| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Don Adams |
Actor |
13-Apr-1926 |
25-Sep-2005 |
Maxwell Smart on Get Smart |
| June Allyson |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
8-Jul-2006 |
Two Girls and a Sailor |
| George Arliss |
Actor |
10-Apr-1868 |
5-Feb-1946 |
Disraeli |
| Svante Arrhenius |
Chemist |
19-Feb-1859 |
2-Oct-1927 |
Explored electrolytic conductivity |
| Eleanor Audley |
Actor |
19-Nov-1905 |
25-Nov-1991 |
Wicked stepmother in Cinderella |
| Ina Balin |
Actor |
12-Nov-1937 |
20-Jun-1990 |
The Patsy |
| John Barron |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1930 |
24-Feb-2005 |
Soviet espionage expert |
| Samuel Beckett |
Playwright |
13-May-1906 |
22-Dec-1989 |
Waiting for Godot |
| Terrel H. Bell |
Educator |
11-Nov-1921 |
22-Jun-1996 |
US Secretary of Education, 1981-85 |
| Ralph Bellamy |
Actor |
17-Jun-1904 |
29-Nov-1991 |
Trading Places |
| Tex Beneke |
Musician |
12-Feb-1914 |
30-May-2000 |
Saxophonist, The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| Henri Bergson |
Philosopher |
18-Oct-1859 |
4-Jan-1941 |
L'Évolution Créatrice |
| Lennox Berkeley |
Composer |
12-May-1903 |
26-Dec-1989 |
Stabat Mater |
| Rudolf Bing |
Business |
9-Jan-1902 |
2-Sep-1997 |
Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72 |
| Pedro Bloch |
Playwright |
17-Apr-1914 |
23-Feb-2004 |
The Hands of Eurydice |
| David Bloom |
Journalist |
22-May-1963 |
6-Apr-2003 |
NBC reporter died in Iraq |
| Richard W. Boehm |
Diplomat |
25-Jun-1926 |
28-Nov-2011 |
US Ambassador to Oman, 1989-92 |
| Scott Brady |
Actor |
13-Sep-1924 |
16-Apr-1985 |
Dancin' Kid in Johnny Guitar |
| Marlon Brando |
Actor |
3-Apr-1924 |
1-Jul-2004 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Claude Brown |
Author |
23-Feb-1937 |
2-Feb-2002 |
Manchild in the Promised Land |
| Elizabeth Barrett Browning |
Poet |
6-Mar-1806 |
29-Jun-1861 |
Sonnets from the Portuguese |
| Larry Buchanan |
Film Director |
31-Jan-1923 |
2-Dec-2004 |
Mars Needs Women |
| Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts |
Philanthropist |
21-Apr-1814 |
30-Dec-1906 |
Victorian philanthropist |
| Benny Carter |
Jazz Musician |
8-Aug-1907 |
12-Jul-2003 |
Jazz and big bandleader |
| Leonardo Cimino |
Actor |
4-Mar-1917 |
3-Mar-2012 |
Dune |
| Steve Cochran |
Actor |
25-May-1917 |
15-Jun-1965 |
The Damned Don't Cry |
| James M. Collins |
Politician |
29-Apr-1916 |
21-Jul-1989 |
Congressman from Texas, 1968-83 |
| Alice Coltrane |
Jazz Musician |
27-Aug-1937 |
12-Jan-2007 |
Musician and widow of John Coltrane |
| John Connally |
Politician |
27-Feb-1917 |
15-Jun-1993 |
Governor of Texas, 1963-69 |
| Aaron Copland |
Composer |
14-Nov-1900 |
2-Dec-1990 |
Fanfare for the Common Man |
| Heavy D |
Rapper |
24-May-1967 |
8-Nov-2011 |
Heavy D & the Boyz |
| Divine |
Actor |
19-Oct-1945 |
7-Mar-1988 |
Poodle poop-eating drag queen |
| Dona Drake |
Actor |
15-Nov-1914 |
20-Jun-1989 |
Road to Morocco |
| Henry Draper |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1837 |
20-Nov-1882 |
Early astrophotographer |
| Jennifer Dunn |
