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Includes the Church of England, and several Christian denominations descended from it, including the Anglican Church, Church of Ireland, Episcopal Church, and St. Michael's congregations.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edwin A. Abbott
Author
20-Dec-1838 12-Oct-1926 Flatland
Dean Acheson
Government
11-Apr-1893 12-Oct-1971 US Secretary of State, 1949-53
Brock Adams
Politician
13-Jan-1927 10-Sep-2004 US Senator from Washington, 1987-93
Sandy Adams
Politician
14-Dec-1956   Congresswoman, Florida 24th
Sherman Adams
Government
8-Jan-1899 27-Oct-1986 Eisenhower's Chief of Staff
Henry Addington
Head of State
30-May-1757 15-Feb-1844 UK Prime Minister, 1801-04
James Agee
Poet
27-Nov-1909 16-May-1955 A Death in the Family
Spiro T. Agnew
Politician
9-Nov-1918 17-Sep-1996 US Vice President, 1969-73
Roberta Green Ahmanson
Relative
1949   Wife of Howard Ahmanson
Peter Akinola
Religion
1944   Anglican Primate of Nigeria
Madeleine Albright
Diplomat
15-May-1937   Bill Clinton's Secretary of State
Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut
20-Jan-1930   Second man on the Moon
Bill Alexander
Politician
16-Jan-1934   Congressman from Arkansas, 1969-93
Princess Alice
Royalty
25-Dec-1901 29-Oct-2004 Late Duchess of Gloucester
Robert Allston
Agriculturalist
21-Apr-1801 7-Apr-1864 Rice planter, Governor
Lincoln C. Almond
Politician
16-Jun-1936   Governor of Rhode Island, 1995-2003
Leroy Anderson
Composer
29-Jun-1908 18-May-1975 The Syncopated Clock
Prince Andrew
Royalty
19-Feb-1960   The Duke of York
Arthur Glenn Andrews
Politician
15-Jan-1909 25-Sep-2008 Congressman from Alabama, 1965-67
Robert E. Andrews
Politician
4-Aug-1957   Congressman, New Jersey 1st
Queen Anne
Royalty
6-Feb-1665 1-Aug-1714 Queen of England, 1702-14
Princess Anne
Royalty
15-Aug-1950   The Horsey Princess Royal
Mary Anning
Paleontologist
21-May-1799 9-Mar-1847 Self-taught paleontologist
Beryl Anthony
Politician
21-Feb-1938   Congressman from Arkansas, 1979-93
John Arbuthnot
Doctor
1667 27-Feb-1735 Scriblerus Club
Anne L. Armstrong
Government
27-Dec-1927 30-Jul-2008 US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77
Chester A. Arthur
Head of State
5-Oct-1829 18-Nov-1886 21st US President, 1881-85
Ellen Arthur
First Lady
30-Aug-1837 12-Jan-1880 Wife of US President Chester A. Arthur
Margot Asquith
Socialite
2-Feb-1864 28-Jul-1945 Wife of Herbert Henry Asquith
Fred Astaire
Dancer
10-May-1899 22-Jun-1987 Broadway ballroom dancer
Victor G. Atiyeh
Politician
20-Feb-1923   Governor of Oregon, 1979-87
W. H. Auden
Poet
21-Feb-1907 29-Sep-1973 The Age of Anxiety
Robert Baden-Powell
Military
22-Feb-1857 8-Jan-1941 Founder of the Boy Scout movement
Leslie M. Baker, Jr.
Business
22-May-1942   CEO of Wachovia, 1994-2003
Newton D. Baker
Politician
3-Dec-1871 25-Dec-1937 US Secretary of War, 1916-21
Henry Baldwin
Judge
14-Jan-1780 21-Apr-1844 US Supreme Court Justice, 1830-44
John C. Baldwin
Doctor
c. 1949   Health Sciences Center, Texas Tech
Raymond E. Baldwin
Politician
31-Aug-1893 4-Oct-1986 Governor and Senator from Connecticut
Gerald L. Baliles
Politician
8-Jul-1940   Governor of Virginia, 1986-90
Cass Ballenger
Politician
6-Dec-1926   Congressman from North Carolina, 1986-2005
Rose Bampton
Singer
28-Nov-1907 21-Aug-2007 Operatic soprano
Hugh Bancroft
Publisher
13-Sep-1879 17-Oct-1933 President of Dow Jones, 1928-31
Philip Pendleton Barbour
Judge
25-May-1783 25-Feb-1841 US Supreme Court Justice, 1836-41
Dean Barkley
Politician
31-Aug-1950   US Senator from Minnesota, 2002-03
Albert C. Barnes
Curator
2-Jan-1872 24-Jul-1951 Barnes Foundation
Charlie Bass
Politician
8-Jan-1952   Congressman, New Hampshire 2nd
Thomas F. Bayard
Government
29-Oct-1828 28-Sep-1898 US Secretary of State, 1885-89
Evan Bayh
Politician
26-Dec-1955   US Senator from Indiana, 1999-2011
Louis Beecherl
Business
10-Feb-1926   CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77
Max Beerbohm
Critic
24-Aug-1872 20-May-1956 Caricaturist, Seven Men
Chris Bell
Politician
23-Nov-1959   Congressman from Texas, 2003-05
John Stewart Bell
Physicist
28-Jun-1928 1-Oct-1990 Bell's theorem of quantum physics
Fortunato P. Benavides
Judge
3-Feb-1947   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Richard Bentley
Critic
27-Jan-1662 14-Jul-1742 Reformed classical scholarship
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr.
Diplomat
17-Dec-1897 13-Nov-1961 Ambassador to governments in exile
Judy Biggert
Politician
15-Aug-1937   Congresswoman, Illinois 13th
Robert Worth Bingham
Business
8-Nov-1871 18-Dec-1937 Publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal
Clarence Birdseye
Scientist
9-Dec-1886 7-Oct-1956 Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane
William Blackstone
Judge
10-Jul-1723 14-Feb-1780 Commentaries on the Laws of England
Morton C. Blackwell
Activist
16-Nov-1939   Influential conservative activist
Amelia Jenks Bloomer
Activist
27-May-1818 30-Dec-1894 Bloomers
Alan Blumlein
Inventor
29-Jun-1903 7-Jun-1942 Stereophonic recording
Anthony Blunt
Historian
26-Sep-1907 26-Mar-1983 Art historian, Soviet spy
Samuel Bodman
Government
26-Nov-1938   US Secretary of Energy
Richard W. Bolling
Politician
17-May-1916 21-Apr-1991 Congressman from Missouri, 1949-83
Peter Bone
Politician
19-Oct-1952   British MP, Wellingborough
Jo Bonner
Politician
19-Nov-1959   Congressman, Alabama 1st
Charles Boustany
Politician
21-Feb-1956   Congressman, Louisiana 7th
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
Royalty
4-Aug-1900 30-Mar-2002 The Queen Mother
Erskine Bowles
Government
8-Aug-1945   White House Chief of Staff, 1996-98
Malcolm Boyd
Religion
8-Jun-1923   Are You Running with Me, Jesus?
Robert Boyle
Chemist
25-Jan-1627 30-Dec-1691 Pioneer of modern chemistry
Anne Braden
Activist
28-Jul-1924 6-Mar-2006 Southern Civil Rights Activist
Don Bradman
Cricket
27-Aug-1908 25-Feb-2001 Greatest batsman of all time
William Bragg
Physicist
2-Jul-1862 12-Mar-1942 Analyzed crystal structures
Stan Brakhage
Film Director
14-Jan-1933 9-Mar-2003 Experimental filmmaker
John Brand
Historian
19-Aug-1744 11-Sep-1806 Observations on Popular Antiquities
Joseph Brant
Military
1742 24-Nov-1807 Mohawk Indian Chief
Daniel Brewster
Politician
23-Nov-1923 19-Aug-2007 US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69
Dolph Briscoe
Politician
23-Apr-1923 27-Jun-2010 Governor of Texas, 1973-79
Harry Brittain
Journalist
24-Dec-1873 9-Jul-1974 Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society
Vera Brittain
Author
29-Dec-1893 29-Mar-1970 Testament of Youth
Branwell Brontë
Poet
26-Jun-1817 24-Sep-1848 The Brontë sisters' brother
Edward Brooke
Politician
26-Oct-1919   US Senator from Massachusetts, 1967-79
David K. E. Bruce
Diplomat
12-Feb-1898 5-Dec-1977 US Ambassador to England, France, Germany
Charles F. Brush
Inventor
17-Mar-1849 15-Jun-1929 Street lights
Jack W. Buechner
Politician
4-Jun-1940   Congressman from Missouri, 1987-91
Ellsworth Bunker
Diplomat
11-May-1894 30-Sep-1984 US Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1967-73
Michael Burgess
Politician
23-Dec-1950   Congressman, Texas 26th
Gilbert Burnet
Religion
18-Sep-1643 17-Mar-1715 Bishop of Salisbury
George H.W. Bush
Head of State
12-Jun-1924   41st US President, 1989-93
Prescott Bush
Politician
15-May-1895 8-Oct-1972 US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63
John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute
Head of State
25-May-1713 10-Mar-1792 UK Prime Minister, 1762-63
Nicholas Murray Butler
Educator
2-Apr-1862 7-Dec-1947 President of Columbia University, 1901-45
Pierce Butler
Politician
11-Jul-1744 15-Feb-1822 Twice US Senator from South Carolina
Samuel Butler
Author
4-Dec-1835 18-Jun-1902 Erewheon
Samuel Butler
Scholar
30-Jan-1774 4-Dec-1839 Headmaster of Shrewsbury School
Harry F. Byrd, Jr.
