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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Iris Adrian
Actor
29-May-1912 17-Sep-1994 Disney films
Claude Akins
Actor
25-May-1926 27-Jan-1994 Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
Michael Aldridge
Actor
9-Sep-1920 10-Jan-1994 Seymour on Last of the Summer Wine
Ahmed Ali
Novelist
1-Jul-1910 14-Jan-1994 Twilight in Delhi
Glenn M. Anderson
Politician
21-Feb-1913 13-Dec-1994 Congressman from California, 1969-93
Herbert Anderson
Actor
30-Mar-1917 11-Jun-1994 Henry Mitchell on Dennis the Menace
Lindsay Anderson
Film Director
17-Apr-1923 30-Aug-1994 If...
Daniel I. Arnon
Biologist
14-Nov-1910 20-Dec-1994 Photophosphorylation
Jerry Barber
Golf
25-Apr-1916 23-Sep-1994 Winner, 1961 PGA Championship
Jean-Louis Barrault
Actor
8-Sep-1910 22-Jan-1994 Les Enfants du Paradis
Richard Bartlett
Film Director
8-Nov-1922 11-Jun-1994 Joe Dakota
Lina Basquette
Actor
19-Apr-1907 30-Sep-1994 The Godless Girl
David Bates
Astronomer
18-Nov-1916 5-Jan-1994 Atmospheric and interstellar physics
Noah Beery, Jr.
Actor
10-Aug-1913 1-Nov-1994 Rocky on The Rockford Files
Ezra Taft Benson
Religion
4-Aug-1899 30-May-1994 President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94
Sorrell Booke
Actor
4-Jan-1930 11-Feb-1994 Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
Julius Boros
Golf
3-Mar-1920 28-May-1994 Winner of 3 major titles
Herbert Bowden
Politician
20-Jan-1905 30-Apr-1994 Leader, House of Commons, 1964-66
Rossano Brazzi
Actor
18-Sep-1916 24-Dec-1994 South Pacific
Bertrand R. Brinley
Author
19-Jun-1917 20-Oct-1994 The Mad Scientists' Club
Cleanth Brooks
Critic
16-Oct-1906 10-May-1994 The Well Wrought Urn
Jeremy Brooks
Novelist
17-Dec-1926 27-Jun-1994 Jampot Smith
Peter Campbell Brown
Attorney
12-Aug-1913 23-Jul-1994 Corporation Counsel of NYC, 1955-58
Charles Bukowski
Author
16-Aug-1920 9-Mar-1994 Love is a Dog from Hell
Pat Buttram
Actor
19-Jun-1915 8-Jan-1994 Mr. Haney on Green Acres
Cab Calloway
Jazz Musician
25-Dec-1907 18-Nov-1994 King of Hi-De-Ho
John Candy
Actor
31-Oct-1950 4-Mar-1994 Uncle Buck
Elias Canetti
Author
25-Jul-1905 14-Aug-1994 Crowds and Power
Macdonald Carey
Actor
15-Mar-1913 21-Mar-1994 Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives
Janis Carter
Actor
10-Oct-1913 30-Jul-1994 B-Movie actress
Kevin Carter
Photographer
13-Sep-1960 27-Jul-1994 Wanting A Meal
Christian-Jaque
Film Director
4-Aug-1904 8-Jul-1994 Fan-Fan the Tulip
Ernest Clark
Actor
12-Feb-1912 11-Nov-1994 Sir Geoffrey Loftus
James Clavell
Novelist
10-Oct-1924 7-Sep-1994 Shogun and The Great Escape
Kurt Cobain
Musician
20-Feb-1967 5-Apr-1994 Lead singer of Nirvana
Oscar Collazo
Assassin
20-Feb-1914 21-Feb-1994 Attempted assassin of Truman
Dorothy Collins
Singer
18-Nov-1926 21-Jul-1994 Your Hit Parade
William Conrad
Actor
27-Sep-1920 11-Feb-1994 Jake and the Fatman
Frank Corder
Aviator
26-May-1956 12-Sep-1994 Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn
Joseph Cotten
Actor
15-May-1905 6-Feb-1994 Jedidiah Leland in Citizen Kane
Nick Cravat
Actor
11-Jan-1912 29-Jan-1994 The Crimson Pirate
John Curry
Figure Skating
9-Sep-1949 15-Apr-1994 Figure Skater, 1976 Olympic Gold Medalist
Peter Cushing
Actor
26-May-1913 11-Aug-1994 Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars
Jeffrey Dahmer
Criminal
21-May-1960 28-Nov-1994 Homosexual serial killer cannibal
Lili Damita
Actor
19-Jul-1901 21-Mar-1994 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Ray Dandridge
Baseball
31-Aug-1913 12-Feb-1994 Negro Leagues 3rd Baseman, Hall of Famer
Royal Dano
Actor
16-Nov-1922 15-May-1994 The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Jean Dasté
Actor
18-Aug-1904 15-Oct-1994 L'Atalante
Jack Dodson
Actor
16-May-1931 16-Sep-1994 The Andy Griffith Show
Charles Drake
Actor
2-Oct-1917 10-Sep-1994 You Never Can Tell
Jane Dulo
Actor
13-Oct-1917 22-May-1994 Liz Murray on Hey, Jeannie!
