| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for | 
| Joss Ackland | 
Actor | 
29-Feb-1928 | 
  | 
White Mischief | 
| Art Acord | 
Actor | 
17-Apr-1890 | 
4-Jan-1931 | 
Cowboy actor | 
| Joan Vollmer Adams | 
Victim | 
1924 | 
6-Sep-1951 | 
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs | 
| Ryan Adams | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
5-Nov-1974 | 
  | 
Heartbreaker | 
| Stuart Adamson | 
Musician | 
11-Apr-1958 | 
16-Dec-2001 | 
Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country | 
| Hasil Adkins | 
Musician | 
29-Apr-1937 | 
26-Apr-2005 | 
Rockabilly one man band | 
| Ben Affleck | 
Actor | 
15-Aug-1972 | 
  | 
Good Will Hunting | 
| Phil Agee | 
Spy | 
19-Jul-1935 | 
7-Jan-2008 | 
Inside the Company: CIA Diary | 
| Edward Albee | 
Playwright | 
12-Mar-1928 | 
  | 
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? | 
| Chris Albrecht | 
Business | 
c. 1951 | 
  | 
Former HBO Chairman and CEO | 
| Buzz Aldrin | 
Astronaut | 
20-Jan-1930 | 
  | 
Second man on the Moon | 
| Grover Cleveland Alexander | 
Baseball | 
26-Feb-1887 | 
4-Nov-1950 | 
Pitcher, 373 career wins | 
| Sherman Alexie | 
Novelist | 
7-Oct-1966 | 
  | 
The Business of Fancydancing | 
| Rick Allen | 
Drummer | 
1-Nov-1963 | 
  | 
Def Leppard's one-armed drummer | 
| Tim Allen | 
Actor | 
13-Jun-1953 | 
  | 
Home Improvement | 
| G. G. Allin | 
Musician | 
29-Aug-1956 | 
28-Jun-1993 | 
Hated | 
| Gregg Allman | 
Musician | 
8-Dec-1947 | 
  | 
The Allman Brothers | 
| Aldrich Ames | 
Spy | 
26-Mar-1941 | 
  | 
CIA agent, divulged names to the Soviets | 
| Kingsley Amis | 
Novelist | 
16-Apr-1922 | 
22-Oct-1995 | 
Lucky Jim | 
| Lynn Anderson | 
Singer | 
26-Sep-1947 | 
  | 
Rose Garden | 
| Robert B. Anderson | 
Government | 
4-Jun-1910 | 
14-Aug-1989 | 
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61 | 
| Dana Andrews | 
Actor | 
1-Jan-1909 | 
17-Dec-1992 | 
The Best Years of Our Lives | 
| Ann-Margret | 
Actor | 
28-Apr-1941 | 
  | 
Carnal Knowledge | 
| Eddie Antar | 
Business | 
18-Dec-1947 | 
  | 
Crazy Eddie | 
| Fatty Arbuckle | 
Actor | 
24-Mar-1887 | 
29-Jun-1933 | 
Keystone Cop | 
| Desi Arnaz | 
Actor | 
2-Mar-1917 | 
2-Dec-1986 | 
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy | 
| Malcolm Arnold | 
Composer | 
21-Oct-1921 | 
23-Sep-2006 | 
The Bridge on the River Kwai | 
| Tom Arnold | 
Actor | 
6-Mar-1959 | 
  | 
Ex-Husband of Roseanne Barr | 
| Mary Astor | 
Actor | 
3-May-1906 | 
25-Sep-1987 | 
The Maltese Falcon | 
| Kemal Ataturk | 
Head of State | 
12-Mar-1881 | 
10-Nov-1938 | 
President of Turkey, 1923-38 | 
| Tai Babilonia | 
Figure Skating | 
9-Sep-1959 | 
  | 
Five-time US pairs figure skating champion | 
| Barbara Bach | 
Actor | 
27-Aug-1947 | 
  | 
Atook zug zug Lana | 
| Francis Bacon | 
Painter | 
28-Oct-1909 | 
28-Apr-1992 | 
The Screaming Popes | 
| F. Lee Bailey | 
Attorney | 
10-Jun-1933 | 
  | 
Criminal defense attorney | 
| Jerry Bailey | 
Jockey | 
29-Aug-1957 | 
  | 
Two-time Kentucky Derby winner | 
| Oksana Baiul | 
Figure Skating | 
16-Nov-1977 | 
  | 
Olympic figure skater | 
| Tom Baker | 
Actor | 
20-Jan-1934 | 
  | 
The Fourth Doctor Who | 
| John Balance | 
Electronic Musician | 
16-Feb-1962 | 
13-Nov-2004 | 
Coil | 
| Florence Ballard | 
Singer | 
30-Jun-1943 | 
22-Feb-1976 | 
The Supremes | 
| Tallulah Bankhead | 
Actor | 
31-Jan-1902 | 
12-Dec-1968 | 
Lifeboat | 
| Benjamin Banneker | 
Astronomer | 
9-Nov-1731 | 
25-Oct-1806 | 
First African-American astronomer | 
| Djuna Barnes | 
Novelist | 
12-Jun-1892 | 
18-Jun-1982 | 
Modernist poet, Nightwood | 
| Marion Barry | 
Politician | 
6-Mar-1936 | 
  | 
Twice Mayor of Washington, DC | 
| Drew Barrymore | 
Actor | 
22-Feb-1975 | 
  | 
E.T., The Wedding Singer | 
| John Barrymore | 
Actor | 
15-Feb-1882 | 
29-May-1942 | 
Romeo and Juliet | 
| John Drew Barrymore | 
Actor | 
4-Jun-1932 | 
29-Nov-2004 | 
High School Confidential! | 
| Ol' Dirty Bastard | 
Rapper | 
15-Nov-1968 | 
13-Nov-2004 | 
Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan | 
| Charles Baudelaire | 
Poet | 
9-Apr-1821 | 
31-Aug-1867 | 
Les Fleurs du Mal | 
| Laura Baugh | 
Golf | 
31-May-1955 | 
  | 
Out of the Rough | 
| Bayezid I | 
Royalty | 
1360 | 
1403 | 
Ottoman Sultan, 1389-1402 | 
| Pierre Beaumarchais | 
Author | 
24-Jan-1732 | 
18-May-1799 | 
The Barber of Seville | 
| Simone de Beauvoir | 
Activist | 
9-Jan-1908 | 
14-Apr-1986 | 
The Second Sex | 
| Glenn Beck | 
TV Personality | 
10-Feb-1964 | 
  | 
Conservative TV and talk radio host | 
| Bob Beckel | 
Pundit | 
c. 1948 | 
  | 
Fox News Analyst | 
| Boris Becker | 
Tennis | 
22-Nov-1967 | 
  | 
Wimbledon winner at 17 | 
| Scotty Beckett | 
Actor | 
4-Oct-1929 | 
10-May-1968 | 
Child star train wreck | 
| Alfonso Bedoya | 
Actor | 
16-Apr-1904 | 
15-Dec-1957 | 
Doesn't need no stinking badges | 
| Wallace Beery | 
Actor | 
1-Apr-1885 | 
15-Apr-1949 | 
Grand Hotel | 
| Ludwig van Beethoven | 
Composer | 
17-Dec-1770 | 
26-Mar-1827 | 
Prominent composer | 
| Brendan Behan | 
Playwright | 
9-Feb-1923 | 
20-Mar-1964 | 
The Hostage | 
| Bix Beiderbecke | 
Jazz Musician | 
10-Mar-1903 | 
6-Aug-1931 | 
Celebrated jazz cornetist | 
| Jordan Belfort | 
Business | 
9-Jul-1962 | 
  | 
The Wolf of Wall Street | 
| John Belushi | 
Actor | 
24-Jan-1949 | 
5-Mar-1982 | 
Animal House | 
| Michael Bennett | 
Dancer | 
8-Apr-1943 | 
2-Jul-1987 | 
A Chorus Line | 
| Anita Berber | 
Actor | 
10-Jun-1899 | 
10-Nov-1928 | 
Scarlet whore of Berlin | 
| Alan Berg | 
Radio Personality | 
Jan-1934 | 
18-Jun-1984 | 
Murdered radio host | 
| Helmut Berger | 
Actor | 
29-May-1944 | 
  | 
Ludwig | 
| Bunny Berigan | 
Jazz Musician | 
2-Nov-1908 | 
2-Jun-1942 | 
Jazz trumpeter great | 
| Busby Berkeley | 
Film Director | 
29-Nov-1895 | 
14-Mar-1976 | 
Strike Up the Band | 
| Steven Jesse Bernstein | 
Poet | 
4-Dec-1950 | 
22-Oct-1991 | 
Grunge poet and punk rocker | 
| Fred Berry | 
Actor | 
13-Mar-1951 | 
21-Oct-2003 | 
Rerun on What's Happening!! | 
| John Berryman | 
Poet | 
25-Oct-1914 | 
7-Jan-1972 | 
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet | 
| George Best | 
Soccer | 
22-May-1946 | 
25-Nov-2005 | 
Manchester United | 
| Peter Black | 
Politician | 
14-Jun-1943 | 
  | 
Boorish Australian legislator | 
| Bobby Bland | 
Singer | 
27-Jan-1930 | 
  | 
Turn on Your Lovelight | 
| Steen Steensen Blicher | 
Author | 
11-Oct-1782 | 
26-Mar-1848 | 
Fragments from the Diary of a Parish Clerk | 
| Alexander Blok | 
Poet | 
16-Nov-1880 | 
7-Aug-1921 | 
Russian Silver Age poet | 
| Vida Blue | 
Baseball | 
28-Jul-1949 | 
  | 
Cy Young Award winning pitcher | 
| Buddy Bolden | 
Jazz Musician | 
6-Sep-1877 | 
4-Nov-1931 | 
Ragtime, pre-Jazz cornetist | 
| Don Bolles | 
Musician | 
30-Jul-1956 | 
  | 
The Germs | 
| Danny Bonaduce | 
Actor | 
13-Aug-1959 | 
  | 
The Partridge Family | 
| John Bonham | 
Drummer | 
31-May-1948 | 
24-Sep-1980 | 
Drummer for Led Zeppelin, 1968-80 | 
| Edwin Booth | 
Actor | 
13-Nov-1833 | 
7-Jun-1893 | 
Renowned 19th century American actor | 
| James Booth | 
Actor | 
19-Dec-1927 | 
11-Aug-2005 | 
Zulu | 
| James Boswell | 
Author | 
29-Oct-1740 | 
19-May-1795 | 
The Life of Samuel Johnson | 
| Edgar Bowers | 
Poet | 
2-Mar-1924 | 
4-Feb-2000 | 
For Louis Pasteur | 
| Jane Bowles | 
Novelist | 
22-Feb-1917 | 
4-May-1973 | 
Two Serious Ladies | 
| Pattie Boyd | 
Model | 
17-Mar-1944 | 
  | 
Ex-Wife of George Harrison, Eric Clapton | 
| Mathew Brady | 
Photographer | 
15-Jan-1823 | 
15-Jan-1896 | 
Civil War photographer | 
| Russell Brand | 
Actor | 
4-Jun-1975 | 
  | 
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know | 
| Jonathan Brandis | 
Actor | 
13-Apr-1976 | 
12-Nov-2003 | 
Lucas Wolenczak on SeaQuest | 
| Richard Brautigan | 
Author | 
30-Jan-1935 | 
14-Oct-1984 | 
So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away | 
| Nicholas Brendon | 
Actor | 
12-Apr-1971 | 
  | 
Xander Harris on Buffy | 
| Eileen Brennan | 
Actor | 
3-Sep-1932 | 
  | 
Capt. Lewis on Private Benjamin | 
| Daniel Brewster | 
Politician | 
23-Nov-1923 | 
19-Aug-2007 | 
US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69 | 
| Isaac Brock | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
9-Jul-1975 | 
  | 
Frontman for Modest Mouse | 
| Branwell Brontë | 
Poet | 
26-Jun-1817 | 
24-Sep-1848 | 
The Brontë sisters' brother | 
| Foster Brooks | 
Comic | 
11-May-1912 | 
20-Dec-2001 | 
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts | 
| Louise Brooks | 
Actor | 
14-Nov-1906 | 
8-Aug-1985 | 
Pandora's Box | 
| Bobby Brown | 
Singer | 
5-Feb-1969 | 
  | 
My Prerogative | 
| George Brown | 
Politician | 
2-Sep-1914 | 
2-Jun-1985 | 
UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68 | 
| James Brown | 
Singer | 
3-May-1933 | 
25-Dec-2006 | 
Godfather of Soul | 
| Tod Browning | 
Film Director | 
12-Jul-1882 | 
6-Oct-1962 | 
Freaks | 
| Elbridge Bryant | 
Singer | 
28-Sep-1939 | 
26-Oct-1975 | 
The Temptations | 
| Charles Bukowski | 
Author | 
16-Aug-1920 | 
9-Mar-1994 | 
Love is a Dog from Hell | 
| Jim J. Bullock | 
Actor | 
9-Feb-1955 | 
