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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ben Affleck
Actor
15-Aug-1972   Good Will Hunting
Charles Barkley
Basketball
20-Feb-1963   NBA player scored over 23,000 points
William Bennett
Government
31-Jul-1943   Former Drug Czar and gambling man
Clara Bow
Actor
29-Jul-1905 26-Sep-1965 Schizophrenic actress, Wings
Beau Brummell
Socialite
7-Jun-1778 30-Mar-1840 Dandy, 19th c. arbiter of fashion
Girolamo Cardano
Doctor
24-Sep-1501 21-Sep-1576 De Subtilitate
Asia Carrera
Pornstar
6-Aug-1973   Mensa member, pornstar
Giacomo Casanova
Author
2-Apr-1725 4-Jun-1798 World-renowned paramour
Peter Cook
Comic
19-Nov-1937 9-Jan-1995 Bedazzled
John Daly
Golf
28-Apr-1966   Alcoholic golfer
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Novelist
30-Oct-1821 28-Jan-1881 Crime and Punishment
Al Dubin
Songwriter
10-Jun-1891 11-Feb-1945 Lullaby of Broadway
John Fante
Author
8-Apr-1909 8-May-1983 Bukowski's idol
Charles James Fox
Politician
24-Jan-1749 13-Sep-1806 U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary
Geronimo
Military
16-Jun-1829 17-Feb-1909 The last Indian to surrender
Oliver Goldsmith
Author
10-Nov-1730 4-Apr-1774 The Vicar of Wakefield
William F. Harrah
Business
2-Sep-1911 30-Jun-1978 Founder of Harrah's Casino
Rogers Hornsby
Baseball
27-Apr-1896 5-Jan-1963 The Raj
Jaromir Jagr
Hockey
15-Feb-1972   Dallas Stars
Michael Jordan
Basketball
17-Feb-1963   God's gift to basketball, clearly
John Kluge
Business
21-Sep-1914 7-Sep-2010 Media mogul, Metromedia, Inc.
Gladys Knight
Singer
28-May-1944   Lords dominion over The Pips
Ada Lovelace
Mathematician
10-Dec-1815 27-Nov-1852 Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine
Norm MacDonald
Comic
17-Oct-1963   Former Weekend Update host on SNL
Chico Marx
Actor
22-Mar-1887 11-Oct-1961 An Italian con-man of a Marx Brother
Melanie Morgan
Radio Personality
1956   Conservative radio host
Audie Murphy
Actor
20-Jun-1924 28-May-1971 War hero turned cowboy actor
Sam Newfield
Film Director
6-Dec-1899 10-Nov-1964 I Accuse My Parents
Ronn Owens
Radio Personality
17-Oct-1945   KGO radio talk show host
Pete Rose
Baseball
14-Apr-1941   Cincinnati Reds
Françoise Sagan
Novelist
21-Jun-1935 24-Sep-2004 Bonjour Tristesse
Jay Sarno
Business
2-Jul-1922 1984 Creator of Caesars Palace
Charlie Sheen
Actor
3-Sep-1965   The prodigal Sheen
Vittorio De Sica
Film Director
7-Jul-1902 13-Nov-1974 Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow
Phil Silvers
Actor
11-May-1911 1-Nov-1985 You're in the Army Now
James Toback
Film Director
23-Nov-1944   The Pick-up Artist
James Woods
Actor
18-Apr-1947   Casino, Any Given Sunday





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