| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Johnny Ace |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jun-1929 |
25-Dec-1954 |
R&B star, shot himself |
| Art Acord |
Actor |
17-Apr-1890 |
4-Jan-1931 |
Cowboy actor |
| Louis Adamic |
Author |
23-Mar-1899 |
4-Sep-1951 |
Laughing in the Jungle |
| Robert Adams, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Feb-1849 |
1-Jun-1906 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Stuart Adamson |
Musician |
11-Apr-1958 |
16-Dec-2001 |
Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country |
| Ross Alexander |
Actor |
27-Jul-1907 |
2-Jan-1937 |
Captain Blood |
| Salvador Allende |
Head of State |
26-Jul-1908 |
11-Sep-1973 |
Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet |
| Forrest H. Anderson |
Politician |
30-Jan-1913 |
20-Jul-1989 |
Montana governor, committed suicide |
| Jack Z. Anderson |
Politician |
22-Mar-1904 |
9-Feb-1981 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Keith Andes |
Actor |
12-Jul-1920 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Clash by Night |
| Pier Angeli |
Actor |
19-Jun-1932 |
10-Sep-1971 |
Tomorrow Is Too Late |
| Mark Antony |
Military |
c. 83 BC |
30 BC |
Julius Caesar's protege |
| Marshall Applewhite |
Religion |
17-May-1931 |
26-Mar-1997 |
Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide |
| Diane Arbus |
Photographer |
14-Mar-1923 |
26-Jul-1971 |
Influential photographer |
| Reinaldo Arenas |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1943 |
7-Dec-1990 |
El Mundo Alucinante |
| Pedro Armendáriz |
Actor |
9-May-1912 |
18-Jun-1963 |
From Russia with Love |
| Edwin H. Armstrong |
Inventor |
18-Dec-1890 |
31-Jan-1954 |
Inventor of FM radio |
| J. D. Roy Atchison |
Government |
28-Aug-1954 |
5-Oct-2007 |
Assistant US Attorney |
| Mohammed Atta |
Terrorist |
1-Sep-1968 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks |
| Albert Ayler |
Jazz Musician |
13-Jul-1936 |
5-Nov-1970 |
Far-out sax blower |
| R. H. Barlow |
Author |
18-May-1918 |
2-Jan-1951 |
Literary executor of H. P. Lovecraft |
| Paul C. Barth |
Politician |
1858 |
12-Aug-1907 |
Mayor of Louisville, 1905-07 |
| Barbara Bates |
Actor |
6-Aug-1925 |
18-Mar-1969 |
Phoebe in All About Eve |
| Bayezid I |
Royalty |
1360 |
1403 |
Ottoman Sultan, 1389-1402 |
| Thomas M. Bayne |
Politician |
14-Jun-1836 |
16-Jun-1894 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Ludwig Beck |
Military |
29-Jun-1880 |
20-Jul-1944 |
Supported failed coup against Hitler |
| Scotty Beckett |
Actor |
4-Oct-1929 |
10-May-1968 |
Child star train wreck |
| Charles Bedaux |
Business |
26-Oct-1887 |
18-Feb-1944 |
Industrial efficiency expert |
| Rémy Belvaux |
Film Director |
10-Nov-1967 |
4-Sep-2006 |
Man Bites Dog |
| Brenda Benet |
Actor |
14-Aug-1945 |
7-Apr-1982 |
Days of Our Lives |
| Walter Benjamin |
Philosopher |
15-Jul-1892 |
26-Sep-1940 |
The Arcades Project |
| Jill Bennett |
Actor |
24-Dec-1931 |
4-Oct-1990 |
The Sheltering Sky |
| Chris Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1967 |
25-Jun-2007 |
WWE wrestler, murder/suicide |
| Pierre Bérégovoy |
Head of State |
23-Dec-1925 |
1-May-1993 |
Prime Minister of France, 1992-93 |
| Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
| Mary Kay Bergman |
Actor |
5-Jun-1961 |
11-Nov-1999 |
South Park |
| Alexander Berkman |
Anarchist |
21-Nov-1870 |
28-Jun-1936 |
A.B.C. of Anarchism |
| Steven Jesse Bernstein |
Poet |
4-Dec-1950 |
22-Oct-1991 |
Grunge poet and punk rocker |
| John Berryman |
Poet |
25-Oct-1914 |
7-Jan-1972 |
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| Herman Bing |
Actor |
30-Mar-1889 |
9-Jan-1947 |
1930s character actor |
| Eli Black |
Business |
9-Apr-1921 |
3-Feb-1975 |
Swan dive onto Park Avenue |
