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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edward P. Abraham
Chemist
10-Jun-1913 8-May-1999 Cephalosporins
Alice Adams
Novelist
14-Aug-1926 27-May-1999 Superior Women
Charles Francis Adams IV
Business
2-May-1910 5-Jan-1999 Former president of Raytheon
Joey Adams
Comic
6-Jan-1911 2-Dec-1999 Borscht Belt comedian
Joe Adcock
Baseball
30-Oct-1927 3-May-1999 Milwaukee Braves First Baseman
Martin Agronsky
Journalist
12-Jan-1915 25-Jul-1999 Agronsky & Co.
Rex Allen
Actor
31-Dec-1920 17-Dec-1999 The Arizona Cowboy
Kirk Alyn
Actor
8-Oct-1910 14-Mar-1999 Superman
John Archer
Actor
8-May-1915 3-Dec-1999 Destination Moon
Ted Arison
Business
1924 1-Oct-1999 Founder of Carnival Cruise Line
Hoyt Axton
Country Musician
25-Mar-1938 26-Oct-1999 Folk singer, songwriter, composer
Ian Bannen
Actor
28-Jun-1928 3-Nov-1999 Waking Ned
A. Doak Barnett
Scholar
8-Oct-1921 17-Mar-1999 China on the Eve of Communist Takeover
Walter Jackson Bate
Critic
23-May-1918 26-Jul-1999 Samuel Johnson
David Beaty
Novelist
28-Mar-1919 4-Dec-1999 Cone of Silence
Stephen Becker
Novelist
31-Mar-1927 27-Mar-1999 When the War Is Over
Billy Benedict
Actor
16-Apr-1917 25-Nov-1999 Whitey in The Bowery Boys films
Mary Kay Bergman
Actor
5-Jun-1961 11-Nov-1999 South Park
John Berry
Film Director
6-Sep-1917 29-Nov-1999 The Bad News Bears Go to Japan
Angelo Bertelli
Football
18-Jun-1921 26-Jun-1999 Winner, 1943 Heisman Trophy
Rose Bird
Judge
2-Nov-1936 4-Dec-1999 California Chief Justice, 1977-87
Harry Blackmun
Judge
12-Nov-1908 4-Mar-1999 US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94
Dirk Bogarde
Actor
28-Mar-1921 8-May-1999 A Bridge Too Far
Bill Bowerman
Fitness Guru
19-Feb-1911 24-Dec-1999 Track coach, Co-Founder of Nike
Lester Bowie
Jazz Musician
11-Oct-1941 9-Nov-1999 Influential jazz trumpeter
Paul Bowles
Author
30-Dec-1910 18-Nov-1999 The Sheltering Sky
Marion Zimmer Bradley
Author
3-Jun-1930 25-Sep-1999 The Mists of Avalon
Robert Bresson
Film Director
25-Sep-1901 18-Dec-1999 Une Femme Douce
Hillary Brooke
Actor
8-Sep-1914 25-May-1999 The Woman in Green
Charles Brown
Musician
13-Sep-1922 21-Jan-1999 Merry Christmas Baby
George E. Brown, Jr.
