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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Paul Ableman
Novelist
13-Jun-1927 25-Oct-2006 I Hear Voices
Kathy Acker
Author
18-Apr-1947 30-Nov-1997 Blood and Guts in High School
Lord Acton
Historian
10-Jan-1834 19-Jun-1902 British historian
Jane Addams
Activist
6-Sep-1860 21-May-1935 Founder of Hull House
Isabelle Adjani
Actor
27-Jun-1955   Camille Claudel
Shmuel Agnon
Author
17-Jul-1888 17-Feb-1970 'Tmol Shilshom
Carlos Ahumada
Business
1964   Construction magnate snared in bribery scheme
George A. Akerlof
Economist
17-Jun-1940   Asymmetric markets
Prince Albert
Royalty
26-Aug-1819 14-Dec-1861 Royal Consort of Queen Victoria
David Alter
Inventor
3-Dec-1807 18-Sep-1881 Almost discovered spectroscopy
Alois Alzheimer
Doctor
14-Jun-1864 19-Dec-1915 Alzheimer's Disease
Devon Aoki
Model
10-Aug-1982   Sin City
Alan Arkin
Actor
26-Mar-1934   Catch 22
Fred Armisen
Actor
4-Dec-1966   Saturday Night Live
Edward Arnold
Actor
18-Feb-1890 26-Apr-1956 You Can't Take It With You
Mary Astor
Actor
3-May-1906 25-Sep-1987 The Maltese Falcon
William Waldorf Astor
Publisher
31-Mar-1848 18-Oct-1919 The Observer
Prince of Asturias
Royalty
30-Jan-1968   Heir to the throne of Spain
Roger Avary
Screenwriter
23-Aug-1965   Cowrote Pulp Fiction
Harold D. Babcock
Astronomer
24-Jan-1882 8-Apr-1968 Solar radiation
Catherine Bach
Actor
1-Mar-1954   Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard
George Frederick Baer
Business
26-Sep-1842 26-Apr-1914 Social Darwinist railroad baron
Max Baer
Boxing
11-Feb-1909 21-Nov-1959 Beat Max Schmeling in 1933
Ralph Baer
Inventor
8-Mar-1922   Father of the home video game console
Brandon Baker
Actor
28-Apr-1985   Johnny Tsunami
Eric Bana
Actor
9-Aug-1968   Hulk, Chopper
Blixa Bargeld
Musician
12-Jan-1959   Einstürzende Neubauten
L. Frank Baum
Novelist
15-May-1856 6-May-1919 The Wizard of Oz
Jim Beam
Business
1864 1947 Bourbon baron
Hans Berger
Physicist
21-May-1873 1-Jun-1941 Electroencephalogram
Charles Berlitz
Author
20-Nov-1914 18-Dec-2003 Language lessons and specultive non-fiction
Maximilian Berlitz
Business
14-Apr-1852 6-Apr-1921 Berlitz Language Schools
Jessica Biel
Actor
3-Mar-1982   The Rules of Attraction
G. W. Bitzer
Cinematographer
21-Apr-1872 29-Apr-1944 The Birth of a Nation
Boris Blacher
Composer
19-Jan-1903 30-Jan-1975 Die Nachtschwalbe
Yasmine Bleeth
Actor
14-Jun-1968   Baywatch
Günter Blobel
Scientist
21-May-1936   Protein signaling in cells
Konrad Bloch
Scientist
21-Jan-1912 15-Oct-2000 Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Alan Blumlein
Inventor
29-Jun-1903 7-Jun-1942 Stereophonic recording
William Boeing
Business
1-Oct-1881 28-Sep-1956 Founder of Boeing, United Airlines
Reinhard Bonnke
Religion
19-Apr-1940   Faith healing evangelist
Robert Bosch
Business
23-Sep-1861 9-Mar-1942 Founder of Bosch GmbH
Karl Brandt
Economist
9-Jan-1899 8-Jul-1975 Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61
Claude S. Brinegar
Business
16-Dec-1926 13-Mar-2009 US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75
Emanuel Bronner
Business
1-Feb-1908 7-Mar-1997 Soap label philosopher
Heywood Broun
Journalist
7-Dec-1888 18-Dec-1939 Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s
Pat Buchanan
Columnist
2-Nov-1938   Crossfire
Eduard Buchner
Chemist
20-May-1860 13-Aug-1917 Studied fermentation
Charles Bukowski
Author
16-Aug-1920 9-Mar-1994 Love is a Dog from Hell
Sandra Bullock
Actor
26-Jul-1964   The Net
Claus von Bulow
Socialite
11-Aug-1926   Allegedly tried to kill wife Sunny
Gisele Bundchen
Model
20-Jul-1980   Brazilian supermodel
