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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Léonie Adams
Poet
9-Dec-1899 27-Jun-1988 Those Not Elect
Charles Addams
Cartoonist
7-Jan-1912 29-Sep-1988 The Addams Family
Luis W. Alvarez
Physicist
13-Jun-1911 1-Sep-1988 Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs
Alan Ameche
Football
1-Mar-1933 8-Aug-1988 Winner, 1954 Heisman Trophy
Henry Armstrong
Boxing
12-Dec-1912 22-Oct-1988 Welter, Light, and Featherweight Champion
Ove Arup
Engineer
16-Apr-1895 5-Feb-1988 Danish civil engineer
Hal Ashby
Film Director
2-Sep-1929 27-Dec-1988 Harold and Maude
Chet Baker
Jazz Musician
23-Dec-1929 13-May-1988 Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet
Lucien Ballard
Cinematographer
6-May-1908 1-Oct-1988 Top Hollywood cinematographer
Judith Barsi
Actor
6-Jun-1978 25-Jul-1988 Murdered child actress
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Painter
22-Dec-1960 12-Aug-1988 NYC graffiti artist
Romare Bearden
Painter
2-Sep-1911 12-Mar-1988 Collagist
Joe Besser
Actor
12-Aug-1907 1-Mar-1988 The Three Stooges
Bhabani Bhattacharya
Novelist
10-Nov-1906 1988 So Many Hungers!
Alan H. Bible
Politician
20-Nov-1909 12-Sep-1988 US Senator from Nevada, 1954-74
Hiram Bingham IV
Diplomat
17-Jul-1903 12-Jan-1988 Consul signed visas for 2000 Jews
Arthur Gary Bishop
Criminal
1951 10-Jun-1988 Utah serial killer of boys
Pappy Boyington
Military
4-Dec-1912 11-Jan-1988 World War II flying ace
Kingman Brewster, Jr.
Educator
17-Jun-1919 8-Nov-1988 President of Yale, 1963-77
Roy Buchanan
Guitarist
23-Sep-1939 14-Aug-1988 Blues guitarist
Richard Caliguiri
Politician
20-Oct-1931 6-May-1988 Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1978-88
W. H. Canaway
Novelist
12-Jun-1925 22-May-1988 Sammy Going South
Milton Caniff
Cartoonist
28-Feb-1907 3-Apr-1988 Terry and the Pirates
Olive Carey
Actor
31-Jan-1896 13-Mar-1988 Billy the Kid versus Dracula
John Carradine
Actor
5-Feb-1906 27-Nov-1988 In over 200 B movies
Billy Carter
Relative
29-Mar-1937 25-Sep-1988 Brother of Jimmy Carter
Raymond Carver
Author
25-May-1938 2-Aug-1988 Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Richard S. Castellano
Actor
4-Sep-1933 10-Dec-1988 The Godfather
Chiang Ching-Kuo
Head of State
27-Apr-1910 13-Jan-1988 President of Nationalist China, 1978-88
Christopher Connelly
Actor
8-Sep-1941 7-Dec-1988 Norman Harrington on Peyton Place
Nathan Cook
Actor
9-Apr-1950 11-Jun-1988 Billy Griffin on Hotel
André F. Cournand
Scientist
24-Sep-1895 19-Feb-1988 Cardiac catheterization
William Edward Cousins
Religion
20-Aug-1902 14-Sep-1988 Archbishop of Milwaukee, 1958-77
Dan Daniel
Politician
12-May-1914 23-Jan-1988 Congressman from Virginia, 1969-88
Price Daniel
Politician
10-Oct-1910 25-Aug-1988 Governor of Texas, 1957-63
Dennis Day
Radio Personality
21-May-1918 22-Jun-1988 On Jack Benny's radio show
John Cardinal Dearden
Religion
15-Oct-1907 1-Aug-1988 Archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80
Gabriel Dell
Actor
8-Oct-1919 3-Jul-1988 Dead End Kid
Divine
Actor
19-Oct-1945 7-Mar-1988 Poodle poop-eating drag queen
Bobby Dodd
Football
11-Nov-1908 21-Jun-1988 Georgia Tech Head Coach, 1945-67
Antal Doráti
Conductor
9-Apr-1906 13-Nov-1988 Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60
Andrew Duggan
Actor
28-Dec-1923 15-May-1988 Bourbon Street Beat
Robert Duncan
Poet
7-Jan-1919 3-Feb-1988 Bending the Bow
Gil Evans
Jazz Musician
13-May-1912 20-Mar-1988 Jazz pianist and arranger
Gaston Eyskens
Head of State
1-Apr-1905 3-Jan-1988 Thrice Prime Minister of Belgium
Enzo Ferrari
Business
18-Feb-1898 14-Aug-1988 Legendary automobile maker
Richard Feynman
Physicist
11-May-1918 15-Feb-1988 Surely he's joking
Antony Fisher
Activist
1915 Jul-1988 Libertarian think-tank founder
Wayland Flowers
Performance Artist
26-Nov-1939 11-Oct-1988 Madame's puppeteer
Melvin Frank
Screenwriter
13-Aug-1913 13-Oct-1988 A Touch of Class
Leonard Frey
Actor
4-Sep-1938 24-Aug-1988 Stage actor, The Boys in the Band
Klaus Fuchs
Spy
29-Dec-1911 28-Jan-1988 Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR
Andy Gibb
Musician
5-Mar-1958 10-Mar-1988 I Just Want To Be Your Everything
Sheilah Graham
Columnist
15-Sep-1904 17-Nov-1988 Beloved Infidel
George Grant
Philosopher
13-Nov-1918 27-Sep-1988 Propagator of Red Toryism
Bonita Granville
Actor
2-Feb-1923 11-Oct-1988 These Three
Bruce Haack
Musician
4-May-1932 26-Sep-1988 The Electric Lucifer
Roger Hargreaves
Author
9-May-1935 12-Sep-1988 Creator of Mr. Men juvenile books
Guillermo Haro
Astronomer
21-Mar-1913 26-Apr-1988 Herbig-Haro objects
Charles Hawtrey
Actor
30-Nov-1914 27-Oct-1988 Carry On...
