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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gamal Abdel-Nasser
Head of State
15-Jan-1918 28-Sep-1970 President of Egypt, 1956-70
Omar Abdel-Rahman
Criminal
3-May-1938   The Blind Sheikh
Sami Al-Arian
Criminal
14-Jan-1958   Professor convicted of funding terrorism
Yuri Andropov
Head of State
14-Jun-1914 9-Feb-1984 Soviet General Secretary, 1982-84
Piers Anthony
Novelist
6-Aug-1934   Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality
Rocky Aoki
Business
9-Oct-1938 10-Jul-2008 Benihana founder
Arthur Ashe
Tennis
10-Jul-1943 6-Feb-1993 First black man to win Wimbledon
Hoyt Axton
Country Musician
25-Mar-1938 26-Oct-1999 Folk singer, songwriter, composer
Ann Ayars
Actor
23-Jul-1918 27-Feb-1995 The Youngest Profession
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
21-Mar-1685 28-Jul-1750 Baroque composer
LaVern Baker
Singer
11-Nov-1929 10-Mar-1997 Jim Dandy
Syd Barrett
Musician
6-Jan-1946 7-Jul-2006 Pink Floyd
Marion Barry
Politician
6-Mar-1936   Twice Mayor of Washington, DC
Richard Bartlett
Film Director
8-Nov-1922 11-Jun-1994 Joe Dakota
Warren A. Bechtel
Business
12-Sep-1872 28-Aug-1933 Founder of Bechtel Corporation
Menachem Begin
Head of State
16-Aug-1913 9-Mar-1992 Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82
Brendan Behan
Playwright
9-Feb-1923 20-Mar-1964 The Hostage
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
3-Mar-1847 2-Aug-1922 Inventor of the telephone
Jack Benny
Actor
14-Feb-1894 26-Dec-1974 The Jack Benny Show
Fred Berry
Actor
13-Mar-1951 21-Oct-2003 Rerun on What's Happening!!
Halle Berry
Actor
14-Aug-1966   Monster's Ball
Pierre Berton
Author
12-Jul-1920 30-Nov-2004 Canadian writer and TV personality
Bruno Bettelheim
Psychologist
28-Aug-1903 13-Mar-1990 Fraudulent child psychologist
John G. Brady
Politician
25-May-1848 17-Dec-1918 Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906
Wilford Brimley
Actor
27-Sep-1934   Grandfatherly actor, shill for Oatmeal Industry
David Broder
Journalist
11-Sep-1929 9-Mar-2011 Washington Post reporter
Robert H. Brooks
Business
6-Feb-1937 16-Jul-2006 Hooters chairman
Danny Joe Brown
Singer/Songwriter
24-Aug-1951 10-Mar-2005 Singer for Molly Hatchet
James Brown
Singer
3-May-1933 25-Dec-2006 Godfather of Soul
Mordecai Brown
Baseball
19-Oct-1876 14-Feb-1948 Three Finger Brown
Blanche K. Bruce
Politician
1-Mar-1841 17-Mar-1898 US Senator, former slave
William F. Buckley
Columnist
24-Nov-1925 27-Feb-2008 National Review
Ralph Bunche
Diplomat
4-Aug-1904 9-Dec-1971 UN Mediator in Palestine 1948
Edward Bunker
Author
31-Dec-1933 19-Jul-2005 Animal Factory
Delta Burke
Actor
30-Jul-1956   Designing Women
Daniel H. Burnham
Architect
4-Sep-1846 1-Jun-1912 Built skyscrapers and planned cities
James Cagney
Actor
17-Jul-1899 30-Mar-1986 New York tough guy
Rory Calhoun
Actor
8-Aug-1922 28-Apr-1999 Auto thief turned actor
Don Callander
Novelist
23-Mar-1930 26-Jul-2008 Pyromancer
Nell Carter
Actor
13-Sep-1948 23-Jan-2003 Housekeeper on Gimme A Break
Johnny Cash
Country Musician
26-Feb-1932 12-Sep-2003 The Man in Black
Mary Cassatt
Painter
22-May-1843 14-Jun-1926 American impressionist, lived in Paris
Paul Castellano
Criminal
20-Jun-1915 16-Dec-1985 Gambino crime boss
Phoebe Cates
Actor
16-Jul-1963   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Paul Cézanne
Painter
19-Jan-1839 22-Oct-1906 Post-Impressionist French painter
Wilt Chamberlain
Basketball
21-Aug-1936 12-Oct-1999 Wilt the Stilt
Carol Channing
Singer
31-Jan-1921   All-Singing All-Dancing
Sylvia Chase
Journalist
23-Feb-1938   Co-Anchor of 20/20
Chemical Ali
Government
1941 25-Jan-2010 Cousin of Saddam Hussein
Chiang Ching-Kuo
