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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Peter Agre
Biologist
30-Jan-1949   Water channels of cell membranes
Martti Ahtisaari
Head of State
23-Jun-1937   President of Finland, 1994-2000
Gene Amdahl
Engineer
16-Nov-1922   Parallel computing pioneer
Rasmus B. Anderson
Scholar
12-Jan-1846 2-Mar-1936 America Not Discovered by Columbus
Rocky Anderson
Politician
9-Sep-1951   Mayor of Salt Lake City, 2000-08
LaVerne Andrews
Singer
6-Jul-1911 8-May-1967 The Andrews Sisters
Maxene Andrews
Singer
3-Jan-1916 21-Oct-1995 The Andrews Sisters
Patty Andrews
Singer
16-Feb-1918   The Andrews Sisters
John Ashcroft
Government
9-May-1942   US Attorney General, 2001-05
Terry E. Branstad
Politician
17-Nov-1946   Governor of Iowa, 1983-99
Jackson Browne
Singer/Songwriter
9-Oct-1948   Running on Empty
Walter Burkemo
Golf
9-Oct-1918 8-Oct-1986 Winner, 1953 PGA Championship
James Cagney
Actor
17-Jul-1899 30-Mar-1986 New York tough guy
Dale Chihuly
Artist
20-Sep-1941   Glass artist
Russell Crowe
Actor
7-Apr-1964   A Beautiful Mind
Roald Dahl
Author
13-Sep-1916 23-Nov-1990 James and the Giant Peach
Doug Engelbart
Scientist
30-Jan-1925   Inventor of computer mouse
Jack Fletcher
Photographer
? 31-Dec-2003 National Geographic photographer
Melyssa Ford
TV Personality
7-Nov-1976   BET personality
Ralph Guldahl
Golf
22-Nov-1911 11-Jun-1987 Winner of 3 Majors
Gail Halvorsen
Military
10-Oct-1920   Berlin Airlift candy bomber
Tippi Hedren
Actor
19-Jan-1930   The Birds
Jon-Erik Hexum
Actor
5-Nov-1957 18-Oct-1984 Actor accidently shot himself
Carl Hiaasen
Author
12-Mar-1953   Team Rodent: How Disneyland Devours the World
Conrad Hilton
Business
25-Dec-1887 3-Jan-1979 Founder, Hilton Hotels
Paris Hilton
Socialite
17-Feb-1981   Unexpected porno actress
Henry "Scoop" Jackson
Politician
31-May-1912 1-Sep-1983 US Senator from Washington, 1953-83
Fred Kavli
Philanthropist
1927   Kavli Foundation
Garrison Keillor
Radio Personality
7-Aug-1942   A Prairie Home Companion
Bud Krogh
Government
3-Aug-1939   Nixon's plumbers
E. Floyd Kvamme
Business
1938   Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Carole Landis
Actor
1-Jan-1919 5-Jul-1948 A Scandal in Paris
Arthur Larson
Politician
4-Jul-1910 27-Mar-1993 Moderate conservative thinker
Kristanna Loken
Actor
8-Oct-1979   Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Musician
15-Nov-1945   ABBA
Warren G. Magnuson
Politician
12-Apr-1905 20-May-1989 US Senator from Washington
Bob Metcalfe
Business
1946   Co-Inventor of Ethernet
Walter Mondale
Politician
5-Jan-1928   US Vice President under Jimmy Carter
Marilyn Monroe
Actor
1-Jun-1926 5-Aug-1962 Some Like It Hot
Harry Morgan
Actor
10-Apr-1915   Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H
John Moses
Politician
12-Jun-1885 3-Mar-1945 Governor of North Dakota, 1939-45
Edvard Munch
Painter
12-Dec-1863 23-Jan-1944 Scream
Eliot Ness
Government
19-Apr-1903 16-May-1957 Treasury Agent, The Untouchables
Peter Norbeck
Politician
20-Aug-1870 20-Dec-1936 US Senator from South Dakota, 1921-36
Lauris Norstad
Military
24-Mar-1907 12-Sep-1988 Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63
John Paulson
Business
1955   Billionaire hedge fund manager
Barbara Payton
Actor
16-Nov-1927 8-May-1967 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Charles J. Pedersen
Chemist
3-Oct-1904 26-Oct-1989 Synthesis of crown ethers
Piper Perabo
Actor
31-Oct-1976   Slap Her... She's French
Iggy Pop
Singer/Songwriter
21-Apr-1947   Iggy and the Stooges
Dominic Purcell
Actor
17-Feb-1970   Prison Break
John Qualen
Actor
8-Dec-1899 12-Sep-1987 The Grapes of Wrath
Lois E. Quam
Business
c. 1961   Managing Director, Piper Jaffray
Vidkun Quisling
Politician
18-Jul-1887 24-Oct-1945 Norwegian president, Nazi collaborator
Ann Reinking
Dancer
10-Nov-1949   Broadway dancer
Karl F. Rolvaag
Politician
18-Jul-1913 20-Dec-1990 Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67
Charles Schulz
Cartoonist
26-Nov-1922 12-Feb-2000 Cartoonist created Peanuts
Alia Shawkat
Actor
18-Apr-1989   Maeby on Arrested Development
Henrik Shipstead
Politician
8-Jan-1881 26-Jun-1960 US Senator from Minnesota, 1923-47
Grace Slick
Singer
30-Oct-1939   Jefferson Airplane and Starship
Jeff Smith
Chef
22-Jan-1939 7-Jul-2004 Former TV chef, alleged child molester
Reed Smoot
Politician
10-Jan-1862 9-Feb-1941 Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act
Ruth Snyder
Criminal
1895 12-Jan-1928 Electrocuted for murdering husband
Harold Stassen
Politician
13-Apr-1907 4-Mar-2001 Perennial presidential candidate
Rick Steves
Author
1955   Europe Through the Back Door
Kevin Strom
Activist
1956   Founder, National Vanguard
Richard E. Taylor
Physicist
2-Nov-1929   Verified existence of quarks
Ann Telnaes
Cartoonist
1960   Political cartoonist
Lee Tergesen
Actor
8-Jul-1965   Beecher in Oz
Edward J. Thye
Politician
26-Apr-1896 28-Aug-1969 Governor of Minnesota, 1943-47
Merle Tuve
Physicist
27-Jun-1901 20-May-1982 Proximity fuse
Liv Ullmann
Actor
16-Dec-1938   The Passion of Anna
Sigrid Undset
Author
20-May-1882 10-Jun-1949 Kristin Lavransdåtter
Andrew Volstead
Politician
31-Oct-1860 20-Jan-1947 Legislated enforcement of Prohibition
Tom Waits
Musician
7-Dec-1949   Heartattack and Vine
Earl Warren
Judge
19-Mar-1891 9-Jul-1974 US Chief Justice, 1953-69
Renée Zellweger
Actor
25-Apr-1969   Bridget Jones' Diary




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