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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bud Abbott
Actor
2-Oct-1895 24-Apr-1974 Half of Abbott and Costello
Rodolfo Acosta
Actor
29-Jul-1920 7-Nov-1974 Bandido
Edie Adams
Actor
16-Apr-1925 15-Oct-2008 Lover Come Back
Joseph P. Addabbo
Politician
17-Mar-1925 10-Apr-1986 Congressman from New York, 1961-86
Dawn Addams
Actor
21-Sep-1930 7-May-1985 A King in New York
Larry Adler
Musician
10-Feb-1914 6-Aug-2001 Mouth organ virtuoso
Claude Akins
Actor
25-May-1926 27-Jan-1994 Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Lloyd Alexander
Novelist
30-Jan-1924 17-May-2007 The Chronicles of Prydain
Shana Alexander
Journalist
6-Oct-1925 23-Jun-2005 Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder
Margery Allingham
Novelist
20-May-1904 30-Jun-1966 Albert Campion detective novels
Claud Allister
Actor
3-Oct-1888 26-Jul-1970 The Reluctant Dragon
Astrid Allwyn
Actor
27-Nov-1905 31-Mar-1978 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Luis W. Alvarez
Physicist
13-Jun-1911 1-Sep-1988 Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs
Adrienne Ames
Actor
3-Aug-1907 31-May-1947 You're Telling Me!
Robert Anderson
Business
2-Nov-1920 28-Oct-2006 Chairman of Rockwell, 1979-88
Warner Anderson
Actor
10-Mar-1911 26-Aug-1976 Matthew Swain on Peyton Place
Heather Angel
Actor
9-Feb-1909 13-Dec-1986 Lifeboat
Rocky Aoki
Business
9-Oct-1938 10-Jul-2008 Benihana founder
Anne L. Armstrong
Government
27-Dec-1927 30-Jul-2008 US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77
Robert Armstrong
Actor
20-Nov-1890 20-Apr-1973 King Kong
Roland Arnall
Business
29-Mar-1939 17-Mar-2008 Ameriquest billionaire
Hal Ashby
Film Director
2-Sep-1929 27-Dec-1988 Harold and Maude
Chet Atkins
Guitarist
20-Jun-1924 30-Jun-2001 Prominent country picker
Rudolf Bahro
Philosopher
18-Nov-1935 5-Dec-1997 The Alternative in Eastern Europe
Beryl Bainbridge
Novelist
21-Nov-1934 2-Jul-2010 Master Georgie
Elliott Baker
Novelist
15-Dec-1922 9-Feb-2007 A Fine Madness
J. G. Ballard
Author
18-Nov-1930 19-Apr-2009 Empire of the Sun, Crash
Carter T. Barron
Business
30-Jan-1905 16-Nov-1950 Washington advocate for the arts
Robert L. Bartley
Editor
12-Oct-1937 10-Dec-2003 Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003
Alan Baxter
Actor
19-Nov-1908 7-May-1976 Saboteur
Romare Bearden
Painter
2-Sep-1911 12-Mar-1988 Collagist
William P. Benton
Business
4-Nov-1923 19-Feb-2009 Former VP at Ford
Dave Berg
Cartoonist
12-Jun-1920 17-May-2002 The Lighter Side of...
Samuel D. Berger
Diplomat
6-Dec-1911 12-Feb-1980 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64
Georges Bernanos
Novelist
20-Feb-1888 5-Jul-1948 The Diary of a Country Priest
Prince Bernhard
Royalty
29-Jun-1911 1-Dec-2004 Prince of the Netherlands
Marina Berti
Actor
29-Sep-1924 29-Oct-2002 La califfa
Willie Best
Actor
27-May-1913 27-Feb-1962 Sleep 'n' Eat
Alexander Bickel
Scholar
17-Dec-1924 7-Nov-1974 The Least Dangerous Branch
Michael Billington
Actor
24-Dec-1941 3-Jun-2005 Col. Paul Foster on UFO
William Bishop
Actor
16-Jul-1918 3-Oct-1959 The Killer That Stalked New York
Betsy Blair
Actor
11-Dec-1923 13-Mar-2009 Marty
Whitney Blake
Actor
20-Feb-1925 28-Sep-2002 Mrs. B on Hazel
Mari Blanchard
Actor
13-Apr-1927 10-May-1970 She-Devil
Ernest Bloch
Composer
24-Jul-1880 15-Jul-1959 Schelomo
Lloyd Bochner
Actor
29-Jul-1924 29-Oct-2005 It's a cookbook
Charles E. Bohlen
Diplomat
30-Aug-1904 31-Dec-1974 US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57
Ray Bolger
Actor
10-Jan-1904 15-Jan-1987 The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow
Omar Bongo
Head of State
30-Dec-1935 7-Jun-2009 President of Gabon, 1967-2009
Veda Ann Borg
Actor
11-Jan-1915 16-Aug-1973 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Pauline Borghese
Relative
20-Oct-1780 9-Jun-1825 Sister of Napoleon Bonaparte
Norman Borlaug
Scientist
25-Mar-1914 12-Sep-2009 Engineered disease-resistant wheat
Frank Borzage
Film Director
23-Apr-1894 19-Jun-1962 A Farewell to Arms
Kenneth E. Boulding
Economist
18-Jan-1910 18-Mar-1993 The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society
Pierre Bourdieu
Anthropologist
1-Aug-1930 23-Jan-2002 Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste
Julie Bovasso
Actor
1-Aug-1930 14-Sep-1991 Saturday Night Fever
Daniel Bovet
Scientist
23-Mar-1907 8-Apr-1992 Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide
Alice Brady
Actor
2-Nov-1892 28-Oct-1939 In Old Chicago
Johannes Brahms
Composer
7-May-1833 3-Apr-1897 Ein deutsches Requiem
Owen Brewster
Politician
22-Feb-1888 25-Dec-1961 Governor and Senator from Maine
Jean-Claude Brialy
Actor
30-Mar-1933 30-May-2007 Une femme est une femme
James Bridges
Film Director
3-Feb-1936 6-Jun-1993 Urban Cowboy and The Paper Chase
Barbara Britton
Actor
26-Sep-1919 17-Jan-1980 Mr. and Mrs. North
Philippe de Broca
Film Director
15-Mar-1933 26-Nov-2004 King of Hearts
Wallace R. Brode
Chemist
12-Jun-1900 10-Aug-1974 Absorption spectra of dyes
James Broderick
Actor
7-Mar-1927 1-Nov-1982 Doug Lawrence on Family
Steve Brodie
Actor
21-Nov-1919 9-Jan-1992 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Geraldine Brooks
Actor
29-Oct-1925 19-Jun-1977 The Reckless Moment
Rand Brooks
Actor
21-Sep-1918 1-Sep-2003 Gone With the Wind
Chandler Brossard
Novelist
18-Jul-1922 29-Aug-1993 The Bold Saboteurs
Nacio Herb Brown
Songwriter
22-Feb-1896 28-Sep-1964 Singin' in the Rain
R. Hanbury Brown
Astronomer
31-Aug-1916 16-Jan-2002 Optical intensity interferometer
Vanessa Brown
Actor
24-Mar-1928 21-May-1999 The Late George Apley
Roscoe Lee Browne
Actor
2-May-1925 11-Apr-2007 Character actor, 1960s to 2000s
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Government
20-Feb-1904 1-May-1996 US Attorney General, 1953-57
Tod Browning
Film Director
12-Jul-1882 6-Oct-1962 Freaks
Virginia Bruce
Actor
29-Sep-1910 24-Feb-1982 The Invisible Woman
Heidi Brühl
Actor
30-Jan-1941 8-Jun-1991 The Eiger Sanction
Melvin T. Brunetti
Judge
10-Nov-1933 30-Oct-2009 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-99
Spring Byington
Actor
17-Oct-1886 7-Sep-1971 You Can't Take it With You
Ernest Callenbach
Author
3-Apr-1929 16-Apr-2012 Ecotopia
Corinne Camacho
Actor
2-Mar-1942 15-Sep-2010 Dr. Jeanne Bartlett on Medical Center
Rod Cameron
Actor
7-Dec-1910 21-Dec-1983 The Bounty Killer
Vincent Canby
Critic
27-Jul-1924 15-Sep-2000 Film/Theater Critic, The New York Times
Judy Canova
Actor
20-Nov-1913 5-Aug-1983 Comic actress, vaudevillian
Lázaro Cárdenas
Head of State
21-May-1895 19-Oct-1970 President of Mexico, 1934-40
Eric Carr
Drummer
12-Jul-1950 24-Nov-1991 Drummer for KISS
Leo Carrillo
Actor
6-Aug-1881 10-Sep-1961 Pancho on The Cisco Kid
Leo G. Carroll
Actor
25-Oct-1892 16-Oct-1972 Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Angela Carter
Author
7-May-1940 16-Feb-1992 Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
Rosalind Cash
Actor
31-Dec-1938 31-Oct-1995 The Omega Man
Joan Caulfield
Actor
1-Jun-1922 18-Jun-1991 Dear Ruth
Gower Champion
Theater Director
22-Jun-1921 25-Aug-1980 Show Boat
Don Chandler
Football
5-Sep-1934 11-Aug-2011 Former NFL placekicker
Frederic L. Chapin
Diplomat
13-Jul-1929 8-Sep-1989 US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84
Paddy Chayefsky
Playwright
29-Jan-1923 1-Aug-1981 Network
Liz Claiborne
Fashion Designer
31-Mar-1929 26-Jun-2007 Founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc.
