| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| David Abercrombie |
Business |
6-Jun-1867 |
29-Aug-1931 |
Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch |
| Stuart Adamson |
Musician |
11-Apr-1958 |
16-Dec-2001 |
Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country |
| Ben Affleck |
Actor |
15-Aug-1972 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
| Casey Affleck |
Actor |
12-Aug-1975 |
|
Ben Affleck's brother |
| Princess Alice |
Royalty |
25-Dec-1901 |
29-Oct-2004 |
Late Duchess of Gloucester |
| George Allen |
Politician |
8-Mar-1952 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07 |
| Michael Atiyah |
Mathematician |
22-Apr-1929 |
|
Atiyah-Singer index theorem |
| Joan Baez |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jan-1941 |
|
Diamonds and Rust |
| Ian Ballantine |
Publisher |
15-Feb-1916 |
9-Mar-1995 |
Paperback magnate |
| Ma Barker |
Criminal |
1872 |
16-Jan-1935 |
Matriarch of the Barker-Karpis Gang |
| L. Frank Baum |
Novelist |
15-May-1856 |
6-May-1919 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Catherine Bell |
Actor |
14-Aug-1968 |
|
Sarah MacKenzie on JAG |
| John Stewart Bell |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1928 |
1-Oct-1990 |
Bell's theorem of quantum physics |
| Jacqueline Bisset |
Actor |
13-Sep-1944 |
|
The Deep |
| James W. Black |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1924 |
|
Propranolol and cimetidine |
| Earl Blaik |
Football |
15-Feb-1897 |
6-May-1989 |
Head Coach at Army, 1941-58 |
| F. Preston Blair |
Journalist |
12-Apr-1791 |
18-Apr-1876 |
Blair House |
| Montgomery Blair |
Attorney |
10-May-1813 |
27-Jul-1883 |
Dred Scott's lawyer |
| Alan Blumlein |
Inventor |
29-Jun-1903 |
7-Jun-1942 |
Stereophonic recording |
| David Boaz |
Activist |
c. 1953 |
|
Cato Institute |
| Dirk Bogarde |
Actor |
28-Mar-1921 |
8-May-1999 |
A Bridge Too Far |
| James Boswell |
Author |
29-Oct-1740 |
19-May-1795 |
The Life of Samuel Johnson |
| Jim Bowie |
Military |
10-Apr-1796 |
6-Mar-1836 |
Knife fighter, Alamo combatant |
| Charles Brackett |
Screenwriter |
26-Nov-1892 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Billy Wilder's collaborator |
| Heywood Broun |
Journalist |
7-Dec-1888 |
18-Dec-1939 |
Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s |
| Catherine Wolfe Bruce |
Philanthropist |
22-Jan-1816 |
13-Mar-1900 |
Underwriter of astronomy |
| David Buick |
Engineer |
17-Sep-1854 |
6-Mar-1929 |
Designed the first Buick motorcars |
| Frank Macfarlane Burnet |
Scientist |
3-Sep-1899 |
31-Aug-1985 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Benjamin Franklin Butler |
Attorney |
5-Nov-1818 |
11-Jan-1893 |
Criminal lawyer, Civil War general |
| Lord Byron |
Poet |
22-Jan-1788 |
19-Apr-1824 |
English romantic poet |
| John C. Calhoun |
Politician |
18-Mar-1782 |
31-Mar-1850 |
US Vice President, champion of the South |
| Glen Campbell |
Country Musician |
22-Apr-1936 |
|
Rhinestone Cowboy |
| Joseph Campbell |
Business |
15-May-1817 |
19-Jan-1900 |
Founder of Cambell Soups |
| Neve Campbell |
Actor |
3-Oct-1973 |
|
Phantom of the Opera |
| William W. Campbell |
Astronomer |
11-Apr-1862 |
14-Jun-1938 |
Stellar Motions |
