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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Milton Ager
Songwriter
6-Oct-1893 6-May-1979 Ain't She Sweet
Louise Allbritton
Actor
3-Jul-1920 16-Feb-1979 Son of Dracula
Hafizullah Amin
Head of State
1-Aug-1929 27-Dec-1979 President of Afghanistan, 1979
Dorothy Arzner
Film Director
3-Jan-1897 1-Oct-1979 Craig's Wife
Felix Aylmer
Actor
21-Feb-1889 2-Sep-1979 Henry V
Dewey F. Bartlett
Politician
28-Mar-1919 1-Mar-1979 Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Mustafa Barzani
Military
14-Mar-1903 1-Mar-1979 Kurdish nationalist
Richard Beckinsale
Actor
6-Jul-1947 19-Mar-1979 Porridge
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Head of State
5-Jan-1928 4-Apr-1979 Head of Pakistan, hanged
Elizabeth Bishop
Poet
8-Feb-1911 6-Oct-1979 North & South
Joan Blondell
Actor
30-Aug-1906 25-Dec-1979 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Lee Bowman
Actor
28-Dec-1914 25-Dec-1979 Smash-Up
George Brent
Actor
15-Mar-1899 26-May-1979 The Great Lie
Edgar Buchanan
Actor
20-Mar-1903 4-Apr-1979 Uncle Joe Carson on Petticoat Junction
Dorsey Burnette
Musician
28-Dec-1932 19-Aug-1979 The Rock 'n Roll Trio
David Butler
Film Director
17-Dec-1894 14-Jun-1979 Calamity Jane
Harry P. Cain
Politician
10-Jan-1906 3-Mar-1979 US Senator from Washington, 1946-53
Beatrice Campbell
Actor
31-Jul-1922 10-May-1979 Last Holiday
Al Capp
Cartoonist
28-Sep-1909 5-Nov-1979 Creator of L'il Abner
John Carroll
Actor
17-Jul-1906 24-Apr-1979 Flying Tigers
Ted Cassidy
Actor
31-Jul-1932 16-Jan-1979 Lurch on The Addams Family
Jerome P. Cavanagh
Politician
16-Jun-1928 27-Nov-1979 Mayor of Detroit, 1962-70
Ernst B. Chain
Scientist
19-Jun-1906 12-Aug-1979 Isolated penicillin
Father Charles Coughlin
Religion
25-Oct-1891 27-Oct-1979 Radio opponent of FDR
Tom Creavy
Golf
3-Feb-1911 3-Mar-1979 Winner, 1931 PGA Championship
John Cromwell
Film Director
23-Dec-1887 26-Sep-1979 The Prisoner of Zenda
Roy Daniells
Poet
6-Apr-1902 13-Apr-1979 The Chequered Shade
John Diefenbaker
Head of State
18-Sep-1895 16-Aug-1979 Prime Minister of Canada, 1957-63
Adolph Dubs
Diplomat
4-Aug-1920 14-Feb-1979 US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79
James Clement Dunn
Diplomat
27-Dec-1890 1979 Career US Ambassador
Louis Durey
Composer
27-May-1888 3-Jul-1979 Carillons
Ann Dvorak
Actor
2-Aug-1912 10-Dec-1979 Cesca in Scarface
Mamie Eisenhower
First Lady
14-Nov-1896 1-Nov-1979 Ike's First Lady
Charles Fahy
Attorney
27-Aug-1892 17-Sep-1979 Solicitor General, Appellate Judge
James T. Farrell
Novelist
27-Feb-1904 22-Aug-1979 Studs Lonigan trilogy
Arthur Fiedler
Conductor
17-Dec-1894 10-Jul-1979 Conductor of the Boston Pops
Gracie Fields
Singer
9-Jan-1898 27-Sep-1979 Sally in Our Alley
Lester Flatt
Musician
19-Jun-1914 11-May-1979 Bluegrass pioneer, Flatt & Scruggs
Robert Florey
Film Director
14-Sep-1900 16-May-1979 Tarzan and the Mermaids
Dick Foran
Actor
18-Jun-1910 10-Aug-1979 The Petrified Forest
Werner Forssmann
Doctor
29-Aug-1904 1-Jun-1979 Cardiac catheterization
Otto Robert Frisch
Physicist
1-Oct-1904 22-Sep-1979 Described fission
Dennis Gabor
Physicist
5-Jun-1900 8-Feb-1979 Inventor of holography
William Gargan
Actor
17-Jul-1905 17-Feb-1979 Martin Kane, Private Eye
Kathryn E. Granahan
Politician
7-Dec-1894 10-Jul-1979 Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 1956-63
Peggy Guggenheim
Socialite
26-Aug-1898 23-Dec-1979 Renowned art collector
Jack Haley
Actor
10-Aug-1898 6-Jun-1979 Tin Man on The Wizard of Oz
Jon Hall
Actor
23-Feb-1915 13-Dec-1979 The Hurricane
George Russell Harrison
Physicist
14-Jul-1898 27-Jul-1979 Echelle spectrograph
Donny Hathaway
Singer
1-Oct-1945 13-Jan-1979 Where Is The Love?
