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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Art Agnos
Politician
1-Sep-1938   Mayor of San Francisco, 1988-92
Akon
Singer
16-Apr-1973   Trouble
Hafizullah Amin
Head of State
1-Aug-1929 27-Dec-1979 President of Afghanistan, 1979
Albert Anastasia
Criminal
26-Feb-1902 25-Oct-1957 Gambino crime boss
Crispus Attucks
Activist
1723 5-Mar-1770 First man killed in the American Revolution
Notorious B.I.G.
Rapper
21-May-1972 9-Mar-1997 I love it when you call me big poppa
Bonny Lee Bakley
Victim
7-Jun-1956 4-May-2001 Baretta's wife, got whacked
Lloyd Banks
Rapper
30-Apr-1982   G-Unit rapper
Ron Barber
Politician
25-Aug-1945   Congressman, Arizona 2nd
Doc Barker
Criminal
1899 13-Jan-1939 Son of Ma Barker
Marion Barry
Politician
6-Mar-1936 22-Nov-2014 Twice Mayor of Washington, DC
Black Bart
Criminal
c. 1829 ? Old West bandit and poet
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
15-Nov-1968 13-Nov-2004 Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
Alan Berg
Radio Personality
Jan-1934 18-Jun-1984 Murdered radio host
Billy the Kid
Criminal
23-Nov-1859 14-Jul-1881 Frontier outlaw
John Birch
Religion
28-May-1918 25-Aug-1945 Missionary to China killed during WW2
Otto von Bismarck
Head of State
1-Apr-1815 30-Jul-1898 Unifier of Germany
Don Black
Activist
28-Jul-1953   Stormfront.org founder
Blackbeard
Criminal
c. 1680 22-Nov-1718 Infamous pirate
Heinrich Böll
Novelist
21-Dec-1917 16-Jul-1985 The Train Was On Time
John Wilkes Booth
Assassin
10-May-1838 26-Apr-1865 Abraham Lincoln's assassin
Jim Bowie
Military
10-Apr-1796 6-Mar-1836 Knife fighter, Alamo combatant
James Brady
Government
29-Aug-1940 4-Aug-2014 White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley
Arthur Brown
Politician
8-Mar-1843 13-Dec-1906 US Senator from Utah, 1896-97
Dennis Brutus
Poet
28-Nov-1924 26-Dec-2009 Sirens, Knuckles and Boots
Bugz
Rapper
5-Jan-1978 21-May-1999 Young rapper was original D12 member
Gerald Bull
Inventor
8-Mar-1928 22-Mar-1990 Supergun builder
Bill The Butcher
Boxing
Jul-1821 8-Mar-1855 Inspired Gangs of New York
Brandon Call
Actor
17-Nov-1976   J.T. Lambert on Step by Step
Cam'ron
Rapper
4-Feb-1976   The Diplomats
Venustiano Carranza
Head of State
29-Dec-1859 21-May-1920 President of Mexico, 1917-20
Paul Castellano
Criminal
20-Jun-1915 16-Dec-1985 Gambino crime boss
50 Cent
Rapper
6-Jul-1975   Wanksta, P.I.M.P.
Anton J. Cermak
Politician
9-May-1873 6-Mar-1933 Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office
Clarence 13X
Religion
21-Feb-1928 13-Jun-1969 Nation of Gods and Earths
Lana Clarkson
Actor
5-Apr-1962 3-Feb-2003 Barbarian Queen
Cassius Marcellus Clay
Politician
19-Oct-1810 22-Jul-1903 Kentucky anti-slavery advocate
Georges Clemenceau
Politician
28-Sep-1841 24-Nov-1929 French Prime Minister, 1917-20
Voltairine de Cleyre
Anarchist
17-Nov-1866 20-Jun-1912 Anarchist without an adjective
Marc Cohn
Singer/Songwriter
5-Jul-1959   Walking In Memphis
Joseph Colombo
Criminal
16-Jun-1923 22-May-1978 Colombo Family Boss, 1964-71
John Connally
Politician
27-Feb-1917 15-Jun-1993 Governor of Texas, 1963-69
Sam Cooke
Singer
22-Jan-1931 11-Dec-1964 Soul and R&B singer
Crazy Horse
Military
c. 1842 5-Sep-1877 Bayonetted in the back
Dimebag Darrell
Guitarist
20-Aug-1966 8-Dec-2004 Lead guitarist for Pantera
Ray Davies
Musician
21-Jun-1944   Frontman for The Kinks
Rodger P. Davies
Diplomat
7-May-1921 19-Aug-1974 US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974
Paul Davis
Singer/Songwriter
21-Apr-1948 22-Apr-2008 I Go Crazy
Richard Allen Davis
Criminal
2-Jun-1954   Murderer of Polly Klaas
Nicholas L. Deak
Business
8-Oct-1905 18-Nov-1985 Deak-Perera
Bernadette Devlin
Politician
23-Apr-1947   Northern Ireland nationalist
