| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joan Vollmer Adams |
Victim |
1924 |
6-Sep-1951 |
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs |
| Ryan Adams |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Nov-1974 |
|
Heartbreaker |
| Stuart Adamson |
Musician |
11-Apr-1958 |
16-Dec-2001 |
Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country |
| Hasil Adkins |
Musician |
29-Apr-1937 |
26-Apr-2005 |
Rockabilly one man band |
| Ben Affleck |
Actor |
15-Aug-1972 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
| Phil Agee |
Spy |
19-Jul-1935 |
7-Jan-2008 |
Inside the Company: CIA Diary |
| Edward Albee |
Playwright |
12-Mar-1928 |
|
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
| Chris Albrecht |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
Former HBO Chairman and CEO |
| Buzz Aldrin |
Astronaut |
20-Jan-1930 |
|
Second man on the Moon |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander |
Baseball |
26-Feb-1887 |
4-Nov-1950 |
Pitcher, 373 career wins |
| Sherman Alexie |
Novelist |
7-Oct-1966 |
|
The Business of Fancydancing |
| Rick Allen |
Drummer |
1-Nov-1963 |
|
Def Leppard's one-armed drummer |
| Tim Allen |
Actor |
13-Jun-1953 |
|
Home Improvement |
| G. G. Allin |
Musician |
29-Aug-1956 |
28-Jun-1993 |
Hated |
| Gregg Allman |
Musician |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
An Allman Brother |
| Aldrich Ames |
Spy |
26-Mar-1941 |
|
CIA agent, divulged names to the Soviets |
| Kingsley Amis |
Novelist |
16-Apr-1922 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Lucky Jim |
| Lynn Anderson |
Singer |
26-Sep-1947 |
|
Rose Garden |
| Robert B. Anderson |
Government |
4-Jun-1910 |
14-Aug-1989 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61 |
| Dana Andrews |
Actor |
1-Jan-1909 |
17-Dec-1992 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Ann-Margret |
Actor |
28-Apr-1941 |
|
Carnal Knowledge |
| Eddie Antar |
Business |
18-Dec-1947 |
|
Crazy Eddie |
| Fatty Arbuckle |
Actor |
24-Mar-1887 |
29-Jun-1933 |
Something about a Coke bottle |
| Desi Arnaz |
Actor |
2-Mar-1917 |
2-Dec-1986 |
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy |
| Tom Arnold |
Actor |
6-Mar-1959 |
|
Ex-husband of Roseanne Barr |
| Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Kemal Ataturk |
Head of State |
12-Mar-1881 |
10-Nov-1938 |
President of Turkey 1923-38 |
| Tai Babilonia |
Skating |
9-Sep-1959 |
|
Five-time US pairs figure skating champion |
| Barbara Bach |
Actor |
27-Aug-1947 |
|
Atook zug zug Lana |
| Francis Bacon |
Painter |
28-Oct-1909 |
28-Apr-1992 |
The Screaming Popes |
| F. Lee Bailey |
Attorney |
10-Jun-1933 |
|
Prominent attorney |
| Jerry Bailey |
Jockey |
29-Aug-1957 |
|
Two-time Kentucky Derby winner |
| Oksana Baiul |
Skating |
16-Nov-1977 |
|
Olympic figure skater |
| Tom Baker |
Actor |
20-Jan-1934 |
|
The Fourth Doctor Who |
| John Balance |
Electronic Musician |
16-Feb-1962 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Coil |
| Florence Ballard |
Musician |
30-Jun-1943 |
22-Feb-1976 |
The Supremes |
| Tallulah Bankhead |
Actor |
31-Jan-1902 |
12-Dec-1968 |
Lifeboat |
| Djuna Barnes |
Novelist |
12-Jun-1892 |
18-Jun-1982 |
Modernist poet, Nightwood |
| Marion Barry |
Politician |
6-Mar-1936 |
|
Crack-smoking ex-mayor of Washington, DC |
| Drew Barrymore |
Actor |
22-Feb-1975 |
|
E.T., The Wedding Singer |
| John Barrymore |
Actor |
14-Feb-1882 |
29-May-1942 |
Romeo and Juliet |
| John Drew Barrymore |
Actor |
4-Jun-1932 |
29-Nov-2004 |
High School Confidential! |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard |
Rapper |
15-Nov-1968 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan |
| Charles Baudelaire |
Poet |
9-Apr-1821 |
31-Aug-1867 |
Les Fleurs du Mal |
| Laura Baugh |
Golf |
31-May-1955 |
|
Attractive golfer, never won a pro tournament |
| Bayezid I |
Royalty |
1360 |
1403 |
Ottoman Sultan, 1389-1402 |
| Pierre Beaumarchais |
Author |
24-Jan-1732 |
18-May-1799 |
The Barber of Seville |
| Simone de Beauvoir |
Activist |
9-Jan-1908 |
14-Apr-1986 |
The Second Sex |
| Glenn Beck |
Radio Personality |
10-Feb-1964 |
|
Conservative radio talk-show host |
| Boris Becker |
Tennis |
22-Nov-1967 |
|
Wimbledon winner at 17 |
| Scotty Beckett |
Actor |
4-Oct-1929 |
10-May-1968 |
Child star train wreck |
| Alfonso Bedoya |
Actor |
16-Apr-1904 |
15-Dec-1957 |
