| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Conrad Aiken |
Poet |
5-Aug-1889 |
17-Aug-1973 |
Earth Triumphant |
| Glenn Beck |
TV Personality |
10-Feb-1964 |
|
Conservative TV and talk radio host |
| Ernest Bevin |
Politician |
9-Mar-1881 |
14-Apr-1951 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51 |
| William Blake |
Poet |
28-Nov-1757 |
12-Aug-1827 |
English romantic poet and artist |
| Napoleon Bonaparte |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1769 |
5-May-1821 |
Emperor of France |
| The Big Bopper |
Musician |
24-Oct-1930 |
3-Feb-1959 |
Chantilly Lace |
| George Brett |
Baseball |
15-May-1953 |
|
Twelve-time American League All-Star |
| Charles Brown |
Musician |
13-Sep-1922 |
21-Jan-1999 |
Merry Christmas Baby |
| Charles Bukowski |
Author |
16-Aug-1920 |
9-Mar-1994 |
Love is a Dog from Hell |
| Lord Byron |
Poet |
22-Jan-1788 |
19-Apr-1824 |
English romantic poet |
| Maria Callas |
Singer |
2-Dec-1923 |
16-Sep-1977 |
Operatic Soprano |
| John Calvin |
Religion |
10-Jul-1509 |
27-May-1564 |
French Protestant Reformation |
| Roy Campanella |
Baseball |
19-Nov-1921 |
26-Jun-1993 |
National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955 |
| Scott Carpenter |
Astronaut |
1-May-1925 |
|
Mercury astronaut |
| Jimmy Carter |
Head of State |
1-Oct-1924 |
|
39th US President, 1977-81 |
| Billy Casper |
Golf |
24-Jun-1931 |
|
Won 3 majors, plus 51 PGA Tour wins |
| Gustave Courbet |
Painter |
10-Jun-1819 |
31-Dec-1877 |
French Realist painter |
| Jack Dempsey |
Boxing |
24-Jun-1895 |
31-May-1983 |
Heavyweight champ |
| William A. Egan |
Politician |
8-Oct-1914 |
6-May-1984 |
Twice Governor of Alaska |
| T. S. Eliot |
Poet |
26-Sep-1888 |
4-Jan-1965 |
Author of "The Waste Land" |
| Emanuel Feuermann |
Cellist |
22-Nov-1902 |
25-May-1942 |
Cellist |
| Frederick the Great |
Royalty |
24-Jan-1712 |
17-Aug-1786 |
King of Prussia 1740-86 |
| James Garfield |
Head of State |
19-Nov-1831 |
19-Sep-1881 |
20th US President, 1881 |
| Jackie Gleason |
Actor |
26-Feb-1916 |
24-Jun-1987 |
Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners |
| Charles Gounod |
Composer |
17-Jun-1818 |
18-Oct-1893 |
Faust |
| Heinrich Heine |
Poet |
13-Dec-1797 |
17-Feb-1856 |
Buch der Lieder |
| Richard Hell |
Musician |
2-Oct-1949 |
|
Blank Generation |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Gil Hodges |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1924 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Eight-time All-Star |
| Michel Leiris |
Author |
20-Apr-1901 |
30-Sep-1990 |
Surrealist, ethnographer, autobiographer |
| Pope Leo X |
Religion |
11-Dec-1475 |
1-Dec-1521 |
Excommunicated Martin Luther |
| David Livingstone |
Explorer |
19-Mar-1813 |
1-May-1873 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
| Martin Luther |
Religion |
10-Nov-1483 |
18-Feb-1546 |
Created Protestant movement |
| Gustav Mahler |
Composer |
7-Jul-1860 |
18-May-1911 |
Das Lied von der Erde |
| Thomas Mann |
Novelist |
6-Jun-1875 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Buddenbrooks |
| Billy Martin |
Baseball |
16-May-1928 |
25-Dec-1989 |
NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times |
| Karl Marx |
Economist |
5-May-1818 |
14-Mar-1883 |
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto |
| Jenny McCarthy |
Model |
1-Nov-1972 |
|
Early-nineties Playboy model, Singled Out |
| Steve McQueen |
Actor |
24-Mar-1930 |
7-Nov-1980 |
The Great Escape |
| Russ Meyer |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1922 |
18-Sep-2004 |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |
| George Murphy |
Actor |
4-Jul-1902 |
3-May-1992 |
Actor and US Senator from California |
| Bill Nelson |
Politician |
29-Sep-1942 |
|
US Senator from Florida |
| Greg Norman |
Golf |
10-Feb-1955 |
|
The Great White Shark |
| Tsar Peter III |
Royalty |
21-Feb-1728 |
17-Jul-1762 |
Tsar of Russia, 1762 for six months |
| Rainer Maria Rilke |
Poet |
04-Dec-1875 |
29-Dec-1926 |
Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus |
| Eleanor Roosevelt |
First Lady |
11-Oct-1884 |
7-Nov-1962 |
First Lady under FDR |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
Head of State |
27-Oct-1858 |
6-Jan-1919 |
26th US President, 1901-09 |
| Mike Schmidt |
Baseball |
27-Sep-1949 |
|
Phillies third baseman |
| William E. Simon |
Government |
27-Nov-1927 |
3-Jun-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77 |
| Adam Smith |
Economist |
5-Jun-1723 |
17-Jul-1790 |
The Wealth of Nations |
| George Stoneman |
Military |
8-Aug-1822 |
5-Sep-1894 |
Civil War general, California governor |
| Preston Sturges |
Screenwriter |
29-Aug-1898 |
6-Aug-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
| U Thant |
Diplomat |
22-Jan-1909 |
25-Nov-1974 |
UN Secretary General, 1961-71 |
| Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
