| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John Abbott |
Actor |
5-Jun-1905 |
24-May-1996 |
The Woman in White |
| Wesley Addy |
Actor |
4-Aug-1913 |
31-Dec-1996 |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
| Spiro T. Agnew |
Politician |
9-Nov-1918 |
17-Sep-1996 |
US Vice President, 1969-73 |
| Mel Allen |
Sports Journalist |
13-Feb-1913 |
16-Jun-1996 |
Sportscaster, Voice of the Yankees |
| John Alton |
Cinematographer |
5-Oct-1901 |
2-Jun-1996 |
An American in Paris |
| Morey Amsterdam |
Actor |
14-Dec-1908 |
27-Oct-1996 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Luana Anders |
Actor |
12-May-1938 |
21-Jul-1996 |
The Pit and the Pendulum |
| Robert Anderson |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1922 |
5-Apr-1996 |
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1976-78 |
| Annabella |
Actor |
14-Jul-1909 |
18-Sep-1996 |
Hôtel du Nord |
| Humphrey Atkins |
Politician |
12-Aug-1922 |
4-Oct-1996 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81 |
| Artur Axmann |
Government |
18-Feb-1913 |
24-Oct-1996 |
Hitler Youth leader |
| Lew Ayres |
Actor |
28-Dec-1908 |
30-Dec-1996 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Nnamdi Azikiwe |
Head of State |
16-Nov-1904 |
11-May-1996 |
First President of Nigeria, 1963-66 |
| Kenneth Bainbridge |
Physicist |
27-Jul-1904 |
14-Jul-1996 |
Director of the Trinity atomic test |
| Martin Balsam |
Actor |
4-Nov-1914 |
13-Feb-1996 |
A Thousand Clowns |
| Joseph W. Barr |
Government |
17-Jan-1918 |
23-Feb-1996 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69 |
| Saul Bass |
Designer |
8-May-1920 |
25-Apr-1996 |
Master of title design |
| Les Baxter |
Musician |
14-Mar-1922 |
15-Jan-1996 |
The Mel-Tones |
| Terrel H. Bell |
Educator |
11-Nov-1921 |
22-Jun-1996 |
US Secretary of Education, 1981-85 |
| Melvin Belli |
Attorney |
29-Jul-1907 |
9-Jul-1996 |
The King of Torts |
| Pandro S. Berman |
Film/TV Producer |
28-Mar-1905 |
13-Jul-1996 |
Top RKO producer, Ivanhoe |
| Joseph Cardinal Bernardin |
Religion |
2-Apr-1928 |
14-Nov-1996 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1982-96 |
| Bibi Besch |
Actor |
1-Feb-1942 |
7-Sep-1996 |
Who's That Girl? |
| Ted Bessell |
Actor |
20-Mar-1935 |
6-Oct-1996 |
That Guy in That Girl |
| Whit Bissell |
Actor |
25-Oct-1909 |
5-Mar-1996 |
The Time Tunnel |
| Ray Blanton |
Politician |
10-Apr-1930 |
22-Nov-1996 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1975-79 |
| Emperor Bokassa I |
Royalty |
22-Feb-1921 |
3-Nov-1996 |
Central African Emperor |
| Erma Bombeck |
Columnist |
21-Feb-1927 |
22-Apr-1996 |
The Grass is Always Greener |
| Rene Bond |
Pornstar |
11-Oct-1950 |
2-Jun-1996 |
Teenage Fantasies |
| Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
| Roger Bowen |
Actor |
25-May-1932 |
16-Feb-1996 |
Hamilton Majors, Jr. on Arnie |
| Lucille Bremer |
Dancer |
21-Feb-1917 |
16-Apr-1996 |
Yolanda and the Thief |
| Peter J. Brennan |
Government |
24-May-1918 |
2-Oct-1996 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75 |
| Albert R. Broccoli |
Film/TV Producer |
5-Apr-1909 |
27-Jun-1996 |
Producer of James Bond films |
| Harold Brodkey |
Novelist |
25-Oct-1930 |
26-Jan-1996 |
Stories in an Almost Classical Mode |
| Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate |
| George Mackay Brown |
Poet |
17-Oct-1921 |
13-Apr-1996 |
Time in a Red Coat |
| Pat Brown |
Politician |
21-Apr-1905 |
16-Feb-1996 |
Governor of California, 1959-67 |
| Ron Brown |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
3-Apr-1996 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96 |
