Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Spencer Abraham |
Politician |
12-Jun-1952 |
|
US Secretary of Energy, 2001-05 |
Cannonball Adderley |
Jazz Musician |
15-Sep-1928 |
8-Aug-1975 |
Alto sax blower |
Roger Ailes |
Government |
15-May-1940 |
|
CEO of Fox News |
Captain Lou Albano |
Wrestling |
29-Jul-1933 |
14-Oct-2009 |
Pro wrestling manager |
Bob Allen |
Politician |
30-Sep-1958 |
|
Florida State Representative, 2000-08 |
Marty Allen |
Comic |
23-Mar-1922 |
|
Goofy-looking comedian |
Kirstie Alley |
Actor |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Rebecca from Cheers |
Idi Amin |
Head of State |
17-May-1928 |
16-Aug-2003 |
Former dictator of Uganda |
John Anderson |
Country Musician |
13-Dec-1954 |
|
Country music traditionalist |
Louie Anderson |
Comic |
24-Mar-1953 |
|
Host of Family Feud, 1999-2002 |
Fatty Arbuckle |
Actor |
24-Mar-1887 |
29-Jun-1933 |
Keystone Cop |
Dick Armey |
Politician |
7-Jul-1940 |
|
US House Majority Leader, 1995-2003 |
Louis Armstrong |
Jazz Musician |
4-Aug-1901 |
6-Jul-1971 |
Jazz trumpeter |
Tom Arnold |
Actor |
6-Mar-1959 |
|
Ex-Husband of Roseanne Barr |
Leon Askin |
Actor |
18-Sep-1907 |
3-Jun-2005 |
General Burkhalter on Hogan's Heroes |
Ed Asner |
Actor |
15-Nov-1929 |
|
Lou Grant |
Hoyt Axton |
Country Musician |
25-Mar-1938 |
26-Oct-1999 |
Folk singer, songwriter, composer |
Notorious B.I.G. |
Rapper |
21-May-1972 |
9-Mar-1997 |
I love it when you call me big poppa |
Johann Sebastian Bach |
Composer |
21-Mar-1685 |
28-Jul-1750 |
Baroque composer |
John Banner |
Actor |
28-Jan-1910 |
28-Jan-1973 |
Sgt. Schultz on Hogan's Heroes |
Nathaniel Bar-Jonah |
Criminal |
15-Feb-1957 |
13-Apr-2008 |
Cannibal child killer, sentenced to 130 years |
Roseanne Barr |
Actor |
3-Nov-1952 |
|
Roseanne |
Syd Barrett |
Musician |
6-Jan-1946 |
7-Jul-2006 |
Pink Floyd |
Clarence W. Barron |
Publisher |
2-Jul-1855 |
2-Oct-1928 |
Wall Street Journal proprietor, 1903-28 |
Mario Batali |
Chef |
9-Sep-1960 |
|
TV chef |
Kathy Bates |
Actor |
28-Jun-1948 |
|
Misery |
James Beard |
Chef |
5-May-1903 |
23-Jan-1985 |
First prominent TV chef |
Ned Beatty |
Actor |
6-Jul-1937 |
|
Deliverance |
Glenn Beck |
TV Personality |
10-Feb-1964 |
|
Conservative TV and talk radio host |
John Belushi |
Actor |
24-Jan-1949 |
5-Mar-1982 |
Animal House |
William Bennett |
Government |
31-Jul-1943 |
|
Former Drug Czar and gambling man |
Fred Berry |
Actor |
13-Mar-1951 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Rerun on What's Happening!! |
Big Moe |
Rapper |
27-Jun-1974 |
14-Oct-2007 |
Sippin' Codeine |
Bizarre |
Musician |
5-Jul-1976 |
|
Girl chill out that shit came from my soul |
Frank Black |
Singer/Songwriter |
4-Apr-1965 |
|
Pixies frontman |
Jack Black |
Musician |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
Tony Blankley |
Pundit |
21-Jan-1948 |
7-Jan-2012 |
McLaughlin Group pundit |
Giovanni Boccaccio |
Author |
1313 |
21-Dec-1375 |
Decameron |
Ludwig Boltzmann |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1844 |
5-Sep-1906 |
Atoms and molecules |
Sorrell Booke |
Actor |
4-Jan-1930 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard |
Ernest Borgnine |
Actor |
24-Jan-1917 |
8-Jul-2012 |
Marty |
Peter Boyle |
Actor |
18-Oct-1935 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Young Frankenstein |
Tycho Brahe |
Astronomer |
14-Dec-1546 |
24-Oct-1601 |
Copper-nosed Danish astronomer |
Marlon Brando |
Actor |
3-Apr-1924 |
1-Jul-2004 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
Wilford Brimley |
Actor |
27-Sep-1934 |
|
Grandfatherly actor, shill for Oatmeal Industry |
Heywood Broun |
Journalist |
7-Dec-1888 |
18-Dec-1939 |
Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s |
Frank Bruni |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1964 |
|
New York Times food critic |
John Bunny |
Actor |
21-Sep-1863 |