Warren Burger
Judge
17-Sep-1907 25-Jun-1995 US Chief Justice, 1969-86
Richard G. Butler
Activist
23-Feb-1918 8-Sep-2004 Founder of the Aryan Nations
George W. Cable
Author
12-Oct-1844 31-Jan-1925 Old Creole Days
Kitty Carlisle
Singer
3-Sep-1910 18-Apr-2007 A Night at the Opera
Asia Carrera
Pornstar
6-Aug-1973   Mensa member, pornstar
Nick Carter
Singer
28-Jan-1980   The Backstreet Boys
Rosalynn Carter
First Lady
18-Aug-1927   Wife of US President Jimmy Carter
Ana María Cetto
Scientist
1946   Mexican physicist
Ernst B. Chain
Scientist
19-Jun-1906 12-Aug-1979 Discovered penicillin
Sarah Chalke
Actor
27-Aug-1976   Dr. Reid on Scrubs
Carol Channing
Actor
31-Jan-1921   All-Singing All-Dancing
Kiran Chetry
Journalist
26-Aug-1974   CNN anchor
Walter Christaller
Scientist
21-Apr-1893 9-Mar-1969 Central Place Theory
Rosemary Clooney
Singer
23-May-1928 29-Jun-2002 Come On-a My House
William W. Coblentz
Astronomer
20-Nov-1873 15-Sep-1962 Infrared spectroscopy
Carl Cori
Scientist
5-Dec-1896 20-Oct-1984 Catalytic conversion of glycogen
Kevin Costner
Actor
18-Jan-1955   Dances with Wolves
Malcolm Cowley
Author
24-Aug-1898 27-Mar-1989 Exile's Return
David Cronenberg
Film Director
15-Mar-1943   Videodrome
Kiki Cuyler
Baseball
30-Aug-1898 11-Feb-1950 MLB Hall of Famer
Doris Day
Actor
3-Apr-1924   The Man Who Knew Too Much
Frederick Delius
Composer
29-Jan-1862 10-Jun-1934 Over the Hills and Far Away
Erik von Detten
Actor
3-Oct-1982   Odd Man Out
Cameron Diaz
Actor
30-Aug-1972   There's Something About Mary
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor
11-Nov-1974   Titanic
Rudolf Diesel
Inventor
18-Mar-1858 30-Sep-1913 Inventor of the Diesel Engine
Wilhelm Dilthey
Philosopher
19-Nov-1833 1-Oct-1911 Methodology of the humanities
Mike Ditka
Football
18-Oct-1939   Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92
Thomas Dixon
Author
11-Jan-1864 3-Apr-1946 The Clansman
Robert Downey, Jr.
Actor
4-Apr-1965   The Gingerbread Man
Theodore Dreiser
Novelist
27-Aug-1871 28-Dec-1945 An American Tragedy
Christian de Duve
Scientist
2-Oct-1917   Microstructure of the cell
Isabelle Eberhardt
Author
17-Feb-1877 21-Oct-1904 Transvestite Muslim author
Otto Eckstein
Economist
1-Aug-1927 22-Mar-1984 Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Head of State
14-Oct-1890 28-Mar-1969 34th US President, 1953-61
Carmen Electra
Model
20-Apr-1972   Singled Out
Joseph Erlanger
Scientist
5-Jan-1874 5-Dec-1965 Nerve conduction
Ulf von Euler
Scientist
7-Feb-1905 9-Mar-1983 Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins
Judith Exner
Author
11-Jan-1934 25-Sep-1999 JFK mistress
Hans Eysenck
Psychologist
4-Mar-1916 4-Sep-1997 Intelligence and personality
Caterina Fake
Designer
c. 1969   Co-Founder of Flickr
Leo Fender
Inventor
10-Aug-1909 21-Mar-1991 Electric guitarmaker
Tina Fey
Actor
18-May-1970   Mean Girls
John Fiedler
Actor
3-Feb-1925 25-Jun-2005 Voice of Piglet
Bobby Fischer
Chess Player
9-Mar-1943 18-Jan-2008 Loony chess grandmaster
Fritz Fischer
Historian
5-Mar-1908 1-Dec-1999 Blamed Germany for World War I
Werner Forssmann
Doctor
29-Aug-1904 1-Jun-1979 Cardiac catheterization
Vicente Fox
Head of State
2-Jul-1942   President of Mexico, 2000-06
William Fox
Film/TV Producer
1-Jan-1879 8-May-1952 Founder of 20th Century Fox
César Franck
Composer
10-Dec-1822 8-Nov-1890 Symphonic Variations
Leo Frank
Victim
17-Apr-1884 17-Aug-1915 Innocent man, lynched by mob
Ze Frank
Blogger
31-Mar-1972   The Show with Ze Frank
Garance Franke-Ruta
Columnist
c. 1975   Senior Editor, The American Prospect
R. T. French
Business
