| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Ansel Adams |
Photographer |
20-Feb-1902 |
22-Apr-1984 |
Yosemite photographer |
| Luther Adler |
Actor |
4-May-1903 |
8-Dec-1984 |
Broadway actor |
| George Aiken |
Politician |
20-Aug-1892 |
19-Nov-1984 |
Governor and Senator from Vermont |
| Vicente Aleixandre |
Poet |
26-Apr-1898 |
14-Dec-1984 |
Spanish surrealist poet |
| Walter Alston |
Baseball |
1-Dec-1911 |
1-Oct-1984 |
Longtime Manager, Brooklyn/LA Dodgers |
| Yuri Andropov |
Head of State |
14-Jun-1914 |
9-Feb-1984 |
Soviet General Secretary, 1982-84 |
| Sylvia Ashton-Warner |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1908 |
28-Apr-1984 |
Incense to Idols |
| Brooks Atkinson |
Critic |
28-Nov-1894 |
14-Jan-1984 |
New York Times drama critic |
| Jim Bannon |
Actor |
9-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1984 |
Cowboy actor, played Red Ryder |
| Richard Basehart |
Actor |
31-Aug-1914 |
17-Sep-1984 |
La Strada |
| Count Basie |
Pianist |
21-Aug-1904 |
26-Apr-1984 |
Big band pianist |
| Alan Berg |
Radio Personality |
Jan-1934 |
18-Jun-1984 |
Murdered radio host |
| John Betjeman |
Poet |
28-Aug-1906 |
19-May-1984 |
Summoned By Bells |
| Sudie Bond |
Actor |
13-Jul-1928 |
10-Nov-1984 |
Silkwood |
| Richard Brautigan |
Author |
30-Jan-1935 |
14-Oct-1984 |
So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away |
| Henry Brooke |
Politician |
9-Apr-1903 |
29-Mar-1984 |
UK Home Secretary, 1962-64 |
| Ernest Buckler |
Novelist |
19-Jul-1908 |
4-Mar-1984 |
The Mountain and the Valley |
| Ellsworth Bunker |
Diplomat |
11-May-1894 |
30-Sep-1984 |
US Ambassador to South Vietnam, 1967-73 |
| Richard Burton |
Actor |
10-Nov-1925 |
5-Aug-1984 |
Nineteen Eighty Four |
| Millard F. Caldwell |
Politician |
6-Feb-1897 |
23-Oct-1984 |
Governor of Florida, 1945-49 |
| Truman Capote |
Novelist |
30-Sep-1924 |
25-Aug-1984 |
In Cold Blood |
| Frank Church |
Politician |
25-Jul-1924 |
7-Apr-1984 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1957-81 |
| Mark Clark |
Military |
1-May-1896 |
17-Apr-1984 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
| Samuel C. Collins |
Chemist |
28-Dec-1898 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Collins-type cryocooler |
| Jackie Coogan |
Actor |
26-Oct-1914 |
1-Mar-1984 |
Uncle Fester in The Addams Family |
| Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| Julio Cortázar |
Author |
26-Aug-1914 |
12-Feb-1984 |
Argentine fantasy short story writer |
| Joe Cronin |
Baseball |
12-Oct-1906 |
7-Sep-1984 |
Shortstop on 7 All-Star teams |
| Roland Culver |
Actor |
21-Aug-1900 |
29-Feb-1984 |
Dead of Night |
| Justin Dart |
Business |
17-Aug-1907 |
26-Jan-1984 |
Drug store magnate |
| Richard Deacon |
Actor |
14-May-1921 |
8-Aug-1984 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| Thorold Dickinson |
Film Director |
16-Nov-1903 |
14-Apr-1984 |
Gaslight |
| Paul Dirac |
Physicist |
8-Aug-1902 |
20-Oct-1984 |
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics |
| Diana Dors |
Actor |
23-Oct-1931 |
4-May-1984 |
Yield to the Night |
| June Duprez |
