| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Harold Adamson |
Songwriter |
10-Dec-1906 |
17-Aug-1980 |
Time on My Hands |
| Joseph P. Addabbo |
Politician |
17-Mar-1925 |
10-Apr-1986 |
Congressman from New York, 1961-86 |
| Steven Adler |
Drummer |
22-Jan-1965 |
|
Former Guns N' Roses drummer |
| Louisa May Alcott |
Author |
29-Nov-1832 |
6-Mar-1888 |
Little Women |
| Vicente Aleixandre |
Poet |
26-Apr-1898 |
14-Dec-1984 |
Spanish surrealist poet |
| Idi Amin |
Head of State |
17-May-1928 |
16-Aug-2003 |
Former dictator of Uganda |
| Yasser Arafat |
Politician |
24-Aug-1929 |
10-Nov-2004 |
Palestinian leader, former terrorist |
| Desi Arnaz |
Actor |
2-Mar-1917 |
2-Dec-1986 |
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy |
| Antonin Artaud |
Playwright |
4-Sep-1896 |
4-Mar-1948 |
Theater of Cruelty |
| Laura Ashley |
Fashion Designer |
7-Sep-1925 |
17-Sep-1985 |
Welsh designer |
| Les Aspin |
Politician |
21-Jul-1938 |
21-May-1995 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94 |
| Kemal Ataturk |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1881 |
10-Nov-1938 |
President of Turkey, 1923-38 |
| Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
| Sergei Averintsev |
Author |
10-Dec-1937 |
21-Feb-2004 |
Myth of the Peoples of the World |
| Amitabh Bachchan |
Actor |
11-Oct-1942 |
|
Top Hindi megastar, Zanjeer |
| Josephine Baker |
Dancer |
3-Jun-1906 |
12-Apr-1975 |
Sensual dancer turned WWII spy |
| Tallulah Bankhead |
Actor |
31-Jan-1902 |
12-Dec-1968 |
Lifeboat |
| Clarence W. Barron |
Publisher |
2-Jul-1855 |
2-Oct-1928 |
Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28 |
| L. Frank Baum |
Novelist |
15-May-1856 |
6-May-1919 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Romare Bearden |
Painter |
2-Sep-1911 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Collagist |
| Mel Blanc |
Actor |
30-May-1908 |
10-Jul-1989 |
Man of 1,000 Voices |
| Salvador Jorge Blanco |
Head of State |
5-Jul-1926 |
26-Dec-2010 |
President of Dominican Republic, 1982-86 |
| Susan Block |
Talk Show Host |
10-Jun-1955 |
|
Sexpert |
| Houari Boumédienne |
Head of State |
23-Aug-1932 |
27-Dec-1978 |
Algerian Dictator, 1965-78 |
| Norman Brinker |
Business |
3-Jun-1931 |
9-Jun-2009 |
CEO of Brinker International, 1983-95 |
| David Brudnoy |
Radio Personality |
5-Jun-1940 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Boston talk radio host |
| Robin Bush |
Relative |
20-Dec-1949 |
11-Oct-1953 |
George W. Bush sister, died at age four |
| Maria Callas |
Singer |
2-Dec-1923 |
16-Sep-1977 |
Operatic Soprano |
| Donald W. Callender |
Business |
27-Sep-1927 |
7-Jan-2009 |
Marie Callender's restaurateur |
| Charles VIII |
Royalty |
30-Jun-1470 |
7-Apr-1498 |
King of France, 1483-98 |
| Vic Chesnutt |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Nov-1964 |
25-Dec-2009 |
Wheelchair-bound folk singer |
| Lord Randolph Churchill |
Politician |
13-Feb-1849 |
24-Jan-1895 |
Father of Winston Churchill |
| Eldridge Cleaver |
Activist |
31-Aug-1935 |
1-May-1998 |
Black Panther turned Republican |
| Kurt Cobain |
Musician |
20-Feb-1967 |
5-Apr-1994 |
Lead singer of Nirvana |
| Gary Coleman |
Actor |
8-Feb-1968 |
28-May-2010 |
Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes |
| Schuyler Colfax |
Politician |
23-Mar-1823 |
13-Jan-1885 |
US Vice President, 1869-73 |
| Jeff Conaway |
Actor |
5-Oct-1950 |
27-May-2011 |
Grease |