26-Apr-1915 |
Comic starred in over 200 short films |
Victor Buono |
Actor |
3-Feb-1938 |
1-Jan-1982 |
King Tut on Batman |
Geoffrey Burbidge |
Astronomer |
24-Sep-1925 |
26-Jan-2010 |
Quasi-steady state cosmology |
Delta Burke |
Actor |
30-Jul-1956 |
|
Designing Women |
Cruz Bustamante |
Politician |
4-Jan-1953 |
|
California Lieutenant Governor, 1999-2007 |
Butterbean |
Boxing |
03-Aug-1966 |
|
365 pound boxer in Jackass: The Movie |
Sebastian Cabot |
Actor |
6-Jul-1918 |
22-Aug-1977 |
The Family Jewels |
Sarah Caldwell |
Conductor |
6-Mar-1924 |
23-Mar-2006 |
Opera Company of Boston |
Ken Calvert |
Politician |
8-Jun-1953 |
|
Congressman, California 44th |
John Candy |
Actor |
31-Oct-1950 |
4-Mar-1994 |
Uncle Buck |
Al Capone |
Criminal |
17-Jan-1899 |
25-Jan-1947 |
Scarface |
Drew Carey |
Comic |
23-May-1958 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
Nell Carter |
Actor |
13-Sep-1948 |
23-Jan-2003 |
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break |
Darlene Cates |
Actor |
13-Dec-1947 |
|
Bulbous mother, What's Eating Gilbert Grape |
John Catsimatidis |
Business |
7-Sep-1948 |
|
Supermarket billionaire |
Jack L. Chalker |
Author |
17-Dec-1944 |
11-Feb-2005 |
SF author, wrote Well World series |
Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
Mark David Chapman |
Assassin |
10-May-1955 |
|
Assassin of Beatle John Lennon |
G. K. Chesterton |
Author |
29-May-1874 |
14-Jun-1936 |
The Man Who Was Thursday |
Christopher J. Christie |
Politician |
6-Sep-1962 |
|
Governor of New Jersey |
Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
Grover Cleveland |
Head of State |
18-Mar-1837 |
24-Jun-1908 |
22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97 |
Adam Clymer |
Journalist |
27-Apr-1937 |
|
The New York Times |
James Coco |
Actor |
21-Mar-1928 |
25-Feb-1987 |
Only When I Laugh |
Richard J. Codey |
Politician |
27-Nov-1946 |
|
Governor of New Jersey, 2004-06 |
Mindy Cohn |
Actor |
20-May-1966 |
|
Natalie on The Facts of Life |
Robbie Coltrane |
Actor |
30-Mar-1950 |
|
Hagrid in the Harry Potter films |
William Conrad |
Actor |
27-Sep-1920 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Jake and the Fatman |
Matthew Cooper |
Journalist |
1963 |
|
Reluctant to name Plame leak source |
Francis Ford Coppola |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1939 |
|
The Godfather |
Lou Costello |
Actor |
6-Mar-1906 |
3-Mar-1959 |
Half of Abbott and Costello |
David Crosby |
Musician |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
Candy Crowley |
Journalist |
26-Dec-1948 |
|
CNN senior political correspondent |
Heavy D |
Rapper |
24-May-1967 |
8-Nov-2011 |
Heavy D & the Boyz |
John Daly |
Golf |
28-Apr-1966 |
|
Alcoholic golfer |
Charlie Daniels |
Country Musician |
28-Oct-1936 |
|
The Devil Went Down to Georgia |
Jane Darwell |
Actor |
15-Oct-1879 |
13-Aug-1967 |
The bird woman in Mary Poppins |
Erasmus Darwin |
Naturalist |
12-Dec-1731 |
18-Apr-1802 |
English naturalist, very bad poet |
Frenchie Davis |
Musician |
9-May-1979 |
|
BBW booted from American Idol |
Marvin Davis |
Business |
31-Aug-1925 |
25-Sep-2004 |
Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox |
Willie D. Davis |
Football |
24-Jul-1934 |
|
Businessman, former football player |
Samuel H. Day |
Activist |
5-Oct-1926 |
26-Jan-2001 |
Antinuke crusader |
Calvert DeForest |
Actor |
23-Jul-1921 |
19-Mar-2007 |
Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman |
Guillermo del Toro |
Film Director |
9-Oct-1964 |
|
Hellboy |
Dom DeLuise |
Actor |
1-Aug-1933 |
4-May-2009 |
Cannonball Run |
Lori Beth Denberg |
Actor |
2-Feb-1976 |
|
Lydia Liza Gutman on The Steve Harvey Show |
Paul A. Dever |
Politician |
15-Jan-1903 |
11-Apr-1958 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1949-53 |
Khigh Dhiegh |
Actor |
1910 |
25-Oct-1991 |
Wo Fat on Hawaii 5-O |
Beth Ditto |
