| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ahmad Abbas |
Novelist |
7-Jun-1914 |
1-Jun-1987 |
The Last Page |
| Walter Abel |
Actor |
6-Jun-1898 |
26-Mar-1987 |
The Three Musketeers |
| Jean Anouilh |
Playwright |
23-Jun-1910 |
3-Oct-1987 |
Le Voyageur sans Bagage |
| Fred Astaire |
Dancer |
10-May-1899 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Broadway ballroom dancer |
| Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Malcolm Baldrige |
Politician |
4-Oct-1922 |
25-Jul-1987 |
US Secretary of Commerce 1981-87 |
| James Baldwin |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1924 |
30-Nov-1987 |
Go Tell It on the Mountain |
| Ross R. Barnett |
Politician |
22-Jan-1898 |
6-Nov-1987 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1960-64 |
| Alfred Bester |
Novelist |
18-Dec-1913 |
30-Sep-1987 |
The Stars My Destination |
| Ray Bolger |
Actor |
10-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1987 |
The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow |
| Walter H. Brattain |
Physicist |
10-Feb-1902 |
13-Oct-1987 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Louis de Broglie |
Physicist |
15-Aug-1892 |
19-Mar-1987 |
Discovered the wave nature of electrons |
| Clarence Brown |
Film Director |
10-May-1890 |
17-Aug-1987 |
National Velvet |
| Winthrop G. Brown |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1907 |
25-May-1987 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1964-67 |
| Dwight W. Burney |
Politician |
7-Jan-1892 |
10-Mar-1987 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1960-61 |
| Arthur F. Burns |
Economist |
27-Apr-1904 |
6-Jun-1987 |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78 |
| W. Haydon Burns |
Politician |
17-Mar-1912 |
22-Nov-1987 |
Governor of Florida, 1965-67 |
| Paul Butterfield |
Musician |
17-Dec-1942 |
4-May-1987 |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| Erskine Caldwell |
Author |
17-Dec-1903 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Tobacco Road |
| Joseph Campbell |
Author |
26-Mar-1904 |
31-Oct-1987 |
The Power of Myth |
| Frank Carlson |
Politician |
23-Jan-1893 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor and Senator from Kansas |
| Madeleine Carroll |
Actor |
26-Feb-1906 |
2-Oct-1987 |
The 39 Steps |
| William Casey |
Spy |
13-Mar-1913 |
29-Jan-1987 |
CIA Director, 1981-87 |
| James Coco |
Actor |
21-Mar-1928 |
25-Feb-1987 |
Only When I Laugh |
| Wilbur J. Cohen |
Government |
10-Jun-1913 |
17-May-1987 |
HEW Secretary, 1968-69 |
| Duffy Daugherty |
Football |
8-Sep-1915 |
25-Sep-1987 |
MSU Head Coach, 1954-72 |
| Joop den Uyl |
Head of State |
9-Aug-1919 |
24-Dec-1987 |
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77 |
| King Donovan |
Actor |
25-Jan-1918 |
30-Jun-1987 |
Character actor husband of Imogene Coca |
| R. Budd Dwyer |
Government |
21-Nov-1939 |
22-Jan-1987 |
Suicided in front of TV cameras |
| Richard Egan |
Actor |
29-Jul-1921 |
20-Jul-1987 |
Samuel Clegg on Capitol |
| Richard Ellmann |
Critic |
15-Mar-1918 |
13-May-1987 |
James Joyce |
| Morton Feldman |
Composer |
12-Jan-1926 |
3-Sep-1987 |
Coptic Light |
| Althea Flynt |
Relative |
6-Nov-1953 |
27-Jun-1987 |
Larry Flynt's dead wife |
| Benson Fong |
Actor |
10-Oct-1916 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Flower Drum Song |
| Henry Ford II |
Business |
4-Sep-1917 |
29-Sep-1987 |
Former President, CEO of Ford |
| Bob Fosse |
Dancer |
23-Jun-1927 |
23-Sep-1987 |
Choreographer |
| Hermione Gingold |
Actor |
9-Dec-1897 |
24-May-1987 |
Madame Alvarez in Gigi |
| Jackie Gleason |
Actor |
26-Feb-1916 |
24-Jun-1987 |
Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners |
| Charles E. Goodell |
Politician |
