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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Roy Acuff
Country Musician
15-Sep-1903 23-Nov-1992 Country music pioneer
Stella Adler
Actor
10-Feb-1901 21-Dec-1992 Theater actress, Group Theater
Dorothy Alison
Actor
4-Apr-1925 17-Jan-1992 See No Evil
Peter Allen
Singer/Songwriter
10-Feb-1944 18-Jun-1992 I Go To Rio
Néstor Almendros
Cinematographer
30-Oct-1930 4-Mar-1992 Mauvaise Conduite
Lyle Alzado
Football
3-Apr-1949 14-May-1992 Steroid-using defensive lineman
John Anderson
Actor
20-Oct-1922 7-Aug-1992 Harry Jackson on MacGyver
Judith Anderson
Actor
10-Feb-1897 3-Jan-1992 Rebecca
Dana Andrews
Actor
1-Jan-1909 17-Dec-1992 The Best Years of Our Lives
Arletty
Actor
15-May-1898 23-Jul-1992 Les Enfants du paradis
Ellis Arnall
Politician
20-Mar-1907 13-Dec-1992 Governor of Georgia, 1943-47
Jack Arnold
Film Director
14-Oct-1916 17-Mar-1992 Creature from the Black Lagoon
Isaac Asimov
Author
2-Jan-1920 6-Apr-1992 Foundation
Malcolm Atterbury
Actor
20-Feb-1907 16-Aug-1992 Vaudevillian, character actor
Art Babbitt
Cartoonist
8-Oct-1907 4-Mar-1992 Disney animator, created Goofy
Francis Bacon
Painter
28-Oct-1909 28-Apr-1992 The Screaming Popes
Red Barber
Sports Journalist
17-Feb-1908 22-Oct-1992 The Voice of the Dodgers
Freddie Bartholomew
Actor
28-Mar-1924 23-Jan-1992 Little Lord Fauntleroy
Robert Beatty
Actor
19-Oct-1909 3-Mar-1992 2001: A Space Odyssey
Menachem Begin
Head of State
16-Aug-1913 9-Mar-1992 Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82
Laslo Benedek
Film Director
5-Mar-1905 11-Mar-1992 The Wild One
Green Bar Bill
Author
6-Aug-1900 9-Nov-1992 Prominent Scouter
Allan Bloom
Philosopher
14-Sep-1930 7-Oct-1992 The Closing of the American Mind
Nils A. Boe
Politician
10-Sep-1913 30-Jul-1992 Governor of South Dakota, 1965-69
David Bohm
Physicist
20-Dec-1917 29-Oct-1992 Particle physicist
Shirley Booth
Actor
30-Aug-1898 16-Oct-1992 Come Back, Little Sheba
Daniel Bovet
Scientist
23-Mar-1907 8-Apr-1992 Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide
Kay Boyle
Author
19-Feb-1902 27-Dec-1992 The Underground Woman
Neville Brand
Actor
13-Aug-1920 16-Apr-1992 Birdman of Alcatraz
Willy Brandt
Head of State
18-Dec-1913 8-Oct-1992 German Chancellor, 1969-74
Charles F. Brannan
Politician
23-Aug-1903 2-Jul-1992 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1948-53
Steve Brodie
Actor
21-Nov-1919 9-Jan-1992 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Richard Brooks
Film Director
18-May-1912 11-Mar-1992 In Cold Blood
Georgia Brown
Actor
21-Oct-1933 5-Jul-1992 The Raging Moon
Buck Buchanan
Football
10-Sep-1940 16-Jul-1992 KC Chiefs, Hall of Famer
Quentin N. Burdick
Politician
19-Jun-1908 8-Sep-1992 US Senator from North Dakota, 1960-92
Carl Butler
Country Musician
2-Jun-1927 4-Sep-1992 Don't Let Me Cross Over
John Cage
Composer
5-Sep-1912 12-Aug-1992 Experimental composer
Tom Cahill
Football
c. 1919 29-Oct-1992 Army Head Coach, 1966-73
Arthur Calder-Marshall
Novelist
19-Aug-1908 1992 Two of a Kind
Morris Carnovsky
Actor
