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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Willie Aames
Actor
15-Jul-1960   Tommy on Eight is Enough
Tony Alamo
Religion
20-Sep-1934   Tony Alamo Ministries
Casey Anthony
Criminal
19-Mar-1986   Mother of Caylee Anthony
Benedict Arnold
Military
14-Jan-1741 14-Jun-1801 Betrayed colonists to British
John James Audubon
Naturalist
26-Apr-1785 27-Jan-1851 Illustrated Birds of America
Wally Backman
Baseball
22-Sep-1959   Hitter for the New York Mets, 1980-88
Stephen Baldwin
Actor
12-May-1966   A Baldwin Brother
P. T. Barnum
Hoaxer
5-Jul-1810 7-Apr-1891 Circus showman
John Barrymore
Actor
15-Feb-1882 29-May-1942 Romeo and Juliet
Kim Basinger
Actor
8-Dec-1953   L.A. Confidential
Barbara Bel Geddes
Actor
31-Oct-1922 8-Aug-2005 Miss Ellie on Dallas
Melvin Belli
Attorney
29-Jul-1907 9-Jul-1996 The King of Torts
Vincent Bendix
Inventor
12-Aug-1881 27-Mar-1945 Founder of Bendix Corporation
Bunny Berigan
Jazz Musician
2-Nov-1908 2-Jun-1942 Jazz trumpeter great
George Best
Soccer
22-May-1946 25-Nov-2005 Manchester United
Robert Blake
Actor
18-Sep-1933   Baretta
Nellie Bly
Journalist
5-May-1864 27-Jan-1922 Ten Days in a Mad-House
John Wayne Bobbitt
Victim
23-Mar-1967   Penectomy survivor
Peter Bogdanovich
Film Director
30-Jul-1939   The Last Picture Show
Edwin Booth
Actor
13-Nov-1833 7-Jun-1893 Renowned 19th century American actor
Olive Borden
Actor
14-Jul-1906 1-Oct-1947 The Joy Girl
Bjorn Borg
Tennis
6-Jun-1956   Pro tennis player
Riddick Bowe
Boxing
10-Aug-1967   Twice World Heavyweight Champion
Lorraine Bracco
Actor
2-Oct-1954   Goodfellas, The Sopranos
Mathew Brady
Photographer
15-Jan-1823 15-Jan-1896 Civil War photographer
Toni Braxton
Singer
7-Oct-1966   Un-Break My Heart
Louise Brooks
Actor
14-Nov-1906 8-Aug-1985 Pandora's Box
John Brown
Activist
9-May-1800 2-Dec-1859 Led the raid on Harpers Ferry
Sylvia Browne
Paranormal
19-Oct-1936 20-Nov-2013 Afraid to accept Randi's $1 million challenge
Lenny Bruce
Comic
13-Oct-1925 3-Aug-1966 Multiply obscene comic
Anita Bryant
Activist
25-Mar-1940   Anti-homosexuality activist
Young Buck
Rapper
15-Mar-1981   Straight Outta Cashville
Buffalo Bill
Performance Artist
26-Feb-1846 10-Jan-1917 Wild West showman
Gary Busey
Actor
29-Jun-1944   The Buddy Holly Story
Richard G. Butler
Activist
23-Feb-1918 8-Sep-2004 Founder of the Aryan Nations
Crazy Cabbie
Radio Personality
10-Dec-1968   Part of the Howard Stern menagerie
Luther Campbell
Rapper
22-Dec-1960   2 Live Crew, Luke Records founder
Tia Carrere
Actor
2-Jan-1967   Wayne's World
Aaron Carter
Singer
7-Dec-1987   Backstreet boy Nick Carter's brother
Nell Carter
Actor
13-Sep-1948 23-Jan-2003 Housekeeper on Gimme A Break
Willis Carto
Activist
17-Jul-1926 26-Oct-2015 Founder of Liberty Lobby, IHR
Raymond Carver
Author
25-May-1938 2-Aug-1988 Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
David Cassidy
Singer
12-Apr-1950   The Partridge Family
George Catlin
Painter
26-Jul-1796 23-Dec-1872 Portraitist painted Native Americans
50 Cent
Rapper
6-Jul-1975   Wanksta, P.I.M.P.
