| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ansel Adams |
Photographer |
20-Feb-1902 |
22-Apr-1984 |
Yosemite photographer |
| John Adams |
Composer |
15-Feb-1947 |
|
Nixon in China |
| John Adams |
Head of State |
30-Oct-1735 |
4-Jul-1826 |
2nd President of the U.S. |
| Louisa Adams |
First Lady |
12-Feb-1775 |
15-May-1852 |
Wife of US President John Quincy Adams |
| Ryan Adams |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Nov-1974 |
|
Heartbreaker |
| Stuart Adamson |
Musician |
11-Apr-1958 |
16-Dec-2001 |
Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country |
| George A. Akerlof |
Economist |
17-Jun-1940 |
|
Asymmetric markets |
| Birdman of Alcatraz |
Criminal |
28-Jan-1890 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Subject of Burt Lancaster movie |
| Alan Alda |
Actor |
28-Jan-1936 |
|
Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H |
| Wayne Allard |
Politician |
2-Dec-1943 |
|
US Senator from Colorado, 1997-2009 |
| Peter André |
Singer |
27-Feb-1973 |
|
British/Cypriot singer |
| Laura Antonelli |
Actor |
28-Nov-1941 |
|
The Divine Nymph |
| Diane Arbus |
Photographer |
14-Mar-1923 |
26-Jul-1971 |
Influential photographer |
| Benedict Arnold |
Military |
14-Jan-1741 |
14-Jun-1801 |
Betrayed colonists to British |
| Malcolm Arnold |
Composer |
21-Oct-1921 |
23-Sep-2006 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
| Klas Pontus Arnoldson |
Journalist |
27-Oct-1844 |
20-Feb-1916 |
Helped to cleave Norway and Sweden |
| Antonin Artaud |
Playwright |
4-Sep-1896 |
4-Mar-1948 |
Theater of Cruelty |
| Lee Atwater |
Politician |
27-Feb-1951 |
29-Mar-1991 |
RNC Chairman, 1988-90 |
| Parveen Babi |
Actor |
4-Apr-1955 |
20-Jan-2005 |
Sophisticated Seventies Bollywood Babe |
| Tai Babilonia |
Figure Skating |
9-Sep-1959 |
|
Five-time US pairs figure skating champion |
| Alec Baldwin |
Actor |
3-Apr-1958 |
|
A Baldwin Brother |
| Florence Ballard |
Singer |
30-Jun-1943 |
22-Feb-1976 |
The Supremes |
| Honoré de Balzac |
Novelist |
20-May-1799 |
18-Aug-1850 |
Comédie Humaine |
| Brigitte Bardot |
Actor |
28-Sep-1934 |
|
Voulez-vous danser avec moi? |
| Bob Barker |
Game Show Host |
12-Dec-1923 |
|
The Price Is Right |
| Roseanne Barr |
Actor |
3-Nov-1952 |
|
Roseanne |
| Drew Barrymore |
Actor |
22-Feb-1975 |
|
E.T., The Wedding Singer |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Painter |
22-Dec-1960 |
12-Aug-1988 |
NYC graffiti artist |
| Georges Bataille |
Philosopher |
10-Sep-1897 |
8-Jul-1962 |
Histoire de l'oeil |
| Barbara Bates |
Actor |
6-Aug-1925 |
18-Mar-1969 |
Phoebe in All About Eve |
| Mary Flora Bell |
Criminal |
1957 |
|
Killed two boys as a 10-year-old |
| Melvin Belli |
Attorney |
29-Jul-1907 |
9-Jul-1996 |
The King of Torts |
| Maurice Benard |
Actor |
1-Mar-1963 |
|
General Hospital |
| Brenda Benet |
Actor |
14-Aug-1945 |
7-Apr-1982 |
Days of Our Lives |
| Pierre Bérégovoy |
Head of State |
23-Dec-1925 |
1-May-1993 |
Prime Minister of France, 1992-93 |
| Alan Berg |
Radio Personality |
Jan-1934 |
18-Jun-1984 |
Murdered radio host |
| Mary Kay Bergman |
Actor |
5-Jun-1961 |
11-Nov-1999 |
South Park |
| David Berkowitz |
Criminal |
1-Jun-1953 |
|
Son of Sam killer |
| Irving Berlin |
Composer |
11-May-1888 |
22-Sep-1989 |
White Christmas, God Bless America |
| Hector Berlioz |
Composer |
11-Dec-1803 |
8-Mar-1869 |
French romantic composer |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Steven Jesse Bernstein |
Poet |
4-Dec-1950 |
22-Oct-1991 |
Grunge poet and punk rocker |
| Halle Berry |
Actor |
14-Aug-1966 |
|
Monster's Ball |
| John Berryman |
Poet |
25-Oct-1914 |
7-Jan-1972 |
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet |
| George Best |
Soccer |
22-May-1946 |
25-Nov-2005 |
Manchester United |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Joseph Beuys |
Artist |
12-May-1921 |
23-Jan-1986 |
German conceptual artist |
| Conrad Black |
Business |
25-Aug-1944 |
|
Rapacious newspaper mogul |
| Robert Blake |
Actor |
18-Sep-1933 |
|
Baretta |
| William Blake |
Poet |
28-Nov-1757 |
12-Aug-1827 |
English romantic poet and artist |
| Bobby Bland |
Singer |
27-Jan-1930 |
|
Turn on Your Lovelight |
| Alexander Blok |
Poet |
16-Nov-1880 |
7-Aug-1921 |
Russian Silver Age poet |
| Dave Blood |
Bassist |
16-Sep-1956 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Bassist for the Dead Milkmen |
| Lorena Bobbitt |
Criminal |
1970 |
|
Severed husband's penis |
| David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
| Ludwig Boltzmann |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1844 |
5-Sep-1906 |
Atoms and molecules |
| Kjell Magne Bondevik |
Head of State |
3-Sep-1947 |
|
Twice Norwegian prime minister |
| Lucrezia Borgia |
Royalty |
18-Apr-1480 |
24-Jun-1519 |
Infamous poisoner |
| Tadeusz Borowski |
Author |
12-Nov-1922 |
1-Jul-1951 |
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen |
| Francesco Borromini |
Architect |
25-Sep-1599 |
2-Aug-1667 |
Italian baroque architect |
| Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspiration for the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
| Clara Bow |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
26-Sep-1965 |
Schizophrenic actress, Wings |
| Edgar Bowers |
Poet |
2-Mar-1924 |
4-Feb-2000 |
For Louis Pasteur |
| Paul Bowles |
Author |
30-Dec-1910 |
18-Nov-1999 |
The Sheltering Sky |
| Lorraine Bracco |
Actor |
2-Oct-1954 |
|
Goodfellas, The Sopranos |
| Omar Bradley |
Military |
12-Feb-1893 |
8-Apr-1981 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| Terry Bradshaw |
Football |
2-Sep-1948 |
|
Sportscaster, former Steelers QB |
| Zach Braff |
Actor |
6-Apr-1975 |
|
Scrubs |
| 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 |
| Eileen Brennan |
Actor |
3-Sep-1932 |
|
Capt. Lewis on Private Benjamin |
| Isaac Brock |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jul-1975 |
|
Frontman for Modest Mouse |
| David C. Broderick |
Politician |
4-Feb-1820 |
16-Sep-1859 |
US Senator from California, 1857-59 |
| Branwell Brontë |