5-Sep-1897 1-Sep-1992 Dead Reckoning
Karl Carstens
Head of State
14-Dec-1914 30-May-1992 President of Germany, 1979-84
G. Harrold Carswell
Judge
22-Dec-1919 31-Jul-1992 Failed US Supreme Court nominee
Angela Carter
Author
7-May-1940 16-Feb-1992 Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
Mae Clarke
Actor
16-Aug-1910 29-Apr-1992 Waterloo Bridge
Chuck Connors
Actor
10-Apr-1921 10-Nov-1992 The Rifleman
Ralph Cooper
Actor
16-Jan-1908 4-Apr-1992 The Dark Gable
George N. Craig
Politician
6-Aug-1909 17-Dec-1992 Governor of Indiana, 1953-57
Frank E. Curran
Politician
19-Dec-1912 18-Oct-1992 Mayor of San Diego, 1963-71
Cesare Danova
Actor
1-Mar-1926 19-Mar-1992 Mean Streets
Ray Danton
Actor
19-Sep-1931 11-Feb-1992 The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
John Dehner
Actor
23-Nov-1915 4-Feb-1992 Carousel
Georges Delerue
Composer
12-Mar-1925 20-Mar-1992 French film composer
Sandy Dennis
Actor
27-Apr-1937 2-Mar-1992 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Richard Derr
Actor
15-Jun-1918 8-May-1992 When Worlds Collide
Marlene Dietrich
Actor
27-Dec-1901 6-May-1992 The Blue Angel
Alfred Drake
Actor
7-Oct-1914 25-Jul-1992 Broadway actor, Kismet
Alexander Dubcek
Head of State
27-Nov-1921 7-Nov-1992 Leader of Czechoslovakia, 1968-69
Steffi Duna
Actor
8-Feb-1910 22-Apr-1992 Hungarian-American character actress
Denholm Elliott
Actor
31-May-1922 6-Oct-1992 A Room with a View
Jose Ferrer
Actor
8-Jan-1909 26-Jan-1992 The Caine Mutiny
Virginia Field
Actor
4-Nov-1917 2-Jan-1992 Waterloo Bridge
Eddie Fontaine
Singer
6-Mar-1927 13-Apr-1992 Rock-a-billy singer and character actor
William M. Gaines
Publisher
1-Mar-1922 3-Jun-1992 Mad Magazine publisher
Vincent Gardenia
Actor
7-Jan-1922 9-Dec-1992 Cher's father in Moonstruck
Jim Garrison
Attorney
20-Nov-1921 21-Oct-1992 New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination
Mark Goodson
Film/TV Producer
14-Jan-1915 18-Dec-1992 Goodson-Todman Productions
Philip C. Habib
Diplomat
25-Feb-1920 24-May-1992 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1971-74
Alex Haley
Novelist
11-Aug-1921 10-Feb-1992 Roots
Chick Harbert
Golf
20-Feb-1915 1-Sep-1992 Winner, 1954 PGA Championship
S. I. Hayakawa
Politician
19-Jul-1906 27-Feb-1992 Semanticist and US Senator
F. A. Hayek
Economist
8-May-1899 23-Mar-1992 Austrian economist
Mel Hein
Football
22-Aug-1909 31-Jan-1992 NY Giants, Hall of Famer
Paul Henreid
Actor
10-Jan-1908 29-Mar-1992 Casablanca
Percy Herbert
Actor
31-Jul-1920 6-Dec-1992 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Benny Hill
Comic
21-Jan-1924 19-Apr-1992 The Benny Hill Show
Sterling Holloway
Actor
4-Jan-1905 22-Nov-1992 Voice of Winnie the Pooh
Johannes Holtfreter
Zoologist
9-Jan-1901 13-Nov-1992 Chemotaxis
Grace Murray Hopper
Computer Programmer
9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Computer programming pioneer
Frankie Howerd
Actor
6-Mar-1917 19-Apr-1992 Up Pompeii
Richard J. Hughes
Politician
10-Aug-1909 7-Dec-1992 Governor of New Jersey, 1962-70
John Ireland
Actor
30-Jan-1914 21-Mar-1992 All the King's Men
Andrew Jacobs, Sr.
