| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Dean Acheson |
Government |
11-Apr-1893 |
12-Oct-1971 |
US Secretary of State, 1949-53 |
| Roger Adams |
Chemist |
2-Jan-1889 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Organic chemist at Illinois |
| Joe Adonis |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1902 |
26-Nov-1971 |
Mafia boss, eventually deported |
| William Foxwell Albright |
Archaeologist |
24-May-1891 |
19-Sep-1971 |
Biblical archaeologist at Johns Hopkins |
| Duane Allman |
Guitarist |
20-Nov-1946 |
29-Oct-1971 |
Guitarist, The Allman Brothers |
| Gilbert M. Anderson |
Actor |
21-Mar-1880 |
20-Jan-1971 |
Broncho Billy |
| Pier Angeli |
Actor |
19-Jun-1932 |
10-Sep-1971 |
Tomorrow Is Too Late |
| Jacobo Arbenz |
Head of State |
14-Sep-1913 |
27-Jan-1971 |
President of Guatemala, 1951-54 |
| Diane Arbus |
Photographer |
14-Mar-1923 |
26-Jul-1971 |
Influential photographer |
| Louis Armstrong |
Jazz Musician |
4-Aug-1901 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Jazz trumpeter |
| J. D. Bernal |
Physicist |
10-May-1901 |
15-Sep-1971 |
X-ray crystallography |
| Hugo Black |
Judge |
27-Feb-1886 |
25-Sep-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1937-71 |
| Lawrence Bragg |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1890 |
1-Jul-1971 |
Bragg's Law of diffraction |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Leo Burnett |
Business |
21-Oct-1891 |
7-Jun-1971 |
American advertising pioneer |
| H. Ralph Burton |
Government |
1882 |
5-Aug-1971 |
Red-baiting Senate staffer |
| Spring Byington |
Actor |
17-Oct-1886 |
7-Sep-1971 |
You Can't Take it With You |
| John W. Campbell |
Editor |
8-Jun-1910 |
11-Jul-1971 |
Editor of Astounding, 1938-71 |
| Bennett Cerf |
Publisher |
25-May-1898 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Founder of Random House |
| Coco Chanel |
Fashion Designer |
19-Aug-1883 |
10-Jan-1971 |
Chanel No. 5 |
| Alfred Chester |
Novelist |
7-Sep-1928 |
1-Aug-1971 |
The Exquisite Corpse |
| Brock Chisholm |
Doctor |
18-May-1896 |
4-Feb-1971 |
First Director-General of World Health Organization |
| Walter van Tilburg Clark |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1909 |
10-Nov-1971 |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
| Gladys Cooper |
Actor |
18-Dec-1888 |
17-Nov-1971 |
My Fair Lady |
| John Dall |
Actor |
26-May-1918 |
15-Jan-1971 |
Rope |
| Bebe Daniels |
Actor |
14-Jan-1901 |
16-Mar-1971 |
42nd Street |
| Basil Dearden |
Film Director |
1-Jan-1911 |
23-Mar-1971 |
Khartoum |
| Thomas E. Dewey |
Politician |
24-Mar-1902 |
16-Mar-1971 |
Did not defeat Truman |
| Roy O. Disney |
Business |
24-Jun-1893 |
20-Dec-1971 |
Walt Disney's brother |
| Thomas J. Dodd |
Politician |
15-May-1907 |
24-May-1971 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71 |
| Peter Duel |
Actor |
24-Feb-1940 |
31-Dec-1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones |
| Marcel Dupré |
Organist |
3-May-1886 |
30-May-1971 |
French organist and composer |
| François Duvalier |
Head of State |
14-Apr-1907 |
21-Apr-1971 |
Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti |
| Wallace J. Eckert |
Astronomer |
19-Jun-1902 |
24-Aug-1971 |
First scientist hired by IBM |
| J. Howard Edmondson |
Politician |
27-Sep-1925 |
17-Nov-1971 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1959-63 |
| Cliff Edwards |
Musician |