  | 
Monroe on Too Close for Comfort | 
| R. L. Burnside | 
Musician | 
23-Nov-1926 | 
1-Sep-2005 | 
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey | 
| William S. Burroughs, Jr. | 
Relative | 
21-Jul-1947 | 
3-Mar-1981 | 
Son of William S. Burroughs | 
| Richard Burton | 
Actor | 
10-Nov-1925 | 
5-Aug-1984 | 
Nineteen Eighty Four | 
| George W. Bush | 
Head of State | 
6-Jul-1946 | 
  | 
43rd US President, 2001-09 | 
| Noelle Bush | 
Relative | 
26-Jul-1977 | 
  | 
Niece of George W. Bush | 
| Brett Butler | 
Comic | 
20-Jan-1958 | 
  | 
Comedian with southern drawl | 
| Yancy Butler | 
Actor | 
2-Jul-1970 | 
  | 
Witchblade | 
| Paul Butterfield | 
Musician | 
17-Dec-1942 | 
4-May-1987 | 
Paul Butterfield Blues Band | 
| Edd Byrnes | 
Actor | 
30-Jul-1933 | 
  | 
Kookie on 77 Sunset Strip | 
| Crazy Cabbie | 
Radio Personality | 
10-Dec-1968 | 
  | 
Part of the Howard Stern menagerie | 
| Sid Caesar | 
Comic | 
8-Sep-1922 | 
  | 
Your Show of Shows | 
| James M. Cain | 
Novelist | 
1-Jul-1892 | 
27-Oct-1977 | 
The Postman Always Rings Twice | 
| Maria Callas | 
Singer | 
2-Dec-1923 | 
16-Sep-1977 | 
Operatic Soprano | 
| Ken Caminiti | 
Baseball | 
21-Apr-1963 | 
10-Oct-2004 | 
Former National League MVP | 
| Glen Campbell | 
Country Musician | 
22-Apr-1936 | 
  | 
Rhinestone Cowboy | 
| Truman Capote | 
Novelist | 
30-Sep-1924 | 
25-Aug-1984 | 
In Cold Blood | 
| Macdonald Carey | 
Actor | 
15-Mar-1913 | 
21-Mar-1994 | 
Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives | 
| Mary Carey | 
Pornstar | 
15-Jun-1980 | 
  | 
Porn star, ran for California Governor | 
| George Carlin | 
Comic | 
12-May-1937 | 
22-Jun-2008 | 
Seven Dirty Words | 
| Belinda Carlisle | 
Singer | 
17-Aug-1958 | 
  | 
Lead vocalist for The Go-Go's | 
| Art Carney | 
Actor | 
4-Nov-1918 | 
9-Nov-2003 | 
Ed Norton on The Honeymooners | 
| Paul Carr | 
Author | 
7-Dec-1979 | 
  | 
Bringing Nothing to the Party | 
| David Carradine | 
Actor | 
8-Dec-1936 | 
3-Jun-2009 | 
Grasshopper | 
| Asia Carrera | 
Pornstar | 
6-Aug-1973 | 
  | 
Mensa member, pornstar | 
| Hayden Carruth | 
Poet | 
3-Aug-1921 | 
29-Sep-2008 | 
Brothers, I Loved You All | 
| Jean Carson | 
Actor | 
28-Feb-1923 | 
2-Nov-2005 | 
Fun girl Daphne | 
| Johnny Carson | 
Talk Show Host | 
23-Oct-1925 | 
23-Jan-2005 | 
Longtime host of Tonight Show | 
| Cris Carter | 
Football | 
25-Nov-1965 | 
  | 
Former NFL wide receiver | 
| Emily Carter | 
Author | 
1960 | 
  | 
Glory Goes and Gets Some | 
| Hurricane Carter | 
Boxing | 
6-May-1937 | 
  | 
Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder | 
| Kevin Carter | 
Photographer | 
13-Sep-1960 | 
27-Jul-1994 | 
Wanting A Meal | 
| Lynda Carter | 
Actor | 
24-Jul-1951 | 
  | 
Wonder Woman | 
| Nell Carter | 
Actor | 
13-Sep-1948 | 
23-Jan-2003 | 
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break | 
| Raymond Carver | 
Author | 
25-May-1938 | 
2-Aug-1988 | 
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? | 
| Johnny Cash | 
Country Musician | 
26-Feb-1932 | 
12-Sep-2003 | 
The Man in Black | 
| Pat Cash | 
Tennis | 
27-May-1965 | 
  | 
Winner, 1987 Wimbledon | 
| Peggie Castle | 
Actor | 
22-Dec-1927 | 
11-Aug-1973 | 
Lily Merrill on Lawman | 
| Raymond Chandler | 
Author | 
23-Jul-1888 | 
26-Mar-1959 | 
Invented hard-boiled detective novel | 
| Lon Chaney, Jr. | 
Actor | 
10-Feb-1906 | 
12-Jul-1973 | 
The Wolf Man | 
| Graham Chapman | 
Comic | 
8-Jan-1941 | 
4-Oct-1989 | 
Monty Python's King Arthur | 
| Chevy Chase | 
Comic | 
8-Oct-1943 | 
  | 
He is, you're not | 
| Vic Chesnutt | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
12-Nov-1964 | 
25-Dec-2009 | 
Wheelchair-bound folk singer | 
| Alex Chilton | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
28-Dec-1950 | 
17-Mar-2010 | 
Big Star | 
| Margaret Cho | 
Comic | 
5-Dec-1968 | 
  | 
Loud-mouthed standup comic | 
| Lord Randolph Churchill | 
Politician | 
13-Feb-1849 | 
24-Jan-1895 | 
Father of Winston Churchill | 
| Randolph Churchill | 
Journalist | 
28-May-1911 | 
6-Jun-1968 | 
Son of Winston Churchill | 
| Chyna | 
Wrestling | 
27-Dec-1969 | 
  | 
Former pro wrestler | 
| Eric Clapton | 
Guitarist | 
30-Mar-1945 | 
  | 
Slowhand | 
| Gene Clark | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
17-Nov-1944 | 
24-May-1991 | 
The Byrds, No Other | 
| George Rogers Clark | 
Military | 
19-Nov-1752 | 
13-Feb-1818 | 
Kentucky frontier military leader | 
| Adam Clayton | 
Bassist | 
13-Mar-1960 | 
  | 
Bassist for U2 | 
| Montgomery Clift | 
Actor | 
17-Oct-1920 | 
23-Jul-1966 | 
From Here to Eternity | 
| Roger Clinton | 
Relative | 
25-Jul-1956 | 
  | 
Black sheep in Clinton family | 
| Colin Clive | 
Actor | 
20-Jan-1900 | 
25-Jun-1937 | 
Frankenstein | 
| Brian Clough | 
Soccer | 
21-Mar-1935 | 
20-Sep-2004 | 
Renowned British soccer manager | 
| Kurt Cobain | 
Musician | 
20-Feb-1967 | 
5-Apr-1994 | 
Lead singer of Nirvana | 
| Joe Cocker | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
20-May-1944 | 
  | 
Singer-slash-contortionist | 
| Natalie Cole | 
Singer | 
6-Feb-1950 | 
  | 
Singer-daughter of Nat King Cole | 
| Judy Collins | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
1-May-1939 | 
  | 
Folk singer | 
| Lynn Collins | 
Actor | 
16-May-1977 | 
  | 
X-Men Origins: Wolverine | 
| John Coltrane | 
Jazz Musician | 
23-Sep-1926 | 
17-Jul-1967 | 
Jazz tenor saxophonist | 
| Lionel Conacher | 
Hockey | 
24-May-1900 | 
26-May-1954 | 
Canadian All-Around Athlete | 
| Jeff Conaway | 
Actor | 
5-Oct-1950 | 
27-May-2011 | 
Grease | 
| Chris Connor | 
Singer | 
8-Nov-1927 | 
29-Aug-2009 | 
Jazz singer, I Miss You | 
| Robert Conrad | 
Actor | 
1-Mar-1929 | 
  | 
Wild Wild West | 
| Tom Conway | 
Actor | 
15-Sep-1904 | 
22-Apr-1967 | 
I Walked with a Zombie | 
| Barbara Cook | 
Singer | 
25-Oct-1927 | 
  | 
Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress | 
| Peter Cook | 
Comic | 
19-Nov-1937 | 
9-Jan-1995 | 
Bedazzled | 
| Alice Cooper | 
Musician | 
4-Feb-1948 | 
  | 
No More Mr. Nice Guy | 
| Frank Corder | 
Aviator | 
26-May-1956 | 
12-Sep-1994 | 
Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn | 
| Wendell Corey | 
Actor | 
20-Mar-1914 | 
8-Nov-1968 | 
Desert Fury | 
| Patricia Cornwell | 
Novelist | 
9-Jun-1956 | 
  | 
Crime novelist, Postmortem | 
| Hart Crane | 
Poet | 
21-Jul-1899 | 
27-Apr-1932 | 
Industrial and urban poet | 
| Phil Crane | 
Politician | 
3-Nov-1930 | 
  | 
Congressman from Illinois, 1969-2005 | 
| Harry Crews | 
Novelist | 
7-Jun-1935 | 
28-Mar-2012 | 
The Gospel Singer | 
| Peter Criss | 
Drummer | 
20-Dec-1945 | 
  | 
One of the original KISS quartet | 
| Bing Crosby | 
Singer | 
3-May-1903 | 
14-Oct-1977 | 
White Christmas | 
| Dennis Crosby | 
Singer | 
13-Jul-1934 | 
7-May-1991 | 
Bing Crosby's son, suicide with shotgun | 
| Philip Crosby | 
Singer | 
13-Jul-1934 | 
13-Jan-2004 | 
Son of Bing Crosby | 
| Leslie Crowther | 
TV Personality | 
6-Feb-1933 | 
29-Sep-1996 | 
The Price Is Right | 
| Tony Curtis | 
Actor | 
3-Jun-1925 | 
29-Sep-2010 | 
Some Like It Hot | 
| D.M.C. | 
Rapper | 
31-May-1964 | 
  | 
Run-D.M.C. | 
| Jeffrey Dahmer | 
Criminal | 
21-May-1960 | 
28-Nov-1994 | 
Homosexual serial killer cannibal | 
| John Daly | 
Golf | 
28-Apr-1966 | 
  | 
Alcoholic golfer | 
| Dorothy Dandridge | 
Actor | 
9-Nov-1922 | 
8-Sep-1965 | 
Carmen Jones | 
| Linda Darnell | 
Actor | 
16-Oct-1923 | 
10-Apr-1965 | 
Star Dust | 
| Clement Davies | 
Politician | 
19-Feb-1884 | 
23-Mar-1962 | 
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1945-56 | 
| Marion Davies | 
Actor | 
3-Jan-1897 | 
22-Sep-1961 | 
When Knighthood Was in Flower | 
| Bette Davis | 
Actor | 
5-Apr-1908 | 
6-Oct-1989 | 
All About Eve | 
| Brandon Davis | 
Socialite | 
1979 | 
  | 
Oil heir, pal of Paris Hilton | 
| Kristin Davis | 
Actor | 
23-Feb-1965 | 
  | 
Good girl Charlotte on Sex and the City | 
| Miles Davis | 
Jazz Musician | 
26-May-1926 | 
28-Sep-1991 | 
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue | 
| Richard Allen Davis | 
Criminal | 
2-Jun-1954 | 
  | 
Murderer of Polly Klaas | 
| Pat Day | 
Jockey | 
13-Oct-1953 | 
  | 
Winner of 9 triple crown races | 
| Mark Dayton | 
Politician | 
26-Jan-1947 | 
  | 
Governor of Minnesota | 
| Kim Deal | 
Bassist | 
10-Jun-1961 | 
  | 
Pixies, Breeders bassist | 
| Howard Dean | 
Politician | 
17-Nov-1948 | 
  | 
Chairman of the Democratic Party | 
| Darwin Deason | 
Business | 
c. 1940 | 
  | 
Founder of Affiliated Computer Systems | 
| Michael Deaver | 
Government | 
11-Apr-1938 | 
18-Aug-2007 | 
Reagan Deputy Chief of Staff | 
| Sandra Dee | 
Actor | 
23-Apr-1942 | 
20-Feb-2005 | 
Gidget | 
| Tom DeLay | 
Politician | 
8-Apr-1947 | 
  | 
Former House Majority Leader, convicted felon | 
| John Denver | 
Country Musician | 
31-Dec-1943 | 
12-Oct-1997 | 
Rocky Mountain High | 
| Gerard Depardieu | 
Actor | 
27-Dec-1948 | 
  | 
Cyrano de Bergerac | 
| Delia Derbyshire | 
Electronic Musician | 
5-May-1937 | 
3-Jul-2001 | 
Constructed the Doctor Who theme | 
| Michael Des Barres | 
Actor | 
24-Jan-1948 | 
  | 
Murdoc on MacGyver | 