Poet |
26-Jun-1817 |
24-Sep-1848 |
The Brontë sisters' brother |
| Divine Brown |
Criminal |
9-Aug-1969 |
|
Charged Hugh Grant for fellatio |
| Ruth Brown |
Singer |
12-Jan-1928 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Miss Rhythm |
| Tod Browning |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1882 |
6-Oct-1962 |
Freaks |
| David Brudnoy |
Radio Personality |
5-Jun-1940 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Boston talk radio host |
| Ivan Brunetti |
Cartoonist |
3-Oct-1967 |
|
Schizo |
| Bebe Buell |
Model |
14-Jul-1953 |
|
Liv Tyler's mom |
| Philip J. Burguieres |
Business |
c. 1943 |
|
CEO of Weatherford International, 1991-97 |
| Delta Burke |
Actor |
30-Jul-1956 |
|
Designing Women |
| Robert Burns |
Poet |
25-Jan-1759 |
21-Jul-1796 |
Most beloved Scottish poet |
| William S. Burroughs, Jr. |
Relative |
21-Jul-1947 |
3-Mar-1981 |
Son of William S. Burroughs |
| Barbara Bush |
First Lady |
8-Jun-1925 |
|
Wife of US President George H.W. Bush |
| Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
| Juanita Bynum |
Religion |
16-Jan-1959 |
|
Pentecostal televangelist |
| Lord Byron |
Poet |
22-Jan-1788 |
19-Apr-1824 |
English romantic poet |
| Melanie C |
Singer |
12-Jan-1974 |
|
Sporty Spice |
| John Cadbury |
Business |
12-Aug-1801 |
11-May-1889 |
Chocolatier |
| Sid Caesar |
Comic |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
| Mary Calderone |
Activist |
1-Jul-1904 |
24-Oct-1998 |
Questions and Answers about Love and Sex |
| Ken Calvert |
Politician |
8-Jun-1953 |
|
Congressman, California 44th |
| Georg Cantor |
Mathematician |
3-Mar-1845 |
6-Jan-1918 |
Founder of set theory |
| Truman Capote |
Novelist |
30-Sep-1924 |
25-Aug-1984 |
In Cold Blood |
| Drew Carey |
Comic |
23-May-1958 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
| Judy Carne |
Actor |
27-Apr-1939 |
|
Sock-it-to-me girl on Laugh-In |
| Wallace Hume Carothers |
Chemist |
27-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Inventor of Nylon |
| Karen Carpenter |
Singer |
2-Mar-1950 |
4-Feb-1983 |
The Carpenters |
| Jim Carrey |
Actor |
17-Jan-1962 |
|
Rubber-faced fartsmith |
| Hayden Carruth |
Poet |
3-Aug-1921 |
29-Sep-2008 |
Brothers, I Loved You All |
| G. Harrold Carswell |
Judge |
22-Dec-1919 |
31-Jul-1992 |
Failed US Supreme Court nominee |
| Emily Carter |
Author |
1960 |
|
Glory Goes and Gets Some |
| Helena Bonham Carter |
Actor |
26-May-1966 |
|
Marla in Fight Club |
| Kevin Carter |
Photographer |
13-Sep-1960 |
27-Jul-1994 |
Wanting A Meal |
| Pat Cash |
Tennis |
27-May-1965 |
|
Winner, 1987 Wimbledon |
| Dick Cavett |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1936 |
|
The Dick Cavett Show |
| Edgar Cayce |
Paranormal |
18-Mar-1877 |
3-Jan-1945 |
Performed "paranormal" readings |
| Camilo José Cela |
Author |
11-May-1916 |
17-Jan-2002 |
Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate |
| Paul Cézanne |
Painter |
19-Jan-1839 |
22-Oct-1906 |
Post-Impressionist French painter |
| Iris Chang |
Author |
28-Mar-1968 |
9-Nov-2004 |
The Rape of Nanking |
| Mark David Chapman |
Assassin |
10-May-1955 |
|
Assassin of Beatle John Lennon |
| Sydney Chapman |
Mathematician |
29-Jan-1888 |
16-Jun-1970 |
Geomagnetism |
| 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 |
| G. K. Chesterton |
Author |
29-May-1874 |
14-Jun-1936 |
The Man Who Was Thursday |
| Leslie Cheung |
Singer |
12-Sep-1956 |
1-Apr-2003 |
Cantopop singer, jumped to death |
| Maurice Chevalier |
Actor |
12-Sep-1888 |
1-Jan-1972 |
Love Me Tonight |
| Lawton Chiles |
Politician |
3-Apr-1930 |
12-Dec-1998 |
Florida Governor and Senator |
| Seung-Hui Cho |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1984 |
16-Apr-2007 |
Virginia Tech Massacre |
| Frederic Chopin |
Composer |
22-Feb-1810 |
17-Oct-1849 |
Composer for the piano |
| Christine Chubbuck |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1944 |
15-Jul-1974 |
Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
| Lord Randolph Churchill |
Politician |
13-Feb-1849 |
24-Jan-1895 |
Father of Winston Churchill |
| Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
| André Citroën |
Engineer |
5-Feb-1878 |
3-Jul-1935 |
Europe's Henry Ford |
| Petula Clark |
Singer |
15-Nov-1932 |
|
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| Grover Cleveland |
Head of State |
18-Mar-1837 |
24-Jun-1908 |
22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97 |
| Voltairine de Cleyre |
Anarchist |
17-Nov-1866 |
20-Jun-1912 |
Anarchist without an adjective |
| Robert Clive |
Military |
29-Sep-1725 |
22-Nov-1774 |
Conquered India for Britain |
| Kurt Cobain |
Musician |
20-Feb-1967 |
5-Apr-1994 |
Lead singer of Nirvana |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
Poet |
21-Oct-1772 |
25-Jul-1834 |
Rime of the Ancient Mariner |
| Judy Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-May-1939 |
|
Folk singer |
| Phil Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jan-1951 |
|
Lead singer of Genesis |
| Joseph Conrad |
Author |
3-Dec-1857 |
3-Aug-1924 |
Heart of Darkness |
| Barbara Cook |
Singer |
25-Oct-1927 |
|
Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress |
| Calvin Coolidge |
Head of State |
4-Jul-1872 |
5-Jan-1933 |
30th US President, 1923-29 |
| Holly Coors |
Activist |
25-Aug-1920 |
18-Jan-2009 |
Ultraconservative beer baroness |
| Frank Corder |
Aviator |
26-May-1956 |
12-Sep-1994 |
Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn |
| Francesco Cossiga |
Head of State |
26-Jul-1928 |
17-Aug-2010 |
President of Italy, 1985-92 |
| Noel Coward |
Playwright |
16-Dec-1899 |
26-Mar-1973 |
Design for Living |
| Dennis Crosby |
Singer |
13-Jul-1934 |
7-May-1991 |
Bing Crosby's son, suicide with shotgun |
| Sheryl Crow |
Singer |
11-Feb-1962 |
|
All I Wanna Do |
| Samuel Crowther |
Religion |
c. 1809 |
31-Dec-1891 |
African missionary bishop |
| Charles Cullen |
Criminal |
1960 |
|
Claimed to have killed 30-40 patients |
| Adrianne Curry |
Model |
6-Aug-1982 |
|
America's Next Top Model |
