| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Philip Ahn |
Actor |
29-Mar-1905 |
28-Feb-1978 |
Early Korean-American actor |
| Eddie Albert |
Actor |
22-Apr-1906 |
26-May-2005 |
Oliver on Green Acres |
| Dave Alexander |
Bassist |
3-Jun-1947 |
10-Feb-1975 |
Original bassist for the Stooges |
| Susan Mary Alsop |
Socialite |
19-Jun-1918 |
18-Aug-2004 |
Washington DC Socialite |
| David Alter |
Inventor |
3-Dec-1807 |
18-Sep-1881 |
Almost discovered spectroscopy |
| Judith Anderson |
Actor |
10-Feb-1897 |
3-Jan-1992 |
Rebecca |
| Rasmus B. Anderson |
Scholar |
12-Jan-1846 |
2-Mar-1936 |
America Not Discovered by Columbus |
| Robert W. Anderson |
Playwright |
28-Apr-1917 |
9-Feb-2009 |
Tea and Sympathy |
| Dana Andrews |
Actor |
1-Jan-1909 |
17-Dec-1992 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Walter Annenberg |
Business |
13-Mar-1908 |
1-Oct-2002 |
Media mogul, created TV Guide |
| Susan B. Anthony |
Activist |
15-Feb-1820 |
13-Mar-1906 |
Women's rights advocate |
| Johnny Appleseed |
Religion |
26-Sep-1774 |
18-Mar-1845 |
Itinerant preacher, apple tree distributor |
| Philip Danforth Armour |
Business |
16-May-1832 |
6-Jan-1901 |
Founder of Armour & Co. |
| Ellis Arnall |
Politician |
20-Mar-1907 |
13-Dec-1992 |
Governor of Georgia, 1943-47 |
| Ellen Arthur |
First Lady |
30-Aug-1837 |
12-Jan-1880 |
Wife of US President Chester A. Arthur |
| William Henry Ashley |
Business |
1778 |
26-Mar-1838 |
Fur trader turned Congressman |
| Fred Astaire |
Dancer |
10-May-1899 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Broadway ballroom dancer |
| Brooke Astor |
Philanthropist |
30-Mar-1902 |
13-Aug-2007 |
Heiress, philanthropist |
| Lionel Atwill |
Actor |
1-Mar-1885 |
22-Apr-1946 |
The Ghost of Frankenstein |
| Leopold Auer |
Violinist |
7-Jun-1845 |
15-Jul-1930 |
Hungarian violinist, teacher |
| Stephen Fuller Austin |
Politician |
3-Nov-1793 |
27-Dec-1836 |
Texan secessionist |
| Jim Backus |
Actor |
25-Feb-1913 |
3-Jul-1989 |
Mr. Howell on Gilligan's Island |
| Francis Bacon |
Philosopher |
22-Jan-1561 |
9-Apr-1626 |
Novum Organum |
| Fay Bainter |
Actor |
7-Dec-1891 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Jezebel |
| George Baker |
Actor |
1-Apr-1931 |
7-Oct-2011 |
Ruth Rendell Mysteries |
| Emily Greene Balch |
Activist |
8-Jan-1867 |
9-Jan-1961 |
Peace activist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Walter Baldwin |
Actor |
2-Jan-1889 |
27-Jan-1977 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
| Hastings Banda |
Head of State |
1898 |
25-Nov-1997 |
First President of Malawi |
| Tallulah Bankhead |
Actor |
31-Jan-1902 |
12-Dec-1968 |
Lifeboat |
| Joel Barlow |
Poet |
25-Mar-1754 |
24-Dec-1812 |
The Hasty Pudding |
| Candy Barr |
Performance Artist |
6-Jul-1935 |
30-Dec-2005 |
Exotic dancer from the 1950s |
| J. M. Barrie |
Author |
9-May-1860 |
19-Jun-1937 |
Peter Pan |
| Clara Barton |
Activist |
25-Dec-1821 |
12-Apr-1912 |
Co-Founder of the American Red Cross |
| Lucius Battle |
Diplomat |
1-Jun-1918 |
13-May-2008 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1964-67 |
| Warner Baxter |
Actor |
29-Mar-1889 |
7-May-1951 |
In Old Arizona |
| Frances Bay |
Actor |
23-Jan-1919 |
15-Sep-2011 |
Happy Gilmore |
| Jeremy Beadle |
TV Personality |
12-Apr-1948 |
30-Jan-2008 |
You've Been Framed |
| Matthew "Stymie" Beard |
Actor |
1-Jan-1925 |
8-Jan-1981 |
Stymie in Our Gang |
| William Beaumont |
Doctor |
21-Nov-1785 |
25-Apr-1853 |
Observed human digestion |
| Simone de Beauvoir |
Activist |
9-Jan-1908 |
14-Apr-1986 |
The Second Sex |
| Geoffrey Beene |
Fashion Designer |
30-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2004 |
Award-winning fashion designer |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
17-Dec-1770 |
26-Mar-1827 |
Prominent composer |
| Bix Beiderbecke |
Jazz Musician |
10-Mar-1903 |
6-Aug-1931 |
Celebrated jazz cornetist |
| Alphonzo Bell |
Politician |
19-Sep-1914 |
25-Apr-2004 |
Congressman from California, 1961-77 |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| William Bendix |
Actor |
14-Jan-1906 |
14-Dec-1964 |
The Life of Riley |
| Pope Benedict XV |
Religion |
21-Nov-1854 |
22-Jan-1922 |
Sat out World War I |
| Peter Benenson |
Activist |
31-Jul-1921 |
25-Feb-2005 |
Founder of Amnesty International |
| Alan H. Bible |
Politician |
20-Nov-1909 |
12-Sep-1988 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1954-74 |
| Charles Bidwill, Sr. |
Football |
16-Sep-1895 |
19-Apr-1947 |
Owner, Chicago Cardinals, 1933-47 |
| Leslie Biffle |
Government |
9-Oct-1880 |
6-Apr-1966 |
Secretary of the Senate |
| Julie Bishop |
Actor |
30-Aug-1914 |
30-Aug-2001 |
Northern Pursuit |
| Janet Blair |
Actor |
23-Apr-1921 |
19-Feb-2007 |
Night of the Eagle |
| Toe Blake |
Hockey |
21-Aug-1912 |
17-May-1995 |
Montreal Canadiens, Hall of Famer |
| Doc Blanchard |
Football |
11-Dec-1924 |
19-Apr-2009 |
Winner, 1945 Heisman Trophy |
| Nellie Bly |
Journalist |
5-May-1864 |
27-Jan-1922 |
Ten Days in a Mad-House |
| John G. Bolton |
Astronomer |
5-Jun-1922 |
6-Jul-1993 |
First Director of Parkes Observatory |
| Daniel Boorstin |
Historian |
1-Oct-1914 |
28-Feb-2004 |
The Creators |
| Satyendra Nath Bose |
Physicist |
1-Jan-1894 |
4-Feb-1974 |
Bose-Einstein condensates |
