LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Ann Ayars	Actor	23-Jul-1918	27-Feb-1995	The Youngest Profession
Syd Barrett	Musician	6-Jan-1946	7-Jul-2006	Pink Floyd
Richard Bartlett	Film Director	8-Nov-1922	11-Jun-1994	Joe Dakota
Alexander Graham Bell	Inventor	3-Mar-1847	2-Aug-1922	Inventor of the telephone
David Broder	Journalist	11-Sep-1929	9-Mar-2011	Washington Post reporter
Danny Joe Brown	Singer/Songwriter	24-Aug-1951	10-Mar-2005	Singer for Molly Hatchet
Mordecai Brown	Baseball	19-Oct-1876	14-Feb-1948	Three Finger Brown
Blanche K. Bruce	Politician	1-Mar-1841	17-Mar-1898	US Senator, former slave
Daniel H. Burnham	Architect	4-Sep-1846	1-Jun-1912	Built skyscrapers and planned cities
Don Callander	Novelist	23-Mar-1930	26-Jul-2008	Pyromancer
Nell Carter	Actor	13-Sep-1948	23-Jan-2003	Housekeeper on Gimme A Break
Johnny Cash	Country Musician	26-Feb-1932	12-Sep-2003	The Man in Black
Hal Clement	Novelist	20-May-1922	29-Oct-2003	Mission of Gravity
Bettino Craxi	Head of State	24-Feb-1934	19-Jan-2000	Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87
Charles Demuth	Painter	8-Nov-1883	23-Oct-1935	I Saw the Figure Five in Gold
Eric Dolphy	Jazz Musician	20-Jun-1928	29-Jun-1964	Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist
Thomas Edison	Inventor	11-Feb-1847	18-Oct-1931	Invented the light bulb
John Ehrlichman	Government	20-Mar-1925	14-Feb-1999	Watergate criminal, served time
John Fante	Author	8-Apr-1909	8-May-1983	Bukowski's idol
Totie Fields	Comic	7-May-1930	2-Aug-1978	Weight-conscious comedienne
Ella Fitzgerald	Singer	25-Apr-1917	15-Jun-1996	The First Lady of Jazz
Mary Ford	Singer	7-Jul-1924	30-Sep-1977	Les Paul & Mary Ford
Nathan Bedford Forrest	Military	13-Jul-1821	29-Oct-1877	Confederate Cavalry General
Lucio Fulci	Film Director	17-Jun-1927	13-Mar-1996	The Beyond
Sydney Greenstreet	Actor	27-Dec-1879	18-Jan-1954	Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon
John Howard Griffin	Author	16-Jul-1920	9-Sep-1980	Black Like Me
Buddy Hackett	Comic	31-Aug-1924	30-Jun-2003	Abrasive old school comic
Gus Hall	Activist	8-Oct-1910	13-Oct-2000	Leader, Communist Party USA
H. Tracy Hall	Chemist	20-Oct-1919	25-Jul-2008	Synthetic diamonds
Smith Hempstone, Jr.	Diplomat	1-Feb-1929	19-Nov-2006	US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93
Pete Henry	Football	31-Oct-1897	7-Feb-1952	NFL Hall-of-Famer
Christopher Hewett	Actor	5-Apr-1922	3-Aug-2001	Mr. Belvedere
Dana Hill	Actor	6-May-1964	15-Jul-1996	Audrey Griswold in European Vacation
Shirley Horn	Musician	1-May-1934	20-Oct-2005	Here's To Life
Waylon Jennings	Country Musician	15-Jun-1937	13-Feb-2002	Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
Richard Jewell	Victim	17-Nov-1962	29-Aug-2007	Innocent security guard blamed for bombing
Nancy Kelly	Actor	25-Mar-1921	2-Jan-1995	The Bad Seed
Walt Kelly	Cartoonist	25-Aug-1913	18-Oct-1973	Creator of Pogo
Mabel King	Actor	25-Dec-1932	9-Nov-1999	What's Happening!
Rose Wilder Lane	Author	5-Dec-1886	30-Oct-1968	The Discovery of Freedom
Rosemary Lane	Actor	4-Apr-1914	25-Nov-1974	Four Daughters
Curtis Mayfield	Musician	3-Jun-1942	26-Dec-1999	Superfly soundtrack
Edwin M. McMillan	Physicist	18-Sep-1907	7-Sep-1991	Discovered neptunium and plutonium
George Mikan	Basketball	18-Jun-1924	1-Jun-2005	Minneapolis Lakers center
Rudy Ray Moore	Actor	17-Mar-1937	19-Oct-2008	Dolemite
Talbot Mundy	Novelist	23-Apr-1879	5-Aug-1940	King of the Khyber Rifles
John Osborne	Playwright	12-Dec-1929	24-Dec-1994	Look Back in Anger
LaWanda Page	Actor	19-Oct-1920	14-Sep-2002	Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son
David Peaston	Singer	13-Mar-1957	1-Feb-2012	Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right
Zoogz Rift	Musician	10-Jul-1953	22-Mar-2011	Island of Living Puke
Esther Rolle	Actor	8-Nov-1920	17-Nov-1998	Florida Evans on Good Times
Artie Shaw	Musician	23-May-1910	30-Dec-2004	Clarinetist, big band leader
Joseph J. Sisco	Diplomat	31-Oct-1919	23-Nov-2004	Kissinger's Mideast Deputy
Kate Smith	Singer	1-May-1907	17-Jun-1986	God Bless America
Duke Snider	Baseball	19-Sep-1926	27-Feb-2011	Dodgers Hall of Famer
Guy Stockwell	Actor	16-Nov-1934	6-Feb-2002	Beau Geste
Hank Stram	Football	3-Jan-1923	4-Jul-2005	Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs
Michael Vale	TV Personality	28-Jun-1922	24-Dec-2005	Time to make the donuts
Ismael Valenzuela	Jockey	25-Dec-1934	2-Sep-2009	Winner, 1958 and 1968 Kentucky Derby
Jules Verne	Author	8-Feb-1828	24-Mar-1905	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Laura Ingalls Wilder	Novelist	7-Feb-1867	10-Feb-1957	Little House on the Prairie
Carroll D. Wright	Sociologist	25-Jul-1840	20-Feb-1909	The Industrial Evolution of the United States
Zulu	Actor	17-Oct-1937	3-May-2004	Kono on Hawaii 5-O

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