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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Theodor Adorno
Philosopher
11-Sep-1903 6-Aug-1969 Dialectic of Enlightenment
James Anderson
Actor
13-Jul-1921 14-Sep-1969 To Kill a Mockingbird
Stanley Andrews
Actor
28-Aug-1891 23-Jun-1969 Death Valley Days
Ernest Ansermet
Conductor
11-Nov-1883 20-Feb-1969 Founder, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
Thurman Arnold
Attorney
2-Jun-1891 7-Nov-1969 Trust-busting attorney
Barbara Bates
Actor
6-Aug-1925 18-Mar-1969 Phoebe in All About Eve
John Boles
Actor
28-Oct-1895 27-Feb-1969 Victor Moritz in Frankenstein
Fortunio Bonanova
Singer
13-Jan-1895 2-Apr-1969 Citizen Kane
Charles Brackett
Screenwriter
26-Nov-1892 9-Mar-1969 Billy Wilder's collaborator
Irene Castle
Dancer
17-Apr-1893 25-Jan-1969 Vernon & Irene Castle
William Lee Cazort
Politician
1888 6-Oct-1969 Twice Lt. Governor of Arkansas
Walter Christaller
Scientist
21-Apr-1893 9-Mar-1969 Central Place Theory
Eduardo Ciannelli
Actor
30-Aug-1889 8-Oct-1969 Strange Cargo
Clarence 13X
Religion
21-Feb-1928 13-Jun-1969 Nation of Gods and Earths
Frank G. Clement
Politician
2-Jun-1920 4-Nov-1969 Twice Governor of Tennessee
Bud Collyer
Game Show Host
18-Jun-1908 8-Sep-1969 To Tell the Truth
Ivy Compton-Burnett
Novelist
5-Jun-1884 27-Aug-1969 Pastors and Masters
Maureen Connolly
Tennis
17-Sep-1934 21-Jun-1969 Little Mo
Prentice Cooper
Government
28-Sep-1895 18-May-1969 Governor of Tennessee, 1939-45
Guy Cordon
Politician
24-Apr-1890 8-Jun-1969 US Senator from Oregon, 1944-55
Lloyd Corrigan
Actor
16-Oct-1900 5-Nov-1969 Arthur Manleder in Boston Blackie films
Mildred Davis
Actor
22-Feb-1901 18-Aug-1969 Silent film actress
Floyd Dell
Journalist
28-Jun-1887 23-Jul-1969 Moon-Calf
Everett Dirksen
Politician
4-Jan-1896 7-Sep-1969 US Senator from Illinois, 1951-69
Otto Dix
Painter
2-Dec-1891 25-Jul-1969 Expressionist vividly depicted WWI
Truman B. Douglass
Religion
15-Jul-1901 27-May-1969 United Church of Christ
Don Drummond
Musician
12-Mar-1932 6-May-1969 The Skatalites
James H. Duff
Politician
21-Jan-1883 20-Dec-1969 Governor of Pennsylvania, 1947-51
Vernon Duke
Composer
10-Oct-1903 16-Jan-1969 April in Paris
Allen W. Dulles
Spy
7-Apr-1893 29-Jan-1969 CIA Director, 1953-61
Max Eastman
Author
12-Jan-1883 25-Mar-1969 Socialist writer, later embraced McCarthyism
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Head of State
14-Oct-1890 28-Mar-1969 34th US President, 1953-61
Richard S. Emmet
Attorney
8-Apr-1897 5-Oct-1969 Counsel to the Bank of New York
Levi Eshkol
Head of State
25-Oct-1895 26-Feb-1969 Third Prime Minister of Israel
William Friedman
Scientist
24-Sep-1891 12-Nov-1969 Cryptography pioneer
Judy Garland
Singer
10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Vito Genovese
Criminal
27-Nov-1897 14-Feb-1969 Genovese crime family
Leo Gorcey
Actor
3-Jun-1917 2-Jun-1969 Bowery Boy
Wilton Graff
Actor
13-Aug-1903 13-Jan-1969 Bloodlust!