Singer |
1981 |
|
The Gossip |
DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
Fats Domino |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Ain't That A Shame |
James Doohan |
Actor |
3-Mar-1920 |
20-Jul-2005 |
Scotty on Star Trek |
Ken Duberstein |
Government |
21-Apr-1944 |
|
Reagan's Chief of Staff, 1988-89 |
Al Dubin |
Songwriter |
10-Jun-1891 |
11-Feb-1945 |
Lullaby of Broadway |
Charles Durning |
Actor |
28-Feb-1923 |
|
The Muppet Movie |
Jean-Claude Duvalier |
Head of State |
3-Jul-1951 |
|
"Baby Doc" Haitian dictator |
Andrea Dworkin |
Activist |
26-Sep-1946 |
9-Apr-2005 |
Anti-pornography activist |
George Dzundza |
Actor |
19-Jul-1945 |
|
Max Greevey on Law & Order |
Lawrence Eagleburger |
Government |
1-Aug-1930 |
4-Jun-2011 |
US Secretary of State, 1992-93 |
Roger Ebert |
Critic |
18-Jun-1942 |
|
Siskel and Ebert |
King Edward VII |
Royalty |
9-Nov-1841 |
6-May-1910 |
King of England, 1901-1910 |
Phil English |
Politician |
20-Jun-1956 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1995-2009 |
Ludwig Erhard |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1897 |
5-May-1977 |
German Chancellor, 1963-66 |
Susan Estrich |
Pundit |
16-Dec-1952 |
|
Fox News liberal |
Jerry Falwell |
Religion |
11-Aug-1933 |
15-May-2007 |
Television evangelist |
Blake Farenthold |
Politician |
12-Dec-1961 |
|
Congressman, Texas 27th |
Chris Farley |
Comic |
15-Feb-1964 |
17-Dec-1997 |
Saturday Night Live |
Dante Fascell |
Politician |
9-Mar-1917 |
28-Nov-1998 |
Congressman from Florida, 1955-93 |
Minnesota Fats |
Sports Figure |
19-Jan-1913 |
15-Jan-1996 |
Billiards opponent of Willie Mosconi |
Jon Favreau |
Actor |
19-Oct-1966 |
|
Swingers |
Kevin Federline |
Relative |
21-Mar-1978 |
|
Briefly Mr. Britney Spears |
Conchata Ferrell |
Actor |
28-Mar-1943 |
|
Head nurse Joan Thor on E/R |
W. C. Fields |
Comic |
29-Jan-1880 |
25-Dec-1946 |
The Bank Dick |
Marlin Fitzwater |
Government |
24-Nov-1942 |
|
White House Press Secretary 1987-93 |
Gustave Flaubert |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1821 |
8-May-1880 |
Realist novelist, Madame Bovary |
Jared Fogle |
Meme |
1-Dec-1977 |
|
Lost 245 lbs eating only fast food |
Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Jul-1930 |
|
Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004 |
Charles James Fox |
Politician |
24-Jan-1749 |
13-Sep-1806 |
U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary |
Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
Dawn French |
Comic |
11-Oct-1957 |
|
French and Saunders |
Judah Friedlander |
Comic |
16-Mar-1969 |
|
Baseball-capped comedian, 30 Rock |
Nick Frost |
Actor |
28-Mar-1972 |
|
Shaun of the Dead |
Walther Funk |
Government |
18-Aug-1890 |
31-May-1960 |
Reich economic minister |
John Wayne Gacy |
Criminal |
17-Mar-1942 |
10-May-1994 |
28 dead boys in his crawlspace |
William M. Gaines |
Publisher |
1-Mar-1922 |
3-Jun-1992 |
Mad Magazine publisher |
James Gandolfini |
Actor |
18-Sep-1961 |
|
Tony Soprano wants his money |
Joseph R. Gannascoli |
Actor |
15-Feb-1959 |
|
Vito on The Sopranos |
Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
Jorge Garcia |
Actor |
28-Apr-1972 |
|
Hurley on Lost |
Jeff Garlin |
Actor |
5-Jun-1962 |
|
Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm |
Boy George |
Singer/Songwriter |
14-Jun-1961 |
|
Karma Chameleon |
Gil Gerard |
Actor |
23-Jan-1943 |
|
Buck Rogers |
Jack Germond |
Columnist |
30-Jan-1928 |
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
Edward Gibbon |
Historian |
8-May-1737 |
16-Jan-1794 |
Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
Faisal Gill |
Politician |
1972 |
|
Homeland Security Policy Director |
Newt Gingrich |
Politician |
17-Jun-1943 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1995-99 |
Jackie Gleason |
Actor |
26-Feb-1916 |
24-Jun-1987 |
Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners |
Hermann Goering |
Military |
12-Jan-1893 |
15-Oct-1946 |
Founder of the Gestapo |
Theo Van Gogh |
Film Director |
23-Jul-1957 |
2-Nov-2004 |
Controversial Director of Submission |
Al Goldstein |
Business |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Founder of Screw magazine |
Thomas Gomez |
Actor |
10-Jul-1905 |
18-Jun-1971 |
Ride the Pink Horse |
John Goodman |
Actor |
20-Jun-1952 |
|
King Ralph |
Al Gore III |
Relative |
19-Oct-1982 |
|
Al Gore's son |
Al Gore |
Politician |
31-Mar-1948 |
|
US Vice President under Clinton |
Henry F. Grady |
Economist |
12-Feb-1882 |
14-Sep-1957 |
First US Ambassador to India, 1947-48 |
Gustav Adolph the Great |
Royalty |
9-Dec-1594 |
6-Nov-1632 |
King of Sweden 1611-32 |
David Greenglass |
Spy |
2-Mar-1922 |
|
Gave atomic secrets to Julius Rosenberg |
Sydney Greenstreet |
Actor |
27-Dec-1879 |
18-Jan-1954 |
Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon |
Merv Griffin |
Talk Show Host |
6-Jul-1925 |
12-Aug-2007 |
The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy |
Gary Gygax |
Inventor |
27-Jul-1938 |
4-Mar-2008 |
Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons |
Buddy Hackett |
Comic |
31-Aug-1924 |
30-Jun-2003 |
Abrasive old school comic |
John Hagee |
Religion |
12-Apr-1940 |
|
John Hagee Ministries |
John H. Hager |
Politician |
28-Aug-1936 |
|
Lt. Governor of Virginia, 1998-2002 |
Alan Hale, Jr. |
Actor |
8-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1990 |
The Skipper on Gilligan's Island |
Manly P. Hall |
Paranormal |
18-Mar-1901 |
29-Aug-1990 |
The Secret Teachings of All Ages |
Oliver Hardy |
Actor |
18-Jan-1892 |
7-Aug-1957 |
Laurel and Hardy |
Dennis Hastert |
Politician |
2-Jan-1942 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1999-2006 |
Richard Hatch |
TV Personality |
8-Apr-1961 |
|
Survivor |
Steven Hayward |
Scholar |
c. 1958 |
|
Conservative environmentalism pundit |
Howell Heflin |
Politician |
19-Jun-1921 |
29-Mar-2005 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1979-97 |
King Henry VIII |
Royalty |
28-Jun-1491 |
28-Jan-1547 |
King of England, 1509-47 |
Victor Herbert |
Composer |
1-Feb-1859 |
24-May-1924 |
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life |
Jonah Hill |
Actor |
20-Dec-1983 |
|
Superbad |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1899 |
29-Apr-1980 |
Master of Suspense |
Johann Hittorf |
Physicist |
27-Mar-1824 |
28-Nov-1914 |
Fluorescence in vacuum tubes |
Reid Hoffman |
Business |
5-Aug-1967 |
|
Co-Founder of LinkedIn |
Xaviera Hollander |
Author |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
The Happy Hooker |
J. Edgar Hoover |
Government |
1-Jan-1895 |
2-May-1972 |
Director of the FBI, 1924-72 |
Curly Howard |
Actor |
22-Oct-1903 |
18-Jan-1952 |
Highest pitched Stooge |
Webb Hubbell |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1948 |
|
Whitewater casualty |
Mike Huckabee |
Politician |
24-Aug-1955 |
|
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007 |
Baby Huey |
Musician |
1946 |
28-Oct-1970 |
Hard Times |
John Hume |
Politician |
18-Jan-1937 |
|
Northern Ireland pol, Nobel recipient |
Jesse Jackson, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Mar-1965 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 2nd |
Peter Jackson |
Film Director |
31-Oct-1961 |
|
The Lord of the Rings trilogy |
Randy Jackson |
TV Personality |
23-Jun-1956 |
|
American Idol judge |
Shirley Jackson |
Novelist |
14-Dec-1916 |
8-Aug-1965 |
The Lottery |
Shirley A. Jackson |
Physicist |
5-Aug-1946 |
|
NRC Chairman, 1995-99 |
Kevin James |
Actor |
26-Apr-1965 |
|
The King of Queens |
Bill Janklow |
Politician |
13-Sep-1939 |
12-Jan-2012 |
Congressman and Governor of South Dakota |
J. Scott Jennings |
Government |
26-Oct-1977 |
|
Bush political advisor |
Ron Jeremy |
Pornstar |
