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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gianni Agnelli
Business
12-Mar-1921 24-Jan-2003 President of Fiat, 1966-96
Don Ameche
Actor
31-May-1904 6-Dec-1993 Trading Places
Poul Anderson
Author
25-Nov-1926 31-Jul-2001 Tau Zero
Sigurd Anderson
Politician
22-Jan-1904 21-Dec-1990 Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55
Roone Arledge
Sports Figure
8-Jul-1931 5-Dec-2002 Created Wide World of Sports
Bill Bixby
Actor
22-Jan-1934 21-Nov-1993 David Banner on The Incredible Hulk
George S. Brown
Military
17-Aug-1918 5-Dec-1978 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78
Dennis Brutus
Poet
28-Nov-1924 26-Dec-2009 Sirens, Knuckles and Boots
Stokely Carmichael
Activist
29-Jun-1941 15-Nov-1998 Black separatist, Pan-Africanist
Winston S. Churchill
Politician
10-Oct-1940 2-Mar-2010 British MP, Manchester, 1970-97
Eldridge Cleaver
Activist
31-Aug-1935 1-May-1998 Black Panther turned Republican
Silvio O. Conte
Politician
9-Nov-1921 8-Feb-1991 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91
Gregory Corso
Poet
26-Mar-1930 17-Jan-2001 Beat poet, Gasoline
Hume Cronyn
Actor
18-Jul-1911 15-Jun-2003 Cocoon
Robert B. Crosby
Politician
26-Mar-1911 7-Jan-2000 Governor of Nebraska, 1953-55
Peter Cushing
Actor
26-May-1913 11-Aug-1994 Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars
Glenn Davis
Football
26-Dec-1924 9-Mar-2005 Winner, 1946 Heisman Trophy
William Demarest
Actor
27-Feb-1892 28-Dec-1983 The Great McGinty
Edward R. Dudley
Diplomat
11-Mar-1911 8-Feb-2005 First Black US Ambassador
Allan Edwall
Actor
25-Aug-1924 7-Feb-1997 The Brothers Lionheart
Richard Egan
Actor
29-Jul-1921 20-Jul-1987 Samuel Clegg on Capitol
Robert Fagles
Translator
11-Sep-1933 26-Mar-2008 Translator of Greek literature
Orval Faubus
Politician
7-Jan-1910 14-Dec-1994 Governor of Arkansas, 1955-67
Dan Fogelberg
Musician
13-Aug-1951 16-Dec-2007 Leader Of The Band
Sam Francis
Painter
25-Jun-1923 4-Nov-1994 Abstract expressionist
Harold Gould
Actor
10-Dec-1923 11-Sep-2010 Martin Morganstern on Rhoda
Merv Griffin
Talk Show Host
6-Jul-1925 12-Aug-2007 The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy
Charles Haughey
Head of State
16-Sep-1925 13-Jun-2006 Three-time Prime Minister of Ireland
Chic Hecht
Politician
30-Nov-1928 15-May-2006 US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89
James Herriot
Novelist
3-Oct-1916 23-Feb-1995 All Creatures Great and Small
Dennis Hopper
Actor
17-May-1936 29-May-2010 Apocalypse Now
Hume Alexander Horan
Diplomat
13-Aug-1934 22-Jul-2004 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1988
Geoffrey Hughes
Actor
2-Feb-1944 27-Jul-2012 Vernon Scripps on Heartbeat
Langston Hughes
Poet
1-Feb-1902 22-May-1967 The Negro Speaks of Rivers
Lamar Hunt
Football
2-Aug-1932 13-Dec-2006 Founder of the American Football League
Charles Jarrott
Film Director
16-Jun-1927 4-Mar-2011 Anne of the Thousand Days
Alfred Kazin
Critic
5-Jun-1915 5-Jun-1998 On Native Grounds
Johnny Kerr
Basketball
17-Jul-1932 26-Feb-2009 Chicago Bulls coach, commentator
Ayatollah Khomeini
Religion
24-Sep-1902 3-Jun-1989 Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran
J. Krishnamurti
Religion
12-May-1895 18-Feb-1986 Theosophist guru
Jack Layton
Politician
18-Jul-1950 22-Aug-2011 Leader of Canada's NDP
Timothy Leary
Activist
22-Oct-1920 31-May-1996 Tune in, turn on, drop out
David Levine
Cartoonist
20-Dec-1926 29-Dec-2009 Caricaturist, New York Review of Books
Irving R. Levine
Journalist
26-Aug-1922 27-Mar-2009 NBC Correspondent, 1950-95
Theodore Levitt
Economist
1-Mar-1925 28-Jun-2006 Marketing Myopia
James Roderick Lilley
Diplomat
15-Jan-1928 12-Nov-2009 US Ambassador to China, 1989-91