Abner Doubleday
Military
26-Jun-1819 26-Jan-1893 Didn't invent baseball
Mac Dre
Rapper
5-Jul-1970 1-Nov-2004 Vallejo Rapper
Young Dro
Rapper
15-Jan-1979   Best Thang Smokin'
Lucky Dube
Singer
3-Aug-1964 18-Oct-2007 South African reggae star
Adolph Dubs
Diplomat
4-Aug-1920 14-Feb-1979 US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79
Alois Estermann
Government
29-Oct-1954 4-May-1998 Swiss Guard, murdered
Medgar Evers
Activist
2-Jul-1925 12-Jun-1963 Civil rights activist murdered in 1963
Fabolous
Rapper
18-Nov-1977   I Can't Deny It
King Faisal
Royalty
1904 25-Mar-1975 King of Saudi Arabia, 1964-75
Oriana Fallaci
Journalist
29-Jun-1929 15-Sep-2006 The Rage and the Pride
Franz Ferdinand
Royalty
18-Dec-1863 28-Jun-1914 Assassination touched off WWI
Jim Fisk
Business
1-Apr-1834 6-Jan-1872 Business partner of Jay Gould
Larry Flynt
Business
1-Nov-1942   Publisher of HUSTLER
Robert Ford
Criminal
31-Jan-1862 8-Jun-1892 Shot and killed Jesse James
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Military
13-Jul-1821 29-Oct-1877 Confederate Cavalry General
Pim Fortuyn
Government
19-Feb-1948 6-May-2002 Assassinated Dutch parliamentary candidate
Henry Clay Frick
Business
19-Dec-1849 2-Dec-1919 Robber baron, Johnstown flood
The Game
Rapper
29-Nov-1979   Ousted member of G-Unit
Mahatma Gandhi
Activist
2-Oct-1869 30-Jan-1948 Proselytizer of nonviolence
James Garfield
Head of State
19-Nov-1831 19-Sep-1881 20th US President, 1881
Marcus Garvey
Activist
17-Aug-1887 10-Jun-1940 Pan-African black nationalist
Marvin Gaye
Singer
2-Apr-1939 1-Apr-1984 Heard It Through the Grapevine
William Jay Gaynor
Politician
1849 10-Sep-1913 NYC mayor, shot in throat
Sam Giancana
Criminal
24-May-1908 19-Jun-1975 Chicago Mafia boss, 1957-66
Gabrielle Giffords
Politician
8-Jun-1970   Congresswoman from Arizona, 2007-12
William J. Goebel
Politician
4-Jan-1856 3-Feb-1900 Kentucky Governor, assassinated
Theo Van Gogh
Film Director
23-Jul-1957 2-Nov-2004 Controversial Director of Submission
Donald Goines
Author
15-Dec-1936 21-Oct-1974 Whoreson
Che Guevara
Activist
14-Jun-1928 9-Oct-1967 Revolutionary icon
Charles Guiteau
Assassin
8-Sep-1841 30-Jun-1882 Assassin of President Garfield
Hugo Haase
Politician
29-Sep-1863 7-Nov-1919 German parliamentarian, Marxist, pacifist
David Harris
Criminal
19-Oct-1960 30-Jun-2004 Copkiller in The Thin Blue Line
Phil Hartman
Actor
24-Sep-1948 28-May-1998 Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure
Nidal Malik Hasan
Military
8-Sep-1970   Fort Hood shooting
Lord Haw-Haw
Radio Personality
24-Apr-1906 3-Jan-1946 WWII propagandist hanged in England
Park Chung Hee
Head of State
30-Sep-1917 26-Oct-1979 President of South Korea, 1961-79
Wild Bill Hickok
Actor
27-May-1837 2-Aug-1876 Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Joe Hill
Labor Leader
7-Oct-1879 19-Nov-1915 Labor leader, convicted of murder
Doc Holliday
Doctor
14-Aug-1851 8-Nov-1887 Wyatt Earp's reliable friend
DeShaun Holton
Rapper
2-Oct-1975 11-Apr-2006 D-12
Larry Hoover
Criminal
30-Nov-1950   Gangster Disciples
José Ramos Horta
Politician
26-Dec-1949   President of East Timor, Nobel laureate
Willie Horton
Criminal
12-Aug-1951   Prison furlough poster child
Qusay Hussein
Royalty
17-May-1966 22-Jul-2003 Saddam Hussein's younger son
Saddam Hussein
Head of State
28-Apr-1937 30-Dec-2006 President of Iraq, 1979-2003
Uday Hussein
Royalty
18-Jun-1964 22-Jul-2003 Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son
Itcho Ito
Politician
23-Aug-1945 18-Apr-2007 Mayor of Nagasaki, 1995-2007
Randy Jackson
TV Personality
23-Jun-1956   American Idol judge
Jesse James
Criminal
5-Sep-1847 3-Apr-1882 Bank robber, with James Gang
Jam Master Jay
Disc Jockey
21-Jan-1965 30-Oct-2002 Run-D.M.C.