| Ian Curtis |
Singer |
15-Jul-1956 |
18-May-1980 |
Lead singer of Joy Division |
| Disco D |
Music Producer |
21-Sep-1980 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Ghetto-tech DJ |
| Dorothy Dandridge |
Actor |
9-Nov-1922 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Carmen Jones |
| Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
| Bobby Darin |
Singer |
14-May-1936 |
20-Dec-1973 |
Mack the Knife |
| Charles Darwin |
Naturalist |
12-Feb-1809 |
19-Apr-1882 |
Proposed theory of evolution via natural selection |
| Mark Dayton |
Politician |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
Governor of Minnesota |
| Augustus De Morgan |
Mathematician |
27-Jun-1806 |
18-Mar-1871 |
De Morgan's Laws |
| Sandra Dee |
Actor |
23-Apr-1942 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gidget |
| Ellen DeGeneres |
Comic |
26-Jan-1958 |
|
Ellen |
| John Denver |
Country Musician |
31-Dec-1943 |
12-Oct-1997 |
Rocky Mountain High |
| Mike Diana |
Artist |
5-Jun-1969 |
|
Boiled Angel |
| Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
| Charles Dickens |
Novelist |
7-Feb-1812 |
9-Jun-1870 |
Oliver Twist |
| Emily Dickinson |
Poet |
10-Dec-1830 |
15-May-1886 |
Perplexing American poet |
| Joan Didion |
Author |
5-Dec-1934 |
|
Slouching Toward Bethlehem |
| Rudolf Diesel |
Inventor |
18-Mar-1858 |
30-Sep-1913 |
Inventor of the diesel engine |
| Beth Ditto |
Singer |
1981 |
|
The Gossip |
| DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
| Micky Dolenz |
Actor |
8-Mar-1945 |
|
Drummer for The Monkees |
| Jim Dooley |
Football |
8-Feb-1930 |
8-Jan-2008 |
Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71 |
| Tony Dow |
Actor |
13-Apr-1945 |
|
Wally on Leave It to Beaver |
| Nick Drake |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Jun-1948 |
25-Nov-1974 |
Pink Moon |
| 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 |
| Kirsten Dunst |
Actor |
30-Apr-1982 |
|
Mary-Jane in Spider-Man |
| Anthony Eden |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1897 |
14-Jan-1977 |
UK Prime Minister, 1955-57 |
| Hanns Eisler |
Composer |
6-Jul-1898 |
6-Sep-1962 |
German radical composer |
| Queen Elizabeth II |
Royalty |
21-Apr-1926 |
|
Queen of England |
| Harlan Ellison |
Author |
27-May-1934 |
|
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream |
| Eminem |
Rapper |
17-Oct-1972 |
|
The Real Slim Shady |
| Lynndie England |
Military |
8-Nov-1982 |
|
Abu Ghraib dominatrix |
| Eve Ensler |
Playwright |
25-May-1953 |
|
The Vagina Monologues |
| Peg Entwistle |
Actor |
1-Jul-1908 |
18-Sep-1932 |
Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign |
| Brian Epstein |
Business |
19-Sep-1934 |
27-Aug-1967 |
Manager of The Beatles |
| William Eythe |
Actor |
7-Apr-1918 |
26-Jan-1957 |
The House on 92nd Street |
| Siobhan Fahey |
Musician |
10-Sep-1958 |
|
Bananarama |
| Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
| Philo Farnsworth |
Inventor |
19-Aug-1906 |
11-Mar-1971 |
Inventor of electronic television |
| Colin Farrell |
Actor |
31-May-1976 |
|
Bullseye in Daredevil |
| William Faulkner |
Author |
25-Sep-1897 |
6-Jul-1962 |
Novels set in the American South |
| Dodi al-Fayed |
Business |
15-Apr-1955 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess Diana's last boyfriend |
| Kevin Federline |
Relative |
21-Mar-1978 |
|
Briefly Mr. Britney Spears |
| Craig Ferguson |
Talk Show Host |
17-May-1962 |
|
"It's a great day for America" |
| Emil Fischer |
Chemist |
9-Oct-1852 |
15-Jul-1919 |
Peptide bond |
| Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
22-Sep-2010 |
Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist |
| Bob Flanagan |
Performance Artist |
27-Dec-1952 |
4-Jan-1996 |
Supermasochist |
| Caitlin Flanagan |
Author |
? |
|
Antifeminist |
| Ed Flanders |
Actor |
29-Dec-1934 |
22-Feb-1995 |
Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere |
| Gustave Flaubert |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1821 |
8-May-1880 |
Realist novelist, Madame Bovary |
| Thomas King Forcade |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1945 |
17-Nov-1978 |
Founder of High Times |
| Betty Ford |
First Lady |
8-Apr-1918 |
8-Jul-2011 |
Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center |
| Harrison Ford |
Actor |
13-Jul-1942 |
|
Han Solo in Star Wars |
| Charles Fort |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1874 |
3-May-1932 |
Prophet of the Unexplained |
| Vince Foster |
Attorney |
15-Jan-1945 |
20-Jul-1993 |
Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton |
| Megan Fox |
Actor |
16-May-1986 |
|
Sydney Shanowski on Hope and Faith |
| Jaimee Foxworth |
Actor |
17-Dec-1979 |
|
Family Matters |
| Dennis Franz |
Actor |
28-Oct-1944 |
|
Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue |
| Andy Fraser |
Bassist |
7-Aug-1952 |
|
Free |
| Gottlob Frege |
Mathematician |
8-Nov-1848 |
26-Jul-1925 |
Mathematical logician |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| Caspar David Friedrich |
Painter |
5-Sep-1774 |
7-May-1840 |
German Romantic painter |
| Mark Fuhrman |
Government |
5-Feb-1952 |
|
Former LAPD detective, O. J. Simpson case |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| John Wayne Gacy |
Criminal |
17-Mar-1942 |
10-May-1994 |
28 dead boys in his crawlspace |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
| Luis Alfredo Garavito |
Criminal |
25-Jan-1957 |
|
Colombian serial killer, murdered 140+ boys |
| Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| Janeane Garofalo |
Comic |
28-Sep-1964 |
|
Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist |
| Paul Gascoigne |
Soccer |
27-May-1967 |
|
There's no crying in football |
| Vittorio Gassman |
Actor |
1-Sep-1922 |
29-Jun-2000 |
The Great War |
| Stephen Gately |
Singer |
17-Mar-1976 |
10-Oct-2009 |
Boyzone |
| Carl Friedrich Gauss |
Mathematician |
30-Apr-1777 |
23-Feb-1855 |
Perhaps the greatest German mathematician |
| Marvin Gaye |
Singer |
2-Apr-1939 |
1-Apr-1984 |
Heard It Through the Grapevine |
