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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bud Abbott
Actor
2-Oct-1895 24-Apr-1974 Half of Abbott and Costello
Rodolfo Acosta
Actor
29-Jul-1920 7-Nov-1974 Bandido
Winthrop W. Aldrich
Business
2-Nov-1885 25-Feb-1974 Chairman of Chase Manhattan Bank, 1934-53
Barbara Jo Allen
Radio Personality
2-Sep-1906 14-Sep-1974 Vera Vague
Phog Allen
Basketball
18-Nov-1885 16-Sep-1974 KU Head Coach, 1919-56
Dillon Anderson
Government
14-Jul-1906 1974 National Security Advisor, 1955-56
Virginia Apgar
Doctor
7-Jun-1909 7-Aug-1974 Anesthesiologist, Apgar Score
Cliff Arquette
Actor
28-Dec-1905 23-Sep-1974 Charlie Weaver
Miguel Ángel Asturias
Author
19-Oct-1899 9-Jun-1974 Guatemalan protest writer
Olga Baclanova
Actor
19-Aug-1896 6-Sep-1974 The Docks of New York
H. E. Bates
Novelist
16-May-1905 29-Jan-1974 The Jacaranda Tree
Harry Beck
Designer
4-Jun-1903 18-Sep-1974 Designed the London Underground map
Jack Benny
Actor
14-Feb-1894 26-Dec-1974 The Jack Benny Show
Edna Best
Actor
3-Mar-1900 18-Sep-1974 The Man Who Knew Too Much
Alexander Bickel
Scholar
17-Dec-1924 7-Nov-1974 The Least Dangerous Branch
Patrick M. S. Blackett
Physicist
18-Nov-1897 13-Jul-1974 Cosmic radiation, continental drift
Edmund Blunden
Poet
1-Nov-1896 20-Jan-1974 Undertones of War
Charles E. Bohlen
Diplomat
30-Aug-1904 31-Dec-1974 US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57
Graham Bond
Musician
28-Oct-1937 8-May-1974 Influential blues keyboardist
Satyendra Nath Bose
Physicist
1-Jan-1894 4-Feb-1974 Bose-Einstein condensates
James J. Braddock
Boxing
7-Jun-1905 29-Nov-1974 Cinderella Man
Walter Brennan
Actor
25-Jul-1894 21-Sep-1974 Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor
Harry Brittain
Journalist
24-Dec-1873 9-Jul-1974 Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society
Pamela Britton
Actor
19-Mar-1923 17-Jun-1974 Mrs. Brown on My Favorite Martian
Wallace R. Brode
Chemist
12-Jun-1900 10-Aug-1974 Absorption spectra of dyes
Clive Brook
Actor
1-Jun-1887 17-Nov-1974 Shanghai Express
Johnny Mack Brown
Actor
1-Sep-1904 14-Nov-1974 College All-American turned film star
Vannevar Bush
Scientist
11-Mar-1890 30-Jun-1974 Pre-internet visionary
Samuel Byck
Assassin
30-Jan-1930 22-Feb-1974 Unsuccessful Nixon assassin
Jefferson Caffery
Diplomat
1-Dec-1886 13-Apr-1974 US Ambassador to Egypt, France, Brazil, Cuba
Mama Cass
Singer
19-Sep-1941 29-Jul-1974 The Mamas and the Papas
James Chadwick
Physicist
20-Oct-1891 24-Jul-1974 Discovered the neutron
Christine Chubbuck
Journalist
24-Aug-1944 15-Jul-1974 Newscaster, suicided on live TV
Edward Condon
Physicist
2-Mar-1902 26-Mar-1974 Quantum Mechanics
Cyril Connolly
Critic
10-Sep-1903 26-Nov-1974 Enemies of Promise
Katharine Cornell
Actor
16-Feb-1898 9-Jun-1974 The Barretts of Wimpole Street
Clyde Cowan
Physicist
6-Dec-1919 24-May-1974 Co-Discover of the neutrino
Donald Crisp
Actor
27-Jul-1880 25-May-1974 Silent film actor, survived into talkies
Richard Crossman
Politician
15-Dec-1907 5-Apr-1974 Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68
Robert Cutler
Government
12-Jun-1895 8-May-1974 1950s National Security Advisor
Rodger P. Davies
Diplomat
7-May-1921 19-Aug-1974 US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974