Pope John Paul II
Religion
18-May-1920 2-Apr-2005 Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005
E. Z. C. Judson
Novelist
20-Mar-1823 16-Jul-1886 Pulp novelist, pseudonym Ned Buntline
Kamal Jumblatt
Politician
6-Dec-1917 16-Mar-1977 Former Leader of the Druze
Meir Kahane
Activist
1-Aug-1932 5-Nov-1990 Founder of Jewish Defense League
Ned Kelly
Criminal
Jun-1855 11-Nov-1880 Iron-clad Australian outlaw
John F. Kennedy
Head of State
29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Robert F. Kennedy
Politician
20-Nov-1925 6-Jun-1968 Slain Presidential candidate
Noor Inayat Khan
Spy
1-Jan-1914 13-Sep-1944 British spy, children's author, captured by Nazis
Bounty Killer
Rapper
12-Jun-1972   Dancehall rude boy, Copper Shot
Martin Luther King
Activist
15-Jan-1929 4-Apr-1968 Pacifist civil rights activist
Rodney King
Victim
2-Apr-1965 17-Jun-2012 Subject of filmed LAPD beatdown
Cris Kirkwood
Bassist
22-Oct-1960   Meat Puppets
Paul Klebnikov
Journalist
3-Jun-1963 9-Jul-2004 Forbes journalist, killed in Moscow
Leon Klinghoffer
Victim
24-Sep-1916 7-Oct-1985 Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists
Suge Knight
Business
19-Apr-1965   Rap mogul and ex-con
Big L
Rapper
30-May-1974 15-Feb-1999 Ebonics
José P. Laurel
Head of State
9-Mar-1891 6-Nov-1959 3rd President of the Philippines
Vladimir Lenin
Head of State
22-Apr-1870 21-Jan-1924 Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Abraham Lincoln
Head of State
12-Feb-1809 15-Apr-1865 16th US President, 1861-65
Huey Long
Politician
30-Aug-1893 10-Sep-1935 Governor and Senator from Louisiana
Allard Lowenstein
Politician
16-Jan-1929 14-Mar-1980 Congressman, New York 5th
Annette Lu
Politician
7-Jun-1944   Vice President of Taiwan
Rosa Luxemburg
Activist
5-Mar-1871 15-Jan-1919 Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany
Francisco Madero
Head of State
30-Oct-1873 22-Feb-1913 El loquito President of Mexico, 1911-13
Malcolm X
Activist
19-May-1925 21-Feb-1965 Nation of Islam
Salvatore Maranzano
Criminal
1868 10-Sep-1931 Capo di tutti capi
Bob Marley
Singer/Songwriter
6-Feb-1945 11-May-1981 No Woman No Cry
Joe Masseria
Criminal
1879 15-Apr-1931 NY mobster, killed by Luciano
Bat Masterson
Government
26-Nov-1853 25-Oct-1921 Frontier peace officer
William McKinley
Head of State
29-Jan-1843 14-Sep-1901 25th US President, 1897-1901
Frank McLaury
Criminal
3-Mar-1848 26-Oct-1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Tom McLaury
Criminal
30-Jun-1853 26-Oct-1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Steve McNair
Football
14-Feb-1973 4-Jul-2009 Baltimore Ravens QB
Ross McWhirter
Author
12-Aug-1925 27-Nov-1975 Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records
John Gordon Mein
Diplomat
10-Sep-1913 28-Aug-1968 US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1965-68
Francis E. Meloy, Jr.
