| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Babe Adams |
Baseball |
18-May-1882 |
27-Jul-1968 |
Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates |
| Joseph P. Albright |
Judge |
8-Nov-1938 |
20-Mar-2009 |
WV Supreme Court Justice, 2001-09 |
| Nickolas Ashford |
Songwriter |
4-May-1942 |
22-Aug-2011 |
Half of Ashford and Simpson |
| Hank Ballard |
Singer |
18-Nov-1927 |
2-Mar-2003 |
The Twist |
| Richard Barthelmess |
Actor |
9-May-1895 |
17-Aug-1963 |
Tol'able David |
| Bill Blass |
Fashion Designer |
22-Jun-1922 |
12-Jun-2002 |
Bill Blass, Ltd. |
| Humphrey Bogart |
Actor |
25-Dec-1899 |
14-Jan-1957 |
Casablanca |
| Richard Boone |
Actor |
18-Jun-1917 |
10-Jan-1981 |
Have Gun, Will Travel |
| Robert F. Brachtenbach |
Judge |
28-Jan-1931 |
2-May-2008 |
Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94 |
| Big Bill Broonzy |
Musician |
26-Jun-1898 |
15-Aug-1958 |
Blues singer and guitarist |
| Bruce Cabot |
Actor |
20-Apr-1904 |
3-May-1972 |
Saved Fay Wray from King Kong |
| Constantine P. Cavafy |
Poet |
29-Apr-1863 |
29-Apr-1933 |
Greek poet in Alexandria |
| Graham Chapman |
Comic |
8-Jan-1941 |
4-Oct-1989 |
Monty Python's King Arthur |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Singer |
8-Dec-1925 |
16-May-1990 |
Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack |
| Richard Dawson |
Game Show Host |
20-Nov-1932 |
2-Jun-2012 |
Host of Family Feud, 1976-85 |
| Bob Denver |
Actor |
9-Jan-1935 |
2-Sep-2005 |
Gilligan on Gilligan's Island |
| John Diebold |
Author |
8-Jun-1926 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Advocate of automation |
| Brian Donlevy |
Actor |
9-Feb-1901 |
5-Apr-1972 |
The Great McGinty |
| Andrew Duggan |
Actor |
28-Dec-1923 |
15-May-1988 |
Bourbon Street Beat |
| Stanley H. Durwood |
Business |
5-Aug-1920 |
15-Jul-1999 |
Father of the multi-screen movie theater |
| David W. Dyer |
Judge |
28-Jun-1910 |
7-Jun-1998 |
5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-76 |
| King Edward VIII |
Royalty |
23-Jun-1894 |
28-May-1972 |
King of England, 1936 |
| Friedrich Engels |
Economist |
28-Nov-1820 |
5-Aug-1895 |
Communist Manifesto |
| Mike Evans |
Actor |
3-Nov-1949 |
14-Dec-2006 |
Lionel Jefferson on The Jeffersons |
| Rowland Evans |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1921 |
23-Mar-2001 |
Evans and Novak |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress, institutionalized |
| Curt Flood |
Baseball |
18-Jan-1938 |
20-Jan-1997 |
Tried to topple MLB's antitrust exemption |
| Eddie Fontaine |
Singer |
6-Mar-1927 |
13-Apr-1992 |
Rock-a-billy singer and character actor |
| Jean Genet |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1910 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Theatre of the Absurd |
| Robert Goddard |
Scientist |
5-Oct-1882 |
10-Aug-1945 |
Father of modern rocketry |
| John Gotti |
Criminal |
27-Oct-1940 |
10-Jun-2002 |
The Teflon Don |
| Ulysses S. Grant |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1822 |
23-Jul-1885 |
Eighteenth President of the United States |
| Charles Gwathmey |
Architect |
19-Jun-1938 |
3-Aug-2009 |
Designed extension to the Guggenheim |
| Jean Hagen |
Actor |
3-Aug-1923 |
29-Aug-1977 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Kevin Hagen |
Actor |
3-Apr-1928 |
9-Jul-2005 |
Little House on the Prairie |
| William Hanna |
Cartoonist |
14-Jul-1910 |
22-Mar-2001 |
Half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon sweatshop |
| Michael Harrington |
Activist |
24-Feb-1928 |
31-Jul-1989 |
The Other America |
| Bret Harte |
Author |
25-Aug-1836 |
5-May-1902 |
Master of the western short story |
| Levon Helm |
Drummer |
26-May-1940 |
19-Apr-2012 |
Drummer for The Band |
| Anthony Hope |
Novelist |
9-Feb-1863 |
8-Jul-1933 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| Lightnin' Hopkins |
Guitarist |
15-Mar-1912 |
30-Jan-1982 |
