| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Hafez al-Assad |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1930 |
10-Jun-2000 |
President of Syria, 1971-2000 |
| Carl B. Albert |
Politician |
10-May-1908 |
4-Feb-2000 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76 |
| Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
| Edward Ashley |
Actor |
12-Aug-1904 |
5-May-2000 |
British-American character actor |
| Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Head of State |
17-Apr-1916 |
10-Oct-2000 |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
| Paul Bartel |
Actor |
6-Aug-1938 |
13-May-2000 |
Eating Raoul |
| Billy Barty |
Actor |
25-Oct-1924 |
23-Dec-2000 |
High-profile little person |
| Leonard Baskin |
Sculptor |
15-Aug-1922 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Sculptor and printmaker |
| Herbert H. Bateman |
Politician |
7-Aug-1928 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2000 |
| Robert F. Bennett |
Politician |
23-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2000 |
Governor of Kansas, 1975-79 |
| Bob Blackman |
Football |
7-Jul-1918 |
18-Mar-2000 |
Dartmouth Head Coach, 1955-70 |
| Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Roy Blough |
Economist |
1901 |
2000 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1950-52 |
| Victor Borge |
Pianist |
3-Jan-1909 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Comedic pianist |
| Edgar Bowers |
Poet |
2-Mar-1924 |
4-Feb-2000 |
For Louis Pasteur |
| Malcolm Bradbury |
Critic |
7-Sep-1932 |
27-Nov-2000 |
The History Man |
| Gwendolyn Brooks |
Poet |
7-Jun-1917 |
3-Dec-2000 |
Annie Allen |
| Don Budge |
Tennis |
13-Jun-1915 |
26-Jan-2000 |
First ever to win Grand Slam |
| William Bundy |
Government |
24-Sep-1917 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ |
| Joe C. |
Rapper |
9-Nov-1974 |
16-Nov-2000 |
Tiny rapping sidekick of Kid Rock |
| L. Sprague de Camp |
Author |
27-Nov-1907 |
6-Nov-2000 |
Lest Darkness Fall |
| Mel Carnahan |
Politician |
11-Feb-1934 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Dead man, still defeated John Ashcroft |
| Helena Carter |
Actor |
24-Aug-1923 |
11-Jan-2000 |
Invaders from Mars |
| Barbara Cartland |
Author |
9-Jul-1901 |
21-May-2000 |
Wrote way too many romance novels |
| Robert P. Casey |
Politician |
9-Jan-1932 |
30-May-2000 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1987-95 |
| George Christopher |
Politician |
8-Dec-1907 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1956-64 |
| John T. Connor |
Business |
3-Nov-1914 |
6-Oct-2000 |
CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79 |
| Robert Cormier |
Author |
17-Jan-1925 |
02-Nov-2000 |
I am the Cheese |
| Paul Coverdell |
Politician |
29-Jan-1939 |
18-Jul-2000 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1993-2000 |
| Alan Cranston |
Politician |
19-Jun-1914 |
31-Dec-2000 |
US Senator from California, 1969-93 |
| Bettino Craxi |
Head of State |
24-Feb-1934 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87 |
| Jimmie Davis |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Sep-1899 |
5-Nov-2000 |
You Are My Sunshine |
| Julian C. Dixon |
Politician |
8-Aug-1934 |
8-Dec-2000 |
Congressman from California, 1979-2000 |
| Ann Doran |
Actor |
28-Jul-1911 |
19-Sep-2000 |
Rio Grande |
| Frances Drake |
Actor |
22-Oct-1912 |
18-Jan-2000 |
WWII pinup girl, also actress |
| David Dukes |
Actor |
6-Jun-1945 |
9-Oct-2000 |
War and Remembrance |
| Ian Dury |
Musician |
12-May-1942 |
27-Mar-2000 |
Ian Dury and the Blockheads |
| Norman A. Erbe |
Politician |
25-Oct-1919 |
8-Jun-2000 |
Governor of Iowa, 1961-63 |
| Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
Actor |
9-Dec-1909 |
7-May-2000 |
Sinbad the Sailor |
| Richard Farnsworth |
Actor |
1-Sep-1920 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Comes a Horseman |
| Lolo Ferrari |
Pornstar |
9-Feb-1970 |
5-Mar-2000 |
Pornstar with beachball-sized tits |
| Penelope Fitzgerald |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1916 |
28-Apr-2000 |
The Blue Flower |
| Henry H. Fowler |
Government |
5-Sep-1908 |
3-Jan-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68 |
| Vittorio Gassman |
Actor |
1-Sep-1922 |
29-Jun-2000 |
The Great War |
| John Gielgud |
Actor |
14-Apr-1904 |
21-May-2000 |
Prospero's Books |
| Robert R. Gilruth |
Engineer |
18-Oct-1913 |
17-Aug-2000 |
NASA scientist |
| Henry B. Gonzalez |
Politician |
3-May-1916 |
28-Nov-2000 |
Congressman from Texas, 1961-99 |
| Edward Gorey |
Author |
22-Feb-1925 |
15-Apr-2000 |
Amphigorey |
| Charles Gray |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
