| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Elliott Abrams |
Government |
24-Jan-1948 |
|
Asst. Secy. of State involved in Iran-Contra |
| Mehmet Ali Agca |
Assassin |
9-Jan-1958 |
|
In 1981, shot Pope John Paul II |
| Arius |
Religion |
256 AD |
336 AD |
Founder of the Christian doctrine of Arianism |
| St. Athanasius |
Religion |
298 AD |
2-May-373 AD |
Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD |
| Kofi Awoonor |
Poet |
13-Mar-1935 |
|
Rediscovery |
| Francis Bacon |
Philosopher |
22-Jan-1561 |
9-Apr-1626 |
Novum Organum |
| Nathaniel Bacon |
Politician |
2-Jan-1647 |
26-Oct-1676 |
Bacon's Rebellion |
| Candy Barr |
Performance Artist |
6-Jul-1935 |
30-Dec-2005 |
Exotic dancer from the 1950s |
| Belisarius |
Military |
505 AD |
565 AD |
Byzantine general |
| Blackbeard |
Criminal |
c. 1680 |
22-Nov-1718 |
Infamous pirate |
| Emperor Bokassa I |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1921 |
3-Nov-1996 |
Central African Emperor |
| Lenny Bruce |
Comic |
13-Oct-1925 |
3-Aug-1966 |
Multiply obscene comic |
| Hubert de Burgh |
Judge |
? |
1243 |
Chief Justiciar of England |
| Sebastian Cabot |
Explorer |
1476 |
1557 |
16th century Italian/English explorer |
| Julius Caesar |
Head of State |
13-Jul-100 BC |
15-Mar-44 BC |
Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC |
| Luís de Camões |
Poet |
c. 1524 |
10-Jun-1580 |
Os Lusíadas |
| Luis Posada Carriles |
Terrorist |
c. 1928 |
|
Cuban terrorist in US custody |
| Fidel Castro |
Head of State |
13-Aug-1926 |
|
Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years |
| Ahmed Chalabi |
Government |
30-Oct-1944 |
3-Nov-2015 |
Prominent on the Iraqi Provisional Council |
| Hugo Chavez |
Head of State |
28-Jul-1954 |
5-Mar-2013 |
President of Venezuela, 1998-2013 |
| Henry Cisneros |
Politician |
11-Jun-1947 |
|
Secretary of HUD, 1993-97 |
| Roger Clinton |
Relative |
25-Jul-1956 |
|
Black sheep in Clinton family |
| Thomas Cochrane |
Military |
14-Dec-1775 |
31-Oct-1860 |
Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen |
| Oscar Collazo |
Assassin |
20-Feb-1914 |
21-Feb-1994 |
Attempted assassin of Truman |
| Henry Cowell |
Composer |
11-Mar-1897 |
10-Dec-1965 |
New Musical Resources |
| Thomas Dangerfield |
Criminal |
1650 |
1685 |
English conspirator |
| Eugene V. Debs |
Labor Leader |
5-Nov-1855 |
20-Oct-1926 |
Labor leader ran for President five times |
| Martin R. Delany |
Activist |
6-May-1812 |
24-Jan-1885 |
Black nationalist |
| John Deutch |
Government |
27-Jul-1938 |
|
CIA Director, 1995-96 |
| Robert Downey, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Apr-1965 |
|
Iron Man |
| Alfred Dreyfus |
Victim |
9-Oct-1859 |
12-Jul-1935 |
Dreyfus Affair scapegoat |
| Jubal Early |
Military |
3-Nov-1816 |
2-Mar-1894 |
Confederate General |
| Edgar Atheling |
Royalty |
c. 1051 |
c. 1126 |
King of England 1066 |
| W. Mark Felt |
Government |
17-Aug-1913 |
18-Dec-2008 |
Watergate's Deep Throat |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| Frederick the Great |
Royalty |
24-Jan-1712 |
17-Aug-1786 |
King of Prussia 1740-86 |
| Leopoldo Galtieri |
Head of State |
15-Jul-1926 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Invaded Falklands, ran death squads |
| Giuseppe Garibaldi |
Military |
4-Jul-1807 |
2-Jun-1882 |
Privateer, Italian hero |
| Yakubu Gowon |
Head of State |
19-Oct-1934 |
|
Dictator of Nigeria, 1966-75 |
| Merle Haggard |
Country Musician |
6-Apr-1937 |
|
Okie From Muskogee |
| Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
| Patty Hearst |
Victim |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Kidnapped by SLA |
| Robert Hersant |
Publisher |