| Henry S. Boutell |
Politician |
14-Mar-1856 |
11-Mar-1926 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1897-1911 |
| Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
Royalty |
4-Aug-1900 |
30-Mar-2002 |
The Queen Mother |
| William D. Boyce |
Activist |
16-Jun-1858 |
11-Jun-1929 |
Founder of Boy Scouts of America |
| Anne Braden |
Activist |
28-Jul-1924 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Southern Civil Rights Activist |
| Don Bradman |
Cricket |
27-Aug-1908 |
25-Feb-2001 |
Greatest batsman of all time |
| Christian Brando |
Relative |
11-May-1958 |
26-Jan-2008 |
Son of Marlon Brando |
| James Henry Breasted |
Archaeologist |
27-Aug-1865 |
2-Dec-1935 |
A History of Egypt |
| William Lee Brent |
Criminal |
10-Nov-1930 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Black Panther hijacker |
| Charles Bronson |
Actor |
3-Nov-1921 |
30-Aug-2003 |
Death Wish |
| Rupert Brooke |
Poet |
3-Aug-1887 |
23-Apr-1915 |
1914 and Other Poems |
| Heywood Broun |
Journalist |
7-Dec-1888 |
18-Dec-1939 |
Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s |
| Paul Brown |
Football |
7-Sep-1908 |
5-Aug-1991 |
Coach and namesake, Cleveland Browns |
| Phil Brown |
Actor |
30-Apr-1916 |
9-Feb-2006 |
Uncle Owen in Star Wars |
| Charles F. Brush |
Inventor |
17-Mar-1849 |
15-Jun-1929 |
Street lights |
| Edgar Buchanan |
Actor |
20-Mar-1903 |
4-Apr-1979 |
Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction |
| Philip W. Buchen |
Government |
17-Feb-1916 |
21-May-2001 |
White House Counsel, 1974-77 |
| Horst Buchholz |
Actor |
4-Dec-1933 |
3-Mar-2003 |
The Magnificent Seven |
| Mae Busch |
Actor |
18-Jun-1891 |
19-Apr-1946 |
The Ever-Popular Mae Busch |
| Vannevar Bush |
Scientist |
11-Mar-1890 |
30-Jun-1974 |
Pre-internet visionary |
| Nicholas Murray Butler |
Educator |
2-Apr-1862 |
7-Dec-1947 |
President of Columbia University, 1901-45 |
| Daniel E. Button |
Politician |
1-Nov-1917 |
7-Mar-2009 |
Congressman from New York, 1967-71 |
| Guy Stewart Callendar |
Scientist |
9-Feb-1898 |
3-Oct-1964 |
Callendar Effect |
| Karel Capek |
Author |
9-Jan-1890 |
25-Dec-1938 |
R.U.R. |
| Caravaggio |
Painter |
28-Sep-1573 |
18-Jul-1610 |
Temperamental painter |
| Andrew Carnegie |
Business |
25-Nov-1835 |
11-Aug-1919 |
Robber baron turned philanthropist |
| Leonora Carrington |
Painter |
6-Apr-1917 |
25-May-2011 |
Last surviving Surrealist |
| Katrin Cartlidge |
Actor |
15-May-1961 |
7-Sep-2002 |
Claire Dolan |
| Lionel Casson |
Scholar |
22-Jul-1914 |
18-Jul-2009 |
The Ancient Mariners |
| Emanuel Celler |
Politician |
6-May-1888 |
15-Jan-1981 |
Congressman from New York, 1923-73 |
| Paul Cézanne |
Painter |
19-Jan-1839 |
22-Oct-1906 |
Post-Impressionist French painter |
| Henry Chadwick |
Journalist |
5-Oct-1824 |
20-Apr-1908 |
Father of baseball |
| Raymond Chandler |
Author |
23-Jul-1888 |
26-Mar-1959 |
Invented hard-boiled detective novel |
| Lonny Chapman |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
12-Oct-2007 |
American character actor |
| Orlow W. Chapman |
Government |
7-Jan-1832 |
19-Jan-1890 |
US Solicitor General, 1889-90 |
| Brock Chisholm |
Doctor |
18-May-1896 |
4-Feb-1971 |
First Director-General of World Health Organization |
| Colin Clive |
Actor |
20-Jan-1900 |
25-Jun-1937 |
Frankenstein |
| John F. Collins |
Politician |
20-Jul-1919 |
23-Nov-1995 |
Mayor of Boston, 1960-68 |
| June Collyer |
Actor |
19-Aug-1906 |
16-Mar-1968 |
The Stu Erwin Show |
| Jeff Conaway |
Actor |
5-Oct-1950 |
27-May-2011 |
Grease |
| Gladys Cooper |
Actor |
18-Dec-1888 |
17-Nov-1971 |
My Fair Lady |
| Joseph Cotten |
Actor |
15-May-1905 |
6-Feb-1994 |
Jedidiah Leland in Citizen Kane |
| Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer |
Biologist |
24-Feb-1907 |
17-May-2004 |
Ichthyologist, discovered Coelacanth |
| Franklin Cover |
Actor |
20-Nov-1928 |
5-Feb-2006 |
Tom Willis on The Jeffersons |
| Robert Creeley |
Poet |
21-May-1926 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Founded Black Mountain Review |
| Randal Cremer |
Politician |
18-Mar-1828 |
22-Jul-1908 |
Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Justin Dart, Jr. |
Activist |
29-Aug-1930 |
22-Jun-2002 |
Father of the Americans with Disabilities Act |
| Joseph E. Davies |
Diplomat |
29-Nov-1876 |
9-May-1958 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1937-38 |
| F. Elwood Davis |
Attorney |
15-Dec-1915 |
17-Jan-2012 |
Prominent Washington lawyer |
| John W. Davis |
Attorney |
13-Apr-1873 |
24-Mar-1955 |
US Solicitor General, 1913-18 |
| Miles Davis |
Jazz Musician |
26-May-1926 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue |
| William R. Day |
Judge |
17-Apr-1849 |
9-Jul-1923 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1903-22 |
| Willem de Sitter |
Astronomer |
6-May-1872 |
19-Nov-1934 |
Expanding space |
| Eamon de Valera |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1882 |
29-Aug-1975 |
President of Ireland, 1959-73 |
| Peter De Vries |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1910 |
28-Sep-1993 |
The Tunnel of Love |
| Rosemary DeCamp |
Actor |
14-Nov-1910 |
20-Feb-2001 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
| Nicole DeHuff |
Actor |
6-Jan-1974 |
16-Feb-2005 |
Meet the Parents |
