| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Paul Ableman |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1927 |
25-Oct-2006 |
I Hear Voices |
| Kathy Acker |
Author |
18-Apr-1947 |
30-Nov-1997 |
Blood and Guts in High School |
| Lord Acton |
Historian |
10-Jan-1834 |
19-Jun-1902 |
British historian |
| Jane Addams |
Activist |
6-Sep-1860 |
21-May-1935 |
Founder of Hull House |
| Isabelle Adjani |
Actor |
27-Jun-1955 |
|
Camille Claudel |
| Shmuel Agnon |
Author |
17-Jul-1888 |
17-Feb-1970 |
'Tmol Shilshom |
| Carlos Ahumada |
Business |
1964 |
|
Construction magnate snared in bribery scheme |
| George A. Akerlof |
Economist |
17-Jun-1940 |
|
Asymmetric markets |
| Prince Albert |
Royalty |
26-Aug-1819 |
14-Dec-1861 |
Royal Consort of Queen Victoria |
| David Alter |
Inventor |
3-Dec-1807 |
18-Sep-1881 |
Almost discovered spectroscopy |
| Alois Alzheimer |
Doctor |
14-Jun-1864 |
19-Dec-1915 |
Alzheimer's Disease |
| Devon Aoki |
Model |
10-Aug-1982 |
|
Sin City |
| Alan Arkin |
Actor |
26-Mar-1934 |
|
Catch 22 |
| Fred Armisen |
Actor |
4-Dec-1966 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Edward Arnold |
Actor |
18-Feb-1890 |
26-Apr-1956 |
You Can't Take It With You |
| Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| William Waldorf Astor |
Publisher |
31-Mar-1848 |
18-Oct-1919 |
The Observer |
| Prince of Asturias |
Royalty |
30-Jan-1968 |
|
Heir to the throne of Spain |
| Roger Avary |
Screenwriter |
23-Aug-1965 |
|
Cowrote Pulp Fiction |
| Harold D. Babcock |
Astronomer |
24-Jan-1882 |
8-Apr-1968 |
Solar radiation |
| Catherine Bach |
Actor |
1-Mar-1954 |
|
Daisy Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard |
| George Frederick Baer |
Business |
26-Sep-1842 |
26-Apr-1914 |
Social Darwinist railroad baron |
| Max Baer |
Boxing |
11-Feb-1909 |
21-Nov-1959 |
Beat Max Schmeling in 1933 |
| Ralph Baer |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1922 |
|
Father of the home video game console |
| Brandon Baker |
Actor |
28-Apr-1985 |
|
Johnny Tsunami |
| Eric Bana |
Actor |
9-Aug-1968 |
|
Hulk, Chopper |
| Blixa Bargeld |
Musician |
12-Jan-1959 |
|
Einstürzende Neubauten |
| L. Frank Baum |
Novelist |
15-May-1856 |
6-May-1919 |
The Wizard of Oz |
| Jim Beam |
Business |
1864 |
1947 |
Bourbon baron |
| Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
| Charles Berlitz |
Author |
20-Nov-1914 |
18-Dec-2003 |
Language lessons and specultive non-fiction |
| Maximilian Berlitz |
Business |
14-Apr-1852 |
6-Apr-1921 |
Berlitz Language Schools |
| Jessica Biel |
Actor |
3-Mar-1982 |
|
The Rules of Attraction |
| G. W. Bitzer |
Cinematographer |
21-Apr-1872 |
29-Apr-1944 |
The Birth of a Nation |
| Boris Blacher |
Composer |
19-Jan-1903 |
30-Jan-1975 |
Die Nachtschwalbe |
| Yasmine Bleeth |
Actor |
14-Jun-1968 |
|
Baywatch |
| Günter Blobel |
Scientist |
21-May-1936 |
|
Protein signaling in cells |
| Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Alan Blumlein |
Inventor |
29-Jun-1903 |
7-Jun-1942 |
Stereophonic recording |
| William Boeing |
Business |
1-Oct-1881 |
28-Sep-1956 |
Founder of Boeing, United Airlines |
| Reinhard Bonnke |
Religion |
19-Apr-1940 |
|
Faith healing evangelist |
| Robert Bosch |
Business |
23-Sep-1861 |
9-Mar-1942 |
Founder of Bosch GmbH |
| Karl Brandt |
Economist |
9-Jan-1899 |
8-Jul-1975 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61 |
| Claude S. Brinegar |
Business |
16-Dec-1926 |
13-Mar-2009 |
US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75 |
| Emanuel Bronner |
Business |
1-Feb-1908 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Soap label philosopher |
| Heywood Broun |
Journalist |
7-Dec-1888 |
18-Dec-1939 |
Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s |
| Pat Buchanan |
Columnist |
2-Nov-1938 |
|
Crossfire |
| Eduard Buchner |
Chemist |
20-May-1860 |
13-Aug-1917 |
Studied fermentation |
| Charles Bukowski |
Author |
16-Aug-1920 |
9-Mar-1994 |
Love is a Dog from Hell |
| Sandra Bullock |
Actor |
26-Jul-1964 |
|
The Net |
| Claus von Bulow |
Socialite |
11-Aug-1926 |
|
Allegedly tried to kill wife Sunny |
| Gisele Bundchen |
Model |
20-Jul-1980 |
|
Brazilian supermodel |
| Warren Burger |
Judge |
17-Sep-1907 |
