| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Milton Ager |
Songwriter |
6-Oct-1893 |
6-May-1979 |
Ain't She Sweet |
| Louise Allbritton |
Actor |
3-Jul-1920 |
16-Feb-1979 |
Son of Dracula |
| Hafizullah Amin |
Head of State |
1-Aug-1929 |
27-Dec-1979 |
President of Afghanistan, 1979 |
| Dorothy Arzner |
Film Director |
3-Jan-1897 |
1-Oct-1979 |
Craig's Wife |
| Felix Aylmer |
Actor |
21-Feb-1889 |
2-Sep-1979 |
Henry V |
| Dewey F. Bartlett |
Politician |
28-Mar-1919 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| Mustafa Barzani |
Military |
14-Mar-1903 |
1-Mar-1979 |
Kurdish nationalist |
| Richard Beckinsale |
Actor |
6-Jul-1947 |
19-Mar-1979 |
Porridge |
| Zulfikar Ali Bhutto |
Head of State |
5-Jan-1928 |
4-Apr-1979 |
Head of Pakistan, hanged |
| Elizabeth Bishop |
Poet |
8-Feb-1911 |
6-Oct-1979 |
North & South |
| Joan Blondell |
Actor |
30-Aug-1906 |
25-Dec-1979 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Lee Bowman |
Actor |
28-Dec-1914 |
25-Dec-1979 |
Smash-Up |
| George Brent |
Actor |
15-Mar-1899 |
26-May-1979 |
The Great Lie |
| Edgar Buchanan |
Actor |
20-Mar-1903 |
4-Apr-1979 |
Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction |
| Dorsey Burnette |
Musician |
28-Dec-1932 |
19-Aug-1979 |
The Rock 'n Roll Trio |
| David Butler |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1894 |
14-Jun-1979 |
Calamity Jane |
| Harry P. Cain |
Politician |
10-Jan-1906 |
3-Mar-1979 |
US Senator from Washington, 1946-53 |
| Beatrice Campbell |
Actor |
31-Jul-1922 |
10-May-1979 |
Last Holiday |
| Al Capp |
Cartoonist |
28-Sep-1909 |
5-Nov-1979 |
Creator of L'il Abner |
| John Carroll |
Actor |
17-Jul-1906 |
24-Apr-1979 |
Flying Tigers |
| Ted Cassidy |
Actor |
31-Jul-1932 |
16-Jan-1979 |
Lurch on The Addams Family |
| Jerome P. Cavanagh |
Politician |
16-Jun-1928 |
27-Nov-1979 |
Mayor of Detroit, 1962-70 |
| Ernst B. Chain |
Scientist |
19-Jun-1906 |
12-Aug-1979 |
Isolated penicillin |
| Father Charles Coughlin |
Religion |
25-Oct-1891 |
27-Oct-1979 |
Radio opponent of FDR |
| Tom Creavy |
Golf |
3-Feb-1911 |
3-Mar-1979 |
Winner, 1931 PGA Championship |
| John Cromwell |
Film Director |
23-Dec-1887 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| Roy Daniells |
Poet |
6-Apr-1902 |
13-Apr-1979 |
The Chequered Shade |
| John Diefenbaker |
Head of State |
18-Sep-1895 |
16-Aug-1979 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63 |
| Adolph Dubs |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1920 |
14-Feb-1979 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79 |
| James Clement Dunn |
Diplomat |
27-Dec-1890 |
1979 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Louis Durey |
Composer |
27-May-1888 |
3-Jul-1979 |
Carillons |
| Ann Dvorak |
Actor |
2-Aug-1912 |
10-Dec-1979 |
Cesca in Scarface |
| Mamie Eisenhower |
First Lady |
14-Nov-1896 |
1-Nov-1979 |
Ike's First Lady |
| Charles Fahy |
Attorney |
27-Aug-1892 |
17-Sep-1979 |
Solicitor General, Appellate Judge |
| James T. Farrell |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1904 |
22-Aug-1979 |
Studs Lonigan trilogy |
| Arthur Fiedler |
Conductor |
17-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
Conductor of the Boston Pops |
| Gracie Fields |
Singer |
9-Jan-1898 |
27-Sep-1979 |
Sally in Our Alley |
| Lester Flatt |
Musician |
19-Jun-1914 |
11-May-1979 |
Bluegrass pioneer, Flatt & Scruggs |
| Robert Florey |
Film Director |
14-Sep-1900 |
16-May-1979 |
Tarzan and the Mermaids |
| Dick Foran |
Actor |
18-Jun-1910 |
10-Aug-1979 |
The Petrified Forest |
| Werner Forssmann |
Doctor |
29-Aug-1904 |
1-Jun-1979 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Otto Robert Frisch |
Physicist |
1-Oct-1904 |
22-Sep-1979 |
Described fission |
| Dennis Gabor |
Physicist |
5-Jun-1900 |
8-Feb-1979 |
Inventor of holography |
| William Gargan |
Actor |
17-Jul-1905 |
17-Feb-1979 |
Martin Kane, Private Eye |
| Kathryn E. Granahan |
Politician |
7-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 1956-63 |
| Peggy Guggenheim |
Socialite |
26-Aug-1898 |
23-Dec-1979 |
Renowned art collector |
| Jack Haley |
