LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stew Albert	Activist	4-Dec-1939	30-Jan-2006	Founding Yippie
Eddie Arcaro	Jockey	19-Feb-1916	14-Nov-1997	Two-time Triple Crown winner
Oswald Avery	Biologist	21-Oct-1877	20-Feb-1955	Antibodies and DNA
Allan Blakeney	Politician	7-Sep-1925	16-Apr-2011	Premier of Saskatchewan, 1971-82
Jorge Luis Borges	Author	24-Aug-1899	14-Jun-1986	The Garden of Forking Paths
Lester Bowie	Jazz Musician	11-Oct-1941	9-Nov-1999	Influential jazz trumpeter
Daniel Brewster	Politician	23-Nov-1923	19-Aug-2007	US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69
Carlos Castaneda	Author	25-Dec-1925	27-Apr-1998	The Teachings of Don Juan
John Jay Chapman	Essayist	2-Mar-1862	4-Nov-1933	Essayist, founder of The Nursery
Suzanne Cloutier	Actor	10-Jul-1923	2-Dec-2003	Othello
John Coltrane	Jazz Musician	23-Sep-1926	17-Jul-1967	Jazz tenor saxophonist
Richard Cromwell	Actor	8-Jan-1920	11-Oct-1960	The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Joan Finney	Politician	12-Feb-1925	28-Jul-2001	Governor of Kansas, 1991-95
Joe Frazier	Boxing	12-Jan-1944	7-Nov-2011	Smokin' Joe
James Gammon	Actor	20-Apr-1940	16-Jul-2010	American Character Actor
Stan Getz	Jazz Musician	2-Feb-1927	6-Jun-1991	Jazz tenor saxophonist
Robin Gibb	Singer	22-Dec-1949	20-May-2012	Vocalist for the Bee Gees
Allen Ginsberg	Poet	3-Jun-1926	5-Apr-1997	Howl!
Christopher Glenn	Journalist	23-Mar-1938	17-Oct-2006	Longtime CBS radio correspondent
S. William Green	Politician	16-Oct-1929	14-Oct-2002	Congressman from New York, 1978-93
Alec Guinness	Actor	2-Apr-1914	5-Aug-2000	Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
John Gunther	Journalist	30-Aug-1901	29-May-1970	Inside Europe
Ernie Harwell	Sports Journalist	25-Jan-1918	4-May-2010	Voice of the Detroit Tigers
Doug Henning	Magician	3-May-1947	7-Feb-2000	Extremely flamboyant magician
James Hilton	Novelist	9-Sep-1900	20-Dec-1954	Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Gregory Hines	Dancer	14-Feb-1946	9-Aug-2003	Tap dancer
Al Hirt	Jazz Musician	7-Nov-1922	27-Apr-1999	Dixieland trumpet player
Erich Honecker	Head of State	25-Aug-1912	29-May-1994	East German leader, 1971-89
Ted Hughes	Poet	16-Aug-1930	28-Oct-1998	Crow
Jim Hutton	Actor	31-May-1934	2-Jun-1979	Ellery Queen
Eugene Istomin	Pianist	26-Nov-1925	10-Oct-2003	American piano prodigy
Milt Jackson	Jazz Musician	1-Jan-1923	9-Oct-1999	Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet
Percy Julian	Chemist	11-Apr-1899	19-Apr-1975	Physostigmine and cortisone
Ken Kesey	Novelist	17-Sep-1935	10-Nov-2001	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
David Kossoff	Actor	24-Nov-1919	23-Mar-2005	The Mouse That Roared
Harvey Kurtzman	Cartoonist	3-Oct-1924	21-Feb-1993	Founding editor, Mad magazine
Chris LeDoux	Country Musician	2-Oct-1948	9-Mar-2005	Rodeo star, cowboy singer
Jerome H. Lemelson	Inventor	18-Jul-1923	1-Oct-1997	Inventor with a very good lawyer
Charles Major	Novelist	25-Jul-1856	13-Feb-1913	When Knighthood Was in Flower
Mickey Mantle	Baseball	20-Oct-1931	13-Aug-1995	Twelve times in the World Series
Matt Monro	Singer	1-Dec-1930	7-Feb-1985	Born Free
Anne Nagel	Actor	29-Sep-1915	6-Jul-1966	The Green Hornet
Sam Newfield	Film Director	6-Dec-1899	10-Nov-1964	I Accuse My Parents
Helen O'Connell	Singer	23-May-1920	9-Sep-1993	Big Band singer, Green Eyes
Charles Olson	Poet	27-Dec-1910	10-Jan-1970	The Maximus Poems
Lupe Ontiveros	Actor	17-Sep-1942	26-Jul-2012	Frequently portrayed maids
Józef Pilsudski	Military	5-Dec-1867	12-May-1935	Military dictator of Poland, 1926-35
Moana Pozzi	Pornstar	27-Apr-1961	15-Sep-1994	Backdoor Summer 2
Anthony Quayle	Actor	7-Sep-1913	20-Oct-1989	Ice-Cold in Alex
Denis Quilley	Actor	26-Dec-1927	5-Oct-2003	Privates on Parade
Mohammad Rabbani	Head of State	1955	21-Apr-2001	Taliban leader, Prime Minister
Jean Racine	Playwright	20-Dec-1639	21-Apr-1699	Phèdre
Mick Ronson	Guitarist	26-May-1946	29-Apr-1993	Bowie/Spiders from Mars guitarist
Jane Rule	Author	28-Mar-1931	27-Nov-2007	Desert of the Heart
Georg Simmel	Sociologist	1-Mar-1858	26-Sep-1918	Philosophy of Money
Zoot Sims	Jazz Musician	29-Oct-1925	23-Mar-1985	Tenor and soprano saxophonist
Dave Thomas	Business	2-Jul-1932	8-Jan-2002	Founder of Wendy's Hamburgers
August Wilson	Playwright	27-Apr-1945	2-Oct-2005	The Piano Lesson
Flip Wilson	Comic	8-Dec-1933	25-Nov-1998	The Flip Wilson Show
Sun Yat-sen	Head of State	12-Nov-1866	12-Mar-1925	President of China, 1911-12

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