| Tony Conigliaro |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1945 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Boston Red Sox |
| Nicolaus Copernicus |
Astronomer |
19-Feb-1473 |
24-May-1543 |
Heliocentrist, De revolutionibus |
| Eric A. Cornell |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1961 |
|
Atomic physicist, Nobel laureate |
| James M. Cox |
Politician |
31-Mar-1870 |
15-Jul-1957 |
Newspaper magnate, twice Ohio Governor |
| Anthony Crosland |
Politician |
29-Aug-1918 |
19-Feb-1977 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77 |
| Mark Curry |
Comic |
1-Jun-1964 |
|
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper |
| Harry K. Daghlian |
Physicist |
4-May-1921 |
15-Sep-1945 |
Casualty of the Manhattan Project |
| Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
| Eric Dolphy |
Jazz Musician |
20-Jun-1928 |
29-Jun-1964 |
Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist |
| Dominique Dunne |
Actor |
23-Nov-1959 |
4-Nov-1982 |
Poltergeist |
| Marguerite Duras |
Novelist |
4-Apr-1914 |
3-Mar-1996 |
Hiroshima mon Amour |
| Seymour Durst |
Business |
c. 1913 |
19-May-1995 |
New York real estate mogul |
| Bulent Ecevit |
Government |
28-May-1925 |
5-Nov-2006 |
Four-time Prime Minister of Turkey |
| Nelson Eddy |
Singer |
29-Jun-1901 |
6-Mar-1967 |
Phantom of the Opera |
| Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
| Samuel Eilenberg |
Mathematician |
30-Sep-1913 |
30-Jan-1998 |
Category theory |
| Eminem |
Rapper |
17-Oct-1972 |
|
The Real Slim Shady |
| Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
| Ranulph Fiennes |
Explorer |
7-Mar-1944 |
|
World explorer |
| Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
22-Sep-2010 |
Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist |
| Thomas King Forcade |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1945 |
17-Nov-1978 |
Founder of High Times |
| Larry Fortensky |
Relative |
17-Jan-1952 |
|
Elizabeth Taylor's latest husband |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Actor |
6-Feb-1917 |
|
Cop-slapping Gabor sister |
| The Game |
Rapper |
29-Nov-1979 |
|
Ousted member of G-Unit |
| Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
| Hank Garland |
Country Musician |
11-Nov-1930 |
27-Dec-2004 |
Country guitar virtuoso |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| Marcus Garvey |
Activist |
17-Aug-1887 |
10-Jun-1940 |
Pan-African black nationalist |
| George Gershwin |
Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
| Maurice Gibb |
Bassist |
22-Dec-1949 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees |
| Robin Gibb |
Singer |
22-Dec-1949 |
20-May-2012 |
Vocalist for the Bee Gees |
| Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by Utah firing squad |
| Greg Giraldo |
Comic |
10-Dec-1965 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Friday Night Stand-Up |
| Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1906 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Shell nuclear model |
| Tom Gola |
Basketball |
13-Jan-1933 |
26-Jan-2014 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Guru |
Rapper |
17-Jul-1962 |
19-Apr-2010 |
Rapper from Gang Starr |
| Jerry Hadley |
Singer |
16-Jun-1952 |
18-Jul-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
| Jean Hagen |
Actor |
3-Aug-1923 |
29-Aug-1977 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Joe Haldeman |
Novelist |
9-Jun-1943 |
|
The Forever War |
| Johnny Hallyday |
Singer |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