| Herbert Brownell, Jr. |
Government |
20-Feb-1904 |
1-May-1996 |
US Attorney General, 1953-57 |
| Mac Bundy |
Government |
30-Mar-1919 |
16-Sep-1996 |
National Security Advisor, 1961-66 |
| George Burns |
Comic |
20-Jan-1896 |
9-Mar-1996 |
Oh, God! |
| Irving Caesar |
Songwriter |
4-Jul-1895 |
17-Dec-1996 |
Tea for Two |
| William T. Cahill |
Politician |
25-Jun-1912 |
1-Jul-1996 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1970-74 |
| Donald Cammell |
Film Director |
17-Jan-1934 |
24-Apr-1996 |
Performance |
| Marcel Carné |
Film Director |
18-Aug-1909 |
31-Oct-1996 |
Les Enfants du Paradis |
| María Casares |
Actor |
21-Nov-1922 |
22-Nov-1996 |
Orpheus |
| Eva Cassidy |
Singer |
2-Feb-1963 |
2-Nov-1996 |
Eva by Heart |
| Sergiu Celibidache |
Conductor |
11-Jul-1912 |
14-Aug-1996 |
Director, Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96 |
| John Chancellor |
Journalist |
14-Jul-1927 |
12-Jul-1996 |
NBC Nightly News anchor |
| Virginia Christine |
Actor |
5-Mar-1920 |
24-Jul-1996 |
Folger Coffee's Mrs. Olson |
| Roman Cieslewicz |
Artist |
13-Jan-1930 |
21-Jan-1996 |
Polish poster artist |
| René Clément |
Film Director |
18-Mar-1913 |
17-Mar-1996 |
Is Paris Burning? |
| Claudette Colbert |
Actor |
13-Sep-1903 |
30-Jul-1996 |
It Happened One Night |
| William Colby |
Spy |
4-Jan-1920 |
27-Apr-1996 |
CIA Director, 1973-75 |
| Ray Combs |
Game Show Host |
3-Apr-1956 |
2-Jun-1996 |
Host of Family Feud 1988-94 |
| Charlie Conerly |
Football |
19-Sep-1921 |
13-Feb-1996 |
NY Giants QB, 1948-61 |
| E. J. H. Corner |
Botanist |
12-Jan-1906 |
14-Sep-1996 |
Durian theory |
| Seymour Cray |
Inventor |
28-Sep-1925 |
5-Oct-1996 |
Inventor of Cray supercomputers |
| John Crommelin, Jr. |
Military |
2-Oct-1902 |
2-Nov-1996 |
Rear Admiral, US Navy |
| Leslie Crowther |
TV Personality |
6-Feb-1933 |
29-Sep-1996 |
The Price Is Right |
| Joanne Dru |
Actor |
31-Jan-1922 |
10-Sep-1996 |
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon |
| Dzhokhar Dudayev |
Military |
15-Apr-1944 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Head of the Chechen rebellion |
| Marguerite Duras |
Novelist |
4-Apr-1914 |
3-Mar-1996 |
Hiroshima mon Amour |
| William J. Dyess |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1929 |
6-Jan-1996 |
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83 |
| Herb Edelman |
Actor |
5-Nov-1933 |
21-Jul-1996 |
Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls |
| Bernard Edwards |
Musician |
31-Oct-1952 |
18-Apr-1996 |
Founding member of Chic |
| Vince Edwards |
Actor |
7-Jul-1928 |
11-Mar-1996 |
Ben Casey |
| Odysseas Elytis |
Poet |
2-Nov-1911 |
18-Mar-1996 |
Axion Esti |
| Bill Emerson |
Politician |
1-Jan-1938 |
22-Jun-1996 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1981-96 |
| Thomas O. Enders |
Diplomat |
28-Nov-1932 |
17-Mar-1996 |
US Ambassador to Canada, Spain |
| Paul Erdos |
Mathematician |
26-Mar-1913 |
20-Sep-1996 |
Loved only numbers |
| Minnesota Fats |
Sports Figure |
19-Jan-1913 |
15-Jan-1996 |
Billiards opponent of Willie Mosconi |
| Leonor Fini |
Painter |
30-Aug-1907 |
18-Jan-1996 |
Surrealist painter, sex kitten |
| Charlie Finley |
Baseball |
22-Feb-1918 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Owner of the Oakland A's 1960-80 |
| Leonard K. Firestone |
Business |
10-Jun-1907 |
24-Dec-1996 |
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77 |
| Hamilton Fish IV |
Politician |
3-Jun-1926 |
23-Jul-1996 |
Congressman from New York, 1969-95 |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Singer |
