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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Edward Albert
Actor
20-Feb-1951 22-Sep-2006 Butterflies Are Free
Chris Alcaide
Actor
22-Oct-1922 30-Jun-2004 Gunslinger
Raúl Alfonsín
Head of State
13-Mar-1927 31-Mar-2009 President of Argentina, 1983-89
Luther Allison
Musician
17-Aug-1939 12-Aug-1997 Electric blues player
Gordon W. Allport
Psychologist
11-Nov-1897 9-Oct-1967 Personality: A Psychological Interpretation
Stephen E. Ambrose
Author
10-Jan-1936 13-Oct-2002 Band of Brothers
Leroy Anderson
Composer
29-Jun-1908 18-May-1975 The Syncopated Clock
John Archer
Actor
8-May-1915 3-Dec-1999 Destination Moon
Victor Argo
Actor
5-Nov-1934 6-Apr-2004 Taxi Driver and Mean Streets
Desi Arnaz
Actor
2-Mar-1917 2-Dec-1986 Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy
Peter Arno
Cartoonist
8-Jan-1904 22-Feb-1968 The New Yorker
Bea Arthur
Actor
13-May-1922 25-Apr-2009 Maude and The Golden Girls
Luke Askew
Actor
26-Mar-1932 29-Mar-2012 Easy Rider
Roscoe Ates
Actor
20-Jan-1895 1-Mar-1962 The Champ
Gene Austin
Singer/Songwriter
24-Jun-1900 24-Jan-1972 Vaudeviller crooner and songwriter
Tex Avery
Cartoonist
26-Feb-1908 26-Aug-1980 Creator of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck
Stanley Baker
Actor
8-Feb-1927 28-Jun-1976 Knights of the Round Table
Albert Band
Film Director
7-May-1924 14-Jun-2002 I Bury the Living
Joan Banks
Actor
30-Oct-1918 18-Jan-1998 Radio actress, Gangbusters
Hugo Banzer
Head of State
10-May-1926 5-May-2002 Dictator, then President, of Bolivia
Paul Baran
Engineer
29-Apr-1926 26-Mar-2011 Packet-sharing in computer communications
A. Doak Barnett
Scholar
8-Oct-1921 17-Mar-1999 China on the Eve of Communist Takeover
Donald Barthelme
Author
7-Apr-1931 23-Jul-1989 Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Dewey F. Bartlett
Politician
28-Mar-1919 1-Mar-1979 Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Sidney Bechet
Jazz Musician
14-May-1897 14-May-1959 Jazz saxophonist
Robert R. Beezer
Judge
21-Jul-1928 30-Mar-2012 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-96
Barbara Bel Geddes
Actor
31-Oct-1922 8-Aug-2005 Miss Ellie on Dallas
Bea Benaderet
Actor
4-Apr-1906 13-Oct-1968 Voice of Betty Rubble
Robert F. Bennett
Politician
23-May-1927 9-Oct-2000 Governor of Kansas, 1975-79
Mildred Wirt Benson
Author
10-Jul-1905 28-May-2002 Ghostwriter of the Nancy Drew mystery series
Danielle Berry
Computer Programmer
19-Feb-1949 3-Jul-1998 Transsexual designer of M.U.L.E.