Politician
6-Mar-1920 15-Jul-1999 Congressman from California, 1973-99
Vanessa Brown
Actor
24-Mar-1928 21-May-1999 The Late George Apley
Bugz
Rapper
5-Jan-1978 21-May-1999 Young rapper was original D12 member
Berkeley L. Bunker
Politician
12-Aug-1906 21-Jan-1999 Senator and Congressman from Nevada
Charlie Byrd
Jazz Musician
16-Sep-1925 30-Nov-1999 Brought the Bossa Nova to America
Rory Calhoun
Actor
8-Aug-1922 28-Apr-1999 Auto thief turned actor
Jack M. Campbell
Politician
10-Sep-1916 14-Jun-1999 Governor of New Mexico, 1963-67
Adolfo Bioy Casares
Author
15-Sep-1914 8-Mar-1999 La invención de Morel
Peggy Cass
Actor
21-May-1924 8-Mar-1999 Auntie Mame
John H. Chafee
Politician
22-Oct-1922 24-Oct-1999 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99
Wilt Chamberlain
Basketball
21-Aug-1936 12-Oct-1999 Wilt the Stilt
Robert F. Chandler
Educator
22-Jun-1907 23-Mar-1999 International Rice Research Institute
Marguerite Chapman
Actor
9-Mar-1918 31-Aug-1999 Coroner Creek
Alan Clark
Politician
13-Apr-1928 5-Sep-1999 Controversial, Conservative MP and minister
James M. Clarke
Politician
12-Jun-1917 13-Apr-1999 Congressman from North Carolina, 1987-91
Del Close
Actor
9-Mar-1934 4-Mar-1999 The Funniest One in the Room
Christopher Cockerell
Inventor
4-Jun-1910 1-Jun-1999 Hovercraft
Iron Eyes Cody
Actor
3-Apr-1904 4-Jan-1999 Keep America Beautiful
Jeffery Cohelan
Politician
24-Jun-1914 15-Feb-1999 Congressman from California, 1959-71
Matt Cohen
Novelist
30-Dec-1942 2-Dec-1999 Emotional Arithmetic
Lois Collier
Actor
21-Mar-1919 27-Oct-1999 Mary Wesley on Boston Blackie
Pete Conrad
Astronaut
2-Jun-1930 8-Jul-1999 Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon
Ellen Corby
Actor
3-Jun-1911 14-Apr-1999 Grandma on The Waltons
Cleveland Cram
Spy
21-Dec-1917 9-Jan-1999 History of the Counterintelligence Staff
Charles Crichton
Film Director
6-Aug-1910 15-Sep-1999 A Fish Called Wanda
Quentin Crisp
Actor
25-Dec-1908 21-Nov-1999 The Naked Civil Servant
Mary Jane Croft
Actor
15-Feb-1916 24-Aug-1999 Mary Jane on The Lucy Show
Walter J. Cummings
Judge
29-Sep-1916 24-Apr-1999 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-99
Joe D'Amato
Film Director
15-Dec-1936 23-Jan-1999 Ator the Invincible
Rick Danko
Singer
9-Dec-1943 10-Dec-1999 The Band
Bobby Day
Singer
1-Jul-1928 27-Jul-1999 Rockin' Robin
Frank De Vol
Musician
20-Sep-1911 27-Oct-1999 Happy Kyne on Fernwood 2 Nite
Amadou Diallo
Victim
2-Sep-1975 4-Feb-1999 Shot dead by the NYPD
Joe DiMaggio
Baseball
25-Nov-1914 8-Mar-1999 Where have you gone
Edward Dmytryk
Film Director
4-Sep-1908 1-Jul-1999 The Caine Mutiny
Faith Domergue
Actor
16-Jun-1924 4-Apr-1999 Where Danger Lives
Robert Douglas
Actor
9-Nov-1909 11-Jan-1999 Homicide
Stanley H. Durwood
Business
5-Aug-1920 15-Jul-1999 Father of the multi-screen movie theater
Meredith Edwards
Actor
10-Jun-1917 8-Feb-1999 Dunkirk
John Ehrlichman
Government
20-Mar-1925 14-Feb-1999 Watergate criminal, served time
Gertrude B. Elion
Scientist
23-Jan-1918 21-Feb-1999 Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS
Ross Elliott
Actor
18-Jun-1917 12-Aug-1999 Sheriff Abbott on The Virginian
Judith Exner
Author
11-Jan-1934 25-Sep-1999 JFK mistress
James Farmer
Activist
12-Jan-1920 9-Jul-1999 Co-Founder, CORE
Fritz Fischer
Historian
5-Mar-1908 1-Dec-1999 Blamed Germany for World War I
Chet Forrest
Songwriter
31-Jul-1915 10-Oct-1999 Kismet
Anne Francine
Actor
8-Aug-1917 3-Dec-1999 Stage actress, Vera Charles in MAME
Riccardo Freda
Film Director
24-Feb-1909 20-Dec-1999 I Vampiri
Lowell Fulson
Musician
31-Mar-1921 6-Mar-1999 West Coast blues guitarist and bandleader
Allen Funt
Film/TV Producer
16-Sep-1914 5-Sep-1999 Producer and host of Candid Camera
Mills E. Godwin, Jr.