Colin Clark
Film/TV Producer
9-Oct-1932 17-Dec-2002 My Week with Marilyn
Dutch Clark
Football
11-Oct-1906 5-Aug-1978 NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Tailback
Kenneth B. Clark
Psychologist
14-Jul-1914 1-May-2005 Studied the effects of prejudice on children
Mark Clark
Military
1-May-1896 17-Apr-1984 US Army Chief of Staff
Walter van Tilburg Clark
Novelist
3-Aug-1909 10-Nov-1971 The Ox-Bow Incident
Alan Clarke
Film Director
28-Oct-1935 24-Jul-1990 Scum
Mae Clarke
Actor
16-Aug-1910 29-Apr-1992 Waterloo Bridge
James Clavell
Novelist
10-Oct-1924 7-Sep-1994 Shogun and The Great Escape
Jan Clayton
Actor
26-Aug-1917 28-Aug-1983 Ellen Miller on Lassie
Lucille Clifton
Poet
27-Jun-1936 13-Feb-2010 Good Woman
Ty Cobb
Baseball
18-Dec-1886 17-Jul-1961 Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
Alexander Cockburn
Columnist
6-Jun-1941 20-Jul-2012 The Nation, CounterPunch
George M. Cohan
Composer
3-Jul-1878 5-Nov-1942 Yankee Doodle Dandy
Jeffery Cohelan
Politician
24-Jun-1914 15-Feb-1999 Congressman from California, 1959-71
Cozy Cole
Jazz Musician
17-Oct-1909 29-Jan-1981 Topsy Part 2
LeRoy Collins
Politician
10-Mar-1909 12-Mar-1991 Governor of Florida, 1955-61
Maureen Connolly
Tennis
17-Sep-1934 21-Jun-1969 Little Mo
Chris Connor
Singer
8-Nov-1927 29-Aug-2009 Jazz singer, I Miss You
Charles Cooley
Educator
17-Aug-1864 8-May-1929 Looking-glass self
Melville Cooper
Actor
15-Oct-1896 31-Mar-1973 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Ralph Cooper
Actor
16-Jan-1908 4-Apr-1992 The Dark Gable
Allan M. Cormack
Physicist
23-Feb-1924 7-May-1998 Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans)
Aneta Corsaut
Actor
3-Nov-1933 6-Nov-1995 The Andy Griffith Show
Lawrence Coughlin
Politician
11-Apr-1929 30-Nov-2001 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93
Donald J. Cram
Chemist
22-Apr-1919 17-Jun-2001 Synthesis of molecules
Floyd Cramer
Country Musician
27-Oct-1933 31-Dec-1997 Country music pianist
Ruth Porter Crawford
Musicologist
3-Jul-1901 18-Nov-1953 Composer, musical ethnologist
John Patrick Crecine
Educator
22-Aug-1939 28-Apr-2008 President of Georgia Tech, 1987-94
Michael Crichton
Novelist
23-Oct-1942 4-Nov-2008 Jurassic Park
Paul Cronin
Government
14-Mar-1938 5-Apr-1997 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-75
Bob Crosby
Musician
25-Aug-1913 9-Mar-1993 The Bob Crosby Orchestra
Richard Crossman
Politician
15-Dec-1907 5-Apr-1974 Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68
Michael Curtiz
Film Director
24-Dec-1886 10-Apr-1962 Casablanca
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Religion
24-Aug-1895 2-Nov-1970 Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70
Cathryn Damon
Actor
11-Sep-1930 4-May-1987 Mary Campbell on Soap
Bob Davies
Basketball
15-Jan-1920 22-Apr-1990 Rochester Royals, Hall of Famer
Marion Davies
Actor
3-Jan-1897 22-Sep-1961 When Knighthood Was in Flower
Rupert Davies
Actor
22-May-1916 22-Nov-1976 Inspector Maigret
Gail Davis
Actor
5-Oct-1925 15-Mar-1997 Annie Oakley
Nathaniel Davis
Diplomat
12-Apr-1925 16-May-2011 US Ambassador to Chile, 1971-73
George Draper Dayton
Business
6-Mar-1857 18-Feb-1938 Founder of what is now Target Stores
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
Michael Denison
Actor
1-Nov-1915 22-Jul-1998 Shadowlands
Reginald Denny
Actor
20-Nov-1891 16-Jun-1967 English actor and RC airplane popularizer
Richard Derr
Actor
15-Jun-1918 8-May-1992 When Worlds Collide
Edward J. Derwinski
Politician
15-Sep-1926 15-Jan-2012 US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92
Colleen Dewhurst
Actor
3-Jun-1924 2-Aug-1991 Murphy Brown's mother
Leo Diegel
Golf
27-Apr-1899 8-May-1951 Winner, 1928 and 1929 PGA Championships
Edsger Dijkstra
Computer Programmer
11-May-1930 6-Aug-2002 Enemy of the goto statement
Yvonne Dionne
Victim
28-May-1934 23-Jun-2001 Canadian quintuplets put on display
Claire Dodd
Actor
29-Dec-1908 23-Nov-1973 Footlight Parade
Faith Domergue
Actor
16-Jun-1924 4-Apr-1999 Where Danger Lives
King Donovan
Actor
25-Jan-1918 30-Jun-1987 Character actor husband of Imogene Coca
Gordon Douglas
Film Director
15-Dec-1907 29-Sep-1993 Them!
Marie Dressler
Actor
2-Nov-1868 28-Jul-1934 Min and Bill
Don Dubbins
Actor
28-Jun-1928 17-Aug-1991 The D.I.
