| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| George Akerson |
Government |
5-Sep-1888 |
? |
First White House Press Secretary |
| Lamar Alexander |
Politician |
3-Jul-1940 |
|
US Senator from Tennessee |
| George Allen |
Politician |
8-Mar-1952 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07 |
| Robert J. Allison, Jr. |
Business |
29-Jan-1939 |
|
CEO of Anadarko Petroleum, 1979-2002 |
| Clinton P. Anderson |
Politician |
23-Oct-1895 |
11-Nov-1975 |
US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73 |
| Paul H. Anderson |
Judge |
14-May-1943 |
|
Justice, Minnesota Supreme Court |
| C. E. Andrews |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Sallie Mae |
| Philip Anschutz |
Business |
28-Dec-1939 |
|
Qwest billionaire |
| Douglas Applegate |
Politician |
28-Mar-1928 |
|
Congressman from Ohio, 1977-95 |
| Edwin H. Armstrong |
Inventor |
18-Dec-1890 |
31-Jan-1954 |
Inventor of FM radio |
| Reubin Askew |
Politician |
11-Sep-1928 |
|
Governor of Florida, 1971-79 |
| Tim Babcock |
Politician |
27-Oct-1919 |
|
Governor of Montana, 1962-69 |
| Robert Bacon |
Government |
5-Jul-1860 |
29-May-1919 |
US Ambassador to France, 1909-12 |
| John Logie Baird |
Inventor |
13-Aug-1888 |
14-Jun-1946 |
Television |
| James A. Baker |
Attorney |
10-Jan-1857 |
2-Aug-1941 |
Baker Botts |
| Haley Barbour |
Politician |
22-Oct-1947 |
|
Governor of Mississippi |
| William M. Barker |
Judge |
13-Sep-1941 |
|
Tennessee Chief Justice |
| John Barrasso |
Politician |
21-Jul-1952 |
|
US Senator from Wyoming |
| William E. Barrett |
Politician |
9-Feb-1929 |
|
Congressman from Nebraska, 1991-2001 |
| William W. Barron |
Politician |
8-Dec-1911 |
12-Nov-2002 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1961-65 |
| Steve Bartlett |
Politician |
19-Sep-1947 |
|
Mayor of Dallas, 1991-95 |
| Thomas Bayes |
Mathematician |
1701 |
7-Apr-1761 |
Bayes' theorem |
| Lyman Beecher |
Religion |
12-Oct-1775 |
10-Jan-1865 |
American Presbyterian preacher |
| Henry Bellmon |
Politician |
3-Sep-1921 |
|
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1921 |
23-May-2006 |
US Senator, Treasury Secretary |
| Clifford K. Berryman |
Cartoonist |
2-Apr-1869 |
11-Dec-1949 |
Political cartoonist |
| John S. Billings |
Administrator |
12-Apr-1838 |
11-Mar-1913 |
New York Public Library |
| Marsha Blackburn |
Politician |
6-Jun-1952 |
|
Congresswoman, Tennessee 7th |
| Kit Bond |
Politician |
6-Mar-1939 |
|
US Senator from Missouri |
| Bill Bradley |
Politician |
28-Jul-1943 |
|
US Senator from New Jersey, 1979-97 |
| John G. Brady |
Politician |
25-May-1848 |
17-Dec-1918 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906 |
| Bruce Braley |
Politician |
30-Oct-1957 |
|
Congressman, Iowa 1st |
| Phil Bredesen |
Politician |
21-Nov-1943 |
|
Governor of Tennessee |
| Claude S. Brinegar |
Business |
16-Dec-1926 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75 |
| Scott A. Brister |
Judge |
8-Jan-1955 |
|
Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
| William E. Brock |
Politician |
23-Nov-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87 |
| Gordon Brown |
Politician |
20-Feb-1951 |
|
UK Prime Minister |
| William Jennings Bryan |
Politician |
18-Mar-1860 |
26-Jul-1925 |
Prosecutor of the Scopes Monkey Trial |
| James Buchanan |
Head of State |
23-Apr-1791 |
1-Jun-1868 |
15th US President, 1857-61 |
| Howard Homan Buffett |
Business |
13-Aug-1903 |
30-Apr-1964 |
Congressman, father of Warren Buffett |
| Mary Brown Bullock |
Historian |
c. 1945 |
|
President of Agnes Scott College, 1995-2006 |
| Hannah Van Buren |
First Lady |
8-Mar-1783 |
5-Feb-1819 |
Wife of US President Martin Van Buren |
| Warren Burger |
Judge |
17-Sep-1907 |
25-Jun-1995 |
US Supreme Court Chief Justice, 1969-86 |
| Frank Macfarlane Burnet |
Scientist |
3-Sep-1899 |
31-Aug-1985 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Aaron Burr |
Politician |
6-Feb-1756 |
14-Sep-1836 |
Killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel |
| Richard Burton |
Actor |
10-Nov-1925 |
5-Aug-1984 |
Nineteen Eighty Four |
| Benjamin Franklin Butler |
Attorney |
5-Nov-1818 |
11-Jan-1893 |
Criminal lawyer, Civil War general |
| Mark S. Cady |
Judge |
12-Jul-1953 |
|
Justice, Iowa Supreme Court |
| James P. Cain |
Attorney |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Denmark |
| Erskine Caldwell |
Author |
17-Dec-1903 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Tobacco Road |
| Ronald K. Calgaard |
Business |
