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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Jessica Alba
Actor
28-Apr-1981   Dark Angel
Horatio Alger
Author
13-Jan-1832 18-Jul-1899 Ragged Dick
Steve Allen
Talk Show Host
26-Dec-1921 30-Oct-2000 The Tonight Show
Chet Atkins
Guitarist
20-Jun-1924 30-Jun-2001 Prominent country picker
Amitabh Bachchan
Actor
11-Oct-1942   Top Hindi megastar, Zanjeer
David Beckham
Soccer
2-May-1975   Los Angeles Galaxy
Baruj Benacerraf
Scientist
29-Oct-1920 2-Aug-2011 Gene control of HLA antigens
Craig Benson
Politician
8-Oct-1954   Governor of New Hampshire, 2003-05
Daniel Bernoulli
Mathematician
8-Feb-1700 27-Mar-1782 Fluid dynamics
Valerie Bertinelli
Actor
23-Apr-1960   One Day at a Time
Bill Bixby
Actor
22-Jan-1934 21-Nov-1993 David Banner on The Incredible Hulk
Harry Blackstone
Magician
27-Sep-1885 16-Nov-1965 Vaudeville illusionist
Ludwig Boltzmann
Physicist
20-Feb-1844 5-Sep-1906 Atoms and molecules
John Calvin
Religion
10-Jul-1509 27-May-1564 French Protestant Reformation
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
16-Apr-1889 25-Dec-1977 Silent film comedian
Nikolai Cherkasov
Actor
27-Jul-1903 14-Sep-1966 Aleksandr Nevsky
Nick Chinlund
Actor
18-Nov-1961   A Brother's Kiss
Christopher J. Christie
Politician
6-Sep-1962   Governor of New Jersey
Dorothy Collins
Singer
18-Nov-1926 21-Jul-1994 Your Hit Parade
Bert Convy
Game Show Host
23-Jul-1933 15-Jul-1991 Host of Tattletales TV game show
Janet Cooke
Journalist
23-Jul-1954   Caught writing fake news
Coolio
Rapper
1-Aug-1963   Gangsta's Paradise
Stanley Crouch
Columnist
14-Dec-1945   Jazz critic
Aleister Crowley
Religion
12-Oct-1875 1-Dec-1947 Wickedest man in the world
Tony Curtis
Actor
3-Jun-1925 29-Sep-2010 Some Like It Hot
Charles-François Daubigny
Painter
15-Feb-1817 19-Feb-1878 French painter of landscapes, ducks
Buddy DeFranco
Jazz Musician
17-Feb-1923   Jazz clarinetist, led The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Philip K. Dick
Novelist
16-Dec-1928 2-Mar-1982 Blade Runner
Gordon R. Dickson
Novelist
1-Nov-1923 31-Jan-2001 Dorsai
Benjamin Disraeli
Head of State
21-Dec-1804 19-Apr-1881 UK Prime Minister, 1874-80
DMX
Rapper
18-Dec-1970   What's My Name?
Harold Dow
Journalist
28-Sep-1947 21-Aug-2010 48 Hours
Lawrence Eagleburger
Government
1-Aug-1930 4-Jun-2011 US Secretary of State, 1992-93
Augustus Egg
Painter
2-May-1816 26-Mar-1863 Life and Death of Buckingham
Brenda Fassie
Singer
3-Nov-1964 9-May-2004 South African pop diva
Enzo Ferrari
Business
18-Feb-1898 14-Aug-1988 Legendary automobile maker
Betty Friedan
Activist
4-Feb-1921 4-Feb-2006 Rights for women spokesperson
Galileo Galilei
Astronomer
15-Feb-1564 8-Jan-1642 Copernican observational astronomer
Gerald Gardner
Religion
13-Jun-1884 12-Feb-1964 Founder of Modern Wicca
Bob Gibson
Baseball
9-Nov-1935   Two-time Cy Young Award winner
Alan Grayson
Politician
13-Mar-1958   Congressman from Florida, 2009-11
Che Guevara
Activist
14-Jun-1928 9-Oct-1967 Revolutionary icon
Guru
Rapper
17-Jul-1962 19-Apr-2010 Rapper from Gang Starr
Grant Hackett
Swimmer
9-May-1980   Australian distance swimmer
Clifford Hansen
Politician
16-Oct-1912 20-Oct-2009 US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78
Tonya Harding
Figure Skating
12-Nov-1969   Figure skater caused Olympic sized scandal
