| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Gamal Abdel-Nasser |
Head of State |
15-Jan-1918 |
28-Sep-1970 |
President of Egypt, 1956-70 |
| Sid Abel |
Hockey |
22-Feb-1918 |
7-Feb-2000 |
Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hall of Famer |
| Spiro T. Agnew |
Politician |
9-Nov-1918 |
17-Sep-1996 |
US Vice President, 1969-73 |
| Robert Aldrich |
Film Director |
9-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1983 |
The Dirty Dozen |
| James Aldridge |
Novelist |
10-Jul-1918 |
|
The True Story of Lilli Stubeck |
| George Allen |
Football |
29-Apr-1918 |
31-Dec-1990 |
The Future is Now |
| Susan Mary Alsop |
Socialite |
19-Jun-1918 |
18-Aug-2004 |
Washington DC Socialite |
| Louis Althusser |
Philosopher |
16-Oct-1918 |
22-Oct-1990 |
Marxist theorist, anti-humanist |
| T. M. Aluko |
Novelist |
14-Jun-1918 |
1-May-2010 |
One Man, One Wife |
| Dwayne Andreas |
Business |
4-Mar-1918 |
|
Archer Daniels Midland CEO, 1970-97 |
| Patty Andrews |
Singer |
16-Feb-1918 |
|
The Andrews Sisters |
| Evelyn Ankers |
Actor |
17-Aug-1918 |
29-Aug-1985 |
Captive Wild Woman |
| Leonore Annenberg |
Socialite |
20-Feb-1918 |
12-Mar-2009 |
Wife of Walter Annenberg |
| Allan Arbus |
Actor |
15-Feb-1918 |
|
Dr. Sidney on M*A*S*H |
| Eddy Arnold |
Country Musician |
15-May-1918 |
8-May-2008 |
The Tennessee Plowboy |
| Mary Kay Ash |
Business |
12-May-1918 |
22-Nov-2001 |
Cosmetics mogul |
| Roy L. Ash |
Business |
20-Oct-1918 |
14-Dec-2011 |
Director of the OMB, 1973-75 |
| Barry Atwater |
Actor |
16-May-1918 |
24-May-1978 |
The Night Stalker |
| Gabriel Axel |
Film Director |
18-Apr-1918 |
|
Babette's Feast |
| Ann Ayars |
Actor |
23-Jul-1918 |
27-Feb-1995 |
The Youngest Profession |
| Pearl Bailey |
Singer |
29-Mar-1918 |
17-Aug-1990 |
Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love |
| Bill Ballance |
Radio Personality |
27-Oct-1918 |
23-Sep-2004 |
Shared naked pix of Dr. Laura |
| Joan Banks |
Actor |
30-Oct-1918 |
18-Jan-1998 |
Radio actress, Gangbusters |
| A. L. Barker |
Novelist |
13-Apr-1918 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Innocents |
| R. H. Barlow |
Author |
18-May-1918 |
2-Jan-1951 |
Literary executor of H. P. Lovecraft |
| Joseph W. Barr |
Government |
17-Jan-1918 |
23-Feb-1996 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69 |
| Derek Barton |
Chemist |
8-Sep-1918 |
16-Mar-1998 |
Conformational analysis |
| Walter Jackson Bate |
Critic |
23-May-1918 |
26-Jul-1999 |
Samuel Johnson |
| Lucius Battle |
Diplomat |
1-Jun-1918 |
13-May-2008 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1964-67 |
| Griffin Bell |
Government |
31-Oct-1918 |
5-Jan-2009 |
US Attorney General, 1977-79 |
| Ahmed Ben Bella |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1918 |
11-Apr-2012 |
President of Algeria, 1963-65 |
| Patty Berg |
Golf |
13-Feb-1918 |
10-Sep-2006 |
Winner of 15 major titles |
| Ingmar Bergman |
Film Director |
14-Jul-1918 |
30-Jul-2007 |
Scenes from a Marriage |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| John Birch |
Religion |
28-May-1918 |
25-Aug-1945 |
Missionary to China killed during WW2 |
| Joey Bishop |
Comic |
3-Feb-1918 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Rat Pack member |
| William Bishop |
Actor |
16-Jul-1918 |
3-Oct-1959 |
The Killer That Stalked New York |
| Bob Blackman |
Football |
7-Jul-1918 |
18-Mar-2000 |
Dartmouth Head Coach, 1955-70 |