| Chauncey Depew |
Politician |
23-Apr-1834 |
5-Apr-1928 |
Co-Founder of the Pilgrims Society |
| Joe DeRita |
Actor |
12-Jul-1909 |
3-Jul-1993 |
The Three Stooges |
| Steven B. Derounian |
Politician |
6-Apr-1918 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Congressman from New York, 1953-65 |
| Pierre-Joseph Desault |
Doctor |
6-Feb-1738 |
1-Jun-1795 |
Surgeon at Hôtel Dieu |
| René Descartes |
Philosopher |
31-Mar-1596 |
11-Feb-1650 |
Discours de la Méthode |
| Ivan Desny |
Actor |
28-Dec-1922 |
13-Apr-2002 |
Pan-European character actor |
| Robert Dollar |
Business |
20-Mar-1844 |
16-May-1932 |
Grand Old Man of the Pacific |
| Forrest C. Donnell |
Politician |
20-Aug-1884 |
3-Mar-1980 |
Governor and Senator from Missouri |
| James Doohan |
Actor |
3-Mar-1920 |
20-Jul-2005 |
Scotty on Star Trek |
| Melvyn Douglas |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
4-Aug-1981 |
Being There |
| Stephen A. Douglas |
Politician |
23-Apr-1813 |
3-Jun-1861 |
US Senator, debated Lincoln |
| Billie Dove |
Actor |
14-May-1903 |
31-Dec-1997 |
The Black Pirate |
| John Langdon Down |
Doctor |
18-Nov-1828 |
7-Oct-1896 |
Down's syndrome |
| Morton Downey, Jr. |
Talk Show Host |
9-Dec-1933 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Mort the Mouth |
| Carl Theodor Dreyer |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1889 |
20-Mar-1968 |
Greatest Danish film director |
| Alan Dugan |
Poet |
12-Feb-1923 |
3-Sep-2003 |
Poems |
| John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
| Jimmy Durante |
Comic |
10-Feb-1893 |
20-Jan-1980 |
Everybody wants ta get inta da act |
| Lawrence Eagleburger |
Government |
1-Aug-1930 |
4-Jun-2011 |
US Secretary of State, 1992-93 |
| Virgil Earp |
Government |
8-Jul-1843 |
19-Oct-1905 |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral |
| James O. Eastland |
Politician |
28-Nov-1904 |
19-Feb-1986 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1943-78 |
| Bernard Edwards |
Musician |
31-Oct-1952 |
18-Apr-1996 |
Founding member of Chic |
| Blake Edwards |
Film Director |
26-Jul-1922 |
15-Dec-2010 |
The Pink Panther |
| Dana Elcar |
Actor |
10-Oct-1927 |
6-Jun-2005 |
Pete Thornton on MacGyver |
| Robert F. Ellsworth |
Politician |
11-Jun-1926 |
9-May-2011 |
Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67 |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Essayist |
25-May-1803 |
27-Apr-1882 |
Essayist, wrote Nature |
| Gil Evans |
Jazz Musician |
13-May-1912 |
20-Mar-1988 |
Jazz pianist and arranger |
| King Fahd |
Royalty |
1923 |
1-Aug-2005 |
King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005 |
| Philo Farnsworth |
Inventor |
19-Aug-1906 |
11-Mar-1971 |
Inventor of electronic television |
| Gabriel Fauré |
Composer |
12-May-1845 |
4-Nov-1924 |
Requiem |
| Frank Faylen |
Actor |
8-Dec-1905 |
2-Aug-1985 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis |
| Stepin Fetchit |
Actor |
30-May-1902 |
19-Nov-1985 |
Professional black stereotype |
| Marshall Field |
Business |
18-Aug-1834 |
16-Jan-1906 |
Founder of Marshall Field's |
| Rachel Field |
Author |
19-Sep-1894 |
15-Mar-1942 |
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years |
| Gracie Fields |
Singer |
9-Jan-1898 |
27-Sep-1979 |
Sally in Our Alley |
| Abigail Fillmore |
First Lady |
13-Mar-1798 |
30-Mar-1853 |
Wife of US President Millard Fillmore |
| Jack Finney |
Novelist |
2-Oct-1911 |
14-Nov-1995 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| John T. Flynn |
Journalist |
25-Oct-1882 |
13-Apr-1964 |
The Roosevelt Myth |
| John Forsythe |
Actor |
29-Jan-1918 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Blake Carrington on Dynasty |
| Henry H. Fowler |
Government |
5-Sep-1908 |
3-Jan-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68 |
| Rosalind Franklin |
Chemist |
25-Jul-1920 |
16-Apr-1958 |
Photographed DNA's structure |
| John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
| Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
| Reginald Gardiner |
Actor |
27-Feb-1903 |
7-Jul-1980 |
English-American character actor |
| Ava Gardner |
Actor |
24-Dec-1922 |
25-Jan-1990 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
| Marjorie Gateson |
Actor |
17-Jan-1891 |
17-Apr-1977 |
Goin' to Town |
| Janet Gaynor |
Actor |
6-Oct-1906 |
14-Sep-1984 |
A Star Is Born |
| Leo Genn |
Actor |
9-Aug-1905 |
26-Jan-1978 |
Quo Vadis |
| Wally George |
TV Personality |
4-Dec-1931 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Abusive conservative spectacle |
| Geronimo |
Military |
16-Jun-1829 |
17-Feb-1909 |
The last Indian to surrender |
| André Gide |
Author |
22-Nov-1869 |
19-Feb-1951 |
Le Voyage d'Urien |
| Hermione Gingold |
Actor |
9-Dec-1897 |
24-May-1987 |
Madame Alvarez in Gigi |
| George Gipp |
Football |
18-Feb-1895 |
14-Dec-1920 |
Win one for the Gipper |
| Dorothy Gish |
Actor |
11-Mar-1898 |
4-Jun-1968 |
Orphans of the Storm |
| Susan Glaspell |
Playwright |
1-Jul-1882 |
27-Jul-1948 |
Provincetown Players |
| Mills E. Godwin, Jr. |
Politician |
19-Nov-1914 |
30-Jan-1999 |
Twice Governor of Virginia |
| Nathan Green Gordon |
Politician |
4-Sep-1916 |
8-Sep-2008 |
Lt. Governor of Arkansas, 1947-67 |
| John Gorton |
Head of State |
9-Sep-1911 |