Jay Berwanger
Football
19-May-1914 26-Jun-2002 First Heisman Trophy winner
Doris Betts
Author
4-Jun-1932 21-Apr-2012 Souls Raised from the Dead
Carl Betz
Actor
9-Mar-1921 18-Jan-1978 The Donna Reed Show
Jimmy Carl Black
Drummer
1-Feb-1938 1-Nov-2008 Original Mothers of Invention drummer
Art Blakey
Drummer
11-Oct-1919 16-Oct-1990 Principal bebop instigator and drummer
James Blish
Author
23-May-1921 30-Jul-1975 Cities in Flight
Bobby Bonds
Baseball
15-Mar-1946 23-Aug-2003 Father of Barry Bonds
Elizabeth Bowen
Author
7-Jun-1899 22-Feb-1973 The Heat of the Day
Pappy Boyington
Military
4-Dec-1912 11-Jan-1988 World War II flying ace
Jacques Brel
Singer/Songwriter
8-Apr-1929 9-Oct-1978 Legendary chanson singer and songwriter
Gay Brewer
Golf
19-Mar-1932 31-Aug-2007 Winner, 1967 Masters Tournament
Les Brown
Musician
14-Mar-1912 4-Jan-2001 Les Brown and his Band of Renown
Yul Brynner
Actor
11-Jul-1920 10-Oct-1985 The King and I
Buck Buchanan
Football
10-Sep-1940 16-Jul-1992 KC Chiefs, Hall of Famer
Jack Buck
Sports Journalist
21-Aug-1924 18-Jun-2002 Voice of the Cardinals
Pearl S. Buck
Author
26-Jun-1892 6-Mar-1973 The Good Earth
Sandy Bull
Guitarist
1941 11-Apr-2001 Fantasias for Guitar and Banjo
Anthony Burgess
Novelist
25-Feb-1917 25-Nov-1993 A Clockwork Orange
Prescott Bush
Politician
15-May-1895 8-Oct-1972 US Senator from Connecticut, 1952-63
Herb Caen
Columnist
3-Apr-1916 1-Feb-1997 Long running San Francisco columnist
Milton Caniff
Cartoonist
28-Feb-1907 3-Apr-1988 Terry and the Pirates
Cantinflas
Actor
12-Aug-1911 20-Apr-1993 Around the World in Eighty Days
Macdonald Carey
Actor
15-Mar-1913 21-Mar-1994 Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives
Philip Carey
Actor
15-Jul-1925 6-Feb-2009 One Life to Live
Paul Carr
Actor
1-Feb-1934 17-Feb-2006 The Bat People
Julia Carson
Politician
8-Jul-1938 15-Dec-2007 Congresswoman from Indiana, 1997-2007
G. Harrold Carswell
Judge
22-Dec-1919 31-Jul-1992 Failed US Supreme Court nominee
Raymond Carver
Author
25-May-1938 2-Aug-1988 Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Lon Chaney
Actor
1-Apr-1883 26-Aug-1930 The Phantom of the Opera
Jule Charney
Scientist
1-Jan-1917 16-Jun-1981 Quasi-gesotrophic theory
George E. Christian
Government
1-Jan-1927 27-Nov-2002 LBJ's press secretary
Jack Christiansen
Football
20-Dec-1928 29-Jun-1986 NFL Hall of Famer, coach
Rosemary Clooney
Singer
23-May-1928 29-Jun-2002 Come On-a My House
Alec Clunes
Actor
17-May-1912 13-Mar-1970 Classical theatre actor, stage manager
Matt Cohen
Novelist
30-Dec-1942 2-Dec-1999 Emotional Arithmetic
Nat King Cole
Singer
17-Mar-1917 15-Feb-1965 Unforgettable
Jesse Martin Combs
Politician
7-Jul-1889 21-Aug-1953 Congressman from Texas, 1945-53
Christopher Connelly
Actor
8-Sep-1941 7-Dec-1988 Norman Harrington on Peyton Place
Chuck Connors
Actor
10-Apr-1921 10-Nov-1992 The Rifleman
Alistair Cooke
Journalist
20-Nov-1908 29-Mar-2004 Alistair Cooke's America
Gary Cooper
Actor
7-May-1901 14-May-1961 High Noon
Glenn Corbett
Actor
17-Aug-1930 16-Jan-1993 Lincoln Case on Route 66
Robert Cormier
Author
17-Jan-1925 2-Nov-2000 I am the Cheese
George P. Cosmatos
Film Director
4-Jan-1941 19-Apr-2005 Tombstone
