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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
John Agar
Actor
31-Jan-1921 7-Apr-2002 Sands of Iwo Jima
Margaret Anderson
Author
24-Nov-1886 18-Oct-1973 Founder of the Little Review
Richard Arlen
Actor
1-Sep-1898 28-Mar-1976 Island of Lost Souls
Freddie Bartholomew
Actor
28-Mar-1924 23-Jan-1992 Little Lord Fauntleroy
Neville Brand
Actor
13-Aug-1920 16-Apr-1992 Birdman of Alcatraz
Walter Brennan
Actor
25-Jul-1894 21-Sep-1974 Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor
George Brent
Actor
15-Mar-1899 26-May-1979 The Great Lie
Paul Brinegar
Actor
19-Dec-1917 27-Mar-1995 Wishbone on Rawhide
William F. Buckley
Columnist
24-Nov-1925 27-Feb-2008 National Review
Rory Calhoun
Actor
8-Aug-1922 28-Apr-1999 Auto thief turned actor
George Canning
Politician
11-Apr-1770 8-Aug-1827 Twice Foreign Secretary of Britain
Al Capp
Cartoonist
28-Sep-1909 5-Nov-1979 Creator of L'il Abner
Bud Carson
Football
28-Apr-1931 8-Dec-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77
Johnny Carson
Talk Show Host
23-Oct-1925 23-Jan-2005 Longtime host of Tonight Show
Del Close
Actor
9-Mar-1934 4-Mar-1999 The Funniest One in the Room
Alexander H. Cohen
Theatre Producer
24-Jul-1920 22-Apr-2000 The Homecoming
Ray Collins
Actor
10-Dec-1889 11-Jul-1965 Lt. Tragg on Perry Mason
Pat Coombs
Actor
27-Aug-1926 25-May-2002 British character actress
Henry Corden
Actor
6-Jan-1920 19-May-2005 Hanna-Barbara voice actor
Don Cornell
Singer
21-Apr-1919 23-Feb-2004 Big band singer, It Isn't Fair
John Dehner
Actor
23-Nov-1915 4-Feb-1992 Carousel
Brad Dexter
Actor
9-Apr-1917 12-Dec-2002 The Magnificent Seven
Denis Diderot
Philosopher
5-Oct-1713 31-Jul-1784 L'Encyclopédie
George Docking
Politician
23-Feb-1904 20-Jan-1964 Governor of Kansas, 1957-61
Herb Edelman
Actor
5-Nov-1933 21-Jul-1996 Stan Zbornak on The Golden Girls
Turk Edwards
Football
28-Sep-1907 12-Jan-1973 NFL Hall of Fame Tackle
T. S. Eliot
Poet
26-Sep-1888 4-Jan-1965 Author of "The Waste Land"
Sam Ervin
Politician
27-Sep-1896 23-Apr-1985 US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74
James Franciscus
Actor
31-Jan-1934 8-Jul-1991 Mr. Novak
Bill Fraser
Actor
5-Jun-1908 5-Sep-1987 Claude Snudge
Arthur Godfrey
Actor
31-Aug-1903 16-Mar-1983 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
Harvey Haddix
Baseball
18-Sep-1925 8-Jan-1994 MLB pitcher
Erle P. Halliburton
Business
22-Sep-1891 13-Oct-1957 Founder of Halliburton
Ira Michael Heyman
Educator
30-May-1930 19-Nov-2011 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1980-90
William Hickey
Actor
19-Sep-1927 29-Jun-1997 Prizzi's Honor
William A. Higinbotham
Physicist
25-Oct-1910 10-Nov-1994 Physicist, Tennis for Two
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Military
8-May-1897 18-Jun-1982 CIA Director, 1947-50
John Huston
Film Director
5-Aug-1906 28-Aug-1987 The Maltese Falcon
Spike Jones
Musician
14-Dec-1911 1-May-1965 Cocktails for Two
Boris Karloff
Actor
23-Nov-1887 2-Feb-1969 Horror actor
Bob Kaufman
Poet
18-Apr-1925 12-Jan-1986 Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
