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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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
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Government
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Comic
2-Oct-1890 19-Aug-1977 You Bet Your Life
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Baseball
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Business
27-Nov-1894 27-Apr-1989 Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
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Cartoonist
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Baseball
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Kevin McCarthy
Actor
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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
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Actor
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6-Mar-1923 23-Jun-2009 The Tonight Show
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Military
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Activist
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Comic
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Actor
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Painter
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Doctor
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John Muir
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21-Apr-1838 24-Dec-1914 Patron saint of Yosemite National Park
Edvard Munch
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10-Nov-1977 20-Dec-2009 Clueless
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Business
1878 Nov-1937 Banker, Co-Founder of American Legion
Harry Myers
Actor
5-Sep-1882 25-Dec-1938 City Lights
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23-Apr-1899 2-Jul-1977 Lolita
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Head of State
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Actor
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Journalist
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Dancer
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Leslie Nielsen
Actor
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Diplomat
16-Jan-1907 19-Oct-2004 US cold warrior
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Singer/Songwriter
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Scientist
24-Sep-1905 1-Nov-1993 Synthesized RNA
Warner Oland
Actor
3-Oct-1879 6-Aug-1938 Charlie Chan
William Osler
Doctor
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Bettie Page
Model
22-Apr-1923 11-Dec-2008 Black-haired bondage pin-up queen
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Business
5-Oct-1915 25-Dec-2003 Restaurateur, Italian Troubadour
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Jazz Musician
29-Aug-1920 12-Mar-1955 Be-bop jazz musician
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Michael Pate
Actor
26-Feb-1920 1-Sep-2008 Hondo
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Actor
22-Nov-1875 31-Jan-1966 Mrs. Matilda Trumbull on I Love Lucy
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Politician
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Les Paul
Guitarist
9-Jun-1915 13-Aug-2009 Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer
Peter the Great
Royalty
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Pocahontas
Royalty
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Football
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Head of State
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Bud Powell
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Lewis F. Powell, Jr.
Judge
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Thomas G. Pownall
Business
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Chemist
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Louis Prima
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21-Oct-1921 5-Sep-2008 Sinologist
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29-Jan-1917 20-Feb-2005 Broadway actor
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Helen Waddell
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Art Wall, Jr.
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25-Nov-1923 31-Oct-2001 Winner, 1959 Masters Tournament
Edgar Wallace
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Fats Waller
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Novelist
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Samuel W. Yorty
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Henny Youngman
Comic
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Government
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George Zucco
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