| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Omar Abdel-Rahman |
Criminal |
3-May-1938 |
|
The Blind Sheikh |
| al-Razi |
Doctor |
c. 865 AD |
27-Oct-925 AD |
Persian alchemist |
| Terence Alexander |
Actor |
11-Mar-1923 |
28-May-2009 |
Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac |
| Shoko Asahara |
Religion |
2-Mar-1955 |
|
Leader, Aum Shinrikyo cult |
| David Blunkett |
Politician |
6-Jun-1947 |
|
UK Home Secretary, 2001-04 |
| Andrea Bocelli |
Singer |
22-Sep-1958 |
|
Italian operatic tenor |
| Jorge Luis Borges |
Author |
24-Aug-1899 |
14-Jun-1986 |
The Garden of Forking Paths |
| Robert Boyle |
Chemist |
25-Jan-1627 |
30-Dec-1691 |
Pioneer of modern chemistry |
| Louis Braille |
Inventor |
4-Jan-1809 |
6-Jan-1852 |
Reading system for the blind |
| Laura Dewey Bridgman |
Oddity |
21-Dec-1829 |
24-May-1889 |
Blind deaf mute |
| Emanuel Bronner |
Business |
1-Feb-1908 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Soap label philosopher |
| Gordon Brown |
Politician |
20-Feb-1951 |
|
UK Prime Minister, 2007-10 |
| Robert Wilhelm Bunsen |
Chemist |
31-Mar-1811 |
16-Aug-1899 |
Spectrum analysis, bunsen burner |
| António Feliciano de Castilho |
Poet |
18-Jan-1800 |
18-Jun-1875 |
A noite de Castello |
| St. Cecilia |
Religion |
? |
c. 180 AD |
Patron saint of music, the blind |
| Ray Charles |
Musician |
23-Sep-1930 |
10-Jun-2004 |
Georgia On My Mind |
| Alonzo Church |
Mathematician |
14-Jun-1903 |
11-Aug-1995 |
Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis |
| Pope Clement XII |
Religion |
7-Apr-1652 |
6-Feb-1740 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1730-40 |
| Gustaf Dalén |
Inventor |
30-Nov-1869 |
9-Dec-1937 |
Automatic sun valve |
| Samuel H. Day |
Activist |
5-Oct-1926 |
26-Jan-2001 |
Antinuke crusader |
| Eamon de Valera |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1882 |
29-Aug-1975 |
President of Ireland, 1959-73 |
| Frederick Delius |
Composer |
29-Jan-1862 |
10-Jun-1934 |
Over the Hills and Far Away |
| Vernon Dent |
Actor |
16-Feb-1895 |
5-Nov-1963 |
Frequent foil to The Three Stooges |
| Dana Elcar |
Actor |
10-Oct-1927 |
6-Jun-2005 |
Pete Thornton on MacGyver |
| Eratosthenes |
Mathematician |
276 BC |
194 BC |
First to measure the Earth |
| Leonhard Euler |
Mathematician |
15-Apr-1707 |
18-Sep-1783 |
The Elements of Euclid |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| James Farmer |
Activist |
12-Jan-1920 |
9-Jul-1999 |
Co-Founder, CORE |
| José Feliciano |
Singer |
10-Sep-1945 |
|
Feliz Navidad |
| Galileo Galilei |
Astronomer |
15-Feb-1564 |
8-Jan-1642 |
Copernican observational astronomer |
| Martha Gellhorn |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1908 |
15-Feb-1998 |
War correspondent |
| Thomas P. Gore |
Politician |
10-Dec-1870 |
16-Mar-1949 |
Blind US Senator from Oklahoma |
| John Howard Griffin |
Author |
16-Jul-1920 |
9-Sep-1980 |
Black Like Me |
| Leroy Grumman |
Business |
4-Jan-1895 |
4-Oct-1982 |
Co-Founder, Grumman Aircraft |
| Gordon Gund |
Business |
15-Oct-1939 |
|
Former owner, Cleveland Cavaliers |
| Jeff Healey |
Guitarist |
25-Mar-1966 |
2-Mar-2008 |
The Jeff Healey Band |
| Homer |
Poet |
fl. 8th c. BC |
fl. 8th c. BC |
Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Ralph Hopton |
