| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Joy Adamson |
Naturalist |
20-Jan-1910 |
3-Jan-1980 |
Born Free |
| Moustapha Akkad |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jul-1930 |
10-Nov-2005 |
Halloween producer |
| Albert Anastasia |
Criminal |
26-Feb-1902 |
25-Oct-1957 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Archimedes |
Mathematician |
c. 290 BC |
211 BC |
Greatest of the ancient mathematicians |
| Notorious B.I.G. |
Rapper |
21-May-1972 |
9-Mar-1997 |
I love it when you call me big poppa |
| Bonny Lee Bakley |
Victim |
7-Jun-1956 |
4-May-2001 |
Baretta's wife, got whacked |
| Judith Barsi |
Actor |
6-Jun-1978 |
25-Jul-1988 |
Murdered child actress |
| Harry Baur |
Actor |
12-Apr-1880 |
8-Apr-1943 |
Un carnet de bal |
| David Beaton |
Religion |
c. 1494 |
29-May-1546 |
Cardinal, Archbishop of St. Andrews |
| Zdzislaw Beksinski |
Painter |
24-Feb-1929 |
22-Feb-2005 |
Fantastic-Realist Painter |
| Pierre Belon |
Naturalist |
1517 |
Apr-1564 |
L'histoire de la nature des oyseaux |
| Nancy Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1964 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Wife, murder victim of Chris Benoit |
| Alan Berg |
Radio Personality |
Jan-1934 |
18-Jun-1984 |
Murdered radio host |
| Steve Biko |
Activist |
18-Dec-1946 |
12-Sep-1977 |
Father of Black Consciousness |
| Marc Blitzstein |
Composer |
2-Mar-1905 |
22-Jan-1964 |
The Cradle Will Rock |
| Carlie Brucia |
Victim |
16-Mar-1992 |
1-Feb-2004 |
Little girl kidnapped and killed |
| Bugz |
Rapper |
5-Jan-1978 |
21-May-1999 |
Young rapper was original D12 member |
| Gerald Bull |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1928 |
22-Mar-1990 |
Supergun builder |
| Bill The Butcher |
Boxing |
Jul-1821 |
8-Mar-1855 |
Inspired Gangs of New York |
| Susan Cabot |
Actor |
9-Jul-1927 |
10-Dec-1986 |
The Wasp Woman |
| Roberto Calvi |
Business |
13-Apr-1920 |
17-Jun-1982 |
Vatican banker who died mysteriously |
| Caracalla |
Royalty |
4-Apr-188 AD |
8-Apr-217 AD |
Roman Emperor, 198-217 AD |
| Polidoro Caldara da Caravaggio |
Painter |
1495 |
1543 |
Italian frieze painter |
| Paul Castellano |
Criminal |
20-Jun-1915 |
16-Dec-1985 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Lana Clarkson |
Actor |
5-Apr-1962 |
3-Feb-2003 |
Barbarian Queen |
| Claudius |
Royalty |
1-Aug-10 BC |
13-Oct-54 AD |
Roman Emperor, 41-54 AD |
| William Colby |
Spy |
4-Jan-1920 |
27-Apr-1996 |
CIA Director, 1973-75 |
| Commodus |
Royalty |
31-Aug-161 AD |
31-Dec-192 AD |
Roman Emperor, 177-192 AD |
| James Cook |
Explorer |
27-Oct-1728 |
14-Feb-1779 |
Explorer of the South Pacific |
| Bob Crane |
Actor |
13-Jul-1928 |
29-Jun-1978 |
Hogan on Hogan's Heroes |
| Crazy Horse |
Military |
c. 1842 |
5-Sep-1877 |
Bayonetted in the back |
| Jeffrey Dahmer |
Criminal |
21-May-1960 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Homosexual serial killer cannibal |
| Thomas Dangerfield |
Criminal |
1650 |
1685 |
English conspirator |
| Lord Darnley |
Royalty |
7-Dec-1545 |
9-Feb-1567 |
Husband of Mary, Queen of Scots |
| Dimebag Darrell |
Guitarist |
20-Aug-1966 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Lead guitarist for Pantera |
| Arrigo Caterino Davila |
Historian |
