| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hugh J. Addonizio |
Politician |
31-Jan-1914 |
2-Feb-1981 |
Mayor of Newark, 1962-70 |
| Jack Albertson |
Actor |
16-Jun-1907 |
25-Nov-1981 |
The Man on Chico and the Man |
| Nelson Algren |
Author |
28-Mar-1909 |
9-May-1981 |
The Man with the Golden Arm |
| Glenn Anders |
Actor |
1-Sep-1889 |
26-Oct-1981 |
The Lady from Shanghai |
| Jack Z. Anderson |
Politician |
22-Mar-1904 |
9-Feb-1981 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Adele Astaire |
Dancer |
10-Sep-1896 |
25-Jan-1981 |
Dance partner of Fred Astaire |
| Nils Asther |
Actor |
17-Jan-1897 |
13-Oct-1981 |
The Single Standard |
| Claude Auchinleck |
Military |
21-Jun-1884 |
23-Mar-1981 |
C-in-C of the Indian Army, 1943-47 |
| Enid Bagnold |
Novelist |
27-Oct-1889 |
31-Mar-1981 |
National Velvet |
| Roger Baldwin |
Activist |
21-Jan-1884 |
26-Aug-1981 |
Founder of the American Civil Liberties Union |
| Samuel Barber |
Composer |
9-Mar-1910 |
23-Jan-1981 |
Adagio for Strings |
| Charles Barton |
Film Director |
25-May-1902 |
5-Dec-1981 |
Africa Screams |
| Cliff Battles |
Football |
1-May-1910 |
28-Apr-1981 |
NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Matthew "Stymie" Beard |
Actor |
1-Jan-1925 |
8-Jan-1981 |
Stymie in Our Gang |
| Gwendolyn Bennett |
Author |
8-Jul-1902 |
30-May-1981 |
Harlem Renaissance writer |
| Curtis Bernhardt |
Film Director |
15-Apr-1899 |
22-Feb-1981 |
A Stolen Life |
| Mike Bloomfield |
Guitarist |
28-Jul-1943 |
15-Feb-1981 |
Guitarist, Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| Karl Böhm |
Conductor |
28-Aug-1894 |
14-Aug-1981 |
Conductor, Vienna State Opera |
| Beulah Bondi |
Actor |
3-May-1888 |
1-Jan-1981 |
Make Way for Tomorrow |
| Richard Boone |
Actor |
18-Jun-1917 |
10-Jan-1981 |
Have Gun, Will Travel |
| Omar Bradley |
Military |
12-Feb-1893 |
8-Apr-1981 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| Keefe Brasselle |
Actor |
7-Feb-1923 |
7-Jul-1981 |
A Place in the Sun |
| Gregory Breit |
Physicist |
14-Jul-1899 |
11-Sep-1981 |
Proton-proton dispersion |
| Marcel Breuer |
Designer |
21-May-1902 |
1-Jul-1981 |
Bauhaus furniture designer |
| William S. Burroughs, Jr. |
Relative |
21-Jul-1947 |
3-Mar-1981 |
Son of William S. Burroughs |
| Eddie Byrne |
Actor |
31-Jan-1911 |
21-Aug-1981 |
The Mummy |
| Cornelius Cardew |
Musician |
7-May-1936 |
31-Dec-1981 |
Experimental composer |
| Hoagy Carmichael |
Songwriter |
22-Nov-1899 |
27-Dec-1981 |
Star Dust |
| Emanuel Celler |
Politician |
6-May-1888 |
15-Jan-1981 |
Congressman from New York, 1923-73 |
| Harry Chapin |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Dec-1942 |
16-Jul-1981 |
Cat's in the Cradle |
| Jule Charney |
Scientist |
1-Jan-1917 |
16-Jun-1981 |
Quasi-gesotrophic theory |
| Paddy Chayefsky |
Playwright |
29-Jan-1923 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Network |
| René Clair |
Film Director |
11-Nov-1898 |
15-Mar-1981 |
Silent film director, Paris qui dort |
| Claud Cockburn |
Journalist |
12-Apr-1904 |
15-Dec-1981 |