Politician
20-Dec-1914   US Senator from Virginia, 1965-83
Harry F. Byrd
Politician
10-Jun-1887 20-Oct-1966 US Senator from Virginia, 1933-65
James F. Byrnes
Politician
2-May-1882 9-Apr-1972 US Secretary of State, 1945-47
Katharine Byron
Politician
25-Oct-1903 28-Dec-1976 Congresswoman from Maryland, 1941-43
William J. Cabaniss
Business
c. 1942   US Ambassador to Czechia, 2004-06
Harry P. Cain
Politician
10-Jan-1906 3-Mar-1979 US Senator from Washington, 1946-53
Cab Calloway
Jazz Musician
25-Dec-1907 18-Nov-1994 King of Hi-De-Ho
Carroll Campbell
Politician
24-Jul-1940 7-Dec-2005 Governor of South Carolina, 1987-95
John Archibald Campbell
Judge
24-Jun-1811 12-Mar-1889 US Supreme Court Justice, 1853-61
Thomas E. Capps
Business
31-Oct-1935   CEO of Dominion Resources, 1990-2005
George L. Carey
Religion
13-Nov-1935   Archbishop of Canterbury, 1991-2002
Joseph M. Carey
Politician
19-Jan-1845 5-Feb-1924 Governor of Wyoming, 1911-15
Robert D. Carey
Politician
12-Aug-1878 17-Jan-1937 Governor and Senator from Wyoming
George H. Carley
Judge
24-Sep-1938   Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
Tucker Carlson
Pundit
16-May-1969   Conservative pundit on Fox News
Lewis Carroll
Author
27-Jan-1832 14-Jan-1898 Alice in Wonderland
Elbert N. Carvel
Politician
9-Feb-1910 6-Feb-2005 Twice Governor of Delaware
Willa Cather
Novelist
7-Dec-1873 24-Apr-1947 O Pioneers!
Edith Cavell
Victim
4-Dec-1865 12-Oct-1915 British nurse, shot by the Germans
Andrew Cavendish
Aristocrat
2-Jan-1920 3-May-2004 11th Duke of Devonshire
George Cayley
Inventor
27-Dec-1773 8-Dec-1854 Father of aeronautics
John H. Chafee
Politician
22-Oct-1922 24-Oct-1999 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1976-99
Lincoln Chafee
Politician
26-Mar-1953   Governor of Rhode Island
Neville Chamberlain
Politician
18-Mar-1869 9-Nov-1940 Architect of appeasement
Saxby Chambliss
Politician
10-Nov-1943   US Senator from Georgia
Alfred Chandler
Historian
15-Sep-1918 9-May-2007 Business historian
Charlie Chaplin
Actor
16-Apr-1889 25-Dec-1977 Silent film comedian
Prince Charles
Royalty
14-Nov-1948   Heir to the throne of Britain
Salmon P. Chase
Politician
13-Jan-1808 7-May-1873 Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64
Samuel Chase
Judge
17-Apr-1741 19-Jun-1811 US Supreme Court Justice, 1796-1811
Gordon Childe
Archaeologist
14-Apr-1892 19-Oct-1957 The Dawn of European Civilisation
Agatha Christie
Novelist
15-Sep-1890 12-Jan-1976 Mystery novelist
Charles Churchill
Poet
1731 4-Nov-1764 Rosciad
Winston Churchill
Head of State
30-Nov-1874 24-Jan-1965 WWII Prime Minister of England
Lord Clarendon
Government
18-Feb-1609 9-Dec-1674 The Clarendon Code
Samuel Clarke
Philosopher
11-Oct-1675 17-May-1729 Newtonian theologian
Clark Clifford
Government
25-Dec-1906 10-Oct-1998 US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69
Gordon Coates
Head of State
3-Feb-1878 27-May-1943 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925-28
Robert L. Cochran
Politician
28-Jan-1886 23-Feb-1963 Governor of Nebraska, 1935-41
Cadwallader Colden
Physicist
7-Feb-1689 20-Sep-1776 Colonial scientist and statesman
Dabney Coleman
Actor
3-Jan-1932   Moustache from 9 To 5
Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.
Administrator
17-Feb-1949   President of MLB National League, 1994-99
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poet
21-Oct-1772 25-Jul-1834 Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Stephen Collins
Actor
1-Oct-1947   Rev. Eric Camden on 7th Heaven
Edward Condon
Physicist
2-Mar-1902 26-Mar-1974 Quantum Mechanics
Denton Cooley
Doctor
22-Aug-1920   Pioneering heart surgeon
Jim Cooper
Politician
19-Jun-1954   Congressman, Tennessee 5th
Lawrence Coughlin
Politician
11-Apr-1929 30-Nov-2001 Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93
Katie Couric
Talk Show Host
7-Jan-1957   CBS Evening News
William Cowper
Poet
26-Nov-1731 25-Apr-1800 The Task
James M. Cox
Politician
31-Mar-1870 15-Jul-1957 Newspaper magnate, twice Ohio Governor
Thomas Cranmer
Religion
2-Jul-1489 21-Mar-1556 First Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury
Ander Crenshaw
Politician
1-Sep-1944   Congressman, Florida 4th
Stafford Cripps
Politician
24-Apr-1889 21-Apr-1952 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1947-50
Walter Cronkite
Journalist
4-Nov-1916 17-Jul-2009 America's most trusted newscaster
Samuel Crowther
Religion
c. 1809 31-Dec-1891 African missionary bishop
Barbara Cubin
Politician
30-Nov-1946   Congresswoman from Wyoming, 1995-2009
Hugh Cudlipp
Business
28-Aug-1913 17-May-1998 British news magnate
Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Judge
4-Nov-1809 15-Sep-1874 US Supreme Court Justice, 1851-57
George Nathaniel Curzon
Government
11-Jan-1859 20-Mar-1925 Created the Kingdom of Jordan
Charles M. Dale
Politician
8-Mar-1893 28-Sep-1978 Governor of New Hampshire, 1945-49
John Danforth
Politician
5-Sep-1936   US Ambassador to the UN, 2004
Peter Vivian Daniel
Judge
24-Apr-1784 31-May-1860 US Supreme Court Justice, 1842-60
Jonathan Daniels
Government
26-Apr-1902 6-Nov-1981 FDR and Truman's press secretary
Virginia Dare
Oddity
18-Aug-1587 ? Firstborn white child of the New World
Bob Davis
Politician
31-Jul-1932 16-Oct-2009 Congressman from Michigan, 1979-93
Cushman Kellogg Davis
Politician
16-Jun-1838 27-Nov-1900 Governor and Senator from Minnesota
Westmoreland Davis
Politician
21-Aug-1859 7-Sep-1942 Governor of Virginia, 1918-22
Linnet F. Deily
Business
1945   Deputy US Trade Representative, 2001-05
Cecil B. DeMille
Film Director
12-Aug-1881 21-Jan-1959 Pioneering film director
W. Edwards Deming
Mathematician
14-Oct-1900 20-Dec-1993 Quality Control guru
Frederick B. Dent
Government
17-Aug-1922   US Commerce Secretary, 1973-75
Steven B. Derounian
Politician
6-Apr-1918 17-Apr-2007 Congressman from New York, 1953-65
Butler Derrick
Politician
30-Sep-1936   Congressman from South Carolina, 1975-95
Scott DesJarlais
Politician
21-Feb-1964   Congressman, Tennessee 4th
George Deukmejian
Politician
6-Jun-1928   Governor of California, 1983-91
George Dewey
Military
26-Dec-1837 16-Jan-1917 Sank the Spanish fleet at Manila
Thomas E. Dewey
Politician
24-Mar-1902 16-Mar-1971 Did not defeat Truman
Lady Diana
Royalty
1-Jul-1961 31-Aug-1997 Princess of Wales
Philip K. Dick
Novelist
16-Dec-1928 2-Mar-1982 Blade Runner
John Dickinson
Politician
8-Nov-1732 14-Feb-1808 Founder of Dickinson College
William T. Dillard
Business
2-Sep-1914 8-Feb-2002 Founder of Dillard's
David Dinkins
Politician
10-Jul-1927   Mayor of New York City, 1989-93
John Donne
Poet
1572 31-Mar-1631 Anniversaries
Nadine Dorries
Politician
21-May-1957   British MP, Mid Bedfordshire
Lewis W. Douglas
Politician
2-Jul-1894 7-Mar-1974 US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50
John Langdon Down
Doctor
18-Nov-1828 7-Oct-1896 Down's syndrome
Pete du Pont
Politician
22-Jan-1935   Governor of Delaware, 1977-85
Angier Biddle Duke
Diplomat
30-Nov-1915 29-Apr-1995 US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68
James Clement Dunn
Diplomat
27-Dec-1890 1979 Career US Ambassador
John Earle
Religion
1601 17-Nov-1665 Microcosmographie
Robert Holt Edmunds, Jr.