Miguel de Cervantes
Novelist
29-Sep-1547 22-Apr-1616 Don Quixote
Bill Ceverha
Government
c. 1936   Lobbyist, GOP activist
André Citroën
Engineer
5-Feb-1878 3-Jul-1935 Europe's Henry Ford
George Clinton
Singer
22-Jul-1940   Funkadelic
Gary Coleman
Actor
8-Feb-1968 28-May-2010 Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes
John Connally
Politician
27-Feb-1917 15-Jun-1993 Governor of Texas, 1963-69
Denton Cooley
Doctor
22-Aug-1920   Pioneering heart surgeon
John Singleton Copley
Painter
3-Jul-1738 9-Sep-1815 Boy with a Squirrel
Francis Ford Coppola
Film Director
7-Apr-1939   The Godfather
A. C. Cowlings
Football
16-Jun-1947   O.J.'s best friend
Rick Crawford
Politician
22-Jan-1966   Congressman, Arkansas 1st
David Crosby
Musician
14-Aug-1941   Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Aleister Crowley
Religion
12-Oct-1875 1-Dec-1947 Wickedest man in the world
Charles Cullen
Criminal
1960   Claimed to have killed 30-40 patients
Vic Damone
Singer
12-Jun-1928   Singer of ballads
Dorothy Dandridge
Actor
9-Nov-1922 8-Sep-1965 Carmen Jones
Jim Davidson
Comic
13-Dec-1953   Stand Up Jim Davidson
Darren Day
TV Personality
17-Jul-1968   British tabloid fodder
Daniel Defoe
Author
Sep-1660 24-Apr-1731 Robinson Crusoe
John DeLorean
Business
6-Jan-1925 19-Mar-2005 Automobile designer and entepreneur
Janice Dickinson
Model
15-Feb-1955   1970s supermodel
Walt Disney
Business
5-Dec-1901 15-Dec-1966 Founder of Disney empire
DMX
Rapper
18-Dec-1970   What's My Name?
Jim Dooley
Football
8-Feb-1930 8-Jan-2008 Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71
Gary Dourdan
Actor
11-Dec-1966   Warrick Brown on CSI
Henry Dunant
Activist
8-May-1828 30-Oct-1910 Red Cross founder
William C. Durant
Business
8-Dec-1861 18-Mar-1947 Founder of General Motors
Lenny Dykstra
Baseball
10-Feb-1963   Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder
Freddy Fender
Musician
4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Stepin Fetchit
Actor
30-May-1902 19-Nov-1985 Professional black stereotype
Eddie Fisher
Singer
10-Aug-1928 22-Sep-2010 Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist
Mick Fleetwood
Musician
24-Jun-1947   Fleetwood Mac
Heidi Fleiss
Criminal
30-Dec-1965   Hollywood madam
Redd Foxx
Comic
9-Dec-1922 11-Oct-1991 Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son
John C. Fremont
Explorer
21-Jan-1813 13-Jul-1890 Conqueror of California
R. Buckminster Fuller
Architect
12-Jul-1895 1-Jul-1983 Futurist, invented the geodesic dome
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Actor
6-Feb-1917   Cop-slapping Gabor sister
Leif Garrett
Musician
8-Nov-1961   1970s teen idol
Marvin Gaye
Singer
2-Apr-1939 1-Apr-1984 Heard It Through the Grapevine
Wally George
TV Personality
4-Dec-1931 5-Oct-2003 Abusive conservative spectacle
Andy Gibb
Musician
5-Mar-1958 10-Mar-1988 I Just Want To Be Your Everything
Jim Gilchrist
Activist
1949   Minuteman Project founder
Gary Glitter
Musician
8-May-1944   Rock and Roll Part 2
Bernhard Goetz
Criminal
7-Nov-1947   Subway vigilante
Charles Goodyear
Inventor
29-Dec-1800 1-Jul-1860 Invented rubber vulcanization process
Abraham Gosman
Business
8-Dec-1928 21-Oct-2013 Palm Beach nursing home magnate
