| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Chinua Achebe |
Novelist |
16-Nov-1930 |
22-Mar-2013 |
Things Fall Apart |
| Michelangelo Antonioni |
Film Director |
29-Sep-1912 |
30-Jul-2007 |
Professione: reporter |
| Susan Atkins |
Criminal |
7-May-1948 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Manson Family |
| Hoyt Axton |
Country Musician |
25-Mar-1938 |
26-Oct-1999 |
Folk singer, songwriter, composer |
| Lucille Ball |
Actor |
6-Aug-1911 |
26-Apr-1989 |
I Love Lucy |
| Count Basie |
Pianist |
21-Aug-1904 |
26-Apr-1984 |
Big band pianist |
| Dirk Bogarde |
Actor |
28-Mar-1921 |
8-May-1999 |
A Bridge Too Far |
| P. W. Botha |
Head of State |
12-Jan-1916 |
31-Oct-2006 |
President of South Africa, 1984-89 |
| Tom Bradley |
Politician |
27-Dec-1917 |
29-Sep-1998 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1973-93 |
| James Brady |
Government |
29-Aug-1940 |
4-Aug-2014 |
White House Press Secy. shot by John Hinckley |
| Catherine Breillat |
Film Director |
13-Jul-1948 |
|
Anatomy of Hell |
| Beau Brummell |
Socialite |
7-Jun-1778 |
30-Mar-1840 |
Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion |
| Roy Campanella |
Baseball |
19-Nov-1921 |
26-Jun-1993 |
National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955 |
| Hattie Wyatt Caraway |
Politician |
1-Feb-1878 |
21-Dec-1950 |
First female elected to US Senate |
| Vic Chesnutt |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Nov-1964 |
25-Dec-2009 |
Wheelchair-bound folk singer |
| Chuck Close |
Painter |
5-Jul-1940 |
|
Photo-realist portrait painter, printmaker |
| Joseph Colombo |
Criminal |
16-Jun-1923 |
22-May-1978 |
Colombo Family Boss, 1964-71 |
| Bull Connor |
Government |
11-Jul-1897 |
10-Mar-1973 |
Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner |
| Leonardo Da Vinci |
Artist |
15-Apr-1452 |
2-May-1519 |
Mona Lisa, The Last Supper |
| Ram Dass |
Religion |
5-Apr-1931 |
|
Be Here Now |
| Dave Davies |
Singer/Songwriter |
3-Feb-1947 |
|
The Kinks |
| Charles Diebold |
Business |
24-Oct-1824 |
5-Mar-1894 |
Founder of Diebold |
| William E. Dodd |
Diplomat |
27-Oct-1869 |
9-Feb-1940 |
US Ambassador to Nazi Germany |
| Bob Dole |
Politician |
22-Jul-1923 |
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96 |
| Kirk Douglas |
Actor |
9-Dec-1916 |
|
Spartacus |
| John P. East |
Politician |
5-May-1931 |
29-Jun-1986 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Harlan Ellison |
Author |
27-May-1934 |
|
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream |
| James Pollard Espy |
Scientist |
9-May-1785 |
24-Jan-1860 |
The Philosophy of Storms |
| Dale Evans |
Country Musician |
31-Oct-1912 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers |
| Robert Evans |
Film/TV Producer |
29-Jun-1930 |
|
The Kid Stays In The Picture |
| Federico Fellini |
Film Director |
20-Jan-1920 |
30-Oct-1993 |
La Dolce Vita |
| Larry Fine |
Actor |
5-Oct-1902 |
24-Jan-1975 |
Larry on The Three Stooges |
| Larry Flynt |
Business |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Publisher of HUSTLER |
| Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Actor |
6-Feb-1917 |
|
Cop-slapping Gabor sister |
| Franz Joseph Gall |
Doctor |
9-Mar-1758 |
22-Aug-1828 |
Invented phrenology |
| Ava Gardner |
Actor |
24-Dec-1922 |
25-Jan-1990 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Marcus Garvey |