Ralph Ellison
Novelist
1-Mar-1914 16-Apr-1994 Invisible Man
Robert Emhardt
Actor
24-Jul-1914 26-Dec-1994 The Intruder
Erik Erikson
Psychologist
15-Jun-1902 12-May-1994 Eight Stages of Development
Tom Ewell
Actor
29-Apr-1909 12-Sep-1994 The Seven Year Itch
Orval Faubus
Politician
7-Jan-1910 14-Dec-1994 Governor of Arkansas, 1955-67
Paul K. Feyerabend
Philosopher
13-Jan-1924 11-Feb-1994 Against Method
Rudolf Firkusny
Pianist
11-Feb-1912 19-Jul-1994 Czech-American piano prodigy
Ray Flaherty
Football
1-Sep-1903 19-Jul-1994 Redskins Coach, 1936-42
Sam Francis
Painter
25-Jun-1923 4-Nov-1994 Abstract expressionist
Lynne Frederick
Actor
25-Jul-1954 27-Apr-1994 The Prisoner of Zenda
Bert Freed
Actor
3-Nov-1919 2-Aug-1994 Rufe Ryker on Shane
John Wayne Gacy
Criminal
17-Mar-1942 10-May-1994 28 dead boys in his crawlspace
Jake Gaither
Football
11-Apr-1903 18-Feb-1994 Head Coach, Florida A&M, 1945-69
Mary Maxwell Gates
Business
5-Jul-1929 9-Jun-1994 Mother of Bill Gates
Vitas Gerulaitis
Tennis
26-Jul-1954 18-Sep-1994 Winner, 1977 Australian Open
Frances Gifford
Actor
7-Dec-1919 15-Jan-1994 Jungle Girl
Sidney Gilliat
Film Director
15-Feb-1908 31-May-1994 Green for Danger
Ron Goldman
Victim
2-Jul-1968 12-Jun-1994 Murder victim, OJ Simpson trial
Erwin Griswold
Attorney
14-Jul-1904 19-Nov-1994 US Solicitor General, 1967-73
Harvey Haddix
Baseball
18-Sep-1925 8-Jan-1994 MLB pitcher
Frank Hardy
Novelist
21-Mar-1917 28-Mar-1994 Power Without Glory
Raymond A. Hare
Diplomat
3-Apr-1901 9-Feb-1994 US Mideast Ambassador
Wilbert Harrison
Musician
5-Jan-1929 26-Oct-1994 Let's Work Together
Dan Hartman
Singer/Songwriter
8-Dec-1950 22-Mar-1994 I Can Dream About You
Bill Hicks
Comic
16-Dec-1961 26-Feb-1994 Visionary comedian, met untimely death
William A. Higinbotham
Physicist
25-Oct-1910 10-Nov-1994 Physicist, Tennis for Two
James Hill
Film Director
1-Aug-1919 7-Oct-1994 Born Free
Harriet Hilliard
Actor
18-Jul-1909 2-Oct-1994 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Lew Hoad
Tennis
23-Nov-1934 3-Jul-1994 Winner of 13 Grand Slam titles
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Chemist
12-May-1910 29-Jul-1994 Determined structure of Vitamin B12
Erich Honecker
Head of State
25-Aug-1912 29-May-1994 East German leader, 1971-89
Robert Hutton
Actor
11-Jun-1920 7-Aug-1994 Hollywood Canteen
Eugène Ionesco
Playwright
26-Nov-1912 28-Mar-1994 The Bald Soprano
Derek Jarman
Film Director
31-Jan-1942 19-Feb-1994 The Last of England
Niels K. Jerne
Scientist
23-Dec-1911 7-Oct-1994 Immune theory (anti-antibody)
Antonio Carlos Jobim
Musician
25-Jan-1927 8-Dec-1994 The Girl from Ipanema
Keith Joseph
Politician
17-Jan-1918 10-Dec-1994 Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence
Raul Julia
Actor
9-Mar-1940 24-Oct-1994 Street Fighter, Addams Family
Ish Kabibble
Musician
19-Jan-1908 5-Jun-1994 Trumpeter and novelty singer
Gary Kildall
Business
19-May-1942 11-Jul-1994 Founder of Digital Research, Inc.