19-May-2002 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1968-71 |
| Oskar Maria Graf |
Author |
22-Jul-1894 |
28-Jun-1967 |
Wir sind Gefangene |
| Red Grange |
Football |
13-Jun-1903 |
28-Jan-1991 |
The Galloping Ghost |
| Lorne Greene |
Actor |
12-Feb-1915 |
11-Sep-1987 |
Ben Cartwright on Bonanza |
| Thomas Watt Gregory |
Government |
6-Nov-1861 |
26-Feb-1933 |
US Attorney General, 1914-19 |
| Gustaf VI Adolf |
Royalty |
11-Nov-1882 |
15-Sep-1973 |
King of Sweden, 1950-73 |
| Edmund Gwenn |
Actor |
26-Sep-1875 |
6-Sep-1959 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| Corey Haim |
Actor |
23-Dec-1971 |
10-Mar-2010 |
The Lost Boys |
| John Scott Haldane |
Doctor |
3-May-1860 |
14-Mar-1936 |
Breathing regulated by CO2 |
| William Stewart Halsted |
Doctor |
23-Sep-1852 |
7-Sep-1922 |
Pioneer of sterile surgical technique |
| W. C. Handy |
Composer |
16-Nov-1873 |
29-Mar-1958 |
Father of the Blues |
| Helene Hanff |
Author |
15-Apr-1916 |
9-Apr-1997 |
84, Charing Cross Road |
| Warren G. Harding |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1865 |
2-Aug-1923 |
29th US President, 1921-23 |
| Raymond A. Hare |
Diplomat |
3-Apr-1901 |
9-Feb-1994 |
US Mideast Ambassador |
| Veit Harlan |
Film Director |
22-Sep-1899 |
13-Apr-1964 |
Jud Süss |
| Chandler Harper |
Golf |
10-Mar-1914 |
8-Nov-2004 |
Winner, 1950 PGA Championship |
| Mark Harris |
Novelist |
19-Nov-1922 |
30-May-2007 |
Bang the Drum Slowly |
| Benjamin Harrison |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1833 |
13-Mar-1901 |
23rd President of the US, 1889-93 |
| William Henry Harrison |
Head of State |
9-Feb-1773 |
4-Apr-1841 |
9th US President, 1841 |
| Lorenz Hart |
Songwriter |
2-May-1895 |
22-Nov-1943 |
Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart |
| Signe Hasso |
Actor |
15-Aug-1910 |
7-Jun-2002 |
A Double Life |
| Gayelord Hauser |
Author |
1895 |
26-Dec-1984 |
Look Younger, Live Longer |
| Coleman Hawkins |
Jazz Musician |
21-Nov-1904 |
19-May-1969 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Chushiro Hayashi |
Astronomer |
25-Jul-1920 |
28-Feb-2010 |
Big Bang astrophysicist |
| Henry J. Heinz |
Business |
11-Oct-1844 |
14-May-1919 |
Founder of Heinz Foods |
| John Heisman |
Football |
23-Oct-1869 |
3-Oct-1936 |
Namesake of the Heisman Trophy |
| Harry Helmsley |
Business |
4-Mar-1909 |
4-Jan-1997 |
Hotel magnate |
| Wanda Hendrix |
Actor |
3-Nov-1928 |
1-Feb-1981 |
Actress-wife of Audie Murphy |
| Paul Henreid |
Actor |
10-Jan-1908 |
29-Mar-1992 |
Casablanca |
| Jim Henson |
Performance Artist |
24-Sep-1936 |
16-May-1990 |
Creator of the Muppets |
| Herblock |
Cartoonist |
13-Oct-1909 |
7-Oct-2001 |
Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post |
| Theodor Herzl |
Activist |
2-May-1860 |
3-Jul-1904 |
Lead Zionist |
| Edgar W. Hiestand |
Politician |
3-Dec-1888 |
19-Aug-1970 |
Congressman from California, 1953-63 |
| Billy Higgins |
Jazz Musician |
11-Oct-1936 |
3-May-2001 |
Leading free-jazz and bop drummer |
| Conrad Hilton |
Business |
25-Dec-1887 |
3-Jan-1979 |
Founder, Hilton Hotels |
| Samuel S. Hinds |
Actor |
4-Apr-1875 |
13-Oct-1948 |
It's a Wonderful Life |
| Christopher Hitchens |
Journalist |
13-Apr-1949 |
15-Dec-2011 |
Agent provocateur |
| Lazare Hoche |
Military |
24-Jun-1768 |
18-Sep-1797 |
French General |
| Syd Hoff |
Author |
4-Sep-1912 |
12-May-2004 |
Danny and the Dinosaur |
| Arthur Holmes |
Geologist |
14-Jan-1890 |
20-Sep-1965 |
Father of the geological timescale |
| Mike Holovak |
Football |
19-Sep-1919 |
27-Jan-2008 |
NFL Head Coach, General Manager |
| Johannes Holtfreter |
Zoologist |
9-Jan-1901 |
13-Nov-1992 |
Chemotaxis |
| Oskar Homolka |
Actor |
12-Aug-1898 |
27-Jan-1978 |
Sabotage |
| Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
| Johns Hopkins |
Philanthropist |
19-May-1795 |
24-Dec-1873 |
Johns Hopkins University and Hospital |
| Hedda Hopper |
Actor |
2-May-1885 |
1-Feb-1966 |
Queen of the Quickies |
| William Hopper |
Actor |
26-Jan-1915 |
6-Mar-1970 |
Paul Drake on Perry Mason |
| Sam Houston |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1793 |
26-Jul-1863 |
President of Texas, 1836-38 and 1841-44 |
| William Dean Howells |
Author |
1-Mar-1837 |
11-May-1920 |
The Rise of Silas Lapham |
| H. Bruce Humberstone |
Film Director |
18-Nov-1901 |
11-Oct-1984 |
Directed several Charlie Chan films |
| E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
| Robert Hutton |
Actor |
11-Jun-1920 |
7-Aug-1994 |
Hollywood Canteen |
| Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres |
Painter |
29-Aug-1780 |
14-Jan-1867 |
Odalisque |
| Ishi |
Oddity |
c. 1860 |
25-Mar-1916 |
Last of an extinct tribe |
| Max Jacob |
Poet |
12-Jul-1876 |
5-Mar-1944 |
Le Cornet à dés |
| Calamity Jane |
Performance Artist |
1-May-1852 |
1-Aug-1903 |
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show |
| Little Willie John |
Singer |
15-Oct-1937 |
26-May-1968 |
Fever |
| Nunnally Johnson |
Screenwriter |
5-Dec-1897 |
25-Mar-1977 |
The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit |
| U. Alexis Johnson |
Diplomat |
17-Oct-1908 |
24-Mar-1997 |
Career US Ambassador |
| Joseph Eggleston Johnston |
Military |
3-Feb-1807 |
21-Mar-1891 |
Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman |
| Bryn Jones |
Musician |
