| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Edward Abbey |
Author |
29-Jan-1927 |
14-Mar-1989 |
Desert Solitaire |
| James Agee |
Poet |
27-Nov-1909 |
16-May-1955 |
A Death in the Family |
| Tenley Albright |
Figure Skating |
18-Jul-1935 |
|
Olympic figure skater, Gold Medal in 1956 |
| Piers Anthony |
Novelist |
6-Aug-1934 |
|
Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality |
| Louis Armstrong |
Jazz Musician |
4-Aug-1901 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Jazz trumpeter |
| Tallulah Bankhead |
Actor |
31-Jan-1902 |
12-Dec-1968 |
Lifeboat |
| Drew Barrymore |
Actor |
22-Feb-1975 |
|
E.T., The Wedding Singer |
| Jeff Beck |
Guitarist |
24-Jun-1944 |
|
Exceptional rock guitarist |
| Wolf Blitzer |
Journalist |
22-Mar-1948 |
|
The Situation Room |
| Ruth Brown |
Singer |
12-Jan-1928 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Miss Rhythm |
| Bebe Buell |
Model |
14-Jul-1953 |
|
Liv Tyler's mom |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Ellen Burstyn |
Actor |
7-Dec-1932 |
|
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore |
| George W. Bush |
Head of State |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
43rd US President, 2001-09 |
| Simon Callow |
Actor |
13-Jun-1949 |
|
British theatre actor |
| Truman Capote |
Novelist |
30-Sep-1924 |
25-Aug-1984 |
In Cold Blood |
| Dixie Carter |
Actor |
25-May-1939 |
10-Apr-2010 |
Designing Women |
| Mama Cass |
Singer |
19-Sep-1941 |
29-Jul-1974 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
| Prince Charles |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1948 |
|
Heir to the throne of Britain |
| Roberto Clemente |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1934 |
31-Dec-1972 |
Puerto Rican baseball star |
| Bill Clinton |
Head of State |
19-Aug-1946 |
|
42nd US President, 1993-2001 |
| Ty Cobb |
Baseball |
18-Dec-1886 |
17-Jul-1961 |
Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter |
| Bill Cosby |
Comic |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Comedy fixture, accused rapist |
| Joe DiMaggio |
Baseball |
25-Nov-1914 |
8-Mar-1999 |
Where have you gone |
| Roy O. Disney |
Business |
24-Jun-1893 |
20-Dec-1971 |
Walt Disney's brother |
| Lou Dobbs |
TV Personality |
24-Sep-1945 |
|
CNN anchor, Lou Dobbs Tonight |
| Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
| W. E. B. Du Bois |
Sociologist |
23-Feb-1868 |
27-Aug-1963 |
Civil rights activist |
| Michael Dukakis |
Politician |
3-Nov-1933 |
|
Twice Governor of Massachusetts |
| Amelia Earhart |
Aviator |
24-Jul-1897 |
2-Jul-1937 |
Misplaced aviatrix |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Abraham Flexner |
Educator |
13-Nov-1866 |
21-Sep-1959 |
The American College |
| Clark Gable |
Actor |
1-Feb-1901 |
16-Nov-1960 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Indira Gandhi |
Head of State |
19-Nov-1917 |
31-Oct-1984 |
First Female Prime Minister of India |
| Zane Grey |
Novelist |
31-Jan-1872 |
23-Oct-1939 |
Riders of the Purple Sage |
| Josh Groban |
Musician |
27-Feb-1981 |
|
Album Closer 3x platinum |
| Andy Grove |
Business |
2-Sep-1936 |
|
CEO of Intel, 1987-98 |
| Oliver Hardy |
Actor |
18-Jan-1892 |
7-Aug-1957 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| George Harrison |
Musician |
25-Feb-1943 |
29-Nov-2001 |
Beatle |
| Joseph Heller |
Author |
1-May-1923 |
12-Dec-1999 |
Catch-22 |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Langston Hughes |
Poet |
1-Feb-1902 |
22-May-1967 |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
| John Irving |
Novelist |
2-Mar-1942 |
|
The World According to Garp |
| Scarlett Johansson |
Actor |
22-Nov-1984 |
|
Ghost World, Lost in Translation |
| Pope John Paul I |
Religion |
17-Oct-1912 |
28-Sep-1978 |
Pope for 33 days, in summer 1978 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1908 |
22-Jan-1973 |
36th US President, 1963-69 |
| Star Jones |
TV Personality |
24-Mar-1962 |
|
The View |
| Madame Chiang Kai-Shek |
First Lady |
5-Mar-1898 |
23-Oct-2003 |
The Dragon Lady |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Tony Kushner |
Playwright |
16-Jul-1956 |
|
Angels in America |
| Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
