| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jason Alexander |
Actor |
23-Sep-1959 |
|
George Costanza on Seinfeld |
| Nicholas Amhurst |
Author |
16-Oct-1697 |
12-Apr-1742 |
The Craftsman |
| Tori Amos |
Singer |
22-Aug-1963 |
|
Little Earthquakes |
| Jim Backus |
Actor |
25-Feb-1913 |
3-Jul-1989 |
Mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island |
| Sonny Barger |
Criminal |
8-Oct-1938 |
|
Oakland Hells Angels |
| Georg Baselitz |
Painter |
23-Jan-1938 |
|
Painter of upside-down motifs |
| Charles Baudelaire |
Poet |
9-Apr-1821 |
31-Aug-1867 |
Les Fleurs du Mal |
| Bix Beiderbecke |
Jazz Musician |
10-Mar-1903 |
6-Aug-1931 |
Celebrated jazz cornetist |
| Richard Belzer |
Comic |
4-Aug-1944 |
|
Munch on Homicide, Law & Order: SVU |
| Candice Bergen |
Actor |
9-May-1946 |
|
Murphy Brown |
| Alexander Berkman |
Anarchist |
21-Nov-1870 |
28-Jun-1936 |
A.B.C. of Anarchism |
| Josh Billings |
Author |
21-Apr-1818 |
14-Oct-1885 |
19th century American humorist |
| Conrad Black |
Business |
25-Aug-1944 |
|
Rapacious newspaper mogul |
| George Blaisdell |
Inventor |
5-Jun-1895 |
3-Oct-1978 |
Zippo cigarette lighter |
| Robert Blake |
Actor |
18-Sep-1933 |
|
Baretta |
| Charles E. Bohlen |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1904 |
31-Dec-1974 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57 |
| Russell Brand |
Actor |
4-Jun-1975 |
|
Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know |
| Jim Broadbent |
Actor |
24-May-1949 |
|
Oscar-winning oddball English actor |
| Preston S. Brooks |
Politician |
5-Aug-1819 |
27-Jan-1857 |
Beat Charles Sumner with a cane |
| Arthur Brown |
Musician |
24-Jun-1944 |
|
The God of Hellfire |
| Claude Brown |
Author |
23-Feb-1937 |
2-Feb-2002 |
Manchild in the Promised Land |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Sir Richard Burton |
Explorer |
19-Mar-1821 |
20-Oct-1890 |
Translated The Arabian Nights |
| James Branch Cabell |
Novelist |
14-Apr-1879 |
5-May-1958 |
Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice |
| Peter Camejo |
Activist |
31-Dec-1939 |
13-Sep-2008 |
Persistent Green Party candidate |
| Christy Canyon |
Pornstar |
17-Jun-1966 |
|
Jugs and Kisses, Your Ass My Tongue |
| Karel Capek |
Author |
9-Jan-1890 |
25-Dec-1938 |
R.U.R. |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Seven Dirty Words |
| Giacomo Casanova |
Author |
2-Apr-1725 |
4-Jun-1798 |
World-renowned paramour |
| Camilo José Cela |
Author |
11-May-1916 |
17-Jan-2002 |
Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate |
| Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
| Chevy Chase |
Comic |
8-Oct-1943 |
|
He is, you're not |
| James Fenimore Cooper |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1789 |
14-Sep-1851 |
The Last of the Mohicans |
| David Crosby |
Musician |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
| Willem Dafoe |
Actor |
22-Jul-1955 |
|
Last Temptation of Christ |
| Richard Harding Davis |
Author |
18-Apr-1864 |
11-Apr-1916 |
Yellow-era journalist |
| John Day |
Playwright |
1574 |
c. 1640 |