15-Nov-1828 17-Jun-1893 Yellow mustard
Dave Freudenthal
Politician
12-Oct-1950   Governor of Wyoming
Henry Clay Frick
Business
19-Dec-1849 2-Dec-1919 Robber baron, Johnstown flood
Saul Friedländer
Historian
11-Oct-1932   Holocaust historian
Lucretia Garfield
First Lady
19-Apr-1832 14-Mar-1918 Wife of US President James Garfield
Kyle Gass
Musician
14-Jul-1960   Half of Tenacious D
Rebecca Gayheart
Actor
12-Aug-1971   Scream
Martha Gellhorn
Journalist
8-Nov-1908 15-Feb-1998 War correspondent
King George I
Royalty
28-May-1660 11-Jun-1727 King of England 1714-27
Dick Gephardt
Politician
31-Jan-1941   Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005
Georgie Anne Geyer
Journalist
2-Apr-1935   Foreign correspondent turned columnist
Erich Gimpel
Spy
25-Mar-1910 1996 Agent 146
Aria Giovanni
Pornstar
3-Nov-1977   Softcore vixen, fetish & bondage model
Erich Gliebe
Activist
c. 1964   Chairman, National Alliance
William J. Goebel
Politician
4-Jan-1856 3-Feb-1900 Kentucky Governor, assassinated
Ellen Goodman
Journalist
11-Apr-1941   Columnist for The Boston Globe
Paul Greengard
Scientist
11-Dec-1925   Signal transduction in the nervous system
Alexander Grothendieck
Mathematician
28-May-1928   Grothendieck topologies
Daniel Guggenheim
Business
9-Jul-1856 28-Sep-1930 Mining magnate
Meyer Guggenheim
Business
1-Feb-1828 15-Mar-1905 Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune
Peggy Guggenheim
Socialite
26-Aug-1898 23-Dec-1979 Renowned art collector
Oscar Hammerstein
Musician
12-Jul-1895 23-Aug-1960 Rodgers and Hammerstein
John W. Hanes
Business
3-Feb-1850 22-Sep-1903 Hosiery magnate
Pleasant Hanes
Business
16-Oct-1845 9-Jun-1925 Underwear magnate
Angie Harmon
Actor
10-Aug-1972   Ryan McBride on Baywatch Nights
Arvid Harnack
Spy
24-May-1901 22-Dec-1942 Executed for espionage
Ross Granville Harrison
Zoologist
13-Jan-1870 30-Sep-1959 Embryology and tissue culture techniques
Johnny Hart
Cartoonist
18-Feb-1931 7-Apr-2007 The Wizard of Id, B.C.
David Hartman
Talk Show Host
19-May-1935   Good Morning America
Thom Hartmann
Radio Personality
7-May-1951   The Thom Hartmann Program
Bruno Hauptmann
Criminal
26-Nov-1899 3-Apr-1936 Lindbergh Baby kidnapper
Harald zur Hausen
Scientist
11-Mar-1936   Papilloma virus
Jenna Haze
Pornstar
22-Feb-1982   Cum Dumpsters
Edith Head
Designer
28-Oct-1897 24-Oct-1981 Hollywood costume designer
Anthony Hecht
Poet
16-Jan-1923 20-Oct-2004 The Hard Hours
Tippi Hedren
Actor
19-Jan-1930   The Birds
Henry J. Heinz
Business
11-Oct-1844 14-May-1919 Founder of Heinz Foods
F. Augustus Heinze
Business
1869 4-Nov-1914 Copper baron, went broke in the Panic of 1907
John Heisman
Football
23-Oct-1869 3-Oct-1936 Namesake of the Heisman Trophy
Walter W. Heller
Economist
27-Aug-1915 15-Jun-1987 Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64
Isaias W. Hellman
Business
3-Oct-1842 9-Apr-1920 Los Angeles banker
George Herbig
Astronomer
2-Jan-1920   Herbig-Haro objects
Edward Herrmann
Actor
21-Jul-1943   Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls
Milton Hershey
Business
13-Sep-1857 13-Oct-1945 Founder of Hershey's
James Hetfield
Musician
3-Aug-1963   Metallica
Don Hewitt
Film/TV Producer
14-Dec-1922   60 Minutes creator
Ana Hickmann
Model
1-Mar-1981   Brazilian supermodel
Walter Hieber
Chemist
18-Dec-1895 29-Nov-1976 Metal carbonyl chemistry
Conrad Hilton
Business
25-Dec-1887 3-Jan-1979 Founder, Hilton Hotels
Paris Hilton
Socialite
17-Feb-1981   Unexpected porno actress
Don Ho
Singer
13-Aug-1930 14-Apr-2007 Hawaiian crooner, Tiny Bubbles
Donald Hodel
Government
23-May-1935   Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior
Eric Hoffer
Author
25-Jul-1902 21-May-1983 The True Believer
Xaviera Hollander
Author
15-Jun-1943   The Happy Hooker
Herman Hollerith
Inventor
29-Feb-1860 17-Nov-1929 Invented the punchcard
Johannes Holtfreter
Zoologist
9-Jan-1901 13-Nov-1992 Chemotaxis
Gottlob Honold
Engineer
26-Aug-1876 17-Mar-1923 Invented the spark plug
August Horch
Engineer
12-Oct-1868 3-Feb-1951 Founder of Audi
George A. Hormel
Business
4-Dec-1860 5-Jun-1946 Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.
Diplomat
1-Jun-1920 6-Feb-2001 US Ambassador to China, 1981-85
Cláudio Hummes
Religion
8-Aug-1934   Archbishop of São Paulo
Tab Hunter
Actor
11-Jul-1931   Damn Yankees
Trina Schart Hyman
Artist
8-Apr-1939 19-Nov-2004 Children's book illustrator
George Isaak
Astronomer
7-Mar-1933 5-Jun-2005 Resonant scattering spectroscopy
Alec Issigonis
Engineer
18-Nov-1906 2-Oct-1988 Designer of the Mini Cooper
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Novelist
7-May-1927   Heat and Dust
Hans Jonas
Philosopher
10-May-1903 5-Feb-1993 Gnostic philosopher
Mauricio Kagel
Composer
24-Dec-1931 18-Sep-2008 Absurdist composer
Otto Kahn
Business
21-Feb-1867 29-Mar-1934 Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Henry J. Kaiser
Business
9-May-1882 24-Aug-1967 Industrialist and shipbuilder
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
22-Apr-1724 12-Feb-1804 Transcendental idealist
Carl Karcher
Business
16-Jan-1917 11-Jan-2008 Founder of Carl's Jr.
Kat Von D
Artist
8-Mar-1982   Tattoo artist, Miami Ink
Bernard Katz
Scientist
26-Mar-1911 20-Apr-2003 Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland
Bob Kaufman
Poet
18-Apr-1925 12-Jan-1986 Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
Charles Keating
Business
4-Dec-1923   Morality crusader, white-collar swindler
William Kemmler
Criminal
9-May-1860 6-Aug-1890 First man executed by electric chair
Jerome Kern
Composer
27-Jan-1885 12-Nov-1945 Show Boat
Jimmy Kimmel
Talk Show Host
13-Nov-1967   The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live
John H. Kinkead
Politician
10-Dec-1826 15-Aug-1904 Governor of Nevada, 1879-83
Henry Kissinger
Government
27-May-1923   US Secretary of State, 1973-77
Otto Klemperer
Conductor
14-May-1885 6-Jul-1973 Prominent German conductor
Donald E. Knuth
Computer Programmer
10-Jan-1938   The Art of Computer Programming
Boris Kodjoe
Actor
8-Mar-1973   Soul Food
Ted Koppel
Journalist
8-Feb-1940   Nightline
Albrecht Kossel
Scientist
16-Sep-1853 5-Jul-1927 Chemistry of tissues and cells
Hans Krebs
Scientist
25-Apr-1900 22-Nov-1981 Tricarboxylic acid cycle
Mario Kreutzberger
Game Show Host
28-Dec-1940   Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante
Barney Kroger
Business
24-Jan-1860 21-Jul-1938 Founder of Kroger grocery empire
Sir Harold Kroto
Chemist
7-Oct-1939   Co-Discovered first fullerene
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball
20-Nov-1866 25-Nov-1944 First Commissioner of Baseball
Cyndi Lauper
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jun-1953   Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Paul C. Lauterbur
Scientist
6-May-1929 27-Mar-2007 Magnetic resonance imaging
Carlos Lehder
Criminal
1950   Co-Founder, Medellin Cartel
Herbert H. Lehman
Politician
28-Mar-1878 5-Dec-1963 Governor of New York, 1933-42
Joseph Leidy
Biologist
9-Sep-1823 30-Apr-1891 Trichinosis and dinosaurs
Armin O. Leuschner
Astronomer
16-Jan-1868 22-Apr-1953 Astronomer at Berkeley
Chandra Levy
Victim
14-Apr-1977 1-May-2001 Gary Condit's dead intern
Monica Lewinsky
Government