1937 |
|
President of Trinity University, 1979-99 |
| John C. Calhoun |
Politician |
18-Mar-1782 |
31-Mar-1850 |
US Vice President, champion of the South |
| John Campbell |
Politician |
19-Jul-1955 |
|
California State Senator |
| Charles Canady |
Politician |
22-Jun-1954 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1993-2001 |
| Shelley Moore Capito |
Politician |
26-Nov-1953 |
|
Congresswoman, West Virginia 2nd |
| George C. Carlson, Jr. |
Judge |
23-May-1946 |
|
Justice, Mississippi Supreme Court |
| Thomas Carper |
Politician |
23-Jan-1947 |
|
US Senator from Delaware |
| Cassandra C. Carr |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
Public Strategies, Inc. |
| Jim Carrey |
Actor |
17-Jan-1962 |
|
Rubber-faced fartsmith |
| Willis Carrier |
Inventor |
26-Nov-1876 |
7-Oct-1950 |
Created the first air conditioning |
| Julian Carroll |
Politician |
16-Apr-1931 |
|
Governor of Kentucky, 1974-79 |
| Thomas Cartwright |
Religion |
c. 1535 |
27-Dec-1603 |
English Puritan divine |
| Kathy Castor |
Politician |
20-Aug-1966 |
|
Congresswoman, Florida 11th |
| James McKeen Cattell |
Psychologist |
24-May-1860 |
20-Jan-1944 |
Academic freedom |
| Henry Chadwick |
Journalist |
5-Oct-1824 |
20-Apr-1908 |
Father of baseball |
| Thomas Chalmers |
Religion |
17-Mar-1780 |
30-May-1847 |
Free Church of Scotland |
| Chris Chocola |
Politician |
24-Feb-1962 |
|
Congressman from Indiana, 2003-07 |
| Charles Chree |
Astronomer |
5-May-1860 |
12-Aug-1928 |
Geomagnetic phenomena |
| Dick Chrysler |
Politician |
29-Apr-1942 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1995-97 |
| Tom C. Clark |
Judge |
23-Sep-1899 |
13-Jun-1977 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1949-67 |
| Walter E. Clark |
Politician |
7-Jan-1869 |
4-Feb-1950 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1909-13 |
| Beverly Cleary |
Author |
12-Apr-1916 |
|
Children's author, Ramona Quimby series |
| Frances Cleveland |
First Lady |
21-Jul-1864 |
29-Oct-1947 |
Wife of US President Grover Cleveland |
| Grover Cleveland |
Head of State |
18-Mar-1837 |
24-Jun-1908 |
22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97 |
| Eric Close |
Actor |
24-May-1967 |
|
Without a Trace |
| Daniel R. Coats |
Politician |
16-May-1943 |
|
US Senator from Indiana, 1989-99 |
| Howard Coble |
Politician |
18-Mar-1931 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 6th |
| Henry Sloane Coffin |
Religion |
5-Jan-1877 |
25-Nov-1954 |
Meaning of the Cross |
| William Sloane Coffin |
Activist |
1-Jun-1924 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Civilly disobedient chaplain |
| Charles W. Coker |
Business |
10-May-1933 |
|
CEO of Sonoco Products, 1990-98 |
| Ronald D. Coleman |
Politician |
29-Nov-1941 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1983-97 |
| Arthur H. Compton |
Physicist |
10-Sep-1892 |
15-Mar-1962 |
Discovered the Compton Effect |
| Karl T. Compton |
Physicist |
15-Sep-1887 |
22-Jun-1954 |
Bikini Island atomic tests |
| Ralph Connor |
Author |
13-Sep-1860 |
31-Oct-1937 |
Canadian pulp author, Black Rock |
| Chet Culver |
Politician |
25-Jan-1966 |
|
Governor of Iowa |
| Betty Cuthbert |
Track and Field |
20-Apr-1938 |
|
Olympic sprinter |
| Amy Dacyczyn |
Author |
c. 1956 |
|
The Tightwad Gazette |
| John M. Dalton |
Politician |
9-Nov-1900 |
7-Jul-1972 |
Governor of Missouri, 1961-65 |
| Mitch Daniels |
Politician |
7-Apr-1949 |
|
Governor of Indiana |
| Hal Daub |
Politician |
23-Apr-1941 |
|
Mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001 |
| Charles G. Dawes |
Politician |
27-Aug-1865 |
23-Apr-1951 |
US Vice President, 1925-29 |
| George Draper Dayton |
Business |
6-Mar-1857 |
18-Feb-1938 |
Founder of what is now Target Stores |
| Mark Dayton |
Politician |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
| Jimmy Dean |
Country Musician |
10-Aug-1928 |
|
Singer, songwriter, sausage-maker |
| Diana DeGette |
Politician |
29-Jul-1957 |
|
Congresswoman, Colorado 1st |
| Jim DeMint |
Politician |
2-Sep-1951 |
|
US Senator from South Carolina |
| Charlie Dent |
Politician |
24-May-1960 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 15th |
| Nancy-Ann DeParle |
Business |
17-Dec-1956 |
|
Health care administrator |
| Robert Docking |
Politician |
9-Oct-1925 |
8-Oct-1983 |
Governor of Kansas, 1967-75 |
| Harold W. Dodds |
Educator |
28-Jun-1889 |
25-Oct-1980 |
President, Princeton University, 1932-57 |
| Cleveland H. Dodge |
Business |
1860 |
1926 |
Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor |
| Bob Dole |
Politician |
22-Jul-1923 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 |
| Elizabeth Dole |
Politician |
29-Jul-1936 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina |
| Robert Dollar |
Business |
1844 |
16-May-1932 |
Grand Old Man of the Pacific |
| William O. Douglas |
Judge |
16-Oct-1898 |
19-Jan-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75 |
| James H. Duff |
Politician |
21-Jan-1883 |
20-Dec-1969 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51 |
| Ervin S. Duggan |
Government |
30-Jun-1939 |
|
CEO of PBS, 1994-99 |
| Allen W. Dulles |
Government |
7-Apr-1893 |
29-Jan-1969 |
CIA Director, 1953-61 |
| John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
| Allen B. DuMont |
Inventor |
29-Jan-1901 |
14-Nov-1965 |
TV picture tube and TV network |
| John Duncan |
Politician |
21-Jul-1947 |
|
Congressman, Tennessee 2nd |
| Henry van Dyke |
Author |
10-Nov-1852 |
10-Apr-1933 |
The Unknown Quantity |
| John Porter East |
Politician |
5-May-1931 |
29-Jun-1986 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Mamie Eisenhower |
First Lady |
14-Nov-1896 |
1-Nov-1979 |
Ike's First Lady |
| Jo Ann Emerson |
Politician |
16-Sep-1950 |
|
Congresswoman, Missouri 8th |
| Michael Enzi |
Politician |
1-Feb-1944 |
|
US Senator from Wyoming |
| Sam Ervin |
Politician |
27-Sep-1896 |
23-Apr-1985 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74 |
| James Pollard Espy |
Scientist |
9-May-1785 |
24-Jan-1860 |
The Philosophy of Storms |
| Arthur Fadden |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1895 |
21-Apr-1973 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1941 |
| Lauch Faircloth |
Politician |
14-Jan-1928 |
|
US Senator from North Carolina, 1993-99 |
| Michael Faraday |
Physicist |
22-Sep-1791 |
25-Aug-1867 |
Discovered electrical induction |
| Frank L. Farrar |
Politician |
22-Apr-1929 |
|
Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71 |
| Tom Feeney |
Politician |
21-May-1958 |
|
Congressman, Florida 24th |
| Mark Few |
Basketball |
27-Dec-1962 |
|
Head Coach, Gonzaga University |
| Marshall Field |
Business |
18-Aug-1834 |
16-Jan-1906 |
Founder of Marshall Field's |
| Marshall Field III |
Business |
28-Sep-1893 |
8-Nov-1956 |
Founder of the Chicago Sun-Times |
| Robert H. Finch |
Government |
9-Oct-1925 |
10-Oct-1995 |
HEW Secretary, 1969-70 |
| Charles Grandison Finney |
Religion |
29-Aug-1792 |
16-Aug-1875 |
Second Awakening |
| Andrew Fisher |
Head of State |
29-Aug-1862 |
22-Oct-1928 |
Former Prime Minister of Australia |
| Walter Lowrie Fisher |
Government |
4-Jul-1862 |
9-Nov-1935 |
US Interior Secretary, 1911-13 |
| Marlin Fitzwater |
Government |
24-Nov-1942 |
|
White House Press Secretary 1987-93 |
| Rhonda Fleming |
Actor |
10-Aug-1923 |
|
Spellbound |
| Marion B. Folsom |
Business |
23-Nov-1893 |
27-Sep-1976 |
HEW Secretary, 1955-58 |
| Vince Foster |
Attorney |
15-Jan-1945 |
20-Jul-1993 |
Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton |
| Bill Frist |
Politician |
22-Feb-1952 |
|
US Senate Majority Leader, 2003-07 |
| Art Fry |
Chemist |
c. 1929 |
|
Post-It notes |
| Don Fuqua |
Politician |
20-Aug-1933 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1963-87 |
| Jake Gaither |
Football |
11-Apr-1903 |
18-Feb-1994 |
Head Coach, Florida A&M, 1945-69 |
| Kim Gandy |
Activist |
25-Jan-1954 |
|
President of NOW |
| Ralph F. Gates |
Politician |
24-Feb-1893 |
28-Jul-1978 |
Governor of Indiana, 1945-49 |
| Sam M. Gibbons |
Politician |
20-Jan-1920 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1963-97 |
| Guy M. Gillette |
Politician |
3-Feb-1879 |
3-Mar-1973 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1949-55 |
| Judith Giuliani |
Relative |
16-Dec-1954 |
|
Wife of Rudy Giuliani |
| John Glenn |
Astronaut |
18-Jul-1921 |
|
First American to orbit earth |
| Skip Gnehm |
Diplomat |
10-Nov-1944 |
|
US Ambassador to Jordan, 2001-04 |
| E. L. Godkin |
Journalist |
2-Oct-1831 |
21-May-1902 |
Co-founder of The Nation |
| Grant Goodeve |
Actor |
6-Jul-1952 |
|
Eight Is Enough |
| E. Urner Goodman |
Administrator |
15-May-1891 |
13-Mar-1980 |
Cofounder, Order of the Arrow |
| Porter Goss |
Politician |
26-Nov-1938 |
|
Director of the CIA, 2004-06 |
| James Greenwood |
Politician |
4-May-1951 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1993-2005 |
| Thomas Watt Gregory |
Government |
6-Nov-1861 |
26-Feb-1933 |
US Attorney General, 1914-19 |
