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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Don Adams
Actor
13-Apr-1926 25-Sep-2005 Maxwell Smart on Get Smart
June Allyson
Actor
7-Oct-1917 8-Jul-2006 Two Girls and a Sailor
George Arliss
Actor
10-Apr-1868 5-Feb-1946 Disraeli
Svante Arrhenius
Chemist
19-Feb-1859 2-Oct-1927 Explored electrolytic conductivity
Eleanor Audley
Actor
19-Nov-1905 25-Nov-1991 Wicked stepmother in Cinderella
Ina Balin
Actor
12-Nov-1937 20-Jun-1990 The Patsy
John Barron
Journalist
26-Jan-1930 24-Feb-2005 Soviet espionage expert
Samuel Beckett
Playwright
13-May-1906 22-Dec-1989 Waiting for Godot
Terrel H. Bell
Educator
11-Nov-1921 22-Jun-1996 US Secretary of Education, 1981-85
Ralph Bellamy
Actor
17-Jun-1904 29-Nov-1991 Trading Places
Tex Beneke
Musician
12-Feb-1914 30-May-2000 Saxophonist, The Glenn Miller Orchestra
Henri Bergson
Philosopher
18-Oct-1859 4-Jan-1941 L'Évolution Créatrice
Lennox Berkeley
Composer
12-May-1903 26-Dec-1989 Stabat Mater
Rudolf Bing
Business
9-Jan-1902 2-Sep-1997 Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72
Pedro Bloch
Playwright
17-Apr-1914 23-Feb-2004 The Hands of Eurydice
David Bloom
Journalist
22-May-1963 6-Apr-2003 NBC reporter died in Iraq
Richard W. Boehm
Diplomat
25-Jun-1926 28-Nov-2011 US Ambassador to Oman, 1989-92
Scott Brady
Actor
13-Sep-1924 16-Apr-1985 Dancin' Kid in Johnny Guitar
Marlon Brando
Actor
3-Apr-1924 1-Jul-2004 A Streetcar Named Desire
Claude Brown
Author
23-Feb-1937 2-Feb-2002 Manchild in the Promised Land
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poet
6-Mar-1806 29-Jun-1861 Sonnets from the Portuguese
Larry Buchanan
Film Director
31-Jan-1923 2-Dec-2004 Mars Needs Women
Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts
Philanthropist
21-Apr-1814 30-Dec-1906 Victorian philanthropist
Benny Carter
Jazz Musician
8-Aug-1907 12-Jul-2003 Jazz and big bandleader
Leonardo Cimino
Actor
4-Mar-1917 3-Mar-2012 Dune
Steve Cochran
Actor
25-May-1917 15-Jun-1965 The Damned Don't Cry
James M. Collins
Politician
29-Apr-1916 21-Jul-1989 Congressman from Texas, 1968-83
Alice Coltrane
Jazz Musician
27-Aug-1937 12-Jan-2007 Musician and widow of John Coltrane
John Connally
Politician
27-Feb-1917 15-Jun-1993 Governor of Texas, 1963-69
Aaron Copland
Composer
14-Nov-1900 2-Dec-1990 Fanfare for the Common Man
Heavy D
Rapper
24-May-1967 8-Nov-2011 Heavy D & the Boyz
Divine
Actor
19-Oct-1945 7-Mar-1988 Poodle poop-eating drag queen
Dona Drake
Actor
15-Nov-1914 20-Jun-1989 Road to Morocco
Henry Draper
Astronomer
7-Mar-1837 20-Nov-1882 Early astrophotographer
Jennifer Dunn
Politician
29-Jul-1941 5-Sep-2007 Congresswoman from Washington, 1993-2005
Leslie Dwyer
Actor
28-Aug-1906 29-Dec-1986 Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi!