Judge
17-Apr-1949   Justice, North Carolina Supreme Court
King Edward VI
Royalty
12-Oct-1537 6-Jul-1553 King of England, 1547-53
King Edward VII
Royalty
9-Nov-1841 6-May-1910 King of England, 1901-1910
King Edward VIII
Royalty
23-Jun-1894 28-May-1972 King of England, 1936
Prince Edward
Royalty
10-Mar-1964   The Earl of Wessex
T. S. Eliot
Poet
26-Sep-1888 4-Jan-1965 Author of "The Waste Land"
Queen Elizabeth I
Royalty
7-Sep-1533 24-Mar-1603 The Virgin Queen
Queen Elizabeth II
Royalty
21-Apr-1926   Queen of England
David Emerson
Politician
17-Sep-1945   Canadian Minister of International Trade
Robert Emhardt
Actor
24-Jul-1914 26-Dec-1994 The Intruder
Richard S. Emmet
Attorney
8-Apr-1897 5-Oct-1969 Counsel to the Bank of New York
John F. Enders
Scientist
10-Feb-1897 8-Sep-1985 Cultured the polio virus
Peg Entwistle
Actor
1-Jul-1908 18-Sep-1932 Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign
Ernie Eves
Politician
17-Jun-1946   Premier of Ontario, 2002-03
Jim Exon
Politician
9-Aug-1921 10-Jun-2005 US Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97
Charles S. Fairchild
Attorney
30-Apr-1842 24-Nov-1924 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89
Blake Farenthold
Politician
12-Dec-1961   Congressman, Texas 27th
William Fargo
Business
20-May-1818 3-Aug-1881 Co-Founder, American Express & Wells Fargo
Sam Farr
Politician
4-Jul-1941   Congressman, California 17th
Drew Gilpin Faust
Educator
18-Sep-1947   President of Harvard University
Vic Fazio
Politician
11-Oct-1942   Congressman from California, 1979-99
Sarah Ferguson
Royalty
15-Oct-1959   Fergie, Duchess of York
William P. Fessenden
Politician
16-Oct-1806 8-Sep-1869 Senator from Maine, Treasury Secretary
Debbi Fields
Business
18-Sep-1956   Founder of Mrs. Field's Cookies, Inc.
John S. Fine
Politician
10-Apr-1893 21-May-1978 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1951-55
Carly Fiorina
Business
6-Sep-1954   CEO of Hewlett Packard, 1999-2005
Hamilton Fish
Politician
3-Aug-1808 7-Sep-1893 US Secretary of State, 1869-77
Ezra Fitch
Business
21-Sep-1865 16-Jun-1930 Abercrombie & Fitch
Howard Florey
Scientist
24-Sep-1898 21-Feb-1968 Isolated penicillin
Jim Folsom, Jr.
Politician
14-May-1949   Governor of Alabama, 1993-95
Shelby Foote
Author
17-Nov-1916 27-Jun-2005 Shiloh
Betty Ford
First Lady
8-Apr-1918 8-Jul-2011 Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center
Gerald Ford
Head of State
14-Jul-1913 26-Dec-2006 38th US President, 1974-77
Henry Ford
Business
30-Jul-1863 7-Apr-1947 Founder of Ford Motors
Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
Politician
11-Jul-1930   Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004
Henry H. Fowler
Government
5-Sep-1908 3-Jan-2000 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68
Matthew Fox
Religion
21-Dec-1940   Creation Spirituality
Peter Frelinghuysen, Jr.
Politician
17-Jan-1916 23-May-2011 Congressman from New Jersey, 1953-75
Rodney Frelinghuysen
Politician
29-Apr-1946   Congressman, New Jersey 11th
Dave Freudenthal
Politician
12-Oct-1950   Governor of Wyoming, 2003-11
Melville W. Fuller
Judge
11-Feb-1833 4-Jul-1910 US Chief Justice, 1888-1910
Thomas Gaisford
Scholar
22-Dec-1779 2-Jun-1855 English classical scholar
Richard I. Galland
Attorney
13-Oct-1916 27-Nov-2008 CEO of American Petrofina, 1969-83
Silvester Gardiner
Doctor
29-Jun-1708 8-Aug-1786 Colonial American pharmacist
Judy Garland
Singer
10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Jay Garner
Military
15-Apr-1938   Ex-Director of Reconstruction of Iraq
Christine N. Garvey
Business
c. 1945   Retired real estate executive
King George II
Royalty
10-Nov-1683 25-Oct-1760 King of Britain, 1727-60
King George III
Royalty
4-Jun-1738 29-Jan-1820 King of England, 1760-1820
King George V
Royalty
3-Jun-1865 20-Jan-1936 King of England, 1910-1936
King George VI
Royalty
14-Dec-1895 6-Feb-1952 King of England, 1936-1952
Henry George
Economist
2-Sep-1839 29-Oct-1897 Progress and Poverty
Thomas P. Gerrity
Business
13-Jul-1941   Former Dean, Wharton School
Elbridge Gerry
Politician
17-Jul-1744 23-Nov-1814 Patron saint of Gerrymandering
Michael Gerson
Politician
1965   Washington Post columnist
Dorothy Gish
Actor
11-Mar-1898 4-Jun-1968 Orphans of the Storm
Lillian Gish
Actor
14-Oct-1893 27-Feb-1993 Silent film actress, director
Robert Goddard
Scientist
5-Oct-1882 10-Aug-1945 Father of modern rocketry
Barry Goldwater
Politician
1-Jan-1909 29-May-1998 US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87
Charles E. Goodell
Politician
16-Mar-1926 21-Jan-1987 US Senator from New York, 1968-71
Evonne Goolagong
Tennis
31-Jul-1951   Aboriginal Australian tennis star
Charles Gordon-Lennox
Aristocrat
19-Sep-1929   10th Duke of Richmond
John Gorrie
Inventor
3-Oct-1803 29-Jun-1855 Invented air conditioning
Slade Gorton
Politician
8-Jan-1928   US Senator from Washington, 1981-2001
Phil Gramm
Politician
8-Jul-1942   US Senator from Texas, 1985-2002
William R. Granberry
Business
c. 1943   Compass Operating Company
George Grant
Philosopher
13-Nov-1918 27-Sep-1988 Propagator of Red Toryism
Joseph Mortimer Granville
Doctor
1833 1900 Electric vibrator
Dwight H. Green
Politician
9-Jan-1897 20-Feb-1958 Governor of Illinois, 1941-49
John P. Green
Politician
2-Apr-1845 30-Aug-1940 Labor Day
Paul Greengard
Scientist
11-Dec-1925   Signal transduction in the nervous system
George Grenville
Politician
14-Oct-1712 13-Nov-1770 UK Prime Minister, 1763-65
William Wyndham Grenville
Politician
25-Oct-1759 12-Jan-1834 UK Prime Minister, 1806-07
Joseph Grew
Diplomat
27-May-1880 25-May-1965 US Ambassador to Japan, 1932-41
Lady Jane Grey
Royalty
12-Oct-1537 12-Feb-1554 Queen of England for nine days
Frederick Griffith
Biologist
c. 1877 16-Apr-1941 Discovered the transforming principle
Morgan Griffith
Politician
15-Mar-1958   Congressman, Virginia 9th
Parker Griffith
Politician
6-Aug-1942   Congressman from Alabama, 2009-11
Morley Griswold
Politician
10-Oct-1890 3-Oct-1951 Governor of Nevada, 1934-35
Dick Groat
Baseball
4-Nov-1930   Shortstop, 1960 National League MVP
Kenny Guinn
Politician
24-Aug-1936 22-Jul-2010 Governor of Nevada, 1999-2007
Chuck Hagel
Politician
4-Oct-1946   US Senator from Nebraska, 1997-2009
John Hagelin
Activist
9-Jun-1954   Natural Law Party
D. Maybank Hagood
Business
4-Aug-1961   William M. Bird & Co.
