Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
John Agar |
Actor |
31-Jan-1921 |
7-Apr-2002 |
Sands of Iwo Jima |
Margaret Anderson |
Author |
24-Nov-1886 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Founder of the Little Review |
Richard Arlen |
Actor |
1-Sep-1898 |
28-Mar-1976 |
Island of Lost Souls |
Freddie Bartholomew |
Actor |
28-Mar-1924 |
23-Jan-1992 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy |
Neville Brand |
Actor |
13-Aug-1920 |
16-Apr-1992 |
Birdman of Alcatraz |
Walter Brennan |
Actor |
25-Jul-1894 |
21-Sep-1974 |
Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor |
George Brent |
Actor |
15-Mar-1899 |
26-May-1979 |
The Great Lie |
Paul Brinegar |
Actor |
19-Dec-1917 |
27-Mar-1995 |
Wishbone on Rawhide |
William F. Buckley |
Columnist |
24-Nov-1925 |
27-Feb-2008 |
National Review |
Rory Calhoun |
Actor |
8-Aug-1922 |
28-Apr-1999 |
Auto thief turned actor |
George Canning |
Politician |
11-Apr-1770 |
8-Aug-1827 |
Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain |
Al Capp |
Cartoonist |
28-Sep-1909 |
5-Nov-1979 |
Creator of L'il Abner |
Bud Carson |
Football |
28-Apr-1931 |
8-Dec-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77 |
Johnny Carson |
Talk Show Host |
23-Oct-1925 |
23-Jan-2005 |
Longtime host of Tonight Show |
Del Close |
Actor |
9-Mar-1934 |
4-Mar-1999 |
The Funniest One in the Room |
Alexander H. Cohen |
Theatre Producer |
24-Jul-1920 |
22-Apr-2000 |
The Homecoming |
Ray Collins |
Actor |
10-Dec-1889 |
11-Jul-1965 |
Lt. Tragg on Perry Mason |
Pat Coombs |
Actor |
27-Aug-1926 |
25-May-2002 |
British character actress |
Henry Corden |
Actor |
6-Jan-1920 |
19-May-2005 |
Hanna-Barbara voice actor |
Don Cornell |
Singer |
21-Apr-1919 |
23-Feb-2004 |
Big band singer, It Isn't Fair |
John Dehner |
Actor |
23-Nov-1915 |
4-Feb-1992 |
Carousel |
Brad Dexter |
Actor |
9-Apr-1917 |
12-Dec-2002 |
The Magnificent Seven |
Denis Diderot |
Philosopher |
5-Oct-1713 |
31-Jul-1784 |
L'Encyclopédie |
George Docking |
Politician |
23-Feb-1904 |
20-Jan-1964 |
Governor of Kansas, 1957-61 |
Herb Edelman |
Actor |
5-Nov-1933 |
21-Jul-1996 |
Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls |
Turk Edwards |
Football |
28-Sep-1907 |
12-Jan-1973 |
NFL Hall of Fame Tackle |
T. S. Eliot |
Poet |
26-Sep-1888 |
4-Jan-1965 |
Author of "The Waste Land" |
Sam Ervin |
Politician |
27-Sep-1896 |
23-Apr-1985 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74 |
James Franciscus |
Actor |
31-Jan-1934 |
8-Jul-1991 |
Mr. Novak |
Bill Fraser |
Actor |
5-Jun-1908 |
5-Sep-1987 |
Claude Snudge |
Arthur Godfrey |
Actor |
31-Aug-1903 |
16-Mar-1983 |
Arthur Godfrey and His Friends |
Harvey Haddix |
Baseball |
18-Sep-1925 |
8-Jan-1994 |
MLB pitcher |
Erle P. Halliburton |
Business |
22-Sep-1891 |
13-Oct-1957 |
Founder of Halliburton |
Ira Michael Heyman |
Educator |
30-May-1930 |
19-Nov-2011 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1980-90 |
William Hickey |
Actor |
19-Sep-1927 |
29-Jun-1997 |
Prizzi's Honor |
William A. Higinbotham |
Physicist |
25-Oct-1910 |
10-Nov-1994 |
Physicist, Tennis for Two |
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter |
Military |
8-May-1897 |
18-Jun-1982 |
CIA Director, 1947-50 |
John Huston |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1906 |
28-Aug-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
Spike Jones |
Musician |
14-Dec-1911 |
1-May-1965 |
Cocktails for Two |
Boris Karloff |
Actor |
23-Nov-1887 |
2-Feb-1969 |
Horror actor |
Bob Kaufman |
Poet |
18-Apr-1925 |
12-Jan-1986 |