E. A. Dupont
Film Director
25-Dec-1891 12-Dec-1956 Piccadilly
Marguerite Duras
Novelist
4-Apr-1914 3-Mar-1996 Hiroshima mon Amour
Dan Duryea
Actor
23-Jan-1907 7-Jun-1968 The Little Foxes
Timothy Dwight
Educator
14-May-1752 11-Jan-1817 President of Yale, 1795-1817
William J. Dyess
Diplomat
1-Aug-1929 6-Jan-1996 US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83
Edward Elgar
Composer
2-Jun-1857 23-Feb-1934 Pomp and Circumstance
Ross Elliott
Actor
18-Jun-1917 12-Aug-1999 Sheriff Abbott on The Virginian
Wild Bill Elliott
Actor
16-Oct-1903 26-Nov-1965 1940s movie cowboy
Patricia Ellis
Actor
20-May-1916 26-Mar-1970 Picture Snatcher
John Hart Ely
Scholar
3-Dec-1938 25-Oct-2003 Democracy and Distrust
Zhou Enlai
Head of State
5-Mar-1898 8-Jan-1976 Mao's right-hand man
Paul Erdman
Economist
19-May-1932 23-Apr-2007 The Billion Dollar Sure Thing
Leif Erickson
Actor
27-Oct-1911 29-Jan-1986 The High Chaparral
M. C. Escher
Artist
17-Jun-1898 27-Mar-1972 Illogical lithographer
Madge Evans
Actor
1-Jul-1909 26-Apr-1981 Hallelujah I'm a Bum
Maurice Evans
Actor
3-Jun-1901 12-Mar-1989 Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes
Myrna Fahey
Actor
12-Mar-1933 6-May-1973 Kay Banks on Father of the Bride
Percy Faith
Musician
7-Apr-1908 9-Feb-1976 Easy listening arranger and composer
Derek Farr
Actor
7-Feb-1912 22-Mar-1986 The Projected Man
Julia Faye
Actor
24-Sep-1893 6-Apr-1966 Silent film actress
Norman Fell
Actor
24-Mar-1924 14-Dec-1998 Mr. Roper on Three's Company
Edna Ferber
Novelist
15-Aug-1885 16-Apr-1968 Show Boat and Giant
Frank Ferguson
Actor
25-Dec-1899 12-Sep-1978 Eli Carson on Peyton Place
Glenn W. Ferguson
Educator
28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 University president, Ambassador to Kenya
Ruth Fertel
Business
5-Feb-1927 16-Apr-2002 Founder, Ruth's Chris Steak House
Virginia Field
Actor
4-Nov-1917 2-Jan-1992 Waterloo Bridge
Donald Fisher
Business
3-Sep-1928 27-Sep-2009 Co-Founder of The Gap
Irving Fisher
Economist
27-Feb-1867 29-Apr-1947 The Theory of Interest
Myron Floren
Musician
5-Nov-1919 23-Jul-2005 Accordionist for Lawrence Welk
Robert Florey
Film Director
14-Sep-1900 16-May-1979 Tarzan and the Mermaids
Constance Ford
Actor
1-Jul-1923 26-Feb-1993 Ada Hobson on Another World
Norman Foster
Film Director
13-Dec-1900 7-Jul-1976 Journey Into Fear
Marshall Frady
Journalist
11-Jan-1940 9-Mar-2004 Wallace
Bill France, Jr.
Auto Racing
4-Apr-1933 4-Jun-2007 CEO of NASCAR, 1972-2003
Kay Francis
Actor
13-Jan-1905 26-Aug-1968 Trouble in Paradise
Milton Frank
Diplomat
18-Nov-1919 13-Jan-1993 US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89
Bob Franks
Politician
21-Sep-1951 9-Apr-2010 Congressman from New Jersey, 1993-2001
Max Frisch
Novelist
15-May-1911 4-Apr-1991 Homo Faber
Hans Fritzsche
Government
21-Apr-1900 27-Sep-1953 Reich minister of radio propaganda
Assar Gabrielsson
Business
13-Aug-1891 28-May-1962 Co-Founder of Volvo
Slim Gaillard
Jazz Musician
4-Jan-1916 26-Feb-1991 Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti
Thomas Gainsborough
Painter
14-May-1727 2-Aug-1788 Portrait and landscape painter
Erle Chennault Galbraith
Relative
1-Dec-1922 11-Jan-2004 Widow of Al Jolson
Evan Griffith Galbraith
Business
2-Jul-1928 21-Jan-2008 US Ambassador to France, 1981-85
Lorena Gale
Actor
9-May-1958 21-Jun-2009 Je me souviens
Richard H. Gallagher
Engineer
17-Nov-1927 30-Sep-1997 Finite element method
John W. Gardner
Administrator
8-Oct-1912 16-Feb-2002 Founder of Common Cause
João Batista de Almeida Garrett
Playwright
4-Feb-1799 9-Dec-1854 Frei Luís da Sousa
Jim Garrison
Attorney
20-Nov-1921 21-Oct-1992 New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination
Ed Gein
Criminal
27-Aug-1906 26-Jul-1984 Serial killer and cannibal
Richard Gelb
Business
1924 4-Apr-2004 CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1972-93
Larry Gelbart
Film/TV Producer
25-Feb-1928 11-Sep-2009 M*A*S*H
Henry Gibson
Actor
21-Sep-1935 14-Sep-2009 Laugh-In
Tony Gillespie
Diplomat
22-Mar-1935 7-Mar-2008 US Ambassador to Chile, 1988-91
Arnold Gingrich
Journalist
5-Dec-1903 9-Jul-1976 Founder of Esquire magazine
Robert Ginty
Actor
14-Nov-1948 21-Sep-2009 The Exterminator
Natalia Ginzburg
Novelist
14-Jul-1916 7-Oct-1991 La strada che va in città
William Ewart Gladstone
Head of State
29-Dec-1809 19-May-1898 Four times UK Prime Minister
Erving Goffman
Sociologist
11-Jun-1922 19-Nov-1982 The Presentation of Self
Stephen M. Goldfeld
Economist
9-Aug-1940 25-Aug-1995 Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Head of State
6-Feb-1905 1-Sep-1982 Head of Polish Communists, 1956-70
Jade Goody
TV Personality
5-Jun-1981 22-Mar-2009 British TV celebrity
Marius Goring
Actor
23-May-1912 30-Sep-1998 The Red Shoes
Anne Gorsuch
Government
21-Apr-1942 18-Jul-2004 Reagan's EPA administrator forced to resign
Walter Gotell
Actor
15-Mar-1924 5-May-1997 Gen. Gogol in James Bond films
Harry Goz
Actor
16-Feb-1932 6-Sep-2003 Captain Murphy on Sealab 2021
J. Peter Grace
Business
25-May-1913 19-Apr-1995 W.R. Grace scion
Don Grady
Actor
8-Jun-1944 27-Jun-2012 Robbie Douglas on My Three Sons
Stewart Granger
Actor
6-May-1913 16-Aug-1993 King Solomon's Mines
Charles Gray
Actor
29-Aug-1928 7-Mar-2000 Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Dobie Gray
Singer/Songwriter
26-Jul-1940 6-Dec-2011 Drift Away
Hank Greenberg
Baseball
1-Jan-1911 4-Sep-1986 Two-time American League MVP
Jane Greer
Actor
9-Sep-1924 24-Aug-2001 Out of the Past
Pope Gregory XVI
Religion
18-Sep-1765 1-Jun-1846 Papal spendthrift, hated railroads
Ernest Gruening
Politician
6-Feb-1887 26-Jun-1974 US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69
Brion Gysin
Artist
19-Jan-1916 13-Jul-1986 Inventor of the Dreamachine
Walter Hagen
Golf
21-Dec-1892 5-Oct-1969 Won 11 major championships
Albert Hague
Composer
13-Oct-1920 12-Nov-2001 Redhead
William Haines
Actor
2-Jan-1900 26-Dec-1973 Hollywood's first openly gay leading man
Cynthia H. Hall
Judge
19-Feb-1929 26-Feb-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-97
Grayson Hall
Actor
18-Sep-1922 7-Aug-1985 The Night of the Iguana
Murray Hamilton
Actor
24-Mar-1923 1-Sep-1986 Jaws
Armand Hammer
Business
21-May-1898 10-Dec-1990 Soviet agent of influence
Edward Hardwicke
Actor
7-Aug-1932 16-May-2011 Capt. Pat Grant on Colditz
Robert Hayden
Poet
4-Aug-1913 25-Feb-1980 Words in the Mourning Time
Sterling Hayden
Actor
26-Mar-1916 23-May-1986 Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove
Harold J. Haynes
Business
29-Sep-1925 8-Jul-2009 CEO of Standard Oil of California, 1974-81
Robert Henri
Painter
25-Jun-1865 12-Jul-1929 Art Students League of New York