Ulysses S. Grant
Head of State
27-Apr-1822 23-Jul-1885 Eighteenth President of the United States
Mike Gravel
Politician
13-May-1930   US Senator from Alaska, 1969-81
Archie Griffin
Football
21-Aug-1954   Winner, 1974 and 1975 Heisman Trophy
Johannes Gutenberg
Inventor
1398 3-Feb-1468 Inventor of movable type
Tony Gwynn
Baseball
9-May-1960 16-Jun-2014 Batted .394 in 1994 for the Padres
Merle Haggard
Country Musician
6-Apr-1937   Okie From Muskogee
Corey Haim
Actor
23-Dec-1971 10-Mar-2010 The Lost Boys
Frans Hals
Painter
1580 29-Aug-1666 Dutch portraitist
Dorothy Hamill
Figure Skating
26-Jul-1956   Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976
MC Hammer
Singer/Songwriter
30-Mar-1962   Can't touch this
George Frideric Handel
Composer
23-Feb-1685 14-Apr-1759 Messiah
Isaac Hayes
Musician
20-Aug-1942 10-Aug-2008 Theme from Shaft
Margaux Hemingway
Actor
16-Feb-1955 2-Jul-1996 Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin
Sherman Hemsley
Actor
1-Feb-1938 24-Jul-2012 George Jefferson on The Jeffersons
Ty Herndon
Country Musician
2-May-1962   Country music star caught in cruisy park
Ed Herschler
Politician
27-Oct-1918 5-Feb-1990 Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87
Perez Hilton
Columnist
23-Mar-1978   Gossip columnist
Rubén Hinojosa
Politician
20-Aug-1940   Congressman, Texas 15th
Kent Hovind
Religion
15-Jan-1953   Creation Science evangelist
Steve Howe
Baseball
10-Mar-1958 28-Apr-2006 MLB pitcher
Norman Hsu
Philanthropist
Oct-1951   Notorious Democratic donor
E. Howard Hunt
Criminal
9-Oct-1918 23-Jan-2007 Coordinated Watergate break-in
Nelson Bunker Hunt
Business
22-Feb-1926 21-Oct-2014 Tried to corner the silver market
David Irving
Activist
24-Mar-1938   Notorious Holocaust denier
Ronald Isley
Musician
21-May-1941   An Isley brother
Michael Jace
Actor
13-Jul-1970   Det. Julien Lowe on The Shield
La Toya Jackson
Singer
29-May-1956   Sister of Michael Jackson
Eli S. Jacobs
Baseball
5-Oct-1937   Former Baltimore Orioles owner
Richard Jaeckel
Actor
10-Oct-1926 14-Jun-1997 Sometimes a Great Notion
Bill Johnson
Skier
30-Mar-1960   Downhill skiing gold medal, 1984
Don Johnson
Actor
15-Dec-1949   Miami Vice, Nash Bridges
Al Jolson
Singer
26-May-1886 23-Oct-1950 The Jazz Singer
George Jones
Country Musician
12-Sep-1931 26-Apr-2013 Country singer, White Lightning
Charles Keating
Business
4-Dec-1923 1-Apr-2014 Morality crusader, white-collar swindler
Buster Keaton
Actor
4-Oct-1895 1-Feb-1966 The General
Bernard Kerik
Government
4-Sep-1955   NYC Police Commissioner, 2000-01
Margot Kidder
Actor
17-Oct-1948   Lois Lane in Superman
Larry King
Talk Show Host
19-Nov-1933   Larry King Live
Robert Kiyosaki
Author
8-Apr-1947   Rich Dad, Poor Dad
Suge Knight
Business
19-Apr-1965   Rap mogul and ex-con
Veronica Lake
Actor
14-Nov-1922 7-Jul-1973 Sullivan's Travels
Lyndon LaRouche
Economist
8-Sep-1922   Eccentric economist politician
Cyndi Lauper
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jun-1953   Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Anton LaVey
Religion
11-Apr-1930 29-Oct-1997 Founder, Church of Satan
Jerry Lewis
Comic
16-Mar-1926   Muscular Dystrophy Association
Jerry Lee Lewis
Musician