Head of State
27-Apr-1910 13-Jan-1988 President of Nationalist China, 1978-88
Dick Clark
TV Personality
30-Nov-1929 18-Apr-2012 American Bandstand
Bobby Clarke
Hockey
13-Aug-1949   Philadelphia Flyers, 1969-84
Hal Clement
Novelist
20-May-1922 29-Oct-2003 Mission of Gravity
Ty Cobb
Baseball
18-Dec-1886 17-Jul-1961 Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
Lansana Conté
Head of State
c. 1934 22-Dec-2008 President of Guinea, 1984-2008
Brian Cox
Actor
1-Jun-1946   The original Hannibal Lecter
Bettino Craxi
Head of State
24-Feb-1934 19-Jan-2000 Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87
David Crosby
Musician
14-Aug-1941   Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Marvin Davis
Business
31-Aug-1925 25-Sep-2004 Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox
Miles Davis
Jazz Musician
26-May-1926 28-Sep-1991 Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Paula Deen
Chef
19-Jan-1947   Paula's Home Cooking
John Dehner
Actor
23-Nov-1915 4-Feb-1992 Carousel
Charles Demuth
Painter
8-Nov-1883 23-Oct-1935 I Saw the Figure Five in Gold
Vernon Dent
Actor
16-Feb-1895 5-Nov-1963 Frequent foil to The Three Stooges
Richard DeVos
Business
4-Mar-1926   Co-Founder of Amway
Bo Diddley
Guitarist
30-Dec-1928 2-Jun-2008 Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist
Eric Dolphy
Jazz Musician
20-Jun-1928 29-Jun-1964 Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist
James Doohan
Actor
3-Mar-1920 20-Jul-2005 Scotty on Star Trek
François Duvalier
Head of State
14-Apr-1907 21-Apr-1971 Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti
Paul Eddington
Actor
18-Jun-1927 4-Nov-1995 Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister
Thomas Edison
Inventor
11-Feb-1847 18-Oct-1931 Invented the light bulb
Richard J. Egan
Business
28-Feb-1936 28-Aug-2009 Co-Founder, EMC Corporation
John Ehrlichman
Government
20-Mar-1925 14-Feb-1999 Watergate criminal, served time
Dale Evans
Country Musician
31-Oct-1912 7-Feb-2001 Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers
King Fahd
Royalty
1923 1-Aug-2005 King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005
Shepard Fairey
Artist
15-Feb-1970   Andre the Giant Has A Posse
John Fante
Author
8-Apr-1909 8-May-1983 Bukowski's idol
José Feliciano
Singer
10-Sep-1945   Feliz Navidad
Freddy Fender
Musician
4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Totie Fields
Comic
7-May-1930 2-Aug-1978 Weight-conscious comedienne
Jon Finch
Actor
2-Mar-1941   Frenzy
Ella Fitzgerald
Singer
25-Apr-1917 15-Jun-1996 The First Lady of Jazz
Mick Fleetwood
Musician
24-Jun-1947   Fleetwood Mac
Martin Fleischmann
Chemist
29-Mar-1927 3-Aug-2012 Cold fusion crank
Jay C. Flippen
Actor
6-Mar-1899 3-Feb-1971 The Killing
Mary Ford
Singer
7-Jul-1924 30-Sep-1977 Les Paul & Mary Ford
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Military
13-Jul-1821 29-Oct-1877 Confederate Cavalry General
William Fox
Film/TV Producer
1-Jan-1879 8-May-1952 Founder of 20th Century Fox
Melvin Franklin
Singer
12-Oct-1942 23-Feb-1995 Bass vocals for The Temptations
Joe Frazier
Boxing
12-Jan-1944 7-Nov-2011 Smokin' Joe
Lucio Fulci
Film Director
17-Jun-1927 13-Mar-1996 The Beyond
Stephen Furst
Actor
8-May-1955   Vir on Babylon 5
Jerry Garcia
Musician
1-Aug-1942 9-Aug-1995 Grateful Dead
Jeff Garlin
Actor
5-Jun-1962   Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Ghostface Killah
Rapper
9-May-1970   Wu-Tang Clan
Kenneth A. Gibson
Politician
15-May-1932   Mayor of Newark, 1970-86
Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Musician
21-Oct-1917 7-Jan-1993 Be-bop jazz trumpeter
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Jackie Gleason
Actor