Doesn't need no stinking badges |
| Wallace Beery |
Actor |
1-Apr-1885 |
15-Apr-1949 |
Grand Hotel |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
17-Dec-1770 |
26-Mar-1827 |
Prominent composer |
| Brendan Behan |
Playwright |
9-Feb-1923 |
20-Mar-1964 |
The Hostage |
| Bix Beiderbecke |
Jazz Musician |
10-Mar-1903 |
6-Aug-1931 |
Celebrated jazz cornetist |
| Jordan Belfort |
Business |
9-Jul-1962 |
|
The Wolf of Wall Street |
| John Belushi |
Actor |
24-Jan-1949 |
5-Mar-1982 |
Animal House |
| Anita Berber |
Actor |
10-Jun-1899 |
10-Nov-1928 |
Scarlet whore of Berlin |
| Alan Berg |
Radio Personality |
Jan-1934 |
18-Jun-1984 |
Murdered radio host |
| Helmut Berger |
Actor |
29-May-1944 |
|
Ludwig |
| Bunny Berigan |
Jazz Musician |
2-Nov-1908 |
2-Jun-1942 |
Jazz trumpeter great |
| Busby Berkeley |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1895 |
14-Mar-1976 |
Strike Up the Band |
| Steven Jesse Bernstein |
Poet |
4-Dec-1950 |
22-Oct-1991 |
Grunge poet and punk rocker |
| Fred Berry |
Actor |
13-Mar-1951 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Rerun on What's Happening!! |
| John Berryman |
Poet |
25-Oct-1914 |
7-Jan-1972 |
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet |
| George Best |
Soccer |
22-May-1946 |
25-Nov-2005 |
Manchester United |
| Peter Black |
Politician |
14-Jun-1943 |
|
Boorish Australian legislator |
| Bobby Bland |
Singer |
27-Jan-1930 |
|
Turn on Your Lovelight |
| Steen Steensen Blicher |
Author |
11-Oct-1782 |
26-Mar-1848 |
Fragments from the Diary of a Parish Clerk |
| Alexander Blok |
Poet |
16-Nov-1880 |
7-Aug-1921 |
Russian Silver Age poet |
| Vida Blue |
Baseball |
28-Jul-1949 |
|
Cy Young Award winning pitcher |
| Don Bolles |
Musician |
30-Jul-1956 |
|
The Germs |
| Danny Bonaduce |
Actor |
13-Aug-1959 |
|
The Partridge Family |
| John Bonham |
Drummer |
31-May-1948 |
24-Sep-1980 |
Led Zeppelin drummer choked on vomit |
| Edwin Booth |
Actor |
13-Nov-1833 |
7-Jun-1893 |
Renowned 19th century American actor |
| James Booth |
Actor |
19-Dec-1927 |
11-Aug-2005 |
Zulu |
| James Boswell |
Author |
29-Oct-1740 |
19-May-1795 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson |
| Edgar Bowers |
Poet |
2-Mar-1924 |
4-Feb-2000 |
For Louis Pasteur |
| Jane Bowles |
Novelist |
22-Feb-1917 |
4-May-1973 |
Two Serious Ladies |
| Pattie Boyd |
Model |
17-Mar-1944 |
|
Ex-Wife of George Harrison, Eric Clapton |
| Mathew Brady |
Photographer |
c. 1823 |
15-Jan-1896 |
Civil War photographer |
| Russell Brand |
Comic |
4-Jun-1975 |
|
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know |
| Richard Brautigan |
Author |
30-Jan-1935 |
14-Oct-1984 |
So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away |
| Nicholas Brendon |
Actor |
12-Apr-1971 |
|
Xander Harris on Buffy |
| Eileen Brennan |
Actor |
3-Sep-1932 |
|
Capt. Lewis on Private Benjamin |
| Daniel Brewster |
Politician |
23-Nov-1923 |
19-Aug-2007 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69 |
| Isaac Brock |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jul-1977 |
|
Frontman for Modest Mouse |
| Foster Brooks |
Comic |
11-May-1912 |
20-Dec-2001 |
Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts |
| Louise Brooks |
Actor |
14-Nov-1906 |
8-Aug-1985 |
Pandora's Box |
| Bobby Brown |
Singer |
5-Feb-1969 |
|
Still humpin' around after all these years |
| George Brown |
Politician |
2-Sep-1914 |
2-Jun-1985 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68 |
| James Brown |
Singer |
3-May-1933 |
25-Dec-2006 |
Purportedly felt good |
| Tod Browning |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1882 |
6-Oct-1962 |
Director, Dracula, Freaks |
| Elbridge Bryant |
Singer |
28-Sep-1939 |
26-Oct-1975 |
The Temptations |
| Charles Bukowski |
Author |
16-Aug-1920 |
09-Mar-1994 |
Love is a Dog from Hell |
| Jim J. Bullock |
Actor |
9-Feb-1955 |
|
Monroe on Too Close for Comfort |
| R. L. Burnside |
Musician |
23-Nov-1926 |
1-Sep-2005 |
A Ass Pocket of Whiskey |
| William S. Burroughs, Jr. |
Relative |
21-Jul-1947 |
3-Mar-1981 |
Son of William S. Burroughs |
| Richard Burton |
Actor |
10-Nov-1925 |
5-Aug-1984 |
Nineteen Eighty Four |
| George W. Bush |
Head of State |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
43rd US President |
| Noelle Bush |
Relative |
26-Jul-1977 |
|
Niece of George W. Bush |
| Brett Butler |
Comic |
20-Jan-1958 |
