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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Head of State
15-Jan-1918 28-Sep-1970 President of Egypt, 1956-70
Spiro T. Agnew
Politician
9-Nov-1918 17-Sep-1996 Nixon's crooked VP
Robert Aldrich
Film Director
9-Aug-1918 5-Dec-1983 The Dirty Dozen
James Aldridge
Novelist
10-Jul-1918   The True Story of Lilli Stubeck
George Allen
Football
29-Apr-1918 31-Dec-1990 The Future is Now
Susan Mary Alsop
Socialite
19-Jun-1918 18-Aug-2004 Washington DC Socialite
T. M. Aluko
Novelist
14-Jun-1918   One Man, One Wife
Dwayne Andreas
Business
4-Mar-1918   Archer Daniels Midland CEO, 1970-97
Patty Andrews
Musician
16-Feb-1918   An Andrews Sister
V. C. Andrews
Author
6-Jun-1918 19-Dec-1986 Flowers in the Attic
Evelyn Ankers
Actor
17-Aug-1918 29-Aug-1985 Captive Wild Woman
Allan Arbus
Actor
15-Feb-1918   Dr. Sidney on M*A*S*H
Eddy Arnold
Country Musician
15-May-1918 8-May-2008 The Tennessee Plowboy
Mary Kay Ash
Business
12-May-1918 22-Nov-2001 Cosmetics mogul
Pearl Bailey
Singer
29-Mar-1918 17-Aug-1990 Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love
Bill Ballance
Radio Personality
27-Oct-1918 23-Sep-2004 Shared naked pix of Dr. Laura
A. L. Barker
Novelist
13-Apr-1918 21-Feb-2002 Innocents
R. H. Barlow
Author
18-May-1918 2-Jan-1951 Literary executor of H. P. Lovecraft
Joseph W. Barr
Government
17-Jan-1918 23-Feb-1996 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69
Derek Barton
Chemist
8-Sep-1918 16-Mar-1998 Conformational analysis
Walter Jackson Bate
Critic
23-May-1918 26-Jul-1999 Samuel Johnson
Lucius Battle
Diplomat
1-Jun-1918 13-May-2008 US Ambassador to Egypt, 1964-67
Griffin Bell
Government
31-Oct-1918   US Attorney General, 1977-79
Ahmed Ben Bella
Head of State
25-Dec-1918   President of Algeria, 1963-65
Ingmar Bergman
Film Director
14-Jul-1918 30-Jul-2007 Scenes from a Marriage
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
John Birch
Religion
28-May-1918 25-Aug-1945 Missionary to China killed during WW2
Joey Bishop
Comic
3-Feb-1918 17-Oct-2007 Rat Pack member
Bob Blackman
Football
7-Jul-1918 18-Mar-2000 Dartmouth Head Coach, 1955-70
Fanny Blankers-Koen
Track and Field
26-Apr-1918 25-Jan-2004 Four gold medals in 1948
Fred Bodsworth
Novelist
11-Oct-1918   Last of the Curlews
Tom Bolack
Politician
18-May-1918 20-May-1998 Governor of New Mexico, 1962-63
Otis R. Bowen
Politician
26-Feb-1918   Governor of Indiana, 1973-81
Paul D. Boyer
Chemist
31-Jul-1918   ATP process
Peter J. Brennan
Government
24-May-1918 2-Oct-1996 US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75
Bertram N. Brockhouse
Physicist
15-Jul-1918 13-Oct-2003 Neutron scattering
Rand Brooks
Actor
21-Sep-1918 1-Sep-2003 Gone With the Wind
George S. Brown
Military
17-Aug-1918 5-Dec-1978 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78
Clarence "Du" Burns
Politician
17-Sep-1918 12-Jan-2002 First black mayor of Baltimore
Richard G. Butler
Activist
23-Feb-1918 8-Sep-2004 Founder of the Aryan Nations
Sebastian Cabot
Actor
6-Jul-1918 22-Aug-1977 The Family Jewels
Art Carney
Actor
4-Nov-1918 9-Nov-2003 Ed Norton on The Honeymooners
Nicolae Ceausescu
Head of State
26-Jan-1918 25-Dec-1989 Dictator of Romania
Alfred Chandler
Historian
15-Sep-1918 9-May-2007 Business historian
Jeff Chandler
Actor
15-Dec-1918 17-Jun-1961 Broken Arrow
Marguerite Chapman
Actor
9-Mar-1918 31-Aug-1999 Coroner Creek