Radical British journalist |
| Cozy Cole |
Jazz Musician |
17-Oct-1909 |
29-Jan-1981 |
Topsy Part 2 |
| Morgan Conway |
Actor |
16-Mar-1903 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Dick Tracy |
| Pat Conway |
Actor |
9-Jan-1931 |
24-Apr-1981 |
Tombstone Territory |
| William R. Cotter |
Politician |
18-Jul-1926 |
8-Sep-1981 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1971-81 |
| Jonathan Daniels |
Government |
26-Apr-1902 |
6-Nov-1981 |
FDR and Truman's press secretary |
| Colgate W. Darden, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1897 |
9-Jun-1981 |
Governor of Virginia, 1942-46 |
| Jim Davis |
Actor |
26-Aug-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Jock Ewing on Dallas |
| Moshe Dayan |
Politician |
20-May-1915 |
16-Oct-1981 |
Israeli military leader |
| Frank DeKova |
Actor |
17-Mar-1910 |
15-Oct-1981 |
Chief Wild Eagle on F Troop |
| Max Delbrück |
Scientist |
4-Sep-1906 |
10-Mar-1981 |
Molecular structure of viral genes (phages) |
| Michael V. DiSalle |
Politician |
6-Jan-1908 |
14-Sep-1981 |
Governor of Ohio, 1959-63 |
| Donald W. Douglas |
Business |
6-Apr-1892 |
1-Feb-1981 |
Founder of Douglas Aircraft Co. |
| Melvyn Douglas |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
4-Aug-1981 |
Being There |
| Ariel Durant |
Historian |
10-May-1898 |
25-Oct-1981 |
The Story of Civilization |
| Will Durant |
Historian |
5-Nov-1885 |
7-Nov-1981 |
The Story of Civilization |
| Allan Dwan |
Film Director |
3-Apr-1885 |
28-Dec-1981 |
Sands of Iwo Jima |
| Isobel Elsom |
Actor |
16-Mar-1893 |
12-Jan-1981 |
Ladies in Retirement |
| Pee Wee Erwin |
Jazz Musician |
30-May-1913 |
20-Jun-1981 |
Jazz trumpeter |
| Madge Evans |
Actor |
1-Jul-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Hallelujah I'm a Bum |
| Hugo Friedhofer |
Composer |
3-May-1901 |
17-May-1981 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Abel Gance |
Film Director |
25-Oct-1889 |
10-Nov-1981 |
Napoléon |
| Robert Garioch |
Poet |
9-May-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Scots dialect poet |
| David Garnett |
Novelist |
9-Mar-1892 |
17-Feb-1981 |
Lady into Fox |
| Chief Dan George |
Actor |
24-Jul-1899 |
23-Sep-1981 |
Little Big Man |
| Jacob H. Gilbert |
Politician |
17-Jun-1920 |
27-Feb-1981 |
Congressman from New York, 1960-71 |
| Alan Gowen |
Jazz Musician |
19-Aug-1947 |
17-May-1981 |
Jazz-rock keyboardist |
| Gloria Grahame |
Actor |
28-Nov-1923 |
5-Oct-1981 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
| Ella T. Grasso |
Politician |
10-May-1919 |
5-Feb-1981 |
First woman elected governor of Connecticut |
| Sara Haden |
Actor |
17-Nov-1899 |
15-Sep-1981 |
The Shop Around the Corner |
| James C. Hagerty |
Government |
9-May-1909 |
11-Apr-1981 |
Eisenhower's press secretary |
| Bill Haley |
Musician |
6-Jul-1925 |
9-Feb-1981 |
Rock Around the Clock |
| Howard Hanson |
Composer |
28-Oct-1896 |
26-Feb-1981 |
Symphony No. 4 |
| E. Y. Harburg |
Songwriter |
8-Apr-1896 |
4-Mar-1981 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Ann Harding |
Actor |