23-Jul-1973   Engaged in Presidential cigar play
James Lick
Business
25-Aug-1796 1-Oct-1876 Lick Observatory
Frederick Lindemann
Government
5-Apr-1886 3-Jul-1957 Churchill's scientific and war advisor
Solomon Loeb
Business
1828 1903 Co-Founder of Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
Sandra Tsing Loh
Radio Personality
11-Feb-1962   The Loh Life
Mike Lowell
Baseball
24-Feb-1974   Boston Red Sox
Isaac ben Solomon Luria
Religion
1534 5-Aug-1572 Jewish mystic
Feodor Lynen
Scientist
6-Apr-1911 6-Aug-1979 Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Jack Mack
Business
27-Oct-1864 14-Mar-1924 Founder of Mack Trucks
Roger Cardinal Mahony
Religion
27-Feb-1936   Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles
Mancow
Radio Personality
21-Jun-1967   Shock jock, shut down the SF Bay Bridge
Thomas Mann
Novelist
6-Jun-1875 12-Aug-1955 Buddenbrooks
Masuimi Max
Model
12-Mar-1978   Fetish model
Wilhelm Maybach
Engineer
9-Feb-1846 29-Dec-1929 Designed the Mercedes
Oscar Mayer
Business
29-Mar-1859 11-Mar-1955 Oscar Mayer Meats, Inc.
Frederick L. Maytag
Business
14-Jul-1857 26-Mar-1937 Founder of Maytag Corporation
Eugene McCarthy
Politician
29-Mar-1916 10-Dec-2005 US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71
Joseph McCarthy
Politician
14-Nov-1908 2-May-1957 US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57
Ida McKinley
First Lady
8-Jun-1847 26-May-1907 Wife of US President William McKinley
H. L. Mencken
Critic
12-Sep-1880 29-Jan-1956 The American Language
Kurt Mendelssohn
Mathematician
7-Jan-1906 18-Sep-1980 Cryogenics and pyramids
Ethel Merman
Singer
16-Jan-1908 15-Feb-1984 There's No Business Like Show Business
Stephin Merritt
Singer/Songwriter
1966   The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths
Robert B. Meyner
Politician
3-Jul-1908 27-May-1990 Governor of New Jersey, 1954-62
Candice Michelle
Wrestling
30-Sep-1978   WWE wrestler
Alfred Milner
Government
23-Mar-1854 13-May-1925 Architect of the Balfour Declaration
Hermann Minkowski
Mathematician
22-Jun-1864 12-Jan-1909 Minkowski space
Oskar Minkowski
Doctor
13-Jan-1858 18-Jul-1931 Linked pancreas to diabetes
Rudolph Minkowski
Astronomer
28-May-1895 4-Jan-1976 Galaxies in collision
Sara Jane Moore
Assassin
15-Feb-1930   Tried to kill Gerald Ford
James M. Moran
Business
8-Aug-1918 24-Apr-2007 JM Family Enterprises
Sir Henry Morgan
Military
1635 25-Aug-1688 Knighted pirate of the Caribbean
Ron Mueck
Sculptor
1958   Hyper realistic sculptures
Hermann J. Muller
Scientist
21-Dec-1890 5-Apr-1967 Genetic effects of radiation
George Cardinal Mundelein
Religion
2-Jul-1872 2-Oct-1939 Archbishop of Chicago, 1915-39
Charles Nagel
Government
9-Aug-1849 5-Jan-1940 US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13
Thomas Nast
Cartoonist
27-Sep-1840 7-Dec-1902 American political caricaturist
Bernard Nathanson
Activist
31-Jul-1926   Pro-life activist, former abortionist
Erwin Neher
Scientist
20-Mar-1944   Cellular ion channels
Henri Nestlé
Business
10-Aug-1814 7-Jul-1890 Invented infant formula
Gerry Neugebauer
Astronomer
1932   Infrared astronomy
Wayne Newton
Singer
3-Apr-1942   Top Las Vegas act
Tsar Nicholas I
Royalty
25-Jun-1796 18-Feb-1855 Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55
Reinhold Niebuhr
Religion
21-Jun-1892 1-Jun-1971 Prominent historical/political theologian
Paul Nitze
Diplomat
16-Jan-1907 19-Oct-2004 US cold warrior
Pat Nixon
First Lady
16-Mar-1912 22-Jun-1993 Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Head of State
9-Jan-1913 22-Apr-1994 37th US President, 1969-74
Ronald K. Noble
Government
1957   Head of Interpol
