor
28-Apr-1929 3-Aug-1983 Morticia on The Addams Family
G. Lewis Jones
Diplomat
18-May-1907 13-Nov-1971 US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59
Hamilton Jordan
Government
21-Sep-1944 20-May-2008 White House Chief of Staff, 1979-80
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
First Lady
5-Mar-1898 23-Oct-2003 The Dragon Lady
Fred Karlin
Musician
16-Jun-1936 26-Mar-2004 Won Oscar for For All We Know
Phil Karlson
Film Director
2-Jul-1908 12-Dec-1985 Walking Tall
Samuel H. Kauffmann
Business
c. 1923 4-Apr-2002 California tract housing developer
Ruby Keeler
Actor
25-Aug-1909 28-Feb-1993 42nd Street
Patsy Kelly
Actor
12-Jan-1910 24-Sep-1981 Freaky Friday
Burt Kennedy
Film Director
3-Sep-1922 15-Feb-2001 Support Your Local Sheriff
Douglas Kennedy
Actor
14-Sep-1915 10-Aug-1973 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
Alexander Kerensky
Government
22-Apr-1881 11-Jun-1970 Head of pre-Bolshevik Russian government
Otto Kerner
Politician
15-Aug-1908 9-May-1976 Governor of Illinois, 1961-68
Hank Ketcham
Cartoonist
14-Mar-1920 1-Jun-2001 Dennis the Menace
Michael Kidd
Choreographer
12-Aug-1915 23-Dec-2007 Award-winning choreographer
Jack S. Kilby
Inventor
8-Nov-1923 20-Jun-2005 Electrical engineering pioneer
Tom Kindness
Politician
26-Aug-1929 8-Jan-2004 Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87
William R. Kintner
Scholar
21-Apr-1915 1-Feb-1997 Peace and the Strategy Conflict
Werner Klemperer
Actor
22-Mar-1920 6-Dec-2000 Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes
Diane Knippers
Religion
6-Jan-1952 18-Apr-2005 Conservative religious strategist
Volker Kriegel
Jazz Musician
24-Dec-1943 15-Jun-2003 "Father of jazz-rock"
Thomas Kuhn
Author
18-Jul-1922 17-Jun-1996 Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Nancy Kulp
Actor
28-Aug-1921 3-Feb-1991 Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies
Fernando Lamas
Actor
9-Jan-1915 8-Oct-1982 The Lost World
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Author
23-Dec-1896 23-Jul-1957 Il gattopardo
Jessie Royce Landis
Actor
25-Nov-1896 2-Nov-1972 North by Northwest
Paul Landres
Film Director
21-Aug-1912 26-Dec-2001 B-Movie and television director
Harriet Lane
First Lady
9-May-1830 3-Jul-1903 Niece of US President James Buchanan
Glenn Langan
Actor
8-Jul-1917 19-Jan-1991 The Amazing Colossal Man
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Playwright
19-Aug-1915 31-Oct-2000 Screenwriter, M*A*S*H
Philip Larkin
Poet
9-Aug-1922 2-Dec-1985 The Whitsun Weddings
Christopher Lasch
Author
1-Jun-1932 14-Feb-1994 The Culture of Narcissism
Frank Latimore
Actor
28-Sep-1925 29-Nov-1998 Shock
Charles Laughton
Actor
1-Jul-1899 15-Dec-1962 Island of Lost Souls
Emma Lazarus
Poet
22-Jul-1849 19-Nov-1887 The New Colossus
David Lean
Film Director
25-Mar-1908 16-Apr-1991 Lawrence of Arabia
Bernard Lee
Actor
10-Jan-1908 16-Jan-1981 James Bond's M
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dancer
9-Feb-1911 26-Apr-1970 Terpsichorean ecdysiast
Andrea Leeds
Actor
14-Aug-1914 21-May-1984 Stage Door
Alfred Lerner
Business
8-May-1933 23-Oct-2002 CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002
Edward B. Lewis
Scientist
20-May-1918 21-Jul-2004 Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate
Frank Licht
Politician
13-Mar-1916 30-May-1987 Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73
Cruz Lizárraga
Musician
1-Jul-1918 17-Jun-1995 El Muchacho Alegre
James B. Longley
Politician
22-Apr-1924 16-Aug-1980 Governor of Maine, 1975-79
Ben F. Love
Business
1924 13-Jan-2006 CEO of Texas Commerce Bank
