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| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
| Gavin Arvizo |
Victim |
Dec-1989 |
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Michael Jackson's special friend |
| Sonny Barger |
Criminal |
8-Oct-1938 |
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Oakland Hells Angels |
| Constantine P. Cavafy |
Poet |
29-Apr-1863 |
29-Apr-1933 |
Greek poet in Alexandria |
| Lady Diana |
Royalty |
1-Jul-1961 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess of Wales |
| Marguerite Duras |
Novelist |
4-Apr-1914 |
3-Mar-1996 |
Hiroshima mon Amour |
| Roger Ebert |
Critic |
18-Jun-1942 |
4-Apr-2013 |
Siskel and Ebert |
| King Fahd |
Royalty |
1923 |
1-Aug-2005 |
King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005 |
| Federico Fellini |
Film Director |
20-Jan-1920 |
30-Oct-1993 |
La Dolce Vita |
| Stan Getz |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1927 |
6-Jun-1991 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Al Goldstein |
Publisher |
10-Jan-1936 |
19-Dec-2013 |
Founder of Screw magazine |
| Mika Häkkinen |
Auto Racing |
28-Sep-1968 |
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Formula 1 World Champion, 1998-99 |
| Vaclav Havel |
Head of State |
5-Oct-1936 |
18-Dec-2011 |
Playwright President of Czechia |
| Stephen Hawking |
Physicist |
8-Jan-1942 |
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Wheelchair-bound physicist |
| Jesse Helms |
Politician |
18-Oct-1921 |
4-Jul-2008 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 |
| Laura Innes |
Actor |
16-Aug-1959 |
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Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER |
| Pope John Paul II |
Religion |
18-May-1920 |
2-Apr-2005 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005 |
| John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
| Michel Leiris |
Author |
20-Apr-1901 |
30-Sep-1990 |
Surrealist, ethnographer, autobiographer |
| Gordon Lightfoot |
Musician |
17-Nov-1938 |
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Canadian balladeer |
| John D. MacArthur |
Philanthropist |
6-Mar-1897 |
6-Jan-1978 |
Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation |
| Billy Preston |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1946 |
6-Jun-2006 |
You Are So Beautiful |
| Christopher Reeve |
Actor |
25-Sep-1952 |
10-Oct-2004 |
Superman |
| William Rehnquist |
Judge |
1-Oct-1924 |
3-Sep-2005 |
US Chief Justice, 1986-2005 |
| Richard Rodgers |
Composer |
28-Jun-1902 |
30-Dec-1979 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
| Terri Schiavo |
Victim |
3-Dec-1963 |
31-Mar-2005 |
Human vegetable, 1990-2005 |
| Giorgos Seferis |
Poet |
1-Mar-1900 |
20-Sep-1971 |
Imerolyion katastrmatos |
| Ariel Sharon |
Head of State |
26-Feb-1928 |
11-Jan-2014 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 |
| Grace Slick |
Singer |
30-Oct-1939 |
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Jefferson Airplane and Starship |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
| Dylan Thomas |
Poet |
27-Oct-1914 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Most influential Welsh poet |
| Mo Udall |
Politician |
15-Jun-1922 |
12-Dec-1998 |
Congressman from Arizona, 1961-91 |
| Luther Vandross |
Singer |
20-Apr-1951 |
1-Jul-2005 |
R&B Singer, Never Too Much |
| Johnny Weissmuller |
Actor |
2-Jun-1904 |
20-Jan-1984 |
Gold Medalist became Tarzan |
| Mary Wells |
Singer |
13-May-1943 |
26-Jul-1992 |
My Guy |
| Ted Williams |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1918 |
5-Jul-2002 |
Cryonically preserved .400 hitter |
| Deng Xiaoping |
Politician |
22-Aug-1904 |
19-Feb-1997 |
Communist Chinese leader |
| Catherine Zeta-Jones |
Actor |
25-Sep-1969 |
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