| C.C. DeVille | 
Guitarist | 
14-May-1962 | 
  | 
Guitarist for Poison | 
| Laurie Dhue | 
TV Personality | 
10-Feb-1969 | 
  | 
Fox News presenter, 2000-08 | 
| Andy Dick | 
Comic | 
21-Dec-1965 | 
  | 
Matthew from NewsRadio | 
| Janice Dickinson | 
Model | 
15-Feb-1955 | 
  | 
1970s supermodel | 
| Dion | 
Musician | 
18-Jul-1939 | 
  | 
Runaround Sue | 
| Lee Dixon | 
Actor | 
22-Jan-1914 | 
8-Jan-1953 | 
Ready, Willing and Able | 
| Thomas J. Dodd | 
Politician | 
15-May-1907 | 
24-May-1971 | 
US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71 | 
| Troy Donahue | 
Actor | 
27-Jan-1936 | 
2-Sep-2001 | 
A Summer Place | 
| Michael Douglas | 
Actor | 
25-Sep-1944 | 
  | 
Wall Street | 
| Robert Downey, Jr. | 
Actor | 
4-Apr-1965 | 
  | 
The Gingerbread Man | 
| Richard Dreyfuss | 
Actor | 
29-Oct-1947 | 
  | 
Close Encounters of the Third Kind | 
| Peter Duel | 
Actor | 
24-Feb-1940 | 
31-Dec-1971 | 
Alias Smith and Jones | 
| Kitty Dukakis | 
First Lady | 
26-Dec-1936 | 
  | 
Wife of Michael Dukakis | 
| Olympia Dukakis | 
Actor | 
20-Jun-1931 | 
  | 
Tales of the City | 
| Patty Duke | 
Actor | 
14-Dec-1946 | 
  | 
The Patty Duke Show | 
| James Dunn | 
Actor | 
2-Nov-1901 | 
1-Sep-1967 | 
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn | 
| Michael Dunn | 
Actor | 
20-Oct-1934 | 
30-Aug-1973 | 
Dr. Miguelito Loveless | 
| Dominick Dunne | 
Novelist | 
29-Oct-1925 | 
26-Aug-2009 | 
High society novelist, true crime writer | 
| Marguerite Duras | 
Novelist | 
4-Apr-1914 | 
3-Mar-1996 | 
Hiroshima mon Amour | 
| Isabelle Eberhardt | 
Author | 
17-Feb-1877 | 
21-Oct-1904 | 
Transvestite Muslim author | 
| Roger Ebert | 
Critic | 
18-Jun-1942 | 
  | 
Siskel and Ebert | 
| Mark Eitzel | 
Musician | 
30-Jan-1959 | 
  | 
Frontman for American Music Club | 
| Erika Eleniak | 
Actor | 
29-Sep-1969 | 
  | 
Shauni on Baywatch | 
| Linda Ellerbee | 
Journalist | 
15-Aug-1944 | 
  | 
"And so it goes." | 
| Dock Ellis | 
Baseball | 
11-Mar-1945 | 
19-Dec-2008 | 
Pitched a no-hitter on LSD | 
| Ruth Ellis | 
Criminal | 
9-Oct-1925 | 
13-Jul-1955 | 
Last woman hanged in England | 
| James Ellroy | 
Novelist | 
4-Mar-1948 | 
  | 
L.A. Confidential | 
| Eve Ensler | 
Playwright | 
25-May-1953 | 
  | 
The Vagina Monologues | 
| Peg Entwistle | 
Actor | 
1-Jul-1908 | 
18-Sep-1932 | 
Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign | 
| Pee Wee Erwin | 
Jazz Musician | 
30-May-1913 | 
20-Jun-1981 | 
Jazz trumpeter | 
| Joe Eszterhas | 
Screenwriter | 
23-Nov-1944 | 
  | 
Showgirls, Basic Instinct | 
| George Etherege | 
Playwright | 
c. 1635 | 
10-May-1692 | 
Love in a Tub | 
| Chad Everett | 
Actor | 
11-Jun-1936 | 
24-Jul-2012 | 
Dr. Joe Gannon on Medical Center | 
| William Eythe | 
Actor | 
7-Apr-1918 | 
26-Jan-1957 | 
The House on 92nd Street | 
| Stanley Fafara | 
Actor | 
20-Sep-1949 | 
20-Sep-2003 | 
Whitey on Leave It to Beaver | 
| Marianne Faithfull | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
29-Dec-1946 | 
  | 
Sister Morphine | 
| Edie Falco | 
Actor | 
5-Jul-1963 | 
  | 
The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie | 
| John Fante | 
Author | 
8-Apr-1909 | 
8-May-1983 | 
Bukowski's idol | 
| James Farentino | 
Actor | 
24-Feb-1938 | 
24-Jan-2012 | 
The Final Countdown | 
| Chris Farley | 
Comic | 
15-Feb-1964 | 
17-Dec-1997 | 
Saturday Night Live | 
| Frances Farmer | 
Actor | 
19-Sep-1913 | 
1-Aug-1970 | 
Hollywood actress, institutionalized | 
| Philo Farnsworth | 
Inventor | 
19-Aug-1906 | 
11-Mar-1971 | 
Inventor of electronic television | 
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder | 
Film Director | 
31-May-1945 | 
10-Jun-1982 | 
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | 
| William Faulkner | 
Author | 
25-Sep-1897 | 
6-Jul-1962 | 
Novels set in the American South | 
| Brett Favre | 
Football | 
10-Oct-1969 | 
  | 
Minnesota Vikings QB | 
| Kenneth Fearing | 
Novelist | 
28-Jul-1902 | 
26-Jun-1961 | 
The Big Clock | 
| Freddy Fender | 
Musician | 
4-Jun-1937 | 
14-Oct-2006 | 
Before the Next Teardrop Falls | 
| Craig Ferguson | 
Talk Show Host | 
17-May-1962 | 
  | 
"It's a great day for America" | 
| Lolo Ferrari | 
Pornstar | 
9-Feb-1970 | 
5-Mar-2000 | 
Double Airbags | 
| Henry Fielding | 
Novelist | 
22-Apr-1707 | 
8-Oct-1754 | 
Tom Jones | 
| W. C. Fields | 
Comic | 
29-Jan-1880 | 
25-Dec-1946 | 
The Bank Dick | 
| Carrie Fisher | 
Actor | 
21-Oct-1956 | 
  | 
Princess Leia in Star Wars | 
| F. Scott Fitzgerald | 
Author | 
24-Sep-1896 | 
21-Dec-1940 | 
The Great Gatsby | 
| Errol Flynn | 
Actor | 
20-Jun-1909 | 
14-Oct-1959 | 
Robin Hood | 
| Mark Foley | 
Politician | 
8-Sep-1954 | 
  | 
Congressman from Florida, 1995-2006 | 
| Red Foley | 
Country Musician | 
17-Jun-1910 | 
19-Sep-1968 | 
Country crooner, wrote Old Shep | 
| Betty Ford | 
First Lady | 
8-Apr-1918 | 
8-Jul-2011 | 
Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center | 
| John Ford | 
Film Director | 
1-Feb-1894 | 
31-Aug-1973 | 
How Green Was My Valley | 
| Stephen Collins Foster | 
Songwriter | 
4-Jul-1826 | 
13-Jan-1864 | 
My Old Kentucky Home | 
| Charles James Fox | 
Politician | 
24-Jan-1749 | 
13-Sep-1806 | 
U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary | 
| Michael J. Fox | 
Actor | 
9-Jun-1961 | 
  | 
Back to the Future | 
| wiL Francis | 
Singer | 
8-Jan-1982 | 
  | 
Lead singer of Aiden | 
| William Frawley | 
Actor | 
26-Feb-1887 | 
3-Mar-1966 | 
Fred on I Love Lucy | 
| Lynne Frederick | 
Actor | 
25-Jul-1954 | 
27-Apr-1994 | 
The Prisoner of Zenda | 
| Morgan Freeman | 
Actor | 
1-Jun-1937 | 
  | 
Unforgiven | 
| James Frey | 
Author | 
12-Sep-1969 | 
  | 
Addiction memoirist, A Million Little Pieces | 
| Kinky Friedman | 
Musician | 
31-Oct-1944 | 
  | 
Texas Jewboy | 
| R. Buckminster Fuller | 
Architect | 
12-Jul-1895 | 
1-Jul-1983 | 
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome | 
| Edward Furlong | 
Actor | 
2-Aug-1977 | 
  | 
Terminator 2 and Pecker | 
| Eddie Gaedel | 
Baseball | 
8-Jun-1925 | 
18-Jun-1961 | 
Dwarf MLB player | 
| Leopoldo Galtieri | 
Head of State | 
15-Jul-1926 | 
12-Jan-2003 | 
Invaded Falklands, ran death squads | 
| James Gandolfini | 
Actor | 
18-Sep-1961 | 
  | 
Tony Soprano wants his money | 
| Luis Alfredo Garavito | 
Criminal | 
25-Jan-1957 | 
  | 
Colombian serial killer, murdered 140+ boys | 
| Ava Gardner | 
Actor | 
24-Dec-1922 | 
25-Jan-1990 | 
The Barefoot Contessa | 
| Judy Garland | 
Singer | 
10-Jun-1922 | 
22-Jun-1969 | 
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz | 
| Janeane Garofalo | 
Comic | 
28-Sep-1964 | 
  | 
Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist | 
| Brad Garrett | 
Actor | 
14-Apr-1960 | 
  | 
Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond | 
| Leif Garrett | 
Musician | 
8-Nov-1961 | 
  | 
1970s teen idol | 
| Larry Gatlin | 
Country Musician | 
2-May-1948 | 
  | 
One of the Gatlin Brothers | 
| Paul Gauguin | 
Painter | 
7-Jun-1848 | 
8-May-1903 | 
French post-impressionist painter | 
| Gil Gerard | 
Actor | 
23-Jan-1943 | 
  | 
Buck Rogers | 
| Geronimo | 
Military | 
16-Jun-1829 | 
17-Feb-1909 | 
The last Indian to surrender | 
| J. Paul Getty, Jr. | 
Business | 
7-Sep-1932 | 
17-Apr-2003 | 
Heir to the Getty Oil fortune | 
| Stan Getz | 
Jazz Musician | 
2-Feb-1927 | 
6-Jun-1991 | 
Jazz tenor saxophonist | 
| Andy Gibb | 
Musician | 
5-Mar-1958 | 
10-Mar-1988 | 
I Just Want To Be Your Everything | 
| Maurice Gibb | 
Bassist | 
22-Dec-1949 | 
12-Jan-2003 | 
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees | 
| Ben Gibbard | 
Musician | 
11-Aug-1976 | 
  | 
Death Cab for Cutie | 
| Khalil Gibran | 
Poet | 
6-Jan-1883 | 
10-Apr-1931 | 
The Prophet | 
| Mel Gibson | 
Actor | 
3-Jan-1956 | 
  | 
Mad Max | 
| Gary Gilmore | 
Criminal | 
4-Dec-1940 | 
17-Jan-1977 | 
Executed by firing squad in Utah | 
| Greg Giraldo | 
Comic | 
10-Dec-1965 | 
29-Sep-2010 | 
Friday Night Stand-Up | 
| Jackie Gleason | 
Actor | 
26-Feb-1916 | 
24-Jun-1987 | 
Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners | 
| Sharon Gless | 
Actor | 
31-May-1943 | 
  | 
Cagney on Cagney and Lacey | 
| Gary Glitter | 
Musician | 
8-May-1944 | 
  | 
Rock and Roll Part 2 | 
| Alexander Godunov | 
Dancer | 
28-Nov-1949 | 
18-May-1995 | 
Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer | 
| Bobcat Goldthwait | 
Comic | 
26-May-1962 | 
  | 
Shakes the Clown | 
| Dwight Gooden | 
Baseball | 
16-Nov-1964 | 
  | 
Pitcher, New York Mets | 
| Robert Goulet | 
Singer | 
26-Nov-1933 | 
30-Oct-2007 | 
Baritone star of stage and screen | 
| Margot Grahame | 
Actor | 
20-Feb-1911 | 
1-Jan-1982 | 
The Informer | 
| Kelsey Grammer | 
Actor | 
21-Feb-1955 | 
  | 
Frasier | 
| Ulysses S. Grant | 
Head of State | 
27-Apr-1822 | 
23-Jul-1885 | 
Eighteenth President of the United States | 
| Paul Dedrick Gray | 
Bassist | 
8-Apr-1972 | 
24-May-2010 | 
Bassist for Slipknot | 
| Richard Grieco | 
Actor | 
23-Mar-1965 | 
  | 
Officer Dennis Booker on 21 Jump Street | 
| Melanie Griffith | 
Actor | 
9-Aug-1957 | 
  | 
Mom from Lolita redux | 
| George Grosz | 
Artist | 
