| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ralph Abernathy |
Activist |
21-Mar-1926 |
17-Apr-1990 |
Prominent civil rights activist |
| George Allen |
Football |
29-Apr-1918 |
31-Dec-1990 |
The Future is Now |
| Eve Arden |
Actor |
30-Apr-1908 |
12-Nov-1990 |
The Eve Arden Show |
| Reinaldo Arenas |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1943 |
7-Dec-1990 |
El Mundo Alucinante |
| Pearl Bailey |
Singer |
29-Mar-1918 |
17-Aug-1990 |
Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love |
| Ina Balin |
Actor |
12-Nov-1937 |
20-Jun-1990 |
The Patsy |
| Stiv Bators |
Musician |
22-Oct-1949 |
3-Jun-1990 |
The Dead Boys |
| Willard L. Beaulac |
Diplomat |
25-Jul-1899 |
Aug-1990 |
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1956-60 |
| John Stewart Bell |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1928 |
1-Oct-1990 |
Bell's theorem of quantum physics |
| Jill Bennett |
Actor |
24-Dec-1931 |
4-Oct-1990 |
The Sheltering Sky |
| Joan Bennett |
Actor |
27-Feb-1910 |
7-Dec-1990 |
Little Women |
| Leonard Bernstein |
Conductor |
25-Aug-1918 |
14-Oct-1990 |
Conductor, New York Philharmonic |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Edward Binns |
Actor |
12-Sep-1916 |
4-Dec-1990 |
12 Angry Men |
| Art Blakey |
Drummer |
11-Oct-1919 |
16-Oct-1990 |
Principal bebop instigator and drummer |
| Gerald Bull |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1928 |
22-Mar-1990 |
Supergun builder |
| Morley Callaghan |
Novelist |
22-Sep-1903 |
25-Aug-1990 |
Strange Fugitive |
| Capucine |
Actor |
6-Jan-1928 |
17-Mar-1990 |
The Pink Panther |
| Sunset Carson |
Actor |
12-Nov-1920 |
1-May-1990 |
B-Movie cowboy |
| Tom Carvel |
Business |
14-Jul-1906 |
21-Oct-1990 |
Fudgie The Whale, Cookie Puss |
| Stefano Casiraghi |
Business |
9-Aug-1960 |
3-Oct-1990 |
Second husband of Princess Caroline |
| Ian Charleson |
Actor |
11-Aug-1949 |
6-Jan-1990 |
Chariots of Fire |
| Pavel A. Cherenkov |
Physicist |
15-Jul-1904 |
6-Jan-1990 |
Cherenkov radiation |
| June Christy |
Singer |
20-Nov-1925 |
21-Jun-1990 |
Something Cool |
| Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
| Tony Conigliaro |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1945 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Boston Red Sox |
| Aaron Copland |
Composer |
14-Nov-1900 |
2-Dec-1990 |
Fanfare for the Common Man |
| Norman Cousins |
Author |
24-Jun-1912 |
30-Nov-1990 |
Editor of The Saturday Review |
| Thomas George Cowling |
Mathematician |
17-Jun-1906 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Cowling model |
| Xavier Cugat |
Musician |
1-Jan-1900 |
27-Oct-1990 |
The Rumba King |
| Bill Cullen |
Game Show Host |
18-Feb-1920 |
7-Jul-1990 |
Host of The Price is Right |
| Bob Cummings |
Actor |
10-Jun-1908 |
2-Dec-1990 |
The Bob Cummings Show |
| Roald Dahl |
Author |
13-Sep-1916 |
23-Nov-1990 |
James and the Giant Peach |
| Bob Davies |
Basketball |
15-Jan-1920 |
22-Apr-1990 |
Rochester Royals, Hall of Famer |
| Deane C. Davis |
Politician |
7-Nov-1900 |
8-Dec-1990 |
Governor of Vermont, 1969-73 |
| John E. Davis |
Politician |
18-Apr-1913 |