Jean Hersholt
Actor
12-Jul-1886 2-Jun-1956 Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund
John D. Hickerson
Diplomat
26-Jan-1898 18-Jan-1989 US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61
Fay Holden
Actor
26-Sep-1893 23-Jun-1973 Played Andy Hardy's mother
Robert D. Holmes
Politician
11-May-1909 6-Jun-1976 Governor of Oregon, 1957-59
Tim Holt
Actor
5-Feb-1918 15-Feb-1973 The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Harry Lloyd Hopkins
Government
17-Aug-1890 29-Jan-1946 US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40
Edward Everett Horton
Actor
18-Mar-1886 29-Sep-1970 Prolific 1930s comedic actor
Cal Hubbard
Football
31-Oct-1900 17-Oct-1977 NFL Hall of Famer, Baseball umpire
Arthur Hunnicutt
Actor
17-Feb-1910 26-Sep-1979 The Big Sky
H. Guy Hunt
Politician
17-Jun-1933 30-Jan-2009 Governor of Alabama, 1987-93
Evan Hunter
Novelist
15-Oct-1926 7-Jul-2005 The Blackboard Jungle
Virginia Huston
Actor
24-Apr-1925 28-Feb-1981 Tarzan's Peril
Arthur M. Hyde
Politician
12-Jul-1877 17-Oct-1947 Governor of Missouri, 1921-25
Ivan Illich
Philosopher
4-Sep-1926 2-Dec-2002 Deschooling Society
Christopher Isherwood
Author
26-Aug-1904 4-Jan-1986 The Berlin Stories
Sam Jaffe
Actor
10-Mar-1891 24-Mar-1984 Gunga Din
Skip James
Musician
21-Jun-1902 3-Oct-1969 Devil Got My Woman
Emil Jannings
Actor
23-Jul-1884 3-Jan-1950 The Last Command
Vic Janowicz
Football
26-Jan-1930 27-Feb-1996 Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy
Maurice Jarre
Composer
13-Sep-1924 29-Mar-2009 Score to Lawrence of Arabia
Ursula Jeans
Actor
5-May-1906 21-Apr-1973 The Dam Busters
Frank Jenks
Actor
4-Nov-1902 13-May-1962 Vaudvillian, character actor
Robert D. Joffe
Attorney
26-May-1943 28-Jan-2010 Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore
Olin D. Johnston
Politician
18-Nov-1896 18-Apr-1965 Governor and Senator from South Carolina
Carolyn Jones
Actor
28-Apr-1929 3-Aug-1983 Morticia on The Addams Family
G. Lewis Jones
Diplomat
18-May-1907 13-Nov-1971 US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59
Hamilton Jordan
Government
21-Sep-1944 20-May-2008 White House Chief of Staff, 1979-80
Michael H. Jordan
Business
13-Jun-1936 25-May-2010 CEO of EDS, 2003-07
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
First Lady
5-Mar-1898 23-Oct-2003 The Dragon Lady
Jack Kamen
Cartoonist
29-May-1920 5-Aug-2008 EC Comics artist
Fred Karlin
Musician
16-Jun-1936 26-Mar-2004 Won Oscar for For All We Know
Phil Karlson
Film Director
2-Jul-1908 12-Dec-1985 Walking Tall
Kurt Kasznar
Actor
13-Aug-1913 6-Aug-1979 Fitzhugh on Land of the Giants
Lee H. Katzin
Film Director
12-Apr-1935 30-Oct-2002 Le Mans
Samuel H. Kauffmann
Business
17-Jan-1924 4-Apr-2002 California tract housing developer
Sammy Kaye
Musician
13-Mar-1910 2-Jun-1987 Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye
Ruby Keeler
Actor
25-Aug-1909 28-Feb-1993 42nd Street
Patsy Kelly
Actor
12-Jan-1910 24-Sep-1981 Freaky Friday
Jack Kemp
Politician
13-Jul-1935 2-May-2009 American politican, football player
Burt Kennedy
Film Director
3-Sep-1922 15-Feb-2001 Support Your Local Sheriff
Douglas Kennedy
Actor
14-Sep-1915 10-Aug-1973 Steve Donovan, Western Marshal
Alexander Kerensky
Government
22-Apr-1881 11-Jun-1970 Head of pre-Bolshevik Russian government
Otto Kerner
Politician
15-Aug-1908 9-May-1976 Governor of Illinois, 1961-68
Hank Ketcham
Cartoonist
14-Mar-1920 1-Jun-2001 Dennis the Menace
Roland Kibbee
Screenwriter
15-Feb-1914 5-Aug-1984 A Night in Casablanca
Michael Kidd
Choreographer
12-Aug-1915 23-Dec-2007 Award-winning choreographer
Jack S. Kilby
Inventor
8-Nov-1923 20-Jun-2005 Electrical engineering pioneer
Tom Kindness
Politician
26-Aug-1929 8-Jan-2004 Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87
Zalman King
Film Director
23-May-1942 3-Feb-2012 9 1/2 Weeks
William R. Kintner
Scholar
21-Apr-1915 1-Feb-1997 Peace and the Strategy Conflict
Werner Klemperer
Actor
22-Mar-1920 6-Dec-2000 Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes
Diane Knippers
Religion
6-Jan-1952 18-Apr-2005 Conservative religious strategist
Catherine Baker Knoll
Politician
3-Sep-1930 12-Nov-2008 Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, 2003-08
Jack Kramer
Tennis
1-Aug-1921 12-Sep-2009 Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles
Volker Kriegel
Jazz Musician
24-Dec-1943 15-Jun-2003 "Father of jazz-rock"
Josef Krips
Conductor
8-Apr-1902 13-Oct-1974 Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63
Thomas Kuhn
Author
18-Jul-1922 17-Jun-1996 Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Nancy Kulp
Actor
28-Aug-1921 3-Feb-1991 Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies
Fernando Lamas
Actor
9-Jan-1915 8-Oct-1982 The Lost World
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Author
23-Dec-1896 23-Jul-1957 Il gattopardo
Steve Landesberg
Actor
23-Nov-1945 20-Dec-2010 Dietrich on Barney Miller
Elissa Landi
Actor
6-Dec-1904 21-Oct-1948 The Count of Monte Cristo
Jessie Royce Landis
Actor
25-Nov-1896 2-Nov-1972 North by Northwest
Paul Landres
Film Director
21-Aug-1912 26-Dec-2001 B-Movie and television director
Harriet Lane
First Lady
9-May-1830 3-Jul-1903 Niece of US President James Buchanan
Glenn Langan
Actor
8-Jul-1917 19-Jan-1991 The Amazing Colossal Man
Terry Lanni
Business
14-Mar-1943 14-Jul-2011 CEO of MGM Mirage, 1995-2008
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Playwright
19-Aug-1915 31-Oct-2000 Screenwriter, M*A*S*H
Philip Larkin
Poet
9-Aug-1922 2-Dec-1985 The Whitsun Weddings
Christopher Lasch
Author
1-Jun-1932 14-Feb-1994 The Culture of Narcissism
Frank Latimore
Actor
28-Sep-1925 29-Nov-1998 Shock
Emma Lazarus
Poet
22-Jul-1849 19-Nov-1887 The New Colossus
David Lean
Film Director
25-Mar-1908 16-Apr-1991 Lawrence of Arabia
Bernard Lee
Actor
10-Jan-1908 16-Jan-1981 James Bond's M
Andrea Leeds
Actor
14-Aug-1914 21-May-1984 Stage Door
Erich Leinsdorf
Conductor
4-Feb-1912 11-Sep-1993 Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69
Norman F. Lent
Politician
23-Mar-1931 11-Jun-2012 Congressman from New York, 1971-93
Lotte Lenya
Singer
18-Oct-1898 27-Nov-1981 The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Alfred Lerner
Business
8-May-1933 23-Oct-2002 CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002
Bethel Leslie
Actor
3-Aug-1929 28-Nov-1999 Theater actress
Edward B. Lewis
Scientist
20-May-1918 21-Jul-2004 Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate
Frank Licht
Politician
13-Mar-1916 30-May-1987 Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73
Eli Lilly
Business
8-Jul-1838 6-Jun-1898 Founder of Eli Lilly & Co.