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness |
Nan Kempner |
Socialite |
24-Jul-1930 |
3-Jul-2005 |
New York City socialite |
Simon Kovar |
Musician |
22-May-1890 |
17-Jan-1970 |
Preeminent Basoon player and teacher |
Lash La Rue |
Actor |
15-Jun-1917 |
21-May-1996 |
B-Western star |
John Laurie |
Actor |
25-Mar-1897 |
23-Jun-1980 |
Pvt. James Frazer on Dad's Army |
Robert Livingston |
Actor |
9-Dec-1904 |
7-Mar-1988 |
The Lone Ranger Rides Again |
George Macready |
Actor |
29-Aug-1908 |
2-Jul-1973 |
Paths of Glory |
Guy Madison |
Actor |
19-Jan-1922 |
6-Feb-1996 |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |
Nancy Marchand |
Actor |
19-Jun-1928 |
18-Jun-2000 |
Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant |
Nan Martin |
Actor |
15-Jul-1927 |
4-Mar-2010 |
The Drew Carey Show |
Leo McCarey |
Film Director |
3-Oct-1898 |
5-Jul-1969 |
The Awful Truth |
John McIntire |
Actor |
27-Jun-1907 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Christopher Hale on Wagon Train |
Clayton Moore |
Actor |
14-Sep-1914 |
28-Dec-1999 |
The Lone Ranger |
Garry Moore |
TV Personality |
31-Jan-1915 |
28-Nov-1993 |
The Garry Moore Show |
J. Carrol Naish |
Actor |
21-Jan-1896 |
24-Jan-1973 |
Sahara |
Gordon Oliver |
Actor |
27-Apr-1910 |
26-Jan-1995 |
The Spiral Staircase |
Satchel Paige |
Baseball |
7-Jul-1906 |
8-Jun-1982 |
Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher |
Johnny Paycheck |
Country Musician |
31-May-1938 |
18-Feb-2003 |
Take This Job and Shove It |
Joan Perry |
Actor |
7-Jul-1911 |
16-Sep-1996 |
Bullets for O'Hara |
Josephine Premice |
Actor |
21-Jul-1926 |
13-Apr-2001 |
Calypso singer, Broadway actress |
Dorothy Provine |
Actor |
20-Jan-1937 |
25-Apr-2010 |
The Roaring 20's |
Jerry Reed |
Country Musician |
20-Mar-1937 |
1-Sep-2008 |
When You're Hot, You're Hot |
Michael Rennie |
Actor |
25-Aug-1909 |
10-Jun-1971 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
Beah Richards |
Actor |
12-Jul-1920 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Norman Rockwell |
Painter |
3-Feb-1894 |
8-Nov-1978 |
Saturday Evening Post artist |
John Russell |
Actor |
3-Jan-1921 |
19-Jan-1991 |
Lawman |
Marge Schott |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1928 |
2-Mar-2004 |
Owner, Cincinnati Reds |
William J. Sebald |
Diplomat |
5-Nov-1901 |
Aug-1980 |
Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52 |
Takashi Shimura |
Actor |
12-Mar-1905 |
11-Feb-1982 |
The Seven Samurai |
Valerie Solanas |
Activist |
9-Apr-1936 |
26-Apr-1988 |
Shot Andy Warhol |
Bob Steele |
Actor |
23-Jan-1907 |
21-Dec-1988 |
Trooper Duffy on F Troop |
Willie Sutton |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1901 |
2-Nov-1980 |
Because that's where the money is |
Glendon Swarthout |
Novelist |
8-Apr-1918 |
23-Sep-1992 |
Bless the Beasts and Children |
Edward Tatum |
Scientist |
14-Dec-1909 |
7-Nov-1975 |
One gene, one enzyme theory |
Gene Tierney |
Actor |
19-Nov-1920 |
6-Nov-1991 |
Laura |
Tom of Finland |
Artist |
8-May-1920 |
7-Nov-1991 |
Beefcake fetish artist |
Ernest Tubb |
Musician |
9-Feb-1914 |
6-Sep-1984 |
The Texas Troubador |
Kenneth Tynan |
Critic |
2-Apr-1927 |
26-Jul-1980 |
British theatre critic |
Jack Wrangler |
Pornstar |
11-Jul-1946 |
7-Apr-2009 |
Eyes of a Gay Stranger |
Richard Yates |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1926 |
7-Nov-1992 |
Revolutionary Road |
Dick York |
Actor |
4-Sep-1928 |
20-Feb-1992 |
Darrin #1 on Bewitched |
Coleman Young |
Politician |
24-May-1918 |
30-Nov-1997 |
Mayor of Detroit, 1974-93 |