| Clara Blandick |
Actor |
4-Jun-1880 |
15-Apr-1962 |
Auntie Em in The Wizard of Oz |
| Dave Blood |
Bassist |
16-Sep-1956 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Bassist for the Dead Milkmen |
| Boadicea |
Royalty |
? |
c. 60 AD |
Celtic queen revolted against the Romans |
| Ludwig Boltzmann |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1844 |
5-Sep-1906 |
Atoms and molecules |
| Graham Bond |
Musician |
28-Oct-1937 |
8-May-1974 |
Influential blues keyboardist |
| Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
| Martin Bormann |
Government |
17-Jun-1900 |
2-May-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's adjutant |
| Tadeusz Borowski |
Author |
12-Nov-1922 |
1-Jul-1951 |
This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen |
| Francesco Borromini |
Architect |
25-Sep-1599 |
2-Aug-1667 |
Italian baroque architect |
| Georges Boulanger |
Military |
29-Apr-1837 |
30-Sep-1891 |
French general-turned-politician |
| Charles Boyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1899 |
26-Aug-1978 |
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
| Frank B. Brandegee |
Politician |
8-Jul-1864 |
14-Oct-1924 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Jonathan Brandis |
Actor |
13-Apr-1976 |
12-Nov-2003 |
Lucas Wolenczak on SeaQuest |
| Eva Braun |
First Lady |
6-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife |
| Richard Brautigan |
Author |
30-Jan-1935 |
14-Oct-1984 |
So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away |
| Percy Williams Bridgman |
Physicist |
21-Apr-1882 |
20-Aug-1961 |
High-pressure physics |
| Roy Buchanan |
Guitarist |
23-Sep-1939 |
14-Aug-1988 |
Blues guitarist |
| Dan Burros |
Activist |
5-Mar-1937 |
31-Oct-1965 |
Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times |
| Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
| Donald Cammell |
Film Director |
17-Jan-1934 |
24-Apr-1996 |
Performance |
| William W. Campbell |
Astronomer |
11-Apr-1862 |
14-Jun-1938 |
Stellar Motions |
| Capucine |
Actor |
6-Jan-1928 |
17-Mar-1990 |
The Pink Panther |
| Wallace Hume Carothers |
Chemist |
27-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Inventor of Nylon |
| Kevin Carter |
Photographer |
13-Sep-1960 |
27-Jul-1994 |
Wanting A Meal |
| Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh |
Politician |
18-Jun-1769 |
12-Aug-1822 |
Architected Napoleon's defeat |
| Cato the Younger |
Philosopher |
95 BC |
45 BC |
Foe of Julius Caesar |
| Paul Celan |
Poet |
23-Nov-1920 |
20-Apr-1970 |
Todesfuge |
| Iris Chang |
Author |
28-Mar-1968 |
9-Nov-2004 |
The Rape of Nanking |
| Spencer Charters |
Actor |
25-Mar-1875 |
25-Jan-1943 |
Character actor |
| Thomas Chatterton |
Poet |
20-Nov-1752 |
24-Aug-1770 |
Fabricated as Thomas Rowley |
| Vic Chesnutt |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Nov-1964 |
25-Dec-2009 |
Wheelchair-bound folk singer |
| Leslie Cheung |
Singer |
12-Sep-1956 |
1-Apr-2003 |
Cantopop singer, jumped to death |
| Seung-Hui Cho |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1984 |
16-Apr-2007 |
Virginia Tech Massacre |
| Christine Chubbuck |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1944 |
15-Jul-1974 |
Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
| Cleopatra |
Royalty |
69 BC |
30-Aug-30 BC |
Queen of Egypt |
| Robert Clive |
Military |
29-Sep-1725 |
22-Nov-1774 |
Conquered India for Britain |
| Kurt Cobain |
Musician |
20-Feb-1967 |
5-Apr-1994 |
Lead singer of Nirvana |
| Harrison Cockrill |
Politician |
18-Jun-1826 |
22-May-1876 |
Kentucky State Senator, committed suicide |
| Ray Combs |
Game Show Host |
3-Apr-1956 |
2-Jun-1996 |
Host of Family Feud 1988-94 |
| Adolph Coors |
Business |
4-Feb-1847 |
5-Jun-1929 |
Founder of Coors Brewery |