12-Mar-1953 |
|
The Hedgehog |
Richard Jewell |
Victim |
17-Nov-1962 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Innocent security guard blamed for bombing |
Diamond Jim Brady |
Business |
12-Aug-1856 |
13-Apr-1917 |
Larger-than-life millionaire |
Jay Johnson |
Politician |
30-Sep-1943 |
17-Oct-2009 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1997-99 |
Samuel Johnson |
Lexicographer |
18-Sep-1709 |
13-Dec-1784 |
A Dictionary of the English Language |
Daniel Johnston |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jan-1961 |
|
Hi How Are You? |
Star Jones |
TV Personality |
24-Mar-1962 |
|
The View |
Wynonna Judd |
Country Musician |
30-May-1964 |
|
Country music star |
Herman Kahn |
Scholar |
15-Feb-1922 |
7-Jul-1983 |
Hudson Institute founder |
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole |
Singer |
20-May-1959 |
26-Jun-1997 |
Hawaiian ukulele musician |
Ric Keller |
Politician |
5-Sep-1964 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 2001-09 |
Ed Kemper |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1948 |
|
The Co-Ed Killer |
Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
25-Aug-2009 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
Richard J. Kerr |
Government |
4-Oct-1935 |
|
CIA Deputy Director, 1989-92 |
Chaka Khan |
Singer |
23-Mar-1953 |
|
I Feel For You |
Adnan Khashoggi |
Business |
25-Jul-1935 |
|
Saudi billionaire, arms merchant |
Nikita Khrushchev |
Head of State |
5-Apr-1894 |
11-Sep-1971 |
Deposed leader of the Soviet Union |
B. B. King |
Musician |
16-Sep-1925 |
|
King of the Blues |
Mabel King |
Actor |
25-Dec-1932 |
9-Nov-1999 |
What's Happening! |
Preston King |
Politician |
14-Oct-1806 |
12-Nov-1865 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
Sam Kinison |
Comic |
8-Dec-1953 |
10-Apr-1992 |
Caustic stand-up comic |
Cris Kirkwood |
Bassist |
22-Oct-1960 |
|
Meat Puppets |
Suge Knight |
Business |
19-Apr-1965 |
|
Rap mogul and ex-con |
Wayne Knight |
Actor |
7-Aug-1955 |
|
Newman on Seinfeld |
Harry Knowles |
Critic |
11-Dec-1971 |
|
Ain't It Cool News |
Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
Ricki Lake |
Talk Show Host |
21-Sep-1968 |
|
Hairspray |
Richard Land |
Religion |
1947 |
|
Southern Baptist Convention |
Artie Lange |
Comic |
11-Oct-1967 |
|
MADtv, Howard Stern |
David Lange |
Head of State |
4-Aug-1942 |
13-Aug-2005 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1984-89 |
Tommy Lasorda |
Baseball |
22-Sep-1927 |
|
Manager of the LA Dodgers, 1977-96 |
Queen Latifah |
Rapper |
18-Mar-1970 |
|
All Hail the Queen |
Charles Laughton |
Actor |
1-Jul-1899 |
15-Dec-1962 |
Island of Lost Souls |
David Leisure |
Actor |
16-Nov-1950 |
|
Joe Isuzu |
Larry Levenson |
Business |
c. 1936 |
23-Jan-1999 |
Founder of Plato's Retreat |
Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
Muscular Dystrophy Association |
Tom Leykis |
Radio Personality |
1-Aug-1956 |
|
Syndicated talk radio host |
Jimmy John Liautaud |
Business |
12-Jan-1964 |
|
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches |
Rush Limbaugh |
Radio Personality |
12-Jan-1951 |
|
Conservative talk show host |
Larry Lindsey |
Economist |
18-Jul-1954 |
|
Masterminded GWB's tax cut |
Meat Loaf |
Musician |
27-Sep-1947 |
|
Bat Out of Hell |
Billy Long |
Politician |
11-Aug-1955 |
|
Congressman, Missouri 7th |
Louis VI |
Royalty |
1-Dec-1081 |
1-Aug-1137 |
King of France, 1108-37 |
Louis XVI |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1754 |
21-Jan-1793 |
King of France, 1774-91 |
Martin Luther |
Religion |
10-Nov-1483 |
18-Feb-1546 |
Created Protestant movement |
Paul Lynde |
Comic |
13-Jun-1926 |
10-Jan-1982 |
Hollywood Square |
Camryn Manheim |
Actor |
8-Mar-1961 |
|
Ellenor Frutt on The Practice |
Diego Maradona |
Soccer |
30-Oct-1960 |
|
Led Argentina to 1986 World Cup Final |
Kenny Marchant |
Politician |
