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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edward Albee
Playwright
12-Mar-1928   Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Caesar Augustus
Royalty
23-Sep-63 BC 19-Aug-14 AD Roman Emperor, 23 BC to 14 AD
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Wrestling
18-Dec-1964   Pro wrestler
Anita Baker
Singer
26-Jan-1958   Giving You the Best That I Got
Joy Bang
Actor
15-Jun-1945   Play It Again, Sam
Jürgen Bartsch
Criminal
6-Nov-1946 28-Apr-1976 Teenaged homosexual serial killer
David Berkowitz
Criminal
1-Jun-1953   Son of Sam killer
Kenneth Bianchi
Criminal
22-May-1951   Half of the Hillside Strangler duo
Stan Brakhage
Film Director
14-Jan-1933 9-Mar-2003 Experimental filmmaker
David Brock
Activist
23-Jul-1962   Founder of Media Matters
Rita Mae Brown
Author
28-Nov-1944   Rubyfruit Jungle
Lloyd Bucher
Military
1-Sep-1927 28-Jan-2004 Commander of USS Pueblo
Richard Burton
Actor
10-Nov-1925 5-Aug-1984 Nineteen Eighty Four
Crazy Cabbie
Radio Personality
10-Dec-1968   Part of the Howard Stern menagerie
Dean Cain
Actor
31-Jul-1966   Superman
Truman Capote
Novelist
30-Sep-1924 25-Aug-1984 In Cold Blood
Richard W. Carlson
Diplomat
1941   US Ambassador to the Seychelles, 1991-92
Kristin Chenoweth
Actor
24-Jul-1968   Annabeth Schott on The West Wing
Art Clokey
Cartoonist
12-Oct-1921 8-Jan-2010 Creator of Gumby
George Cole
Actor
22-Apr-1925 5-Aug-2015 Arthur Daley on Minder
Gary Coleman
Actor
8-Feb-1968 28-May-2010 Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes
D.M.C.
Rapper
31-May-1964   Run-D.M.C.
Terence Trent D'Arby
Musician
15-Mar-1962   Introducing The Hardline
Kristin Davis
Actor
23-Feb-1965   Good girl Charlotte on Sex and the City
Mark Deklin
Actor
3-Dec-1967   Blake Reilly on GCB
Jewel De'Nyle
Pornstar
5-Aug-1977   Bend Over and Say Ahh 3
Andy Dick
Comic
21-Dec-1965   Matthew from NewsRadio
Mike Dirnt
Bassist
4-May-1972   Bassist for Green Day
Robert Duncan
Poet
7-Jan-1919 3-Feb-1988 Bending the Bow
Dennis P. Eichhorn
Author
19-Aug-1945 8-Oct-2015 Real Stuff
Ric Flair
Wrestling
25-Feb-1949   Pro wrestler
Matt Fong
Government
20-Nov-1953 1-Jun-2011 Strategic Advisory Group
Jamie Foxx
Comic
13-Dec-1967   Ray
Michael Franti
Musician
21-Apr-1967   Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy
Melissa Gilbert
Actor
8-May-1964   Little House on the Prairie
Newt Gingrich
Politician
17-Jun-1943   Speaker of the House, 1995-99
Gila Golan
Model
c. 1940   Our Man Flint
Missy Gold
Actor
14-Jul-1970   Katie on Benson
Tracey Gold
Actor
16-May-1969   Growing Pains
Albert Hague
Composer
13-Oct-1920 12-Nov-2001 Redhead
Scott Hamilton
Figure Skating
28-Aug-1958   Olympic ice skater
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Mathematician
3-Aug-1805 2-Sep-1865 Inventor of Quaternions
Debbie Harry
Singer
1-Jul-1945   Blondie
William Hartnell
Actor
8-Jan-1908 23-Apr-1975 1st Doctor on Doctor Who
Faith Hill
Country Musician
21-Sep-1967   Take Me as I Am
Jesse Jackson
Activist
8-Oct-1941   Rainbow Coalition
Steve Jobs
Business
24-Feb-1955 5-Oct-2011 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Bruce Johnston
Singer/Songwriter
27-Jun-1942   Beach Boy
Colin Kaepernick
Football
3-Nov-1987   San Francisco 49ers QB
Marta Kristen
Actor
26-Feb-1945   Judy Robinson on Lost in Space
Matthew Laborteaux
Actor
1-Dec-1966   Little House on the Prairie
Daulton Lee
Spy
1952   The Snowman
Art Linkletter
TV Personality
17-Jul-1912 26-May-2010 Kids Say the Darndest Things
Ray Liotta
Actor
18-Dec-1954   Goodfellas
Greg Louganis
Diver
29-Jan-1960   Olympic diver, four gold medals
James MacArthur
Actor
8-Dec-1937 28-Oct-2010 Dano from Hawaii 5-O
Lee Majors
Actor
23-Apr-1939   Six Million Dollar Man
Edwin McCain
Singer/Songwriter
20-Jan-1970   I'll Be
Rod McKuen
Poet
29-Apr-1933 27-Jan-2015 A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Sarah McLachlan
Musician
28-Jan-1968   Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
Timothy McSweeney
Relative
1943 24-Jan-2010 Namesake of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