French rock star, Souvenirs, Souvenirs |
| Jean Harlow |
Actor |
3-Mar-1911 |
7-Jun-1937 |
Bombshell |
| Nidal Malik Hasan |
Military |
8-Sep-1970 |
|
Fort Hood shooting |
| Wayne L. Hays |
Politician |
13-May-1911 |
13-Feb-1989 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76 |
| Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
| Jimi Hendrix |
Guitarist |
27-Nov-1942 |
18-Sep-1970 |
Purple Haze |
| Jack Herer |
Activist |
18-Jun-1939 |
15-Apr-2010 |
Cannabis evangelist |
| Jon-Erik Hexum |
Actor |
5-Nov-1957 |
18-Oct-1984 |
Actor accidently shot himself |
| Dana Hill |
Actor |
6-May-1964 |
15-Jul-1996 |
Audrey Griswold in European Vacation |
| Chester Himes |
Author |
19-Jul-1909 |
12-Nov-1984 |
Lonely Crusade |
| Emperor Hirohito |
Royalty |
29-Apr-1901 |
7-Jan-1989 |
Emperor of Japan 1926-89 |
| Mark W. Hofmann |
Criminal |
7-Dec-1954 |
|
Forger, murderer |
| Herbert Hoover |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1874 |
20-Oct-1964 |
31st US President, 1929-33 |
| José Ramos Horta |
Politician |
26-Dec-1949 |
|
President of East Timor, Nobel laureate |
| Ian Huntley |
Criminal |
31-Jan-1974 |
|
Jailed for double murder |
| Ralf Hütter |
Electronic Musician |
20-Aug-1946 |
|
Kraftwerk |
| Oscar Hammerstein I |
Theatre Producer |
8-May-1847 |
1-Aug-1919 |
Olympia Theatre |
| Vic Janowicz |
Football |
26-Jan-1930 |
27-Feb-1996 |
Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy |
| Warren Jeffs |
Religion |
3-Dec-1955 |
|
Head of FLDS polygamist clan |
| George Jessel |
Actor |
3-Apr-1898 |
24-May-1981 |
Toastmaster General of the United States |
| Bill Johnson |
Skier |
30-Mar-1960 |
|
Downhill skiing gold medal, 1984 |
| Bob Johnson |
Hockey |
4-Mar-1931 |
26-Nov-1991 |
Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer |
| Raul Julia |
Actor |
9-Mar-1940 |
24-Oct-1994 |
Street Fighter, Addams Family |
| Arthur Kane |
Bassist |
3-Feb-1949 |
13-Jul-2004 |
Former New York Dolls bassist |
| Grace Kelly |
Royalty |
12-Nov-1929 |
14-Sep-1982 |
American-born Princess of Monaco |
| Nan Kempner |
Socialite |
24-Jul-1930 |
3-Jul-2005 |
New York City socialite |
| John B. Kendrick |
Politician |
6-Sep-1857 |
3-Nov-1933 |
Governor and Senator from Wyoming |
| Evel Knievel |
Daredevil |
17-Oct-1938 |
30-Nov-2007 |
Daredevil and one-time action figure |
| Fritz Kreisler |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1875 |
29-Jan-1962 |
Austrian violin virtuoso |
| Elsa Lanchester |
Actor |
28-Oct-1902 |
26-Dec-1986 |
Bride of Frankenstein |
| Lev Landau |
Physicist |
22-Jan-1908 |
1-Apr-1968 |
Superfluidity of helium |
| Martin Lawrence |
Comic |
16-Apr-1965 |
|
Martin |
| Pope Leo XII |
Religion |
22-Aug-1760 |
10-Feb-1829 |
Persecuted Jewry, Freemasonry |
| Al Lewis |
Actor |
30-Apr-1923 |
3-Feb-2006 |
Grandpa on The Munsters |
| Gordon Lightfoot |
Musician |
17-Nov-1938 |
|
Canadian balladeer |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Henry Lee Lucas |
Criminal |
23-Aug-1936 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas |
| Gideon Mantell |
Geologist |
3-Feb-1790 |
10-Nov-1852 |
English paleontologist and geologist |
| Vincent Margera |
Relative |
3-Jul-1956 |
15-Nov-2015 |
Don Vito, Bam Margera's uncle |
| Adolfo López Mateos |
Head of State |
26-May-1910 |
22-Sep-1969 |
President of Mexico, 1958-64 |
| Walter Matthau |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
1-Jul-2000 |
Messy half of the Odd Couple |
| Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
