| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Edward Albert |
Actor |
20-Feb-1951 |
22-Sep-2006 |
Butterflies Are Free |
| Chris Alcaide |
Actor |
22-Oct-1922 |
30-Jun-2004 |
Gunslinger |
| Raúl Alfonsín |
Head of State |
13-Mar-1927 |
31-Mar-2009 |
President of Argentina, 1983-89 |
| Luther Allison |
Musician |
17-Aug-1939 |
12-Aug-1997 |
Electric blues player |
| Gordon W. Allport |
Psychologist |
11-Nov-1897 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Personality: A Psychological Interpretation |
| Stephen E. Ambrose |
Author |
10-Jan-1936 |
13-Oct-2002 |
Band of Brothers |
| Leroy Anderson |
Composer |
29-Jun-1908 |
18-May-1975 |
The Syncopated Clock |
| John Archer |
Actor |
8-May-1915 |
3-Dec-1999 |
Destination Moon |
| Victor Argo |
Actor |
5-Nov-1934 |
6-Apr-2004 |
Taxi Driver and Mean Streets |
| Desi Arnaz |
Actor |
2-Mar-1917 |
2-Dec-1986 |
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy |
| Peter Arno |
Cartoonist |
8-Jan-1904 |
22-Feb-1968 |
The New Yorker |
| Bea Arthur |
Actor |
13-May-1922 |
25-Apr-2009 |
Maude and The Golden Girls |
| Luke Askew |
Actor |
26-Mar-1932 |
29-Mar-2012 |
Easy Rider |
| Roscoe Ates |
Actor |
20-Jan-1895 |
1-Mar-1962 |
The Champ |
| Gene Austin |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Jun-1900 |
24-Jan-1972 |
Vaudeviller crooner and songwriter |
| Tex Avery |
Cartoonist |
26-Feb-1908 |
26-Aug-1980 |
Creator of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck |
| Stanley Baker |
Actor |
8-Feb-1927 |
28-Jun-1976 |
Knights of the Round Table |
| Albert Band |
Film Director |
7-May-1924 |
14-Jun-2002 |
I Bury the Living |
| Joan Banks |
Actor |
30-Oct-1918 |
18-Jan-1998 |
Radio actress, Gangbusters |
| Hugo Banzer |
Head of State |
10-May-1926 |
5-May-2002 |
Dictator, then President, of Bolivia |
| Paul Baran |
Engineer |
29-Apr-1926 |
26-Mar-2011 |
Packet-sharing in computer communications |
| A. Doak Barnett |
Scholar |
8-Oct-1921 |
17-Mar-1999 |
China on the Eve of Communist Takeover |
| Donald Barthelme |
Author |
7-Apr-1931 |
23-Jul-1989 |
Come Back, Dr. Caligari |
| Dewey F. Bartlett |
Politician |
28-Mar-1919 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Sidney Bechet |
Jazz Musician |
14-May-1897 |
14-May-1959 |
Jazz saxophonist |
| Robert R. Beezer |
Judge |
21-Jul-1928 |
30-Mar-2012 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-96 |
| Barbara Bel Geddes |
Actor |
31-Oct-1922 |
8-Aug-2005 |
Miss Ellie on Dallas |
| Bea Benaderet |
Actor |
4-Apr-1906 |
13-Oct-1968 |
Voice of Betty Rubble |
| Robert F. Bennett |
Politician |
23-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2000 |
Governor of Kansas, 1975-79 |
| Mildred Wirt Benson |
Author |
10-Jul-1905 |
28-May-2002 |
Ghostwriter of the Nancy Drew mystery series |
| Danielle Berry |
Computer Programmer |
19-Feb-1949 |
3-Jul-1998 |
Transsexual designer of M.U.L.E. |
| Jay Berwanger |
Football |
19-May-1914 |
26-Jun-2002 |
First Heisman Trophy winner |
| Doris Betts |
Author |
4-Jun-1932 |
21-Apr-2012 |
Souls Raised from the Dead |
| Carl Betz |
Actor |
9-Mar-1921 |
18-Jan-1978 |
The Donna Reed Show |
| Jimmy Carl Black |
Drummer |
1-Feb-1938 |
1-Nov-2008 |
Original Mothers of Invention drummer |
| Art Blakey |
Drummer |
11-Oct-1919 |
16-Oct-1990 |
Principal bebop instigator and drummer |
| James Blish |
Author |
23-May-1921 |
30-Jul-1975 |
Cities in Flight |
| Bobby Bonds |