30-Jan-1920 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Le Papivore |
| Jimmy Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
14-Feb-1913 |
30-Jul-1975 |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
| H. Guy Hunt |
Politician |
17-Jun-1933 |
30-Jan-2009 |
Governor of Alabama, 1987-93 |
| Chun Doo Hwan |
Head of State |
18-Jan-1931 |
|
President of South Korea, 1980-88 |
| Peter H. Irons |
Activist |
11-Aug-1940 |
|
A People's History of the Supreme Court |
| Edward Kelley |
Paranormal |
1-Aug-1555 |
1-Nov-1597 |
Notorious forger and alchemist |
| Abdul Qadeer Khan |
Physicist |
1935 |
|
Father of Pakistani nuclear bomb |
| Hans Heinrich Lammers |
Government |
27-May-1879 |
4-Jan-1962 |
Chief of the Reich Chancellery |
| William Laud |
Religion |
7-Oct-1573 |
10-Jan-1645 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45 |
| Robert E. Lee |
Military |
19-Jan-1807 |
12-Oct-1870 |
Confederate General |
| G. Gordon Liddy |
Government |
30-Nov-1930 |
|
Watergate criminal, talk-show-host |
| Warren T. McCray |
Politician |
4-Feb-1865 |
19-Dec-1938 |
Governor of Indiana, 1921-24 |
| Susan McDougal |
Criminal |
1955 |
|
Whitewater scandal |
| Bud McFarlane |
Government |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Iran-Contra figure |
| Russell Means |
Activist |
10-Nov-1939 |
22-Oct-2012 |
American Indian Movement |
| Jim Morrison |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1943 |
3-Jul-1971 |
Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors |
| Samuel Mudd |
Doctor |
20-Dec-1833 |
10-Jan-1883 |
Physician who treated Lincoln's assassin |
| Nikon |
Religion |
7-May-1605 |
17-Aug-1681 |
Reformer Patriarch of Moscow |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Titus Oates |
Criminal |
15-Sep-1649 |
12-Jul-1705 |
Popish Plot |
| Felice Orsini |
Assassin |
1819 |
13-Mar-1858 |
Attempted assassin of Napoleon III |
| Sean Penn |
Actor |
17-Aug-1960 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Albert Pike |
Military |
29-Dec-1809 |
2-Apr-1891 |
Confederate general, Freemason |
| Jerzy Popieluszko |
Activist |
23-Sep-1947 |
19-Oct-1984 |
Priest murdered by Polish government |
| Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
26-Jun-2013 |
Pardoned by Clinton |
| Keith Richards |
Guitarist |
18-Dec-1943 |
|
The Rolling Stones |
| Slick Rick |
Rapper |
14-Jan-1965 |
|
Eyepatch-sporting rapper on Def Jam |
| Dan Rostenkowski |
Politician |
2-Jan-1928 |
11-Aug-2010 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95 |
| Antonio López de Santa Anna |
Military |
21-Feb-1794 |
21-Jun-1876 |
Hero of Tampico |
| Robert Smalls |
Politician |
5-Apr-1839 |
23-Feb-1915 |
Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina |
| George Steinbrenner |
Baseball |
4-Jul-1930 |
13-Jul-2010 |
Owner, New York Yankees |
| Fife Symington |
Politician |
12-Aug-1945 |
|
Governor of Arizona, 1991-97 |
| J. Parnell Thomas |
Government |
16-Jan-1895 |
19-Nov-1970 |
HUAC chairman, took the Fifth |
| Iva Toguri |
Radio Personality |
4-Jul-1916 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Never actually was Tokyo Rose |
| Randy Travis |
Country Musician |
4-May-1959 |
|
Country music artist, has 25 top ten hits |
| Alan Turing |
Mathematician |
23-Jun-1912 |
7-Jun-1954 |
Computing pioneer |
| Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
| Philip D. Winn |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1925 |
|
HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton |
| Roh Tae Woo |
Head of State |
4-Dec-1932 |
|
President of South Korea, 1988-93 |
| Sir Thomas Wyat |
Poet |
1503 |
6-Oct-1542 |
Introduced sonnet to England |
| Peter Yarrow |
Singer |
31-May-1938 |
|
The Peter in Peter, Paul, and Mary |