17-Jun-1961 |
14-Jan-1999 |
Muslimgauze |
| John Paul Jones |
Military |
6-Jul-1747 |
18-Jul-1792 |
Has not yet begun to fight |
| Barbara Jordan |
Politician |
21-Feb-1936 |
17-Jan-1996 |
Gave 1976 Democratic keynote speech |
| Princess Juliana |
Royalty |
30-Apr-1909 |
20-Mar-2004 |
Crown Princess of the Netherlands |
| Jigoro Kano |
Sports Figure |
28-Oct-1860 |
4-May-1938 |
Founder of Judo |
| Carl Karcher |
Business |
16-Jan-1917 |
11-Jan-2008 |
Founder of Carl's Jr. |
| Keiko |
unspecified |
c. 1977 |
12-Dec-2003 |
The killer whale from Free Willy |
| Frank B. Kellogg |
Government |
22-Dec-1856 |
21-Dec-1937 |
US Secretary of State, 1925-29 |
| Rose Kennedy |
Relative |
22-Jul-1890 |
22-Jan-1995 |
Kennedy Matriarch |
| Jean Kerr |
Author |
10-Jul-1922 |
5-Jan-2003 |
Please Don't Eat the Daisies |
| Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1915 |
27-Oct-2006 |
President of Pakistan, 1988-93 |
| Inayat Khan |
Religion |
5-Jul-1882 |
5-Feb-1927 |
Founder of Universal Sufism |
| Thomas Starr King |
Religion |
17-Dec-1824 |
4-Mar-1864 |
Saved California to the Union |
| Claude Kitchin |
Politician |
24-Mar-1869 |
31-May-1923 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1901-23 |
| Keith Knudsen |
Drummer |
18-Feb-1948 |
8-Feb-2005 |
Drummer for the Doobie Brothers |
| Hans Koller |
Musician |
12-Feb-1921 |
21-Dec-2003 |
Austrian saxophone prodigy |
| André Kostelanetz |
Conductor |
22-Dec-1901 |
13-Jan-1980 |
André Kostelanetz Presents |
| Stanley Kramer |
Film Director |
29-Sep-1913 |
19-Feb-2001 |
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
| Peter Kropotkin |
Anarchist |
21-Dec-1842 |
8-Feb-1921 |
Libertarian anarchist revolutionary |
| Stanley Kunitz |
Poet |
29-Jul-1905 |
14-May-2006 |
US Poet Laureate, 2000 |
| Irv Kupcinet |
Columnist |
31-Jul-1912 |
10-Nov-2003 |
Kup's Column |
| Jack La Lanne |
Fitness Guru |
26-Sep-1914 |
23-Jan-2011 |
Fitness guru |
| Bert Lahr |
Actor |
13-Aug-1895 |
4-Dec-1967 |
Lion in The Wizard of Oz |
| Constant Lambert |
Composer |
23-Aug-1905 |
21-Aug-1951 |
Rio Grande |
| Charles Lamont |
Film Director |
5-May-1895 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Director, Abbott & Costello |
| Elsa Lanchester |
Actor |
28-Oct-1902 |
26-Dec-1986 |
Bride of Frankenstein |
| Denys Lasdun |
Architect |
8-Sep-1914 |
11-Jan-2001 |
British modernist architect |
| Arthur Laurents |
Playwright |
14-Jul-1918 |
5-May-2011 |
West Side Story |
| Patricia Kennedy Lawford |
Socialite |
6-May-1924 |
17-Sep-2006 |
Kennedy sister, wife of Peter Lawford |
| Joshua Lederberg |
Biologist |
23-May-1925 |
2-Feb-2008 |
Genetic properties of bacteria |
| Anna Lee |
Actor |
2-Jan-1913 |
14-May-2004 |
Lila Quartermaine on General Hospital |
| Rex Lee |
Attorney |
27-Feb-1935 |
11-Mar-1996 |
US Solicitor General, 1981-85 |
| Robert E. Lee |
Military |
19-Jan-1807 |
12-Oct-1870 |
Confederate General |
| Len Lesser |
Actor |
3-Dec-1922 |
16-Feb-2011 |
Uncle Leo on Seinfeld |
| Willard F. Libby |
Chemist |
17-Dec-1908 |
8-Sep-1980 |
Carbon-14 dating technique |
| Roy Lichtenstein |
Painter |
27-Oct-1923 |
29-Sep-1997 |
Whaam! |
| Edward H. Linde |
Business |
c. 1940 |
10-Jan-2010 |
CEO of Boston Properties, 1997-2010 |
| Arthur A. Link |
Politician |
24-May-1914 |
1-Jun-2010 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1973-81 |
| Sol Linowitz |
Business |
17-Dec-1913 |
18-Mar-2005 |
Negotiated return of the Panama Canal |
| Larry Linville |
Actor |
29-Sep-1939 |
10-Apr-2000 |
Maj. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H |
| Franz Liszt |
Composer |
22-Oct-1811 |
31-Jul-1886 |
Hungarian composer |
| Horace Liveright |
Publisher |
10-Dec-1886 |
24-Sep-1933 |
Publisher of the Modern Library series |
| Mildred Loving |
Activist |
22-Jun-1939 |
2-May-2008 |
Interracial marriage |
| Leo Lowenthal |
Sociologist |
3-Nov-1900 |
21-Jan-1993 |
Literature and the Image of Man |
| Bernie Mac |
Comic |
5-Oct-1957 |
9-Aug-2008 |
The Bernie Mac Show |
| Alexander Mackendrick |
Film Director |
8-Sep-1912 |
22-Dec-1993 |
The Sweet Smell of Success |
| Aline MacMahon |
Actor |
3-May-1899 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Dragon Seed |
| Fred MacMurray |
Actor |
30-Aug-1908 |
6-Nov-1991 |
The Absent-Minded Professor |
| Louis MacNeice |
Poet |
12-Sep-1907 |
3-Sep-1963 |
Autumn Journal |
| Delbert Mann |
Film Director |
30-Jan-1920 |
11-Nov-2007 |
That Touch of Mink |
| Joe Mantell |
Actor |
21-Dec-1915 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Angie in Marty |
| Manning Marable |
Educator |
13-May-1950 |
1-Apr-2011 |
Beyond Black and White |
| Beryl Markham |
Aviator |
26-Oct-1902 |
3-Aug-1986 |
West with the Night |
| George E. Marshall |
Film Director |
29-Dec-1891 |
17-Feb-1975 |
Destry Rides Again |
| Edwin M. Martin |
Government |
21-May-1908 |
12-Jan-2002 |
US Ambassador to Argentina, 1964-68 |
| Groucho Marx |
Comic |
2-Oct-1890 |
19-Aug-1977 |
You Bet Your Life |
| Typhoid Mary |
Chef |
22-Sep-1869 |
11-Nov-1938 |
Notorious typhoid carrier |
| Raymond Massey |
Actor |
30-Aug-1896 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Things to Come |
| Eddie Mathews |
Baseball |
13-Oct-1931 |
18-Feb-2001 |
Hit 512 home runs |
| Robert Matsui |
Politician |
17-Sep-1941 |