| Fanny Blankers-Koen |
Track and Field |
26-Apr-1918 |
25-Jan-2004 |
Four gold medals in 1948 |
| Jimmy Blanton |
Jazz Musician |
5-Oct-1918 |
30-Jul-1942 |
Bassist, The Duke Ellington Orchestra |
| Fred Bodsworth |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1918 |
|
Last of the Curlews |
| Tom Bolack |
Politician |
18-May-1918 |
20-May-1998 |
Governor of New Mexico, 1962-63 |
| Otis R. Bowen |
Politician |
26-Feb-1918 |
|
Governor of Indiana, 1973-81 |
| Paul D. Boyer |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1918 |
|
ATP process |
| Peter J. Brennan |
Government |
24-May-1918 |
2-Oct-1996 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75 |
| Bertram N. Brockhouse |
Physicist |
15-Jul-1918 |
13-Oct-2003 |
Triple-axis crystal spectrometry |
| Rand Brooks |
Actor |
21-Sep-1918 |
1-Sep-2003 |
Gone With the Wind |
| George S. Brown |
Military |
17-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78 |
| James R. Browning |
Judge |
1-Oct-1918 |
5-May-2012 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1961-2000 |
| Walter Burkemo |
Golf |
9-Oct-1918 |
8-Oct-1986 |
Winner, 1953 PGA Championship |
| Clarence "Du" Burns |
Politician |
13-Sep-1918 |
12-Jan-2002 |
First black mayor of Baltimore |
| Richard G. Butler |
Activist |
23-Feb-1918 |
8-Sep-2004 |
Founder of the Aryan Nations |
| Sebastian Cabot |
Actor |
6-Jul-1918 |
22-Aug-1977 |
The Family Jewels |
| Art Carney |
Actor |
4-Nov-1918 |
9-Nov-2003 |
Ed Norton on The Honeymooners |
| Nicolae Ceausescu |
Head of State |
26-Jan-1918 |
25-Dec-1989 |
Dictator of Romania |
| Alfred Chandler |
Historian |
15-Sep-1918 |
9-May-2007 |
Business historian |
| Jeff Chandler |
Actor |
15-Dec-1918 |
17-Jun-1961 |
Broken Arrow |
| Marguerite Chapman |
Actor |
9-Mar-1918 |
31-Aug-1999 |
Coroner Creek |
| Arthur Chung |
Head of State |
10-Jan-1918 |
23-Jun-2008 |
President of Guyana, 1970-80 |
| Harlan Cleveland |
Government |
19-Jan-1918 |
30-May-2008 |
Futurist, diplomat |
| Howard Cosell |
Sports Journalist |
25-Mar-1918 |
23-Apr-1995 |
Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator |
| Kent H. Courtney |
Activist |
23-Oct-1918 |
12-Aug-1997 |
Ultraconservative activist |
| Anthony Crosland |
Politician |
29-Aug-1918 |
19-Feb-1977 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1976-77 |
| Emilio Daddario |
Politician |
24-Sep-1918 |
6-Jul-2010 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-71 |
| John Dall |
Actor |
26-May-1918 |
15-Jan-1971 |
Rope |
| James Daly |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
3-Jul-1978 |
Dr. Paul Lochner on Medical Center |
| Dennis Day |
Radio Personality |
21-May-1918 |
22-Jun-1988 |
On Jack Benny's radio show |
| Steven B. Derounian |
Politician |
6-Apr-1918 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Congressman from New York, 1953-65 |
| Richard Derr |
Actor |
15-Jun-1918 |
8-May-1992 |
When Worlds Collide |
| Anton Diffring |
Actor |
20-Oct-1918 |
20-May-1989 |
Where Eagles Dare |
| Jeane Dixon |
Paranormal |
5-Jan-1918 |
25-Jan-1997 |
High profile astrologer |
| King Donovan |
Actor |
25-Jan-1918 |
30-Jun-1987 |
Character actor husband of Imogene Coca |
| Ellen Albertini Dow |
Actor |
16-Nov-1918 |
|
Rapping Granny in The Wedding Singer |
| Tom Drake |
Actor |
5-Aug-1918 |
11-Aug-1982 |
Meet Me In St. Louis |
| Daniel C. Drucker |
Engineer |
1918 |
25-Aug-2001 |
Drucker's stability postulate |
