| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Gianni Agnelli |
Business |
12-Mar-1921 |
24-Jan-2003 |
President of Fiat, 1966-96 |
| Emperor Akihito |
Royalty |
23-Dec-1933 |
|
Emperor of Japan |
| Todd Akin |
Politician |
5-Jul-1947 |
|
Congressman, Missouri 2nd |
| Don Ameche |
Actor |
31-May-1904 |
6-Dec-1993 |
Trading Places |
| Poul Anderson |
Author |
25-Nov-1926 |
31-Jul-2001 |
Tau Zero |
| Roone Arledge |
Sports Figure |
8-Jul-1931 |
5-Dec-2002 |
Created Wide World of Sports |
| J. G. Ballard |
Author |
18-Nov-1930 |
19-Apr-2009 |
Empire of the Sun, Crash |
| Marion Barry |
Politician |
6-Mar-1936 |
|
Crack-smoking ex-mayor of Washington, DC |
| Herbert H. Bateman |
Politician |
7-Aug-1928 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2000 |
| Berkley W. Bedell |
Politician |
5-Mar-1921 |
|
Congressman from Iowa, 1975-87 |
| Harry Belafonte |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Mar-1927 |
|
Calypso singer |
| Dirk Benedict |
Actor |
1-Mar-1945 |
|
Lt. Templeton Peck on the A-Team |
| Silvio Berlusconi |
Head of State |
29-Sep-1936 |
|
Prime Minister of Italy |
| Bill Bixby |
Actor |
22-Jan-1934 |
21-Nov-1993 |
David Banner on The Incredible Hulk |
| Harry Blackmun |
Judge |
12-Nov-1908 |
4-Mar-1999 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94 |
| Jim Boeheim |
Basketball |
17-Nov-1944 |
|
Syracuse Head Coach |
| Pat Boone |
Singer |
1-Jun-1934 |
|
Whitens up those black songs |
| Frank Borman |
Astronaut |
14-Mar-1928 |
|
First to circumnavigate moon |
| Barry Bostwick |
Actor |
24-Feb-1945 |
|
Brad in Rocky Horror Picture Show |
| Bill Bright |
Religion |
19-Oct-1921 |
19-Jul-2003 |
Campus Crusade for Christ |
| David Brinkley |
Journalist |
10-Jul-1920 |
11-Jun-2003 |
The Huntley-Brinkley Report |
| David Broder |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1929 |
|
Washington Post reporter |
| George S. Brown |
Military |
17-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78 |
| James Brown |
Singer |
3-May-1933 |
25-Dec-2006 |
Purportedly felt good |
| Jim Calhoun |
Basketball |
10-May-1942 |
|
UConn Head Coach |
| Stokely Carmichael |
Activist |
29-Jun-1941 |
15-Nov-1998 |
Black separatist, Pan-Africanist |
| Benjamin S. Carson |
Doctor |
18-Sep-1951 |
|
Neurosurgeon |
| Otis Chandler |
Publisher |
23-Nov-1927 |
27-Feb-2006 |
Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 |
| Jack Christiansen |
Football |
20-Dec-1928 |
29-Jun-1986 |
NFL Hall of Famer, coach |
| Eldridge Cleaver |
Activist |
31-Aug-1935 |
1-May-1998 |
Black Panther turned Republican |
| Sean Connery |
Actor |
25-Aug-1930 |
|
James Bond |
| Silvio O. Conte |
Politician |
9-Nov-1921 |
8-Feb-1991 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91 |
| Gregory Corso |
Poet |
26-Mar-1930 |
17-Jan-2001 |
Beat poet, Gasoline |
| Alan Cranston |
Politician |
19-Jun-1914 |
31-Dec-2000 |
US Senator from California, 1969-93 |
| Michael Crapo |
Politician |
20-May-1951 |
|
US Senator from Idaho |
| Hume Cronyn |
Actor |
18-Jul-1911 |
15-Jun-2003 |
Cocoon |
| Duke Cunningham |
Politician |
8-Dec-1941 |
|
Congressman from California, 1991-2005 |
| Peter Cushing |
Actor |
26-May-1913 |
11-Aug-1994 |
Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars |
| Glenn Davis |
Football |
26-Dec-1924 |
9-Mar-2005 |
Winner, 1946 Heisman Trophy |
| Len Dawson |
Football |
20-Jun-1935 |
|
KC Chiefs Quarterback |
| Robert De Niro |
Actor |
17-Aug-1943 |
|
The Godfather: Part II |
| William Demarest |
Actor |
27-Feb-1892 |
28-Dec-1983 |
The Great McGinty |
| Bob Dole |
Politician |
22-Jul-1923 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 |
| Edward R. Dudley |
Diplomat |
11-Mar-1911 |
8-Feb-2005 |
First Black US Ambassador |
| Allan Edwall |
Actor |
25-Aug-1924 |
7-Feb-1997 |
The Brothers Lionheart |
| Richard Egan |
Actor |
29-Jul-1921 |
20-Jul-1987 |
Samuel Clegg on Capitol |
| Robert Fagles |
Translator |
11-Sep-1933 |
26-Mar-2008 |
Translator of Greek literature |
| Louis Farrakhan |
Religion |
11-May-1933 |
|
Leader of Nation of Islam |