| Walter Bradford Cannon |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1871 |
1-Oct-1945 |
Fight or flight response |
| Thomas Carlyle |
Historian |
4-Dec-1795 |
5-Feb-1881 |
The French Revolution |
| Butch Cassidy |
Criminal |
13-Apr-1866 |
c. 1908 |
Train and bank robber |
| G. K. Chesterton |
Author |
29-May-1874 |
14-Jun-1936 |
The Man Who Was Thursday |
| Brock Chisholm |
Doctor |
18-May-1896 |
4-Feb-1971 |
First Director-General of World Health Organization |
| Tommy Chong |
Actor |
24-May-1938 |
|
The stoned half of Cheech and Chong |
| George Rogers Clark |
Military |
19-Nov-1752 |
13-Feb-1818 |
Kentucky frontier military leader |
| William Clark |
Explorer |
1-Aug-1770 |
1-Sep-1838 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Thomas Cochrane |
Military |
14-Dec-1775 |
31-Oct-1860 |
Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen |
| Cadwallader Colden |
Physicist |
7-Feb-1689 |
20-Sep-1776 |
Colonial scientist and statesman |
| Sean Connery |
Actor |
25-Aug-1930 |
|
James Bond |
| Ralph Connor |
Author |
13-Sep-1860 |
31-Oct-1937 |
Canadian pulp author, Black Rock |
| Allan M. Cormack |
Physicist |
23-Feb-1924 |
7-May-1998 |
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
| Michael Craig |
Actor |
27-Jan-1928 |
|
Capt. John Anderson on Triangle |
| Laird Cregar |
Actor |
28-Jul-1916 |
9-Dec-1944 |
The Lodger |
| Amy Dacyczyn |
Author |
c. 1956 |
|
The Tightwad Gazette |
| Jack Daniel |
Business |
5-Sep-1846 |
10-Oct-1911 |
Moonshine magnate |
| Morris Dees |
Activist |
16-Dec-1936 |
|
Bankrupted the Klan |
| Mike DeWine |
Politician |
5-Jan-1947 |
|
US Senator from Ohio, 1995-2007 |
| William K. L. Dickson |
Inventor |
3-Aug-1860 |
28-Sep-1935 |
Motion picture camera |
| Vin Diesel |
Actor |
18-Jul-1967 |
|
Riddick from Pitch Black |
| John Dingell |
Politician |
6-Jul-1926 |
|
US Congressman, Michigan 15th |
| Robert Dollar |
Business |
1844 |
16-May-1932 |
Grand Old Man of the Pacific |
| Donald W. Douglas |
Business |
6-Apr-1892 |
1-Feb-1981 |
Founder of Douglas Aircraft Co. |
| Illeana Douglas |
Actor |
25-Jul-1965 |
|
Grace of My Heart |
| Melvyn Douglas |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
4-Aug-1981 |
Being There |
| Stephen A. Douglas |
Politician |
23-Apr-1813 |
3-Jun-1861 |
US Senator, debated Lincoln |
| Alec Douglas-Home |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1903 |
9-Oct-1995 |
UK Prime Minister, 1963-64 |
| Robert Downey, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Apr-1965 |
|
The Gingerbread Man |
| David Duchovny |
Actor |
7-Aug-1960 |
|
Mulder on The X-Files |
| Lara Dutta |
Actor |
16-Apr-1978 |
|
Miss Universe 2000 |
| Mary Baker Eddy |
Religion |
16-Jul-1821 |
3-Dec-1910 |
Founded Christian Science movement |
| Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
| Sam Ervin |
Politician |
27-Sep-1896 |
23-Apr-1985 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74 |
| Robert Faurisson |
Scholar |
25-Jan-1929 |
|
French Holocaust denier |
| Craig Ferguson |
Talk Show Host |
17-May-1962 |
|
The Late Late Show |
| Tina Fey |
Actor |
18-May-1970 |
|
Mean Girls |
| Isla Fisher |
Actor |
3-Feb-1976 |
|
Shannon Reed on Home and Away |