26-Feb-1916 24-Jun-1987 Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners
Amon Goeth
Criminal
12-Nov-1908 13-Sep-1946 Ran concentration camp at Plaszow
Al Goldstein
Business
10-Jan-1936   Founder of Screw magazine
Mikhail Gorbachev
Head of State
2-Mar-1931   Final leader of the Soviet Union
Jimmy The Greek
TV Personality
9-Sep-1918 21-Apr-1996 Oddsmaker
Sydney Greenstreet
Actor
27-Dec-1879 18-Jan-1954 Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon
John Howard Griffin
Author
16-Jul-1920 9-Sep-1980 Black Like Me
Buddy Hackett
Comic
31-Aug-1924 30-Jun-2003 Abrasive old school comic
Gus Hall
Activist
8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA
H. Tracy Hall
Chemist
20-Oct-1919 25-Jul-2008 Synthetic diamonds
Helene Hanff
Author
15-Apr-1916 9-Apr-1997 84, Charing Cross Road
Warren G. Harding
Head of State
2-Nov-1865 2-Aug-1923 29th US President, 1921-23
Don Haskins
Basketball
14-Mar-1930 7-Sep-2008 UTEP Head Basketball Coach, 1961-99
Dennis Hastert
Politician
2-Jan-1942   Speaker of the House, 1999-2006
Hatshepsut
Royalty
c. 1502 BC c. 1458 BC Female Pharaoh of Egypt
Lionel Hebert
Golf
20-Jan-1928 30-Dec-2000 Winner, 1957 PGA Championship
Ernest Hemingway
Author
21-Jul-1899 2-Jul-1961 The Old Man And The Sea
Smith Hempstone, Jr.
Diplomat
1-Feb-1929 19-Nov-2006 US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93
Pete Henry
Football
31-Oct-1897 7-Feb-1952 NFL Hall-of-Famer
Christopher Hewett
Actor
5-Apr-1922 3-Aug-2001 Mr. Belvedere
Dana Hill
Actor
6-May-1964 15-Jul-1996 Audrey Griswold in European Vacation
Shirley Horn
Musician
1-May-1934 20-Oct-2005 Here's To Life
Mike Huckabee
Politician
24-Aug-1955   Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007
Catfish Hunter
Baseball
8-Apr-1946 9-Sep-1999 Pitched a perfect game in 1968
Samuel P. Huntington
Author
18-Apr-1927 24-Dec-2008 The Clash of Civilizations
Oscar Hammerstein I
Theatre Producer
8-May-1847 1-Aug-1919 Olympia Theatre
Kim Jong Il
Head of State
16-Feb-1941 17-Dec-2011 Dictator of North Korea, 1994-2011
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Novelist
22-Apr-1929 21-Feb-2005 Tres Tristes Tigres
Charles Ives
Composer
20-Oct-1874 19-May-1954 Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting)
Karl Gustav Jacobi
Mathematician
10-Dec-1804 18-Feb-1851 Investigated elliptical functions
Rick James
Musician
1-Feb-1948 6-Aug-2004 Superfreak
Bill Janklow
Politician
13-Sep-1939 12-Jan-2012 Congressman and Governor of South Dakota
Waylon Jennings
Country Musician
15-Jun-1937 13-Feb-2002 Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
Richard Jewell
Victim
17-Nov-1962 29-Aug-2007 Innocent security guard blamed for bombing
Diamond Jim Brady
Business
12-Aug-1856 13-Apr-1917 Larger-than-life millionaire
Daniel Johnston
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jan-1961   Hi How Are You?
Nick Jonas
Musician
16-Sep-1992   The Jonas Brothers
David Starr Jordan
Biologist
19-Jan-1851 19-Sep-1931 Fishes of North and Middle America
Gordon Jump
Actor
1-Apr-1932 22-Sep-2003 Maytag repairman who headed WKRP
Nancy Kelly
Actor
25-Mar-1921 2-Jan-1995 The Bad Seed
Walt Kelly
Cartoonist
25-Aug-1913 18-Oct-1973 Creator of Pogo
Ken Kesey
Novelist
17-Sep-1935 10-Nov-2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Kevorkian
Doctor
26-May-1928 3-Jun-2011 Euthanasia enthusiast
Nikita Khrushchev
Head of State
5-Apr-1894 11-Sep-1971 Deposed leader of the Soviet Union
B. B. King
Musician
16-Sep-1925   King of the Blues
Billie Jean King
Tennis
22-Nov-1943   Defeated Bobby Riggs in '73 Battle of the Sexes
Larry King
Talk Show Host
19-Nov-1933   Larry King Live
Mabel King
Actor
25-Dec-1932 9-Nov-1999 What's Happening!
