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LISTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Saul Alinsky |
Activist |
30-Jan-1909 |
12-Jun-1972 |
Rules for Radicals |
| Bill Blass |
Fashion Designer |
22-Jun-1922 |
12-Jun-2002 |
Bill Blass, Ltd. |
| Johnny Bond |
Country Musician |
1-Jun-1915 |
12-Jun-1978 |
Hot Rod Lincoln |
| William Cullen Bryant |
Poet |
3-Nov-1794 |
12-Jun-1878 |
Editor, The New York Evening Post |
| Cristóbal de Castillejo |
Poet |
1490 |
12-Jun-1556 |
Spanish poet, disliked Italian forms |
| Donald D. Clancy |
Politician |
24-Jul-1921 |
12-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-77 |
| Jimmy Dorsey |
Musician |
29-Feb-1904 |
12-Jun-1957 |
Popular bandleader and swing musician |
| Medgar Evers |
Activist |
2-Jul-1925 |
12-Jun-1963 |
Civil rights activist murdered in 1963 |
| Murphy J. Foster |
Politician |
12-Jan-1849 |
12-Jun-1921 |
Governor and Senator from Louisiana |
| Karl von Frisch |
Zoologist |
20-Nov-1886 |
12-Jun-1982 |
Researched bee communications |
| Ron Goldman |
Victim |
2-Jul-1968 |
12-Jun-1994 |
Murder victim, OJ Simpson trial |
| Lucretia Peabody Hale |
Author |
2-Sep-1820 |
12-Jun-1900 |
The Peterkin Papers |
| Don Herbert |
TV Personality |
10-Jul-1917 |
12-Jun-2007 |
Mr. Wizard |
| Henry Hill |
Criminal |
11-Jun-1943 |
12-Jun-2012 |
Mobster inspired Goodfellas |
| William E. Hocking |
Philosopher |
10-Aug-1873 |
12-Jun-1966 |
The Meaning of God in Human Experience |
| William Horsley |
Composer |
15-Nov-1774 |
12-Jun-1858 |
English composer of glees |
| John Hospers |
Politician |
9-Jun-1918 |
12-Jun-2011 |
First Libertarian presidential candidate |
| John Ireland |
Composer |
13-Aug-1879 |
12-Jun-1962 |
The Holy Boy |
| M. R. James |
Author |
1-Aug-1862 |
12-Jun-1936 |
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary |
| Evalyn Knapp |
Actor |
17-Jun-1908 |
12-Jun-1981 |
His Private Secretary |
| Pope Leo III |
Religion |
c. 750 AD |
12-Jun-816 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 795-816 |
| György Ligeti |
Composer |
28-May-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Lontano, Lux Aeterna |
| Jean-Étienne Liotard |
Painter |
22-Dec-1702 |
12-Jun-1789 |
Swiss portrait painter |
| Ferenc Nagy |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1903 |
12-Jun-1979 |
Exiled Prime Minister of Hungary |
| Elinor Ostrom |
Sociologist |
7-Aug-1933 |
12-Jun-2012 |
Common-pool resources |
| Frédéric Passy |
Economist |
20-May-1822 |
12-Jun-1912 |
International League for Permanent Peace |
| Gregory Peck |
Actor |
5-Apr-1916 |
12-Jun-2003 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| Walter Seifert |
Criminal |
11-Jun-1922 |
12-Jun-1964 |
Cologne flamethrower massacre |
| Norma Shearer |
Actor |
10-Aug-1902 |
12-Jun-1983 |
The Divorcee |
| Nicole Brown Simpson |
Victim |
19-May-1959 |
12-Jun-1994 |
OJ's murdered ex-wife |
| Milburn Stone |
Actor |
5-Jul-1904 |
12-Jun-1980 |
Doc Adams on Gunsmoke |
| Ken Thomson |
Business |
1-Sep-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Ex-CEO, Thomson Corp. |
| Edward Troughton |
Inventor |
Oct-1753 |
12-Jun-1835 |
Early scientific instruments |
| Edmund Wilson |
Author |
8-May-1895 |
12-Jun-1972 |
Axel's Castle |
| Kathryn Tucker Windham |
Author |
2-Jun-1918 |
12-Jun-2011 |
Alabama: One Big Front Porch |
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