| Orval Faubus |
Politician |
7-Jan-1910 |
14-Dec-1994 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1955-67 |
| Howard Fineman |
Journalist |
c. 1948 |
|
Newsweek chief political analyst |
| Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
|
Crooner dumped by Liz Taylor |
| Marlin Fitzwater |
Government |
24-Nov-1942 |
|
White House Press Secretary 1987-93 |
| Dan Fogelberg |
Musician |
13-Aug-1951 |
16-Dec-2007 |
Leader Of The Band |
| Kirk Fordice |
Politician |
10-Feb-1934 |
7-Sep-2004 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1992-2000 |
| Hayden Fry |
Football |
18-Feb-1929 |
|
University of Iowa coach |
| Charles de Gaulle |
Head of State |
22-Nov-1890 |
9-Nov-1970 |
President of France, 1958-69 |
| Max Geldray |
Jazz Musician |
12-Feb-1916 |
2-Oct-2004 |
Conks of The Goon Show |
| Wally George |
TV Personality |
4-Dec-1931 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Abusive conservative spectacle |
| Rudy Giuliani |
Politician |
28-May-1944 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1994-2001 |
| Robert Goulet |
Singer |
26-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2007 |
Baritone star of stage and screen |
| Billy Graham |
Religion |
7-Nov-1918 |
|
Televangelist |
| Wilton D. Gregory |
Religion |
7-Dec-1947 |
|
Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta |
| Merv Griffin |
Talk Show Host |
6-Jul-1925 |
12-Aug-2007 |
The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy |
| Andy Grove |
Business |
2-Sep-1936 |
|
CEO of Intel, 1987-98 |
| Alec Guinness |
Actor |
2-Apr-1914 |
5-Aug-2000 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars |
| Joseph Hansen |
Author |
19-Jul-1923 |
24-Nov-2004 |
Dave Brandstetter detective series |
| Leon Hart |
Football |
2-Nov-1928 |
24-Sep-2002 |
Winner, 1949 Heisman Trophy |
| Charles Haughey |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1925 |
13-Jun-2006 |
Three-time Prime Minister of Ireland |
| Chic Hecht |
Politician |
30-Nov-1928 |
15-May-2006 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89 |
| Jesse Helms |
Politician |
18-Oct-1921 |
4-Jul-2008 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 |
| James Herriot |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1916 |
23-Feb-1995 |
All Creatures Great and Small |
| Charlton Heston |
Actor |
4-Oct-1923 |
5-Apr-2008 |
The Ten Commandments |
| Tony Hillerman |
Novelist |
27-May-1925 |
26-Oct-2008 |
Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation |
| Ian Holm |
Actor |
12-Sep-1931 |
|
Time Bandits |
| Hume Alexander Horan |
Diplomat |
13-Aug-1934 |
22-Jul-2004 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1988 |
| Langston Hughes |
Poet |
1-Feb-1902 |
22-May-1967 |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
| Lamar Hunt |
Football |
2-Aug-1932 |
13-Dec-2006 |
Founder of the American Football League |
| King Hussein I |
Royalty |
14-Nov-1935 |
7-Feb-1999 |
King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan |
| Henry Hyde |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
29-Nov-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1975-2007 |
| Don Imus |
Radio Personality |
23-Jul-1940 |
|
Imus in the Morning |
| J. J. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
22-Jan-1924 |
4-Feb-2001 |
Jazz trombonist |
| Tim Johnson |
Politician |
28-Dec-1946 |
|
US Senator from South Dakota |
| Quincy Jones |
Music Producer |
14-Mar-1933 |
|
Musician, Composer, Producer |
| Hamilton Jordan |
Government |
21-Sep-1944 |
20-May-2008 |
White House Chief of Staff, 1979-80 |
| George Karl |
Basketball |
12-May-1951 |
|
Head Coach, Denver Nuggets |
| Alfred Kazin |
Critic |
5-Jun-1915 |
5-Jun-1998 |
On Native Grounds |
| Johnny Kerr |
Basketball |
17-Jul-1932 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Chicago Bulls coach, commentator |
| John Kerry |
Politician |
11-Dec-1943 |
|
US Senator from Massachusetts |
| Abdul Qadeer Khan |
Physicist |
1935 |
|
Father of Pakistani nuclear bomb |
| Ayatollah Khomeini |
Religion |
24-Sep-1902 |
3-Jun-1989 |
Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran |
| David H. Koch |
Business |
3-May-1940 |
|
Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir |
| Michael Korda |
Publisher |
8-Oct-1933 |
|
Editor-in-Chief of Simon & Schuster |
| J. Krishnamurti |
Religion |
12-May-1895 |
18-Feb-1986 |
Theosophist guru |
| Timothy Leary |
Activist |
22-Oct-1920 |
31-May-1996 |
Tune in, turn on, drop out |
| Irving R. Levine |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1922 |
27-Mar-2009 |
NBC Correspondent, 1950-95 |
| Theodore Levitt |
Economist |
1-Mar-1925 |
28-Jun-2006 |
Marketing Myopia |
| Marv Levy |
Football |
3-Aug-1925 |
|
NFL, CFL, and NCAA coach |
| Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
Cinderfella |
| Harold Lloyd |
Actor |
20-Apr-1893 |
8-Mar-1971 |
Prolific silent film actor |
| Lester Maddox |
Politician |
30-Sep-1915 |
25-Jun-2003 |
Governor of Georgia, 1967-71 |
| Nelson Mandela |
Head of State |
18-Jul-1918 |
|
Former President of South Africa |
| Herbie Mann |
Jazz Musician |
16-Apr-1930 |
1-Jul-2003 |
Jazz flautist |
| Preston Manning |
Politician |
10-Jun-1942 |
|
Founder, Reform Party of Canada |
| Thomas J. Manton |
Politician |
3-Nov-1932 |
22-Jul-2006 |
Congressman from New York, 1985-99 |
| Victor Mature |
Actor |
29-Jan-1913 |
4-Aug-1999 |
Samson and Delilah |
| Tom McCall |
Politician |
22-Mar-1913 |
8-Jan-1983 |
Governor of Oregon, 1967-75 |
| Roddy McDowall |
Actor |
17-Sep-1928 |
3-Oct-1998 |
Planet of the Apes |
| Gardner McKay |
Actor |
10-Jun-1932 |
21-Nov-2001 |
Adventures in Paradise |
| Michael Milken |
Business |
4-Jul-1946 |
|
Convicted financial executive |
| Robert L. Mills |
Physicist |
15-Apr-1927 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Subatomic particles |
| François Mitterrand |
Head of State |
26-Oct-1916 |
8-Jan-1996 |
President of France, 1981-95 |
| Doug Moe |
Basketball |
21-Sep-1938 |
|
Head Coach, Denver Nuggets, 1980-90 |
| Roger Moore |
Actor |
14-Oct-1927 |
|
James Bond after Sean Connery |
| Marion Motley |
Football |
5-Jun-1920 |
27-Jun-1999 |
Fullback, NFL Hall of Famer |
| Robert Mueller |
Government |
7-Aug-1944 |
|
GWB's FBI Director |
| Robert Mugabe |
Head of State |
21-Feb-1924 |
|
President of Zimbabwe |
| Rupert Murdoch |
Business |
11-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder and CEO of News Corp |
| Stan Musial |
Baseball |
21-Nov-1920 |
|
St. Louis Cardinals |
| Pablo Neruda |
Poet |
12-Jul-1904 |
23-Sep-1973 |
Residencia en la Tierra |
| Dick Nolan |
Football |
26-Mar-1932 |
11-Nov-2007 |
49ers Head Coach, 1968-75 |
| Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
|
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| George M. O'Brien |
Politician |
17-Jun-1917 |
18-Jul-1986 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1973-86 |
| Laurence Olivier |
Actor |
22-May-1907 |
11-Jul-1989 |
Shakespearean actor |
| Ehud Olmert |
Politician |
30-Sep-1945 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel |
| Jerry Orbach |
Actor |
20-Oct-1935 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order |
| Arnold Palmer |
Golf |
10-Sep-1929 |
|
Won 61 PGA tournaments |
| Joseph Papp |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
31-Oct-1991 |
Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival |
| Fess Parker |
Actor |
16-Aug-1925 |
|
Daniel Boone |
| Floyd Patterson |
Boxing |
4-Jan-1935 |
11-May-2006 |
Heavyweight champion at age 21 |
| Linus Pauling |
Chemist |
28-Feb-1901 |
19-Aug-1994 |
Reformed the science of chemistry |
| Frank Perry |
Film Director |
21-Aug-1930 |
29-Aug-1995 |
Mommie Dearest |
| Richard Petty |
Auto Racing |
2-Jul-1937 |
|
Seven-time NASCAR Champion |
| Jake Pickle |
Politician |
11-Oct-1913 |
18-Jun-2005 |
Congressman from Texas 1963-95 |
| Lynden Oscar Pindling |
Politician |
22-Mar-1930 |
25-Aug-2000 |
Father of The Bahamas |
| Sidney Poitier |
Actor |
20-Feb-1927 |
|
In The Heat Of The Night |
| Colin Powell |
Government |
5-Apr-1937 |
|
US Secretary of State, 2001-05 |
| David Prowse |
Actor |
1-Jul-1935 |
|