Rob Halford
Musician
25-Aug-1951   Lead singer of Judas Priest
Cynthia H. Hall
Judge
19-Feb-1929 26-Feb-2011 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-97
Edward Hall
Historian
c. 1495 1547 English chronicler
Joseph Hall
Author
1-Jul-1574 8-Sep-1656 Virgidemiarum
Alexander Hamilton
Government
11-Jan-1757 12-Jul-1804 Primary author of The Federalist Papers
John Hamm
Politician
8-Apr-1938   Premier of Nova Scotia, 1999-2006
Oscar Hammerstein II
Musician
12-Jul-1895 23-Aug-1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Clifford Hansen
Politician
16-Oct-1912 20-Oct-2009 US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78
Conrad K. Harper
Attorney
c. 1940   Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett
Mike Harris
Politician
23-Jan-1945   Premier of Ontario, 1995-2002
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.
Politician
11-Jan-1907 23-Jan-1995 Governor of Virginia, 1962-66
William Henry Harrison
Head of State
9-Feb-1773 4-Apr-1841 9th US President, 1841
Prince Harry
Royalty
15-Sep-1984   2nd son of Princess Diana
Hamilton Harty
Conductor
4-Dec-1879 19-Feb-1941 Principal Conductor, The Hallé, 1920-34
Stanley K. Hathaway
Politician
19-Jul-1924 4-Oct-2005 Governor of Wyoming, 1967-75
William Dodd Hathaway
Politician
21-Feb-1924   US Senator from Maine, 1973-79
Ken Hechler
Politician
20-Sep-1914   Congressman from West Virginia, 1959-77
King Henry VIII
Royalty
28-Jun-1491 28-Jan-1547 King of England, 1509-47
Jeb Hensarling
Politician
29-May-1957   Congressman, Texas 5th
George Herbert
Poet
3-Apr-1593 1-Mar-1633 The Temple
Robert Herrick
Poet
1591 Oct-1674 Hesperides
Ed Herschler
Politician
27-Oct-1918 5-Feb-1990 Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87
George Hickes
Religion
20-Jun-1642 15-Dec-1715 Provoked the Bangorian controversy
A. P. Hill
Military
9-Nov-1825 2-Apr-1865 Confederate General
Sam Hinds
Head of State
27-Dec-1943   Prime Minister of Guyana
Duncan Hines
Business
26-Mar-1880 15-Mar-1959 Roadside gourmet
Sir Cyril Hinshelwood
Chemist
19-Jun-1897 9-Oct-1967 The Kinetics of Chemical Change
Benjamin Hoadly
Religion
14-Nov-1676 17-Apr-1761 Anglican Bishop and controversialist
Peter Hoagland
Politician
17-Nov-1941 30-Oct-2007 Congressman from Nebraska, 1989-95
Oveta Culp Hobby
Publisher
19-Jan-1905 16-Aug-1995 Houston Post President, 1955-83
Philip H. Hoff
Politician
29-Jun-1924   Governor of Vermont, 1963-69
Kenneth C. Hogate
Publisher
27-Jul-1897 11-Feb-1947 President of Dow Jones, 1931-45
William Holder
Musicologist
1616 24-Jan-1698 Music theorist
Christopher Van Hollen
Diplomat
23-Sep-1922   US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, 1972-76
Peter Hollingworth
Religion
10-Apr-1935   Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane
Robert D. Holmes
Politician
11-May-1909 6-Jun-1976 Governor of Oregon, 1957-59
Jack Holt
Actor
31-May-1888 18-Jan-1951 They Were Expendable
Glenda Hood
Government
c. 1950   Florida Secretary of State 2003-05
Geoff Hoon
Politician
6-Dec-1953   UK Minister of Defence, 1999-2005
Jeremiah Horrocks
Astronomer
1619 3-Jan-1641 Observed transit of Venus
Fenton J. A. Hort
Religion
23-Apr-1828 30-Nov-1892 Translator of the New Testament
Amos B. Hostetter, Jr.
Business
c. 1936   Billionaire, Continental Cablevision
Amo Houghton
Politician
7-Aug-1926   Congressman from New York, 1987-2005
John Howard
Head of State
26-Jul-1939   Prime Minister of Australia, 1996-2007
Julia Ward Howe
Activist
27-May-1819 17-Oct-1910 Battle Hymn of the Republic
Trevor Huddleston
Religion
15-Jun-1913 20-Apr-1998 Anti-Apartheid activist
William J. Hughes
Politician
17-Oct-1932   Congressman from New Jersey, 1975-95
Cordell Hull
Government
2-Oct-1871 23-Jul-1955 US Secretary of State, 1933-44
Frank M. Hull
Judge
9-Dec-1948   11th Circuit Court of Appeals
George M. Humphrey
Government
8-Mar-1890 20-Jan-1970 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1953-57
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Politician
22-Jul-1943   US Senator from Texas
Alphonso Jackson
Government
9-Sep-1945   US Secretary of HUD, 2004-08
Robert H. Jackson
Judge
13-Feb-1892 9-Oct-1954 US Supreme Court Justice, 1941-54
Betty James
Business
13-Feb-1918 20-Nov-2008 Slinky entrepreneur
John Jay
Judge
12-Dec-1745 17-May-1829 First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Benjamin Todd Jealous
Activist
c. 1972   President of the NAACP
Martha Jefferson
First Lady
19-Oct-1748 8-Sep-1782 Wife of US President Thomas Jefferson
John Jewel
Religion
24-May-1522 23-Sep-1571 Defender of Anglicanism
Hiram Johnson
Politician
2-Sep-1866 6-Aug-1945 Governor and Senator from California
Lady Bird Johnson
First Lady
22-Dec-1912 11-Jul-2007 Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson
Louis A. Johnson
Government
10-Jan-1891 24-Apr-1966 US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50
Lynda Bird Johnson
Relative
19-Mar-1944   Daughter of LBJ
Samuel Johnson
Lexicographer
18-Sep-1709 13-Dec-1784 A Dictionary of the English Language
William Samuel Johnson
Educator
7-Oct-1727 14-Nov-1819 President of Columbia University, 1787-1800
Boisfeuillet Jones, Jr.
Publisher
1946   Washington Post publisher, 2000-08
Stephen Jones
Biologist
24-Mar-1944   Geneticist and pop science writer
Theodore D. Judah
Engineer
4-Mar-1826 2-Nov-1863 American Transcontinental Railroad
Nancy Kassebaum
Politician
29-Jul-1932   US Senator from Kansas, 1979-97
Nicholas Katzenbach
Government
17-Jan-1922 8-May-2012 US Attorney General, 1965-66
Thomas H. Kean
Politician
21-Apr-1935   Governor of New Jersey, 1982-90
Garrison Keillor
Radio Personality
7-Aug-1942   A Prairie Home Companion
John Pendleton Kennedy
Politician
25-Oct-1795 18-Aug-1870 Horse-Shoe Robinson
William M. Ketchum
Politician
2-Sep-1921 24-Jun-1978 Congressman from California, 1973-78
Francis Scott Key
Poet
1-Aug-1779 11-Jan-1843 The Star-Spangled Banner
Angus King
Politician
31-Mar-1944   Governor of Maine, 1995-2003
Basil King
Novelist
26-Feb-1859 22-Jun-1928 The Inner Shrine
Jack Kingston
Politician
24-Apr-1955   Congressman, Georgia 1st
Les Kinsolving
Journalist
18-Dec-1927   WorldNetDaily
Alan G. Kirk
Military
30-Oct-1888 15-Oct-1963 US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR
Claude R. Kirk, Jr.
Politician
7-Jan-1926 27-Sep-2011 Governor of Florida, 1967-71
Richard G. Kleindienst
Government
5-Aug-1923 3-Feb-2000 US Attorney General, 1972-73
W. H. Knight
Educator
c. 1954   Law Professor, University of Washington
Diane Knippers
Religion
6-Jan-1952 18-Apr-2005 Conservative religious strategist
Walter J. Kohler, Jr.
Politician
4-Apr-1904 21-Mar-1976 Governor of Wisconsin, 1951-57
Dave Kopay
Football
28-Jun-1942   The Dave Kopay Story
Chris Kraft
Engineer
28-Feb-1924   Long-time voice of NASA's Mission Control
Frank Kratovil
Politician
29-May-1968   Congressman from Maryland, 2009-11
Barney Kroger
Business
24-Jan-1860 21-Jul-1938 Founder of Kroger grocery empire
Randy Kuhl
Politician
19-Apr-1943   Congressman from New York, 2005-09
Fiorello LaGuardia
Politician
11-Dec-1882 20-Sep-1947 New York City Mayor, 1934-45
Thomas W. Lamont
Business
30-Sep-1870 2-Feb-1948 Banker and diplomat
Arthur Bliss Lane
Diplomat
16-Jun-1894 12-Aug-1956 US Ambassador to Poland, 1945-47
Harriet Lane
First Lady
9-May-1830 3-Jul-1903 Niece of US President James Buchanan
William Preston Lane, Jr.