| Allen Drury |
Novelist |
2-Sep-1918 |
2-Sep-1998 |
Advise and Consent |
| James S. Duesenberry |
Economist |
18-Jul-1918 |
5-Oct-2009 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1966-68 |
| Avery Cardinal Dulles |
Religion |
24-Aug-1918 |
12-Dec-2008 |
Fordham Professor, Roman Catholic Cardinal |
| June Duprez |
Actor |
14-May-1918 |
30-Oct-1984 |
The Thief of Bagdad |
| Jack Elam |
Actor |
13-Nov-1918 |
20-Oct-2003 |
The Sundowners |
| Gertrude B. Elion |
Scientist |
23-Jan-1918 |
21-Feb-1999 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, AIDS |
| Richard Ellmann |
Critic |
15-Mar-1918 |
13-May-1987 |
James Joyce |
| William Eythe |
Actor |
7-Apr-1918 |
26-Jan-1957 |
The House on 92nd Street |
| Philip Jose Farmer |
Author |
26-Jan-1918 |
25-Feb-2009 |
Riverworld saga |
| Renée Faure |
Actor |
4-Nov-1918 |
2-May-2005 |
The Little Thief |
| Bob Feller |
Baseball |
3-Nov-1918 |
15-Dec-2010 |
Pitched three no-hitters for Cleveland |
| Richard Feynman |
Physicist |
11-May-1918 |
15-Feb-1988 |
Surely he's joking |
| Charlie Finley |
Baseball |
22-Feb-1918 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Owner of the Oakland A's 1960-80 |
| Ernst Otto Fischer |
Chemist |
10-Nov-1918 |
23-Jul-2007 |
Organometallic "sandwich" compounds |
| Suzanne Flon |
Actor |
28-Jan-1918 |
15-Jun-2005 |
One Deadly Summer |
| Kam Fong |
Actor |
27-May-1918 |
18-Oct-2002 |
Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii 5-O |
| Betty Ford |
First Lady |
8-Apr-1918 |
8-Jul-2011 |
Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center |
| John Forsythe |
Actor |
29-Jan-1918 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Blake Carrington on Dynasty |
| Orville L. Freeman |
Politician |
9-May-1918 |
20-Feb-2003 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1955-61 |
| Kenichi Fukui |
Chemist |
4-Oct-1918 |
9-Jan-1998 |
Frontier orbitals |
| W. H. Krome George |
Business |
27-Mar-1918 |
6-Sep-2004 |
Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, 1975-83 |
| Hutton Gibson |
Relative |
26-Aug-1918 |
|
Father of Mel Gibson |
| Massimo Girotti |
Actor |
18-May-1918 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Facing Windows |
| Bill Gordon |
Astronomer |
8-Jan-1918 |
16-Feb-2010 |
Designed Arecibo radio telescope |
| Robert Gottschalk |
Inventor |
12-Mar-1918 |
3-Jun-1982 |
Wide-screen motion picture technology |
| Lawrence Gowing |
Historian |
21-Apr-1918 |
5-Feb-1991 |
Art historian, biographer of Vermeer |
| Billy Graham |
Religion |
7-Nov-1918 |
|
Televangelist |
| George Grant |
Philosopher |
13-Nov-1918 |
27-Sep-1988 |
Propagator of Red Toryism |
| Jimmy The Greek |
TV Personality |
9-Sep-1918 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Oddsmaker |
| Richard Greene |
Actor |
25-Aug-1918 |
1-Jun-1985 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
| Anne Gwynne |
Actor |
10-Dec-1918 |
31-Mar-2003 |
WWII pinup girl, also actress |
| Jimmy Hanley |
Actor |
22-Oct-1918 |
13-Jan-1970 |
Jim's Inn |
| Sidney Harman |
Business |
5-Aug-1918 |
12-Apr-2011 |
Founder of Harman International |
| Paul Harvey |
Radio Personality |
4-Sep-1918 |
28-Feb-2009 |
The Paul Harvey Show |
| Ernie Harwell |
Sports Journalist |
25-Jan-1918 |
4-May-2010 |
Voice of the Detroit Tigers |
| Charles A. Hayes |
Politician |
17-Feb-1918 |
8-Apr-1997 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93 |
| Susan Hayward |