12-May-1990 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1957-61 |
| Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Singer |
8-Dec-1925 |
16-May-1990 |
Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack |
| Jacques Demy |
Film Director |
5-Jun-1931 |
27-Oct-1990 |
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg |
| Samuel Doe |
Head of State |
6-May-1951 |
9-Sep-1990 |
President of Liberia, 1980-90 |
| José Napoleón Duarte |
Head of State |
23-Nov-1925 |
23-Feb-1990 |
President of El Salvador, 1984-89 |
| Howard Duff |
Actor |
24-Nov-1913 |
8-Jul-1990 |
Sam Spade on old time radio |
| Irene Dunne |
Actor |
20-Dec-1898 |
4-Sep-1990 |
Penny Serenade |
| Lawrence Durrell |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1912 |
7-Nov-1990 |
The Alexandria Quartet |
| Erté |
Artist |
23-Nov-1892 |
21-Apr-1990 |
Art deco fashion designer and artist |
| Charles Farrell |
Actor |
9-Aug-1901 |
6-May-1990 |
Seventh Heaven |
| Tom Fogerty |
Musician |
9-Nov-1941 |
6-Sep-1990 |
Creedence Clearwater Revival |
| Malcolm Forbes |
Business |
19-Aug-1919 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Forbes publisher, Faberge collector |
| Ilya M. Frank |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1908 |
22-Jun-1990 |
Cherenkov radiation |
| Pauline Frederick |
Journalist |
13-Feb-1906 |
9-May-1990 |
ABC and NBC reporter |
| Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
| Ava Gardner |
Actor |
24-Dec-1922 |
25-Jan-1990 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Jack Gilford |
Actor |
25-Jul-1908 |
2-Jun-1990 |
Save the Tiger |
| Paulette Goddard |
Actor |
3-Jun-1910 |
23-Apr-1990 |
Reap the Wild Wind |
| Arthur J. Goldberg |
Judge |
8-Aug-1908 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65 |
| Dexter Gordon |
Jazz Musician |
27-Feb-1923 |
25-Apr-1990 |
Influential bop saxophonist |
| Ray Goulding |
Comic |
20-Mar-1922 |
24-Mar-1990 |
Half of Bob & Ray |
| Ragnar Granit |
Scientist |
30-Oct-1900 |
31-Mar-1990 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Rocky Graziano |
Boxing |
6-Jun-1922 |
22-May-1990 |
Middleweight boxing champ |
| Alan Hale, Jr. |
Actor |
8-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1990 |
The Skipper on Gilligan's Island |
| Rusty Hamer |
Actor |
15-Feb-1947 |
18-Jan-1990 |
Make Room for Daddy |
| Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
| Keith Haring |
Painter |
4-May-1958 |
16-Feb-1990 |
Abstract graffiti and mural artist |
| Tom Harmon |
Football |
28-Sep-1919 |
15-Mar-1990 |
Winner, 1940 Heisman Trophy |
| Robin Harris |
Comic |
30-Aug-1953 |
18-Mar-1990 |
Bébé's Kids |
| Rex Harrison |
Actor |
5-Mar-1908 |
2-Jun-1990 |
My Fair Lady |
| Jim Henson |
Performance Artist |
24-Sep-1936 |
16-May-1990 |
Creator of the Muppets |
| Ed Herschler |
Politician |
27-Oct-1918 |
5-Feb-1990 |
Governor of Wyoming, 1975-87 |
| Robert Hofstadter |
Physicist |
5-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Investigated electron scattering and nuclei |
| Jill Ireland |
Actor |
24-Apr-1936 |
18-May-1990 |
Love and Bullets |
| Gordon Jackson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1923 |
15-Jan-1990 |
Butler on Upstairs, Downstairs |
