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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Nicola Abbagnano
Philosopher
15-Jul-1901 9-Sep-1990 Italian existentialist
Ralph Abernathy
Activist
21-Mar-1926 17-Apr-1990 Prominent civil rights activist
Elizabeth Allan
Actor
9-Apr-1908 27-Jul-1990 A Tale of Two Cities
George Allen
Football
29-Apr-1918 31-Dec-1990 The Future is Now
Louis Althusser
Philosopher
16-Oct-1918 22-Oct-1990 Marxist theorist, anti-humanist
Sigurd Anderson
Politician
22-Jan-1904 21-Dec-1990 Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55
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
Charles Arnt
Actor
20-Aug-1906 6-Aug-1990 Remember the Night
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
Barbara Baxley
Actor
1-Jan-1923 7-Jun-1990 Period of Adjustment
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
Gordon Bunshaft
Architect
9-May-1909 6-Aug-1990 Skyscraper architect
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
Don Chaffey
Film Director
5-Aug-1917 13-Nov-1990 Jason and the Argonauts
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
Alan Clarke
Film Director
28-Oct-1935 24-Jul-1990 Scum
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
Fred Daly
Golf
11-Oct-1911 18-Nov-1990 Winner, 1947 British Open
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
René Enríquez
Actor
24-Nov-1933 23-Mar-1990 Lt. Ray Calletano on Hill Street Blues
Erté
Artist
23-Nov-1892 21-Apr-1990 Art deco fashion designer and artist
Jill Esmond
Actor
26-Jan-1908 28-Jul-1990 The Skin Game
Charles Farrell
Actor
9-Aug-1901 6-May-1990 Seventh Heaven
Tom Fogerty
Guitarist
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
Jay Gorney
Composer
12-Dec-1896 14-Jun-1990 Brother, Can You Spare A Dime?
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
1-Jan-1919 22-May-1990 Middleweight boxing champ
Alan Hale, Jr.
Actor
8-Mar-1921 2-Jan-1990 The Skipper on Gilligan's Island
Manly P. Hall
Paranormal
18-Mar-1901 29-Aug-1990 The Secret Teachings of All Ages
Rusty Hamer
Actor
15-Feb-1947 18-Jan-1990 Make Room for Daddy
Bob Hamilton
Golf
10-Jan-1916 6-Dec-1990 Winner, 1944 PGA Championship
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 Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons
Raymond Huntley
Actor
23-Apr-1904 19-Oct-1990 Passport to Pimlico
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
Charley E. Johns
Politician
27-Feb-1905 23-Jan-1990 Governor of Florida, 1953-55
Kelly Johnson
Engineer
27-Feb-1910 21-Dec-1990 Lockheed Skunk Works plane designer
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
Dorothea Kent
Actor
6-Jun-1916 10-Dec-1990 It Happened on Fifth Avenue
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
Michel Leiris
Author
20-Apr-1901 30-Sep-1990 Surrealist, ethnographer, autobiographer
Curtis LeMay
Military
15-Nov-1906 1-Oct-1990 USAF General
Marta Linden
Actor
24-Oct-1903 13-Dec-1990 A Yank at Eton
Margaret Lockwood
Actor
15-Sep-1916 15-Jul-1990 Cast a Dark Shadow
Dorothy Mackaill
Actor
4-Mar-1903 12-Aug-1990 Love Affair
Hugh MacLennan
Novelist
20-Mar-1907 7-Nov-1990 Barometer Rising
Alice Marble
Tennis
28-Sep-1913 13-Dec-1990 Winner of 18 Grand Slam titles
Kiel Martin
Actor
26-Jul-1944 28-Dec-1990 J. D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues
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
Herbert B. Maw
Politician
11-Mar-1893 17-Nov-1990 Governor of Utah, 1941-49
Mike Mazurki
Actor
25-Dec-1907 9-Dec-1990 Murder, My Sweet
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
Charlotte E. Moore
Astronomer
24-Sep-1898 3-Mar-1990 Technetium in the Sun
Lois Moran
Actor
1-Mar-1909 13-Jul-1990 Silent film actress
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
Michael Oakeshott
Philosopher
11-Dec-1901 19-Dec-1990 Rationalism in Politics
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
Hermes Pan
Choreographer
10-Dec-1909 19-Sep-1990 Choreographer for Astaire and Rogers
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
Matthew Perkins
Business
23-Nov-1911 31-Dec-1990 Founder of Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
Laurence J. Peter
Scientist
16-Sep-1919 12-Jan-1990 The Peter Principle
Sacha Pitoëff
Actor
11-Mar-1920 21-Jul-1990 Last Year at Marienbad
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
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Head of State
8-Feb-1903 6-Dec-1990 First Prime Minister of Malaysia, 1957-70
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
Helene Reynolds
Actor
8-Jul-1914 28-Mar-1990 Moontide
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
Singer/Songwriter
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
23-Sep-1908 23-Dec-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 US 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
Eleanor Steber
Singer
17-Jul-1914 3-Oct-1990 Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera
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
A. J. P. Taylor
Historian
25-Mar-1906 7-Sep-1990 The Origins of the Second World War
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
Winfred Van Atta
Novelist
18-Oct-1910 5-Jun-1990 Shock Treatment
Jimmy Van Heusen
Composer
26-Jan-1913 7-Feb-1990 Call Me Irresponsible
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
Jean Wallace
Actor
12-Oct-1923 14-Feb-1990 The Big Combo
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
12-Jun-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


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