Jim Oberweis
Business
1946   Republican dairy magnate
Donald E. Osterbrock
Astronomer
13-Jul-1924 11-Jan-2007 Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81
Gustav Otto
Business
12-Jan-1883 28-Feb-1926 Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG
Jim Otto
Football
5-Jan-1938   Hall of fame center, Oakland Raiders #00
Nikolaus Otto
Engineer
14-Jun-1832 26-Jan-1891 Four-stroke internal-combustion engine
Johann Pachelbel
Musician
1-Sep-1653 3-Mar-1706 Canon in D Major
D. D. Palmer
Doctor
7-Mar-1845 20-Oct-1913 Founder of chiropractic medicine
Pief Panofsky
Physicist
24-Apr-1919 24-Sep-2007 Stanford Linear Accelerator
Carl Panzram
Criminal
28-Jun-1891 5-Sep-1930 Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Louella Parsons
Columnist
6-Aug-1881 9-Dec-1972 Hollywood queen of gossip
Emin Pasha
Explorer
28-Mar-1840 23-Oct-1892 German colonial traveller in Africa
Tsar Paul I
Royalty
1-Oct-1754 24-Mar-1801 Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801
Barbara Payton
Actor
16-Nov-1927 8-May-1967 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Vincent Perez
Actor
10-Jun-1962   Cyrano de Bergerac
Eckhard Pfeiffer
Business
20-Aug-1941   CEO of Compaq, 1991-99
Charles Pfizer
Chemist
1824 19-Oct-1906 Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
Irna Phillips
Film/TV Producer
1-Jul-1901 23-Dec-1973 Queen of soap operas
Rob Pilatus
Dancer
8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Troubled Half of Milli Vanilli
Pink
Singer/Songwriter
8-Sep-1979   Can't Take Me Home
Molly Pitcher
Military
13-Oct-1754 22-Jan-1832 Fought at the Battle of Monmouth
Sylvia Plath
Poet
27-Oct-1932 11-Feb-1963 Daddy
Julius Plücker
Mathematician
16-Jul-1801 22-May-1868 Analytical geometry
Ferdinand Porsche
Engineer
3-Sep-1875 30-Jan-1951 Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle
Ferry Porsche
Engineer
19-Sep-1909 27-Mar-1998 Designed the Porsche 356
Heinz C. Prechter
Business
1942 6-Jul-2001 The sunroof king
Edward C. Prescott
Economist
26-Dec-1940   Dynamic macroeconomics
Lindsay Price
Actor
6-Dec-1976   Coupling
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
Religion
8-Apr-1939   Church Universal and Triumphant
Robert Purvis
Activist
4-Aug-1810 15-Apr-1898 President of the Underground Railroad
Duncan Regehr
Actor
5-Oct-1952   Zorro
Henry Regnery
Publisher
5-Jan-1912 18-Jun-1996 Regnery Publishing
Judith Reisman
Author
1935   Hates Kinsey
Eric Reissner
Mathematician
5-Jan-1913 1-Nov-1996 Reissner shear-deformation plate theory
Franz Reuleaux
Mathematician
30-Sep-1829 20-Aug-1905 Father of modern kinematics
Paul Julius Reuter
Journalist
21-Jul-1816 25-Feb-1899 Founder of Reuters News Agency
Denise Rich
Socialite
?   Marc Rich's ex-wife
Frank Rich
Columnist
2-Jun-1949   New York Times
David Rittenhouse
Astronomer
8-Apr-1732 26-Jun-1796 Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman
George Rockwell
Activist
9-Mar-1918 25-Aug-1967 Founded American Nazi Party
John Roebling
Engineer
12-Jun-1806 22-Jul-1869 Began construction of Brooklyn Bridge
Linda Ronstadt
Singer
15-Jul-1946   Jerry Brown's former girlfriend
Alfred Rosenberg
Politician
12-Jan-1893 16-Oct-1946 Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories
Julius Rosenwald
Business
12-Aug-1862 6-Jan-1932 Sears executive and Good Samaritan
Edmond de Rothschild
Philanthropist
19-Aug-1845 2-Nov-1934 Father of the Yishuv
Edmund de Rothschild
Business
2-Jan-1916 17-Jan-2009 British banker
Raymond Rubicam
Business
16-Jun-1892 8-May-1978 Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam
Muriel Rukeyser
Poet
