| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Forrest J. Ackerman |
Author |
24-Nov-1916 |
4-Dec-2008 |
Mr. Science Fiction |
| Douglas Adams |
Author |
11-Mar-1952 |
11-May-2001 |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Scott Adams |
Cartoonist |
8-Jun-1957 |
|
Creator, Dilbert |
| Steve Albini |
Music Producer |
22-Jul-1962 |
|
Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac |
| Brandy Alexandre |
Pornstar |
17-Jul-1964 |
|
Twin Peeks, Whore of the Roses |
| Zhores I. Alferov |
Scientist |
15-Mar-1930 |
|
Developed solar cells for the Sputnik program |
| Ayaan Hirsi Ali |
Activist |
13-Nov-1969 |
|
Submission |
| Salvador Allende |
Head of State |
26-Jul-1908 |
11-Sep-1973 |
Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet |
| Pedro Almodóvar |
Film Director |
25-Sep-1951 |
|
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! |
| Barbara Amiel |
Journalist |
4-Dec-1940 |
|
Director of The Spectator |
| Natalie Angier |
Journalist |
16-Feb-1958 |
|
Science reporter |
| Lance Armstrong |
Cyclist |
18-Sep-1971 |
|
7-time Tour De France winner |
| Svante Arrhenius |
Chemist |
19-Feb-1859 |
2-Oct-1927 |
Explored electrolytic conductivity |
| Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
| Julian Assange |
Hacker |
3-Jul-1971 |
|
Founder of Wikileaks |
| David Attenborough |
Naturalist |
8-May-1926 |
|
Life on Earth |
| Vincent Auriol |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1884 |
1-Jan-1966 |
President of France, 1947-54 |
| Julius Axelrod |
Chemist |
30-May-1912 |
29-Dec-2004 |
Research of neurotransmitters |
| A. J. Ayer |
Philosopher |
29-Oct-1910 |
27-Jun-1989 |
Language, Truth and Logic |
| Mikhail Bakunin |
Anarchist |
30-May-1814 |
1-Jul-1876 |
Pioneer of the Anarchist movement |
| Dave Barry |
Columnist |
3-Jul-1947 |
|
Dave Barry's Guide to Life |
| Bill Bass |
Scientist |
30-Aug-1928 |
|
Human decomposition |
| Simone de Beauvoir |
Activist |
9-Jan-1908 |
14-Apr-1986 |
The Second Sex |
| Daniel Bell |
Sociologist |
10-May-1919 |
25-Jan-2011 |
The End of Ideology |
| William Bennett |
Musician |
1960 |
|
Whitehouse |
| Jeremy Bentham |
Philosopher |
15-Feb-1748 |
6-Jun-1832 |
Proponent of Utilitarianism |
| Ingmar Bergman |
Film Director |
14-Jul-1918 |
30-Jul-2007 |
Scenes from a Marriage |
| Lavrenty Beria |
Government |
29-Mar-1899 |
23-Dec-1953 |
Chief of the NKVD, 1940-46 |
| Sali Berisha |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1944 |
|
Prime Minister of Albania |
| Alexander Berkman |
Anarchist |
21-Nov-1870 |
28-Jun-1936 |
A.B.C. of Anarchism |
| Hector Berlioz |
Composer |
11-Dec-1803 |
8-Mar-1869 |
French romantic composer |
| J. D. Bernal |
Physicist |
10-May-1901 |
15-Sep-1971 |
X-ray crystallography |
| Jello Biafra |
Singer |
17-Jun-1958 |
|
Dead Kennedys |
| Andy Biersack |
Singer |
26-Dec-1990 |
|
Lead singer, Black Veil Brides |
| Bjork |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Nov-1965 |
|
Eccentric Icelandic performer |
| Susan Blackmore |
Author |
29-Jul-1951 |
|
The Meme Machine |
| Maurice Blanchot |
Philosopher |
22-Sep-1907 |
20-Feb-2003 |
L'Espace littéraire |
| Ernst Bloch |
Philosopher |
8-Jul-1885 |
4-Aug-1977 |
Principle of Hope |
| Pierre Boulez |
Composer |
26-Mar-1925 |
|
Modern composer and conductor |
| Louise Bourgeois |
Sculptor |
25-Dec-1911 |
31-May-2010 |
Crouching Spider |
| Paul D. Boyer |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1918 |
|
ATP process |
| Charles Bradlaugh |
Activist |
26-Sep-1833 |
30-Jan-1891 |
Atheistic Iconoclast |
| Richard Branson |
Business |
18-Jul-1950 |
|
Founder of Virgin chain |
| Tinto Brass |
Film Director |
26-Mar-1933 |
|
Caligula |
| Berke Breathed |
Cartoonist |
21-Jun-1957 |
|
Cartoonist of Bloom County |
| Bertolt Brecht |
Playwright |
10-Feb-1898 |
14-Aug-1956 |
Mother Courage and Her Children |
| Dara Ó Briain |
Comic |
4-Feb-1972 |
|
Mock the Week |
| Percy Williams Bridgman |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1882 |
20-Aug-1961 |
High-pressure physics |
| Rodney Brooks |