| Ed Gein |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1906 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Jean Genet |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1910 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Theatre of the Absurd |
| Carlo Gesualdo |
Composer |
c. 1560 |
8-Sep-1613 |
Composer of madrigals, murdered his wife |
| Althea Gibson |
Tennis |
25-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2003 |
First black woman to win Wimbledon |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
Activist |
3-Jul-1860 |
17-Aug-1935 |
Women and Economics |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Poet |
3-Jun-1926 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Howl! |
| Greg Giraldo |
Comic |
10-Dec-1965 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Friday Night Stand-Up |
| Trisha Goddard |
TV Personality |
Dec-1957 |
|
Australian talk show host |
| Kurt Gödel |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1906 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems |
| Joseph Goebbels |
Government |
29-Oct-1897 |
1-May-1945 |
Reich Minister of Propaganda |
| Jane Goodall |
Naturalist |
3-Apr-1934 |
|
Primate researcher |
| Dwight Gooden |
Baseball |
16-Nov-1964 |
|
Pitcher, New York Mets |
| Michael Goodliffe |
Actor |
1-Oct-1914 |
20-Mar-1976 |
A Night to Remember |
| Tipper Gore |
First Lady |
19-Aug-1948 |
|
Estranged wife of Al Gore |
| Bob Grant |
Actor |
14-Apr-1932 |
8-Nov-2003 |
On the Buses |
| Spalding Gray |
Actor |
5-Jun-1941 |
11-Jan-2004 |
Swimming to Cambodia monologist |
| Alex Grey |
Artist |
29-Nov-1953 |
|
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors |
| Charles Guiteau |
Assassin |
8-Sep-1841 |
30-Jun-1882 |
Assassin of President Garfield |
| Ivor Gurney |
Poet |
28-Aug-1890 |
26-Dec-1937 |
War's Embers |
| Jerry Hadley |
Singer |
16-Jun-1952 |
18-Jul-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
| Jessica Hahn |
Victim |
7-Jul-1959 |
|
Had sex with Jim Bakker |
| Jonathan Hale |
Actor |
21-Mar-1891 |
28-Feb-1966 |
J. C. Dithers |
| Johnny Hallyday |
Singer |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
French rock star, Souvenirs, Souvenirs |
| Rusty Hamer |
Actor |
15-Feb-1947 |
18-Jan-1990 |
Make Room for Daddy |
| Dorothy Hamill |
Figure Skating |
26-Jul-1956 |
|
Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976 |
| Jon Hamm |
Actor |
10-Mar-1971 |
|
Don Draper on Mad Men |
| Mata Hari |
Spy |
7-Aug-1876 |
15-Oct-1917 |
Framed by the Germans |
| Elizabeth Hartman |
Actor |
23-Dec-1943 |
10-Jun-1987 |
A Patch of Blue |
| P. J. Harvey |
Musician |
9-Oct-1969 |
|
Alternative rock musician |
| Juliana Hatfield |
Musician |
27-Jul-1967 |
|
Juliana Hatfield Three |
| Anne Hathaway |
Actor |
12-Nov-1982 |
|
The Princess Diaries |
| Goldie Hawn |
Actor |
21-Nov-1945 |
|
Private Benjamin |
| F. A. Hayek |
Economist |
8-May-1899 |
23-Mar-1992 |
Austrian economist |
| Sadeq Hedayat |
Author |
17-Feb-1903 |
9-Apr-1951 |
The Blind Owl |
| Marvin Heemeyer |
Criminal |
1952 |
4-Jun-2004 |
Killdozer pilot |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Florence Henderson |
Actor |
14-Feb-1934 |
|
Carol (mom) on The Brady Bunch |
| King Henry VIII |
Royalty |
28-Jun-1491 |
28-Jan-1547 |
King of England, 1509-47 |
| Audrey Hepburn |
Actor |
4-May-1929 |
20-Jan-1993 |
My Fair Lady |
| James Hetfield |
Musician |
3-Aug-1963 |
|
Metallica |
| Paris Hilton |
Socialite |
17-Feb-1981 |
|
The Simple Life |
| Adolf Hitler |
Head of State |
20-Apr-1889 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45 |
| Dustin Hoffman |
Actor |
8-Aug-1937 |
|
The Graduate |
| Billie Holiday |
Singer |
7-Apr-1915 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Lady Sings the Blues |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
| Jack Horkheimer |
Astronomer |
11-Jun-1938 |
20-Aug-2010 |
Naked-eye astronomer |
| David Horowitz |
Activist |
10-Jan-1939 |
|
Conservative activist |
| Baby Huey |
Musician |
1946 |
28-Oct-1970 |
Hard Times |
| Victor Hugo |
Author |
26-Feb-1802 |
23-May-1885 |
Les Miserables |
| Engelbert Humperdinck |
Singer |
2-May-1936 |
|
The Last Waltz |
| Barbara Hutton |
Socialite |
14-Nov-1912 |
11-May-1979 |
The Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Henrik Ibsen |
Playwright |
20-Mar-1828 |
23-May-1906 |
Peer Gynt |
| Tony Iommi |
Guitarist |
19-Feb-1948 |
|
Guitar player for Black Sabbath |
| Ivan the Terrible |
Royalty |
25-Aug-1530 |
18-Mar-1584 |
Russian Tsar, 1533-84 |
| Bruce Ivins |
Biologist |
22-Apr-1946 |
29-Jul-2008 |
Anthrax researcher and suspect |
| Violent J |
Rapper |
28-Apr-1972 |
|
Half of Insane Clown Posse |
| Andrew Jackson |
Head of State |
15-Mar-1767 |
8-Jun-1845 |
7th US President, 1829-37 |
| Jesse Jackson, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Mar-1965 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 2nd |
| Shirley Jackson |
Novelist |
14-Dec-1916 |
8-Aug-1965 |
The Lottery |
| William James |
Philosopher |
11-Jan-1842 |
26-Aug-1910 |
The Principles of Psychology |
| Thomas Jefferson |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1743 |
4-Jul-1826 |
3rd US President, 1801-09 |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Elton John |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Mar-1947 |
|
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road |
| Daniel Johns |
Musician |
22-Apr-1979 |
|
Frontman of Silverchair |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1908 |
22-Jan-1973 |
36th US President, 1963-69 |
| Anson Jones |
Politician |
20-Jan-1798 |
9-Jan-1858 |
President of Texas, committed suicide |
| Brian Jones |
Guitarist |
28-Feb-1942 |
3-Jul-1969 |
Guitarist for the Rolling Stones |
| Ashley Judd |
Actor |
19-Apr-1968 |
|
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood |
| Ted Kaczynski |
Criminal |
22-May-1942 |
|
The Unabomber |
| Franz Kafka |
Novelist |
3-Jul-1883 |
3-Jun-1924 |
Metamorphosis |
| Arthur Kane |
Bassist |
3-Feb-1949 |
13-Jul-2004 |
Former New York Dolls bassist |