30-Oct-1576 |
26-May-1631 |
Istoria delle guerre civili di Francia |
| John Davis |
Explorer |
c. 1550 |
29-Dec-1605 |
Discovered Falkland Islands |
| Nicholas L. Deak |
Business |
8-Oct-1905 |
18-Nov-1985 |
Deak-Perera |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Amadou Diallo |
Victim |
2-Sep-1975 |
4-Feb-1999 |
Shot dead by the NYPD |
| Domitian |
Royalty |
24-Oct-51 AD |
18-Sep-96 AD |
Roman Emperor, 81-96 AD |
| Mac Dre |
Rapper |
5-Jul-1970 |
1-Nov-2004 |
Vallejo Rapper |
| Lucky Dube |
Singer |
3-Aug-1964 |
18-Oct-2007 |
South African reggae star |
| Adolph Dubs |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1920 |
14-Feb-1979 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79 |
| Dominique Dunne |
Actor |
23-Nov-1959 |
4-Nov-1982 |
Poltergeist |
| Morgan Earp |
Government |
24-Apr-1851 |
18-Mar-1882 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| King Edmund I |
Royalty |
921 AD |
26-May-946 AD |
King of England 939-46 AD |
| King Edward II |
Royalty |
25-Apr-1284 |
11-Oct-1327 |
King of England, 1307-27 |
| King Edward V |
Royalty |
4-Nov-1470 |
c. 1483 |
King of England, 1483 |
| Elagabalus |
Royalty |
204 AD |
222 AD |
Roman Emperor, 218-222 AD |
| Erik XIV |
Royalty |
13-Dec-1533 |
26-Feb-1577 |
King of Sweden, 1560-68 |
| Medgar Evers |
Activist |
2-Jul-1925 |
12-Jun-1963 |
Civil rights activist murdered in 1963 |
| Lolo Ferrari |
Pornstar |
9-Feb-1970 |
5-Mar-2000 |
Double Airbags |
| Jim Fisk |
Business |
1-Apr-1834 |
6-Jan-1872 |
Business partner of Jay Gould |
| Robert Ford |
Criminal |
31-Jan-1862 |
8-Jun-1892 |
Shot and killed Jesse James |
| Dian Fossey |
Anthropologist |
16-Jan-1932 |
26-Dec-1985 |
Gorillas in the Mist |
| Leo Frank |
Victim |
17-Apr-1884 |
17-Aug-1915 |
Innocent man, lynched by mob |
| Joe Fulks |
Basketball |
26-Oct-1921 |
21-Mar-1976 |
Scored 63 points in a 1949 NBA game |
| Gallienus |
Royalty |
c. 218 AD |
268 AD |
Roman Emperor, 253-68 AD |
| Marvin Gaye |
Singer |
2-Apr-1939 |
1-Apr-1984 |
Heard It Through the Grapevine |
| Kitty Genovese |
Victim |
7-Jul-1935 |
13-Mar-1964 |
Allegedly killed by collective apathy |
| Sam Giancana |
Criminal |
24-May-1908 |
19-Jun-1975 |
Chicago Mafia boss, 1957-66 |
| Ron Goldman |
Victim |
2-Jul-1968 |
12-Jun-1994 |
Murder victim, OJ Simpson trial |
| Robert Gottschalk |
Inventor |
12-Mar-1918 |
3-Jun-1982 |
Wide-screen motion picture technology |
| Hugo Haase |
Politician |
29-Sep-1863 |
7-Nov-1919 |
German parliamentarian, Marxist, pacifist |
| Harald IV |
Royalty |
? |
1136 |
King of Norway |
| Phil Hartman |
Actor |
24-Sep-1948 |
28-May-1998 |
Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure |
| King Henry VI |
Royalty |
6-Dec-1421 |
21-May-1471 |
King of England, 1422-61 |
| Wild Bill Hickok |
Actor |
27-May-1837 |
2-Aug-1876 |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West show |
| Jimmy Hoffa |
Labor Leader |
14-Feb-1913 |
30-Jul-1975 |
International Brotherhood of Teamsters |
| Natalee Holloway |
Victim |
21-Oct-1986 |
30-May-2005 |
Disappeared in Aruba |
| DeShaun Holton |
Rapper |
2-Oct-1975 |
11-Apr-2006 |
D-12 |
| David Hookes |
Cricket |
3-May-1955 |
19-Jan-2004 |
Australian cricket's great white hope |
| Hypatia of Alexandria |
Curator |
c. 370 AD |