Jenny Lind
Singer
6-Oct-1820 2-Nov-1887 Soprano, The Swedish Nightingale
Theo Lingen
Actor
10-Jun-1903 10-Nov-1978 German-Austrian comedian
Cruz Lizárraga
Musician
1-Jul-1918 17-Jun-1995 El Muchacho Alegre
James B. Longley
Politician
22-Apr-1924 16-Aug-1980 Governor of Maine, 1975-79
Edward Lorenz
Scientist
23-May-1917 16-Apr-2008 Chaos theory
Tilly Losch
Dancer
15-Nov-1903 24-Dec-1975 Ballet dancer, sometimes actress
Dorothy Loudon
Actor
17-Sep-1933 15-Nov-2003 American stage actress
Ben F. Love
Business
1924 13-Jan-2006 CEO of Texas Commerce Bank
Ada Lovelace
Mathematician
10-Dec-1815 27-Nov-1852 Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine
Robert H. Lowie
Anthropologist
12-Jun-1883 21-Sep-1957 American ethnologist
Buz Lukens
Politician
11-Feb-1931 22-May-2010 Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90
Edwin Lutyens
Architect
29-Mar-1869 1-Jan-1944 Laid the plan for New Delhi
Colin MacInnes
Novelist
20-Aug-1914 22-Apr-1976 Absolute Beginners
Helen Mack
Actor
13-Nov-1913 13-Aug-1986 The Son of Kong
Barton MacLane
Actor
25-Dec-1902 1-Jan-1969 Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
Jean Madeira
Singer
14-Nov-1924 11-Jul-1972 Operatic contralto, Carmen
Richard W. Mallary
Politician
21-Feb-1929 27-Sep-2011 Congressman from Vermont, 1972-75
William Manchester
Author
1-Apr-1922 1-Jun-2004 The Arms of Krupp
Timothy Cardinal Manning
Religion
15-Nov-1909 23-Jun-1989 Archbishop of Los Angeles, 1970-85
Fredric March
Actor
31-Aug-1897 14-Apr-1975 The Best Years of Our Lives
Barney Martin
Actor
3-Mar-1923 21-Mar-2005 Played Jerry's dad Morty on Seinfeld
Don Martin
Artist
18-May-1931 6-Jan-2000 Mad Magazine artist
Mary Martin
Actor
1-Dec-1913 3-Nov-1990 Peter Pan
Zeppo Marx
Actor
25-Feb-1901 30-Nov-1979 Straight man of the Marx Brothers
Frank R. Mascara
Politician
19-Jan-1930 10-Jul-2011 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1995-2003
Giulietta Masina
Actor
22-Feb-1921 23-Mar-1994 La Strada
Jules Massenet
Composer
12-May-1842 13-Aug-1912 Manon
Anna Massey
Actor
11-Aug-1937 3-Jul-2011 Peeping Tom
Ilona Massey
Actor
16-Jun-1910 20-Aug-1974 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Scott M. Matheson
Politician
8-Jan-1929 7-Oct-1990 Governor of Utah, 1977-85
Henri Matisse
Painter
31-Dec-1869 3-Nov-1954 Free, expressive French painter
Jessie Matthews
Actor
11-Mar-1907 19-Aug-1981 English stage and radio actress
James Clerk Maxwell
Physicist
13-Jun-1831 5-Nov-1879 Maxwell's equations
Robert P. May
Business
5-May-1949 2-Apr-2011 CEO of Calpine, 2005-08
Archie Mayo
Film Director
29-Jan-1891 4-Dec-1968 The Adventures of Marco Polo
James McAuley
Poet
12-Oct-1917 15-Oct-1976 Australian poet, Ern Malley hoaxer
Mary Margaret McBride
Radio Personality
16-Nov-1899 7-Apr-1976 Daytime radio talk show host
Mary McCarthy
Author
21-Jun-1912 25-Oct-1989 The Group
Charles McClendon
Football
17-Oct-1923 6-Dec-2001 LSU Head Coach, 1962-79
John P. McConnell
Military
7-Feb-1908 21-Nov-1986 USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69
William J. McDonald
Attorney
1928 19-Feb-1990 Chief Lawyer at Union Pacific, 1969-89
Neil H. McElroy
Government
30-Oct-1904 30-Nov-1972 US Secretary of Defense, 1957-59
John McGahern
Novelist
12-Nov-1934 30-Mar-2006 Amongst Women
K. Gunn McKay
Politician
23-Feb-1925 6-Oct-2000 Congressman from Utah, 1971-81
Victor A. McKusick
Scientist
21-Oct-1921 22-Jul-2008 Father of medical genetics
James W. McLamore
Business
30-May-1926 7-Aug-1996 Co-Founder of Burger King
Vince McMahon, Sr.
