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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Babe Adams
Baseball
18-May-1882 27-Jul-1968 Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
Joseph P. Albright
Judge
8-Nov-1938 20-Mar-2009 WV Supreme Court Justice, 2001-09
Nickolas Ashford
Songwriter
4-May-1942 22-Aug-2011 Half of Ashford and Simpson
Hank Ballard
Singer
18-Nov-1927 2-Mar-2003 The Twist
Richard Barthelmess
Actor
9-May-1895 17-Aug-1963 Tol'able David
Bill Blass
Fashion Designer
22-Jun-1922 12-Jun-2002 Bill Blass, Ltd.
Humphrey Bogart
Actor
25-Dec-1899 14-Jan-1957 Casablanca
Richard Boone
Actor
18-Jun-1917 10-Jan-1981 Have Gun, Will Travel
Robert F. Brachtenbach
Judge
28-Jan-1931 2-May-2008 Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94
Big Bill Broonzy
Musician
26-Jun-1898 15-Aug-1958 Blues singer and guitarist
Bruce Cabot
Actor
20-Apr-1904 3-May-1972 Saved Fay Wray from King Kong
Constantine P. Cavafy
Poet
29-Apr-1863 29-Apr-1933 Greek poet in Alexandria
Graham Chapman
Comic
8-Jan-1941 4-Oct-1989 Monty Python's King Arthur
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Singer
8-Dec-1925 16-May-1990 Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack
Richard Dawson
Game Show Host
20-Nov-1932 2-Jun-2012 Host of Family Feud, 1976-85
Bob Denver
Actor
9-Jan-1935 2-Sep-2005 Gilligan on Gilligan's Island
John Diebold
Author
8-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 Advocate of automation
Brian Donlevy
Actor
9-Feb-1901 5-Apr-1972 The Great McGinty
Andrew Duggan
Actor
28-Dec-1923 15-May-1988 Bourbon Street Beat
Stanley H. Durwood
Business
5-Aug-1920 15-Jul-1999 Father of the multi-screen movie theater
David W. Dyer
Judge
28-Jun-1910 7-Jun-1998 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1966-76
King Edward VIII
Royalty
23-Jun-1894 28-May-1972 King of England, 1936
Friedrich Engels
Economist
28-Nov-1820 5-Aug-1895 Communist Manifesto
Mike Evans
Actor
3-Nov-1949 14-Dec-2006 Lionel Jefferson on The Jeffersons
Rowland Evans
Columnist
28-Apr-1921 23-Mar-2001 Evans and Novak
Frances Farmer
Actor
19-Sep-1913 1-Aug-1970 Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Curt Flood
Baseball
18-Jan-1938 20-Jan-1997 Tried to topple MLB's antitrust exemption
Eddie Fontaine
Singer
6-Mar-1927 13-Apr-1992 Rock-a-billy singer and character actor
Jean Genet
Novelist
19-Dec-1910 15-Apr-1986 Theatre of the Absurd
Robert Goddard
Scientist
5-Oct-1882 10-Aug-1945 Father of modern rocketry
John Gotti
Criminal
27-Oct-1940 10-Jun-2002 The Teflon Don
Ulysses S. Grant
Head of State
27-Apr-1822 23-Jul-1885 Eighteenth President of the United States
Charles Gwathmey
Architect
19-Jun-1938 3-Aug-2009 Designed extension to the Guggenheim
Jean Hagen
Actor
3-Aug-1923 29-Aug-1977 Singin' in the Rain
Kevin Hagen
Actor
3-Apr-1928 9-Jul-2005 Little House on the Prairie
William Hanna
Cartoonist
14-Jul-1910 22-Mar-2001 Half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon sweatshop
Michael Harrington
Activist
24-Feb-1928 31-Jul-1989 The Other America
Bret Harte
Author
25-Aug-1836 5-May-1902 Master of the western short story
Levon Helm
Drummer
26-May-1940 19-Apr-2012 Drummer for The Band
Anthony Hope
Novelist
9-Feb-1863 8-Jul-1933 The Prisoner of Zenda
Lightnin' Hopkins
Guitarist
15-Mar-1912 30-Jan-1982 Mojo Hand