Darth Vader, Green Cross Code Man |
| Johnny Ramone |
Musician |
8-Oct-1951 |
15-Sep-2004 |
The Ramones |
| Karl L. Rankin |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1898 |
15-Jan-1991 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57 |
| Thurl Ravenscroft |
Actor |
6-Feb-1914 |
22-May-2005 |
Voice of Tony The Tiger |
| Rick Rescorla |
Victim |
27-May-1939 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11 |
| Oscar Riddle |
Biologist |
27-Sep-1877 |
29-Nov-1968 |
Prolactin |
| Bobby Riggs |
Tennis |
25-Feb-1918 |
25-Oct-1995 |
Winner of 1939 Wimbledon |
| Dick Riordan |
Politician |
1-May-1930 |
|
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001 |
| Michael Ritchie |
Film Director |
28-Nov-1938 |
16-Apr-2001 |
The Candidate |
| Pat Robertson |
Religion |
22-Mar-1930 |
|
The 700 Club |
| Fred Saberhagen |
Novelist |
18-May-1930 |
29-Jun-2007 |
Berserker series |
| Paul Sarbanes |
Politician |
3-Feb-1933 |
|
US Senator from Maryland, 1977-2007 |
| Dick Sargent |
Actor |
19-Apr-1930 |
8-Jul-1994 |
Darrin #2 on Bewitched |
| Telly Savalas |
Actor |
22-Jan-1922 |
22-Jan-1994 |
Kojak |
| John G. Schmitz |
Politician |
12-Aug-1930 |
10-Jan-2001 |
Congressman from California, 1970-73 |
| Norman Schwarzkopf |
Military |
22-Aug-1934 |
|
Leader in Persian Gulf War |
| Mobutu Sese Seko |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1930 |
7-Sep-1997 |
Dictator, bled Zaire dry |
| Robert W. Selander |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of Mastercard |
| Richard Shelby |
Politician |
6-May-1934 |
|
US Senator from Alabama |
| William Shockley |
Physicist |
13-Feb-1910 |
12-Aug-1989 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Norodom Sihanouk |
Royalty |
31-Oct-1922 |
|
King of Cambodia |
| James LeVoy Sorenson |
Business |
30-Jul-1921 |
20-Jan-2008 |
Utah billionaire |
| Robert Stack |
Actor |
13-Jan-1919 |
14-May-2003 |
The Untouchables |
| John Paul Stevens |
Judge |
20-Apr-1920 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Ray Stevens |
Country Musician |
24-Jan-1939 |
|
"The Streak" |
| Ted Stevens |
Politician |
18-Nov-1923 |
|
US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
| Stephen Stills |
Musician |
3-Jan-1945 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
| B. Alan Sugg |
Educator |
c. 1938 |
|
President, University of Arkansas |
| Joe Torre |
Baseball |
18-Jul-1940 |
|
Manager, Los Angeles Dodgers |
| John Tower |
Politician |
25-Sep-1925 |
5-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Texas, 1961-85 |
| Pierre Trudeau |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Twice Prime Minister of Canada |
| Desmond Tutu |
Religion |
7-Oct-1931 |
|
Archbishop of Cape Town |
| Johnny Unitas |
Football |
7-May-1933 |
11-Sep-2002 |
The Golden Arm |
| Jesse Unruh |
Politician |
30-Sep-1922 |
4-Aug-1987 |
Speaker of California State Assembly |
| Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
| Ken Venturi |
Golf |
15-May-1931 |
|
Winner of 1964 US Open |
| Andrew von Eschenbach |
Government |
c. 1941 |
|
FDA Commissioner, 2005-09 |
| John von Neumann |
Scientist |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
| Sam Wanamaker |
Actor |
14-Jun-1919 |
19-Dec-1993 |
Rebuilt Globe Theatre |
| Coral Eugene Watts |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1953 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Maybe America's most prolific serial killer |
| William H. Welch |
Scientist |
8-Apr-1850 |
30-Apr-1934 |
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
| Cornel West |
Activist |
2-Jun-1953 |
|
Prominent blackademic |
| Walter Winchell |
Radio Personality |
7-Apr-1897 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Gossip commentator |
| Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1889 |
29-Apr-1951 |
Destroyed metaphysics |
| Yahweh ben Yahweh |
Religion |
27-Oct-1935 |
7-May-2007 |
Nation of Yahweh |
| Andrew Young |
Politician |
12-Mar-1932 |
|
Second black mayor of Atlanta |
| Frank Zappa |
Composer |
21-Dec-1940 |
4-Dec-1993 |
Joe's Garage |
