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Accidentally discovered by Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann on 19 April 1943.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Adams
Composer
15-Feb-1947   Nixon in China
Stew Albert
Activist
4-Dec-1939 30-Jan-2006 Founding Yippie
G. G. Allin
Musician
29-Aug-1956 28-Jun-1993 Hated
Susan Atkins
Criminal
7-May-1948 24-Sep-2009 Manson Family
J. G. Ballard
Author
18-Nov-1930 19-Apr-2009 Empire of the Sun, Crash
Syd Barrett
Musician
6-Jan-1946 7-Jul-2006 Pink Floyd
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Painter
22-Dec-1960 12-Aug-1988 NYC graffiti artist
John Belushi
Actor
24-Jan-1949 5-Mar-1982 Animal House
Anthony Bourdain
Chef
25-Jun-1956   Kitchen Confidential
Pattie Boyd
Model
17-Mar-1944   Ex-Wife of George Harrison, Eric Clapton
Creed Bratton
Actor
8-Feb-1943   Creed Bratton on The Office
Jeff Bridges
Actor
4-Dec-1949   The Dude abides
Charlie Brooker
TV Personality
3-Mar-1971   British satirist, Screenwipe
Don Buchla
Inventor
Apr-1937   Modular synthesizer designer
Bebe Buell
Model
14-Jul-1953   Liv Tyler's mom
Charles Bukowski
Author
16-Aug-1920 9-Mar-1994 Love is a Dog from Hell
William S. Burroughs
Author
5-Feb-1914 2-Aug-1997 Naked Lunch
Gia Carangi
Model
29-Jan-1960 18-Nov-1986 Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS
Judy Carne
Actor
27-Apr-1939   Sock-it-to-me girl on Laugh-In
Jack Carter
Relative
3-Jul-1947   Jimmy Carter's eldest son
Neal Cassady
Author
8-Feb-1926 4-Feb-1968 The Holy Goof
David Cassidy
Singer
12-Apr-1950   The Partridge Family
Mark David Chapman
Assassin
10-May-1955   Assassin of Beatle John Lennon
Deepak Chopra
Author
22-Oct-1946   Ageless Body, Timeless Mind
Art Clokey
Cartoonist
12-Oct-1921 8-Jan-2010 Creator of Gumby
Leonard Cohen
Singer/Songwriter
21-Sep-1934   Everybody Knows
Judy Collins
Singer/Songwriter
1-May-1939   Folk singer
Francis Crick
Scientist
8-Jun-1916 28-Jul-2004 Co-Discoverer of the structure of DNA
David Cronenberg
Film Director
15-Mar-1943   Videodrome
David Crosby
Musician
14-Aug-1941   Crosby, Stills, and Nash
David Cross
Actor
4-Apr-1964   Mr. Show with Bob and David
Robert Crumb
Cartoonist
30-Aug-1943   Weirdo, Zap Comix
Evan Dando
Musician
4-Mar-1967   Lemonheads frontman
Ram Dass
Religion
5-Apr-1931   Be Here Now
Patti Davis
Relative
21-Oct-1952   Reagan's prodigal daughter
Jessica Delfino
Comic
8-Jun-1976   Dirty Folk Rock
Paul Desmond
Jazz Musician
25-Nov-1924 30-May-1977 Jazz alto saxophonist, Dave Brubeck Quartet
Philip K. Dick
Novelist
16-Dec-1928 2-Mar-1982 Blade Runner
Janice Dickinson
Model
15-Feb-1955   1970s supermodel
Dion
Musician
18-Jul-1939   Runaround Sue
Donovan
Singer/Songwriter
10-May-1946   Mad about saffron
Betsy Drake
Actor
11-Sep-1923   Every Girl Should Be Married
Nick Drake
Singer/Songwriter
19-Jun-1948 25-Nov-1974 Pink Moon
Dock Ellis
Baseball
11-Mar-1945 19-Dec-2008 Pitched a no-hitter on LSD
Roky Erickson
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jul-1947   13th Floor Elevators
Craig Ferguson
Talk Show Host
17-May-1962   "It's a great day for America"
Carrie Fisher
Actor
21-Oct-1956   Princess Leia in Star Wars
Peter Fonda
Actor
23-Feb-1940   Easy Rider
Al Franken
Politician
21-May-1951   US Senator from Minnesota
Squeaky Fromme
Assassin
22-Oct-1948   Attempted to assassinate Gerald Ford
Jerry Garcia
Musician
1-Aug-1942 9-Aug-1995 Grateful Dead
Bill Gates
Business
28-Oct-1955   Co-Founder of Microsoft
Boy George
Singer/Songwriter
14-Jun-1961   Karma Chameleon
