| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Theodor Adorno |
Philosopher |
11-Sep-1903 |
6-Aug-1969 |
Dialectic of Enlightenment |
| James Anderson |
Actor |
13-Jul-1921 |
14-Sep-1969 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Stanley Andrews |
Actor |
28-Aug-1891 |
23-Jun-1969 |
Death Valley Days |
| Ernest Ansermet |
Conductor |
11-Nov-1883 |
20-Feb-1969 |
Founder, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande |
| Thurman Arnold |
Attorney |
2-Jun-1891 |
7-Nov-1969 |
Trust-busting attorney |
| Barbara Bates |
Actor |
6-Aug-1925 |
18-Mar-1969 |
Phoebe in All About Eve |
| John Boles |
Actor |
28-Oct-1895 |
27-Feb-1969 |
Victor Moritz in Frankenstein |
| Fortunio Bonanova |
Singer |
13-Jan-1895 |
2-Apr-1969 |
Citizen Kane |
| Charles Brackett |
Screenwriter |
26-Nov-1892 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Billy Wilder's collaborator |
| Irene Castle |
Dancer |
17-Apr-1893 |
25-Jan-1969 |
Vernon & Irene Castle |
| William Lee Cazort |
Politician |
1888 |
6-Oct-1969 |
Twice Lt. Governor of Arkansas |
| Walter Christaller |
Scientist |
21-Apr-1893 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Central Place Theory |
| Eduardo Ciannelli |
Actor |
30-Aug-1889 |
8-Oct-1969 |
Strange Cargo |
| Clarence 13X |
Religion |
21-Feb-1928 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Nation of Gods and Earths |
| Frank G. Clement |
Politician |
2-Jun-1920 |
4-Nov-1969 |
Twice Governor of Tennessee |
| Bud Collyer |
Game Show Host |
18-Jun-1908 |
8-Sep-1969 |
To Tell the Truth |
| Ivy Compton-Burnett |
Novelist |
5-Jun-1884 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Pastors and Masters |
| Maureen Connolly |
Tennis |
17-Sep-1934 |
21-Jun-1969 |
Little Mo |
| Prentice Cooper |
Government |
28-Sep-1895 |
18-May-1969 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45 |
| Guy Cordon |
Politician |
24-Apr-1890 |
8-Jun-1969 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1944-55 |
| Lloyd Corrigan |
Actor |
16-Oct-1900 |
5-Nov-1969 |
Arthur Manleder in Boston Blackie films |
| Mildred Davis |
Actor |
22-Feb-1901 |
18-Aug-1969 |
Silent film actress |
| Floyd Dell |
Journalist |
28-Jun-1887 |
23-Jul-1969 |
Moon-Calf |
| Everett Dirksen |
Politician |
4-Jan-1896 |
7-Sep-1969 |
US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69 |
| Otto Dix |
Painter |
2-Dec-1891 |
25-Jul-1969 |
Expressionist vividly depicted WWI |
| Truman B. Douglass |
Religion |
15-Jul-1901 |
27-May-1969 |
United Church of Christ |
| Don Drummond |
Musician |
12-Mar-1932 |
6-May-1969 |
The Skatalites |
| James H. Duff |
Politician |
21-Jan-1883 |
20-Dec-1969 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51 |
| Vernon Duke |
Composer |
10-Oct-1903 |
16-Jan-1969 |
April in Paris |
| Allen W. Dulles |
Spy |
7-Apr-1893 |
29-Jan-1969 |
CIA Director, 1953-61 |
| Max Eastman |
Author |
12-Jan-1883 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Socialist writer, later embraced McCarthyism |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Richard S. Emmet |
Attorney |
8-Apr-1897 |
5-Oct-1969 |
Counsel to the Bank of New York |
| Levi Eshkol |
Head of State |
25-Oct-1895 |
26-Feb-1969 |
Third Prime Minister of Israel |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| Vito Genovese |
Criminal |
27-Nov-1897 |
14-Feb-1969 |
Genovese crime family |
| Leo Gorcey |
Actor |
3-Jun-1917 |
2-Jun-1969 |
Bowery Boy |
| Wilton Graff |
Actor |
13-Aug-1903 |
13-Jan-1969 |
Bloodlust! |
| Walter Gropius |
Architect |
18-May-1883 |
5-Jul-1969 |
Founder of the Bauhaus school |
| Duke Guider |
Business |
10-Mar-1900 |
1969 |
Defense attorney for Hideki Tojo |