29-Sep-1935   Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Abraham Lincoln
Head of State
12-Feb-1809 15-Apr-1865 16th US President, 1861-65
Horace Liveright
Publisher
10-Dec-1886 24-Sep-1933 Publisher of the Modern Library series
Meat Loaf
Musician
27-Sep-1947   Bat Out of Hell
Terry L. Long
Football
21-Jul-1959 7-Jun-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Singer
27-May-1971 25-Apr-2002 Member of TLC
Luka Magnotta
Criminal Defendant
24-Jul-1982   Allegedly dismembered a Chinese student
Henry Mayhew
Journalist
1812 25-Jul-1887 Punch
William McKinley
Head of State
29-Jan-1843 14-Sep-1901 25th US President, 1897-1901
Linda McMahon
Wrestling
4-Oct-1948   Former CEO of WWE
Vince McMahon
Wrestling
24-Aug-1945   World Wrestling Entertainment impresario
Tom Metzger
Activist
9-Apr-1938   White supremacist
Robert Mills
Architect
12-Aug-1781 3-Mar-1855 Washington Monument
Marvin Mitchelson
Attorney
7-May-1928 18-Sep-2004 Celebrity divorce lawyer
Barrett Moore
Business
?   Triple Canopy founder
Robert Morris
Politician
31-Jan-1734 7-May-1806 Financed the Revolutionary War
Conrad Murray
Doctor
19-Feb-1953   Michael Jackson's personal physician
Mae Murray
Actor
10-May-1889 23-Mar-1965 The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips
John Naisbitt
Author
15-Jan-1929   Megatrends
John Nash
Architect
1752 13-May-1835 British Regency architect
Willie Nelson
Country Musician
30-Apr-1933   The red-headed stranger
Wayne Newton
Singer
3-Apr-1942   Top Las Vegas act
Harry Nilsson
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jun-1941 15-Jan-1994 Me and My Arrow
F. Donald Nixon
Relative
23-Nov-1914 27-Jun-1987 Nixon's brother, got $205K from Hughes
Emperor Norton
Royalty
14-Feb-1819 8-Jan-1880 Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico
Ted Nugent
Musician
13-Dec-1948   Rock star, bowhunting enthusiast
Kate O'Brien
Novelist
3-Dec-1897 13-Aug-1974 The Land of Spices
Thomas Paine
Activist
29-Jan-1737 8-Jun-1809 Common Sense
Johnny Paycheck
Country Musician
31-May-1938 18-Feb-2003 Take This Job and Shove It
Anthony Pellicano
Business
22-Mar-1944   Hollywood private eye
Michael Peterson
Author
23-Oct-1943   The Staircase
Tom Petty
Musician
20-Oct-1950   Don't Come Around Here No More
Philip II
Royalty
21-May-1527 13-Sep-1598 King of Spain, 1556-98
Judson W. Phillips
Attorney
c. 1959   Tea Party Nation
Charles Ponzi
Criminal
3-Mar-1882 18-Jun-1949 Get-rich-quick schemes
Peter Popoff
Religion
1946   Fraud exposed on the Tonight Show
Bud Post
 
5-Apr-1939 15-Jan-2006 Unhappy lottery millionaire
Susan Powter
Fitness Guru
22-Dec-1957   Stop the Insanity! fitness guru
Randy Quaid
Actor
1-Oct-1950   Parents
Dave Ramsey
Radio Personality
3-Sep-1960   The Dave Ramsey Show
Lynn Redgrave
Actor
8-Mar-1943 2-May-2010 The Happy Hooker
Rembrandt
Painter
15-Jul-1606 4-Oct-1669 Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp
Tommy Rettig
Actor
10-Dec-1941 15-Feb-1996 Jeff Miller in Lassie
Burt Reynolds
Actor
11-Feb-1936   Moustached Cannonball Run actor
Debbie Reynolds
Actor
1-Apr-1932   Dancer, actress
Teddy Riley
Musician
8-Oct-1966   The King of New Jack Swing
Andre Rison
Football
18-Mar-1967   Bad Moon Rison
Mickey Rooney
Actor
23-Sep-1920 6-Apr-2014 Actor in Andy Hardy comedies, musicals