25-Apr-1917 |
15-Jun-1996 |
The First Lady of Jazz |
| Bob Flanagan |
Performance Artist |
27-Dec-1952 |
4-Jan-1996 |
Supermasochist |
| Arthur S. Flemming |
Government |
12-Jun-1905 |
7-Sep-1996 |
HEW Secretary, 1958-61 |
| Peter Fowler |
Physicist |
27-Feb-1923 |
8-Nov-1996 |
Cosmic radiation |
| Lucio Fulci |
Film Director |
17-Jun-1927 |
13-Mar-1996 |
The Beyond |
| Greer Garson |
Actor |
29-Sep-1904 |
6-Apr-1996 |
Mrs. Miniver |
| Erich Gimpel |
Spy |
25-Mar-1910 |
1996 |
Agent 146 |
| Peter Glenville |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1913 |
3-Jun-1996 |
Becket |
| Jimmy The Greek |
TV Personality |
9-Sep-1918 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Oddsmaker |
| Edward J. Gurney |
Politician |
12-Jan-1914 |
14-May-1996 |
US Senator from Florida, 1969-74 |
| Rob Hall |
Business |
14-Jan-1961 |
11-May-1996 |
Adventure Consultants |
| Joan Hammond |
Singer |
24-May-1912 |
26-Nov-1996 |
Operatic soprano |
| Margaux Hemingway |
Actor |
16-Feb-1955 |
2-Jul-1996 |
Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin |
| Robert Hersant |
Publisher |
30-Jan-1920 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Le Papivore |
| Dana Hill |
Actor |
6-May-1964 |
15-Jul-1996 |
Audrey Griswold in European Vacation |
| Alger Hiss |
Government |
11-Nov-1904 |
15-Nov-1996 |
Accused spy for the Soviet Union |
| Ronald Howard |
Actor |
7-Apr-1918 |
19-Dec-1996 |
Sherlock Holmes |
| Harold Hughes |
Politician |
10-Feb-1922 |
23-Oct-1996 |
Governor and Senator from Iowa |
| Ross Hunter |
Film/TV Producer |
6-May-1920 |
10-Mar-1996 |
Imitation of Life |
| Vic Janowicz |
Football |
26-Jan-1930 |
27-Feb-1996 |
Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy |
| Gladwyn Jebb |
Diplomat |
25-Apr-1900 |
24-Oct-1996 |
Acting UN Secretary General, 1945-46 |
| Ben Johnson |
Actor |
13-Jun-1918 |
8-Apr-1996 |
The Last Picture Show |
| Barbara Jordan |
Politician |
21-Feb-1936 |
17-Jan-1996 |
Gave 1976 Democratic keynote speech |
| Babrak Karmal |
Head of State |
6-Jan-1929 |
3-Dec-1996 |
President of Afghanistan, 1979-86 |
| Gene Kelly |
Actor |
23-Aug-1912 |
2-Feb-1996 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| David M. Kennedy |
Government |
21-Jul-1905 |
1-May-1996 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1969-71 |
| Walter Kerr |
Critic |
8-Jul-1913 |
9-Oct-1996 |
New York Times drama critic |
| Hermann Kesten |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1900 |
1996 |
I, the King |
| Krzysztof Kieslowski |
Film Director |
27-Jun-1941 |
13-Mar-1996 |
Trois Couleurs |
| John W. King |
Politician |
10-Oct-1918 |
9-Aug-1996 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69 |
| Lincoln Kirstein |
Author |
4-May-1907 |
5-Jan-1996 |
Co-Founder, New York City Ballet |
| Sidney Korshak |
Attorney |
6-Jun-1907 |
20-Jan-1996 |
The Mob's man in Hollywood |
| Rafael Kubelik |
Conductor |
29-Jun-1914 |
11-Aug-1996 |
Conductor, Czech Philharmonic, 1942-48 |
| Thomas Kuhn |
Author |
18-Jul-1922 |
17-Jun-1996 |
Structure of Scientific Revolutions |
| Dorothy Lamour |
Actor |
10-Dec-1914 |
22-Sep-1996 |
My Favorite Brunette |
| Lash La Rue |
Actor |
15-Jun-1917 |
21-May-1996 |
B-Western star |
| Meridel Le Sueur |
Novelist |
22-Feb-1900 |
14-Nov-1996 |
North Star Country |
| Mary Leakey |
Anthropologist |
6-Feb-1913 |
9-Dec-1996 |
Discovered Proconsul |
| Timothy Leary |
Activist |
22-Oct-1920 |
31-May-1996 |
Tune in, turn on, drop out |
| J. Bracken Lee |
Politician |
7-Jan-1899 |
20-Oct-1996 |
Governor of Utah, 1949-57 |
| Rex Lee |
Attorney |
27-Feb-1935 |
