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Survived a plane crash. See also Cause of Death: Plane Accident.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Steven R. Appleton
Business
11-Mar-1960 3-Feb-2012 CEO of Micron Technology
Yasser Arafat
Politician
24-Aug-1929 10-Nov-2004 Palestinian leader, former terrorist
Richard Bach
Author
23-Jun-1936   Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Travis Barker
Drummer
14-Nov-1975   Drummer for Blink-182
Birch Bayh
Politician
22-Jan-1928   US Senator from Indiana, 1963-81
Joseph Beuys
Artist
12-May-1921 23-Jan-1986 German conceptual artist
Jimmy Buffett
Singer/Songwriter
25-Dec-1946   Margaritaville
Sandra Bullock
Actor
26-Jul-1964   The Net
Roald Dahl
Author
13-Sep-1916 23-Nov-1990 James and the Giant Peach
DJ AM
Disc Jockey
30-Mar-1973 28-Aug-2009 New York Club DJ
Kirk Douglas
Actor
9-Dec-1916   Spartacus
Clint Eastwood
Actor
31-May-1930   The Man With No Name
Dick Ebersol
Sports Journalist
28-Jul-1947   Chairman of NBC Sports, 1989-2011
Gnassingbe Eyadema
Head of State
26-Dec-1937 5-Feb-2005 Dictator of Togo, 1967-2005
Ric Flair
Wrestling
25-Feb-1949   Pro wrestler
Harrison Ford
Actor
13-Jul-1942   Han Solo in Star Wars
Jane Froman
Singer
10-Nov-1907 22-Apr-1980 The Jane Froman Show
James Gleick
Author
1-Aug-1954   Chaos: Making a New Science
Ernest Hemingway
Author
21-Jul-1899 2-Jul-1961 The Old Man And The Sea
Larry Hillblom
Business
12-May-1943 21-May-1995 DHL billionaire
Stanley Hiller, Jr.
Inventor
15-Nov-1924 20-Apr-2006 Helicopter designer
Bronislaw Huberman
Violinist
19-Dec-1882 16-Jun-1947 Polish violin prodigy, Pan-Europeanist
Franklin P. Huddle
Diplomat
9-May-1943   US Ambassador to Tajikistan, 2001-03
Howard Hughes
Business
24-Sep-1905 5-Apr-1976 Insane billionaire
Daniel Johnston
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jan-1961   Hi How Are You?
Brereton C. Jones
Politician
27-Jun-1939   Governor of Kentucky, 1991-95
Ted Kennedy
Politician
22-Feb-1932 25-Aug-2009 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Chris Kyle
Military
8-Apr-1974 2-Feb-2013 Subject of American Sniper
Richard Lawson
Actor
7-Mar-1947   Poltergeist
John D. MacArthur
Philanthropist
6-Mar-1897 6-Jan-1978 Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation
John McCain
Politician
29-Aug-1936   US Senator from Arizona
Sean O'Keefe
Administrator
27-Jan-1956   NASA Administrator, 2001-05
Bessica Raiche
Aviator
Apr-1875 11-Apr-1932 Aviatrix and gynecologist
Eddie Rickenbacker
Aviator
8-Oct-1890 23-Jul-1973 Flying ace shot down 22 planes in WWI
Blanche Stuart Scott
Aviator
8-Apr-1885 12-Jan-1970 Auto and air daredevil
Shah of Iran
Royalty
26-Oct-1919 27-Jul-1980 Last Shah of Iran
Eric Shinseki
Military
28-Nov-1942   US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 2009-14
Ted Stevens
Politician
18-Nov-1923 10-Aug-2010 US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009
Chesley Sullenberger
Aviator
23-Jan-1951   Landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River
Bruce Sundlun
Politician
19-Jan-1920 21-Jul-2011 Governor of Rhode Island, 1991-95
Stansfield Turner
Government
1-Dec-1923   CIA Director, 1977-81
Walther von Reichenau
Military
16-Aug-1884 17-Jan-1942 Nazi general, encouraged atrocities
Mollie B. Williford
Business
c. 1937   Williford Companies
Steve Wozniak
Computer Programmer
11-Aug-1950   Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Orville Wright
Aviator
19-Aug-1871 30-Jan-1948 Co-Inventor of the airplane




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