Ada Lovelace
Mathematician
10-Dec-1815 27-Nov-1852 Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine
Robert H. Lowie
Anthropologist
12-Jun-1883 21-Sep-1957 American ethnologist
Allen Ludden
Game Show Host
5-Oct-1917 9-Jun-1981 Host of Password TV game show
Edwin Lutyens
Architect
29-Mar-1869 1-Jan-1944 Laid the plan for New Delhi
Colin MacInnes
Novelist
20-Aug-1914 22-Apr-1976 Absolute Beginners
Helen Mack
Actor
13-Nov-1913 13-Aug-1986 The Son of Kong
Barton MacLane
Actor
25-Dec-1902 1-Jan-1969 Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
William Manchester
Author
1-Apr-1922 1-Jun-2004 The Arms of Krupp
Fredric March
Actor
31-Aug-1897 14-Apr-1975 The Best Years of Our Lives
Barney Martin
Actor
3-Mar-1923 21-Mar-2005 Played Jerry's dad Morty on Seinfeld
Don Martin
Artist
18-May-1931 6-Jan-2000 Mad Magazine artist
Mary Martin
Actor
1-Dec-1913 3-Nov-1990 Peter Pan
Zeppo Marx
Actor
25-Feb-1901 30-Nov-1979 Straight man of the Marx Brothers
Jules Massenet
Composer
12-May-1842 13-Aug-1912 Manon
Scott M. Matheson
Politician
8-Jan-1929 7-Oct-1990 Governor of Utah, 1977-85
Henri Matisse
Painter
31-Dec-1869 3-Nov-1954 Free, expressive French painter
Jessie Matthews
Actor
11-Mar-1907 19-Aug-1981 English stage and radio actress
James Clerk Maxwell
Physicist
13-Jun-1831 5-Nov-1879 Maxwell's Equations
Archie Mayo
Film Director
29-Jan-1891 4-Dec-1968 The Adventures of Marco Polo
Mary McCarthy
Author
21-Jun-1912 25-Oct-1989 The Group
Charles McClendon
Football
17-Oct-1923 6-Dec-2001 LSU Head Coach, 1962-79
John P. McConnell
Military
7-Feb-1908 21-Nov-1986 USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69
William J. McDonald
Attorney
1928 19-Feb-1990 Chief Lawyer at Union Pacific, 1969-89
Neil H. McElroy
Government
30-Oct-1904 30-Nov-1972 US Secretary of Defense, 1957-59
John McGahern
Novelist
12-Nov-1934 30-Mar-2006 Amongst Women
K. Gunn McKay
Politician
23-Feb-1925 6-Oct-2000 Congressman from Utah, 1971-81
Vince McMahon, Sr.
Wrestling
6-Jul-1914 24-May-1984 World Wrestling Entertainment founder
William McMahon
Head of State
23-Feb-1908 31-Mar-1988 Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72
Carey McWilliams
Journalist
13-Dec-1905 27-Jun-1980 Editor of The Nation, 1955-75
Robert K. Merton
Sociologist
4-Jul-1910 23-Feb-2003 On the Shoulders of Giants
Diane Middlebrook
Author
16-Apr-1939 15-Dec-2007 Biographer of Anne Sexton
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Politician
7-Sep-1938 22-Apr-2007 Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007
Emmett Miller
Singer
02-Feb-1900 29-Mar-1962 Minstrel show yodeller
Gabriela Mistral
Poet
7-Apr-1889 10-Jan-1957 Desolación
Joseph Mitchell
Author
27-Jul-1908 24-May-1996 The New Yorker
Thomas Mitchell
Actor
11-Jul-1892 17-Dec-1962 Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Yvonne Mitchell
Actor
7-Jul-1925 24-Mar-1979 The Queen of Spades
Marvin Mitchelson
Attorney
7-May-1928 18-Sep-2004 Celebrity divorce lawyer
Robert Montgomery
Actor
21-May-1904 27-Sep-1981 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Albert Moore
Painter
1841 1893 English classicist painter
Colleen Moore
Actor
19-Aug-1900 25-Jan-1988 Ella Cinders
Tom Moore
Actor
1-May-1883 12-Feb-1955 Irish-American character actor
Lois Moran
Actor
1-Mar-1909 13-Jul-1960 Silent film actress
Frank B. Morrison
Politician
20-May-1905 19-Apr-2004 Governor of Nebraska 1961-67
Richard Mulligan
Actor
13-Nov-1932 26-Sep-2000 Burt Campbell in Soap
Mildred Natwick
Actor
19-Jun-1905 25-Oct-1994 Barefoot in the Park
Gene Nelson
Actor
24-Mar-1920 16-Sep-1996 Oklahoma!
