| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Benedict Arnold |
Military |
14-Jan-1741 |
14-Jun-1801 |
Betrayed colonists to British |
| John James Audubon |
Naturalist |
26-Apr-1785 |
27-Jan-1851 |
Illustrated Birds of America |
| Wally Backman |
Baseball |
22-Sep-1959 |
|
Hitter for the New York Mets, 1980-88 |
| P. T. Barnum |
Hoaxer |
5-Jul-1810 |
7-Apr-1891 |
Circus showman |
| John Barrymore |
Actor |
14-Feb-1882 |
29-May-1942 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| Kim Basinger |
Actor |
8-Dec-1953 |
|
L.A. Confidential |
| Barbara Bel Geddes |
Actor |
31-Oct-1922 |
8-Aug-2005 |
Miss Ellie on Dallas |
| Melvin Belli |
Attorney |
29-Jul-1907 |
9-Jul-1996 |
The King of Torts |
| Bunny Berigan |
Jazz Musician |
2-Nov-1908 |
2-Jun-1942 |
Jazz trumpeter great |
| George Best |
Soccer |
22-May-1946 |
25-Nov-2005 |
Manchester United |
| Nellie Bly |
Journalist |
5-May-1864 |
27-Jan-1922 |
Ten Days in a Mad-House |
| John Wayne Bobbitt |
Victim |
23-Mar-1967 |
|
Penectomy survivor |
| Peter Bogdanovich |
Film Director |
30-Jul-1939 |
|
The Last Picture Show |
| Edwin Booth |
Actor |
13-Nov-1833 |
7-Jun-1893 |
Renowned 19th century American actor |
| Bjorn Borg |
Tennis |
6-Jun-1956 |
|
Pro tennis player |
| Riddick Bowe |
Boxing |
10-Aug-1967 |
|
Twice World Heavyweight Champion |
| Lorraine Bracco |
Actor |
2-Oct-1954 |
|
Goodfellas, The Sopranos |
| Mathew Brady |
Photographer |
c. 1823 |
15-Jan-1896 |
Civil War photographer |
| Toni Braxton |
Singer |
7-Oct-1966 |
|
Un-Break My Heart |
| Louise Brooks |
Actor |
14-Nov-1906 |
8-Aug-1985 |
Pandora's Box |
| Sylvia Browne |
Paranormal |
19-Oct-1936 |
|
Afraid to accept Randi's $1 million challenge |
| Lenny Bruce |
Comic |
13-Oct-1925 |
3-Aug-1966 |
Multiply obscene comic |
| Anita Bryant |
Activist |
25-Mar-1940 |
|
Anti-homosexuality activist |
| Buffalo Bill |
Performance Artist |
26-Feb-1846 |
10-Jan-1917 |
Wild West showman |
| Richard G. Butler |
Activist |
23-Feb-1918 |
8-Sep-2004 |
Founder of the Aryan Nations |
| Crazy Cabbie |
Radio Personality |
10-Dec-1968 |
|
Part of the Howard Stern menagerie |
| Luther Campbell |
Rapper |
22-Dec-1960 |
|
2 Live Crew, Luke Records founder |
| Tia Carrere |
Actor |
2-Jan-1967 |
|
Wayne's World |
| Nell Carter |
Actor |
13-Sep-1948 |
23-Jan-2003 |
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break |
| Willis Carto |
Activist |
17-Jul-1926 |
|
Founder of Liberty Lobby, IHR |
| Raymond Carver |
Author |
25-May-1938 |
2-Aug-1988 |
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? |
| Miguel de Cervantes |
Novelist |
29-Sep-1547 |
22-Apr-1616 |
Don Quixote |
| Bill Ceverha |
Government |
c. 1936 |
|
Lobbyist, GOP activist |
| André Citroën |
Engineer |
5-Feb-1878 |
3-Jul-1935 |
Europe's Henry Ford |
| George Clinton |
Singer |
22-Jul-1940 |
|
Funkadelic |
| Gary Coleman |
Actor |
8-Feb-1968 |
|
Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes |
| John Connally |
Politician |
27-Feb-1917 |
15-Jun-1993 |
Governor of Texas, 1963-69 |
| Denton Cooley |
Doctor |
22-Aug-1920 |
|
Pioneering heart surgeon |
| Francis Ford Coppola |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1939 |
|
The Godfather |
| A. C. Cowlings |
Football |
16-Jun-1947 |
|
O.J.'s best friend |
| David Crosby |
Musician |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| Charles Cullen |
Criminal |
1960 |
|
Claimed to have killed 30-40 patients |
| Vic Damone |
Musician |
12-Jun-1928 |
|
Singer of ballads |
| Dorothy Dandridge |
Actor |
9-Nov-1922 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Carmen Jones |
| Daniel Defoe |
Author |
Sep-1660 |
24-Apr-1731 |
Robinson Crusoe |
| John DeLorean |
Business |
6-Jan-1925 |
19-Mar-2005 |
Automobile designer and entepreneur |
| Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
| Jim Dooley |
Football |
8-Feb-1930 |
8-Jan-2008 |
Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71 |
| Henry Dunant |
Activist |
8-May-1828 |
30-Oct-1910 |
Red Cross founder |
| William C. Durant |
Business |
8-Dec-1861 |
18-Mar-1947 |
Founder of General Motors |
| Freddy Fender |
Musician |
4-Jun-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Before the Next Teardrop Falls |
| Stepin Fetchit |
Actor |
30-May-1902 |
19-Nov-1985 |
Professional black stereotype |
| Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
|
Crooner dumped by Liz Taylor |
| Mick Fleetwood |
Musician |
24-Jun-1942 |
|
Fleetwood Mac |
| Heidi Fleiss |
Criminal |
30-Dec-1965 |
|
Hollywood madam |
| Redd Foxx |
Comic |
9-Dec-1922 |
11-Oct-1991 |
Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son |
| John C. Fremont |
Explorer |
21-Jan-1813 |
13-Jul-1890 |
Conqueror of California |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Actor |
6-Feb-1917 |
|
Cop-slapping Gabor sister |
| Leif Garrett |
Musician |
8-Nov-1961 |
|
1970s teen idol |
| Marvin Gaye |
Singer |
2-Apr-1939 |
1-Apr-1984 |
Singer shot and killed by his father |
| Wally George |
TV Personality |
4-Dec-1931 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Abusive conservative spectacle |
| Andy Gibb |
Musician |
5-Mar-1958 |
10-Mar-1988 |
I Just Want To Be Your Everything |
| Jim Gilchrist |
Activist |
1949 |
|
Minuteman Project founder |
| Gary Glitter |
Musician |
8-May-1944 |
|
Rock and Roll Part 2 |
| Bernhard Goetz |
Criminal |
1947 |
|
Subway vigilante |
| Charles Goodyear |
Inventor |
29-Dec-1800 |
1-Jul-1860 |
Invented rubber vulcanization process |
| Abraham Gosman |
Business |
1928 |
|
Bankrupt Palm Beach nursing home magnate |
| Ulysses S. Grant |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1822 |
23-Jul-1885 |
Eighteenth President of the United States |
| Mike Gravel |
Politician |
13-May-1930 |
|
US Senator from Alaska, 1969-81 |
| Archie Griffin |
Football |
21-Aug-1954 |
|
Winner, 1974 and 1975 Heisman Trophy |
| Johannes Gutenberg |
Inventor |
1398 |
3-Feb-1468 |
Inventor of movable type |
| Tony Gwynn |
Baseball |
9-May-1960 |
|
Batted .394 in 1994 for the Padres |
| Merle Haggard |
Country Musician |
6-Apr-1937 |
|
Okie From Muskogee |
| Corey Haim |
Actor |
23-Dec-1971 |
|
One of the Coreys |
| Frans Hals |
Painter |
1580 |
29-Aug-1666 |
Dutch portraitist |
| Dorothy Hamill |
Figure Skating |
26-Jul-1956 |
|
Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976 |
| MC Hammer |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Mar-1962 |
|
Can't touch this |
| George Frideric Handel |
Composer |
23-Feb-1685 |
14-Apr-1759 |
Messiah |
| Isaac Hayes |
Musician |
20-Aug-1942 |
10-Aug-2008 |
Theme from Shaft |
| Margaux Hemingway |
Actor |
16-Feb-1955 |
2-Jul-1996 |
Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin |
| Sherman Hemsley |
Actor |
1-Feb-1938 |
|
The Jeffersons |
| Ty Herndon |
Country Musician |
2-May-1962 |
|
Country music star caught in cruisy park |
| Ed Herschler |
Politician |
27-Oct-1918 |
5-Feb-1990 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87 |
| Perez Hilton |
Columnist |
23-Mar-1978 |
|
Gossip columnist |
| Kent Hovind |
Religion |
15-Jan-1953 |
|
Creation Science huckster |
| Steve Howe |
Baseball |
10-Mar-1958 |
28-Apr-2006 |
MLB pitcher |
| Norman Hsu |
Philanthropist |
Oct-1951 |
|
Notorious Democratic donor |
| E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
| Nelson Bunker Hunt |
Business |
22-Feb-1926 |
|
Tried to corner the silver market |
| David Irving |
Activist |
24-Mar-1938 |
|
Notorious Holocaust denier |
| Ronald Isley |
Musician |
21-May-1941 |
|
An Isley brother |
