| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| King Abdullah |
Royalty |
1-Aug-1924 |
23-Jan-2015 |
King of Saudi Arabia, 2005-15 |
| Joss Ackland |
Actor |
29-Feb-1928 |
|
White Mischief |
| Bhumibol Adulyadej |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1927 |
|
King of Thailand |
| Charles Alderton |
Inventor |
21-Jun-1857 |
29-May-1941 |
Invented Dr Pepper |
| Richard Aldington |
Poet |
8-Jul-1892 |
27-Jul-1962 |
Death of a Hero |
| Muhammad Ali |
Boxing |
17-Jan-1942 |
|
Floated like butterfly, stung like bee |
| James B. Allen |
Politician |
28-Dec-1912 |
1-Jun-1978 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1969-78 |
| Gregg Allman |
Musician |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
The Allman Brothers |
| Rowan Atkinson |
Actor |
6-Jan-1955 |
|
Mr. Bean |
| Alec Baldwin |
Actor |
3-Apr-1958 |
|
A Baldwin Brother |
| Klaus Barbie |
Government |
25-Oct-1913 |
25-Sep-1991 |
The Butcher of Lyon |
| Charles Barkley |
Basketball |
20-Feb-1963 |
|
NBA player scored over 23,000 points |
| Alan Bean |
Astronaut |
15-Mar-1932 |
|
Apollo 12, Skylab Mission II astronaut |
| Tony Bennett |
Singer |
3-Aug-1926 |
|
Left his heart in San Francisco |
| Hugo Black |
Judge |
27-Feb-1886 |
25-Sep-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1937-71 |
| Harry Blackmun |
Judge |
12-Nov-1908 |
4-Mar-1999 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94 |
| Joe E. Brown |
Actor |
28-Jul-1892 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Larry Brown |
Basketball |
14-Sep-1940 |
|
NBA and NCAA Coach |
| Sherrod Brown |
Politician |
9-Nov-1952 |
|
US Senator from Ohio |
| Warren Burger |
Judge |
17-Sep-1907 |
25-Jun-1995 |
US Chief Justice, 1969-86 |
| Robert Byrd |
Politician |
20-Nov-1917 |
28-Jun-2010 |
US Senator, former Klan member |
| Sid Caesar |
Comic |
8-Sep-1922 |
12-Feb-2014 |
Your Show of Shows |
| Maria Callas |
Singer |
2-Dec-1923 |
16-Sep-1977 |
Operatic Soprano |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Seven Dirty Words |
| Prince Charles |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1948 |
|
Heir to the throne of Britain |
| Lawton Chiles |
Politician |
3-Apr-1930 |
12-Dec-1998 |
Florida Governor and Senator |
| Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
| Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
| Montgomery Clift |
Actor |
17-Oct-1920 |
23-Jul-1966 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Gary Cooper |
Actor |
7-May-1901 |
14-May-1961 |
High Noon |
| Hume Cronyn |
Actor |
18-Jul-1911 |
15-Jun-2003 |
Cocoon |
| Jamie Lee Curtis |
Actor |
22-Nov-1958 |
|
True Lies |
| Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
| Ken Dodd |
Comic |
8-Nov-1927 |
|
British comedian, ventriloquist |
| John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
| Nelson Eddy |
Singer |
29-Jun-1901 |
6-Mar-1967 |
Phantom of the Opera |
| King Edward VIII |
Royalty |
23-Jun-1894 |
28-May-1972 |
King of England, 1936 |
| Duke Ellington |
Jazz Musician |
29-Apr-1899 |
24-May-1974 |
It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing |
| Brett Favre |
Football |
10-Oct-1969 |
|
Legendary football quarterback |
| Edna Ferber |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1885 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Show Boat and Giant |
| Daniel J. Flood |
Politician |
26-Nov-1903 |
28-May-1994 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1945-80 |
| Henry Ford |
Business |
30-Jul-1863 |
7-Apr-1947 |
Founder of Ford Motors |
| Vicente Fox |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1942 |
|
President of Mexico, 2000-06 |
| Eduardo Frei |
Head of State |
24-Jun-1942 |
|
President of Chile, 1994-2000 |
| Melissa Gilbert |
Actor |
8-May-1964 |
|
Little House on the Prairie |
| Dwight Gooden |
Baseball |
16-Nov-1964 |
|
Pitcher, New York Mets |
| Martha Graham |
Dancer |
11-May-1894 |
1-Apr-1991 |
Innovator of modern dance |
| Frank L. Greene |
Politician |
10-Feb-1870 |
17-Dec-1930 |
US Senator from Vermont, 1923-30 |
| Alec Guinness |
Actor |
2-Apr-1914 |
5-Aug-2000 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars |
| W. Averell Harriman |
Diplomat |
15-Nov-1891 |
26-Jul-1986 |
Ambassador to USSR, Governor of NY |
| Prince Harry |
Royalty |
15-Sep-1984 |
|
2nd son of Princess Diana |
| Vaclav Havel |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1936 |
18-Dec-2011 |
Playwright President of Czechia |
| Matthew Henson |
Explorer |
8-Aug-1866 |
9-Mar-1955 |
Possibly first to reach North Pole |
| Grant Hill |
Basketball |
5-Oct-1972 |
|
7-time NBA All-Star Forward |
| Chester Himes |
Author |
19-Jul-1909 |
12-Nov-1984 |
Lonely Crusade |
| Alfred Hitchcock |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1899 |
29-Apr-1980 |
Master of Suspense |
| Edward Hopper |
Painter |
22-Jul-1882 |
15-May-1967 |
American realist painter, Nighthawks |
