LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Antonin Artaud	Playwright	4-Sep-1896	4-Mar-1948	Theater of Cruelty
John Belushi	Actor	24-Jan-1949	5-Mar-1982	Animal House
Charles Bukowski	Author	16-Aug-1920	9-Mar-1994	Love is a Dog from Hell
William S. Burroughs	Author	5-Feb-1914	2-Aug-1997	Naked Lunch
Neal Cassady	Author	8-Feb-1926	4-Feb-1968	The Holy Goof
Carlos Castaneda	Author	25-Dec-1925	27-Apr-1998	The Teachings of Don Juan
Deepak Chopra	Author	22-Oct-1946		Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Peter Coyote	Actor	10-Oct-1942		Dennis Ryland on The 4400
Donovan	Singer/Songwriter	10-May-1946		Mad about saffron
Roky Erickson	Singer/Songwriter	15-Jul-1947		13th Floor Elevators
Nick Gillespie	Journalist	8-Jul-1963		Reason magazine
Allen Ginsberg	Poet	3-Jun-1926	5-Apr-1997	Howl!
Abbie Hoffman	Activist	30-Nov-1936	12-Apr-1989	Steal This Book
Aldous Huxley	Author	26-Jul-1894	22-Nov-1963	Brave New World
Jack Kerouac	Novelist	12-Mar-1922	21-Oct-1969	On The Road
Ken Kesey	Novelist	17-Sep-1935	10-Nov-2001	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jim Morrison	Singer/Songwriter	8-Dec-1943	3-Jul-1971	Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors
Nico	Musician	16-Oct-1938	18-Jul-1988	The Velvet Underground and Nico
Humphry Osmond	Doctor	1-Jul-1917	6-Feb-2004	LSD proponent, turned on Aldous Huxley
Jack Parsons	Scientist	2-Oct-1914	17-Jul-1952	Satanic rocket scientist
Rudy Rucker	Novelist	22-Mar-1946		Author of Wetware series
Jean-Paul Sartre	Philosopher	21-Jun-1905	15-Apr-1980	Nausea, No Exit
Alexander Shulgin	Chemist	17-Jun-1925		Rediscovered MDMA
R. U. Sirius	Journalist	?		Mondo 2000
Annie Sprinkle	Pornstar	23-Jul-1954		Pornstar turned performance artist
Hunter S. Thompson	Journalist	18-Jul-1937	20-Feb-2005	Gonzo journalist and author

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