Actor |
10-Aug-1898 |
6-Jun-1979 |
Tin Man on The Wizard of Oz |
| Jon Hall |
Actor |
23-Feb-1915 |
13-Dec-1979 |
The Hurricane |
| George Russell Harrison |
Physicist |
14-Jul-1898 |
27-Jul-1979 |
Echelle spectrograph |
| Donny Hathaway |
Singer |
1-Oct-1945 |
13-Jan-1979 |
Where Is The Love? |
| F. Edward Hebert |
Politician |
12-Oct-1901 |
29-Dec-1979 |
Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77 |
| Park Chung Hee |
Head of State |
30-Sep-1917 |
26-Oct-1979 |
President of South Korea, 1961-79 |
| Stuart Heisler |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1896 |
21-Aug-1979 |
The Glass Key |
| Emmaline Henry |
Actor |
1-Nov-1928 |
8-Oct-1979 |
Amanda Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
| Conrad Hilton |
Business |
25-Dec-1887 |
3-Jan-1979 |
Founder, Hilton Hotels |
| Darla Hood |
Actor |
8-Nov-1931 |
13-Jun-1979 |
The Little Rascals |
| Arthur Hunnicutt |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Big Sky |
| Barbara Hutton |
Socialite |
14-Nov-1912 |
11-May-1979 |
The Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Jim Hutton |
Actor |
31-May-1934 |
2-Jun-1979 |
Ellery Queen |
| Neil H. Jacoby |
Economist |
19-Sep-1909 |
31-May-1979 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55 |
| Leigh Jason |
Film Director |
26-Jul-1904 |
19-Feb-1979 |
The Mad Miss Manton |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| Kurt Kasznar |
Actor |
13-Aug-1913 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Fitzhugh on Land of the Giants |
| Emmett Kelly |
Performance Artist |
9-Dec-1898 |
28-Mar-1979 |
Weary Willy, circus clown |
| Stan Kenton |
Jazz Musician |
15-Dec-1911 |
25-Aug-1979 |
Jazz bandleader |
| Doris Kenyon |
Actor |
5-Sep-1897 |
1-Sep-1979 |
Counsellor at Law |
| Victor Kilian |
Actor |
6-Mar-1891 |
11-Mar-1979 |
Raymond Larkin on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
| Walter Legge |
Music Producer |
1-Jun-1906 |
22-Mar-1979 |
Classical music producer at EMI |
| Feodor Lynen |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1911 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Pat Manion |
Radio Personality |
1896 |
1979 |
Manion Forum |
| Herbert Marcuse |
Philosopher |
19-Jul-1898 |
29-Jul-1979 |
One-Dimensional Man |
| René Marqués |
Playwright |
4-Oct-1919 |
22-Mar-1979 |
La Carreta |
| Zeppo Marx |
Actor |
25-Feb-1901 |
30-Nov-1979 |
Straight man of the Marx Brothers |
| Reginald Maudling |
Politician |
7-Mar-1917 |
14-Feb-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1970-72 |
| Van McCoy |
Musician |
6-Jan-1940 |
6-Jul-1979 |
The Hustle |
| John L. McMillan |
Politician |
12-Apr-1898 |
3-Sep-1979 |
Congressman from South Carolina, 1939-73 |
| Josef Mengele |
Doctor |
16-Mar-1911 |
7-Feb-1979 |
The Angel of Death |
| Charles Mingus |
Jazz Musician |
22-Apr-1922 |
5-Jan-1979 |
Jazz bassist and legendary composer |
| Yvonne Mitchell |
Actor |
7-Jul-1925 |
24-Mar-1979 |
The Queen of Spades |
| Jean Monnet |
Diplomat |
09-Nov-1888 |
16-Mar-1979 |
Worked to unify Europe |
| Rogers C.B. Morton |
Government |
19-Sep-1914 |
19-Apr-1979 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1971-75 |
| Lord Mountbatten |
Military |
25-Jun-1900 |
27-Aug-1979 |
Last Viceroy of India |
| Thurman Munson |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1947 |
2-Aug-1979 |
Yankees catcher, killed in plane crash |
| Ferenc Nagy |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1903 |
12-Jun-1979 |
Exiled Prime Minister of Hungary |
| Giulio Natta |
Chemist |
26-Feb-1903 |
2-May-1979 |
Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polymerization |
| Pier Luigi Nervi |
Architect |
21-Jun-1891 |
9-Jan-1979 |
Experimented with reinforced concrete |
| S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
| Merle Oberon |
Actor |
19-Feb-1911 |
23-Nov-1979 |
Wuthering Heights |
| Bertil Ohlin |
Economist |
23-Apr-1899 |
3-Aug-1979 |
Hecksher-Ohlin model of free trade |
| Gustavo Díaz Ordaz |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1911 |
15-Jul-1979 |
President of Mexico, 1964-70 |
| Doris Packer |
Actor |