1-Jan-2005 |
Congressman from California, 1993-2005 |
| Konosuke Matsushita |
Business |
27-Nov-1894 |
27-Apr-1989 |
Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. |
| W. Somerset Maugham |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1874 |
16-Dec-1965 |
Of Human Bondage |
| Bill Mauldin |
Cartoonist |
29-Oct-1921 |
22-Jan-2003 |
WWII cartoonist, Willie and Joe |
| Virginia Mayo |
Actor |
30-Nov-1920 |
17-Jan-2005 |
South Sea Woman |
| Joe McCarthy |
Baseball |
21-Apr-1887 |
13-Jan-1978 |
Yankees manager for 15 years |
| Kevin McCarthy |
Actor |
15-Feb-1914 |
11-Sep-2010 |
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
| Daniel T. McCarty |
Politician |
18-Jan-1912 |
28-Sep-1953 |
Governor of Florida, 1953 |
| Sarah McClendon |
Journalist |
8-Jul-1910 |
8-Jan-2003 |
White House Reporter FDR to GWB |
| John McCormack |
Singer |
14-Jun-1884 |
16-Sep-1945 |
Operatic tenor, Irish balladeer |
| George C. McGhee |
Diplomat |
1912 |
4-Jul-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68 |
| Catherine McLeod |
Actor |
2-Jul-1921 |
11-May-1997 |
I've Always Loved You |
| Ed McMahon |
Talk Show Host |
6-Mar-1923 |
23-Jun-2009 |
The Tonight Show |
| George Gordon Meade |
Military |
31-Dec-1815 |
6-Nov-1872 |
Accomplished Union Army general |
| Sid Melton |
Actor |
23-May-1920 |
2-Nov-2011 |
Alf Monroe on Green Acres |
| Russ Meyer |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1922 |
18-Sep-2004 |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |
| James W. Michaels |
Journalist |
17-Jun-1921 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Longtime Forbes editor |
| Patsy Mink |
Politician |
6-Dec-1927 |
28-Sep-2002 |
Congresswoman from Hawaii |
| W. C. Minor |
Scholar |
Jun-1834 |
26-Mar-1920 |
Prolific OED contributor |
| Parren J. Mitchell |
Politician |
29-Apr-1922 |
28-May-2007 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1971-87 |
| Piet Mondrian |
Painter |
7-Mar-1872 |
1-Feb-1944 |
Dutch abstract painter |
| Ernesto Teodoro Moneta |
Activist |
20-Sep-1833 |
10-Feb-1918 |
Founder of the Lombard League |
| Lola Montez |
Dancer |
17-Feb-1821 |
17-Jan-1861 |
Mistress of Ludwig I of Bavaria |
| Dudley Moore |
Comic |
19-Apr-1935 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Arthur |
| Harry Morgan |
Actor |
10-Apr-1915 |
7-Dec-2011 |
Col. Sherman T. Potter on M*A*S*H |
| Berthe Morisot |
Painter |
14-Jan-1841 |
2-Mar-1895 |
French Impressionist painter |
| Akio Morita |
Business |
26-Jan-1921 |
3-Oct-1999 |
Co-Founder of Sony |
| Karen Morley |
Actor |
12-Dec-1909 |
8-Mar-2003 |
Gabriel Over the White House |
| Frank E. Moss |
Politician |
23-Sep-1911 |
29-Jan-2003 |
US Senator from Utah, 1959-77 |
| John E. Moss |
Politician |
13-Apr-1915 |
5-Dec-1997 |
Congressman from California, 1953-78 |
| Samuel Mudd |
Doctor |
20-Dec-1833 |
10-Jan-1883 |
Physician who treated Lincoln's assassin |
| John Muir |
Activist |
21-Apr-1838 |
24-Dec-1914 |
Patron saint of Yosemite National Park |
| Edvard Munch |
Painter |
12-Dec-1863 |
23-Jan-1944 |
Scream |
| Brittany Murphy |
Actor |
10-Nov-1977 |
20-Dec-2009 |
Clueless |
| Grayson Murphy |
Business |
1878 |
Nov-1937 |
Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion |
| Harry Myers |
Actor |
5-Sep-1882 |
25-Dec-1938 |
City Lights |
| Vladimir Nabokov |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1899 |
2-Jul-1977 |
Lolita |
| K. R. Narayanan |
Head of State |
4-Feb-1921 |
9-Nov-2005 |
President of India, 1997-2002 |
| Pola Negri |
Actor |
31-Dec-1894 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Sultry silent film diva |
| Edwin Newman |
Journalist |
25-Jan-1919 |
13-Aug-2010 |
Journalist and commentator for NBC News |
| Fayard Nicholas |
Dancer |
20-Oct-1914 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
| Leslie Nielsen |
Actor |
11-Feb-1926 |
28-Nov-2010 |
Airplane! |
| Paul Nitze |
Diplomat |
16-Jan-1907 |
19-Oct-2004 |
US cold warrior |
| Anita O'Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Feminine master of scat |
| Severo Ochoa |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1905 |
1-Nov-1993 |
Synthesized RNA |
| Warner Oland |
Actor |
3-Oct-1879 |
6-Aug-1938 |
Charlie Chan |
| William Osler |
Doctor |
12-Jul-1849 |
29-Dec-1919 |
Father of psychosomatic medicine |
| Bettie Page |
Model |
22-Apr-1923 |
11-Dec-2008 |
Black-haired bondage pin-up queen |
| Nicola Paone |
Business |
5-Oct-1915 |
25-Dec-2003 |
Restaurateur, Italian Troubadour |
| Charlie Parker |
Jazz Musician |
29-Aug-1920 |
12-Mar-1955 |
Be-bop jazz musician |
| Charles Stewart Parnell |
Politician |
27-Jun-1846 |
6-Oct-1891 |
Irish Nationalist leader |
| Michael Pate |
Actor |
26-Feb-1920 |
1-Sep-2008 |
Hondo |
| Elizabeth Patterson |
Actor |
22-Nov-1875 |
31-Jan-1966 |
Mrs. Matilda Trumbull on I Love Lucy |
| Okey L. Patteson |
Politician |
14-Sep-1898 |
3-Jul-1989 |
Governor of West Virginia, 1949-53 |
| Les Paul |
Guitarist |
9-Jun-1915 |
13-Aug-2009 |
Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer |
| Peter the Great |
Royalty |
9-Jun-1672 |
8-Feb-1725 |
Tsar of Russia, 1689-1725 |
| Susan Peters |
Actor |
3-Jul-1921 |
23-Oct-1952 |
Random Harvest |
| Philippe Pinel |
Psychiatrist |
20-Apr-1745 |
25-Oct-1826 |
Unchained the insane |