| Kerry Katona |
Singer |
6-Sep-1980 |
|
Former lip synch artist, Atomic Kitten |
| John Keats |
Poet |
31-Oct-1795 |
23-Feb-1821 |
English romantic poet |
| Patrick Joseph Kennedy |
Politician |
14-Jul-1967 |
|
Congressman from Rhode Island, 1995-2011 |
| Doug Kenney |
Comic |
10-Dec-1946 |
27-Aug-1980 |
National Lampoon cofounder |
| Stan Kenton |
Jazz Musician |
15-Dec-1911 |
25-Aug-1979 |
Jazz bandleader |
| Kublai Khan |
Royalty |
23-Sep-1215 |
18-Feb-1294 |
Mongol Emperor, 1260-71 |
| Søren Kierkegaard |
Philosopher |
5-May-1813 |
11-Nov-1855 |
Father of existentialism |
| Laura Kightlinger |
Comic |
13-Jun-1969 |
|
Comedienne |
| Rodney King |
Victim |
2-Apr-1965 |
17-Jun-2012 |
Subject of filmed LAPD beatdown |
| Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Researched human sexual behavior |
| Tommy Kirk |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
|
The Mickey Mouse Club |
| Tawny Kitaen |
Model |
5-Aug-1961 |
|
Bachelor Party |
| Christopher Knight |
Actor |
7-Nov-1957 |
|
Peter on The Brady Bunch |
| Andrew Koenig |
Actor |
17-Aug-1968 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Growing Pains |
| Käthe Kollwitz |
Artist |
8-Jul-1867 |
22-Apr-1945 |
German graphic aritst |
| Kris Kristofferson |
Actor |
22-Jun-1936 |
|
Me and Bobby McGee |
| Akira Kurosawa |
Film Director |
23-Mar-1910 |
6-Sep-1998 |
Yojimbo |
| Thomas Kyd |
Playwright |
1558 |
Aug-1594 |
The Spanish Tragedy |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Jules Laforgue |
Poet |
16-Aug-1860 |
20-Aug-1887 |
Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot |
| Maurice LaMarche |
Actor |
30-Mar-1958 |
|
Kif on Futurama |
| Adrian Lamo |
Hacker |
Feb-1981 |
|
So-called homeless hacker |
| James Henry Lane |
Politician |
22-Jun-1814 |
11-Jul-1866 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1861-66 |
| Artie Lange |
Comic |
11-Oct-1967 |
|
MADtv, Howard Stern |
| Albert Lasker |
Business |
1-May-1880 |
30-May-1952 |
Advertising executive and medical research patron |
| Hugh Laurie |
Actor |
11-Jun-1959 |
|
Jeeves and Wooster, House |
| Hector Lavoe |
Singer |
30-Sep-1946 |
29-Jun-1993 |
Puerto Rican salsa singer |
| Martin Lawrence |
Comic |
16-Apr-1965 |
|
Martin |
| Amy Lee |
Singer |
13-Dec-1981 |
|
Evanescence |
| David Leisure |
Actor |
16-Nov-1950 |
|
Joe Isuzu |
| Sugar Ray Leonard |
Boxing |
17-May-1956 |
|
Retired six times |
| Robert Lepage |
Film Director |
12-Dec-1957 |
|
Seven Streams of the River Ota |
| Charles James Lever |
Novelist |
31-Aug-1806 |
1-Jun-1872 |
Charles O'Malley |
| Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
| Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
| Meriwether Lewis |
Explorer |
18-Aug-1774 |
11-Oct-1809 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Gordon Lightfoot |
Musician |
17-Nov-1938 |
|
Canadian balladeer |
| Ruth Lilly |
Philanthropist |
2-Aug-1915 |
30-Dec-2009 |
Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune |
| Limahl |
Musician |
19-Dec-1958 |
|
Lead singer for Kajagoogoo |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Mary Todd Lincoln |
First Lady |
13-Dec-1818 |
16-Jul-1882 |
Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln |
| Max Linder |
Actor |
16-Dec-1883 |
31-Oct-1925 |
Seven Years Bad Luck |
| Bai Ling |
Actor |
10-Oct-1970 |
|
Anna and the King |
| Mark Linkous |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1962 |
6-Mar-2010 |
Sparklehorse |
| Barry Livingston |
Actor |
17-Dec-1953 |
|
Ernie Douglas on My Three Sons |
| Heather Locklear |
Actor |
25-Sep-1961 |
|
Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place |
| Terry L. Long |
Football |
21-Jul-1959 |
7-Jun-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman |
| Tilly Losch |
Dancer |
15-Nov-1903 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Ballet dancer, sometimes actress |
| Louis XVI |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1754 |
21-Jan-1793 |
King of France, 1774-91 |
| H. P. Lovecraft |
Author |
20-Aug-1890 |
15-Mar-1937 |
The Call of Cthulhu |
| Bela Lugosi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
16-Aug-1956 |
Dracula |
| Bernard L. Madoff |
Business |
29-Apr-1938 |
|
Madoff Investment Securities LLC |
| John Mahoney |
Actor |
20-Jun-1940 |
|
Martin Crane on Frasier |
| Katherine Mansfield |
Author |
14-Oct-1888 |
9-Jan-1923 |
Bliss |
| Charles Manson |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1934 |
|
Helter Skelter |
| Shirley Manson |
Musician |
26-Aug-1966 |
|
Frontwoman for Garbage |
| Princess Margaret |
Royalty |
21-Aug-1930 |
9-Feb-2002 |
QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon |
| Mick Mars |
Guitarist |
3-Apr-1956 |
|
Guitarist for Motley Crue |
| Harry Martinson |
Poet |
6-May-1904 |
11-Feb-1978 |
Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space |
| Mary Matalin |
Politician |
19-Aug-1953 |
|
Political creature |
| Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
| Brian May |
Guitarist |
19-Jul-1947 |
|
Guitarist for Queen |
| Mindy McCready |
Country Musician |
30-Nov-1975 |
|
Troubled country music singer |
| Carson McCullers |
Author |
19-Feb-1917 |
29-Sep-1967 |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| Michael McDermott |
Criminal |
4-Sep-1958 |
|
Mucko killed seven coworkers |
| Susan McDougal |
Criminal |
1955 |
|
Whitewater scandal |
| Rod McKuen |
Poet |
29-Apr-1933 |
|
A Boy Named Charlie Brown |
| Terry McMillan |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1951 |
|
Waiting to Exhale |
| Larry McMurtry |
Novelist |
3-Jun-1936 |
|
Lonesome Dove |
| Aimee Semple McPherson |
Religion |
9-Oct-1890 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Evangelist, faith healer |
| John McVie |
Bassist |
26-Nov-1945 |
|
Bassist for Fleetwood Mac |
| Anne Meara |
Comic |
20-Sep-1929 |
|
Stiller and Meara |
| Joe Meek |
Music Producer |
5-Apr-1929 |
3-Feb-1967 |
Innovative record producer |
| Erik Menendez |
Criminal |
27-Nov-1971 |
|
Killed parents with brother Lyle |