Activist |
17-Aug-1887 |
10-Jun-1940 |
Pan-African black nationalist |
| Arshile Gorky |
Painter |
15-Apr-1904 |
21-Jul-1948 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Frank L. Greene |
Politician |
10-Feb-1870 |
17-Dec-1930 |
US Senator from Vermont, 1923-30 |
| Stephen Groombridge |
Astronomer |
7-Jan-1755 |
30-Mar-1832 |
A Catalogue of Circumpolar Stars |
| Oliver Hardy |
Actor |
18-Jan-1892 |
7-Aug-1957 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Nidal Malik Hasan |
Military |
8-Sep-1970 |
|
Fort Hood shooting |
| H. D. |
Poet |
10-Sep-1886 |
27-Sep-1961 |
Imagist poet, Sea Garden |
| Hugh Hefner |
Publisher |
9-Apr-1926 |
|
Founder, Playboy magazine |
| Earl Holding |
Business |
29-Nov-1926 |
19-Apr-2013 |
Sinclair Oil |
| Ralph Hopton |
Military |
1596 |
Sep-1652 |
Royalist commander, English Civil War |
| Roy Horn |
Magician |
3-Oct-1944 |
|
Siegfried and Roy |
| Curly Howard |
Actor |
22-Oct-1903 |
18-Jan-1952 |
Highest pitched Stooge |
| Uday Hussein |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1964 |
22-Jul-2003 |
Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son |
| LL Cool J |
Rapper |
14-Jan-1968 |
|
Ladies Love Cool James |
| Vic Janowicz |
Football |
26-Jan-1930 |
27-Feb-1996 |
Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy |
| Edward Jenner |
Doctor |
17-May-1749 |
26-Jan-1823 |
Smallpox Vaccination |
| George Jessel |
Actor |
3-Apr-1898 |
24-May-1981 |
Toastmaster General of the United States |
| Sarah Orne Jewett |
Author |
3-Sep-1849 |
24-Jun-1909 |
The Country of the Pointed Firs |
| Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
| Graham Kerr |
Chef |
22-Jan-1934 |
|
The Galloping Gourmet |
| Coretta Scott King |
Activist |
27-Apr-1927 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King |
| Gustav Klimt |
Painter |
14-Jul-1862 |
6-Feb-1918 |
Founder of the Vienna Sezession |
| Charles Krauthammer |
Columnist |
13-Mar-1950 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Elisabeth Kübler-Ross |
Activist |
8-Jul-1926 |
24-Aug-2004 |
On Death And Dying |
| Burt Lancaster |
Actor |
2-Nov-1913 |
20-Oct-1994 |
Elmer Gantry |
| Elsa Lanchester |
Actor |
28-Oct-1902 |
26-Dec-1986 |
Bride of Frankenstein |
| Fitz Hugh Lane |
Painter |
19-Dec-1804 |
14-Aug-1865 |
American marine painter, luminist |
| Jim Langevin |
Politician |
22-Apr-1964 |
|
Congressman, Rhode Island 2nd |
| Stan Laurel |
Actor |
16-Jun-1890 |
23-Feb-1965 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Vladimir Lenin |
Head of State |
22-Apr-1870 |
21-Jan-1924 |
Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union |
| Mark Linkous |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1962 |
6-Mar-2010 |
Sparklehorse |
| James Longstreet |
Military |
8-Jan-1821 |
2-Jan-1904 |
Confederate Army General |
| John D. MacArthur |
Philanthropist |
6-Mar-1897 |
6-Jan-1978 |
Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation |
| Lee Majors |
Actor |
23-Apr-1939 |
|
Six Million Dollar Man |
| Princess Margaret |
Royalty |
21-Aug-1930 |
9-Feb-2002 |
QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon |
| Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
| William Mulholland |
Engineer |
11-Sep-1855 |
22-Jul-1935 |
Los Angeles Aqueduct |
| Edvard Munch |
Painter |
12-Dec-1863 |
23-Jan-1944 |
Scream |
| Patricia Neal |
Actor |
20-Jan-1926 |
