| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ann Ayars |
Actor |
23-Jul-1918 |
27-Feb-1995 |
The Youngest Profession |
| Syd Barrett |
Musician |
6-Jan-1946 |
7-Jul-2006 |
Pink Floyd |
| Richard Bartlett |
Film Director |
8-Nov-1922 |
11-Jun-1994 |
Joe Dakota |
| Alexander Graham Bell |
Inventor |
3-Mar-1847 |
2-Aug-1922 |
Inventor of the telephone |
| David Broder |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1929 |
9-Mar-2011 |
Washington Post reporter |
| Danny Joe Brown |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Aug-1951 |
10-Mar-2005 |
Singer for Molly Hatchet |
| Mordecai Brown |
Baseball |
19-Oct-1876 |
14-Feb-1948 |
Three Finger Brown |
| Blanche K. Bruce |
Politician |
1-Mar-1841 |
17-Mar-1898 |
US Senator, former slave |
| Daniel H. Burnham |
Architect |
4-Sep-1846 |
1-Jun-1912 |
Built skyscrapers and planned cities |
| Don Callander |
Novelist |
23-Mar-1930 |
26-Jul-2008 |
Pyromancer |
| Nell Carter |
Actor |
13-Sep-1948 |
23-Jan-2003 |
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break |
| Johnny Cash |
Country Musician |
26-Feb-1932 |
12-Sep-2003 |
The Man in Black |
| Hal Clement |
Novelist |
20-May-1922 |
29-Oct-2003 |
Mission of Gravity |
| Bettino Craxi |
Head of State |
24-Feb-1934 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87 |
| Charles Demuth |
Painter |
8-Nov-1883 |
23-Oct-1935 |
I Saw the Figure Five in Gold |
| Eric Dolphy |
Jazz Musician |
20-Jun-1928 |
29-Jun-1964 |
Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist |
| Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
| John Ehrlichman |
Government |
20-Mar-1925 |
14-Feb-1999 |
Watergate criminal, served time |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| Totie Fields |
Comic |
7-May-1930 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Weight-conscious comedienne |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Singer |
25-Apr-1917 |
15-Jun-1996 |
The First Lady of Jazz |
| Mary Ford |
Singer |
7-Jul-1924 |
30-Sep-1977 |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest |
Military |
13-Jul-1821 |
29-Oct-1877 |
Confederate Cavalry General |
| Lucio Fulci |
Film Director |
17-Jun-1927 |
13-Mar-1996 |
The Beyond |
| Sydney Greenstreet |
Actor |
27-Dec-1879 |
18-Jan-1954 |
Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon |
| John Howard Griffin |
Author |
16-Jul-1920 |
9-Sep-1980 |
Black Like Me |
| Buddy Hackett |
Comic |
31-Aug-1924 |
30-Jun-2003 |
Abrasive old school comic |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| H. Tracy Hall |
Chemist |
20-Oct-1919 |
25-Jul-2008 |
Synthetic diamonds |
| Smith Hempstone, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1-Feb-1929 |
19-Nov-2006 |
US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93 |
| Pete Henry |
Football |
31-Oct-1897 |
7-Feb-1952 |
NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Christopher Hewett |
Actor |
5-Apr-1922 |
3-Aug-2001 |
Mr. Belvedere |
| Dana Hill |
Actor |
6-May-1964 |
15-Jul-1996 |
Audrey Griswold in European Vacation |
| Shirley Horn |
Musician |
1-May-1934 |
20-Oct-2005 |
Here's To Life |
| Waylon Jennings |
Country Musician |
15-Jun-1937 |
13-Feb-2002 |
Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys |
| Richard Jewell |
Victim |
17-Nov-1962 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Innocent security guard blamed for bombing |
| Nancy Kelly |
Actor |
25-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1995 |
The Bad Seed |
| Walt Kelly |
Cartoonist |
25-Aug-1913 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Creator of Pogo |
| Mabel King |
Actor |
25-Dec-1932 |
9-Nov-1999 |
What's Happening! |
| Rose Wilder Lane |
Author |
5-Dec-1886 |
30-Oct-1968 |
The Discovery of Freedom |
| Rosemary Lane |
Actor |
4-Apr-1914 |
25-Nov-1974 |
Four Daughters |
| Curtis Mayfield |
Musician |
3-Jun-1942 |
26-Dec-1999 |
Superfly soundtrack |
| Edwin M. McMillan |
Physicist |
18-Sep-1907 |
7-Sep-1991 |
Discovered neptunium and plutonium |
| George Mikan |
Basketball |
18-Jun-1924 |
1-Jun-2005 |
Minneapolis Lakers center |
| Rudy Ray Moore |
Actor |
17-Mar-1937 |
19-Oct-2008 |
Dolemite |
| Talbot Mundy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1879 |
5-Aug-1940 |
King of the Khyber Rifles |
| John Osborne |
Playwright |
12-Dec-1929 |
24-Dec-1994 |
Look Back in Anger |
| LaWanda Page |
Actor |
19-Oct-1920 |
14-Sep-2002 |
Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son |
| David Peaston |
Singer |
13-Mar-1957 |
1-Feb-2012 |
Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right |
| Zoogz Rift |
Musician |
10-Jul-1953 |
22-Mar-2011 |
Island of Living Puke |
| Esther Rolle |
Actor |
8-Nov-1920 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Florida Evans on Good Times |
| Artie Shaw |
Musician |
23-May-1910 |
30-Dec-2004 |
Clarinetist, big band leader |
| Joseph J. Sisco |
Diplomat |
31-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2004 |
Kissinger's Mideast Deputy |
| Kate Smith |
Singer |
1-May-1907 |
17-Jun-1986 |
God Bless America |
| Duke Snider |
Baseball |
19-Sep-1926 |
27-Feb-2011 |
Dodgers Hall of Famer |
| Guy Stockwell |
Actor |
16-Nov-1934 |
6-Feb-2002 |
Beau Geste |
| Hank Stram |
Football |
3-Jan-1923 |
4-Jul-2005 |
Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs |
| Michael Vale |
TV Personality |
28-Jun-1922 |
24-Dec-2005 |
Time to make the donuts |
| Ismael Valenzuela |
Jockey |
25-Dec-1934 |
2-Sep-2009 |
Winner, 1958 and 1968 Kentucky Derby |
| Jules Verne |
Author |
8-Feb-1828 |
24-Mar-1905 |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Novelist |
7-Feb-1867 |
10-Feb-1957 |
Little House on the Prairie |
| Carroll D. Wright |
Sociologist |
25-Jul-1840 |
20-Feb-1909 |
The Industrial Evolution of the United States |
| Zulu |
Actor |
17-Oct-1937 |
3-May-2004 |
Kono on Hawaii 5-O |