| Bob Merrill |
Songwriter |
17-May-1921 |
17-Feb-1998 |
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? |
| Joyce Meyer |
Religion |
4-Jun-1943 |
|
Televangelist |
| George Michael |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jun-1963 |
|
Faith |
| Michelangelo |
Sculptor |
6-Mar-1475 |
18-Feb-1564 |
Renaissance sculptor and painter |
| John Stuart Mill |
Philosopher |
20-May-1806 |
8-May-1873 |
Liberal philosopher and essayist |
| Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
Novelist |
23-Jan-1923 |
9-Jan-1996 |
A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| W. C. Minor |
Scholar |
Jun-1834 |
26-Mar-1920 |
Prolific OED contributor |
| Carmen Miranda |
Dancer |
9-Feb-1909 |
5-Aug-1955 |
The lady in the tutti-frutti hat |
| Octave Mirbeau |
Novelist |
16-Feb-1850 |
16-Feb-1917 |
Le Jardin des supplices |
| Mimi Miyagi |
Pornstar |
3-Jul-1973 |
|
Lickity Slit, FantAsiany, Geisha Cum Whores |
| Vilhelm Moberg |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1898 |
8-Aug-1973 |
The Emigrants |
| Claude Monet |
Painter |
14-Nov-1840 |
5-Dec-1926 |
The Water Lilies |
| Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Lucy Maud Montgomery |
Novelist |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Apr-1942 |
Anne of Green Gables |
| Ronnie Montrose |
Guitarist |
29-Nov-1947 |
3-Mar-2012 |
Montrose and Gamma |
| Mandy Moore |
Singer |
10-Apr-1984 |
|
Candy |
| J. Pierpont Morgan |
Business |
17-Apr-1837 |
31-Mar-1913 |
Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
| Melanie Morgan |
Radio Personality |
1956 |
|
Conservative radio host |
| Henry Morgentaler |
Doctor |
19-Mar-1923 |
|
Abortion rights in Canada |
| Alanis Morissette |
Singer |
1-Jun-1974 |
|
Jagged Little Pill |
| Morrissey |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-May-1959 |
|
Frontman of The Smiths |
| Gerry Mulligan |
Jazz Musician |
6-Apr-1927 |
20-Jan-1996 |
Greatest jazz baritonist of all time |
| Conlon Nancarrow |
Composer |
27-Oct-1912 |
10-Aug-1997 |
Studies for Player Piano |
| Pola Negri |
Actor |
31-Dec-1894 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Sultry silent film diva |
| Aaron Neville |
Musician |
24-Jan-1941 |
|
Nature Boy |
| Isaac Newton |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1643 |
31-Mar-1727 |
Father of the clockwork universe |
| Alfred Nobel |
Inventor |
21-Oct-1833 |
10-Dec-1896 |
Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize |
| Charles Nordhoff |
Novelist |
1-Feb-1887 |
10-Apr-1947 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| Jay North |
Actor |
3-Aug-1951 |
|
Dennis the Menace |
| Oliver North |
Military |
7-Oct-1943 |
|
Perjuring Iran-Contra figure |
| Lisa Nowak |
Astronaut |
10-May-1963 |
|
According to lawyer, no diaper |
| Laura Nyro |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1947 |
8-Apr-1997 |
New York songwriter |
| Sinead O'Connor |
Musician |
8-Dec-1966 |
|
Pop star ripped up Pope picture |
| Rosie O'Donnell |
Talk Show Host |
21-Mar-1962 |
|
The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
| Johnny O'Keefe |
Musician |
6-Jan-1935 |
6-Oct-1978 |
King of Australian rock and roll |
| Tatum O'Neal |
Actor |
5-Nov-1963 |
|
Paper Moon |
| Eugene O'Neill |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1888 |
27-Nov-1953 |
Long Day's Journey Into Night |
| Billy Ocean |
Singer |
21-Jan-1950 |
|
Caribbean Queen |
| Phil Ochs |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Dec-1940 |
9-Apr-1976 |
50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong |
| Keith Olbermann |
Pundit |
27-Jan-1959 |
|
Countdown |
| Laurence Olivier |
Actor |
22-May-1907 |
11-Jul-1989 |
Shakespearean actor |
| Robert Oppenheimer |
Physicist |
22-Apr-1904 |
18-Feb-1967 |
Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project |
| Tony Orlando |
Singer |
3-Apr-1944 |
|
Tony Orlando and Dawn |
| Jack Osbourne |
Relative |
8-Nov-1985 |
|
Son of Ozzy Osbourne |
| Ozzy Osbourne |
Singer |
3-Dec-1948 |
|
Black Sabbath |
| Carré Otis |
Model |
28-Sep-1968 |
|
Mickey Rourke's ex-wife |
| Gustav Otto |
Business |
12-Jan-1883 |
28-Feb-1926 |
Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG |
| Nikolaus Otto |
Engineer |
14-Jun-1832 |
26-Jan-1891 |
Four-stroke internal-combustion engine |
| Joe Pantoliano |
Actor |
12-Sep-1951 |
|
Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp |
| Colonel Tom Parker |
Business |
26-Jun-1909 |
21-Jan-1997 |
Elvis Presley's manager |
| Dolly Parton |
Country Musician |
19-Jan-1946 |
|
Jolene |
| Jaco Pastorius |
Jazz Musician |
1-Dec-1951 |
21-Sep-1987 |
Bassist for Weather Report |
| Floyd Patterson |
Boxing |
4-Jan-1935 |
11-May-2006 |
Heavyweight champion at age 21 |
| Vinnie Paul |
Drummer |
11-Mar-1964 |
|
Former drummer for Pantera |
| Wolfgang Pauli |
Physicist |
25-Apr-1900 |
15-Dec-1958 |
Pauli Exclusion Principle |
| M. Scott Peck |
Author |
22-May-1936 |
25-Sep-2005 |
The Road Less Traveled |
| Harvey Pekar |
Author |
8-Oct-1939 |
12-Jul-2010 |
American Splendor |
| J. C. Penney |
Business |
16-Sep-1875 |
12-Feb-1971 |
Founder of J. C. Penney Company |
| Susan Peters |
Actor |
3-Jul-1921 |
23-Oct-1952 |
Random Harvest |
| Kim Philby |
Spy |
1-Jan-1912 |
11-May-1988 |
One of the Cambridge Five in MI6 |
| T. Boone Pickens |
Business |
22-May-1928 |
|
Texas oilman, founded Mesa Petroleum |
| 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. |
| Jane Pierce |
First Lady |
12-Mar-1806 |
2-Dec-1863 |
Wife of US President Franklin Pierce |
| Robert Pirsig |
Author |
6-Sep-1928 |
|
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
| Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
| Edgar Allan Poe |
Author |
19-Jan-1809 |
7-Oct-1849 |
The Raven |
| Cole Porter |
Composer |
9-Jun-1891 |
15-Oct-1964 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
| C. W. Post |
Business |
26-Oct-1854 |
9-May-1914 |
Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts |
| Michael Powell |
Government |
23-Mar-1963 |
|
FCC Chairman 2001-05, Colin Powell's son |