26-Jul-1893 | 
6-Jul-1959 | 
German social caricaturist | 
| Guru | 
Rapper | 
17-Jul-1962 | 
19-Apr-2010 | 
Rapper from Gang Starr | 
| Bobby Hackett | 
Jazz Musician | 
31-Jan-1915 | 
7-Jun-1976 | 
Played with Glenn Miller, Jackie Gleason | 
| Jean Hagen | 
Actor | 
3-Aug-1923 | 
29-Aug-1977 | 
Singin' in the Rain | 
| Merle Haggard | 
Country Musician | 
6-Apr-1937 | 
  | 
Okie From Muskogee | 
| Marvin Hagler | 
Boxing | 
23-May-1954 | 
  | 
Retired boxing champ, lives in Italy | 
| Larry Hagman | 
Actor | 
21-Sep-1931 | 
  | 
J.R. Ewing on Dallas | 
| Corey Haim | 
Actor | 
23-Dec-1971 | 
10-Mar-2010 | 
The Lost Boys | 
| Anthony Michael Hall | 
Actor | 
14-Apr-1968 | 
  | 
Sixteen Candles | 
| Billy Halop | 
Actor | 
11-Feb-1920 | 
9-Nov-1976 | 
Dead End Kid | 
| Pete Hamill | 
Journalist | 
24-Jun-1935 | 
  | 
The New York Post | 
| Sir William Rowan Hamilton | 
Mathematician | 
3-Aug-1805 | 
2-Sep-1865 | 
Inventor of Quaternions | 
| Dashiell Hammett | 
Author | 
27-May-1894 | 
10-Jan-1961 | 
The Maltese Falcon | 
| Edward A. Hannegan | 
Politician | 
25-Jun-1807 | 
25-Feb-1859 | 
US Senator, committed suicide | 
| Tom Hardy | 
Actor | 
15-Sep-1977 | 
  | 
Layer Cake | 
| William F. Harrah | 
Business | 
2-Sep-1911 | 
30-Jun-1978 | 
Founder of Harrah's Casino | 
| Lorenz Hart | 
Songwriter | 
2-May-1895 | 
22-Nov-1943 | 
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart | 
| Domino Harvey | 
Relative | 
7-Aug-1969 | 
27-Jun-2005 | 
Laurence Harvey's daughter | 
| Doug Harvey | 
Hockey | 
19-Dec-1924 | 
26-Dec-1989 | 
NHL Hall of Famer | 
| Jaroslav Hasek | 
Author | 
30-Apr-1883 | 
3-Jan-1923 | 
The Good Soldier Svejk | 
| David Hasselhoff | 
Actor | 
17-Jul-1952 | 
  | 
Knight Rider, Baywatch | 
| Robert Hawke | 
Head of State | 
9-Dec-1929 | 
  | 
Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91 | 
| Coleman Hawkins | 
Jazz Musician | 
21-Nov-1904 | 
19-May-1969 | 
Jazz tenor saxophonist | 
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins | 
Musician | 
18-Jul-1929 | 
12-Feb-2000 | 
I Put a Spell on You | 
| Charles Hawtrey | 
Actor | 
30-Nov-1914 | 
27-Oct-1988 | 
Carry On... | 
| Dick Haymes | 
Singer | 
13-Sep-1916 | 
28-Mar-1980 | 
State Fair | 
| Susan Hayward | 
Actor | 
30-Jun-1918 | 
14-Mar-1975 | 
I Want to Live! | 
| Ted Healy | 
Actor | 
1-Oct-1896 | 
21-Dec-1937 | 
Creator of The Three Stooges | 
| Sadeq Hedayat | 
Author | 
17-Feb-1903 | 
9-Apr-1951 | 
The Blind Owl | 
| Ernest Hemingway | 
Author | 
21-Jul-1899 | 
2-Jul-1961 | 
The Old Man And The Sea | 
| Margaux Hemingway | 
Actor | 
16-Feb-1955 | 
2-Jul-1996 | 
Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin | 
| Jimi Hendrix | 
Guitarist | 
27-Nov-1942 | 
18-Sep-1970 | 
Purple Haze | 
| Ian Hendry | 
Actor | 
13-Jan-1931 | 
24-Dec-1984 | 
Get Carter | 
| O. Henry | 
Author | 
11-Sep-1862 | 
5-Jun-1910 | 
The Gift of the Magi | 
| James Hetfield | 
Musician | 
3-Aug-1963 | 
  | 
Metallica | 
| James Hewitt | 
Relative | 
1958 | 
  | 
Princess Diana's adulterous lover | 
| Wild Bill Hickok | 
Actor | 
27-May-1837 | 
2-Aug-1876 | 
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show | 
| Bill Hicks | 
Comic | 
16-Dec-1961 | 
26-Feb-1994 | 
Visionary comedian, met untimely death | 
| J. C. Higginbotham | 
Jazz Musician | 
11-May-1906 | 
26-May-1973 | 
Jazz trombonist | 
| Patricia Highsmith | 
Novelist | 
19-Jan-1921 | 
4-Feb-1995 | 
Strangers on a Train | 
| Henry Hill | 
Criminal | 
11-Jun-1943 | 
12-Jun-2012 | 
Mobster inspired Goodfellas | 
| Damien Hirst | 
Artist | 
1965 | 
  | 
Animal slices in formalin as art | 
| Philip Seymour Hoffman | 
Actor | 
23-Jul-1967 | 
  | 
Character actor | 
| William Holden | 
Actor | 
17-Apr-1918 | 
16-Nov-1981 | 
Stalag 17 | 
| Billie Holiday | 
Singer | 
7-Apr-1915 | 
17-Jul-1959 | 
Lady Sings the Blues | 
| Doc Holliday | 
Doctor | 
14-Aug-1851 | 
8-Nov-1887 | 
Wyatt Earp's reliable friend | 
| John Holmes | 
Pornstar | 
8-Aug-1944 | 
13-Mar-1988 | 
Life-support system for a 10-inch penis | 
| Anthony Hopkins | 
Actor | 
31-Dec-1937 | 
  | 
Hannibal Lecter | 
| Avery Hopwood | 
Playwright | 
28-May-1882 | 
1-Jul-1928 | 
The Bat | 
| Curly Howard | 
Actor | 
22-Oct-1903 | 
18-Jan-1952 | 
Highest pitched Stooge | 
| Steve Howe | 
Baseball | 
10-Mar-1958 | 
28-Apr-2006 | 
MLB pitcher | 
| Victoriano Huerta | 
Head of State | 
23-Mar-1854 | 
13-Jan-1916 | 
El chacal President of Mexico, 1913-14 | 
| Harold Hughes | 
Politician | 
10-Feb-1922 | 
23-Oct-1996 | 
Governor and Senator from Iowa | 
| Mark R. Hughes | 
Business | 
1956 | 
21-May-2000 | 
Herbalife founder | 
| William Hurt | 
Actor | 
20-Mar-1950 | 
  | 
Altered States, Broadcast News | 
| Ferlin Husky | 
Singer | 
3-Dec-1925 | 
17-Mar-2011 | 
On the Wings of a Dove | 
| Barbara Hutton | 
Socialite | 
14-Nov-1912 | 
11-May-1979 | 
The Poor Little Rich Girl | 
| Betty Hutton | 
Actor | 
26-Feb-1921 | 
11-Mar-2007 | 
Incendiary Blonde | 
| Karl Hyde | 
Electronic Musician | 
1961 | 
  | 
Underworld vocalist | 
| Don Imus | 
Radio Personality | 
23-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Imus in the Morning | 
| Bruce Ivins | 
Biologist | 
22-Apr-1946 | 
29-Jul-2008 | 
Anthrax researcher and suspect | 
| Joshua Jackson | 
Actor | 
11-Jun-1978 | 
  | 
Pacey on Dawson's Creek | 
| Samuel L. Jackson | 
Actor | 
21-Dec-1948 | 
  | 
Pulp Fiction | 
| Max Jacob | 
Poet | 
12-Jul-1876 | 
5-Mar-1944 | 
Le Cornet à dés | 
| Etta James | 
Singer | 
25-Jan-1938 | 
20-Jan-2012 | 
Soul Diva | 
| Calamity Jane | 
Performance Artist | 
1-May-1852 | 
1-Aug-1903 | 
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show | 
| David Janssen | 
Actor | 
27-Mar-1931 | 
13-Feb-1980 | 
The Fugitive | 
| Alfred Jarry | 
Playwright | 
8-Sep-1873 | 
1-Nov-1907 | 
Ubu roi | 
| Michael Jeter | 
Actor | 
26-Aug-1952 | 
30-Mar-2003 | 
Evening Shade | 
| Billy Joel | 
Pianist | 
9-May-1949 | 
  | 
Didn't start the fire | 
| Elton John | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
25-Mar-1947 | 
  | 
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road | 
| Little Willie John | 
Singer | 
15-Oct-1937 | 
26-May-1968 | 
Fever | 
| Denis Johnson | 
Novelist | 
1-Jul-1949 | 
  | 
Jesus' Son | 
| Don Johnson | 
Actor | 
15-Dec-1949 | 
  | 
Miami Vice, Nash Bridges | 
| Rita Johnson | 
Actor | 
13-Aug-1913 | 
31-Oct-1965 | 
Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 
| Ben Jones | 
Actor | 
30-Aug-1941 | 
  | 
Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard | 
| Brian Jones | 
Guitarist | 
28-Feb-1942 | 
3-Jul-1969 | 
Guitarist for the Rolling Stones | 
| George Jones | 
Country Musician | 
12-Sep-1931 | 
  | 
Country singer, White Lightning | 
| Jim Jones | 
Rapper | 
15-Jul-1976 | 
  | 
We Fly High, Dipset | 
| Janis Joplin | 
Singer | 
19-Jan-1943 | 
4-Oct-1970 | 
Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart) | 
| Al Jourgensen | 
Musician | 
9-Oct-1958 | 
  | 
Lead for industrial band Ministry | 
| Edward Judd | 
Actor | 
4-Oct-1932 | 
24-Feb-2009 | 
First Men in the Moon | 
| Frida Kahlo | 
Painter | 
6-Jul-1907 | 
13-Jul-1954 | 
Unibrowed Mexican painter | 
| Ernst Kaltenbrunner | 
Military | 
4-Oct-1903 | 
16-Oct-1946 | 
Commanded the Reich Central Security Office | 
| Ingvar Kamprad | 
Business | 
30-Mar-1926 | 
  | 
IKEA founder | 
| Arthur Kane | 
Bassist | 
3-Feb-1949 | 
13-Jul-2004 | 
Former New York Dolls bassist | 
| Alvin Karpis | 
Criminal | 
10-Aug-1907 | 
26-Aug-1979 | 
Former Public Enemy #1 | 
| Mary Karr | 
Author | 
16-Jan-1955 | 
  | 
The Liars' Club | 
| Phil Katz | 
Computer Programmer | 
3-Nov-1962 | 
14-Apr-2000 | 
Creator of PKZIP | 
| Howard Keel | 
Actor | 
13-Apr-1919 | 
7-Nov-2004 | 
Clayton Farlow on Dallas | 
| Lisa Robin Kelly | 
Actor | 
5-Mar-1970 | 
  | 
Laurie on That '70s Show | 
| Nancee Kelly | 
Pornstar | 
5-Jun-1958 | 
17-Nov-1991 | 
Wife of Jack Nance | 
| Walt Kelly | 
Cartoonist | 
25-Aug-1913 | 
18-Oct-1973 | 
Creator of Pogo | 
| William Kemmler | 
Criminal | 
9-May-1860 | 
6-Aug-1890 | 
First man executed by electric chair | 
| Charles Kennedy | 
Politician | 
25-Nov-1959 | 
  | 
Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1999-2006 | 
| Joan Kennedy | 
Relative | 
9-Sep-1936 | 
  | 
First wife of Ted Kennedy | 
| Patrick Joseph Kennedy | 
Politician | 
14-Jul-1967 | 
  | 
Congressman from Rhode Island, 1995-2011 | 
| Ted Kennedy | 
Politician | 
22-Feb-1932 | 
25-Aug-2009 | 
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 | 
| Robert Kent | 
Actor | 
3-Dec-1908 | 
4-May-1955 | 
The Phantom Creeps | 
| Stan Kenton | 
Jazz Musician | 
15-Dec-1911 | 
25-Aug-1979 | 
Jazz bandleader | 
| Jack Kerouac | 
Novelist | 
12-Mar-1922 | 
21-Oct-1969 | 
On The Road | 
| Margot Kidder | 
Actor | 
17-Oct-1948 | 
  | 
Lois Lane in Superman | 
| Richard Kiel | 
Actor | 
13-Sep-1939 | 
  | 
"Jaws" in Moonraker | 
| Gary Kildall | 
Business | 
19-May-1942 | 
11-Jul-1994 | 
Founder of Digital Research, Inc. | 
| Jaime King | 
Actor | 
23-Apr-1979 | 
  | 
White Chicks | 
| Rodney King | 
Victim | 
2-Apr-1965 | 
17-Jun-2012 | 
Subject of filmed LAPD beatdown | 