Robert A. Heinlein
Author
7-Jul-1907 8-May-1988 Starship Troopers
Douglas Hickox
Film Director
10-Jan-1929 25-Jul-1988 The Hound of the Baskervilles
Clarke Hinkle
Football
10-Apr-1909 9-Nov-1988 NFL Hall of Fame Fullback, Green Bay Packers
John Holmes
Pornstar
8-Aug-1944 13-Mar-1988 Life-support system for a 10-inch penis
Jerry Hopper
Film Director
29-Jul-1907 17-Dec-1988 The Private War of Major Benson
Geoffrey Household
Novelist
30-Nov-1900 4-Oct-1988 Rogue Male
John Houseman
Actor
22-Sep-1902 31-Oct-1988 The Paper Chase
James J. Howard
Politician
24-Jul-1927 25-Mar-1988 Congressman from New Jersey, 1965-88
Trevor Howard
Actor
29-Sep-1913 7-Jan-1988 Sons and Lovers
John Hubbard
Actor
14-Apr-1914 6-Nov-1988 Dramatic School
Carl Hubbell
Baseball
22-Jun-1903 21-Nov-1988 New York Giants pitcher
Margaret Irving
Actor
18-Jan-1898 5-Mar-1988 Animal Crackers
Alec Issigonis
Engineer
18-Nov-1906 2-Oct-1988 Designer of the Mini Cooper
Duane Jones
Actor
2-Feb-1936 22-Jul-1988 Night of the Living Dead
Jim Jordan
Actor
16-Nov-1896 1-Apr-1988 Fibber McGee
Raj Kapoor
Actor
14-Dec-1924 2-Jun-1988 Top 20th Century Hindi megastar
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Head of State
6-Apr-1904 9-Mar-1988 German Chancellor, 1966-69
Roy Kinnear
Actor
8-Jan-1934 20-Sep-1988 Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Alf Kjellin
Actor
28-Feb-1920 5-Apr-1988 Torment
Henry Koster
Film Director
1-May-1905 21-Sep-1988 The Bishop's Wife
Louis L'Amour
Novelist
22-Mar-1908 10-Jun-1988 Hondo
Salem bin Laden
Relative
1946 29-May-1988 Osama's brother
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Military
29-Aug-1899 12-Nov-1988 Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69
Robert Livingston
Actor
9-Dec-1904 7-Mar-1988 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
John Loder
Actor
3-Jan-1898 26-Dec-1988 Sabotage
Frederick Loewe
Composer
10-Jun-1901 14-Feb-1988 My Fair Lady
Joshua Logan
Film Director
5-Oct-1908 12-Jul-1988 South Pacific
Seán MacBride
Activist
26-Jan-1904 15-Jan-1988 Irish revolutionary, Nobel Prize recipient
Pete Maravich
Basketball
22-Jun-1947 5-Jan-1988 New Orleans Jazz shooter
Jack Marshall
Head of State
5-Mar-1912 30-Aug-1988 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972
Robert McClory
Politician
31-Jan-1908 24-Jul-1988 Congressman from Illinois, 1963-83
James McCracken
Singer
16-Dec-1926 30-Apr-1988 Operatic tenor, Otello
William McMahon
Head of State
23-Feb-1908 31-Mar-1988 Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72
Ralph Meeker
Actor
21-Nov-1920 5-Aug-1988 Kiss Me Deadly
Aparicio Méndez
Head of State
24-Aug-1904 26-Jun-1988 President of Uruguay, 1976-81
John Mitchell
Government
15-Sep-1913 9-Nov-1988 Attorney General, Watergate figure
Colleen Moore
Actor
19-Aug-1900 25-Jan-1988 Ella Cinders
Timothy Patrick Murphy
Actor
3-Nov-1959 6-Dec-1988 Dallas
Alan Napier
Actor
7-Jan-1903 8-Aug-1988 Alfred on Batman
Louise Nevelson
Sculptor
23-Sep-1899 17-Apr-1988 Ukrainian-American abstract sculptor
William F. Nichols
Politician
16-Oct-1918 13-Dec-1988 Congressman from Alabama, 1967-88
Nico
Musician
16-Oct-1938 18-Jul-1988 The Velvet Underground and Nico
Lauris Norstad
Military
24-Mar-1907 12-Sep-1988 Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63
Heather O'Rourke
Actor
27-Dec-1975 1-Feb-1988 Carol Anne in Poltergeist
Richard B. Ogilvie
Politician
22-Feb-1923 10-May-1988 Governor of Illinois, 1969-73
Christina Onassis
Relative
11-Dec-1950 19-Nov-1988 Daughter of Aristotle Onassis
Roy Orbison
Singer/Songwriter
23-Apr-1936 6-Dec-1988 Pretty Woman
Alan Paton
Author
11-Jan-1903 12-Apr-1988 Cry, the Beloved Country
Fred Peart
Politician
30-Apr-1914 26-Aug-1988 Leader, House of Commons, 1968-70
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
Generoso Pope, Jr.
