Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Brock Adams |
Politician |
13-Jan-1927 |
10-Sep-2004 |
US Senator from Washington, 1987-93 |
Carl B. Albert |
Politician |
10-May-1908 |
4-Feb-2000 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76 |
John Anderson |
Politician |
15-Feb-1922 |
|
Independent candidate for President, 1980 |
Maya Angelou |
Poet |
4-Apr-1928 |
28-May-2014 |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
James J. Blanchard |
Politician |
8-Aug-1942 |
|
Governor of Michigan, 1983-91 |
Carol Moseley Braun |
Politician |
16-Aug-1947 |
|
First black female US Senator |
Nancy Goodman Brinker |
Activist |
6-Dec-1946 |
|
US Ambassador to Hungary, 2001-03 |
William E. Brock |
Politician |
23-Nov-1930 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1985-87 |
Dale Bumpers |
Politician |
12-Aug-1925 |
1-Jan-2016 |
Governor, Senator from Arkansas |
Joseph Califano |
Government |
15-May-1931 |
|
Carter's HEW Secretary |
Frank Carlson |
Politician |
23-Jan-1893 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor and Senator from Kansas |
Thomas Carper |
Politician |
23-Jan-1947 |
|
US Senator from Delaware |
S. Truett Cathy |
Business |
14-Mar-1921 |
8-Sep-2014 |
Founder and CEO of Chick-fil-A |
Deepak Chopra |
Author |
22-Oct-1946 |
|
Ageless Body, Timeless Mind |
Frank Church |
Politician |
25-Jul-1924 |
7-Apr-1984 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1957-81 |
Max Cleland |
Politician |
24-Aug-1942 |
|
US Senator from Georgia, 1997-2003 |
John S. Cooper |
Politician |
23-Aug-1901 |
21-Feb-1991 |
US Senator from Kentucky |
John Culver |
Politician |
8-Aug-1932 |
|
US Senator from Iowa, 1974-81 |
Hal Daub |
Politician |
23-Apr-1941 |
|
Mayor of Omaha, 1995-2001 |
Bob Dole |
Politician |
22-Jul-1923 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 |
Hugh Downs |
Journalist |
14-Feb-1921 |
|
20/20 |
Robert Drinan |
Politician |
15-Nov-1920 |
28-Jan-2007 |
Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman |
Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
Eva Gabor |
Actor |
11-Feb-1919 |
4-Jul-1995 |
Green Acres |
Robert Giaimo |
Politician |
15-Oct-1919 |
24-May-2006 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-81 |
Mark Hatfield |
Politician |
12-Jul-1922 |
7-Aug-2011 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1967-97 |
William Dodd Hathaway |
Politician |
21-Feb-1924 |
24-Jun-2013 |
US Senator from Maine, 1973-79 |
Margaret Heckler |
Politician |
21-Jun-1931 |
|
US Secretary of HHS, 1983-85 |
Alexis Herman |
Government |
16-Jul-1947 |
|
US Secretary of Labor, 1997-2001 |
Harold Hughes |
Politician |
10-Feb-1922 |
23-Oct-1996 |
Governor and Senator from Iowa |
J. Bennett Johnston |
Politician |
10-Jun-1932 |
|
US Senator from Louisiana, 1972-97 |
Yousuf Karsh |
Photographer |
23-Dec-1908 |
13-Jul-2002 |
Portrait photographer |
John Kasich |
Politician |
13-May-1952 |
|
Governor of Ohio |
William J. Keating |
Publisher |
30-Mar-1927 |
|
Cincinnati Enquirer chairman, 1974-92 |
Jack Kemp |
Politician |
13-Jul-1935 |
2-May-2009 |
American politican, football player |
C. Everett Koop |
Government |
14-Oct-1916 |
25-Feb-2013 |
US Surgeon General, 1982-89 |
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross |
Activist |
8-Jul-1926 |
24-Aug-2004 |
On Death And Dying |
Mel Levine |
Politician |
7-Jun-1943 |
|
Congressman from California, 1983-93 |
John Lindsay |
Politician |
24-Nov-1921 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Mayor of New York City, 1966-73 |
Bob Livingston |
Politician |
30-Apr-1943 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1977-99 |
J. W. Marriott, Jr. |
Business |
25-Mar-1932 |
|
Billionaire, CEO of Marriott |
Eugene McCarthy |
Politician |
29-Mar-1916 |
10-Dec-2005 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71 |
Gale W. McGee |
Politician |
17-Mar-1915 |
9-Apr-1992 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77 |
Howard Metzenbaum |
Politician |
4-Jun-1917 |
12-Mar-2008 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1977-95 |
Walter Mondale |
Politician |
5-Jan-1928 |
|
US Vice President under Jimmy Carter |
Ed Muskie |
Politician |
28-Mar-1914 |
26-Mar-1996 |
US Senator from Maine, 1959-80 |
Ben Nelson |
Politician |
17-May-1941 |
|
US Senator from Nebraska |
Gaylord Nelson |
Politician |
4-Jun-1916 |
3-Jul-2005 |
Founded Earth Day in 1970 |
William D. Novelli |
Business |
c. 1941 |
|
CEO, AARP |
Leon Panetta |
Government |
28-Jun-1938 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 2011-13 |
Norman Vincent Peale |
Religion |
31-May-1898 |
24-Dec-1993 |
The Power of Positive Thinking |
Claude Pepper |
Politician |
8-Sep-1900 |
30-May-1989 |
Congressman from Florida, 1963-89 |
Christopher Reeve |
Actor |
25-Sep-1952 |
10-Oct-2004 |
Superman |
Dana Reeve |
Activist |
17-Mar-1961 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Christopher Reeve Foundation |
John J. Rhodes |
Politician |
18-Sep-1916 |
24-Aug-2003 |
Congressman from Arizona, 1953-83 |
Cokie Roberts |
Journalist |
27-Dec-1943 |
|
ABC's This Week |
Pat Schroeder |
Politician |
30-Jul-1940 |
|
Congresswoman from Colorado, 1973-97 |
Willard Scott |
TV Personality |
7-Mar-1934 |
|
Today Show weatherman |
Kathleen Sebelius |
Politician |
15-May-1948 |
|
US Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Jeanne Shaheen |
Politician |
28-Jan-1947 |
|
US Senator from New Hampshire |
Alan Simpson |
Politician |
2-Sep-1931 |
|
US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97 |
Louis B. Stokes |
Politician |
23-Feb-1925 |
18-Aug-2015 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1969-99 |
Tommy Thompson |
Government |
19-Nov-1941 |
|
Governor of Wisconsin, 1987-2001 |
Jim Wright |
Politician |
22-Dec-1922 |
6-May-2015 |
Congressman from Texas, 1955-89 |
Ralph Yarborough |
Politician |
8-Jun-1903 |
27-Jan-1996 |
US Senator from Texas, 1957-71 |