Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Aaliyah |
Singer |
16-Jan-1979 |
25-Aug-2001 |
R&B singer, died in plane crash |
Roald Amundsen |
Explorer |
16-Jul-1872 |
18-Jun-1928 |
First to reach South Pole |
Steven R. Appleton |
Business |
11-Mar-1960 |
3-Feb-2012 |
CEO of Micron Technology |
John H. Austin |
Doctor |
c. 1944 |
29-May-2009 |
Arcadian Management Services |
Frederick G. Banting |
Scientist |
14-Nov-1891 |
21-Feb-1941 |
Discovered insulin |
Nicholas J. Begich |
Politician |
6-Apr-1932 |
16-Oct-1972 |
Congressman from Alaska, 1971-72 |
Alan Blumlein |
Inventor |
29-Jun-1903 |
7-Jun-1942 |
Stereophonic recording |
Hale Boggs |
Politician |
15-Feb-1914 |
16-Oct-1972 |
Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-72 |
The Big Bopper |
Musician |
24-Oct-1930 |
3-Feb-1959 |
Chantilly Lace |
Ron Brown |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
3-Apr-1996 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96 |
Mel Carnahan |
Politician |
11-Feb-1934 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Dead man, still defeated John Ashcroft |
Vernon Castle |
Dancer |
2-May-1887 |
15-Feb-1918 |
Vernon & Irene Castle |
Buddy Clark |
Singer |
26-Jul-1912 |
1-Oct-1949 |
How Are Things in Glocca Mora |
Roberto Clemente |
Baseball |
18-Aug-1934 |
31-Dec-1972 |
Puerto Rican baseball star |
Patsy Cline |
Country Musician |
8-Sep-1932 |
5-Mar-1963 |
I Fall To Pieces |
George Washington Collins |
Politician |
5-Mar-1925 |
8-Dec-1972 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1970-72 |
Frank Corder |
Aviator |
26-May-1956 |
12-Sep-1994 |
Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn |
Jim Croce |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1943 |
20-Sep-1973 |
Time in a Bottle |
John Denver |
Country Musician |
31-Dec-1943 |
12-Oct-1997 |
Rocky Mountain High |
Robert Francis |
Actor |
26-Feb-1930 |
31-Jul-1955 |
The Caine Mutiny |
Yuri Gagarin |
Astronaut |
9-Mar-1934 |
27-Mar-1968 |
First person to orbit earth |
Dag Hammarskjold |
Diplomat |
29-Jul-1905 |
18-Sep-1961 |
UN Secretary General, 1953-61 |
John Heinz |
Politician |
23-Oct-1938 |
4-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91 |
Larry Hillblom |
Business |
12-May-1943 |
21-May-1995 |
DHL billionaire |
Helen Hokinson |
Cartoonist |
29-Jun-1893 |
1-Nov-1949 |
Cartoonist for The New Yorker |
Buddy Holly |
Musician |
7-Sep-1936 |
3-Feb-1959 |
Buddy Holly and The Crickets |
Phillips Holmes |
Actor |
22-Jul-1907 |
12-Aug-1942 |
The Criminal Code |
Pedro Infante |
Actor |
18-Nov-1917 |
15-Apr-1957 |
Idolo de Guamúchil |
Ryszard Kaczorowski |
Head of State |
26-Nov-1919 |
10-Apr-2010 |
President-in-exile of Poland, 1989-90 |
Lech Kaczynski |
Head of State |
18-Jun-1949 |
10-Apr-2010 |
President of Poland, 2005-10 |
John F. Kennedy, Jr. |
Relative |
25-Nov-1960 |
16-Jul-1999 |
Son of John F. Kennedy |
Kathleen Kennedy |
Relative |
20-Feb-1920 |
13-May-1948 |
Sister of John F. Kennedy |
Nile Kinnick |
Football |
9-Jul-1918 |
2-Jun-1943 |
Winner, 1939 Heisman Trophy |
Salem bin Laden |
Relative |
1946 |
29-May-1988 |
Osama's brother |
Mickey Leland |
Politician |
27-Nov-1944 |
7-Aug-1989 |
Congressman from Texas, 1979-89 |
Tony Lema |
Golf |
25-Feb-1934 |
24-Jul-1966 |
Winner, 1964 British Open |
Cory Lidle |
Baseball |
22-Mar-1972 |
11-Oct-2006 |
Yankees pitcher flew his plane into a high rise |
Jerry Litton |
Politician |
12-May-1937 |
3-Aug-1976 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1973-76 |
Carole Lombard |
Actor |
6-Oct-1908 |
16-Jan-1942 |
My Man Godfrey |
Samora Machel |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1933 |
19-Oct-1986 |
President of Mozambique, 1975-86 |
Ramon Magsaysay |
Head of State |
31-Aug-1907 |
17-Mar-1957 |
7th President of the Philippines |
Rocky Marciano |
Boxing |
1-Sep-1924 |
31-Aug-1969 |
Undefeated heavyweight |
Dean-Paul Martin |
Relative |
17-Nov-1951 |
21-Mar-1987 |
Son of Dean Martin |
Eduardo Mata |
Conductor |
5-Sep-1942 |
4-Jan-1995 |
Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1977-93 |
George S. Mickelson |
Politician |
31-Jan-1941 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1987-93 |