|
Comedian with southern drawl |
| Yancy Butler |
Actor |
2-Jul-1970 |
|
Witchblade |
| Paul Butterfield |
Musician |
17-Dec-1942 |
4-May-1987 |
Paul Butterfield Blues Band |
| Edd Byrnes |
Actor |
30-Jul-1933 |
|
Kookie on 77 Sunset Strip |
| Crazy Cabbie |
Radio Personality |
10-Dec-1968 |
|
Part of the Howard Stern menagerie |
| Sid Caesar |
Comic |
8-Sep-1922 |
|
Your Show of Shows |
| James M. Cain |
Novelist |
1-Jul-1892 |
27-Oct-1977 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
| Maria Callas |
Singer |
4-Dec-1923 |
16-Sep-1977 |
Diva soprano of the 1950s |
| Ken Caminiti |
Baseball |
21-Apr-1963 |
10-Oct-2004 |
Former National League MVP |
| Glen Campbell |
Country Musician |
22-Apr-1936 |
|
Rhinestone Cowboy |
| Truman Capote |
Novelist |
30-Sep-1924 |
25-Aug-1984 |
Flamboyant author of In Cold Blood |
| Macdonald Carey |
Actor |
15-Mar-1913 |
21-Mar-1994 |
Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives |
| Mary Carey |
Pornstar |
15-Jun-1980 |
|
Porn star, ran for California Governor |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
|
Wiseass stand-up comic |
| Belinda Carlisle |
Singer |
17-Aug-1958 |
|
Lead vocalist for The Go-Go's |
| Art Carney |
Actor |
4-Nov-1918 |
9-Nov-2003 |
Ed Norton on The Honeymooners |
| David Carradine |
Actor |
8-Dec-1936 |
|
Grasshopper |
| Johnny Carson |
Talk Show Host |
23-Oct-1925 |
23-Jan-2005 |
Longtime host of Tonight Show |
| Cris Carter |
Football |
25-Nov-1965 |
|
Former NFL wide receiver |
| Emily Carter |
Author |
1960 |
|
Glory Goes and Gets Some |
| Hurricane Carter |
Criminal |
6-May-1937 |
|
Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder |
| Kevin Carter |
Photographer |
13-Sep-1960 |
27-Jul-1994 |
Wanting A Meal |
| Lynda Carter |
Actor |
24-Jul-1951 |
|
Wonder Woman |
| Nell Carter |
Actor |
13-Sep-1948 |
23-Jan-2003 |
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break |
| Raymond Carver |
Author |
25-May-1938 |
2-Aug-1988 |
Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? |
| Johnny Cash |
Country Musician |
26-Feb-1932 |
12-Sep-2003 |
The Man in Black |
| Raymond Chandler |
Author |
23-Jul-1888 |
26-Mar-1959 |
Invented hard-boiled detective novel |
| Lon Chaney, Jr. |
Actor |
10-Feb-1906 |
12-Jul-1973 |
The Wolf Man |
| Graham Chapman |
Comic |
8-Jan-1941 |
4-Oct-1989 |
Monty Python's King Arthur |
| Chevy Chase |
Comic |
8-Oct-1943 |
|
He is, you're not |
| Alex Chilton |
Musician |
28-Dec-1950 |
|
Big Star |
| Margaret Cho |
Comic |
5-Dec-1968 |
|
Loud-mouthed standup comic |
| Lord Randolph Churchill |
Politician |
13-Feb-1849 |
24-Jan-1895 |
Father of Winston Churchill |
| Randolph Churchill |
Journalist |
28-May-1911 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Son of Winston Churchill |
| Chyna |
Wrestling |
27-Dec-1969 |
|
Former pro wrestler |
| Eric Clapton |
Musician |
30-Mar-1945 |
|
Slowhand |
| Gene Clark |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Nov-1944 |
24-May-1991 |
The Byrds, No Other |
| George Rogers Clark |
Military |
19-Nov-1752 |
13-Feb-1818 |
Kentucky frontier military leader |
| Adam Clayton |
Bassist |
13-Mar-1960 |
|
Bassist for U2 |
| Montgomery Clift |
Actor |
17-Oct-1920 |
23-Jul-1966 |
From Here to Eternity |
| Roger Clinton |
Relative |
25-Jul-1956 |
|
Black sheep in Clinton family |
| Colin Clive |
Actor |
20-Jan-1900 |
25-Jun-1937 |
Frankenstein |
| Brian Clough |
Soccer |
21-Mar-1935 |
20-Sep-2004 |
Renowned British soccer manager |
| Kurt Cobain |
Musician |
20-Feb-1967 |
5-Apr-1994 |
Lead singer of Nirvana |
| Joe Cocker |
Singer/Songwriter |
20-May-1944 |
|
Singer-slash-contortionist |
| Natalie Cole |
Singer |
6-Feb-1950 |
|
Singer-daughter of Nat King Cole |
| Judy Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-May-1939 |
|
Folk singer |
| John Coltrane |
Jazz Musician |
23-Sep-1926 |
17-Jul-1967 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Lionel Conacher |
Hockey |
24-May-1900 |
26-May-1954 |
Canadian All-Around Athlete |
| Jeff Conaway |
Actor |
5-Oct-1950 |
|
Zack Allen on Babylon 5 |
| Robert Conrad |
Actor |
1-Mar-1935 |
|
Wild Wild West |
| Tom Conway |
Actor |
15-Sep-1904 |
22-Apr-1967 |
I Walked with a Zombie |
| Barbara Cook |
Singer |
25-Oct-1927 |
|
Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress |
| Alice Cooper |
Musician |
4-Feb-1948 |
|
No More Mr. Nice Guy |