15-Dec-1913 12-Feb-1980 The Book of the Dead
Donald Rumsfeld
Government
9-Jul-1932   US Secretary of Defense, 2001-06
Adolph Rupp
Basketball
2-Sep-1901 10-Dec-1977 Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72
Edward Ruscha
Painter
16-Dec-1937   Twenty-six Gasoline Stations
Nelly Sachs
Poet
10-Dec-1891 12-May-1970 O the Chimneys
Bert Sakmann
Scientist
12-Jun-1942   Cellular ion channels
Doreen Schaeffer
Singer
?   Vocalist for The Skatalites
Paul Schäfer
Criminal
4-Dec-1921   Colonia Dignidad cult leader
Robert Scheer
Columnist
4-Apr-1936   Former L.A. Times columnist
Jacob Schiff
Business
10-Jan-1847 25-Sep-1920 New York banker
Frank Schlesinger
Astronomer
11-May-1871 10-Jul-1943 Stellar parallaxes
David Hans Schmidt
Business
27-May-1960 28-Sep-2007 Celebrity porn broker
John Patrick Schmitz
Government
1955   Washington lobbyist
Joseph E. Schmitz
Government
c. 1956   Pentagon Inspector General, 2002-05
Gene W. Schneider
Business
8-Sep-1926   United Cable Television Corp.
Rob Schneider
Comic
31-Oct-1963   Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
William Scholl
Business
22-Jun-1882 29-Mar-1968 Dr Scholl's shoe pads
Walter Schottky
Physicist
23-Jul-1886 4-Mar-1976 Solid-state physics and electronics
Ryan Schreiber
Journalist
26-Jan-1976   Founder, Pitchfork
Barbet Schroeder
Film Director
26-Apr-1941   Murder by Numbers
Charles Schulz
Cartoonist
26-Nov-1922 12-Feb-2000 Cartoonist created Peanuts
Charles M. Schwab
Business
18-Feb-1862 19-Sep-1939 Founder of Bethlehem Steel
Frederick A. O. Schwarz
Business
18-Oct-1836 17-May-1911 Founder of FAO Schwarz
Martin Schwarzschild
Astronomer
31-May-1912 10-Apr-1997 Structure and Evolution of the Stars
Eric Schweig
Actor
19-Jun-1967   The Last of the Mohicans
Brian Schweitzer
Politician
4-Sep-1955   Governor of Montana
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
Politician
22-Jun-1952   Congresswoman from Texas, 2006-07
Ariel Sharon
Head of State
26-Feb-1928   Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06
Jean Shepherd
Radio Personality
26-Jul-1921 16-Oct-1999 A Christmas Story
Bobby Sherman
Singer
22-Jul-1943   "Julie, Julie, Julie, Do You Love Me?"
Paul Simon
Politician
29-Nov-1928 9-Dec-2003 US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate
Isaac Merritt Singer
Business
26-Oct-1811 23-Jul-1875 Built a better sewing machine
Pat Smear
Guitarist
5-Aug-1959   The Germs, Foo Fighters
Betty Smith
Novelist
15-Dec-1896 17-Jan-1972 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Buffalo Bob Smith
TV Personality
27-Nov-1917 30-Jul-1998 Howdy Doody
Theobald Smith
Scientist
31-Jul-1859 10-Dec-1934 Infectious and parasitic diseases
Ron Sommer
Business
29-Jul-1949   Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002
Richard Sorge
Spy
4-Oct-1895 7-Nov-1944 Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa
James Speyer
Business
22-Jul-1861 31-Oct-1941 New York Banker
Harold Stassen
Politician
13-Apr-1907 4-Mar-2001 Perennial presidential candidate
Harry Steenbock
Biologist
16-Aug-1886 25-Dec-1967 Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D
John Steinbeck
Novelist
27-Feb-1902 20-Dec-1968 The Grapes of Wrath
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Diplomat
6-Oct-1892 28-Mar-1950 US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41
Lynne Stewart
Attorney
8-Oct-1939   Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group
John Stossel
Journalist
6-Mar-1947   Libertarian reporter
Leo Strauss
Philosopher
20-Sep-1899 18-Oct-1973 Patron saint of Neoconservatism
Levi Strauss
Business
26-Feb-1829 26-Sep-1902 Blue jeans