Mar-415 AD |
Librarian of Alexandria |
| Jesse James |
Criminal |
5-Sep-1847 |
3-Apr-1882 |
Bank robber, with James Gang |
| Jam Master Jay |
Disc Jockey |
21-Jan-1965 |
30-Oct-2002 |
Run-D.M.C. |
| Pope John VIII |
Religion |
? |
16-Dec-882 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 872-882 |
| Pope John X |
Religion |
? |
928 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 914-28 |
| Pope John XIV |
Religion |
? |
20-Aug-984 AD |
Roman Catholic Pope, 983-84 |
| Robert Johnson |
Guitarist |
8-May-1911 |
16-Aug-1938 |
Influential blues guitarist |
| Mohammed Jamal Khalifa |
Relative |
1-Feb-1957 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law |
| Victor Kilian |
Actor |
6-Mar-1891 |
11-Mar-1979 |
Raymond Larkin on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
| Polly Klaas |
Victim |
3-Jan-1981 |
Nov-1993 |
Murdered by Richard Allen Davis |
| Leon Klinghoffer |
Victim |
24-Sep-1916 |
7-Oct-1985 |
Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists |
| Vardan Kushnir |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1969 |
24-Jul-2005 |
Russian spammer, murdered |
| Big L |
Rapper |
30-May-1974 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Ebonics |
| Ladislas IV |
Royalty |
1262 |
10-Jul-1290 |
King of Hungary, 1272-90 |
| Alexander Gordon Laing |
Explorer |
27-Dec-1793 |
26-Sep-1826 |
Explorer killed returning from Timbuktu |
| Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
| Daniel Lewin |
Mathematician |
14-May-1970 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Co-founder of Akamai, died in 9/11 |
| Charles Lindbergh, Jr. |
Victim |
22-Jun-1930 |
Mar-1932 |
The Lindbergh Baby |
| Danny Lockin |
Actor |
13-Jul-1943 |
21-Aug-1977 |
Stage actor, murdered in 1977 |
| Allard Lowenstein |
Politician |
16-Jan-1929 |
14-Mar-1980 |
Congressman, New York 5th |
| Rosa Luxemburg |
Activist |
5-Mar-1871 |
15-Jan-1919 |
Co-Founder, Communist Party of Germany |
| Salvatore Maranzano |
Criminal |
1868 |
10-Sep-1931 |
Capo di tutti capi |
| Christopher Marlowe |
Playwright |
6-Feb-1564 |
30-May-1593 |
Doctor Faustus |
| Joe Masseria |
Criminal |
1879 |
15-Apr-1931 |
NY mobster, killed by Luciano |
| Maximinus |
Royalty |
c. 170 AD |
238 AD |
Roman Emperor, 235-38 |
| Steve McNair |
Football |
14-Feb-1973 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Baltimore Ravens QB |
| Ross McWhirter |
Author |
12-Aug-1925 |
27-Nov-1975 |
Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records |
| Sergio de Mello |
Government |
15-Mar-1948 |
19-Aug-2003 |
UN Representative to Iraq killed by carbomb |
| Sal Mineo |
Actor |
10-Jan-1939 |
12-Feb-1976 |
Dies in Rebel Without A Cause |
| Ernesto Miranda |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1941 |
31-Jan-1976 |
Miranda v. Arizona |
| Artie Mitchell |
Film Director |
12-Dec-1945 |
27-Feb-1991 |
Pornographer; shot and killed by brother Jim |
| Aldo Moro |
Head of State |
23-Sep-1916 |
9-May-1978 |
Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy |
| Jean Moulin |
Government |
20-Jun-1899 |
8-Jul-1943 |
Martyr of the French Resistance |
| Martha Moxley |
Victim |
16-Aug-1960 |
30-Oct-1975 |
Murdered by Michael Skakel |
| Jack Nance |
Actor |
21-Dec-1943 |
30-Dec-1996 |