Actor |
14-May-1918 |
30-Oct-1984 |
The Thief of Bagdad |
| Merie Earle |
Actor |
13-May-1889 |
4-Nov-1984 |
Maude Gormley on The Waltons |
| Otto Eckstein |
Economist |
1-Aug-1927 |
22-Mar-1984 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66 |
| William A. Egan |
Politician |
8-Oct-1914 |
6-May-1984 |
Twice Governor of Alaska |
| William Empson |
Critic |
27-Sep-1906 |
15-Apr-1984 |
Seven Types of Ambiguity |
| Michel Foucault |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1926 |
26-Jun-1984 |
History of Sexuality |
| George Gallup |
Business |
18-Nov-1901 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Founder, The Gallup Organization |
| Indira Gandhi |
Head of State |
19-Nov-1917 |
31-Oct-1984 |
First Female Prime Minister of India |
| Peggy Ann Garner |
Actor |
3-Feb-1932 |
16-Oct-1984 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
| Marvin Gaye |
Singer |
2-Apr-1939 |
1-Apr-1984 |
Heard It Through the Grapevine |
| Janet Gaynor |
Actor |
6-Oct-1906 |
14-Sep-1984 |
A Star Is Born |
| Ed Gein |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1906 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
| Pierre Gemayel |
Politician |
6-Nov-1905 |
29-Aug-1984 |
Founder of the Kataeb/Phalange |
| John Gilling |
Film Director |
29-May-1912 |
22-Nov-1984 |
The Plague of the Zombies |
| George Givot |
Actor |
18-Feb-1903 |
7-Jun-1984 |
Greek Ambassador of Good Will |
| Lloyd Gough |
Actor |
21-Sep-1907 |
23-Jul-1984 |
Blacklisted character actor |
| Shauna Grant |
Pornstar |
30-May-1963 |
21-Mar-1984 |
Killed herself with a .22 rifle |
| James Gray |
Author |
30-Jun-1899 |
6-Aug-1984 |
Shoulder the Sky |
| Neil Hamilton |
Actor |
9-Sep-1899 |
24-Sep-1984 |
Commissioner Gordon on Batman |
| Byron Haskin |
Film Director |
22-Apr-1899 |
16-Apr-1984 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Gayelord Hauser |
Author |
1895 |
26-Dec-1984 |
Look Younger, Live Longer |
| Lillian Hellman |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1905 |
30-Jun-1984 |
Little Foxes |
| Ian Hendry |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Get Carter |
| Jon-Erik Hexum |
Actor |
5-Nov-1957 |
18-Oct-1984 |
Actor accidently shot himself |
| Lister Hill |
Politician |
29-Dec-1894 |
21-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69 |
| Chester Himes |
Author |
19-Jul-1909 |
12-Nov-1984 |
Lonely Crusade |
| H. Bruce Humberstone |
Film Director |
18-Nov-1901 |
11-Oct-1984 |
Directed several Charlie Chan films |
| Alberta Hunter |
Singer |
1-Apr-1895 |
17-Oct-1984 |
Downhearted Blues |
| Sam Jaffe |
Actor |
10-Mar-1891 |
24-Mar-1984 |
Gunga Din |
| Pyotr Kapitsa |
Physicist |
8-Jul-1894 |
8-Apr-1984 |
Discovered superfluidity |
| Alfred Kastler |
Physicist |
3-May-1902 |
7-Jan-1984 |
Optical pumping |
| Andy Kaufman |
Comic |
17-Jan-1949 |
16-May-1984 |
Brilliant comic, prankster, professional wrestler |
| William Keighley |
Film Director |
4-Aug-1889 |
24-Jun-1984 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
| Roland Kibbee |
Screenwriter |
15-Feb-1914 |
5-Aug-1984 |
A Night in Casablanca |