Larry Hovis
Actor
20-Feb-1936 9-Sep-2003 Sgt. Carter on Hogan's Heroes
Burl Ives
Singer
14-Jun-1909 14-Apr-1995 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Robert Kardashian
Attorney
22-Feb-1944 30-Sep-2003 O. J. Simpson's attorney
Edgar Kennedy
Actor
26-Apr-1890 9-Nov-1948 Mad Wednesday
Dorothea Lange
Photographer
26-May-1895 11-Oct-1965 Depression-era photographer
Tom Lantos
Politician
1-Feb-1928 11-Feb-2008 Congressman from California, 1981-2008
Andrew Bonar Law
Head of State
16-Sep-1858 30-Oct-1923 UK Prime Minister, 1922-23
Stephen Leacock
Author
30-Dec-1869 28-Mar-1944 Literary Lapses
Brenda Marshall
Actor
29-Sep-1915 30-Jul-1992 Footsteps in the Dark
Bill McKinney
Actor
12-Sep-1931 1-Dec-2011 Deliverance
Barbara McNair
Singer
4-Mar-1934 4-Feb-2007 You're Gonna Love My Baby
John Everett Millais
Painter
8-Jun-1829 13-Aug-1896 British Pre-Raphaelite painter
Roger Miller
Country Musician
2-Jan-1936 25-Oct-1992 King of the Road
Robert Oppenheimer
Physicist
22-Apr-1904 18-Feb-1967 Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project
Giacomo Puccini
Composer
22-Dec-1858 29-Nov-1924 Madame Butterfly
Edna Purviance
Actor
21-Oct-1895 11-Jan-1958 Leading lady in Chaplin films
Anthony Quinn
Actor
21-Apr-1915 3-Jun-2001 Zorba the Greek
Ella Raines
Actor
6-Aug-1920 30-May-1988 Hail the Conquering Hero
Anne Ramsey
Actor
1-Sep-1929 11-Aug-1988 Throw Momma from the Train
Aldo Ray
Actor
25-Sep-1926 27-Mar-1991 The Green Berets
Ann Richards
Politician
1-Sep-1933 13-Sep-2006 Governor of Texas, 1991-95
Harold W. Ross
Publisher
6-Nov-1892 6-Dec-1951 Founder of The New Yorker
Damon Runyon
Journalist
4-Oct-1884 10-Dec-1946 Guys and Dolls
Babe Ruth
Baseball
6-Feb-1895 16-Aug-1948 The Bambino
Ann Sheridan
Actor
21-Feb-1915 21-Jan-1967 Torrid Zone
Mikhail Sholokhov
Author
24-May-1905 21-Feb-1984 The Silent Don
Andy Sidaris
Film Director
20-Feb-1931 7-Mar-2007 Hard Ticket to Hawaii
Sylvia Sidney
Actor
8-Aug-1910 1-Jul-1999 Mama Carlson on WKRP
Jeremy Slate
Actor
17-Feb-1926 19-Nov-2006 The Mini-Skirt Mob
Stephen Solarz
Politician
12-Sep-1940 29-Nov-2010 Congressman from New York, 1975-93
Jack Soo
Actor
28-Oct-1916 11-Jan-1979 Det. Yemana on Barney Miller
Henry Spira
Activist
19-Jun-1927 12-Sep-1998 Animal rights activist
Carl B. Stokes
Politician
21-Jun-1927 3-Apr-1996 Mayor of Cleveland, 1968-71
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
29-Nov-1915 31-May-1967 Take the A Train
Ed Sullivan
TV Personality
28-Sep-1902 13-Oct-1974 The Ed Sullivan Show
John Thaw
Actor
3-Jan-1942 21-Feb-2002 Inspector Morse
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Historian
15-Jan-1914 26-Jan-2003 Historian fooled by fake Hitler diaries
Lana Turner
Actor
8-Feb-1920 29-Jun-1995 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Ian Wallace
Drummer
29-Sep-1946 22-Feb-2007 Ex-Crimson and active session drummer
Deborah Walley
Actor
12-Aug-1943 10-May-2001 Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Pop Warner
Football
5-Apr-1871 7-Sep-1954 Coach and kids' football namesake
Mary Wells
Singer
13-May-1943 26-Jul-1992 My Guy
Hugh Williams
Actor
6-Mar-1904 7-Dec-1969 One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
Nicol Williamson
Actor
14-Sep-1938 16-Dec-2011 Merlin in Excalibur



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