Billy De Wolfe
Actor
18-Feb-1907 5-Mar-1974 The Doris Day Show
Dizzy Dean
Baseball
16-Jan-1910 17-Jul-1974 MVP in 1934, won two World Series
Donald DeFreeze
Criminal
16-Nov-1943 17-May-1974 Symbionese Liberation Army
Olivier Despax
Singer
28-Feb-1939 10-Apr-1974 Les Gamblers
Lewis W. Douglas
Politician
2-Jul-1894 7-Mar-1974 US Ambassador to the UK, 1947-50
Nick Drake
Singer/Songwriter
19-Jun-1948 25-Nov-1974 Pink Moon
Douglass Dumbrille
Actor
13-Oct-1889 2-Apr-1974 The Three Musketeers
Duke Ellington
Jazz Musician
29-Apr-1899 24-May-1974 It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing
Dorothy Fields
Songwriter
15-Jul-1905 28-Mar-1974 On the Sunny Side of the Street
Joe Flynn
Actor
8-Nov-1924 19-Jul-1974 Capt. Binghamton on McHale's Navy
Charles M. La Follette
Politician
27-Feb-1898 27-Jun-1974 Congressman from Indiana, 1943-47
Mary Forbes
Actor
30-Dec-1879 22-Jul-1974 Character actress
John C. Garand
Inventor
1-Jan-1888 16-Feb-1974 M-1 semiautomatic rifle
Dan Gerber
Business
6-May-1898 16-Mar-1974 Baby food magnate
Samuel Goldwyn
Film/TV Producer
17-Aug-1882 31-Jan-1974 Put the G in MGM
Walter Greenwood
Novelist
17-Dec-1903 13-Sep-1974 Love on the Dole
Ernest Gruening
Politician
6-Feb-1887 26-Jun-1974 US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69
Reed Hadley
Actor
1-Jan-1911 11-Dec-1974 Radio star of Red Ryder
Thomas J. Herbert
Politician
28-Oct-1894 26-Oct-1974 Governor of Ohio, 1947-49
Luther H. Hodges
Politician
9-Mar-1898 6-Oct-1974 Governor of North Carolina, 1954-61
Harry Hooper
Baseball
24-Aug-1887 18-Dec-1974 MLB Hall of Famer
H. L. Hunt
Business
17-Feb-1889 29-Nov-1974 Founder of Hunt Oil
Chet Huntley
Journalist
10-Dec-1911 20-Mar-1974 The Huntley-Brinkley Report
Sol Hurok
Theatre Producer
9-Apr-1888 5-Mar-1974 American impresario
Allen Jenkins
Actor
9-Apr-1900 20-Jul-1974 American character actor
Arline Judge
Actor
21-Feb-1912 7-Feb-1974 B-Movie actress, collector of husbands
Louis Kahn
Architect
20-Feb-1901 17-Mar-1974 Prominent architect
Rodd Keith
Musician
30-Jan-1937 15-Dec-1974 Legendary Song-Poem Composer
George Kelly
Playwright
16-Jan-1887 18-Jun-1974 Craig's Wife
Ayub Khan
Head of State
14-May-1907 19-Apr-1974 President of Pakistan, 1958-69
Norman Kirk
Head of State
6-Jan-1923 31-Aug-1974 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1972-74
William F. Knowland
Politician
26-Jun-1908 23-Feb-1974 US Senator, committed suicide
Josef Krips
Conductor
8-Apr-1902 13-Oct-1974 Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63
Otto Kruger
Actor
6-Sep-1885 6-Sep-1974 Saboteur
Pär Lagerkvist
Author
23-May-1891 11-Jul-1974 Barabbas
Imre Lakatos
Philosopher
9-Nov-1922 2-Feb-1974 Philosopher of Science and Mathematics
Rosemary Lane
Actor
4-Apr-1914 25-Nov-1974 Four Daughters
Charles Lindbergh
Aviator
4-Feb-1902 26-Aug-1974 Transatlantic soloist
Walter Lippmann
Journalist
23-Sep-1889 14-Dec-1974 Today and Tomorrow
Anatole Litvak
Film Director
10-May-1902 15-Dec-1974 Anastasia
Richard Long
Actor
17-Dec-1927 21-Dec-1974 Jarrod Barkley on The Big Valley
Ilona Massey
Actor
16-Jun-1910 20-Aug-1974 Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Theodore R. McKeldin
Politician
20-Nov-1900 10-Aug-1974 Governor of Maryland, 1951-59
