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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Isaac Asimov
Author
2-Jan-1920 6-Apr-1992 Foundation
David Brenner
Comic
4-Feb-1945   Guest on Tonight Show 158 times
Dean Cain
Actor
31-Jul-1966   Superman
Hayden Carruth
Poet
3-Aug-1921 29-Sep-2008 Brothers, I Loved You All
Bing Crosby
Singer
3-May-1903 14-Oct-1977 White Christmas
Aretha Franklin
Singer
25-Mar-1942   R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil
Head of State
3-Feb-1830 22-Aug-1903 UK Prime Minister three times
Goethe
Author
28-Aug-1749 22-Mar-1832 Most influential German writer
Cary Grant
Actor
18-Jan-1904 29-Nov-1986 North by Northwest
Jack Horkheimer
Astronomer
11-Jun-1938 20-Aug-2010 Naked-eye astronomer
Shemp Howard
Actor
4-Mar-1895 22-Nov-1955 Stooge who replaced Curly
Liam Neeson
Actor
7-Jun-1952   Rob Roy, Gangs of New York
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviator
8-Oct-1890 23-Jul-1973 Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Phil Silvers
Actor
11-May-1911 1-Nov-1985 You're in the Army Now
Nancy Sinatra
Singer
8-Jun-1940   Has boots made for walkin'
Steven Spielberg
Film Director
18-Dec-1946   E.T.
Vincent van Gogh
Painter
30-Mar-1853 29-Jul-1890 Troubled and brilliant painter
Jesse Ventura
Wrestling
15-Jul-1951   Wrestler turned Governor of Minnesota
Sarah Vowell
Radio Personality
27-Dec-1969   This American Life





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