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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Scott Adams
Cartoonist
8-Jun-1957   Creator, Dilbert
Muhammad Ali
Boxing
17-Jan-1942   Floated like butterfly, stung like bee
Harry Anderson
Actor
14-Oct-1952   Judge Harry Stone on Night Court
Tim Armstrong
Musician
25-Nov-1966   Rancid frontman
George Baker
Actor
1-Apr-1931 7-Oct-2011 Ruth Rendell Mysteries
Geoff Barrow
Electronic Musician
9-Dec-1971   Portishead
Harry Belafonte
Singer/Songwriter
1-Mar-1927   Calypso singer
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
3-Mar-1847 2-Aug-1922 Inventor of the telephone
Robert Blake
Actor
18-Sep-1933   Baretta
Billy Blanks
Fitness Guru
1-Sep-1955   Inventor of Taebo
Orlando Bloom
Actor
13-Jan-1977   Lord of the Rings
David Boies
Attorney
Mar-1941   Represented Gore in Bush v. Gore
Lara Flynn Boyle
Actor
24-Mar-1970   Wayne's World
Richard Branson
Business
18-Jul-1950   Founder of Virgin chain
Erin Brockovich
Activist
22-Jun-1960   Paralegal portrayed by Julia Roberts
A. J. Buckley
Actor
9-Feb-1978   Adam Ross on CSI: NY
George H.W. Bush
Head of State
12-Jun-1924   41st US President, 1989-93
George W. Bush
Head of State
6-Jul-1946   43rd US President, 2001-09
Neil Bush
Relative
22-Jan-1955   Silverado Savings & Loan
Stephen J. Cannell
Film/TV Producer
2-May-1941 30-Sep-2010 Creator of The Rockford Files
John T. Chambers
Business
23-Aug-1949   CEO of Cisco
Cher
Singer
20-May-1946   Sonny and Cher
Agatha Christie
Novelist
15-Sep-1890 12-Jan-1976 Mystery novelist
Winston Churchill
Head of State
30-Nov-1874 24-Jan-1965 WWII Prime Minister of England
Janet Cooke
Journalist
23-Jul-1954   Caught writing fake news
Ted Costa
Government
c. 1941   Drove the 2003 California recall election
Eliza Coupe
Actor
6-Apr-1983   Jane Kerkovich-Williams on Happy Endings
Tom Cruise
Actor
3-Jul-1962   Flamboyant Scientologist
Robert Crumb
Cartoonist
30-Aug-1943   Weirdo, Zap Comix
Leonardo Da Vinci
Artist
15-Apr-1452 2-May-1519 Mona Lisa, The Last Supper
Charles Dance
Actor
10-Oct-1946   Good Morning, Babylon
John de Lancie
Actor
20-Mar-1948   Q on Star Trek: TNG
Patrick Dempsey
Actor
13-Jan-1966   Dr. McDreamy on Grey's Anatomy
Walt Disney
Business
5-Dec-1901 15-Dec-1966 Founder of Disney empire
Clea DuVall
Actor
25-Sep-1977   Carnivale
Thomas Edison
Inventor
11-Feb-1847 18-Oct-1931 Invented the light bulb
Albert Einstein
Physicist
14-Mar-1879 18-Apr-1955 Theory of relativity
Michael Faraday
Physicist
22-Sep-1791 25-Aug-1867 Discovered electrical induction
Fannie Flagg
Comic
21-Sep-1944   Fried Green Tomatoes
Vince Flynn
Novelist
1966   Term Limits
Dave Foley
Actor
4-Jan-1963   The Kids in the Hall
Harrison Ford
Actor
13-Jul-1942   Han Solo in Star Wars
Henry Ford
Business
30-Jul-1863 7-Apr-1947 Founder of Ford Motors
Richard Ford
Novelist
16-Feb-1944   Independence Day
Noel Gallagher
Guitarist
29-May-1967   Former guitarist for Oasis
Susan George
Actor
26-Jul-1950   Straw Dogs
Danny Glover
Actor
22-Jul-1946   Lethal Weapon
Tracey Gold
Actor
16-May-1969   Growing Pains
Whoopi Goldberg
Actor
13-Nov-1955   Sister Act
Terry Goodkind
Novelist
