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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Abbott
Actor
5-Jun-1905 24-May-1996 The Woman in White
Wesley Addy
Actor
4-Aug-1913 31-Dec-1996 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Spiro T. Agnew
Politician
9-Nov-1918 17-Sep-1996 US Vice President, 1969-73
Mel Allen
Sports Journalist
13-Feb-1913 16-Jun-1996 Sportscaster, Voice of the Yankees
John Alton
Cinematographer
5-Oct-1901 2-Jun-1996 An American in Paris
Morey Amsterdam
Actor
14-Dec-1908 27-Oct-1996 The Dick Van Dyke Show
Luana Anders
Actor
12-May-1938 21-Jul-1996 The Pit and the Pendulum
Robert Anderson
Diplomat
6-Jan-1922 5-Apr-1996 US Ambassador to Morocco, 1976-78
Annabella
Actor
14-Jul-1909 18-Sep-1996 Hôtel du Nord
Humphrey Atkins
Politician
12-Aug-1922 4-Oct-1996 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1979-81
Artur Axmann
Government
18-Feb-1913 24-Oct-1996 Hitler Youth leader
Lew Ayres
Actor
28-Dec-1908 30-Dec-1996 All Quiet on the Western Front
Nnamdi Azikiwe
Head of State
16-Nov-1904 11-May-1996 First President of Nigeria, 1963-66
Kenneth Bainbridge
Physicist
27-Jul-1904 14-Jul-1996 Director of the Trinity atomic test
Martin Balsam
Actor
4-Nov-1914 13-Feb-1996 A Thousand Clowns
Joseph W. Barr
Government
17-Jan-1918 23-Feb-1996 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1968-69
Saul Bass
Designer
8-May-1920 25-Apr-1996 Master of title design
Les Baxter
Musician
14-Mar-1922 15-Jan-1996 The Mel-Tones
Terrel H. Bell
Educator
11-Nov-1921 22-Jun-1996 US Secretary of Education, 1981-85
Melvin Belli
Attorney
29-Jul-1907 9-Jul-1996 The King of Torts
Pandro S. Berman
Film/TV Producer
28-Mar-1905 13-Jul-1996 Top RKO producer, Ivanhoe
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Religion
2-Apr-1928 14-Nov-1996 Archbishop of Chicago, 1982-96
Bibi Besch
Actor
1-Feb-1942 7-Sep-1996 Who's That Girl?
Ted Bessell
Actor
20-Mar-1935 6-Oct-1996 That Guy in That Girl
Whit Bissell
Actor
25-Oct-1909 5-Mar-1996 The Time Tunnel
Ray Blanton
Politician
10-Apr-1930 22-Nov-1996 Governor of Tennessee, 1975-79
Emperor Bokassa I
Royalty
22-Feb-1921 3-Nov-1996 Central African Emperor
Erma Bombeck
Columnist
21-Feb-1927 22-Apr-1996 The Grass is Always Greener
Rene Bond
Pornstar
11-Oct-1950 2-Jun-1996 Teenage Fantasies
Jeremy M. Boorda
Military
26-Nov-1939 16-May-1996 Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96
Roger Bowen
Actor
25-May-1932 16-Feb-1996 Hamilton Majors, Jr. on Arnie
Lucille Bremer
Dancer
21-Feb-1917 16-Apr-1996 Yolanda and the Thief
Peter J. Brennan
Government
24-May-1918 2-Oct-1996 US Secretary of Labor, 1973-75
Albert R. Broccoli
Film/TV Producer
5-Apr-1909 27-Jun-1996 Producer of James Bond films
Harold Brodkey
Novelist
25-Oct-1930 26-Jan-1996 Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
Joseph Brodsky
Poet
24-May-1940 28-Jan-1996 "Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
George Mackay Brown
Poet
17-Oct-1921 13-Apr-1996 Time in a Red Coat
Pat Brown
Politician
21-Apr-1905 16-Feb-1996 Governor of California, 1959-67
Ron Brown
Government
1-Aug-1941 3-Apr-1996 US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96
Herbert Brownell, Jr.
