LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Joachim du Bellay	Poet	c. 1522	1-Jan-1560	French Pléiade poet
Johann Bernoulli	Mathematician	27-Jul-1667	1-Jan-1748	L'Hôpital's rule
Beulah Bondi	Actor	3-May-1888	1-Jan-1981	Make Way for Tomorrow
Victor Buono	Actor	3-Feb-1938	1-Jan-1982	King Tut on Batman
Lord David Cecil	Author	9-Apr-1902	1-Jan-1986	Melbourne
Maurice Chevalier	Actor	12-Sep-1888	1-Jan-1972	Love Me Tonight
Shirley Chisholm	Politician	30-Nov-1924	1-Jan-2005	First black woman elected to US House
Domenico Cimarosa	Composer	17-Dec-1749	1-Jan-1801	Il Matrimonio segreto
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton	Naturalist	29-May-1716	1-Jan-1800	French comparative anatomist
Ignatius Donnelly	Author	3-Nov-1831	1-Jan-1901	Atlantis, the Antediluvian World
Heinrich Hertz	Physicist	22-Feb-1857	1-Jan-1894	Discoverer of electromagnetic radiation
Grace Murray Hopper	Computer Programmer	9-Dec-1906	1-Jan-1992	Invented the COBOL compiler
Robert S. Kerr	Politician	11-Sep-1896	1-Jan-1963	Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Martin Heinrich Klaproth	Chemist	1-Dec-1743	1-Jan-1817	Discovered uranium, zirconium, titanium
Alexis Korner	Musician	19-Apr-1928	1-Jan-1984	Pivotal British blues performer
Louis XII	Royalty	27-Jun-1462	1-Jan-1515	King of France 1498-1515
Edwin Lutyens	Architect	29-Mar-1869	1-Jan-1944	Laid the plan for New Delhi
Barton MacLane	Actor	25-Dec-1902	1-Jan-1969	Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie
Robert Matsui	Politician	17-Sep-1941	1-Jan-2005	Congressman from California, 1993-2005
John S. McKiernan	Politician	15-Oct-1911	1-Jan-1997	Governor of Rhode Island, 1950-51
Odo	Royalty	c. 860 AD	1-Jan-898 AD	King of France 888-898
Tillie Olsen	Author	14-Jan-1913	1-Jan-2007	Tell Me a Riddle
Charles O. Porter	Politician	4-Apr-1919	1-Jan-2006	Congressman from Oregon, 1957-61
Cesar Romero	Actor	15-Feb-1907	1-Jan-1994	The Joker on Batman
Frank Soskice	Politician	23-Jul-1902	1-Jan-1979	UK Home Secretary, 1964-65
Margaret Sullavan	Actor	16-May-1911	1-Jan-1960	The Shop Around the Corner
Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg	Head of State	29-Nov-1856	1-Jan-1921	German Chancellor 1909-17
Ray Walston	Actor	2-Dec-1914	1-Jan-2001	My Favorite Martian
Eugene Wigner	Physicist	17-Nov-1902	1-Jan-1995	Law of conservation of parity
Darrent Williams	Football	27-Sep-1982	1-Jan-2007	Murdered Denver Broncos cornerback
Hank Williams, Sr.	Country Musician	17-Sep-1923	1-Jan-1953	Take These Chains From My Heart
William Wycherley	Playwright	1640	1-Jan-1716	The Plain Dealer

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