30-May-1904 |
31-Mar-1979 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
| Paul Paray |
Conductor |
24-May-1886 |
10-Oct-1979 |
Music Director, Detroit Symphony, 1951-62 |
| Talcott Parsons |
Sociologist |
13-Dec-1902 |
8-May-1979 |
The Structure of Social Action |
| Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
Astronomer |
10-May-1900 |
7-Dec-1979 |
Hydrogen in the Sun |
| S. J. Perelman |
Author |
1-Feb-1904 |
17-Oct-1979 |
New Yorker humorist |
| Mary Pickford |
Actor |
8-Apr-1892 |
29-May-1979 |
America's Sweetheart |
| Eric Pohlmann |
Actor |
18-Jul-1913 |
25-Jul-1979 |
They Who Dare |
| A. Philip Randolph |
Activist |
15-Apr-1889 |
16-May-1979 |
20th century civil rights leader |
| Nicholas Ray |
Film Director |
7-Aug-1911 |
16-Jun-1979 |
Rebel Without a Cause |
| Jean Renoir |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1894 |
12-Feb-1979 |
La Grande Illusion |
| Jean Rhys |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1890 |
14-May-1979 |
Wide Sargasso Sea |
| I. A. Richards |
Critic |
26-Feb-1893 |
7-Sep-1979 |
The Meaning of Meaning |
| Minnie Riperton |
Singer |
8-Nov-1947 |
12-Jul-1979 |
Lovin' You |
| Nelson Rockefeller |
Politician |
8-Jul-1908 |
26-Jan-1979 |
Ford's Vice President |
| Richard Rodgers |
Composer |
28-Jun-1902 |
30-Dec-1979 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Archie Roosevelt |
Relative |
9-Apr-1894 |
13-Oct-1979 |
Conservative leader against New Deal |
| Nino Rota |
Composer |
3-Dec-1911 |
10-Apr-1979 |
Film composer, The Godfather |
| Leverett Saltonstall |
Politician |
1-Sep-1892 |
17-Jun-1979 |
US Senator from Masachusetts, 1945-67 |
| Victor Saville |
Film Director |
25-Sep-1895 |
8-May-1979 |
Kim |
| Charles Sawyer |
Government |
10-Feb-1887 |
7-Apr-1979 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1948-53 |
| George Seaton |
Screenwriter |
17-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1979 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| Jean Seberg |
Actor |
13-Nov-1938 |
8-Sep-1979 |
Saint Joan |
| Charles Seeger |
Musicologist |
14-Dec-1886 |
7-Feb-1979 |
American musicologist |
| Lesley Selander |
Film Director |
26-May-1900 |
5-Dec-1979 |
The Texican |
| Fulton J. Sheen |
Religion |
8-May-1895 |
9-Dec-1979 |
America's first televangelist |
| Cornelia Otis Skinner |
Actor |
30-May-1899 |
9-Jul-1979 |
Paris '90 |
| Jack Soo |
Actor |
28-Oct-1916 |
11-Jan-1979 |
Det. Yemana on Barney Miller |
| Frank Soskice |
Politician |
23-Jul-1902 |
1-Jan-1979 |
UK Home Secretary, 1964-65 |
| Jean Stafford |
Novelist |
1-Jul-1915 |
26-Mar-1979 |
The Catherine Wheel |
| Dirk Stikker |
Diplomat |
5-Feb-1897 |
23-Dec-1979 |
NATO Secretary General, 1961-64 |
| Hope Summers |
Actor |
7-Jun-1896 |
22-Jun-1979 |
Clara Edwards on The Andy Griffith Show |
| Sydney Tafler |
Actor |
31-Jul-1916 |
8-Nov-1979 |
The Lavender Hill Mob |
| Nur Muhammad Taraki |
Head of State |
15-Jul-1913 |
14-Sep-1979 |
President of Afghanistan, 1978-79 |
| Allen Tate |
Poet |
19-Nov-1899 |
9-Feb-1979 |
Mr. Pope and Other Poems |
| J. Millard Tawes |
Politician |
8-May-1894 |
25-Jun-1979 |
Governor of Maryland, 1959-67 |
| Dimitri Tiomkin |
Composer |
10-May-1894 |
11-Nov-1979 |
Wild Is the Wind |
| Norman Tokar |
Film Director |
25-Nov-1919 |
6-Apr-1979 |
The Apple Dumpling Gang |
| Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
Physicist |
31-Mar-1906 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Vivian Vance |
Actor |
26-Jul-1909 |
17-Aug-1979 |
Ethel on I Love Lucy |
| Immanuel Velikovsky |
Author |
10-Jun-1895 |
17-Nov-1979 |
Worlds in Collision |
| Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
| John Wayne |
Actor |
26-May-1907 |
11-Jun-1979 |
The Duke |
| Michael Wilding |
Actor |
23-Jul-1912 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Torch Song |
| Robert B. Woodward |
Chemist |
10-Apr-1917 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc. |
| Gridley Wright |
Religion |
19-Jan-1934 |
22-Dec-1979 |
Shiva Lila cult founder |
| Darryl F. Zanuck |
Film/TV Producer |
5-Sep-1902 |
22-Dec-1979 |
Ran 20th Century Fox, 1935-71 |
