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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Abagnale	Criminal	27-Apr-1948		Catch Me If You Can
Birdman of Alcatraz	Criminal	28-Jan-1890	22-Nov-1963	Subject of Burt Lancaster movie
Benedict Arnold	Military	14-Jan-1741	14-Jun-1801	Betrayed colonists to British
Rosanna Arquette	Actor	10-Aug-1959		Desperately Seeking Susan
Crispus Attucks	Activist	1723	5-Mar-1770	First man killed in the American Revolution
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés	Military	15-Feb-1519	17-Sep-1574	Founder of St. Augustine, Florida
Candy Barr	Performance Artist	6-Jul-1935	30-Dec-2005	Exotic dancer from the 1950s
Jean-Michel Basquiat	Painter	22-Dec-1960	12-Aug-1988	NYC graffiti artist
Belladonna	Pornstar	21-May-1981		The Fashionistas
Ruth Brown	Singer	12-Jan-1928	17-Nov-2006	Miss Rhythm
Blanche K. Bruce	Politician	1-Mar-1841	17-Mar-1898	US Senator, former slave
John Bunny	Actor	21-Sep-1863	26-Apr-1915	Comic starred in over 200 short films
Evans F. Carlson	Military	26-Feb-1896	27-May-1947	Carlson's Raiders
Asia Carrera	Pornstar	6-Aug-1973		Mensa member, pornstar
Kit Carson	Explorer	24-Dec-1809	23-May-1868	Frontiersman and Indian agent
Mark David Chapman	Assassin	10-May-1955		Assassin of Beatle John Lennon
Gregory Corso	Poet	26-Mar-1930	17-Jan-2001	Beat poet, Gasoline
Thomas Dangerfield	Criminal	1650	1685	English conspirator
Martin Dardis	Journalist	c. 1922	16-May-2006	Followed the Watergate money to Nixon
Richard Dawson	Game Show Host	20-Nov-1932		Family Feud
Loren Dean	Actor	31-Jul-1969		Mumford
Donald DeFreeze	Criminal	16-Nov-1943	17-May-1974	Symbionese Liberation Army
Porfirio Díaz	Head of State	15-Sep-1830	2-Jul-1915	Twice President of Mexico
Ducky DooLittle	Author	3-Jun-1970		Crackpot sexologist
Harlan Ellison	Author	27-May-1934		I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Gary Evans	Criminal	7-Oct-1954	14-Aug-1998	New York state burglar, serial killer
Jim Fisk	Business	1-Apr-1834	6-Jan-1872	Business partner of Jay Gould
Althea Flynt	Relative	6-Nov-1953	27-Jun-1987	Larry Flynt's dead wife
Benjamin Franklin	Diplomat	17-Jan-1706	17-Apr-1790	American founding father
Jim Gilchrist	Activist	1949		Minuteman Project founder
Maxim Gorky	Playwright	28-Mar-1868	17-Jun-1936	The Lower Depths
Cary Grant	Actor	18-Jan-1904	29-Nov-1986	North by Northwest
Arvid Harnack	Spy	24-May-1901	22-Dec-1942	Executed for espionage
Richard Hell	Musician	2-Oct-1949		Blank Generation
Lance Henriksen	Actor	5-May-1940		Aliens, Dead Man
John Lee Hooker	Musician	22-Aug-1917	21-Jun-2001	Prominent blues musician
Alberta Hunter	Singer	1-Apr-1895	17-Oct-1984	Downhearted Blues
Rick James	Musician	1-Feb-1948	6-Aug-2004	Superfreak
Jack Johnson	Boxing	31-Mar-1878	10-Jun-1946	First black heavyweight champion
Jenny Jones	Talk Show Host	7-Jun-1946		The Jenny Jones Show
Christine Keeler	Model	2-Feb-1942		John Profumo's mistress
Cyndi Lauper	Singer/Songwriter	22-Jun-1953		Girls Just Want To Have Fun
Megan Leigh	Pornstar	2-Mar-1964	16-Jun-1990	Ali Boobie & the 40 D's
Traci Lords	Pornstar	7-May-1968		We Love You, Traci
Lucian	Author	120 AD	c. 180 AD	Dialogues of the Dead
Henry Mayhew	Journalist	1812	25-Jul-1887	Punch
Rod McKuen	Poet	29-Apr-1933		A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Robert Mitchum	Actor	6-Aug-1917	1-Jul-1997	Cape Fear
Tommy Mottola	Business	14-Jul-1949		Former head of Sony Music
William Mulholland	Engineer	11-Sep-1855	22-Jul-1935	Los Angeles Aqueduct
Alfred P. Murrah	Judge	27-Oct-1904	30-Oct-1975	Oklahoma City Federal Building namesake
Carl Panzram	Criminal	28-Jun-1891	5-Sep-1930	Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Roddy Piper	Wrestling	17-Apr-1954		Here to kick ass, chew bubble gum
Arthur Rimbaud	Poet	20-Oct-1854	10-Nov-1891	Une Saison en Enfer
Jean-Jacques Rousseau	Philosopher	28-Jun-1712	2-Jul-1778	Conceptualized the Social Contract
Katey Sagal	Actor	19-Jan-1954		Peg Bundy on Married With Children
Karrine Steffans	Model	24-Aug-1978		Confessions of a Video Vixen
Inger Stevens	Actor	18-Oct-1934	30-Apr-1970	The Farmer's Daughter
Ilsa Strix	Pornstar	15-Dec-1967		Professional dominatrix
Theodore Sturgeon	Author	26-Feb-1918	8-May-1985	More Than Human
Hans Tausen	Religion	1494	11-Nov-1561	Danish Protestant reformer
Jim Thorpe	Football	28-May-1887	28-Mar-1953	Olympics and football
Oprah Winfrey	Talk Show Host	29-Jan-1954		The Oprah Winfrey Show
Beatrice Wood	Artist	3-Mar-1893	12-Mar-1998	Mama of Dada
Aileen Wuornos	Criminal	29-Feb-1956	9-Oct-2002	Notorious serial killer
Ed Wynn	Actor	9-Nov-1886	19-Jun-1966	Requiem for a Heavyweight
Raul Yzaguirre	Activist	22-Jul-1939		National Council of La Raza

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