| La Toya Jackson |
Singer |
29-May-1956 |
|
Michael Jackson's other sister |
| Eli S. Jacobs |
Baseball |
5-Oct-1937 |
|
Former Baltimore Orioles owner |
| Richard Jaeckel |
Actor |
10-Oct-1926 |
14-Jun-1997 |
Sometimes a Great Notion |
| Don Johnson |
Actor |
15-Dec-1949 |
|
Miami Vice, Nash Bridges |
| Al Jolson |
Singer |
26-May-1886 |
23-Oct-1950 |
The Jazz Singer |
| George Jones |
Country Musician |
12-Sep-1931 |
|
Country singer, White Lightning |
| Charles Keating |
Business |
4-Dec-1923 |
|
Morality crusader, white-collar swindler |
| Buster Keaton |
Actor |
4-Oct-1895 |
1-Feb-1966 |
The General |
| Bernard Kerik |
Government |
4-Sep-1955 |
|
NYC Police Commissioner, 2000-01 |
| Margot Kidder |
Actor |
17-Oct-1948 |
|
Lois Lane in Superman |
| Larry King |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1933 |
|
Larry King Live |
| Robert Kiyosaki |
Author |
8-Apr-1947 |
|
Rich Dad, Poor Dad |
| Suge Knight |
Business |
19-Apr-1965 |
|
Rap mogul and ex-con |
| Veronica Lake |
Actor |
14-Nov-1922 |
7-Jul-1973 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Lyndon LaRouche |
Economist |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Eccentric economist politician |
| Cyndi Lauper |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jun-1953 |
|
Girls Just Want To Have Fun |
| Anton LaVey |
Religion |
11-Apr-1930 |
29-Oct-1997 |
Founder, Church of Satan |
| Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
Cinderfella |
| Jerry Lee Lewis |
Musician |
29-Sep-1935 |
|
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Horace Liveright |
Publisher |
10-Dec-1886 |
24-Sep-1933 |
Publisher of the Modern Library series |
| Meat Loaf |
Musician |
27-Sep-1947 |
|
Bat Out of Hell |
| Terry L. Long |
Football |
21-Jul-1959 |
7-Jun-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman |
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes |
Singer |
27-May-1971 |
25-Apr-2002 |
Member of TLC |
| Henry Mayhew |
Journalist |
1812 |
25-Jul-1887 |
Punch |
| William McKinley |
Head of State |
29-Jan-1843 |
14-Sep-1901 |
25th US President, 1897-1901 |
| Tom Metzger |
Activist |
9-Apr-1938 |
|
White supremacist |
| Robert Mills |
Architect |
12-Aug-1781 |
3-Mar-1855 |
Washington Monument |
| Marvin Mitchelson |
Attorney |
7-May-1928 |
18-Sep-2004 |
Celebrity divorce lawyer |
| Barrett Moore |
Business |
? |
|
Triple Canopy founder |
| Robert Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1734 |
7-May-1806 |
Financed the Revolutionary War |
| Mae Murray |
Actor |
10-May-1889 |
23-Mar-1965 |
The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips |
| John Nash |
Architect |
1752 |
13-May-1835 |
British Regency architect |
| Willie Nelson |
Country Musician |
30-Apr-1933 |
|
The red-headed stranger |
| Wayne Newton |
Singer |
3-Apr-1942 |
|
Top Las Vegas act |
| Harry Nilsson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jun-1941 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Me and My Arrow |
| F. Donald Nixon |
Relative |
23-Nov-1914 |
27-Jun-1987 |
Nixon's brother, got $205K from Hughes |
| Emperor Norton |
Royalty |
14-Feb-1819 |
8-Jan-1880 |
Emperor of the United States, Protector of Mexico |
| Ted Nugent |
Musician |
13-Dec-1948 |
|
Rock star, bowhunting enthusiast |
| Kate O'Brien |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1897 |
13-Aug-1974 |
The Land of Spices |
| Thomas Paine |
Activist |
29-Jan-1737 |
8-Jun-1809 |
Common Sense |
| Johnny Paycheck |
Country Musician |
31-May-1938 |
18-Feb-2003 |
Take This Job and Shove It |
| Anthony Pellicano |
Business |
22-Mar-1944 |
|
Hollywood private eye |
| Michael Peterson |
Author |
23-Oct-1943 |
|
The Staircase |
| Tom Petty |
Musician |
20-Oct-1950 |
|
Don't Come Around Here No More |