Baseball |
15-Mar-1946 |
23-Aug-2003 |
Father of Barry Bonds |
| Elizabeth Bowen |
Author |
7-Jun-1899 |
22-Feb-1973 |
The Heat of the Day |
| Pappy Boyington |
Military |
4-Dec-1912 |
11-Jan-1988 |
World War II flying ace |
| Jacques Brel |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Apr-1929 |
9-Oct-1978 |
Legendary chanson singer and songwriter |
| Gay Brewer |
Golf |
19-Mar-1932 |
31-Aug-2007 |
Winner, 1967 Masters Tournament |
| Les Brown |
Musician |
14-Mar-1912 |
4-Jan-2001 |
Les Brown and his Band of Renown |
| Yul Brynner |
Actor |
11-Jul-1920 |
10-Oct-1985 |
The King and I |
| Buck Buchanan |
Football |
10-Sep-1940 |
16-Jul-1992 |
KC Chiefs, Hall of Famer |
| Jack Buck |
Sports Journalist |
21-Aug-1924 |
18-Jun-2002 |
Voice of the Cardinals |
| Pearl S. Buck |
Author |
26-Jun-1892 |
6-Mar-1973 |
The Good Earth |
| Sandy Bull |
Guitarist |
1941 |
11-Apr-2001 |
Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo |
| Anthony Burgess |
Novelist |
25-Feb-1917 |
25-Nov-1993 |
A Clockwork Orange |
| Prescott Bush |
Politician |
15-May-1895 |
8-Oct-1972 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63 |
| Herb Caen |
Columnist |
3-Apr-1916 |
1-Feb-1997 |
Long running San Francisco columnist |
| Milton Caniff |
Cartoonist |
28-Feb-1907 |
3-Apr-1988 |
Terry and the Pirates |
| Cantinflas |
Actor |
12-Aug-1911 |
20-Apr-1993 |
Around the World in Eighty Days |
| Macdonald Carey |
Actor |
15-Mar-1913 |
21-Mar-1994 |
Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives |
| Philip Carey |
Actor |
15-Jul-1925 |
6-Feb-2009 |
One Life to Live |
| Paul Carr |
Actor |
1-Feb-1934 |
17-Feb-2006 |
The Bat People |
| Julia Carson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1938 |
15-Dec-2007 |
Congresswoman from Indiana, 1997-2007 |
| G. Harrold Carswell |
Judge |
22-Dec-1919 |
31-Jul-1992 |
Failed US Supreme Court nominee |
| Raymond Carver |
Author |
25-May-1938 |
2-Aug-1988 |
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? |
| Lon Chaney |
Actor |
1-Apr-1883 |
26-Aug-1930 |
The Phantom of the Opera |
| Jule Charney |
Scientist |
1-Jan-1917 |
16-Jun-1981 |
Quasi-gesotrophic theory |
| George E. Christian |
Government |
1-Jan-1927 |
27-Nov-2002 |
LBJ's press secretary |
| Jack Christiansen |
Football |
20-Dec-1928 |
29-Jun-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer, coach |
| Rosemary Clooney |
Singer |
23-May-1928 |
29-Jun-2002 |
Come On-a My House |
| Alec Clunes |
Actor |
17-May-1912 |
13-Mar-1970 |
Classical theatre actor, stage manager |
| Matt Cohen |
Novelist |
30-Dec-1942 |
2-Dec-1999 |
Emotional Arithmetic |
| Nat King Cole |
Singer |
17-Mar-1917 |
15-Feb-1965 |
Unforgettable |
| Jesse Martin Combs |
Politician |
7-Jul-1889 |
21-Aug-1953 |
Congressman from Texas, 1945-53 |
| Christopher Connelly |
Actor |
8-Sep-1941 |
7-Dec-1988 |
Norman Harrington on Peyton Place |
| Chuck Connors |
Actor |
10-Apr-1921 |
10-Nov-1992 |
The Rifleman |
| Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
| Gary Cooper |
Actor |
7-May-1901 |
14-May-1961 |
High Noon |
| Glenn Corbett |
Actor |
17-Aug-1930 |
16-Jan-1993 |
Lincoln Case on Route 66 |
| Robert Cormier |
Author |
17-Jan-1925 |
2-Nov-2000 |
I am the Cheese |
| George P. Cosmatos |
Film Director |
4-Jan-1941 |
19-Apr-2005 |
Tombstone |
| James Craig |
Actor |
4-Feb-1912 |
28-Jun-1985 |
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes |
| Nick Cravat |
Actor |
11-Jan-1912 |
29-Jan-1994 |
The Crimson Pirate |
| Gary Crosby |
Actor |
27-Jun-1933 |
24-Aug-1995 |
Son of Bing Crosby |
| Scatman Crothers |
Jazz Musician |
23-May-1910 |
22-Nov-1986 |
Jazz musician and actor |
| Bill Cullen |
Game Show Host |
18-Feb-1920 |
7-Jul-1990 |
Host of The Price is Right |
| Zara Cully |
Actor |
26-Jan-1892 |
28-Feb-1978 |
Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons |
| John N. Dalton |
Politician |
11-Jul-1931 |
30-Jul-1986 |
Governor of Virginia, 1978-82 |
| Guy Davenport |
Author |
23-Nov-1927 |
4-Jan-2005 |
Thasos and Ohio |
| Billy De Wolfe |
Actor |
18-Feb-1907 |
5-Mar-1974 |
The Doris Day Show |
| Paul Desmond |
Jazz Musician |
25-Nov-1924 |
30-May-1977 |
Jazz alto saxophonist, Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| Selma Diamond |
Actor |
5-Aug-1920 |
13-May-1985 |
Selma Hacker on Night Court |
| Joe DiMaggio |
Baseball |
25-Nov-1914 |
8-Mar-1999 |
Where have you gone |
| Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
| Bobby Dodd |
Football |
11-Nov-1908 |
21-Jun-1988 |
Georgia Tech Head Coach, 1945-67 |
| Jimmy Dorsey |
Musician |
29-Feb-1904 |
12-Jun-1957 |
Popular bandleader and swing musician |
| Tom Drake |
Actor |
5-Aug-1918 |
11-Aug-1982 |
Meet Me In St. Louis |
| Richard J. Durrell |
Publisher |
c. 1925 |
7-Mar-2008 |
First publisher, People magazine |
| Bill Emerson |
Politician |
1-Jan-1938 |
22-Jun-1996 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1981-96 |
| Chad Everett |
Actor |
11-Jun-1936 |
24-Jul-2012 |
Dr. Joe Gannon on Medical Center |
| Judith Exner |
Author |
11-Jan-1934 |
25-Sep-1999 |
JFK mistress |
| Glenda Farrell |
Actor |
30-Jun-1904 |
1-May-1971 |
Torchy Blane |
| Freddy Fender |
Musician |
4-Jun-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Before the Next Teardrop Falls |
| Fernandel |
Actor |
8-May-1903 |
26-Feb-1971 |
Prolific French comedy star |
| Doug Fieger |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Aug-1952 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Lead singer of The Knack |
| Cotton Fitzsimmons |
Basketball |
7-Oct-1931 |
24-Jul-2004 |
21 seasons as NBA head coach |
| Kam Fong |
Actor |
27-May-1918 |
18-Oct-2002 |
Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii 5-O |
| Kathleen Freeman |
Actor |
17-Feb-1919 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Gen. Burkhalter's sister |
| Victor French |
Actor |
4-Dec-1934 |
15-Jun-1989 |
Highway to Heaven |
| Alan Fudge |
Actor |
27-Feb-1934 |
10-Oct-2011 |
C. W. Crawford on The Man from Atlantis |
| Helen Gahagan |
Actor |
25-Nov-1900 |
28-Jun-1980 |
Actress, California Congresswoman |
| King George VI |
Royalty |
14-Dec-1895 |
6-Feb-1952 |
King of England, 1936-1952 |
| Roberto C. Goizueta |
Business |
18-Nov-1931 |
18-Oct-1997 |
CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97 |
| Gale Gordon |
Actor |
20-Feb-1906 |
30-Jun-1995 |
The Lucy Show |
| Frank Gorshin |
Actor |
5-Apr-1933 |
17-May-2005 |
The Riddler in Batman |
| Betty Grable |
Actor |
18-Dec-1916 |
2-Jul-1973 |
The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs |
| Bonita Granville |
Actor |
2-Feb-1923 |
11-Oct-1988 |
These Three |
| Alex Grass |
Business |
3-Aug-1927 |
27-Aug-2009 |
Founder of Rite Aid |
| Meg Greenfield |
Journalist |
27-Dec-1930 |
13-May-1999 |
The Washington Post |
| Virginia Gregg |
Actor |
6-Mar-1916 |
15-Sep-1986 |