| Don Cornelius |
TV Personality |
27-Sep-1936 |
1-Feb-2012 |
Soul Train |
| Hart Crane |
Poet |
21-Jul-1899 |
27-Apr-1932 |
Industrial and urban poet |
| Vincent Crane |
Musician |
21-May-1943 |
14-Feb-1989 |
Atomic Rooster and Arthur Brown keyboardist |
| Darby Crash |
Singer |
26-Sep-1958 |
7-Dec-1980 |
The Germs |
| Dennis Crosby |
Singer |
13-Jul-1934 |
7-May-1991 |
Bing Crosby's son, suicide with shotgun |
| Lindsay Crosby |
Actor |
5-Jan-1938 |
11-Dec-1989 |
Son of Bing Crosby, suicide with rifle |
| Andrew Cunanan |
Criminal |
31-Aug-1969 |
23-Jul-1997 |
Murdered Gianni Versace |
| Ian Curtis |
Singer |
15-Jul-1956 |
18-May-1980 |
Lead singer of Joy Division |
| John C. Cutler |
Politician |
5-Feb-1846 |
30-Jul-1928 |
Utah Governor, committed suicide |
| Disco D |
Music Producer |
21-Sep-1980 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Ghetto-tech DJ |
| Donald DeFreeze |
Criminal |
16-Nov-1943 |
17-May-1974 |
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Brad Delp |
Singer |
12-Jun-1951 |
9-Mar-2007 |
Lead singer of Boston |
| Demosthenes |
Author |
384 BC |
12-Oct-322 BC |
Attic orator and statesman |
| Patrick Dewaere |
Actor |
26-Jan-1947 |
16-Jul-1982 |
Les valseuses |
| Rudolf Diesel |
Inventor |
18-Mar-1858 |
30-Sep-1913 |
Inventor of the diesel engine |
| Jon Dough |
Pornstar |
12-Nov-1962 |
27-Aug-2006 |
Pornstar with split-stream ejaculations |
| Henry Dreyfuss |
Inventor |
2-Mar-1904 |
5-Oct-1972 |
Product designer, human factors engineer |
| Don Drummond |
Musician |
12-Mar-1932 |
6-May-1969 |
The Skatalites |
| Peter Duel |
Actor |
24-Feb-1940 |
31-Dec-1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones |
| R. Budd Dwyer |
Government |
21-Nov-1939 |
22-Jan-1987 |
Suicided in front of TV cameras |
| W. S. Van Dyke |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1889 |
5-Feb-1943 |
The Thin Man |
| John Porter East |
Politician |
5-May-1931 |
29-Jun-1986 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| George Eastman |
Inventor |
12-Jul-1854 |
14-Mar-1932 |
Inventor of the Kodak camera |
| Richard J. Egan |
Business |
28-Feb-1936 |
28-Aug-2009 |
Co-Founder, EMC Corporation |
| John A. Elston |
Politician |
10-Feb-1874 |
15-Dec-1921 |
US Congressman from California, 1915-21 |
| Peg Entwistle |
Actor |
1-Jul-1908 |
18-Sep-1932 |
Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign |
| Gary Evans |
Criminal |
7-Oct-1954 |
14-Aug-1998 |
New York state burglar, serial killer |
| Richard Farnsworth |
Actor |
1-Sep-1920 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Comes a Horseman |
| Rainer Werner Fassbinder |
Film Director |
31-May-1945 |
10-Jun-1982 |
The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant |
| Emil Fischer |
Chemist |
9-Oct-1852 |
15-Jul-1919 |
Peptide bond |
| Hans Fischer |
Chemist |
27-Jul-1881 |
31-Mar-1945 |
Synthesized hemin |
| Fred Fisher |
Songwriter |
30-Sep-1875 |
14-Jan-1942 |
Dardanella |
| Ed Flanders |
Actor |
29-Dec-1934 |
22-Feb-1995 |
Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere |
| Thomas King Forcade |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1945 |
17-Nov-1978 |
Founder of High Times |
| Vince Foster |
Attorney |
15-Jan-1945 |
20-Jul-1993 |
Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton |
| Cornelius Gallus |
Poet |
c. 70 BC |
c. 26 BC |
Roman poet and orator |
| Duane Garrett |
Radio Personality |
19-May-1947 |
26-Jul-1995 |
San Francisco radio talk show host |
| Dave Garroway |
Talk Show Host |
13-Jul-1913 |
21-Jul-1982 |
Host of Today, 1952-61 |
| Romain Gary |
Novelist |
8-May-1914 |
2-Dec-1980 |
Roots of Heaven |
| Martha Gellhorn |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1908 |
15-Feb-1998 |
War correspondent |
