| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jessica Alba |
Actor |
28-Apr-1981 |
|
Dark Angel |
| Joshua Alba |
Actor |
8-Jul-1982 |
|
Actor, brother of Jessica Alba |
| George Allen |
Politician |
8-Mar-1952 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07 |
| Prince of Asturias |
Royalty |
30-Jan-1968 |
|
Heir to the throne of Spain |
| John James Audubon |
Naturalist |
26-Apr-1785 |
27-Jan-1851 |
Illustrated Birds of America |
| Daniel Auteuil |
Actor |
24-Jan-1950 |
|
Jean de Florette |
| Adrienne Barbeau |
Actor |
11-Jun-1945 |
|
Swamp Thing |
| Klaus Barbie |
Government |
25-Oct-1913 |
25-Sep-1991 |
The Butcher of Lyon |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
|
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Jessica Biel |
Actor |
3-Mar-1982 |
|
The Rules of Attraction |
| Theodore Bilbo |
Government |
13-Oct-1877 |
21-Aug-1947 |
Archangel of white supremacy |
| Alfred Binet |
Psychologist |
11-Jul-1857 |
8-Oct-1911 |
Binet-Simon intelligence test |
| Jacqueline Bisset |
Actor |
13-Sep-1944 |
|
The Deep |
| Léon Blum |
Head of State |
9-Apr-1872 |
30-Mar-1950 |
Thrice Prime Minister of France |
| Charles J. Bonaparte |
Government |
9-Jun-1851 |
28-Jun-1921 |
US Attorney General, 1906-09 |
| Paul Boucherot |
Engineer |
3-Oct-1869 |
7-Aug-1943 |
Ocean thermal energy conversion |
| Dion Boucicault |
Playwright |
26-Dec-1820 |
18-Sep-1890 |
The Corsican Brothers |
| Anthony Bourdain |
Chef |
25-Jun-1956 |
|
Kitchen Confidential |
| Daniel Bovet |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1907 |
8-Apr-1992 |
Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide |
| Michelle Branch |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Jul-1983 |
|
Are You Happy Now? |
| Danielle Brisebois |
Actor |
28-Jun-1969 |
|
Stephanie Mills on Archie Bunker's Place |
| Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
Engineer |
9-Apr-1806 |
15-Sep-1859 |
Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway |
| William C. Bullitt |
Diplomat |
25-Jan-1891 |
15-Feb-1967 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36 |
| Brooke Burke |
Model |
8-Sep-1971 |
|
Supermodel host of Wild On... |
| Fanny Burney |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1752 |
6-Jan-1840 |
Camilla |
| Pierre Cardin |
Fashion Designer |
6-Jul-1922 |
|
Inventor of the "bubble dress" |
| Leslie Caron |
Dancer |
1-Jul-1931 |
|
Gigi |
| Élie Cartan |
Mathematician |
9-Apr-1869 |
6-May-1951 |
Spinor groups |
| Henri Cartan |
Mathematician |
8-Jul-1904 |
13-Aug-2008 |
Leader of the math Bourbakistes |
| Helena Bonham Carter |
Actor |
26-May-1966 |
|
Marla in Fight Club |
| Mary Cassatt |
Painter |
22-May-1843 |
14-Jun-1926 |
American impressionist, lived in Paris |
| Albert Champion |
Business |
2-Apr-1878 |
26-Oct-1927 |
ACDelco and Champion spark plugs |
| Lon Chaney |
Actor |
1-Apr-1883 |
26-Aug-1930 |
The Phantom of the Opera |
| Patricia Charbonneau |
Actor |
1959 |
|
Desert Hearts |
| King Charles II |
Royalty |
29-May-1630 |
6-Feb-1685 |
King of England 1660-85 |
| David Charvet |
Actor |
15-May-1972 |
|
Matt Brody on Baywatch |
| G. K. Chesterton |
Author |
29-May-1874 |
14-Jun-1936 |
The Man Who Was Thursday |
| Louis Chevrolet |
Auto Racing |
25-Dec-1878 |
6-Jun-1941 |
Designed the first Chevrolet |
| André Citroën |
Engineer |
5-Feb-1878 |
3-Jul-1935 |
Europe's Henry Ford |
| Georges Claude |
Chemist |
24-Sep-1870 |
23-May-1960 |
Neon lighting |
| Voltairine de Cleyre |
Anarchist |
17-Nov-1866 |
20-Jun-1912 |
Anarchist without an adjective |
| J. M. G. Le Clézio |
Novelist |
13-Apr-1940 |
|
Nomadic novelist |
| Alice Cooper |
Musician |
4-Feb-1948 |
|
No More Mr. Nice Guy |
| André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Odile Crick |
Artist |
11-Aug-1920 |
5-Jul-2007 |
Sketched the double helix |
| Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot |
Inventor |
26-Sep-1725 |
2-Oct-1804 |
