LIST

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Jane Addams	Activist	6-Sep-1860	21-May-1935	Founder of Hull House
Andre Agassi	Tennis	29-Apr-1970		Winner of 8 Grand Slam singles
Debbie Allen	Dancer	16-Jan-1950		All About You
Walter Benjamin	Philosopher	15-Jul-1892	26-Sep-1940	The Arcades Project
Silvio Berlusconi	Head of State	29-Sep-1936		Former Prime Minister of Italy
Heston Blumenthal	Chef	17-May-1966		The Fat Duck
Sonny Bono	Singer	16-Feb-1935	5-Jan-1998	Moustached half of Sonny and Cher
Richard Burton	Actor	10-Nov-1925	5-Aug-1984	Nineteen Eighty Four
George H.W. Bush	Head of State	12-Jun-1924		41st US President, 1989-93
Brett Butler	Comic	20-Jan-1958		Comedian with southern drawl
John Cage	Composer	5-Sep-1912	12-Aug-1992	Experimental composer
James Cagney	Actor	17-Jul-1899	30-Mar-1986	New York tough guy
Robert Capa	Photographer	22-Oct-1913	25-May-1954	War photographer
Jean Cocteau	Poet	5-Jul-1889	11-Oct-1963	La Belle et la Bête
e. e. cummings	Poet	14-Oct-1894	3-Sep-1962	Majuscule-challenged American poet
William Barker Cushing	Military	4-Nov-1842	17-Dec-1874	Civil War naval hero
Richard Harding Davis	Author	18-Apr-1864	11-Apr-1916	Yellow-era journalist
Robert Duncan	Poet	7-Jan-1919	3-Feb-1988	Bending the Bow
Queen Elizabeth II	Royalty	21-Apr-1926		Queen of England
Robert Evans	Film/TV Producer	29-Jun-1930		The Kid Stays In The Picture
Janet Flanner	Journalist	13-Mar-1892	7-Nov-1978	The New Yorker
Errol Flynn	Actor	20-Jun-1909	14-Oct-1959	Robin Hood
Dian Fossey	Anthropologist	16-Jan-1932	26-Dec-1985	Gorillas in the Mist
Al Franken	Politician	21-May-1951		US Senator from Minnesota
George Gissing	Novelist	22-Nov-1857	28-Jan-1903	New Grub Street
Benny Goodman	Jazz Musician	30-May-1909	13-Jun-1986	Bespectacled jazz clarinetist
Hermann Hesse	Author	2-Jul-1877	9-Aug-1962	Siddhartha
A. E. Housman	Poet	26-Mar-1859	30-Apr-1936	A Shropshire Lad
James Joyce	Author	2-Feb-1882	13-Jan-1941	Ulysses
Jack Lemmon	Actor	8-Feb-1925	27-Jun-2001	The Odd Couple
James Levine	Conductor	23-Jun-1943		Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera
Carolus Linnaeus	Botanist	23-May-1707	10-Jan-1778	Created a taxonomy of the species
Malcolm Lowry	Novelist	28-Jul-1909	27-Jun-1957	Under the Volcano
Bela Lugosi	Actor	20-Oct-1882	16-Aug-1956	Dracula
Compton MacKenzie	Novelist	17-Jan-1883	30-Nov-1972	Carnival
Karl Marx	Economist	5-May-1818	14-Mar-1883	Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Marcel Mauss	Sociologist	10-May-1872	10-Feb-1950	The Gift
Claude McKay	Novelist	15-Sep-1890	22-May-1948	Home to Harlem
Herman Melville	Author	1-Aug-1819	28-Sep-1891	Moby Dick
Florence Nightingale	Activist	12-May-1820	13-Aug-1910	Established nursing as a profession
Luciano Pavarotti	Singer	12-Oct-1935	6-Sep-2007	Operatic tenor
Pablo Picasso	Painter	25-Oct-1881	8-Apr-1973	Abstract painter and sculptor
Pope Pius IX	Religion	13-May-1792	7-Feb-1878	Declared himself infallible
Jay Rockefeller	Politician	18-Jun-1937		US Senator from West Virginia
Yves Saint Laurent	Fashion Designer	1-Aug-1936	1-Jun-2008	Christian Dior protege
Francis W. Sargent	Politician	29-Jul-1915	21-Oct-1998	Governor of Massachusetts, 1969-75
Jim Saxton	Politician	22-Jan-1943		Congressman, New Jersey 3rd
Jane Seymour	Actor	15-Feb-1951		Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Todd Solondz	Film Director	15-Oct-1959		Welcome to the Dollhouse
Muriel Spark	Novelist	1-Feb-1918	13-Apr-2006	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
Robert Louis Stevenson	Author	13-Nov-1850	3-Dec-1894	Treasure Island
Sharon Stone	Actor	10-Mar-1958		Basic Instinct
Elizabeth Taylor	Actor	27-Feb-1932	23-Mar-2011	Cleopatra
Hunter S. Thompson	Journalist	18-Jul-1937	20-Feb-2005	Gonzo journalist and author
Peter Ustinov	Actor	16-Apr-1921	28-Mar-2004	British stage actor
Justin Vernon	Singer/Songwriter	30-Apr-1981		Frontman for Bon Iver
Paul Wellstone	Politician	21-Jul-1944	25-Oct-2002	US Senator from Minnesota, 1991-2002
Elizabeth Wilson	Actor	4-Apr-1921		The Graduate

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