| Kurt Gerstein |
Military |
11-Aug-1905 |
25-Jul-1945 |
Holocaust collaborator and whistleblower |
| Charlotte Perkins Gilman |
Activist |
3-Jul-1860 |
17-Aug-1935 |
Women and Economics |
| Joseph Goebbels |
Government |
29-Oct-1897 |
1-May-1945 |
Reich Minister of Propaganda |
| Magda Goebbels |
Relative |
11-Nov-1901 |
1-May-1945 |
Wife of Joseph Goebbels |
| Hermann Goering |
Military |
12-Jan-1893 |
15-Oct-1946 |
Founder of the Gestapo |
| Michael Goodliffe |
Actor |
1-Oct-1914 |
20-Mar-1976 |
A Night to Remember |
| Arshile Gorky |
Painter |
15-Apr-1904 |
21-Jul-1948 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Edmund Goulding |
Film Director |
20-Mar-1891 |
24-Dec-1959 |
Grand Hotel |
| Philip L. Graham |
Publisher |
18-Jul-1915 |
3-Aug-1963 |
Washington Post publisher, 1947-63 |
| Bob Grant |
Actor |
14-Apr-1932 |
8-Nov-2003 |
On the Buses |
| Shauna Grant |
Pornstar |
30-May-1963 |
21-Mar-1984 |
Killed herself with a .22 rifle |
| Spalding Gray |
Actor |
5-Jun-1941 |
11-Jan-2004 |
Swimming to Cambodia monologist |
| Jerry Hadley |
Singer |
16-Jun-1952 |
18-Jul-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
| Jonathan Hale |
Actor |
21-Mar-1891 |
28-Feb-1966 |
J. C. Dithers |
| Jon Hall |
Actor |
23-Feb-1915 |
13-Dec-1979 |
The Hurricane |
| Rusty Hamer |
Actor |
15-Feb-1947 |
18-Jan-1990 |
Make Room for Daddy |
| Tony Hancock |
Radio Personality |
12-May-1924 |
25-Jun-1968 |
Hancock's Half Hour |
| Edward A. Hannegan |
Politician |
25-Jun-1807 |
25-Feb-1859 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Hannibal |
Military |
247 BC |
182 BC |
Attacked Rome with war elephants |
| Eric Harris |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Michael D. Harter |
Politician |
6-Apr-1846 |
22-Feb-1896 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Elizabeth Hartman |
Actor |
23-Dec-1943 |
10-Jun-1987 |
A Patch of Blue |
| Donny Hathaway |
Singer |
1-Oct-1945 |
13-Jan-1979 |
Where Is The Love? |
| Sadeq Hedayat |
Author |
17-Feb-1903 |
9-Apr-1951 |
The Blind Owl |
| Marvin Heemeyer |
Criminal |
1952 |
4-Jun-2004 |
Killdozer pilot |
| Carolyn Heilbrun |
Novelist |
13-Jan-1926 |
9-Oct-2003 |
Amanda Cross, mystery novelist |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Margaux Hemingway |
Actor |
16-Feb-1955 |
2-Jul-1996 |
Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin |
| George Hennard |
Criminal |
15-Oct-1956 |
16-Oct-1991 |
Killed 22 at Luby's Cafeteria in Texas |
| Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Jul-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
| George W. Hill |
Film Director |
25-Apr-1895 |
10-Aug-1934 |
The Big House |
| Heinrich Himmler |
Government |
7-Oct-1900 |
23-May-1945 |
Leader of the SS |
| Adolf Hitler |
Head of State |
20-Apr-1889 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45 |
| Abbie Hoffman |
Activist |
30-Nov-1936 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Steal This Book |
| Robert E. Howard |
Author |
24-Jan-1906 |
11-Jun-1936 |
Original Conan series |
| Sandy Hume |
Journalist |
c. 1969 |
22-Feb-1998 |
The Hill Correspondent, 1996-98 |
| Lester C. Hunt |
Politician |
8-Jul-1892 |
19-Jun-1954 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Michael Hutchence |
Musician |
22-Jan-1960 |
22-Nov-1997 |
INXS |
| Phyllis Hyman |
Singer |
6-Jul-1949 |
30-Jun-1995 |
Goddess of Love |
| Roh Moo Hyun |
Head of State |
6-Aug-1946 |
23-May-2009 |
President of South Korea, 2003-08 |
| William Inge |
Playwright |
3-May-1913 |
10-Jun-1973 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Bruce Ivins |
Biologist |
22-Apr-1946 |
29-Jul-2008 |
Anthrax researcher and suspect |
| Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
| Richard Jeni |
Comic |
14-Apr-1957 |
10-Mar-2007 |