23-Feb-1951 |
|
Congressman, Texas 24th |
Phil Margera |
Relative |
13-Jul-1957 |
|
Bam Margera's father |
Vincent Margera |
Relative |
3-Jul-1956 |
|
Don Vito, Bam Margera's uncle |
Biz Markie |
Musician |
8-Apr-1964 |
|
Nobody Beats The Biz |
Thurgood Marshall |
Judge |
2-Jul-1908 |
24-Jan-1993 |
First black US Supreme Court justice |
Jerry Mathers |
Actor |
2-Jun-1948 |
|
Beaver in Leave it to Beaver |
Robert Maxwell |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1923 |
5-Nov-1991 |
Mirror Group tycoon |
Ralphie May |
Comic |
17-Feb-1972 |
|
Obese comic |
Malachy McCourt |
Actor |
20-Sep-1931 |
|
Father Meehan on Oz |
Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy in Gone with the Wind |
Michael McDermott |
Criminal |
4-Sep-1958 |
|
Mucko killed seven coworkers |
Leo McKern |
Actor |
16-Mar-1920 |
23-Jul-2002 |
Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey |
Ed McMahon |
Talk Show Host |
6-Mar-1923 |
23-Jun-2009 |
The Tonight Show |
Marie de Medici |
Royalty |
26-Apr-1573 |
3-Jul-1642 |
Regent of France, 1610-17 |
Rigoberta Menchú Tum |
Activist |
9-Jan-1959 |
|
Political activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
Jean-Marie Messier |
Business |
13-Dec-1956 |
|
CEO of Vivendi, 1996-2000 |
Elaine Miles |
Actor |
7-Apr-1960 |
|
Marilyn Whirlwind on Northern Exposure |
Andy Milonakis |
Actor |
30-Jan-1976 |
|
The Andy Milonakis Show |
Mo'Nique |
Actor |
11-Dec-1967 |
|
Nikki on The Parkers |
Michael Moore |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Fahrenheit 9/11 |
Pat Morita |
Actor |
28-Jun-1932 |
24-Nov-2005 |
Miyagi on Karate Kid |
Robert Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1734 |
7-May-1806 |
Financed the Revolutionary War |
Woodrow A. Myers, Jr. |
Doctor |
14-Feb-1954 |
|
EVP at Wellpoint, 2000-05 |
Jerry Nachman |
Journalist |
24-Feb-1946 |
19-Jan-2004 |
MSNBC reporter |
Jerrold Nadler |
Politician |
13-Jun-1947 |
|
Congressman, New York 8th |
Kathy Najimy |
Actor |
6-Feb-1957 |
|
Voice of Peggy on King of the Hill |
Pablo Neruda |
Poet |
12-Jul-1904 |
23-Sep-1973 |
Residencia en la Tierra |
Wayne Newton |
Singer |
3-Apr-1942 |
|
Top Las Vegas act |
Jean Nidetch |
Business |
12-Oct-1923 |
|
Weight Watchers founder |
Robert Noel |
Criminal |
c. 1942 |
|
Presa Canario enthusiast |
Jimmie Noone |
Jazz Musician |
23-Apr-1895 |
19-Apr-1944 |
New Orleans jazz clarinetist |
Carroll O'Connor |
Actor |
2-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
Rosie O'Donnell |
Talk Show Host |
21-Mar-1962 |
|
The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
Kelly Osbourne |
Relative |
27-Oct-1984 |
|
Ozzy's daughter |
Sharon Osbourne |
TV Personality |
9-Oct-1952 |
|
Wife of Ozzy Osbourne |
Dolly Parton |
Country Musician |
19-Jan-1946 |
|
Jolene |
Vincent Pastore |
Actor |
14-Jul-1946 |
|
Big Pussy on The Sopranos |
Cissy Patterson |
Business |
7-Nov-1881 |
24-Jul-1948 |
First female newspaper publisher |
Luciano Pavarotti |
Singer |
12-Oct-1935 |
6-Sep-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
Lou Pearlman |
Business |
19-Jun-1954 |
|
Boy bands and Ponzi schemes |
Chris Penn |
Actor |
10-Oct-1965 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs |
Boies Penrose |
Politician |
1-Nov-1860 |
31-Dec-1921 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921 |
Richard Perle |
Government |
16-Sep-1941 |
|
Prince of Darkness |
William "The Refrigerator" Perry |
Football |
16-Dec-1962 |
|
Chicago Bears defensive tackle |
Philippe I |
Royalty |
23-May-1052 |
29-Jul-1108 |
King of France 1060-1108 |
Albert Pike |
Military |
29-Dec-1809 |
2-Apr-1891 |
Confederate general, Freemason |
Daniel Pinkwater |
Author |
15-Nov-1941 |
|
The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death |
Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
Harvey Pitt |
Government |
28-Feb-1945 |
|
SEC Chairman, 2001-03 |