14-Jun-1895 |
17-Jul-1971 |
Ukulele Ike |
| Philo Farnsworth |
Inventor |
19-Aug-1906 |
11-Mar-1971 |
Inventor of electronic television |
| Glenda Farrell |
Actor |
30-Jun-1904 |
1-May-1971 |
Torchy Blane |
| Fernandel |
Actor |
8-May-1903 |
26-Feb-1971 |
Prolific French comedy star |
| Jay C. Flippen |
Actor |
6-Mar-1899 |
3-Feb-1971 |
The Killing |
| Carlos P. Garcia |
Head of State |
4-Nov-1896 |
14-Jun-1971 |
8th President of the Philippines |
| Billy Gilbert |
Actor |
12-Sep-1894 |
23-Sep-1971 |
Comic actor and vaudevillian |
| Thomas Gomez |
Actor |
10-Jul-1905 |
18-Jun-1971 |
Ride the Pink Horse |
| Goose Goslin |
Baseball |
16-Oct-1900 |
15-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Tyrone Guthrie |
Theater Director |
2-Jul-1900 |
15-May-1971 |
Influential Anglo-Irish theatre director |
| John Marshall Harlan |
Judge |
20-May-1899 |
29-Dec-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1955-71 |
| Leland Hayward |
Theatre Producer |
13-Sep-1902 |
18-Mar-1971 |
The Sound of Music |
| Van Heflin |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
23-Jul-1971 |
Till the Clouds Roll By |
| Percy Helton |
Actor |
31-Jan-1894 |
11-Sep-1971 |
Character actor |
| Bourke B. Hickenlooper |
Politician |
21-Jul-1896 |
4-Sep-1971 |
Governor and Senator from Iowa |
| Spessard Holland |
Politician |
10-Jul-1892 |
6-Nov-1971 |
Governor and Senator from Florida |
| Seth Holt |
Film Director |
1923 |
14-Feb-1971 |
The Nanny |
| Bernardo Houssay |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1887 |
21-Sep-1971 |
Pituitary hormones in sugar metabolism |
| Ub Iwerks |
Cartoonist |
24-Mar-1901 |
7-Jul-1971 |
First to animate Mickey Mouse |
| George Jackson |
Criminal |
23-Sep-1941 |
21-Aug-1971 |
Soledad Brother |
| Tor Johnson |
Wrestling |
19-Oct-1903 |
12-May-1971 |
Plan 9 from Outer Space |
| Bobby Jones |
Golf |
17-Mar-1902 |
18-Dec-1971 |
Winner of 13 major championships |
| G. Lewis Jones |
Diplomat |
18-May-1907 |
13-Nov-1971 |
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59 |
| Paul Karrer |
Chemist |
21-Apr-1889 |
18-Jun-1971 |
Synthesized vitamins A, B2, E, and K |
| Rockwell Kent |
Painter |
21-Jun-1882 |
13-Mar-1971 |
Early 20th c. American realist painter |
| Nikita Khrushchev |
Head of State |
5-Apr-1894 |
11-Sep-1971 |
Deposed leader of the Soviet Union |
| E. V. Knox |
Editor |
10-May-1881 |
2-Jan-1971 |
Editor of Punch, 1932-49 |
| Fritz Kolbe |
Spy |
25-Sep-1900 |
1971 |
Allied mole in WWII Berlin |
| Joe E. Lewis |
Comic |
12-Jan-1902 |
4-Jun-1971 |
It's post time! |
| Ted Lewis |
Jazz Musician |
6-Jun-1892 |
25-Aug-1971 |
Is Everybody Happy? |
| Harold Lloyd |
Actor |
20-Apr-1893 |
8-Mar-1971 |
Prolific silent film actor |
| John Longden |
Actor |
11-Nov-1900 |
26-May-1971 |
Quatermass 2 |
| Edmund Lowe |
Actor |
3-Mar-1890 |
21-Apr-1971 |
What Price Glory |
| Robert Lowery |
Actor |
17-Oct-1913 |
26-Dec-1971 |
The Mummy's Ghost |
| Paul Lukas |
Actor |
26-May-1887 |
15-Aug-1971 |
Watch on the Rhine |
| Diana Lynn |
Actor |
7-Oct-1926 |
18-Dec-1971 |
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
| Denis Mackail |
Novelist |
3-Jun-1892 |
1971 |
Greenery Street |
| Heinie Manush |
Baseball |
20-Jul-1901 |
12-May-1971 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Thomas E. Martin |
Politician |
18-Jan-1893 |
27-Jun-1971 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1955-61 |