Radio actress |
| Marvin Griffin |
Politician |
4-Sep-1907 |
13-Jun-1982 |
Governor of Georgia, 1955-59 |
| George Grizzard |
Actor |
1-Apr-1928 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Advise and Consent |
| Alex Groza |
Basketball |
7-Oct-1926 |
21-Jan-1995 |
Caught in point shaving scandal |
| Harry Guardino |
Actor |
23-Dec-1925 |
17-Jul-1995 |
Houseboat |
| Archie M. Gubbrud |
Politician |
31-Dec-1910 |
26-Apr-1987 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65 |
| Bob Guccione |
Business |
17-Dec-1930 |
20-Oct-2010 |
Founder, Penthouse magazine |
| Florence Halop |
Actor |
23-Jan-1923 |
15-Jul-1986 |
Florence Kleiner on Night Court |
| Dashiell Hammett |
Author |
27-May-1894 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| George Harrison |
Musician |
25-Feb-1943 |
29-Nov-2001 |
Beatle |
| Harry Hay |
Activist |
7-Apr-1912 |
24-Oct-2002 |
Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society |
| Charles A. Hayes |
Politician |
17-Feb-1918 |
8-Apr-1997 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93 |
| Dick Haymes |
Singer |
13-Sep-1916 |
28-Mar-1980 |
State Fair |
| Lloyd Haynes |
Actor |
19-Sep-1934 |
1-Jan-1987 |
Pete Dixon on Room 222 |
| Louis Hayward |
Actor |
19-Mar-1909 |
21-Feb-1985 |
The Man in the Iron Mask |
| Jeff Healey |
Guitarist |
25-Mar-1966 |
2-Mar-2008 |
The Jeff Healey Band |
| Sherman Hemsley |
Actor |
1-Feb-1938 |
24-Jul-2012 |
George Jefferson on The Jeffersons |
| Betty Hill |
Hoaxer |
28-Jun-1919 |
17-Oct-2004 |
Self-proclaimed UFO abductee |
| Earl Hindman |
Actor |
20-Oct-1943 |
29-Dec-2003 |
Elusive neighbor on Home Improvement |
| Duncan Hines |
Business |
26-Mar-1880 |
15-Mar-1959 |
Roadside gourmet |
| Robert W. Holley |
Scientist |
28-Jan-1922 |
11-Feb-1993 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
| Moe Howard |
Actor |
19-Jun-1897 |
4-May-1975 |
Boss Stooge |
| John Hoyt |
Actor |
5-Oct-1905 |
15-Sep-1991 |
Attack of the Puppet People |
| Russell Hunter |
Actor |
18-Feb-1925 |
25-Feb-2004 |
Scottish actor |
| Chet Huntley |
Journalist |
10-Dec-1911 |
20-Mar-1974 |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| Dennis James |
Game Show Host |
24-Aug-1917 |
3-Jun-1997 |
Early TV game show pioneer |
| Bert Jansch |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Nov-1943 |
5-Oct-2011 |
Pentangle |
| Tony Jay |
Actor |
2-Feb-1933 |
13-Aug-2006 |
Voice and character actor |
| Peter Jennings |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1938 |
7-Aug-2005 |
Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight |
| Allan Jones |
Actor |
14-Oct-1907 |
27-Jun-1992 |
Show Boat |
| Kathryn Joosten |
Actor |
20-Dec-1939 |
2-Jun-2012 |
Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives |
| Christine Jorgensen |
Photographer |
30-May-1926 |
3-May-1989 |
First successful surgical transsexual |
| Andreas Katsulas |
Actor |
18-May-1946 |
13-Feb-2006 |
G'Kar on Babylon 5 |
| Andy Kaufman |
Comic |
17-Jan-1949 |
16-May-1984 |
Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler |
| Stubby Kaye |
Actor |
11-Nov-1918 |
14-Dec-1997 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Buster Keaton |
Actor |
4-Oct-1895 |
1-Feb-1966 |
The General |
| Betty Lou Keim |
Actor |
27-Sep-1938 |
27-Jan-2010 |
Fran McCord on The Deputy |
| Eddie Kendricks |
Singer |
17-Dec-1939 |
5-Oct-1992 |
The Temptations |
| Alan King |
Comic |