| Frank Corder |
Aviator |
c. 1966 |
12-Sep-1994 |
Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn |
| Wendell Corey |
Actor |
20-Mar-1914 |
8-Nov-1968 |
Desert Fury |
| Patricia Cornwell |
Novelist |
9-Jun-1956 |
|
Crime novelist, Postmortem |
| Hart Crane |
Poet |
21-Jul-1899 |
27-Apr-1932 |
Industrial and urban poet |
| Phil Crane |
Politician |
3-Nov-1930 |
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1969-2005 |
| Peter Criss |
Drummer |
20-Dec-1945 |
|
One of the original KISS quartet |
| Bing Crosby |
Singer |
3-May-1903 |
14-Oct-1977 |
White Christmas |
| Dennis Crosby |
Relative |
13-Jul-1934 |
7-May-1991 |
Bing Crosby's son, suicide with shotgun |
| Philip Crosby |
Actor |
13-Jul-1934 |
13-Jan-2004 |
Son of Bing Crosby |
| Tony Curtis |
Actor |
3-Jun-1925 |
|
Houdini and Some Like It Hot |
| D.M.C. |
Rapper |
31-May-1964 |
|
Run-D.M.C. |
| Jeffrey Dahmer |
Criminal |
21-May-1960 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Homosexual serial killer cannibal |
| John Daly |
Golf |
28-Apr-1966 |
|
Alcoholic golfer |
| Jean-Claude Van Damme |
Actor |
18-Oct-1960 |
|
Timecop |
| Dorothy Dandridge |
Actor |
9-Nov-1922 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Carmen Jones |
| Linda Darnell |
Actor |
16-Oct-1923 |
10-Apr-1965 |
Star Dust |
| Clement Davies |
Politician |
19-Feb-1884 |
23-Mar-1962 |
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1945-56 |
| Bette Davis |
Actor |
5-Apr-1908 |
6-Oct-1989 |
All About Eve |
| Brandon Davis |
Socialite |
1979 |
|
Oil heir, pal of Paris Hilton |
| Kristin Davis |
Actor |
23-Feb-1965 |
|
Good girl Charlotte on Sex and the City |
| Miles Davis |
Jazz Musician |
25-May-1926 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue |
| Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
|
Murderer of Polly Klaas |
| Pat Day |
Jockey |
13-Oct-1953 |
|
Winner of 9 triple crown races |
| Mark Dayton |
Politician |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
US Senator from Minnesota |
| Howard Dean |
Politician |
17-Nov-1948 |
|
Chairman of the Democratic Party |
| Michael Deaver |
Government |
11-Apr-1938 |
18-Aug-2007 |
Reagan Deputy Chief of Staff |
| Sandra Dee |
Actor |
23-Apr-1942 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gidget |
| Tom DeLay |
Politician |
8-Apr-1947 |
|
Indicted ex-House Majority Leader |
| John Denver |
Country Musician |
31-Dec-1943 |
12-Oct-1997 |
Rocky Mountain High |
| Gerard Depardieu |
Actor |
27-Dec-1948 |
|
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Michael Des Barres |
Actor |
24-Jan-1948 |
|
Murdoc on MacGyver |
| C.C. DeVille |
Guitarist |
14-May-1962 |
|
Guitarist for Poison |
| Andy Dick |
Comic |
21-Dec-1965 |
|
Matthew from NewsRadio |
| Janice Dickinson |
Model |
15-Feb-1955 |
|
1970s supermodel |
| Dion |
Musician |
18-Jul-1939 |
|
Runaround Sue |
| Thomas J. Dodd |
Politician |
15-May-1907 |
24-May-1971 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71 |
| Troy Donahue |
Actor |
27-Jan-1936 |
2-Sep-2001 |
A Summer Place |
| Michael Douglas |
Actor |
25-Sep-1944 |
|
Wall Street, The Game |
| Robert Downey, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Apr-1965 |
|
Chaplin, The Gingerbread Man |
| Richard Dreyfuss |
Actor |
29-Oct-1947 |
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
| Peter Duel |
Actor |
24-Feb-1940 |
31-Dec-1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones |
| Kitty Dukakis |
First Lady |
26-Dec-1937 |
|
Wife of Michael Dukakis |
| Olympia Dukakis |
Actor |
20-Jun-1931 |
|
Tales of the City |
| Patty Duke |
Actor |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
The Patty Duke Show |
| Michael Dunn |
Actor |
20-Oct-1934 |
30-Aug-1973 |
Dr. Miguelito Loveless |
| Marguerite Duras |
Novelist |
4-Apr-1914 |
3-Mar-1996 |
Hiroshima mon Amour |
| Isabelle Eberhardt |
Author |
17-Feb-1877 |
21-Oct-1904 |
Transvestite Muslim author |
| Mark Eitzel |
Musician |
30-Jan-1959 |
|
Frontman for American Music Club |
| Erika Eleniak |
Actor |
29-Sep-1969 |
|
Shauni on Baywatch |
| Linda Ellerbee |
Journalist |
15-Aug-1944 |
|
"And so it goes." |
| Dock Ellis |
Baseball |
11-Mar-1945 |
|
Pitched a no-hitter on LSD |
| Ruth Ellis |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1925 |
13-Jul-1955 |
Last woman hanged in England |
| James Ellroy |
Novelist |
4-Mar-1948 |
|
L.A. Confidential |