Actor |
30-Jun-1918 |
14-Mar-1975 |
I Want to Live! |
| Rita Hayworth |
Actor |
17-Oct-1918 |
14-May-1987 |
Gilda |
| Skitch Henderson |
Conductor |
27-Jan-1918 |
1-Nov-2005 |
Original Tonight Show bandleader |
| Ed Herschler |
Politician |
27-Oct-1918 |
5-Feb-1990 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87 |
| Chaim Herzog |
Head of State |
17-Sep-1918 |
17-Apr-1997 |
President of Israel, 1983-93 |
| Roger W. Heyns |
Educator |
27-Jan-1918 |
11-Sep-1995 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71 |
| William Holden |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Stalag 17 |
| Tim Holt |
Actor |
5-Feb-1918 |
15-Feb-1973 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
| John Hospers |
Politician |
9-Jun-1918 |
12-Jun-2011 |
First Libertarian presidential candidate |
| Ronald Howard |
Actor |
7-Apr-1918 |
19-Dec-1996 |
Sherlock Holmes |
| John R. Hubbard |
Educator |
3-Dec-1918 |
21-Aug-2011 |
President of USC, 1970-80 |
| E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
| Punch Imlach |
Hockey |
15-Mar-1918 |
1-Dec-1987 |
NHL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| Cheddi Jagan |
Head of State |
22-Mar-1918 |
6-Mar-1997 |
President of Guyana, 1992-97 |
| Betty James |
Business |
13-Feb-1918 |
20-Nov-2008 |
Slinky entrepreneur |
| Walter W. Jenkins |
Government |
23-Mar-1918 |
23-Nov-1985 |
LBJ assistant, outed in gay sex scandal |
| Ben Johnson |
Actor |
13-Jun-1918 |
8-Apr-1996 |
The Last Picture Show |
| Frank M. Johnson |
Judge |
30-Oct-1918 |
23-Jul-1999 |
11th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1981-99 |
| Hank Jones |
Jazz Musician |
31-Jul-1918 |
16-May-2010 |
Jazz Piano Luminary |
| Keith Joseph |
Politician |
17-Jan-1918 |
10-Dec-1994 |
Conservative UK Minister, Thatcher influence |
| Jerome Karle |
Chemist |
18-Jun-1918 |
|
X-Ray diffraction studies |
| Stubby Kaye |
Actor |
11-Nov-1918 |
14-Dec-1997 |
Guys and Dolls |
| Lila Kedrova |
Actor |
9-Oct-1918 |
16-Feb-2000 |
Zorba the Greek |
| Rosemary Kennedy |
Relative |
13-Sep-1918 |
7-Jan-2005 |
Kennedy sibling, institutionalized |
| John W. King |
Politician |
10-Oct-1918 |
9-Aug-1996 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69 |
| Nile Kinnick |
Football |
9-Jul-1918 |
2-Jun-1943 |
Winner, 1939 Heisman Trophy |
| Russell Kirk |
Author |
19-Oct-1918 |
29-Apr-1994 |
The Conservative Mind |
| Herbert G. Klein |
Journalist |
1-Apr-1918 |
2-Jul-2009 |
White House Communications Director, 1969-73 |
| Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
| Edwin G. Krebs |
Scientist |
6-Jun-1918 |
21-Dec-2009 |
Protein phosphorylation |
| Madeleine L'Engle |
Author |
29-Nov-1918 |
6-Sep-2007 |
A Wrinkle In Time |
| Duncan Lamont |
Actor |
17-Jun-1918 |
19-Dec-1978 |
The Golden Coach |
| Ann Landers |
Columnist |
4-Jul-1918 |
22-Jun-2002 |
Syndicated advice columnist |
| Arthur Laurents |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1918 |
5-May-2011 |
West Side Story |
| George M. Leader |
Politician |
17-Jan-1918 |
|
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1955-59 |
| Alan Jay Lerner |
Playwright |
31-Aug-1918 |
14-Jun-1986 |
An American in Paris |
| Edward B. Lewis |
Scientist |
20-May-1918 |
21-Jul-2004 |
Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate |
| Audra Lindley |
Actor |
24-Sep-1918 |
16-Oct-1997 |
Helen Roper on Three's Company |
| Cruz Lizárraga |
Musician |