Harlan Cleveland
Government
19-Jan-1918 30-May-2008 Futurist, diplomat
Howard Cosell
Sports Figure
25-Mar-1918 23-Apr-1995 Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator
Anthony Crosland
Politician
29-Aug-1918 19-Feb-1977 UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77
John Dall
Actor
26-May-1918 15-Jan-1971 Rope
James Daly
Actor
23-Oct-1918 3-Jul-1978 Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center
Dennis Day
Radio Personality
21-May-1918 22-Jun-1988 On Jack Benny's radio show
Steven B. Derounian
Politician
6-Apr-1918 17-Apr-2007 Congressman from New York, 1953-65
Anton Diffring
Actor
20-Oct-1918 20-May-1989 Where Eagles Dare
Jeane Dixon
Paranormal
5-Jan-1918 25-Jan-1997 High profile astrologer
King Donovan
Actor
25-Jan-1918 30-Jun-1987 Character actor husband of Imogene Coca
Ellen Albertini Dow
Actor
16-Nov-1918   Rapping Granny in The Wedding Singer
Tom Drake
Actor
5-Aug-1918 11-Aug-1982 Meet Me In St. Louis
Daniel C. Drucker
Engineer
1918 25-Aug-2001 Drucker's stability postulate
Allen Drury
Novelist
2-Sep-1918 2-Sep-1998 Advise and Consent
James S. Duesenberry
Economist
18-Jul-1918   Council of Economic Advisers, 1966-68
June Duprez
Actor
14-May-1918 30-Oct-1984 The Thief of Bagdad
Jack Elam
Actor
13-Nov-1918 20-Oct-2003 The Sundowners
Gertrude B. Elion
Scientist
23-Jan-1918 21-Feb-1999 Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS
Richard Ellmann
Critic
15-Mar-1918 13-May-1987 James Joyce
William Eythe
Actor
7-Apr-1918 26-Jan-1957 The House on 92nd Street
Philip Jose Farmer
Author
26-Jan-1918   Riverworld saga
Renée Faure
Actor
4-Nov-1918 2-May-2005 The Little Thief
Bob Feller
Baseball
3-Nov-1918   Pitched three no-hitters for Cleveland
Richard Feynman
Physicist
11-May-1918 15-Feb-1988 Surely he's joking
Charlie Finley
Baseball
22-Feb-1918 19-Feb-1996 Owner of the Oakland A's 1960-80
Ernst Otto Fischer
Chemist
10-Nov-1918 23-Jul-2007 Organometallic sandwich compounds
Suzanne Flon
Actor
28-Jan-1918 15-Jun-2005 One Deadly Summer
Kam Fong
Actor
27-May-1918 18-Oct-2002 Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii 5-O
Betty Ford
First Lady
8-Apr-1918   Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center
John Forsythe
Actor
29-Jan-1918   Blake Carrington on Dynasty
Orville L. Freeman
Politician
9-May-1918 20-Feb-2003 Governor of Minnesota, 1955-61
Kenichi Fukui
Chemist
4-Oct-1918 9-Jan-1998 Frontier orbitals
W. H. Krome George
Business
27-Mar-1918 6-Sep-2004 Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, 1975-83
Hutton Gibson
Relative
26-Aug-1918   Father of Mel Gibson
Massimo Girotti
Actor
18-May-1918 5-Jan-2003 Facing Windows
Lawrence Gowing
Historian
1918 5-Feb-1991 Art historian, biographer of Vermeer
Billy Graham
Religion
7-Nov-1918   Televangelist
Jimmy The Greek
TV Personality
9-Sep-1918 21-Apr-1996 Oddsmaker
Richard Greene
Actor
25-Aug-1918 1-Jun-1985 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Anne Gwynne
Actor
10-Dec-1918 31-Mar-2003 WWII pinup girl, also actress
Jimmy Hanley
Actor
22-Oct-1918 13-Jan-1970 Jim's Inn
Paul Harvey
Radio Personality
4-Sep-1918   Folksy radio quasi-journalist
Ernie Harwell
Baseball
25-Jan-1918   Voice of the Detroit Tigers
Charles A. Hayes
Politician
17-Feb-1918 8-Apr-1997 Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93
Susan Hayward
Actor
30-Jun-1918 14-Mar-1975 I Want to Live!