1948   Sword of Truth series
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
Criminal
12-Mar-1945   Testified against John Gotti
Mike Gravel
Politician
13-May-1930   US Senator from Alaska, 1969-81
Spalding Gray
Actor
5-Jun-1941 11-Jan-2004 Swimming to Cambodia monologist
Carol W. Greider
Scientist
15-Apr-1961   Co-Discoverer of telomerase
Susan Hampshire
Actor
12-May-1937   The Forsyte Saga
Woody Harrelson
Actor
23-Jul-1961   Woody from Cheers
Salma Hayek
Actor
2-Sep-1966   Frida
Margaux Hemingway
Actor
16-Feb-1955 2-Jul-1996 Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin
William Hewlett
Business
20-May-1913 12-Jan-2001 Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard
Tommy Hilfiger
Fashion Designer
24-Mar-1951   Fashion designer
Anthony Hopkins
Actor
31-Dec-1937   Hannibal Lecter
Bob Hoskins
Actor
26-Oct-1942   Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
E. Howard Hunt
Criminal
9-Oct-1918 23-Jan-2007 Coordinated Watergate break-in
John Irving
Novelist
2-Mar-1942   The World According to Garp
Eddie Izzard
Comic
7-Feb-1962   Bloke in a dress going on and on
Thomas Jefferson
Head of State
13-Apr-1743 4-Jul-1826 3rd US President, 1801-09
Bruce Jenner
Track and Field
28-Oct-1949   US Olympic track and field star
Jewel
Singer/Songwriter
23-May-1974   Who will save her soul
Magic Johnson
Basketball
14-Aug-1959   Lakers star, AIDS spokesman
Ingvar Kamprad
Business
30-Mar-1926   IKEA founder
John F. Kennedy
Head of State
29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Tawny Kitaen
Model
5-Aug-1961   Bachelor Party
Christopher Knight
Actor
7-Nov-1957   Peter on The Brady Bunch
Keira Knightley
Actor
26-Mar-1985   Bend It Like Beckham
Willem Johan Kolff
Scientist
14-Feb-1911 11-Feb-2009 Artificial kidney, artificial heart
David Koresh
Religion
17-Aug-1959 19-Apr-1993 Branch Davidian cult leader
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Jay Leno
Talk Show Host
28-Apr-1950   The Tonight Show
Greg Louganis
Diver
29-Jan-1960   Olympic diver, four gold medals
Art Malik
Actor
13-Nov-1952   Dr. Zubin Khan on Holby City
Dan Malloy
Politician
21-Jul-1955   Governor of Connecticut
Archer J. P. Martin
Chemist
1-Mar-1910 28-Jul-2002 Partition chromatography
Jamie Masada
Business
c. 1963   Laugh Factory owner
Craig McCaw
Business
11-Aug-1949   Billionaire, Nextel
Bruce McCulloch
Actor
12-May-1961   The Kids in the Hall
Vince McMahon
Wrestling
24-Aug-1945   World Wrestling Entertainment impresario
Joe Meek
Music Producer
5-Apr-1929 3-Feb-1967 Innovative record producer
Kendrick Meek
Politician
6-Sep-1966   Congressman from Florida, 2003-11
Sid Meier
Computer Programmer
1954   Father of Computer Gaming
Alyssa Milano
Actor
19-Dec-1972   Charmed
Sarah Miles
Actor
31-Dec-1941   Hope and Glory
David H. Murdock
Business
10-Apr-1923   CEO of Dole Food
Nicholas Negroponte
Educator
1943   Founder, MIT Media Lab
Vince Neil
Singer
8-Feb-1961   Mötley Crüe vocalist
Gavin Newsom
Politician
10-Oct-1967   Lt. Governor of California
Henry T. Nicholas
Business
c. 1959   Broadcom billionaire
Richard O'Brien
Actor
25-Mar-1942   The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Anita O'Day
