| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Rick Allen |
Drummer |
1-Nov-1963 |
|
Def Leppard's one-armed drummer |
| Arthur Askey |
Comic |
6-Jun-1900 |
16-Nov-1982 |
Horn-rimmed British comic |
| Susan Atkins |
Criminal |
7-May-1948 |
|
Manson Family |
| Artur Axmann |
Government |
18-Feb-1913 |
24-Oct-1996 |
Hitler Youth leader |
| Sarah Bernhardt |
Actor |
22-Oct-1844 |
26-Mar-1923 |
French theatre actress |
| John Wayne Bobbitt |
Victim |
23-Mar-1967 |
|
Penectomy survivor |
| Carl Brashear |
Military |
19-Jan-1931 |
25-Jul-2006 |
Navy diver |
| Douglas H. Brooks |
Business |
12-Aug-1952 |
|
CEO of Brinker International |
| Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
| Al Capp |
Cartoonist |
28-Sep-1909 |
5-Nov-1979 |
Creator of L'il Abner |
| Ronald D. Castille |
Judge |
16-Mar-1944 |
|
Pennsylvania Chief Justice |
| George Rogers Clark |
Military |
19-Nov-1752 |
13-Feb-1818 |
Kentucky frontier military leader |
| Max Cleland |
Politician |
24-Aug-1942 |
|
US Senator from Georgia, 1997-2003 |
| Eric A. Cornell |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1961 |
|
Atomic physicist, Nobel laureate |
| Bo Diddley |
Guitarist |
30-Dec-1928 |
2-Jun-2008 |
Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist |
| James Doohan |
Actor |
3-Mar-1920 |
20-Jul-2005 |
Scotty on Star Trek |
| Tammy Duckworth |
Military |
12-Mar-1968 |
|
Blackhawk pilot, wounded in Iraq |
| Rahm Emanuel |
Politician |
29-Nov-1959 |
|
Congressman, Illinois 5th |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| Totie Fields |
Comic |
7-May-1930 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Weight-conscious comedienne |
| Ranulph Fiennes |
Explorer |
7-Mar-1944 |
|
World explorer |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Singer |
25-Apr-1917 |
15-Jun-1996 |
The First Lady of Jazz |
| Samuel Foote |
Actor |
1720 |
21-Oct-1777 |
Diversions |
| Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
| Virginia Hall |
Spy |
6-Apr-1906 |
14-Jul-1982 |
American spy |
| Pat Hingle |
Actor |
19-Jul-1924 |
|
Commissioner Gordon in Batman films |
| Shirley Horn |
Musician |
1-May-1934 |
20-Oct-2005 |
Here's To Life |
| Carol W. Hunstein |
Judge |
16-Aug-1944 |
|
Justice, Georgia Supreme Court |
| Daniel Inouye |
Politician |
7-Sep-1924 |
|
US Senator from Hawaii |
| Tony Iommi |
Guitarist |
19-Feb-1948 |
|
Guitar player for Black Sabbath |
| Stonewall Jackson |
Military |
21-Jan-1824 |
10-May-1863 |
Robert E. Lee's "right arm" |
| Robert Jenkins |
Business |
fl. 1731-45 |
fl. 1731-45 |
War of Jenkins' Ear |
| Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
| Buster Keaton |
Actor |
4-Oct-1895 |
1-Feb-1966 |
The General |
| Edward Kelley |
Paranormal |
1-Aug-1555 |
1-Nov-1597 |
Notorious forger and alchemist |
| Walt Kelly |
Cartoonist |
25-Aug-1913 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Creator of Pogo |
| Joyce L. Kennard |
Judge |
6-May-1941 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Bob Kerrey |
Politician |
27-Aug-1943 |
|
Governor and Senator from Nebraska |
| Mabel King |
Actor |
25-Dec-1932 |
9-Nov-1999 |
What's Happening! |
| Richard Leakey |
Anthropologist |
19-Dec-1944 |
|
Excavated Koobi Fora |
| Al Lewis |
Actor |
30-Apr-1923 |
3-Feb-2006 |
Grandpa on The Munsters |
| Peter B. Lewis |
Business |
11-Nov-1933 |
|
CEO of Progressive, 1965-2000 |
| Harold Lloyd |
Actor |
20-Apr-1893 |
8-Mar-1971 |