Politician
12-May-1892 7-Feb-1967 Governor of Maryland, 1947-51
Hugh Latimer
Religion
c. 1490 16-Oct-1555 English Reformation
William Laud
Religion
7-Oct-1573 10-Jan-1645 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45
Steven J. Law
Government
c. 1961   American Crossroads
William Law
Religion
1686 9-Apr-1761 Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life
Jim Leach
Politician
15-Oct-1942   Congressman from Iowa, 1977-2007
Blair Lee III
Politician
19-May-1916 25-Oct-1985 Governor of Maryland, 1977-79
Nathaniel Lee
Playwright
c. 1653 6-May-1692 The Rival Queens
Robert E. Lee
Military
19-Jan-1807 12-Oct-1870 Confederate General
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Larry Levan
Disc Jockey
20-Jul-1954 8-Nov-1992 Legendary Disco DJ
C. S. Lewis
Novelist
29-Nov-1898 22-Nov-1963 Chronicles of Narnia
David K. P. Li
Business
13-Mar-1939   CEO, Bank of East Asia
Blanche Lincoln
Politician
30-Sep-1960   US Senator from Arkansas
William S. Lind
Activist
9-Jul-1947   Free Congress Foundation
Joseph Lister
Doctor
5-Apr-1827 10-Feb-1912 Pioneer of antiseptic surgery
Beth Littleford
Comic
17-Jul-1968   Daily Show correspondent
Bob Livingston
Politician
30-Apr-1943   Congressman from Louisiana, 1977-99
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Journalist
1-May-1847 28-Sep-1903 Radical reporter
George E. Lounsbury
Politician
7-May-1838 16-Aug-1904 Governor of Connecticut, 1899-1901
Sir Thomas Lucy
Aristocrat
24-Apr-1532 7-Jul-1600 Caricatured by Shakespeare
Donald Lynden-Bell
Astronomer
5-Apr-1935   Astrophysicist at Cambridge
James Thomas Lynn
Government
27-Feb-1927 6-Dec-2010 US HUD Secretary, 1973-75
Champ Lyons, Jr.
Judge
6-Dec-1940   Justice, Alabama Supreme Court
Ray Mabus
Politician
11-Oct-1948   US Secretary of the Navy
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Historian
25-Oct-1800 28-Dec-1859 History of England
Arthur Machen
Author
3-Mar-1863 30-Mar-1947 Welsh horror novelist, The Great God Pan
George E. MacKinnon
Judge
22-Apr-1906 1-May-1995 DC Appeals Court Judge, 1969-95
Louis MacNeice
Poet
12-Sep-1907 3-Sep-1963 Autumn Journal
Charles MacVeagh
Attorney
6-Jun-1860 4-Dec-1931 US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28
Dolley Madison
First Lady
20-May-1768 12-Jul-1849 Wife of US President James Madison
James Madison
Head of State
16-Mar-1751 28-Jun-1836 4th US President, 1809-17
John Major
Politician
29-Mar-1943   UK Prime Minister, 1990-97
George William Manby
Inventor
28-Nov-1765 18-Nov-1854 Invented the fire extinguisher
John Manley
Politician
5-Jan-1950   Canadian Deputy PM, 2002-03
Guglielmo Marconi
Scientist
25-Apr-1874 20-Jul-1937 Inventor of radio
E. W. Marland
Politician
8-May-1874 3-Oct-1941 Governor of Oklahoma, 1935-39
Forrest Mars
Business
21-Mar-1904 1-Jul-1999 Invented M&Ms
Frank Mars
Business
24-Sep-1883 8-Apr-1934 Invented Milky Way and Snickers bars
George C. Marshall
Military
31-Dec-1880 16-Oct-1959 US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45
Thurgood Marshall
Judge
2-Jul-1908 24-Jan-1993 First black US Supreme Court justice
Boyce F. Martin, Jr.
Judge
23-Oct-1935   6th Circuit Court of Appeals
Queen Mary II
Head of State
30-Apr-1662 28-Dec-1694 Queen of England 1689-94
Mary of Teck
Royalty
26-May-1867 24-Mar-1953 Queen Mary, Consort of George V
Charles Mathias
Politician
24-Jul-1922 25-Jan-2010 US Senator from Maryland, 1969-87
Frederick Denison Maurice
Religion
29-Aug-1805 1-Apr-1872 19th c. Anglican theologian
Judith Maxwell
Business
c. 1942   Canadian Policy Research Networks
William G. McAdoo
Politician
31-Oct-1863 1-Feb-1941 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18
George McAfee
Football
13-Mar-1918 4-Mar-2009 Chicago Bears HB, Hall of Famer
Daniel T. McCarty
Politician
18-Jan-1912 28-Sep-1953 Governor of Florida, 1953
Betsy McCaughey
Politician
20-Oct-1948   Lt. Governor of New York, 1995-98
Bill McCollum
Politician
12-Jul-1944   Attorney General of Florida, 2007-11
John B. McCoy
Business
11-Jun-1943   CEO of Bank One, 1987-99
Dustin McDaniel
Attorney
29-Apr-1972   Attorney General of Arkansas
Myra McDaniel
Attorney
13-Dec-1932 25-Feb-2010 Texas Secretary of State, 1984-87
James McDermott
Politician
28-Dec-1936   Congressman, Washington 7th
Ephraim McDowell
Doctor
11-Nov-1771 25-Jun-1830 Performed the first ovariotomy
John McEwen
Head of State
29-Mar-1900 20-Nov-1980 Prime Minister of Australia, 1967-68
K. T. McFarland
Government
1952   Former Kissinger staffer
James McGreevey
Politician
6-Aug-1957   Governor of New Jersey, 2002-04
David McIntosh
Politician
8-Jun-1958   Congressman from Indiana, 1995-2001
Theodore R. McKeldin
Politician
20-Nov-1900 10-Aug-1974 Governor of Maryland, 1951-59
David McKinley
Politician
28-Mar-1947   Congressman, West Virginia 1st
Victor McLaglen
Actor
11-Dec-1883 7-Nov-1959 The Informer
Louis McLane
Politician
28-May-1786 7-Oct-1857 US Secretary of State, 1833-34
Adam McMullen
Politician
12-Jun-1872 2-Mar-1959 Governor of Nebraska, 1925-29
Robert H. McWilliams
Judge
27-Apr-1916   10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1970-84
Jon Meacham
Journalist
20-May-1969   Managing Editor of Newsweek, 1998-2010
Matt Mead
Politician
11-Mar-1962   Governor of Wyoming
Walter Russell Mead
Author
12-Jun-1952   Special Providence
Andrew W. Mellon
Business
24-Mar-1855 27-Aug-1937 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1921-32
Ethel Merman
Singer
16-Jan-1908 15-Feb-1984 There's No Business Like Show Business
Steve Merrill
Politician
21-Jun-1946   Governor of New Hampshire, 1993-97
Mary S. Metz
Educator
c. 1937   President of Mills College, 1981-90
John Mica
Politician
27-Jan-1943   Congressman, Florida 7th
Prince Michael of Kent
Royalty
4-Jul-1942   Grandson of King George V
Alun Michael
Politician
22-Aug-1943   British MP, Cardiff South and Penarth
John Michell
Geologist
1724 21-Apr-1793 Phaenomena of Earthquakes
Kate Middleton
Relative
9-Jan-1982   Wife of Prince William
Brad Miller
Politician
19-May-1953   Congressman, North Carolina 13th
Dan Miller
Politician
30-May-1942   Congressman from Florida, 1993-2003
John Miller
Politician
29-Oct-1843 26-Oct-1908 Governor of North Dakota, 1889-91
E. Arthur Milne
Mathematician
14-Feb-1896 21-Sep-1950 Kinematic relativity
John Milton
Politician
20-Apr-1807 1-Apr-1865 Florida governor, committed suicide
Charles Mingus
Jazz Musician
22-Apr-1922 5-Jan-1979 Jazz bassist and legendary composer
Parren J. Mitchell
Politician
29-Apr-1922 28-May-2007 Congressman from Maryland, 1971-87
Elizabeth Monroe
First Lady
30-Jun-1768 23-Sep-1830 Wife of US President James Monroe
James Monroe
Head of State
28-Apr-1758 4-Jul-1831 5th President of the U.S.
Bernard Montgomery
Military
17-Nov-1887 24-Mar-1976 Won Battle of El Alamein during WWII
Sonny Montgomery
Politician
5-Aug-1920 12-May-2006 Congressman from Mississippi, 1967-97
William H. Moody
Judge
23-Feb-1853 2-Jul-1917 US Supreme Court Justice, 1906-10
Alfred Moore
Judge
21-May-1755 15-Oct-1810 US Supreme Court Justice, 1800-04
W. Henson Moore
Politician
4-Oct-1939   Congressman from Louisiana, 1975-87
Anne Morgan
Philanthropist
25-Jul-1873 29-Jan-1952 Friend of the French
Sir Henry Morgan
Military
1635 25-Aug-1688 Knighted pirate of the Caribbean
Henry S. Morgan
Business
24-Oct-1900 8-Feb-1982 Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Business
7-Sep-1867 13-Mar-1943 Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co.
