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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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
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