Nick Gillespie
Journalist
8-Jul-1963   Reason magazine
David Gilmour
Guitarist
6-Mar-1946   Guitarist for Pink Floyd
Topher Grace
Actor
12-Jul-1978   Eric Forman in That 70's Show
Cary Grant
Actor
18-Jan-1904 29-Nov-1986 North by Northwest
Peter Green
Musician
29-Oct-1946   Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac
Alex Grey
Artist
29-Nov-1953   Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
Jerry Hall
Model
2-Jul-1956   Second wife of Mick Jagger
Debbie Harry
Singer
1-Jul-1945   Blondie
Gibby Haynes
Singer
1957   Butthole Surfers
Richard Hell
Musician
2-Oct-1949   Blank Generation
Jimi Hendrix
Guitarist
27-Nov-1942 18-Sep-1970 Purple Haze
Bill Hicks
Comic
16-Dec-1961 26-Feb-1994 Visionary comedian, met untimely death
Abbie Hoffman
Activist
30-Nov-1936 12-Apr-1989 Steal This Book
Albert Hofmann
Chemist
11-Jan-1906 29-Apr-2008 Discovered LSD
Dennis Hopper
Actor
17-May-1936 29-May-2010 Apocalypse Now
Aldous Huxley
Author
26-Jul-1894 22-Nov-1963 Brave New World
Phil Jackson
Basketball
17-Sep-1945   Big Chief Triangle
Richard D. James
Electronic Musician
18-Aug-1971   Aphex Twin
Jenna Jameson
Pornstar
9-Apr-1974   Got naked with Howard Stern in Private Parts
Steve Jobs
Business
24-Feb-1955 5-Oct-2011 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Alejandro Jodorowsky
Film Director
7-Feb-1929   El Topo
Daniel Johnston
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jan-1961   Hi How Are You?
Justine Joli
Pornstar
16-Jul-1980   Carnival Sluts and Circus Dicks
Angelina Jolie
Actor
4-Jun-1975   Tomb Raider
Brian Jones
Guitarist
28-Feb-1942 3-Jul-1969 Guitarist for the Rolling Stones
Mauricio Kagel
Composer
24-Dec-1931 18-Sep-2008 Absurdist composer
Arthur Kane
Bassist
3-Feb-1949 13-Jul-2004 Former New York Dolls bassist
Paul Kantner
Musician
17-Mar-1941   Jefferson Airplane
Mary Karr
Author
16-Jan-1955   The Liars' Club
Doug Kenney
Comic
10-Dec-1946 27-Aug-1980 National Lampoon cofounder
Ken Kesey
Novelist
17-Sep-1935 10-Nov-2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Anthony Kiedis
Musician
1-Nov-1962   Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman
Sally Kirkland
Actor
31-Oct-1944   Jeanette in ED TV
Cris Kirkwood
Bassist
22-Oct-1960   Meat Puppets
Arthur Koestler
Author
3-Sep-1905 3-Mar-1983 Darkness at Noon
Paul Krassner
Author
9-Apr-1932   Editor, The Realist
Greg Laurie
Religion
10-Dec-1952   Harvest Christian Fellowship
Christopher Lawford
Actor
29-Mar-1955   All My Children
Timothy Leary
Activist
22-Oct-1920 31-May-1996 Tune in, turn on, drop out
Lung Leg
Actor
8-Jul-1963   That girl on the cover of EVOL
Carol Leifer
Comic
27-Jul-1956   Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine
Lemmy
Singer
24-Dec-1945   Bassist for Motorhead
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
John C. Lilly
Scientist
6-Jan-1915 30-Sep-2001 Human-dolphin communication
Maureen Lipman
Actor
10-May-1946   Agony
Clare Boothe Luce
Politician
10-Apr-1903 9-Oct-1987 Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce
Henry R. Luce
Business
3-Apr-1898 28-Feb-1967 Founded Time Magazine
Richard Lynch
Actor
12-Feb-1936 19-Jun-2012 The Sword and the Sorcerer
William H. Macy
Actor
13-Mar-1950   Fargo
Charles Manson
Criminal
12-Nov-1934   Helter Skelter
Paul McCartney
Musician
18-Jun-1942   Beatle
Helen Mirren
Actor
26-Jul-1945   Prime Suspect
Moby
Electronic Musician
11-Sep-1965   Play
Alan Moore
Author
18-Nov-1953   Created The Watchmen
Jim Morrison
Singer/Songwriter