| Eve Ensler |
Playwright |
25-May-1953 |
|
The Vagina Monologues |
| Peg Entwistle |
Actor |
1-Jul-1908 |
18-Sep-1932 |
Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign |
| Joe Eszterhas |
Screenwriter |
23-Nov-1944 |
|
Showgirls, Basic Instinct |
| George Etherege |
Playwright |
c. 1635 |
10-May-1692 |
Love in a Tub |
| Chad Everett |
Actor |
11-Jun-1936 |
|
Dr. Joe Gannon, Medical Center |
| William Eythe |
Actor |
7-Apr-1918 |
26-Jan-1957 |
The House on 92nd Street |
| Stanley Fafara |
Actor |
20-Sep-1949 |
20-Sep-2003 |
Whitey on Leave It to Beaver |
| Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
| Edie Falco |
Actor |
5-Jul-1963 |
|
The Sopranos |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| James Farentino |
Actor |
24-Feb-1938 |
|
The Pad and How to Use It |
| Chris Farley |
Comic |
15-Feb-1964 |
17-Dec-1997 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress dehumanized by insane asylum |
| Philo Farnsworth |
Inventor |
19-Aug-1906 |
11-Mar-1971 |
Inventor of electronic television |
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Film Director |
31-May-1945 |
10-Jun-1982 |
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant |
| William Faulkner |
Author |
25-Sep-1897 |
6-Jul-1962 |
The Sound and the Fury |
| Freddy Fender |
Musician |
4-Jun-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Before the Next Teardrop Falls |
| Craig Ferguson |
Talk Show Host |
17-May-1962 |
|
The Late Late Show |
| Lolo Ferrari |
Pornstar |
9-Feb-1970 |
5-Mar-2000 |
Pornstar with beachball-sized tits |
| Henry Fielding |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1707 |
8-Oct-1754 |
Tom Jones |
| W. C. Fields |
Comic |
29-Jan-1880 |
25-Dec-1946 |
The Bank Dick |
| Carrie Fisher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1956 |
|
Princess Leia in Star Wars |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Author |
24-Sep-1896 |
21-Dec-1940 |
The Great Gatsby |
| Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
| Mark Foley |
Politician |
8-Sep-1954 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 1995-2006 |
| Betty Ford |
First Lady |
8-Apr-1918 |
|
Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center |
| John Ford |
Film Director |
1-Feb-1894 |
31-Aug-1973 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Charles James Fox |
Politician |
24-Jan-1749 |
13-Sep-1806 |
U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary |
| Michael J. Fox |
Actor |
9-Jun-1961 |
|
Back to the Future |
| wiL Francis |
Singer |
8-Jan-1982 |
|
Lead singer of Aiden |
| William Frawley |
Actor |
26-Feb-1887 |
3-Mar-1966 |
Fred on I Love Lucy |
| Lynne Frederick |
Actor |
25-Jul-1954 |
27-Apr-1994 |
The Prisoner of Zenda |
| Morgan Freeman |
Actor |
1-Jun-1937 |
|
Unforgiven |
| James Frey |
Author |
12-Sep-1969 |
|
Addiction memoirist, A Million Little Pieces |
| Kinky Friedman |
Musician |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Texas Jewboy |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| Edward Furlong |
Actor |
2-Aug-1977 |
|
Terminator 2 and Pecker |
| Eddie Gaedel |
Baseball |
8-Jun-1925 |
18-Jun-1961 |
Dwarf MLB player |
| Leopoldo Galtieri |
Head of State |
15-Jul-1926 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Invaded Falklands, ran death squads |
| Luis Alfredo Garavito |
Criminal |
25-Jan-1957 |
|
Colombian serial killer, murdered 140+ boys |
| Ava Gardner |
Actor |
24-Dec-1922 |
25-Jan-1990 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| Janeane Garofalo |
Comic |
28-Sep-1964 |
|
Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist |
| Brad Garrett |
Actor |
14-Apr-1960 |
|
Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond |
| Leif Garrett |
Musician |
8-Nov-1961 |
|
1970s teen idol |
| Larry Gatlin |
Country Musician |
2-May-1948 |
|
One of the Gatlin Brothers |
| Paul Gauguin |
Painter |
7-Jun-1848 |
8-May-1903 |
French post-impressionist painter |
| Gil Gerard |
Actor |
23-Jan-1943 |
|
Buck Rogers |
| Geronimo |
Military |
16-Jun-1829 |
17-Feb-1909 |
The last Indian to surrender |
| J. Paul Getty, Jr. |
Business |
7-Sep-1932 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Heir to the Getty Oil fortune |
| Stan Getz |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1927 |
6-Jun-1991 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Andy Gibb |
Musician |