James Craig
Actor
4-Feb-1912 28-Jun-1985 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Nick Cravat
Actor
11-Jan-1912 29-Jan-1994 The Crimson Pirate
Gary Crosby
Actor
27-Jun-1933 24-Aug-1995 Son of Bing Crosby
Scatman Crothers
Jazz Musician
23-May-1910 22-Nov-1986 Jazz musician and actor
Bill Cullen
Game Show Host
18-Feb-1920 7-Jul-1990 Host of The Price is Right
Zara Cully
Actor
26-Jan-1892 28-Feb-1978 Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons
John N. Dalton
Politician
11-Jul-1931 30-Jul-1986 Governor of Virginia, 1978-82
Guy Davenport
Author
23-Nov-1927 4-Jan-2005 Thasos and Ohio
Billy De Wolfe
Actor
18-Feb-1907 5-Mar-1974 The Doris Day Show
Paul Desmond
Jazz Musician
25-Nov-1924 30-May-1977 Jazz alto saxophonist, Dave Brubeck Quartet
Selma Diamond
Actor
5-Aug-1920 13-May-1985 Selma Hacker on Night Court
Joe DiMaggio
Baseball
25-Nov-1914 8-Mar-1999 Where have you gone
Walt Disney
Business
5-Dec-1901 15-Dec-1966 Founder of Disney empire
Bobby Dodd
Football
11-Nov-1908 21-Jun-1988 Georgia Tech Head Coach, 1945-67
Jimmy Dorsey
Musician
29-Feb-1904 12-Jun-1957 Popular bandleader and swing musician
Tom Drake
Actor
5-Aug-1918 11-Aug-1982 Meet Me In St. Louis
Richard J. Durrell
Publisher
c. 1925 7-Mar-2008 First publisher, People magazine
Bill Emerson
Politician
1-Jan-1938 22-Jun-1996 Congressman from Missouri, 1981-96
Chad Everett
Actor
11-Jun-1936 24-Jul-2012 Dr. Joe Gannon on Medical Center
Judith Exner
Author
11-Jan-1934 25-Sep-1999 JFK mistress
Glenda Farrell
Actor
30-Jun-1904 1-May-1971 Torchy Blane
Freddy Fender
Musician
4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Fernandel
Actor
8-May-1903 26-Feb-1971 Prolific French comedy star
Doug Fieger
Singer/Songwriter
20-Aug-1952 14-Feb-2010 Lead singer of The Knack
Cotton Fitzsimmons
Basketball
7-Oct-1931 24-Jul-2004 21 seasons as NBA head coach
Kam Fong
Actor
27-May-1918 18-Oct-2002 Chin Ho Kelly on Hawaii 5-O
Kathleen Freeman
Actor
17-Feb-1919 23-Aug-2001 Gen. Burkhalter's sister
Victor French
Actor
4-Dec-1934 15-Jun-1989 Highway to Heaven
Alan Fudge
Actor
27-Feb-1934 10-Oct-2011 C. W. Crawford on The Man from Atlantis
Helen Gahagan
Actor
25-Nov-1900 28-Jun-1980 Actress, California Congresswoman
King George VI
Royalty
14-Dec-1895 6-Feb-1952 King of England, 1936-1952
Roberto C. Goizueta
Business
18-Nov-1931 18-Oct-1997 CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97
Gale Gordon
Actor
20-Feb-1906 30-Jun-1995 The Lucy Show
Frank Gorshin
Actor
5-Apr-1933 17-May-2005 The Riddler in Batman
Betty Grable
Actor
18-Dec-1916 2-Jul-1973 The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs
Bonita Granville
Actor
2-Feb-1923 11-Oct-1988 These Three
Alex Grass
Business
3-Aug-1927 27-Aug-2009 Founder of Rite Aid
Meg Greenfield
Journalist
27-Dec-1930 13-May-1999 The Washington Post
Virginia Gregg
Actor
6-Mar-1916 15-Sep-1986 Radio actress
Marvin Griffin
Politician
4-Sep-1907 13-Jun-1982 Governor of Georgia, 1955-59
George Grizzard
Actor
1-Apr-1928 2-Oct-2007 Advise and Consent
Alex Groza
Basketball
7-Oct-1926 21-Jan-1995 Caught in point shaving scandal
Harry Guardino
Actor
23-Dec-1925 17-Jul-1995 Houseboat
Archie M. Gubbrud
Politician