J. Pierpont Morgan
Business
17-Apr-1837 31-Mar-1913 Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Joseph Morgan
Business
4-Jan-1780 23-Jul-1847 Patriarch of the Morgan family of millionaires
Junius Spencer Morgan
Business
14-Apr-1813 8-Apr-1890 J. S. Morgan and Company
Gouverneur Morris
Politician
31-Jan-1752 6-Nov-1816 American financier, Revolutionary politician
Robert Morris
Politician
31-Jan-1734 7-May-1806 Financed the Revolutionary War
Simon Conway Morris
Paleontologist
6-Nov-1951   Evolutionary paleobiologist
J. Sterling Morton
Government
22-Apr-1832 27-Apr-1902 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97
Levi P. Morton
Politician
16-May-1824 16-May-1920 Vice President under Benjamin Harrison
Rogers C.B. Morton
Government
19-Sep-1914 19-Apr-1979 US Secretary of the Interior, 1971-75
Lord Mountbatten
Military
25-Jun-1900 27-Aug-1979 Last Viceroy of India
Frederick H. Mueller
Government
22-Nov-1893 31-Aug-1976 US Commerce Secretary, 1959-61
Robert Mueller
Government
7-Aug-1944   FBI Director
Ferid Murad
Scientist
14-Sep-1936   Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal
John T. Myers
Politician
8-Feb-1927   Congressman from Indiana, 1967-97
Sophia Myles
Actor
18-Mar-1980   Tristan + Isolde
Walter Nash
Head of State
12-Feb-1882 4-Jun-1968 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1957-60
Francine I. Neff
Government
6-Dec-1925 9-Feb-2010 US Treasurer, 1974-77
Bill Nelson
Politician
29-Sep-1942   US Senator from Florida
John Neville
Actor
2-May-1925 19-Nov-2011 The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Sir Roger Newdigate
Historian
30-May-1719 23-Nov-1806 Established the Newdigate Prize
John Newton
Religion
4-Aug-1725 31-Dec-1807 Amazing Grace
Ernest Fox Nichols
Physicist
1-Jun-1869 29-Apr-1924 Infrared radiation
Florence Nightingale
Activist
12-May-1820 13-Aug-1910 Established nursing as a profession
Albert Jay Nock
Author
13-Oct-1870 19-Aug-1945 Memoirs of a Superfluous Man
Edward Norton
Actor
18-Aug-1969   Fight Club
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Politician
13-Jun-1937   Congresswoman, Washington DC
Sandra Day O'Connor
Judge
26-Mar-1930   US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006
Harriet O'Neill
Judge
20-Apr-1957   Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Titus Oates
Criminal
15-Sep-1649 12-Jul-1705 Popish Plot
Raila Odinga
Head of State
7-Jan-1945   Prime Minister of Kenya
Charles Ogletree
Attorney
31-Dec-1952   Law professor
Ashley Olsen
Actor
13-Jun-1986   Olsen Twin
Mary-Kate Olsen
Actor
13-Jun-1986   Olsen Twin
Nicky Oppenheimer
Business
8-Jun-1945   Chairman of De Beers
George Orwell
Author
25-Jun-1903 21-Jan-1950 1984 and Animal Farm
Priscilla Owen
Judge
4-Oct-1954   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Robert Latham Owen
Politician
2-Feb-1856 19-Jul-1947 Senator from Oklahoma, 1907-25
J. I. Packer
Religion
22-Jul-1926   Biblical scholar
Elaine Pagels
Historian
13-Feb-1943   The Gnostic Gospels
Geoffrey Palmer
Head of State
21-Apr-1942   Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1989-90
Lord Palmerston
Head of State
20-Oct-1784 18-Oct-1865 Twice Prime Minister of UK
Matthew Parker
Religion
6-Aug-1504 15-May-1575 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1559-75
Sarah Parker
Judge
23-Aug-1942   North Carolina Chief Justice
Charles Stewart Parnell
Politician
27-Jun-1846 6-Oct-1891 Irish Nationalist leader
Catherine Parr
Royalty
1512 7-Sep-1548 Final wife of King Henry VIII
Stanford E. Parris
Politician
9-Sep-1929 27-Mar-2010 Congressman from Virginia, 1981-91
Glubb Pasha
Military
16-Apr-1897 17-Mar-1986 Commander of the Arab Legion, 1939-56
Endicott Peabody
Politician
15-Feb-1920 1-Dec-1997 Governor of Massachusetts, 1963-65
George Peacock
Mathematician
9-Apr-1791 8-Nov-1858 Treatise on Algebra
Henry Pelham
Head of State
1696 6-Mar-1754 UK Prime Minister, 1743-54
Claiborne Pell
Politician
22-Nov-1918 1-Jan-2009 US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97
Herbert C. Pell
Diplomat
16-Feb-1884 17-Jul-1961 US Ambassador to Portugal, 1937-41
George W. Pepper
Politician
16-Mar-1867 24-May-1961 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27
Spencer Perceval
Head of State
1-Nov-1762 11-May-1812 UK Prime Minister, 1809-12
Thomas Percy
Author
13-Apr-1729 30-Sep-1811 Percy Reliques
Beverly Perdue
Politician
14-Jan-1948   Governor of North Carolina
Frances Perkins
Government
10-Apr-1882 14-May-1965 First female US cabinet member
John J. Pershing
Military
13-Sep-1860 15-Jul-1948 General of the Armies of the United States
Gary Peters
Politician
1-Dec-1958   Congressman, Michigan 9th
Walter R. Peterson
Politician
19-Sep-1922 1-Jun-2011 Governor of New Hampshire, 1969-73
John Peyton
Politician
28-Jul-1964   Mayor of Jacksonville
William Lyon Phelps
Critic
2-Jan-1865 21-Aug-1943 Essays on Modern Novelists
Prince Philip
Royalty
10-Jun-1921   Duke of Edinburgh
Jean Piccard
Aviator
28-Jan-1884 28-Jan-1963 Extreme balloonist
David Hyde Pierce
Actor
3-Apr-1959   Niles on Frasier
Franklin Pierce
Head of State
23-Nov-1804 8-Oct-1869 14th President of the U.S.
Albert Pike
Military
29-Dec-1809 2-Apr-1891 Confederate general, Freemason
James Pike
Religion
14-Feb-1913 Sep-1969 5th Episcopal Bishop of California
Thomas Pinckney
Politician
23-Oct-1750 2-Nov-1828 Governor of South Carolina, 1787-89
Vail Pittman
Politician
17-Sep-1880 29-Jan-1964 Governor of Nevada, 1945-51
Valerie Plame
Spy
19-Apr-1963   CIA operative outed by Bush officials
Todd Platts
Politician
5-Mar-1962   Congressman, Pennsylvania 19th
Leonidas Polk
Military
10-Apr-1806 14-Jun-1864 Confederate general
Anna Popplewell
Actor
16-Dec-1988   Chronicles of Narnia
Colin Powell
Government
5-Apr-1937   US Secretary of State, 2001-05
Enoch Powell
Politician
16-Jun-1912 8-Feb-1998 British demagogue
Samuel Lowell Price
Business
12-Jan-1821 19-May-1887 The Price of Price Waterhouse Coopers
William Procter
Business
7-Dec-1801 4-Apr-1884 Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble
William Thornton Pryce
Diplomat
19-Jul-1932 11-Jul-2006 US Ambassador to Honduras, 1993-96
Melvin Purvis
Government
26-Oct-1903 29-Feb-1960 Top G-man of the 1930s
Adam Putnam
Politician
31-Jul-1974   Congressman from Florida, 2001-11
Bob Rae
Politician
2-Aug-1948   Premier of Ontario, 1990-95
Sir William Ramsay
Chemist
2-Oct-1852 23-Jul-1916 Discovered noble gases
Alice Huyler Ramsey
Daredevil
11-Nov-1886 1983 First woman to drive an auto across America
John Ramsey
Relative
7-Dec-1943   JonBenét's father
JonBenét Ramsey
Victim
6-Aug-1990 26-Dec-1996 6-year-old murdered pageant winner
Patsy Ramsey
Relative
29-Dec-1956 24-Jun-2006 JonBenét's mother
John Randolph of Roanoke
Politician
2-Jun-1773 24-May-1833 US Senator from Virginia, 1825-27
David M. Ransom
Diplomat
c. 1938 4-Dec-2003 US Ambassador to Bahrain, 1994-97
Hormuzd Rassam
Archaeologist
1826 16-Sep-1910 Discovered Epic of Gilgamesh
Ernest Raymond
Novelist
31-Dec-1888 14-May-1974 Tell England
George Read
Government
18-Sep-1733 21-Sep-1798 Signed the US Constitution
William C. Redfield
Politician
18-Jun-1858 13-Jun-1932 US Commerce Secretary, 1913-19
David A. Reed
Politician
21-Dec-1880 10-Feb-1953 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35
Robert Reed
Actor
19-Oct-1932 12-May-1992 Mike (dad) on The Brady Bunch
George E. Reedy
Government
5-Aug-1917 21-Mar-1999 LBJ's press secretary
Lizette Woodworth Reese
Poet
9-Jan-1856 17-Dec-1935 A Handful of Lavendar
Henry Regnery
Publisher
5-Jan-1912 18-Jun-1996 Regnery Publishing
Ralph Regula
Politician
3-Dec-1924   Congressman from Ohio, 1973-2009
Dennis Rehberg
Politician
5-Oct-1955   Congressman, Montana
Catherine A. Rein
Business
7-Feb-1943   Senior EVP at MetLife
David Ricardo
Economist
18-Apr-1772 11-Sep-1823 Principles of Political Economy
Elliot Richardson
Government
20-Jul-1920 31-Dec-1999 Refused to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor
Lionel Richie
Singer/Songwriter
20-Jun-1949   All Night Long, former Commodore
Nicholas Ridley
Religion
c. 1500 16-Oct-1555 Anglican Bishop and martyr
Scott Rigell
Politician
28-May-1960   Congressman, Virginia 2nd
Thomas C. Riggs
Politician
17-Oct-1873 16-Jan-1945 Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1918-21
L. Mendel Rivers
Politician
28-Sep-1905 28-Dec-1970 Congressman from South Carolina, 1941-70
Chuck Robb
Politician
26-Jun-1939   US Senator from Virginia, 1989-2001
James O. Robbins
Business
c. 1942 10-Oct-2007 President of Cox Communications, 1985-2005
Owen J. Roberts
Judge
2-May-1875 17-May-1955 US Supreme Court Justice, 1930-45
Julian H. Robertson, Jr.
