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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Max Abramovitz
Architect
23-May-1908 12-Sep-2004 Designed UN Headquarters
Tony Alamo
Religion
20-Sep-1934   Tony Alamo Ministries
Ted Arison
Business
1924 1-Oct-1999 Founder of Carnival Cruise Line
Lauren Bacall
Actor
16-Sep-1924   Key Largo
Lawrence Bender
Film/TV Producer
17-Oct-1957   A Band Apart
Alexander Bickel
Scholar
17-Dec-1924 7-Nov-1974 The Least Dangerous Branch
Mark Bittman
Chef
c. 1950   The Minimalist
John Browne
Business
20-Feb-1948   CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
Michael Chertoff
Government
28-Nov-1953   US Homeland Security Czar
Andrei Codrescu
Author
20-Dec-1946   Exquisite Corpse
Steven Cojocaru
Critic
5-Jan-1965   Entertainment Tonight fashion critic
Horace Dediu
Pundit
15-Feb-1968   Tech industry analyst
Ervin Drake
Songwriter
3-Apr-1919   It Was a Very Good Year
Carrie Fisher
Actor
21-Oct-1956   Princess Leia in Star Wars
Lawrence Foster
Conductor
23-Oct-1941   Principal Conductor, Gulbenkian Orchestra
William Friedman
Scientist
24-Sep-1891 12-Nov-1969 Cryptography pioneer
Donald Hodel
Government
23-May-1935   Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior
Michael Howard
Politician
7-Jul-1941   UK Home Secretary, 1993-97
Joseph M. Juran
Scientist
24-Dec-1904 28-Feb-2008 The Pareto Principle
Max Kampelman
Diplomat
7-Nov-1920   US Ambassador to the CSCE
Harvey Keitel
Actor
13-May-1939   Pimp from Taxi Driver
Stan Lee
Cartoonist
28-Dec-1922   Created Spider-Man and The Hulk
Sophie Masloff
Politician
23-Dec-1917   Mayor of Pittsburgh, 1988-94
Herta Müller
Author
17-Aug-1953   German writer
Clifford Odets
Playwright
18-Jul-1906 14-Aug-1963 Sweet Smell of Success
George E. Palade
Scientist
19-Nov-1912 7-Oct-2008 Microstructure of the cell
Elsa Pataky
Actor
18-Jul-1976   Al Salir de Clase
Saul Perlmutter
Astronomer
1959   Accelerating expansion of the universe
John Randolph
Actor
1-Jun-1915 24-Feb-2004 Prizzi's Honor
Eric Reissner
Mathematician
5-Jan-1913 1-Nov-1996 Reissner shear-deformation plate theory
Irene B. Rosenfeld
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Kraft Foods
Dolph Schayes
Basketball
19-May-1928   NBA Hall of Famer, coach
Delmore Schwartz
Poet
8-Dec-1913 11-Jul-1966 Summer Knowledge
Sylvia Sidney
Actor
8-Aug-1910 1-Jul-1999 Mama Carlson on WKRP
Beverly Sills
Singer
25-May-1929 2-Jul-2007 Soprano at the New York City Opera
David Steinberg
Comic
9-Aug-1942   Second City alumnus
Naomi Wolf
Author
12-Nov-1962   The Beauty Myth
Kevin Youkilis
Baseball
15-Mar-1979   Chicago White Sox
Zamfir
Musician
6-Apr-1941   Pan flute virtuoso




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