Steam-powered automobile |
| Ann Curry |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1956 |
|
Dateline NBC Co-Host |
| Jean Dausset |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1916 |
|
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Catherine de Medici |
Royalty |
13-Apr-1519 |
5-Jan-1589 |
De facto ruler of France, 1547-59 |
| Eugene V. Debs |
Labor Leader |
5-Nov-1855 |
20-Oct-1926 |
Labor leader ran for President five times |
| Stephen Decatur |
Military |
5-Jan-1779 |
22-Mar-1820 |
US Naval commander, fought at Tripoli |
| Dido |
Musician |
25-Dec-1971 |
|
No Angel |
| Celine Dion |
Singer |
30-Mar-1968 |
|
Canadian diva |
| Thomas Dixon |
Author |
11-Jan-1864 |
3-Apr-1946 |
The Clansman |
| Wylie Dufresne |
Chef |
1970 |
|
WD-50 |
| William F. Durand |
Engineer |
5-Mar-1859 |
9-Aug-1958 |
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics |
| James Duval |
Actor |
10-Sep-1972 |
|
Go |
| King Edward III |
Royalty |
13-Nov-1312 |
21-Jun-1377 |
King of England, 1327-77 |
| Gustave Eiffel |
Architect |
15-Dec-1832 |
27-Dec-1923 |
Designer of Eiffel Tower |
| Shannon Elizabeth |
Actor |
7-Sep-1973 |
|
Nadia in American Pie 1 and 2 |
| Robert F. Engle III |
Economist |
10-Nov-1942 |
|
Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity |
| Robert Faurisson |
Scholar |
25-Jan-1929 |
|
French Holocaust denier |
| Edmond H. Fischer |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1920 |
|
Protein phosphorylation |
| Gustave Flaubert |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1821 |
8-May-1880 |
Realist novelist, Madame Bovary |
| Ferdinand Foch |
Military |
2-Oct-1851 |
20-Mar-1929 |
Allied Supreme Commander WWI |
| Nikolai Fraiture |
Bassist |
13-Nov-1978 |
|
Bassist for The Strokes |
| Maurice Fréchet |
Mathematician |
2-Sep-1878 |
4-Jun-1973 |
Fréchet differential |
| John C. Fremont |
Explorer |
21-Jan-1813 |
13-Jul-1890 |
Conqueror of California |
| Lucretia Garfield |
First Lady |
19-Apr-1832 |
14-Mar-1918 |
Wife of US President James Garfield |
| Jack Germond |
Columnist |
c. 1928 |
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
| Gina Gershon |
Actor |
10-Jun-1962 |
|
Showgirls |
| Paul Gigot |
Columnist |
1955 |
|
Wall Street Journal columnist |
| Aria Giovanni |
Pornstar |
3-Nov-1977 |
|
Softcore vixen, fetish & bondage model |
| Marvin J. Girouard |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Pier 1 Imports executive |
| Jean-Luc Godard |
Film Director |
3-Dec-1930 |
|
Vivre sa Vie |
| Dexter Gordon |
Jazz Musician |
27-Feb-1923 |
25-Apr-1990 |
Influential bop saxophonist |
| Eva Green |
Actor |
5-Jul-1980 |
|
The Dreamers |
| John Guillermin |
Film Director |
11-Nov-1925 |
|
The Bridge at Remagen |
| Alexander Hamilton |
Government |
11-Jan-1757 |
12-Jul-1804 |
Primary author of The Federalist Papers |
| Irene Handl |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
29-Nov-1987 |
Matronly British character actor |
| Joanne Harris |
Novelist |
3-Jul-1964 |
|
Chocolat |
| Van Heflin |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
23-Jul-1971 |
Till the Clouds Roll By |
| Jill Hennessy |
Actor |
25-Nov-1968 |
|
Crossing Jordan |
| King Henry VI |
Royalty |
6-Dec-1421 |
21-May-1471 |
King of England, 1422-61 |
| Xaviera Hollander |
Author |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
The Happy Hooker |
| Sandrine Holt |
Actor |
19-Nov-1972 |
|
Black Robe |
| Howard Hughes |
Business |
24-Sep-1905 |
5-Apr-1976 |
Insane billionaire |
| François Jacob |
Scientist |
17-Jun-1920 |
|
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Kendra Jade |
Pornstar |
19-Apr-1977 |
|
Made sex tape with Jerry Springer |
| John Jay |
Judge |
12-Dec-1745 |
17-May-1829 |
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court |
| Penn Jillette |
Magician |
5-Mar-1955 |
|
Talking half of the Penn and Teller duo |
| Joan of Arc |
Religion |
6-Jan-1412 |
30-May-1431 |