25-Jun-1995 |
US Chief Justice, 1969-86 |
| Richard G. Butler |
Activist |
23-Feb-1918 |
8-Sep-2004 |
Founder of the Aryan Nations |
| George W. Cable |
Author |
12-Oct-1844 |
31-Jan-1925 |
Old Creole Days |
| Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
| Asia Carrera |
Pornstar |
6-Aug-1973 |
|
Mensa member, pornstar |
| Nick Carter |
Singer |
28-Jan-1980 |
|
The Backstreet Boys |
| Rosalynn Carter |
First Lady |
18-Aug-1927 |
|
Wife of US President Jimmy Carter |
| Ana María Cetto |
Scientist |
1946 |
|
Mexican physicist |
| Ernst B. Chain |
Scientist |
19-Jun-1906 |
12-Aug-1979 |
Discovered penicillin |
| Sarah Chalke |
Actor |
27-Aug-1976 |
|
Dr. Reid on Scrubs |
| Carol Channing |
Actor |
31-Jan-1921 |
|
All-Singing All-Dancing |
| Kiran Chetry |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1974 |
|
CNN anchor |
| Walter Christaller |
Scientist |
21-Apr-1893 |
9-Mar-1969 |
Central Place Theory |
| Rosemary Clooney |
Singer |
23-May-1928 |
29-Jun-2002 |
Come On-a My House |
| William W. Coblentz |
Astronomer |
20-Nov-1873 |
15-Sep-1962 |
Infrared spectroscopy |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Kevin Costner |
Actor |
18-Jan-1955 |
|
Dances with Wolves |
| Malcolm Cowley |
Author |
24-Aug-1898 |
27-Mar-1989 |
Exile's Return |
| David Cronenberg |
Film Director |
15-Mar-1943 |
|
Videodrome |
| Kiki Cuyler |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1898 |
11-Feb-1950 |
MLB Hall of Famer |
| Doris Day |
Actor |
3-Apr-1924 |
|
The Man Who Knew Too Much |
| Frederick Delius |
Composer |
29-Jan-1862 |
10-Jun-1934 |
Over the Hills and Far Away |
| Erik von Detten |
Actor |
3-Oct-1982 |
|
Odd Man Out |
| Cameron Diaz |
Actor |
30-Aug-1972 |
|
There's Something About Mary |
| Leonardo DiCaprio |
Actor |
11-Nov-1974 |
|
Titanic |
| Rudolf Diesel |
Inventor |
18-Mar-1858 |
30-Sep-1913 |
Inventor of the Diesel Engine |
| Wilhelm Dilthey |
Philosopher |
19-Nov-1833 |
1-Oct-1911 |
Methodology of the humanities |
| Mike Ditka |
Football |
18-Oct-1939 |
|
Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92 |
| Thomas Dixon |
Author |
11-Jan-1864 |
3-Apr-1946 |
The Clansman |
| Robert Downey, Jr. |
Actor |
4-Apr-1965 |
|
The Gingerbread Man |
| Theodore Dreiser |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1871 |
28-Dec-1945 |
An American Tragedy |
| Christian de Duve |
Scientist |
2-Oct-1917 |
|
Microstructure of the cell |
| Isabelle Eberhardt |
Author |
17-Feb-1877 |
21-Oct-1904 |
Transvestite Muslim author |
| Otto Eckstein |
Economist |
1-Aug-1927 |
22-Mar-1984 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Carmen Electra |
Model |
20-Apr-1972 |
|
Singled Out |
| Joseph Erlanger |
Scientist |
5-Jan-1874 |
5-Dec-1965 |
Nerve conduction |
| Ulf von Euler |
Scientist |
7-Feb-1905 |
9-Mar-1983 |
Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins |
| Judith Exner |
Author |
11-Jan-1934 |
25-Sep-1999 |
JFK mistress |
| Hans Eysenck |
Psychologist |
4-Mar-1916 |
4-Sep-1997 |
Intelligence and personality |
| Caterina Fake |
Designer |
c. 1969 |
|
Co-Founder of Flickr |
| Leo Fender |
Inventor |
10-Aug-1909 |
21-Mar-1991 |
Electric guitarmaker |
| Tina Fey |
Actor |
18-May-1970 |
|
Mean Girls |
| John Fiedler |
Actor |
3-Feb-1925 |
25-Jun-2005 |
Voice of Piglet |
| Bobby Fischer |
Chess Player |
9-Mar-1943 |
18-Jan-2008 |
Loony chess grandmaster |
| Fritz Fischer |
Historian |
5-Mar-1908 |
1-Dec-1999 |
Blamed Germany for World War I |
| Werner Forssmann |
Doctor |
29-Aug-1904 |
1-Jun-1979 |
Cardiac catheterization |
| Vicente Fox |
Head of State |
2-Jul-1942 |
|
President of Mexico, 2000-06 |
| William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| César Franck |
Composer |
10-Dec-1822 |
8-Nov-1890 |
Symphonic Variations |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| Ze Frank |
Blogger |
31-Mar-1972 |
|
The Show with Ze Frank |
| Garance Franke-Ruta |
Columnist |
c. 1975 |
|
Senior Editor, The American Prospect |
| R. T. French |
Business |
15-Nov-1828 |
17-Jun-1893 |
Yellow mustard |
| Dave Freudenthal |
Politician |
12-Oct-1950 |
|
Governor of Wyoming |
| Henry Clay Frick |
Business |
19-Dec-1849 |
2-Dec-1919 |
Robber baron, Johnstown flood |
| Saul Friedländer |