Scientist |
30-Dec-1954 |
|
Robotics and artificial intelligence researcher |
| Susan Brownmiller |
Activist |
15-Feb-1935 |
|
Feminist, Against Our Will |
| Giordano Bruno |
Scientist |
1548 |
17-Feb-1600 |
Heretic cosmologist |
| Peter Buck |
Guitarist |
6-Dec-1956 |
|
R.E.M. |
| Nikolai Bukharin |
Economist |
9-Oct-1888 |
15-Mar-1938 |
Soviet theoretical economist |
| Charles Bukowski |
Author |
16-Aug-1920 |
9-Mar-1994 |
Love is a Dog from Hell |
| Luis Buñuel |
Film Director |
22-Feb-1900 |
29-Jul-1983 |
That Obscure Object of Desire |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Seven Dirty Words |
| John Carmack |
Computer Programmer |
20-Aug-1970 |
|
Lead programmer of Doom, Quake |
| Adam Carolla |
Radio Personality |
27-May-1964 |
|
Loveline, The Man Show |
| John Carpenter |
Film Director |
16-Jan-1948 |
|
Escape from New York |
| Asia Carrera |
Pornstar |
6-Aug-1973 |
|
Mensa member, pornstar |
| Fidel Castro |
Head of State |
13-Aug-1926 |
|
Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years |
| Raúl Castro |
Government |
3-Jun-1931 |
|
President of Cuba |
| Dick Cavett |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1936 |
|
The Dick Cavett Show |
| David Chalmers |
Philosopher |
20-Apr-1966 |
|
Philosopher of Consciousness |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Astronomer |
19-Oct-1910 |
21-Aug-1995 |
Evolutionary stages of stars |
| Dov Charney |
Business |
31-Jan-1969 |
|
American Apparel CEO |
| Georges Charpak |
Physicist |
1-Aug-1924 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Subatomic particle detectors |
| Noam Chomsky |
Linguist |
7-Dec-1928 |
|
Linguist, dissident intellectual |
| Arthur C. Clarke |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1917 |
19-Mar-2008 |
2001: A Space Odyssey |
| Nick Clegg |
Politician |
7-Jan-1967 |
|
Leader of the Liberal Democrats |
| Voltairine de Cleyre |
Anarchist |
17-Nov-1866 |
20-Jun-1912 |
Anarchist without an adjective |
| Alexander Cockburn |
Columnist |
6-Jun-1941 |
20-Jul-2012 |
The Nation, CounterPunch |
| Marshall A. Cohen |
Business |
c. 1935 |
|
CEO of Molson, 1988-96 |
| Auguste Comte |
Sociologist |
19-Jan-1798 |
5-Sep-1857 |
Positivist founder of Sociology |
| John Conway |
Mathematician |
26-Dec-1937 |
|
Game of Life |
| Wayne Coyne |
Musician |
13-Jan-1961 |
|
Frontman for The Flaming Lips |
| Francis Crick |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1916 |
28-Jul-2004 |
Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA |
| Benedetto Croce |
Philosopher |
25-Feb-1866 |
20-Nov-1952 |
Philosophy of Spirit |
| David Cronenberg |
Film Director |
15-Mar-1943 |
|
Videodrome |
| Ben Croshaw |
Critic |
24-May-1983 |
|
Zero Punctuation |
| David Cross |
Actor |
4-Apr-1964 |
|
Mr. Show with Bob and David |
| Alan Cumming |
Actor |
27-Jan-1965 |
|
Nightcrawler in X-Men |
| Peter Cundall |
TV Personality |
1-Apr-1927 |
|
Host of Gardening Australia, 1989-2008 |
| S. E. Cupp |
Pundit |
23-Feb-1979 |
|
Losing Our Religion |
| Ivor Cutler |
Poet |
15-Jan-1923 |
3-Mar-2006 |
Glasgow Dreamer |
| Leon Czolgosz |
Assassin |
1873 |
29-Oct-1901 |
President McKinley's assassin |
| Theodore Dalrymple |
Author |
11-Oct-1949 |
|
Life at the Bottom |
| Terence Davies |
Film Director |
10-Nov-1945 |
|
The House of Mirth |
| Frank Dalby Davison |
Author |
23-Jun-1893 |
24-May-1970 |
Dusty |
| Richard Dawkins |
Biologist |
26-Mar-1941 |
|
Zoologist and evolutionary biologist |
| Marquis de Sade |
Author |
2-Jun-1740 |
2-Dec-1814 |
120 Days of Sodom |
| Daniel C. Dennett |
Philosopher |
28-Mar-1942 |
|
Leading Darwinist and philosopher |
| Jared Diamond |
Scientist |
10-Sep-1937 |
|
Collapse of societies |
| Ani DiFranco |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Sep-1970 |
|
Bisexual folk/punk icon |
| Phyllis Diller |
Comic |
17-Jul-1917 |
20-Aug-2012 |
The original female stand-up comic |
| Paul Dirac |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1902 |
20-Oct-1984 |
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics |
| Cory Doctorow |