John Popper |
Musician |
29-Mar-1967 |
|
Harmonica player, Blues Traveler |
Susan Powter |
Fitness Guru |
22-Dec-1957 |
|
Stop the Insanity! fitness guru |
Elvis Presley |
Singer |
8-Jan-1935 |
16-Aug-1977 |
Rock and roll icon |
Wes Pruden |
Columnist |
? |
|
Washington Times editor-in-chief |
Paul Prudhomme |
Chef |
13-Jul-1940 |
|
Louisiana chef with magic seasoning blends |
Big Pun |
Rapper |
10-Nov-1971 |
7-Feb-2000 |
Latino rapper/producer |
Robin Quivers |
Talk Show Host |
8-Aug-1952 |
|
Howard Stern's sidekick |
Charles Rangel |
Politician |
11-Jun-1930 |
|
Congressman, New York 15th |
Ghyslain Raza |
Meme |
c. 1988 |
|
The Star Wars Kid |
George E. Reedy |
Government |
5-Aug-1917 |
21-Mar-1999 |
LBJ's press secretary |
Carl Reiner |
Actor |
20-Mar-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
Rob Reiner |
Actor |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
Meathead |
Jean Renoir |
Film Director |
15-Sep-1894 |
12-Feb-1979 |
La Grande Illusion |
Rick Rescorla |
Victim |
27-May-1939 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11 |
Tommy Rettig |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
15-Feb-1996 |
Jeff Miller in Lassie |
Richard Samuel Reynolds |
Business |
15-Aug-1881 |
29-Jul-1955 |
Founder of Reynolds Metals |
Anne Rice |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Vampire novelist |
Frank Rich |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1949 |
|
New York magazine |
Rene Rivkin |
Business |
6-Jun-1944 |
1-May-2005 |
Disgraced Australian stockbroker |
Barret Robbins |
Football |
26-Aug-1973 |
|
Superbowl XXXVII no-show |
Tony Robbins |
Author |
29-Feb-1960 |
|
Toothy motivational speaker |
Al Roker |
TV Personality |
20-Aug-1954 |
|
Today Show weatherman |
Esther Rolle |
Actor |
8-Nov-1920 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Florida Evans on Good Times |
Samuel I. Rosenman |
Government |
13-Feb-1896 |
24-Jun-1973 |
White House Counsel, 1943-46 |
Wilbur Ross |
Business |
28-Nov-1937 |
|
Private equity, W. L. Ross & Co. |
Vere Rothermere |
Publisher |
27-Apr-1925 |
1-Sep-1998 |
Proprietor of the Daily Mail, 1971-98 |
Karl Rove |
Government |
25-Dec-1950 |
|
Political Strategist to George W. Bush |
Ken Russell |
Film Director |
3-Jul-1927 |
27-Nov-2011 |
Altered States |
Babe Ruth |
Baseball |
6-Feb-1895 |
16-Aug-1948 |
The Bambino |
Pierre Salinger |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1925 |
16-Oct-2004 |
Former ABC News Correspondent |
Junior Samples |
TV Personality |
10-Apr-1926 |
13-Nov-1983 |
Hee Haw |
Horatio Sanz |
Comic |
4-Jun-1969 |
|
Yet another SNL fat guy |
Will Sasso |
Comic |
24-May-1975 |
|
Formerly fat guy on MADtv |
Steve Schirripa |
Actor |
3-Sep-1957 |
|
Bobby Baccalieri on The Sopranos |
Willard Scott |
TV Personality |
7-Mar-1934 |
|
Today Show weatherman |
Winfield Scott |
Military |
13-Jun-1786 |
29-May-1866 |
US Army general, Mexican campaign 1847 |
Jim Sensenbrenner |
Politician |
14-Jun-1943 |
|
Congressman, Wisconsin 5th |
Ariel Sharon |
Head of State |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 |
Al Sharpton |
Activist |
3-Oct-1954 |
|
Minister, Presidential hopeful |
Sherri Shepherd |
Actor |
22-Apr-1967 |
|
Ramona Platt on Less Than Perfect |
Richard Simmons |
Fitness Guru |
12-Jul-1948 |
|
Flamboyant weight loss guru |
Percy Sledge |
Singer |
25-Nov-1941 |
|
When a Man Loves a Woman |
Anna Nicole Smith |
Model |
28-Nov-1967 |
8-Feb-2007 |
Addled golddigger |
Kate Smith |
Singer |
1-May-1907 |
17-Jun-1986 |
God Bless America |
Kevin Smith |
Film Director |
2-Aug-1970 |
|
Mallrats |
Phoebe Snow |
Jazz Musician |
17-Jul-1952 |
26-Apr-2011 |
Jazz vocalist |
John III Sobieski |
Royalty |
17-Aug-1629 |
17-Jun-1696 |
King of Poland, 1674-96 |
Wendie Jo Sperber |
Actor |
15-Sep-1958 |
29-Nov-2005 |
Amy on Bosom Buddies |
John Spratt |
