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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Peter Arno
Cartoonist
8-Jan-1904 22-Feb-1968 The New Yorker
Mary Astor
Actor
3-May-1906 25-Sep-1987 The Maltese Falcon
Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
31-Jan-1902 12-Dec-1968 Lifeboat
Samuel Beckett
Playwright
13-May-1906 22-Dec-1989 Waiting for Godot
Pappy Boyington
Military
4-Dec-1912 11-Jan-1988 World War II flying ace
Louise Brooks
Actor
14-Nov-1906 8-Aug-1985 Pandora's Box
Cantinflas
Actor
12-Aug-1911 20-Apr-1993 Around the World in Eighty Days
Howie Carr
Columnist
17-Jan-1952   Boston Herald columnist, talk-radio host
Marguerite Duras
Novelist
4-Apr-1914 3-Mar-1996 Hiroshima mon Amour
Richard J. Egan
Business
28-Feb-1936 28-Aug-2009 Co-Founder, EMC Corporation
Jack Finney
Novelist
2-Oct-1911 14-Nov-1995 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Benjamin Franklin
Diplomat
17-Jan-1706 17-Apr-1790 American founding father
Arthur Franz
Actor
29-Feb-1920 17-Jun-2006 The Sniper
Erroll Garner
Jazz Musician
15-Jun-1921 2-Jan-1977 Misty
Paulette Goddard
Actor
3-Jun-1910 23-Apr-1990 Reap the Wild Wind
Frank Gorshin
Actor
5-Apr-1933 17-May-2005 The Riddler in Batman
Gordon Gould
Physicist
17-Jul-1920 16-Sep-2005 Invented the laser, arguably
Brian Keith
Actor
14-Nov-1921 24-Jun-1997 Uncle Bill on Family Affair
Liberace
Pianist
16-May-1919 4-Feb-1987 Rhinestoned pianist
Dean Martin
Singer
7-Jun-1917 25-Dec-1995 Member of Rat Pack
John McCormack
Singer
14-Jun-1884 16-Sep-1945 Operatic tenor, Irish balladeer
Carmen McRae
Singer
8-Apr-1922 10-Nov-1994 Jazz vocalist
Vaughn Meader
Comic
20-Mar-1936 29-Oct-2004 Comedian, JFK mimic
Don Meredith
Football
10-Apr-1938 5-Dec-2010 Dallas Cowboys, Monday Night Foorball
Robert Mitchum
Actor
6-Aug-1917 1-Jul-1997 Cape Fear
Leonard Nimoy
Actor
26-Mar-1931   Commander Spock on Star Trek
Pat Nixon
First Lady
16-Mar-1912 22-Jun-1993 Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
Revilo P. Oliver
Activist
7-Jul-1908 10-Aug-1994 Founding member, John Birch Society
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre
Charles H. Russell
Politician
27-Dec-1903 13-Sep-1989 Governor of Nevada, 1951-59
Richard B. Russell
Politician
2-Nov-1897 21-Jan-1971 US Senator from Georgia, 1933-71
John Sturges
Film Director
3-Jan-1911 18-Aug-1992 The Great Escape
Dylan Thomas
Poet
27-Oct-1914 9-Nov-1953 Most influential Welsh poet
Tom of Finland
Artist
8-May-1920 7-Nov-1991 Beefcake fetish artist
Christy Turlington
Model
2-Jan-1969   Supermodel, started Sundari
Bill W.
Activist
26-Nov-1895 24-Jan-1971 Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder
Amy Winehouse
Singer
14-Sep-1983 23-Jul-2011 Rehab
Faron Young
Musician
25-Feb-1932 10-Dec-1996 The Hillbilly Heartthrob





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