Blogger |
17-Jul-1971 |
|
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom |
| Micky Dolenz |
Actor |
8-Mar-1945 |
|
Drummer for The Monkees |
| Joel Dorius |
Educator |
4-Jan-1919 |
14-Feb-2006 |
Professor fired for gay porn arrest |
| Natalie Dormer |
Actor |
11-Feb-1982 |
|
Anne Boleyn on The Tudors |
| Ann Druyan |
Author |
13-Jun-1949 |
|
Co-wrote Cosmos with husband Carl Sagan |
| Felix Dzerzhinsky |
Government |
11-Sep-1877 |
20-Jul-1926 |
The Black Pope of Bolshevism |
| George Eastman |
Inventor |
12-Jul-1854 |
14-Mar-1932 |
Inventor of the Kodak camera |
| Umberto Eco |
Author |
5-Jan-1932 |
|
Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose |
| Dr. Dean Edell |
Radio Personality |
c. 1941 |
|
Syndicated call-in radio doctor |
| Barbara Ehrenreich |
Author |
26-Aug-1941 |
|
Nickel and Dimed |
| Paul R. Ehrlich |
Scientist |
29-May-1932 |
|
The Population Bomb |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| Albert Ellis |
Psychologist |
27-Sep-1913 |
24-Jul-2007 |
Rational emotive behavior therapy |
| Warren Ellis |
Author |
16-Feb-1968 |
|
Transmetropolitan |
| Harlan Ellison |
Author |
27-May-1934 |
|
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream |
| Brian Eno |
Music Producer |
15-May-1948 |
|
Here Come The Warm Jets |
| Hugh Everett |
Physicist |
11-Nov-1930 |
19-Jul-1982 |
Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics |
| Robert Faurisson |
Scholar |
25-Jan-1929 |
|
French Holocaust denier |
| Ludwig Feuerbach |
Philosopher |
28-Jul-1804 |
13-Sep-1872 |
Das Weses des Christentums |
| Richard Feynman |
Physicist |
11-May-1918 |
15-Feb-1988 |
Surely he's joking |
| Joseph Fletcher |
Sociologist |
10-Apr-1905 |
28-Oct-1991 |
Situation ethics |
| Larry Flynt |
Business |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Publisher of HUSTLER |
| Dario Fo |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1926 |
|
Italian playwright and Nobel laureate |
| Dave Foley |
Actor |
4-Jan-1963 |
|
The Kids in the Hall |
| Michael Foot |
Politician |
23-Jul-1913 |
3-Mar-2010 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1976-79 |
| Lita Ford |
Musician |
23-Sep-1959 |
|
Band member The Runaways |
| Jodie Foster |
Actor |
19-Nov-1962 |
|
The Silence of the Lambs |
| Anatole France |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1844 |
13-Oct-1924 |
French novelist |
| Frederick the Great |
Royalty |
24-Jan-1712 |
17-Aug-1786 |
King of Prussia 1740-86 |
| Anna Freud |
Relative |
3-Dec-1895 |
9-Oct-1982 |
Daughter of Sigmund Freud |
| Sigmund Freud |
Psychiatrist |
6-May-1856 |
23-Sep-1939 |
Die Traumdeutung |
| Janeane Garofalo |
Comic |
28-Sep-1964 |
|
Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist |
| Bob Geldof |
Musician |
5-Oct-1951 |
|
Live Aid, Boomtown Rats |
| Jack Germond |
Columnist |
30-Jan-1928 |
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
| Ricky Gervais |
Actor |
25-Jun-1961 |
|
The Office |
| David Gilmour |
Guitarist |
6-Mar-1946 |
|
Guitarist for Pink Floyd |
| Vitaly L. Ginzburg |
Physicist |
4-Oct-1916 |
8-Nov-2009 |
Type-II superconductors |
| Ira Glass |
Radio Personality |
3-Mar-1959 |
|
This American Life |
| Jean-Luc Godard |
Film Director |
3-Dec-1930 |
|
Vivre sa Vie |
| Whoopi Goldberg |
Actor |
13-Nov-1955 |
|
Sister Act |
| Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
| Al Goldstein |
Business |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Founder of Screw magazine |
| Wladyslaw Gomulka |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1905 |
1-Sep-1982 |
Head of Polish Communists, 1956-70 |
| Raisa Gorbachev |
First Lady |
5-Jan-1932 |
20-Sep-1999 |
First Lady of the Soviet Union |
| Nadine Gordimer |
Author |
20-Nov-1923 |
|
South African novelist |
| Gordon Gould |
Physicist |
17-Jul-1920 |
16-Sep-2005 |
Invented the laser, arguably |
| Spalding Gray |
Actor |
5-Jun-1941 |
11-Jan-2004 |
Swimming to Cambodia monologist |
| Seth Green |
Actor |
8-Feb-1974 |
|
Dr. Evil's son Scott |
| Sasha Grey |
Pornstar |
14-Mar-1988 |
|