Prolific silent film actor |
| Ronnie Lott |
Football |
8-May-1959 |
|
FOX NFL Sunday |
| Edouard Manet |
Painter |
23-Jan-1832 |
30-Apr-1883 |
French Realist/Impressionist painter |
| Abu Hamza al-Masri |
Religion |
15-Apr-1958 |
|
Imam of Finsbury Park Mosque |
| George Mikan |
Basketball |
18-Jun-1924 |
1-Jun-2005 |
Minneapolis Lakers center |
| Heather Mills |
Activist |
12-Jan-1968 |
|
Ex-wife of Paul McCartney |
| W. C. Minor |
Scholar |
Jun-1834 |
26-Mar-1920 |
Prolific OED contributor |
| Gouverneur Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1752 |
6-Nov-1816 |
American financier, Revolutionary politician |
| Lord Nelson |
Military |
29-Sep-1758 |
21-Oct-1805 |
Most celebrated British admiral |
| Haing S. Ngor |
Victim |
22-Mar-1940 |
25-Feb-1996 |
The Killing Fields |
| William F. Nichols |
Politician |
16-Oct-1918 |
13-Dec-1988 |
Congressman from Alabama, 1967-88 |
| Mike O'Callaghan |
Politician |
10-Sep-1929 |
5-Mar-2004 |
Governor of Nevada, 1971-79 |
| Carroll O'Connor |
Actor |
2-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
| Álvaro Obregón |
Head of State |
19-Feb-1880 |
17-Jul-1928 |
President of Mexico, 1920-24 |
| Alferd Packer |
Criminal |
21-Nov-1842 |
23-Apr-1907 |
Celebrated cannibal killer |
| Cole Porter |
Composer |
9-Jun-1891 |
15-Oct-1964 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
| John Wesley Powell |
Geologist |
24-Mar-1834 |
23-Sep-1902 |
Exploration of the Colorado River |
| Joe Pyne |
TV Personality |
22-Dec-1925 |
23-Mar-1970 |
Father of attack TV |
| Martha Raye |
Actor |
27-Aug-1916 |
19-Oct-1994 |
Monsieur Verdoux |
| Chopper Read |
Criminal |
17-Nov-1954 |
|
Earless Australian killer, author |
| Arthur Rimbaud |
Poet |
20-Oct-1854 |
10-Nov-1891 |
Une Saison en Enfer |
| John Roebling |
Engineer |
12-Jun-1806 |
22-Jul-1869 |
Began construction of Brooklyn Bridge |
| Harold Russell |
Actor |
14-Jan-1914 |
29-Jan-2002 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Antonio López de Santa Anna |
Military |
21-Feb-1794 |
21-Jun-1876 |
Hero of Tampico |
| Ron Santo |
Baseball |
25-Feb-1940 |
|
Third baseman, Chicago Cubs |
| Sam Snead |
Golf |
27-May-1912 |
23-May-2002 |
Winner of 82 PGA tournaments |
| John C. Stennis |
Politician |
3-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
| Peter Stuyvesant |
Government |
c. 1592 |
Feb-1672 |
Dutch colonial governor |
| James B. Sumner |
Chemist |
19-Nov-1887 |
12-Aug-1955 |
First to crystallize an enzyme |
| Jon Tester |
Politician |
21-Aug-1956 |
|
US Senator from Montana |
| Danny Thomas |
Actor |
6-Jan-1914 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Make Room For Daddy |
| Josip Broz Tito |
Head of State |
7-May-1892 |
4-May-1980 |
Communist dictator of Yugoslavia |
| Susan Tyrrell |
Actor |
18-Mar-1945 |
|
Queen Doris in The Forbidden Zone |
| Vincent van Gogh |
Painter |
30-Mar-1853 |
29-Jul-1890 |
Troubled and brilliant painter |
| Bill Veeck |
Baseball |
9-Feb-1914 |
2-Jan-1986 |
Chicago White Sox owner |
| Claus von Stauffenberg |
Military |
15-Nov-1907 |
20-Jul-1944 |
Tried to kill Hitler in 1944 |
| Slim Whitman |
Country Musician |
20-Jan-1924 |
|
Western singer, balladeer and yodeler |
| Cornell Woolrich |
Novelist |
4-Dec-1903 |
25-Sep-1968 |
The Bride Wore Black |
| Lev Yashin |
Soccer |
22-Oct-1929 |
20-Mar-1990 |
Soviet soccer star |
| Boris Yeltsin |
Head of State |
1-Feb-1931 |
23-Apr-2007 |
First president of post-Soviet Russia |