| Meir Kahane |
Activist |
1-Aug-1932 |
5-Nov-1990 |
Founder of Jewish Defense League |
| Arthur Kennedy |
Actor |
17-Feb-1914 |
5-Jan-1990 |
The Man from Laramie |
| Foy D. Kohler |
Diplomat |
15-Feb-1908 |
23-Dec-1990 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1962-66 |
| Bruno Kreisky |
Head of State |
22-Jan-1911 |
29-Jul-1990 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1970-83 |
| Frank J. Lausche |
Politician |
14-Nov-1895 |
21-Apr-1990 |
Governor, Senator from Ohio |
| Philip Leacock |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1917 |
14-Jul-1990 |
The Spanish Gardener |
| Megan Leigh |
Pornstar |
2-Mar-1964 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Ali Boobie & the 40 D's |
| Curtis LeMay |
Military |
15-Nov-1906 |
1-Oct-1990 |
USAF General |
| Margaret Lockwood |
Actor |
15-Sep-1916 |
15-Jul-1990 |
Cast a Dark Shadow |
| Hugh MacLennan |
Novelist |
20-Mar-1907 |
7-Nov-1990 |
Barometer Rising |
| Mary Martin |
Actor |
1-Dec-1913 |
3-Nov-1990 |
Peter Pan |
| Scott M. Matheson |
Politician |
8-Jan-1929 |
7-Oct-1990 |
Governor of Utah, 1977-85 |
| Spark Matsunaga |
Politician |
8-Oct-1916 |
15-Apr-1990 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1977-90 |
| Joel McCrea |
Actor |
5-Nov-1905 |
20-Oct-1990 |
Ride the High Country |
| William J. McDonald |
Attorney |
1928 |
19-Feb-1990 |
Chief Lawyer at Union Pacific, 1969-89 |
| Karl Menninger |
Psychiatrist |
22-Jul-1893 |
18-Jul-1990 |
The Human Mind |
| John Merivale |
Actor |
1-Dec-1917 |
6-Feb-1990 |
The List of Adrian Messenger |
| Gary Merrill |
Actor |
2-Aug-1915 |
5-Mar-1990 |
All About Eve |
| Robert B. Meyner |
Politician |
3-Jul-1908 |
27-May-1990 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1954-62 |
| Alberto Moravia |
Novelist |
28-Nov-1907 |
26-Sep-1990 |
Il Conformista |
| Malcolm Muggeridge |
Author |
24-Mar-1903 |
14-Nov-1990 |
Highly iconoclastic English wit |
| Lewis Mumford |
Historian |
19-Oct-1895 |
26-Jan-1990 |
Technics and Civilization |
| Bronko Nagurski |
Football |
3-Nov-1908 |
7-Jan-1990 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Luigi Nono |
Composer |
29-Jan-1924 |
8-May-1990 |
Il Canto Sospeso |
| Robert Noyce |
Inventor |
12-Dec-1927 |
3-Jun-1990 |
Co-Inventor, integrated circuit |
| Susan Oliver |
Actor |
13-Feb-1932 |
10-May-1990 |
Actress-cum-Aviatrix |
| William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
| Sergei Parajanov |
Film Director |
9-Jan-1924 |
21-Jul-1990 |
The Color of Pomegranate |
| Walker Percy |
Author |
28-May-1916 |
10-May-1990 |
The Moviegoer |
| Laurence J. Peter |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1919 |
12-Jan-1990 |
The Peter Principle |
| Michael Powell |
Film Director |
30-Sep-1905 |
19-Feb-1990 |
Stairway to Heaven |
| Manuel Puig |
Novelist |
28-Dec-1932 |
22-Jul-1990 |
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
| Eddie Quillan |
Actor |
31-Mar-1907 |
19-Jul-1990 |
In 20 short films by Mack Sennett |
| William F. Raborn |
Government |
8-Jun-1905 |
6-Mar-1990 |
CIA Director 1965-66 |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Johnnie Ray |
Musician |