| John Ambrose Fleming |
Engineer |
29-Nov-1849 |
19-Apr-1945 |
Invented the vacuum tube |
| Dan Fogelberg |
Musician |
13-Aug-1951 |
16-Dec-2007 |
Leader Of The Band |
| Henry Stuart Foote |
Politician |
20-Sep-1800 |
20-May-1880 |
Governor of Mississippi 1852-54 |
| William D. Ford |
Politician |
6-Aug-1927 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95 |
| T. R. Fraser |
Scientist |
5-Feb-1841 |
4-Jan-1920 |
Made poison and venom into medicine |
| Robert Frost |
Poet |
26-Mar-1874 |
29-Jan-1963 |
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
| John Galt |
Novelist |
2-May-1779 |
11-Apr-1839 |
The Ayrshire Legatees |
| Lucretia Garfield |
First Lady |
19-Apr-1832 |
14-Mar-1918 |
Wife of US President James Garfield |
| Jack Germond |
Columnist |
c. 1928 |
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat |
| James M. Gilliss |
Astronomer |
6-Sep-1811 |
9-Feb-1865 |
Founder, US Naval Observatory |
| William Ewart Gladstone |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1809 |
19-May-1898 |
Four times UK Prime Minister |
| Goldie |
Electronic Musician |
28-Dec-1965 |
|
King of Jungle |
| John Gorrie |
Inventor |
3-Oct-1803 |
29-Jun-1855 |
Invented air conditioning |
| Sylvester Graham |
Activist |
5-Jul-1794 |
11-Sep-1851 |
Graham crackers |
| C. Boyden Gray |
Government |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
Conservative activist, lobbyist |
| Gordon Gray |
Government |
30-May-1909 |
26-Nov-1982 |
Secretary of the Army, 1949-50 |
| William Grayson |
Politician |
1736 |
12-Mar-1790 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1789-90 |
| Edvard Grieg |
Composer |
15-Jun-1843 |
4-Sep-1907 |
Norway's greatest composer |
| Samuel Guthrie |
Doctor |
1782 |
19-Oct-1848 |
Discovered chloroform |
| Andrew Smith Hallidie |
Inventor |
16-Mar-1836 |
24-Apr-1900 |
Designed the first cable car system |
| Alexander Hamilton |
Government |
11-Jan-1757 |
12-Jul-1804 |
Primary author of The Federalist Papers |
| Patrick Hamilton |
Religion |
1504 |
29-Feb-1528 |
Scottish Lutheran martyr |
| Sir William Rowan Hamilton |
Mathematician |
3-Aug-1805 |
2-Sep-1865 |
Inventor of Quaternions |
| John W. Hanes |
Business |
3-Feb-1850 |
22-Sep-1903 |
Hosiery magnate |
| Pleasant Hanes |
Business |
16-Oct-1845 |
9-Jun-1925 |
Underwear magnate |
| Eric Haney |
Military |
c. 1952 |
|
Inside Delta Force |
| Dick Haymes |
Singer |
13-Sep-1916 |
28-Mar-1980 |
State Fair |
| Bessie Head |
Novelist |
6-Jul-1937 |
17-Apr-1986 |
A Question of Power |
| George Hearst |
Business |
3-Sep-1820 |
28-Feb-1891 |
Patriarch of Hearst family fortune |
| Patty Hearst |
Victim |
20-Feb-1954 |
|
Kidnapped by SLA |
| William R. Hearst III |
Business |
c. 1950 |
|
San Francisco Examiner Editor, 1984-95 |
| William Randolph Hearst |
Business |
29-Apr-1863 |
14-Aug-1951 |
Newspaper magnate |
| George H. Hitchings |
Scientist |
18-Apr-1905 |
27-Feb-1998 |
Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis |
| Sam Houston |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1793 |
26-Jul-1863 |
President of Texas, 1836-38 and 1841-44 |
| David Hume |
Philosopher |
7-May-1711 |
25-Aug-1776 |
Empiricist nonpareil |
| John Hunter |