Glenn Miller |
Musician |
1-Mar-1904 |
15-Dec-1944 |
Popular bandleader and trombonist |
Grace Moore |
Singer |
5-Dec-1898 |
26-Jan-1947 |
One Night of Love |
DeLesseps S. Morrison |
Politician |
18-Jan-1912 |
22-May-1964 |
Mayor of New Orleans, 1946-61 |
Thurman Munson |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1947 |
2-Aug-1979 |
Yankees catcher, killed in plane crash |
Audie Murphy |
Actor |
20-Jun-1924 |
28-May-1971 |
War hero turned cowboy actor |
Ricky Nelson |
Musician |
8-May-1940 |
31-Dec-1985 |
I'm Walkin' |
Donald G. Nutter |
Politician |
28-Nov-1915 |
25-Jan-1962 |
Governor of Montana, 1961-62 |
Toni Onley |
Painter |
20-Nov-1928 |
29-Feb-2004 |
British Columbia's flying artist |
Rafael Osuna |
Tennis |
15-Sep-1938 |
4-Jun-1969 |
Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles |
Joseph P. Overton |
Activist |
4-Jan-1960 |
30-Jun-2003 |
The Overton Window |
Robert P. Patterson |
Judge |
12-Feb-1891 |
22-Jan-1952 |
US Secretary of War, 1945-47 |
Wiley Post |
Aviator |
22-Nov-1898 |
15-Aug-1935 |
First pilot to fly solo round the world |
Ralph Rainger |
Composer |
7-Oct-1901 |
23-Oct-1942 |
Thanks For The Memory |
Arnold L. Raphel |
Diplomat |
16-Mar-1943 |
17-Aug-1988 |
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88 |
Otis Redding |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1941 |
10-Dec-1967 |
Dock of the Bay |
Jim Reeves |
Country Musician |
20-Aug-1923 |
31-Jul-1964 |
He'll Have to Go |
Walter Reuther |
Labor Leader |
1-Sep-1907 |
9-May-1970 |
UAW and CIO labor leader |
Randy Rhoads |
Guitarist |
6-Dec-1956 |
19-Mar-1982 |
Ozzy's guitarist dies joyriding airplane |
Knute Rockne |
Football |
4-Mar-1888 |
31-Mar-1931 |
Notre Dame Head Coach, 1918-30 |
Will Rogers |
Comic |
04-Nov-1879 |
15-Aug-1935 |
American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist |
Charles Stewart Rolls |
Business |
27-Aug-1877 |
12-Jul-1910 |
Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce |
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
Author |
29-Jun-1900 |
31-Jul-1944 |
The Little Prince |
Wilbur Shaw |
Auto Racing |
31-Oct-1902 |
30-Oct-1954 |
Three time Indianapolis 500 Winner |
Larkin Smith |
Politician |
26-Jun-1944 |
13-Aug-1989 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1989 |
Lawrence B. Sperry |
Inventor |
22-Dec-1892 |
13-Dec-1923 |
Invented the autopilot |
Laurence A. Steinhardt |
Diplomat |
6-Oct-1892 |
28-Mar-1950 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 |
Ted Stevens |
Politician |
18-Nov-1923 |
10-Aug-2010 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
Payne Stewart |
Golf |
30-Jan-1957 |
25-Oct-1999 |
Winner of the US Open, 1982 and 1999 |
June Thorburn |
Actor |
8-Jun-1931 |
4-Nov-1967 |
The 3 Worlds of Gulliver |
Michael Todd |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Jun-1909 |
22-Mar-1958 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
Fritz Todt |
Government |
4-Sep-1891 |
8-Feb-1942 |
Nazi engineer, finished the Autobahn |
Peter Tomarken |
Game Show Host |
7-Dec-1942 |
13-Mar-2006 |
Host of Press Your Luck |
Omar Torrijos |
Head of State |
13-Feb-1929 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Dictator of Panama, 1968-81 |
John Tower |
Politician |
25-Sep-1925 |
5-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Texas, 1961-85 |
Boris Trajkovski |
Head of State |
25-Jun-1956 |
26-Feb-2004 |
President of Macedonia, 1999-2004 |
Ritchie Valens |
Musician |
13-May-1941 |
3-Feb-1959 |
La Bamba |
Ronnie Van Zant |
Musician |
15-Jan-1948 |
20-Oct-1977 |
Frontman of Lynyrd Skynyrd |
Walther von Reichenau |
Military |
16-Aug-1884 |
17-Jan-1942 |
Nazi general, encouraged atrocities |
Anna Walentynowicz |
Activist |
13-Aug-1929 |
10-Apr-2010 |
Catalyst for the Solidarnosc union |
John T. Walton |
Relative |
8-Oct-1946 |
27-Jun-2005 |
World's 11th richest man, 2005 |
Paul Wellstone |
Politician |
21-Jul-1944 |
25-Oct-2002 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002 |
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq |
Head of State |
12-Aug-1924 |
17-Aug-1988 |
Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88 |