Jack Kirby
Cartoonist
28-Aug-1917 6-Feb-1994 Captain America
Russell Kirk
Author
19-Oct-1918 29-Apr-1994 The Conservative Mind
Sylva Koscina
Actor
22-Aug-1933 26-Dec-1994 Bride of Hercules
Martin Kosleck
Actor
24-Mar-1904 15-Jan-1994 German-American character actor
Thomas H. Kuchel
Politician
15-Aug-1910 21-Nov-1994 US Senator from California, 1953-69
Burt Lancaster
Actor
2-Nov-1913 20-Oct-1994 Elmer Gantry
Thomas J. Lane
Politician
6-Jul-1898 14-Jun-1994 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1941-63
Robert Lansing
Actor
5-Jun-1928 23-Oct-1994 Empire of the Ants
Christopher Lasch
Author
1-Jun-1932 14-Feb-1994 The Culture of Narcissism
Mary Lasker
Activist
30-Nov-1900 21-Feb-1994 Health care advocate
George H. Lesch
Business
10-Oct-1909 22-Sep-1994 CEO of Colgate-Palmolive, 1960-71
William Levitt
Business
11-Feb-1907 28-Jan-1994 Creator of Levittown
Clarence D. Long
Politician
11-Dec-1908 18-Sep-1994 Congressman from Maryland, 1963-85
Witold Lutoslawski
Composer
25-Jan-1913 7-Feb-1994 Aleatoric composer
Willem J. Luyten
Astronomer
7-Mar-1899 21-Nov-1994 Stellar mortician
André Lwoff
Scientist
8-May-1902 30-Sep-1994 Operon theory of genetic control
Edward R. Madigan
Politician
13-Jan-1936 7-Dec-1994 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-93
Henry Mancini
Composer
16-Apr-1924 14-Jun-1994 Moon River
William Marshall
Actor
2-Oct-1917 8-Jun-1994 State Fair
Giulietta Masina
Actor
22-Feb-1921 23-Mar-1994 La Strada
Rollo May
Psychologist
21-Apr-1909 22-Oct-1994 Love and Will
Frank McGuire
Basketball
8-Nov-1914 11-Nov-1994 NCAA Basketball Coach
Stephen McNally
Actor
29-Jul-1913 4-Jun-1994 Winchester '73
Carmen McRae
Singer
8-Apr-1922 10-Nov-1994 Jazz vocalist
George Meader
Politician
13-Sep-1907 15-Oct-1994 Congressman from Michigan, 1951-65
Melina Mercouri
Actor
18-Oct-1920 6-Mar-1994 Topkapi
Ralph Miliband
Scholar
7-Jan-1924 21-May-1994 Parliamentary Socialism
Jack R. Miller
Politician
6-Jun-1916 29-Aug-1994 US Senator from Iowa, 1961-73
Stephen Milligan
Politician
12-May-1948 7-Feb-1994 British MP and autoerotic asphyxiate
Jay Miner
Engineer
31-May-1932 20-Jun-1994 Father of the Amiga Computer
Cameron Mitchell
Actor
4-Nov-1918 6-Jul-1994 The High Chaparral
Philip Moon
Physicist
17-May-1907 9-Oct-1994 Gamma ray fluorescence
Dennis Morgan
Actor
20-Dec-1908 7-Sep-1994 My Wild Irish Rose
Henry Morgan
Radio Personality
31-Mar-1915 19-May-1994 Bad Boy of Radio, I've Got a Secret
William W. Morgan
Astronomer
3-Jan-1906 21-Jun-1994 Spiral arms of the Milky Way Galaxy
Anita Morris
Actor
14-Mar-1943 2-Mar-1994 Ruthless People
F. Bradford Morse
Politician
7-Aug-1921 18-Dec-1994 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72