Evel Knievel
Daredevil
17-Oct-1938 30-Nov-2007 Daredevil and one-time action figure
Stanley Kramer
Film Director
29-Sep-1913 19-Feb-2001 It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Mario Kreutzberger
Game Show Host
28-Dec-1940   Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante
Ray Kroc
Business
5-Oct-1902 14-Jan-1984 McDonald's fast food tycoon
Ray Kurzweil
Inventor
12-Feb-1948   Age of Spiritual Machines
Patti LaBelle
Singer
24-May-1944   Lady Marmalade
Fiorello LaGuardia
Politician
11-Dec-1882 20-Sep-1947 New York City Mayor, 1934-45
Constant Lambert
Composer
23-Aug-1905 21-Aug-1951 Rio Grande
Dick Lane
Football
16-Apr-1928 29-Jan-2002 Night Train Lane
Rose Wilder Lane
Author
5-Dec-1886 30-Oct-1968 The Discovery of Freedom
Rosemary Lane
Actor
4-Apr-1914 25-Nov-1974 Four Daughters
David Lange
Head of State
4-Aug-1942 13-Aug-2005 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1984-89
Samuel W. T. Lanham
Politician
4-Jul-1846 19-Jul-1908 Governor of Texas, 1903-07
Peggy Lee
Singer
26-May-1920 21-Jan-2002 Is That All There Is?
Tommy Lee
Drummer
3-Oct-1962   Mötley Crüe drummer
Larry Levenson
Business
c. 1936 23-Jan-1999 Founder of Plato's Retreat
Jerry Lewis
Comic
16-Mar-1926   Muscular Dystrophy Association
Lil' Boosie
Rapper
14-Nov-1983   Bad Azz
Meat Loaf
Musician
27-Sep-1947   Bat Out of Hell
George Lucas
Film Director
14-May-1944   Creator of Star Wars
Ricardo Flores Magón
Anarchist
16-Sep-1873 21-Nov-1922 Agitator behind Mexican revolution
Winnie Mandela
Relative
26-Sep-1936   Former wife of Nelson Mandela
Jerry Mathers
Actor
2-Jun-1948   Beaver in Leave it to Beaver
Chris Matthews
Talk Show Host
17-Dec-1945   Hardball with Chris Matthews
Drummond Matthews
Geologist
5-Feb-1931 20-Jul-1997 Plate tectonics
Curtis Mayfield
Musician
3-Jun-1942 26-Dec-1999 Superfly soundtrack
Hattie McDaniel
Actor
10-Jun-1893 26-Oct-1952 Mammy in Gone with the Wind
John McKay
Football
5-Jul-1923 10-Jun-2001 USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75
Ruth McKenney
Author
18-Nov-1911 25-Jul-1972 My Sister Eileen
Leo McKern
Actor
16-Mar-1920 23-Jul-2002 Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey
Edwin M. McMillan
Physicist
18-Sep-1907 7-Sep-1991 Discovered neptunium and plutonium
Bret Michaels
Singer
15-Mar-1963   Poison frontman
George Mikan
Basketball
18-Jun-1924 1-Jun-2005 Minneapolis Lakers center
George R. Minot
Doctor
2-Dec-1885 25-Feb-1950 Liver therapy for pernicious anemia
Mary Tyler Moore
Actor
29-Dec-1936   The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Rudy Ray Moore
Actor
17-Mar-1937 19-Oct-2008 Dolemite
Tracy Morgan
Actor
10-Nov-1968   Saturday Night Live
Richard Mulligan
Actor
13-Nov-1932 26-Sep-2000 Burt Campbell in Soap
Talbot Mundy
Novelist
23-Apr-1879 5-Aug-1940 King of the Khyber Rifles
Brittany Murphy
Actor
10-Nov-1977 20-Dec-2009 Clueless
Harry Nilsson
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jun-1941 15-Jan-1994 Me and My Arrow
Carroll O'Connor
Actor
2-Aug-1924 21-Jun-2001 Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Religion
13-Apr-1919 Sep-1995 Atheist spokeswoman
Patrice O'Neal
Comic
7-Dec-1969 29-Nov-2011 Mr. P
Peter O'Toole
Actor
2-Aug-1932   Lawrence of Arabia
John Osborne
Playwright
12-Dec-1929 24-Dec-1994 Look Back in Anger
Park Overall