Visionary burned at the stake |
| Marlène Jobert |
Actor |
4-Nov-1943 |
|
Masculin, féminin: 15 faits précis |
| Dr. John |
Musician |
21-Nov-1940 |
|
Right Place, Wrong Time |
| King Juan Carlos |
Head of State |
5-Jan-1938 |
|
King of Spain |
| Neil LaBute |
Film Director |
19-Mar-1963 |
|
In the Company of Men |
| Estée Lauder |
Business |
1-Jul-1908 |
24-Apr-2004 |
Cosmetics magnate |
| Alphonse Laveran |
Doctor |
18-Jun-1845 |
18-May-1922 |
Found the parasite that causes malaria |
| Jean-Marie Le Pen |
Politician |
20-Jun-1928 |
|
French nationalist |
| Vivien Leigh |
Actor |
5-Nov-1913 |
8-Jul-1967 |
Gone With The Wind |
| Étienne Lenoir |
Inventor |
12-Jan-1822 |
4-Aug-1900 |
Internal-combustion engine |
| Frederick Lindemann |
Government |
5-Apr-1886 |
3-Jul-1957 |
Churchill's scientific and war advisor |
| Raymond Loewy |
Designer |
5-Nov-1893 |
14-Jul-1986 |
Father of industrial design |
| Julia Louis-Dreyfus |
Comic |
13-Jan-1961 |
|
Elaine on Seinfeld |
| William Louis-Dreyfus |
Business |
1932 |
|
Billionaire |
| Willem J. Luyten |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1899 |
21-Nov-1994 |
Stellar mortician |
| André Lwoff |
Scientist |
8-May-1902 |
30-Sep-1994 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| Dolley Madison |
First Lady |
20-May-1768 |
12-Jul-1849 |
Wife of US President James Madison |
| Jock Mahoney |
Actor |
7-Feb-1919 |
14-Dec-1989 |
Yancy Derringer |
| Louis Malle |
Film Director |
30-Oct-1932 |
23-Nov-1995 |
Atlantic City |
| Vanessa Marcil |
Actor |
15-Oct-1968 |
|
Gina Kinkaid on Beverly Hills 90210 |
| Mary I of Scotland |
Royalty |
8-Dec-1542 |
8-Feb-1587 |
Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Chiara Mastroianni |
Actor |
28-May-1972 |
|
Diary of a Seducer |
| Carson McCullers |
Author |
19-Feb-1917 |
29-Sep-1967 |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
| André Michelin |
Business |
16-Jan-1853 |
4-Apr-1931 |
Founder of Michelin Group |
| Kate Millett |
Activist |
14-Sep-1934 |
|
Sexual Politics |
| Yvette Mimieux |
Actor |
8-Jan-1942 |
|
Where the Boys Are |
| Molière |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1622 |
17-Feb-1673 |
Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope |
| Jean Moulin |
Government |
20-Jun-1899 |
8-Jul-1943 |
Martyr of the French Resistance |
| Alison Moyet |
Musician |
18-Jun-1961 |
|
Songwriter and vocalist for Yazoo |
| Condé Nast |
Business |
26-Mar-1873 |
19-Sep-1942 |
Founder of Condé Nast Publications |
| Anaïs Nin |
Author |
21-Feb-1903 |
14-Jan-1977 |
Diary of Anaïs Nin |
| David Niven |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Pencil-moustachioed actor |
| Mabel Normand |
Actor |
16-Nov-1892 |
22-Feb-1930 |
Tillie's Punctured Romance |
| France Nuyen |
Actor |
31-Jul-1939 |
|
The Joy Luck Club |
| Chuck Palahniuk |
Author |
21-Feb-1962 |
|
Fight Club |
| Ara Parseghian |
Football |
10-Mar-1923 |
|
Head Coach, Notre Dame, 1964-74 |
| Blaise Pascal |
Mathematician |
19-Jun-1623 |
19-Aug-1662 |
French thinker and mathematician |
| Elizabeth Paté-Cornell |
Educator |
17-Aug-1948 |
|
Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor |
| Nicholas Claude Fabri de Peiresc |
Astronomer |
1-Dec-1580 |
24-Jun-1637 |
Discovered Orion Nebula |
| John J. Pershing |
Military |
13-Sep-1860 |
15-Jul-1948 |
General of the Armies of the United States |
| Julius Plücker |
Mathematician |
16-Jul-1801 |
22-May-1868 |
Analytical geometry |
| Elena Poniatowska |
Journalist |
19-May-1932 |
|
Mexican feminist writer, journalist |
| Éleuthère Irénée du Pont |
Business |
24-Jun-1771 |
31-Oct-1834 |
Founder of DuPont |
| Pierre Poujade |
Activist |
1-Dec-1920 |
27-Aug-2003 |
French anti-tax crusader |
| Maggie Q |
Actor |
22-May-1979 |
|
Mission: Impossible III |
| Rael |
Hoaxer |
30-Sep-1946 |
|
UFO cult leader maintains cloning laboratory |
| Prince Rainier |
Royalty |
31-May-1923 |
6-Apr-2005 |
Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005 |
| Erich Maria Remarque |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1898 |
25-Sep-1970 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
| Louis Renault |
Engineer |
15-Feb-1877 |
24-Oct-1944 |
Founder of Renault |
| Auguste Renoir |
Painter |
25-Feb-1841 |
3-Dec-1919 |
Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette |
| Franz Reuleaux |
Mathematician |
30-Sep-1829 |
20-Aug-1905 |
Father of modern kinematics |
| King Richard the Lionheart |
Head of State |
8-Sep-1157 |
6-Apr-1199 |
King of England, 1189-99 |
| Charles Richet |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1850 |
4-Dec-1935 |
Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm |
| Alain Robert |
Daredevil |
7-Aug-1962 |
|
Climbs skyscrapers with his bare hands |
| George Rockwell |
Activist |
9-Mar-1918 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Founded American Nazi Party |
| Rod La Rocque |
Actor |
20-Nov-1898 |
15-Oct-1969 |
Braveheart |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Philosopher |
28-Jun-1712 |
2-Jul-1778 |
Conceptualized the Social Contract |
| Athina Onassis Roussel |
Relative |
Jan-1985 |
|
Daughter of Christina Onassis |
| Raymond Rubicam |
Business |
16-Jun-1892 |
8-May-1978 |
Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Yves Saint Laurent |
Fashion Designer |
1-Aug-1936 |
1-Jun-2008 |
Christian Dior protege |
| Augustus Saint-Gaudens |
Sculptor |
1-Mar-1848 |
3-Aug-1907 |
Leading 19th c. American sculptor |
| Pierre Salinger |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1925 |
16-Oct-2004 |
Easily taken in by Internet conspiracies |
| Antonio López de Santa Anna |
Military |
21-Feb-1794 |
21-Jun-1876 |
Hero of Tampico |
| Nicolas Sarkozy |
Politician |
28-Jan-1955 |
|
President of France |
| Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
| Jan Smuts |
Politician |
24-May-1870 |
11-Sep-1950 |
South African Prime Minister |
| Leelee Sobieski |
Actor |
10-Jun-1983 |
|
Eyes Wide Shut |
| Edward Sorin |
Religion |
6-Feb-1814 |
31-Oct-1893 |
Founder, University of Notre Dame |
| Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
| Igor Stravinsky |
Composer |
17-Jun-1882 |
6-Apr-1971 |
The Rite of Spring |
| Frederick Terman |
Scientist |
7-Jun-1900 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Stanford Research Park |
| Lewis Terman |
Psychologist |
15-Jan-1877 |
21-Dec-1956 |
Intelligence tests |
| Charlize Theron |
Actor |
7-Aug-1975 |
|
Monster |
| Henry David Thoreau |
Author |
12-Jul-1817 |
6-May-1862 |
Walden |
| Georges Gilles de la Tourette |
Doctor |
30-Oct-1857 |
26-May-1904 |
Tourette's syndrome |
| François Truffaut |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1932 |
21-Oct-1984 |
Last Metro |
| Letitia Tyler |
First Lady |
12-Nov-1790 |
10-Sep-1842 |
First wife of US President John Tyler |
| Rudolph Valentino |
Actor |
6-May-1895 |
23-Aug-1926 |
Latin lover of the silent film era |
| Agnès Varda |
Film Director |
30-May-1928 |
|
Cleo from 5 to 7 |
| Leonor Varela |
Actor |
29-Dec-1972 |
|
Innocent Voices |
| Emmanuelle Vaugier |
Actor |
23-Jun-1976 |
|
Dr. Helen Bryce on Smallville |
| Jacques Vergès |
Attorney |
5-Mar-1925 |
|
Attorney specializing in defense of monsters |
| Martha Washington |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1731 |
22-May-1802 |
Wife of US President George Washington |
| Tina Weymouth |
Bassist |
22-Nov-1950 |
|
Bassist for Talking Heads |
| Daniel Wildenstein |
Business |
11-Sep-1917 |
23-Oct-2001 |
Wildenstein & Company |
| Lambert Wilson |
Actor |
3-Aug-1958 |
|
The Merovingian |
| Peter Wyngarde |
Actor |
23-Aug-1933 |
|
Jason King |
| Frank Zappa |
Composer |
21-Dec-1940 |
4-Dec-1993 |
Joe's Garage |
| Rolf M. Zinkernagel |
Scientist |
6-Jan-1944 |
|
T-cells and antigens |
| Hans Zinsser |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1878 |
4-Sep-1940 |
Typhus vaccine |