The Girlfriend Experience |
| Kathy Griffin |
Actor |
4-Nov-1960 |
|
Vicki on Suddenly Susan |
| Virgil Griffith |
Computer Programmer |
6-Mar-1983 |
|
Author of WikiScanner |
| Rachel Griffiths |
Actor |
20-Feb-1968 |
|
Brenda Chenowith on Six Feet Under |
| Shenae Grimes |
Actor |
24-Oct-1989 |
|
Annie Wilson on 90210 |
| Che Guevara |
Activist |
14-Jun-1928 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Revolutionary icon |
| Jorge Guinle |
Socialite |
5-Feb-1916 |
5-Mar-2004 |
Brazilian playboy |
| J. B. S. Haldane |
Biologist |
5-Nov-1892 |
1-Dec-1964 |
Haldane's principle |
| Joe Haldeman |
Novelist |
9-Jun-1943 |
|
The Forever War |
| Kathleen Hanna |
Musician |
12-Nov-1969 |
|
Riot Grrrl extraordinaire |
| G. H. Hardy |
Mathematician |
7-Feb-1877 |
1-Dec-1947 |
A Mathematician's Apology |
| Michael Harrington |
Activist |
24-Feb-1928 |
31-Jul-1989 |
The Other America |
| Sam Harris |
Author |
1967 |
|
The End of Faith |
| Harry Harrison |
Novelist |
12-Mar-1925 |
15-Aug-2012 |
Stainless Steel Rat series |
| Nina Hartley |
Pornstar |
11-Mar-1959 |
|
Little Bill's slutty wife in Boogie Nights |
| Herbert A. Hauptman |
Mathematician |
14-Feb-1917 |
23-Oct-2011 |
X-ray diffraction studies |
| Harry Hay |
Activist |
7-Apr-1912 |
24-Oct-2002 |
Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society |
| Bill Haywood |
Labor Leader |
4-Feb-1869 |
18-May-1928 |
Industrial Workers of the World |
| Amber Heard |
Actor |
22-Apr-1986 |
|
And Soon The Darkness |
| Hugh Hefner |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1926 |
|
Founder, Playboy magazine |
| Katharine Hepburn |
Actor |
12-May-1907 |
29-Jun-2003 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Melville J. Herskovits |
Anthropologist |
10-Sep-1895 |
25-Feb-1963 |
The Myth of the Negro Past |
| Peter Higgs |
Physicist |
29-May-1929 |
|
Higgs boson and Higgs field |
| Christopher Hitchens |
Journalist |
13-Apr-1949 |
15-Dec-2011 |
Agent provocateur |
| Roald Hoffmann |
Chemist |
18-Jul-1937 |
|
Woodward-Hoffmann reaction |
| Mark W. Hofmann |
Criminal |
7-Dec-1954 |
|
Forger, murderer |
| Douglas Hofstadter |
Author |
15-Feb-1945 |
|
Godel, Escher, Bach |
| A. E. Housman |
Poet |
26-Mar-1859 |
30-Apr-1936 |
A Shropshire Lad |
| Enver Hoxha |
Head of State |
16-Oct-1908 |
11-Apr-1985 |
Ruler of Albania, 1944-85 |
| Russell A. Hulse |
Physicist |
28-Nov-1950 |
|
Co-Discovered first binary pulsar |
| David Hume |
Philosopher |
7-May-1711 |
25-Aug-1776 |
Empiricist nonpareil |
| Zora Neale Hurston |
Novelist |
7-Jan-1891 |
28-Jan-1960 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God |
| John Irving |
Novelist |
2-Mar-1942 |
|
The World According to Garp |
| Eddie Izzard |
Comic |
7-Feb-1962 |
|
Bloke in a dress going on and on |
| George Jackson |
Criminal |
23-Sep-1941 |
21-Aug-1971 |
Soledad Brother |
| J. Hughlings Jackson |
Doctor |
4-Apr-1835 |
7-Oct-1911 |
Father of British neurology |
| François Jacob |
Scientist |
17-Jun-1920 |
|
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Susan Jacoby |
Author |
4-Jun-1945 |
|
Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism |
| Stephan Jenkins |
Musician |
27-Sep-1964 |
|
Lead singer, Third Eye Blind |
| Johannes V. Jensen |
Author |
20-Jan-1873 |
25-Nov-1950 |
The Long Journey |
| Penn Jillette |
Magician |
5-Mar-1955 |
|
Talking half of the Penn and Teller duo |
| Jack Johnson |
Boxing |
31-Mar-1878 |
10-Jun-1946 |
First black heavyweight champion |
| Frédéric Joliot |
Physicist |
19-Mar-1900 |
14-Aug-1958 |
Artificial radioactivity |
| Irène Joliot-Curie |
Physicist |
12-Sep-1897 |
17-Mar-1956 |
Artificial radioactivity |
| Neil Jordan |
Film Director |
25-Feb-1950 |
|
The Crying Game |
| Ted Kaczynski |
Criminal |
22-May-1942 |
|
The Unabomber |
| Paul Kammerer |
Biologist |
17-Aug-1880 |
23-Oct-1926 |
Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance |
| Diane Keaton |
Actor |
5-Jan-1946 |
|
Kay in The Godfather films |
| Jack Kevorkian |
Doctor |
26-May-1928 |
3-Jun-2011 |
Euthanasia enthusiast |
| Margot Kidder |
Actor |