Helen Hayes
Actor
10-Oct-1900 17-Mar-1993 First Lady of the Theater
Elmer Wayne Henley
Criminal
9-May-1956   Kidnapped, tortured, murdered 27 boys
John W. Henry
Business
13-Sep-1949   Majority Owner, Boston Red Sox
Peter Higgs
Physicist
29-May-1929   Higgs boson and Higgs field
Gordon Hinckley
Religion
23-Jun-1910 27-Jan-2008 President of the Mormon Church, 1995-2008
Duncan Hines
Business
26-Mar-1880 15-Mar-1959 Roadside gourmet
John Hodgman
Author
3-Jun-1971   The Areas of My Expertise
Abbie Hoffman
Activist
30-Nov-1936 12-Apr-1989 Steal This Book
James Holshouser
Politician
8-Oct-1934   Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77
H. Robert Horvitz
Scientist
8-May-1947   Genetic regulation of organ development
Louis McHenry Howe
Government
14-Jan-1871 18-Apr-1936 Close advisor to FDR
Washington Irving
Author
3-Apr-1783 28-Nov-1859 Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Joshua Jackson
Actor
11-Jun-1978   Pacey on Dawson's Creek
Shirley Jackson
Novelist
14-Dec-1916 8-Aug-1965 The Lottery
Ron Jeremy
Pornstar
12-Mar-1953   The Hedgehog
Billy Joel
Pianist
9-May-1949   Didn't start the fire
Brian Jones
Guitarist
28-Feb-1942 3-Jul-1969 Guitarist for the Rolling Stones
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track and Field
3-Mar-1962   Track and Field medalist
Wynonna Judd
Country Musician
30-May-1964   Country music star
Raj Kapoor
Actor
14-Dec-1924 2-Jun-1988 Top 20th Century Hindi megastar
Alex Kapranos
Musician
20-Mar-1972   Franz Ferdinand frontman
Phil Katz
Computer Programmer
3-Nov-1962 14-Apr-2000 Creator of PKZIP
Diane Keaton
Actor
5-Jan-1946   Kay in The Godfather films
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
Politician
14-Jul-1967   Congressman from Rhode Island, 1995-2011
Tommy Kono
Sports Figure
27-Jun-1930   Weightlifter
Ricki Lake
Talk Show Host
21-Sep-1968   Hairspray
Edward Lear
Poet
12-May-1812 29-Jan-1888 The Owl and the Pussycat
Larry Levan
Disc Jockey
20-Jul-1954 8-Nov-1992 Legendary Disco DJ
G. Gordon Liddy
Government
30-Nov-1930   Watergate criminal, talk-show-host
John Locke
Philosopher
29-Aug-1632 28-Oct-1704 An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Lindsay Lohan
Actor
2-Jul-1986   Mean Girls
Oren E. Long
Politician
4-Mar-1889 6-May-1965 US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62
Greg Louganis
Diver
29-Jan-1960   Olympic diver, four gold medals
Shirley Manson
Musician
26-Aug-1966   Frontwoman for Garbage
Megan McArdle
Blogger
29-Jan-1973   Atlantic Monthly blogger
Patrick McGoohan
Actor
19-Mar-1928 13-Jan-2009 Number Six on The Prisoner
John Milius
Film Director
11-Apr-1944   Conan the Barbarian
Hyman Minsky
Economist
23-Sep-1919 25-Oct-1996 Inherently unstable markets
David Miscavige
Religion
30-Apr-1960   Leader of the Church of Scientology
Robert Morris
Politician
31-Jan-1734 7-May-1806 Financed the Revolutionary War
John E. Moss
Politician
13-Apr-1915 5-Dec-1997 Congressman from California, 1953-78
Marcel Moyse
Musician
17-May-1889 1-Nov-1984 Virtuoso flautist
Edvard Munch
Painter
12-Dec-1863 23-Jan-1944 Scream
Jan Murray
Comic
4-Oct-1916 2-Jul-2006 Borscht belt comedian, host of Treasure Hunt
Jim Nabors
Actor
12-Jun-1930   Gomer Pyle USMC
Wayne Newton
Singer
3-Apr-1942   Top Las Vegas act
Brigitte Nielsen
Actor
15-Jul-1963   Red Sonja