| David Edward Maust |
Criminal |
5-Apr-1954 |
20-Jan-2006 |
Serial killer of boys |
| Rik Mayall |
Actor |
7-Mar-1958 |
9-Jun-2014 |
Rick on The Young Ones |
| Carson McCullers |
Author |
19-Feb-1917 |
29-Sep-1967 |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| Russell Means |
Activist |
10-Nov-1939 |
22-Oct-2012 |
American Indian Movement |
| George Michael |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jun-1963 |
|
Faith |
| Thelonious Monk |
Jazz Musician |
10-Oct-1917 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Influential Bebop pianist and composer |
| Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Hosni Mubarak |
Head of State |
4-May-1928 |
|
President of Egypt, 1981-2011 |
| Carrie Nation |
Activist |
25-Nov-1846 |
9-Jun-1911 |
Temperance crusader |
| Patricia Neal |
Actor |
20-Jan-1926 |
8-Aug-2010 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| Barbara Nichols |
Actor |
30-Dec-1929 |
5-Oct-1976 |
Sweet Smell of Success |
| Joan O'Brien |
Actor |
14-Feb-1936 |
|
Operation Petticoat |
| Michael O'Hare |
Actor |
6-May-1952 |
28-Sep-2012 |
Jeffrey Sinclair on Babylon 5 |
| Keizo Obuchi |
Head of State |
25-Jun-1937 |
14-May-2000 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1998-2000 |
| Lamar Odom |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1979 |
|
Retired NBA star and auxiliary Kardashian |
| Jaco Pastorius |
Jazz Musician |
1-Dec-1951 |
21-Sep-1987 |
Bassist for Weather Report |
| Evita Peron |
First Lady |
7-May-1919 |
26-Jul-1952 |
Don't cry for her |
| Fernando Poe, Jr. |
Politician |
20-Aug-1939 |
13-Dec-2004 |
Filipino actor turned presidential candidate |
| Billy Preston |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1946 |
6-Jun-2006 |
You Are So Beautiful |
| Louis Prima |
Singer |
7-Dec-1910 |
24-Aug-1978 |
King of the Swingers |
| Gilda Radner |
Comic |
28-Jun-1946 |
20-May-1989 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Maurice Ravel |
Composer |
7-Mar-1875 |
28-Dec-1937 |
Bolero |
| Lou Rawls |
Singer |
1-Dec-1935 |
6-Jan-2006 |
Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer |
| James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
| Harry Reems |
Pornstar |
27-Aug-1947 |
19-Mar-2013 |
Deep Throat |
| Merlyn Rees |
Politician |
18-Dec-1920 |
5-Jan-2006 |
UK Home Secretary, 1976-79 |
| Christopher Reeve |
Actor |
25-Sep-1952 |
10-Oct-2004 |
Superman |
| Wallace Reid |
Actor |
15-Apr-1891 |
18-Jan-1923 |
Silent film actor and director |
| Anne Rice |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Vampire novelist |
| Adam Rich |
Actor |
12-Oct-1968 |
|
Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| Dave Riley |
Bassist |
30-Jul-1960 |
|
Big Black bassist |
| Joan Rivers |
Comic |
8-Jun-1933 |
4-Sep-2014 |
Can we talk? |
| Alain Robert |
Daredevil |
7-Aug-1962 |
|
Climbs skyscrapers with his bare hands |
| Eric Roberts |
Actor |
18-Apr-1956 |
|
Restraining Order |
| Lynne Roberts |
Actor |
22-Nov-1919 |
1-Apr-1978 |
American character actress |
| Johnny Rotten |
Musician |
31-Jan-1956 |
|
Sex Pistols and Public Image, Ltd. |
| Wiley Rutledge |
Judge |
20-Jul-1894 |
10-Sep-1949 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1943-49 |
| Saladin |
Royalty |
c. 1137 |
4-Mar-1193 |
Retook Jerusalem in 1187 |
| Audrey Santo |
Victim |
19-Dec-1983 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Miracle girl in a coma |
| Ron Santo |
Baseball |
25-Feb-1940 |
2-Dec-2010 |