Politician
22-Feb-1906 17-Dec-1992 Congressman from Indiana, 1949-51
Mervyn Johns
Actor
18-Feb-1899 6-Sep-1992 Dead of Night
Allan Jones
Actor
14-Oct-1907 27-Jun-1992 Show Boat
Jack Kelly
Actor
16-Sep-1927 7-Nov-1992 Bart Maverick
Eddie Kendricks
Singer
17-Dec-1939 5-Oct-1992 The Temptations
Albert King
Guitarist
25-Apr-1923 21-Dec-1992 Blues electric guitarist
Sam Kinison
Comic
8-Dec-1953 10-Apr-1992 Caustic stand-up comic
Ginette Leclerc
Actor
9-Feb-1912 2-Jan-1992 Le Corbeau
Fritz Leiber
Author
24-Dec-1910 5-Sep-1992 Ship of Shadows
Max Lerner
Sociologist
20-Dec-1902 5-Jun-1992 Ideas Are Weapons
Larry Levan
Disc Jockey
20-Jul-1954 8-Nov-1992 Legendary Disco DJ
Harold LeVander
Politician
10-Oct-1910 30-Mar-1992 Governor of Minnesota, 1967-71
Cleavon Little
Actor
1-Jun-1939 22-Oct-1992 Blazing Saddles
Audre Lorde
Author
18-Feb-1934 17-Nov-1992 A Burst of Light
Daniel K. Ludwig
Business
24-Jun-1897 27-Aug-1992 The Invisible Billionaire
John Lund
Actor
6-Feb-1913 10-May-1992 My Friend Irma
Brenda Marshall
Actor
29-Sep-1915 30-Jul-1992 Footsteps in the Dark
Joan Marshall
Actor
9-Jun-1931 28-Jun-1992 Homicidal
Andrew Marton
Film Director
26-Jan-1904 7-Jan-1992 Directed chariot race in Ben-Hur
Christopher McCandless
Victim
12-Feb-1968 18-Aug-1992 Subject of Into the Wild
Barbara McClintock
Scientist
16-Jun-1902 2-Sep-1992 Discovered transposable genes
Gale W. McGee
Politician
17-Mar-1915 9-Apr-1992 US Senator from Wyoming, 1959-77
Thomas J. McIntyre
Politician
20-Feb-1915 8-Aug-1992 US Senator from New Hampshire, 1962-79
Olivier Messiaen
Composer
10-Dec-1908 27-Apr-1992 Turangalîla-Symphonie
Roger Miller
Country Musician
2-Jan-1936 25-Oct-1992 King of the Road
Wilbur Mills
Politician
24-May-1909 2-May-1992 Congressman from Arkansas, 1939-77
Nathan Milstein
Violinist
31-Dec-1904 21-Dec-1992 Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach
Joan Mitchell
Painter
12-Feb-1925 30-Oct-1992 Abstract Expressionist
Peter Mitchell
Chemist
29-Sep-1920 10-Apr-1992 ADP to ATP conversion in mitochondia
Robert Morley
Actor
26-May-1908 3-Jun-1992 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Robert Muldoon
Head of State
25-Sep-1921 5-Aug-1992 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1975-84
George Murphy
Actor
4-Jul-1902 3-May-1992 Actor and US Senator from California
Laurence Naismith
Actor
14-Dec-1908 5-Jun-1992 The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Ann Nelson
Actor
27-May-1916 2-Jun-1992 Mrs. Gertrude Berg on Fame
Ruth Nelson
Actor
2-Aug-1905 12-Sep-1992 Awakenings
Elder Olson
Critic
9-Mar-1909 25-Jul-1992 Critics and Criticism
Jan Hendrik Oort
Astronomer
28-Apr-1900 5-Nov-1992 Theory of the origin of comets
Bert Parks
TV Personality
30-Dec-1914 2-Feb-1992 Host of the Miss America Pageant
Talwinder Singh Parmar
Terrorist
26-Feb-1944 15-Oct-1992 1985 Air India bombing mastermind