Sean Parker
Business
3-Dec-1979   Napster, Facebook millionaire
Johnny Paycheck
Country Musician
31-May-1938 18-Feb-2003 Take This Job and Shove It
Pink
Singer
8-Sep-1979   Can't Take Me Home
Ellen Pompeo
Actor
10-Nov-1969   Grey's Anatomy
Marcel Proust
Author
10-Jul-1871 18-Nov-1922 In Search of Lost Time
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Religion
11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
Randi Rhodes
Radio Personality
28-Jan-1959   Liberal talk show host
Theodore Roosevelt
Head of State
27-Oct-1858 6-Jan-1919 26th US President, 1901-09
Marion O. Sandler
Philanthropist
17-Oct-1930 1-Jun-2012 Golden West Financial
Olive Schreiner
Novelist
24-Mar-1855 11-Dec-1920 The Story of an African Farm
Martin Scorsese
Film Director
17-Nov-1942   Taxi Driver
William W. Scranton
Politician
19-Jul-1917   Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67
Steven Seagal
Actor
10-Apr-1951   Under Siege
Hubert Selby
Author
23-Jul-1928 26-Apr-2004 Requiem for a Dream
Paul Shanley
Religion
25-Jan-1931   Molesting priest
Sonny Sharrock
Guitarist
27-Aug-1940 26-May-1994 Free jazz guitarist
William T. Sherman
Military
8-Feb-1820 14-Feb-1891 Marched to the Sea
Elizabeth Short
Victim
29-Jul-1924 15-Jan-1947 The Black Dahlia
Richard Simmons
Fitness Guru
12-Jul-1948   Flamboyant weight loss guru
Jaime Cardinal Sin
Religion
31-Aug-1928 21-Jun-2005 Former Archbishop of Manila
Edna Skinner
Actor
23-May-1921 8-Aug-2003 Kay Addison on Mister Ed
Paul Sorvino
Actor
13-Apr-1939   Det. Cerreta on Law & Order
James Murray Spangler
Inventor
20-Nov-1848 22-Jan-1915 Invented the upright vacuum cleaner
Jamie Lynn Spears
Actor
4-Apr-1991   Sister of Britney Spears
Phil Spector
Music Producer
26-Dec-1940   Creator of the Wall of Sound
Edwin M. Stanton
Politician
19-Dec-1814 24-Dec-1869 Secretary of War during the Civil War
Sharon Stone
Actor
10-Mar-1958   Basic Instinct
Lonnie Thompson
Scientist
1-Jul-1948   Paleoclimatologist, glaciologist
Roger Y. Tsien
Scientist
1-Feb-1952   Green Fluorescent Protein
Ville Valo
Singer
22-Nov-1976   Frontman for Finnish band HIM
Martin Van Buren
Head of State
5-Dec-1782 24-Jul-1862 8th US President, 1837-41
Amy Van Dyken
Swimmer
15-Feb-1973   Winner of 6 Olympic gold medals
John Vanbrugh
Playwright
24-Jan-1664 26-Mar-1726 The Provok'd Wife
C. William Verity
Government
26-Jan-1917 3-Jan-2007 US Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89
Antonio Vivaldi
Composer
4-Mar-1678 28-Jul-1741 The Four Seasons
Thomas J. Walsh
Politician
12-Jun-1859 2-Mar-1933 US Senator from Montana, 1913-33
Arthur K. Watson
Business
23-Apr-1919 26-Jul-1974 Past President of IBM World Corp.
Jack Webb
Actor
2-Apr-1920 23-Dec-1982 Joe Friday in Dragnet
John Webb
Judge
18-Sep-1926 18-Sep-2008 NC State Supreme Court Justice, 1986-98
Wellington Webb
Politician
17-Feb-1941   Mayor of Denver, 1991-2003
Vin Weber
Politician
24-Jul-1952   Congressman from Minnesota, 1981-93
Orson Welles
Actor
6-May-1915 10-Oct-1985 Citizen Kane
Cornel West
Activist
2-Jun-1953   Prominent blackademic
George Whitefield
Religion
27-Dec-1714 30-Sep-1770 Evangelist, early Methodist
Alan Young
Actor
19-Nov-1919   Wilbur Post on Mister Ed
Philip Zimbardo
Psychologist
23-Mar-1933   1971 Stanford Prison Experiment



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