| Pocahontas |
Royalty |
c. 1595 |
21-Mar-1617 |
Native American princess |
| Fritz Pollard |
Football |
27-Jan-1894 |
11-May-1986 |
First black coach in the NFL |
| José López Portillo |
Head of State |
16-Jun-1920 |
17-Feb-2004 |
President of Mexico, 1976-82 |
| Bud Powell |
Pianist |
27-Sep-1924 |
31-Jul-1966 |
Seminal bop pianist and composer |
| Lewis F. Powell, Jr. |
Judge |
19-Sep-1907 |
25-Aug-1998 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 |
| Thomas G. Pownall |
Business |
20-Jan-1922 |
24-Jun-2005 |
CEO of Martin-Marietta, 1982-88 |
| Fritz Pregl |
Chemist |
3-Sep-1869 |
13-Dec-1930 |
Microanalysis of organic compounds |
| Louis Prima |
Singer |
7-Dec-1910 |
24-Aug-1978 |
King of the Swingers |
| Marcel Proust |
Author |
10-Jul-1871 |
18-Nov-1922 |
In Search of Lost Time |
| Lucian W. Pye |
Scholar |
21-Oct-1921 |
5-Sep-2008 |
Sinologist |
| Ludwig Quidde |
Activist |
23-Mar-1858 |
4-Mar-1941 |
German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Sun Ra |
Jazz Musician |
22-May-1914 |
30-May-1993 |
Jazz musician from Saturn |
| Ann Radcliffe |
Novelist |
9-Jul-1764 |
7-Feb-1823 |
The Mysteries of Udolpho |
| John Raitt |
Actor |
29-Jan-1917 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Broadway actor |
| Jobyna Ralston |
Actor |
21-Nov-1899 |
22-Jan-1967 |
Wings |
| Tony Randall |
Actor |
26-Feb-1920 |
18-May-2004 |
Felix Unger in The Odd Couple |
| Donald Randolph |
Actor |
5-Jan-1906 |
16-Mar-1993 |
The Deadly Mantis |
| Martha Raye |
Actor |
27-Aug-1916 |
19-Oct-1994 |
Monsieur Verdoux |
| Gene Raymond |
Actor |
13-Aug-1908 |
2-May-1998 |
Red Dust |
| Ronald Reagan |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1911 |
5-Jun-2004 |
40th US President, 1981-89 |
| Joyce Redman |
Actor |
9-Dec-1915 |
10-May-2012 |
Tom Jones |
| Charles Nelson Reilly |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
25-May-2007 |
Flamboyant Match Game panelist |
| Fritz Reiner |
Conductor |
19-Dec-1888 |
15-Nov-1963 |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62 |
| Max Reinhardt |
Theater Director |
9-Sep-1873 |
30-Oct-1943 |
Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream |
| Anne Revere |
Actor |
25-Jun-1903 |
18-Dec-1990 |
National Velvet |
| Erik Rhodes |
Actor |
10-Feb-1906 |
17-Feb-1990 |
Top Hat |
| Madlyn Rhue |
Actor |
3-Oct-1935 |
16-Dec-2003 |
Marjorie Grant on Bracken's World |
| George Rieveschl |
Chemist |
9-Jan-1916 |
27-Sep-2007 |
Discovered Benadryl |
| John Ringling |
Business |
31-May-1866 |
2-Dec-1936 |
Ringling Brothers Circus |
| Jim Ringo |
Football |
21-Nov-1931 |
19-Nov-2007 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Hal Roach |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Jan-1892 |
2-Nov-1992 |
Brilliant comedy producer |
| Ed Roberts |
Inventor |
13-Sep-1941 |
1-Apr-2010 |
Inventor of the Altair computer |
| Oral Roberts |
Religion |
24-Jan-1918 |
15-Dec-2009 |
Televangelist, faith healer |
| Win Rockefeller |
Politician |
17-Sep-1948 |
16-Jul-2006 |
Billionaire, Arkansas Lt. Governor |
| Cesar Romero |
Actor |
15-Feb-1907 |
1-Jan-1994 |
The Joker on Batman |
| Billy Rose |
Theatre Producer |
6-Sep-1899 |
10-Feb-1966 |
Ziegfeld Theatre, Billy Rose Theater |
| Albert Rosellini |
Politician |
21-Jan-1910 |
10-Oct-2011 |
Governor of Washington, 1957-65 |
| Raul Roulien |
Actor |
8-Oct-1905 |
8-Sep-2000 |
Flying Down to Rio |
| Paul Runyan |
Golf |
12-Jul-1908 |
17-Mar-2002 |
Winner, 1934 and 1938 PGA Championships |
| Margaret Rutherford |
Actor |
11-May-1892 |
22-May-1972 |
The V.I.P.s |
| Carl Sagan |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1934 |
20-Dec-1996 |
Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos |
| Camille Saint-Saëns |
Composer |
9-Oct-1835 |
16-Dec-1921 |
Samson et Dalila |
| Gene Sarazen |
Golf |
27-Feb-1902 |
13-May-1999 |
First winner of the Grand Slam |
| William Donald Schaefer |
Politician |
2-Nov-1921 |
18-Apr-2011 |
Governor of Maryland, 1987-95 |
| Maria Schell |
Actor |
15-Jan-1926 |
26-Apr-2005 |
The Heart of the Matter |
| Bernard A. Schriever |
Military |
14-Sep-1910 |
20-Jun-2005 |
US Air Force space program |
| Julius Schwartz |
Cartoonist |
19-Jun-1915 |
8-Feb-2004 |
Silver Age comics pioneer |
| Raymond Scott |
Musician |
10-Sep-1908 |
8-Feb-1994 |
Powerhouse, invented the sequencer |
| Anna Howard Shaw |
Activist |
14-Feb-1847 |
2-Jul-1919 |
National American Women's Suffrage Association |
| Norma Shearer |
Actor |
10-Aug-1902 |
12-Jun-1983 |
The Divorcee |
| Sidney Sheldon |
Author |
11-Feb-1917 |
30-Jan-2007 |
Annie Get Your Gun |
| George Shiras, Jr. |
Judge |
26-Jan-1832 |
2-Aug-1924 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903 |
| William Shurcliff |
Physicist |
27-Mar-1909 |
20-Jun-2006 |
Manhattan Project physicist |
| Red Skelton |
Comic |
18-Jul-1913 |
17-Sep-1997 |
The Red Skelton Show |
| Betty Smith |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1896 |
17-Jan-1972 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| C. Aubrey Smith |
Actor |
21-Jul-1863 |
20-Dec-1948 |
The Four Feathers |
| Howard K. Smith |
Journalist |
12-May-1914 |
15-Feb-2002 |
Face the Nation |
| Arnold Stang |
Actor |
28-Sep-1918 |
20-Dec-2009 |
Bespectacled character actor |
| John C. Stennis |