Politician
19-Nov-1914 30-Jan-1999 Twice Governor of Virginia
John Golding
Politician
9-Mar-1931 20-Jan-1999 MP for Newcastle-under-Lyme, 1969-96
Raisa Gorbachev
First Lady
5-Jan-1932 20-Sep-1999 First Lady of the Soviet Union
Meg Greenfield
Journalist
27-Dec-1930 13-May-1999 The Washington Post
Zvi Griliches
Economist
12-Sep-1930 4-Nov-1999 Technology, Education, and Productivity
Trygve Haavelmo
Economist
13-Dec-1911 28-Jul-1999 Economic forecasting
Huntz Hall
Actor
15-Aug-1919 30-Jan-1999 Dead End Kids
Eric Harris
Criminal
9-Apr-1981 20-Apr-1999 Columbine Massacre
Owen Hart
Wrestling
7-May-1965 23-May-1999 Wrestler fell to his death
Gary Heidnik
Criminal
22-Nov-1943 6-Jul-1999 Sex torturer, murderer
Joseph Heller
Author
1-May-1923 12-Dec-1999 Catch-22
Shirley Hemphill
Actor
1-Jul-1947 10-Dec-1999 Shirley Wilson on What's Happening
Kirby J. Hensley
Religion
23-Jul-1911 19-Mar-1999 Founder, Universal Life Church
Gerhard Herzberg
Physicist
25-Dec-1904 3-Mar-1999 Molecular spectroscopy
George V. Higgins
Novelist
13-Nov-1939 6-Nov-1999 The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Al Hirt
Jazz Musician
7-Nov-1922 27-Apr-1999 Dixieland trumpet player
Roman Hruska
Politician
16-Aug-1904 25-Apr-1999 US Senator from Nebraska, 1954-76
Basil Cardinal Hume
Religion
2-Mar-1923 17-Jun-1999 Archbishop of Westminster, 1976-99
Catfish Hunter
Baseball
8-Apr-1946 9-Sep-1999 Pitched a perfect game in 1968
King Hussein I
Royalty
14-Nov-1935 7-Feb-1999 King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Milt Jackson
Jazz Musician
1-Jan-1923 9-Oct-1999 Vibrophonist, The Modern Jazz Quartet
Brion James
Actor
20-Feb-1945 7-Aug-1999 Leon the replicant in Blade Runner
Frank M. Johnson
Judge
30-Oct-1918 23-Jul-1999 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981-99
Bryn Jones
Musician
17-Jun-1961 14-Jan-1999 Muslimgauze
Henry Jones
Actor
1-Aug-1912 17-May-1999 The Bad Seed
Madeline Kahn
Actor
29-Sep-1942 3-Dec-1999 Paper Moon and Blazing Saddles
Garson Kanin
Screenwriter
24-Nov-1912 13-Mar-1999 It Should Happen to You
DeForest Kelley
Actor
20-Jan-1920 11-Jun-1999 Dr. McCoy on Star Trek
Henry W. Kendall
Physicist
9-Dec-1926 15-Feb-1999 Verified existence of quarks
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Relative
25-Nov-1960 16-Jul-1999 Son of John F. Kennedy
Richard Kiley
Actor
31-Mar-1922 5-Mar-1999 Man of La Mancha
Mabel King
Actor
25-Dec-1932 9-Nov-1999 What's Happening!
