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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Johnny Bench
Baseball
7-Dec-1947   Hall of Fame catcher
Traci Bingham
Actor
13-Jan-1968   Baywatch, Surreal Life
Sam Bradford
Football
8-Nov-1987   Winner, 2008 Heisman Trophy
Charisma Carpenter
Actor
23-Jul-1970   Cordelia on Buffy
Brad Carson
Politician
11-Mar-1967   Congressman from Oklahoma, 2001-05
Kristin Chenoweth
Actor
24-Jul-1968   Annabeth Schott on The West Wing
Cher
Singer
20-May-1946   Sonny and Cher
Ward Churchill
Activist
2-Oct-1947   Compared WTC victims to Adolf Eichmann
Rita Coolidge
Singer
1-May-1944   The Delta Lady
Stormy Daniels
Pornstar
17-Mar-1979   Space Nuts: Episode 69
Carmen Electra
Model
20-Apr-1972   Singled Out
Shannon Elizabeth
Actor
7-Sep-1973   Nadia in American Pie 1 and 2
James Garner
Actor
7-Apr-1928   Jim Rockford on Rockford Files
John Nance Garner
Politician
22-Nov-1868 7-Nov-1967 US Vice President, 1933-41
Rebecca Gayheart
Actor
12-Aug-1971   Scream
Clu Gulager
Actor
16-Nov-1928   The Killers
Jimi Hendrix
Guitarist
27-Nov-1942 18-Sep-1970 Purple Haze
James Earl Jones
Actor
17-Jan-1931   Voice of Darth Vader and CNN
Val Kilmer
Actor
31-Dec-1959   Real Genius
Eartha Kitt
Singer
17-Jan-1927 25-Dec-2008 Catwoman
Hyapatia Lee
Pornstar
11-Nov-1960   Hy Heeled Drifter, Titty Committee
Barbara Leigh
Actor
16-Nov-1946   Vampirella
Mildred Loving
Activist
22-Jun-1939 2-May-2008 Interracial marriage
Jock Mahoney
Actor
7-Feb-1919 14-Dec-1989 Yancy Derringer
Wayne Newton
Singer
3-Apr-1942   Top Las Vegas act
Chuck Norris
Actor
10-Mar-1940   Walker: Texas Ranger
Bettie Page
Model
22-Apr-1923 11-Dec-2008 Black-haired bondage pin-up queen
Dolly Parton
Country Musician
19-Jan-1946   Jolene
Jon Peters
Film/TV Producer
2-Jun-1945   Half of Hollywood Peters-Guber duo
Chynna Phillips
Singer
12-Feb-1968   Wilson Phillips
Della Reese
Musician
6-Jul-1931   Touched by an Angel
Burt Reynolds
Actor
11-Feb-1936   Moustached Cannonball Run actor
Oral Roberts
Religion
24-Jan-1918 15-Dec-2009 Televangelist, faith healer
Paul Robeson
Singer
9-Apr-1898 23-Jan-1976 20th Century renaissance man
Will Rogers
Comic
04-Nov-1879 15-Aug-1935 American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist
Bob Ross
TV Personality
29-Oct-1942 4-Jul-1995 The Joy of Painting
Tura Satana
Actor
10-Jul-1935 4-Feb-2011 Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!
Seka
Pornstar
15-Apr-1954   Blonde Fire, Inside Seka
Sequoyah
Linguist
c. 1770 Aug-1843 Put the Cherokee language on paper
Perry Smith
Criminal
27-Oct-1928 14-Apr-1965 In Cold Blood
Scott Stapp
Musician
8-Aug-1973   Singer for Creed
Hal Stratton
Government
6-Dec-1950   CPSC chairman, 2002-06
Wes Studi
Actor
17-Dec-1947   Geronimo: An American Legend
Quentin Tarantino
Film Director
27-Mar-1963   Pulp Fiction
Hugh Thompson
Military
15-Apr-1943 6-Jan-2006 Stopped the My Lai massacre
Tiffany
Singer
2-Oct-1971   Teen singing sensation
Steven Tyler
Singer
26-Mar-1948   Frontman for Aerosmith
Sarah Vowell
Radio Personality
27-Dec-1969   This American Life




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