Singer/Songwriter
18-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2006 Feminine master of scat
Paul Oakenfold
Music Producer
30-Aug-1963   Music producer, Perfecto Records
Jamie Oliver
Chef
27-May-1975   The Naked Chef
Edward James Olmos
Actor
24-Feb-1947   Battlestar Galactica
Paul Orfalea
Business
28-Nov-1947   Founder of Kinko's
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer
3-Dec-1948   Black Sabbath
Carré Otis
Model
28-Sep-1968   Mickey Rourke's ex-wife
Joe Pantoliano
Actor
12-Sep-1951   Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp
George S. Patton
Military
11-Nov-1885 21-Dec-1945 American WWII Army commander
Pablo Picasso
Painter
25-Oct-1881 8-Apr-1973 Abstract painter and sculptor
Oliver Reed
Actor
13-Feb-1938 2-May-1999 Lion of the Desert
Keanu Reeves
Actor
2-Sep-1964   Dude
Guy Ritchie
Film Director
10-Sep-1968   Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels
Nelson Rockefeller
Politician
8-Jul-1908 26-Jan-1979 Ford's Vice President
Jane Rule
Author
28-Mar-1931 27-Nov-2007 Desert of the Heart
Lee Ryan
Musician
17-Jun-1983   Member of boy band Blue
Charles Schwab
Business
29-Jul-1937   Founded Charles Schwab & Co.
Ashley Scott
Actor
13-Jul-1977   Dark Angel
Michael Skakel
Criminal
19-Sep-1960   Convicted of murdering Martha Moxley
Tommy Smothers
Comic
2-Feb-1937   A Smothers Brother
Dana Snyder
Actor
14-Nov-1973   Master Shake on Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Suzanne Somers
Actor
16-Oct-1946   Chrissy on Three's Company
James LeVoy Sorenson
Business
30-Jul-1921 20-Jan-2008 Utah billionaire
Jackie Stewart
Auto Racing
11-Jun-1939   Three time Formula-1 world champion
Punch Sulzberger
Publisher
5-Feb-1926   New York Times Publisher, 1963-91
Helen B. Taussig
Doctor
24-May-1898 20-May-1986 Mother of pediatric cardiology
Ted Turner
Business
19-Nov-1938   Founder of Cable News Network
Liv Tyler
Actor
1-Jul-1977   Daughter of Aerosmith frontman
James Van Der Beek
Actor
8-Mar-1977   Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek
Lindsay Wagner
Actor
22-Jun-1949   The Bionic Woman
Zoë Wanamaker
Actor
13-May-1949   Susan Harper on My Family
George Washington
Head of State
22-Feb-1732 14-Dec-1799 1st US President, 1789-97
Wendy Wasserstein
Playwright
18-Oct-1950 30-Jan-2006 The Heidi Chronicles
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Business
14-Jan-1914 31-Dec-1993 CEO of IBM, 1956-71
Bob Weir
Guitarist
16-Oct-1947   Rhythm guitar for Grateful Dead
Florence Welch
Singer
28-Aug-1986   Florence and the Machine
Hank Williams III
Musician
12-Dec-1972   Grandson of Hank Williams
Robbie Williams
Singer
13-Feb-1974   Former member of Take That
Robin Williams
Comic
21-Jul-1952   Mork from Ork
Edward O. Wilson
Biologist
10-Jun-1929   Father of Sociobiology
Woodrow Wilson
Head of State
28-Dec-1856 3-Feb-1924 28th US President, 1913-21
Henry Winkler
Actor
30-Oct-1945   Fonz on Happy Days
William Butler Yeats
Poet
13-Jun-1865 28-Jan-1939 The Land of Heart's Desire
Ahmet Zappa
Musician
15-May-1974   Son of Frank Zappa



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