| Lisa Marie Presley |
Relative |
1-Feb-1968 |
|
Daughter of Elvis Presley |
| Richard Pryor |
Comic |
1-Dec-1940 |
10-Dec-2005 |
Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy |
| Robin Quivers |
Talk Show Host |
8-Aug-1952 |
|
Howard Stern's sidekick |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Noel Redding |
Bassist |
25-Dec-1943 |
11-May-2003 |
Bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience |
| David Reimer |
Victim |
1965 |
4-May-2004 |
Boy raised as a girl |
| Lance Rentzel |
Football |
14-Oct-1943 |
|
Disgraced former Dallas Cowboy |
| Trent Reznor |
Electronic Musician |
17-May-1965 |
|
Nine Inch Nails |
| Christina Ricci |
Actor |
12-Feb-1980 |
|
The Addams Family |
| Little Richard |
Musician |
5-Dec-1932 |
|
Tutti Frutti |
| Theodore W. Richards |
Chemist |
31-Jan-1868 |
2-Apr-1928 |
Atomic weights |
| Jeannie C. Riley |
Singer |
9-Oct-1945 |
|
Harper Valley P.T.A. |
| Rainer Maria Rilke |
Poet |
04-Dec-1875 |
29-Dec-1926 |
Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus |
| 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 |
| Joan Rivers |
Comic |
8-Jun-1933 |
|
Can we talk? |
| Rene Rivkin |
Business |
6-Jun-1944 |
1-May-2005 |
Disgraced Australian stockbroker |
| Tony Robbins |
Author |
29-Feb-1960 |
|
Toothy motivational speaker |
| James Robison |
Religion |
9-Oct-1943 |
|
Televangelist |
| Jack Roche |
Terrorist |
31-Oct-1953 |
|
al Qaeda's man in Australia |
| Richard Rodgers |
Composer |
28-Jun-1902 |
30-Dec-1979 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Theodore Roethke |
Poet |
25-May-1908 |
1-Aug-1963 |
The Waking |
| Peter Mark Roget |
Author |
18-Jan-1779 |
12-Sep-1869 |
Roget's Thesaurus |
| Kermit Roosevelt |
Relative |
10-Oct-1889 |
4-Jun-1943 |
Theodore Roosevelt's son |
| Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Painter |
12-May-1828 |
9-Apr-1882 |
English pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Gioacchino Rossini |
Composer |
29-Feb-1792 |
13-Nov-1868 |
William Tell Overture |
| Henry Roth |
Author |
8-Feb-1906 |
13-Oct-1995 |
Call It Sleep |
| 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 |
| Artur Rubinstein |
Pianist |
28-Jan-1887 |
20-Dec-1982 |
Polish-American piano virtuoso |
| RuPaul |
TV Personality |
17-Nov-1960 |
|
Drag queen supermodel |
| Bertrand Russell |
Mathematician |
18-May-1872 |
2-Feb-1970 |
Mathematician, atheist, and social critic |
| Winona Ryder |
Actor |
29-Oct-1971 |
|
Edward Scissorhands |
| Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
| Oliver Sacks |
Doctor |
9-Jul-1933 |
|
Awakenings |
| Yves Saint Laurent |
Fashion Designer |
1-Aug-1936 |
1-Jun-2008 |
Christian Dior protege |
| Terry Sawchuk |
Hockey |
28-Dec-1929 |
31-May-1970 |
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer |
| David Hans Schmidt |
Business |
27-May-1960 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Celebrity porn broker |
| Olive Schreiner |
Novelist |
24-Mar-1855 |
11-Dec-1920 |
The Story of an African Farm |
| Charles Schulz |
Cartoonist |
26-Nov-1922 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Cartoonist created Peanuts |
| Robert Schumann |
Composer |
8-Jun-1810 |
29-Jul-1856 |
Toccata |
| Julian Schwinger |
Physicist |
12-Feb-1918 |
16-Jul-1994 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Kurt Schwitters |
Artist |
20-Jun-1887 |
8-Jan-1948 |
Collagist, Merz |
| Zachary Scott |
Actor |
24-Feb-1914 |
3-Oct-1965 |
The Mask of Dimitrios |
| Monica Seles |
Tennis |
2-Dec-1973 |
|
Winner of 9 Majors |
| Frank Serpico |
Activist |
14-Apr-1936 |
|
The most dangerous man alive - An honest cop |
| Anne Sexton |
Poet |
9-Nov-1928 |
4-Oct-1974 |
Live or Die |
| Del Shannon |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Dec-1934 |
8-Feb-1990 |
1960s songwriter, Runaway |
| Matthew Shepard |
Victim |
1-Dec-1976 |
12-Oct-1998 |
Gay hate crime victim |
| Karen Silkwood |
Victim |
19-Feb-1946 |
13-Nov-1974 |
Nuclear whistleblower |
| Sarah Silverman |
Comic |
1-Dec-1970 |
|
The Sarah Silverman Program |
| William Dean Singleton |
Business |
1951 |
|
Texan newspaper mogul |
| Tom Sizemore |
Actor |
29-Nov-1961 |
|
Heat, Robbery Homicide Division |
| Anna Nicole Smith |
Model |
28-Nov-1967 |
8-Feb-2007 |
Addled golddigger |
| David Hyrum Smith |
Relative |
17-Nov-1844 |
29-Aug-1904 |
Son of Joseph Smith |
| Elliott Smith |
Guitarist |
6-Aug-1969 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death |
| Robert Smith |
Musician |
21-Apr-1959 |
|
Lead singer of The Cure |
| Yeardley Smith |
Actor |
3-Jul-1964 |
|
Voice of Lisa on The Simpsons |
| Frederick Soddy |
Chemist |
2-Sep-1877 |
22-Sep-1956 |
Isotopes |
| Valerie Solanas |
Activist |
9-Apr-1936 |
26-Apr-1988 |
Shot Andy Warhol |
| Suzanne Somers |
Actor |
16-Oct-1946 |
|
Chrissy on Three's Company |
| Joe South |
Musician |
28-Feb-1940 |
|
Southern singer/songwriter and session guitarist |
| Dusty Springfield |
Singer |
16-Apr-1939 |
2-Mar-1999 |
Son of a Preacher Man |
| Rick Springfield |
Musician |
23-Aug-1949 |
|
Jessie's Girl |
| Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
| Jean Stafford |
Novelist |
1-Jul-1915 |
26-Mar-1979 |
The Catherine Wheel |
| Sylvester Stallone |
Actor |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
Rocky, Rambo |
| Edwin M. Stanton |
Politician |
19-Dec-1814 |
24-Dec-1869 |
Secretary of War during the Civil War |
| Scott Stapp |
Musician |
8-Aug-1973 |
|
Singer for Creed |
| Peter Steele |
Musician |
4-Jan-1962 |
14-Apr-2010 |
Frontman for Type O Negative |
| George Stephanopoulos |
TV Personality |
10-Feb-1961 |
|
Bill Clinton's communications director |
| Ted Stevens |
Politician |
18-Nov-1923 |
10-Aug-2010 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
| Robert Louis Stevenson |
Author |
13-Nov-1850 |
3-Dec-1894 |
Treasure Island |
| Rollen Stewart |
Oddity |
1945 |
|
The Rainbow Man |
| Adalbert Stifter |
Author |
23-Oct-1805 |
28-Jan-1868 |
Studien |
| Darryl Strawberry |
Baseball |
12-Mar-1962 |
|
Troubled former baseball player |