Mojo Hand |
| Larry Hovis |
Actor |
20-Feb-1936 |
9-Sep-2003 |
Sgt. Carter on Hogan's Heroes |
| Burl Ives |
Singer |
14-Jun-1909 |
14-Apr-1995 |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof |
| Robert Kardashian |
Attorney |
22-Feb-1944 |
30-Sep-2003 |
O. J. Simpson's attorney |
| Edgar Kennedy |
Actor |
26-Apr-1890 |
9-Nov-1948 |
Mad Wednesday |
| Dorothea Lange |
Photographer |
26-May-1895 |
11-Oct-1965 |
Depression-era photographer |
| Tom Lantos |
Politician |
1-Feb-1928 |
11-Feb-2008 |
Congressman from California, 1981-2008 |
| Andrew Bonar Law |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1858 |
30-Oct-1923 |
UK Prime Minister, 1922-23 |
| Stephen Leacock |
Author |
30-Dec-1869 |
28-Mar-1944 |
Literary Lapses |
| Brenda Marshall |
Actor |
29-Sep-1915 |
30-Jul-1992 |
Footsteps in the Dark |
| Bill McKinney |
Actor |
12-Sep-1931 |
1-Dec-2011 |
Deliverance |
| Barbara McNair |
Singer |
4-Mar-1934 |
4-Feb-2007 |
You're Gonna Love My Baby |
| John Everett Millais |
Painter |
8-Jun-1829 |
13-Aug-1896 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Roger Miller |
Country Musician |
2-Jan-1936 |
25-Oct-1992 |
King of the Road |
| Robert Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1904 |
18-Feb-1967 |
Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project |
| Giacomo Puccini |
Composer |
22-Dec-1858 |
29-Nov-1924 |
Madame Butterfly |
| Edna Purviance |
Actor |
21-Oct-1895 |
11-Jan-1958 |
Leading lady in Chaplin films |
| Anthony Quinn |
Actor |
21-Apr-1915 |
3-Jun-2001 |
Zorba the Greek |
| Ella Raines |
Actor |
6-Aug-1920 |
30-May-1988 |
Hail the Conquering Hero |
| Anne Ramsey |
Actor |
1-Sep-1929 |
11-Aug-1988 |
Throw Momma from the Train |
| Aldo Ray |
Actor |
25-Sep-1926 |
27-Mar-1991 |
The Green Berets |
| Ann Richards |
Politician |
1-Sep-1933 |
13-Sep-2006 |
Governor of Texas, 1991-95 |
| Harold W. Ross |
Publisher |
6-Nov-1892 |
6-Dec-1951 |
Founder of The New Yorker |
| Damon Runyon |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1884 |
10-Dec-1946 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Babe Ruth |
Baseball |
6-Feb-1895 |
16-Aug-1948 |
The Bambino |
| Ann Sheridan |
Actor |
21-Feb-1915 |
21-Jan-1967 |
Torrid Zone |
| Mikhail Sholokhov |
Author |
24-May-1905 |
21-Feb-1984 |
The Silent Don |
| Andy Sidaris |
Film Director |
20-Feb-1931 |
7-Mar-2007 |
Hard Ticket to Hawaii |
| Sylvia Sidney |
Actor |
8-Aug-1910 |
1-Jul-1999 |
Mama Carlson on WKRP |
| Jeremy Slate |
Actor |
17-Feb-1926 |
19-Nov-2006 |
The Mini-Skirt Mob |
| Stephen Solarz |
Politician |
12-Sep-1940 |
29-Nov-2010 |
Congressman from New York, 1975-93 |
| Jack Soo |
Actor |
28-Oct-1916 |
11-Jan-1979 |
Det. Yemana on Barney Miller |
| Henry Spira |
Activist |
19-Jun-1927 |
12-Sep-1998 |
Animal rights activist |
| Carl B. Stokes |
Politician |
21-Jun-1927 |
3-Apr-1996 |
Mayor of Cleveland, 1968-71 |
| Billy Strayhorn |
Composer |
29-Nov-1915 |
31-May-1967 |
Take the A Train |
| Ed Sullivan |
TV Personality |
28-Sep-1902 |
13-Oct-1974 |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
| John Thaw |
Actor |
3-Jan-1942 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Inspector Morse |
| Hugh Trevor-Roper |
Historian |
15-Jan-1914 |
26-Jan-2003 |
Historian fooled by fake Hitler diaries |
| Lana Turner |
Actor |
8-Feb-1920 |
29-Jun-1995 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| Ian Wallace |
Drummer |
29-Sep-1946 |
22-Feb-2007 |
Ex-Crimson and active session drummer |
| Deborah Walley |
Actor |
12-Aug-1943 |
10-May-2001 |
Gidget Goes Hawaiian |
| Pop Warner |
Football |
5-Apr-1871 |
7-Sep-1954 |
Coach and kids' football namesake |
| Mary Wells |
Singer |
13-May-1943 |
26-Jul-1992 |
My Guy |
| Hugh Williams |
Actor |
6-Mar-1904 |
7-Dec-1969 |
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
| Nicol Williamson |
Actor |
14-Sep-1938 |
16-Dec-2011 |
Merlin in Excalibur |
