| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Pedro de Alvarado |
Military |
c. 1495 |
4-Jul-1541 |
Spanish conqueror of Americas |
| John Alvin |
Actor |
24-Oct-1917 |
27-Feb-2009 |
The Fighting Sullivans |
| Kingsley Amis |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1922 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Lucky Jim |
| Robert O. Anderson |
Business |
13-Apr-1917 |
2-Dec-2007 |
CEO of ARCO, 1966-86 |
| Earl Anthony |
Bowling |
27-Apr-1938 |
14-Aug-2001 |
Professional bowler |
| Laura Ashley |
Fashion Designer |
7-Sep-1925 |
17-Sep-1985 |
Welsh designer |
| Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
| Red Badgro |
Football |
1-Dec-1902 |
13-Jul-1998 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| John Balance |
Electronic Musician |
16-Feb-1962 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Coil |
| Malcolm Baldrige |
Politician |
4-Oct-1922 |
25-Jul-1987 |
US Secretary of Commerce 1981-87 |
| Bruce Bennett |
Actor |
19-May-1906 |
24-Feb-2007 |
Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials |
| Salvador Jorge Blanco |
Head of State |
5-Jul-1926 |
26-Dec-2010 |
President of Dominican Republic, 1982-86 |
| Umberto Boccioni |
Painter |
19-Oct-1882 |
17-Aug-1916 |
Italian Futurist painter and sculptor |
| Fortunio Bonanova |
Singer |
13-Jan-1895 |
2-Apr-1969 |
Citizen Kane |
| Beulah Bondi |
Actor |
3-May-1888 |
1-Jan-1981 |
Make Way for Tomorrow |
| Vance Bourjaily |
Novelist |
17-Sep-1922 |
31-Aug-2010 |
The End of My Life |
| David Brinkley |
Journalist |
10-Jul-1920 |
11-Jun-2003 |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| William Cullen Bryant |
Poet |
3-Nov-1794 |
12-Jun-1878 |
Editor, The New York Evening Post |
| Octavia Butler |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1947 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Patternmaster |
| George Washington Carver |
Botanist |
c. 1860 |
5-Jan-1943 |
Crop rotation and peanut butter |
| Gordon Childe |
Archaeologist |
14-Apr-1892 |
19-Oct-1957 |
The Dawn of European Civilisation |
| Gary Coleman |
Actor |
8-Feb-1968 |
28-May-2010 |
Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes |
| Jeff Corey |
Actor |
10-Aug-1914 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Little Big Man |
| Robert Culp |
Actor |
16-Aug-1930 |
24-Mar-2010 |
I Spy |
| Jubal Early |
Military |
3-Nov-1816 |
2-Mar-1894 |
Confederate General |
| Stephen Collins Foster |
Songwriter |
4-Jul-1826 |
13-Jan-1864 |
My Old Kentucky Home |
| Phyllis Fraser |
Socialite |
22-Jun-1911 |
24-Nov-2006 |
Wife of Bennett Cerf |
| Jonathan Frid |
Actor |
2-Dec-1924 |
14-Apr-2012 |
Dark Shadows |
| Hugo Friedhofer |
Composer |
3-May-1901 |
17-May-1981 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Jerry Fuchs |
Drummer |
c. 1974 |
8-Nov-2009 |
Maserati, !!! |
| Frank Gannett |
Business |
15-Sep-1876 |
3-Dec-1957 |
Founder, Gannett publishing empire |
| William F. Giauque |
Chemist |
12-May-1895 |
28-Mar-1982 |
Adiabatic demagnetization |
| Katharine Graham |
Publisher |
16-Jun-1917 |
17-Jul-2001 |
Washington Post publisher, 1966-79 |
| Rob Grill |
Musician |
30-Nov-1943 |
11-Jul-2011 |
Lead Vocalist, The Grass Roots |
| Kenny Guinn |
Politician |
24-Aug-1936 |
22-Jul-2010 |
Governor of Nevada, 1999-2007 |
| Otto Hahn |
Chemist |
8-Mar-1879 |
28-Jul-1968 |
Demonstrated fission |
| Owen Hart |
Wrestling |
7-May-1965 |
23-May-1999 |
Wrestler fell to his death |
| Howard Hawks |
Film Director |
30-May-1896 |
26-Dec-1977 |
Rio Bravo |
| Ron Hayes |
Actor |
26-Feb-1929 |
1-Oct-2004 |
Ben Jones on The Rounders |
| Chick Hearn |
Journalist |
27-Nov-1916 |
5-Aug-2002 |
Legendary basketball announcer |
| Kenneth J. Hendricks |
Business |
8-Sep-1941 |
21-Dec-2007 |
Billionaire, ABC Supply |
| William Holden |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Stalag 17 |
| Roman Hruska |
Politician |
16-Aug-1904 |
25-Apr-1999 |
US Senator from Nebraska, 1954-76 |
| Jeffrey Hunter |
Actor |
25-Nov-1926 |
27-May-1969 |
King of Kings |
| Paul Iams |
Business |
11-Aug-1915 |
26-Oct-2004 |
Pet food manufacturer |
| Isaac M. Jordan |
Politician |
5-May-1835 |
3-Dec-1890 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1883-85 |
| Genghis Khan |