The Parliament of Bees |
| Martin R. Delany |
Activist |
6-May-1812 |
24-Jan-1885 |
Black nationalist |
| Thorold Dickinson |
Film Director |
16-Nov-1903 |
14-Apr-1984 |
Gaslight |
| J. P. Donleavy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1926 |
|
The Ginger Man |
| Al Dubin |
Songwriter |
10-Jun-1891 |
11-Feb-1945 |
Lullaby of Broadway |
| Harlan Ellison |
Author |
27-May-1934 |
|
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream |
| Joseph Ejercito Estrada |
Head of State |
19-Apr-1937 |
|
Deposed president of the Philippines |
| Rupert Everett |
Actor |
29-May-1959 |
|
My Best Friend's Wedding |
| George Farquhar |
Playwright |
1678 |
29-Apr-1707 |
The Beaux Stratagem |
| Robert J. Flaherty |
Film Director |
16-Feb-1884 |
23-Jul-1951 |
Nanook of the North |
| Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
| Harrison Ford |
Actor |
13-Jul-1942 |
|
Han Solo in Star Wars |
| Stephen Fry |
Actor |
24-Aug-1957 |
|
Jeeves and Wooster |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| William Gaddis |
Novelist |
29-Dec-1922 |
16-Dec-1998 |
A Frolic of His Own |
| Israel Gelfand |
Mathematician |
2-Sep-1913 |
5-Oct-2009 |
Banach algebras, Lie groups |
| George Gervin |
Basketball |
27-Apr-1952 |
|
The Iceman |
| Vo Nguyen Giap |
Military |
25-Aug-1911 |
4-Oct-2013 |
North Vietnamese General, Minister of Defense |
| Carlo Goldoni |
Playwright |
25-Feb-1707 |
6-Feb-1793 |
Founder of Italian comedy |
| Carlos de Singuenza y Góngora |
Mathematician |
20-Aug-1645 |
22-Aug-1700 |
Mathematician, historian of the New World |
| Franklin Graham |
Religion |
14-Jul-1952 |
|
Billy Graham's son |
| Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
| Louis-Christophe-François Hachette |
Publisher |
5-May-1800 |
31-Jul-1864 |
French textbook publisher |
| Salma Hayek |
Actor |
2-Sep-1966 |
|
Frida |
| William Randolph Hearst |
Business |
29-Apr-1863 |
14-Aug-1951 |
Newspaper magnate |
| Richard Hell |
Musician |
2-Oct-1949 |
|
Blank Generation |
| Seymour Hersh |
Journalist |
8-Apr-1937 |
|
Uncovered the My Lai Massacre |
| Chester Himes |
Author |
19-Jul-1909 |
12-Nov-1984 |
Lonely Crusade |
| Raab Himself |
Actor |
21-May-1980 |
|
Jackass and Viva La Bam |
| H. H. Holmes |
Criminal |
16-May-1860 |
7-May-1896 |
The Devil in the White City |
| Jack Holt |
Actor |
31-May-1888 |
18-Jan-1951 |
They Were Expendable |
| Larry Hoover |
Criminal |
30-Nov-1950 |
|
Gangster Disciples |
| Frederick Hopkins |
Scientist |
20-Jun-1861 |
16-May-1947 |
Discovered vitamins |
| T. E. Hulme |
Poet |
16-Sep-1883 |
28-Sep-1917 |
Modernist poet and critic |
| Neil Innes |
Musician |
9-Dec-1944 |
|
The Rutles |
| Etta James |
Singer |
25-Jan-1938 |
20-Jan-2012 |
Soul Diva |
| Jon Jost |
Film Director |
16-May-1943 |
|
All the Vermeers in New York |
| Alan Kay |
Computer Programmer |
17-May-1940 |
|
Father of Object-Oriented Programming |
| Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
25-Aug-2009 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
| Fran Lebowitz |
Author |
27-Oct-1950 |
|
Social satirist, Metropolitan Life |