17-Oct-1948 |
|
Lois Lane in Superman |
| Mark Tapio Kines |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1970 |
|
Foreign Correspondents |
| Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Researched human sexual behavior |
| James Kirby |
Electronic Musician |
9-May-1974 |
|
V/Vm, The Caretaker |
| Melanie Klein |
Psychologist |
30-Mar-1882 |
22-Sep-1960 |
The Psychoanalysis of Children |
| Charles Knowlton |
Doctor |
10-May-1800 |
20-Feb-1850 |
Early advocate of birth control |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Joan W. Konner |
Journalist |
c. 1929 |
|
Dean, Columbia School of Journalism, 1988-97 |
| Paul Krassner |
Author |
9-Apr-1932 |
|
Editor, The Realist |
| Thomas Kretschmann |
Actor |
8-Sep-1962 |
|
Immortel |
| Sir Harold Kroto |
Chemist |
7-Oct-1939 |
|
Co-Discovered fullerenes |
| Paul Kurtz |
Philosopher |
21-Dec-1925 |
|
The pope of unbelievers |
| Ray Kurzweil |
Inventor |
12-Feb-1948 |
|
Age of Spiritual Machines |
| Aleksander Kwasniewski |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1954 |
|
President of Poland, 1995-2005 |
| Corliss Lamont |
Activist |
28-Mar-1902 |
26-Apr-1995 |
Millionaire socialist |
| Elsa Lanchester |
Actor |
28-Oct-1902 |
26-Dec-1986 |
Bride of Frankenstein |
| Lev Landau |
Physicist |
22-Jan-1908 |
1-Apr-1968 |
Superfluidity of helium |
| Chris Langton |
Biologist |
1948 |
|
Father of Artificial Life |
| Ring Lardner, Jr. |
Playwright |
19-Aug-1915 |
31-Oct-2000 |
Screenwriter, M*A*S*H |
| Gerald A. Larue |
Scholar |
? |
|
The Way of Positive Humanism |
| Hugh Laurie |
Actor |
11-Jun-1959 |
|
Jeeves and Wooster, House |
| Alphonse Laveran |
Doctor |
18-Jun-1845 |
18-May-1922 |
Found the parasite that causes malaria |
| Tom Lehrer |
Comic |
9-Apr-1928 |
|
Comedic songwriter |
| Stanislaw Lem |
Author |
12-Sep-1921 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Solaris |
| Lemmy |
Singer |
24-Dec-1945 |
|
Bassist for Motorhead |
| Vladimir Lenin |
Head of State |
22-Apr-1870 |
21-Jan-1924 |
Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union |
| Michael Lewis |
Author |
15-Oct-1960 |
|
Liar's Poker |
| Tom Leykis |
Radio Personality |
1-Aug-1956 |
|
Syndicated talk radio host |
| James Lick |
Business |
25-Aug-1796 |
1-Oct-1876 |
Lick Observatory |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Till Lindemann |
Singer |
4-Jan-1963 |
|
Rammstein frontman |
| Jared Loughner |
Assassin |
10-Sep-1988 |
|
Tucson Safeway shooter |
| H. P. Lovecraft |
Author |
20-Aug-1890 |
15-Mar-1937 |
The Call of Cthulhu |
| Heather Mac Donald |
Columnist |
c. 1956 |
|
Neoconservative bombthrower |
| Seth MacFarlane |
Actor |
26-Oct-1973 |
|
Creator of Family Guy |
| John Malkovich |
Actor |
9-Dec-1953 |
|
Subject of Being John Malkovich |
| Marilyn Manson |
Singer |
5-Jan-1969 |
|
Goth shock rocker |
| Christopher Marlowe |
Playwright |
6-Feb-1564 |
30-May-1593 |
Doctor Faustus |
| Karl Marx |
Economist |
5-May-1818 |
14-Mar-1883 |
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto |
| Ernst Mayr |
Biologist |
5-Jul-1904 |
3-Feb-2005 |
Evolutionary biologist |
| John McCarthy |
Computer Programmer |
4-Sep-1927 |
24-Oct-2011 |
Created LISP programming language |
| Malachy McCourt |
Actor |
20-Sep-1931 |
|
Father Meehan on Oz |
| Michael McDermott |
Criminal |
4-Sep-1958 |
|
Mucko killed seven coworkers |
| Ian McEwan |
Novelist |
21-Jun-1948 |
|
Amsterdam |
| Todd McFarlane |
Cartoonist |
16-Mar-1961 |
|
Spawn |
| Ian McKellen |
Actor |
25-May-1939 |
|
Gandalf the Grey |
| Margaret A. McKenna |
Educator |
c. 1946 |
|
President of Lesley University, 1985-2007 |
| Butterfly McQueen |
Actor |
7-Jan-1911 |
22-Dec-1995 |
Gone with the Wind |
| H. L. Mencken |
Critic |
12-Sep-1880 |
29-Jan-1956 |
The American Language |
| Stephen Merchant |
Film/TV Producer |
24-Nov-1974 |
|
The Office, Extras |
| Tom Metzger |
Activist |
9-Apr-1938 |
|
White supremacist |
| Anastas Mikoyan |
Politician |
25-Nov-1895 |
21-Oct-1978 |
Knew where the shrimps stay in winter |
| Marvin Minsky |
Scientist |
9-Aug-1927 |
|