26-Dec-1927 |
9-May-2004 |
Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture |
| Lane Kirkland |
Labor Leader |
12-Mar-1922 |
14-Aug-1999 |
AFL-CIO President, 1979-95 |
| Richard G. Kleindienst |
Government |
5-Aug-1923 |
3-Feb-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1972-73 |
| Etheridge Knight |
Poet |
19-Apr-1931 |
10-Mar-1991 |
Poems from Prison |
| Don Knotts |
Actor |
21-Jul-1924 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show |
| Alexis Korner |
Musician |
19-Apr-1928 |
1-Jan-1984 |
Pivotal British blues performer |
| Irving Kristol |
Columnist |
22-Jan-1920 |
18-Sep-2009 |
Influential neocon |
| Thomas H. Kuchel |
Politician |
15-Aug-1910 |
21-Nov-1994 |
US Senator from California, 1953-69 |
| Thomas G. Labrecque |
Business |
17-Sep-1938 |
16-Oct-2000 |
CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1990-96 |
| Burton Lane |
Composer |
2-Feb-1912 |
5-Jan-1997 |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever |
| Priscilla Lane |
Actor |
12-Jun-1915 |
4-Apr-1995 |
Saboteur |
| Robert Lansing |
Actor |
5-Jun-1928 |
23-Oct-1994 |
Empire of the Ants |
| Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
| Gypsy Rose Lee |
Dancer |
9-Feb-1911 |
26-Apr-1970 |
Terpsichorean ecdysiast |
| Alan Jay Lerner |
Playwright |
31-Aug-1918 |
14-Jun-1986 |
An American in Paris |
| Frank Loesser |
Composer |
29-Jun-1910 |
28-Jul-1969 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Herschel C. Loveless |
Politician |
5-May-1911 |
4-May-1989 |
Governor of Iowa, 1957-61 |
| Bruno Maderna |
Composer |
21-Apr-1920 |
13-Nov-1973 |
Avant-garde composer |
| Edward R. Madigan |
Politician |
13-Jan-1936 |
7-Dec-1994 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-93 |
| Marjorie Main |
Actor |
24-Feb-1890 |
10-Apr-1975 |
Ma and Pa Kettle |
| Silvana Mangano |
Actor |
23-Apr-1930 |
16-Dec-1989 |
Bitter Rice and Anna |
| Heinie Manush |
Baseball |
20-Jul-1901 |
12-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| E. G. Marshall |
Actor |
18-Jun-1910 |
24-Aug-1998 |
Juror #4, 12 Angry Men |
| Trudy Marshall |
Actor |
14-Feb-1922 |
23-May-2004 |
The Sullivans |
| Kiel Martin |
Actor |
26-Jul-1944 |
28-Dec-1990 |
J. D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues |
| Mary of Teck |
Royalty |
26-May-1867 |
24-Mar-1953 |
Queen Mary, Consort of George V |
| Gene Mauch |
Baseball |
18-Nov-1925 |
8-Aug-2005 |
MLB Manager |
| John Maynard Smith |
Biologist |
6-Jan-1920 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Applied game theory to evolutionary biology |
| Doug McClure |
Actor |
11-May-1935 |
5-Feb-1995 |
Trampas in The Virginian |
| Myra McDaniel |
Attorney |
13-Dec-1932 |
25-Feb-2010 |
Texas Secretary of State, 1984-87 |
| Roddy McDowall |
Actor |
17-Sep-1928 |
3-Oct-1998 |
Planet of the Apes |
| Jimmy McPartland |
Jazz Musician |
15-May-1907 |
13-Mar-1991 |
Chicago jazz cornetist |
| Audrey Meadows |
Actor |
8-Feb-1926 |
3-Feb-1996 |
Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners |
| Lloyd Meeds |
Politician |
11-Dec-1927 |
17-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from Washington, 1965-79 |
| Melina Mercouri |
Actor |
18-Oct-1920 |
6-Mar-1994 |
Topkapi |
| Gary Merrill |
Actor |
2-Aug-1915 |
5-Mar-1990 |
All About Eve |
| Ray Milland |
Actor |
3-Jan-1907 |
10-Mar-1986 |
The Lost Weekend |
| Ann Miller |
Dancer |
12-Apr-1923 |
22-Jan-2004 |
Kiss Me Kate |
