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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Lance Armstrong
Cyclist
18-Sep-1971   7-time Tour De France winner
Arrow
Musician
16-Nov-1949 15-Sep-2010 Soca performer
Chet Atkins
Guitarist
20-Jun-1924 30-Jun-2001 Prominent country picker
Susan Atkins
Criminal
7-May-1948 24-Sep-2009 Manson Family
John Backus
Computer Programmer
3-Dec-1924 17-Mar-2007 Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team
Seve Ballesteros
Golf
9-Apr-1957 7-May-2011 Winner of 5 Majors
Anthony Burgess
Novelist
25-Feb-1917 25-Nov-1993 A Clockwork Orange
Merritt Butrick
Actor
3-Sep-1959 17-Mar-1989 Johnny Slash on Square Pegs
Paul Carr
Actor
1-Feb-1934 17-Feb-2006 The Bat People
Gary Carter
Baseball
8-Apr-1954 16-Feb-2012 MLB catcher, Hall-of-Famer
Tony Coelho
Politician
15-Jun-1942   Congressman from California, 1979-89
Martin P. Durkin
Government
18-Mar-1894 19-Jan-1955 US Secretary of Labor, 1953
Richard Greene
Actor
25-Aug-1918 1-Jun-1985 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Bernadine P. Healy
Doctor
4-Aug-1944 6-Aug-2011 President, American Red Cross, 1999-2001
Martin Kemp
Musician
10-Oct-1961   Spandau Ballet
Ted Kennedy
Politician
22-Feb-1932 25-Aug-2009 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Otto Klemperer
Conductor
14-May-1885 6-Jul-1973 Prominent German conductor
David Kuo
Government
c. 1968   Tempting Faith
Ralph Lauren
Fashion Designer
14-Oct-1939   Founder, Polo Ralph Lauren
Robert Moog
Inventor
23-May-1934 21-Aug-2005 Invented the synthesizer
Mo Mowlam
Politician
18-Sep-1949 19-Aug-2005 Former Labour MP
Bobby Murcer
Baseball
20-May-1946 12-Jul-2008 MLB player, Yankees sportscaster
Alva Myrdal
Politician
31-Jan-1902 1-Feb-1986 Swedish diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Robert Novak
Columnist
26-Feb-1931 18-Aug-2009 Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame
Wayne Osmond
Musician
28-Aug-1951   One of the Osmonds
Lou Rawls
Singer
1-Dec-1935 6-Jan-2006 Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer
Rene Rivkin
Business
6-Jun-1944 1-May-2005 Disgraced Australian stockbroker
Mark Ruffalo
Actor
22-Nov-1967   13 Going on 30
Tony Scott
Film Director
21-Jul-1944 19-Aug-2012 Top Gun
Craig Shergold
Victim
24-Jun-1979   Subject of Internet chain letters
Arlen Specter
Politician
12-Feb-1930   US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011





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