Lane Kirkland
Labor Leader
12-Mar-1922 14-Aug-1999 AFL-CIO President, 1979-95
Dylan Klebold
Criminal
11-Sep-1981 20-Apr-1999 Columbine Massacre
Philip M. Klutznick
Government
9-Jul-1907 14-Aug-1999 US Secretary of Commerce, 1980-81
Stanley Kubrick
Film Director
26-Jul-1928 7-Mar-1999 2001: A Space Odyssey
Buzz Kulik
Film Director
23-Jul-1922 13-Jan-1999 Brian's Song
Big L
Rapper
30-May-1974 15-Feb-1999 Ebonics
Wassily Leontief
Economist
5-Aug-1906 5-Feb-1999 Structure of the American Economy
Bethel Leslie
Actor
3-Aug-1929 28-Nov-1999 Theater actress
Larry Levenson
Business
c. 1936 23-Jan-1999 Founder of Plato's Retreat
Desmond Llewelyn
Actor
12-Sep-1914 19-Dec-1999 "Q" in James Bond films
Lee Lozano
Painter
5-Nov-1930 2-Oct-1999 Misogyny as art form
Jack Lynch
Head of State
15-Aug-1917 20-Oct-1999 Twice Prime Minister of Ireland
Thomas C. Mann
Diplomat
11-Nov-1912 23-Jan-1999 US Ambassador to Mexico, 1961-63
Forrest Mars
Business
21-Mar-1904 1-Jul-1999 Invented M&Ms
Victor Mature
Actor
29-Jan-1913 4-Aug-1999 Samson and Delilah
Curtis Mayfield
Musician
3-Jun-1942 26-Dec-1999 Superfly soundtrack
William D. McElroy
Biologist
22-Jan-1917 17-Feb-1999 Bioluminescence
John J. McKeithen
Politician
28-May-1918 4-Jun-1999 Governor of Louisiana, 1964-72
Paul Mellon
Philanthropist
11-Jun-1907 1-Feb-1999 Yale Center for British Art benefactor
Yehudi Menuhin
Violinist
22-Apr-1916 12-Mar-1999 Child prodigy violinist, conductor
Robert L. Mills
Physicist
15-Apr-1927 27-Oct-1999 Subatomic particles
Ashley Montagu
Anthropologist
28-Jun-1905 26-Nov-1999 The Natural Superiority of Women
Brian Moore
Novelist
25-Aug-1921 10-Jan-1999 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Clayton Moore
Actor
14-Sep-1914 28-Dec-1999 The Lone Ranger
Akio Morita
Business
26-Jan-1921 3-Oct-1999 Co-Founder of Sony
Willie Morris
Author
29-Nov-1934 2-Aug-1999 North Toward Home
Marion Motley
Football
5-Jun-1920 27-Jun-1999 Fullback, NFL Hall of Famer
Iris Murdoch
Novelist
15-Jul-1919 8-Feb-1999 The Sea, the Sea
Daniel Nathans
Scientist
30-Oct-1928 16-Nov-1999 Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage)
Robert G. Neumann
Diplomat
2-Jan-1916 18-Jun-1999 US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73
Anthony Newley
Actor
24-Sep-1931 14-Apr-1999 Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist
Derek Nimmo
Actor
19-Sep-1930 24-Feb-1999 All Gas and Gaiters
Red Norvo
Jazz Musician
31-Mar-1908 6-Apr-1999 Jazz xylophonist
Bill Owen
Actor
14-Mar-1914 12-Jul-1999 Last of the Summer Wine
Georgios Papadopoulos
Head of State
5-May-1919 27-Jun-1999 Dictator of Greece, 1967-73
Walter Payton
Football
25-Jul-1954 1-Nov-1999 Sweetness
Lee Philips
Film Director
10-Jan-1927 3-Mar-1999 TV movie director
Dana Plato
Actor
7-Nov-1964 9-May-1999 Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes
Mario Puzo
Novelist
15-Oct-1920 2-Jul-1999 The Godfather
Irving Rapper
Film Director
16-Jan-1898 20-Dec-1999 Now, Voyager
Richard Ray
Politician
2-Feb-1927 29-May-1999 Congressman from Georgia, 1983-93
Gene Rayburn
Game Show Host
22-Dec-1917 29-Nov-1999 Host of Match Game
Oliver Reed
Actor
13-Feb-1938 2-May-1999 Lion of the Desert
George E. Reedy
Government
5-Aug-1917 21-Mar-1999 LBJ's press secretary
Pee Wee Reese
Baseball
23-Jul-1918 15-Aug-1999 Ten-time Dodgers All-Star
Bert Remsen
Actor
25-Feb-1925 22-Apr-1999 American character actor
Elliot Richardson
Government
20-Jul-1920 31-Dec-1999 Refused to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor
Bruce Ritter
Religion
25-Feb-1927 7-Oct-1999 Disgraced priest
