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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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