Ilsa Strix
Pornstar
15-Dec-1967   Professional dominatrix
Alfredo Stroessner
Head of State
3-Nov-1912 16-Aug-2006 Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89
Nadine Strossen
Activist
18-Aug-1950   President of the ACLU
Otto Struve
Astronomer
12-Aug-1897 6-Apr-1963 Hydrogen in the interstellar medium
Daniel Sunjata
Actor
30-Dec-1971   Franco Rivera on Rescue Me
Ann Telnaes
Cartoonist
1960   Political cartoonist
Frederick Terman
Scientist
7-Jun-1900 19-Dec-1982 Stanford Research Park
Lewis Terman
Psychologist
15-Jan-1877 21-Dec-1956 Intelligence tests
Irving Thalberg
Film/TV Producer
30-May-1899 14-Sep-1936 De-facto boss of MGM Studios
Charlize Theron
Actor
7-Aug-1975   Monster
Linda Tripp
Government
24-Nov-1949   Monica Lewinsky's confidant
Peter Ueberroth
Baseball
2-Sep-1937   Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89
Laurens van der Post
Author
13-Dec-1906 15-Dec-1996 The Lost World of the Kalahari
Vanity
Singer
4-Jan-1959   Lingerie-clad Prince protégé
Bruce Vento
Politician
7-Oct-1940 10-Oct-2000 Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-2000
Lillian Vernon
Business
1927   Mail-order maven of America
Peter Viereck
Poet
5-Aug-1916 13-May-2006 Terror and Decorum
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt
Relative
c. 1943   Zsa Zsa's husband
Carl von Cosel
Criminal
8-Feb-1877 23-Jul-1952 Florida's favorite necrophile
Manfred von Richthofen
Military
2-May-1892 21-Apr-1918 The Red Baron
Honus Wagner
Baseball
24-Feb-1874 6-Dec-1955 Pittsburgh shortstop on valuable baseball card
Robert F. Wagner, Sr.
Politician
8-Jun-1877 4-May-1953 US Senator from New York, 1927-49
George Wald
Biologist
18-Nov-1906 12-Apr-1997 Physiology of the retina
Lillian Wald
Activist
10-Mar-1867 1-Sep-1940 Henry Street Settlement
Christopher Walken
Actor
31-Mar-1943   The Dead Zone
Henry C. Wallich
Economist
10-Jun-1914 16-Sep-1988 Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61
Aby Warburg
Scholar
13-Jun-1866 26-Oct-1929 Founder of the Warburg Institute
Felix M. Warburg
Business
14-Jan-1871 20-Oct-1937 Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
Max M. Warburg
Business
5-Jun-1867 26-Dec-1946 M. M. Warburg & Company
Paul M. Warburg
Business
10-Aug-1868 24-Jan-1932 The Federal Reserve System
Ben Wattenberg
Pundit
26-Aug-1933   Think Tank moderator
Joseph Weizenbaum
Computer Programmer
8-Jan-1923 5-Mar-2008 ELIZA
Lawrence Welk
Conductor
11-Mar-1903 17-May-1992 Big band leader, TV champagne music host
Mae West
Actor
17-Aug-1893 22-Nov-1980 Go up and see her sometime
Ruth Westheimer
Talk Show Host
4-Jun-1928   4'7" of concentrated sex
George Westinghouse
Inventor
6-Oct-1846 12-Mar-1914 Edison's chief rival
Patricia Wettig
Actor
4-Dec-1951   thirtysomething
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
Business
21-Nov-1834 4-Apr-1914 Founder of Weyerhaeuser Company
Betty White
Actor
17-Jan-1922   TV sitcom and game show mainstay
Gina Wild
Pornstar
16-Dec-1970   German pornstar
August Wilson
Playwright
27-Apr-1945 2-Oct-2005 The Piano Lesson
Henry Winkler
Actor
30-Oct-1945   Fonz on Happy Days
William Wirt
Attorney
8-Nov-1772 18-Feb-1834 US Attorney General, 1817-29
Xuxa
TV Personality
27-Mar-1963   Model children's TV host
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Physicist
19-Jul-1921   Developed radioimmunoassay technique
Steve Zahn
Actor
13-Nov-1968   Glenn in Out of Sight
Arthur Zimmermann
Government
5-Oct-1864 6-Jun-1940 Zimmerman Telegram
Hans Zinsser
Scientist
17-Nov-1878 4-Sep-1940 Typhus vaccine


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