31-Dec-1910 26-Apr-1987 Governor of South Dakota, 1961-65
Bob Guccione
Business
17-Dec-1930 20-Oct-2010 Founder, Penthouse magazine
Florence Halop
Actor
23-Jan-1923 15-Jul-1986 Florence Kleiner on Night Court
Dashiell Hammett
Author
27-May-1894 10-Jan-1961 The Maltese Falcon
George Harrison
Musician
25-Feb-1943 29-Nov-2001 Beatle
Harry Hay
Activist
7-Apr-1912 24-Oct-2002 Gay activist, founder The Mattachine Society
Charles A. Hayes
Politician
17-Feb-1918 8-Apr-1997 Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93
Dick Haymes
Singer
13-Sep-1916 28-Mar-1980 State Fair
Lloyd Haynes
Actor
19-Sep-1934 1-Jan-1987 Pete Dixon on Room 222
Louis Hayward
Actor
19-Mar-1909 21-Feb-1985 The Man in the Iron Mask
Jeff Healey
Guitarist
25-Mar-1966 2-Mar-2008 The Jeff Healey Band
Sherman Hemsley
Actor
1-Feb-1938 24-Jul-2012 George Jefferson on The Jeffersons
Betty Hill
Hoaxer
28-Jun-1919 17-Oct-2004 Self-proclaimed UFO abductee
Earl Hindman
Actor
20-Oct-1943 29-Dec-2003 Elusive neighbor on Home Improvement
Duncan Hines
Business
26-Mar-1880 15-Mar-1959 Roadside gourmet
Robert W. Holley
Scientist
28-Jan-1922 11-Feb-1993 RNA's role in protein synthesis
Moe Howard
Actor
19-Jun-1897 4-May-1975 Boss Stooge
John Hoyt
Actor
5-Oct-1905 15-Sep-1991 Attack of the Puppet People
Russell Hunter
Actor
18-Feb-1925 25-Feb-2004 Scottish actor
Chet Huntley
Journalist
10-Dec-1911 20-Mar-1974 The Huntley-Brinkley Report
Dennis James
Game Show Host
24-Aug-1917 3-Jun-1997 Early TV game show pioneer
Bert Jansch
Singer/Songwriter
3-Nov-1943 5-Oct-2011 Pentangle
Tony Jay
Actor
2-Feb-1933 13-Aug-2006 Voice and character actor
Peter Jennings
Journalist
29-Jul-1938 7-Aug-2005 Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight
Allan Jones
Actor
14-Oct-1907 27-Jun-1992 Show Boat
Kathryn Joosten
Actor
20-Dec-1939 2-Jun-2012 Karen McCluskey on Desperate Housewives
Christine Jorgensen
Photographer
30-May-1926 3-May-1989 First successful surgical transsexual
Andreas Katsulas
Actor
18-May-1946 13-Feb-2006 G'Kar on Babylon 5
Andy Kaufman
Comic
17-Jan-1949 16-May-1984 Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler
Stubby Kaye
Actor
11-Nov-1918 14-Dec-1997 Guys and Dolls
Buster Keaton
Actor
4-Oct-1895 1-Feb-1966 The General
Betty Lou Keim
Actor
27-Sep-1938 27-Jan-2010 Fran McCord on The Deputy
Eddie Kendricks
Singer
17-Dec-1939 5-Oct-1992 The Temptations
Alan King
Comic
26-Dec-1927 9-May-2004 Jewish comic and Friars Club fixture
Lane Kirkland
Labor Leader
12-Mar-1922 14-Aug-1999 AFL-CIO President, 1979-95
Richard G. Kleindienst
Government
5-Aug-1923 3-Feb-2000 US Attorney General, 1972-73
Etheridge Knight
Poet
19-Apr-1931 10-Mar-1991 Poems from Prison
Don Knotts
Actor
21-Jul-1924 24-Feb-2006 Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show
Alexis Korner
Musician
19-Apr-1928 1-Jan-1984 Pivotal British blues performer
Irving Kristol
Columnist
22-Jan-1920 18-Sep-2009 Influential neocon
Thomas H. Kuchel
Politician
15-Aug-1910 21-Nov-1994 US Senator from California, 1953-69
Thomas G. Labrecque
Business
17-Sep-1938 16-Oct-2000 CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1990-96
Burton Lane
Composer