Rita Hayworth
Actor
17-Oct-1918 14-May-1987 Gilda
Skitch Henderson
Conductor
27-Jan-1918 1-Nov-2005 Original Tonight Show bandleader
Ed Herschler
Politician
27-Oct-1918 5-Feb-1990 Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87
Chaim Herzog
Head of State
17-Sep-1918 17-Apr-1997 President of Israel 1983-93
Roger W. Heyns
Educator
27-Jan-1918 11-Sep-1995 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71
William Holden
Actor
17-Apr-1918 16-Nov-1981 Stalag 17
Tim Holt
Actor
5-Feb-1918 15-Feb-1973 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
John Hospers
Politician
9-Jun-1918   First Libertarian presidential candidate
Ronald Howard
Actor
7-Apr-1918 19-Dec-1996 Sherlock Holmes
John R. Hubbard
Educator
3-Dec-1918   President of USC, 1970-80
E. Howard Hunt
Criminal
9-Oct-1918 23-Jan-2007 Coordinated Watergate break-in
Punch Imlach
Hockey
15-Mar-1918 1-Dec-1987 NHL Coach, Hall of Famer
Betty James
Business
13-Feb-1918   Slinky entrepreneur
Walter W. Jenkins
Government
23-Mar-1918 23-Nov-1985 LBJ assistant, outed in gay sex scandal
Ben Johnson
Actor
13-Jun-1918 8-Apr-1996 The Last Picture Show
Hank Jones
Jazz Musician
31-Jul-1918   Jazz Piano Luminary
Jerome Karle
Chemist
18-Jun-1918   X-Ray diffraction studies
Stubby Kaye
Actor
11-Nov-1918 14-Dec-1997 Guys and Dolls
Lila Kedrova
Actor
9-Oct-1918 16-Feb-2000 Zorba the Greek
Rosemary Kennedy
Relative
13-Sep-1918 7-Jan-2005 JFK's retarded sister
John W. King
Politician
10-Oct-1918 9-Aug-1996 Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69
Nile Kinnick
Football
9-Jul-1918 2-Jun-1943 Winner, 1939 Heisman Trophy
Russell Kirk
Author
19-Oct-1918 29-Apr-1994 The Conservative Mind
Herbert G. Klein
Journalist
1-Apr-1918   White House Communications Director, 1969-73
Arthur Kornberg
Scientist
3-Mar-1918 26-Oct-2007 Synthesized DNA
Edwin G. Krebs
Scientist
6-Jun-1918   Protein phosphorylation
Madeleine L'Engle
Author
29-Nov-1918 6-Sep-2007 A Wrinkle In Time
Ann Landers
Columnist
4-Jul-1918 22-Jun-2002 Syndicated advice columnist
Arthur Laurents
Playwright
14-Jul-1918   West Side Story
George M. Leader
Politician
17-Jan-1918   Governor of Pennsylvania, 1955-59
Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright
31-Aug-1918 14-Jun-1986 An American in Paris
Edward B. Lewis
Scientist
20-May-1918 21-Jul-2004 Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate
Audra Lindley
Actor
24-Sep-1918 16-Oct-1997 Helen Roper on Three's Company
Cruz Lizárraga
Musician
1-Jul-1918 17-Jun-1995 El Muchacho Alegre
Russell Long
Politician
3-Nov-1918 9-May-2003 US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87
Marjorie Lord
Actor
26-Jul-1918   Make Room for Daddy
Patrick J. Lucey
Politician
21-Mar-1918   Governor of Wisconsin, 1971-77
Richard E. Lyng
Business
29-Jun-1918 1-Feb-2003 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1986-89
Jack MacGowran
Actor
13-Oct-1918 30-Jan-1973 The Fearless Vampire Killers
Nelson Mandela
Head of State
18-Jul-1918   Former President of South Africa
Harold W. McGraw, Jr.
