| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Nick Adams |
Actor |
10-Jul-1931 |
7-Feb-1968 |
Johnny Yuma on The Rebel |
| G. G. Allin |
Musician |
29-Aug-1956 |
28-Jun-1993 |
Hated |
| Kenneth Allsop |
Critic |
29-Jan-1920 |
23-May-1973 |
London Evening News book critic |
| Antonin Artaud |
Playwright |
4-Sep-1896 |
4-Mar-1948 |
Theater of Cruelty |
| Parveen Babi |
Actor |
4-Apr-1955 |
20-Jan-2005 |
Sophisticated Seventies Bollywood Babe |
| Lester Bangs |
Critic |
14-Dec-1948 |
30-Apr-1982 |
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung |
| Jürgen Bartsch |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1946 |
28-Apr-1976 |
Teenaged homosexual serial killer |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Painter |
22-Dec-1960 |
12-Aug-1988 |
NYC graffiti artist |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard |
Rapper |
15-Nov-1968 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan |
| Warren A. Bechtel |
Business |
12-Sep-1872 |
28-Aug-1933 |
Founder of Bechtel Corporation |
| John Belushi |
Actor |
24-Jan-1949 |
5-Mar-1982 |
Animal House |
| Len Bias |
Basketball |
18-Nov-1963 |
19-Jun-1986 |
Boston Celtics draft pick, died of cocaine OD |
| Mike Bloomfield |
Guitarist |
28-Jul-1943 |
15-Feb-1981 |
Guitarist, Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| Lenny Bruce |
Comic |
13-Oct-1925 |
3-Aug-1966 |
Multiply obscene comic |
| Tim Buckley |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Feb-1947 |
29-Jun-1975 |
Experimental singer/songwriter |
| Dorothy Dandridge |
Actor |
9-Nov-1922 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Carmen Jones |
| Teri Diver |
Pornstar |
6-Sep-1971 |
2-Jan-2001 |
What's Up, Tiger Pussy? |
| DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
| Nick Drake |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Jun-1948 |
25-Nov-1974 |
Pink Moon |
| Al Dubin |
Songwriter |
10-Jun-1891 |
11-Feb-1945 |
Lullaby of Broadway |
| Kevin DuBrow |
Singer |
29-Oct-1955 |
25-Nov-2007 |
Lead singer, Quiet Riot |
| John Entwistle |
Bassist |
9-Oct-1944 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Bassist for The Who |
| Brian Epstein |
Business |
19-Sep-1934 |
27-Aug-1967 |
Manager of The Beatles |
| Chris Farley |
Comic |
15-Feb-1964 |
17-Dec-1997 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Marshall Field IV |
Business |
15-Jun-1916 |
18-Sep-1965 |
Owner of the Chicago Sun-Times, 1956-65 |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| Greg Giraldo |
Comic |
10-Dec-1965 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Friday Night Stand-Up |
| Trevor Goddard |
Actor |
14-Oct-1962 |
7-Jun-2003 |
Lt. Cmdr. Mic Brumby on JAG |
| Dwayne Goettel |
Musician |
1-Feb-1964 |
23-Aug-1995 |
Skinny Puppy, fatal heroin OD |
| Nigel Green |
Actor |
15-Oct-1924 |
15-May-1972 |
The Ipcress File |
| Tim Hardin |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Dec-1941 |
29-Dec-1980 |
If I Were a Carpenter |
| Domino Harvey |
Relative |
7-Aug-1969 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Laurence Harvey's daughter |
| Rodney Harvey |
Actor |
31-Jul-1967 |
11-Apr-1998 |
Sodapop Curtis on The Outsiders |
| Bobby Hatfield |
Singer |
10-Aug-1940 |
5-Nov-2003 |
The Righteous Brothers |
| Mitch Hedberg |
Comic |
24-Feb-1968 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Stand-up comedian known for one-liners |
| Jimi Hendrix |
Guitarist |
27-Nov-1942 |
18-Sep-1970 |
Purple Haze |
| George Hickenlooper |
Film Director |
25-May-1963 |
29-Oct-2010 |
Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse |
| Shannon Hoon |
Musician |
26-Sep-1967 |
21-Oct-1995 |
Frontman for Blind Melon |
| Baby Huey |
Musician |
1946 |
28-Oct-1970 |
Hard Times |
| Mark R. Hughes |
Business |
1956 |
21-May-2000 |
Herbalife founder |