Father of Artificial Intelligence |
| Peter Mitchell |
Chemist |
29-Sep-1920 |
10-Apr-1992 |
ADP to ATP conversion in mitochondia |
| Momus |
Critic |
11-Feb-1960 |
|
Scottish music critic, famous for 15 people |
| Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Mo Mowlam |
Politician |
18-Sep-1949 |
19-Aug-2005 |
Former Labour MP |
| Martin Mull |
Comic |
18-Aug-1943 |
|
Fernwood Tonight |
| Hermann J. Muller |
Scientist |
21-Dec-1890 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Genetic effects of radiation |
| Cillian Murphy |
Actor |
25-May-1976 |
|
Disco Pigs |
| Benito Mussolini |
Head of State |
29-Jul-1883 |
28-Apr-1945 |
Fascist Dictator of Italy |
| Thomas Nagel |
Philosopher |
4-Jul-1937 |
|
What is it like to be a bat? |
| Ted Nelson |
Computer Programmer |
17-Jun-1937 |
|
Hypertext pioneer, Xanadu |
| Michael Newdow |
Activist |
24-Jun-1953 |
|
Waged war against "under God" |
| Ingrid Newkirk |
Activist |
11-Jul-1949 |
|
President of PETA |
| Randy Newman |
Songwriter |
28-Nov-1943 |
|
I Love L.A., Short People |
| Jack Nicholson |
Actor |
22-Apr-1937 |
|
Chinatown |
| Robert Nozick |
Philosopher |
16-Nov-1938 |
23-Jan-2002 |
Libertarian philosopher |
| Gary Numan |
Musician |
8-Mar-1958 |
|
Cars |
| Bill Nye |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1955 |
|
Bill Nye the Science Guy |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
| Bernardo O'Higgins |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1778 |
24-Oct-1842 |
Supreme Director of Chile, 1817-23 |
| Barack Obama, Sr. |
Relative |
18-Jun-1936 |
24-Nov-1982 |
Father of President Barack Obama |
| Revilo P. Oliver |
Activist |
7-Jul-1908 |
10-Aug-1994 |
Founding member, John Birch Society |
| Culbert L. Olson |
Politician |
7-Nov-1876 |
13-Apr-1962 |
Governor of California, 1939-43 |
| Patton Oswalt |
Comic |
27-Jan-1969 |
|
Mr. Show, King of Queens |
| Kerry Packer |
Business |
17-Dec-1937 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Richest man in Australia |
| Camille Paglia |
Author |
2-Apr-1947 |
|
Self-described feminist |
| Carl Panzram |
Criminal |
28-Jun-1891 |
5-Sep-1930 |
Relentless sociopath, serial killer |
| Albert Parsons |
Activist |
20-Jun-1848 |
11-Nov-1887 |
Haymarket Martyr |
| Lucy Parsons |
Anarchist |
1853 |
7-Mar-1942 |
Anarchist labor organizer |
| Andy Partridge |
Musician |
11-Nov-1953 |
|
XTC singer/songwriter |
| Pier Paolo Pasolini |
Film Director |
5-Mar-1922 |
2-Nov-1975 |
Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom |
| Robert Patrick |
Actor |
5-Nov-1958 |
|
Mimetic polyalloy in Terminator 2 |
| Mark Pauline |
Performance Artist |
14-Dec-1953 |
|
Survival Research Labs |
| Linus Pauling |
Chemist |
28-Feb-1901 |
19-Aug-1994 |
Scientist and peacenik |
| John Allen Paulos |
Mathematician |
4-Jul-1945 |
|
Innumeracy |
| Simon Pegg |
Actor |
14-Feb-1970 |
|
Shaun of the Dead |
| Leonard Peikoff |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1933 |
|
Proseletyzer of objectivism |
| Harvey Pekar |
Author |
8-Oct-1939 |
12-Jul-2010 |
American Splendor |
| Roger Penrose |
Mathematician |
8-Aug-1931 |
|
Theory of cosmic censorship |
| Philippe II, duc d'Orléans |
Royalty |
2-Aug-1674 |
2-Dec-1723 |
Regent of France, 1715-23 |
| Steven Pinker |
Linguist |
18-Sep-1954 |
|
The Language Instinct |
| Paula Poundstone |
Comic |
29-Dec-1959 |
|
Asexual comic |
| Terry Pratchett |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1948 |
|
Discworld sci-fi series |
| Philip Pullman |
Novelist |
19-Oct-1946 |
|
His Dark Materials |
| Robin Quivers |
Talk Show Host |
8-Aug-1952 |
|
Howard Stern's sidekick |
| Daniel Radcliffe |
Actor |
23-Jul-1989 |
|
Harry Potter |
| David Rakoff |
Author |
27-Nov-1964 |
9-Aug-2012 |
Don't Get Too Comfortable |
| Ted Rall |
Cartoonist |
26-Aug-1963 |
|
Godless heathen cartoonist |
| Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
Atlas Shrugged |
| James Randi |
Magician |
7-Aug-1928 |
|
The Amazing Randi |
| Rands |
Blogger |
1970 |
|
Managing Humans |
| Ron Reagan |
Relative |
28-May-1958 |