Walter Gropius
Architect
18-May-1883 5-Jul-1969 Founder of the Bauhaus school
Duke Guider
Business
10-Mar-1900 1969 Defense attorney for Hideki Tojo
Sigrid Gurie
Actor
18-May-1911 14-Aug-1969 Algiers
Walter Hagen
Golf
21-Dec-1892 5-Oct-1969 Won 11 major championships
Fred Hampton, Sr.
Activist
30-Aug-1948 4-Dec-1969 Black Panther leader assassinated by police
Fred A. Hartley
Politician
22-Feb-1902 11-May-1969 Congressman from New Jersey, 1929-49
Coleman Hawkins
Jazz Musician
21-Nov-1904 19-May-1969 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Gabby Hayes
Actor
7-May-1885 9-Feb-1969 Don't Fence Me In
Sonja Henie
Figure Skating
8-Apr-1912 12-Oct-1969 Norwegian figure skater
Josephine Herbst
Novelist
5-Mar-1892 28-Jan-1969 Pity Is Not Enough
Ralph E. Herseth
Politician
2-Jul-1909 24-Jul-1969 Governor of South Dakota, 1959-61
Barney Hill
Hoaxer
20-Jul-1922 25-Feb-1969 Self-proclaimed UFO abductee
Lambert Hillyer
Film Director
8-Jul-1889 5-Jul-1969 Dracula's Daughter
Martita Hunt
Actor
30-Jan-1899 13-Jun-1969 Great Expectations
Jeffrey Hunter
Actor
25-Nov-1926 27-May-1969 King of Kings
Zakir Hussain
Head of State
8-Feb-1897 3-May-1969 President of India, 1967-69
Skip James
Musician
21-Jun-1902 3-Oct-1969 Devil Got My Woman
Karl Jaspers
Philosopher
23-Feb-1883 26-Feb-1969 Existential thinker
Brian Jones
Guitarist
28-Feb-1942 3-Jul-1969 Guitarist for the Rolling Stones
Boris Karloff
Actor
23-Nov-1887 2-Feb-1969 Horror actor
Joseph P. Kennedy
Business
6-Sep-1888 18-Nov-1969 Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan
Jack Kerouac
Novelist
12-Mar-1922 21-Oct-1969 On The Road
Frank King
Cartoonist
9-Apr-1883 24-Jun-1969 Gasoline Alley
Mary Jo Kopechne
Victim
26-Jul-1940 18-Jul-1969 Dead woman in Ted Kennedy's car
Frank Lawton
Actor
30-Sep-1904 10-Jun-1969 A Night to Remember
John L. Lewis
Labor Leader
12-Feb-1880 11-Jun-1969 President, United Mine Workers, 1920-60
Willy Ley
Author
2-Oct-1906 24-May-1969 The Conquest of Space
Frank Loesser
Composer
29-Jun-1910 28-Jul-1969 Guys and Dolls
Barton MacLane
Actor
25-Dec-1902 1-Jan-1969 Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
Joe Malone
Hockey
28-Feb-1890 15-May-1969 NHL Hall of Famer
Erika Mann
Journalist
9-Nov-1905 27-Aug-1969 Daughter of Thomas Mann
Rocky Marciano
Boxing
1-Sep-1924 31-Aug-1969 Undefeated heavyweight
Howard Marion-Crawford
Actor
17-Jan-1914 24-Nov-1969 Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes
George Preston Marshall
Football
11-Oct-1896 9-Aug-1969 Redskins owner, halftime show pioneer
Adolfo López Mateos
Head of State
26-May-1910 22-Sep-1969 President of Mexico, 1958-64
Leo McCarey
Film Director
3-Oct-1898 5-Jul-1969 The Awful Truth
Jimmy McHugh
Songwriter
10-Jul-1893 23-May-1969 On the Sunny Side of the Street
Howard McNear
Actor
27-Jan-1905 3-Jan-1969 Floyd the Barber
Ho Chi Minh
Activist
19-May-1890 2-Sep-1969 Uncle Ho
Douglas Stuart Moore
Composer
10-Aug-1893 25-Jul-1969 The Devil and Daniel Webster
Russ Morgan
Musician
29-Apr-1904 8-Aug-1969 Bandleader, arranger and trombonist
Alan Mowbray
Actor
18-Aug-1896 25-Mar-1969 Founding member, Screen Actors Guild