William H. Natcher
Politician
11-Sep-1909 29-Mar-1994 Congressman from Kentucky, 1953-94
Mildred Natwick
Actor
19-Jun-1905 25-Oct-1994 Barefoot in the Park
Harry Nilsson
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jun-1941 15-Jan-1994 Me and My Arrow
Richard M. Nixon
Head of State
9-Jan-1913 22-Apr-1994 37th US President, 1969-74
Louis Nizer
Attorney
6-Feb-1902 10-Nov-1994 My Life in Court
Patrick O'Neal
Actor
26-Sep-1927 9-Sep-1994 Chamber of Horrors
Tip O'Neill
Politician
9-Dec-1912 5-Jan-1994 Speaker of the House, 1977-87
Revilo P. Oliver
Activist
7-Jul-1908 10-Aug-1994 Founding member, John Birch Society
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady
28-Jul-1929 19-May-1994 Wife of John F. Kennedy
John Osborne
Playwright
12-Dec-1929 24-Dec-1994 Look Back in Anger
Linus Pauling
Chemist
28-Feb-1901 19-Aug-1994 Scientist and peacenik
George Peppard
Actor
1-Oct-1928 8-May-1994 The A Team
Kristen Pfaff
Bassist
26-May-1967 16-Jun-1994 Bassist for Hole and Janitor Joe
Roy Plunkett
Chemist
26-Jun-1910 12-May-1994 Accidentally discovered Teflon
Karl Popper
Philosopher
28-Jul-1902 17-Sep-1994 Critical Rationalist
Moana Pozzi
Pornstar
27-Apr-1961 15-Sep-1994 Backdoor Summer 2
Bill Quinn
Actor
6-May-1912 29-Apr-1994 Mr. Van Ranseleer on Archie Bunker's Place
Dack Rambo
Actor
13-Nov-1941 21-Mar-1994 Jack Ewing on Dallas
Dixy Lee Ray
Politician
3-Sep-1914 2-Jan-1994 Governor of Washington, 1977-81
Martha Raye
Actor
27-Aug-1916 19-Oct-1994 Monsieur Verdoux
Fernando Rey
Actor
20-Sep-1917 9-Mar-1994 The French Connection
Bob C. Riley
Politician
18-Sep-1924 16-Feb-1994 Governor of Arkansas, 1975
Dennis J. Roberts
Politician
8-Apr-1903 30-Jun-1994 Governor of Rhode Island, 1951-59
Shorty Rogers
Jazz Musician
14-Apr-1924 7-Nov-1994 Shorty Rogers and His Giants
Gilbert Roland
Actor
11-Dec-1905 15-May-1994 The Bad and the Beautiful
Cesar Romero
Actor
15-Feb-1907 1-Jan-1994 The Joker on Batman
Jerry Rubin
Activist
14-Jul-1938 28-Nov-1994 Yippie, one of the Chicago 7
Wilma Rudolph
Track and Field
23-Jun-1940 12-Nov-1994 Three track Olympic Gold Medals in 1960
Kenneth Rush
Business
17-Jan-1910 11-Dec-1994 US Ambassador to France, 1974-77
Dean Rusk
Government
9-Feb-1909 21-Dec-1994 US Secretary of State, 1961-69
Dick Sargent
Actor
19-Apr-1930 8-Jul-1994 Darrin #2 on Bewitched
Telly Savalas
Actor
22-Jan-1922 22-Jan-1994 Kojak
Savannah
Pornstar
9-Oct-1970 11-Jul-1994 Saturday Night Beaver
Gregory Scarpa, Sr.
Criminal
8-May-1928 8-Jun-1994 Top Mafia FBI informant for 30 years
Richard Scarry
Author
5-Jun-1919 30-Apr-1994 Delightful children's book author and artist
Julian Schwinger
Physicist
12-Feb-1918 16-Jul-1994 Quantum electrodynamics
Hugh D. Scott, Jr.