Eraserhead |
| Huey Newton |
Activist |
17-Feb-1942 |
22-Aug-1989 |
Black Panther |
| Haing S. Ngor |
Victim |
22-Mar-1940 |
25-Feb-1996 |
The Killing Fields |
| Anastasia Nikolaevna |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1901 |
17-Jul-1918 |
Youngest Daughter of Tsar Nicholas II |
| Nick De Noia |
Dancer |
c. 1941 |
7-Apr-1987 |
First choreographer for Chippendales |
| Ramon Novarro |
Actor |
6-Feb-1899 |
30-Oct-1968 |
Ben-Hur |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
| John P. O'Neill |
Government |
6-Feb-1952 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anti-Terrorism expert, died in 9/11 |
| Odoacer |
Royalty |
c. 433 AD |
15-Mar-493 AD |
First Barbarian King of Italy |
| Barbara Olson |
TV Personality |
27-Dec-1955 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Conservative TV pundit |
| Joe Orton |
Playwright |
1-Jan-1933 |
9-Aug-1967 |
Prick Up Your Ears |
| Sir Thomas Overbury |
Poet |
18-Jun-1581 |
15-Sep-1613 |
The Wife |
| Mungo Park |
Explorer |
10-Sep-1771 |
1806 |
Scottish explorer of the Niger |
| Emin Pasha |
Explorer |
28-Mar-1840 |
23-Oct-1892 |
German colonial traveller in Africa |
| Pier Paolo Pasolini |
Film Director |
5-Mar-1922 |
2-Nov-1975 |
Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom |
| Jaco Pastorius |
Jazz Musician |
1-Dec-1951 |
21-Sep-1987 |
Bassist for Weather Report |
| Daniel Pearl |
Journalist |
10-Oct-1963 |
21-Feb-2002 |
Murdered Wall Street Journal reporter |
| Pedro the Cruel |
Royalty |
30-Aug-1334 |
23-Mar-1369 |
King of Castile 1333-69 |
| Laci Peterson |
Victim |
4-May-1975 |
23-Dec-2002 |
Pregnant mother's body found in bay |
| David Graham Phillips |
Journalist |
31-Oct-1867 |
24-Jan-1911 |
Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise |
| Pompey |
Military |
29-Sep-106 BC |
29-Sep-48 BC |
Roman general, part of First Triumvirate |
| Pontiac |
Head of State |
c. 1720 |
20-Apr-1769 |
Chief of the Ottawa |
| William Quantrill |
Criminal |
31-Jul-1837 |
6-Jun-1865 |
Quantrill's Raiders |
| JonBenét Ramsey |
Victim |
6-Aug-1990 |
26-Dec-1996 |
6-year-old murdered pageant winner |
| Rasputin |
Religion |
23-Jan-1871 |
30-Dec-1916 |
Russia's Greatest Love Machine |
| Rick Rescorla |
Victim |
27-May-1939 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11 |
| Scott La Rock |
Disc Jockey |
2-Mar-1962 |
27-Aug-1987 |
Boogie Down Productions |
| John M. Roll |
Judge |
8-Feb-1947 |
8-Jan-2011 |
US District Court Judge, murdered |
| Chalino Sanchez |
Singer |
30-Aug-1960 |
16-May-1992 |
Prominent narcocorrido singer |
| Merlin Santana |
Actor |
14-Mar-1976 |
9-Nov-2002 |
The Steve Harvey Show |
| Rebecca Schaeffer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1967 |
18-Jul-1989 |
Actress murdered by stalker |
| Moritz Schlick |
Philosopher |
14-Apr-1882 |
22-Jun-1936 |
Positivist philosopher, Vienna Circle |
| Dutch Schultz |
Criminal |
6-Aug-1902 |
24-Oct-1935 |
Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer |
| Barry Seal |
Criminal |
19-Jul-1939 |
19-Feb-1986 |
DEA informant, CIA contract pilot |
| Selena |
Singer |
16-Apr-1971 |
31-Mar-1995 |
Crossover Tejano music star |
| Tupac Shakur |
Rapper |
16-Jun-1971 |
13-Sep-1996 |
All Eyez on Me |
| Alan Shalleck |
Author |