| Armando Guebuza |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1943 |
|
President of Mozambique |
| John H. Hager |
Politician |
28-Aug-1936 |
|
Lt. Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002 |
| John Paul Hammerschmidt |
Politician |
4-May-1922 |
|
Congressman from Arkansas, 1967-93 |
| John Hampden |
Politician |
1594 |
24-Jun-1643 |
English Parliamentarian |
| Jim Hannah |
Judge |
c. 1945 |
|
Arkansas Chief Justice |
| Edward A. Hannegan |
Politician |
25-Jun-1807 |
25-Feb-1859 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
1-Jun-1833 |
14-Oct-1911 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1877-1911 |
| Buck Harless |
Business |
14-Oct-1919 |
|
Coal baron, philanthropist |
| Ed Harris |
Actor |
28-Nov-1950 |
|
The Rock |
| Katherine Harris |
Politician |
5-Apr-1957 |
|
Congresswoman from Florida, 2003-07 |
| Anna Harrison |
First Lady |
25-Jul-1775 |
25-Feb-1864 |
Wife of US President William Henry Harrison |
| Benjamin Harrison |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1833 |
13-Mar-1901 |
23rd President of the US, 1889-93 |
| Caroline Harrison |
First Lady |
1-Oct-1832 |
25-Oct-1892 |
Wife of US President Benjamin Harrison |
| Johnny Hart |
Cartoonist |
18-Feb-1931 |
7-Apr-2007 |
The Wizard of Id, B.C. |
| Robin Hayes |
Politician |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 8th |
| Will H. Hays |
Business |
5-Nov-1879 |
7-Mar-1954 |
The Hays Production Code |
| Patricia Heaton |
Actor |
4-Mar-1958 |
|
Wife Debra in Everybody Loves Raymond |
| Joel Hefley |
Politician |
18-Apr-1935 |
|
Congressman, Colorado 5th |
| Joseph Hergesheimer |
Novelist |
15-Feb-1880 |
25-Apr-1954 |
Tol'Able David |
| John Grier Hibben |
Educator |
19-Apr-1861 |
16-May-1933 |
President, Princeton University, 1912-32 |
| Van Hilleary |
Politician |
20-Jun-1959 |
|
Congressman from Tennessee, 1995-2003 |
| P. Harris Hines |
Judge |
c. 1943 |
|
Justice, Georgia Supreme Court |
| Alger Hiss |
Government |
11-Nov-1904 |
15-Nov-1996 |
Accused spy for the Soviet Union |
| Ethan A. Hitchcock |
Business |
19-Sep-1835 |
9-Apr-1909 |
US Interior Secretary, 1899-1907 |
| Doc Holliday |
Doctor |
14-Aug-1851 |
8-Nov-1887 |
Wyatt Earp's reliable friend |
| James Holshouser |
Politician |
8-Oct-1934 |
|
Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77 |
| Keith Holyoake |
Head of State |
11-Feb-1904 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72 |
| James Hong |
Actor |
22-Feb-1929 |
|
Indeed! |
| J. Edgar Hoover |
Government |
1-Jan-1895 |
2-May-1972 |
Corrupt FBI Director for 50 years |
| Hume Alexander Horan |
Diplomat |
13-Aug-1934 |
22-Jul-2004 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1988 |
| George A. Hormel |
Business |
4-Dec-1860 |
5-Jun-1946 |
Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation |
| Frank J. Horton |
Politician |
12-Dec-1919 |
30-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from New York, 1963-93 |
| Sam Houston |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1793 |
26-Jul-1863 |
President of Texas, 1836-38 and 1841-44 |
| Glenn Hubbard |
Economist |
1958 |
|
George W. Bush economist |
| William H. Hudnut III |
Politician |
17-Oct-1932 |
|
Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91 |
| Roy M. Huffington |
Business |
4-Oct-1917 |
11-Jul-2008 |
Texas Oilman |
| Karen Hughes |
Government |
27-Dec-1956 |
|
Counselor to George W. Bush |
| James B. Hunt |
Politician |
16-May-1937 |
|
Twice Governor of North Carolina |
| David R. Hunter |
Administrator |
17-May-1916 |
25-Nov-2000 |
Progressive fund advisor |
| Robert M. Hutchins |
Educator |
17-Jan-1899 |
17-May-1977 |
President, University of Chicago, 1929-51 |
| Jared Ingersoll |
Politician |
24-Oct-1749 |
31-Oct-1822 |
Signed the US Constitution |
| Bob Inglis |
Politician |
11-Oct-1959 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 4th |
| James Inhofe |
Politician |
17-Nov-1934 |
|
US Senator from Oklahoma |
| John N. Irwin II |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1913 |
28-Feb-2000 |
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1970-73 |
| Irving M. Ives |
Politician |
24-Jan-1896 |
24-Feb-1962 |
US Senator from New York, 1947-59 |
| Andrew Jackson |
Head of State |
15-Mar-1767 |
8-Jun-1845 |
7th US President, 1829-37 |
| Henry "Scoop" Jackson |
Politician |
31-May-1912 |
1-Sep-1983 |
US Senator from Washington, 1953-83 |
| Rachel Jackson |
First Lady |
Jun-1767 |
22-Dec-1828 |
Wife of US President Andrew Jackson |