A Big Steaming Pile of Me |
| J. J. Johnson |
Jazz Musician |
22-Jan-1924 |
4-Feb-2001 |
Jazz trombonist |
| Anson Jones |
Politician |
20-Jan-1798 |
9-Jan-1858 |
President of Texas, committed suicide |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| Nafisa Joseph |
Model |
28-Mar-1978 |
29-Jul-2004 |
Femina Miss India Universe 1997 |
| Judas Iscariot |
Religion |
? |
c. 30 AD |
Betrayer of Jesus Christ |
| Claude Jutra |
Film Director |
11-Mar-1930 |
5-Nov-1986 |
Mon Oncle Antoine |
| Paul Kammerer |
Biologist |
17-Aug-1880 |
23-Oct-1926 |
Proponent of Lamarckian inheritance |
| Yasunari Kawabata |
Author |
11-Jun-1899 |
16-Apr-1972 |
The Masters of Go |
| Andrew Kehoe |
Criminal |
1-Feb-1872 |
18-May-1927 |
Bath School Bomber |
| Brian Keith |
Actor |
14-Nov-1921 |
24-Jun-1997 |
Uncle Bill on Family Affair |
| Rodd Keith |
Musician |
30-Jan-1937 |
15-Dec-1974 |
Legendary Song-Poem Composer |
| David B. Kellerman |
Business |
c. 1968 |
22-Apr-2009 |
CFO of Freddie Mac, 2008-09 |
| Edward Kelley |
Paranormal |
1-Aug-1555 |
1-Nov-1597 |
Notorious forger and alchemist |
| Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
| Nancee Kelly |
Pornstar |
5-Jun-1958 |
17-Nov-1991 |
Wife of Jack Nance |
| Samuel A. Kendall |
Politician |
1-Nov-1859 |
8-Jan-1933 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Mary Richardson Kennedy |
Relative |
4-Oct-1959 |
16-May-2012 |
Estranged wife of RFK, Jr. |
| Doug Kenney |
Comic |
10-Dec-1946 |
27-Aug-1980 |
National Lampoon cofounder |
| Preston King |
Politician |
14-Oct-1806 |
12-Nov-1865 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Dylan Klebold |
Criminal |
11-Sep-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| William F. Knowland |
Politician |
26-Jun-1908 |
23-Feb-1974 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Andrew Koenig |
Actor |
17-Aug-1968 |
14-Feb-2010 |
Growing Pains |
| Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
| Lawrence Kohlberg |
Psychologist |
25-Oct-1927 |
17-Jan-1987 |
Stages of moral development |
| David Koresh |
Religion |
17-Aug-1959 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Branch Davidian cult leader |
| Jerzy Kosinski |
Author |
14-Jun-1933 |
3-May-1991 |
Being There |
| Robert M. La Follette, Jr. |
Politician |
6-Feb-1895 |
24-Feb-1953 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Carole Landis |
Actor |
1-Jan-1919 |
5-Jul-1948 |
A Scandal in Paris |
| James Henry Lane |
Politician |
22-Jun-1814 |
11-Jul-1866 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1861-66 |
| Andrew E. Lange |
Astronomer |
23-Jul-1957 |
22-Jan-2010 |
Cosmologist, astrophysicist at Caltech |
| George P. Lawrence |
Politician |
19-May-1859 |
21-Nov-1917 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| Friedrich Leibacher |
Criminal |
21-Jul-1944 |
28-Sep-2001 |
Killed 14 Swiss politicians on a rampage |
| Megan Leigh |
Pornstar |
2-Mar-1964 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Ali Boobie & the 40 D's |
| Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
| Meriwether Lewis |
Explorer |
18-Aug-1774 |
11-Oct-1809 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
| Robert Ley |
Military |
15-Feb-1890 |
25-Oct-1945 |
Nazi union buster, slave master |
| Max Linder |
Actor |
16-Dec-1883 |
31-Oct-1925 |
Seven Years Bad Luck |
| Vachel Lindsay |
Poet |
10-Nov-1879 |
5-Dec-1931 |
The Congo and Other Poems |
| Mark Linkous |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1962 |
6-Mar-2010 |
Sparklehorse |
| Terry L. Long |
Football |
21-Jul-1959 |
7-Jun-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman |
| Lucan |
Poet |
39 AD |
65 AD |
Pharsalia |
| Michel Magne |
Musician |
20-Mar-1930 |
19-Dec-1984 |
Tropical Fantasy |
| Richard Manuel |