5-Mar-1958 |
10-Mar-1988 |
I Just Want To Be Your Everything |
| Maurice Gibb |
Bassist |
22-Dec-1949 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees |
| Khalil Gibran |
Poet |
6-Jan-1883 |
10-Apr-1931 |
The Prophet |
| Mel Gibson |
Actor |
3-Jan-1956 |
|
Mad Max |
| Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by firing squad in Utah |
| Sharon Gless |
Actor |
31-May-1943 |
|
Cagney on Cagney and Lacey |
| Gary Glitter |
Musician |
8-May-1944 |
|
Rock and Roll Part 2 |
| Alexander Godunov |
Dancer |
28-Nov-1949 |
18-May-1995 |
Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer |
| Bobcat Goldthwait |
Comic |
26-May-1962 |
|
Shakes the Clown |
| Dwight Gooden |
Baseball |
16-Nov-1964 |
|
Pitcher, New York Mets |
| Robert Goulet |
Singer |
26-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2007 |
Baritone star of stage and screen |
| Kelsey Grammer |
Actor |
21-Feb-1955 |
|
From Cheers to Frasier |
| Ulysses S. Grant |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1822 |
23-Jul-1885 |
Eighteenth President of the United States |
| Richard Grieco |
Actor |
23-Mar-1965 |
|
Officer Dennis Booker on 21 Jump Street |
| Melanie Griffith |
Actor |
9-Aug-1957 |
|
Mom from Lolita redux |
| George Grosz |
Artist |
26-Jul-1893 |
6-Jul-1959 |
German social caricaturist |
| Jean Hagen |
Actor |
3-Aug-1923 |
29-Aug-1977 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Merle Haggard |
Country Musician |
6-Apr-1937 |
|
Okie From Muskogee |
| Marvin Hagler |
Boxing |
23-May-1954 |
|
Retired boxing champ, lives in Italy |
| Larry Hagman |
Actor |
21-Sep-1931 |
|
J.R. Ewing on Dallas |
| Corey Haim |
Actor |
23-Dec-1971 |
|
One of the Coreys |
| Anthony Michael Hall |
Actor |
14-Apr-1968 |
|
Sixteen Candles |
| Billy Halop |
Actor |
11-Feb-1920 |
9-Nov-1976 |
Dead End Kid |
| Sir William Rowan Hamilton |
Mathematician |
3-Aug-1805 |
2-Sep-1865 |
Inventor of Quaternions |
| Dashiell Hammett |
Author |
27-May-1894 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Edward A. Hannegan |
Politician |
25-Jun-1807 |
25-Feb-1859 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| William F. Harrah |
Business |
2-Sep-1911 |
30-Jun-1978 |
Founder of Harrah's Casino |
| Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
| Domino Harvey |
Relative |
7-Aug-1969 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Laurence Harvey's daughter |
| Doug Harvey |
Hockey |
19-Dec-1924 |
26-Dec-1989 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
| Jaroslav Hasek |
Author |
30-Apr-1883 |
3-Jan-1923 |
The Good Soldier Svejk |
| David Hasselhoff |
Actor |
17-Jul-1952 |
|
Knight Rider, Baywatch |
| Robert Hawke |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1929 |
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91 |
| Coleman Hawkins |
Jazz Musician |
21-Nov-1904 |
19-May-1969 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
Musician |
18-Jul-1929 |
12-Feb-2000 |
I Put a Spell on You |
| Charles Hawtrey |
Actor |
30-Nov-1914 |
27-Oct-1988 |
Carry On... |
| Dick Haymes |
Singer |
13-Sep-1916 |
28-Mar-1980 |
State Fair |
| Susan Hayward |
Actor |
30-Jun-1918 |
14-Mar-1975 |
I Want to Live! |
| Sadeq Hedayat |
Author |
17-Feb-1903 |
9-Apr-1951 |
The Blind Owl |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Margaux Hemingway |
Actor |
16-Feb-1955 |
2-Jul-1996 |
Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin |
| Jimi Hendrix |
Guitarist |
27-Nov-1942 |
18-Sep-1970 |
Purple Haze |
| Ian Hendry |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Get Carter |
| O. Henry |
Author |
11-Sep-1862 |
5-Jun-1910 |
The Gift of the Magi |
| James Hetfield |
Musician |
3-Aug-1963 |
|
Metallica |
| James Hewitt |
Relative |
17-Jan-1958 |
|
Lady Diana's adulterous lover |
| Wild Bill Hickok |
Actor |
27-May-1837 |
2-Aug-1876 |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show |
| Bill Hicks |
Comic |
16-Dec-1961 |
26-Feb-1994 |
Visionary comedian, met untimely death |
| Patricia Highsmith |
Novelist |
19-Jan-1921 |
4-Feb-1995 |
Strangers on a Train |
| Henry Hill |
Criminal |
11-Jun-1943 |
|
Mobster inspired Goodfellas |
| Damien Hirst |
Artist |
1965 |
|
Animal slices in formalin as art |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Actor |
23-Jul-1967 |
|
Ne'er-do-well character actor |
| William Holden |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Stalag 17 |