| Stephen King | 
Novelist | 
21-Sep-1947 | 
  | 
The Shining | 
| Sam Kinison | 
Comic | 
8-Dec-1953 | 
10-Apr-1992 | 
Caustic stand-up comic | 
| Thomas Kinkade | 
Painter | 
19-Jan-1958 | 
6-Apr-2012 | 
Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light" | 
| Calvin Klein | 
Fashion Designer | 
19-Nov-1942 | 
  | 
Fashion designer | 
| Chris Klein | 
Actor | 
14-Mar-1979 | 
  | 
"Oz" Ostreicher in American Pie | 
| Evel Knievel | 
Daredevil | 
17-Oct-1938 | 
30-Nov-2007 | 
Daredevil and one-time action figure | 
| Etheridge Knight | 
Poet | 
19-Apr-1931 | 
10-Mar-1991 | 
Poems from Prison | 
| Mort Kondracke | 
Columnist | 
28-Apr-1939 | 
  | 
Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin | 
| Ronnie Kray | 
Criminal | 
24-Oct-1933 | 
17-Mar-1995 | 
Kray brothers | 
| Sylvia Kristel | 
Actor | 
28-Sep-1952 | 
  | 
Emmanuelle | 
| Kris Kristofferson | 
Actor | 
22-Jun-1936 | 
  | 
Me and Bobby McGee | 
| Ray Kroc | 
Business | 
5-Oct-1902 | 
14-Jan-1984 | 
McDonald's fast food tycoon | 
| Lawrence Kudlow | 
Economist | 
20-Aug-1947 | 
  | 
Kudlow & Cramer | 
| Randy Kuhl | 
Politician | 
19-Apr-1943 | 
  | 
Congressman from New York, 2005-09 | 
| Veronica Lake | 
Actor | 
14-Nov-1922 | 
7-Jul-1973 | 
Sullivan's Travels | 
| Maurice LaMarche | 
Actor | 
30-Mar-1958 | 
  | 
Kif on Futurama | 
| Anne Lamott | 
Author | 
10-Apr-1954 | 
  | 
Operating Instructions | 
| Jani Lane | 
Singer | 
1-Feb-1964 | 
11-Aug-2011 | 
Lead singer of Warrant | 
| Nathan Lane | 
Actor | 
3-Feb-1956 | 
  | 
The Producers | 
| Artie Lange | 
Comic | 
11-Oct-1967 | 
  | 
MADtv, Howard Stern | 
| Chris Langham | 
Actor | 
14-Apr-1949 | 
  | 
The Thick of It | 
| Ring Lardner | 
Journalist | 
6-Mar-1885 | 
25-Sep-1933 | 
Gullible's Travels | 
| John Larroquette | 
Actor | 
25-Nov-1947 | 
  | 
Night Court | 
| Lash La Rue | 
Actor | 
15-Jun-1917 | 
21-May-1996 | 
B-Western star | 
| Patricia Kennedy Lawford | 
Socialite | 
6-May-1924 | 
17-Sep-2006 | 
Kennedy sister, wife of Peter Lawford | 
| John Le Mesurier | 
Actor | 
5-Apr-1912 | 
15-Nov-1983 | 
Dad's Army | 
| Fran Lebowitz | 
Author | 
27-Oct-1950 | 
  | 
Social satirist, Metropolitan Life | 
| Dixie Lee | 
Singer | 
4-Nov-1911 | 
1-Nov-1952 | 
Singer and wife of Bing Crosby | 
| Nathaniel Lee | 
Playwright | 
c. 1653 | 
6-May-1692 | 
The Rival Queens | 
| Tommy Lee | 
Drummer | 
3-Oct-1962 | 
  | 
Mötley Crüe drummer | 
| Jack Lemmon | 
Actor | 
8-Feb-1925 | 
27-Jun-2001 | 
The Odd Couple | 
| Lemmy | 
Singer | 
24-Dec-1945 | 
  | 
Bassist for Motorhead | 
| Elmore Leonard | 
Novelist | 
11-Oct-1925 | 
  | 
Crime novelist, including Swag | 
| Sugar Ray Leonard | 
Boxing | 
17-May-1956 | 
  | 
Retired six times | 
| Mark Lester | 
Actor | 
11-Jul-1958 | 
  | 
Oliver! | 
| Drew Lewis | 
Government | 
3-Nov-1931 | 
  | 
US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83 | 
| Jerry Lee Lewis | 
Musician | 
29-Sep-1935 | 
  | 
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire | 
| Juliette Lewis | 
Actor | 
21-Jun-1973 | 
  | 
Natural Born Killers | 
| Meriwether Lewis | 
Explorer | 
18-Aug-1774 | 
11-Oct-1809 | 
Lewis and Clark expedition | 
| Robert Ley | 
Military | 
15-Feb-1890 | 
25-Oct-1945 | 
Nazi union buster, slave master | 
| Patrick Lichfield | 
Photographer | 
25-Apr-1939 | 
11-Nov-2005 | 
Prominent British photographer | 
| Gordon Lightfoot | 
Musician | 
17-Nov-1938 | 
  | 
Canadian balladeer | 
| Leonard Little | 
Football | 
19-Oct-1974 | 
  | 
Rams defensive end with a drinking problem | 
| Horace Liveright | 
Publisher | 
10-Dec-1886 | 
24-Sep-1933 | 
Publisher of the Modern Library series | 
| Lindsay Lohan | 
Actor | 
2-Jul-1986 | 
  | 
Mean Girls | 
| Jack London | 
Novelist | 
12-Jan-1876 | 
22-Nov-1916 | 
Call of the Wild | 
| Russell Long | 
Politician | 
3-Nov-1918 | 
9-May-2003 | 
US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87 | 
| John Longden | 
Actor | 
11-Nov-1900 | 
26-May-1971 | 
Quatermass 2 | 
| Mike Lookinland | 
Actor | 
19-Dec-1960 | 
  | 
Bobby on The Brady Bunch | 
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes | 
Singer | 
27-May-1971 | 
25-Apr-2002 | 
Member of TLC | 
| Traci Lords | 
Pornstar | 
7-May-1968 | 
  | 
We Love You, Traci | 
| Jared Loughner | 
Assassin | 
10-Sep-1988 | 
  | 
Tucson Safeway shooter | 
| Courtney Love | 
Singer | 
9-Jul-1964 | 
  | 
Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole | 
| Ada Lovelace | 
Mathematician | 
10-Dec-1815 | 
27-Nov-1852 | 
Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine | 
| Patty Loveless | 
Country Musician | 
4-Jan-1957 | 
  | 
"New traditionalist" country singer | 
| Rob Lowe | 
Actor | 
17-Mar-1964 | 
  | 
Brat-packer, Sam on The West Wing | 
| Malcolm Lowry | 
Novelist | 
28-Jul-1909 | 
27-Jun-1957 | 
Under the Volcano | 
| Henry Lee Lucas | 
Criminal | 
23-Aug-1936 | 
12-Mar-2001 | 
Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas | 
| Bela Lugosi | 
Actor | 
20-Oct-1882 | 
16-Aug-1956 | 
Dracula | 
| Paul Lynde | 
Comic | 
13-Jun-1926 | 
10-Jan-1982 | 
Hollywood Square | 
| Amber Lynn | 
Pornstar | 
3-Sep-1963 | 
  | 
Lifestyles of the Blonde and Dirty | 
| Ginger Lynn | 
Pornstar | 
14-Dec-1962 | 
  | 
Come Hither Cum Ginger | 
| John A. Macdonald | 
Head of State | 
11-Jan-1815 | 
6-Jun-1891 | 
Canadian Prime Minister, founding father | 
| Gwendolyn MacEwen | 
Poet | 
1-Sep-1941 | 
29-Nov-1987 | 
A Breakfast for Barbarians | 
| Shane MacGowan | 
Musician | 
25-Dec-1957 | 
  | 
The Pogues | 
| Alistair MacLean | 
Novelist | 
28-Apr-1922 | 
2-Feb-1987 | 
The Guns of Navarone | 
| Gavin MacLeod | 
Actor | 
28-Feb-1931 | 
  | 
Capt. Stubing on Love Boat | 
| Louis MacNeice | 
Poet | 
12-Sep-1907 | 
3-Sep-1963 | 
Autumn Journal | 
| Gordon MacRae | 
Actor | 
12-Mar-1921 | 
24-Jan-1986 | 
Oklahoma | 
| Tobey Maguire | 
Actor | 
27-Jun-1975 | 
  | 
Spider-Man | 
| James Clarence Mangan | 
Poet | 
1-May-1803 | 
20-Jun-1849 | 
O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire | 
| Dexter Manley | 
Football | 
2-Feb-1959 | 
  | 
Redskins "Secretary of Defense" | 
| Mickey Mantle | 
Baseball | 
20-Oct-1931 | 
13-Aug-1995 | 
Twelve times in the World Series | 
| Richard Manuel | 
Musician | 
3-Apr-1943 | 
4-Mar-1986 | 
The Band | 
| Diego Maradona | 
Soccer | 
30-Oct-1960 | 
  | 
Led Argentina to 1986 World Cup Final | 
| Beryl Markham | 
Aviator | 
26-Oct-1902 | 
3-Aug-1986 | 
West with the Night | 
| William C. Marland | 
Politician | 
26-Mar-1918 | 
26-Nov-1965 | 
Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57 | 
| Mick Mars | 
Guitarist | 
3-Apr-1956 | 
  | 
Guitarist for Motley Crue | 
| James Marshall | 
Explorer | 
8-Oct-1810 | 
10-Aug-1885 | 
Discovered gold at Sutter's Mill | 
| Thomas R. Marshall | 
Politician | 
14-Mar-1854 | 
1-Jun-1925 | 
Vice President under Wilson | 
| Kiel Martin | 
Actor | 
26-Jul-1944 | 
28-Dec-1990 | 
J. D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues | 
| Kim Mathers | 
Relative | 
9-Jan-1975 | 
  | 
Eminem's two-time ex-wife | 
| Reginald Maudling | 
Politician | 
7-Mar-1917 | 
14-Feb-1979 | 
UK Home Secretary, 1970-72 | 
| Mercedes McCambridge | 
Actor | 
17-Mar-1916 | 
2-Mar-2004 | 
All the King's Men | 
| Andrew McCarthy | 
Actor | 
29-Nov-1962 | 
  | 
St. Elmo's Fire | 
| Joseph McCarthy | 
Politician | 
14-Nov-1908 | 
2-May-1957 | 
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57 | 
| Karen McCarthy | 
Politician | 
18-Mar-1947 | 
5-Oct-2010 | 
Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005 | 
| John L. McClellan | 
Politician | 
25-Feb-1896 | 
28-Nov-1977 | 
US Senator from Arkansas, 1943-77 | 
| Red McCombs | 
Business | 
19-Oct-1927 | 
  | 
Car dealer, Co-Founder of Clear Channel | 
| Norma McCorvey | 
Activist | 
22-Sep-1947 | 
  | 
Jane Roe, of Roe v. Wade | 
| Carson McCullers | 
Author | 
19-Feb-1917 | 
29-Sep-1967 | 
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter | 
| Dylan McDermott | 
Actor | 
26-Oct-1961 | 
  | 
Bobby Donnell on The Practice | 
| Country Joe McDonald | 
Musician | 
1-Jan-1942 | 
  | 
Country Joe and the Fish | 
| Malcolm McDowell | 
Actor | 
13-Jun-1943 | 
  | 
A Clockwork Orange | 
| John McGeoch | 
Musician | 
28-May-1955 | 
4-Mar-2004 | 
Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist | 
| Ewan McGregor | 
Actor | 
31-Mar-1971 | 
  | 
Trainspotting | 
| Ron McKernan | 
Musician | 
8-Sep-1945 | 
8-Mar-1973 | 
Keyboards for Grateful Dead | 
| A. J. McLean | 
Musician | 
9-Jan-1978 | 
  | 
The Backstreet Boys | 
| Ed McMahon | 
Talk Show Host | 
6-Mar-1923 | 
23-Jun-2009 | 
The Tonight Show | 
| Terry McMillan | 
Novelist | 
18-Oct-1951 | 
  | 
Waiting to Exhale | 
| Ian McShane | 
Actor | 
29-Sep-1942 | 
  | 
Lovejoy | 
| Timothy McSweeney | 
Relative | 
1943 | 
24-Jan-2010 | 
Namesake of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern | 
| John McVie | 
Bassist | 
26-Nov-1945 | 
  | 
Bassist for Fleetwood Mac | 
| Anne Meara | 
Comic | 
20-Sep-1929 | 
  | 
Stiller and Meara | 
| Verne Meisner | 
Musician | 
4-Dec-1938 | 
10-Jun-2005 | 
Wisconsin's Polka King | 
| Jo Dee Messina | 