Historian |
11-Oct-1932 |
|
Holocaust historian |
| Lucretia Garfield |
First Lady |
19-Apr-1832 |
14-Mar-1918 |
Wife of US President James Garfield |
| Kyle Gass |
Musician |
14-Jul-1960 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
| Rebecca Gayheart |
Actor |
12-Aug-1971 |
|
Scream |
| Martha Gellhorn |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1908 |
15-Feb-1998 |
War correspondent |
| King George I |
Royalty |
28-May-1660 |
11-Jun-1727 |
King of England 1714-27 |
| Dick Gephardt |
Politician |
31-Jan-1941 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005 |
| Georgie Anne Geyer |
Journalist |
2-Apr-1935 |
|
Foreign correspondent turned columnist |
| Erich Gimpel |
Spy |
25-Mar-1910 |
1996 |
Agent 146 |
| Aria Giovanni |
Pornstar |
3-Nov-1977 |
|
Softcore vixen, fetish & bondage model |
| Erich Gliebe |
Activist |
c. 1964 |
|
Chairman, National Alliance |
| William J. Goebel |
Politician |
4-Jan-1856 |
3-Feb-1900 |
Kentucky Governor, assassinated |
| Ellen Goodman |
Journalist |
11-Apr-1941 |
|
Columnist for The Boston Globe |
| Paul Greengard |
Scientist |
11-Dec-1925 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
| Alexander Grothendieck |
Mathematician |
28-May-1928 |
|
Grothendieck topologies |
| Daniel Guggenheim |
Business |
9-Jul-1856 |
28-Sep-1930 |
Mining magnate |
| Meyer Guggenheim |
Business |
1-Feb-1828 |
15-Mar-1905 |
Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune |
| Peggy Guggenheim |
Socialite |
26-Aug-1898 |
23-Dec-1979 |
Renowned art collector |
| Oscar Hammerstein |
Musician |
12-Jul-1895 |
23-Aug-1960 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| John W. Hanes |
Business |
3-Feb-1850 |
22-Sep-1903 |
Hosiery magnate |
| Pleasant Hanes |
Business |
16-Oct-1845 |
9-Jun-1925 |
Underwear magnate |
| Angie Harmon |
Actor |
10-Aug-1972 |
|
Ryan McBride on Baywatch Nights |
| Arvid Harnack |
Spy |
24-May-1901 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Executed for espionage |
| Ross Granville Harrison |
Zoologist |
13-Jan-1870 |
30-Sep-1959 |
Embryology and tissue culture techniques |
| Johnny Hart |
Cartoonist |
18-Feb-1931 |
7-Apr-2007 |
The Wizard of Id, B.C. |
| David Hartman |
Talk Show Host |
19-May-1935 |
|
Good Morning America |
| Thom Hartmann |
Radio Personality |
7-May-1951 |
|
The Thom Hartmann Program |
| Bruno Hauptmann |
Criminal |
26-Nov-1899 |
3-Apr-1936 |
Lindbergh Baby kidnapper |
| Harald zur Hausen |
Scientist |
11-Mar-1936 |
|
Papilloma virus |
| Jenna Haze |
Pornstar |
22-Feb-1982 |
|
Cum Dumpsters |
| Edith Head |
Designer |
28-Oct-1897 |
24-Oct-1981 |
Hollywood costume designer |
| Anthony Hecht |
Poet |
16-Jan-1923 |
20-Oct-2004 |
The Hard Hours |
| Tippi Hedren |
Actor |
19-Jan-1930 |
|
The Birds |
| Henry J. Heinz |
Business |
11-Oct-1844 |
14-May-1919 |
Founder of Heinz Foods |
| F. Augustus Heinze |
Business |
1869 |
4-Nov-1914 |
Copper baron, went broke in the Panic of 1907 |
| John Heisman |
Football |
23-Oct-1869 |
3-Oct-1936 |
Namesake of the Heisman Trophy |
| Walter W. Heller |
Economist |
27-Aug-1915 |
15-Jun-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64 |
| Isaias W. Hellman |
Business |
3-Oct-1842 |
9-Apr-1920 |
Los Angeles banker |
| George Herbig |
Astronomer |
2-Jan-1920 |
|
Herbig-Haro objects |
| Edward Herrmann |
Actor |
21-Jul-1943 |
|
Richard Gilmore on Gilmore Girls |
| Milton Hershey |
Business |
13-Sep-1857 |
13-Oct-1945 |
Founder of Hershey's |
| James Hetfield |
Musician |
3-Aug-1963 |
|
Metallica |
| Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
|
60 Minutes creator |
| Ana Hickmann |
Model |
1-Mar-1981 |
|
Brazilian supermodel |
| Walter Hieber |
Chemist |
18-Dec-1895 |
29-Nov-1976 |
Metal carbonyl chemistry |
| Conrad Hilton |
Business |
25-Dec-1887 |
3-Jan-1979 |
Founder, Hilton Hotels |
| Paris Hilton |
Socialite |
17-Feb-1981 |
|
Unexpected porno actress |
| Don Ho |
Singer |
13-Aug-1930 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Hawaiian crooner, Tiny Bubbles |
| Donald Hodel |
Government |
23-May-1935 |
|
Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior |
| Eric Hoffer |
Author |
25-Jul-1902 |
21-May-1983 |
The True Believer |
| Xaviera Hollander |
