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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Stew Albert
Activist
4-Dec-1939 30-Jan-2006 Founding Yippie
Eddie Arcaro
Jockey
19-Feb-1916 14-Nov-1997 Two-time Triple Crown winner
Oswald Avery
Biologist
21-Oct-1877 20-Feb-1955 Antibodies and DNA
Allan Blakeney
Politician
7-Sep-1925 16-Apr-2011 Premier of Saskatchewan, 1971-82
Jorge Luis Borges
Author
24-Aug-1899 14-Jun-1986 The Garden of Forking Paths
Lester Bowie
Jazz Musician
11-Oct-1941 9-Nov-1999 Influential jazz trumpeter
Daniel Brewster
Politician
23-Nov-1923 19-Aug-2007 US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69
Carlos Castaneda
Author
25-Dec-1925 27-Apr-1998 The Teachings of Don Juan
John Jay Chapman
Essayist
2-Mar-1862 4-Nov-1933 Essayist, founder of The Nursery
Suzanne Cloutier
Actor
10-Jul-1923 2-Dec-2003 Othello
John Coltrane
Jazz Musician
23-Sep-1926 17-Jul-1967 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Richard Cromwell
Actor
8-Jan-1920 11-Oct-1960 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Joan Finney
Politician
12-Feb-1925 28-Jul-2001 Governor of Kansas, 1991-95
Joe Frazier
Boxing
12-Jan-1944 7-Nov-2011 Smokin' Joe
James Gammon
Actor
20-Apr-1940 16-Jul-2010 American Character Actor
Stan Getz
Jazz Musician
2-Feb-1927 6-Jun-1991 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Robin Gibb
Singer
22-Dec-1949 20-May-2012 Vocalist for the Bee Gees
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Christopher Glenn
Journalist
23-Mar-1938 17-Oct-2006 Longtime CBS radio correspondent
S. William Green
Politician
16-Oct-1929 14-Oct-2002 Congressman from New York, 1978-93
Alec Guinness
Actor
2-Apr-1914 5-Aug-2000 Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
John Gunther
Journalist
30-Aug-1901 29-May-1970 Inside Europe
Ernie Harwell
Sports Journalist
25-Jan-1918 4-May-2010 Voice of the Detroit Tigers
Doug Henning
Magician
3-May-1947 7-Feb-2000 Extremely flamboyant magician
James Hilton
Novelist
9-Sep-1900 20-Dec-1954 Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Gregory Hines
Dancer
14-Feb-1946 9-Aug-2003 Tap dancer
Al Hirt
Jazz Musician
7-Nov-1922 27-Apr-1999 Dixieland trumpet player
Erich Honecker
Head of State
25-Aug-1912 29-May-1994 East German leader, 1971-89
Ted Hughes
Poet
16-Aug-1930 28-Oct-1998 Crow
Jim Hutton
Actor
31-May-1934 2-Jun-1979 Ellery Queen
Eugene Istomin
Pianist
26-Nov-1925 10-Oct-2003 American piano prodigy
Milt Jackson
Jazz Musician
1-Jan-1923 9-Oct-1999 Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet
Percy Julian
Chemist
11-Apr-1899 19-Apr-1975 Physostigmine and cortisone
Ken Kesey
Novelist
17-Sep-1935 10-Nov-2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
David Kossoff
Actor
24-Nov-1919 23-Mar-2005 The Mouse That Roared
Harvey Kurtzman
Cartoonist
3-Oct-1924 21-Feb-1993 Founding editor, Mad magazine
Chris LeDoux
Country Musician
2-Oct-1948 9-Mar-2005 Rodeo star, cowboy singer
Jerome H. Lemelson
Inventor
18-Jul-1923 1-Oct-1997 Inventor with a very good lawyer
Charles Major
Novelist
25-Jul-1856 13-Feb-1913 When Knighthood Was in Flower
Mickey Mantle
Baseball
20-Oct-1931 13-Aug-1995 Twelve times in the World Series
Matt Monro
Singer
1-Dec-1930 7-Feb-1985 Born Free
Anne Nagel
Actor
29-Sep-1915 6-Jul-1966 The Green Hornet
Sam Newfield
Film Director
6-Dec-1899 10-Nov-1964 I Accuse My Parents
Helen O'Connell
Singer
23-May-1920 9-Sep-1993 Big Band singer, Green Eyes
Charles Olson
Poet
27-Dec-1910 10-Jan-1970 The Maximus Poems
Lupe Ontiveros
Actor
17-Sep-1942 26-Jul-2012 Frequently portrayed maids
Józef Pilsudski
Military
5-Dec-1867 12-May-1935 Military dictator of Poland, 1926-35
Moana Pozzi
Pornstar
27-Apr-1961 15-Sep-1994 Backdoor Summer 2
Anthony Quayle
Actor
7-Sep-1913 20-Oct-1989 Ice-Cold in Alex
Denis Quilley
Actor
26-Dec-1927 5-Oct-2003 Privates on Parade
Mohammad Rabbani
Head of State
1955 21-Apr-2001 Taliban leader, Prime Minister
Jean Racine
Playwright
20-Dec-1639 21-Apr-1699 Phèdre
Mick Ronson
Guitarist
26-May-1946 29-Apr-1993 Bowie/Spiders from Mars guitarist
Jane Rule
Author
28-Mar-1931 27-Nov-2007 Desert of the Heart
Georg Simmel
Sociologist
1-Mar-1858 26-Sep-1918 Philosophy of Money
Zoot Sims
Jazz Musician
29-Oct-1925 23-Mar-1985 Tenor and soprano saxophonist
Dave Thomas
Business
2-Jul-1932 8-Jan-2002 Founder of Wendy's Hamburgers
August Wilson
Playwright
27-Apr-1945 2-Oct-2005 The Piano Lesson
Flip Wilson
Comic
8-Dec-1933 25-Nov-1998 The Flip Wilson Show
Sun Yat-sen
Head of State
12-Nov-1866 12-Mar-1925 President of China, 1911-12



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