Business
25-Jun-1932   Tiger Management
Elmer E. Robinson
Politician
3-Oct-1894 9-Jun-1982 Mayor of San Francisco, 1948-56
Gene Robinson
Religion
29-May-1947   Openly gay Episcopalian bishop
John Rolfe
Agriculturalist
1585 22-Mar-1622 First Virginia tobacco baron, husband of Pocahontas
Charles Stewart Rolls
Business
27-Aug-1877 12-Jul-1910 Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
James Rolph, Jr.
Government
23-Aug-1869 2-Jun-1934 Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31
Edith Roosevelt
First Lady
6-Aug-1861 30-Sep-1948 Wife of US President Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Head of State
30-Jan-1882 12-Apr-1945 US President during WWII
Peter Roskam
Politician
13-Sep-1961   Congressman, Illinois 6th
Nellie Ross
Politician
29-Nov-1876 19-Dec-1977 First woman elected Governor in America
William B. Ross
Politician
4-Dec-1873 2-Oct-1924 Governor of Wyoming, 1923-24
Christina Rossetti
Poet
5-Dec-1830 29-Dec-1894 Goblin Market and Other Poems
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Painter
12-May-1828 9-Apr-1882 English pre-Raphaelite painter
William V. Roth, Jr.
Politician
22-Jul-1921 13-Dec-2003 US Senator from Delaware, 1971-2001
Gena Rowlands
Actor
19-Jun-1930   A Woman Under The Influence
J. K. Rowling
Author
31-Jul-1965   Author of Harry Potter series
Kenneth C. Royall
Attorney
24-Jul-1894 27-May-1971 US Secretary of the Army, 1947-49
George Rublee
Government
7-Jul-1868 26-Apr-1957 Advisor to Woodrow Wilson
Rudy Rucker
Novelist
22-Mar-1946   Author of Wetware series
Neil Rudenstine
Educator
21-Jan-1935   President of Harvard, 1991-2001
Robert Runcie
Religion
2-Oct-1921 11-Jul-2000 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-91
Edward Terry Sanford
Judge
23-Jul-1865 8-Mar-1930 US Supreme Court Justice, 1923-30
Mark Sanford
Politician
28-May-1960   Governor of South Carolina, 2003-11
Charles Sawyer
Government
10-Feb-1887 7-Apr-1979 US Commerce Secretary, 1948-53
William B. Saxbe
Politician
24-Jun-1916 24-Aug-2010 US Attorney General, 1974-75
Dorothy L. Sayers
Novelist
13-Jun-1893 17-Dec-1957 Lord Peter Wimsey detective novels
Edward T. Schafer
Politician
8-Aug-1946   US Secretary of Agriculture, 2008-09
Katharine Jefferts Schori
Religion
26-Mar-1954   Presiding Episcopal Bishop
Bill Schuette
Politician
13-Oct-1953   Congressman from Michigan, 1985-91
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Government
20-Sep-1894 10-Jun-1948 US Secretary of Labor, 1945-48
Bobby Scott
Politician
30-Apr-1947   Congressman, Virginia 3rd
Hugh D. Scott, Jr.
Politician
11-Nov-1900 21-Jul-1994 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77
John Walter Scott
Stamp Collector
2-Nov-1845 4-Jan-1919 Father of American Philately
Jim Sensenbrenner
Politician
14-Jun-1943   Congressman, Wisconsin 5th
John Shadegg
Politician
22-Oct-1949   Congressman from Arizona, 1995-2011
William Shakespeare
Playwright
23-Apr-1564 23-Apr-1616 Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth
Gilbert Sheldon
Religion
1598 1677 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1663-77
Rupert Sheldrake
Biologist
28-Jun-1942   Morphic Fields
Matthew Shepard
Victim
1-Dec-1976 12-Oct-1998 Gay hate crime victim
Thomas P. Shoesmith
Diplomat
25-Jan-1922 26-Apr-2007 US Ambassador to Malaysia, 1983-87
Christopher Sholes
Inventor
14-Feb-1819 17-Feb-1890 Typewriter inventor, QWERTY keyboard
George Shultz
Government
13-Dec-1920   US Secretary of State, 1982-89
Rob Simmons
Politician
11-Feb-1943   Congressman from Connecticut, 2001-07
Alan Simpson
Politician
2-Sep-1931   US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97
Milward L. Simpson
Politician
12-Nov-1897 10-Jun-1993 Governor and Senator from Wyoming
Louise Slaughter
Politician
14-Aug-1929   Congresswoman, New York 28th
Sydney Smith
Religion
3-Jun-1771 22-Feb-1845 Instigated the Edinburgh Review
Wilbert Snow
Politician
6-Apr-1884 28-Sep-1977 Governor of Connecticut, 1946-47
John W. Snyder
Government
21-Jun-1895 8-Oct-1985 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1946-53
David Souter
Judge
17-Sep-1939   US Supreme Court Justice, 1990-2009
Jonathan D. Spence
Historian
11-Aug-1936   The Search for Modern China
John Shelby Spong
Religion
16-Jun-1931   Retired bishop of Newark, NJ
William Archibald Spooner
Educator
22-Jul-1844 29-Aug-1930 Spoonerisms
Frederick Arthur Stanley
Government
15-Jan-1841 14-Jun-1908 Hockey's Stanley Cup
Lloyd C. Stark
Politician
23-Nov-1886 17-Sep-1972 Governor of Missouri, 1937-41
Risë Stevens
Singer
11-Jun-1913   Mezzo-Soprano at the Metropolitan Opera
Ted Stevens
Politician
18-Nov-1923 10-Aug-2010 US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009
Parker Stevenson
Actor
4-Jun-1952   The Hardy Boys Mysteries
Potter Stewart
Judge
23-Jan-1915 7-Dec-1985 US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81
Mark Steyn
Author
8-Dec-1959   America Alone
Harlan Fiske Stone
Judge
11-Oct-1872 22-Apr-1946 US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46
John Stow
Author
1525 6-Apr-1605 Antiquary, Survey of London
Jack Straw
Politician
3-Aug-1946   Leader, House of Commons, 2006-07
George Edmund Street
Architect
20-Jun-1824 18-Dec-1881 English Gothic revival architect
Gilbert Stuart
Painter
3-Dec-1755 9-Jul-1828 American portrait painter
William Stubbs
Historian
21-Jun-1825 22-Apr-1901 Constitutional History of England
Gerry Studds
Politician
12-May-1937 14-Oct-2006 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97
William Stukeley
Historian
7-Nov-1687 3-Mar-1765 Stonehenge, a Temple Restored
Ray Suarez
Journalist
5-Mar-1957   Correspondent for Lehrer News Hour
Arthur Sulzberger, Jr.