Author |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
The Happy Hooker |
| Herman Hollerith |
Inventor |
29-Feb-1860 |
17-Nov-1929 |
Invented the punchcard |
| Johannes Holtfreter |
Zoologist |
9-Jan-1901 |
13-Nov-1992 |
Chemotaxis |
| Gottlob Honold |
Engineer |
26-Aug-1876 |
17-Mar-1923 |
Invented the spark plug |
| August Horch |
Engineer |
12-Oct-1868 |
3-Feb-1951 |
Founder of Audi |
| George A. Hormel |
Business |
4-Dec-1860 |
5-Jun-1946 |
Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation |
| Arthur W. Hummel, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1-Jun-1920 |
6-Feb-2001 |
US Ambassador to China, 1981-85 |
| Cláudio Hummes |
Religion |
8-Aug-1934 |
|
Archbishop of São Paulo |
| Tab Hunter |
Actor |
11-Jul-1931 |
|
Damn Yankees |
| Trina Schart Hyman |
Artist |
8-Apr-1939 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Children's book illustrator |
| George Isaak |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1933 |
5-Jun-2005 |
Resonant scattering spectroscopy |
| Alec Issigonis |
Engineer |
18-Nov-1906 |
2-Oct-1988 |
Designer of the Mini Cooper |
| Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
Novelist |
7-May-1927 |
|
Heat and Dust |
| Hans Jonas |
Philosopher |
10-May-1903 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Gnostic philosopher |
| Mauricio Kagel |
Composer |
24-Dec-1931 |
18-Sep-2008 |
Absurdist composer |
| Otto Kahn |
Business |
21-Feb-1867 |
29-Mar-1934 |
Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. |
| Henry J. Kaiser |
Business |
9-May-1882 |
24-Aug-1967 |
Industrialist and shipbuilder |
| Immanuel Kant |
Philosopher |
22-Apr-1724 |
12-Feb-1804 |
Transcendental idealist |
| Carl Karcher |
Business |
16-Jan-1917 |
11-Jan-2008 |
Founder of Carl's Jr. |
| Kat Von D |
Artist |
8-Mar-1982 |
|
Tattoo artist, Miami Ink |
| Bernard Katz |
Scientist |
26-Mar-1911 |
20-Apr-2003 |
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland |
| Bob Kaufman |
Poet |
18-Apr-1925 |
12-Jan-1986 |
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness |
| Charles Keating |
Business |
4-Dec-1923 |
|
Morality crusader, white-collar swindler |
| William Kemmler |
Criminal |
9-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1890 |
First man executed by electric chair |
| Jerome Kern |
Composer |
27-Jan-1885 |
12-Nov-1945 |
Show Boat |
| Jimmy Kimmel |
Talk Show Host |
13-Nov-1967 |
|
The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live |
| John H. Kinkead |
Politician |
10-Dec-1826 |
15-Aug-1904 |
Governor of Nevada, 1879-83 |
| Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
| Otto Klemperer |
Conductor |
14-May-1885 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Prominent German conductor |
| Donald E. Knuth |
Computer Programmer |
10-Jan-1938 |
|
The Art of Computer Programming |
| Boris Kodjoe |
Actor |
8-Mar-1973 |
|
Soul Food |
| Ted Koppel |
Journalist |
8-Feb-1940 |
|
Nightline |
| Albrecht Kossel |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1853 |
5-Jul-1927 |
Chemistry of tissues and cells |
| Hans Krebs |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1900 |
22-Nov-1981 |
Tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| Mario Kreutzberger |
Game Show Host |
28-Dec-1940 |
|
Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante |
| Barney Kroger |
Business |
24-Jan-1860 |
21-Jul-1938 |
Founder of Kroger grocery empire |
| Sir Harold Kroto |
Chemist |
7-Oct-1939 |
|
Co-Discovered first fullerene |
| Kenesaw Mountain Landis |
Baseball |
20-Nov-1866 |
25-Nov-1944 |
First Commissioner of Baseball |
| Cyndi Lauper |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jun-1953 |
|
Girls Just Want To Have Fun |
| Paul C. Lauterbur |
Scientist |
6-May-1929 |
27-Mar-2007 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
| Carlos Lehder |
Criminal |
1950 |
|
Co-Founder, Medellin Cartel |
| Herbert H. Lehman |
Politician |
28-Mar-1878 |
5-Dec-1963 |
Governor of New York, 1933-42 |
| Joseph Leidy |
Biologist |
9-Sep-1823 |
30-Apr-1891 |
Trichinosis and dinosaurs |
| Armin O. Leuschner |
Astronomer |
16-Jan-1868 |
22-Apr-1953 |
Astronomer at Berkeley |
| Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
| Monica Lewinsky |