Diplomat
28-Mar-1917 16-Jun-1976 US Ambassador to Lebanon, assassinated
James Meredith
Activist
25-Jun-1933   First black student at Ole Miss
Harvey Milk
Politician
22-May-1930 27-Nov-1978 Openly gay SF city supervisor
Artie Mitchell
Film Director
12-Dec-1945 27-Feb-1991 Pornographer; shot and killed by brother Jim
Egas Moniz
Scientist
29-Nov-1874 13-Dec-1955 Pre-frontal lobotomy and cerebral arteriography
J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Business
7-Sep-1867 13-Mar-1943 Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Aldo Moro
Head of State
23-Sep-1916 9-May-1978 Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy
Garrett Morris
Comic
25-Jan-1937   Saturday Night Live
George Moscone
Politician
24-Nov-1929 27-Nov-1978 Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78
Edvard Munch
Painter
12-Dec-1863 23-Jan-1944 Scream
Mohammad Najibullah
Head of State
1947 28-Sep-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1987-92
Huey Newton
Activist
17-Feb-1942 22-Aug-1989 Black Panther
Haing S. Ngor
Victim
22-Mar-1940 25-Feb-1996 The Killing Fields
Cleo A. Noel, Jr.
Diplomat
6-Aug-1918 2-Mar-1973 US Ambassador to Sudan, 1972-73
J. Frank Norris
Religion
18-Sep-1877 20-Aug-1952 Fundamentalist Baptist preacher
Álvaro Obregón
Head of State
19-Feb-1880 17-Jul-1928 President of Mexico, 1920-24
Lee Harvey Oswald
Assassin
18-Oct-1939 24-Nov-1963 Assassin of John F. Kennedy
Olof Palme
Head of State
30-Jan-1927 28-Feb-1986 Swedish Prime Minister, assassinated
Albert Parsons
Activist
20-Jun-1848 11-Nov-1887 Haymarket Martyr
Joe Pepitone
Baseball
9-Oct-1940   New York Yankees, 1962-69
Carmine Persico
Criminal
8-Aug-1933   Boss, Colombo Crime Family
David Graham Phillips
Journalist
31-Oct-1867 24-Jan-1911 Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
Paul Prudhomme
Chef
13-Jul-1940 8-Oct-2015 Louisiana chef with magic seasoning blends
William Quantrill
Criminal
31-Jul-1837 6-Jun-1865 Quantrill's Raiders
Yitzhak Rabin
Head of State
1-Mar-1922 4-Nov-1995 Twice Prime Minister of Israel
Rasputin
Religion
23-Jan-1871 30-Dec-1916 Russia's Greatest Love Machine
Ronald Reagan
Head of State
6-Feb-1911 5-Jun-2004 40th US President, 1981-89
Sidney Reilly
Spy
24-Mar-1874 5-Nov-1925 Ace of Spies
Johnny Ringo
Criminal
3-May-1850 13-Jul-1882 Old West gunslinger
Lil' Rob
Rapper
1975   Chicano rapper
Scott La Rock
Disc Jockey
2-Mar-1962 27-Aug-1987 Boogie Down Productions
George Rockwell
Activist
9-Mar-1918 25-Aug-1967 Founded American Nazi Party
Ernst Roehm
Government
28-Nov-1887 1-Jul-1934 Organizer of Hitler's Brownshirts, the SA
John M. Roll
Judge
8-Feb-1947 8-Jan-2011 US District Court Judge, murdered
Theodore Roosevelt
Head of State
27-Oct-1858 6-Jan-1919 26th US President, 1901-09
Mike Rozier
Football
1-Mar-1961   Houston Oilers running back
Leo Ryan
Politician
5-May-1925 18-Nov-1978 Congressman assassinated in Guyana
Anwar Sadat
Head of State
25-Dec-1918 6-Oct-1981 President of Egypt, 1970-81
Chalino Sanchez
Singer
30-Aug-1960 16-May-1992 Prominent narcocorrido singer
Merlin Santana
Actor
14-Mar-1976 9-Nov-2002 The Steve Harvey Show
Tura Satana
Actor
10-Jul-1935 4-Feb-2011 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Moritz Schlick
Philosopher
14-Apr-1882 22-Jun-1936 Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle
Dutch Schultz
Criminal
6-Aug-1902 24-Oct-1935 Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer
Selena
Singer
16-Apr-1971 31-Mar-1995 Crossover Tejano music star