Hank Penny
Musician
18-Sep-1918 17-Apr-1992 Western swing bandleader
Anthony Perkins
Actor
4-Apr-1932 12-Sep-1992 Psycho
Kaysone Phomvihane
Head of State
13-Dec-1920 21-Nov-1992 Prime Minister of Laos, 1975-91
Molly Picon
Actor
1-Jun-1898 5-Apr-1992 Yiddish theatre actress
Satyajit Ray
Film Director
2-May-1921 23-Apr-1992 Pather Panchali
Robert Reed
Actor
19-Oct-1932 12-May-1992 Mike (dad) on The Brady Bunch
Hal Roach
Film/TV Producer
14-Jan-1892 2-Nov-1992 Brilliant comedy producer
Michael Robbins
Actor
14-Nov-1930 11-Dec-1992 Arthur Rudge on On the Buses
Chalino Sanchez
Singer
30-Aug-1960 16-May-1992 Prominent narcocorrido singer
Victor H. Schiro
Politician
6-May-1904 29-Aug-1992 Mayor of New Orleans, 1961-70
William Schuman
Composer
4-Aug-1910 15-Feb-1992 Symphony No. 6
Eric Sevareid
Journalist
26-Nov-1912 9-Jul-1992 CBS News journalist
William Shawn
Journalist
31-Aug-1907 8-Dec-1992 Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87
Robert Shayne
Actor
4-Oct-1900 29-Nov-1992 Insp. Henderson on Adventures of Superman
Joe Shuster
Cartoonist
10-Jul-1914 30-Jul-1992 Co-Creator of Superman
John Sirica
Judge
19-Mar-1904 14-Aug-1992 Watergate judge
Iceberg Slim
Criminal
4-Aug-1918 28-Apr-1992 Pimp-turned-author
Skip Stephenson
Comic
18-Apr-1940 18-May-1992 Real People
James Stirling
Architect
22-Apr-1926 25-Jun-1992 Pritzker-winning architect
John Sturges
Film Director
3-Jan-1911 18-Aug-1992 The Great Escape
Glendon Swarthout
Novelist
8-Apr-1918 23-Sep-1992 Bless the Beasts and Children
Marshall Thompson
Actor
27-Nov-1925 18-May-1992 To Hell and Back
Dorothy Tree
Actor
21-May-1906 13-Feb-1992 City of Darkness
Diane Varsi
Actor
23-Feb-1938 19-Nov-1992 Peyton Place
Nancy Walker
Actor
10-May-1922 25-Mar-1992 Rhoda's mother
Sam Walton
Business
29-Mar-1918 5-Apr-1992 America's richest man, founded Wal-Mart
Fletcher Warren
Diplomat
3-Mar-1896 8-Jan-1992 US Ambassador to Turkey, 1956-60
Theodore S. Weiss
Politician
17-Sep-1927 14-Sep-1992 Congressman from New York, 1977-92
Lawrence Welk
Conductor
11-Mar-1903 17-May-1992 Big band leader, TV champagne music host
Mary Wells
Singer
13-May-1943 26-Jul-1992 My Guy
Bob Wian
Business
15-Jun-1914 31-Mar-1992 Founder of Bob's Big Boy
Bill Williams
Actor
21-May-1915 21-Sep-1992 The Adventures of Kit Carson
Adele Wiseman
Author
21-May-1928 1-Jun-1992 The Sacrifice
Alex Wojciechowicz
Football
12-Aug-1915 13-Jul-1992 NFL Hall of Famer
David Wojnarowicz
Artist
14-Sep-1955 22-Jul-1992 One Day This Kid
Ian Wolfe
Actor
4-Nov-1896 23-Jan-1992 Bedlam
Douglas Woolf
Novelist
23-Mar-1922 18-Jan-1992 Fade Out
Hank Worden
Actor
23-Jul-1901 6-Dec-1992 The Searchers
Richard Yates
Novelist
3-Feb-1926 7-Nov-1992 Revolutionary Road
Dick York
Actor
4-Sep-1928 20-Feb-1992 Darrin #1 on Bewitched


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