Wrestling
6-Jul-1914 24-May-1984 World Wrestling Entertainment founder
William McMahon
Head of State
23-Feb-1908 31-Mar-1988 Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72
Harry C. McPherson
Attorney
22-Aug-1929 16-Feb-2012 White House Counsel to Johnson
Clem McSpadden
Politician
9-Nov-1925 7-Jul-2008 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1973-75
Ned McWherter
Politician
15-Oct-1930 4-Apr-2011 Governor of Tennessee, 1987-95
Carey McWilliams
Journalist
13-Dec-1905 27-Jun-1980 Editor of The Nation, 1955-75
Allan Melvin
Actor
18-Feb-1923 17-Jan-2008 Archie Bunker's Place
Robert K. Merton
Sociologist
4-Jul-1910 23-Feb-2003 On the Shoulders of Giants
Diane Middlebrook
Author
16-Apr-1939 15-Dec-2007 Biographer of Anne Sexton
John Miljan
Actor
9-Nov-1892 24-Jan-1960 I Accuse My Parents
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Politician
7-Sep-1938 22-Apr-2007 Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007
Emmett Miller
Singer
02-Feb-1900 29-Mar-1962 Minstrel show yodeller
Gabriela Mistral
Poet
7-Apr-1889 10-Jan-1957 Desolación
Joseph Mitchell
Author
27-Jul-1908 24-May-1996 The New Yorker
Thomas Mitchell
Actor
11-Jul-1892 17-Dec-1962 Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Yvonne Mitchell
Actor
7-Jul-1925 24-Mar-1979 The Queen of Spades
Marvin Mitchelson
Attorney
7-May-1928 18-Sep-2004 Celebrity divorce lawyer
Robert Montgomery
Actor
21-May-1904 27-Sep-1981 Mr. and Mrs. Smith
Albert Moore
Painter
4-Sep-1841 25-Sep-1893 English classicist painter
Colleen Moore
Actor
19-Aug-1900 25-Jan-1988 Ella Cinders
Tom Moore
Actor
1-May-1883 12-Feb-1955 Irish-American character actor
Lois Moran
Actor
1-Mar-1909 13-Jul-1990 Silent film actress
Garfield Morgan
Actor
19-Apr-1931 5-Dec-2009 Chief Haskins on The Sweeney
Frank B. Morrison
Politician
20-May-1905 19-Apr-2004 Governor of Nebraska, 1961-67
Clive Morton
Actor
16-Mar-1904 24-Sep-1975 Kind Hearts and Coronets
Richard Mulligan
Actor
13-Nov-1932 26-Sep-2000 Burt Campbell in Soap
Mildred Natwick
Actor
19-Jun-1905 25-Oct-1994 Barefoot in the Park
Matthew M. Neely
Politician
9-Nov-1874 18-Jan-1958 Governor and Senator from West Virginia
Frank Nelson
Actor
6-May-1911 12-Sep-1986 Foil to Jack Benny
Gene Nelson
Actor
24-Mar-1920 16-Sep-1996 Oklahoma!
Ozzie Nelson
Actor
20-Mar-1906 3-Jun-1975 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Ruth Nelson
Actor
2-Aug-1905 12-Sep-1992 Awakenings
Howard Nemerov
Poet
1-Mar-1920 5-Jul-1991 US Poet Laureate, 1987-88
Richard John Neuhaus
Religion
14-May-1936 8-Jan-2009 Catholic priest
Robert G. Neumann
Diplomat
2-Jan-1916 18-Jun-1999 US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73
Simon Newcomb
Astronomer
12-Mar-1835 11-Jul-1909 Nautical Almanac
A. Edward Newton
Author
1863 29-Sep-1940 A Magnificent Farce
Theodore Newton
Actor
4-Aug-1904 28-Feb-1963 The Working Man
Anaïs Nin
Author
21-Feb-1903 14-Jan-1977 Diary of Anaïs Nin
Marshall W. Nirenberg
Scientist
10-Apr-1927 15-Jan-2010 RNA's role in protein synthesis
F. Donald Nixon
Relative
23-Nov-1914 27-Jun-1987 Nixon's brother, got $205K from Hughes
Kwame Nkrumah
Head of State
21-Sep-1909 27-Apr-1972 First President of Ghana
Lyn Nofziger
Government
8-Jun-1924 27-Mar-2006 GOP political operative
Philippe Noiret
Actor
1-Oct-1930 23-Nov-2006 Cinema Paradiso
Flann O'Brien
Author
5-Oct-1911 1-Apr-1966 At Swim-Two-Birds
Simon Oakland
Actor
28-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1983 Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak
Michel Oksenberg
Scholar
12-Oct-1938 22-Feb-2001 Leading sinologist
Clifford Olson
Criminal
1-Jan-1940 30-Sep-2011 Killed 11 youths in British Columbia
Elinor Ostrom
Sociologist
7-Aug-1933 12-Jun-2012 Common-pool resources
Rafaela Ottiano
Actor
4-Mar-1888 18-Aug-1942 Grand Hotel
Patricia Owens
Actor
17-Jan-1925 31-Aug-2000 The Fly
Eugene Pallette
Actor
8-Jul-1889 3-Sep-1954 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Lilli Palmer
Actor
24-May-1914 27-Jan-1986 The Four Poster
Lew Parker
Actor
29-Oct-1907 27-Oct-1972 Lew Marie on That Girl
Gordon Parks
Film Director
30-Nov-1912 7-Mar-2006 Shaft
Lee Patterson
Actor
31-Mar-1929 14-Feb-2007 One Life to Live
Richard Paul
Actor
6-Jun-1940 25-Dec-1998 Born to play Jerry Falwell
Earl Paulk
Religion
30-May-1927 29-Mar-2009 Chapel Hill Harvester Church
Friedrich Paulus
Military
23-Sep-1890 1-Feb-1957 Surrendered to Russians at Stalingrad
Katina Paxinou
Actor
17-Dec-1900 22-Feb-1973 For Whom the Bell Tolls
Frank H. Pearl
Business
27-May-1943 4-May-2012 CEO of Perseus LLC
Lester Bowles Pearson
Head of State
23-Apr-1897 27-Dec-1972 Prime Minister of Canada, 1963-68
John S. Pemberton
Inventor
8-Jul-1831 16-Aug-1888 Creator of Coca-Cola
Walker Percy
Author
28-May-1916 10-May-1990 The Moviegoer
Georges Perec
Novelist
7-Mar-1936 3-Mar-1982 La Vie: mode d'emploi
Marlin Perkins
Zoologist
28-Mar-1905 14-Jun-1986 Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom
Daniel Petrie
Film Director
26-Nov-1920 22-Aug-2004 A Raisin in the Sun
Philip II
Royalty
21-May-1527 13-Sep-1598 King of Spain, 1556-98
Edith Piaf
Singer
19-Dec-1915 11-Oct-1963 Internationally-renowned French chanteuse
Mario Pieri
Mathematician
22-Jun-1860 1-Mar-1913 Italian geometer
Zazu Pitts
Actor
3-Jan-1894 7-Jun-1963 The Wedding March
June Pointer
Musician
30-Nov-1953 11-Apr-2006 The Pointer Sisters
Sydney Pollack
Film Director
1-Jul-1934 26-May-2008 Tootsie
Georges Pompidou
Head of State
5-Jul-1911 2-Apr-1974 President of France, 1969-74
John Pont
Football
13-Nov-1927 1-Jul-2008 IU-Bloomington Head Coach, 1965-72
William J. Porter
Diplomat
1-Sep-1914 15-Mar-1988 US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea
Pete Postlethwaite
Actor
16-Feb-1946 2-Jan-2011 In the Name of the Father
Dawn Powell
Novelist
28-Nov-1897 14-Nov-1965 She Walks In Beauty
Eleanor Powell
Dancer
21-Nov-1912 11-Feb-1982 Lady Be Good
Michael Powell
Film Director