Ozzie Nelson
Actor
20-Mar-1906 3-Jun-1975 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Howard Nemerov
Poet
1-Mar-1920 5-Jul-1991 US Poet Laureate, 1987-88
Robert G. Neumann
Diplomat
2-Jan-1916 18-Jun-1999 US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73
Simon Newcomb
Astronomer
12-Mar-1835 11-Jul-1909 Nautical Almanac
A. Edward Newton
Author
1863 29-Sep-1940 A Magnificent Farce
Anaïs Nin
Author
21-Feb-1903 14-Jan-1977 Diary of Anaïs Nin
F. Donald Nixon
Relative
23-Nov-1914 27-Jun-1987 Nixon's brother, got $205K from Hughes
Kwame Nkrumah
Head of State
21-Sep-1909 27-Apr-1972 First President of Ghana
Lyn Nofziger
Government
8-Jun-1924 27-Mar-2006 GOP political operative
Philippe Noiret
Actor
1-Oct-1930 23-Nov-2006 Cinema Paradiso
Flann O'Brien
Author
5-Oct-1911 1-Apr-1966 At Swim-Two-Birds
Simon Oakland
Actor
28-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1983 Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak
Clifford Odets
Playwright
18-Jul-1906 14-Aug-1963 Sweet Smell of Success
Michel Oksenberg
Scholar
12-Oct-1938 22-Feb-2001 Leading sinologist
Lilli Palmer
Actor
24-May-1914 27-Jan-1986 The Four Poster
Gordon Parks
Film Director
30-Nov-1912 7-Mar-2006 Shaft
Lee Patterson
Actor
31-Mar-1929 14-Feb-2007 One Life to Live
Richard Paul
Actor
6-Jun-1940 25-Dec-1998 Born to play Jerry Falwell
Friedrich Paulus
Military
23-Sep-1890 1-Feb-1957 Surrendered to Russians at Stalingrad
Katina Paxinou
Actor
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Head of State
23-Apr-1897 27-Dec-1972 Prime Minister of Canada, 1963-68
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Inventor
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Author
28-May-1916 10-May-1990 The Moviegoer
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Novelist
7-Mar-1936 3-Mar-1982 La Vie: mode d'emploi
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26-Nov-1920 22-Aug-2004 A Raisin in the Sun
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30-Nov-1953 11-Apr-2006 The Pointer Sisters
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1-Sep-1914 15-Mar-1988 US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea
Dawn Powell
Novelist
28-Nov-1897 14-Nov-1965 She Walks In Beauty
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Actor
21-Nov-1912 11-Feb-1982 Lady Be Good
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30-Sep-1905 19-Feb-1990 Stairway to Heaven
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Actor
31-Mar-1907 19-Jul-1990 In 20 short films by Mack Sennett
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Composer
20-Mar-1873 28-Mar-1943 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
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Artist
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Baseball
7-Jul-1902 11-Aug-2005 Double Duty
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6-Jan-1882 16-Nov-1961 Speaker of the US House, 1940-61
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Politician
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Donald Regan
Government
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Eric Reissner
Mathematician
5-Jan-1913 1-Nov-1996 Reissner shear-deformation plate theory
Eugene C. Renzi
Military
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Fernando Rey
Actor
20-Sep-1917 9-Mar-1994 The French Connection
John J. Rhodes
Politician
18-Sep-1916 24-Aug-2003 Congressman from Arizona, 1953-83
Edwin Richfield
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11-Sep-1921 2-Aug-1990 Interpol Calling
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12-Dec-1893 26-Jan-1973 Key Largo
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Novelist
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Screenwriter
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Government
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Football
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Jack Smight
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Publisher
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Government
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Actor
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