|
Son of Ronald Reagan |
| Wilhelm Reich |
Scientist |
24-Mar-1897 |
3-Nov-1957 |
Founder of Orgonomy |
| Oscar Riddle |
Biologist |
27-Sep-1877 |
29-Nov-1968 |
Prolactin |
| Diego Rivera |
Painter |
8-Dec-1886 |
24-Nov-1957 |
Mexican painter |
| Geraldo Rivera |
Journalist |
4-Jul-1943 |
|
Fox News commentator |
| Rene Rivkin |
Business |
6-Jun-1944 |
1-May-2005 |
Disgraced Australian stockbroker |
| Chris Robinson |
Musician |
20-Dec-1966 |
|
Lead singer, The Black Crowes |
| Ernestine Rose |
Activist |
13-Jan-1810 |
4-Aug-1892 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
| Henry Roth |
Author |
8-Feb-1906 |
13-Oct-1995 |
Call It Sleep |
| Murray Rothbard |
Economist |
2-Mar-1926 |
7-Jan-1995 |
Anarcho-capitalist |
| Arundhati Roy |
Author |
24-Nov-1961 |
|
The God of Small Things |
| Jane Rule |
Author |
28-Mar-1931 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Desert of the Heart |
| Douglas Rushkoff |
Author |
18-Feb-1961 |
|
Cyberculture analyst |
| Bertrand Russell |
Mathematician |
18-May-1872 |
2-Feb-1970 |
Mathematician, atheist, and social critic |
| Oliver Sacks |
Doctor |
9-Jul-1933 |
|
Awakenings |
| Carl Sagan |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1934 |
20-Dec-1996 |
Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos |
| Margaret Sanger |
Activist |
14-Sep-1879 |
6-Sep-1966 |
Birth control advocate |
| José Saramago |
Author |
16-Nov-1922 |
18-Jun-2010 |
Brilliant Portuguese novelist |
| Wallace Sargent |
Astronomer |
15-Feb-1935 |
|
Astrophysicist at CalTech |
| Jean-Paul Sartre |
Philosopher |
21-Jun-1905 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Nausea, No Exit |
| Dan Savage |
Columnist |
7-Oct-1964 |
|
Weekly sex columnist |
| John Sayles |
Film Director |
28-Sep-1950 |
|
The Secret of Roan Inish |
| John Searle |
Philosopher |
Dec-1932 |
|
Chinese Room Argument, Philosopher of Language |
| Mobutu Sese Seko |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1930 |
7-Sep-1997 |
Dictator, bled Zaire dry |
| Captain Sensible |
Bassist |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Ex-bassist, The Damned |
| Claude Shannon |
Scientist |
30-Apr-1916 |
24-Feb-2001 |
Pioneer in information theory |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Poet |
4-Aug-1792 |
8-Jul-1822 |
Prometheus Unbound |
| Michael Shermer |
Journalist |
8-Sep-1954 |
|
Skeptic Magazine |
| Claude Simon |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1913 |
6-Jul-2005 |
Le Tricheur |
| Clive Sinclair |
Business |
30-Jul-1940 |
|
Sinclair ZX80 |
| Stellan Skarsgård |
Actor |
13-Jun-1951 |
|
Breaking the Waves |
| B. F. Skinner |
Psychologist |
20-Mar-1904 |
18-Aug-1990 |
Radical Behaviorism |
| Michael Smith |
Chemist |
26-Apr-1932 |
4-Oct-2000 |
Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis |
| Robert Smith |
Musician |
21-Apr-1959 |
|
Lead singer of The Cure |
| Steven Soderbergh |
Film Director |
14-Jan-1963 |
|
Traffic |
| Todd Solondz |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1959 |
|
Welcome to the Dollhouse |
| George Soros |
Business |
12-Aug-1930 |
|
Financial speculator |
| Mira Sorvino |
Actor |
28-Sep-1967 |
|
Mighty Aphrodite |
| Carl Spitteler |
Poet |
24-Apr-1845 |
29-Dec-1924 |
The Olympic Spring |
| Lysander Spooner |
Activist |
19-Jan-1808 |
14-May-1887 |
No Treason: The Constitution of No Authority |
| John Stagliano |
Pornstar |
29-Nov-1950 |
|
Adventures of Buttman |
| Josef Stalin |
Head of State |
18-Dec-1878 |
5-Mar-1953 |
Brutal dictator, Soviet Union |
| Richard Stallman |
Computer Programmer |
16-Mar-1953 |
|
Founder, GNU software project |
| Doug Stanhope |
Comic |
25-Mar-1967 |
|
The Man Show |
| Pete Stark |
Politician |
11-Nov-1931 |
|
Congressman, California 13th |
| Peter Steele |
Musician |
4-Jan-1962 |
14-Apr-2010 |
Frontman for Type O Negative |
| Bruce Sterling |
Author |
14-Apr-1954 |
|
Schismatrix |
| Lynne Stewart |
Attorney |
8-Oct-1939 |
|
Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group |
| Sticky Fingaz |
Musician |
3-Apr-1970 |
|