Darius Milhaud
Composer
4-Sep-1892 22-Jun-1974 The Creation of the World
Agnes Moorehead
Actor
6-Dec-1900 30-Apr-1974 Endora on Bewitched
Wayne Morse
Politician
20-Oct-1900 22-Jul-1974 US Senator from Oregon, 1945-69
Johnston Murray
Politician
21-Jul-1902 16-Apr-1974 Governor of Oklahoma, 1951-55
Edwin G. Nourse
Economist
20-May-1883 7-Apr-1974 Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-49
John Lord O'Brian
Government
14-Oct-1874 1974 Prominent antitrust lawyer
Kate O'Brien
Novelist
3-Dec-1897 13-Aug-1974 The Land of Spices
Marcel Pagnol
Screenwriter
28-Feb-1895 18-Apr-1974 Jean de Florette
Harry Partch
Composer
24-Jun-1901 3-Sep-1974 Hobo composer, built his own instruments
Juan Peron
Head of State
8-Oct-1895 1-Jul-1974 Twice President of Argentina
Edward Platt
Actor
14-Feb-1916 19-Mar-1974 Chief on Get Smart
Georges Pompidou
Head of State
5-Jul-1911 2-Apr-1974 President of France, 1969-74
Olive Higgins Prouty
Novelist
10-Jan-1882 24-Mar-1974 Stella Dallas
Leyla Qasim
Activist
1952 5-Dec-1974 Kurdish martyr
John Crowe Ransom
Poet
30-Apr-1888 4-Jul-1974 God Without Thunder
Ernest Raymond
Novelist
31-Dec-1888 14-May-1974 Tell England
Florence Rice
Actor
14-Feb-1911 23-Feb-1974 At the Circus
Sam Rice
Baseball
20-Feb-1890 13-Oct-1974 Washington Senators Hall-of-Famer
James O. Richardson
Military
18-Sep-1878 2-May-1974 US Admiral
Tex Ritter
Country Musician
12-Jan-1905 2-Jan-1974 You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often
Edward G. Robinson, Jr.
Relative
19-Mar-1933 26-Feb-1974 Edward G. Robinson's troubled son
Harry Ruby
Songwriter
27-Jan-1895 23-Feb-1974 Who's Sorry Now?
Oskar Schindler
Activist
28-Apr-1908 9-Oct-1974 Saved over 1000 from Nazis
Fred A. Seaton
Politician
11-Dec-1909 16-Jan-1974 US Secretary of the Interior, 1956-61
Anne Sexton
Poet
9-Nov-1928 4-Oct-1974 Live or Die
Zalman Shazar
Head of State
6-Oct-1889 5-Oct-1974 President of Israel, 1963-73
Denny Shute
Golf
25-Oct-1904 13-May-1974 Winner of 3 Majors
Vittorio De Sica
Film Director
7-Jul-1902 13-Nov-1974 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Karen Silkwood
Victim
19-Feb-1946 13-Nov-1974 Nuclear whistleblower
Carl A. Spaatz
Military
28-Jun-1891 14-Jul-1974 USAF Chief of Staff, 1947-48
Ed Sullivan
TV Personality
28-Sep-1902 13-Oct-1974 The Ed Sullivan Show
Jacqueline Susann
Novelist
20-Aug-1918 21-Sep-1974 Valley of the Dolls
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr.
Scientist
19-Nov-1915 9-Mar-1974 Hormones mechanisms (cyclic AMP)
Frank Sutton
Actor
23-Oct-1923 28-Jun-1974 Sgt. Vince Carter on Gomer Pyle
U Thant
Diplomat
22-Jan-1909 25-Nov-1974 UN Secretary General, 1961-71
Amy Vanderbilt
Columnist
22-Jul-1908 27-Dec-1974 Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette
Baldur von Schirach
Government
9-Mar-1907 8-Aug-1974 Hitler-Jugend, Gauleiter of Vienna
Earl Warren
Judge
19-Mar-1891 9-Jul-1974 US Chief Justice, 1953-69
Arthur K. Watson
Business
23-Apr-1919 26-Jul-1974 Past President of IBM World Corp.
Michael Whalen
Actor
30-Jun-1902 14-Apr-1974 Wee Willie Winkie
Georgi Zhukov
Military
1-Dec-1896 18-Jun-1974 Soviet commander during WWII
Fritz Zwicky
Astronomer
14-Feb-1898 8-Feb-1974 Astrophysicist at CalTech


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