| Harold Hunter |
Skateboarder |
2-Apr-1974 |
17-Feb-2006 |
Skateboarder in "Kids" |
| Michael Jackson |
Singer |
29-Aug-1958 |
25-Jun-2009 |
King of Pop |
| Anissa Jones |
Actor |
11-Mar-1958 |
28-Aug-1976 |
Buffy on Family Affair |
| Janis Joplin |
Singer |
19-Jan-1943 |
4-Oct-1970 |
Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart) |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| Dorothy Kilgallen |
Columnist |
3-Jul-1913 |
8-Nov-1965 |
What's My Line? |
| Thomas Kinkade |
Painter |
19-Jan-1958 |
6-Apr-2012 |
Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light" |
| Alan Ladd |
Actor |
3-Sep-1913 |
29-Jan-1964 |
Shane |
| Heath Ledger |
Actor |
4-Apr-1979 |
22-Jan-2008 |
Brokeback Mountain |
| Gerald Levert |
Singer |
13-Jul-1966 |
10-Nov-2006 |
Baby Hold on to Me |
| Lucretius |
Poet |
c. 99 BC |
c. 55 BC |
On the Nature of Things |
| Frankie Lymon |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Sep-1942 |
28-Feb-1968 |
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers |
| Phil Lynott |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Aug-1949 |
4-Jan-1986 |
Founder of Thin Lizzy |
| Gideon Mantell |
Geologist |
3-Feb-1790 |
10-Nov-1852 |
English paleontologist and geologist |
| Aimee Semple McPherson |
Religion |
9-Oct-1890 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Evangelist, faith healer |
| Keith Moon |
Drummer |
23-Aug-1946 |
7-Sep-1978 |
Drummer for The Who |
| Brad Nowell |
Musician |
22-Feb-1968 |
25-May-1996 |
Lead singer of Sublime |
| Lani O'Grady |
Actor |
2-Oct-1954 |
25-Sep-2001 |
Mary Bradford on Eight Is Enough |
| Johnny O'Keefe |
Musician |
6-Jan-1935 |
6-Oct-1978 |
King of Australian rock and roll |
| Gram Parsons |
Musician |
5-Nov-1946 |
19-Sep-1973 |
Flying Burrito Brothers |
| Robert Pastorelli |
Actor |
21-Jun-1954 |
8-Mar-2004 |
Housepainter on Murphy Brown |
| Kristen Pfaff |
Bassist |
26-May-1967 |
16-Jun-1994 |
Bassist for Hole and Janitor Joe |
| River Phoenix |
Actor |
23-Aug-1970 |
31-Oct-1993 |
My Own Private Idaho |
| Rob Pilatus |
Dancer |
8-Jun-1965 |
2-Apr-1998 |
Troubled half of Milli Vanilli |
| Pimp C |
Rapper |
29-Dec-1973 |
4-Dec-2007 |
Half of UGK |
| Robert Quine |
Guitarist |
30-Dec-1942 |
31-May-2004 |
Sonic punk rock guitarist |
| Glenn Quinn |
Actor |
28-May-1970 |
3-Dec-2002 |
Mark Healy on Roseanne |
| Dee Dee Ramone |
Bassist |
18-Sep-1952 |
5-Jun-2002 |
Former bassist, The Ramones |
| Brad Renfro |
Actor |
25-Jul-1982 |
15-Jan-2008 |
The Client |
| David Ruffin |
Singer |
18-Jan-1941 |
1-Jun-1991 |
The Temptations |
| Bon Scott |
Musician |
9-Jul-1946 |
19-Feb-1980 |
Lead Singer for AC/DC |
| DJ Screw |
Disc Jockey |
20-Jul-1971 |
16-Nov-2000 |
Screw Music inventor |
| Jean Seberg |
Actor |
13-Nov-1938 |
8-Sep-1979 |
Saint Joan |
| Edie Sedgwick |
Socialite |
20-Apr-1943 |
16-Nov-1971 |
Warhol factory girl |
| Eric Show |
Baseball |
19-May-1956 |
16-Mar-1994 |
MLB pitcher |
| Hillel Slovak |
Guitarist |
13-Apr-1962 |
25-Jun-1988 |
Guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
| Anna Nicole Smith |
Model |
28-Nov-1967 |
8-Feb-2007 |
Addled golddigger |
| Daniel Smith |
Relative |
22-Jan-1986 |
10-Sep-2006 |
Son of Anna Nicole Smith |
| Layne Staley |
Musician |
22-Aug-1967 |
14-Apr-2002 |
Frontman for Alice In Chains |
| Johnny Thunders |
Guitarist |
15-Jul-1952 |
23-Apr-1991 |
New York Dolls guitarist |
| Ike Turner |
Musician |
5-Nov-1931 |
12-Dec-2007 |
River Deep, Mountain High |
| Mary Ure |
Actor |
18-Feb-1933 |
3-Apr-1975 |
Sons and Lovers |
| Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
| Robert Walker |
Actor |
13-Oct-1918 |
28-Aug-1951 |
Strangers on a Train |
| Dinah Washington |
Singer |
29-Aug-1924 |
14-Dec-1963 |
Queen of the Blues |
| Kenneth Williams |
Actor |
22-Feb-1926 |
15-Apr-1988 |
Carry on... |