Black Trash |
| Oliver Stone |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1946 |
|
JFK |
| Leo Strauss |
Philosopher |
20-Sep-1899 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Patron saint of Neoconservatism |
| John E. Sulston |
Scientist |
27-Mar-1942 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Kim Il Sung |
Head of State |
15-Apr-1912 |
8-Jul-1994 |
North Korea's official deity |
| Donald Sutherland |
Actor |
17-Jul-1935 |
|
The Dirty Dozen |
| Julia Sweeney |
Comic |
10-Oct-1959 |
|
Androgyne Pat on Saturday Night Live |
| Algernon Charles Swinburne |
Poet |
5-Apr-1837 |
10-Apr-1909 |
Masochist Victorian poet |
| Matt Taibbi |
Journalist |
2-Mar-1970 |
|
The Great Derangement |
| James Taranto |
Columnist |
1966 |
|
Wall Street Journal |
| Teller |
Magician |
14-Feb-1948 |
|
The nonspeaking half of Penn and Teller |
| H. Brian Thompson |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Global Telecom & Technology |
| Pat Tillman |
Military |
6-Nov-1976 |
22-Apr-2004 |
NFL player turned Army Ranger |
| Linus Torvalds |
Computer Programmer |
28-Dec-1969 |
|
Created the kernel for the GNU/Linux OS |
| B. Traven |
Novelist |
c. 1890 |
26-Mar-1969 |
Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| Leon Trotsky |
Activist |
26-Oct-1879 |
21-Aug-1940 |
Bolshevik exile, murdered by Stalin |
| Alan Turing |
Mathematician |
23-Jun-1912 |
7-Jun-1954 |
Computing pioneer |
| Mark Twain |
Author |
30-Nov-1835 |
21-Apr-1910 |
Huckleberry Finn |
| Tyler, The Creator |
Rapper |
6-Mar-1991 |
|
OFWGKTA rapper |
| Harold C. Urey |
Chemist |
29-Apr-1893 |
5-Jan-1981 |
Discovered Deuterium |
| Vincent van Gogh |
Painter |
30-Mar-1853 |
29-Jul-1890 |
Troubled and brilliant painter |
| Eddie Vedder |
Singer |
23-Dec-1964 |
|
Lead singer, Pearl Jam |
| Craig Venter |
Biologist |
14-Oct-1946 |
|
Engineered the first man-made bacterial cell |
| Jesse Ventura |
Wrestling |
15-Jul-1951 |
|
Wrestler turned Governor of Minnesota |
| Gore Vidal |
Author |
3-Oct-1925 |
31-Jul-2012 |
Visit to a Small Planet |
| Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| Sarah Vowell |
Radio Personality |
27-Dec-1969 |
|
This American Life |
| Andrei Vyshinsky |
Government |
10-Dec-1883 |
22-Nov-1954 |
Soviet Prosecutor General during the Great Purge |
| Roger Waters |
Songwriter |
9-Sep-1943 |
|
Bassist for Pink Floyd |
| James Watson |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1928 |
|
Co-Discoverer of DNA |
| Randy Weaver |
Victim |
3-Jan-1948 |
|
Ruby Ridge Incident |
| Steven Weinberg |
Physicist |
3-May-1933 |
|
Electroweak Theory |
| Gene Weingarten |
Columnist |
2-Oct-1951 |
|
Below the Beltway |
| Joss Whedon |
Film/TV Producer |
23-Jun-1964 |
|
Creator of Buffy, Angel, and Firefly |
| Leslie A. White |
Anthropologist |
19-Jan-1900 |
31-Mar-1975 |
The Science of Culture |
| Geert Wilders |
Politician |
6-Sep-1963 |
|
Dutch Freedom Party |
| John Wilmot |
Poet |
1-Apr-1647 |
26-Jul-1680 |
Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery |
| Mike Wilson |
Film Director |
18-Feb-1976 |
|
Michael Moore Hates America |
| David Wojnarowicz |
Artist |
14-Sep-1955 |
22-Jul-1992 |
One Day This Kid |
| Steve Wozniak |
Computer Programmer |
11-Aug-1950 |
|
Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
| Frances Wright |
Activist |
6-Sep-1795 |
13-Dec-1852 |
Utopian abolitionist |
| Will Wright |
Computer Programmer |
20-Jan-1960 |
|
Created SimCity, The Sims |
| Wilhelm Wundt |
Psychologist |
16-Aug-1832 |
31-Aug-1920 |
Father of Experimental Psychology |
| Matthew Yglesias |
Blogger |
18-May-1981 |
|
Big Media Matt |
| Eliezer Yudkowsky |
Scientist |
11-Sep-1979 |
|
Co-Founder, Singularity Institute |
| Giuseppe Zangara |
Assassin |
7-Sep-1900 |
20-Mar-1933 |
Tried to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Frank Zappa |
Composer |
21-Dec-1940 |
4-Dec-1993 |
Joe's Garage |
| Philip Zimbardo |
Psychologist |
23-Mar-1933 |
|
1971 Stanford Prison Experiment |
| Fritz Zwicky |
Astronomer |
14-Feb-1898 |
8-Feb-1974 |
Astrophysicist at CalTech |