| Maurice McDonald |
Business |
26-Nov-1902 |
11-Dec-1971 |
Co-Founder of McDonald's |
| Horace McMahon |
Actor |
17-May-1906 |
17-Aug-1971 |
Lt. Parker on Naked City |
| Jim Morrison |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1943 |
3-Jul-1971 |
Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors |
| Audie Murphy |
Actor |
20-Jun-1924 |
28-May-1971 |
War hero turned cowboy actor |
| Ogden Nash |
Poet |
19-Aug-1902 |
19-May-1971 |
Candy is dandy; but liquor is quicker |
| Allan Nevins |
Historian |
20-May-1890 |
5-Mar-1971 |
Civil War historian |
| Reinhold Niebuhr |
Religion |
21-Jun-1892 |
1-Jun-1971 |
Prominent historical/political theologian |
| Gerald P. Nye |
Politician |
19-Dec-1892 |
17-Jul-1971 |
US Senator from North Dakota, 1925-45 |
| John Boyd Orr |
Scientist |
23-Sep-1880 |
25-Jun-1971 |
Nutritionist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Cecil Parker |
Actor |
3-Sep-1897 |
20-Apr-1971 |
The Ladykillers |
| Junior Parker |
Musician |
27-Mar-1932 |
18-Nov-1971 |
Blues harmonica player, Mystery Train |
| J. C. Penney |
Business |
16-Sep-1875 |
12-Feb-1971 |
Founder of J. C. Penney Company |
| Chips Rafferty |
Actor |
26-Mar-1909 |
27-May-1971 |
Wake in Fright |
| Alan Rawsthorne |
Composer |
2-May-1905 |
24-Jul-1971 |
Theme and Variations for Two Violins |
| G. Frederick Reinhardt |
Diplomat |
21-Oct-1911 |
23-Feb-1971 |
US Ambassador to Italy, 1961-68 |
| Michael Rennie |
Actor |
25-Aug-1909 |
10-Jun-1971 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| Royal Rife |
Doctor |
16-May-1888 |
11-Aug-1971 |
Beam Ray Machine destroys cancer |
| Absalom Willis Robertson |
Politician |
27-May-1887 |
1-Nov-1971 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1946-66 |
| Elmo Roper |
Business |
31-Jul-1900 |
30-Apr-1971 |
American pollster |
| Kenneth C. Royall |
Attorney |
24-Jul-1894 |
27-May-1971 |
US Secretary of the Army, 1947-49 |
| Richard B. Russell |
Politician |
2-Nov-1897 |
21-Jan-1971 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1933-71 |
| David Sarnoff |
Business |
27-Feb-1891 |
12-Dec-1971 |
CEO of RCA, founder of NBC |
| Edie Sedgwick |
Socialite |
20-Apr-1943 |
16-Nov-1971 |
Warhol factory girl |
| Giorgos Seferis |
Poet |
1-Mar-1900 |
20-Sep-1971 |
Imerolóyion katastrómatos |
| Wendell M. Stanley |
Chemist |
16-Aug-1904 |
15-Jun-1971 |
First to crystallize a virus |
| Max Steiner |
Composer |
10-May-1888 |
28-Dec-1971 |
Gone With the Wind |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Composer |
17-Jun-1882 |
6-Apr-1971 |
The Rite of Spring |
| The Svedberg |
Chemist |
30-Aug-1884 |
25-Feb-1971 |
Inventor of the ultracentrifuge |
| Igor Y. Tamm |
Physicist |
8-Jul-1895 |
12-Apr-1971 |
Cherenkov radiation |
| Ross Thatcher |
Politician |
24-May-1917 |
22-Jul-1971 |
Premier of Saskatchewan, 1964-71 |
| Arne Tiselius |
Chemist |
10-Aug-1902 |
29-Aug-1971 |
Electrophoresis |
| Jim Turnesa |
Golf |
9-Dec-1912 |
27-Aug-1971 |
Winner, 1952 PGA Championship |
| Gene Vincent |
Musician |
11-Feb-1935 |
12-Oct-1971 |
Be-Bop-A-Lula |
| Bill W. |
Activist |
26-Nov-1895 |
24-Jan-1971 |
Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder |
| Nella Walker |
Actor |
6-Mar-1886 |
22-Mar-1971 |
Mack and Walker |
| Helene Weigel |
Actor |
12-May-1900 |
6-May-1971 |
The Berliner Ensemble |
| James Westerfield |
Actor |
22-Mar-1913 |
20-Sep-1971 |
On the Waterfront |