7-Mar-2000 |
Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
| Lou Groza |
Football |
25-Jan-1924 |
29-Nov-2000 |
With Cleveland Browns for 21 years |
| Alec Guinness |
Actor |
2-Apr-1914 |
5-Aug-2000 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| John C. Harsanyi |
Economist |
29-May-1920 |
9-Aug-2000 |
Game theory |
| David Haskell |
Actor |
4-Jun-1948 |
30-Aug-2000 |
Godspell |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
Musician |
18-Jul-1929 |
12-Feb-2000 |
I Put a Spell on You |
| Doug Henning |
Magician |
3-May-1947 |
7-Feb-2000 |
Extremely flamboyant magician |
| Rose Hobart |
Actor |
1-May-1906 |
29-Aug-2000 |
East of Borneo |
| Leo A. Hoegh |
Politician |
30-Mar-1908 |
15-Jul-2000 |
Governor of Iowa, 1955-57 |
| Mark R. Hughes |
Business |
Feb-1956 |
21-May-2000 |
Herbalife founder |
| David R. Hunter |
Administrator |
17-May-1916 |
25-Nov-2000 |
Progressive fund advisor |
| John N. Irwin II |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1913 |
28-Feb-2000 |
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1970-73 |
| Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
| Noor Jehan |
Singer |
21-Sep-1926 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Bollywood Diva |
| Odette Joyeux |
Actor |
5-Dec-1914 |
26-Aug-2000 |
La Ronde |
| Phil Katz |
Computer Programmer |
3-Nov-1962 |
14-Apr-2000 |
Creator of PKZIP |
| Lila Kedrova |
Actor |
9-Oct-1918 |
16-Feb-2000 |
Zorba the Greek |
| Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
| Richard Kerry |
Diplomat |
28-Jul-1915 |
29-Jul-2000 |
Father of John Kerry |
| Richard G. Kleindienst |
Government |
5-Aug-1923 |
3-Feb-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1972-73 |
| Werner Klemperer |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
6-Dec-2000 |
Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes |
| Reg Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
1-Oct-2000 |
Kray brothers |
| Hedy Lamarr |
Actor |
9-Nov-1913 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Actress, invented frequency hopping |
| Tom Landry |
Football |
11-Sep-1924 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, 1960-88 |
| Ring Lardner, Jr. |
Playwright |
19-Aug-1915 |
31-Oct-2000 |
Screenwriter, M*A*S*H |
| Francis Lederer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1899 |
25-May-2000 |
Pandora's Box |
| Edward H. Levi |
Government |
26-Jun-1911 |
7-Mar-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1975-77 |
| John Lindsay |
Politician |
24-Nov-1921 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Mayor of New York City, 1966-73 |
| Larry Linville |
Actor |
29-Sep-1939 |
10-Apr-2000 |
Maj. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H |
| Julie London |
Singer |
26-Sep-1926 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Cry Me a River |
| Jeff MacNelly |
Cartoonist |
17-Sep-1948 |
8-Jun-2000 |
Editorial cartoonist, Shoe |
| Meredith MacRae |
Actor |
30-May-1944 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Host of Mid-Morning L.A. |
| Nancy Marchand |
Actor |
19-Jun-1928 |
18-Jun-2000 |
Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant |
| Joan Marsh |
Actor |
10-Jul-1913 |
10-Aug-2000 |
You're Telling Me! |
| Don Martin |
Artist |
18-May-1931 |
6-Jan-2000 |
Mad Magazine artist |
| Helen Martin |
Actor |
23-Jul-1909 |
25-Mar-2000 |
Pearl Shay on 227 |
| Walter Matthau |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
1-Jul-2000 |
Messy half of the Odd Couple |
| William Maxwell |
Novelist |
16-Aug-1908 |
31-Jul-2000 |
The Folded Leaf |
| Walter P. McConaughy |
Diplomat |
11-Sep-1908 |
2000 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1966-74 |
| K. Gunn McKay |
Politician |
23-Feb-1925 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Utah, 1971-81 |
| Terence McKenna |
Author |
16-Nov-1946 |
3-Apr-2000 |
Mushrooms, UFOs, end of fractal time |
| Merton H. Miller |
Economist |
16-May-1923 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Modigliani-Miller theorem |
| George Montgomery |
Actor |
29-Aug-1916 |
12-Dec-2000 |
Coney Island |
| Richard Mulligan |
Actor |
13-Nov-1932 |
26-Sep-2000 |
Burt Campbell in Soap |
| George Musso |
Football |
8-Apr-1910 |
5-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Bears tackle, guard |
| Mike Muuss |
Computer Programmer |
16-Oct-1958 |
20-Nov-2000 |
Ping |
| Louis Néel |
Physicist |
22-Nov-1904 |
17-Nov-2000 |
Magnetic properties of solids |
| Harold Nicholas |
Dancer |
27-Mar-1921 |
3-Jul-2000 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| Patrick O'Brian |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1914 |