2-Feb-1912 5-Jan-1997 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
Priscilla Lane
Actor
12-Jun-1915 4-Apr-1995 Saboteur
Robert Lansing
Actor
5-Jun-1928 23-Oct-1994 Empire of the Ants
Meyer Lansky
Criminal
2-Jul-1902 15-Jan-1983 The brains behind the Mafia's money
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dancer
9-Feb-1911 26-Apr-1970 Terpsichorean ecdysiast
Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright
31-Aug-1918 14-Jun-1986 An American in Paris
Frank Loesser
Composer
29-Jun-1910 28-Jul-1969 Guys and Dolls
Herschel C. Loveless
Politician
5-May-1911 4-May-1989 Governor of Iowa, 1957-61
Bruno Maderna
Composer
21-Apr-1920 13-Nov-1973 Avant-garde composer
Edward R. Madigan
Politician
13-Jan-1936 7-Dec-1994 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-93
Marjorie Main
Actor
24-Feb-1890 10-Apr-1975 Ma and Pa Kettle
Silvana Mangano
Actor
23-Apr-1930 16-Dec-1989 Bitter Rice and Anna
Heinie Manush
Baseball
20-Jul-1901 12-May-1971 MLB Hall of Famer
E. G. Marshall
Actor
18-Jun-1910 24-Aug-1998 Juror #4, 12 Angry Men
Trudy Marshall
Actor
14-Feb-1922 23-May-2004 The Sullivans
Kiel Martin
Actor
26-Jul-1944 28-Dec-1990 J. D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues
Mary of Teck
Royalty
26-May-1867 24-Mar-1953 Queen Mary, Consort of George V
Gene Mauch
Baseball
18-Nov-1925 8-Aug-2005 MLB Manager
John Maynard Smith
Biologist
6-Jan-1920 19-Apr-2004 Applied game theory to evolutionary biology
Doug McClure
Actor
11-May-1935 5-Feb-1995 Trampas in The Virginian
Myra McDaniel
Attorney
13-Dec-1932 25-Feb-2010 Texas Secretary of State, 1984-87
Roddy McDowall
Actor
17-Sep-1928 3-Oct-1998 Planet of the Apes
Jimmy McPartland
Jazz Musician
15-May-1907 13-Mar-1991 Chicago jazz cornetist
Audrey Meadows
Actor
8-Feb-1926 3-Feb-1996 Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners
Lloyd Meeds
Politician
11-Dec-1927 17-Aug-2005 Congressman from Washington, 1965-79
Melina Mercouri
Actor
18-Oct-1920 6-Mar-1994 Topkapi
Gary Merrill
Actor
2-Aug-1915 5-Mar-1990 All About Eve
Ray Milland
Actor
3-Jan-1907 10-Mar-1986 The Lost Weekend
Ann Miller
Dancer
12-Apr-1923 22-Jan-2004 Kiss Me Kate
Cameron Mitchell
Actor
4-Nov-1918 6-Jul-1994 The High Chaparral
Millard Mitchell
Actor
14-Aug-1903 13-Oct-1953 My Six Convicts
Robert Mitchum
Actor
6-Aug-1917 1-Jul-1997 Cape Fear
Jessica Mitford
Journalist
11-Sep-1917 23-Jul-1996 The American Way of Death
Claude Monet
Painter
14-Nov-1840 5-Dec-1926 The Water Lilies
Joanna Moore
Actor
10-Nov-1934 22-Nov-1997 Walk on the Wild Side
Agnes Moorehead
Actor
6-Dec-1900 30-Apr-1974 Endora on Bewitched
Henry Morgan
Radio Personality
31-Mar-1915 19-May-1994 Bad Boy of Radio, I've Got a Secret
Edward Mulhare
Actor
8-Apr-1923 24-May-1997 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
Patricia Neal
Actor
20-Jan-1926 8-Aug-2010 The Day the Earth Stood Still
E. Nesbit
Novelist
15-Aug-1858 4-May-1924 The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Lois Nettleton
Actor
6-Aug-1929 18-Jan-2008 Butterfly
Paul Newman
Actor
26-Jan-1925 26-Sep-2008 Salad dressing magnate
Pat Nixon
First Lady
16-Mar-1912 22-Jun-1993 Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
Lloyd Nolan
Actor