Rick Ross
Activist
24-Nov-1952   Cult expert, deprogrammer
Debbie Rowe
Relative
6-Dec-1958   Michael Jackson's ex-wife
Kelly Rutherford
Actor
6-Nov-1968   Megan Mancini on Melrose Place
Warren Sapp
Football
19-Dec-1972   Defensive Tackle, Oakland Raiders
Clarence Saunders
Business
9-Aug-1881 14-Oct-1953 Father of modern retailing
Oskar Schindler
Activist
28-Apr-1908 9-Oct-1974 Saved over 1000 from Nazis
Karen Silkwood
Victim
19-Feb-1946 13-Nov-1974 Nuclear whistleblower
Billy Sims
Football
18-Sep-1955   Detroit Lions RB
Tom Sizemore
Actor
29-Nov-1961   Heat, Robbery Homicide Division
Anna Nicole Smith
Model
28-Nov-1967 8-Feb-2007 Addled golddigger
Joseph Smith
Religion
23-Dec-1805 27-Jun-1844 Founded the Mormon faith
Dee Snider
Musician
15-Mar-1955   Frontman for Twisted Sister
Phoebe Snow
Jazz Musician
17-Jul-1952 26-Apr-2011 Jazz vocalist
Leon Spinks
Boxing
11-Jul-1953   Olympic boxing champion
John Augustus Sutter
Explorer
15-Feb-1803 18-Jun-1880 California gold rush
Sheryl Swoopes
Basketball
25-Mar-1971   Three-time WNBA MVP
Fife Symington
Politician
12-Aug-1945   Governor of Arizona, 1991-97
Lawrence Taylor
Football
4-Feb-1959   NFL Hall of Famer
Randall Terry
Activist
25-Apr-1959   Operation Rescue founder
Nikola Tesla
Inventor
10-Jul-1856 7-Jan-1943 Invented alternating current
Bryan Trottier
Hockey
17-Jul-1956   NHL Hall of Famer
Bianca Trump
Pornstar
7-Nov-1972   Rent-a-Butt
Donald Trump
Business
14-Jun-1946   The Donald
Mark Twain
Author
30-Nov-1835 21-Apr-1910 Huckleberry Finn
Boss Tweed
Politician
3-Apr-1823 12-Apr-1878 Boss of Tammany Hall
Mike Tyson
Boxing
30-Jun-1966   Erratic heavyweight champion
Johnny Unitas
Football
7-May-1933 11-Sep-2002 The Golden Arm
John Vanderlyn
Painter
15-Oct-1776 23-Sep-1852 American portrait painter
Michael Vick
Football
26-Jun-1980   Football quarterback and dog fighter
Murray Waas
Journalist
c. 1960   Washington reporter
Dionne Warwick
Singer
12-Dec-1940   Walk On By
Carol Wayne
Actor
6-Sep-1942 13-Jan-1985 Art Fern's Tea-Time Movie Lady
Dottie West
Country Musician
11-Oct-1932 4-Sep-1991 Country Sunshine
James Whistler
Painter
14-Jul-1834 17-Jul-1903 Whistler's Mother
John Whitehead
Musician
2-Jul-1948 11-May-2004 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Louis T. Wigfall
Politician
21-Apr-1816 18-Feb-1874 US Senator from Texas, 1859-61
Herbert Wilcox
Film/TV Producer
19-Apr-1892 15-May-1977 Forever and a Day
Oscar Wilde
Playwright
16-Oct-1854 30-Nov-1900 The Picture of Dorian Gray
James Wilkinson
Military
1757 28-Dec-1825 Duplicitous soldier and adventurer
Wallace Wilkinson
Politician
12-Dec-1941 5-Jul-2002 Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91
James Wilson
Judge
14-Sep-1742 28-Aug-1798 US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98
Ray Winstone
Actor
19-Feb-1957   Vincent
Tammy Wynette
Country Musician
5-May-1942 6-Apr-1998 Stand By Your Man
Peter Wyngarde
Actor
23-Aug-1933   Jason King
Vincent Youmans
Composer
27-Sep-1898 5-Apr-1946 No, No Nanette
Vince Young
Football
18-May-1983   Tennessee Titans ex-QB
Florenz Ziegfeld
Theatre Producer
21-Mar-1869 22-Jul-1932 The Ziegfeld Follies


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