Politician |
29-Jul-1941 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Congresswoman from Washington, 1993-2005 |
| Leslie Dwyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1906 |
29-Dec-1986 |
Mr Partridge in Hi-de-Hi! |
| Frank Fenton |
Actor |
9-Apr-1906 |
24-Jul-1957 |
Isle of Forgotten Sins |
| Leonard K. Firestone |
Business |
10-Jun-1907 |
24-Dec-1996 |
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1974-77 |
| Pierre Gassendi |
Physicist |
22-Jan-1592 |
24-Oct-1655 |
Exercitationes |
| Herbert S. Gasser |
Scientist |
5-Jul-1888 |
11-May-1963 |
Nerve conduction |
| Will Geer |
Actor |
9-Mar-1902 |
22-Apr-1978 |
Zebulon Walton in The Waltons |
| Althea Gibson |
Tennis |
25-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2003 |
First black woman to win Wimbledon |
| Robert Goulet |
Singer |
26-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2007 |
Baritone star of stage and screen |
| Margot Grahame |
Actor |
20-Feb-1911 |
1-Jan-1982 |
The Informer |
| Alexander Granach |
Actor |
18-Apr-1893 |
14-Mar-1945 |
Nosferatu |
| Sigrid Gurie |
Actor |
18-May-1911 |
14-Aug-1969 |
Algiers |
| Ruth Hale |
Activist |
1886 |
18-Sep-1933 |
Maiden name crusader |
| Carol Haney |
Dancer |
24-Dec-1924 |
10-May-1964 |
The Pajama Game |
| June Haver |
Actor |
10-Jun-1926 |
4-Jul-2005 |
Irish Eyes Are Smiling |
| Black Hawk |
Military |
c. 1767 |
3-Oct-1838 |
Led Indian uprisings in Illinois and Wisconsin |
| Myron Healey |
Actor |
8-Jun-1923 |
21-Dec-2005 |
Prolific actor in Westerns |
| Hergé |
Cartoonist |
23-May-1907 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Tintin |
| Jack Horkheimer |
Astronomer |
11-Jun-1938 |
20-Aug-2010 |
Naked-eye astronomer |
| Hendrik S. Houthakker |
Economist |
31-Dec-1924 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
| Kiyoshi Ito |
Mathematician |
7-Sep-1915 |
10-Nov-2008 |
Ito Calculus |
| Thomas L. Judge |
Politician |
12-Oct-1934 |
8-Sep-2006 |
Governor of Montana, 1973-81 |
| Gordon Jump |
Actor |
1-Apr-1932 |
22-Sep-2003 |
Maytag repairman who headed WKRP |
| Ish Kabibble |
Musician |
19-Jan-1908 |
5-Jun-1994 |
Trumpeter and novelty singer |
| Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
| Israel Kamakawiwo'ole |
Singer |
20-May-1959 |
26-Jun-1997 |
Hawaiian ukulele musician |
| William Keighley |
Film Director |
4-Aug-1889 |
24-Jun-1984 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Fred Korematsu |
Activist |
30-Jan-1919 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Opposed internment camps |
| Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
| Bowie Kuhn |
Baseball |
28-Oct-1926 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84 |
| Don LaFontaine |
Actor |
26-Aug-1940 |
1-Sep-2008 |
Voiceover powerhouse |
| Kenesaw Mountain Landis |
Baseball |
20-Nov-1866 |
25-Nov-1944 |
First Commissioner of Baseball |
| Philip Leacock |
Film Director |
8-Oct-1917 |
14-Jul-1990 |
The Spanish Gardener |
| Edward Lear |
Poet |
12-May-1812 |
29-Jan-1888 |
The Owl and the Pussycat |
| Jon Lord |
Musician |
9-Jun-1941 |
16-Jul-2012 |
Founder of Deep Purple |