30-Sep-1905 19-Feb-1990 Stairway to Heaven
Eddie Quillan
Actor
31-Mar-1907 19-Jul-1990 In 20 short films by Mack Sennett
Sergei Rachmaninov
Composer
20-Mar-1873 28-Mar-1943 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Arthur Rackham
Artist
19-Sep-1867 6-Sep-1939 British Golden Age children's book illustrator
Ted Radcliffe
Baseball
7-Jul-1902 11-Aug-2005 Double Duty
David Rakoff
Author
27-Nov-1964 9-Aug-2012 Don't Get Too Comfortable
Vera Ralston
Actor
12-Jun-1921 9-Feb-2003 Dakota
Calvin L. Rampton
Politician
6-Nov-1913 16-Sep-2007 Governor of Utah, 1965-77
Lillian Randolph
Actor
14-Dec-1898 12-Sep-1980 Birdie on The Great Gildersleeve
Sam Rayburn
Politician
6-Jan-1882 16-Nov-1961 Speaker of the US House, 1940-61
B. Carroll Reece
Politician
22-Dec-1889 19-Mar-1961 Congressman from Tennessee
Donald Regan
Government
21-Dec-1918 10-Jun-2003 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85
Eric Reissner
Mathematician
5-Jan-1913 1-Nov-1996 Reissner shear-deformation plate theory
Eugene C. Renzi
Military
16-Dec-1933 9-Feb-2008 Army Maj. Gen., ManTech VP
Fernando Rey
Actor
20-Sep-1917 9-Mar-1994 The French Connection
Helene Reynolds
Actor
8-Jul-1914 28-Mar-1990 Moontide
John J. Rhodes
Politician
18-Sep-1916 24-Aug-2003 Congressman from Arizona, 1953-83
Edwin Richfield
Actor
11-Sep-1921 2-Aug-1990 Interpol Calling
Julius B. Richmond
Government
26-Sep-1916 27-Jul-2008 US Surgeon General, 1977-81
Arthur Rimbaud
Poet
20-Oct-1854 10-Nov-1891 Une Saison en Enfer
James O. Robbins
Business
c. 1942 10-Oct-2007 President of Cox Communications, 1985-2005
Michael Robbins
Actor
14-Nov-1930 11-Dec-1992 Arthur Rudge on On the Buses
Edward G. Robinson
Actor
12-Dec-1893 26-Jan-1973 Key Largo
Bobby Robson
Soccer
18-Feb-1933 31-Jul-2009 English soccer manager
Flora Robson
Actor
28-Mar-1902 7-Jul-1984 Fire Over England
Joe M. Rodgers
Business
12-Nov-1933 2-Feb-2009 US Ambassador to France, 1985-89
Gilbert Roland
Actor
11-Dec-1905 15-May-1994 The Bad and the Beautiful
Viviane Romance
Actor
4-Jul-1912 25-Sep-1991 Any Number Can Win
Maurice Ronet
Actor
13-Apr-1927 14-Mar-1983 Elevator to the Gallows
William Rosenberg
Business
10-Jun-1916 20-Sep-2002 Founder of Dunkin' Donuts
Christina Rossetti
Poet
5-Dec-1830 29-Dec-1894 Goblin Market and Other Poems
Norman Rossington
Actor
24-Dec-1928 21-May-1999 A Hard Day's Night
William M. Rountree
Diplomat
28-Mar-1917 1995 US Ambassador to Brazil, 1970-73
Bill Rowling
Head of State
15-Nov-1927 31-Oct-1995 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75
Henry Royce
Engineer
27-Mar-1863 22-Apr-1933 Designed the first Rolls-Royce
Charles Ruggles
Actor
8-Feb-1886 23-Dec-1970 Bringing Up Baby
Bing Russell
Actor
5-May-1926 8-Apr-2003 Dep. Clem Foster on Bonanza
Nipsey Russell
Comic
13-Oct-1924 2-Oct-2005 Tinman in The Wiz
Aaron Russo
Film/TV Producer
14-Feb-1943 24-Aug-2007 Libertarian filmmaker
Pamela Ann Rymer
Judge
6-Jan-1941 21-Sep-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2011
Nelly Sachs
Poet
10-Dec-1891 12-May-1970 O the Chimneys
Soupy Sales
Comic
8-Jan-1926 22-Oct-2009 Inveterate pie thrower
Mari Sandoz
Author
11-May-1896 10-Mar-1966 Crazy Horse
Terry Sanford
Politician
20-Aug-1917 18-Apr-1998 Governor and Senator from North Carolina
William Saroyan
Author
31-Aug-1908 18-May-1981 The Time of Your Life
Michael Sarrazin
Actor
22-May-1940 17-Apr-2011 Frankenstein: The True Story
Dan Schaefer
Politician
25-Jan-1936 16-Apr-2006 Congressman from Colorado, 1983-99
Natalie Schafer
Actor
5-Nov-1900 10-Apr-1991 Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island
Paul Scott
Novelist
25-Mar-1920 1-Mar-1978 The Jewel in the Crown
Terry Scott
Actor
4-May-1927 26-Jul-1994 Terry and June
George Seaton
Screenwriter
17-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1979 Miracle on 34th Street
Selim I
Royalty
10-Oct-1470 22-Sep-1520 Ottoman Sultan, 1512-20
Rudolf Serkin
Pianist
28-Mar-1903 8-May-1991 Czech-American piano prodigy
Ted Shackley
Government
16-Jul-1927 9-Dec-2002 The CIA's Blond Ghost
Joan Shawlee
Actor
5-Mar-1926 22-Mar-1987 The Adventures of Aggie
Michael Sheard
Actor
18-Jun-1938 31-Aug-2005 Mr. Bronson on Grange Hill
Thomas P. Shoesmith
Diplomat
25-Jan-1922 26-Apr-2007 US Ambassador to Malaysia, 1983-87
Max Showalter
Actor
2-Jun-1917 30-Jul-2000 Niagara
Don Siegel
Film Director
26-Oct-1912 20-Apr-1991 Dirty Harry
Alastair Sim
Actor
9-Oct-1900 19-Aug-1976 Scrooge in A Christmas Carol
Nina Simone
Singer
21-Feb-1933 21-Apr-2003 The High Priestess of Soul
Frank Sinkwich
Football
10-Oct-1920 22-Oct-1990 Winner, 1942 Heisman Trophy
Otto Skorzeny
Military
12-Jun-1908 5-Jul-1975 Most dangerous man in Europe
Elisabeth Sladen
Actor
1-Feb-1948 19-Apr-2011 Sarah Jane Smith from Doctor Who
Jack Smight
Film Director
9-Mar-1925 1-Sep-2003 Midway
Buffalo Bob Smith
TV Personality
27-Nov-1917 30-Jul-1998 Howdy Doody
Elmo Smith
Publisher
19-Nov-1909 15-Jul-1968 Governor of Oregon, 1956-57
William French Smith
Government
26-Aug-1917 29-Oct-1990 US Attorney General, 1981-85
Bruce Snyder
Football
14-Mar-1940 13-Apr-2009 Sun Devils Head Coach, 1992-2000
Philip D. Sprouse
Diplomat
27-Sep-1906 28-Apr-1977 US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64
Charles Starrett
Actor
28-Mar-1903 22-Mar-1986 The Durango Kid
Casey Stengel
Baseball
30-Jul-1890 29-Sep-1975 The Old Perfesser
George Stephen
Business
c. 1921 11-Feb-1993 Weber kettle grill
Craig Stevens
Actor
8-Jul-1918 10-May-2000 Peter Gunn
Mark Stevens
Actor
13-Dec-1916 15-Sep-1994 The Snake Pit
Clyfford Still
Painter
30-Nov-1904 23-Jun-1980 Abstract expressionist
Richard Stites
Historian
2-Dec-1931 7-Mar-2010 The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia
June Storey
Actor
20-Apr-1918 18-Dec-1991 In Old Chicago
Annette Strauss
Politician
26-Jan-1924 14-Dec-1998 Mayor of Dallas 1987-91
Erich von Stroheim
Actor
22-Sep-1885 12-May-1957 Swanson's servant in Sunset Blvd.
