| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Watkins M. Abbitt |
Politician |
21-May-1908 |
13-Jul-1998 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1948-73 |
| Carl Anderson |
Singer |
27-Feb-1945 |
23-Feb-2004 |
Jesus Christ, Superstar |
| Hertha Ayrton |
Physicist |
28-Apr-1854 |
26-Aug-1923 |
Electric arc |
| William Bakewell |
Actor |
2-May-1908 |
15-Apr-1993 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Klaus Barbie |
Government |
25-Oct-1913 |
25-Sep-1991 |
The Butcher of Lyon |
| Bela Bartok |
Composer |
25-Mar-1881 |
26-Sep-1945 |
Hungarian composer |
| Vicki Baum |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1888 |
29-Aug-1960 |
Grand Hotel |
| Joan Blondell |
Actor |
30-Aug-1906 |
25-Dec-1979 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Claude G. Bowers |
Diplomat |
20-Nov-1878 |
21-Jan-1958 |
The Tragic Era |
| Ed Bradley |
Journalist |
22-Jun-1941 |
9-Nov-2006 |
60 Minutes |
| Charles Bukowski |
Author |
16-Aug-1920 |
09-Mar-1994 |
Love is a Dog from Hell |
| William C. Bullitt |
Diplomat |
25-Jan-1891 |
15-Feb-1967 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36 |
| Smiley Burnette |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Mar-1911 |
16-Feb-1967 |
Frog Millhouse |
| John Carroll |
Actor |
17-Jul-1906 |
24-Apr-1979 |
Flying Tigers |
| John T. Connor |
Business |
3-Nov-1914 |
6-Oct-2000 |
CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79 |
| Julio Cortázar |
Author |
26-Aug-1914 |
12-Feb-1984 |
Argentine fantasy short story writer |
| Marie Curie |
Chemist |
7-Nov-1867 |
4-Jul-1934 |
Early nuclear chemist |
| Richard Darman |
Government |
10-May-1943 |
25-Jan-2008 |
Carlyle Group member, former OMB Director |
| Ernie Davis |
Football |
14-Dec-1939 |
18-May-1963 |
Winner, 1961 Heisman Trophy |
| Andy Devine |
Actor |
7-Oct-1905 |
18-Feb-1977 |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |
| Daniel C. Drucker |
Engineer |
1918 |
25-Aug-2001 |
Drucker's stability postulate |
| Kirk Fordice |
Politician |
10-Feb-1934 |
7-Sep-2004 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1992-2000 |
| Charles Fort |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1874 |
3-May-1932 |
Prophet of the Unexplained |
| Janet Frame |
Author |
28-Aug-1924 |
29-Jan-2004 |
Kiwi author, subject of An Angel at My Table |
| Tay Garnett |
Film Director |
13-Jun-1894 |
3-Oct-1977 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| William H. Gleysteen |
Politician |
8-May-1926 |
6-Dec-2002 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 |
| Raisa Gorbachev |
First Lady |
5-Jan-1932 |
20-Sep-1999 |
First Lady of the Soviet Union |
| Cliff Gorman |
Actor |
13-Oct-1936 |
5-Sep-2002 |
Stage actor, Lenny |
| Curt Gowdy |
Radio Personality |
31-Jul-1919 |
20-Feb-2006 |
Voice of the Red Sox |
| Alan Gowen |
Jazz Musician |
19-Aug-1947 |
17-May-1981 |
Jazz-rock keyboardist |
| Sonja Henie |
Skating |
8-Apr-1912 |
12-Oct-1969 |
Norwegian figure skater |
| Patricia Highsmith |
Novelist |
19-Jan-1921 |
4-Feb-1995 |
Strangers on a Train |
| Richard Hofstadter |
Historian |
6-Aug-1916 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
| Red Holzman |
Basketball |
10-Aug-1920 |
13-Nov-1998 |
NY Knicks Head Coach, 1957-82 |
| John Ireland |
Actor |
30-Jan-1914 |
21-Mar-1992 |
All the King's Men |
| Darrell Johnson |
Baseball |
25-Aug-1928 |
3-May-2004 |
Red Sox, Mariners manager |
| Irène Joliot-Curie |
Chemist |
12-Sep-1897 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Researcher of radioactivity |
| Arthur Kane |
Bassist |
3-Feb-1949 |
13-Jul-2004 |
Former New York Dolls bassist |
| Kay Kendall |
Actor |
21-May-1926 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Les Girls |
| Bruno Kirby |
Actor |
28-Apr-1949 |
14-Aug-2006 |
When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers |
| Kenneth Koch |
Poet |
27-Feb-1925 |
6-Jul-2002 |
On the Great Atlantic Rainway |
| Fritz Kortner |
Actor |
12-May-1892 |
22-Jul-1970 |
Pandora's Box |
| Tom Landry |
Football |
11-Sep-1924 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, 1960-88 |
| Frank Leahy |
Football |
27-Aug-1908 |
21-Jun-1973 |
Longtime Notre Dame Head Coach |
| Arthur Lee |
Singer |