Business
c. 1918   Chairman of McGraw-Hill, 1968-88
Mary McGrory
Journalist
22-Aug-1918 21-Apr-2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberal Icon
John J. McKeithen
Politician
28-May-1918 4-Jun-1999 Governor of Louisiana, 1964-72
Spike Milligan
Comic
16-Apr-1918 27-Feb-2002 The Goon Show
Leon Mirsky
Mathematician
19-Dec-1918 1-Dec-1983 Transversal Theory
Cameron Mitchell
Actor
4-Nov-1918 6-Jul-1994 The High Chaparral
Franco Modigliani
Economist
18-Jun-1918 25-Sep-2003 Life-cycle theory
James M. Moran
Business
8-Aug-1918 24-Apr-2007 JM Family Enterprises
Peggy Moran
Actor
23-Oct-1918 24-Oct-2002 The Mummy's Hand
Col. Robert Morgan
Military
31-Jul-1918 15-May-2004 Pilot of The Memphis Belle
Barry Morse
Actor
10-Jun-1918 2-Feb-2008 Lt. Gerard on The Fugitive
Frederick Mulley
Politician
3-Jul-1918 15-Mar-1995 UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79
Yasuhiro Nakasone
Head of State
27-May-1918   Prime Minister of Japan, 1982-87
Robert D. Nesen
Diplomat
22-Jan-1918 14-Nov-2005 US Ambassador to Australia, 1981-85
Arnold Newman
Photographer
3-Mar-1918 6-Jun-2006 Environmental portraitist
David D. Newsom
Diplomat
6-Jan-1918 30-Mar-2008 US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78
William F. Nichols
Politician
16-Oct-1918 13-Dec-1988 Congressman from Alabama, 1967-88
Birgit Nilsson
Singer
17-May-1918 25-Dec-2005 Swedish operatic soprano
Cleo A. Noel, Jr.
Diplomat
6-Aug-1918 2-Mar-1973 US Ambassador to Sudan, 1972-73
Edwin O'Connor
Novelist
29-Jul-1918 23-Mar-1968 The Last Hurrah
David Opatoshu
Actor
30-Jan-1918 30-Apr-1996 Raid on Entebbe
Jack Paar
Talk Show Host
1-May-1918 27-Jan-2004 Second host of the Tonight Show
Don Pardo
TV Personality
22-Feb-1918   Voice announcer
Claiborne Pell
Politician
22-Nov-1918   US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97
Hank Penny
Musician
18-Aug-1918 17-Apr-1992 Western swing bandleader
Peg Phillips
Actor
20-Sep-1918 7-Nov-2002 Ruth-Anne Miller on Northern Exposure
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.