| Sigrid Gurie |
Actor |
18-May-1911 |
14-Aug-1969 |
Algiers |
| Walter Hagen |
Golf |
21-Dec-1892 |
5-Oct-1969 |
Won 11 major championships |
| Fred Hampton, Sr. |
Activist |
30-Aug-1948 |
4-Dec-1969 |
Black Panther leader assassinated by police |
| Fred A. Hartley |
Politician |
22-Feb-1902 |
11-May-1969 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1929-49 |
| Coleman Hawkins |
Jazz Musician |
21-Nov-1904 |
19-May-1969 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Gabby Hayes |
Actor |
7-May-1885 |
9-Feb-1969 |
Don't Fence Me In |
| Sonja Henie |
Figure Skating |
8-Apr-1912 |
12-Oct-1969 |
Norwegian figure skater |
| Josephine Herbst |
Novelist |
5-Mar-1892 |
28-Jan-1969 |
Pity Is Not Enough |
| Ralph E. Herseth |
Politician |
2-Jul-1909 |
24-Jul-1969 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1959-61 |
| Barney Hill |
Hoaxer |
20-Jul-1922 |
25-Feb-1969 |
Self-proclaimed UFO abductee |
| Lambert Hillyer |
Film Director |
8-Jul-1889 |
5-Jul-1969 |
Dracula's Daughter |
| Martita Hunt |
Actor |
30-Jan-1899 |
13-Jun-1969 |
Great Expectations |
| Jeffrey Hunter |
Actor |
25-Nov-1926 |
27-May-1969 |
King of Kings |
| Zakir Hussain |
Head of State |
8-Feb-1897 |
3-May-1969 |
President of India, 1967-69 |
| Skip James |
Musician |
21-Jun-1902 |
3-Oct-1969 |
Devil Got My Woman |
| Karl Jaspers |
Philosopher |
23-Feb-1883 |
26-Feb-1969 |
Existential thinker |
| Brian Jones |
Guitarist |
28-Feb-1942 |
3-Jul-1969 |
Guitarist for the Rolling Stones |
| Boris Karloff |
Actor |
23-Nov-1887 |
2-Feb-1969 |
Horror actor |
| Joseph P. Kennedy |
Business |
6-Sep-1888 |
18-Nov-1969 |
Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan |
| Jack Kerouac |
Novelist |
12-Mar-1922 |
21-Oct-1969 |
On The Road |
| Frank King |
Cartoonist |
9-Apr-1883 |
24-Jun-1969 |
Gasoline Alley |
| Mary Jo Kopechne |
Victim |
26-Jul-1940 |
18-Jul-1969 |
Dead woman in Ted Kennedy's car |
| Frank Lawton |
Actor |
30-Sep-1904 |
10-Jun-1969 |
A Night to Remember |
| John L. Lewis |
Labor Leader |
12-Feb-1880 |
11-Jun-1969 |
President, United Mine Workers, 1920-60 |
| Willy Ley |
Author |
2-Oct-1906 |
24-May-1969 |
The Conquest of Space |
| Frank Loesser |
Composer |
29-Jun-1910 |
28-Jul-1969 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Barton MacLane |
Actor |
25-Dec-1902 |
1-Jan-1969 |
Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie |
| Joe Malone |
Hockey |
28-Feb-1890 |
15-May-1969 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Erika Mann |
Journalist |
9-Nov-1905 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Daughter of Thomas Mann |
| Rocky Marciano |
Boxing |
1-Sep-1924 |
31-Aug-1969 |
Undefeated heavyweight |
| Howard Marion-Crawford |
Actor |
17-Jan-1914 |
24-Nov-1969 |
Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes |
| George Preston Marshall |
Football |
11-Oct-1896 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Redskins owner, halftime show pioneer |
| Adolfo López Mateos |
Head of State |
26-May-1910 |
22-Sep-1969 |
President of Mexico, 1958-64 |
| Leo McCarey |
Film Director |
3-Oct-1898 |
5-Jul-1969 |
The Awful Truth |
| Jimmy McHugh |
Songwriter |
10-Jul-1893 |
23-May-1969 |
On the Sunny Side of the Street |
| Howard McNear |
Actor |
27-Jan-1905 |
3-Jan-1969 |
Floyd the Barber |
| Ho Chi Minh |
Activist |
19-May-1890 |
2-Sep-1969 |
Uncle Ho |
| Douglas Stuart Moore |
Composer |
10-Aug-1893 |
25-Jul-1969 |
The Devil and Daniel Webster |
| Russ Morgan |
Musician |
29-Apr-1904 |
8-Aug-1969 |
Bandleader, arranger and trombonist |
| Alan Mowbray |
Actor |
18-Aug-1896 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Founding member, Screen Actors Guild |