16-Mar-1926 |
21-Jan-1987 |
US Senator from New York, 1968-71 |
| Lorne Greene |
Actor |
12-Feb-1915 |
11-Sep-1987 |
Actor, wildlife host, promoter of dogfood |
| Joan Greenwood |
Actor |
4-Mar-1921 |
27-Feb-1987 |
The Importance Of Being Earnest |
| Archie M. Gubbrud |
Politician |
31-Dec-1910 |
26-Apr-1987 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65 |
| Irene Handl |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
29-Nov-1987 |
Matronly British character actor |
| Elizabeth Hartman |
Actor |
23-Dec-1943 |
10-Jun-1987 |
A Patch of Blue |
| Woody Hayes |
Football |
14-Feb-1913 |
12-Mar-1987 |
OSU Head Coach, 1951-78 |
| Rita Hayworth |
Actor |
17-Oct-1918 |
14-May-1987 |
Gilda |
| Jascha Heifetz |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1901 |
10-Dec-1987 |
Violin virtuoso |
| Walter W. Heller |
Economist |
27-Aug-1915 |
15-Jun-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64 |
| Woody Herman |
Jazz Musician |
16-May-1913 |
29-Oct-1987 |
1940s Big Band leader and jazz clarinetist |
| Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Jul-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
| John Hewitt |
Poet |
28-Oct-1907 |
22-Jun-1987 |
No Rebel Word |
| John Huston |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1906 |
28-Aug-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Punch Imlach |
Hockey |
15-Mar-1918 |
1-Dec-1987 |
NHL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| Danny Kaye |
Actor |
18-Jan-1913 |
3-Mar-1987 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
| Leon H. Keyserling |
Economist |
22-Jan-1908 |
9-Aug-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1946-53 |
| Richard F. Kneip |
Politician |
7-Jan-1933 |
9-Mar-1987 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1971-78 |
| Esmond Knight |
Actor |
4-May-1906 |
23-Feb-1987 |
The River |
| Arthur Lake |
Actor |
17-Apr-1905 |
9-Jan-1987 |
Dagwood Bumstead |
| Alf Landon |
Politician |
9-Sep-1887 |
12-Oct-1987 |
Republican Presidential candidate 1936 |
| John Lehmann |
Poet |
2-Jun-1907 |
7-Apr-1987 |
Thrown to the Woolfs |
| Luis Leloir |
Chemist |
6-Sep-1906 |
2-Dec-1987 |
Conversion of carbohydrates |
| Mervyn LeRoy |
Film Director |
15-Oct-1900 |
13-Sep-1987 |
Quo Vadis? |
| René Lévesque |
Politician |
24-Aug-1922 |
1-Nov-1987 |
Premier of Quebec, 1976-85 |
| Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
| Liberace |
Pianist |
16-May-1919 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Rhinestoned pianist |
| Frank Licht |
Politician |
13-Mar-1916 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73 |
| Clare Boothe Luce |
Politician |
10-Apr-1903 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce |
| Gwendolyn MacEwen |
Poet |
1-Sep-1941 |
29-Nov-1987 |
A Breakfast for Barbarians |
| Harriet MacGibbon |
Actor |
5-Oct-1905 |
8-Feb-1987 |
Mrs. Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Alistair MacLean |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1922 |
2-Feb-1987 |
The Guns of Navarone |
| Rouben Mamoulian |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1897 |
4-Dec-1987 |
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde |
| Richard Marquand |
Film Director |
17-Apr-1938 |
4-Sep-1987 |
Return of the Jedi |
| Bruce Marshall |
Novelist |
24-Jun-1899 |
18-Jun-1987 |
The White Rabbit |
| Dean-Paul Martin |
Relative |
17-Nov-1951 |
21-Mar-1987 |
Son of Dean Martin |
| Quinn Martin |
Business |
22-May-1922 |
6-Sep-1987 |
Quinn Martin Productions |
| Lee Marvin |
Actor |
19-Feb-1924 |
29-Aug-1987 |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
| David Maysles |
Film Director |
10-Jan-1932 |
3-Jan-1987 |
Documentary filmmaker |
| Peter Medawar |
Zoologist |
