TV documentary miniseries broadcast on PBS, of excellent quality.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hank Aaron |
Baseball |
5-Feb-1934 |
|
Hit 755 home runs over his career |
| Adam Arkin |
Actor |
19-Aug-1956 |
|
Dr. Aaron Shutt on Chicago Hope |
| Arthur Ashe |
Tennis |
10-Jul-1943 |
6-Feb-1993 |
First black man to win Wimbledon |
| Red Barber |
Sports Figure |
17-Feb-1908 |
22-Oct-1992 |
The Voice of the Dodgers |
| Philip Bosco |
Actor |
26-Sep-1930 |
|
American character actor |
| Keith Carradine |
Actor |
8-Aug-1949 |
|
Thieves Like Us |
| David Caruso |
Actor |
17-Jan-1956 |
|
John Kelly on NYPD Blue |
| John Chancellor |
Journalist |
14-Jul-1927 |
12-Jul-1996 |
NBC Nightly News anchor |
| Bob Costas |
TV Personality |
22-Mar-1952 |
|
Sportscaster, formerly hosted Later |
| Billy Crystal |
Comic |
14-Mar-1947 |
|
When Harry Met Sally |
| Mario Cuomo |
Politician |
15-Jun-1932 |
|
Governor of New York, 1983-95 |
| John Cusack |
Actor |
28-Jun-1966 |
|
High Fidelity |
| Ossie Davis |
Actor |
18-Dec-1917 |
4-Feb-2005 |
Do The Right Thing |
| Loren Dean |
Actor |
31-Jul-1969 |
|
Mumford |
| Bob Feller |
Baseball |
3-Nov-1918 |
|
Pitched three no-hitters for Cleveland |
| Curt Flood |
Baseball |
18-Jan-1938 |
20-Jan-1997 |
Tried to topple MLB's antitrust |
| Shelby Foote |
Author |
17-Nov-1916 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Shiloh |
| Doris Kearns Goodwin |
Historian |
4-Jan-1943 |
|
Team of Rivals |
| Stephen Jay Gould |
Biologist |
10-Sep-1941 |
20-May-2002 |
Evolutionary biologist and paleontologist |
| Donald Hall |
Poet |
20-Sep-1928 |
|
The One Day |
| Ed Harris |
Actor |
28-Nov-1950 |
|
The Rock |
| Julie Harris |
Actor |
2-Dec-1925 |
|
East of Eden |
| Gregory Hines |
Dancer |
14-Feb-1946 |
9-Aug-2003 |
Tap dancer |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
| Monte Irvin |
Baseball |
25-Feb-1919 |
|
Negro League player, MLB Hall of Famer |
| Jesse Jackson |
Activist |
8-Oct-1941 |
|
Rainbow Coalition |
| Derek Jacobi |
Actor |
22-Oct-1938 |
|
Claudius on I, Claudius |
| Garrison Keillor |
Radio Personality |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
A Prairie Home Companion |
| Alan King |
Comic |
26-Dec-1927 |
9-May-2004 |
Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture |
| Stephen King |
Novelist |
21-Sep-1947 |
|
The Shining |
| Al Lewis |
Actor |
30-Apr-1923 |
3-Feb-2006 |
Grandpa on The Munsters |
| Delroy Lindo |
Actor |
18-Nov-1952 |
|
Clockers |
| Amy Madigan |
Actor |
11-Sep-1950 |
|
Places in the Heart |
| Mickey Mantle |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1931 |
13-Aug-1995 |
Twelve times in the World Series |
| Arthur Miller |
Playwright |
17-Oct-1915 |
10-Feb-2005 |
Death of a Salesman |
| Michael Moriarty |
Actor |
5-Apr-1941 |
|
ADA on Law & Order |
| Willie Morris |
Author |
29-Nov-1934 |
2-Aug-1999 |
North Toward Home |
| Paul Newman |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
26-Sep-2008 |
Salad dressing magnate |
| Tip O'Neill |
Politician |
9-Dec-1912 |
5-Jan-1994 |
Speaker of the House, 1977-87 |
| Gregory Peck |
Actor |
5-Apr-1916 |
12-Jun-2003 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
| George Plimpton |
Author |
18-Mar-1927 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Paper Lion |
| Jody Powell |
Government |
30-Sep-1943 |
|
White House Press Secretary for Jimmy Carter |
| Aidan Quinn |
Actor |
8-Mar-1959 |
|
Reckless |
| Ted Radcliffe |
Baseball |
7-Jul-1902 |
11-Aug-2005 |
Double Duty |
| LaTanya Richardson |
Actor |
21-Oct-1949 |
|
Actress/wife of Samuel L. Jackson |
| Jason Robards |
Actor |
26-Jul-1922 |
26-Dec-2000 |
All The President's Men |
| John Sayles |
Film Director |
28-Sep-1950 |
|
The Secret of Roan Inish |
| Vin Scully |
Baseball |
29-Nov-1927 |
|
Voice of the Dodgers |
| Jerry Stiller |
Actor |
8-Jun-1927 |
|
Frank Costanza on Seinfeld |
| Studs Terkel |
Author |
16-May-1912 |
|
Working |
| John Turturro |
Actor |
28-Feb-1957 |
|
Barton Fink, Five Corners |
| Eli Wallach |
Actor |
7-Dec-1915 |
|
The Magnificent Seven |
| M. Emmet Walsh |
Actor |
22-Mar-1935 |
|
Grizzled character actor |
| George Will |
Columnist |
4-May-1941 |
|
Conservative pundit, baseball lover |
| Ted Williams |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1918 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Cryonically preserved .400 hitter |
| Paul Winfield |
Actor |
22-May-1941 |
7-Mar-2004 |
Jim in the 1974 Huckleberry Finn |