Government |
23-Jul-1973 |
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play |
| James Lick |
Business |
25-Aug-1796 |
1-Oct-1876 |
Lick Observatory |
| Frederick Lindemann |
Government |
5-Apr-1886 |
3-Jul-1957 |
Churchill's scientific and war advisor |
| Solomon Loeb |
Business |
1828 |
1903 |
Co-Founder of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
| Sandra Tsing Loh |
Radio Personality |
11-Feb-1962 |
|
The Loh Life |
| Mike Lowell |
Baseball |
24-Feb-1974 |
|
Boston Red Sox |
| Isaac ben Solomon Luria |
Religion |
1534 |
5-Aug-1572 |
Jewish mystic |
| Feodor Lynen |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1911 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| Jack Mack |
Business |
27-Oct-1864 |
14-Mar-1924 |
Founder of Mack Trucks |
| Roger Cardinal Mahony |
Religion |
27-Feb-1936 |
|
Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles |
| Mancow |
Radio Personality |
21-Jun-1967 |
|
Shock jock, shut down the SF Bay Bridge |
| Thomas Mann |
Novelist |
6-Jun-1875 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Buddenbrooks |
| Masuimi Max |
Model |
12-Mar-1978 |
|
Fetish model |
| Wilhelm Maybach |
Engineer |
9-Feb-1846 |
29-Dec-1929 |
Designed the Mercedes |
| Oscar Mayer |
Business |
29-Mar-1859 |
11-Mar-1955 |
Oscar Mayer Meats, Inc. |
| Frederick L. Maytag |
Business |
14-Jul-1857 |
26-Mar-1937 |
Founder of Maytag Corporation |
| Eugene McCarthy |
Politician |
29-Mar-1916 |
10-Dec-2005 |
US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71 |
| Joseph McCarthy |
Politician |
14-Nov-1908 |
2-May-1957 |
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57 |
| Ida McKinley |
First Lady |
8-Jun-1847 |
26-May-1907 |
Wife of US President William McKinley |
| H. L. Mencken |
Critic |
12-Sep-1880 |
29-Jan-1956 |
The American Language |
| Kurt Mendelssohn |
Mathematician |
7-Jan-1906 |
18-Sep-1980 |
Cryogenics and pyramids |
| Ethel Merman |
Singer |
16-Jan-1908 |
15-Feb-1984 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| Stephin Merritt |
Singer/Songwriter |
1966 |
|
The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths |
| Robert B. Meyner |
Politician |
3-Jul-1908 |
27-May-1990 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1954-62 |
| Candice Michelle |
Wrestling |
30-Sep-1978 |
|
WWE wrestler |
| Alfred Milner |
Government |
23-Mar-1854 |
13-May-1925 |
Architect of the Balfour Declaration |
| Hermann Minkowski |
Mathematician |
22-Jun-1864 |
12-Jan-1909 |
Minkowski space |
| Oskar Minkowski |
Doctor |
13-Jan-1858 |
18-Jul-1931 |
Linked pancreas to diabetes |
| Rudolph Minkowski |
Astronomer |
28-May-1895 |
4-Jan-1976 |
Galaxies in collision |
| Sara Jane Moore |
Assassin |
15-Feb-1930 |
|
Tried to kill Gerald Ford |
| James M. Moran |
Business |
8-Aug-1918 |
24-Apr-2007 |
JM Family Enterprises |
| Sir Henry Morgan |
Military |
1635 |
25-Aug-1688 |
Knighted pirate of the Caribbean |
| Ron Mueck |
Sculptor |
1958 |
|
Hyper realistic sculptures |
| Hermann J. Muller |
Scientist |
21-Dec-1890 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Genetic effects of radiation |
| George Cardinal Mundelein |
Religion |
2-Jul-1872 |
2-Oct-1939 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1915-39 |
| Charles Nagel |
Government |
9-Aug-1849 |
5-Jan-1940 |
US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13 |
| Thomas Nast |
Cartoonist |
27-Sep-1840 |
7-Dec-1902 |
American political caricaturist |
| Bernard Nathanson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1926 |
|
Pro-life activist, former abortionist |
| Erwin Neher |
Scientist |
20-Mar-1944 |
|
Cellular ion channels |
| Henri Nestlé |
Business |
10-Aug-1814 |
7-Jul-1890 |
Invented infant formula |
| Gerry Neugebauer |
Astronomer |
1932 |
|
Infrared astronomy |
| Wayne Newton |
Singer |
3-Apr-1942 |
|
Top Las Vegas act |
| Tsar Nicholas I |
Royalty |
25-Jun-1796 |
18-Feb-1855 |
Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55 |
| Reinhold Niebuhr |
Religion |
21-Jun-1892 |
1-Jun-1971 |
Prominent historical/political theologian |
| Paul Nitze |
Diplomat |
16-Jan-1907 |
19-Oct-2004 |
US cold warrior |
| Pat Nixon |
First Lady |
16-Mar-1912 |
22-Jun-1993 |
Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon |
| Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
| Ronald K. Noble |
Government |
1957 |
|
Head of Interpol |
| Jim Oberweis |
Business |
1946 |
|
Republican dairy magnate |
| Donald E. Osterbrock |
Astronomer |
13-Jul-1924 |
11-Jan-2007 |
Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81 |
| Gustav Otto |
Business |
12-Jan-1883 |
28-Feb-1926 |
Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG |
| Jim Otto |
Football |
5-Jan-1938 |
|
Hall of fame center, Oakland Raiders #00 |
| Nikolaus Otto |
Engineer |
14-Jun-1832 |
26-Jan-1891 |
Four-stroke internal-combustion engine |
| Johann Pachelbel |
Musician |
1-Sep-1653 |
3-Mar-1706 |
Canon in D Major |
| D. D. Palmer |
Doctor |
7-Mar-1845 |
20-Oct-1913 |
Founder of chiropractic medicine |
| Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
| Carl Panzram |
Criminal |
28-Jun-1891 |
5-Sep-1930 |
Relentless sociopath, serial killer |
| Louella Parsons |
Columnist |
6-Aug-1881 |
9-Dec-1972 |
Hollywood queen of gossip |
| Emin Pasha |
Explorer |
28-Mar-1840 |
23-Oct-1892 |
German colonial traveller in Africa |
| Tsar Paul I |
Royalty |
1-Oct-1754 |
24-Mar-1801 |
Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801 |
| Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
| Vincent Perez |
Actor |
10-Jun-1962 |
|
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Eckhard Pfeiffer |
Business |
20-Aug-1941 |
|
CEO of Compaq, 1991-99 |
| Charles Pfizer |
Chemist |
1824 |
19-Oct-1906 |
Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals |
| Irna Phillips |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jul-1901 |
23-Dec-1973 |
Queen of soap operas |
| Rob Pilatus |
Dancer |
8-Jun-1965 |
2-Apr-1998 |
Troubled Half of Milli Vanilli |
| Pink |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Sep-1979 |
|
Can't Take Me Home |
| Molly Pitcher |
Military |
13-Oct-1754 |
22-Jan-1832 |
Fought at the Battle of Monmouth |
| Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
| Julius Plücker |
Mathematician |
16-Jul-1801 |
22-May-1868 |
Analytical geometry |
| Ferdinand Porsche |
Engineer |
3-Sep-1875 |
30-Jan-1951 |
Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle |
| Ferry Porsche |
Engineer |
19-Sep-1909 |
27-Mar-1998 |
Designed the Porsche 356 |
| Heinz C. Prechter |
Business |
1942 |
6-Jul-2001 |
The sunroof king |
| Edward C. Prescott |
Economist |
26-Dec-1940 |
|
Dynamic macroeconomics |
| Lindsay Price |
Actor |
6-Dec-1976 |
|
Coupling |
| Elizabeth Clare Prophet |
Religion |
8-Apr-1939 |
|
Church Universal and Triumphant |
| Robert Purvis |
Activist |
4-Aug-1810 |
15-Apr-1898 |
President of the Underground Railroad |
| Duncan Regehr |
Actor |
5-Oct-1952 |
|
Zorro |
| Henry Regnery |
Publisher |
5-Jan-1912 |
18-Jun-1996 |
Regnery Publishing |
| Judith Reisman |
Author |
1935 |
|
Hates Kinsey |
| Eric Reissner |
Mathematician |
5-Jan-1913 |
1-Nov-1996 |
Reissner shear-deformation plate theory |
| Franz Reuleaux |
Mathematician |
30-Sep-1829 |
20-Aug-1905 |
Father of modern kinematics |
| Paul Julius Reuter |
Journalist |
21-Jul-1816 |
25-Feb-1899 |
Founder of Reuters News Agency |
| Denise Rich |
Socialite |
? |
|
Marc Rich's ex-wife |
| Frank Rich |
Columnist |
2-Jun-1949 |
|
New York Times |
| David Rittenhouse |
Astronomer |
8-Apr-1732 |
26-Jun-1796 |
Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman |
| George Rockwell |
Activist |
9-Mar-1918 |
25-Aug-1967 |
Founded American Nazi Party |
| John Roebling |
Engineer |
12-Jun-1806 |
22-Jul-1869 |
Began construction of Brooklyn Bridge |
| Linda Ronstadt |
Singer |
15-Jul-1946 |
|
Jerry Brown's former girlfriend |
| Alfred Rosenberg |
Politician |
12-Jan-1893 |
16-Oct-1946 |
Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories |
| Julius Rosenwald |
Business |
12-Aug-1862 |
6-Jan-1932 |
Sears executive and Good Samaritan |
| Edmond de Rothschild |
Philanthropist |
19-Aug-1845 |
2-Nov-1934 |
Father of the Yishuv |
| Edmund de Rothschild |
Business |
2-Jan-1916 |
17-Jan-2009 |
British banker |
| Raymond Rubicam |
Business |
16-Jun-1892 |
8-May-1978 |
Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam |
| Muriel Rukeyser |
Poet |
15-Dec-1913 |
12-Feb-1980 |