Actor
15-Mar-1957   Empty Nest
Gary Owens
Radio Personality
10-May-1936   Radio DJ, announcer for Laugh-In
LaWanda Page
Actor
19-Oct-1920 14-Sep-2002 Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son
Suzy Parker
Model
28-Oct-1932 3-May-2003 Early supermodel turned actress
Tonye Patano
Actor
1961   Heylia James on Weeds
Johnny Paycheck
Country Musician
31-May-1938 18-Feb-2003 Take This Job and Shove It
Minnie Pearl
Singer
25-Oct-1912 4-Mar-1996 Her hat cost $1.98
David Peaston
Singer
13-Mar-1957 1-Feb-2012 Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right
John Peel
Radio Personality
30-Aug-1939 25-Oct-2004 Influential radio presenter
Papa Pilgrim
Criminal
c. 1941 24-May-2008 Hillbilly Heaven
Augusto Pinochet
Head of State
25-Nov-1915 10-Dec-2006 Overthrew Chile with CIA's help
Walter Piston
Composer
20-Jan-1894 12-Nov-1976 Symphony No. 3
John Popper
Musician
29-Mar-1967   Harmonica player, Blues Traveler
Otto Preminger
Film Director
5-Dec-1906 23-Apr-1986 Anatomy of a Murder
Elvis Presley
Singer
8-Jan-1935 16-Aug-1977 Rock and roll icon
Giacomo Puccini
Composer
22-Dec-1858 29-Nov-1924 Madame Butterfly
Mario Puzo
Novelist
15-Oct-1920 2-Jul-1999 The Godfather
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Religion
11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
Della Reese
Musician
6-Jul-1931   Touched by an Angel
Anne Rice
Novelist
4-Oct-1941   Vampire novelist
Zoogz Rift
Musician
10-Jul-1953 22-Mar-2011 Island of Living Puke
Irv Robbins
Business
6-Dec-1917 5-May-2008 Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Jackie Robinson
Baseball
31-Jan-1919 24-Oct-1972 First negro in the major leagues
Sugar Ray Robinson
Boxing
3-May-1921 12-Apr-1989 Welterweight and Middleweight champ
The Rock
Actor
2-May-1972   Yeah, yeah -- we smell it
Buddy Roemer
Politician
4-Oct-1943   Governor of Louisiana, 1988-92
Esther Rolle
Actor
8-Nov-1920 17-Nov-1998 Florida Evans on Good Times
Judith Rossner
Novelist
31-Mar-1935 9-Aug-2005 Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Dan Rowan
Comic
22-Jul-1922 22-Sep-1987 Laugh-In
Muriel Rukeyser
Poet
15-Dec-1913 12-Feb-1980 The Book of the Dead
Anwar Sadat
Head of State
25-Dec-1918 6-Oct-1981 President of Egypt, 1970-81
Ron Santo
Baseball
25-Feb-1940 2-Dec-2010 Third baseman, Chicago Cubs
Maximilian Schell
Actor
8-Dec-1930   Judgment at Nuremberg
Bo Schembechler
Football
1-Apr-1929 17-Nov-2006 Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89
Bob Schieffer
Journalist
25-Feb-1937   Face the Nation moderator
Alex Schoenbaum
Business
8-Aug-1915 6-Dec-1996 Founder, Shoney's
Avery Schreiber
Comic
9-Apr-1935 7-Jan-2002 Burns and Schreiber
Charles M. Schwab
Business
18-Feb-1862 19-Sep-1939 Founder of Bethlehem Steel
George C. Scott
Actor
18-Oct-1927 22-Sep-1999 Patton
Reinhard Selten
Economist
5-Oct-1930   Game theory
Artie Shaw
Musician
23-May-1910 30-Dec-2004 Clarinetist, big band leader
Sherri Shepherd
Actor
22-Apr-1967   Ramona Platt on Less Than Perfect
Mikhail Sholokhov
Author
24-May-1905 21-Feb-1984 The Silent Don
Norodom Sihanouk
Royalty
31-Oct-1922   King of Cambodia
Jaime Cardinal Sin
Religion
31-Aug-1928 21-Jun-2005 Former Archbishop of Manila
Joseph J. Sisco
Diplomat
31-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2004 Kissinger's Mideast Deputy