2-Jan-2000 |
The Aubreyad series |
| John Cardinal O'Connor |
Religion |
15-Jan-1920 |
3-May-2000 |
Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000 |
| Keizo Obuchi |
Head of State |
25-Jun-1937 |
14-May-2000 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1998-2000 |
| Benjamin Orr |
Bassist |
8-Sep-1947 |
3-Oct-2000 |
Bassist for The Cars |
| John O. Pastore |
Politician |
17-Mar-1907 |
15-Jul-2000 |
Governor and Senator from Rhode Island |
| Jean Peters |
Actor |
15-Oct-1926 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Captain from Castile |
| Justin Pierce |
Actor |
21-Mar-1975 |
10-Jul-2000 |
Kids |
| Samuel R. Pierce |
Politician |
8-Sep-1922 |
31-Oct-2000 |
US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89 |
| Lynden Oscar Pindling |
Politician |
22-Mar-1930 |
25-Aug-2000 |
Father of The Bahamas |
| Anthony Powell |
Novelist |
21-Dec-1905 |
28-Mar-2000 |
A Dance to the Music of Time |
| Tito Puente |
Musician |
20-Apr-1923 |
31-May-2000 |
Popular Latin bandleader |
| Big Pun |
Rapper |
10-Nov-1971 |
7-Feb-2000 |
Latino rapper/producer dead at 28 |
| Willard Van Orman Quine |
Philosopher |
25-Jun-1908 |
25-Dec-2000 |
Two Dogmas of Empiricism |
| Steve Reeves |
Actor |
21-Jan-1926 |
1-May-2000 |
Hercules |
| Marc Reisner |
Author |
14-Sep-1948 |
21-Jul-2000 |
Cadillac Desert |
| Maurice Richard |
Hockey |
4-Aug-1921 |
27-May-2000 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Beah Richards |
Actor |
12-Jul-1920 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
| Jason Robards |
Actor |
26-Jul-1922 |
26-Dec-2000 |
All The President's Men |
| Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. |
Government |
16-Feb-1916 |
8-Jun-2000 |
1953 Iran coup |
| Carl Rowan |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1925 |
23-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Sun-Times columnist |
| Charles F. C. Ruff |
Attorney |
1-Aug-1939 |
19-Nov-2000 |
Clinton's impeachment attorney |
| Robert Runcie |
Religion |
2-Oct-1921 |
11-Jul-2000 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-91 |
| Don W. Samuelson |
Politician |
27-Jul-1913 |
20-Jan-2000 |
Governor of Idaho, 1967-71 |
| Charles Schulz |
Cartoonist |
26-Nov-1922 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Cartoonist created Peanuts |
| DJ Screw |
Disc Jockey |
20-Jul-1971 |
16-Nov-2000 |
Screw Music inventor |
| Karl Shapiro |
Poet |
10-Nov-1913 |
14-May-2000 |
Person, Place and Thing |
| Max Showalter |
Actor |
2-Jun-1917 |
30-Jul-2000 |
Niagara |
| Morton Shulman |
Politician |
1925 |
18-Aug-2000 |
Ontario MPP, iconoclast |
| William E. Simon |
Government |
27-Nov-1927 |
3-Jun-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77 |
| Michael Smith |
Chemist |
26-Apr-1932 |
4-Oct-2000 |
Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis |
| Gerald A. Soffen |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1926 |
22-Nov-2000 |
Viking I mission to mars |
| Pops Staples |
Guitarist |
2-Dec-1915 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Blues guitarist |
| Craig Stevens |
Actor |
8-Jul-1918 |
10-May-2000 |
Peter Gunn |
| Nora Swinburne |
Actor |
24-Jul-1902 |
1-May-2000 |
British character actress |
| David Tomlinson |
Actor |
7-May-1917 |
24-Jun-2000 |
Mary Poppins |
| Claire Trevor |
Actor |
8-Mar-1910 |
8-Apr-2000 |
Key Largo |
| Pierre Trudeau |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Twice Prime Minister of Canada |
| Roger Vadim |
Film Director |
26-Jan-1928 |
11-Feb-2000 |
Barbarella |
| Jim Varney |
Actor |
15-Jun-1949 |
10-Feb-2000 |
Played annoyant Ernest P. Worrell |
| Bruce Vento |
Politician |
7-Oct-1940 |
10-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-2000 |
| Gwen Verdon |
Dancer |
16-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Damn Yankees |
| A. E. van Vogt |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1912 |
26-Jan-2000 |
Science fiction writer |
| William C. Warren |
Educator |
3-Feb-1909 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Dean of Columbia Law School, 1952-70 |
| Malcolm Wilson |
Politician |
26-Feb-1914 |
13-Mar-2000 |
Governor of New York, 1973-75 |
| Marie Windsor |
Actor |
11-Dec-1919 |
10-Dec-2000 |
The Killing |
| Judith Wright |
Poet |
31-May-1915 |
26-Jun-2000 |
The Moving Image |
| Paula Yates |
TV Personality |
24-Apr-1960 |
17-Sep-2000 |
Rock Stars in Their Underpants |
| Sidney Yates |
Politician |
27-Aug-1909 |
5-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1949-99 |
| Loretta Young |
Actor |
6-Jan-1913 |
12-Aug-2000 |
Platinum Blonde |