| Miguel de la Madrid |
Head of State |
12-Dec-1934 |
1-Apr-2012 |
President of Mexico, 1982-88 |
| Mona Maris |
Actor |
7-Nov-1903 |
23-Mar-1991 |
Kiss and Make-Up |
| Dean Martin |
Singer |
7-Jun-1917 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Member of Rat Pack |
| Dick Martin |
Comic |
30-Jan-1922 |
24-May-2008 |
Laugh-In |
| Ollie Matson |
Football |
1-May-1930 |
19-Feb-2011 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
| Joel McCrea |
Actor |
5-Nov-1905 |
20-Oct-1990 |
Ride the High Country |
| William Meredith |
Poet |
9-Jan-1919 |
30-May-2007 |
Partial Accounts |
| André Michelin |
Business |
16-Jan-1853 |
4-Apr-1931 |
Founder of Michelin Group |
| G. William Miller |
Government |
9-Mar-1925 |
17-Mar-2006 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81 |
| James Mitchell |
Actor |
29-Feb-1920 |
22-Jan-2010 |
All My Children |
| Molière |
Playwright |
15-Jan-1622 |
17-Feb-1673 |
Tartuffe, Le Misanthrope |
| Brian Moore |
Novelist |
25-Aug-1921 |
10-Jan-1999 |
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne |
| Dennis Morgan |
Actor |
20-Dec-1908 |
7-Sep-1994 |
My Wild Irish Rose |
| David D. Newsom |
Diplomat |
6-Jan-1918 |
30-Mar-2008 |
US Ambassador to Philippines, 1977-78 |
| Anna Pavlova |
Dancer |
12-Feb-1881 |
22-Jan-1931 |
Early 20th century Russian ballerina |
| Val Peterson |
Politician |
18-Jul-1903 |
17-Oct-1983 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1947-53 |
| Peg Phillips |
Actor |
20-Sep-1918 |
7-Nov-2002 |
Ruth-Anne Miller on Northern Exposure |
| Bud Post |
unspecified |
5-Apr-1939 |
15-Jan-2006 |
Unhappy lottery millionaire |
| E. M. Purcell |
Physicist |
30-Aug-1912 |
7-Mar-1997 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Paula Raymond |
Actor |
23-Nov-1924 |
31-Dec-2003 |
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms |
| Marty Robbins |
Country Musician |
26-Sep-1925 |
8-Dec-1982 |
El Paso |
| Henry Roberts |
Politician |
22-Jun-1853 |
1-May-1929 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1905-07 |
| Laurance Rockefeller |
Business |
26-May-1910 |
11-Jul-2004 |
Financier behind Eastern Airlines |
| Edward R. Roybal |
Politician |
10-Feb-1916 |
24-Oct-2005 |
Congressman from California, 1963-93 |
| Zelda Rubinstein |
Actor |
1-Jan-1933 |
27-Jan-2010 |
Tangina in Poltergeist |
| Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
25-Mar-1911 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Marvin Runyon |
Government |
16-Sep-1924 |
3-May-2004 |
US Postmaster General, 1992-98 |
| Jane Russell |
Actor |
21-Jun-1921 |
28-Feb-2011 |
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes |
| Kathleen Ryan |
Actor |
8-Dec-1922 |
11-Nov-1985 |
The Sound of Fury |
| Ernesto Sábato |
Novelist |
24-Jun-1911 |
30-Apr-2011 |
Angel of Darkness |
| Françoise Sagan |
Novelist |
21-Jun-1935 |
24-Sep-2004 |
Bonjour Tristesse |
| Sai Baba |
Religion |
23-Nov-1926 |
24-Apr-2011 |
Sex-crazed avatar |
| Audrey Santo |
Victim |
19-Dec-1983 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Miracle girl in a coma |
| Robert A. Scalapino |
