| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Adams |
Composer |
15-Feb-1947 |
|
Nixon in China |
| Stew Albert |
Activist |
4-Dec-1939 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Founding Yippie |
| G. G. Allin |
Musician |
29-Aug-1956 |
28-Jun-1993 |
Hated |
| Susan Atkins |
Criminal |
7-May-1948 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Manson Family |
| J. G. Ballard |
Author |
18-Nov-1930 |
19-Apr-2009 |
Empire of the Sun, Crash |
| Syd Barrett |
Musician |
6-Jan-1946 |
7-Jul-2006 |
Pink Floyd |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Painter |
22-Dec-1960 |
12-Aug-1988 |
NYC graffiti artist |
| John Belushi |
Actor |
24-Jan-1949 |
5-Mar-1982 |
Animal House |
| Anthony Bourdain |
Chef |
25-Jun-1956 |
|
Kitchen Confidential |
| Pattie Boyd |
Model |
17-Mar-1944 |
|
Ex-Wife of George Harrison, Eric Clapton |
| Creed Bratton |
Actor |
8-Feb-1943 |
|
Creed Bratton on The Office |
| Jeff Bridges |
Actor |
4-Dec-1949 |
|
The Dude abides |
| Charlie Brooker |
TV Personality |
3-Mar-1971 |
|
British satirist, Screenwipe |
| Don Buchla |
Inventor |
Apr-1937 |
|
Modular synthesizer designer |
| Bebe Buell |
Model |
14-Jul-1953 |
|
Liv Tyler's mom |
| Charles Bukowski |
Author |
16-Aug-1920 |
9-Mar-1994 |
Love is a Dog from Hell |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS |
| Judy Carne |
Actor |
27-Apr-1939 |
|
Sock-it-to-me girl on Laugh-In |
| Jack Carter |
Relative |
3-Jul-1947 |
|
Jimmy Carter's eldest son |
| Neal Cassady |
Author |
8-Feb-1926 |
4-Feb-1968 |
The Holy Goof |
| David Cassidy |
Singer |
12-Apr-1950 |
|
The Partridge Family |
| Mark David Chapman |
Assassin |
10-May-1955 |
|
Assassin of Beatle John Lennon |
| Deepak Chopra |
Author |
22-Oct-1946 |
|
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind |
| Art Clokey |
Cartoonist |
12-Oct-1921 |
8-Jan-2010 |
Creator of Gumby |
| Leonard Cohen |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Sep-1934 |
|
Everybody Knows |
| Judy Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-May-1939 |
|
Folk singer |
| Francis Crick |
Scientist |
8-Jun-1916 |
28-Jul-2004 |
Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA |
| David Cronenberg |
Film Director |
15-Mar-1943 |
|
Videodrome |
| David Crosby |
Musician |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
| David Cross |
Actor |
4-Apr-1964 |
|
Mr. Show with Bob and David |
| Robert Crumb |
Cartoonist |
30-Aug-1943 |
|
Weirdo, Zap Comix |
| Evan Dando |
Musician |
4-Mar-1967 |
|
Lemonheads frontman |
| Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
| Patti Davis |
Relative |
21-Oct-1952 |
|
Reagan's prodigal daughter |
| Jessica Delfino |
Comic |
8-Jun-1976 |
|
Dirty Folk Rock |
| Paul Desmond |
Jazz Musician |
25-Nov-1924 |
30-May-1977 |
Jazz alto saxophonist, Dave Brubeck Quartet |
| Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
| Janice Dickinson |
Model |
15-Feb-1955 |
|
1970s supermodel |
| Dion |
Musician |
18-Jul-1939 |
|
Runaround Sue |
| Donovan |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-May-1946 |
|
Mad about saffron |
| Betsy Drake |
Actor |
11-Sep-1923 |
|
Every Girl Should Be Married |
| Nick Drake |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Jun-1948 |
25-Nov-1974 |
Pink Moon |
| Dock Ellis |
Baseball |
11-Mar-1945 |
19-Dec-2008 |
Pitched a no-hitter on LSD |
| Roky Erickson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jul-1947 |
|
13th Floor Elevators |
| Craig Ferguson |
Talk Show Host |
17-May-1962 |
|
"It's a great day for America" |
| Carrie Fisher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1956 |
|
Princess Leia in Star Wars |
| Peter Fonda |
Actor |
23-Feb-1940 |
|
Easy Rider |
| Al Franken |
Politician |
21-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
| Squeaky Fromme |
Assassin |
22-Oct-1948 |
|
Attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford |
| Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
| Bill Gates |
Business |
28-Oct-1955 |
|
Co-Founder of Microsoft |
| Boy George |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Jun-1961 |
|
Karma Chameleon |
| Nick Gillespie |
Journalist |
8-Jul-1963 |
|
Reason magazine |
| David Gilmour |