Country Musician | 
25-Aug-1970 | 
  | 
Country singer, Stand Beside Me | 
| Grace Metalious | 
Novelist | 
8-Sep-1924 | 
25-Feb-1964 | 
Peyton Place | 
| Emmett Miller | 
Singer | 
02-Feb-1900 | 
29-Mar-1962 | 
Minstrel show yodeller | 
| Wilbur Mills | 
Politician | 
24-May-1909 | 
2-May-1992 | 
Congressman from Arkansas, 1939-77 | 
| Liza Minnelli | 
Singer | 
12-Mar-1946 | 
  | 
Cabaret | 
| Artie Mitchell | 
Film Director | 
12-Dec-1945 | 
27-Feb-1991 | 
Pornographer; shot and killed by brother Jim | 
| Robert Mitchum | 
Actor | 
6-Aug-1917 | 
1-Jul-1997 | 
Cape Fear | 
| Amedeo Modigliani | 
Sculptor | 
12-Jul-1884 | 
24-Jan-1920 | 
Cubist Italian sculptor and painter | 
| Jay Mohr | 
Comic | 
23-Aug-1970 | 
  | 
Gary Unmarried | 
| Eddie Money | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
21-Mar-1949 | 
  | 
Take Me Home Tonight | 
| Ronnie Montrose | 
Guitarist | 
29-Nov-1947 | 
3-Mar-2012 | 
Montrose and Gamma | 
| Keith Moon | 
Drummer | 
23-Aug-1946 | 
7-Sep-1978 | 
Drummer for The Who | 
| Joanna Moore | 
Actor | 
10-Nov-1934 | 
22-Nov-1997 | 
Walk on the Wild Side | 
| Mary Tyler Moore | 
Actor | 
29-Dec-1936 | 
  | 
The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 
| Helen Morgan | 
Actor | 
2-Aug-1900 | 
9-Oct-1941 | 
Show Boat | 
| Sir Henry Morgan | 
Military | 
1635 | 
25-Aug-1688 | 
Knighted pirate of the Caribbean | 
| Michael Moriarty | 
Actor | 
5-Apr-1941 | 
  | 
ADA on Law & Order | 
| Jim Morrison | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
8-Dec-1943 | 
3-Jul-1971 | 
Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors | 
| Kate Moss | 
Model | 
16-Jan-1974 | 
  | 
Extremely thin supermodel | 
| Modest Mussorgsky | 
Composer | 
9-Mar-1839 | 
16-Mar-1881 | 
Boris Godunov | 
| Dave Mustaine | 
Guitarist | 
13-Sep-1961 | 
  | 
Megadeth | 
| Joe Namath | 
Football | 
31-May-1943 | 
  | 
Football player and pantyhose wearer | 
| Jack Nance | 
Actor | 
21-Dec-1943 | 
30-Dec-1996 | 
Eraserhead | 
| Pola Negri | 
Actor | 
31-Dec-1894 | 
1-Aug-1987 | 
Sultry silent film diva | 
| Vince Neil | 
Singer | 
8-Feb-1961 | 
  | 
Mötley Crüe vocalist | 
| Eliot Ness | 
Government | 
19-Apr-1903 | 
16-May-1957 | 
Treasury Agent, The Untouchables | 
| Mike Ness | 
Musician | 
3-Apr-1962 | 
  | 
Social Distortion frontman | 
| Don Newcombe | 
Baseball | 
14-Jun-1926 | 
  | 
First African-American pitcher in MLB | 
| Gavin Newsom | 
Politician | 
10-Oct-1967 | 
  | 
Lt. Governor of California | 
| Huey Newton | 
Activist | 
17-Feb-1942 | 
22-Aug-1989 | 
Black Panther | 
| Robert Newton | 
Actor | 
1-Jun-1905 | 
25-Mar-1956 | 
Long John Silver | 
| Bob Ney | 
Politician | 
5-Jul-1954 | 
  | 
Congressman from Ohio, 1995-2006 | 
| Jack Nicholson | 
Actor | 
22-Apr-1937 | 
  | 
Chinatown | 
| Brigitte Nielsen | 
Actor | 
15-Jul-1963 | 
  | 
Red Sonja | 
| Harry Nilsson | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
15-Jun-1941 | 
15-Jan-1994 | 
Me and My Arrow | 
| Leonard Nimoy | 
Actor | 
26-Mar-1931 | 
  | 
Commander Spock on Star Trek | 
| Nick Nolte | 
Actor | 
8-Feb-1941 | 
  | 
48 Hours | 
| Charles Nordhoff | 
Novelist | 
1-Feb-1887 | 
10-Apr-1947 | 
Mutiny on the Bounty | 
| Mabel Normand | 
Actor | 
16-Nov-1892 | 
22-Feb-1930 | 
Tillie's Punctured Romance | 
| Ramon Novarro | 
Actor | 
6-Feb-1899 | 
30-Oct-1968 | 
Ben-Hur | 
| Elliott Nugent | 
Film Director | 
20-Sep-1896 | 
9-Aug-1980 | 
My Favorite Brunette | 
| Pat O'Brien | 
Journalist | 
14-Feb-1948 | 
  | 
The Insider | 
| Anita O'Day | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
18-Oct-1919 | 
23-Nov-2006 | 
Feminine master of scat | 
| Lani O'Grady | 
Actor | 
2-Oct-1954 | 
25-Sep-2001 | 
Mary Bradford on Eight Is Enough | 
| Tatum O'Neal | 
Actor | 
5-Nov-1963 | 
  | 
Paper Moon | 
| Peter O'Toole | 
Actor | 
2-Aug-1932 | 
  | 
Lawrence of Arabia | 
| Titus Oates | 
Criminal | 
15-Sep-1649 | 
12-Jul-1705 | 
Popish Plot | 
| Barack Obama, Sr. | 
Relative | 
18-Jun-1936 | 
24-Nov-1982 | 
Father of President Barack Obama | 
| Warner Oland | 
Actor | 
3-Oct-1879 | 
6-Aug-1938 | 
Charlie Chan | 
| Gary Oldman | 
Actor | 
21-Mar-1958 | 
  | 
Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy | 
| Clifford Olson | 
Criminal | 
1-Jan-1940 | 
30-Sep-2011 | 
Killed 11 youths in British Columbia | 
| Jack Osbourne | 
Relative | 
8-Nov-1985 | 
  | 
Son of Ozzy Osbourne | 
| Ozzy Osbourne | 
Singer | 
3-Dec-1948 | 
  | 
Black Sabbath | 
| Richard F. Outcault | 
Cartoonist | 
14-Jan-1863 | 
25-Sep-1928 | 
Yellow Kid | 
| Al Pacino | 
Actor | 
25-Apr-1940 | 
  | 
Michael Corleone in The Godfather | 
| Bob Packwood | 
Politician | 
11-Sep-1932 | 
  | 
Oregon Senator, sexual harrasser | 
| Jose Padilla | 
Terrorist | 
18-Oct-1970 | 
  | 
Alleged Terrorist | 
| Carl Panzram | 
Criminal | 
28-Jun-1891 | 
5-Sep-1930 | 
Relentless sociopath, serial killer | 
| Bernie Parent | 
Hockey | 
3-Apr-1945 | 
  | 
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer | 
| Charlie Parker | 
Jazz Musician | 
29-Aug-1920 | 
12-Mar-1955 | 
Be-bop jazz musician | 
| Dorothy Parker | 
Author | 
22-Aug-1893 | 
7-Jun-1967 | 
Constant Reader known for acerbic quips | 
| Harry Partch | 
Composer | 
24-Jun-1901 | 
3-Sep-1974 | 
Hobo composer, built his own instruments | 
| Jaco Pastorius | 
Jazz Musician | 
1-Dec-1951 | 
21-Sep-1987 | 
Bassist for Weather Report | 
| Butch Patrick | 
Actor | 
2-Aug-1953 | 
  | 
Eddie on The Munsters | 
| Cissy Patterson | 
Business | 
7-Nov-1881 | 
24-Jul-1948 | 
First female newspaper publisher | 
| Joseph Medill Patterson | 
Business | 
6-Jan-1879 | 
26-May-1946 | 
Founder of New York Daily News | 
| Wolfgang Pauli | 
Physicist | 
25-Apr-1900 | 
15-Dec-1958 | 
Pauli Exclusion Principle | 
| Johnny Paycheck | 
Country Musician | 
31-May-1938 | 
18-Feb-2003 | 
Take This Job and Shove It | 
| Barbara Payton | 
Actor | 
16-Nov-1927 | 
8-May-1967 | 
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | 
| Sam Peckinpah | 
Film Director | 
21-Feb-1925 | 
28-Dec-1984 | 
Breakthrough director of ultraviolent film | 
| Chris Penn | 
Actor | 
10-Oct-1965 | 
24-Jan-2006 | 
Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs | 
| George Peppard | 
Actor | 
1-Oct-1928 | 
8-May-1994 | 
The A Team | 
| Art Pepper | 
Jazz Musician | 
1-Sep-1925 | 
15-Jun-1982 | 
Alto saxophonist | 
| Carl Perkins | 
Jazz Musician | 
9-Apr-1932 | 
19-Jan-1998 | 
Blue Suede Shoes | 
| Joe Perry | 
Guitarist | 
10-Sep-1950 | 
  | 
Lead guitarist for Aerosmith | 
| Matthew Perry | 
Actor | 
19-Aug-1969 | 
  | 
Chandler on Friends | 
| Oscar Pettiford | 
Jazz Musician | 
30-Sep-1922 | 
8-Sep-1960 | 
Jazz double bassist | 
| Kim Philby | 
Spy | 
1-Jan-1912 | 
11-May-1988 | 
One of the Cambridge Five in MI6 | 
| John Phillips | 
Musician | 
30-Aug-1935 | 
18-Mar-2001 | 
The Mamas and the Papas | 
| Mackenzie Phillips | 
Actor | 
10-Nov-1959 | 
  | 
Julie on One Day at a Time | 
| Joaquin Phoenix | 
Actor | 
28-Oct-1974 | 
  | 
Gladiator | 
| Edith Piaf | 
Singer | 
19-Dec-1915 | 
11-Oct-1963 | 
Internationally-renowned French chanteuse | 
| Wilson Pickett | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
18-Mar-1941 | 
19-Jan-2006 | 
In the Midnight Hour | 
| Franklin Pierce | 
Head of State | 
23-Nov-1804 | 
8-Oct-1869 | 
14th President of the U.S. | 
| James Pike | 
Religion | 
14-Feb-1913 | 
Sep-1969 | 
5th Episcopal Bishop of California | 
| Rob Pilatus | 
Dancer | 
8-Jun-1965 | 
2-Apr-1998 | 
Troubled half of Milli Vanilli | 
| Pink | 
Singer | 
8-Sep-1979 | 
  | 
Can't Take Me Home | 
| William Pitt the Younger | 
Head of State | 
28-May-1759 | 
23-Jan-1806 | 
UK Prime Minister | 
| Christopher Plummer | 
Actor | 
13-Dec-1929 | 
  | 
A Beautiful Mind | 
| Edgar Allan Poe | 
Author | 
19-Jan-1809 | 
7-Oct-1849 | 
The Raven | 
| Tony Poe | 
Military | 
18-Sep-1924 | 
27-Jul-2003 | 
CIA ear collection operative in Southeast Asia | 
| June Pointer | 
Musician | 
30-Nov-1953 | 
11-Apr-2006 | 
The Pointer Sisters | 
| Ruth Pointer | 
Musician | 
19-Mar-1946 | 
  | 
The Pointer Sisters | 
| Jackson Pollock | 
Painter | 
28-Jan-1912 | 
11-Aug-1956 | 
Abstract expressionist | 
| Iggy Pop | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
21-Apr-1947 | 
  | 
Iggy and the Stooges | 
| Cole Porter | 
Composer | 
9-Jun-1891 | 
15-Oct-1964 | 
I've Got You Under My Skin | 
| Paula Poundstone | 
Comic | 
29-Dec-1959 | 
  | 
Asexual comic | 
| Bud Powell | 
Pianist | 
27-Sep-1924 | 
31-Jul-1966 | 
Seminal bop pianist and composer | 
| Billy Preston | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
9-Sep-1946 | 
6-Jun-2006 | 
You Are So Beautiful | 
| Charley Pride | 
Country Musician | 
18-Mar-1938 | 
  | 
First black country music star | 
| Jason Priestley | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1969 | 
  | 
Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210 | 
| Bob Probert | 
Hockey | 
5-Jun-1965 | 
5-Jul-2010 | 
Red Wings and Blackhawks bad boy | 
| Daniel Radcliffe | 
Actor | 
23-Jul-1989 | 
  | 
Harry Potter | 
| Charlotte Rae | 
Actor | 
22-Apr-1926 | 
  | 
Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life | 