Doctor |
13-Feb-1728 |
16-Oct-1793 |
English pathologist |
| Laura Innes |
Actor |
16-Aug-1959 |
|
Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER |
| John Ireland |
Composer |
13-Aug-1879 |
12-Jun-1962 |
The Holy Boy |
| Washington Irving |
Author |
3-Apr-1783 |
28-Nov-1859 |
Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Andrew Jackson |
Head of State |
15-Mar-1767 |
8-Jun-1845 |
7th US President, 1829-37 |
| Rachel Jackson |
First Lady |
Jun-1767 |
22-Dec-1828 |
Wife of US President Andrew Jackson |
| Sir John Scarlett |
Spy |
18-Aug-1948 |
|
Head of MI6 |
| Eliza Johnson |
First Lady |
4-Oct-1810 |
15-Jan-1876 |
Wife of US President Andrew Johnson |
| Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Military |
3-Feb-1807 |
21-Mar-1891 |
Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman |
| John Paul Jones |
Military |
6-Jul-1747 |
18-Jul-1792 |
Has not yet begun to fight |
| Immanuel Kant |
Philosopher |
22-Apr-1724 |
12-Feb-1804 |
Transcendental idealist |
| Paul Kariya |
Hockey |
16-Oct-1974 |
|
St. Louis Blues |
| Garrison Keillor |
Radio Personality |
7-Aug-1942 |
|
A Prairie Home Companion |
| Graham Kerr |
Chef |
22-Jan-1934 |
|
The Galloping Gourmet |
| Roy Kerr |
Mathematician |
16-May-1934 |
|
Rotating black holes |
| Warwick Kerr |
Scientist |
9-Sep-1922 |
|
Introduced african bees to South America |
| Tom Kindness |
Politician |
26-Aug-1929 |
8-Jan-2004 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87 |
| Stephen King |
Novelist |
21-Sep-1947 |
|
The Shining |
| Thomas Kinkade |
Painter |
19-Jan-1958 |
|
Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light" |
| John H. Kinkead |
Politician |
10-Dec-1826 |
15-Aug-1904 |
Governor of Nevada, 1879-83 |
| Keira Knightley |
Actor |
26-Mar-1985 |
|
Bend It Like Beckham |
| Henry Knox |
Government |
25-Jul-1750 |
25-Oct-1806 |
US Secretary of War, 1785-94 |
| Nancy Kwan |
Actor |
19-May-1939 |
|
The World of Suzie Wong |
| Neil LaBute |
Film Director |
19-Mar-1963 |
|
In the Company of Men |
| Franklin K. Lane |
Government |
15-Jul-1864 |
18-May-1921 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20 |
| Andrew Bonar Law |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1858 |
30-Oct-1923 |
UK Prime Minister, 1922-23 |
| Jay Leno |
Talk Show Host |
28-Apr-1950 |
|
Successor to Johnny Carson |
| Mary Todd Lincoln |
First Lady |
13-Dec-1818 |
16-Jul-1882 |
Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln |
| Ray Liotta |
Actor |
18-Dec-1954 |
|
Goodfellas |
| Heather Locklear |
Actor |
25-Sep-1961 |
|
Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place |
| Juliette Gordon Low |
Activist |
31-Oct-1860 |
18-Jan-1927 |
Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA |
| Jeanette MacDonald |
Actor |
18-Jun-1903 |
14-Jan-1965 |
The Merry Widow |
| Alexander Mackendrick |
Film Director |
8-Sep-1912 |
22-Dec-1993 |
The Sweet Smell of Success |
| Iain Macleod |
Politician |
11-Nov-1913 |
20-Jul-1970 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61 |
| Dolley Madison |
First Lady |
20-May-1768 |
12-Jul-1849 |
Wife of US President James Madison |
| James Madison |
Head of State |
16-Mar-1751 |
28-Jun-1836 |