Guitarist |
6-Mar-1946 |
|
Guitarist for Pink Floyd |
| Topher Grace |
Actor |
12-Jul-1978 |
|
Eric Forman in That 70's Show |
| Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
| Peter Green |
Musician |
29-Oct-1946 |
|
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac |
| Alex Grey |
Artist |
29-Nov-1953 |
|
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors |
| Jerry Hall |
Model |
2-Jul-1956 |
|
Second wife of Mick Jagger |
| Debbie Harry |
Singer |
1-Jul-1945 |
|
Blondie |
| Gibby Haynes |
Singer |
1957 |
|
Butthole Surfers |
| Richard Hell |
Musician |
2-Oct-1949 |
|
Blank Generation |
| Jimi Hendrix |
Guitarist |
27-Nov-1942 |
18-Sep-1970 |
Purple Haze |
| Bill Hicks |
Comic |
16-Dec-1961 |
26-Feb-1994 |
Visionary comedian, met untimely death |
| Abbie Hoffman |
Activist |
30-Nov-1936 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Steal This Book |
| Albert Hofmann |
Chemist |
11-Jan-1906 |
29-Apr-2008 |
Discovered LSD |
| Dennis Hopper |
Actor |
17-May-1936 |
29-May-2010 |
Apocalypse Now |
| Aldous Huxley |
Author |
26-Jul-1894 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Brave New World |
| Phil Jackson |
Basketball |
17-Sep-1945 |
|
Big Chief Triangle |
| Richard D. James |
Electronic Musician |
18-Aug-1971 |
|
Aphex Twin |
| Jenna Jameson |
Pornstar |
9-Apr-1974 |
|
Got naked with Howard Stern in Private Parts |
| Steve Jobs |
Business |
24-Feb-1955 |
5-Oct-2011 |
Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
| Alejandro Jodorowsky |
Film Director |
7-Feb-1929 |
|
El Topo |
| Daniel Johnston |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jan-1961 |
|
Hi How Are You? |
| Justine Joli |
Pornstar |
16-Jul-1980 |
|
Carnival Sluts and Circus Dicks |
| Angelina Jolie |
Actor |
4-Jun-1975 |
|
Tomb Raider |
| Brian Jones |
Guitarist |
28-Feb-1942 |
3-Jul-1969 |
Guitarist for the Rolling Stones |
| Mauricio Kagel |
Composer |
24-Dec-1931 |
18-Sep-2008 |
Absurdist composer |
| Arthur Kane |
Bassist |
3-Feb-1949 |
13-Jul-2004 |
Former New York Dolls bassist |
| Paul Kantner |
Musician |
17-Mar-1941 |
|
Jefferson Airplane |
| Mary Karr |
Author |
16-Jan-1955 |
|
The Liars' Club |
| Doug Kenney |
Comic |
10-Dec-1946 |
27-Aug-1980 |
National Lampoon cofounder |
| Ken Kesey |
Novelist |
17-Sep-1935 |
10-Nov-2001 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Anthony Kiedis |
Musician |
1-Nov-1962 |
|
Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman |
| Sally Kirkland |
Actor |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Jeanette in ED TV |
| Cris Kirkwood |
Bassist |
22-Oct-1960 |
|
Meat Puppets |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Paul Krassner |
Author |
9-Apr-1932 |
|
Editor, The Realist |
| Greg Laurie |
Religion |
10-Dec-1952 |
|
Harvest Christian Fellowship |
| Christopher Lawford |
Actor |
29-Mar-1955 |
|
All My Children |
| Timothy Leary |
Activist |
22-Oct-1920 |
31-May-1996 |
Tune in, turn on, drop out |
| Lung Leg |
Actor |
8-Jul-1963 |
|
That girl on the cover of EVOL |
| Carol Leifer |
Comic |
27-Jul-1956 |
|
Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine |
| Lemmy |
Singer |
24-Dec-1945 |
|
Bassist for Motorhead |
| John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
| John C. Lilly |
Scientist |
6-Jan-1915 |
30-Sep-2001 |
Human-dolphin communication |
| Maureen Lipman |
Actor |
10-May-1946 |
|
Agony |
| Clare Boothe Luce |
Politician |
10-Apr-1903 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce |
| Henry R. Luce |
Business |
3-Apr-1898 |
28-Feb-1967 |
Founded Time Magazine |
| Richard Lynch |
Actor |
12-Feb-1936 |
19-Jun-2012 |
The Sword and the Sorcerer |
| William H. Macy |
Actor |
13-Mar-1950 |
|
Fargo |
| Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Paul McCartney |
Musician |
18-Jun-1942 |
|
Beatle |
| Helen Mirren |
Actor |
26-Jul-1945 |
|
Prime Suspect |
| Moby |
Electronic Musician |
11-Sep-1965 |
|
Play |
| Alan Moore |
Author |
18-Nov-1953 |
|
Created The Watchmen |
| Jim Morrison |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1943 |
3-Jul-1971 |
Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors |
| Chuck Negron |
Singer |
8-Jun-1942 |
|
Singer for Three Dog Night |