| Alfred A. Knopf |
Publisher |
12-Sep-1892 |
11-Aug-1984 |
American publisher |
| Alexis Korner |
Musician |
19-Apr-1928 |
1-Jan-1984 |
Pivotal British blues performer |
| Norman Krasna |
Playwright |
7-Nov-1909 |
1-Nov-1984 |
The Devil and Miss Jones |
| Lee Krasner |
Painter |
27-Oct-1908 |
19-Jun-1984 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Ray Kroc |
Business |
5-Oct-1902 |
14-Jan-1984 |
McDonald's fast food tycoon |
| Richmond Lattimore |
Poet |
6-May-1906 |
26-Feb-1984 |
Translator of Iliad and Odyssey |
| Peter Lawford |
Actor |
7-Sep-1923 |
24-Dec-1984 |
Rat Pack member |
| Andrea Leeds |
Actor |
14-Aug-1914 |
21-May-1984 |
Stage Door |
| Herbert I. Leeds |
Film Director |
1900 |
1984 |
Charlie Chan in City in Darkness |
| Margaret Livingston |
Actor |
25-Nov-1900 |
13-Dec-1984 |
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans |
| Joseph Losey |
Film Director |
14-Jan-1909 |
22-Jun-1984 |
The Go-Between |
| Michel Magne |
Musician |
20-Mar-1930 |
19-Dec-1984 |
Tropical Fantasy |
| Shelly Manne |
Drummer |
11-Jun-1920 |
26-Sep-1984 |
West Coast jazz drummer |
| Ethel Mannin |
Novelist |
6-Oct-1900 |
1984 |
Confessions |
| John Marley |
Actor |
17-Oct-1907 |
22-May-1984 |
Godfather horsehead recipient |
| James Mason |
Actor |
15-May-1909 |
27-Jul-1984 |
North by Northwest |
| George Mathews |
Actor |
10-Oct-1911 |
7-Nov-1984 |
Pat and Mike |
| Robert Mathews |
Criminal |
16-Jan-1953 |
8-Dec-1984 |
White supremacist died in shootout with FBI |
| Ernest W. McFarland |
Politician |
9-Oct-1894 |
8-Jun-1984 |
Governor of Arizona, 1955-59 |
| Vince McMahon, Sr. |
Wrestling |
6-Jul-1914 |
24-May-1984 |
World Wrestling Entertainment founder |
| George Meeker |
Actor |
5-Mar-1904 |
19-Aug-1984 |
History Is Made at Night |
| Ethel Merman |
Singer |
16-Jan-1908 |
15-Feb-1984 |
There's No Business Like Show Business |
| Stanley Milgram |
Psychologist |
15-Aug-1933 |
20-Dec-1984 |
Milgram Experiment |
| Mary Miles Minter |
Actor |
1-Apr-1902 |
4-Aug-1984 |
Anne of Green Gables |
| Eric Morecambe |
Comic |
14-May-1926 |
28-May-1984 |
Morecambe and Wise |
| Marcel Moyse |
Musician |
17-May-1889 |
1-Nov-1984 |
Virtuoso flautist |
| Patrick Nagel |
Artist |
25-Nov-1945 |
4-Feb-1984 |
The Nagel Woman |
| Liam O'Flaherty |
Novelist |
28-Aug-1896 |
7-Sep-1984 |
Thy Neighbour's Wife |
| George Oppen |
Poet |
24-Apr-1908 |
7-Jul-1984 |
Objectivist proponent and poet |
| George A. Parks |
Politician |
29-May-1883 |
11-May-1984 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska, 1925-33 |
| Sam Peckinpah |
Film Director |
21-Feb-1925 |
28-Dec-1984 |
Breakthrough director of ultraviolent film |
| Jan Peerce |
Singer |
3-Jun-1904 |
15-Dec-1984 |
Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera |
| Carl D. Perkins |
Politician |
15-Oct-1912 |
3-Aug-1984 |
Congressman from Kentucky, 1949-84 |
| Walter Pidgeon |
Actor |
23-Sep-1897 |
25-Sep-1984 |
How Green Was My Valley |
| Samuel J. Popeil |
Inventor |
22-Jan-1915 |
17-Jul-1984 |
Veg-O-Matic |
| Jerzy Popieluszko |
Activist |
23-Sep-1947 |
19-Oct-1984 |
Priest murdered by Polish government |