The Book of the Dead |
| Donald Rumsfeld |
Government |
9-Jul-1932 |
|
US Secretary of Defense, 2001-06 |
| Adolph Rupp |
Basketball |
2-Sep-1901 |
10-Dec-1977 |
Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72 |
| Edward Ruscha |
Painter |
16-Dec-1937 |
|
Twenty-six Gasoline Stations |
| Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
| Bert Sakmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1942 |
|
Cellular ion channels |
| Doreen Schaeffer |
Singer |
? |
|
Vocalist for The Skatalites |
| Paul Schäfer |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1921 |
|
Colonia Dignidad cult leader |
| Robert Scheer |
Columnist |
4-Apr-1936 |
|
Former L.A. Times columnist |
| Jacob Schiff |
Business |
10-Jan-1847 |
25-Sep-1920 |
New York banker |
| Frank Schlesinger |
Astronomer |
11-May-1871 |
10-Jul-1943 |
Stellar parallaxes |
| David Hans Schmidt |
Business |
27-May-1960 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Celebrity porn broker |
| John Patrick Schmitz |
Government |
1955 |
|
Washington lobbyist |
| Joseph E. Schmitz |
Government |
c. 1956 |
|
Pentagon Inspector General, 2002-05 |
| Gene W. Schneider |
Business |
8-Sep-1926 |
|
United Cable Television Corp. |
| Rob Schneider |
Comic |
31-Oct-1963 |
|
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo |
| William Scholl |
Business |
22-Jun-1882 |
29-Mar-1968 |
Dr Scholl's shoe pads |
| Walter Schottky |
Physicist |
23-Jul-1886 |
4-Mar-1976 |
Solid-state physics and electronics |
| Ryan Schreiber |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1976 |
|
Founder, Pitchfork |
| Barbet Schroeder |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1941 |
|
Murder by Numbers |
| Charles Schulz |
Cartoonist |
26-Nov-1922 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Cartoonist created Peanuts |
| Charles M. Schwab |
Business |
18-Feb-1862 |
19-Sep-1939 |
Founder of Bethlehem Steel |
| Frederick A. O. Schwarz |
Business |
18-Oct-1836 |
17-May-1911 |
Founder of FAO Schwarz |
| Martin Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
31-May-1912 |
10-Apr-1997 |
Structure and Evolution of the Stars |
| Eric Schweig |
Actor |
19-Jun-1967 |
|
The Last of the Mohicans |
| Brian Schweitzer |
Politician |
4-Sep-1955 |
|
Governor of Montana |
| Shelley Sekula-Gibbs |
Politician |
22-Jun-1952 |
|
Congresswoman from Texas, 2006-07 |
| Ariel Sharon |
Head of State |
26-Feb-1928 |
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 |
| Jean Shepherd |
Radio Personality |
26-Jul-1921 |
16-Oct-1999 |
A Christmas Story |
| Bobby Sherman |
Singer |
22-Jul-1943 |
|
"Julie, Julie, Julie, Do You Love Me?" |
| Paul Simon |
Politician |
29-Nov-1928 |
9-Dec-2003 |
US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate |
| Isaac Merritt Singer |
Business |
26-Oct-1811 |
23-Jul-1875 |
Built a better sewing machine |
| Pat Smear |
Guitarist |
5-Aug-1959 |
|
The Germs, Foo Fighters |
| Betty Smith |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1896 |
17-Jan-1972 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Buffalo Bob Smith |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1917 |
30-Jul-1998 |
Howdy Doody |
| Theobald Smith |
Scientist |
31-Jul-1859 |
10-Dec-1934 |
Infectious and parasitic diseases |
| Ron Sommer |
Business |
29-Jul-1949 |
|
Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002 |
| Richard Sorge |
Spy |
4-Oct-1895 |
7-Nov-1944 |
Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa |
| James Speyer |
Business |
22-Jul-1861 |
31-Oct-1941 |
New York Banker |
| Harold Stassen |
Politician |
13-Apr-1907 |
4-Mar-2001 |
Perennial presidential candidate |
| Harry Steenbock |
Biologist |
16-Aug-1886 |
25-Dec-1967 |
Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D |
| John Steinbeck |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1902 |
20-Dec-1968 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Laurence A. Steinhardt |
Diplomat |
6-Oct-1892 |
28-Mar-1950 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 |
| Lynne Stewart |
Attorney |
8-Oct-1939 |
|
Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group |
| John Stossel |
Journalist |
6-Mar-1947 |
|
Libertarian reporter |
| Leo Strauss |
Philosopher |