| Cameron Mitchell |
Actor |
4-Nov-1918 |
6-Jul-1994 |
The High Chaparral |
| Millard Mitchell |
Actor |
14-Aug-1903 |
13-Oct-1953 |
My Six Convicts |
| Robert Mitchum |
Actor |
6-Aug-1917 |
1-Jul-1997 |
Cape Fear |
| Jessica Mitford |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1917 |
23-Jul-1996 |
The American Way of Death |
| Claude Monet |
Painter |
14-Nov-1840 |
5-Dec-1926 |
The Water Lilies |
| Joanna Moore |
Actor |
10-Nov-1934 |
22-Nov-1997 |
Walk on the Wild Side |
| Agnes Moorehead |
Actor |
6-Dec-1900 |
30-Apr-1974 |
Endora on Bewitched |
| Henry Morgan |
Radio Personality |
31-Mar-1915 |
19-May-1994 |
Bad Boy of Radio, I've Got a Secret |
| Edward Mulhare |
Actor |
8-Apr-1923 |
24-May-1997 |
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir |
| Edward R. Murrow |
Journalist |
25-Apr-1908 |
27-Apr-1965 |
The epitome of broadcast journalism |
| Patricia Neal |
Actor |
20-Jan-1926 |
8-Aug-2010 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| E. Nesbit |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1858 |
4-May-1924 |
The Story of the Treasure Seekers |
| Lois Nettleton |
Actor |
6-Aug-1929 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Butterfly |
| Paul Newman |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
26-Sep-2008 |
Salad dressing magnate |
| Pat Nixon |
First Lady |
16-Mar-1912 |
22-Jun-1993 |
Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon |
| Lloyd Nolan |
Actor |
11-Aug-1902 |
27-Sep-1985 |
Dr. Chegley on Julia |
| Charlie Norwood |
Politician |
27-Jul-1941 |
13-Feb-2007 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2007 |
| Jay Novello |
Actor |
22-Aug-1904 |
2-Sep-1982 |
The Lost World |
| Carrie Nye |
Actor |
14-Oct-1936 |
14-Jul-2006 |
Theater actress |
| Louis Nye |
Actor |
1-May-1913 |
9-Oct-2005 |
Sonny Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Dennis O'Keefe |
Actor |
29-Mar-1908 |
31-Aug-1968 |
Brewster's Millions |
| Susan Oliver |
Actor |
13-Feb-1932 |
10-May-1990 |
Actress-cum-Aviatrix |
| Felice Orlandi |
Actor |
18-Sep-1925 |
21-May-2003 |
Italian-American character actor |
| Peter Orlovsky |
Poet |
8-Jul-1933 |
30-May-2010 |
Beat poet, lover of Allen Ginsberg |
| M. Kenneth Oshman |
Business |
9-Jul-1940 |
6-Aug-2011 |
CEO of Echelon, 1988-2009 |
| Jesse Owens |
Track and Field |
12-Sep-1913 |
31-Mar-1980 |
Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics |
| Gale Page |
Actor |
23-Jul-1913 |
8-Jan-1983 |
Four Daughters |
| Tassos Papadopoulos |
Head of State |
7-Jan-1934 |
12-Dec-2008 |
President of Cyprus, 2003-08 |
| Sergei Parajanov |
Film Director |
9-Jan-1924 |
21-Jul-1990 |
The Color of Pomegranate |
| Bert Parks |
TV Personality |
30-Dec-1914 |
2-Feb-1992 |
Host of the Miss America Pageant |
| Boris Pasternak |
Author |
10-Feb-1890 |
30-May-1960 |
Doctor Zhivago |
| Joe Paterno |
Football |
21-Dec-1926 |
22-Jan-2012 |
Penn State Head Coach, 1966-2011 |
| Lester Patrick |
Hockey |
30-Dec-1883 |
1-Jun-1960 |
NY Rangers Head Coach, 1926-39 |
| Nigel Patrick |
Actor |
2-May-1913 |
21-Sep-1981 |
The Browning Version |
| Jaroslav Pelikan |
Historian |
17-Dec-1923 |
13-May-2006 |
The Christian Tradition |
| Leo Penn |
Film Director |
27-Aug-1921 |
5-Sep-1998 |
The Dark Secret of Harvest Home |
| George Peppard |
Actor |
1-Oct-1928 |
8-May-1994 |
The A Team |
| Walter R. Peterson |
Politician |
19-Sep-1922 |