11-Aug-1902 27-Sep-1985 Dr. Chegley on Julia
Charlie Norwood
Politician
27-Jul-1941 13-Feb-2007 Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2007
Jay Novello
Actor
22-Aug-1904 2-Sep-1982 The Lost World
Carrie Nye
Actor
14-Oct-1936 14-Jul-2006 Theater actress
Louis Nye
Actor
1-May-1913 9-Oct-2005 Sonny Drysdale on Beverly Hillbillies
Dennis O'Keefe
Actor
29-Mar-1908 31-Aug-1968 Brewster's Millions
Susan Oliver
Actor
13-Feb-1932 10-May-1990 Actress-cum-Aviatrix
Felice Orlandi
Actor
18-Sep-1925 21-May-2003 Italian-American character actor
Peter Orlovsky
Poet
8-Jul-1933 30-May-2010 Beat poet, lover of Allen Ginsberg
M. Kenneth Oshman
Business
9-Jul-1940 6-Aug-2011 CEO of Echelon, 1988-2009
Jesse Owens
Track and Field
12-Sep-1913 31-Mar-1980 Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics
Gale Page
Actor
23-Jul-1913 8-Jan-1983 Four Daughters
Tassos Papadopoulos
Head of State
7-Jan-1934 12-Dec-2008 President of Cyprus, 2003-08
Sergei Parajanov
Film Director
9-Jan-1924 21-Jul-1990 The Color of Pomegranate
Bert Parks
TV Personality
30-Dec-1914 2-Feb-1992 Host of the Miss America Pageant
Boris Pasternak
Author
10-Feb-1890 30-May-1960 Doctor Zhivago
Joe Paterno
Football
21-Dec-1926 22-Jan-2012 Penn State Head Coach, 1966-2011
Lester Patrick
Hockey
30-Dec-1883 1-Jun-1960 NY Rangers Head Coach, 1926-39
Nigel Patrick
Actor
2-May-1913 21-Sep-1981 The Browning Version
Jaroslav Pelikan
Historian
17-Dec-1923 13-May-2006 The Christian Tradition
Leo Penn
Film Director
27-Aug-1921 5-Sep-1998 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
George Peppard
Actor
1-Oct-1928 8-May-1994 The A Team
Walter R. Peterson
Politician
19-Sep-1922 1-Jun-2011 Governor of New Hampshire, 1969-73
Gregor Piatigorsky
Cellist
17-Apr-1903 6-Aug-1976 Russian-American cello virtuoso
Suzanne Pleshette
Actor
31-Jan-1937 19-Jan-2008 The Birds
Robert Preston
Actor
8-Jun-1918 21-Mar-1987 The Music Man
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre
Antonio Prohias
Artist
17-Jan-1921 24-Feb-1998 Spy vs. Spy
Denver Pyle
Actor
11-May-1920 25-Dec-1997 Jesse Duke on Dukes of Hazzard
Joe Pyne
TV Personality
22-Dec-1925 23-Mar-1970 Father of attack TV
Eddie Rabbitt
Country Musician
27-Nov-1941 7-May-1998 Drivin' My Life Away
Sue Randall
Actor
8-Oct-1935 26-Oct-1984 Leave It to Beaver
Lou Rawls
Singer
1-Dec-1935 6-Jan-2006 Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer
Nicholas Ray
Film Director
7-Aug-1911 16-Jun-1979 Rebel Without a Cause
Harry Reasoner
Journalist
17-Apr-1923 6-Aug-1991 60 Minutes
Dana Reeve
Activist
17-Mar-1961 6-Mar-2006 Christopher Reeve Foundation
Duncan Renaldo
Actor
23-Apr-1904 3-Sep-1980 The Cisco Kid
Alejandro Rey
Actor
8-Feb-1930 21-May-1987 Carlos Ramirez on The Flying Nun
Nicholas A. Rey
Business
23-Jan-1938 14-Jan-2009 US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97
Florence Rice
Actor
14-Feb-1911 23-Feb-1974 At the Circus
Nicholas Ridley
Politician
17-Feb-1929 4-Mar-1993 Thatcherite MP and Minister
Jason Robards
Actor
26-Jul-1922 26-Dec-2000 All The President's Men
Paul G. Rogers
Politician
4-Jun-1921 13-Oct-2008 Congressman from Florida, 1955-79
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr.
