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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
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Civil Rights Commissioner, 1980-2004 |
| Billie Bird |
Actor |
28-Feb-1908 |
27-Nov-2002 |
The Odd Couple |
| Rita Mae Brown |
Author |
28-Nov-1944 |
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Rubyfruit Jungle |
| Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
| Ben Nighthorse Campbell |
Politician |
13-Apr-1933 |
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US Senator from Colorado, 1993-2005 |
| Harvey Carignan |
Criminal |
18-May-1927 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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US Secretary of Agriculture |
| Ruth Westheimer |
Talk Show Host |
4-Jun-1928 |
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4'7" of concentrated sex |
| Elie Wiesel |
Activist |
30-Sep-1928 |
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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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