Politician |
3-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
| Beatrice Straight |
Actor |
2-Aug-1914 |
7-Apr-2001 |
Network |
| Johann Strauss |
Composer |
25-Oct-1825 |
3-Jun-1899 |
The Blue Danube |
| Leo Strauss |
Philosopher |
20-Sep-1899 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Patron saint of Neoconservatism |
| Alfredo Stroessner |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1912 |
16-Aug-2006 |
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 |
| Theodore Sturgeon |
Author |
26-Feb-1918 |
8-May-1985 |
More Than Human |
| William Styron |
Novelist |
11-Jun-1925 |
31-Oct-2006 |
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
| Arthur Sullivan |
Composer |
13-May-1842 |
22-Nov-1900 |
Gilbert & Sullivan |
| Ambrose Swasey |
Business |
19-Dec-1846 |
15-Jun-1937 |
Warner and Swasey Company and Observatory |
| Ida M. Tarbell |
Journalist |
5-Nov-1857 |
6-Jan-1944 |
History of the Standard Oil Company |
| Zola Taylor |
Singer |
17-Mar-1934 |
30-Apr-2007 |
The Platters |
| Jack Teagarden |
Jazz Musician |
20-Aug-1905 |
15-Jan-1964 |
Virtuoso trombonist and jazz bandleader |
| John Templeton |
Philanthropist |
29-Nov-1912 |
8-Jul-2008 |
Billionaire fund manager |
| Brother Theodore |
Comic |
11-Nov-1906 |
5-Apr-2001 |
Stand-up Tragedist |
| Dylan Thomas |
Poet |
27-Oct-1914 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Most influential Welsh poet |
| Jameson Thomas |
Actor |
24-Mar-1888 |
10-Jan-1939 |
British stage, minor Hollywood actor |
| Lawrence Tierney |
Actor |
15-Mar-1919 |
26-Feb-2002 |
Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs |
| John Toland |
Historian |
29-Jun-1912 |
4-Jan-2004 |
The Rising Sun |
| Leo Tolstoy |
Author |
9-Sep-1828 |
20-Nov-1910 |
Russian novelist |
| Paul Tsongas |
Politician |
14-Feb-1941 |
18-Jan-1997 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1979-85 |
| Harriet Tubman |
Activist |
c. 1821 |
10-Mar-1913 |
Operated the Underground Railroad |
| Sonny Tufts |
Actor |
16-Jul-1911 |
4-Jun-1970 |
Cat-Women of the Moon |
| Steve Van Buren |
Football |
28-Sep-1920 |
23-Aug-2012 |
Philadelphia Eagles, NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| John R. Vane |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1927 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
| C. William Verity |
Government |
26-Jan-1917 |
3-Jan-2007 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89 |
| Gore Vidal |
Author |
3-Oct-1925 |
31-Jul-2012 |
Visit to a Small Planet |
| A. E. van Vogt |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1912 |
26-Jan-2000 |
Science fiction writer |
| Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1856 |
1-Jan-1921 |
German Chancellor 1909-17 |
| Bill W. |
Activist |
26-Nov-1895 |
24-Jan-1971 |
Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder |
| Helen Waddell |
Author |
31-May-1889 |
5-Mar-1965 |
The Wandering Scholars |
| Art Wall, Jr. |
Golf |
25-Nov-1923 |
31-Oct-2001 |
Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament |
| Edgar Wallace |
Novelist |
1-Apr-1875 |
10-Feb-1932 |
Highly prolific English novelist |
| Fats Waller |
Jazz Musician |
21-May-1904 |
15-Dec-1943 |
Influential jazz pianist |
| Ruth Warrick |
Actor |
29-Jun-1915 |
15-Jan-2005 |
Phoebe Tyler on All My Children |
| Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
| Lawrence Welk |
Conductor |
11-Mar-1903 |
17-May-1992 |
Big band leader, TV champagne music host |
| Eudora Welty |
Author |
13-Apr-1909 |
23-Jul-2001 |
The Optimist's Daughter |
| Michael Whalen |
Actor |
30-Jun-1902 |
14-Apr-1974 |
Wee Willie Winkie |
| John Archibald Wheeler |
Physicist |
9-Jul-1911 |
13-Apr-2008 |
The Mechanism of Nuclear Fission |
| Byron White |
Judge |
8-Jun-1917 |
15-Apr-2002 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1962-93 |
| Walt Whitman |
Poet |
31-May-1819 |
26-Mar-1892 |
Leaves of Grass |
| James Wieghart |
Journalist |
16-Aug-1933 |
21-Feb-2010 |
Editor, NY Daily News, 1982-84 |
| Eugene Wigner |
Physicist |
17-Nov-1902 |
1-Jan-1995 |
Law of conservation of parity |
| Billy Wilder |
Film Director |
22-Jun-1906 |
27-Mar-2002 |
Sunset Blvd. |
| Bob Wills |
Musician |
6-Mar-1905 |
13-May-1975 |
King of Western Swing |
| George W. Woodruff |
Business |
27-Aug-1895 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Continental Gin Company |
| Gridley Wright |
Religion |
19-Jan-1934 |
22-Dec-1979 |
Shiva Lila cult founder |
| Harold Bell Wright |
Novelist |
4-May-1872 |
24-May-1944 |
The Winning of Barbara Worth |
| Jerauld Wright |
Military |
4-Jun-1898 |
27-Apr-1995 |
US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60 |
| Samuel W. Yorty |
Politician |
1-Oct-1909 |
5-Jun-1998 |
Mayor of Los Angeles, 1961-73 |
| Henny Youngman |
Comic |
16-Mar-1906 |
24-Feb-1998 |
Take my wife, please |
| Chung Ju Yung |
Business |
25-Nov-1915 |
21-Mar-2001 |
Founder of Hyundai |
| Darryl F. Zanuck |
Film/TV Producer |
5-Sep-1902 |
22-Dec-1979 |
Ran 20th Century Fox, 1935-71 |
| Todor Zhivkov |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1911 |
5-Aug-1998 |
Leader of Bulgaria, 1954-89 |
| Arthur Zimmermann |
Government |
5-Oct-1864 |
6-Jun-1940 |
Zimmerman Telegram |
| George Zucco |
Actor |
11-Jan-1886 |
28-May-1960 |
Fog Island |