Business
20-Oct-1918   CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83
Robert Preston
Actor
8-Jun-1918 21-Mar-1987 The Music Man
J. Donald Rauth
Business
1918 28-Dec-2005 CEO of Martin Marietta, 1973-83
Pee Wee Reese
Baseball
23-Jul-1918 15-Aug-1999 Ten-time Dodgers All-Star
Donald Regan
Government
21-Dec-1918 10-Jun-2003 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85
Frederick Reines
Physicist
16-Mar-1918 26-Aug-1998 Co-Discover of the Neutrino
Bobby Riggs
Tennis
25-Feb-1918 25-Oct-1995 Winner of 1939 Wimbledon
Jerome Robbins
Choreographer
11-Oct-1918 29-Jul-1998 West Side Story
Oral Roberts
Religion
24-Jan-1918   Televangelist, faith healer
George Rockwell
Activist
9-Mar-1918 25-Aug-1967 Founded American Nazi Party
Percy Rodriguez
Actor
13-Jun-1918 6-Sep-2007 Afro-Canadian actor
Julius Rosenberg
Spy
12-May-1918 19-Jun-1953 Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR
Paul Rudolph
Architect
23-Oct-1918 8-Aug-1997 Modernist architect
Martin Ryle
Astronomer
27-Sep-1918 14-Oct-1984 Radio astronomer
Anwar Sadat
Head of State
25-Dec-1918 6-Oct-1981 President of Egypt
Frederick Sanger
Chemist
13-Aug-1918   Determined sequencing of Insulin
Grant Sawyer
Politician
14-Dec-1918 19-Feb-1996 Governor of Nevada, 1959-67
Helmut Schmidt
Head of State
23-Dec-1918   Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82
Julian Schwinger
Physicist
12-Feb-1918 16-Jul-1994 Quantum electrodynamics
Vito Scotti
Actor
26-Jan-1918 5-Jun-1996 Character actor, 1950s to 1990s
John F. Seiberling
Politician
8-Sep-1918   Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87
Mary Lee Settle
Novelist
29-Jul-1918 27-Sep-2005 Beulah Land
Anne Shirley
Actor
17-Apr-1918 4-Jul-1993 Stella Dallas
Kai M. Siegbahn
Physicist
20-Apr-1918 20-Jul-2007 Electron spectroscopy
Jens C. Skou
Chemist
8-Oct-1918   ATPase researcher
Iceberg Slim
Criminal
4-Aug-1918 28-Apr-1992 Pimp-turned-author
Hulett C. Smith
Politician
21-Oct-1918   Governor of West Virginia, 1965-69
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Author
11-Dec-1918   The Gulag Archipelago
Red Sovine
Country Musician
17-Jul-1918 4-Apr-1980 The Old Syrup Sopper
Muriel Spark
Novelist
1-Feb-1918 13-Apr-2006 The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Mickey Spillane
Author
9-Mar-1918 17-Jul-2006 Mike Hammer novels
Craig Stevens
Actor
8-Jul-1918 10-May-2000 Peter Gunn
Robert S. Strauss
Diplomat
19-Oct-1918   US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92
Theodore Sturgeon
Author
26-Feb-1918 8-May-1985 More Than Human
Jacqueline Susann
Novelist
20-Aug-1918 21-Sep-1974 Valley of the Dolls
James Tobin
Economist
5-Mar-1918 11-Mar-2002 Investment behaviorist
Audrey Totter
Actor
20-Dec-1918   The Unsuspected
Tupou IV
Royalty
4-Jul-1918 10-Sep-2006 King of Tonga, 1965-2006
Abigail Van Buren
Columnist
4-Jul-1918   Dear Abby emeritus
Ernest Vandiver
Politician
3-Jul-1918 21-Feb-2005 Governor of Georgia, 1959-63
George S. Vest
Diplomat
25-Dec-1918   US Ambassador to the EC, 1981-85
Robert Wadlow
Oddity
22-Feb-1918 15-Jul-1940 Tallest documented individual
Kurt Waldheim
Government
21-Dec-1918 14-Jun-2007 UN Secretary General, 1972-82
Robert Walker
Actor
13-Oct-1918 28-Aug-1951 Strangers on a Train
Mike Wallace
Journalist
9-May-1918   Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent
Sam Walton
Business
29-Mar-1918 5-Apr-1992 America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart
Louie Welch
Politician
9-Dec-1918 27-Jan-2008 Mayor of Houston, 1964-73
William Whitelaw
Politician
28-Jun-1918 1-Jul-1999 UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88
Malcolm R. Wilkey
Judge
6-Dec-1918   US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1985-90
John Bell Williams
Politician
4-Dec-1918 25-Mar-1983 Governor of Mississippi, 1968-72
Ted Williams
Baseball
30-Aug-1918 5-Jul-2002 Cryonically preserved .400 hitter
Joseph Wiseman
Actor
15-May-1918   Dr. No
Teresa Wright
Actor
27-Oct-1918 6-Mar-2005 Shadow of a Doubt
Coleman Young
Politician
24-May-1918 30-Nov-1997 Mayor of Detroit, 1974-93
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.
Actor
30-Nov-1918   The F.B.I.


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