8-Aug-2010 |
The Day the Earth Stood Still |
| Craig H. Neilsen |
Business |
1941 |
19-Nov-2006 |
Ameristar Casinos |
| Pat Nixon |
First Lady |
16-Mar-1912 |
22-Jun-1993 |
Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon |
| Annie Oakley |
Performance Artist |
13-Aug-1860 |
3-Nov-1926 |
Little Sure Shot |
| Nam June Paik |
Artist |
20-Jul-1932 |
29-Jan-2006 |
Korean-American video artist |
| Minnie Pearl |
Singer |
25-Oct-1912 |
4-Mar-1996 |
Her hat cost $1.98 |
| Teddy Pendergrass |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Mar-1950 |
13-Jan-2010 |
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes |
| William Penn |
Government |
14-Oct-1644 |
30-Jul-1718 |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
| Carl Perkins |
Jazz Musician |
9-Apr-1932 |
19-Jan-1998 |
Blue Suede Shoes |
| Susan Peters |
Actor |
3-Jul-1921 |
23-Oct-1952 |
Random Harvest |
| David Prowse |
Actor |
1-Jul-1935 |
|
Darth Vader, Green Cross Code Man |
| William Quantrill |
Criminal |
31-Jul-1837 |
6-Jun-1865 |
Quantrill's Raiders |
| Jack Reed |
Activist |
22-Oct-1887 |
19-Oct-1920 |
Ten Days That Shook the World |
| Christopher Reeve |
Actor |
25-Sep-1952 |
10-Oct-2004 |
Superman |
| Max Reinhardt |
Theater Director |
9-Sep-1873 |
30-Oct-1943 |
Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Joshua Reynolds |
Painter |
16-Jul-1723 |
23-Feb-1792 |
English portraitist |
| Thomas D. Rice |
Comic |
20-May-1808 |
19-Sep-1860 |
Played "Jim Crow" |
| Buddy Rich |
Drummer |
30-Sep-1917 |
2-Apr-1987 |
Legendary drummer |
| Diego Rivera |
Painter |
8-Dec-1886 |
24-Nov-1957 |
Mexican painter |
| Bobby Robson |
Soccer |
18-Feb-1933 |
31-Jul-2009 |
English soccer manager |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
| Wiley Rutledge |
Judge |
20-Jul-1894 |
10-Sep-1949 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1943-49 |
| Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
| David Sanborn |
Musician |
30-Jul-1945 |
|
Saxophone player |
| Giorgos Seferis |
Poet |
1-Mar-1900 |
20-Sep-1971 |
Imerolóyion katastrómatos |
| John Shalikashvili |
Military |
27-Jun-1936 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1993-97 |
| Willie Shoemaker |
Jockey |
19-Aug-1931 |
12-Oct-2003 |
Greatest 20th century jockey |
| Jamie-Lynn Sigler |
Actor |
15-May-1981 |
|
Tony Soprano's bratty daughter |
| Otto Skorzeny |
Military |
12-Jun-1908 |
5-Jul-1975 |
Most dangerous man in Europe |
| Josef Stalin |
Head of State |
18-Dec-1878 |
5-Mar-1953 |
Brutal dictator, Soviet Union |
| Richard Steele |
Author |
1672 |
1-Sep-1729 |
The Spectator |
| William H. Stein |
Chemist |
25-Jun-1911 |
2-Feb-1980 |
Amino-acid analyzer |
| Bram Stoker |
Author |
8-Nov-1847 |
20-Apr-1912 |
Dracula |
| Eugène François Vidocq |
Government |
23-Jul-1775 |
11-May-1857 |
Criminal-turned-criminologist |
| Doak Walker |
Football |
1-Jan-1927 |
27-Sep-1998 |
Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer |
| George Wallace |
Politician |
25-Aug-1919 |
13-Sep-1998 |
Governor of Alabama, crippled by assassin |
| Mary Wells |
Singer |
13-May-1943 |
26-Jul-1992 |
My Guy |
| Walt Whitman |
Poet |
31-May-1819 |
26-Mar-1892 |
Leaves of Grass |
| Woodrow Wilson |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1856 |
3-Feb-1924 |
28th US President, 1913-21 |
| Debra Winger |
Actor |
16-May-1955 |
|
An Officer and a Gentleman |