| Leon Jaworski |
Government |
19-Sep-1905 |
9-Dec-1982 |
Watergate special prosecutor |
| Robinson Jeffers |
Poet |
10-Jan-1887 |
20-Jan-1962 |
Tamar and Other Poems |
| Jay Johnson |
Politician |
30-Sep-1943 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1997-99 |
| Phillip Johnson |
Author |
1940 |
|
Intelligent Design theorist |
| Archibald Johnston |
Religion |
1611 |
22-Jul-1663 |
Scottish presbyterian patriot |
| Brereton C. Jones |
Politician |
27-Jun-1939 |
|
Governor of Kentucky, 1991-95 |
| Janis Karpinski |
Military |
c. 1953 |
|
Brig. General in charge of Abu Ghraib prison |
| Guy Kawasaki |
Business |
1954 |
|
Former chief evangelist of Apple Computer |
| Kenneth B. Keating |
Politician |
18-May-1900 |
5-May-1975 |
US Senator from New York, 1959-65 |
| Rodd Keith |
Musician |
30-Jan-1937 |
15-Dec-1974 |
Legendary Song-Poem Composer |
| Sue Kelly |
Politician |
26-Sep-1936 |
|
Congresswoman from New York, 1995-2007 |
| Jack Kemp |
Politician |
13-Jul-1935 |
|
American politican, football player |
| D. James Kennedy |
Religion |
3-Nov-1930 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church |
| Otto Kerner |
Politician |
15-Aug-1908 |
9-May-1976 |
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68 |
| Graham Kerr |
Chef |
22-Jan-1934 |
|
The Galloping Gourmet |
| Tom Kindness |
Politician |
26-Aug-1929 |
8-Jan-2004 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87 |
| Herbert G. Klein |
Journalist |
1-Apr-1918 |
|
White House Communications Director, 1969-73 |
| Barbara M. Knuckles |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
Director of Development, North Central College |
| C. Everett Koop |
Government |
14-Oct-1916 |
|
US Surgeon General, 1982-89 |
| Mary Kramer |
Diplomat |
14-Jun-1935 |
|
US Ambassador to Barbados, 2004-06 |
| Paul Kruger |
Head of State |
10-Oct-1825 |
14-Jul-1904 |
President of Transvaal |
| Maggie Kuhn |
Activist |
3-Aug-1905 |
22-Apr-1995 |
Organizer of the Gray Panthers |
| Jon Kyl |
Politician |
25-Apr-1942 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
| Melvin Laird |
Government |
1-Sep-1922 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73 |
| Anne Lamott |
Author |
10-Apr-1954 |
|
Operating Instructions |
| H. Martin Lancaster |
Politician |
24-Mar-1943 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1987-95 |
| Howard L. Lance |
Business |
1955 |
|
CEO of Harris Corporation |
| Franklin K. Lane |
Government |
15-Jul-1864 |
18-May-1921 |
US Secretary of the Interior 1913-20 |
| Robert Leighton |
Religion |
1611 |
25-Jun-1684 |
Archbishop of Glasgow |
| Jerry Lewis |
Politician |
21-Oct-1934 |
|
Congressman, California 41st |
| Mary Todd Lincoln |
First Lady |
13-Dec-1818 |
16-Jul-1882 |
Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln |
| John Linder |
Politician |
9-Sep-1942 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 7th |
| Clarence D. Long |
Politician |
11-Dec-1908 |
18-Sep-1994 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1963-85 |
| Jeb Magruder |
Government |
5-Nov-1934 |
|
Nixon's deputy campaign director |
| Carolyn Maloney |
Politician |
19-Feb-1948 |
|
Congresswoman, New York 14th |
| Delbert Mann |
Film Director |
30-Jan-1920 |
11-Nov-2007 |
That Touch of Mink |
| Jack Marshall |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1912 |
30-Aug-1988 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972 |
| Thomas R. Marshall |
Politician |
14-Mar-1854 |
1-Jun-1925 |
Vice President under Wilson |
| Edward Martin |
Politician |
18-Sep-1879 |
19-Mar-1967 |
Governor and Senator from Pennsylvania |
| William McChesney Martin |
Economist |
17-Dec-1906 |
29-Jul-1998 |
Federal Reserve Chairman, 1951-70 |
| William Massey |
Head of State |
26-Mar-1856 |
10-May-1925 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1912-25 |
| Frederick L. Maytag |
Business |
14-Jul-1857 |
26-Mar-1937 |
Founder of Maytag Corporation |
| Robert McCormick |
Business |
30-Jul-1880 |
1-Apr-1955 |
Xenophobe in the Tribune Tower |
| Carl McIntire |
Religion |
17-May-1906 |
19-Mar-2002 |
Radio Free America |
| Mike McIntyre |
Politician |
6-Aug-1956 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 7th |
| Douglas McKay |
Politician |
24-Jun-1893 |
22-Jul-1959 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56 |
| J. Alex McMillan |
Politician |
9-May-1932 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1985-95 |
| Bill Medley |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Sep-1940 |