| Frances Langford |
Singer |
4-Apr-1914 |
11-Jul-2005 |
Hooray for Hollywood |
| Peggy Lee |
Singer |
26-May-1920 |
21-Jan-2002 |
Is That All There Is? |
| Henry R. Luce |
Business |
3-Apr-1898 |
28-Feb-1967 |
Founded Time Magazine |
| Lorna Luft |
Actor |
21-Nov-1952 |
|
Daughter of Judy Garland |
| Mickey Mantle |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1931 |
13-Aug-1995 |
Twelve times in the World Series |
| Beryl Markham |
Aviator |
26-Oct-1902 |
3-Aug-1986 |
West with the Night |
| George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
| Russell Means |
Activist |
10-Nov-1939 |
22-Oct-2012 |
American Indian Movement |
| H. L. Mencken |
Critic |
12-Sep-1880 |
29-Jan-1956 |
The American Language |
| Thelonious Monk |
Jazz Musician |
10-Oct-1917 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Influential Bebop pianist and composer |
| Mandy Moore |
Singer |
10-Apr-1984 |
|
Candy |
| Anne Murray |
Singer |
20-Jun-1945 |
|
Mellow Canadian singer |
| Stan Musial |
Baseball |
21-Nov-1920 |
19-Jan-2013 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
| Mike Nesmith |
Musician |
30-Dec-1942 |
|
Monkee |
| David Niven |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Pencil-moustachioed actor |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Anita O'Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Feminine master of scat |
| Rosa Parks |
Activist |
4-Feb-1913 |
24-Oct-2005 |
Wouldn't sit in the back of the bus |
| Tom Petty |
Musician |
20-Oct-1950 |
|
Don't Come Around Here No More |
| Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
| Vincent Price |
Actor |
27-May-1911 |
25-Oct-1993 |
Master of the macabre |
| Tex Ritter |
Country Musician |
12-Jan-1905 |
2-Jan-1974 |
You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often |
| Norman Rockwell |
Painter |
3-Feb-1894 |
8-Nov-1978 |
Saturday Evening Post artist |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
| Damon Runyon |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1884 |
10-Dec-1946 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Bayard Rustin |
Activist |
17-Mar-1910 |
24-Aug-1987 |
Organized the 1963 March on Washington |
| Babe Ruth |
Baseball |
6-Feb-1895 |
16-Aug-1948 |
The Bambino |
| Margaret Sanger |
Activist |
14-Sep-1879 |
6-Sep-1966 |
Birth control advocate |
| May Sarton |
Poet |
3-May-1912 |
16-Jul-1995 |
Plant Dreaming Deep |
| Martin Scorsese |
Film Director |
17-Nov-1942 |
|
Taxi Driver |
| Joel Siegel |
Critic |
7-Jul-1943 |
29-Jun-2007 |
Film critic |
| George Sisler |
Baseball |
24-Mar-1893 |
26-Mar-1973 |
Batted .420 in 1921 |
| Ringo Starr |
Drummer |
7-Jul-1940 |
|
Beatle |
| John Steinbeck |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1902 |
20-Dec-1968 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Gloria Stuart |
Actor |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Sep-2010 |
Rose in Titanic |
| Maria Tallchief |
Dancer |
24-Jan-1925 |
11-Apr-2013 |
New York City Ballet |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
| Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
| Mel Tormé |
Singer |
13-Sep-1925 |
5-Jun-1999 |
The Velvet Fog |
| Leon Trotsky |
Activist |
26-Oct-1879 |
21-Aug-1940 |
Bolshevik exile, murdered by Stalin |
| Ernest Tubb |
Musician |
9-Feb-1914 |
6-Sep-1984 |
The Texas Troubador |
| Robert Penn Warren |
Poet |
24-Apr-1905 |
15-Sep-1989 |
First US Poet Laureate |
| Elie Wiesel |
Activist |
30-Sep-1928 |
|
Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist |
| Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
| William Carlos Williams |
Poet |
17-Sep-1883 |
4-Mar-1963 |
Pictures from Brueghel |
| Brian Wilson |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Jun-1942 |
|
Troubled Beach Boy |
| Jackie Wilson |
Singer |
9-Jun-1934 |
21-Jan-1984 |
Lonely Teardrops |
| Natalie Wood |
Actor |
20-Jul-1938 |
29-Nov-1981 |
Rebel Without A Cause |
| John Wooden |
Basketball |
14-Oct-1910 |
4-Jun-2010 |
Winningest-ever college basketball coach |
| Richard Wright |
Author |
4-Sep-1908 |
28-Nov-1960 |
Native Son |
| William Butler Yeats |
Poet |
13-Jun-1865 |
28-Jan-1939 |
The Land of Heart's Desire |