7-Mar-1945 |
4-Aug-2006 |
Love |
| Audra Lindley |
Actor |
24-Sep-1918 |
16-Oct-1997 |
Helen Roper on Three's Company |
| Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
| Victor Mature |
Actor |
29-Jan-1913 |
4-Aug-1999 |
Samson and Delilah |
| Donald Meek |
Actor |
14-Jul-1878 |
18-Nov-1946 |
Scottish-American character actor |
| Kenji Mizoguchi |
Film Director |
16-May-1898 |
24-Aug-1956 |
The Life of Oharu |
| Joseph Moakley |
Politician |
27-Apr-1927 |
28-May-2001 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-2001 |
| László Moholy-Nagy |
Painter |
20-Jul-1895 |
24-Nov-1946 |
Bauhaus professor |
| Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| George Murphy |
Actor |
4-Jul-1902 |
3-May-1992 |
Actor and US Senator from California |
| Daniel Nathans |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1928 |
16-Nov-1999 |
Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) |
| Albert Jay Nock |
Author |
13-Oct-1870 |
19-Aug-1945 |
Memoirs of a Superfluous Man |
| Gail Patrick |
Actor |
20-Jun-1911 |
6-Jul-1980 |
Love Crazy |
| Endicott Peabody |
Politician |
15-Feb-1920 |
1-Dec-1997 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65 |
| Jean Peters |
Actor |
15-Oct-1926 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Captain from Castile |
| Boris Pickett |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Feb-1938 |
25-Apr-2007 |
Monster Mash |
| Ben Pimlott |
Historian |
4-Jul-1945 |
10-Apr-2004 |
Definitive biography of Elizabeth II |
| Nyree Dawn Porter |
Actor |
22-Jan-1936 |
10-Apr-2001 |
The Forsyte Saga |
| Mala Powers |
Actor |
20-Dec-1931 |
11-Jun-2007 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| George Raft |
Actor |
26-Sep-1895 |
24-Nov-1980 |
Actor with Mafia ties |
| Edward Said |
Educator |
1-Nov-1935 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Orientalism |
| Colonel Sanders |
Business |
9-Sep-1890 |
16-Dec-1980 |
Kentucky Fried Chicken |
| George E. Sangmeister |
Politician |
16-Feb-1931 |
7-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95 |
| Paul Scofield |
Actor |
21-Jan-1922 |
19-Mar-2008 |
A Man For All Seaons |
| Alan Shepard |
Astronaut |
18-Nov-1923 |
21-Jul-1998 |
First American in space |
| Bobby Short |
Singer |
15-Sep-1924 |
21-Mar-2005 |
Cabaret singer at the Carlyle Hotel |
| Madge Sinclair |
Actor |
28-Apr-1938 |
20-Dec-1995 |
Nurse Shoop on Trapper John |
| B. F. Skinner |
Psychologist |
20-Mar-1904 |
18-Aug-1990 |
Radical Behaviorism |
| Richard E. Smalley |
Chemist |
6-Jun-1943 |
28-Oct-2005 |
Co-Discovered first fullerine |
| Larry Smith |
Football |
12-Sep-1939 |
28-Jan-2008 |
Missouri Head Coach, 1994-2000 |
| Tom Snyder |
Talk Show Host |
12-May-1936 |
29-Jul-2007 |
The Tomorrow Show |
| Susan Sontag |
Author |
16-Jan-1933 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Novelist, critic, intellectual |
| Joel Stebbins |
Astronomer |
30-Jul-1878 |
16-Mar-1966 |
Photoelectric photometry |
| Dave Stevens |
Cartoonist |
29-Jul-1955 |
10-Mar-2008 |
The Rocketeer |
| Walter Stoessel |
Diplomat |
24-Jan-1920 |
9-Dec-1986 |
Ambassador to the USSR, Germany, Poland |
| Craig Thomas |
Politician |
17-Feb-1933 |
4-Jun-2007 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007 |
| Floyd Tillman |
Country Musician |
8-Dec-1914 |
22-Aug-2003 |
Honky-tonk drawler and guitarist |
| Dorothy Tutin |
Actor |
8-Apr-1930 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Savage Messiah |
| Bill Walsh |
Football |
30-Nov-1931 |
30-Jul-2007 |
49ers Head Coach, 1979-88 |
| Randy Warmer |
Musician |
30-Mar-1955 |
12-Jan-2004 |
Just When I Needed You Most |
| William A. Wellman |
Film Director |
29-Feb-1896 |
9-Dec-1975 |
The High and the Mighty |
| Ronnie White |
Musician |
5-Apr-1939 |
26-Aug-1995 |
The Miracles |
| Cornel Wilde |
Actor |
13-Oct-1915 |
16-Oct-1989 |
A Song to Remember |
| Boxcar Willie |
Country Musician |
1-Sep-1931 |
12-Apr-1999 |
World's favorite hobo |
| Wesley Willis |
Musician |
31-May-1963 |
21-Aug-2003 |
Schizophrenic street musician |
| Sheb Wooley |
Actor |
10-Apr-1921 |
17-Sep-2003 |
The Purple People Eater |
| Hans Zinsser |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1878 |
4-Sep-1940 |
Typhus vaccine |