| Rags Ragland | 
Actor | 
23-Aug-1905 | 
20-Aug-1946 | 
Panama Hattie | 
| Bonnie Raitt | 
Singer | 
8-Nov-1949 | 
  | 
Redhaired blueswoman | 
| Jim Ramstad | 
Politician | 
6-May-1946 | 
  | 
Congressman from Minnesota, 1991-2009 | 
| Holly Randall | 
Photographer | 
5-Sep-1978 | 
  | 
Porn photographer/director | 
| Martha Raye | 
Actor | 
27-Aug-1916 | 
19-Oct-1994 | 
Monsieur Verdoux | 
| Jimmy Reed | 
Singer | 
6-Sep-1925 | 
29-Aug-1976 | 
Blues singer/guitarist, Big Boss Man | 
| Oliver Reed | 
Actor | 
13-Feb-1938 | 
2-May-1999 | 
Lion of the Desert | 
| Harry Reems | 
Pornstar | 
27-Aug-1947 | 
  | 
Deep Throat | 
| John Reid | 
Politician | 
8-May-1947 | 
  | 
British MP, Airdrie and Shotts | 
| Wallace Reid | 
Actor | 
15-Apr-1891 | 
18-Jan-1923 | 
Silent film actor and director | 
| Lee Remick | 
Actor | 
14-Dec-1935 | 
2-Jul-1991 | 
Days of Wine and Roses | 
| Brad Renfro | 
Actor | 
25-Jul-1982 | 
15-Jan-2008 | 
The Client | 
| Trent Reznor | 
Electronic Musician | 
17-May-1965 | 
  | 
Nine Inch Nails | 
| Jean Rhys | 
Novelist | 
24-Aug-1890 | 
14-May-1979 | 
Wide Sargasso Sea | 
| Jonathan Rhys-Meyers | 
Actor | 
27-Jul-1977 | 
  | 
Velvet Goldmine | 
| Anne Rice | 
Novelist | 
4-Oct-1941 | 
  | 
Vampire novelist | 
| Adam Rich | 
Actor | 
12-Oct-1968 | 
  | 
Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough | 
| Little Richard | 
Musician | 
5-Dec-1932 | 
  | 
Tutti Frutti | 
| Ann Richards | 
Politician | 
1-Sep-1933 | 
13-Sep-2006 | 
Governor of Texas, 1991-95 | 
| Keith Richards | 
Guitarist | 
18-Dec-1943 | 
  | 
The Rolling Stones | 
| Kim Richards | 
Actor | 
19-Sep-1964 | 
  | 
Escape to Witch Mountain | 
| Johnny Ringo | 
Criminal | 
3-May-1850 | 
13-Jul-1882 | 
Old West gunslinger | 
| Malachi Ritscher | 
Jazz Musician | 
13-Jan-1954 | 
3-Nov-2006 | 
Musician who self immolated for peace | 
| Jason Robards | 
Actor | 
26-Jul-1922 | 
26-Dec-2000 | 
All The President's Men | 
| Barret Robbins | 
Football | 
26-Aug-1973 | 
  | 
Superbowl XXXVII no-show | 
| Edward G. Robinson, Jr. | 
Relative | 
19-Mar-1933 | 
26-Feb-1974 | 
Edward G. Robinson's troubled son | 
| Jack Roche | 
Terrorist | 
31-Oct-1953 | 
  | 
al Qaeda's man in Australia | 
| Sabato Rodia | 
Artist | 
12-Feb-1879 | 
19-Jul-1965 | 
Watts Towers | 
| Michelle Rodriguez | 
Actor | 
12-Jul-1978 | 
  | 
Girlfight, Resident Evil | 
| Karl F. Rolvaag | 
Politician | 
18-Jul-1913 | 
20-Dec-1990 | 
Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67 | 
| Archie Roosevelt | 
Relative | 
9-Apr-1894 | 
13-Oct-1979 | 
Conservative leader against New Deal | 
| Kermit Roosevelt | 
Relative | 
10-Oct-1889 | 
4-Jun-1943 | 
Theodore Roosevelt's son | 
| Lillian Roth | 
Actor | 
13-Dec-1910 | 
12-May-1980 | 
I'll Cry Tomorrow | 
| Mark Rothko | 
Painter | 
25-Sep-1903 | 
25-Feb-1970 | 
Painter of fuzzy rectangles | 
| Phil Rudd | 
Drummer | 
19-May-1954 | 
  | 
Drummer for AC/DC | 
| Gail Russell | 
Actor | 
21-Sep-1924 | 
26-Aug-1961 | 
Angel and the Badman | 
| Jane Russell | 
Actor | 
21-Jun-1921 | 
28-Feb-2011 | 
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes | 
| Pee Wee Russell | 
Jazz Musician | 
27-Mar-1906 | 
15-Feb-1969 | 
Jazz clarinet virtuoso | 
| Babe Ruth | 
Baseball | 
6-Feb-1895 | 
16-Aug-1948 | 
The Bambino | 
| Winona Ryder | 
Actor | 
29-Oct-1971 | 
  | 
Edward Scissorhands | 
| Katey Sagal | 
Actor | 
19-Jan-1954 | 
  | 
Peg Bundy on Married With Children | 
| Yves Saint Laurent | 
Fashion Designer | 
1-Aug-1936 | 
1-Jun-2008 | 
Christian Dior protege | 
| Savannah | 
Pornstar | 
9-Oct-1970 | 
11-Jul-1994 | 
Saturday Night Beaver | 
| Jessica Savitch | 
Journalist | 
1-Feb-1947 | 
24-Oct-1983 | 
Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post | 
| Terry Sawchuk | 
Hockey | 
28-Dec-1929 | 
31-May-1970 | 
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer | 
| Richard Scaife | 
Activist | 
3-Jul-1932 | 
  | 
The Republican George Soros | 
| Gia Scala | 
Actor | 
3-Mar-1934 | 
30-Apr-1972 | 
The Guns of Navarone | 
| Oskar Schindler | 
Activist | 
28-Apr-1908 | 
9-Oct-1974 | 
Saved over 1000 from Nazis | 
| Romy Schneider | 
Actor | 
23-Sep-1938 | 
29-May-1982 | 
La Passante du Sans-Souci | 
| Joel Schumacher | 
Film Director | 
29-Aug-1939 | 
  | 
The Lost Boys | 
| Bon Scott | 
Musician | 
9-Jul-1946 | 
19-Feb-1980 | 
Lead Singer for AC/DC | 
| Debralee Scott | 
Actor | 
2-Apr-1953 | 
5-Apr-2005 | 
Feathered hair in Police Academy | 
| Paul Scott | 
Novelist | 
25-Mar-1920 | 
1-Mar-1978 | 
The Jewel in the Crown | 
| Willard Scott | 
TV Personality | 
7-Mar-1934 | 
  | 
Today Show weatherman | 
| E. W. Scripps | 
Publisher | 
18-Jun-1854 | 
12-Mar-1926 | 
Founder of UPI | 
| William Seabrook | 
Author | 
22-Feb-1886 | 
20-Sep-1945 | 
Thoroughly sodden traveling author | 
| Selim II | 
Royalty | 
28-May-1524 | 
15-Dec-1574 | 
Ottoman Sultan, 1566-74 | 
| Wilfrid Sellars | 
Philosopher | 
20-May-1912 | 
2-Jul-1989 | 
Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind | 
| Del Shannon | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
30-Dec-1934 | 
8-Feb-1990 | 
1960s songwriter, Runaway | 
| Ray Sharkey | 
Actor | 
14-Nov-1952 | 
11-Jun-1993 | 
Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy | 
| Nerine Shatner | 
Relative | 
c. 1959 | 
9-Aug-1999 | 
William Shatner's drowned wife | 
| Wilfrid Sheed | 
Author | 
27-Dec-1930 | 
19-Jan-2011 | 
Office Politics | 
| Charlie Sheen | 
Actor | 
3-Sep-1965 | 
  | 
The prodigal Sheen | 
| Richard Brinsley Sheridan | 
Playwright | 
30-Oct-1751 | 
7-Jul-1816 | 
The School for Scandal | 
| Michelle Shocked | 
Musician | 
24-Feb-1962 | 
  | 
Short Sharp Shocked | 
| Frans Eemil Sillanpää | 
Author | 
16-Sep-1888 | 
3-Jun-1964 | 
The Loveliness and Wretchedness of Human Life | 
| Jean Simmons | 
Actor | 
31-Jan-1929 | 
22-Jan-2010 | 
Guys and Dolls | 
| Joan Sims | 
Actor | 
9-May-1930 | 
28-Jun-2001 | 
Carry On... | 
| Michael Skakel | 
Criminal | 
19-Sep-1960 | 
  | 
Convicted of murdering Martha Moxley | 
| Slash | 
Guitarist | 
23-Jul-1965 | 
  | 
Former lead guitarist, Guns n' Roses | 
| Christian Slater | 
Actor | 
18-Aug-1969 | 
  | 
Kuffs, True Romance | 
| Grace Slick | 
Singer | 
30-Oct-1939 | 
  | 
Jefferson Airplane and Starship | 
| Elliott Smith | 
Guitarist | 
6-Aug-1969 | 
21-Oct-2003 | 
Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death | 
| Mark E. Smith | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
5-Mar-1957 | 
  | 
The Fall | 
| Dick Smothers | 
Comic | 
20-Nov-1939 | 
  | 
A Smothers Brother | 
| Richard Sorge | 
Spy | 
4-Oct-1895 | 
7-Nov-1944 | 
Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa | 
| David Soul | 
Actor | 
28-Aug-1943 | 
  | 
Hutch on Starsky and Hutch | 
| Richard Speck | 
Criminal | 
6-Dec-1941 | 
5-Dec-1991 | 
Killed eight student nurses | 
| Phil Spector | 
Music Producer | 
26-Dec-1940 | 
  | 
Creator of the Wall of Sound | 
| Ronnie Spector | 
Singer | 
10-Aug-1943 | 
  | 
Be her baby | 
| Georgina Spelvin | 
Pornstar | 
3-Jan-1936 | 
  | 
Devil in Miss Jones | 
| Skip Spence | 
Musician | 
18-Apr-1946 | 
16-Apr-1999 | 
Moby Grape guitarist, Oar | 
| John Spencer | 
Actor | 
20-Dec-1946 | 
16-Dec-2005 | 
Leo McGarry on The West Wing | 
| Joe Spinell | 
Actor | 
28-Oct-1936 | 
13-Jan-1989 | 
Frank Zito in Maniac | 
| Dusty Springfield | 
Singer | 
16-Apr-1939 | 
2-Mar-1999 | 
Son of a Preacher Man | 
| Jean Stafford | 
Novelist | 
1-Jul-1915 | 
26-Mar-1979 | 
The Catherine Wheel | 
| A. Jack Stanley | 
Business | 
c. 1943 | 
  | 
CEO of Kellogg, Brown & Root, 1998-2001 | 
| Kim Stanley | 
Actor | 
11-Feb-1925 | 
20-Aug-2001 | 
Seance on a Wet Afternoon | 
| Maureen Stapleton | 
Actor | 
21-Jun-1925 | 
13-Mar-2006 | 
Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman | 
| Scott Stapp | 
Musician | 
8-Aug-1973 | 
  | 
Singer for Creed | 
| Marylin Star | 
Pornstar | 
12-Apr-1969 | 
  | 
Ex-Pornstar, insider trader | 
| Ringo Starr | 
Drummer | 
7-Jul-1940 | 
  | 
Beatle | 
| Jack Starrett | 
Film Director | 
2-Nov-1936 | 
27-Mar-1989 | 
Cleopatra Jones | 
| Peter Steele | 
Musician | 
4-Jan-1962 | 
14-Apr-2010 | 
Frontman for Type O Negative | 
| Karrine Steffans | 
Model | 
24-Aug-1978 | 
  | 
Confessions of a Video Vixen | 
| Kaye Stevens | 
Singer | 
21-Jul-1932 | 
28-Dec-2011 | 
Ruckus at the Riviera | 
| Oliver Stone | 
Film Director | 
15-Sep-1946 | 
  | 
JFK | 
| Gale Storm | 
Actor | 
5-Apr-1922 | 
27-Jun-2009 | 
The Gale Storm Show | 
| Darryl Strawberry | 
Baseball | 
12-Mar-1962 | 
  | 
Troubled former baseball player | 
| Billy Strayhorn | 
Composer | 
29-Nov-1915 | 
31-May-1967 | 
Take the A Train | 
| John Sullivan | 
Politician | 
1-Jan-1965 | 
  | 
Congressman, Oklahoma 1st | 
| Pat Summerall | 
Sports Journalist | 
10-May-1930 | 
  | 
Sportscaster | 
| Kiefer Sutherland | 
Actor | 
21-Dec-1966 | 
  | 
24 | 
| Dudley Sutton | 
Actor | 
6-Apr-1933 | 
  | 
Tinker Dill on Lovejoy | 
| Eddie Sutton | 
Basketball | 
12-Mar-1936 | 
  | 
OSU Head Coach, 1990-2006 | 
| Kristy Swanson | 
Actor | 
19-Dec-1969 | 
  | 