Nan Kempner
Socialite
24-Jul-1930 3-Jul-2005 New York City socialite
Simon Kovar
Musician
22-May-1890 17-Jan-1970 Preeminent Basoon player and teacher
Lash La Rue
Actor
15-Jun-1917 21-May-1996 B-Western star
John Laurie
Actor
25-Mar-1897 23-Jun-1980 Pvt. James Frazer on Dad's Army
Robert Livingston
Actor
9-Dec-1904 7-Mar-1988 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
George Macready
Actor
29-Aug-1908 2-Jul-1973 Paths of Glory
Guy Madison
Actor
19-Jan-1922 6-Feb-1996 Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Nancy Marchand
Actor
19-Jun-1928 18-Jun-2000 Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant
Nan Martin
Actor
15-Jul-1927 4-Mar-2010 The Drew Carey Show
Leo McCarey
Film Director
3-Oct-1898 5-Jul-1969 The Awful Truth
John McIntire
Actor
27-Jun-1907 30-Jan-1991 Christopher Hale on Wagon Train
Clayton Moore
Actor
14-Sep-1914 28-Dec-1999 The Lone Ranger
Garry Moore
TV Personality
31-Jan-1915 28-Nov-1993 The Garry Moore Show
J. Carrol Naish
Actor
21-Jan-1896 24-Jan-1973 Sahara
Gordon Oliver
Actor
27-Apr-1910 26-Jan-1995 The Spiral Staircase
Satchel Paige
Baseball
7-Jul-1906 8-Jun-1982 Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher
Johnny Paycheck
Country Musician
31-May-1938 18-Feb-2003 Take This Job and Shove It
Joan Perry
Actor
7-Jul-1911 16-Sep-1996 Bullets for O'Hara
Josephine Premice
Actor
21-Jul-1926 13-Apr-2001 Calypso singer, Broadway actress
Dorothy Provine
Actor
20-Jan-1937 25-Apr-2010 The Roaring 20's
Jerry Reed
Country Musician
20-Mar-1937 1-Sep-2008 When You're Hot, You're Hot
Michael Rennie
Actor
25-Aug-1909 10-Jun-1971 The Day the Earth Stood Still
Beah Richards
Actor
12-Jul-1920 14-Sep-2000 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Norman Rockwell
Painter
3-Feb-1894 8-Nov-1978 Saturday Evening Post artist
John Russell
Actor
3-Jan-1921 19-Jan-1991 Lawman
Marge Schott
Baseball
18-Aug-1928 2-Mar-2004 Owner, Cincinnati Reds
William J. Sebald
Diplomat
5-Nov-1901 Aug-1980 Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52
Takashi Shimura
Actor
12-Mar-1905 11-Feb-1982 The Seven Samurai
Valerie Solanas
Activist
9-Apr-1936 26-Apr-1988 Shot Andy Warhol
Bob Steele
Actor
23-Jan-1907 21-Dec-1988 Trooper Duffy on F Troop
Willie Sutton
Criminal
30-Jun-1901 2-Nov-1980 Because that's where the money is
Glendon Swarthout
Novelist
8-Apr-1918 23-Sep-1992 Bless the Beasts and Children
Edward Tatum
Scientist
14-Dec-1909 7-Nov-1975 One gene, one enzyme theory
Gene Tierney
Actor
19-Nov-1920 6-Nov-1991 Laura
Tom of Finland
Artist
8-May-1920 7-Nov-1991 Beefcake fetish artist
Ernest Tubb
Musician
9-Feb-1914 6-Sep-1984 The Texas Troubador
Kenneth Tynan
Critic
2-Apr-1927 26-Jul-1980 British theatre critic
Jack Wrangler
Pornstar
11-Jul-1946 7-Apr-2009 Eyes of a Gay Stranger
Richard Yates
Novelist
3-Feb-1926 7-Nov-1992 Revolutionary Road
Dick York
Actor
4-Sep-1928 20-Feb-1992 Darrin #1 on Bewitched
Coleman Young
Politician
24-May-1918 30-Nov-1997 Mayor of Detroit, 1974-93





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