| Kevin Strom |
Activist |
1956 |
|
Founder, National Vanguard |
| William Styron |
Novelist |
11-Jun-1925 |
31-Oct-2006 |
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| Margaret Sullavan |
Actor |
16-May-1911 |
1-Jan-1960 |
The Shop Around the Corner |
| Donna Summer |
Singer |
31-Dec-1948 |
17-May-2012 |
Hot Stuff |
| Willie Sutton |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1901 |
2-Nov-1980 |
Because that's where the money is |
| Tom Tancredo |
Politician |
20-Dec-1945 |
|
Congressman from Colorado, 1999-2009 |
| James Taylor |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Mar-1948 |
|
Seen fire, rain |
| Alfred Lord Tennyson |
Poet |
6-Aug-1809 |
6-Oct-1892 |
The Charge of the Light Brigade |
| Dylan Thomas |
Poet |
27-Oct-1914 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Most influential Welsh poet |
| Emma Thompson |
Actor |
15-Apr-1959 |
|
Howard's End |
| Scott Thorson |
Relative |
c. 1958 |
|
Liberace's young male lover |
| Gene Tierney |
Actor |
19-Nov-1920 |
6-Nov-1991 |
Laura |
| Eckhart Tolle |
Religion |
16-Feb-1948 |
|
The Power of Now |
| Leo Tolstoy |
Author |
9-Sep-1828 |
20-Nov-1910 |
Russian novelist |
| Georges Gilles de la Tourette |
Doctor |
30-Oct-1857 |
26-May-1904 |
Tourette's syndrome |
| Spencer Tracy |
Actor |
5-Apr-1900 |
10-Jun-1967 |
Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars |
| François Truffaut |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1932 |
21-Oct-1984 |
Last Metro |
| Mark Twain |
Author |
30-Nov-1835 |
21-Apr-1910 |
Huckleberry Finn |
| Jeff Tweedy |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Aug-1967 |
|
Lead singer of Wilco |
| Jim Unger |
Cartoonist |
21-Jan-1937 |
29-May-2012 |
Herman |
| Mamie Van Doren |
Actor |
6-Feb-1931 |
|
High School Confidential! |
| Mona Van Duyn |
Poet |
9-May-1921 |
1-Dec-2004 |
To See, To Take |
| Vincent van Gogh |
Painter |
30-Mar-1853 |
29-Jul-1890 |
Troubled and brilliant painter |
| Vicki Van Meter |
Aviator |
13-Mar-1982 |
15-Mar-2008 |
Child cross-country aviator |
| Vanity |
Singer |
4-Jan-1959 |
|
Lingerie-clad Prince protégé |
| Edgard Varèse |
Composer |
22-Dec-1883 |
8-Nov-1965 |
Poème électronique |
| Lupe Velez |
Actor |
18-Jul-1908 |
13-Dec-1944 |
The Mexican Spitfire |
| Immanuel Velikovsky |
Author |
10-Jun-1895 |
17-Nov-1979 |
Worlds in Collision |
| David Vetter |
Victim |
21-Sep-1971 |
22-Feb-1984 |
The Boy in the Bubble |
| Hervé Villechaize |
Actor |
23-Apr-1943 |
4-Sep-1993 |
Boss, the plane! The plane! |
| Ludwig von Mises |
Economist |
29-Sep-1881 |
10-Oct-1973 |
Libertarian Economist |
| Lars von Trier |
Film Director |
30-Apr-1956 |
|
Breaking the Waves |
| Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
| Bill W. |
Activist |
26-Nov-1895 |
24-Jan-1971 |
Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder |
| Johannes Diderik van der Waals |
Physicist |
23-Nov-1837 |
9-Mar-1923 |
Investigated states of matter |
| Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
7-Apr-2012 |
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
| Aby Warburg |
Scholar |
13-Jun-1866 |
26-Oct-1929 |
Founder of the Warburg Institute |
| Bill Ward |
Drummer |
5-May-1948 |
|
Drummer for Black Sabbath |
| Chris Ware |
Cartoonist |
28-Dec-1967 |
|
The ACME Novelty Library |
| Rick Warren |
Religion |
28-Jan-1954 |
|
The Purpose-Driven Life |
| George Washington |
Head of State |
22-Feb-1732 |
14-Dec-1799 |
1st US President, 1789-97 |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
| James Watt |
Inventor |
19-Jan-1736 |
19-Aug-1819 |
Invented modern steam engine |
| Coral Eugene Watts |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1953 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Maybe America's most prolific serial killer |
| Evelyn Waugh |
Novelist |
28-Oct-1903 |
10-Apr-1966 |
Brideshead Revisited |
| Gerard Way |
Musician |
9-Apr-1977 |
|
My Chemical Romance |
| Gary Webb |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1955 |
10-Dec-2004 |
Exposed CIA Nicaragua/drugs angle |
| Mike Webster |
Football |
18-Mar-1952 |
24-Sep-2002 |
Hall of Fame Center, Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Denise Welch |
Actor |
22-May-1958 |
|
British TV soap actress |
| Florence Welch |
Singer |
28-Aug-1986 |
|
Florence and the Machine |
| Kanye West |
Music Producer |
8-Jun-1977 |
|
The College Dropout |
| Paul Westerberg |
Musician |
31-Dec-1960 |
|
The Replacements |
| Bryan White |
Country Musician |
17-Feb-1974 |
|
Someone Else's Star |
| Dan White |
Assassin |
2-Sep-1946 |
21-Oct-1985 |
Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk |
| Ellen G. White |
Religion |
26-Nov-1827 |
16-Jul-1915 |
Adventist seer of visions |
| Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
| Grace Lee Whitney |
Actor |
1-Apr-1930 |
|
Yeoman Rand on Star Trek |
| Montel Williams |
Talk Show Host |
3-Jul-1956 |
|
The Montel Williams Show |
| Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
| Carl Wilson |
Musician |
21-Dec-1946 |
6-Feb-1998 |
Beach Boy |
| Ellen Wilson |
First Lady |
15-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1914 |
First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson |
| Owen Wilson |
Actor |
18-Nov-1968 |
|
Zoolander |
| John G. Winant |
Politician |
23-Feb-1889 |
3-Nov-1947 |
New Hampshire governor, committed suicide |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1889 |
29-Apr-1951 |
Destroyed metaphysics |
| Virginia Woolf |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1882 |
28-Mar-1941 |
Suicidal English novelist |
| Herbert O. Yardley |
Scientist |
13-Apr-1889 |
7-Aug-1958 |
U.S. cryptographer during WWI |
| Faron Young |
Musician |
25-Feb-1932 |
10-Dec-1996 |
The Hillbilly Heartthrob |
| Robert Young |
Actor |
22-Feb-1907 |
21-Jul-1998 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| Asif Ali Zardari |
Head of State |
22-Jul-1955 |
|
President of Pakistan |
| Marion Zioncheck |
Politician |
5-Dec-1901 |
7-Aug-1936 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
