| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Antonin Artaud |
Playwright |
4-Sep-1896 |
4-Mar-1948 |
Theater of Cruelty |
| David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
| Clara Bow |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
26-Sep-1965 |
Schizophrenic actress, Wings |
| Richard Brautigan |
Author |
30-Jan-1935 |
14-Oct-1984 |
So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away |
| Emanuel Bronner |
Business |
1-Feb-1908 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Soap label philosopher |
| Hayden Carruth |
Poet |
3-Aug-1921 |
29-Sep-2008 |
Brothers, I Loved You All |
| Dick Cavett |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1936 |
|
The Dick Cavett Show |
| Paulo Coelho |
Novelist |
24-Aug-1947 |
|
The Alchemist |
| Juan Corona |
Criminal |
1934 |
|
Serial killer serving 25 life sentences |
| Kitty Dukakis |
First Lady |
26-Dec-1936 |
|
Wife of Michael Dukakis |
| Thomas Eagleton |
Politician |
4-Sep-1929 |
4-Mar-2007 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87 |
| Roky Erickson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jul-1947 |
|
13th Floor Elevators |
| Frances Farmer |
Actor |
19-Sep-1913 |
1-Aug-1970 |
Hollywood actress, institutionalized |
| Carrie Fisher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1956 |
|
Princess Leia in Star Wars |
| Janet Frame |
Author |
28-Aug-1924 |
29-Jan-2004 |
Kiwi author, subject of An Angel at My Table |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Poet |
3-Jun-1926 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Howl! |
| Peter Green |
Musician |
29-Oct-1946 |
|
Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac |
| Roy Harper |
Guitarist |
12-Jun-1941 |
|
Vocals for Have a Cigar |
| H. D. |
Poet |
10-Sep-1886 |
27-Sep-1961 |
Imagist poet, Sea Garden |
| David Helfgott |
Musician |
19-May-1947 |
|
Subject of the biopic Shine |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
1-Oct-1903 |
5-Nov-1989 |
Virtuoso pianist |
| Celia Imrie |
Actor |
15-Jul-1952 |
|
Gloria Millington on Kingdom |
| Vivien Leigh |
Actor |
5-Nov-1913 |
8-Jul-1967 |
Gone With The Wind |
| Spike Milligan |
Comic |
16-Apr-1918 |
27-Feb-2002 |
The Goon Show |
| Thelonious Monk |
Jazz Musician |
10-Oct-1917 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Influential Bebop pianist and composer |
| Johnny O'Keefe |
Musician |
6-Jan-1935 |
6-Oct-1978 |
King of Australian rock and roll |
| Harvey Pekar |
Author |
8-Oct-1939 |
12-Jul-2010 |
American Splendor |
| Robert Pirsig |
Author |
6-Sep-1928 |
|
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance |
| Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
| Cole Porter |
Composer |
9-Jun-1891 |
15-Oct-1964 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
| Bud Powell |
Pianist |
27-Sep-1924 |
31-Jul-1966 |
Seminal bop pianist and composer |
| Lou Reed |
Musician |
2-Mar-1942 |
27-Oct-2013 |
The Velvet Underground |
| Paul Robeson |
Singer |
9-Apr-1898 |
23-Jan-1976 |
20th Century renaissance man |
| Theodore Roethke |
Poet |
25-May-1908 |
1-Aug-1963 |
The Waking |
| Yves Saint Laurent |
Fashion Designer |
1-Aug-1936 |
1-Jun-2008 |
Christian Dior protege |
| Michelle Shocked |
Musician |
24-Feb-1962 |
|
Short Sharp Shocked |
| William Styron |
Novelist |
11-Jun-1925 |
31-Oct-2006 |
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| Gene Tierney |
Actor |
19-Nov-1920 |
6-Nov-1991 |
Laura |
| Townes Van Zandt |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Mar-1944 |
1-Jan-1997 |
For the Sake of the Song |
| David Foster Wallace |
Novelist |
21-Feb-1962 |
12-Sep-2008 |
Infinite Jest |
| Jonathan Winters |
Comic |
11-Nov-1925 |
11-Apr-2013 |
Mearth, son of Mork |
| James Wright |
Poet |
13-Dec-1927 |
25-Mar-1980 |
The Branch Will Not Break |
| Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