Frank Serpico
Activist
14-Apr-1936   The most dangerous man alive - An honest cop
Shah of Iran
Royalty
26-Oct-1919 27-Jul-1980 Last Shah of Iran
Tupac Shakur
Rapper
16-Jun-1971 13-Sep-1996 All Eyez on Me
Bugsy Siegel
Criminal
28-Feb-1906 20-Jun-1947 Brought the mob to Las Vegas
Beanie Sigel
Rapper
6-Mar-1974   Rapper, Protege of Jay-Z
Curtis Sliwa
Activist
26-Mar-1954   Founder of the Guardian Angels
Joseph Smith
Religion
23-Dec-1805 27-Jun-1844 Founded the Mormon faith
Jackie Speier
Politician
14-May-1950   Congresswoman, California 12th
John C. Stennis
Politician
3-Aug-1901 23-Apr-1995 US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89
Gregor Strasser
Politician
31-May-1892 30-Jun-1934 Loyal Nazi, devout socialist
Dorothy Stratten
Actor
28-Feb-1960 14-Aug-1980 Actress, centerfold
James B. Sumner
Chemist
19-Nov-1887 12-Aug-1955 Crystallized enzymes
Carl Switzer
Actor
7-Aug-1927 21-Jan-1959 Alfalfa in Our Gang
Sean Taylor
Football
1-Apr-1983 27-Nov-2007 Washington Redskins safety, murdered 2007
Scott Thorson
Relative
23-Jan-1959   Liberace's young male lover
Emmett Till
Victim
25-Jul-1941 28-Aug-1955 Black boy, murdered brutally in Mississippi
George Tiller
Doctor
8-Aug-1941 31-May-2009 Late-term abortionist
Peter Tosh
Musician
19-Oct-1944 11-Sep-1987 Legalise It and I'll Advertise It
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
Doctor
30-Oct-1857 26-May-1904 Tourette's syndrome
Obie Trice
Rapper
14-Nov-1977   Got Some Teeth
2 Chainz
Rapper
12-Sep-1976   Spend It
Jules Verne
Author
8-Feb-1828 24-Mar-1905 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Gianni Versace
Fashion Designer
2-Dec-1946 16-Jul-1997 Fashion designer murdered by Andrew Cunanan
Pancho Villa
Military
5-Jun-1878 20-Jul-1923 Revolutionary, invaded United States
Kurt von Schleicher
Politician
4-Jul-1882 30-Jun-1934 German chancellor, murdered by the SS
Eddie Waitkus
Baseball
4-Sep-1919 16-Sep-1972 Prototype of The Natural
Waka Flocka Flame
Rapper
31-May-1986   Hard In The Paint
Alice Walker
Author
9-Feb-1944   The Color Purple
Jonathan Walker
Activist
22-Mar-1799 30-Apr-1878 The Man with the Branded Hand
George Wallace
Politician
25-Aug-1919 13-Sep-1998 Governor of Alabama, crippled by assassin
Stella Walsh
Track and Field
3-Apr-1911 4-Dec-1980 Olympic sprinter found to be hermaphrodite
Andy Warhol
Artist
6-Aug-1928 22-Feb-1987 Pop Art movement
Isaiah Washington
Actor
3-Aug-1963   Dr. Burke on Grey's Anatomy
Horst Wessel
Activist
9-Oct-1907 23-Feb-1930 Nazi martyr
John Whitehead
Musician
2-Jul-1948 11-May-2004 Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Darrent Williams
Football
27-Sep-1982 1-Jan-2007 Murdered Denver Broncos cornerback
Tookie Williams
Criminal
29-Dec-1953 13-Dec-2005 Co-Founder, West Side Crips
Jackie Wilson
Singer
9-Jun-1934 21-Jan-1984 Lonely Teardrops
Basilis Xanthopoulos
Physicist
1951 27-Nov-1990 Gravitational physics
Daddy Yankee
Singer
3-Feb-1976   Reggaeton singer, Gasolina
Huang Yong
Criminal
c. 1974 26-Dec-2003 Prolific Chinese serial killer
Cole Younger
Criminal
15-Jan-1844 21-Mar-1916 The brains of the James-Younger Gang
Victor Sen Yung
Actor
18-Oct-1915 9-Nov-1980 Hop Sing on Bonanza
Emiliano Zapata
Activist
8-Aug-1879 10-Apr-1919 Mexican patriot, revolutionary
Yang Zhiya
Criminal
c. 1968 14-Feb-2004 Chinese serial killer, charged 65 murders
King Zog
Royalty
8-Oct-1895 9-Apr-1961 King of Albania


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