Government
20-Feb-1904 1-May-1996 US Attorney General, 1953-57
Mac Bundy
Government
30-Mar-1919 16-Sep-1996 National Security Advisor, 1961-66
George Burns
Comic
20-Jan-1896 9-Mar-1996 Oh, God!
Irving Caesar
Songwriter
4-Jul-1895 17-Dec-1996 Tea for Two
William T. Cahill
Politician
25-Jun-1912 1-Jul-1996 Governor of New Jersey, 1970-74
Donald Cammell
Film Director
17-Jan-1934 24-Apr-1996 Performance
Marcel Carné
Film Director
18-Aug-1909 31-Oct-1996 Les Enfants du Paradis
María Casares
Actor
21-Nov-1922 22-Nov-1996 Orpheus
Eva Cassidy
Singer
2-Feb-1963 2-Nov-1996 Eva by Heart
Sergiu Celibidache
Conductor
11-Jul-1912 14-Aug-1996 Director, Munich Philharmonic, 1979-96
John Chancellor
Journalist
14-Jul-1927 12-Jul-1996 NBC Nightly News anchor
Virginia Christine
Actor
5-Mar-1920 24-Jul-1996 Folger Coffee's Mrs. Olson
Roman Cieslewicz
Artist
13-Jan-1930 21-Jan-1996 Polish poster artist
René Clément
Film Director
18-Mar-1913 17-Mar-1996 Is Paris Burning?
Claudette Colbert
Actor
13-Sep-1903 30-Jul-1996 It Happened One Night
William Colby
Spy
4-Jan-1920 27-Apr-1996 CIA Director, 1973-75
Ray Combs
Game Show Host
3-Apr-1956 2-Jun-1996 Host of Family Feud 1988-94
Charlie Conerly
Football
19-Sep-1921 13-Feb-1996 NY Giants QB, 1948-61
E. J. H. Corner
Botanist
12-Jan-1906 14-Sep-1996 Durian theory
Seymour Cray
Inventor
28-Sep-1925 5-Oct-1996 Inventor of Cray supercomputers
John Crommelin, Jr.
Military
2-Oct-1902 2-Nov-1996 Rear Admiral, US Navy
Leslie Crowther
TV Personality
6-Feb-1933 29-Sep-1996 The Price Is Right
Joanne Dru
Actor
31-Jan-1922 10-Sep-1996 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Dzhokhar Dudayev
Military
15-Apr-1944 21-Apr-1996 Head of the Chechen rebellion
Marguerite Duras
Novelist
4-Apr-1914 3-Mar-1996 Hiroshima mon Amour
William J. Dyess
Diplomat
1-Aug-1929 6-Jan-1996 US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83
Herb Edelman
Actor
5-Nov-1933 21-Jul-1996 Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls
Bernard Edwards
Musician
31-Oct-1952 18-Apr-1996 Founding member of Chic
Vince Edwards
Actor
7-Jul-1928 11-Mar-1996 Ben Casey
Odysseas Elytis
Poet
2-Nov-1911 18-Mar-1996 Axion Esti
Bill Emerson
Politician
1-Jan-1938 22-Jun-1996 Congressman from Missouri, 1981-96
Thomas O. Enders
Diplomat
28-Nov-1932 17-Mar-1996 US Ambassador to Canada, Spain
Paul Erdos
Mathematician
26-Mar-1913 20-Sep-1996 Loved only numbers
Minnesota Fats
Sports Figure
19-Jan-1913 15-Jan-1996 Billiards opponent of Willie Mosconi
Leonor Fini
Painter
30-Aug-1907 18-Jan-1996 Surrealist painter, sex kitten
Charlie Finley
Baseball
22-Feb-1918 19-Feb-1996 Owner of the Oakland A's 1960-80
Leonard K. Firestone
Business
10-Jun-1907 24-Dec-1996 US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77
Hamilton Fish IV
Politician
3-Jun-1926 23-Jul-1996 Congressman from New York, 1969-95
Ella Fitzgerald
Singer
25-Apr-1917 15-Jun-1996 The First Lady of Jazz
Bob Flanagan
Performance Artist
27-Dec-1952 4-Jan-1996 Supermasochist
Arthur S. Flemming
Government
12-Jun-1905 7-Sep-1996 HEW Secretary, 1958-61