Frank Fenton
Actor
9-Apr-1906 24-Jul-1957 Isle of Forgotten Sins
Leonard K. Firestone
Business
10-Jun-1907 24-Dec-1996 US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77
Pierre Gassendi
Physicist
22-Jan-1592 24-Oct-1655 Exercitationes
Herbert S. Gasser
Scientist
5-Jul-1888 11-May-1963 Nerve conduction
Will Geer
Actor
9-Mar-1902 22-Apr-1978 Zebulon Walton in The Waltons
Althea Gibson
Tennis
25-Aug-1927 28-Sep-2003 First black woman to win Wimbledon
Robert Goulet
Singer
26-Nov-1933 30-Oct-2007 Baritone star of stage and screen
Margot Grahame
Actor
20-Feb-1911 1-Jan-1982 The Informer
Alexander Granach
Actor
18-Apr-1893 14-Mar-1945 Nosferatu
Sigrid Gurie
Actor
18-May-1911 14-Aug-1969 Algiers
Ruth Hale
Activist
1886 18-Sep-1933 Maiden name crusader
Carol Haney
Dancer
24-Dec-1924 10-May-1964 The Pajama Game
June Haver
Actor
10-Jun-1926 4-Jul-2005 Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Black Hawk
Military
c. 1767 3-Oct-1838 Led Indian uprisings in Illinois and Wisconsin
Myron Healey
Actor
8-Jun-1923 21-Dec-2005 Prolific actor in Westerns
Hergé
Cartoonist
23-May-1907 3-Mar-1983 Tintin
Jack Horkheimer
Astronomer
11-Jun-1938 20-Aug-2010 Naked-eye astronomer
Hendrik S. Houthakker
Economist
31-Dec-1924 15-Apr-2008 Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Kiyoshi Ito
Mathematician
7-Sep-1915 10-Nov-2008 Ito Calculus
Thomas L. Judge
Politician
12-Oct-1934 8-Sep-2006 Governor of Montana, 1973-81
Gordon Jump
Actor
1-Apr-1932 22-Sep-2003 Maytag repairman who headed WKRP
Ish Kabibble
Musician
19-Jan-1908 5-Jun-1994 Trumpeter and novelty singer
Frida Kahlo
Painter
6-Jul-1907 13-Jul-1954 Unibrowed Mexican painter
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Singer
20-May-1959 26-Jun-1997 Hawaiian ukulele musician
William Keighley
Film Director
4-Aug-1889 24-Jun-1984 The Man Who Came to Dinner
Fred Korematsu
Activist
30-Jan-1919 30-Mar-2005 Opposed internment camps
Arthur Kornberg
Scientist
3-Mar-1918 26-Oct-2007 Synthesized DNA
Bowie Kuhn
Baseball
28-Oct-1926 15-Mar-2007 Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84
Don LaFontaine
Actor
26-Aug-1940 1-Sep-2008 Voiceover powerhouse
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Baseball
20-Nov-1866 25-Nov-1944 First Commissioner of Baseball
Philip Leacock
Film Director
8-Oct-1917 14-Jul-1990 The Spanish Gardener
Edward Lear
Poet
12-May-1812 29-Jan-1888 The Owl and the Pussycat
Jon Lord
Musician
9-Jun-1941 16-Jul-2012 Founder of Deep Purple
Miguel de la Madrid
Head of State
12-Dec-1934 1-Apr-2012 President of Mexico, 1982-88
Mona Maris
Actor
7-Nov-1903 23-Mar-1991 Kiss and Make-Up
Dean Martin
Singer
7-Jun-1917 25-Dec-1995 Member of Rat Pack
Dick Martin
Comic
30-Jan-1922 24-May-2008 Laugh-In
Ollie Matson
Football
1-May-1930 19-Feb-2011 NFL Hall of Famer
Joel McCrea
Actor
5-Nov-1905 20-Oct-1990 Ride the High Country
William Meredith
Poet
9-Jan-1919 30-May-2007 Partial Accounts
André Michelin
Business
16-Jan-1853 4-Apr-1931 Founder of Michelin Group
G. William Miller
Government
9-Mar-1925 17-Mar-2006 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81
James Mitchell
Actor
29-Feb-1920 22-Jan-2010 All My Children
Molière
Playwright
15-Jan-1622 17-Feb-1673 Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope
Brian Moore
Novelist
25-Aug-1921 10-Jan-1999 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Dennis Morgan
Actor
20-Dec-1908 7-Sep-1994 My Wild Irish Rose
David D. Newsom
Diplomat
6-Jan-1918 30-Mar-2008 US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78
Anna Pavlova
Dancer
12-Feb-1881 22-Jan-1931 Early 20th century Russian ballerina
Val Peterson
Politician
18-Jul-1903 17-Oct-1983 Governor of Nebraska, 1947-53
Peg Phillips
Actor
20-Sep-1918 7-Nov-2002 Ruth-Anne Miller on Northern Exposure
Bud Post
unspecified
5-Apr-1939 15-Jan-2006 Unhappy lottery millionaire
E. M. Purcell