14-Nov-1929 |
6-Feb-2006 |
Curious George writer |
| Adrienne Shelly |
Actor |
24-Jun-1966 |
1-Nov-2006 |
Waitress |
| Matthew Shepard |
Victim |
1-Dec-1976 |
12-Oct-1998 |
Gay hate crime victim |
| Elizabeth Short |
Victim |
29-Jul-1924 |
15-Jan-1947 |
The Black Dahlia |
| Bugsy Siegel |
Criminal |
28-Feb-1906 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Brought the mob to Las Vegas |
| Nicole Brown Simpson |
Victim |
19-May-1959 |
12-Jun-1994 |
OJ's murdered ex-wife |
| Joseph Smith |
Religion |
23-Dec-1805 |
27-Jun-1844 |
Founded the Mormon faith |
| Pinetop Smith |
Pianist |
11-Jun-1904 |
15-Mar-1929 |
Inventor of Boogie-Woogie |
| Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
| Belle Starr |
Criminal |
5-Feb-1848 |
3-Feb-1889 |
Bandit Queen of the Old West |
| Alessandro Stradella |
Composer |
1642 |
28-Feb-1682 |
S. Giovanni Battista |
| Dorothy Stratten |
Actor |
28-Feb-1960 |
14-Aug-1980 |
Actress, centerfold |
| Carl Switzer |
Actor |
7-Aug-1927 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Alfalfa in Our Gang |
| Sharon Tate |
Actor |
24-Jan-1943 |
8-Aug-1969 |
Polanski's wife murdered by Manson family |
| Sean Taylor |
Football |
1-Apr-1983 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Washington Redskins safety, murdered 2007 |
| William Desmond Taylor |
Film Director |
26-Apr-1872 |
1-Feb-1922 |
Early Hollywood director, murdered |
| Tiberius |
Royalty |
16-Nov-42 BC |
16-Mar-37 AD |
Roman Emperor, 14-37 AD |
| Emmett Till |
Victim |
25-Jul-1941 |
28-Aug-1955 |
Black boy, murdered brutally in Mississippi |
| Peter Tosh |
Musician |
19-Oct-1944 |
11-Sep-1987 |
Legalise It and I'll Advertise It |
| Marie Trintignant |
Actor |
21-Jan-1962 |
1-Aug-2003 |
Popular French actress, beaten to death |
| Krishna Venta |
Religion |
29-Mar-1911 |
10-Dec-1958 |
W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World |
| Gianni Versace |
Fashion Designer |
2-Dec-1946 |
16-Jul-1997 |
Fashion designer murdered by Andrew Cunanan |
| Tsar Ivan VI |
Royalty |
12-Aug-1740 |
5-Jul-1764 |
Tsar of Russia, 1740-41 |
| Vitellius |
Royalty |
24-Sep-15 AD |
20-Dec-69 AD |
Roman Emperor, 69 AD |
| Kurt von Schleicher |
Politician |
4-Jul-1882 |
30-Jun-1934 |
German chancellor, murdered by the SS |
| Albrecht von Wallenstein |
Military |
24-Sep-1583 |
25-Feb-1634 |
Attempted to unite Germany |
| Stella Walsh |
Track and Field |
3-Apr-1911 |
4-Dec-1980 |
Olympic sprinter found to be actually male |
| Horst Wessel |
Activist |
9-Oct-1907 |
23-Feb-1930 |
Nazi martyr |
| John Whitehead |
Musician |
2-Jul-1948 |
11-May-2004 |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |
| Brad Will |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1970 |
27-Oct-2006 |
American journalist murdered in Oaxaca |
| Darrent Williams |
Football |
27-Sep-1982 |
1-Jan-2007 |
Murdered Denver Broncos cornerback |
| Johann Winckelmann |
Archaeologist |
9-Dec-1717 |
8-Jun-1768 |
Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums |
| Johan de Witt |
Politician |
24-Sep-1625 |
20-Aug-1672 |
Leader of Holland, 1653-72 |
| Basilis Xanthopoulos |
Physicist |
1951 |
27-Nov-1990 |
Gravitational physics |
| Joseph Yablonski |
Labor Leader |
3-Mar-1910 |
31-Dec-1969 |
UMW executive, murdered |