Peter Fowler
Physicist
27-Feb-1923 8-Nov-1996 Cosmic radiation
Lucio Fulci
Film Director
17-Jun-1927 13-Mar-1996 The Beyond
Greer Garson
Actor
29-Sep-1904 6-Apr-1996 Mrs. Miniver
Erich Gimpel
Spy
25-Mar-1910 1996 Agent 146
Peter Glenville
Film Director
28-Oct-1913 3-Jun-1996 Becket
Jimmy The Greek
TV Personality
9-Sep-1918 21-Apr-1996 Oddsmaker
Edward J. Gurney
Politician
12-Jan-1914 14-May-1996 US Senator from Florida, 1969-74
Rob Hall
Business
14-Jan-1961 11-May-1996 Adventure Consultants
Joan Hammond
Singer
24-May-1912 26-Nov-1996 Operatic soprano
Margaux Hemingway
Actor
16-Feb-1955 2-Jul-1996 Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin
Robert Hersant
Publisher
30-Jan-1920 21-Apr-1996 Le Papivore
Dana Hill
Actor
6-May-1964 15-Jul-1996 Audrey Griswold in European Vacation
Alger Hiss
Government
11-Nov-1904 15-Nov-1996 Accused spy for the Soviet Union
Ronald Howard
Actor
7-Apr-1918 19-Dec-1996 Sherlock Holmes
Harold Hughes
Politician
10-Feb-1922 23-Oct-1996 Governor and Senator from Iowa
Ross Hunter
Film/TV Producer
6-May-1920 10-Mar-1996 Imitation of Life
Vic Janowicz
Football
26-Jan-1930 27-Feb-1996 Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy
Gladwyn Jebb
Diplomat
25-Apr-1900 24-Oct-1996 Acting UN Secretary General, 1945-46
Ben Johnson
Actor
13-Jun-1918 8-Apr-1996 The Last Picture Show
Barbara Jordan
Politician
21-Feb-1936 17-Jan-1996 Gave 1976 Democratic keynote speech
Babrak Karmal
Head of State
6-Jan-1929 3-Dec-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1979-86
Gene Kelly
Actor
23-Aug-1912 2-Feb-1996 Singin' in the Rain
David M. Kennedy
Government
21-Jul-1905 1-May-1996 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1969-71
Walter Kerr
Critic
8-Jul-1913 9-Oct-1996 New York Times drama critic
Hermann Kesten
Novelist
28-Jan-1900 1996 I, the King
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Film Director
27-Jun-1941 13-Mar-1996 Trois Couleurs
John W. King
Politician
10-Oct-1918 9-Aug-1996 Governor of New Hampshire, 1963-69
Lincoln Kirstein
Author
4-May-1907 5-Jan-1996 Co-Founder, New York City Ballet
Sidney Korshak
Attorney
6-Jun-1907 20-Jan-1996 The Mob's man in Hollywood
Rafael Kubelik
Conductor
29-Jun-1914 11-Aug-1996 Conductor, Czech Philharmonic, 1942-48
Thomas Kuhn
Author
18-Jul-1922 17-Jun-1996 Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Dorothy Lamour
Actor
10-Dec-1914 22-Sep-1996 My Favorite Brunette
Lash La Rue
Actor
15-Jun-1917 21-May-1996 B-Western star
Meridel Le Sueur
Novelist
22-Feb-1900 14-Nov-1996 North Star Country
Mary Leakey
Anthropologist
6-Feb-1913 9-Dec-1996 Discovered Proconsul
Timothy Leary
Activist
22-Oct-1920 31-May-1996 Tune in, turn on, drop out
J. Bracken Lee
Politician
7-Jan-1899 20-Oct-1996 Governor of Utah, 1949-57
Rex Lee
Attorney
27-Feb-1935 11-Mar-1996 US Solicitor General, 1981-85
Mark Lenard
Actor
15-Oct-1924 22-Nov-1996 Ambassador Sarek on Star Trek
Henry Lewis
Conductor
16-Oct-1932 26-Jan-1996 Music Director, NJ Symphony, 1968-76
Rush Hudson Limbaugh
Politician