Musician |
3-Apr-1943 |
4-Mar-1986 |
The Band |
| Damien Marchessault |
Politician |
1-Apr-1818 |
20-Jan-1868 |
Los Angeles mayor, committed suicide |
| Howard Marion-Crawford |
Actor |
17-Jan-1914 |
24-Nov-1969 |
Dr. Watson on Sherlock Holmes |
| Harry Martinson |
Poet |
6-May-1904 |
11-Feb-1978 |
Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space |
| F. O. Matthiessen |
Critic |
19-Feb-1902 |
1-Apr-1950 |
American Renaissance |
| David Edward Maust |
Criminal |
5-Apr-1954 |
20-Jan-2006 |
Serial killer of boys |
| Maximian |
Royalty |
c. 250 AD |
310 AD |
Roman Emperor, 286-305 AD |
| James S. McDonald |
Business |
26-Jan-1953 |
12-Sep-2009 |
CEO of Rockefeller & Co. |
| Colin R. McMillan |
Politician |
27-Jul-1935 |
24-Jul-2003 |
US Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1990-92 |
| Maggie McNamara |
Actor |
18-Feb-1928 |
18-Feb-1978 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
| Joe Meek |
Music Producer |
5-Apr-1929 |
3-Feb-1967 |
Innovative record producer |
| Bob Merrill |
Songwriter |
17-May-1921 |
17-Feb-1998 |
How Much Is That Doggie In The Window? |
| Philip Merrill |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1934 |
10-Jun-2006 |
Capital Gazette Communications |
| Eve Miller |
Actor |
8-Aug-1923 |
17-Aug-1973 |
The Big Trees |
| Walter M. Miller, Jr. |
Novelist |
23-Jan-1923 |
9-Jan-1996 |
A Canticle for Leibowitz |
| William O. Mills |
Politician |
12-Aug-1924 |
24-May-1973 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
| John Milton |
Politician |
20-Apr-1807 |
1-Apr-1865 |
Florida governor, committed suicide |
| Yukio Mishima |
Author |
14-Jan-1925 |
25-Nov-1970 |
The Sea of Fertility |
| Vilhelm Moberg |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1898 |
8-Aug-1973 |
The Emigrants |
| Mario Monicelli |
Film Director |
15-May-1915 |
29-Nov-2010 |
Big Deal on Madonna Street |
| Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Ronnie Montrose |
Guitarist |
29-Nov-1947 |
3-Mar-2012 |
Montrose and Gamma |
| Chester Morris |
Actor |
16-Feb-1901 |
11-Sep-1970 |
Boston Blackie |
| Ona Munson |
Actor |
16-Jun-1903 |
11-Feb-1955 |
Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind |
| Philip Musica |
Business |
1884 |
16-Dec-1938 |
Bootlegger, drug magnate, arms smuggler |
| Scott Nearing |
Economist |
6-Aug-1883 |
24-Aug-1983 |
Socialist economist |
| Nero |
Royalty |
15-Dec-37 AD |
9-Jun-68 AD |
Roman Emperor, 54-68 AD |
| Gérard de Nerval |
Poet |
22-May-1808 |
26-Jan-1855 |
Unbalanced French romantic poet |
| Frances Newman |
Novelist |
13-Sep-1888 |
22-Oct-1928 |
The Hard-Boiled Virgin |
| Abu Nidal |
Terrorist |
May-1937 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Palestinian terrorist |
| Charles Nordhoff |
Novelist |
1-Feb-1887 |
10-Apr-1947 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
| John H. Northrop |
Chemist |
5-Jul-1891 |
27-May-1987 |
Bacteriophages |
| Hugh O'Connor |
Actor |
7-Apr-1962 |
28-Mar-1995 |
Lt. Jamison on In the Heat of the Night |
| Phil Ochs |
Singer/Songwriter |
19-Dec-1940 |
9-Apr-1976 |
50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong |
| Revilo P. Oliver |
Activist |
7-Jul-1908 |
10-Aug-1994 |
Founding member, John Birch Society |
| Otho |
Royalty |
25-Apr-32 AD |
16-Apr-69 AD |
Roman Emperor, 69 AD |
| Gustav Otto |
Business |
12-Jan-1883 |
28-Feb-1926 |
Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG |
| Deborah Jeane Palfrey |
Criminal |
18-Mar-1956 |
1-May-2008 |
The DC Madam |
| Cesare Pavese |
Poet |
9-Sep-1908 |
27-Aug-1950 |
La luna e i falò |
| Bonaventure des Périers |
Poet |
1500 |
1544 |
Nouvelles récréations |
| Justin Pierce |
Actor |
21-Mar-1975 |
10-Jul-2000 |
Kids |
| Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