Third baseman, Chicago Cubs |
| Jean-Paul Sartre |
Philosopher |
21-Jun-1905 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Nausea, No Exit |
| Savannah |
Pornstar |
9-Oct-1970 |
11-Jul-1994 |
Saturday Night Beaver |
| Mario Savio |
Activist |
8-Dec-1942 |
6-Nov-1996 |
Free Speech Movement |
| Terri Schiavo |
Victim |
3-Dec-1963 |
31-Mar-2005 |
Human vegetable, 1990-2005 |
| Michael Schumacher |
Auto Racing |
3-Jan-1969 |
|
Formula 1 driver |
| Bon Scott |
Musician |
9-Jul-1946 |
19-Feb-1980 |
Lead Singer for AC/DC |
| Debralee Scott |
Actor |
2-Apr-1953 |
5-Apr-2005 |
Feathered hair in Police Academy |
| Ayrton Senna |
Auto Racing |
21-Mar-1960 |
1-May-1994 |
Three-time Formula 1 champion |
| Tupac Shakur |
Rapper |
16-Jun-1971 |
13-Sep-1996 |
All Eyez on Me |
| Ariel Sharon |
Head of State |
26-Feb-1928 |
11-Jan-2014 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 |
| Matthew Shepard |
Victim |
1-Dec-1976 |
12-Oct-1998 |
Gay hate crime victim |
| Joan Sims |
Actor |
9-May-1930 |
28-Jun-2001 |
Carry On... |
| Grace Slick |
Singer |
30-Oct-1939 |
|
Jefferson Airplane and Starship |
| Anna Nicole Smith |
Model |
28-Nov-1967 |
8-Feb-2007 |
Addled golddigger |
| Ringo Starr |
Drummer |
7-Jul-1940 |
|
Beatle |
| Gary Stevens |
Jockey |
6-Mar-1963 |
|
Three-time Kentucky Derby winning jockey |
| Bram Stoker |
Author |
8-Nov-1847 |
20-Apr-1912 |
Dracula |
| Ida M. Tarbell |
Journalist |
5-Nov-1857 |
6-Jan-1944 |
History of the Standard Oil Company |
| Sean Taylor |
Football |
1-Apr-1983 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Washington Redskins safety, murdered 2007 |
| Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
| Nguyen Van Thieu |
Head of State |
5-Apr-1923 |
29-Sep-2001 |
President of South Vietnam, 1967-75 |
| Dylan Thomas |
Poet |
27-Oct-1914 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Most influential Welsh poet |
| Tiberius |
Royalty |
16-Nov-42 BC |
16-Mar-37 AD |
Roman Emperor, 14-37 AD |
| Josip Broz Tito |
Head of State |
7-May-1892 |
4-May-1980 |
Communist dictator of Yugoslavia |
| Mark Twain |
Author |
30-Nov-1835 |
21-Apr-1910 |
Huckleberry Finn |
| Martin Van Buren |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1782 |
24-Jul-1862 |
8th US President, 1837-41 |
| Lionel Van Deerlin |
Politician |
25-Jul-1914 |
17-May-2008 |
Congressman from California, 1963-81 |
| Luther Vandross |
Singer |
20-Apr-1951 |
1-Jul-2005 |
R&B Singer, Never Too Much |
| David Vetter |
Victim |
21-Sep-1971 |
22-Feb-1984 |
The Boy in the Bubble |
| Sunny von Bulow |
Victim |
1-Sep-1932 |
6-Dec-2008 |
Heiress in a coma for 28 years |
| Walther von Reichenau |
Military |
16-Aug-1884 |
17-Jan-1942 |
Nazi general, encouraged atrocities |
| Charles Walgreen |
Business |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-Dec-1939 |
Founder of Walgreen Co. |
| Ellen G. White |
Religion |
26-Nov-1827 |
16-Jul-1915 |
Adventist seer of visions |
| Jemima Wilkinson |
Religion |
29-Nov-1752 |
1-Jul-1819 |
The Universal Friend |
| Charlie Wilson |
Politician |
18-Jan-1943 |
14-Apr-2013 |
Congressman from Ohio, 2007-11 |
| Jackie Wilson |
Singer |
9-Jun-1934 |
21-Jan-1984 |
Lonely Teardrops |
| Debra Winger |
Actor |
16-May-1955 |
|
An Officer and a Gentleman |
| Stevie Wonder |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-May-1950 |
|
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered |
| Zhao Ziyang |
Politician |
17-Oct-1919 |
16-Jan-2005 |
6th Chinese Premier sought reforms |
