| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joan Vollmer Adams |
Victim |
1924 |
6-Sep-1951 |
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs |
| David Allen |
Author |
28-Dec-1945 |
|
Getting Things Done |
| Louis Althusser |
Philosopher |
16-Oct-1918 |
22-Oct-1990 |
Marxist theorist, anti-humanist |
| Malcolm Arnold |
Composer |
21-Oct-1921 |
23-Sep-2006 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Antonin Artaud |
Playwright |
4-Sep-1896 |
4-Mar-1948 |
Theater of Cruelty |
| Nathaniel Bar-Jonah |
Criminal |
15-Feb-1957 |
13-Apr-2008 |
Cannibal child killer, sentenced to 130 years |
| Busby Berkeley |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1895 |
14-Mar-1976 |
Strike Up the Band |
| Nellie Bly |
Journalist |
5-May-1864 |
27-Jan-1922 |
Ten Days in a Mad-House |
| Lorena Bobbitt |
Criminal |
1970 |
|
Severed husband's penis |
| Buddy Bolden |
Jazz Musician |
6-Sep-1877 |
4-Nov-1931 |
Ragtime, pre-Jazz cornetist |
| Clara Bow |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
26-Sep-1965 |
Schizophrenic actress, Wings |
| Emanuel Bronner |
Business |
1-Feb-1908 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Soap label philosopher |
| Beau Brummell |
Socialite |
7-Jun-1778 |
30-Mar-1840 |
Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion |
| William S. Burroughs, Jr. |
Relative |
21-Jul-1947 |
3-Mar-1981 |
Son of William S. Burroughs |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
| Leonora Carrington |
Painter |
6-Apr-1917 |
25-May-2011 |
Last surviving Surrealist |
| Hayden Carruth |
Poet |
3-Aug-1921 |
29-Sep-2008 |
Brothers, I Loved You All |
| Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
| Paulo Coelho |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
The Alchemist |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Don Drummond |
Musician |
12-Mar-1932 |
6-May-1969 |
The Skatalites |
| Roky Erickson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jul-1947 |
|
13th Floor Elevators |
| Frederick Exley |
Author |
28-Mar-1929 |
17-Jun-1992 |
A Fan's Notes |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress, institutionalized |
| Marshall Field IV |
Business |
15-Jun-1916 |
18-Sep-1965 |
Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1956-65 |
| Ed Gein |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1906 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Frances Gifford |
Actor |
7-Dec-1919 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Jungle Girl |
| Philip L. Graham |
Publisher |
18-Jul-1915 |
3-Aug-1963 |
Washington Post publisher, 1947-63 |
| Ivor Gurney |
Poet |
28-Aug-1890 |
26-Dec-1937 |
War's Embers |
| Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
| John Hinckley |
Assassin |
29-May-1955 |
|
Shot President Reagan |
| Daniel Johnston |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jan-1961 |
|
Hi How Are You? |
| Ernst Ludwig Kirchner |
Painter |
6-May-1880 |
15-Jun-1938 |
German expressionist |
| Ronnie Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Kray brothers |
| Adrian Lamo |
Hacker |
20-Feb-1981 |
|
So-called homeless hacker |
| Nathaniel Lee |
Playwright |
c. 1653 |
6-May-1692 |
The Rival Queens |
| Earl Long |
Politician |
26-Aug-1895 |
5-Sep-1960 |
Three-time Governor of Louisiana |
| Gucci Mane |
Rapper |
2-Feb-1980 |
|
Lemonade |
| Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
| Timothy McSweeney |
Relative |
1943 |
24-Jan-2010 |
Namesake of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern |
| W. C. Minor |
Scholar |
Jun-1834 |
26-Mar-1920 |
Prolific OED contributor |
| Yoko Ono |
Artist |
18-Feb-1933 |
|
Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon |
| Charlie Parker |
Jazz Musician |
29-Aug-1920 |
12-Mar-1955 |
Be-bop jazz musician |
| Colonel Tom Parker |
Business |
26-Jun-1909 |
21-Jan-1997 |
Elvis Presley's manager |
| Christine Pascal |
Actor |
29-Nov-1953 |
30-Aug-1996 |
Let Joy Reign Supreme |
| Jimmy Piersall |
Baseball |
14-Nov-1929 |
|
Crazy center fielder |
| Ezra Pound |
Poet |
30-Oct-1885 |
1-Nov-1972 |
The Cantos |
| Lou Reed |
Musician |
2-Mar-1942 |
27-Oct-2013 |
The Velvet Underground |
| Maria Schneider |
Actor |
27-Mar-1952 |
3-Feb-2011 |
Last Tango in Paris |
| Edie Sedgwick |
Socialite |
20-Apr-1943 |
16-Nov-1971 |
Warhol factory girl |
| Ignaz Semmelweis |
Doctor |
1-Jul-1818 |
13-Aug-1865 |
Pioneer of antiseptics |
| David Hyrum Smith |
Relative |
17-Nov-1844 |
29-Aug-1904 |
Son of Joseph Smith |
| Valerie Solanas |
Activist |
9-Apr-1936 |
26-Apr-1988 |
Shot Andy Warhol |
| Skip Spence |
Musician |
18-Apr-1946 |
16-Apr-1999 |
Moby Grape guitarist, Oar |
| James Taylor |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Mar-1948 |
|
Seen fire, rain |
| Georges Gilles de la Tourette |
Doctor |
30-Oct-1857 |
26-May-1904 |
Tourette's syndrome |
| Howard Unruh |
Criminal |
21-Jan-1921 |
19-Oct-2009 |
Spree killer, 13 dead in 1949 |
| Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
| Louis Wain |
Painter |
5-Aug-1860 |
4-Jul-1939 |
The Man Who Drew Cats |
| Aby Warburg |
Scholar |
13-Jun-1866 |
26-Oct-1929 |
Founder of the Warburg Institute |
| Tex Watson |
Criminal |
2-Dec-1945 |
|
Honor student turned to Manson Family |
| Jonathan Winters |
Comic |
11-Nov-1925 |
11-Apr-2013 |
Mearth, son of Mork |
| Marion A. Zioncheck |
Politician |
5-Dec-1901 |
7-Aug-1936 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