| Dana Plato |
Actor |
7-Nov-1964 |
9-May-1999 |
Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes |
| C. W. Post |
Business |
26-Oct-1854 |
9-May-1914 |
Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts |
| Heinz C. Prechter |
Business |
19-Jan-1942 |
6-Jul-2001 |
The sunroof king |
| Freddie Prinze |
Actor |
22-Jun-1954 |
29-Jan-1977 |
Chico of Chico and the Man |
| Melvin Purvis |
Government |
26-Oct-1903 |
29-Feb-1960 |
Top G-man of the 1930s |
| Richard Quine |
Film Director |
12-Nov-1920 |
10-Jun-1989 |
Bell Book and Candle |
| Geli Raubal |
Relative |
4-Jun-1908 |
18-Sep-1931 |
Hitler's niece |
| Roy Raymond |
Business |
c. 1946 |
26-Aug-1993 |
Founder of Victoria's Secret |
| George Reeves |
Actor |
5-Jan-1914 |
16-Jun-1959 |
Television's first Superman |
| David Reimer |
Victim |
1965 |
4-May-2004 |
Boy raised as a girl |
| Thomas Caute Reynolds |
Politician |
11-Oct-1821 |
30-Mar-1887 |
Missouri governor, committed suicide |
| Johnny Ringo |
Criminal |
3-May-1850 |
13-Jul-1882 |
Old West gunslinger |
| Malachi Ritscher |
Jazz Musician |
13-Jan-1954 |
3-Nov-2006 |
Musician who self immolated for peace |
| Rene Rivkin |
Business |
6-Jun-1944 |
1-May-2005 |
Disgraced Australian stockbroker |
| Rachel Roberts |
Actor |
20-Sep-1927 |
26-Nov-1980 |
This Sporting Life |
| Charles Rocket |
Actor |
24-Aug-1949 |
7-Oct-2005 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Will Rogers, Jr. |
Actor |
20-Oct-1911 |
10-Jul-1993 |
Son of Will Rogers |
| Jean-Marie Roland |
Government |
18-Feb-1734 |
15-Nov-1793 |
French Interior Minister, 1792-93 |
| Erwin Rommel |
Military |
15-Nov-1891 |
14-Oct-1944 |
The Desert Fox |
| Kermit Roosevelt |
Relative |
10-Oct-1889 |
4-Jun-1943 |
Theodore Roosevelt's son |
| Frank Rosolino |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1926 |
26-Nov-1978 |
Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose! |
| Mark Rothko |
Painter |
25-Sep-1903 |
25-Feb-1970 |
Painter of fuzzy rectangles |
| Thomas J. Rusk |
Politician |
5-Dec-1803 |
29-Jul-1857 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Mário de Sá-Carneiro |
Poet |
19-May-1890 |
26-Apr-1916 |
Dispersão |
| Albert Salmi |
Actor |
11-Mar-1928 |
22-Apr-1990 |
The Brothers Karamazov |
| George Sanders |
Actor |
3-Jul-1906 |
25-Apr-1972 |
The Saint Strikes Back |
| Savannah |
Pornstar |
9-Oct-1970 |
11-Jul-1994 |
Saturday Night Beaver |
| Gia Scala |
Actor |
3-Mar-1934 |
30-Apr-1972 |
The Guns of Navarone |
| David Hans Schmidt |
Business |
27-May-1960 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Celebrity porn broker |
| Tony Scott |
Film Director |
21-Jul-1944 |
19-Aug-2012 |
Top Gun |
| William Seabrook |
Author |
22-Feb-1886 |
20-Sep-1945 |
Thoroughly sodden traveling author |
| Junior Seau |
Football |
19-Jan-1969 |
2-May-2012 |
NFL Linebacker, committed suicide |
| Walter Seifert |
Criminal |
11-Jun-1922 |
12-Jun-1964 |
Cologne flamethrower massacre |
| Seneca |
Author |
c. 4 BC |
65 AD |
Epistulae Morales |
| Anne Sexton |
Poet |
9-Nov-1928 |
4-Oct-1974 |
Live or Die |
| Del Shannon |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Dec-1934 |
8-Feb-1990 |
1960s songwriter, Runaway |
| Harold Shipman |
Criminal |
14-Jan-1946 |
13-Jan-2004 |
Serial killer had 215 victims |
| Leonard Shoen |
Business |
29-Feb-1916 |
4-Oct-1999 |
Founder of U-Haul |
| Walter Slezak |
Actor |
3-May-1902 |
21-Apr-1983 |
Hitchcock's Lifeboat |
| Everett Sloane |
Actor |
1-Oct-1909 |
6-Aug-1965 |
Patterns |
| Benjamin Nathaniel Smith |
Criminal |
1978 |
5-Jul-1999 |
White supremacist spree killer |
| Elliott Smith |
Guitarist |
6-Aug-1969 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death |
| Merriman Smith |
Journalist |
10-Feb-1913 |
13-Apr-1970 |
