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Columbus, OH
CITY
Official Website:
http://ci.columbus.oh.us/ Population:
711470 (2000 census) Founding Date:
1812 County:
Delaware County; Fairfield County; Franklin County SCHOOLS
COMPANY HEADQUARTERS
BIRTHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
| Majel Barrett |
Actor |
23-Feb-1932 |
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Widow of Gene Roddenberry |
| Warner Baxter |
Actor |
29-Mar-1889 |
7-May-1951 |
In Old Arizona |
| Richard Biggs |
Actor |
18-Mar-1961 |
22-May-2004 |
Dr. Stephen Franklin on Babylon 5 |
| Bizzy Bone |
Rapper |
12-Sep-1976 |
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Bone Thugs-N-Harmony |
| Andrea Bowen |
Actor |
4-Mar-1990 |
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Desperate Housewives |
| Lois McMaster Bujold |
Novelist |
2-Nov-1949 |
|
The Vorkosigan Saga |
| Walter Dean Burnham |
Scholar |
1930 |
|
Democracy in the Making |
| Prescott Bush |
Politician |
15-May-1895 |
8-Oct-1972 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63 |
| Bruce L. Byrnes |
Business |
29-Mar-1948 |
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Vice Chairman of Procter & Gamble |
| Howard "Hopalong" Cassady |
Football |
2-Mar-1934 |
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Winner, 1955 Heisman Trophy |
| Beverly D'Angelo |
Actor |
15-Nov-1951 |
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Did a Patsy Cline in Coal Miner's Daughter |
| Jay DeMarcus |
Country Musician |
26-Apr-1971 |
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Vocalist, Rascal Flatts |
| Michael Duffy |
Journalist |
c. 1958 |
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TIME reporter |
| Michael Feinstein |
Singer |
7-Sep-1956 |
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Revives the Great American Songbook |
| Alana De La Garza |
Actor |
18-Jun-1976 |
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Connie Rubirosa on Law & Order |
| Maggie Grace |
Actor |
21-Sep-1983 |
|
Shannon Rutherford on Lost |
| Alex Grey |
Artist |
29-Nov-1953 |
|
Chapel of Sacred Mirrors |
| Archie Griffin |
Football |
21-Aug-1954 |
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Winner, 1974 and 1975 Heisman Trophy |
| Eileen Heckart |
Actor |
29-Mar-1919 |
31-Dec-2001 |
Butterflies Are Free |
| Curtis LeMay |
Military |
15-Nov-1906 |
1-Oct-1990 |
USAF General |
| Gary LeVox |
Country Musician |
10-Jul-1970 |
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Lead singer, Rascal Flatts |
| Patrick McCrory |
Politician |
17-Oct-1956 |
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Mayor of Charlotte, NC |
| Grant Mitchell |
Actor |
17-Jun-1874 |
1-May-1957 |
Father Is a Prince |
| Jack Nicklaus |
Golf |
21-Jan-1940 |
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Golf legend |
| Tom Poston |
Actor |
17-Oct-1921 |
30-Apr-2007 |
Handyman on Newhart |
| Brady Quinn |
Football |
27-Oct-1984 |
|
Cleveland Browns QB |
| Josh Radnor |
Actor |
29-Jul-1974 |
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How I Met Your Mother |
| Eddie Rickenbacker |
Aviator |
8-Oct-1890 |
23-Jul-1973 |
Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI |
| Randy Savage |
Wrestling |
15-Nov-1952 |
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WWF and WCW heavyweight champion |
| Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
Historian |
15-Oct-1917 |
28-Feb-2007 |
The Age of Roosevelt |
| Bob Shamansky |
Politician |
18-Apr-1927 |
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Congressman from Ohio, 1981-83 |
| Claire Shipman |
Journalist |
1962 |
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Good Morning America |
| Roger Smith |
Business |
12-Jul-1925 |
29-Nov-2007 |
CEO of General Motors, 1980-90 |
| Donald Ogden Stewart |
Author |
30-Nov-1894 |
2-Aug-1980 |
The Philadelphia Story |
| Jermaine Stewart |
Singer |
7-Sep-1957 |
17-Mar-1997 |
We Don't Have To Take Our Clothes Off |
| R. L. Stine |
Author |
8-Oct-1943 |
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Goosebumps series |
| Philip Michael Thomas |
Actor |
26-May-1949 |
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Det. Ricardo Tubbs on Miami Vice |
| James Thurber |
Author |
8-Dec-1894 |
2-Nov-1961 |
Short story writer and cartoonist |
| Pat Tiberi |
Politician |
21-Oct-1962 |
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Congressman, Ohio 12th |
| Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
DEATHS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| John W. Bricker |
Politician |
6-Sep-1893 |
22-Mar-1986 |
Governor of Ohio, 1939-45 |
| Samuel P. Bush |
Relative |
4-Oct-1863 |
8-Feb-1948 |
Father of Senator Prescott Bush |
| Dimebag Darrell |
Guitarist |
20-Aug-1966 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Lead guitarist for Pantera |
| Harry M. Daugherty |
Government |
26-Jan-1860 |
12-Oct-1941 |
US Attorney General, 1921-24 |
| A. Victor Donahey |
Politician |
7-Jul-1873 |
8-Apr-1946 |
Governor of Ohio, 1923-29 |
| Vic Janowicz |
Football |
26-Jan-1930 |
27-Feb-1996 |
Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy |
| C. William O'Neill |
Politician |
14-Feb-1916 |
20-Aug-1978 |
Governor of Ohio, 1957-59 |
| James A. Rhodes |
Politician |
13-Sep-1909 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Twice Governor of Ohio |
| Paul Tibbets |
Military |
23-Feb-1915 |
1-Nov-2007 |
Pilot of the Enola Gay |
| Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Chalmers P. Wylie |
Politician |
23-Nov-1920 |
14-Aug-1998 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1967-93 |
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