| Billie Holiday |
Singer |
7-Apr-1915 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Singer with a haunting voice |
| Doc Holliday |
Doctor |
14-Aug-1851 |
8-Nov-1887 |
Wyatt Earp's reliable friend |
| John Holmes |
Pornstar |
8-Aug-1944 |
13-Mar-1988 |
Life-support system for a 10-inch penis |
| Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
| Curly Howard |
Actor |
22-Oct-1903 |
18-Jan-1952 |
Highest pitched Stooge |
| Steve Howe |
Baseball |
10-Mar-1958 |
28-Apr-2006 |
MLB pitcher |
| Victoriano Huerta |
Head of State |
23-Mar-1854 |
13-Jan-1916 |
El chacal President of Mexico, 1913-14 |
| Harold Hughes |
Politician |
10-Feb-1922 |
23-Oct-1996 |
Governor and Senator from Iowa |
| Mark R. Hughes |
Business |
Feb-1956 |
21-May-2000 |
Herbalife founder |
| William Hurt |
Actor |
20-Mar-1950 |
|
Altered States, Broadcast News |
| Barbara Hutton |
Socialite |
14-Nov-1912 |
11-May-1979 |
The Poor Little Rich Girl |
| Betty Hutton |
Actor |
26-Feb-1921 |
11-Mar-2007 |
Incendiary Blonde |
| Karl Hyde |
Electronic Musician |
1961 |
|
Underworld vocalist |
| Don Imus |
Radio Personality |
23-Jul-1940 |
|
Imus in the Morning |
| Joshua Jackson |
Actor |
11-Jun-1978 |
|
Pacey on Dawson's Creek |
| Samuel L. Jackson |
Actor |
21-Dec-1948 |
|
Pulp Fiction |
| Max Jacob |
Poet |
12-Jul-1876 |
5-Mar-1944 |
Le Cornet à dés |
| Etta James |
Singer |
25-Jan-1938 |
|
Soul Diva |
| Calamity Jane |
Performance Artist |
1-May-1852 |
1-Aug-1903 |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
| David Janssen |
Actor |
27-Mar-1931 |
13-Feb-1980 |
The Fugitive |
| Alfred Jarry |
Playwright |
8-Sep-1873 |
1-Nov-1907 |
Ubu roi |
| Michael Jeter |
Actor |
26-Aug-1952 |
30-Mar-2003 |
Evening Shade |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Elton John |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Mar-1947 |
|
Bennie and the Jets |
| Little Willie John |
Musician |
15-Oct-1937 |
26-May-1968 |
Volatile but influential R&B writer and performer |
| Denis Johnson |
Novelist |
1949 |
|
Jesus' Son |
| Don Johnson |
Actor |
15-Dec-1949 |
|
Miami Vice, Nash Bridges |
| Ben Jones |
Actor |
30-Aug-1941 |
|
Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard |
| Brian Jones |
Guitarist |
28-Feb-1942 |
3-Jul-1969 |
Guitarist for the Rolling Stones |
| George Jones |
Country Musician |
12-Sep-1931 |
|
Country singer, White Lightning |
| Jim Jones |
Rapper |
15-Jul-1976 |
|
We Fly High, Dipset |
| Janis Joplin |
Singer |
19-Jan-1943 |
4-Oct-1970 |
Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart) |
| Al Jourgensen |
Musician |
9-Oct-1958 |
|
Lead for industrial band Ministry |
| Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
| Ernst Kaltenbrunner |
Military |
4-Oct-1903 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Commanded the Reich Central Security Office |
| Ingvar Kamprad |
Business |
30-Mar-1926 |
|
IKEA founder |
| Arthur Kane |
Bassist |
3-Feb-1949 |
13-Jul-2004 |
Former New York Dolls bassist |
| Alvin Karpis |
Criminal |
10-Aug-1907 |
26-Aug-1979 |
Former Public Enemy #1 |
| Mary Karr |
Author |
1954 |
|
The Liars' Club |
| Phil Katz |
Computer Programmer |
3-Nov-1962 |
14-Apr-2000 |
Creator of PKZIP |
| Howard Keel |
Actor |
13-Apr-1919 |
07-Nov-2004 |
Clayton Farlow on Dallas |
| Nancee Kelly |
Pornstar |
5-Jun-1958 |
17-Nov-1991 |
Wife of Jack Nance |
| William Kemmler |
Criminal |
9-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1890 |
First man executed by electric chair |
| Charles Kennedy |
Politician |
25-Nov-1959 |
|
Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1999-2006 |
| Joan Kennedy |
Relative |
9-Sep-1936 |
|
First wife of Ted Kennedy |
| Patrick Joseph Kennedy |
Politician |
14-Jul-1967 |
|
Congressman, Rhode Island 1st |
| Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
|
US Senator from Massachusetts |
| Jack Kerouac |
Novelist |
12-Mar-1922 |
21-Oct-1969 |
On The Road |
| Margot Kidder |
Actor |
17-Oct-1948 |
|
Lois Lane in the Superman movie |
| Richard Kiel |
Actor |
13-Sep-1939 |
|
"Jaws" in Moonraker |
| Jaime King |
Actor |
23-Apr-1979 |
|
White Chicks |
| Rodney King |
Victim |
2-Apr-1965 |
|
Subject of horrendous LAPD beatdown |
| Stephen King |
Novelist |
21-Sep-1947 |
|
The Shining |
| Sam Kinison |
Comic |
8-Dec-1953 |
10-Apr-1992 |
Late comedian known for screaming |
| Thomas Kinkade |