|
The Righteous Brothers |
| Thomas Mellon |
Business |
3-Feb-1813 |
3-Feb-1908 |
Patriarch of the Mellon dynasty |
| Andrew Melville |
Religion |
1-Aug-1545 |
1622 |
Scottish Reform Church |
| Robert Menzies |
Head of State |
20-Dec-1894 |
15-May-1978 |
Twice Prime Minister of Australia |
| W. S. Merwin |
Poet |
30-Sep-1927 |
|
The Carrier of Ladders |
| Eugene H. Methvin |
Journalist |
19-Sep-1934 |
|
Readers Digest |
| Robert H. Michel |
Politician |
2-Mar-1923 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1957-95 |
| Steven L. Miller |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Shell Oil Company, 1999-2002 |
| Robert L. Mills |
Physicist |
15-Apr-1927 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Subatomic particles |
| William D. Mitchell |
Government |
9-Sep-1874 |
24-Aug-1955 |
US Attorney General, 1929-33 |
| Agnes Moorehead |
Actor |
6-Dec-1900 |
30-Apr-1974 |
Endora on Bewitched |
| Carlos J. Moorhead |
Politician |
6-May-1922 |
|
Congressman from California, 1973-97 |
| Robert Mosbacher |
Government |
11-Mar-1927 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92 |
| Bill Mumy |
Actor |
1-Feb-1954 |
|
Will Robinson on Lost in Space |
| Glenn Murdock |
Judge |
25-Jun-1956 |
|
Justice, Alabama Supreme Court |
| James Naismith |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1861 |
28-Nov-1939 |
Inventor of Basketball |
| Stephen Neal |
Politician |
7-Nov-1934 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 1975-95 |
| Eliot Ness |
Government |
19-Apr-1903 |
16-May-1957 |
Treasury Agent, The Untouchables |
| George Nethercutt |
Politician |
7-Oct-1944 |
|
Congressman from Washington, 1995-2005 |
| Samson Occom |
Religion |
1723 |
14-Jul-1792 |
American Indian hymn writer |
| Richard B. Ogilvie |
Politician |
22-Feb-1923 |
10-May-1988 |
Governor of Illinois, 1969-73 |
| Marvin Olasky |
Pundit |
12-Jun-1950 |
|
The Tragedy of American Compassion |
| Richard Olney |
Government |
15-Sep-1835 |
8-Apr-1917 |
US Secretary of State, 1895-97 |
| Allen I. Olson |
Politician |
5-Nov-1938 |
|
Governor of North Dakota, 1981-85 |
| Lyndon L. Olson |
Diplomat |
1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Sweden, 1998-2001 |
| Ian Paisley |
Politician |
6-Apr-1926 |
|
Democratic Unionist Party |
| Russell E. Palmer |
Business |
13-Aug-1934 |
|
Dean of the Wharton School, 1983-90 |
| George Papanicolaou |
Scientist |
13-May-1883 |
19-Feb-1962 |
Pap smear |
| Ara Parseghian |
Football |
10-Mar-1923 |
|
Head Coach, Notre Dame, 1964-74 |
| Harry Partch |
Composer |
24-Jun-1901 |
3-Sep-1974 |
Hobo composer built his own instruments |
| Robert P. Patterson |
Judge |
12-Feb-1891 |
22-Jan-1952 |
US Secretary of War, 1945-47 |
| Paul Patton |
Politician |
26-May-1937 |
|
Governor of Kentucky, 1995-2003 |
| William Porter Payne |
Business |
13-Oct-1947 |
|
Gleacher Partners LLC |
| Carl C. Perkins |
Politician |
6-Aug-1954 |
|
Congressman from Kentucky, 1984-93 |
| William L. Pfeiffer |
Politician |
29-May-1907 |
22-Jul-1985 |
Congressman from New York, 1949-51 |
| Katharine Philips |
Poet |
1-Jan-1631 |
22-Jun-1664 |
Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus |
| James Knox Polk |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1795 |
15-Jun-1849 |
11th US President, 1845-49 |
| Sarah Polk |
First Lady |
4-Sep-1803 |
14-Aug-1891 |
Wife of US President James K. Polk |
| John Edward Porter |
Politician |
1-Jun-1935 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1980-2001 |
| Charles Portis |
Author |
28-Dec-1933 |
|
True Grit |
| William C. Powers, Jr. |
Educator |
30-May-1946 |
|
President, University of Texas at Austin |
| Jim Prentice |
Politician |
20-Jul-1956 |
|
Canadian Minister of Industry |
| Tom Price |
Politician |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
Congressman, Georgia 6th |
| Deborah Pryce |
Politician |
29-Jul-1951 |
|
Congresswoman, Ohio 15th |
| David Pryor |
Politician |
29-Aug-1934 |
|
US Senator from Arkansas, 1979-97 |
| James Purdy |
Author |
17-Jul-1923 |
|
Eustance Chisholm and the Works |
| Nick Rahall |
Politician |
20-May-1949 |
|
Congressman, West Virginia 3rd |
| H. B. Reese |
Business |
24-May-1879 |
16-May-1956 |
Peanut butter cups |
| George Reid |
Head of State |
25-Feb-1845 |
12-Sep-1918 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1904-05 |
| Ogden R. Reid |
Politician |
24-Jun-1925 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1963-75 |
| James Reston |
Journalist |