Business
13-Jan-1927 2-Oct-1988 National Enquirer and Weekly World News
William J. Porter
Diplomat
1-Sep-1914 15-Mar-1988 US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea
Emeric Pressburger
Film Director
5-Dec-1902 5-Feb-1988 Black Narcissus
Isidor Isaac Rabi
Physicist
29-Jul-1898 11-Jan-1988 Magnetic beam resonances
Ella Raines
Actor
6-Aug-1920 30-May-1988 Hail the Conquering Hero
Anne Ramsey
Actor
1-Sep-1929 11-Aug-1988 Throw Momma from the Train
Arnold L. Raphel
Diplomat
16-Mar-1943 17-Aug-1988 US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88
Irene Rich
Actor
13-Oct-1891 22-Apr-1988 The Mortal Storm
Max Robinson
Journalist
1-May-1939 20-Dec-1988 Co-Anchor of World News Tonight
Art Rooney
Football
27-Jan-1901 25-Aug-1988 Pittsburgh Steelers owner
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
Politician
17-Aug-1914 17-Aug-1988 Congressman from New York, 1949-55
Ernst Ruska
Physicist
25-Dec-1906 27-May-1988 Inventor of the electron microscope
Anne Seymour
Actor
11-Sep-1909 8-Dec-1988 Character actress
Michael Shaara
Author
23-Jun-1929 5-May-1988 The Killer Angels
Clifford D. Simak
Novelist
3-Aug-1904 25-Apr-1988 City and The Visitors
Hillel Slovak
Guitarist
13-Apr-1962 25-Jun-1988 Guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Abraham Sofaer
Actor
1-Oct-1896 21-Jan-1988 The Naked Jungle
Valerie Solanas
Activist
9-Apr-1936 26-Apr-1988 Shot Andy Warhol
Bob Steele
Actor
23-Jan-1907 21-Dec-1988 Trooper Duffy on F Troop
Karen Steele
Actor
20-Mar-1931 12-Mar-1988 Ride Lonesome
Patrick Steptoe
Doctor
9-Jun-1913 21-Mar-1988 In vitro fertilization
John Stonehouse
Politician
28-Jul-1925 14-Apr-1988 British MP, faked his own death
Stuart Symington
Politician
26-Jun-1901 14-Dec-1988 US Senator from Missouri, 1953-76
James D. Theberge
Diplomat
28-Dec-1930 20-Jan-1988 US Ambassador to Chile, 1982-85
Vernon W. Thomson
Politician
5-Nov-1905 2-Apr-1988 Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59
Nikolaas Tinbergen
Zoologist
15-Apr-1907 21-Dec-1988 Grand Master of Ethology
George Uhlenbeck
Physicist
6-Dec-1900 31-Oct-1988 Conceived idea of Quantum Spin
Paul Vario
Criminal
9-Jul-1914 22-Nov-1988 Lucchese Crime Family
Henry C. Wallich
Economist
10-Jun-1914 16-Sep-1988 Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61
Edward Bennett Williams
Attorney
31-May-1920 13-Aug-1988 Washington Superlawyer
G. Mennen Williams
Politician
23-Feb-1911 2-Feb-1988 Governor of Michigan, 1949-61
John J. Williams
Politician
17-May-1904 11-Jan-1988 US Senator from Delaware, 1947-70
Kenneth Williams
Actor
22-Feb-1926 15-Apr-1988 Carry on...
Raymond Williams
Critic
31-Aug-1921 26-Jan-1988 Culture and Society
Sewall Wright
Biologist
21-Dec-1889 3-Mar-1988 Mathematics of evolution
Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq
Head of State
12-Aug-1924 17-Aug-1988 Ruler of Pakistan, 1977-88


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