| Brandon Lee |
Actor |
1-Feb-1965 |
31-Mar-1993 |
Actor son of Bruce Lee |
| Jerry Lee Lewis |
Musician |
29-Sep-1935 |
|
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire |
| Karl von Linde |
Engineer |
11-Jun-1842 |
16-Nov-1934 |
Inventor of refrigeration |
| Jared Loughner |
Assassin |
10-Sep-1988 |
|
Tucson Safeway shooter |
| Shane MacGowan |
Musician |
25-Dec-1957 |
|
The Pogues |
| Patrick Macnee |
Actor |
6-Feb-1922 |
25-Jun-2015 |
Mr. Steed on The Avengers |
| Lee Majors |
Actor |
23-Apr-1939 |
|
Six Million Dollar Man |
| Steve Martin |
Comic |
14-Aug-1945 |
|
The Jerk |
| Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
| Daniel L. McFadden |
Economist |
29-Jul-1937 |
|
Statistical analysis of individual and household behavior |
| Lyle Menendez |
Criminal |
10-Jan-1968 |
|
Killed parents with brother Erik |
| Adam Michnik |
Activist |
17-Oct-1946 |
|
Gazeta Wyborcza |
| Eddie Money |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Mar-1949 |
|
Take Me Home Tonight |
| Thelonious Monk |
Jazz Musician |
10-Oct-1917 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Influential Bebop pianist and composer |
| Alan Moore |
Author |
18-Nov-1953 |
|
Created The Watchmen |
| Grace Moore |
Singer |
5-Dec-1898 |
26-Jan-1947 |
One Night of Love |
| J. Sterling Morton |
Government |
22-Apr-1832 |
27-Apr-1902 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1893-97 |
| Steven W. Mosher |
Scholar |
9-May-1948 |
|
Prominent Sinologist |
| Bill Murray |
Actor |
21-Sep-1950 |
|
Meatballs, SNL alumnus |
| Paul Newman |
Actor |
26-Jan-1925 |
26-Sep-2008 |
Salad dressing magnate |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
| John O'Hara |
Author |
31-Jan-1905 |
11-Apr-1970 |
Appointment in Samarra |
| Chad Ochocinco |
Football |
9-Jan-1978 |
|
NFL wide receiver |
| Johann Friedrich Overbeck |
Painter |
3-Jul-1789 |
12-Nov-1869 |
German religious painter |
| Trey Parker |
Cartoonist |
19-Oct-1969 |
|
South Park |
| Alicia Patterson |
Business |
15-Oct-1906 |
2-Jul-1963 |
Founder of Newsday |
| Chris Penn |
Actor |
10-Oct-1965 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs |
| William Penn |
Government |
14-Oct-1644 |
30-Jul-1718 |
Founder of Pennsylvania |
| Jody Powell |
Government |
30-Sep-1943 |
14-Sep-2009 |
Jimmy Carter's Press Secretary |
| André Previn |
Pianist |
6-Apr-1929 |
|
Concert pianist and orchestral conductor |
| Richard Pryor |
Comic |
1-Dec-1940 |
10-Dec-2005 |
Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy |
| Robert Purvis |
Activist |
4-Aug-1810 |
15-Apr-1898 |
"President" of the Underground Railroad |
| Ted Rall |
Cartoonist |
26-Aug-1963 |
|
Godless heathen cartoonist |
| Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
Atlas Shrugged |
| Gene Anthony Ray |
Dancer |
24-May-1962 |
14-Nov-2003 |
Leroy Johnson on Fame |
| Keanu Reeves |
Actor |
2-Sep-1964 |
|
Dude |
| Andrew Roberts |
Historian |
13-Jan-1963 |
|
Eminent Churchillians |
| Frederick Rolfe |
Author |
22-Jul-1860 |
25-Oct-1913 |
Baron Corvo |
| Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen |
Physicist |
27-Mar-1845 |
10-Feb-1923 |
Discovered X-Rays |
| Mike Rutherford |
Guitarist |
2-Oct-1950 |
|
Guitarist for Genesis |
| Richard Scaife |
Activist |
3-Jul-1932 |
4-Jul-2014 |
The Republican George Soros |
| Michael Seaton |
Astronomer |
16-Jun-1923 |
29-May-2007 |
Opacity Project |
| Charlie Sheen |
Actor |
3-Sep-1965 |
|
The prodigal Sheen |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Poet |
4-Aug-1792 |
8-Jul-1822 |
Prometheus Unbound |
| Shel Silverstein |
Poet |
25-Sep-1930 |
10-May-1999 |
Where the Sidewalk Ends |
| Nikki Sixx |
Bassist |
11-Dec-1958 |
|
Mötley Crüe bassist |
| Roni Size |
Electronic Musician |
29-Oct-1969 |
|
Drum-n-bass producer, Newforms |
| Iceberg Slim |
Criminal |
4-Aug-1918 |
28-Apr-1992 |
Pimp-turned-author |
| South Park Mexican |
Rapper |
1971 |
|
Hispanic rapper / Dope House Records |
| Robert Southey |
Poet |
12-Aug-1774 |
21-Mar-1843 |
A Vision of Judgment |
| Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
| Scott Stapp |
Musician |
8-Aug-1973 |
|
Singer for Creed |
| James Stirling |
Mathematician |
1692 |
5-Dec-1770 |
Methodus differentialis |
| Harlan Fiske Stone |
Judge |
11-Oct-1872 |
22-Apr-1946 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1925-46 |
| John Tesh |
TV Personality |
9-Jul-1952 |
|
Entertainment Tonight |
| Tiny Tim |
Musician |
12-Apr-1932 |
30-Nov-1996 |
Tip Toe Thru the Tulips |
| Mary Travers |
Singer |
9-Nov-1936 |
16-Sep-2009 |
The Mary in Peter, Paul, and Mary |
| Konstantin E. Tsiolkovsky |
Scientist |
17-Sep-1857 |
19-Sep-1935 |
Astronautics and rocket dynamics pioneer |
| Ted Turner |
Business |
19-Nov-1938 |
|
Founder of Cable News Network |
| Steven Tyler |
Singer |
26-Mar-1948 |
|
Frontman for Aerosmith |
| Mike Tyson |
Boxing |
30-Jun-1966 |
|
Erratic heavyweight champion |
| Jimmy Van Heusen |
Composer |
26-Jan-1913 |
7-Feb-1990 |
Call Me Irresponsible |
| Jack Warden |
Actor |
18-Sep-1920 |
19-Jul-2006 |
12 Angry Men |
| John Waters |
Film Director |
22-Apr-1946 |
|
Hairspray |
| Rachel Weisz |
Actor |
7-Mar-1971 |
|
The Constant Gardener |
| Ida B. Wells-Barnett |
Activist |
16-Jul-1862 |
25-Mar-1931 |
Civil rights advocate |
| George Wendt |
Actor |
17-Oct-1948 |
|
Norm on Cheers |
| Cornel West |
Activist |
2-Jun-1953 |
|
Race Matters |
| Nathanael West |
Author |
17-Oct-1903 |
22-Dec-1940 |
The Day of the Locust |
| William Whiston |
Religion |
9-Dec-1667 |
22-Aug-1752 |
Apostolical Constitutions |
| Tookie Williams |
Criminal |
29-Dec-1953 |
13-Dec-2005 |
Co-Founder, West Side Crips |
| Owen Wilson |
Actor |
18-Nov-1968 |
|
Zoolander |
| Cecil Woodham-Smith |
Historian |
29-Apr-1896 |
16-Mar-1977 |
Florence Nightingale |
| Robert B. Woodward |
Chemist |
10-Apr-1917 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc. |
| William Wrigley, Jr. |
Business |
30-Sep-1861 |
26-Jan-1932 |
Chewing gum magnate |
| Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. |
Actor |
30-Nov-1918 |
2-May-2014 |
The F.B.I. |
| Stephanie Zimbalist |
Actor |
8-Oct-1956 |
|
Remington Steele |
