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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kemal Ataturk
Head of State
12-Mar-1881 10-Nov-1938 President of Turkey, 1923-38
Ary Barroso
Musician
7-Nov-1903 9-Feb-1964 Songwriter composed Aquarela do Brasil
John Barrymore
Actor
15-Feb-1882 29-May-1942 Romeo and Juliet
Bunny Berigan
Jazz Musician
2-Nov-1908 2-Jun-1942 Jazz trumpeter great
Rene Bond
Pornstar
11-Oct-1950 2-Jun-1996 Teenage Fantasies
Keefe Brasselle
Actor
7-Feb-1923 7-Jul-1981 A Place in the Sun
Elbridge Bryant
Singer
28-Sep-1939 26-Oct-1975 The Temptations
Luis Buñuel
Film Director
22-Feb-1900 29-Jul-1983 That Obscure Object of Desire
William S. Burroughs, Jr.
Relative
21-Jul-1947 3-Mar-1981 Son of William S. Burroughs
W. Walton Butterworth
Diplomat
7-Sep-1903 31-Mar-1975 US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68
John Cassavetes
Actor
9-Dec-1929 3-Feb-1989 Rosemary's Baby
Peggie Castle
Actor
22-Dec-1927 11-Aug-1973 Lily Merrill on Lawman
Wendell Corey
Actor
20-Mar-1914 8-Nov-1968 Desert Fury
Herbert Dow
Business
26-Feb-1866 15-Oct-1930 Founder of Dow Chemical
Bill Evans
Jazz Musician
16-Aug-1929 15-Sep-1980 Jazz pianist
Khalil Gibran
Poet
6-Jan-1883 10-Apr-1931 The Prophet
James Hall
Actor
22-Oct-1900 7-Jun-1940 Hell's Angels
Patrick Hamilton
Playwright
17-Mar-1904 23-Sep-1962 Gaslight
Doug Harvey
Hockey
19-Dec-1924 26-Dec-1989 NHL Hall of Famer
F. Augustus Heinze
Business
1869 4-Nov-1914 Copper baron, went broke in the Panic of 1907
Billie Holiday
Singer
7-Apr-1915 17-Jul-1959 Lady Sings the Blues
Victoriano Huerta
Head of State
23-Mar-1854 13-Jan-1916 El chacal President of Mexico, 1913-14
Charles King
Actor
21-Feb-1895 7-May-1957 30s and 40s cinema henchman
John Le Mesurier
Actor
5-Apr-1912 15-Nov-1983 Dad's Army
Margaret Lockwood
Actor
15-Sep-1916 15-Jul-1990 Cast a Dark Shadow
Reginald Maudling
Politician
7-Mar-1917 14-Feb-1979 UK Home Secretary, 1970-72
Grace Metalious
Novelist
8-Sep-1924 25-Feb-1964 Peyton Place
Helen Morgan
Actor
2-Aug-1900 9-Oct-1941 Show Boat
Sir Henry Morgan
Military
1635 25-Aug-1688 Knighted pirate of the Caribbean
Richard F. Outcault
Cartoonist
14-Jan-1863 25-Sep-1928 Yellow Kid
Fernando Pessoa
Author
13-Jun-1888 30-Nov-1935 Heteronymous author, The Book of Disquiet
Franklin Pierce
Head of State
23-Nov-1804 8-Oct-1869 14th President of the U.S.
Dennis Price
Actor
23-Jun-1915 6-Oct-1973 The World of Wooster
Pee Wee Russell
Jazz Musician
27-Mar-1906 15-Feb-1969 Jazz clarinet virtuoso
Debralee Scott
Actor
2-Apr-1953 5-Apr-2005 Feathered hair in Police Academy
John Smith
Actor
6-Mar-1931 25-Jan-1995 Slim Sherman on Laramie
Eugene Talmadge
Politician
23-Sep-1884 21-Dec-1946 Twice Governor of Georgia
Pearl White
Actor
4-Mar-1889 4-Aug-1938 Heroine of silent serial films
Henry Willson
Business
31-Jul-1911 2-Nov-1978 Talent agent, cultivated gay clientele
Lester Young
Jazz Musician
27-Aug-1909 15-Mar-1959 Jazz tenor saxophoneist





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