1-Jun-2011 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1969-73 |
| Gregor Piatigorsky |
Cellist |
17-Apr-1903 |
6-Aug-1976 |
Russian-American cello virtuoso |
| Suzanne Pleshette |
Actor |
31-Jan-1937 |
19-Jan-2008 |
The Birds |
| Robert Preston |
Actor |
8-Jun-1918 |
21-Mar-1987 |
The Music Man |
| Vincent Price |
Actor |
27-May-1911 |
25-Oct-1993 |
Master of the macabre |
| Antonio Prohias |
Artist |
17-Jan-1921 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Spy vs. Spy |
| Denver Pyle |
Actor |
11-May-1920 |
25-Dec-1997 |
Jesse Duke on Dukes of Hazzard |
| Joe Pyne |
TV Personality |
22-Dec-1925 |
23-Mar-1970 |
Father of attack TV |
| Eddie Rabbitt |
Country Musician |
27-Nov-1941 |
7-May-1998 |
Drivin' My Life Away |
| Sue Randall |
Actor |
8-Oct-1935 |
26-Oct-1984 |
Leave It to Beaver |
| Lou Rawls |
Singer |
1-Dec-1935 |
6-Jan-2006 |
Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer |
| Nicholas Ray |
Film Director |
7-Aug-1911 |
16-Jun-1979 |
Rebel Without a Cause |
| Harry Reasoner |
Journalist |
17-Apr-1923 |
6-Aug-1991 |
60 Minutes |
| Dana Reeve |
Activist |
17-Mar-1961 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Christopher Reeve Foundation |
| Duncan Renaldo |
Actor |
23-Apr-1904 |
3-Sep-1980 |
The Cisco Kid |
| Alejandro Rey |
Actor |
8-Feb-1930 |
21-May-1987 |
Carlos Ramirez on The Flying Nun |
| Nicholas A. Rey |
Business |
23-Jan-1938 |
14-Jan-2009 |
US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97 |
| Florence Rice |
Actor |
14-Feb-1911 |
23-Feb-1974 |
At the Circus |
| Nicholas Ridley |
Politician |
17-Feb-1929 |
4-Mar-1993 |
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
| Jason Robards |
Actor |
26-Jul-1922 |
26-Dec-2000 |
All The President's Men |
| Paul G. Rogers |
Politician |
4-Jun-1921 |
13-Oct-2008 |
Congressman from Florida, 1955-79 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. |
Politician |
17-Aug-1914 |
17-Aug-1988 |
Congressman from New York, 1949-55 |
| Dan Rostenkowski |
Politician |
2-Jan-1928 |
11-Aug-2010 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95 |
| Ibrahim Rugova |
Government |
2-Dec-1944 |
21-Jan-2006 |
President of Kosovo, 1992-2006 |
| Donald S. Russell |
Politician |
22-Feb-1906 |
22-Feb-1998 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71 |
| Robert Ryan |
Actor |
11-Nov-1909 |
11-Jul-1973 |
Billy Budd |
| Vincent Schiavelli |
Actor |
10-Nov-1948 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Character actor and cookbook author |
| Thomas Schippers |
Conductor |
9-Mar-1930 |
16-Dec-1977 |
Music Director, Cinncinati Symphony, 1970-77 |
| Vito Scotti |
Actor |
26-Jan-1918 |
5-Jun-1996 |
Character actor, 1950s to 1990s |
| Mary Lee Settle |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1918 |
27-Sep-2005 |
Beulah Land |
| Mickey Shaughnessy |
Actor |
5-Aug-1920 |
23-Jul-1985 |
Jailhouse Rock |
| Anne Shirley |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
4-Jul-1993 |
Stella Dallas |
| Dmitri Shostakovich |
Composer |
25-Sep-1906 |
9-Aug-1975 |
Symphony No. 7 |
| Beverly Sills |
Singer |
25-May-1929 |
2-Jul-2007 |
Soprano at the New York City Opera |
| Jean Simmons |
Actor |
31-Jan-1929 |
22-Jan-2010 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Norman Sisisky |
Politician |
9-Jun-1927 |
29-Mar-2001 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001 |
| W. D. Snodgrass |
Poet |
5-Jan-1926 |
13-Jan-2009 |