Politician |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Congressman from South Carolina, 1983-2011 |
Maureen Stapleton |
Actor |
21-Jun-1925 |
13-Mar-2006 |
Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman |
Don Stark |
Actor |
20-Aug-1954 |
|
Bob Pinciotti on That 70's Show |
Lynne Stewart |
Attorney |
8-Oct-1939 |
|
Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group |
Ruben Studdard |
Musician |
12-Sep-1978 |
|
Winner of 2003 American Idol |
John H. Sununu |
Government |
2-Jul-1939 |
|
George H.W. Bush's Chief of Staff |
Ethan Suplee |
Actor |
25-May-1976 |
|
Frankie on Boy Meets World |
Magda Szubanski |
Actor |
12-Apr-1961 |
|
Babe |
William Howard Taft |
Head of State |
15-Sep-1857 |
8-Mar-1930 |
27th US President, 1909-13 |
Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
Dave Thomas |
Business |
2-Jul-1932 |
8-Jan-2002 |
Founder of Wendy's Hamburgers |
J. Parnell Thomas |
Government |
16-Jan-1895 |
19-Nov-1970 |
HUAC chairman, took the Fifth |
Kenan Thompson |
Comic |
10-May-1978 |
|
Kenan & Kel |
Josip Broz Tito |
Head of State |
7-May-1892 |
4-May-1980 |
Communist dictator of Yugoslavia |
Linda Tripp |
Government |
24-Nov-1949 |
|
Monica Lewinsky's confidant |
Bill Tuck |
Politician |
28-Sep-1896 |
9-Jun-1983 |
Governor of Virginia, 1946-50 |
Tupou IV |
Royalty |
4-Jul-1918 |
10-Sep-2006 |
King of Tonga, 1965-2006 |
Aida Turturro |
Actor |
25-Sep-1962 |
|
Janice Soprano |
Boss Tweed |
Politician |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
Peter Ustinov |
Actor |
16-Apr-1921 |
28-Mar-2004 |
British stage actor |
Martin Van Buren |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1782 |
24-Jul-1862 |
8th US President, 1837-41 |
Luther Vandross |
Singer |
20-Apr-1951 |
1-Jul-2005 |
R&B Singer, Never Too Much |
Gore Vidal |
Author |
3-Oct-1925 |
31-Jul-2012 |
Visit to a Small Planet |
Bruce Vilanch |
Author |
23-Nov-1948 |
|
The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes |
Romo Vincent |
Actor |
23-Dec-1908 |
16-Jan-1989 |
American comic character actor |
Vitellius |
Royalty |
24-Sep-15 AD |
20-Dec-69 AD |
Roman Emperor, 69 AD |
Joe Viterelli |
Actor |
10-Mar-1941 |
29-Jan-2004 |
Jelly in Analyze This |
Spamford Wallace |
Criminal |
c. 1968 |
|
Notorious spammer |
Fats Waller |
Jazz Musician |
21-May-1904 |
15-Dec-1943 |
Influential jazz pianist |
Robert Walpole |
Head of State |
26-Aug-1676 |
18-Mar-1745 |
UK's first Prime Minister |
Bernie Ward |
Radio Personality |
5-Apr-1951 |
|
Former KGO talk show host |
Silas Warner |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1949 |
26-Feb-2004 |
Castle Wolfenstein |
Wendy Wasserstein |
Playwright |
18-Oct-1950 |
30-Jan-2006 |
The Heidi Chronicles |
Ethel Waters |
Singer |
31-Oct-1896 |
1-Sep-1977 |
Sweet Mama Stringbean |
Curt Weldon |
Politician |
22-Jul-1947 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1987-2007 |
Orson Welles |
Actor |
6-May-1915 |
10-Oct-1985 |
Citizen Kane |
George Wendt |
Actor |
17-Oct-1948 |
|
Norm on Cheers |
Reggie White |
Football |
19-Dec-1961 |
26-Dec-2004 |
NFL's Minister of Defense |
William the Conqueror |
Royalty |
c. 1027 |
9-Sep-1087 |
Invaded, conquered England in 1066 |
Vesta Williams |
Singer |
1-Dec-1957 |
22-Sep-2011 |
Congratulations |
Wesley Willis |
Musician |
31-May-1963 |
21-Aug-2003 |
Schizophrenic street musician |
Carl Wilson |
Musician |
21-Dec-1946 |
6-Feb-1998 |
Beach Boy |
Carnie Wilson |
Singer |
29-Apr-1968 |
|
Wilson Phillips |
Oprah Winfrey |
Talk Show Host |
29-Jan-1954 |
|
The Oprah Winfrey Show |
Michael Winner |
Film Director |
30-Oct-1935 |
|
Death Wish |
Jonathan Winters |
Comic |
11-Nov-1925 |
|
Mearth, son of Mork |
Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
Oscar Wyatt |
Business |
7-Jul-1924 |
|
Oilman snagged in oil-for-food scandal |
Zulu |
Actor |
17-Oct-1937 |
3-May-2004 |
Kono on Hawaii 5-O |