UPI correspondent, reported Kennedy's death |
| Socrates |
Philosopher |
469 BC |
399 BC |
Developer of the Socratic Method |
| Inger Stevens |
Actor |
18-Oct-1934 |
30-Apr-1970 |
The Farmer's Daughter |
| Adalbert Stifter |
Author |
23-Oct-1805 |
28-Jan-1868 |
Studien |
| David Strickland |
Actor |
14-Oct-1969 |
22-Mar-1999 |
Todd Stites on Suddenly Susan |
| Margaret Sullavan |
Actor |
16-May-1911 |
1-Jan-1960 |
The Shop Around the Corner |
| Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Composer |
7-May-1840 |
6-Nov-1893 |
Russia's best known composer |
| Sara Teasdale |
Poet |
8-Aug-1884 |
29-Jan-1933 |
Strange Victory |
| Jesse B. Thomas |
Politician |
1777 |
3-May-1853 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Hunter S. Thompson |
Journalist |
18-Jul-1937 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gonzo journalist and author |
| Ernst Toller |
Playwright |
1-Dec-1893 |
22-May-1939 |
Transformation |
| John Kennedy Toole |
Novelist |
7-Dec-1937 |
26-Mar-1969 |
A Confederacy of Dunces |
| Alan Turing |
Mathematician |
23-Jun-1912 |
7-Jun-1954 |
Computing pioneer |
| Helen Twelvetrees |
Actor |
25-Dec-1908 |
13-Feb-1958 |
The Painted Desert |
| Vincent van Gogh |
Painter |
30-Mar-1853 |
29-Jul-1890 |
Troubled and brilliant painter |
| Vicki Van Meter |
Aviator |
13-Mar-1982 |
15-Mar-2008 |
Child cross-country aviator |
| Amy Vanderbilt |
Columnist |
22-Jul-1908 |
27-Dec-1974 |
Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette |
| Getúlio Vargas |
Head of State |
19-Apr-1882 |
24-Aug-1954 |
President of Brazil, 1930-45 and 1950-54 |
| Lupe Velez |
Actor |
18-Jul-1908 |
13-Dec-1944 |
The Mexican Spitfire |
| Hervé Villechaize |
Actor |
23-Apr-1943 |
4-Sep-1993 |
Boss, the plane! The plane! |
| Gary Vinson |
Actor |
22-Oct-1936 |
15-Oct-1984 |
Christy on McHale's Navy |
| Günther von Kluge |
Military |
30-Oct-1882 |
18-Aug-1944 |
Nazi general |
| David Foster Wallace |
Novelist |
21-Feb-1962 |
12-Sep-2008 |
Infinite Jest |
| Doodles Weaver |
Radio Personality |
11-May-1911 |
17-Jan-1983 |
Professor Feetlebaum |
| Gary Webb |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1955 |
10-Dec-2004 |
Exposed CIA Nicaragua/drugs angle |
| Richard Webb |
Actor |
9-Sep-1915 |
10-Jun-1993 |
Captain Midnight |
| Bob Welch |
Guitarist |
31-Aug-1945 |
7-Jun-2012 |
Guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, 1971-74 |
| Horace Wells |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1815 |
24-Jan-1848 |
Nitrous oxide as a surgical anesthetic |
| James Whale |
Film Director |
22-Jul-1889 |
29-May-1957 |
Frankenstein |
| Dan White |
Assassin |
2-Sep-1946 |
21-Oct-1985 |
Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk |
| Larry Williams |
Musician |
10-May-1935 |
7-Jan-1980 |
Bony Moronie and Dizzy Miss Lizzie |
| Paul Williams |
Singer |
2-Jul-1939 |
17-Aug-1973 |
The Temptations |
| Wendy O. Williams |
Singer |
28-May-1949 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Singer for The Plasmatics |
| John G. Winant |
Politician |
23-Feb-1889 |
3-Nov-1947 |
New Hampshire governor, committed suicide |
| Grant Withers |
Actor |
17-Jan-1904 |
27-Mar-1959 |
American character actor |
| Virginia Woolf |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1882 |
28-Mar-1941 |
Suicidal English novelist |
| Paula Yates |
TV Personality |
24-Apr-1960 |
17-Sep-2000 |
Rock Stars in Their Underpants |
| Francis Parker Yockey |
Author |
18-Sep-1917 |
16-Jun-1960 |
Imperium |
| Faron Young |
Musician |
25-Feb-1932 |
10-Dec-1996 |
The Hillbilly Heartthrob |
| Gig Young |
Actor |
4-Nov-1913 |
19-Oct-1978 |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? |
| Marion Zioncheck |
Politician |
5-Dec-1901 |
7-Aug-1936 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