Edward W. Strong
Educator
1901 13-Jan-1990 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1961-65
James B. Sumner
Chemist
19-Nov-1887 12-Aug-1955 Crystallized enzymes
Harold R. Swearer
Educator
13-Oct-1932 19-Oct-1991 President of Brown University, 1977-88
Dolph Sweet
Actor
18-Jul-1920 8-May-1985 Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break!
Antonio Tabucchi
Novelist
24-Sep-1943 25-Mar-2012 The Last Three Days of Fernando Pessoa
Sydney Tafler
Actor
31-Jul-1916 8-Nov-1979 The Lavender Hill Mob
Mary Tamm
Actor
22-Mar-1950 26-Jul-2012 Romana #1 from Doctor Who
Lilyan Tashman
Actor
23-Oct-1899 21-Mar-1934 Puttin' on the Ritz
U Thant
Diplomat
22-Jan-1909 25-Nov-1974 UN Secretary General, 1961-71
Torin Thatcher
Actor
15-Jan-1905 4-Mar-1981 The 7th Voyage of Sinbad
Hugh Thompson
Military
15-Apr-1943 6-Jan-2006 Stopped the My Lai massacre
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Diplomat
24-Aug-1904 6-Feb-1972 Twice US Ambassador to USSR
Ingrid Thulin
Actor
27-Jan-1926 7-Jan-2004 Swedish actress starred in 9 Ingmar Bergman films
Laurence Tisch
Business
5-Mar-1923 15-Nov-2003 CEO of CBS, 1986-95
Richard Todd
Actor
11-Jun-1919 3-Dec-2009 The Dam Busters
Harry Towb
Actor
27-Jul-1925 24-Jul-2009 Northern Irish stage and film actor
Lee Tracy
Actor
14-Apr-1898 18-Oct-1968 Crashing Hollywood
Roger J. Traynor
Judge
12-Feb-1900 14-May-1983 California Chief Justice, 1964-70
Mary Treen
Actor
27-Mar-1907 29-Jul-1989 It's A Wonderful Life
James R. Trueman
Business
25-May-1935 11-Jun-1986 Founder of Red Roof Inns
Tom Tully
Actor
21-Aug-1908 27-Apr-1982 Insp. Matt Grebb on The Lineup
Don Tyson
Business
21-Apr-1930 6-Jan-2011 Tyson Foods
Miyoshi Umeki
Actor
3-Apr-1929 28-Aug-2007 Sayonara
Robert Urich
Actor
16-Dec-1946 16-Apr-2002 Dan Tanna on Vega$
Roger Vadim
Film Director
26-Jan-1928 11-Feb-2000 Barbarella
Rudy Vallee
Actor
28-Jul-1901 3-Jul-1986 Singer, actor, bandleader
Jim Valvano
Basketball
10-Mar-1946 28-Apr-1993 NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89
Winfred Van Atta
Novelist
18-Oct-1910 5-Jun-1990 Shock Treatment
Bill Veeck
Baseball
9-Feb-1914 2-Jan-1986 Chicago White Sox owner
Vera-Ellen
Dancer
16-Feb-1921 30-Aug-1981 On the Town
Joseph Vitale
Actor
6-Sep-1901 5-Jun-1994 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Gregory Vlastos
Philosopher
27-Jul-1907 12-Oct-1991 Influential scholar of ancient philosophy
Wernher von Braun
Scientist
23-Mar-1912 16-Jun-1977 German-American rocket scientist
Bertha von Suttner
Activist
9-Jun-1843 21-Jun-1914 Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient
Albert Von Tilzer
Songwriter
29-Mar-1878 1-Oct-1956 Take Me Out To The Ball Game
Charles Walgreen
Business
9-Oct-1873 11-Dec-1939 Founder of Walgreen Co.
Helen Walker
Actor
17-Jul-1920 10-Mar-1968 Call Northside 777
Junior Walker
Musician
14-Jun-1931 23-Nov-1995 Soul vocalist and sax player
Richard L. Walker
Scholar
13-Apr-1922 22-Jul-2003 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1981-86
Lurleen Burns Wallace
First Lady
19-Sep-1926 7-May-1968 Wife and surrogate governor of George Wallace
Robert Penn Warren
Poet
24-Apr-1905 15-Sep-1989 First US Poet Laureate
John William Waterhouse
Painter
6-Apr-1849 10-Feb-1917 British Pre-Raphaelite painter
Ethel Waters
Singer
31-Oct-1896 1-Sep-1977 Sweet Mama Stringbean
Jack Watling
Actor
13-Jan-1923 22-May-2001 We Dive at Dawn
Dennis Weatherstone
Business
29-Nov-1930 13-Jun-2008 CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94
Dennis Weaver
Actor
4-Jun-1924 24-Feb-2006 Sam McCloud in McCloud
John C. West
Politician
27-Aug-1922 21-Mar-2004 Governor of South Carolina, 1971-75
May Whitty
Actor
19-Jun-1865 29-May-1948 Night Must Fall
Mary Wickes
Actor
13-Jun-1910 22-Oct-1995 Sister Act
Robert Wiene
Film Director
24-Apr-1873 17-Jul-1938 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Poet
5-Nov-1850 30-Oct-1919 Poems of Passion
Edward Bennett Williams
Attorney
31-May-1920 13-Aug-1988 Washington Superlawyer
Emlyn Williams
Playwright
26-Nov-1905 25-Sep-1987 Night Must Fall
Pete Williams
Politician
10-Dec-1919 17-Nov-2001 US Senator snagged in ABSCAM
William Appleman Williams
Historian
12-Jun-1921 6-Mar-1990 The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
Chill Wills
Actor
18-Jul-1903 15-Dec-1978 The Alamo
Marie Wilson
Actor
19-Aug-1916 23-Nov-1972 My Friend Irma
Adele Wiseman
Author
21-May-1928 1-Jun-1992 The Sacrifice
John Wojtowicz
Criminal
9-Mar-1945 2-Jan-2006 Bank robber inspired Dog Day Afternoon
Leona Woods
Physicist
9-Aug-1919 10-Nov-1986 Physicist at University of Chicago
Eric Woolfson
Musician
18-Mar-1945 1-Dec-2009 Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator
James Wright
Poet
13-Dec-1927 25-Mar-1980 The Branch Will Not Break
Rick Wright
Musician
28-Jul-1943 15-Sep-2008 Keyboardist for Pink Floyd
Will Wright
Actor
26-Mar-1894 19-Jun-1962 Character actor
Louis C. Wyman
Politician
16-Mar-1917 5-May-2002 Congressman from New Hampshire, 1963-74
Ed Wynn
Actor
9-Nov-1886 19-Jun-1966 Requiem for a Heavyweight
Keenan Wynn
Actor
27-Jul-1916 14-Oct-1986 Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove
Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky
Physicist
24-May-1844 22-Jan-1902 Yarkovsky effect
Charles W. Yost
Diplomat
6-Nov-1907 21-May-1981 US Ambassador to the UN, 1969-71
Luther W. Youngdahl
Politician
29-May-1896 21-Jun-1978 Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51
George Younger
Politician
22-Sep-1931 26-Jan-2003 UK Minister of Defence, 1986-89
Harry von Zell
Actor
11-Jul-1906 21-Nov-1981 You're in the Navy Now
Mai Zetterling
Actor
24-May-1925 17-Mar-1994 The Witches
Paul Zindel
Author
15-May-1936 27-Mar-2003 Books for young adults



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