20-Sep-1899 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Patron saint of Neoconservatism |
| Levi Strauss |
Business |
26-Feb-1829 |
26-Sep-1902 |
Blue jeans |
| Ilsa Strix |
Pornstar |
15-Dec-1967 |
|
Professional dominatrix |
| Alfredo Stroessner |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1912 |
16-Aug-2006 |
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 |
| Nadine Strossen |
Activist |
18-Aug-1950 |
|
President of the ACLU |
| Otto Struve |
Astronomer |
12-Aug-1897 |
6-Apr-1963 |
Hydrogen in the interstellar medium |
| Daniel Sunjata |
Actor |
30-Dec-1971 |
|
Franco Rivera on Rescue Me |
| Ann Telnaes |
Cartoonist |
1960 |
|
Political cartoonist |
| Frederick Terman |
Scientist |
7-Jun-1900 |
19-Dec-1982 |
Stanford Research Park |
| Lewis Terman |
Psychologist |
15-Jan-1877 |
21-Dec-1956 |
Intelligence tests |
| Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
| Charlize Theron |
Actor |
7-Aug-1975 |
|
Monster |
| Linda Tripp |
Government |
24-Nov-1949 |
|
Monica Lewinsky's confidant |
| Peter Ueberroth |
Baseball |
2-Sep-1937 |
|
Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89 |
| Laurens van der Post |
Author |
13-Dec-1906 |
15-Dec-1996 |
The Lost World of the Kalahari |
| Vanity |
Singer |
4-Jan-1959 |
|
Lingerie-clad Prince protégé |
| Bruce Vento |
Politician |
7-Oct-1940 |
10-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-2000 |
| Lillian Vernon |
Business |
1927 |
|
Mail-order maven of America |
| Peter Viereck |
Poet |
5-Aug-1916 |
13-May-2006 |
Terror and Decorum |
| Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt |
Relative |
c. 1943 |
|
Zsa Zsa's husband |
| Carl von Cosel |
Criminal |
8-Feb-1877 |
23-Jul-1952 |
Florida's favorite necrophile |
| Manfred von Richthofen |
Military |
2-May-1892 |
21-Apr-1918 |
The Red Baron |
| Honus Wagner |
Baseball |
24-Feb-1874 |
6-Dec-1955 |
Pittsburgh shortstop on valuable baseball card |
| Robert F. Wagner, Sr. |
Politician |
8-Jun-1877 |
4-May-1953 |
US Senator from New York, 1927-49 |
| George Wald |
Biologist |
18-Nov-1906 |
12-Apr-1997 |
Physiology of the retina |
| Lillian Wald |
Activist |
10-Mar-1867 |
1-Sep-1940 |
Henry Street Settlement |
| Christopher Walken |
Actor |
31-Mar-1943 |
|
The Dead Zone |
| Henry C. Wallich |
Economist |
10-Jun-1914 |
16-Sep-1988 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61 |
| Aby Warburg |
Scholar |
13-Jun-1866 |
26-Oct-1929 |
Founder of the Warburg Institute |
| Felix M. Warburg |
Business |
14-Jan-1871 |
20-Oct-1937 |
Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
| Max M. Warburg |
Business |
5-Jun-1867 |
26-Dec-1946 |
M. M. Warburg & Company |
| Paul M. Warburg |
Business |
10-Aug-1868 |
24-Jan-1932 |
The Federal Reserve System |
| Ben Wattenberg |
Pundit |
26-Aug-1933 |
|
Think Tank moderator |
| Joseph Weizenbaum |
Computer Programmer |
8-Jan-1923 |
5-Mar-2008 |
ELIZA |
| Lawrence Welk |
Conductor |
11-Mar-1903 |
17-May-1992 |
Big band leader, TV champagne music host |
| Mae West |
Actor |
17-Aug-1893 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Go up and see her sometime |
| Ruth Westheimer |
Talk Show Host |
4-Jun-1928 |
|
4'7" of concentrated sex |
| George Westinghouse |
Inventor |
6-Oct-1846 |
12-Mar-1914 |
Edison's chief rival |
| Patricia Wettig |
Actor |
4-Dec-1951 |
|
thirtysomething |
| Frederick Weyerhaeuser |
Business |
21-Nov-1834 |
4-Apr-1914 |
Founder of Weyerhaeuser Company |
| Betty White |
Actor |
17-Jan-1922 |
|
TV sitcom and game show mainstay |
| Gina Wild |
Pornstar |
16-Dec-1970 |
|
German pornstar |
| August Wilson |
Playwright |
27-Apr-1945 |
2-Oct-2005 |
The Piano Lesson |
| Henry Winkler |
Actor |
30-Oct-1945 |
|
Fonz on Happy Days |
| William Wirt |
Attorney |
8-Nov-1772 |
18-Feb-1834 |
US Attorney General, 1817-29 |
| Xuxa |
TV Personality |
27-Mar-1963 |
|
Model children's TV host |
| Rosalyn Sussman Yalow |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1921 |
|
Developed radioimmunoassay technique |
| Steve Zahn |
Actor |
13-Nov-1968 |
|
Glenn in Out of Sight |
| Arthur Zimmermann |
Government |
5-Oct-1864 |
6-Jun-1940 |
Zimmerman Telegram |
| Hans Zinsser |
Scientist |
17-Nov-1878 |
4-Sep-1940 |
Typhus vaccine |