Tom Metzger
Activist
9-Apr-1938   White supremacist
James A. Michener
Novelist
3-Feb-1907 16-Oct-1997 South Pacific
Michael J. Moncrief
Politician
?   Mayor of Fort Worth
Robert B. Monier
Politician
5-Mar-1922 8-Sep-1986 Acting Governor of New Hampshire, 1982
Bruce A. Morrison
Politician
8-Oct-1944   Congressman from Connecticut, 1983-91
Bif Naked
Musician
15-Jun-1971   Canadian punk rocker
Milton Nascimento
Singer/Songwriter
26-Oct-1942   Clube da Esquina
Nero
Royalty
15-Dec-37 AD 9-Jun-68 AD Roman Emperor, 54-68 AD
John Nettles
Actor
11-Oct-1943   Midsomer Murders
Diana Nyad
Swimmer
22-Aug-1949   Long distance swimmer
Hugh O'Connor
Actor
7-Apr-1962 28-Mar-1995 Lt. Jamison on In the Heat of the Night
Baby Marie Osborne
Actor
5-Nov-1911 11-Nov-2010 Silent-era child star
Jim Palmer
Baseball
15-Oct-1945   Longtime Baltimore Orioles pitcher
Amy Pietz
Actor
6-Mar-1969   Caroline in the City
Wendy Pini
Cartoonist
4-Jun-1951   Elfquest
Nicole Polizzi
TV Personality
23-Jan-1987   Snooki on Jersey Shore
Kelly Preston
Actor
13-Oct-1962   What a Girl Wants
Soon-Yi Previn
Relative
8-Oct-1970   Woody Allen's scandalously young wife
Michael Reagan
Radio Personality
18-Mar-1945   Ronald Reagan's adopted son
Nancy Reagan
First Lady
6-Jul-1921   Wife of US President Reagan
George Reeves
Actor
5-Jan-1914 16-Jun-1959 Television's first Superman
Nicole Richie
Socialite
21-Sep-1981   The Simple Life
Patricia Roc
Actor
7-Jun-1915 30-Dec-2003 When the Bough Breaks
Rick Ross
Activist
24-Nov-1952   Cult expert, deprogrammer
Karl Rove
Government
25-Dec-1950   Political Strategist to George W. Bush
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Singer/Songwriter
20-Feb-1941   Universal Soldier
David Schweikert
Politician
3-Mar-1962   Congressman, Arizona 6th
Mobutu Sese Seko
Head of State
14-Oct-1930 7-Sep-1997 Dictator, bled Zaire dry
Betty Shabazz
Activist
28-May-1936 23-Jun-1997 Widow of Malcolm X
Frank Shamrock
Wrestling
8-Dec-1972   Ultimate Fighting Champion
Brent Spiner
Actor
2-Feb-1949   Data on Star Trek: TNG
Michael S. Steele
Politician
19-Oct-1958   RNC Chairman, 2009-11
Cully Stimson
Government
13-Jun-1963   Pentagon point man on detainees
Cathy J. Sulzberger
Business
1949   LHIW Real Estate
Kobe Tai
Pornstar
15-Jan-1972   Hawaiian Blast
Dave Thomas
Business
2-Jul-1932 8-Jan-2002 Founder of Wendy's Hamburgers
Trajan
Royalty
15-Sep-53 AD 9-Aug-117 AD Roman Emperor, 98-117 AD
Kevin Trudeau
Author
6-Feb-1963   Natural Cures, fraudster
François Truffaut
Film Director
6-Feb-1932 21-Oct-1984 Last Metro
KT Tunstall
Singer/Songwriter
23-Jun-1975   Eye to the Telescope
Joseph D. Tydings
Politician
4-May-1928   US Senator from Maryland, 1965-71
Mordechai Vanunu
Activist
13-Oct-1954   Blew whistle on Israel's nukes
Eddie Vedder
Singer
23-Dec-1964   Lead singer, Pearl Jam
Thomas Vilsack
Politician
13-Dec-1950   US Secretary of Agriculture
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt
Relative
c. 1943   Zsa Zsa's husband
Erich von Manstein
Military
24-Nov-1887 10-Jun-1973 Nazi general
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Diplomat
30-Apr-1893 16-Oct-1946 Reich Foreign Minister
Anna Walentynowicz
Activist
13-Aug-1929 10-Apr-2010 Catalyst for the Solidarnosc union
Edgar Wallace
Novelist
1-Apr-1875 10-Feb-1932 Highly prolific English novelist
Margaret Warner
Journalist
c. 1949   PBS News Hour Correspondent
Rusty Warren
Singer/Songwriter
17-Mar-1931   Songs for Sinners
Lauren Weedman
Comic
1969   The Daily Show correspondent
Scott Weiland
Singer
27-Oct-1967 3-Dec-2015 Frontman, Stone Temple Pilots
Gillian Welch
Singer/Songwriter
2-Oct-1967   Revival
Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
1-Apr-1930 1-May-2015 Yeoman Rand on Star Trek
Casey Wian
Journalist
c. 1961   CNN correspondent
Anthony A. Williams
Politician
28-Jul-1951   Mayor of Washington DC, 1999-2007
Kristen Wilson
Actor
11-Nov-1969   Walking Tall
Aileen Wuornos
Criminal
29-Feb-1956 9-Oct-2002 Notorious serial killer
Kristeen Young
Musician
c. 1975   Intense and talented indie rock chick




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