Politician
17-Aug-1914 17-Aug-1988 Congressman from New York, 1949-55
Dan Rostenkowski
Politician
2-Jan-1928 11-Aug-2010 Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95
Ibrahim Rugova
Government
2-Dec-1944 21-Jan-2006 President of Kosovo, 1992-2006
Donald S. Russell
Politician
22-Feb-1906 22-Feb-1998 Governor of South Carolina, 1967-71
Robert Ryan
Actor
11-Nov-1909 11-Jul-1973 Billy Budd
Vincent Schiavelli
Actor
10-Nov-1948 26-Dec-2005 Character actor and cookbook author
Thomas Schippers
Conductor
9-Mar-1930 16-Dec-1977 Music Director, Cinncinati Symphony, 1970-77
Vito Scotti
Actor
26-Jan-1918 5-Jun-1996 Character actor, 1950s to 1990s
Mary Lee Settle
Novelist
29-Jul-1918 27-Sep-2005 Beulah Land
Mickey Shaughnessy
Actor
5-Aug-1920 23-Jul-1985 Jailhouse Rock
Anne Shirley
Actor
17-Apr-1918 4-Jul-1993 Stella Dallas
Dmitri Shostakovich
Composer
25-Sep-1906 9-Aug-1975 Symphony No. 7
Beverly Sills
Singer
25-May-1929 2-Jul-2007 Soprano at the New York City Opera
Jean Simmons
Actor
31-Jan-1929 22-Jan-2010 Guys and Dolls
Norman Sisisky
Politician
9-Jun-1927 29-Mar-2001 Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2001
W. D. Snodgrass
Poet
5-Jan-1926 13-Jan-2009 Heart's Needle
Harry Snyder
Business
9-Sep-1913 14-Dec-1976 Co-Founder of In-N-Out Burger
Skip Spence
Musician
18-Apr-1946 16-Apr-1999 Moby Grape guitarist, Oar
Lionel Stander
Actor
11-Jan-1908 30-Nov-1994 Chauffer Max on Hart to Hart
Janet Steiger
Government
10-Jun-1939 3-Apr-2004 FTC chairman, 1989-95
Sonny Stitt
Jazz Musician
2-Feb-1924 22-Jul-1982 Jazz saxophonist
Glenn Strange
Actor
16-Aug-1899 20-Sep-1973 Frankenstein's Monster
Woody Strode
Actor
28-Jul-1914 31-Dec-1994 Sergeant Rutledge
Gloria Stuart
Actor
4-Jul-1910 27-Sep-2010 Rose in Titanic
Danny Sugerman
Author
11-Oct-1954 5-Jan-2005 Manager/Biographer for The Doors
Donna Summer
Singer
31-Dec-1948 17-May-2012 Hot Stuff
Wislawa Szymborska
Poet
2-Jul-1923 1-Feb-2012 Polish poet
William Talman
Actor
4-Feb-1915 30-Aug-1968 Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason
Andrei Tarkovsky
Film Director
4-Apr-1932 28-Dec-1986 Solaris
Robert Taylor
Actor
5-Aug-1911 8-Jun-1969 Quo Vadis
Howard M. Temin
Scientist
10-Dec-1934 9-Feb-1994 Tumor viruses and host genetics
James Tenney
Composer
10-Aug-1934 24-Aug-2006 A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance'
Hank Thompson
Country Musician
3-Sep-1925 6-Nov-2007 Honky Tonk Swing musician
Franchot Tone
Actor
27-Feb-1905 18-Sep-1968 Advise and Consent
Michelle Triola
Relative
13-Nov-1933 30-Oct-2009 Palimony
Forrest Tucker
Actor
12-Feb-1919 25-Oct-1986 Sgt. O'Rourke on F Troop
Preston Tucker
Business
21-Sep-1903 26-Dec-1956 The car of tomorrow -- today
Sophie Tucker
Singer
13-Jan-1884 9-Feb-1966 Some of These Days
Jim Turnesa
Golf
9-Dec-1912 27-Aug-1971 Winner, 1952 PGA Championship
Barry Unsworth
Novelist
10-Aug-1930 5-Jun-2012 Sacred Hunger
John Updike
Novelist
18-Mar-1932 27-Jan-2009 Rabbit, Run
Sigrid Valdis
Actor
21-Sep-1935 14-Oct-2007 Hilda on Hogan's Heroes
Jim Varney
Actor
15-Jun-1949 10-Feb-2000 Played annoyant Ernest P. Worrell
Sarah Vaughan
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