| Rafael Osuna |
Tennis |
15-Sep-1938 |
4-Jun-1969 |
Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles |
| Drew Pearson |
Journalist |
13-Dec-1897 |
1-Sep-1969 |
Washington Merry-Go-Round |
| Westbrook Pegler |
Columnist |
2-Aug-1894 |
24-Jun-1969 |
Ultraconservative newspaper columnist |
| James Pike |
Religion |
14-Feb-1913 |
Sep-1969 |
5th Episcopal Bishop of California |
| Georges Pire |
Religion |
10-Feb-1910 |
30-Jan-1969 |
Activist monk, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Eric Portman |
Actor |
13-Jul-1901 |
7-Dec-1969 |
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
| Cecil Powell |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Discovered the pi-meson |
| William E. Riker |
Religion |
1873 |
3-Dec-1969 |
Holy City cult leader |
| Thelma Ritter |
Actor |
14-Feb-1905 |
4-Feb-1969 |
Stella in Rear Window |
| Rod La Rocque |
Actor |
20-Nov-1898 |
15-Oct-1969 |
Braveheart |
| Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
Architect |
27-Mar-1886 |
17-Aug-1969 |
The Glass Skyscraper |
| Pee Wee Russell |
Jazz Musician |
27-Mar-1906 |
15-Feb-1969 |
Jazz clarinet virtuoso |
| Erskine Sanford |
Actor |
19-Nov-1885 |
7-Jul-1969 |
Citizen Kane |
| Ben Shahn |
Painter |
12-Sep-1898 |
14-Mar-1969 |
American Social Realist painter |
| Waclaw Sierpinski |
Mathematician |
14-Mar-1882 |
21-Oct-1969 |
Sierpinski's gasket |
| V. M. Slipher |
Astronomer |
11-Nov-1875 |
8-Nov-1969 |
Interstellar dust |
| Raymond A. Spruance |
Military |
3-Jul-1886 |
13-Dec-1969 |
US Navy Admiral during WWII |
| Otto Stern |
Physicist |
17-Feb-1888 |
17-Aug-1969 |
Molecular beam experiment |
| Josef von Sternberg |
Film Director |
29-May-1894 |
22-Dec-1969 |
The Last Command |
| Carl W. Strom |
Diplomat |
22-Dec-1899 |
27-Jan-1969 |
US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61 |
| Gladys Swarthout |
Singer |
25-Dec-1900 |
8-Jul-1969 |
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
| Sharon Tate |
Actor |
24-Jan-1943 |
8-Aug-1969 |
Polanski's wife murdered by Manson family |
| Chuck Taylor |
Business |
24-Jun-1901 |
23-Jun-1969 |
Chuck Taylor All-Stars Sneaker |
| Robert Taylor |
Actor |
5-Aug-1911 |
8-Jun-1969 |
Quo Vadis |
| Edward J. Thye |
Politician |
26-Apr-1896 |
28-Aug-1969 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47 |
| John Kennedy Toole |
Novelist |
7-Dec-1937 |
26-Mar-1969 |
A Confederacy of Dunces |
| B. Traven |
Novelist |
c. 1890 |
26-Mar-1969 |
Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| Moise Tshombe |
Head of State |
10-Nov-1919 |
29-Jun-1969 |
Katanga secessionist |
| Franz von Papen |
Diplomat |
29-Oct-1879 |
2-May-1969 |
Nazi ambassador |
| Edward T. Wailes |
Diplomat |
16-Feb-1903 |
25-Jun-1969 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1958-61 |
| Raymond Walburn |
Actor |
9-Sep-1887 |
26-Jul-1969 |
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town |
| Hugh Williams |
Actor |
6-Mar-1904 |
7-Dec-1969 |
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing |
| Rhys Williams |
Actor |
31-Dec-1897 |
28-May-1969 |
The Bells of St. Mary's |
| Charles Winninger |
Actor |
26-May-1884 |
27-Jan-1969 |
Show Boat |
| Robert H. Winters |
Politician |
18-Aug-1910 |
10-Oct-1969 |
Canadian Minister of Trade, 1966-68 |
| Robert E. Wood |
Business |
13-Jun-1879 |
6-Nov-1969 |
Chairman of Sears, 1939-54 |
| Leonard Woolf |
Author |
25-Nov-1880 |
14-Aug-1969 |
British memoirist, husband of Virginia |
| John Wyndham |
Author |
10-Jul-1903 |
11-Mar-1969 |
The Day of the Triffids |
| Joseph Yablonski |
Labor Leader |
3-Mar-1910 |
31-Dec-1969 |
UMW executive, murdered |