3-Nov-1909 |
6-Dec-1995 |
The New York Times |
| Thomas Reynolds |
Politician |
3-Sep-1950 |
|
Congressman, New York 26th |
| James A. Rhodes |
Politician |
13-Sep-1909 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Twice Governor of Ohio |
| Condoleezza Rice |
Government |
14-Nov-1954 |
|
US Secretary of State |
| Don Riegle |
Politician |
4-Feb-1938 |
|
US Senator from Michigan, 1976-95 |
| David Rittenhouse |
Astronomer |
8-Apr-1732 |
26-Jun-1796 |
Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman |
| Jay Rockefeller |
Politician |
18-Jun-1937 |
|
US Senator from West Virginia |
| Fred Rogers |
TV Personality |
20-Mar-1928 |
27-Feb-2003 |
Mister Rogers |
| William P. Rogers |
Government |
23-Jun-1913 |
2-Jan-2001 |
US Secretary of State, 1969-73 |
| Roy Romer |
Politician |
31-Oct-1928 |
|
Governor of Colorado, 1987-99 |
| Rob Roy |
Criminal |
7-Mar-1671 |
28-Dec-1734 |
War leader of the Gregor clan |
| Dean Rusk |
Government |
9-Feb-1909 |
21-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of State, 1961-69 |
| Henry Norris Russell |
Astronomer |
25-Oct-1877 |
18-Feb-1957 |
Giant stars and dwarfs |
| Hal Saunders |
Government |
27-Dec-1930 |
|
Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81 |
| Robert W. Scott |
Politician |
13-Jun-1929 |
|
Governor of North Carolina, 1969-73 |
| William W. Scranton |
Politician |
19-Jul-1917 |
|
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67 |
| James Sheakley |
Politician |
24-Apr-1829 |
10-Dec-1917 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1893-97 |
| Richard Shelby |
Politician |
6-May-1934 |
|
US Senator from Alabama |
| Lou Sheldon |
Activist |
1934 |
|
Traditional Values Coalition |
| Jenny Shipley |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1952 |
|
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1997-99 |
| J. Marion Sims |
Doctor |
25-Jan-1813 |
13-Nov-1883 |
Father of gynecology |
| Herbert A. Sklenar |
Business |
7-Jun-1931 |
|
CEO of Vulcan Materials, 1986-97 |
| Buffalo Bob Smith |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1917 |
30-Jul-1998 |
Howdy Doody |
| Gerrit Smith |
Activist |
6-Mar-1797 |
28-Dec-1874 |
Anti-slavery and temperance reformer |
| Hulett C. Smith |
Politician |
21-Oct-1918 |
|
Governor of West Virginia, 1965-69 |
| Robert Smith |
Government |
3-Nov-1757 |
26-Nov-1842 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1801-09 |
| Tobias Smollett |
Novelist |
19-Mar-1721 |
17-Sep-1771 |
The Adventures of Roderick Random |
| Samuel L. Southard |
Politician |
9-Jun-1787 |
26-Jun-1842 |
US Senator from New Jersey, 1833-42 |
| Lyman Spitzer, Jr. |
Astronomer |
26-Jun-1914 |
31-Mar-1997 |
Father of space telescopes |
| John Spratt |
Politician |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 5th |
| Cliff Stearns |
Politician |
16-Apr-1941 |
|
Congressman, Florida 6th |
| John C. Stennis |
Politician |
3-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
| Debra L. Stephens |
Judge |
c. 1965 |
|
Justice, Washington Supreme Court |
| Adlai E. Stevenson |
Politician |
23-Oct-1835 |
14-Jun-1914 |
Vice President under Cleveland |
| Robert Louis Stevenson |
Author |
13-Nov-1850 |
3-Dec-1894 |
Treasure Island |
| Jimmy Stewart |
Actor |
20-May-1908 |
2-Jul-1997 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
| Henry L. Stimson |
Government |
21-Sep-1867 |
20-Oct-1950 |
US Secretary of War 1911-13, 1940-45 |
| William A. Stoltzfus, Jr. |
Diplomat |
3-Nov-1924 |
|
US Ambassador to Kuwait, 1972-76 |
| Samuel S. Stratton |
Politician |
27-Sep-1916 |
13-Sep-1990 |
Congressman from New York |
| Billy Sunday |
Religion |
19-Nov-1862 |
6-Nov-1935 |
Baseball evangelist |
| Phillips Talbot |
Diplomat |
c. 1914 |
|
US Ambassador to Greece, 1965-69 |
| Jim Talent |
Politician |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
US Senator from Missouri |
| Lip-Bu Tan |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
Walden International |
| Tom Tancredo |
Politician |
20-Dec-1945 |
|
Congressman, Colorado 6th |
| Deborah Taylor Tate |
Government |
1956 |
|
FCC Commissioner |
| John M. Templeton, Jr. |
Relative |
19-Feb-1940 |
|
Conservative philanthropist |
| David Tennant |
Actor |
18-Apr-1971 |
|
The Tenth Doctor Who |
| Jack Thompson |
Attorney |
25-Jul-1951 |
|
Video game decency barrator |
| Mac Thornberry |
Politician |
15-Jul-1958 |
|
Congressman, Texas 13th |
| Earl Ray Tomblin |
Politician |
15-Mar-1952 |
|
President, West Virginia State Senate |