Military |
1596 |
Sep-1652 |
Royalist commander, English Civil War |
| William Holman Hunt |
Painter |
2-Apr-1827 |
7-Sep-1910 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
| Aldous Huxley |
Author |
26-Jul-1894 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Brave New World |
| Derek Jarman |
Film Director |
31-Jan-1942 |
19-Feb-1994 |
The Last of England |
| Blind Lemon Jefferson |
Singer |
24-Sep-1893 |
Dec-1929 |
Influential bluesman |
| Lady Bird Johnson |
First Lady |
22-Dec-1912 |
11-Jul-2007 |
Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson |
| Helen Keller |
Activist |
27-Jun-1880 |
1-Jun-1968 |
Deaf and blind activist |
| Will Keith Kellogg |
Business |
7-Apr-1860 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Corn flakes and Rice Krispies |
| Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |
Biologist |
1-Aug-1744 |
18-Dec-1829 |
Early invertebrate biologist, evolutionary theorist |
| Jean Langlais |
Composer |
15-Feb-1907 |
8-May-1991 |
Organist and composer |
| Aristide Maillol |
Sculptor |
8-Apr-1861 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Sculptor of the female nude |
| Ved Mehta |
Author |
21-Mar-1934 |
|
Face to Face |
| Ronnie Milsap |
Country Musician |
16-Jan-1943 |
|
It Was Almost Like a Song |
| Alan Moore |
Author |
18-Nov-1953 |
|
Created The Watchmen |
| Mohammed Omar |
Terrorist |
1959 |
|
Head of the Taliban |
| David A. Paterson |
Politician |
20-May-1954 |
|
Governor of New York, 2008-11 |
| Edith Piaf |
Singer |
19-Dec-1915 |
11-Oct-1963 |
Internationally-renowned French chanteuse |
| William H. Prescott |
Historian |
4-May-1796 |
28-Jan-1859 |
The Conquest of Mexico |
| Joseph Pulitzer |
Business |
10-Apr-1847 |
29-Oct-1911 |
Established the Pulitzer Prize |
| Bob C. Riley |
Politician |
18-Sep-1924 |
16-Feb-1994 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1975 |
| Betsy Ross |
Business |
1-Jan-1752 |
30-Jan-1836 |
Legendary American flagmaker |
| Jean-Paul Sartre |
Philosopher |
21-Jun-1905 |
15-Apr-1980 |
Nausea, No Exit |
| Terri Schiavo |
Victim |
3-Dec-1963 |
31-Mar-2005 |
Human vegetable, 1990-2005 |
| Diane Schuur |
Musician |
1953 |
|
The New First Lady of Jazz |
| George Shearing |
Jazz Musician |
13-Aug-1919 |
14-Feb-2011 |
George Shearing Quintet |
| Ted Sorensen |
Attorney |
8-May-1928 |
31-Oct-2010 |
Aide to JFK |
| Charles Sturt |
Explorer |
28-Apr-1795 |
16-Jun-1869 |
Explorer of NSW and South Australia |
| Anne Sullivan |
Educator |
14-Apr-1866 |
20-Oct-1936 |
The Miracle Worker |
| Art Tatum |
Jazz Musician |
13-Oct-1909 |
5-Nov-1956 |
Greatest jazz pianist of all time |
| James Thurber |
Author |
8-Dec-1894 |
2-Nov-1961 |
Short story writer and cartoonist |
| Walther von Brauchitsch |
Military |
4-Oct-1881 |
18-Oct-1948 |
Nazi general, failed to capture Moscow |
| Karl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel |
Military |
2-Jan-1886 |
30-Aug-1944 |
Nazi general, tried to overthrow Hitler |
| Doc Watson |
Guitarist |
2-Mar-1923 |
29-May-2012 |
Two Days in November |
| Stevie Wonder |
Singer/Songwriter |
13-May-1950 |
|
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered |
| Sheikh Ahmed Yassin |
Religion |
18-Dec-1936 |
21-Mar-2004 |
Hamas spiritual leader |
