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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Abercrombie
Business
6-Jun-1867 29-Aug-1931 Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
Christina Aguilera
Singer
18-Dec-1980   Genie in a Bottle
Oswald Avery
Biologist
21-Oct-1877 20-Feb-1955 Antibodies and DNA
Bud Black
Baseball
30-Jun-1957   Manager, San Diego Padres
Ira S. Bowen
Astronomer
21-Dec-1898 6-Feb-1973 Debunked nebulium
Stephen Boyd
Actor
4-Jul-1931 2-Jun-1977 Ben-Hur
Maury Chaykin
Actor
27-Jul-1949   A Nero Wolfe Mystery
Thelma Drake
Politician
20-Nov-1949   Congresswoman from Virginia, 2005-09
Brendan Fraser
Actor
3-Dec-1968   The Mummy
Alfred C. Fuller
Business
13-Jan-1885 4-Dec-1973 Founder of Fuller Brush Company
Dan Gerber
Business
6-May-1898 16-Mar-1974 Baby food magnate
Brion Gysin
Artist
19-Jan-1916 13-Jul-1986 Inventor of the Dreamachine
David Hayter
Actor
6-Feb-1969   Voice of Solid Snake
George H. Hitchings
Scientist
18-Apr-1905 27-Feb-1998 Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis
David H. Hubel
Scientist
27-Feb-1926   Neurophysiology of vision
Penn Jillette
Magician
5-Mar-1955   Talking half of the Penn and Teller duo
James L. Kraft
Business
11-Dec-1874 Feb-1953 Inventor of processed cheese
Franklin K. Lane
Government
15-Jul-1864 18-May-1921 US Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20
Jonathan Lipnicki
Actor
22-Oct-1990   The Jeff Foxworthy Show
Rachel Maddow
TV Personality
1-Apr-1973   The Rachel Maddow Show
D. D. Palmer
Doctor
7-Mar-1845 20-Oct-1913 Founder of chiropractic medicine
P. James E. Peebles
Astronomer
25-Apr-1935   Galaxy formation
Irv Robbins
Business
6-Dec-1917 5-May-2008 Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Arthur L. Schawlow
Physicist
5-May-1921 28-Apr-1999 Laser spectroscopy
Mary See
Chef
15-Sep-1854 31-Jul-1939 Confectioner
A. Michael Spence
Economist
7-Nov-1943   Asymmetric markets
Garry Trudeau
Cartoonist
21-Jul-1948   Doonesbury cartoonist


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