4th US President, 1809-17 |
| John Mahoney |
Actor |
20-Jun-1940 |
|
Martin Crane on Frasier |
| Shirley Manson |
Musician |
26-Aug-1966 |
|
Frontwoman for Garbage |
| Guglielmo Marconi |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1874 |
20-Jul-1937 |
Inventor of the radio |
| Steve Martin |
Comic |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
The Jerk |
| Mary I of Scotland |
Royalty |
8-Dec-1542 |
8-Feb-1587 |
Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Robert Mathews |
Criminal |
16-Jan-1953 |
8-Dec-1984 |
White supremacist died in shootout with FBI |
| John Loudon McAdam |
Inventor |
21-Sep-1756 |
26-Nov-1836 |
Macadam method of roads |
| John McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
| Tom McClintock |
Politician |
10-Jul-1956 |
|
Congressman, California 4th |
| James S. McDonnell |
Business |
9-Apr-1899 |
22-Aug-1980 |
Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co. |
| Ephraim McDowell |
Doctor |
11-Nov-1771 |
25-Jun-1830 |
Performed the first ovariotomy |
| John McGeoch |
Musician |
28-May-1955 |
4-Mar-2004 |
Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist |
| Carl McIntire |
Religion |
17-May-1906 |
19-Mar-2002 |
Radio Free America |
| Lachlan McIntosh |
Military |
17-Mar-1725 |
20-Feb-1806 |
Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel |
| Bird McIntyre |
Singer |
8-Dec-1958 |
|
Thai pop star |
| David O. McKay |
Religion |
8-Sep-1873 |
18-Jan-1970 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70 |
| Douglas McKay |
Politician |
24-Jun-1893 |
22-Jul-1959 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56 |
| Danica McKellar |
Actor |
3-Jan-1975 |
|
Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years |
| Ida McKinley |
First Lady |
8-Jun-1847 |
26-May-1907 |
Wife of US President William McKinley |
| William McKinley |
Head of State |
29-Jan-1843 |
14-Sep-1901 |
25th US President, 1897-1901 |
| Frank McLaury |
Criminal |
3-Mar-1848 |
26-Oct-1881 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Tom McLaury |
Criminal |
30-Jun-1853 |
26-Oct-1881 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| Edwin M. McMillan |
Physicist |
18-Sep-1907 |
7-Sep-1991 |
Discovered neptunium |
| Kristy McNichol |
Actor |
11-Sep-1962 |
|
1970s girl teen idol |
| Gerald McRaney |
Actor |
19-Aug-1947 |
|
Major Dad, married Delta Burke |
| Thomas Mellon |
Business |
3-Feb-1813 |
3-Feb-1908 |
Patriarch of the Mellon dynasty |
| Robert Menzies |
Head of State |
20-Dec-1894 |
15-May-1978 |
Twice Prime Minister of Australia |
| Ethel Merman |
Singer |
16-Jan-1908 |
15-Feb-1984 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| John Stuart Mill |
Philosopher |
20-May-1806 |
8-May-1873 |
Liberal philosopher and essayist |
| Dennis Miller |
Comic |
3-Nov-1953 |
|
SNL news anchor, born-again Republican |
| Jacques Monod |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1910 |
31-May-1976 |
Operon theory of genetic control |
| John Muir |
Activist |
21-Apr-1838 |
24-Dec-1914 |
Patron saint of Yosemite National Park |
| James Naismith |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1861 |
28-Nov-1939 |
Inventor of Basketball |
| Carrie Nation |
Activist |
25-Nov-1846 |