Physicist
30-Aug-1912 7-Mar-1997 Nuclear magnetic resonance
Paula Raymond
Actor
23-Nov-1924 31-Dec-2003 The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Marty Robbins
Country Musician
26-Sep-1925 8-Dec-1982 El Paso
Henry Roberts
Politician
22-Jun-1853 1-May-1929 Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07
Laurance Rockefeller
Business
26-May-1910 11-Jul-2004 Financier behind Eastern Airlines
Edward R. Roybal
Politician
10-Feb-1916 24-Oct-2005 Congressman from California, 1963-93
Zelda Rubinstein
Actor
1-Jan-1933 27-Jan-2010 Tangina in Poltergeist
Jack Ruby
Assassin
25-Mar-1911 3-Jan-1967 Killed Lee Harvey Oswald
Marvin Runyon
Government
16-Sep-1924 3-May-2004 US Postmaster General, 1992-98
Jane Russell
Actor
21-Jun-1921 28-Feb-2011 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Kathleen Ryan
Actor
8-Dec-1922 11-Nov-1985 The Sound of Fury
Ernesto Sábato
Novelist
24-Jun-1911 30-Apr-2011 Angel of Darkness
Françoise Sagan
Novelist
21-Jun-1935 24-Sep-2004 Bonjour Tristesse
Sai Baba
Religion
23-Nov-1926 24-Apr-2011 Sex-crazed avatar
Audrey Santo
Victim
19-Dec-1983 14-Apr-2007 Miracle girl in a coma
Robert A. Scalapino
Scholar
19-Oct-1919 31-Oct-2011 Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley
John Schoenherr
Artist
5-Jul-1935 8-Apr-2010 Owl Moon
John F. Seiberling
Politician
8-Sep-1918 2-Aug-2008 Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87
Hubert Selby
Author
23-Jul-1928 26-Apr-2004 Requiem for a Dream
William E. Simon
Government
27-Nov-1927 3-Jun-2000 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77
Terry Southern
Novelist
1-May-1924 29-Oct-1995 Dr. Strangelove
Edwin M. Stanton
Politician
19-Dec-1814 24-Dec-1869 Secretary of War during the Civil War
Warren Stevens
Actor
2-Nov-1919 27-Mar-2012 Forbidden Planet
Gerry Studds
Politician
12-May-1937 14-Oct-2006 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97
Barry Sullivan
Actor
29-Aug-1912 6-Jun-1994 The Bad and the Beautiful
Francis L. Sullivan
Actor
6-Jan-1903 19-Nov-1956 Great Expectations
Jack Swigert
Astronaut
30-Aug-1931 27-Dec-1982 Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13
Basil Sydney
Actor
23-Apr-1894 10-Jan-1968 English stage actor
Laurent Terzieff
Actor
27-Jun-1935 2-Jul-2010 Tu Ne Tueras Point
Nicholas G. Thacher
Diplomat
20-Aug-1915 11-Mar-2002 US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1970-73
Bob Thaves
Cartoonist
4-Oct-1924 4-Aug-2006 Frank & Ernest
Sada Thompson
Actor
27-Sep-1929 4-May-2011 Kate Lawrence on Family
Vernon W. Thomson
Politician
5-Nov-1905 2-Apr-1988 Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59
John S. Toll
Educator
25-Oct-1923 15-Jul-2011 President, University of Maryland, 1978-88
David C. Treen
Politician
16-Jul-1928 29-Oct-2009 Governor of Louisiana, 1980-84
Claire Trevor
Actor
8-Mar-1910 8-Apr-2000 Key Largo
Beverly Tyler
Actor
5-Jul-1927 23-Nov-2005 The Green Years
Sigrid Undset
Author
20-May-1882 10-Jun-1949 Kristin Lavransdåtter
Chavela Vargas
Singer
17-Apr-1919 5-Aug-2012 Ranchera singer
Diane Varsi
Actor
23-Feb-1938 19-Nov-1992 Peyton Place
Sébastien de Vauban
Engineer
15-May-1633 30-Mar-1707 Mastermind of the siege
Dick Weber
Bowling
23-Dec-1929 13-Feb-2005 Professional bowler
Max Weber
Sociologist
21-Apr-1864 14-Jun-1920 The Protestant Ethic
Ezer Weizman
Head of State
15-Jun-1924 24-Apr-2005 President of Israel, 1993-2000
Reggie White
Football
19-Dec-1961 26-Dec-2004 NFL's Minister of Defense
William Wordsworth
Poet
7-Apr-1770 23-Apr-1850 English romantic poet laureate
Chic Young
Cartoonist
9-Jan-1901 14-Mar-1973 Creator of Blondie
Robert Young
Actor
22-Feb-1907 21-Jul-1998 Marcus Welby, M.D.
Thomas Young
Physicist
13-Jun-1773 10-May-1829 Wave Theory of Light
Zhao Ziyang
Politician
17-Oct-1919 16-Jan-2005 6th Chinese Premier sought reforms



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