Buddy Rogers
Actor
13-Aug-1904 21-Apr-1999 With Mary Pickford in My Best Girl
Ruth Roman
Actor
22-Dec-1922 9-Sep-1999 Champion
Norman Rossington
Actor
24-Dec-1928 21-May-1999 A Hard Day's Night
Paul Sacher
Conductor
28-Apr-1906 26-May-1999 Founder, Basler Kammerorchester
Doug Sahm
Musician
6-Nov-1941 18-Nov-1999 Sir Douglas Quintet
Gene Sarazen
Golf
27-Feb-1902 13-May-1999 First winner of the Grand Slam
Nathalie Sarraute
Novelist
18-Jul-1900 19-Oct-1999 Portrait of a Man Unknown
Arthur L. Schawlow
Physicist
5-May-1921 28-Apr-1999 Laser spectroscopy
George C. Scott
Actor
18-Oct-1927 22-Sep-1999 Patton
Glenn Seaborg
Physicist
19-Apr-1912 25-Feb-1999 Co-Discoverer of Plutonium
Nerine Shatner
Relative
c. 1959 9-Aug-1999 William Shatner's drowned wife
Jean Shepherd
Radio Personality
26-Jul-1921 16-Oct-1999 A Christmas Story
Leonard Shoen
Business
29-Feb-1916 4-Oct-1999 Founder of U-Haul
Richard B. Shull
Actor
24-Feb-1929 14-Oct-1999 Holmes and Yo-Yo
Sylvia Sidney
Actor
8-Aug-1910 1-Jul-1999 Mama Carlson on WKRP
Shel Silverstein
Poet
25-Sep-1930 10-May-1999 Where the Sidewalk Ends
Gene Siskel
Critic
26-Jan-1946 20-Feb-1999 Siskel and Ebert
Benjamin Nathaniel Smith
Criminal
1978 5-Jul-1999 White supremacist spree killer
Hank Snow
Country Musician
9-May-1914 20-Dec-1999 I'm Moving On
Skip Spence
Musician
18-Apr-1946 16-Apr-1999 Moby Grape guitarist, Oar
Dusty Springfield
Singer
16-Apr-1939 2-Mar-1999 Son of a Preacher Man
Maria Stader
Singer
5-Nov-1911 27-Apr-1999 Operatic soprano, specialty Mozart
John P. Stapp
Scientist
11-Jul-1910 13-Nov-1999 Rocket sled pioneer
John R. Steelman
Government
23-Jun-1900 14-Jul-1999 Truman's Chief of Staff
Herbert Stein
Economist
27-Aug-1916 8-Sep-1999 Economic adviser for Nixon
W. Richard Stevens
Author
5-Feb-1951 1-Sep-1999 UNIX Network Programming
Payne Stewart
Golf
30-Jan-1957 25-Oct-1999 Winner of the US Open, 1982 and 1999
Willi Stoph
Head of State
9-Jul-1914 13-Apr-1999 East German leader, 1973-76
Susan Strasberg
Actor
22-May-1938 21-Jan-1999 Picnic
David Strickland
Actor
14-Oct-1969 22-Mar-1999 Todd Stites on Suddenly Susan
Robert C. Strong
Diplomat
29-Sep-1915 28-Dec-1999 US Ambassador to Iraq, 1963-67
Mel Tormé
Singer
13-Sep-1925 5-Jun-1999 The Velvet Fog
Bobby Troup
Songwriter
18-Oct-1918 7-Feb-1999 (Get Your Kicks On) Route 66
Franjo Tudjman
Head of State
14-May-1922 11-Dec-1999 First President of Croatia
Frank Turner
Architect
1908 2-Oct-1999 Designer, Interstate Highway System
Frankie Vaughan
Singer
3-Feb-1928 18-Sep-1999 Give Me the Moonlight, Give Me the Girl
Helen Vinson
Actor
17-Sep-1907 7-Oct-1999 The Wedding Night
Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn
Historian
31-Jul-1909 26-May-1999 Conservative ideologue
Jack Watson
Actor
14-May-1915 4-Jul-1999 The Wild Geese
Señor Wences
Performance Artist
17-Apr-1896 20-Apr-1999 Ventriloquist
William Whitelaw
Politician
28-Jun-1918 1-Jul-1999 UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88
Joe Williams
Singer
12-Dec-1918 29-Mar-1999 Baritone jazz vocalist
Boxcar Willie
Country Musician
1-Sep-1931 12-Apr-1999 World's favorite hobo
Terry Wilson
Actor
3-Sep-1923 30-Mar-1999 Bill Hawks on Wagon Train
John Minor Wisdom
Judge
17-May-1905 15-May-1999 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1957-77
Ernie Wise
Comic
27-Nov-1925 21-Mar-1999 Morecambe and Wise
C. Vann Woodward
Historian
13-Nov-1908 17-Dec-1999 The Strange Career of Jim Crow
Early Wynn
Baseball
6-Jan-1920 4-Apr-1999 MLB Hall of Famer




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