F. Edward Hebert
Politician
12-Oct-1901 29-Dec-1979 Congressman from Louisiana, 1941-77
Park Chung Hee
Head of State
30-Sep-1917 26-Oct-1979 President of South Korea, 1961-79
Stuart Heisler
Film Director
5-Dec-1896 21-Aug-1979 The Glass Key
Emmaline Henry
Actor
1-Nov-1928 8-Oct-1979 Amanda Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie
Conrad Hilton
Business
25-Dec-1887 3-Jan-1979 Founder, Hilton Hotels
Darla Hood
Actor
8-Nov-1931 13-Jun-1979 The Little Rascals
Arthur Hunnicutt
Actor
17-Feb-1910 26-Sep-1979 The Big Sky
Barbara Hutton
Socialite
14-Nov-1912 11-May-1979 The Poor Little Rich Girl
Jim Hutton
Actor
31-May-1934 2-Jun-1979 Ellery Queen
Neil H. Jacoby
Economist
19-Sep-1909 31-May-1979 Council of Economic Advisers, 1953-55
Leigh Jason
Film Director
26-Jul-1904 19-Feb-1979 The Mad Miss Manton
Alvin Karpis
Criminal
10-Aug-1907 26-Aug-1979 Former Public Enemy #1
Kurt Kasznar
Actor
13-Aug-1913 6-Aug-1979 Fitzhugh on Land of the Giants
Emmett Kelly
Performance Artist
9-Dec-1898 28-Mar-1979 Weary Willy, circus clown
Stan Kenton
Jazz Musician
15-Dec-1911 25-Aug-1979 Jazz bandleader
Doris Kenyon
Actor
5-Sep-1897 1-Sep-1979 Counsellor at Law
Victor Kilian
Actor
6-Mar-1891 11-Mar-1979 Raymond Larkin on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman
Walter Legge
Music Producer
1-Jun-1906 22-Mar-1979 Classical music producer at EMI
Feodor Lynen
Scientist
6-Apr-1911 6-Aug-1979 Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
Pat Manion
Radio Personality
1896 1979 Manion Forum
Herbert Marcuse
Philosopher
19-Jul-1898 29-Jul-1979 One-Dimensional Man
René Marqués
Playwright
4-Oct-1919 22-Mar-1979 La Carreta
Zeppo Marx
Actor
25-Feb-1901 30-Nov-1979 Straight man of the Marx Brothers
Reginald Maudling
Politician
7-Mar-1917 14-Feb-1979 UK Home Secretary, 1970-72
Van McCoy
Musician
6-Jan-1940 6-Jul-1979 The Hustle
John L. McMillan
Politician
12-Apr-1898 3-Sep-1979 Congressman from South Carolina, 1939-73
Josef Mengele
Doctor
16-Mar-1911 7-Feb-1979 The Angel of Death
Charles Mingus
Jazz Musician
22-Apr-1922 5-Jan-1979 Jazz bassist and legendary composer
Yvonne Mitchell
Actor
7-Jul-1925 24-Mar-1979 The Queen of Spades
Jean Monnet
Diplomat
09-Nov-1888 16-Mar-1979 Worked to unify Europe
Rogers C.B. Morton
Government
19-Sep-1914 19-Apr-1979 US Secretary of the Interior, 1971-75
Lord Mountbatten
Military
25-Jun-1900 27-Aug-1979 Last Viceroy of India
Thurman Munson
Baseball
7-Jan-1947 2-Aug-1979 Yankees catcher, killed in plane crash
Ferenc Nagy
Head of State
8-Oct-1903 12-Jun-1979 Exiled Prime Minister of Hungary
Giulio Natta
Chemist
26-Feb-1903 2-May-1979 Ziegler-Natta catalysts for polymerization
Pier Luigi Nervi
Architect
21-Jun-1891 9-Jan-1979 Experimented with reinforced concrete
S. I. Newhouse, Sr.
Publisher
24-May-1895 29-Aug-1979 Founder of Advance Publications
Merle Oberon
Actor
19-Feb-1911 23-Nov-1979 Wuthering Heights
Bertil Ohlin
Economist
23-Apr-1899 3-Aug-1979 Hecksher-Ohlin model of free trade
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Head of State
12-Mar-1911 15-Jul-1979 President of Mexico, 1964-70
Doris Packer
Actor
30-May-1904 31-Mar-1979 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
Paul Paray
Conductor
24-May-1886 10-Oct-1979 Music Director, Detroit Symphony, 1951-62
Talcott Parsons
Sociologist
13-Dec-1902 8-May-1979 The Structure of Social Action
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin
Astronomer
10-May-1900 7-Dec-1979 Hydrogen in the Sun
S. J. Perelman
Author
1-Feb-1904 17-Oct-1979 New Yorker humorist
Mary Pickford
Actor
8-Apr-1892 29-May-1979 America's Sweetheart
Eric Pohlmann
Actor
18-Jul-1913 25-Jul-1979 They Who Dare
A. Philip Randolph
Activist
15-Apr-1889 16-May-1979 20th century civil rights leader
Nicholas Ray
Film Director
7-Aug-1911 16-Jun-1979 Rebel Without a Cause
Jean Renoir
Film Director
15-Sep-1894 12-Feb-1979 La Grande Illusion
Jean Rhys
Novelist
24-Aug-1890 14-May-1979 Wide Sargasso Sea
I. A. Richards
Critic
26-Feb-1893 7-Sep-1979 The Meaning of Meaning
Minnie Riperton
Singer
8-Nov-1947 12-Jul-1979 Lovin' You
Nelson Rockefeller
Politician
8-Jul-1908 26-Jan-1979 Ford's Vice President
Richard Rodgers
Composer
28-Jun-1902 30-Dec-1979 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Archie Roosevelt
Relative
9-Apr-1894 13-Oct-1979 Conservative leader against New Deal
Nino Rota
Composer
3-Dec-1911 10-Apr-1979 Film composer, The Godfather
Leverett Saltonstall
Politician
1-Sep-1892 17-Jun-1979 US Senator from Masachusetts, 1945-67
Victor Saville
Film Director
25-Sep-1895 8-May-1979 Kim
Charles Sawyer
Government
10-Feb-1887 7-Apr-1979 US Commerce Secretary, 1948-53
George Seaton
Screenwriter
17-Apr-1911 28-Jul-1979 Miracle on 34th Street
Jean Seberg
Actor
13-Nov-1938 8-Sep-1979 Saint Joan
Charles Seeger
Musicologist
14-Dec-1886 7-Feb-1979 American musicologist
Lesley Selander
Film Director
26-May-1900 5-Dec-1979 The Texican
Fulton J. Sheen
Religion
8-May-1895 9-Dec-1979 America's first televangelist
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Actor
30-May-1899 9-Jul-1979 Paris '90
Jack Soo
Actor
28-Oct-1916 11-Jan-1979 Det. Yemana on Barney Miller
Frank Soskice
Politician
23-Jul-1902 1-Jan-1979 UK Home Secretary, 1964-65
Jean Stafford
Novelist
1-Jul-1915 26-Mar-1979 The Catherine Wheel
Dirk Stikker
Diplomat
5-Feb-1897 23-Dec-1979 NATO Secretary General, 1961-64
Hope Summers
Actor
7-Jun-1896 22-Jun-1979 Clara Edwards on The Andy Griffith Show
Sydney Tafler
Actor
31-Jul-1916 8-Nov-1979 The Lavender Hill Mob
Nur Muhammad Taraki
Head of State
15-Jul-1913 14-Sep-1979 President of Afghanistan, 1978-79
Allen Tate
Poet
19-Nov-1899 9-Feb-1979 Mr. Pope and Other Poems
J. Millard Tawes
Politician
8-May-1894 25-Jun-1979 Governor of Maryland, 1959-67
Dimitri Tiomkin
Composer
10-May-1894 11-Nov-1979 Wild Is the Wind
Norman Tokar
Film Director
25-Nov-1919 6-Apr-1979 The Apple Dumpling Gang
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga
Physicist
31-Mar-1906 8-Jul-1979 Quantum electrodynamics
Vivian Vance
Actor
26-Jul-1909 17-Aug-1979 Ethel on I Love Lucy
Immanuel Velikovsky
Author
10-Jun-1895 17-Nov-1979 Worlds in Collision
Sid Vicious
Bassist
10-May-1957 2-Feb-1979 Sex Pistols bassist
John Wayne
Actor
26-May-1907 11-Jun-1979 The Duke
Michael Wilding
Actor
23-Jul-1912 8-Jul-1979 Torch Song
Robert B. Woodward
Chemist
10-Apr-1917 8-Jul-1979 Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc.
Gridley Wright
Religion
19-Jan-1934 22-Dec-1979 Shiva Lila cult founder
Darryl F. Zanuck
Film/TV Producer
5-Sep-1902 22-Dec-1979 Ran 20th Century Fox, 1935-71


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