Politician
11-Nov-1900 21-Jul-1994 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77
Raymond Scott
Musician
10-Sep-1908 8-Feb-1994 Powerhouse, invented the sequencer
Terry Scott
Actor
4-May-1927 26-Jul-1994 Terry and June
Ayrton Senna
Auto Racing
21-Mar-1960 1-May-1994 Three-time Formula 1 champion
John Shad
Government
27-Jun-1923 Jul-1994 SEC Chairman, 1981-87
Milton J. Shapp
Politician
25-Jun-1912 24-Nov-1994 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1971-79
Sonny Sharrock
Guitarist
27-Aug-1940 26-May-1994 Free jazz guitarist
Robert Shea
Author
14-Feb-1933 10-Mar-1994 Illuminatus Trilogy
Randy Shilts
Journalist
8-Aug-1951 17-Feb-1994 Chronicler of AIDS, biographer of Harvey Milk
Dinah Shore
Singer
29-Feb-1916 24-Feb-1994 See the U-S-A in a Chev-ro-let
Eric Show
Baseball
19-May-1956 16-Mar-1994 MLB pitcher
Robert L. F. Sikes
Politician
3-Jun-1906 28-Sep-1994 Congressman from Florida, 1945-79
Nicole Brown Simpson
Victim
19-May-1959 12-Jun-1994 OJ's murdered ex-wife
Lilia Skala
Actor
28-Nov-1896 18-Dec-1994 Lilies of the Field
Hal Smith
Actor
24-Aug-1916 28-Jan-1994 Prolific voice actor
Roger W. Sperry
Scientist
20-Aug-1913 17-Apr-1994 "Split brain" hemispheric neurophysiology
Lawrence E. Spivak
TV Personality
11-Jun-1900 9-Mar-1994 Meet the Press
Lionel Stander
Actor
11-Jan-1908 30-Nov-1994 Chauffer Max on Hart to Hart
Francis Steegmuller
Author
3-Jul-1906 20-Oct-1994 Cocteau: A Biography
John Stevens
Drummer
10-Jun-1940 13-Sep-1994 Free music drummer and bandleader
Mark Stevens
Actor
13-Dec-1916 15-Sep-1994 The Snake Pit
Woody Strode
Actor
28-Jul-1914 31-Dec-1994 Sergeant Rutledge
Jule Styne
Songwriter
31-Dec-1905 20-Sep-1994 Three Coins in the Fountain
Barry Sullivan
Actor
29-Aug-1912 6-Jun-1994 The Bad and the Beautiful
Kim Il Sung
Head of State
15-Apr-1912 8-Jul-1994 North Korea's official deity
John B. Swainson
Politician
31-Jul-1925 13-May-1994 Governor of Michigan, 1961-63
Richard L. M. Synge
Chemist
28-Oct-1914 18-Aug-1994 Partition chromatography
Jessica Tandy
Actor
7-Jun-1909 11-Sep-1994 Driving Miss Daisy
Dub Taylor
Actor
26-Feb-1907 3-Oct-1994 Bonnie and Clyde
Peter Taylor
Author
8-Jan-1917 2-Nov-1994 A Summons to Memphis
Howard M. Temin
Scientist
10-Dec-1934 9-Feb-1994 Tumor viruses and host genetics
Peter Thorneycroft
Politician
26-Jul-1909 4-Jun-1994 UK Minister of Defence, 1962-64
George Bell Timmerman, Jr.
Politician
11-Aug-1912 29-Nov-1994 Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59
Jan Tinbergen
Economist
12-Apr-1903 9-Jun-1994 Economic Policy
Bill Travers
Actor
3-Jan-1922 29-Mar-1994 Born Free
Massimo Troisi
Actor
19-Feb-1953 4-Jun-1994 Il Postino
Tom Villard
Actor
19-Nov-1953 14-Nov-1994 Popcorn
Ellsworth Vines
Tennis
28-Sep-1911 17-Mar-1994 Winner of 6 Grand Slam titles
Joseph Vitale
Actor
6-Sep-1901 5-Jun-1994 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
John A. Volpe
Politician
8-Dec-1908 11-Sep-1994 Twice Governor of Massachusetts
Bud Wilkinson
Football
23-Apr-1916 9-Feb-1994 Sooners Head Coach, 1947-63
Manfred Wörner
Diplomat
24-Sep-1934 13-Aug-1994 NATO Secretary General, 1988-94
Carleton Young
Actor
21-Oct-1905 7-Nov-1994 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Terence Young
Film Director
20-Jun-1915 7-Sep-1994 Dr. No
Mai Zetterling
Actor
24-May-1925 17-Mar-1994 The Witches
Herbert S. Zim
Author
12-Jul-1909 5-Dec-1994 Golden Guides




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