11-Mar-1996 |
US Solicitor General, 1981-85 |
| Mark Lenard |
Actor |
15-Oct-1924 |
22-Nov-1996 |
Ambassador Sarek on Star Trek |
| Henry Lewis |
Conductor |
16-Oct-1932 |
26-Jan-1996 |
Music Director, NJ Symphony, 1968-76 |
| Rush Hudson Limbaugh |
Politician |
27-Sep-1891 |
8-Apr-1996 |
Rush's grandfather |
| Fitzroy Maclean |
Politician |
11-Mar-1911 |
15-Jun-1996 |
Eastern Approaches |
| Sorley Maclean |
Poet |
26-Oct-1911 |
24-Nov-1996 |
Scottish/Gaelic poet |
| Guy Madison |
Actor |
19-Jan-1922 |
6-Feb-1996 |
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok |
| Marcello Mastroianni |
Actor |
28-Sep-1924 |
19-Dec-1996 |
The Pizza Triangle |
| Dorothy Maynor |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Soprano, founder of Harlem School of the Arts |
| Robert J. McCloskey |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1922 |
1996 |
US Ambassador to Greece, 1978-81 |
| James W. McLamore |
Business |
30-May-1926 |
7-Aug-1996 |
Co-Founder of Burger King |
| Audrey Meadows |
Actor |
8-Feb-1926 |
3-Feb-1996 |
Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners |
| Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
Novelist |
23-Jan-1923 |
9-Jan-1996 |
A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| Hyman Minsky |
Economist |
23-Sep-1919 |
25-Oct-1996 |
Inherently unstable markets |
| Hugh B. Mitchell |
Politician |
22-Mar-1907 |
10-Jun-1996 |
Congressman from Washington, 1949-53 |
| Joseph Mitchell |
Author |
27-Jul-1908 |
24-May-1996 |
The New Yorker |
| Jessica Mitford |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1917 |
23-Jul-1996 |
The American Way of Death |
| François Mitterrand |
Head of State |
26-Oct-1916 |
8-Jan-1996 |
President of France, 1981-95 |
| Patsy Montana |
Country Musician |
30-Oct-1908 |
3-May-1996 |
A Cowboy's Sweetheart |
| Greg Morris |
Actor |
27-Sep-1933 |
27-Aug-1996 |
Mission: Impossible |
| Nevill F. Mott |
Physicist |
30-Sep-1905 |
8-Aug-1996 |
Properties of semiconductors |
| Gerry Mulligan |
Jazz Musician |
6-Apr-1927 |
20-Jan-1996 |
Greatest jazz baritonist of all time |
| Ed Muskie |
Politician |
28-Mar-1914 |
26-Mar-1996 |
US Senator from Maine, 1959-80 |
| Mohammad Najibullah |
Head of State |
1947 |
28-Sep-1996 |
President of Afghanistan, 1987-92 |
| Jack Nance |
Actor |
21-Dec-1943 |
30-Dec-1996 |
Eraserhead |
| Gene Nelson |
Actor |
24-Mar-1920 |
16-Sep-1996 |
Oklahoma! |
| Haing S. Ngor |
Victim |
22-Mar-1940 |
25-Feb-1996 |
The Killing Fields |
| Stavros Niarchos |
Business |
3-Jul-1909 |
15-Apr-1996 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
| Virginia Nicolson |
Actor |
1916 |
1996 |
Ex-Wife of Orson Welles |
| Brad Nowell |
Musician |
22-Feb-1968 |
25-May-1996 |
Lead singer of Sublime |
| David Opatoshu |
Actor |
30-Jan-1918 |
30-Apr-1996 |
Raid on Entebbe |
| David Packard |
Business |
7-Sep-1912 |
26-Mar-1996 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard |
| Vance Packard |
Sociologist |
22-May-1914 |
12-Dec-1996 |
The Hidden Persuaders |
| Andreas Papandreou |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1919 |
23-Jun-1996 |
Twice Prime Minister of Greece |
| Minnie Pearl |
Singer |
25-Oct-1912 |
4-Mar-1996 |
Her hat cost $1.98 |
| Joan Perry |
Actor |
7-Jul-1911 |
16-Sep-1996 |
Bullets for O'Hara |
| Jon Pertwee |
Actor |
07-Jul-1919 |
20-May-1996 |
The Third Doctor Who |
| Laura La Plante |
Actor |
1-Nov-1904 |
14-Oct-1996 |
The Cat and the Canary |
| Juliet Prowse |
Dancer |
25-Sep-1936 |
14-Sep-1996 |
Can-Can |
| JonBenét Ramsey |
Victim |
6-Aug-1990 |
26-Dec-1996 |
6-year-old murdered pageant winner |