Publisher
22-Sep-1951   New York Times Publisher
William Graham Sumner
Educator
30-Oct-1840 12-Apr-1910 Laissez faire sociologist
Fife Symington
Politician
12-Aug-1945   Governor of Arizona, 1991-97
James Symington
Politician
28-Sep-1927   Congressman from Missouri, 1969-77
Stuart Symington
Politician
26-Jun-1901 14-Dec-1988 US Senator from Missouri, 1953-76
Helen Taft
First Lady
2-Jun-1861 22-May-1943 Wife of US President William Howard Taft
Robert A. Taft
Politician
8-Sep-1889 31-Jul-1953 US Senator from Ohio, 1939-53
Archibald Campbell Tait
Religion
21-Dec-1811 3-Dec-1882 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1868-82
David Taylor
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22-Aug-1946 26-Dec-2009 British MP, North West Leicestershire
E. P. Taylor
Business
29-Jan-1901 14-May-1989 Brewer, Thoroughbred horse breeder
Jeremy Taylor
Religion
15-Aug-1613 13-Aug-1667 Holy Living and Holy Dying
Margaret Taylor
First Lady
21-Sep-1788 14-Aug-1852 Wife of US President Zachary Taylor
Zachary Taylor
Head of State
24-Nov-1784 9-Jul-1850 12th President of the United States
Frederick Temple
Religion
30-Nov-1821 23-Dec-1902 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1896-1902
William Temple
Religion
15-Oct-1881 26-Oct-1944 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1942-44
Charles A. Templeton
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3-Mar-1871 15-Aug-1955 Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25
Charles L. Terry, Jr.
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17-Sep-1900 6-Feb-1970 Governor of Delaware, 1965-69
J. Parnell Thomas
Government
16-Jan-1895 19-Nov-1970 HUAC chairman, took the Fifth
Philip F. Thomas
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12-Sep-1810 2-Oct-1890 Maryland Governor, US Treasury Secretary
Virginia Thomas
Activist
23-Feb-1957   Lobbyist, wife of Clarence Thomas
Ernest O. Thompson
Politician
24-Mar-1892 28-Jun-1966 Mayor of Amarillo, 1929-32
G. Kennedy Thompson
Business
25-Nov-1950   CEO of Wachovia, 2000-08
Hugh P. Thompson
Judge
c. 1944   Justice, Georgia Supreme Court
J. J. Thomson
Physicist
18-Dec-1856 30-Aug-1940 Discovered the electron
Karen Thurman
Politician
12-Jan-1951   Congresswoman from Florida, 1993-2003
Charles Lewis Tiffany
Business
15-Feb-1812 18-Feb-1902 Founder of Tiffany & Co.
Edward Titchener
Psychologist
11-Jan-1867 3-Aug-1927 Structural psychology
Kenneth Tomlinson
Business
3-Aug-1944   Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Bob Traxler
Politician
21-Jul-1931   Congressman from Michigan, 1974-93
William B. Traxler, Jr.
Judge
1-May-1948   4th Circuit Court of Appeals
Bess Truman
First Lady
13-Feb-1885 18-Oct-1982 First Lady under Harry S. Truman
John H. Trumbull
Politician
4-Mar-1873 21-May-1961 Governor of Connecticut, 1925-31
Peter F. Tufo
Diplomat
1937   US Ambassador to Hungary, 1997-2001
Desmond Tutu
Religion
7-Oct-1931   Archbishop of Cape Town
Stanley A. Twardy
Attorney
c. 1951   US Attorney for Connecticut, 1985-91
Millard E. Tydings
Politician
6-Apr-1890 9-Feb-1961 US Senator from Maryland, 1927-51
Letitia Tyler
First Lady
12-Nov-1790 10-Sep-1842 First wife of US President John Tyler
Abel P. Upshur
Attorney
17-Jun-1790 28-Feb-1844 US Secretary of the Navy, 1841-43
James Ussher
Religion
4-Jan-1581 20-Mar-1656 Old Testament chronologist
Lionel Van Deerlin
Politician
25-Jul-1914 17-May-2008 Congressman from California, 1963-81
Chris Van Hollen
Politician
10-Jan-1959   Congressman, Maryland 8th
William H. Vanderbilt
Politician
24-Nov-1901 14-Apr-1981 Governor of Rhode Island, 1939-41
Mordechai Vanunu
Activist
13-Oct-1954   Blew whistle on Israel's nukes
E. Norman Veasey
Judge
9-Jan-1933   Delaware Chief Justice, 1992-2004
John Venn
Mathematician
4-Aug-1834 4-Apr-1923 Venn diagrams
C. William Verity
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26-Jan-1917 3-Jan-2007 US Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89
Queen Victoria
Royalty
24-May-1819 22-Jan-1901 Longest-reigning British monarch
James W. Wadsworth, Jr.
Politician
12-Aug-1877 21-Jun-1952 US Senator from New York, 1915-27
Morrison Waite
Judge
29-Nov-1816 23-Mar-1888 US Chief Justice, 1874-88
Terry Waite
Victim
31-May-1939   Hostage negotiator, then hostage
Greg Walden
Politician
10-Jan-1957   Congressman, Oregon 2nd
Edwin A. Walker
Military
10-Nov-1909 31-Oct-1993 Ultraconservative activist
George Herbert Walker III
Diplomat
c. 1931   US Ambassador to Hungary, 2003-06
John Walker
Chemist
29-May-1781 1-May-1859 Invented the friction match
Malcolm Wallop
Politician
27-Feb-1933 14-Sep-2011 US Senator from Wyoming, 1977-95
William Warburton
Religion
24-Dec-1698 7-Jun-1779 Divine Legation
Nathaniel Ward
Religion
c. 1578 Oct-1652 Wrote Massachusetts' Body of Liberties
Fred Wardell
Business
30-Mar-1866 1952 Founder of Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co.
John Warner
Politician
18-Feb-1927   US Senator from Virginia, 1979-2009
Bushrod Washington
Judge
5-Jun-1762 26-Nov-1829 US Supreme Court Justice, 1799-1829
George Washington
Head of State
22-Feb-1732 14-Dec-1799 1st US President, 1789-97
Martha Washington
First Lady
2-Jun-1731 22-May-1802 Wife of US President George Washington
Frederick L. Webber
Government
c. 1939   Washington trade rep
Mason Locke Weems
Author
11-Oct-1759 23-May-1825 Life of George Washington
Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
Politician
16-May-1931   Governor of Connecticut, 1991-95
Caspar Weinberger
Government
18-Aug-1917 28-Mar-2006 Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush
Bill Weld
Politician
31-Jul-1945   Governor of Massachusetts, 1991-97
Walter Welford
Politician
21-May-1868 28-Jun-1952 Governor of North Dakota, 1935-36
Sumner Welles
Diplomat
14-Oct-1892 24-Sep-1961 US Under Secretary of State, 1937-43
Togo West
Government
21-Jun-1942   US Secretary of the Army, Veterans Affairs
T. K. Wetherell
Politician
22-Dec-1945   President, Florida State University
Katharine Weymouth
Publisher
c. 1966   Washington Post publisher
William Whiston
Religion
9-Dec-1667 22-Aug-1752 Apostolical Constitutions
Byron White
Judge
8-Jun-1917 15-Apr-2002 US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93
Sheldon Whitehouse
Politician
20-Oct-1955   US Senator from Rhode Island
Harry Whittington
Attorney
3-Mar-1927   Shot by Dick Cheney
George W. Wickersham
Government
19-Sep-1858 26-Jan-1936 US Attorney General, 1909-13
John Wilkes
Politician
17-Oct-1725 26-Dec-1797 Colorful London radical
John Wilkins
Author
1614 19-Nov-1672 Essay towards a Real Character
Prince William
Royalty
21-Jun-1982   Charles and Diana's first-born son
Wesley S. Williams, Jr.
Attorney
13-Nov-1942   Former Partner, Covington & Burling
G. Mennen Williams
Politician
23-Feb-1911 2-Feb-1988 Governor of Michigan, 1949-61
Jack Williams
Politician
29-Oct-1909 24-Aug-1998 Governor of Arizona, 1967-75
John Sharp Williams
Politician
30-Jul-1854 27-Sep-1932 US Senator, Representative from Mississippi
Pete Williams
Politician
10-Dec-1919 17-Nov-2001 US Senator snagged in ABSCAM
Robin Williams
Comic
21-Jul-1952   Mork from Ork
Rowan Williams
Religion
14-Jun-1950   Archbishop of Canterbury
Edith Wilson
First Lady
15-Oct-1872 28-Dec-1961 Second wife of US President Woodrow Wilson
Frederica Wilson
Politician
5-Nov-1942   Congresswoman, Florida 17th
James Wilson
Judge
14-Sep-1742 28-Aug-1798 US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98
John G. Winant
Politician
23-Feb-1889 3-Nov-1947 New Hampshire governor, committed suicide
Albert M. Winn
Politician
1810 26-Aug-1883 First mayor of Sacramento
Bob Wise
Politician
6-Jan-1948   Governor of West Virginia, 2001-05
Anthony à Wood
Historian
17-Dec-1632 29-Nov-1695 Oxford historian
William Wordsworth
Poet
7-Apr-1770 23-Apr-1850 English romantic poet laureate
Elihu Yale
Philanthropist
5-Apr-1649 8-Jul-1721 Namesake of Yale University
Don Young
Politician
9-Jun-1933   Congressman from Alaska
Edward Young
Poet
1683 5-Apr-1765 Night Thoughts



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