1-Jul-1918 |
17-Jun-1995 |
El Muchacho Alegre |
| Russell Long |
Politician |
3-Nov-1918 |
9-May-2003 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87 |
| Marjorie Lord |
Actor |
26-Jul-1918 |
|
Make Room for Daddy |
| Patrick J. Lucey |
Politician |
21-Mar-1918 |
|
Governor of Wisconsin, 1971-77 |
| Ida Lupino |
Actor |
4-Feb-1918 |
3-Aug-1995 |
The Man I Love |
| Richard E. Lyng |
Business |
29-Jun-1918 |
1-Feb-2003 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1986-89 |
| Jack MacGowran |
Actor |
13-Oct-1918 |
30-Jan-1973 |
The Fearless Vampire Killers |
| Nelson Mandela |
Head of State |
18-Jul-1918 |
|
Former President of South Africa |
| William C. Marland |
Politician |
26-Mar-1918 |
26-Nov-1965 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57 |
| George McAfee |
Football |
13-Mar-1918 |
4-Mar-2009 |
Chicago Bears HB, Hall of Famer |
| Harold W. McGraw, Jr. |
Business |
10-Jan-1918 |
24-Mar-2010 |
Chairman of McGraw-Hill, 1968-88 |
| Mary McGrory |
Journalist |
22-Aug-1918 |
21-Apr-2004 |
Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberal Icon |
| John J. McKeithen |
Politician |
28-May-1918 |
4-Jun-1999 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1964-72 |
| Marian McPartland |
Jazz Musician |
20-Mar-1918 |
|
Piano Jazz |
| Spike Milligan |
Comic |
16-Apr-1918 |
27-Feb-2002 |
The Goon Show |
| Leon Mirsky |
Mathematician |
19-Dec-1918 |
1-Dec-1983 |
Transversal Theory |
| Cameron Mitchell |
Actor |
4-Nov-1918 |
6-Jul-1994 |
The High Chaparral |
| Franco Modigliani |
Economist |
18-Jun-1918 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Life-cycle theory |
| James M. Moran |
Business |
8-Aug-1918 |
24-Apr-2007 |
JM Family Enterprises |
| Peggy Moran |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
24-Oct-2002 |
The Mummy's Hand |
| Col. Robert Morgan |
Military |
31-Jul-1918 |
15-May-2004 |
Pilot of The Memphis Belle |
| Barry Morse |
Actor |
10-Jun-1918 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Lt. Gerard on The Fugitive |
| Frederick Mulley |
Politician |
3-Jul-1918 |
15-Mar-1995 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79 |
| Yasuhiro Nakasone |
Head of State |
27-May-1918 |
|
Prime Minister of Japan, 1982-87 |
| Robert D. Nesen |
Diplomat |
22-Jan-1918 |
14-Nov-2005 |
US Ambassador to Australia, 1981-85 |
| Arnold Newman |
Photographer |
3-Mar-1918 |
6-Jun-2006 |
Environmental portraitist |
| David D. Newsom |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1918 |
30-Mar-2008 |
US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78 |
| William F. Nichols |
Politician |
16-Oct-1918 |
13-Dec-1988 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1967-88 |
| Birgit Nilsson |
Singer |
17-May-1918 |
25-Dec-2005 |
Swedish operatic, Wagnerian soprano |
| Cleo A. Noel, Jr. |
Diplomat |
6-Aug-1918 |
2-Mar-1973 |
US Ambassador to Sudan, 1972-73 |
| Edwin O'Connor |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1918 |
23-Mar-1968 |
The Last Hurrah |
| David Opatoshu |
Actor |
30-Jan-1918 |
30-Apr-1996 |
Raid on Entebbe |
| Jack Paar |
Talk Show Host |
1-May-1918 |
27-Jan-2004 |
Second host of the Tonight Show |
| Don Pardo |
TV Personality |
22-Feb-1918 |
|
Voice announcer |
| Claiborne Pell |
Politician |
22-Nov-1918 |
1-Jan-2009 |
US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97 |
| Hank Penny |
Musician |
18-Sep-1918 |
17-Apr-1992 |