| J. Lee Rankin |
Government |
7-Jul-1907 |
28-Jun-1996 |
US Solicitor General, 1956-61 |
| Henry Regnery |
Publisher |
5-Jan-1912 |
18-Jun-1996 |
Regnery Publishing |
| Tadeus Reichstein |
Scientist |
20-Jul-1897 |
1-Aug-1996 |
Adrenocortical hormones |
| Eric Reissner |
Mathematician |
5-Jan-1913 |
1-Nov-1996 |
Reissner shear-deformation plate theory |
| Tommy Rettig |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
15-Feb-1996 |
Jeff Miller in Lassie |
| Howard E. Rollins, Jr. |
Actor |
17-Oct-1950 |
8-Dec-1996 |
A Soldier's Story |
| Sinclair Ross |
Novelist |
22-Jan-1908 |
29-Feb-1996 |
As For Me and My House |
| Pete Rozelle |
Football |
1-Mar-1926 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Commissioner of the NFL, 1960-89 |
| Carl Sagan |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1934 |
20-Dec-1996 |
Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos |
| Abdus Salam |
Physicist |
29-Jan-1926 |
21-Nov-1996 |
Electroweak Theory |
| Mario Savio |
Activist |
8-Dec-1942 |
6-Nov-1996 |
Free Speech Movement |
| Grant Sawyer |
Politician |
14-Dec-1918 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Governor of Nevada, 1959-67 |
| Alex Schoenbaum |
Business |
8-Aug-1915 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Founder, Shoney's |
| Vito Scotti |
Actor |
26-Jan-1918 |
5-Jun-1996 |
Character actor, 1950s to 1990s |
| Oliver Seth |
Judge |
30-May-1915 |
27-Mar-1996 |
10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1962-84 |
| Tupac Shakur |
Rapper |
16-Jun-1971 |
13-Sep-1996 |
All Eyez on Me |
| Jerry Siegel |
Author |
17-Oct-1914 |
28-Jan-1996 |
Creator of Superman |
| George D. Snell |
Scientist |
19-Dec-1903 |
6-Jun-1996 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| McLean Stevenson |
Actor |
14-Nov-1929 |
14-Feb-1996 |
Lt. Col. Henry Blake on M*A*S*H |
| Carl B. Stokes |
Politician |
21-Jun-1927 |
3-Apr-1996 |
Mayor of Cleveland, 1968-71 |
| Mike Synar |
Politician |
17-Oct-1950 |
9-Jan-1996 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1979-95 |
| Toru Takemitsu |
Composer |
8-Oct-1930 |
20-Feb-1996 |
A Way A Lone |
| Lyle Talbot |
Actor |
8-Feb-1902 |
2-Mar-1996 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
| Tiny Tim |
Musician |
12-Apr-1932 |
30-Nov-1996 |
Tip Toe Thru the Tulips |
| Diana Trilling |
Critic |
21-Jul-1905 |
23-Oct-1996 |
Literary critic, The Nation |
| William C. Trimble |
Diplomat |
2-May-1907 |
24-Jun-1996 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1959-62 |
| David Tudor |
Pianist |
20-Jan-1926 |
13-Aug-1996 |
Avant-garde concert pianist |
| Amos Tversky |
Psychologist |
16-Mar-1937 |
2-Jun-1996 |
Cognitive psychologist, studied risks |
| Laurens van der Post |
Author |
13-Dec-1906 |
15-Dec-1996 |
The Lost World of the Kalahari |
| Jo Van Fleet |
Actor |
30-Dec-1914 |
10-Jun-1996 |
East of Eden |
| Howard Vernon |
Actor |
15-Jul-1914 |
25-Jul-1996 |
The Awful Dr. Orloff |
| William Vickrey |
Economist |
21-Jun-1914 |
11-Oct-1996 |
Asymmetric information in economics |
| Johnny "Guitar" Watson |
Guitarist |
3-Feb-1935 |
17-May-1996 |
Gangster of Love |
| Dick Wesson |
Actor |
19-Nov-1922 |
25-Apr-1996 |
Destination Moon |
| Jack Weston |
Actor |
21-Aug-1924 |
3-May-1996 |
Wait Until Dark |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson |
Chemist |
14-Jul-1921 |
26-Sep-1996 |
Organometallic "sandwich" compounds |
| Ralph Yarborough |
Politician |
8-Jun-1903 |
27-Jan-1996 |
US Senator from Texas, 1957-71 |
| Faron Young |
Musician |
25-Feb-1932 |
10-Dec-1996 |
The Hillbilly Heartthrob |