Scholar |
19-Oct-1919 |
31-Oct-2011 |
Longtime Asia scholar at Berkeley |
| John Schoenherr |
Artist |
5-Jul-1935 |
8-Apr-2010 |
Owl Moon |
| John F. Seiberling |
Politician |
8-Sep-1918 |
2-Aug-2008 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1971-87 |
| Hubert Selby |
Author |
23-Jul-1928 |
26-Apr-2004 |
Requiem for a Dream |
| William E. Simon |
Government |
27-Nov-1927 |
3-Jun-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77 |
| Terry Southern |
Novelist |
1-May-1924 |
29-Oct-1995 |
Dr. Strangelove |
| Edwin M. Stanton |
Politician |
19-Dec-1814 |
24-Dec-1869 |
Secretary of War during the Civil War |
| Warren Stevens |
Actor |
2-Nov-1919 |
27-Mar-2012 |
Forbidden Planet |
| Gerry Studds |
Politician |
12-May-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97 |
| Barry Sullivan |
Actor |
29-Aug-1912 |
6-Jun-1994 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
| Francis L. Sullivan |
Actor |
6-Jan-1903 |
19-Nov-1956 |
Great Expectations |
| Jack Swigert |
Astronaut |
30-Aug-1931 |
27-Dec-1982 |
Command Module Pilot on Apollo 13 |
| Basil Sydney |
Actor |
23-Apr-1894 |
10-Jan-1968 |
English stage actor |
| Laurent Terzieff |
Actor |
27-Jun-1935 |
2-Jul-2010 |
Tu Ne Tueras Point |
| Nicholas G. Thacher |
Diplomat |
20-Aug-1915 |
11-Mar-2002 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1970-73 |
| Bob Thaves |
Cartoonist |
4-Oct-1924 |
4-Aug-2006 |
Frank & Ernest |
| Sada Thompson |
Actor |
27-Sep-1929 |
4-May-2011 |
Kate Lawrence on Family |
| Vernon W. Thomson |
Politician |
5-Nov-1905 |
2-Apr-1988 |
Governor of Wisconsin, 1957-59 |
| John S. Toll |
Educator |
25-Oct-1923 |
15-Jul-2011 |
President, University of Maryland, 1978-88 |
| David C. Treen |
Politician |
16-Jul-1928 |
29-Oct-2009 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1980-84 |
| Claire Trevor |
Actor |
8-Mar-1910 |
8-Apr-2000 |
Key Largo |
| Beverly Tyler |
Actor |
5-Jul-1927 |
23-Nov-2005 |
The Green Years |
| Sigrid Undset |
Author |
20-May-1882 |
10-Jun-1949 |
Kristin Lavransdåtter |
| Chavela Vargas |
Singer |
17-Apr-1919 |
5-Aug-2012 |
Ranchera singer |
| Diane Varsi |
Actor |
23-Feb-1938 |
19-Nov-1992 |
Peyton Place |
| Sébastien de Vauban |
Engineer |
15-May-1633 |
30-Mar-1707 |
Mastermind of the siege |
| Dick Weber |
Bowling |
23-Dec-1929 |
13-Feb-2005 |
Professional bowler |
| Max Weber |
Sociologist |
21-Apr-1864 |
14-Jun-1920 |
The Protestant Ethic |
| Ezer Weizman |
Head of State |
15-Jun-1924 |
24-Apr-2005 |
President of Israel, 1993-2000 |
| Reggie White |
Football |
19-Dec-1961 |
26-Dec-2004 |
NFL's Minister of Defense |
| William Wordsworth |
Poet |
7-Apr-1770 |
23-Apr-1850 |
English romantic poet laureate |
| Chic Young |
Cartoonist |
9-Jan-1901 |
14-Mar-1973 |
Creator of Blondie |
| Robert Young |
Actor |
22-Feb-1907 |
21-Jul-1998 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. |
| Thomas Young |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1773 |
10-May-1829 |
Wave Theory of Light |
| Zhao Ziyang |
Politician |
17-Oct-1919 |
16-Jan-2005 |
6th Chinese Premier sought reforms |