27-Sep-1891 8-Apr-1996 Rush's grandfather
Fitzroy Maclean
Politician
11-Mar-1911 15-Jun-1996 Eastern Approaches
Sorley Maclean
Poet
26-Oct-1911 24-Nov-1996 Scottish/Gaelic poet
Guy Madison
Actor
19-Jan-1922 6-Feb-1996 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Marcello Mastroianni
Actor
28-Sep-1924 19-Dec-1996 The Pizza Triangle
Dorothy Maynor
Singer
3-Sep-1910 19-Feb-1996 Soprano, founder of Harlem School of the Arts
Robert J. McCloskey
Diplomat
25-Nov-1922 1996 US Ambassador to Greece, 1978-81
James W. McLamore
Business
30-May-1926 7-Aug-1996 Co-Founder of Burger King
Audrey Meadows
Actor
8-Feb-1926 3-Feb-1996 Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Novelist
23-Jan-1923 9-Jan-1996 A Canticle for Leibowitz
Hyman Minsky
Economist
23-Sep-1919 25-Oct-1996 Inherently unstable markets
Hugh B. Mitchell
Politician
22-Mar-1907 10-Jun-1996 Congressman from Washington, 1949-53
Joseph Mitchell
Author
27-Jul-1908 24-May-1996 The New Yorker
Jessica Mitford
Journalist
11-Sep-1917 23-Jul-1996 The American Way of Death
François Mitterrand
Head of State
26-Oct-1916 8-Jan-1996 President of France, 1981-95
Patsy Montana
Country Musician
30-Oct-1908 3-May-1996 A Cowboy's Sweetheart
Greg Morris
Actor
27-Sep-1933 27-Aug-1996 Mission: Impossible
Nevill F. Mott
Physicist
30-Sep-1905 8-Aug-1996 Properties of semiconductors
Gerry Mulligan
Jazz Musician
6-Apr-1927 20-Jan-1996 Greatest jazz baritonist of all time
Ed Muskie
Politician
28-Mar-1914 26-Mar-1996 US Senator from Maine, 1959-80
Mohammad Najibullah
Head of State
1947 28-Sep-1996 President of Afghanistan, 1987-92
Jack Nance
Actor
21-Dec-1943 30-Dec-1996 Eraserhead
Gene Nelson
Actor
24-Mar-1920 16-Sep-1996 Oklahoma!
Haing S. Ngor
Victim
22-Mar-1940 25-Feb-1996 The Killing Fields
Stavros Niarchos
Business
3-Jul-1909 15-Apr-1996 Greek shipping tycoon
Virginia Nicolson
Actor
1916 1996 Ex-Wife of Orson Welles
Brad Nowell
Musician
22-Feb-1968 25-May-1996 Lead singer of Sublime
David Opatoshu
Actor
30-Jan-1918 30-Apr-1996 Raid on Entebbe
David Packard
Business
7-Sep-1912 26-Mar-1996 Co-Founder of Hewlett Packard
Vance Packard
Sociologist
22-May-1914 12-Dec-1996 The Hidden Persuaders
Andreas Papandreou
Head of State
5-Feb-1919 23-Jun-1996 Twice Prime Minister of Greece
Minnie Pearl
Singer
25-Oct-1912 4-Mar-1996 Her hat cost $1.98
Joan Perry
Actor
7-Jul-1911 16-Sep-1996 Bullets for O'Hara
Jon Pertwee
Actor
07-Jul-1919 20-May-1996 The Third Doctor Who
Laura La Plante
Actor
1-Nov-1904 14-Oct-1996 The Cat and the Canary
Juliet Prowse
Dancer
25-Sep-1936 14-Sep-1996 Can-Can
JonBenét Ramsey
Victim
6-Aug-1990 26-Dec-1996 6-year-old murdered pageant winner
J. Lee Rankin
Government
7-Jul-1907 28-Jun-1996 US Solicitor General, 1956-61
Henry Regnery
Publisher
5-Jan-1912 18-Jun-1996 Regnery Publishing
Tadeus Reichstein
Scientist
20-Jul-1897 1-Aug-1996 Adrenocortical hormones
Eric Reissner
Mathematician
5-Jan-1913 1-Nov-1996 Reissner shear-deformation plate theory
Tommy Rettig
Actor
10-Dec-1941 15-Feb-1996 Jeff Miller in Lassie
Howard E. Rollins, Jr.
