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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Lyle Alzado
Football
3-Apr-1949 14-May-1992 Steroid-using defensive lineman
Arrow
Musician
16-Nov-1949 15-Sep-2010 Soca performer
Susan Atkins
Criminal
7-May-1948 24-Sep-2009 Manson Family
Lee Atwater
Politician
27-Feb-1951 29-Mar-1991 RNC Chairman, 1988-90
Seve Ballesteros
Golf
9-Apr-1957 7-May-2011 Winner of 5 Majors
Robin Beard
Politician
21-Aug-1939 16-Jun-2007 Congressman from Tennessee, 1973-83
Angelo Bertelli
Football
18-Jun-1921 26-Jun-1999 Winner, 1943 Heisman Trophy
Paul H. Boeker
Diplomat
2-May-1938 29-Mar-2003 US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87
Sam Bottoms
Actor
17-Oct-1955 16-Dec-2008 Apocalypse Now
Pamela Britton
Actor
19-Mar-1923 17-Jun-1974 Mrs. Brown on My Favorite Martian
Harry F. Byrd
Politician
10-Jun-1887 20-Oct-1966 US Senator from Virginia, 1933-65
Gary Carter
Baseball
8-Apr-1954 16-Feb-2012 MLB catcher, Hall-of-Famer
Daniel H. Case III
Business
27-Jul-1957 27-Jun-2002 Hambrecht & Quist
William Casey
Spy
13-Mar-1913 29-Jan-1987 CIA Director, 1981-87
Alan Clark
Politician
13-Apr-1928 5-Sep-1999 Controversial, Conservative MP and minister
Johnnie Cochran
Attorney
2-Oct-1937 29-Mar-2005 Successfully defended O. J. Simpson
Bert Convy
Game Show Host
23-Jul-1933 15-Jul-1991 Host of Tattletales TV game show
Guy Cordon
Politician
24-Apr-1890 8-Jun-1969 US Senator from Oregon, 1944-55
Celia Cruz
Singer
21-Oct-1924 16-Jul-2003 Queen of Salsa
Dan Curtis
Film Director
12-Aug-1927 27-Mar-2006 Burnt Offerings
Jim Davis
Actor
26-Aug-1909 26-Apr-1981 Jock Ewing on Dallas
Joop den Uyl
Head of State
9-Aug-1919 24-Dec-1987 Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77
Clair Engle
Politician
21-Sep-1911 30-Jul-1964 US Senator from California, 1959-64
Hans Eysenck
Psychologist
4-Mar-1916 4-Sep-1997 Intelligence and personality
Paul K. Feyerabend
Philosopher
13-Jan-1924 11-Feb-1994 Against Method
Marshall Field III
Business
28-Sep-1893 8-Nov-1956 Founder of the Chicago Sun-Times
George Gershwin
Songwriter
26-Sep-1898 11-Jul-1937 Rhapsody In Blue
Chuck Hansen
Activist
13-May-1947 26-Mar-2003 Nuclear historian and archivist
David Haskell
Actor
4-Jun-1948 30-Aug-2000 Godspell
Susan Hayward
Actor
30-Jun-1918 14-Mar-1975 I Want to Live!
Bernadine P. Healy
Doctor
4-Aug-1944 6-Aug-2011 President, American Red Cross, 1999-2001
Emmaline Henry
Actor
1-Nov-1928 8-Oct-1979 Amanda Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie
Paul B. Henry
Politician
9-Jul-1942 31-Jul-1993 Congressman from Michigan, 1985-93
Robert T. Herres
Military
12-Jan-1932 24-Jul-2008 Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90
Thor Heyerdahl
Explorer
6-Oct-1914 18-Apr-2002 Kon-Tiki
Terry Hoeppner
Football
19-Aug-1947 19-Jun-2007 Hoosiers Head Coach, 2005-07
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr.
Government
30-Nov-1889 21-Jan-1950 US Solicitor General, 1929-30
Bill Janklow
Politician
13-Sep-1939 12-Jan-2012 Congressman and Governor of South Dakota
Bob Johnson
Hockey
4-Mar-1931 26-Nov-1991 Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer
Walter Johnson
Baseball
6-Nov-1887 10-Dec-1946 American League MVP in 1913 and 1924
Richard Jordan
Actor
19-Jul-1938 30-Aug-1993 Logan's Run
Burton Joseph
Attorney
23-May-1930 31-Mar-2010 First Amendment lawyer
Arthur Kennedy
Actor
17-Feb-1914 5-Jan-1990 The Man from Laramie
Ted Kennedy
Politician
22-Feb-1932 25-Aug-2009 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Barney Kessel
Guitarist
17-Oct-1923 6-May-2004 Be-bop guitarist
David Kimche
Spy
1928 8-Mar-2010 Israeli spy, masterminded Iran-Contra
Joan B. Kroc
Philanthropist
27-Aug-1928 12-Oct-2003 McDonald's widow
Andrea Mead Lawrence
Skier
19-Apr-1932 30-Mar-2009 Slalom skier, 2 Olympic Gold Medals in 1952
Clare Boothe Luce
Politician
10-Apr-1903 9-Oct-1987 Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce
Meredith MacRae
Actor
30-May-1944 14-Jul-2000 Host of Mid-Morning L.A.