| Philip II |
Royalty |
21-May-1527 |
13-Sep-1598 |
King of Spain, 1556-98 |
| Peter Popoff |
Religion |
1946 |
|
Fraud exposed on the Tonight Show |
| Bud Post |
unspecified |
c. 1930 |
15-Jan-2006 |
Unhappy lottery millionaire |
| Susan Powter |
Fitness Guru |
22-Dec-1957 |
|
Stop the Insanity! fitness guru |
| Randy Quaid |
Actor |
1-Oct-1950 |
|
Parents |
| Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
|
The Happy Hooker |
| Rembrandt |
Painter |
15-Jul-1606 |
4-Oct-1669 |
Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Tulp |
| Tommy Rettig |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
15-Feb-1996 |
Jeff Miller in Lassie |
| Burt Reynolds |
Actor |
11-Feb-1936 |
|
Moustached Cannonball Run actor |
| Debbie Reynolds |
Actor |
1-Apr-1932 |
|
Dancer, actress |
| Andre Rison |
Football |
18-Mar-1967 |
|
Bad Moon Rison |
| Mickey Rooney |
Actor |
23-Sep-1920 |
|
Actor in Andy Hardy comedies, musicals |
| Rick Ross |
Activist |
24-Nov-1952 |
|
Cult expert, deprogrammer |
| Clarence Saunders |
Business |
9-Aug-1881 |
14-Oct-1953 |
Father of modern retailing |
| Oskar Schindler |
Activist |
28-Apr-1908 |
9-Oct-1974 |
Saved over 1000 from Nazis |
| Billy Sims |
Football |
18-Sep-1955 |
|
Detroit Lions RB |
| Tom Sizemore |
Actor |
29-Nov-1961 |
|
Heat, Robbery Homicide Division |
| Anna Nicole Smith |
Model |
28-Nov-1967 |
8-Feb-2007 |
Addled golddigger |
| Joseph Smith |
Religion |
23-Dec-1805 |
27-Jun-1844 |
Founded the Mormon faith |
| Dee Snider |
Musician |
15-Mar-1955 |
|
Frontman for Twisted Sister |
| Phoebe Snow |
Jazz Musician |
17-Jul-1952 |
|
Jazz vocalist |
| Leon Spinks |
Boxing |
11-Jul-1953 |
|
Olympic boxing champion |
| Sheryl Swoopes |
Basketball |
25-Mar-1971 |
|
Three-time WNBA MVP |
| Fife Symington |
Politician |
12-Aug-1945 |
|
Governor of Arizona, 1991-97 |
| Lawrence Taylor |
Football |
4-Feb-1959 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Randall Terry |
Activist |
c. 1959 |
|
Operation Rescue founder |
| Nikola Tesla |
Inventor |
9-Jul-1856 |
7-Jan-1943 |
Invented alternating current |
| Bryan Trottier |
Hockey |
17-Jul-1956 |
|
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Bianca Trump |
Pornstar |
7-Nov-1972 |
|
Rent-a-Butt |
| Donald Trump |
Business |
14-Jun-1946 |
|
The Donald |
| Mark Twain |
Author |
30-Nov-1835 |
21-Apr-1910 |
Huckleberry Finn |
| Boss Tweed |
Government |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Mike Tyson |
Boxing |
30-Jun-1966 |
|
Crazy tattooed recidivist boxer |
| Johnny Unitas |
Football |
7-May-1933 |
11-Sep-2002 |
The Golden Arm |
| Michael Vick |
Football |
26-Jun-1980 |
|
Atlanta Falcons QB in dogfighting scandal |
| Murray Waas |
Journalist |
c. 1960 |
|
Washington reporter |
| Carol Wayne |
Actor |
6-Sep-1942 |
13-Jan-1985 |
Art Fern's Tea-Time Movie Lady |
| Dottie West |
Country Musician |
11-Oct-1932 |
4-Sep-1991 |
Country Sunshine |
| John Whitehead |
Musician |
2-Jul-1948 |
11-May-2004 |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |
| Herbert Wilcox |
Film/TV Producer |
19-Apr-1892 |
15-May-1977 |
Forever and a Day |
| Oscar Wilde |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1854 |
30-Nov-1900 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| James Wilkinson |
Military |
1757 |
28-Dec-1825 |
Duplicitous soldier and adventurer |
| Wallace Wilkinson |
Politician |
12-Dec-1941 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Governor of Kentucky, 1987-91 |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
| Ray Winstone |
Actor |
19-Feb-1957 |
|
Vincent |
| Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
| Peter Wyngarde |
Actor |
23-Aug-1933 |
|
Jason King |
| Florenz Ziegfeld |
Actor |
21-Mar-1869 |
22-Jul-1932 |
The Ziegfeld Follies |