9-Jun-1911 |
Temperance crusader |
| Ernest Fox Nichols |
Physicist |
1-Jun-1869 |
29-Apr-1924 |
Infrared radiation |
| Jim Nicholson |
Government |
4-Feb-1938 |
|
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
| David Niven |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Pencil-moustachioed actor |
| Queen Noor |
Royalty |
23-Aug-1951 |
|
Queen of Jordan |
| Oliver North |
Military |
7-Oct-1943 |
|
Perjuring Iran-Contra figure |
| Peter O'Toole |
Actor |
2-Aug-1932 |
|
Lawrence of Arabia |
| Phil Ochs |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Dec-1940 |
9-Apr-1976 |
50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong |
| Osceola |
Military |
c. 1804 |
30-Jan-1838 |
Seminole Indian chief |
| Robert Dale Owen |
Activist |
9-Nov-1801 |
24-Jun-1877 |
The Wrong of Slavery |
| D. D. Palmer |
Doctor |
7-Mar-1845 |
20-Oct-1913 |
Founder of chiropractic medicine |
| Mungo Park |
Explorer |
10-Sep-1771 |
1806 |
Scottish explorer of the Niger |
| P. James E. Peebles |
Astronomer |
25-Apr-1935 |
|
Galaxy formation |
| Nia Peeples |
Actor |
10-Dec-1961 |
|
Walker, Texas Ranger |
| J. C. Penney |
Business |
16-Sep-1875 |
12-Feb-1971 |
Founder of J. C. Penney Company |
| Frances Perkins |
Government |
10-Apr-1882 |
14-May-1965 |
First female US cabinet member |
| Allan Pinkerton |
Business |
25-Aug-1819 |
1-Jul-1884 |
Pinkerton National Detective Agency |
| Roddy Piper |
Wrestling |
17-Apr-1954 |
|
Here to kick ass, chew bubble gum |
| Michael Portillo |
Politician |
26-May-1953 |
|
Former Conservative MP |
| Prince Rainier |
Royalty |
31-May-1923 |
6-Apr-2005 |
Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005 |
| Gordon Ramsay |
Chef |
8-Nov-1966 |
|
Hell's Kitchen |
| John Rechy |
Author |
10-Mar-1934 |
|
City of Night |
| George Rockwell |
Activist |
9-Mar-1918 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Founded American Nazi Party |
| William Barton Rogers |
Educator |
7-Dec-1804 |
30-May-1882 |
Founder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Emmy Rossum |
Actor |
12-Sep-1986 |
|
The Day After Tomorrow |
| Andrea Roth |
Actor |
30-Sep-1967 |
|
Janet Gavin on Rescue Me |
| John Ruskin |
Critic |
8-Feb-1819 |
20-Jan-1900 |
Greatest Victorian art critic |
| Henry Norris Russell |
Astronomer |
25-Oct-1877 |
18-Feb-1957 |
Giant stars and dwarfs |
| Ernest Rutherford |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1871 |
19-Oct-1937 |
Father of Nuclear Physics |
| Phyllis Schlafly |
Activist |
15-Aug-1924 |
|
Opponent of women's liberation |
| Gene W. Schneider |
Business |
8-Sep-1926 |
|
United Cable Television Corp. |
| John McAllister Schofield |
Military |
29-Sep-1831 |
4-Mar-1906 |
Union General later Secretary of War |
| James Scott |
Actor |
14-Jan-1979 |
|
Days of our Lives |
| Robert W. Service |
Poet |
16-Jan-1874 |
11-Sep-1958 |
Bard of the Yukon |
| Norma Shearer |
Actor |
10-Aug-1902 |
12-Jun-1983 |
The Divorcee |
| George Shiras, Jr. |
Judge |
26-Jan-1832 |
2-Aug-1924 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903 |
| Louis Simpson |
Poet |
27-Mar-1923 |
|
At The End of the Open Road |
| J. Marion Sims |
Doctor |
25-Jan-1813 |
13-Nov-1883 |
Father of gynecology |