28-Feb-1915 |
2-Oct-1987 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Raymond D. Mindlin |
Engineer |
17-Sep-1906 |
22-Nov-1987 |
Mindlin's problem |
| Howard Moss |
Poet |
22-Jan-1922 |
16-Sep-1987 |
Finding Them Lost |
| William P. Murphy |
Scientist |
6-Feb-1892 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Gunnar Myrdal |
Economist |
6-Dec-1898 |
17-May-1987 |
Monetary Equilibrium |
| Pola Negri |
Actor |
31-Dec-1894 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Sultry silent film diva |
| Ralph Nelson |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1916 |
21-Dec-1987 |
Father Goose |
| F. Donald Nixon |
Relative |
23-Nov-1914 |
27-Jun-1987 |
Nixon's brother, got $205K from Hughes |
| Nick De Noia |
Dancer |
c. 1941 |
7-Apr-1987 |
First choreographer for Chippendales |
| John H. Northrop |
Chemist |
5-Jul-1891 |
27-May-1987 |
Isolated the first bacteriophage |
| Richard Nugent |
Author |
2-Jul-1906 |
27-May-1987 |
Harlem Renaissance writer |
| Geraldine Page |
Actor |
22-Nov-1924 |
13-Jun-1987 |
Toys in the Attic |
| Jaco Pastorius |
Jazz Musician |
1-Dec-1951 |
21-Sep-1987 |
Bassist for Weather Report |
| Robert Preston |
Actor |
8-Jun-1918 |
21-Mar-1987 |
The Music Man |
| Joe Edward Purcell |
Politician |
29-Jul-1923 |
Mar-1987 |
Attorney General of Arkansas, 1967-71 |
| John Qualen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1987 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Buddy Rich |
Drummer |
30-Sep-1917 |
2-Apr-1987 |
Legendary drummer |
| Carl Rogers |
Psychologist |
8-Jan-1902 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Non-directive theory of psychology |
| Hayden Rorke |
Actor |
23-Oct-1910 |
19-Aug-1987 |
Dr. Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
| Dan Rowan |
Comic |
22-Jul-1922 |
22-Sep-1987 |
Laugh-In |
| Bayard Rustin |
Activist |
17-Mar-1910 |
24-Aug-1987 |
Organized the 1963 March on Washington |
| Will Sampson |
Actor |
27-Sep-1933 |
3-Jun-1987 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Duncan Sandys |
Politician |
24-Jan-1908 |
26-Nov-1987 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1962-64 |
| Randolph Scott |
Actor |
23-Jan-1898 |
2-Mar-1987 |
Ride the High Country |
| Andres Segovia |
Guitarist |
21-Feb-1893 |
2-Jun-1987 |
Greatest classical guitarist |
| Samuel H. Shapiro |
Politician |
25-Apr-1907 |
16-Mar-1987 |
Governor of Illinois, 1968-69 |
| Dick Shawn |
Actor |
1-Dec-1923 |
17-Apr-1987 |
Inventor of the "high five" |
| Douglas Sirk |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1897 |
14-Jan-1987 |
Written on the Wind |
| Kent Taylor |
Actor |
11-May-1907 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Boston Blackie |
| Maxwell D. Taylor |
Military |
26-Aug-1901 |
19-Apr-1987 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64 |
| Peter Tosh |
Musician |
19-Oct-1944 |
11-Sep-1987 |
Legalise It and I'll Advertise It |
| Patrick Troughton |
Actor |
25-Mar-1920 |
28-Mar-1987 |
The Second Doctor Who |
| Jesse Unruh |
Politician |
30-Sep-1922 |
4-Aug-1987 |
Speaker of California State Assembly |
| Lino Ventura |
Actor |
14-Jul-1919 |
22-Oct-1987 |
The Threepenny Opera |
| Andy Warhol |
Artist |
6-Aug-1928 |
22-Feb-1987 |
Outrageously successful pop artist |
| Harold Washington |
Politician |
15-Apr-1922 |
25-Nov-1987 |
First black Mayor of Chicago |
| Glenway Wescott |
Novelist |
11-Apr-1901 |
22-Feb-1987 |
The Pilgrim Hawk |
| Georg Wittig |
Chemist |
16-Jun-1897 |
26-Aug-1987 |
Wittig Reaction |
| Marguerite Yourcenar |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1903 |
17-Dec-1987 |
Mémoires d'Hadrien |
| Edward Zorinsky |
Politician |
11-Nov-1928 |
6-Mar-1987 |
US Senator from Nebraska, 1976-87 |