Original Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 
| Patrick Swayze | 
Actor | 
18-Aug-1952 | 
14-Sep-2009 | 
Dirty Dancing | 
| Algernon Charles Swinburne | 
Poet | 
5-Apr-1837 | 
10-Apr-1909 | 
Masochist Victorian poet | 
| John Sylvester | 
Radio Personality | 
1961 | 
  | 
Shock jock | 
| Herman Talmadge | 
Politician | 
9-Aug-1913 | 
21-Mar-2002 | 
Senator and Governor from Georgia | 
| Alfred Tarski | 
Mathematician | 
14-Jan-1902 | 
26-Oct-1983 | 
Tarski's indefinability theorem | 
| Elizabeth Taylor | 
Actor | 
27-Feb-1932 | 
23-Mar-2011 | 
Cleopatra | 
| Mick Taylor | 
Guitarist | 
17-Jan-1948 | 
  | 
Ex-Guitarist for the Rolling Stones | 
| Jack Teagarden | 
Jazz Musician | 
20-Aug-1905 | 
15-Jan-1964 | 
Virtuoso trombonist and jazz bandleader | 
| John Thaw | 
Actor | 
3-Jan-1942 | 
21-Feb-2002 | 
Inspector Morse | 
| Dylan Thomas | 
Poet | 
27-Oct-1914 | 
9-Nov-1953 | 
Most influential Welsh poet | 
| Thurman Thomas | 
Football | 
16-May-1966 | 
  | 
Buffalo Bills, Hall of Famer | 
| Hugh Thompson | 
Military | 
15-Apr-1943 | 
6-Jan-2006 | 
Stopped the My Lai massacre | 
| Jim Thompson | 
Novelist | 
27-Sep-1906 | 
7-Apr-1977 | 
Heed the Thunder | 
| James Thornton | 
Songwriter | 
5-Dec-1861 | 
27-Jul-1938 | 
When You Were Sweet Sixteen | 
| Wallace Thurman | 
Author | 
16-Aug-1902 | 
22-Dec-1934 | 
The Blacker the Berry | 
| Lawrence Tierney | 
Actor | 
15-Mar-1919 | 
26-Feb-2002 | 
Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs | 
| Leo Tolstoy | 
Author | 
9-Sep-1828 | 
20-Nov-1910 | 
Russian novelist | 
| Peter Tork | 
Musician | 
13-Feb-1942 | 
  | 
Guitar and vocals for The Monkees | 
| Rip Torn | 
Actor | 
6-Feb-1931 | 
  | 
Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show | 
| Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | 
Painter | 
24-Nov-1864 | 
9-Sep-1901 | 
Dwarfish painter of France's Moulin Rouge | 
| John Tower | 
Politician | 
25-Sep-1925 | 
5-Apr-1991 | 
US Senator from Texas, 1961-85 | 
| Spencer Tracy | 
Actor | 
5-Apr-1900 | 
10-Jun-1967 | 
Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars | 
| Daniel J. Travanti | 
Actor | 
7-Mar-1940 | 
  | 
Hill Street Blues | 
| Merle Travis | 
Country Musician | 
29-Nov-1917 | 
20-Oct-1983 | 
Influential fingerpicking country guitarist | 
| Timothy Treadwell | 
Naturalist | 
29-Apr-1957 | 
5-Oct-2003 | 
Consumed by bears | 
| Danny Trejo | 
Actor | 
16-May-1944 | 
  | 
Ex-con turned character actor | 
| Verne Troyer | 
Actor | 
1-Jan-1969 | 
  | 
Mini-Me | 
| Karla Faye Tucker | 
Criminal | 
18-Nov-1959 | 
3-Feb-1998 | 
First woman executed in Texas since 1863 | 
| Tanya Tucker | 
Country Musician | 
10-Oct-1958 | 
  | 
Country music singer | 
| Sonny Tufts | 
Actor | 
16-Jul-1911 | 
4-Jun-1970 | 
Cat-Women of the Moon | 
| Kathleen Turner | 
Actor | 
19-Jun-1954 | 
  | 
Romancing the Stone | 
| Steven Tyler | 
Singer | 
26-Mar-1948 | 
  | 
Frontman for Aerosmith | 
| Kenneth Tynan | 
Critic | 
2-Apr-1927 | 
26-Jul-1980 | 
British theatre critic | 
| John H. Tyson | 
Business | 
5-Sep-1953 | 
  | 
Chairman, Tyson Foods | 
| Al Unser, Jr. | 
Auto Racing | 
19-Apr-1962 | 
  | 
Two-time Indy 500 winner | 
| Keith Urban | 
Country Musician | 
26-Oct-1967 | 
  | 
Country crooner | 
| Jean-Claude Van Damme | 
Actor | 
18-Oct-1960 | 
  | 
Timecop | 
| Dick Van Dyke | 
Actor | 
13-Dec-1925 | 
  | 
The Dick Van Dyke Show | 
| Eddie Van Halen | 
Guitarist | 
26-Jan-1955 | 
  | 
Guitarist for Van Halen | 
| Townes Van Zandt | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
7-Mar-1944 | 
1-Jan-1997 | 
For the Sake of the Song | 
| Chavela Vargas | 
Singer | 
17-Apr-1919 | 
5-Aug-2012 | 
Ranchera singer | 
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | 
Guitarist | 
3-Oct-1954 | 
27-Aug-1990 | 
Blues guitarist | 
| Sid Vicious | 
Bassist | 
10-May-1957 | 
2-Feb-1979 | 
Sex Pistols bassist | 
| Hervé Villechaize | 
Actor | 
23-Apr-1943 | 
4-Sep-1993 | 
Boss, the plane! The plane! | 
| Jacques Villeret | 
Actor | 
6-Feb-1951 | 
28-Jan-2005 | 
The Dinner Game | 
| Gene Vincent | 
Musician | 
11-Feb-1935 | 
12-Oct-1971 | 
Be-Bop-A-Lula | 
| Jan-Michael Vincent | 
Actor | 
15-Jul-1944 | 
  | 
Airwolf | 
| Kurt Vonnegut | 
Novelist | 
11-Nov-1922 | 
11-Apr-2007 | 
Slaughterhouse Five | 
| Bill W. | 
Activist | 
26-Nov-1895 | 
24-Jan-1971 | 
Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder | 
| Tom Waits | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
7-Dec-1949 | 
  | 
Heartattack and Vine | 
| Rick Wakeman | 
Pianist | 
18-May-1949 | 
  | 
Keyboards, Yes | 
| Jess Walton | 
Actor | 
18-Feb-1949 | 
  | 
The Young and the Restless | 
| Zach Wamp | 
Politician | 
28-Oct-1957 | 
  | 
Congressman from Tennessee, 1995-2011 | 
| Bill Ward | 
Drummer | 
5-May-1948 | 
  | 
Drummer for Black Sabbath | 
| Dinah Washington | 
Singer | 
29-Aug-1924 | 
14-Dec-1963 | 
Queen of the Blues | 
| Alan Watts | 
Philosopher | 
6-Jan-1915 | 
16-Nov-1973 | 
Zen beat counterculture sage | 
| Evelyn Waugh | 
Novelist | 
28-Oct-1903 | 
10-Apr-1966 | 
Brideshead Revisited | 
| Gerard Way | 
Musician | 
9-Apr-1977 | 
  | 
My Chemical Romance | 
| Doodles Weaver | 
Radio Personality | 
11-May-1911 | 
17-Jan-1983 | 
Professor Feetlebaum | 
| Scott Weiland | 
Singer | 
27-Oct-1967 | 
  | 
Frontman, Stone Temple Pilots | 
| Denise Welch | 
Actor | 
22-May-1958 | 
  | 
British TV soap actress | 
| Tuesday Weld | 
Actor | 
27-Aug-1943 | 
  | 
Looking for Mr. Goodbar | 
| Oskar Werner | 
Actor | 
13-Nov-1922 | 
23-Oct-1984 | 
Jules et Jim | 
| Billy West | 
Actor | 
16-Apr-1952 | 
  | 
Futurama voices, Ren and Stimpy | 
| Paul Westerberg | 
Musician | 
31-Dec-1960 | 
  | 
The Replacements | 
| Pearl White | 
Actor | 
4-Mar-1889 | 
4-Aug-1938 | 
Heroine of silent serial films | 
| Keith Whitley | 
Country Musician | 
1-Jul-1955 | 
9-May-1989 | 
Don't Close Your Eyes | 
| Grace Lee Whitney | 
Actor | 
1-Apr-1930 | 
  | 
Yeoman Rand on Star Trek | 
| Jack Whittaker | 
unspecified | 
c. 1947 | 
  | 
Powerball winner, $111,681,349 after taxes | 
| Jeffrey Wigand | 
Scientist | 
17-Dec-1942 | 
  | 
Tobacco industry whistleblower | 
| Robert Wilcox | 
Actor | 
19-May-1910 | 
11-Jun-1955 | 
The Man They Could Not Hang | 
| Jack Wild | 
Actor | 
30-Sep-1952 | 
1-Mar-2006 | 
Oliver! | 
| Hank Williams, Jr. | 
Country Musician | 
26-May-1949 | 
  | 
Monday Night Football theme | 
| Hank Williams, Sr. | 
Country Musician | 
17-Sep-1923 | 
1-Jan-1953 | 
Take These Chains From My Heart | 
| Jayson Williams | 
Basketball | 
22-Feb-1968 | 
  | 
Retired and imprisoned NBA player | 
| Paul Williams | 
Singer/Songwriter | 
19-Sep-1940 | 
  | 
Just an Old Fashioned Love Song | 
| Paul Williams | 
Singer | 
2-Jul-1939 | 
17-Aug-1973 | 
The Temptations | 
| Pete Williams | 
Politician | 
10-Dec-1919 | 
17-Nov-2001 | 
US Senator snagged in ABSCAM | 
| Robbie Williams | 
Singer | 
13-Feb-1974 | 
  | 
Former member of Take That | 
| Robin Williams | 
Comic | 
21-Jul-1952 | 
  | 
Mork from Ork | 
| John Wilmot | 
Poet | 
1-Apr-1647 | 
26-Jul-1680 | 
Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery | 
| Carnie Wilson | 
Singer | 
29-Apr-1968 | 
  | 
Wilson Phillips | 
| Charlie Wilson | 
Singer | 
29-Jan-1953 | 
  | 
R&B singer, The Gap Band | 
| Charlie Wilson | 
Politician | 
1-Jun-1933 | 
10-Feb-2010 | 
Congressman from Texas, 1973-96 | 
| Dennis Wilson | 
Musician | 
4-Dec-1944 | 
28-Dec-1983 | 
Founding member, The Beach Boys | 
| Hack Wilson | 
Baseball | 
26-Apr-1900 | 
23-Nov-1948 | 
Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930 | 
| Amy Winehouse | 
Singer | 
14-Sep-1983 | 
23-Jul-2011 | 
Rehab | 
| Jonathan Winters | 
Comic | 
11-Nov-1925 | 
  | 
Mearth, son of Mork | 
| Jah Wobble | 
Musician | 
1958 | 
  | 
PiL co-founder, World music innovator | 
| Ed Wood | 
Film Director | 
10-Oct-1924 | 
10-Dec-1978 | 
Plan 9 From Outer Space | 
| Ron Wood | 
Guitarist | 
1-Jun-1947 | 
  | 
Guitarist for The Rolling Stones | 
| Jim Woodring | 
Cartoonist | 
11-Oct-1952 | 
  | 
Frank | 
| Cornell Woolrich | 
Novelist | 
4-Dec-1903 | 
25-Sep-1968 | 
The Bride Wore Black | 
| Max Wright | 
Actor | 
2-Aug-1943 | 
  | 
The dad on ALF | 
| Aileen Wuornos | 
Criminal | 
29-Feb-1956 | 
9-Oct-2002 | 
Notorious serial killer | 
| Richard Yates | 
Novelist | 
3-Feb-1926 | 
7-Nov-1992 | 
Revolutionary Road | 
| Boris Yeltsin | 
Head of State | 
1-Feb-1931 | 
23-Apr-2007 | 
First president of post-Soviet Russia | 
| Faron Young | 
Musician | 
25-Feb-1932 | 
10-Dec-1996 | 
The Hillbilly Heartthrob | 
| Lester Young | 
Jazz Musician | 
27-Aug-1909 | 
15-Mar-1959 | 
Jazz tenor saxophoneist | 
| Malcolm Young | 
Guitarist | 
6-Jan-1953 | 
  | 
Rhythm guitar for AC/DC | 
| Robert Young | 
Actor | 
22-Feb-1907 | 
21-Jul-1998 | 
Marcus Welby, M.D. | 
| Sean Young | 
Actor | 
20-Nov-1959 | 
  | 
Replicant in Blade Runner | 
| Warren Zevon | 
Musician | 
24-Jan-1947 | 
7-Sep-2003 | 
Werewolves of London | 
| George Zimmer | 
Business | 
21-Nov-1948 | 
  | 
Founder and CEO of Men's Wearhouse | 
| Marion Zioncheck | 
Politician | 
5-Dec-1901 | 
7-Aug-1936 | 
Congressman, committed suicide |