| Hubert Humphrey |
Politician |
27-May-1911 |
13-Jan-1978 |
US Vice President, 1965-69 |
| Saddam Hussein |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1937 |
30-Dec-2006 |
President of Iraq, 1979-2003 |
| Charles Ives |
Composer |
20-Oct-1874 |
19-May-1954 |
Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting) |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1908 |
22-Jan-1973 |
36th US President, 1963-69 |
| Jim Jordan |
Actor |
16-Nov-1896 |
1-Apr-1988 |
Fibber McGee |
| David Justice |
Baseball |
14-Apr-1966 |
|
Outfielder, ex-husband of Halle Berry |
| Gene Kelly |
Actor |
23-Aug-1912 |
2-Feb-1996 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Rose Kennedy |
Relative |
22-Jul-1890 |
22-Jan-1995 |
Kennedy Matriarch |
| Jack Kevorkian |
Doctor |
26-May-1928 |
3-Jun-2011 |
Euthanasia enthusiast |
| Ed Koch |
Politician |
12-Dec-1924 |
1-Feb-2013 |
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89 |
| Melvin Laird |
Government |
1-Sep-1922 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73 |
| Sugar Ray Leonard |
Boxing |
17-May-1956 |
|
Retired six times |
| Douglas MacArthur |
Military |
26-Jan-1880 |
5-Apr-1964 |
General of the Army |
| Madonna |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Aug-1958 |
|
Like a Virgin |
| Nelson Mandela |
Head of State |
18-Jul-1918 |
5-Dec-2013 |
President of South Africa, 1994-99 |
| Simon Mann |
Military |
26-Jun-1952 |
|
Executive Outcomes |
| W. Somerset Maugham |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1874 |
16-Dec-1965 |
Of Human Bondage |
| Donovan McNabb |
Football |
25-Nov-1976 |
|
Long-time NFL Quarterback |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| David Obey |
Politician |
3-Oct-1938 |
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1969-2011 |
| Hakeem Olajuwon |
Basketball |
21-Jan-1963 |
|
Houston Rockets |
| Ehud Olmert |
Politician |
30-Sep-1945 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2006-09 |
| Michael Owen |
Soccer |
14-Dec-1979 |
|
Soccer great |
| Greg Page |
Singer |
16-Jan-1972 |
|
Former lead vocals, The Wiggles |
| Claude Pepper |
Politician |
8-Sep-1900 |
30-May-1989 |
Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 |
| Prince Philip |
Royalty |
10-Jun-1921 |
|
Duke of Edinburgh |
| Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. |
Judge |
19-Sep-1907 |
25-Aug-1998 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 |
| James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
| Burt Reynolds |
Actor |
11-Feb-1936 |
|
Moustached Cannonball Run actor |
| Joely Richardson |
Actor |
9-Jan-1965 |
|
Julia McNamara on Nip/Tuck |
| Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
| The Rock |
Actor |
2-May-1972 |
|
Yeah, yeah -- we smell it |
| Ed Rollins |
Government |
19-Mar-1943 |
|
GOP political strategist |
| Ernest Rutherford |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1871 |
19-Oct-1937 |
Father of nuclear physics |
| Joe Sakic |
Hockey |
7-Jul-1969 |
|
Colorado Avalanche |
| Bernie Sanders |
Politician |
8-Sep-1941 |
|
US Senator from Vermont |
| Jeremy Shockey |
Football |
18-Aug-1980 |
|
NY Giants Tight End |
| Horace Silver |
Jazz Musician |
2-Sep-1928 |
18-Jun-2014 |
Song For My Father |
| Raymond A. Spruance |
Military |
3-Jul-1886 |
13-Dec-1969 |
US Navy Admiral during WWII |
| Gene Stallings |
Football |
2-Mar-1935 |
|
Crimson Tide Head Coach, 1990-96 |
| Maureen Stapleton |
Actor |
21-Jun-1925 |
13-Mar-2006 |
Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman |
| Jon Stewart |
Comic |
28-Nov-1962 |
|
Former Anchor of The Daily Show |
| Michael Stipe |
Musician |
4-Jan-1960 |
|
Lead singer of R.E.M. |
| Robert W. Straub |
Politician |
6-May-1920 |
27-Nov-2002 |
Governor of Oregon, 1975-79 |
| Alfredo Stroessner |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1912 |
16-Aug-2006 |
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 |
| Tommy Thompson |
Government |
19-Nov-1941 |
|
Governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001 |
| Spencer Tracy |
Actor |
5-Apr-1900 |
10-Jun-1967 |
Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars |
| Harry S. Truman |
Head of State |
8-May-1884 |
26-Dec-1972 |
33rd US President, 1945-53 |
| Jim Valvano |
Basketball |
10-Mar-1946 |
28-Apr-1993 |
NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89 |
| Dick Vitale |
Sports Journalist |
9-Jun-1939 |
|
Highly excitable sportscaster |
| William Walton |
Composer |
29-Mar-1902 |
8-Mar-1983 |
Troilus and Cressida |
| Andy Warhol |
Artist |
6-Aug-1928 |
22-Feb-1987 |
Pop Art movement |
| Pete Williams |
Politician |
10-Dec-1919 |
17-Nov-2001 |
US Senator snagged in ABSCAM |
| Ron Wood |
Guitarist |
1-Jun-1947 |
|
Guitarist for The Rolling Stones |
| Richard Wright |
Author |
4-Sep-1908 |
28-Nov-1960 |
Native Son |
| Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
