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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Pedro Armendáriz
Actor
9-May-1912 18-Jun-1963 From Russia with Love
Samuel Beckett
Playwright
13-May-1906 22-Dec-1989 Waiting for Godot
Jean Béliveau
Hockey
31-Aug-1931   Montreal Canadiens, 1950-71
Robert H. Benmosche
Business
29-May-1944   CEO of AIG
Neil Cavuto
TV Personality
22-Sep-1958   Fox News Channel VP, news anchor
Roy Cohn
Government
20-Feb-1927 2-Aug-1986 Joseph McCarthy's henchman
Claude Debussy
Composer
22-Aug-1862 25-Mar-1918 French Impressionist composer
Vince Dooley
Football
4-Sep-1932   Georgia Bulldogs Head Coach, 1964-88
John Foster Dulles
Government
25-Feb-1888 24-May-1959 Eisenhower's Secretary of State
Dan L. Duncan
Business
2-Jan-1933 28-Mar-2010 Billionaire, Enterprise Products
W. S. Van Dyke
Film Director
21-Mar-1889 5-Feb-1943 The Thin Man
Jim Exon
Politician
9-Aug-1921 10-Jun-2005 US Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97
Freddy Fender
Musician
4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Enrico Fermi
Physicist
29-Sep-1901 29-Nov-1954 First controlled nuclear chain reaction
Emil Fischer
Chemist
9-Oct-1852 15-Jul-1919 Peptide bond
Lynx Gaede
Musician
30-Jun-1992   Nazi Tween Twin band Prussian Blue
Mitzi Gaynor
Actor
4-Sep-1931   South Pacific
Dexter Gordon
Jazz Musician
27-Feb-1923 25-Apr-1990 Influential bop saxophonist
Bryant Gumbel
Talk Show Host
29-Sep-1948   The Today Show
Tony Gwynn
Baseball
9-May-1960   Batted .394 in 1994 for the Padres
Larry Hagman
Actor
21-Sep-1931   J.R. Ewing on Dallas
Barry Hannah
Author
23-Apr-1942 1-Mar-2010 High Lonesome
Tony Hillerman
Novelist
27-May-1925 26-Oct-2008 Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation
Herbert Hoover
Head of State
10-Aug-1874 20-Oct-1964 31st US President, 1929-33
Star Jones
TV Personality
24-Mar-1962   The View
Jack Kemp
Politician
13-Jul-1935 2-May-2009 American politican, football player
Harmon Killebrew
Baseball
29-Jun-1936 17-May-2011 Minnesota Twins
Bobby Layne
Football
19-Dec-1926 1-Dec-1986 NFL Hall of Famer
Larry Lea
Religion
1951   Disgraced televangelist
Tom Loeffler
Politician
1-Aug-1946   Congressman from Texas, 1979-87
Connie Mack
Politician
29-Oct-1940   US Senator from Florida, 1989-2001
Queen Mary I
Royalty
18-Feb-1516 17-Nov-1558 Queen of England, 1553-58
Colin R. McMillan
Politician
27-Jul-1935 24-Jul-2003 US Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1990-92
Terry Melcher
Music Producer
8-Feb-1942 19-Nov-2004 Songwriter for Byrds, Beach Boys
Stan Mikita
Hockey
20-May-1940   Chicago Black Hawks, 1958-80
Juanita Millender-McDonald
Politician
7-Sep-1938 22-Apr-2007 Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007
James M. Moran
Business
8-Aug-1918 24-Apr-2007 JM Family Enterprises
Jerry Nachman
Journalist
24-Feb-1946 19-Jan-2004 MSNBC reporter
Harvey Pekar
Author
8-Oct-1939 12-Jul-2010 American Splendor
Otto Preminger
Film Director
5-Dec-1906 23-Apr-1986 Anatomy of a Murder
Mark Pryor
Politician
10-Jan-1963   US Senator from Arkansas
James Randi
Magician
7-Aug-1928   The Amazing Randi
Arthur Rimbaud
Poet
20-Oct-1854 10-Nov-1891 Une Saison en Enfer
Kermit Roosevelt
Relative
10-Oct-1889 4-Jun-1943 Theodore Roosevelt's son
Bob Rosburg
Golf
21-Oct-1926 14-May-2009 Winner, 1959 PGA Championship
Jack Ruby
Assassin
25-Mar-1911 3-Jan-1967 Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Edward L. Schrock
Politician
6-Apr-1941   Congressman from Virginia, 2001-05
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Author
11-Dec-1918 3-Aug-2008 The Gulag Archipelago
John C. Stennis
Politician
3-Aug-1901 23-Apr-1995 US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89
Damo Suzuki
Singer
16-Jan-1950   Former vocalist for Can
Peter Tork
Musician
13-Feb-1942   Guitar and vocals for The Monkees
David Vetter
Victim
21-Sep-1971 22-Feb-1984 The Boy in the Bubble
Diane von Furstenberg
Fashion Designer
31-Dec-1946   Fashion designer
Don Wildmon
Activist
18-Jan-1938   Moral crusader
Rose Mary Woods
Government
26-Dec-1917 22-Jan-2005 Blamed for 18.5 minute Watergate tape erasure
Molly Yard
Activist
6-Jul-1912 21-Sep-2005 President of NOW, 1987-91





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