Heart's Needle |
| Harry Snyder |
Business |
9-Sep-1913 |
14-Dec-1976 |
Co-Founder of In-N-Out Burger |
| Skip Spence |
Musician |
18-Apr-1946 |
16-Apr-1999 |
Moby Grape guitarist, Oar |
| Lionel Stander |
Actor |
11-Jan-1908 |
30-Nov-1994 |
Chauffer Max on Hart to Hart |
| Janet Steiger |
Government |
10-Jun-1939 |
3-Apr-2004 |
FTC chairman, 1989-95 |
| Sonny Stitt |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1924 |
22-Jul-1982 |
Jazz saxophonist |
| Glenn Strange |
Actor |
16-Aug-1899 |
20-Sep-1973 |
Frankenstein's Monster |
| Woody Strode |
Actor |
28-Jul-1914 |
31-Dec-1994 |
Sergeant Rutledge |
| Gloria Stuart |
Actor |
4-Jul-1910 |
27-Sep-2010 |
Rose in Titanic |
| Danny Sugerman |
Author |
11-Oct-1954 |
5-Jan-2005 |
Manager/Biographer for The Doors |
| Donna Summer |
Singer |
31-Dec-1948 |
17-May-2012 |
Hot Stuff |
| Wislawa Szymborska |
Poet |
2-Jul-1923 |
1-Feb-2012 |
Polish poet |
| William Talman |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
30-Aug-1968 |
Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason |
| Andrei Tarkovsky |
Film Director |
4-Apr-1932 |
28-Dec-1986 |
Solaris |
| Robert Taylor |
Actor |
5-Aug-1911 |
8-Jun-1969 |
Quo Vadis |
| Howard M. Temin |
Scientist |
10-Dec-1934 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
| James Tenney |
Composer |
10-Aug-1934 |
24-Aug-2006 |
A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance' |
| Hank Thompson |
Country Musician |
3-Sep-1925 |
6-Nov-2007 |
Honky Tonk Swing musician |
| Franchot Tone |
Actor |
27-Feb-1905 |
18-Sep-1968 |
Advise and Consent |
| Michelle Triola |
Relative |
13-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2009 |
Palimony |
| Forrest Tucker |
Actor |
12-Feb-1919 |
25-Oct-1986 |
Sgt. O'Rourke on F Troop |
| Preston Tucker |
Business |
21-Sep-1903 |
26-Dec-1956 |
The car of tomorrow -- today |
| Sophie Tucker |
Singer |
13-Jan-1884 |
9-Feb-1966 |
Some of These Days |
| Jim Turnesa |
Golf |
9-Dec-1912 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Winner, 1952 PGA Championship |
| Barry Unsworth |
Novelist |
10-Aug-1930 |
5-Jun-2012 |
Sacred Hunger |
| John Updike |
Novelist |
18-Mar-1932 |
27-Jan-2009 |
Rabbit, Run |
| Sigrid Valdis |
Actor |
21-Sep-1935 |
14-Oct-2007 |
Hilda on Hogan's Heroes |
| Jim Varney |
Actor |
15-Jun-1949 |
10-Feb-2000 |
Played annoyant Ernest P. Worrell |
| Sarah Vaughan |
Singer |
28-Mar-1924 |
3-Apr-1990 |
The Divine One |
| Robert Vesco |
Criminal |
4-Nov-1935 |
23-Nov-2007 |
Fugitive financier |
| Porter Wagoner |
Country Musician |
12-Aug-1927 |
28-Oct-2007 |
The Thin Man from West Plains |
| Edwin A. Walker |
Military |
10-Nov-1909 |
31-Oct-1993 |
Ultraconservative activist |
| Nancy Walker |
Actor |
10-May-1922 |
25-Mar-1992 |
Rhoda's mother |
| Charles Walters |
Film Director |
17-Nov-1911 |
13-Aug-1982 |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
| David Wayne |
Actor |
30-Jan-1914 |
9-Feb-1995 |
The Andromeda Strain |
| Louie Welch |
Politician |
9-Dec-1918 |
27-Jan-2008 |
Mayor of Houston, 1964-73 |
| Margita E. White |
Government |
27-Jun-1937 |
20-Nov-2002 |
FCC Commissioner, 1976-79 |
| James Whitmore |
Actor |
1-Oct-1921 |
6-Feb-2009 |
Give 'em Hell, Harry! |
| Michael Williams |
Actor |
9-Jul-1935 |
11-Jan-2001 |
Educating Rita |
| Carl Wilson |
Musician |
21-Dec-1946 |
6-Feb-1998 |
Beach Boy |
| Tony Young |
Actor |
28-Jun-1937 |
26-Feb-2002 |
Taggart |