| Harry Sinclair |
Business |
6-Jul-1876 |
10-Nov-1956 |
Founder of Sinclair Oil |
| Sir Hans Sloane |
Curator |
16-Apr-1660 |
11-Jan-1753 |
Started the British Museum collection |
| Adam Smith |
Economist |
5-Jun-1723 |
17-Jul-1790 |
Wealth of Nations |
| Robert G. Sproul |
Educator |
22-May-1891 |
10-Sep-1975 |
President, University of California, 1930-58 |
| Peter Steele |
Musician |
4-Jan-1962 |
|
Frontman for Type O Negative |
| Gwen Stefani |
Singer |
3-Oct-1969 |
|
No Doubt |
| Robert Louis Stevenson |
Author |
13-Nov-1850 |
3-Dec-1894 |
Treasure Island |
| Rod Stewart |
Musician |
10-Jan-1945 |
|
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? |
| Benjamin Stoddert |
Military |
1751 |
18-Dec-1813 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1798-1801 |
| Gilbert Stuart |
Painter |
3-Dec-1755 |
9-Jul-1828 |
American portrait painter |
| Ivan Sutherland |
Engineer |
16-May-1938 |
|
Father of computer graphics |
| Kiefer Sutherland |
Actor |
21-Dec-1966 |
|
24 |
| Orson Swindle |
Government |
8-Mar-1937 |
|
Federal Trade Commissioner, 1997-2005 |
| Maria Tallchief |
Dancer |
24-Jan-1925 |
|
New York City Ballet |
| Richard E. Taylor |
Physicist |
2-Nov-1929 |
|
Verified existence of quarks |
| Tamara Taylor |
Actor |
27-Sep-1970 |
|
Dr. Camille Saroyan on Bones |
| Frederick Terman |
Scientist |
7-Jun-1900 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Stanford Research Park |
| Lewis Terman |
Psychologist |
15-Jan-1877 |
21-Dec-1956 |
Intelligence tests |
| Bobby Thomson |
Baseball |
25-Oct-1923 |
|
1951 home run brought Giants to the Series |
| Elihu Thomson |
Inventor |
29-Mar-1853 |
13-Mar-1937 |
Electric welding and A/C motors |
| J. J. Thomson |
Physicist |
18-Dec-1856 |
30-Aug-1940 |
Discovered the electron |
| Henry David Thoreau |
Author |
12-Jul-1817 |
6-May-1862 |
Walden |
| Sidney Toler |
Actor |
28-Apr-1874 |
12-Feb-1947 |
Charlie Chan |
| David Trimble |
Head of State |
15-Oct-1944 |
|
Irish politician, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Jonathan Trumbull |
Politician |
12-Oct-1710 |
17-Aug-1785 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1769-84 |
| Tom Waits |
Musician |
7-Dec-1949 |
|
Heartattack and Vine |
| Christopher Walken |
Actor |
31-Mar-1943 |
|
The Dead Zone |
| Johnnie Walker |
Business |
25-Jul-1805 |
1857 |
Whiskey maker |
| William Walker |
Military |
8-May-1824 |
12-Sep-1860 |
American "filibuster" |
| J. Robin Warren |
Doctor |
11-Jun-1937 |
|
H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers |
| Gerard Way |
Musician |
9-Apr-1977 |
|
My Chemical Romance |
| Mikey Way |
Bassist |
10-Sep-1980 |
|
My Chemical Romance |
| James H. Webb |
Military |
9-Feb-1946 |
|
US Senator from Virginia |
| Rebecca West |
Author |
21-Dec-1892 |
15-Mar-1983 |
Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials |
| Robin Williams |
Comic |
21-Jul-1952 |
|
Mork from Ork |
| Heather Wilson |
Politician |
30-Dec-1960 |
|
Congresswoman, New Mexico 1st |
| James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
| Alan Young |
Actor |
19-Nov-1919 |
|
Wilbur Post on Mister Ed |
| Angus Young |
Guitarist |
31-Mar-1955 |
|
Schoolboy-clad guitarist for AC/DC |
