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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
J. G. Ballard
Author
18-Nov-1930 19-Apr-2009 Empire of the Sun, Crash
Richard Basehart
Actor
31-Aug-1914 17-Sep-1984 La Strada
Mary Frances Berry
Government
17-Feb-1938   Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004
Billie Bird
Actor
28-Feb-1908 27-Nov-2002 The Odd Couple
Rita Mae Brown
Author
28-Nov-1944   Rubyfruit Jungle
Art Buchwald
Columnist
20-Oct-1925 17-Jan-2007 Syndicated columnist and humorist
Ben Nighthorse Campbell
Politician
13-Apr-1933   US Senator from Colorado, 1993-2005
Harvey Carignan
Criminal
18-May-1927   The Want-Ad Killer
Coco Chanel
Fashion Designer
19-Aug-1883 10-Jan-1971 Chanel No. 5
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
16-Apr-1889 25-Dec-1977 Silent film comedian
Art Clokey
Cartoonist
12-Oct-1921 8-Jan-2010 Creator of Gumby
Tony Curtis
Actor
3-Jun-1925 29-Sep-2010 Some Like It Hot
Edward Dahlberg
Author
22-Jul-1900 27-Feb-1977 Because I Was Flesh
Wayne Dyer
Religion
10-May-1940 29-Aug-2015 The father of motivation
Albert Fish
Criminal
19-May-1870 16-Jan-1936 Serial killer and cannibal
Wallace Ford
Actor
12-Feb-1898 11-Jun-1966 A Patch of Blue
Bill Graham
Business
8-Jan-1931 25-Oct-1991 Rock & roll promoter
Michael Ninn
Film Director
1951   Sex, Latex, Shock
Mary Nolan
Actor
18-Dec-1905 31-Oct-1948 Shanghai Lady
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassin
18-Oct-1939 24-Nov-1963 Assassin of John F. Kennedy
Bettie Page
Model
22-Apr-1923 11-Dec-2008 Black-haired bondage pin-up queen
Rob Pilatus
Dancer
8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Troubled half of Milli Vanilli
Dorothea Puente
Criminal
9-Jan-1929 27-Mar-2011 Black Widow of Sacramento
Jerry Reed
Country Musician
20-Mar-1937 1-Sep-2008 When You're Hot, You're Hot
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Actor
27-Jul-1977   Velvet Goldmine
Harold Robbins
Novelist
21-May-1916 14-Oct-1997 The Carpetbaggers
Babe Ruth
Baseball
6-Feb-1895 16-Aug-1948 The Bambino
William Saroyan
Author
31-Aug-1908 18-May-1981 The Time of Your Life
Wallace Stegner
Author
18-Feb-1909 13-Apr-1993 The Angle of Repose
Anne Sullivan
Educator
14-Apr-1866 20-Oct-1936 The Miracle Worker
Thomas Vilsack
Politician
13-Dec-1950   US Secretary of Agriculture
Ruth Westheimer
Talk Show Host
4-Jun-1928   4'7" of concentrated sex
Elie Wiesel
Activist
30-Sep-1928   Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist
Norman Wisdom
Actor
4-Feb-1915 4-Oct-2010 The Great British Clown
Richard Wright
Author
4-Sep-1908 28-Nov-1960 Native Son




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