Harold Lloyd
Actor
20-Apr-1893 8-Mar-1971 Prolific silent film actor
Herbie Mann
Jazz Musician
16-Apr-1930 1-Jul-2003 Jazz flautist
Thomas J. Manton
Politician
3-Nov-1932 22-Jul-2006 Congressman from New York, 1985-99
Tom McCall
Politician
22-Mar-1913 8-Jan-1983 Governor of Oregon, 1967-75
Gardner McKay
Actor
10-Jun-1932 21-Nov-2001 Adventures in Paradise
Robert L. Mills
Physicist
15-Apr-1927 27-Oct-1999 Subatomic particles
François Mitterrand
Head of State
26-Oct-1916 8-Jan-1996 President of France, 1981-95
Robert Mosbacher
Government
11-Mar-1927 24-Jan-2010 US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92
Marion Motley
Football
5-Jun-1920 27-Jun-1999 Fullback, NFL Hall of Famer
Pablo Neruda
Poet
12-Jul-1904 23-Sep-1973 Residencia en la Tierra
George M. O'Brien
Politician
17-Jun-1917 18-Jul-1986 Congressman from Illinois, 1973-86
Jerry Orbach
Actor
20-Oct-1935 28-Dec-2004 Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order
Joseph Papp
Theater Director
22-Jun-1921 31-Oct-1991 Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival
Linus Pauling
Chemist
28-Feb-1901 19-Aug-1994 Scientist and peacenik
Frank Perry
Film Director
21-Aug-1930 29-Aug-1995 Mommie Dearest
Jake Pickle
Politician
11-Oct-1913 18-Jun-2005 Congressman from Texas 1963-95
Lynden Oscar Pindling
Politician
22-Mar-1930 25-Aug-2000 Father of The Bahamas
Johnny Ramone
Musician
8-Oct-1951 15-Sep-2004 The Ramones
Karl L. Rankin
Diplomat
4-Sep-1898 15-Jan-1991 US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57
William Raspberry
Columnist
12-Oct-1935 17-Jul-2012 The Washington Post
Thurl Ravenscroft
Actor
6-Feb-1914 22-May-2005 Voice of Tony The Tiger
Oscar Riddle
Biologist
27-Sep-1877 29-Nov-1968 Prolactin
Bobby Riggs
Tennis
25-Feb-1918 25-Oct-1995 Winner of 1939 Wimbledon
Michael Ritchie
Film Director
28-Nov-1938 16-Apr-2001 The Candidate
Moishe Rosen
Religion
12-Apr-1932 19-May-2010 Jews for Jesus founder
Dick Sargent
Actor
19-Apr-1930 8-Jul-1994 Darrin #2 on Bewitched
Telly Savalas
Actor
22-Jan-1922 22-Jan-1994 Kojak
John G. Schmitz
Politician
12-Aug-1930 10-Jan-2001 Congressman from California, 1970-73
Harry Secombe
Actor
8-Sep-1921 11-Apr-2001 Neddie Seagoon on The Goon Show
Mobutu Sese Seko
Head of State
14-Oct-1930 7-Sep-1997 Dictator, bled Zaire dry
William Shockley
Physicist
13-Feb-1910 12-Aug-1989 Co-Inventor of the transistor
James LeVoy Sorenson
Business
30-Jul-1921 20-Jan-2008 Utah billionaire
Victor Spinetti
Actor
2-Sep-1933 19-Jun-2012 Oh! What A Lovely War
J. Ernest Talley
Business
3-Apr-1935 21-Jun-2003 Rent-A-Center
Charles Tingwell
Actor
3-Jan-1923 15-May-2009 Breaker Morant
Pierre Trudeau
Head of State
18-Oct-1919 28-Sep-2000 Twice Prime Minister of Canada
Jesse Unruh
Politician
30-Sep-1922 4-Aug-1987 Speaker of California State Assembly
Hoyt Vandenberg
Government
24-Jan-1899 2-Apr-1954 CIA Director, 1946-47
John von Neumann
Mathematician
28-Dec-1903 8-Feb-1957 Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory
Sam Wanamaker
Actor
14-Jun-1919 19-Dec-1993 Rebuilt Globe Theatre
Coral Eugene Watts
Criminal
7-Nov-1953 21-Sep-2007 Maybe America's most prolific serial killer
William H. Welch
Scientist
8-Apr-1850 30-Apr-1934 Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Malcolm R. Wilkey
Judge
6-Dec-1918 15-Aug-2009 US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1985-90
Walter Winchell
Radio Personality
7-Apr-1897 20-Feb-1972 Gossip commentator
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
26-Apr-1889 29-Apr-1951 Destroyed metaphysics
Yahweh ben Yahweh
Religion
27-Oct-1935 7-May-2007 Nation of Yahweh
Frank Zappa
Composer
21-Dec-1940 4-Dec-1993 Joe's Garage





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