Painter |
19-Jan-1958 |
|
Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light" |
| Calvin Klein |
Fashion Designer |
19-Nov-1942 |
|
Fashion designer |
| Evel Knievel |
Daredevil |
17-Oct-1938 |
30-Nov-2007 |
Daredevil and one-time action figure |
| Etheridge Knight |
Poet |
19-Apr-1931 |
10-Mar-1991 |
Poems from Prison |
| Mort Kondracke |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1939 |
|
Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin |
| Ronnie Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Kray brothers |
| Sylvia Kristel |
Actor |
28-Sep-1952 |
|
Emmanuelle |
| Kris Kristofferson |
Actor |
22-Jun-1936 |
|
Big Top Pee-Wee |
| Ray Kroc |
Business |
5-Oct-1902 |
14-Jan-1984 |
McDonald's fast food tycoon |
| Lawrence Kudlow |
Economist |
20-Aug-1947 |
|
Kudlow & Cramer |
| Randy Kuhl |
Politician |
19-Apr-1943 |
|
Congressman, New York 29th |
| Veronica Lake |
Actor |
14-Nov-1922 |
7-Jul-1973 |
Sullivan's Travels |
| Anne Lamott |
Author |
10-Apr-1954 |
|
Operating Instructions |
| Jani Lane |
Singer |
1-Feb-1964 |
|
Lead singer of Warrant |
| Nathan Lane |
Actor |
3-Feb-1956 |
|
The Producers |
| Artie Lange |
Comic |
11-Oct-1967 |
|
MADtv, Howard Stern |
| Ring Lardner |
Journalist |
6-Mar-1885 |
25-Sep-1933 |
Gullible's Travels |
| John Larroquette |
Actor |
25-Nov-1947 |
|
Night Court |
| Lash La Rue |
Actor |
15-Jun-1917 |
21-May-1996 |
B-Western star |
| John Le Mesurier |
Actor |
5-Apr-1912 |
15-Nov-1983 |
Dad's Army |
| Fran Lebowitz |
Author |
27-Oct-1950 |
|
Social satirist, Metropolitan Life |
| Dixie Lee |
Musician |
4-Nov-1911 |
1-Nov-1952 |
Singer and wife of Bing Crosby |
| Tommy Lee |
Drummer |
3-Oct-1962 |
|
Mötley Crüe drummer probably still on parole |
| Jack Lemmon |
Actor |
8-Feb-1925 |
27-Jun-2001 |
The Odd Couple |
| Lemmy |
Singer |
24-Dec-1945 |
|
Bassist for Motorhead |
| Elmore Leonard |
Novelist |
11-Oct-1925 |
|
Crime novelist, including Swag |
| Sugar Ray Leonard |
Boxing |
17-May-1956 |
|
Retired six times |
| Mark Lester |
Actor |
11-Jul-1958 |
|
Oliver! |
| Drew Lewis |
Government |
3-Nov-1931 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83 |
| Jerry Lee Lewis |
Musician |
29-Sep-1935 |
|
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire |
| Juliette Lewis |
Actor |
21-Jun-1973 |
|
Natural Born Killers |
| Meriwether Lewis |
Explorer |
18-Aug-1774 |
11-Oct-1809 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Robert Ley |
Military |
15-Feb-1890 |
25-Oct-1945 |
Nazi union buster, slave master |
| Patrick Lichfield |
Photographer |
25-Apr-1939 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Prominent British photographer |
| Gordon Lightfoot |
Musician |
17-Nov-1938 |
|
Canadian balladeer |
| Leonard Little |
Football |
19-Oct-1974 |
|
Rams defensive end with a drinking problem |
| Horace Liveright |
Publisher |
10-Dec-1886 |
24-Sep-1933 |
Publisher of the Modern Library series |
| Lindsay Lohan |
Actor |
2-Jul-1986 |
|
Mean Girls |
| Jack London |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1876 |
22-Nov-1916 |
Call of the Wild |
| Russell Long |
Politician |
3-Nov-1918 |
9-May-2003 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87 |
| John Longden |
Actor |
11-Nov-1900 |
26-May-1971 |
Quatermass 2 |
| Mike Lookinland |
Actor |
19-Dec-1960 |
|
Bobby on The Brady Bunch |
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes |
Singer |
27-May-1971 |
25-Apr-2002 |
Member of TLC |
| Traci Lords |
Pornstar |
7-May-1968 |
|
We Love You, Traci |
| Courtney Love |
Musician |
9-Jul-1964 |
|
Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole |
| Ada Lovelace |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1815 |
27-Nov-1852 |
Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine |
| Patty Loveless |
Country Musician |
4-Jan-1957 |
|
"New traditionalist" country singer |
| Rob Lowe |
Actor |
17-Mar-1964 |
|
Brat-packer, Sam on The West Wing |
| Malcolm Lowry |
Novelist |
28-Jul-1909 |
27-Jun-1957 |
Under the Volcano |
| Henry Lee Lucas |
Criminal |
23-Aug-1936 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas |
| Bela Lugosi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
16-Aug-1956 |
Dracula |
| Paul Lynde |
Comic |
13-Jun-1926 |
10-Jan-1982 |
Hollywood Square |
| Amber Lynn |
Pornstar |
3-Sep-1963 |
|
Lifestyles of the Blonde and Dirty |
| Ginger Lynn |