8-Dec-1943 3-Jul-1971 Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors
Chuck Negron
Singer
8-Jun-1942   Singer for Three Dog Night
Jack Nicholson
Actor
22-Apr-1937   Chinatown
Nico
Musician
16-Oct-1938 18-Jul-1988 The Velvet Underground and Nico
Anaïs Nin
Author
21-Feb-1903 14-Jan-1977 Diary of Anaïs Nin
Laura Nyro
Songwriter
18-Oct-1947 8-Apr-1997 New York songwriter
P. J. O'Rourke
Author
14-Nov-1947   Political satirist
Conor Oberst
Singer/Songwriter
15-Feb-1980   Emo cloud responsible for Bright Eyes
Tito Ortiz
Sports Figure
23-Jan-1975   UFC / mixed martial arts fighter
Humphry Osmond
Doctor
1-Jul-1917 6-Feb-2004 LSD proponent, turned on Aldous Huxley
Patton Oswalt
Comic
27-Jan-1969   Mr. Show, King of Queens
Trey Parker
Cartoonist
19-Oct-1969   South Park
Neil Peart
Drummer
12-Sep-1952   Drummer for Rush
Dan Peek
Musician
1-Nov-1950 24-Jul-2011 Co-founder of America
Art Pepper
Jazz Musician
1-Sep-1925 15-Jun-1982 Alto saxophonist
Dennis Peron
Activist
8-Apr-1945   Medical marijuana
John Phillips
Musician
30-Aug-1935 18-Mar-2001 The Mamas and the Papas
Michelle Phillips
Singer/Songwriter
4-Jun-1944   The Mamas and the Papas
Pink
Singer
8-Sep-1979   Can't Take Me Home
Roman Polanski
Film Director
18-Aug-1933   Chinatown
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Religion
11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
Tommy Rettig
Actor
10-Dec-1941 15-Feb-1996 Jeff Miller in Lassie
Anne Rice
Novelist
4-Oct-1941   Vampire novelist
Adam Rich
Actor
12-Oct-1968   Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough
Keith Richards
Guitarist
18-Dec-1943   The Rolling Stones
Tom Robbins
Novelist
22-Jul-1936   Still Life with Woodpecker
Dana Rohrabacher
Politician
21-Jun-1947   Congressman, California 46th
Henry Rollins
Musician
13-Feb-1961   Black Flag
Oliver Sacks
Doctor
9-Jul-1933   Awakenings
Carlos Santana
Musician
20-Jul-1947   House is dark, pots are cold
Maria Schneider
Actor
27-Mar-1952 3-Feb-2011 Last Tango in Paris
Charlie Sheen
Actor
3-Sep-1965   The prodigal Sheen
Alexander Shulgin
Chemist
17-Jun-1925   Rediscovered MDMA
Dave Sim
Cartoonist
17-May-1956   Cerebus
Russell Simmons
Business
4-Oct-1957   Def Jam Records
Grace Slick
Singer
30-Oct-1939   Jefferson Airplane and Starship
Penelope Spheeris
Film Director
2-Dec-1945   Wayne's World
Annie Sprinkle
Pornstar
23-Jul-1954   Pornstar turned performance artist
Owsley Stanley
Activist
19-Jan-1935 12-Mar-2011 Johnny Appleseed of LSD
Ben Stiller
Actor
30-Nov-1965   There's Something About Mary
Matt Stone
Cartoonist
26-May-1971   South Park
Matt Taibbi
Journalist
2-Mar-1970   The Great Derangement
Quentin Tarantino
Film Director
27-Mar-1963   Pulp Fiction
Hunter S. Thompson
Journalist
18-Jul-1937 20-Feb-2005 Gonzo journalist and author
James Toback
Film Director
23-Nov-1944   The Pick-up Artist
Stephen Tobolowsky
Actor
30-May-1951   Ned Ryerson in Groundhog Day
Mamie Van Doren
Actor
6-Feb-1931   High School Confidential!
Loudon Wainwright III
Singer/Songwriter
5-Feb-1947   Rufus was a Tit-Man
Alan Watts
Philosopher
6-Jan-1915 16-Nov-1973 Zen beat counterculture sage
Andy Williams
Singer
3-Dec-1927   Moon River
Robbie Williams
Singer
13-Feb-1974   Former member of Take That
Tookie Williams
Criminal
29-Dec-1953 13-Dec-2005 Co-Founder, West Side Crips
Brian Wilson
Singer/Songwriter
20-Jun-1942   Troubled Beach Boy
Robert Anton Wilson
Author
18-Jan-1932 11-Jan-2007 Illuminatus Trilogy
Gridley Wright
Religion
19-Jan-1934 22-Dec-1979 Shiva Lila cult founder



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