| Jack Nicholson |
Actor |
22-Apr-1937 |
|
Chinatown |
| Nico |
Musician |
16-Oct-1938 |
18-Jul-1988 |
The Velvet Underground and Nico |
| Anaïs Nin |
Author |
21-Feb-1903 |
14-Jan-1977 |
Diary of Anaïs Nin |
| Laura Nyro |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1947 |
8-Apr-1997 |
New York songwriter |
| P. J. O'Rourke |
Author |
14-Nov-1947 |
|
Political satirist |
| Conor Oberst |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Feb-1980 |
|
Emo cloud responsible for Bright Eyes |
| Tito Ortiz |
Sports Figure |
23-Jan-1975 |
|
UFC / mixed martial arts fighter |
| Humphry Osmond |
Doctor |
1-Jul-1917 |
6-Feb-2004 |
LSD proponent, turned on Aldous Huxley |
| Patton Oswalt |
Comic |
27-Jan-1969 |
|
Mr. Show, King of Queens |
| Trey Parker |
Cartoonist |
19-Oct-1969 |
|
South Park |
| Neil Peart |
Drummer |
12-Sep-1952 |
|
Drummer for Rush |
| Dan Peek |
Musician |
1-Nov-1950 |
24-Jul-2011 |
Co-founder of America |
| Art Pepper |
Jazz Musician |
1-Sep-1925 |
15-Jun-1982 |
Alto saxophonist |
| Dennis Peron |
Activist |
8-Apr-1945 |
|
Medical marijuana |
| John Phillips |
Musician |
30-Aug-1935 |
18-Mar-2001 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
| Michelle Phillips |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Jun-1944 |
|
The Mamas and the Papas |
| Pink |
Singer |
8-Sep-1979 |
|
Can't Take Me Home |
| Roman Polanski |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1933 |
|
Chinatown |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Tommy Rettig |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
15-Feb-1996 |
Jeff Miller in Lassie |
| Anne Rice |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Vampire novelist |
| Adam Rich |
Actor |
12-Oct-1968 |
|
Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough |
| Keith Richards |
Guitarist |
18-Dec-1943 |
|
The Rolling Stones |
| Tom Robbins |
Novelist |
22-Jul-1936 |
|
Still Life with Woodpecker |
| Dana Rohrabacher |
Politician |
21-Jun-1947 |
|
Congressman, California 46th |
| Henry Rollins |
Musician |
13-Feb-1961 |
|
Black Flag |
| Oliver Sacks |
Doctor |
9-Jul-1933 |
|
Awakenings |
| Carlos Santana |
Musician |
20-Jul-1947 |
|
House is dark, pots are cold |
| Maria Schneider |
Actor |
27-Mar-1952 |
3-Feb-2011 |
Last Tango in Paris |
| Charlie Sheen |
Actor |
3-Sep-1965 |
|
The prodigal Sheen |
| Alexander Shulgin |
Chemist |
17-Jun-1925 |
|
Rediscovered MDMA |
| Dave Sim |
Cartoonist |
17-May-1956 |
|
Cerebus |
| Russell Simmons |
Business |
4-Oct-1957 |
|
Def Jam Records |
| Grace Slick |
Singer |
30-Oct-1939 |
|
Jefferson Airplane and Starship |
| Penelope Spheeris |
Film Director |
2-Dec-1945 |
|
Wayne's World |
| Annie Sprinkle |
Pornstar |
23-Jul-1954 |
|
Pornstar turned performance artist |
| Owsley Stanley |
Activist |
19-Jan-1935 |
12-Mar-2011 |
Johnny Appleseed of LSD |
| Ben Stiller |
Actor |
30-Nov-1965 |
|
There's Something About Mary |
| Matt Stone |
Cartoonist |
26-May-1971 |
|
South Park |
| Matt Taibbi |
Journalist |
2-Mar-1970 |
|
The Great Derangement |
| Quentin Tarantino |
Film Director |
27-Mar-1963 |
|
Pulp Fiction |
| Hunter S. Thompson |
Journalist |
18-Jul-1937 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gonzo journalist and author |
| James Toback |
Film Director |
23-Nov-1944 |
|
The Pick-up Artist |
| Stephen Tobolowsky |
Actor |
30-May-1951 |
|
Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day |
| Mamie Van Doren |
Actor |
6-Feb-1931 |
|
High School Confidential! |
| Loudon Wainwright III |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Feb-1947 |
|
Rufus was a Tit-Man |
| Alan Watts |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1915 |
16-Nov-1973 |
Zen beat counterculture sage |
| Andy Williams |
Singer |
3-Dec-1927 |
|
Moon River |
| Robbie Williams |
Singer |
13-Feb-1974 |
|
Former member of Take That |
| Tookie Williams |
Criminal |
29-Dec-1953 |
13-Dec-2005 |
Co-Founder, West Side Crips |
| Brian Wilson |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-Jun-1942 |
|
Troubled Beach Boy |
| Robert Anton Wilson |
Author |
18-Jan-1932 |
11-Jan-2007 |
Illuminatus Trilogy |
| Gridley Wright |
Religion |
19-Jan-1934 |
22-Dec-1979 |
Shiva Lila cult founder |