7-Aug-1901 |
1-Sep-1981 |
Holiday |
| Odd Hassel |
Chemist |
17-May-1897 |
11-May-1981 |
Conformational analysis |
| Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
| Donald R. Heath |
Diplomat |
12-Aug-1894 |
15-Oct-1981 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1958-61 |
| Derick Heathcoat-Amory |
Politician |
26-Dec-1899 |
20-Jan-1981 |
Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1958-60 |
| Wanda Hendrix |
Actor |
3-Nov-1928 |
1-Feb-1981 |
Actress-wife of Audie Murphy |
| William Holden |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Stalag 17 |
| Paul Hörbiger |
Actor |
29-Apr-1894 |
5-Mar-1981 |
Liebelei |
| Virginia Huston |
Actor |
24-Apr-1925 |
28-Feb-1981 |
Tarzan's Peril |
| George Jessel |
Actor |
3-Apr-1898 |
24-May-1981 |
Toastmaster General of the United States |
| Allyn Joslyn |
Actor |
21-Jul-1901 |
21-Jan-1981 |
Only Angels Have Wings |
| Patsy Kelly |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
24-Sep-1981 |
Freaky Friday |
| Evalyn Knapp |
Actor |
17-Jun-1908 |
12-Jun-1981 |
His Private Secretary |
| Walter Knott |
Business |
11-Dec-1889 |
3-Dec-1981 |
Founder of Knott's Berry Farm |
| Max Kohl |
Business |
12-May-1901 |
14-Dec-1981 |
Kohl's Department Stores |
| Hans Krebs |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1900 |
22-Nov-1981 |
Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| Jacques Lacan |
Psychiatrist |
13-Apr-1901 |
9-Sep-1981 |
The Mirror Stage as Formative of the I |
| Lola Lane |
Actor |
21-May-1906 |
22-Jun-1981 |
Marked Woman |
| Ervil LeBaron |
Criminal |
22-Feb-1925 |
16-Aug-1981 |
Murderous cult leader |
| Bernard Lee |
Actor |
10-Jan-1908 |
16-Jan-1981 |
James Bond's M |
| Lotte Lenya |
Singer |
18-Oct-1898 |
27-Nov-1981 |
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone |
| Meyer Levin |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1905 |
9-Jul-1981 |
Compulsion |
| David Lewis |
Politician |
23-Jun-1909 |
23-May-1981 |
Leader of Canada's NDP, 1971-75 |
| David E. Lilienthal |
Government |
8-Jul-1899 |
15-Jan-1981 |
TVA Chairman, 1941-46 |
| Margaret Lindsay |
Actor |
19-Sep-1910 |
9-May-1981 |
The House of the Seven Gables |
| Anita Loos |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1893 |
18-Aug-1981 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Joe Louis |
Boxing |
13-May-1914 |
12-Apr-1981 |
The Champ |
| Allen Ludden |
Game Show Host |
5-Oct-1917 |
9-Jun-1981 |
Host of Password |
| Bob Marley |
Singer/Songwriter |
6-Feb-1945 |
11-May-1981 |
No Woman No Cry |
| Ross Martin |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
3-Jul-1981 |
Artemus Gordon on Wild Wild West |
| Jessie Matthews |
Actor |
11-Mar-1907 |
19-Aug-1981 |
English stage and radio actress |
| John S. McCain, Jr. |
Military |
17-Jan-1911 |
22-Mar-1981 |
Admiral, Father of John McCain |
| Frank McHugh |
Actor |
23-May-1898 |
11-Sep-1981 |
The Roaring Twenties |
| Eugenio Montale |
Poet |
12-Oct-1896 |
12-Sep-1981 |
Ossi di seppia |
| Robert Montgomery |
Actor |
21-May-1904 |