Percy Sledge
Singer
25-Nov-1941   When a Man Loves a Woman
Robert Smalls
Politician
5-Apr-1839 23-Feb-1915 Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina
Jean Smart
Actor
13-Sep-1959   Charlene on Designing Women
David Hyrum Smith
Relative
17-Nov-1844 29-Aug-1904 Son of Joseph Smith
Kate Smith
Singer
1-May-1907 17-Jun-1986 God Bless America
Duke Snider
Baseball
19-Sep-1926 27-Feb-2011 Dodgers Hall of Famer
Sonia Sotomayor
Judge
25-Jun-1954   US Supreme Court Justice
Guy Stockwell
Actor
16-Nov-1934 6-Feb-2002 Beau Geste
Sharon Stone
Actor
10-Mar-1958   Basic Instinct
Hank Stram
Football
3-Jan-1923 4-Jul-2005 Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs
Robert S. Strauss
Diplomat
19-Oct-1918   US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92
Elaine Stritch
Actor
2-Feb-1925   Two's Company
Jack Tatum
Football
18-Nov-1948 27-Jul-2010 The Assassin
Elizabeth Taylor
Actor
27-Feb-1932 23-Mar-2011 Cleopatra
Ross Thatcher
Politician
24-May-1917 22-Jul-1971 Premier of Saskatchewan, 1964-71
Dylan Thomas
Poet
27-Oct-1914 9-Nov-1953 Most influential Welsh poet
Tiny Tim
Musician
12-Apr-1932 30-Nov-1996 Tip Toe Thru the Tulips
Spencer Tracy
Actor
5-Apr-1900 10-Jun-1967 Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars
Joe Trippi
Activist
10-Jun-1956   Democratic campaign strategist
Jim Turner
Actor
1952   Kirby on Arli$$, Randee of the Redwoods
Boss Tweed
Politician
3-Apr-1823 12-Apr-1878 Boss of Tammany Hall
Michael Vale
TV Personality
28-Jun-1922 24-Dec-2005 Time to make the donuts
Ismael Valenzuela
Jockey
25-Dec-1934 2-Sep-2009 Winner, 1958 and 1968 Kentucky Derby
Dick Van Patten
Actor
9-Dec-1928   Dad on Eight is Enough
Luther Vandross
Singer
20-Apr-1951 1-Jul-2005 R&B Singer, Never Too Much
Immanuel Velikovsky
Author
10-Jun-1895 17-Nov-1979 Worlds in Collision
Jules Verne
Author
8-Feb-1828 24-Mar-1905 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Bruce Vilanch
Author
23-Nov-1948   The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes
Jacques Villeret
Actor
6-Feb-1951 28-Jan-2005 The Dinner Game
Silas Warner
Computer Programmer
18-Aug-1949 26-Feb-2004 Castle Wolfenstein
Ethel Waters
Singer
31-Oct-1896 1-Sep-1977 Sweet Mama Stringbean
Weegee
Photographer
12-Jun-1899 26-Dec-1968 Crime photographer
David Wells
Baseball
20-May-1963   MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not
H. G. Wells
Author
21-Sep-1866 13-Aug-1946 The War of the Worlds
Mae West
Actor
17-Aug-1893 22-Nov-1980 Go up and see her sometime
Paul Weyrich
Columnist
7-Oct-1942 18-Dec-2008 Conservative activist
Barry White
Singer
12-Sep-1944 4-Jul-2003 Soulful R&B singer
Jack Wild
Actor
30-Sep-1952 1-Mar-2006 Oliver!
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Novelist
7-Feb-1867 10-Feb-1957 Little House on the Prairie
Vanessa Williams
Actor
18-Mar-1963   First black Miss America
Carroll D. Wright
Sociologist
25-Jul-1840 20-Feb-1909 The Industrial Evolution of the United States
Jane Wyman
Actor
5-Jan-1917 10-Sep-2007 Falcon Crest
Elliott Yamin
Singer
20-Jul-1978   American Idol
Neil Young
Singer/Songwriter
12-Nov-1945   Harvest
Asif Ali Zardari
Head of State
22-Jul-1955   President of Pakistan
Zulu
Actor
17-Oct-1937 3-May-2004 Kono on Hawaii 5-O



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