Actor
17-Oct-1950 8-Dec-1996 A Soldier's Story
Sinclair Ross
Novelist
22-Jan-1908 29-Feb-1996 As For Me and My House
Pete Rozelle
Football
1-Mar-1926 6-Dec-1996 Commissioner of the NFL, 1960-89
Carl Sagan
Astronomer
9-Nov-1934 20-Dec-1996 Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos
Abdus Salam
Physicist
29-Jan-1926 21-Nov-1996 Electroweak Theory
Mario Savio
Activist
8-Dec-1942 6-Nov-1996 Free Speech Movement
Grant Sawyer
Politician
14-Dec-1918 19-Feb-1996 Governor of Nevada, 1959-67
Alex Schoenbaum
Business
8-Aug-1915 6-Dec-1996 Founder, Shoney's
Vito Scotti
Actor
26-Jan-1918 5-Jun-1996 Character actor, 1950s to 1990s
Oliver Seth
Judge
30-May-1915 27-Mar-1996 10th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1962-84
Tupac Shakur
Rapper
16-Jun-1971 13-Sep-1996 All Eyez on Me
Jerry Siegel
Author
17-Oct-1914 28-Jan-1996 Creator of Superman
George D. Snell
Scientist
19-Dec-1903 6-Jun-1996 Recognition of HLA antigens
McLean Stevenson
Actor
14-Nov-1929 14-Feb-1996 Lt. Col. Henry Blake on M*A*S*H
Carl B. Stokes
Politician
21-Jun-1927 3-Apr-1996 Mayor of Cleveland, 1968-71
Mike Synar
Politician
17-Oct-1950 9-Jan-1996 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1979-95
Toru Takemitsu
Composer
8-Oct-1930 20-Feb-1996 A Way A Lone
Lyle Talbot
Actor
8-Feb-1902 2-Mar-1996 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Tiny Tim
Musician
12-Apr-1932 30-Nov-1996 Tip Toe Thru the Tulips
Diana Trilling
Critic
21-Jul-1905 23-Oct-1996 Literary critic, The Nation
William C. Trimble
Diplomat
2-May-1907 24-Jun-1996 US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1959-62
David Tudor
Pianist
20-Jan-1926 13-Aug-1996 Avant-garde concert pianist
Amos Tversky
Psychologist
16-Mar-1937 2-Jun-1996 Cognitive psychologist, studied risks
Laurens van der Post
Author
13-Dec-1906 15-Dec-1996 The Lost World of the Kalahari
Jo Van Fleet
Actor
30-Dec-1914 10-Jun-1996 East of Eden
Howard Vernon
Actor
15-Jul-1914 25-Jul-1996 The Awful Dr. Orloff
William Vickrey
Economist
21-Jun-1914 11-Oct-1996 Asymmetric information in economics
Johnny "Guitar" Watson
Guitarist
3-Feb-1935 17-May-1996 Gangster of Love
Dick Wesson
Actor
19-Nov-1922 25-Apr-1996 Destination Moon
Jack Weston
Actor
21-Aug-1924 3-May-1996 Wait Until Dark
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Chemist
14-Jul-1921 26-Sep-1996 Organometallic "sandwich" compounds
Ralph Yarborough
Politician
8-Jun-1903 27-Jan-1996 US Senator from Texas, 1957-71
Faron Young
Musician
25-Feb-1932 10-Dec-1996 The Hillbilly Heartthrob


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