Joseph Maher
Actor
29-Dec-1933 17-Jul-1998 Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior
Erika Mann
Journalist
9-Nov-1905 27-Aug-1969 Daughter of Thomas Mann
Margo
Actor
10-May-1917 17-Jul-1985 Lost Horizon
Bob Marley
Singer/Songwriter
6-Feb-1945 11-May-1981 No Woman No Cry
Tug McGraw
Baseball
30-Aug-1944 5-Jan-2004 Pitcher for Mets, Phillies
Terence McKenna
Author
16-Nov-1946 3-Apr-2000 Mushrooms, UFOs, end of fractal time
Ida McKinley
First Lady
8-Jun-1847 26-May-1907 Wife of US President William McKinley
Robert E. McNair
Politician
14-Dec-1923 17-Nov-2007 Governor of South Carolina, 1965-71
Johnny Mercer
Songwriter
18-Nov-1909 25-Jun-1976 Accentuate the Positive
Albert Cardinal Meyer
Religion
9-Mar-1903 9-Apr-1965 Archbishop of Chicago, 1958-65
William Vaughn Moody
Playwright
8-Jul-1869 17-Oct-1910 The Great Divide
Robert Moog
Inventor
23-May-1934 21-Aug-2005 Invented the synthesizer
Greg Morris
Actor
27-Sep-1933 27-Aug-1996 Mission: Impossible
Bobby Murcer
Baseball
20-May-1946 12-Jul-2008 MLB player, Yankees sportscaster
Friedrich Nietzsche
Philosopher
15-Oct-1844 25-Aug-1900 God is dead
Tommy Noonan
Actor
29-Apr-1922 24-Apr-1968 A Star is Born
Robert Novak
Columnist
26-Feb-1931 18-Aug-2009 Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame
Bob O'Connor
Politician
9-Dec-1944 1-Sep-2006 Mayor of Pittsburgh, 2006
John Cardinal O'Connor
Religion
15-Jan-1920 3-May-2000 Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000
Johnny Oates
Baseball
21-Jan-1946 24-Dec-2004 Former Orioles and Rangers manager
Bohdan Paczynski
Astronomer
8-Feb-1940 19-Apr-2007 Gravitational microlensing
Jerry Paris
Actor
25-Jul-1925 31-Mar-1986 Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show
Junior Parker
Musician
27-Mar-1932 18-Nov-1971 Blues harmonica player, Mystery Train
William J. Patterson
Business
27-Jan-1962 24-Sep-2010 SPO Partners & Co.
Pat Paulsen
Comic
6-Jul-1927 24-Apr-1997 Perpetual presidential candidate
Collin Wilcox Paxton
Actor
4-Feb-1935 14-Oct-2009 To Kill a Mockingbird
Vladimir Peniakoff
Military
30-Mar-1897 May-1951 Head of Popski's Private Army
Slim Pickens
Actor
29-Jun-1919 8-Dec-1983 Tough cowboy actor
Chaim Potok
Novelist
17-Feb-1929 23-Jul-2002 The Chosen
Kate Reid
Actor
4-Nov-1930 27-Mar-1993 The Andromeda Strain
Buddy Rich
Drummer
30-Sep-1917 2-Apr-1987 Legendary drummer
Pete Rozelle
Football
1-Mar-1926 6-Dec-1996 Commissioner of the NFL, 1960-89
Wilma Rudolph
Track and Field
23-Jun-1940 12-Nov-1994 Three track Olympic Gold Medals in 1960
Irene Ryan
Actor
17-Oct-1902 26-Apr-1973 Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion Designer
1-Aug-1936 1-Jun-2008 Christian Dior protege
Chuck Schuldiner
Musician
13-May-1967 13-Dec-2001 Death metal pioneer
Zachary Scott
Actor
24-Feb-1914 3-Oct-1965 The Mask of Dimitrios
Mary Shelley
Novelist
30-Aug-1797 1-Feb-1851 Frankenstein
Gene Siskel
Critic
26-Jan-1946 20-Feb-1999 Siskel and Ebert
Deke Slayton
Astronaut
1-Mar-1924 13-Jun-1993 Original Mercury 7 astronaut
Alexis Smith
Actor
8-Jun-1921 9-Jun-1993 Here Comes the Groom
Mike Synar
Politician
17-Oct-1950 9-Jan-1996 Congressman from Oklahoma, 1979-95
Tammi Terrell
Singer
29-Apr-1945 16-Mar-1970 Singing partner with Marvin Gaye
John Philp Thompson
Business
2-Nov-1925 28-Jan-2003 CEO of 7-Eleven (Southland Corp.)
Chang-Lin Tien
Educator
24-Jul-1935 29-Oct-2002 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1990-97
Bob Tisch
Business
29-Apr-1926 15-Nov-2005 CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants
François Truffaut
Film Director
6-Feb-1932 21-Oct-1984 Last Metro
Bobby Van
Actor
6-Dec-1928 31-Jul-1980 Broadway actor
Henry Victor
Actor
2-Oct-1892 15-Mar-1945 Freaks
Henry C. Wallich
Economist
10-Jun-1914 16-Sep-1988 Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61
Weegee
Photographer
12-Jun-1899 26-Dec-1968 Crime photographer
Herman Welker
Politician
11-Dec-1906 30-Oct-1957 US Senator from Idaho, 1951-57
Bill Williams
Actor
21-May-1915 21-Sep-1992 The Adventures of Kit Carson
Gary Winick
Film Director
31-Mar-1961 27-Feb-2011 13 Going on 30



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