Royalty |
c. 1162 AD |
18-Aug-1227 |
World's most successful conqueror |
| Edward J. King |
Politician |
11-May-1925 |
18-Sep-2006 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1979-83 |
| Roy Kinnear |
Actor |
8-Jan-1934 |
20-Sep-1988 |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
| Henry Kolker |
Actor |
13-Nov-1870 |
15-Jul-1947 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Tony Lazzeri |
Baseball |
6-Dec-1903 |
6-Aug-1946 |
Yankees second baseman, Hall-of-Famer |
| Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
| Lester Maddox |
Politician |
30-Sep-1915 |
25-Jun-2003 |
Governor of Georgia, 1967-71 |
| Max McGee |
Football |
16-Jul-1932 |
20-Oct-2007 |
Former WR, Green Bay Packers |
| Charles McGraw |
Actor |
10-May-1914 |
30-Jul-1980 |
Armored Car Robbery |
| George Meader |
Politician |
13-Sep-1907 |
15-Oct-1994 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1951-65 |
| Col. Robert Morgan |
Military |
31-Jul-1918 |
15-May-2004 |
Pilot of The Memphis Belle |
| Mo Mowlam |
Politician |
18-Sep-1949 |
19-Aug-2005 |
Former Labour MP |
| Ronald Neame |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1911 |
16-Jun-2010 |
The Poseidon Adventure |
| Nico |
Musician |
16-Oct-1938 |
18-Jul-1988 |
The Velvet Underground and Nico |
| Derek Nimmo |
Actor |
19-Sep-1930 |
24-Feb-1999 |
All Gas and Gaiters |
| William of Orange |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1650 |
8-Mar-1702 |
Conquered England, Scotland, Ireland |
| Robert Peel |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1788 |
2-Jul-1850 |
U.K. Prime Minister |
| Charles Pfizer |
Chemist |
1824 |
19-Oct-1906 |
Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals |
| James Pike |
Religion |
14-Feb-1913 |
Sep-1969 |
5th Episcopal Bishop of California |
| Richard Poirier |
Critic |
9-Sep-1925 |
15-Aug-2009 |
Raritan, A Quarterly Review |
| David H. Popper |
Diplomat |
3-Oct-1912 |
24-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1974-77 |
| William F. Quinn |
Politician |
13-Jul-1919 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Governor of Hawaii, 1957-62 |
| Maxwell M. Rabb |
Attorney |
28-Sep-1910 |
9-Jun-2002 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1981-89 |
| Jane Randolph |
Actor |
30-Oct-1915 |
4-May-2009 |
Cat People |
| Abe Reles |
Criminal |
1906 |
12-Nov-1941 |
Hitman for Murder, Inc. |
| Lynne Roberts |
Actor |
22-Nov-1919 |
1-Apr-1978 |
American character actress |
| Bob Rosburg |
Golf |
21-Oct-1926 |
14-May-2009 |
Winner, 1959 PGA Championship |
| Lou Saban |
Football |
13-Oct-1921 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Head Coach in AFL, NFL, and NCAA |
| John D. Scanlan |
Diplomat |
20-Dec-1927 |
20-Nov-2007 |
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1985-89 |
| Glenn Shadix |
Actor |
15-Apr-1952 |
7-Sep-2010 |
Beetlejuice |
| George Bernard Shaw |
Playwright |
26-Jul-1856 |
2-Nov-1950 |
Irish dramatist and pamphleteer |
| Joseph Stein |
Playwright |
30-May-1912 |
24-Oct-2010 |
Fiddler on the Roof librettist |
| Dimitri Tiomkin |
Composer |
10-May-1894 |
11-Nov-1979 |
Wild Is the Wind |
| Sherman W. Tribbitt |
Politician |
9-Nov-1922 |
14-Aug-2010 |
Governor of Delaware, 1973-77 |
| Karel Van Miert |
Politician |
17-Jan-1942 |
22-Jun-2009 |
EU Commissioner for Competition, 1993-99 |
| Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| William Warfield |
Singer |
22-Jan-1920 |
25-Aug-2002 |
Porgy and Bess |
| Arthur K. Watson |
Business |
23-Apr-1919 |
26-Jul-1974 |
Past President of IBM World Corp. |
| Evelyn Waugh |
Novelist |
28-Oct-1903 |
10-Apr-1966 |
Brideshead Revisited |
| Daniel Webster |
Politician |
18-Jan-1782 |
24-Oct-1852 |
The completest man |
| John L. Weinberg |
Business |
25-Jan-1925 |
7-Aug-2006 |
Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90 |
| George Weissman |
Business |
12-Jul-1919 |
24-Jul-2009 |
CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84 |
| Michael Wilding |
Actor |
23-Jul-1912 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Torch Song |
| William the Conqueror |
Royalty |
c. 1027 |
9-Sep-1087 |
Invaded, conquered England in 1066 |
| Sewall Wright |
Biologist |
21-Dec-1889 |
3-Mar-1988 |
Mathematics of evolution |