Rafael Osuna
Tennis
15-Sep-1938 4-Jun-1969 Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles
Drew Pearson
Journalist
13-Dec-1897 1-Sep-1969 Washington Merry-Go-Round
Westbrook Pegler
Columnist
2-Aug-1894 24-Jun-1969 Ultraconservative newspaper columnist
James Pike
Religion
14-Feb-1913 Sep-1969 5th Episcopal Bishop of California
Georges Pire
Religion
10-Feb-1910 30-Jan-1969 Activist monk, Nobel Prize recipient
Eric Portman
Actor
13-Jul-1901 7-Dec-1969 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Cecil Powell
Physicist
5-Dec-1903 9-Aug-1969 Discovered the pi-meson
William E. Riker
Religion
1873 3-Dec-1969 Holy City cult leader
Thelma Ritter
Actor
14-Feb-1905 4-Feb-1969 Stella in Rear Window
Rod La Rocque
Actor
20-Nov-1898 15-Oct-1969 Braveheart
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architect
27-Mar-1886 17-Aug-1969 The Glass Skyscraper
Pee Wee Russell
Jazz Musician
27-Mar-1906 15-Feb-1969 Jazz clarinet virtuoso
Erskine Sanford
Actor
19-Nov-1885 7-Jul-1969 Citizen Kane
Ben Shahn
Painter
12-Sep-1898 14-Mar-1969 American Social Realist painter
Waclaw Sierpinski
Mathematician
14-Mar-1882 21-Oct-1969 Sierpinski's gasket
V. M. Slipher
Astronomer
11-Nov-1875 8-Nov-1969 Interstellar dust
Raymond A. Spruance
Military
3-Jul-1886 13-Dec-1969 US Navy Admiral during WWII
Otto Stern
Physicist
17-Feb-1888 17-Aug-1969 Molecular beam experiment
Josef von Sternberg
Film Director
29-May-1894 22-Dec-1969 The Last Command
Carl W. Strom
Diplomat
22-Dec-1899 27-Jan-1969 US Ambassador to Bolivia, 1959-61
Gladys Swarthout
Singer
25-Dec-1900 8-Jul-1969 Operatic mezzo-soprano
Sharon Tate
Actor
24-Jan-1943 8-Aug-1969 Polanski's wife murdered by Manson family
Chuck Taylor
Business
24-Jun-1901 23-Jun-1969 Chuck Taylor All-Stars Sneaker
Robert Taylor
Actor
5-Aug-1911 8-Jun-1969 Quo Vadis
Edward J. Thye
Politician
26-Apr-1896 28-Aug-1969 Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47
John Kennedy Toole
Novelist
7-Dec-1937 26-Mar-1969 A Confederacy of Dunces
B. Traven
Novelist
c. 1890 26-Mar-1969 Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Moise Tshombe
Head of State
10-Nov-1919 29-Jun-1969 Katanga secessionist
Franz von Papen
Diplomat
29-Oct-1879 2-May-1969 Nazi ambassador
Edward T. Wailes
Diplomat
16-Feb-1903 25-Jun-1969 US Ambassador to Iran, 1958-61
Raymond Walburn
Actor
9-Sep-1887 26-Jul-1969 Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Hugh Williams
Actor
6-Mar-1904 7-Dec-1969 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Rhys Williams
Actor
31-Dec-1897 28-May-1969 The Bells of St. Mary's
Charles Winninger
Actor
26-May-1884 27-Jan-1969 Show Boat
Robert H. Winters
Politician
18-Aug-1910 10-Oct-1969 Canadian Minister of Trade, 1966-68
Robert E. Wood
Business
13-Jun-1879 6-Nov-1969 Chairman of Sears, 1939-54
Leonard Woolf
Author
25-Nov-1880 14-Aug-1969 British memoirist, husband of Virginia
John Wyndham
Author
10-Jul-1903 11-Mar-1969 The Day of the Triffids
Joseph Yablonski
Labor Leader
3-Mar-1910 31-Dec-1969 UMW executive, murdered


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