27-Sep-1981 |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
| Robert Moses |
Government |
18-Dec-1888 |
29-Jul-1981 |
New York City planner |
| Jack Northrop |
Business |
10-Nov-1895 |
18-Feb-1981 |
All-wing aircraft |
| Arthur O'Connell |
Actor |
29-Mar-1908 |
18-May-1981 |
Anatomy of a Murder |
| Nigel Patrick |
Actor |
2-May-1913 |
21-Sep-1981 |
The Browning Version |
| Rosa Ponselle |
Singer |
22-Jan-1897 |
25-May-1981 |
Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Wesley Powell |
Politician |
13-Oct-1915 |
6-Jan-1981 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1959-63 |
| Ziaur Rahman |
Head of State |
19-Jan-1936 |
30-May-1981 |
President of Bangladesh, 1977-81 |
| Anwar Sadat |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1918 |
6-Oct-1981 |
President of Egypt, 1970-81 |
| Boris Sagal |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1917 |
22-May-1981 |
The Omega Man |
| Bobby Sands |
Activist |
9-Mar-1954 |
5-May-1981 |
Irish hunger striker |
| William Saroyan |
Author |
31-Aug-1908 |
18-May-1981 |
The Time of Your Life |
| Albert Speer |
Architect |
19-Mar-1905 |
1-Sep-1981 |
Hitler's architect |
| Jules Stein |
Business |
26-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1981 |
Founder of MCA |
| Norman Taurog |
Film Director |
23-Feb-1899 |
7-Apr-1981 |
It Happened at the World's Fair |
| Torin Thatcher |
Actor |
15-Jan-1905 |
4-Mar-1981 |
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
| Lowell Thomas |
Journalist |
6-Apr-1892 |
29-Aug-1981 |
With Lawrence in Arabia |
| Nikolai Timofeev-Ressovsky |
Biologist |
20-Sep-1900 |
28-Mar-1981 |
Russian geneticist |
| Omar Torrijos |
Head of State |
13-Feb-1929 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Dictator of Panama, 1968-81 |
| Juan Trippe |
Business |
27-Jun-1899 |
3-Apr-1981 |
Founder of Pan-Am |
| Harold C. Urey |
Chemist |
29-Apr-1893 |
5-Jan-1981 |
Discovered Deuterium |
| William H. Vanderbilt |
Politician |
24-Nov-1901 |
14-Apr-1981 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41 |
| Vera-Ellen |
Dancer |
16-Feb-1921 |
30-Aug-1981 |
On the Town |
| George Voskovec |
Actor |
19-Jun-1905 |
1-Jul-1981 |
12 Angry Men |
| DeWitt Wallace |
Business |
12-Nov-1889 |
30-Mar-1981 |
Founder of Reader's Digest |
| Harry Warren |
Composer |
24-Dec-1893 |
22-Sep-1981 |
Forty-Second Street |
| Alec Waugh |
Author |
8-Jul-1898 |
3-Sep-1981 |
The Loom of Youth |
| Eric Williams |
Head of State |
25-Sep-1911 |
29-Mar-1981 |
Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, 1956-81 |
| Natalie Wood |
Actor |
20-Jul-1938 |
29-Nov-1981 |
Rebel Without A Cause |
| William Wyler |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1902 |
27-Jul-1981 |
Ben-Hur |
| Frances Yates |
Historian |
28-Nov-1899 |
29-Sep-1981 |
The Art of Memory |
| Charles W. Yost |
Diplomat |
6-Nov-1907 |
21-May-1981 |
US Ambassador to the UN, 1969-71 |
| Hideki Yukawa |
Physicist |
23-Jan-1907 |
8-Sep-1981 |
Predicted existence of mesons |
| Harry von Zell |
Actor |
11-Jul-1906 |
21-Nov-1981 |
You're in the Navy Now |