Western swing bandleader |
| Peg Phillips |
Actor |
20-Sep-1918 |
7-Nov-2002 |
Ruth-Anne Miller on Northern Exposure |
| Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. |
Business |
20-Oct-1918 |
|
CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83 |
| Ted Post |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1918 |
|
Hang 'Em High |
| Robert Preston |
Actor |
8-Jun-1918 |
21-Mar-1987 |
The Music Man |
| J. Donald Rauth |
Business |
1918 |
28-Dec-2005 |
CEO of Martin Marietta, 1973-83 |
| Pee Wee Reese |
Baseball |
23-Jul-1918 |
15-Aug-1999 |
Ten-time Dodgers All-Star |
| Donald Regan |
Government |
21-Dec-1918 |
10-Jun-2003 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85 |
| Frederick Reines |
Physicist |
16-Mar-1918 |
26-Aug-1998 |
Co-Discover of the neutrino |
| Bobby Riggs |
Tennis |
25-Feb-1918 |
25-Oct-1995 |
Winner of 1939 Wimbledon |
| Jerome Robbins |
Choreographer |
11-Oct-1918 |
29-Jul-1998 |
West Side Story |
| Oral Roberts |
Religion |
24-Jan-1918 |
15-Dec-2009 |
Televangelist, faith healer |
| George Rockwell |
Activist |
9-Mar-1918 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Founded American Nazi Party |
| Percy Rodriguez |
Actor |
13-Jun-1918 |
6-Sep-2007 |
Afro-Canadian actor |
| Leonard Rose |
Cellist |
28-Jul-1918 |
16-Nov-1984 |
Virtuoso cellist |
| Julius Rosenberg |
Spy |
12-May-1918 |
19-Jun-1953 |
Leaked atomic bomb secrets to USSR |
| Paul Rudolph |
Architect |
23-Oct-1918 |
8-Aug-1997 |
Brutalist architect |
| Martin Ryle |
Astronomer |
27-Sep-1918 |
14-Oct-1984 |
Radio astronomer |
| Anwar Sadat |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1918 |
6-Oct-1981 |
President of Egypt, 1970-81 |
| Frederick Sanger |
Chemist |
13-Aug-1918 |
|
Two-time Nobel laureate in chemistry |
| Grant Sawyer |
Politician |
14-Dec-1918 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Governor of Nevada, 1959-67 |
| Helmut Schmidt |
Head of State |
23-Dec-1918 |
|
Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82 |
| Julian Schwinger |
Physicist |
12-Feb-1918 |
16-Jul-1994 |
Quantum electrodynamics |
| Vito Scotti |
Actor |
26-Jan-1918 |
5-Jun-1996 |
Character actor, 1950s to 1990s |
| Francis J. Sehn |
Business |
10-Apr-1918 |
|
The Fran Sehn Company |
| John F. Seiberling |
Politician |
8-Sep-1918 |
2-Aug-2008 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87 |
| Mary Lee Settle |
Novelist |
29-Jul-1918 |
27-Sep-2005 |
Beulah Land |
| Anne Shirley |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
4-Jul-1993 |
Stella Dallas |
| Herb Shriner |
Actor |
29-May-1918 |
23-Apr-1970 |
Two for the Money |
| Kai M. Siegbahn |
Physicist |
20-Apr-1918 |
20-Jul-2007 |
Electron spectroscopy |
| Jens C. Skou |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1918 |
|
ATPase researcher |
| Iceberg Slim |
Criminal |
4-Aug-1918 |
28-Apr-1992 |
Pimp-turned-author |
| Hulett C. Smith |
Politician |
21-Oct-1918 |
15-Jan-2012 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1965-69 |
| Alexander Solzhenitsyn |
Author |
11-Dec-1918 |
3-Aug-2008 |
The Gulag Archipelago |
| Red Sovine |
Country Musician |
17-Jul-1918 |
4-Apr-1980 |
The Old Syrup Sopper |
| Muriel Spark |
Novelist |
1-Feb-1918 |
13-Apr-2006 |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| Mickey Spillane |
Author |
9-Mar-1918 |
17-Jul-2006 |
Mike Hammer novels |
| Arnold Stang |
Actor |
28-Sep-1918 |
20-Dec-2009 |
Bespectacled character actor |