| David Trimble |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1944 |
|
Irish politician, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Alexander Trowbridge |
Politician |
12-Dec-1929 |
27-Apr-2006 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68 |
| Jim Guy Tucker |
Politician |
13-Jun-1943 |
|
Governor of Arkansas, 1992-96 |
| Leslie Uggams |
Actor |
25-May-1943 |
|
Roots |
| Al Ullman |
Politician |
9-Mar-1914 |
11-Oct-1986 |
Congressman from Oregon, 1957-81 |
| Robert F. Vagt |
Business |
c. 1947 |
|
President of Davidson College, 1997-2007 |
| Martin Van Buren |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1782 |
24-Jul-1862 |
8th US President, 1837-41 |
| Dick Van Dyke |
Actor |
13-Dec-1925 |
|
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Guy Vander Jagt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1931 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93 |
| Richard Vinroot |
Politician |
14-Apr-1941 |
|
Mayor of Charlotte, 1991-95 |
| William A. Vinson |
Judge |
22-Dec-1874 |
26-Oct-1951 |
Vinson & Elkins |
| Mark Volman |
Singer |
19-Apr-1947 |
|
The Turtles, Flo and Eddie |
| James W. Wagner |
Educator |
c. 1953 |
|
President, Emory University |
| Ralph Waite |
Actor |
22-Jun-1928 |
|
John Walton, Sr. on The Waltons |
| Robert S. Walker |
Politician |
23-Dec-1942 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1977-97 |
| William Walker |
Military |
8-May-1824 |
12-Sep-1860 |
American "filibuster" |
| DeWitt Wallace |
Author |
12-Nov-1889 |
30-Mar-1981 |
Founder of Reader's Digest |
| Henry A. Wallace |
Politician |
7-Oct-1888 |
18-Nov-1965 |
US Vice President, 1941-45 |
| Henry C. Wallace |
Government |
11-May-1866 |
25-Oct-1924 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1921-24 |
| Helen Robson Walton |
Relative |
3-Dec-1919 |
19-Apr-2007 |
World's 13th richest person, 2005 |
| Rob Walton |
Business |
1945 |
|
Wal-Mart Chairman, world's 10th richest man |
| Sam Walton |
Business |
29-Mar-1918 |
5-Apr-1992 |
America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart |
| Mark Warner |
Politician |
15-Dec-1954 |
|
Governor of Virginia, 2002-06 |
| William C. Warren |
Educator |
3-Feb-1909 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Dean of Columbia Law School, 1952-70 |
| Wes Watkins |
Politician |
15-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from Oklahoma |
| Mel Watt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1945 |
|
Congressman, North Carolina 12th |
| John C. West |
Politician |
27-Aug-1922 |
21-Mar-2004 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-75 |
| William A. Wheeler |
Politician |
30-Jun-1819 |
4-Jun-1887 |
Vice President under Hayes |
| George Henry White |
Politician |
18-Dec-1852 |
28-Dec-1918 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1897-1901 |
| Lawrence K. White |
Spy |
10-Jun-1912 |
5-Apr-2006 |
Executive Comptroller for DCI's |
| Christine Todd Whitman |
Government |
26-Sep-1946 |
|
GWB's first head of EPA |
| Jamie L. Whitten |
Politician |
18-Apr-1910 |
9-Sep-1995 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1941-95 |
| James B. Williams |
Business |
21-Mar-1933 |
|
CEO of SunTrust Banks, 1991-98 |
| Ellen Wilson |
First Lady |
15-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1914 |
First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Joe Wilson |
Politician |
31-Jul-1947 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 2nd |
| Pete Wilson |
Politician |
23-Aug-1933 |
|
Governor of California, 1991-99 |
| William B. Wilson |
Government |
2-Apr-1862 |
25-May-1934 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1913-21 |
| Woodrow Wilson |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1856 |
3-Feb-1924 |
28th US President, 1913-21 |
| Frank Wolf |
Politician |
30-Jan-1939 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 10th |
| William H. Woodin |
Business |
27-May-1868 |
3-May-1934 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1933 |
| James Woolsey |
Government |
21-Sep-1941 |
|
CIA Director, 1993-95 |
| Lynn Woolsey |
Politician |
3-Nov-1937 |
|
Congresswoman, California 6th |
| Hubert Work |
Government |
3-Jul-1860 |
14-Dec-1942 |
US Interior Secretary, 1923-28 |
| Jim Wright |
Politician |
22-Dec-1922 |
|
Congressman from Texas, 1955-89 |
| Barry D. Wynn |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO, South Colonial Group |
| Ron Ziegler |
Government |
12-May-1939 |
10-Feb-2003 |
Press Secretary for Nixon |