10-Jan-1927 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Cry/The Little White Cloud That Cried |
| Edwin O. Reischauer |
Diplomat |
15-Oct-1910 |
1-Sep-1990 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1961-66 |
| Anne Revere |
Actor |
25-Jun-1903 |
18-Dec-1990 |
National Velvet |
| Erik Rhodes |
Actor |
10-Feb-1906 |
17-Feb-1990 |
Top Hat |
| Edwin Richfield |
Actor |
11-Sep-1921 |
2-Aug-1990 |
Interpol Calling |
| Martin Ritt |
Film Director |
2-Mar-1914 |
8-Dec-1990 |
The Long Hot Summer |
| Karl F. Rolvaag |
Politician |
18-Jul-1913 |
20-Dec-1990 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67 |
| Albert Salmi |
Actor |
11-Mar-1928 |
22-Apr-1990 |
The Brothers Karamazov |
| Anya Seton |
Author |
23-Jan-1906 |
8-Nov-1990 |
Dragonwyck |
| Del Shannon |
Musician |
30-Dec-1934 |
8-Feb-1990 |
1960s songwriter, Runaway |
| Fred Shero |
Hockey |
23-Oct-1925 |
24-Nov-1990 |
Flyers and Rangers Head Coach |
| Wilmar H. Shiras |
Novelist |
1908 |
1990 |
Children of the Atom |
| Frank Sinkwich |
Football |
10-Oct-1920 |
22-Oct-1990 |
Winner, 1942 Heisman Trophy |
| B. F. Skinner |
Psychologist |
20-Mar-1904 |
18-Aug-1990 |
Radical Behaviorism |
| C. R. Smith |
Business |
9-Sep-1899 |
4-Apr-1990 |
CEO of American Airlines, 1934-68 |
| William French Smith |
Government |
26-Aug-1917 |
29-Oct-1990 |
U.S. Attorney General 1981-85 |
| Raymond St. Jacques |
Actor |
1-Mar-1930 |
27-Aug-1990 |
Cotton Comes to Harlem |
| Barbara Stanwyck |
Actor |
16-Jul-1907 |
20-Jan-1990 |
Double Indemnity |
| Michael Stewart |
Politician |
6-Nov-1906 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Former UK Foreign Secretary |
| Samuel S. Stratton |
Politician |
27-Sep-1916 |
13-Sep-1990 |
Congressman from New York |
| Edward W. Strong |
Educator |
1901 |
13-Jan-1990 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1961-65 |
| Vic Tayback |
Actor |
6-Jan-1930 |
25-May-1990 |
Character actor, Papillon, etc |
| Terry-Thomas |
Actor |
14-Jul-1911 |
8-Jan-1990 |
Private's Progress |
| Le Duc Tho |
Diplomat |
14-Oct-1911 |
13-Oct-1990 |
Negotiated the 1973 Paris cease-fire |
| Ugo Tognazzi |
Actor |
23-Mar-1922 |
27-Oct-1990 |
La cage aux folles |
| Vladimir Ussachevsky |
Composer |
3-Nov-1911 |
2-Jan-1990 |
Tape music composer |
| Sarah Vaughan |
Singer |
28-Mar-1924 |
3-Apr-1990 |
The Divine One |
| Stevie Ray Vaughan |
Guitarist |
3-Oct-1954 |
27-Aug-1990 |
Blues guitarist |
| Irving Wallace |
Author |
19-Mar-1916 |
29-Jun-1990 |
The Book of Lists |
| J. Ernest Wharton |
Politician |
4-Oct-1899 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Congressman from New York, 1951-65 |
| David White |
Actor |
4-Apr-1916 |
27-Nov-1990 |
Larry Tate on Bewitched |
| Patrick White |
Novelist |
28-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1990 |
Riders in the Chariot |
| Ryan White |
Victim |
6-Dec-1971 |
8-Apr-1990 |
Suburban kid, AIDS activist |
| William Appleman Williams |
Historian |
1921 |
6-Mar-1990 |
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy |
| Basilis Xanthopoulos |
Physicist |
1951 |
27-Nov-1990 |
Gravitational physics |
| Lev Yashin |
Soccer |
22-Oct-1929 |
20-Mar-1990 |
Soviet soccer star |