| Craig Stevens |
Actor |
8-Jul-1918 |
10-May-2000 |
Peter Gunn |
| June Storey |
Actor |
20-Apr-1918 |
18-Dec-1991 |
In Old Chicago |
| Robert S. Strauss |
Diplomat |
19-Oct-1918 |
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US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 |
| Herbert L. Strock |
Film Director |
13-Jan-1918 |
30-Nov-2005 |
The Crawling Hand |
| Maxine Stuart |
Actor |
28-Jun-1918 |
|
Amanda Earp on The Rousters |
| Theodore Sturgeon |
Author |
26-Feb-1918 |
8-May-1985 |
More Than Human |
| Jacqueline Susann |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1918 |
21-Sep-1974 |
Valley of the Dolls |
| Glendon Swarthout |
Novelist |
8-Apr-1918 |
23-Sep-1992 |
Bless the Beasts and Children |
| Charles Tandy |
Business |
15-May-1918 |
4-Nov-1978 |
Radio Shack |
| James Tobin |
Economist |
5-Mar-1918 |
11-Mar-2002 |
Investment behaviorist |
| Audrey Totter |
Actor |
20-Dec-1918 |
|
The Unsuspected |
| Bobby Troup |
Songwriter |
18-Oct-1918 |
7-Feb-1999 |
(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66 |
| Tupou IV |
Royalty |
4-Jul-1918 |
10-Sep-2006 |
King of Tonga, 1965-2006 |
| Jørn Utzon |
Architect |
9-Apr-1918 |
29-Nov-2008 |
Sydney Opera House |
| Abigail Van Buren |
Columnist |
4-Jul-1918 |
|
Dear Abby emeritus |
| Ernest Vandiver |
Politician |
3-Jul-1918 |
21-Feb-2005 |
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63 |
| Astrid Varnay |
Singer |
25-Apr-1918 |
4-Sep-2006 |
Wagnerian soprano |
| George S. Vest |
Diplomat |
25-Dec-1918 |
|
US Ambassador to the EC, 1981-85 |
| Bill Vukovich |
Auto Racing |
13-Dec-1918 |
30-May-1955 |
Winner, 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500 |
| Robert Wadlow |
Oddity |
22-Feb-1918 |
15-Jul-1940 |
Tallest documented individual |
| Kurt Waldheim |
Government |
21-Dec-1918 |
14-Jun-2007 |
UN Secretary General, 1972-82 |
| Robert Walker |
Actor |
13-Oct-1918 |
28-Aug-1951 |
Strangers on a Train |
| Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
7-Apr-2012 |
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
| Sam Walton |
Business |
29-Mar-1918 |
5-Apr-1992 |
America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart |
| Louie Welch |
Politician |
9-Dec-1918 |
27-Jan-2008 |
Mayor of Houston, 1964-73 |
| William Whitelaw |
Politician |
28-Jun-1918 |
1-Jul-1999 |
UK Deputy Prime Minister, 1979-88 |
| Malcolm R. Wilkey |
Judge |
6-Dec-1918 |
15-Aug-2009 |
US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1985-90 |
| Joe Williams |
Singer |
12-Dec-1918 |
29-Mar-1999 |
Baritone jazz vocalist |
| John Bell Williams |
Politician |
4-Dec-1918 |
25-Mar-1983 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1968-72 |
| Ted Williams |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1918 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Cryonically preserved .400 hitter |
| Ralph Wilson, Jr. |
Football |
17-Oct-1918 |
|
Founding Owner, Buffalo Bills |
| Kathryn Tucker Windham |
Author |
2-Jun-1918 |
12-Jun-2011 |
Alabama: One Big Front Porch |
| Joseph Wiseman |
Actor |
15-May-1918 |
19-Oct-2009 |
Dr. No |
| Teresa Wright |
Actor |
27-Oct-1918 |
6-Mar-2005 |
Shadow of a Doubt |
| Coleman Young |
Politician |
24-May-1918 |
30-Nov-1997 |
Mayor of Detroit, 1974-93 |
| Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. |
Actor |
30-Nov-1918 |
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The F.B.I. |
