LISTS

People with a glass or otherwise missing eye.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Walter Abish	Author	24-Dec-1931		Alphabetical Africa
Charles H. Bonesteel III	Military	26-Sep-1909	13-Oct-1977	Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea
Laura Dewey Bridgman	Oddity	21-Dec-1829	24-May-1889	Blind deaf mute
Gordon Brown	Politician	20-Feb-1951		UK Prime Minister, 2007-10
Luís de Camões	Poet	c. 1524	10-Jun-1580	Os Lusíadas
Dale Chihuly	Artist	20-Sep-1941		Glass artist
Juan Corona	Criminal	1934		Serial killer serving 25 life sentences
Hume Cronyn	Actor	18-Jul-1911	15-Jun-2003	Cocoon
Gabriele D'Annunzio	Author	12-Mar-1863	1-Mar-1938	Anarchist Dictator of Fiume, 1919-20
Sammy Davis, Jr.	Singer	8-Dec-1925	16-May-1990	Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack
Moshe Dayan	Politician	20-May-1915	16-Oct-1981	Israeli military leader
Peter Falk	Actor	16-Sep-1927	23-Jun-2011	Detective Columbo
Léon Gambetta	Head of State	2-Apr-1838	31-Dec-1882	Consolidated democracy in France
Rex Harrison	Actor	5-Mar-1908	2-Jun-1990	My Fair Lady
Lewis B. Hershey	Military	12-Sep-1893	20-May-1977	Director of Selective Service System
David T. Kearns	Business	11-Aug-1930	25-Feb-2011	CEO of Xerox, 1985-91
Helen Keller	Activist	27-Jun-1880	1-Jun-1968	Deaf and blind activist
Jean-Marie Le Pen	Politician	20-Jun-1928		French nationalist
Henry Lee Lucas	Criminal	23-Aug-1936	12-Mar-2001	Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas
Abu Hamza al-Masri	Religion	15-Apr-1958		Imam of Finsbury Park Mosque
Leo McKern	Actor	16-Mar-1920	23-Jul-2002	Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey
Lord Nelson	Military	29-Sep-1758	21-Oct-1805	Most celebrated British admiral
Mohammed Omar	Terrorist	1959		Head of the Taliban
John Dos Passos	Author	14-Jan-1896	28-Sep-1970	U.S.A. Trilogy
Wiley Post	Aviator	22-Nov-1898	15-Aug-1935	First pilot to fly solo round the world
Richard W. Rahn	Economist	c. 1941		The End of Money
Nicholas Ray	Film Director	7-Aug-1911	16-Jun-1979	Rebel Without a Cause
Bob C. Riley	Politician	18-Sep-1924	16-Feb-1994	Governor of Arkansas, 1975
Paul Schäfer	Criminal	4-Dec-1921	24-Apr-2010	Colonia Dignidad cult leader
Hun Sen	Head of State	4-Apr-1951		Prime Minister of Cambodia
Peter Sutcliffe	Criminal	2-Jun-1946		The Yorkshire Ripper
James Thurber	Author	8-Dec-1894	2-Nov-1961	Short story writer and cartoonist
Mo Udall	Politician	15-Jun-1922	12-Dec-1998	Congressman from Arizona, 1961-91
Andrew Vachss	Author	19-Oct-1942		Burke, attorney for children
Claus von Stauffenberg	Military	15-Nov-1907	20-Jul-1944	Tried to kill Hitler in 1944
Alice Walker	Author	9-Feb-1944		The Color Purple
Raoul Walsh	Film Director	11-Mar-1887	31-Dec-1980	The Naked and the Dead
Archibald Wavell	Military	5-May-1883	24-May-1950	British Field Marshal in WWII
Jack Williams	Politician	29-Oct-1909	24-Aug-1998	Governor of Arizona, 1967-75
Jerry M. Woodall	Inventor	c. 1938		Inventor of the red LED
Iannis Xenakis	Composer	9-May-1922	4-Feb-2001	Avant-garde composer

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