| Hal Porter |
Author |
16-Feb-1911 |
29-Sep-1984 |
A Handful of Pennies |
| William Powell |
Actor |
29-Jul-1892 |
5-Mar-1984 |
My Man Godfrey |
| June Preisser |
Actor |
26-Jun-1920 |
19-Sep-1984 |
Strike Up the Band |
| J. B. Priestley |
Novelist |
13-Sep-1894 |
14-Aug-1984 |
An Inspector Calls |
| Karl Rahner |
Religion |
5-Mar-1904 |
30-Mar-1984 |
Leading Roman Catholic theologian |
| Sue Randall |
Actor |
8-Oct-1935 |
26-Oct-1984 |
Leave It to Beaver |
| Leo Robin |
Songwriter |
6-Apr-1900 |
29-Dec-1984 |
Thanks For The Memory |
| Flora Robson |
Actor |
28-Mar-1902 |
7-Jul-1984 |
Fire Over England |
| Leonard Rose |
Cellist |
28-Jul-1918 |
16-Nov-1984 |
Virtuoso cellist |
| Leonard Rossiter |
Actor |
21-Oct-1926 |
5-Oct-1984 |
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin |
| Martin Ryle |
Astronomer |
27-Sep-1918 |
14-Oct-1984 |
Radio astronomer |
| Santo |
Wrestling |
23-Sep-1917 |
5-Feb-1984 |
The Silver-Masked Man |
| Jay Sarno |
Business |
2-Jul-1922 |
1984 |
Creator of Caesars Palace |
| Arthur Schwartz |
Composer |
4-Nov-1900 |
3-Sep-1984 |
That's Entertainment |
| Irwin Shaw |
Playwright |
27-Feb-1913 |
16-May-1984 |
Rich Man, Poor Man |
| Lawrence Cardinal Shehan |
Religion |
18-Mar-1898 |
26-Aug-1984 |
Archbishop of Baltimore, 1961-74 |
| Mikhail Sholokhov |
Author |
24-May-1905 |
21-Feb-1984 |
The Silent Don |
| Hans Speidel |
Military |
28-Oct-1897 |
28-Nov-1984 |
German general, NATO commander |
| Philip Van Doren Stern |
Author |
10-Sep-1900 |
31-Jul-1984 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Henrik Tikkanen |
Author |
1924 |
1984 |
A Winter's Day |
| François Truffaut |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1932 |
21-Oct-1984 |
Last Metro |
| Ernest Tubb |
Musician |
9-Feb-1914 |
6-Sep-1984 |
The Texas Troubador |
| David Vetter |
Victim |
21-Sep-1971 |
22-Feb-1984 |
The Boy in the Bubble |
| Gary Vinson |
Actor |
22-Oct-1936 |
15-Oct-1984 |
Christy on McHale's Navy |
| Collin Walcott |
Jazz Musician |
24-Feb-1945 |
8-Nov-1984 |
Jazz sitar player |
| Lila Wallace |
Business |
25-Dec-1889 |
8-May-1984 |
Readers Digest co-founder |
| Fred Waring |
Conductor |
9-Jun-1900 |
29-Jul-1984 |
Innovative bandleader and musician |
| Paul Francis Webster |
Songwriter |
20-Dec-1907 |
22-Mar-1984 |
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing |
| Johnny Weissmuller |
Actor |
2-Jun-1904 |
20-Jan-1984 |
Gold Medalist became Tarzan |
| Oskar Werner |
Actor |
13-Nov-1922 |
23-Oct-1984 |
Jules et Jim |
| Jessamyn West |
Author |
18-Jul-1902 |
23-Feb-1984 |
The Friendly Persuasion |
| Henry Wilcoxon |
Actor |
8-Sep-1905 |
6-Mar-1984 |
Lionheart in Hollywood |
| Meredith Willson |
Composer |
18-May-1902 |
15-Jun-1984 |
The Music Man |
| Jackie Wilson |
Singer |
9-Jun-1934 |
21-Jan-1984 |
Lonely Teardrops |
| Estelle Winwood |
Actor |
24-Jan-1883 |
20-Jun-1984 |
The Producers |
| Francis De Wolff |
Actor |
7-Jan-1913 |
18-Apr-1984 |
The Hound of the Baskervilles |
| Stephen M. Young |
Politician |
4-May-1889 |
1-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1959-71 |
