| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Irwin Allen |
Film/TV Producer |
12-Jun-1916 |
2-Nov-1991 |
The Master of Disaster |
| Carl David Anderson |
Physicist |
3-Sep-1905 |
11-Jan-1991 |
Discovered the positron, mu-meson |
| Luke Appling |
Baseball |
2-Apr-1907 |
3-Jan-1991 |
Chicago White Sox, Hall of Famer |
| Carlos Argentino |
Musician |
23-Jun-1929 |
1991 |
Muy famoso cantante de temas tropicales |
| Claudio Arrau |
Pianist |
6-Feb-1903 |
9-Jun-1991 |
Chilean virtuoso pianist |
| Jean Arthur |
Actor |
17-Oct-1900 |
19-Jun-1991 |
Only Angels Have Wings |
| Peggy Ashcroft |
Actor |
22-Dec-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
A Passage to India |
| Howard Ashman |
Songwriter |
17-May-1950 |
14-Mar-1991 |
Beauty and the Beast |
| Lee Atwater |
Politician |
27-Feb-1951 |
29-Mar-1991 |
RNC Chairman, 1988-90 |
| Eleanor Audley |
Actor |
19-Nov-1905 |
25-Nov-1991 |
Wicked stepmother in Cinderella |
| Vilma Bánky |
Actor |
9-Jan-1898 |
18-Mar-1991 |
The Hungarian Rhapsody |
| Klaus Barbie |
Government |
25-Oct-1913 |
25-Sep-1991 |
The Butcher of Lyon |
| John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| George Barker |
Poet |
26-Feb-1913 |
27-Oct-1991 |
Calamiterror |
| Don Beddoe |
Actor |
1-Jul-1903 |
19-Jan-1991 |
The Night of the Hunter |
| Cool Papa Bell |
Baseball |
17-May-1903 |
7-Mar-1991 |
Negro Leagues star |
| Ralph Bellamy |
Actor |
17-Jun-1904 |
29-Nov-1991 |
Trading Places |
| Steven Jesse Bernstein |
Poet |
4-Dec-1950 |
22-Oct-1991 |
Grunge poet and punk rocker |
| John Blatnik |
Politician |
17-Aug-1911 |
17-Dec-1991 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1947-75 |
| Curt Bois |
Actor |
5-Apr-1901 |
25-Dec-1991 |
Pickpocket in Casablanca |
| Richard W. Bolling |
Politician |
17-May-1916 |
21-Apr-1991 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1949-83 |
| Julie Bovasso |
Actor |
1-Aug-1930 |
14-Sep-1991 |
Saturday Night Fever |
| Diane Brewster |
Actor |
11-Mar-1931 |
12-Nov-1991 |
Miss Canfield on Leave It to Beaver |
| Paul Brown |
Football |
7-Sep-1908 |
5-Aug-1991 |
Coach and namesake, Cleveland Browns |
| Coral Browne |
Actor |
23-Jul-1913 |
29-May-1991 |
The Killing of Sister George |
| Heidi Brühl |
Actor |
30-Jan-1941 |
8-Jun-1991 |
The Eiger Sanction |
| Frank Capra |
Film Director |
18-May-1897 |
3-Sep-1991 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
| Eric Carr |
Drummer |
12-Jul-1950 |
24-Nov-1991 |
Drummer for KISS |
| Joan Caulfield |
Actor |
1-Jun-1922 |
18-Jun-1991 |
Dear Ruth |
| Albert "Happy" Chandler |
Politician |
14-Jul-1898 |
15-Jun-1991 |
Kentucky Governor, Baseball Commissioner |
| Oona Chaplin |
Relative |
13-May-1926 |
27-Sep-1991 |
Wife of Charlie Chaplin |
| Walter Chiari |
Actor |
2-Mar-1924 |
20-Dec-1991 |
Bellissima |
| Gene Clark |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Nov-1944 |
24-May-1991 |
The Byrds, No Other |
| Manning Clark |
Historian |
3-Mar-1915 |
23-May-1991 |
A History of Australia |
| J. P. Coleman |
Politician |
9-Jan-1914 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1956-60 |
| LeRoy Collins |
Politician |
10-Mar-1909 |
12-Mar-1991 |
Governor of Florida, 1955-61 |
| Bert T. Combs |
Politician |
13-Aug-1911 |
4-Dec-1991 |
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63 |
| Silvio O. Conte |
Politician |
9-Nov-1921 |
8-Feb-1991 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91 |
| Bert Convy |
Game Show Host |
23-Jul-1933 |
15-Jul-1991 |
Host of Tattletales TV game show |
| John S. Cooper |
Politician |
23-Aug-1901 |
21-Feb-1991 |
US Senator from Kentucky |
| Jack Cope |
Novelist |
3-Jun-1913 |
Mar-1991 |
The Fair House |
| Dennis Crosby |
Singer |
13-Jul-1934 |
7-May-1991 |
Bing Crosby's son, suicide with shotgun |
| Ken Curtis |
Actor |
2-Jul-1916 |
29-Apr-1991 |
Festus Haggen on Gunsmoke |
| Curtis B. Dall |
Military |
24-Oct-1896 |
28-Jun-1991 |
Liberty Lobby |
| John Charles Daly |
Game Show Host |
20-Feb-1914 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Host of What's My Line? |
| Brad Davis |
Actor |
6-Nov-1949 |
8-Sep-1991 |
Midnight Express |
| Miles Davis |
Jazz Musician |
26-May-1926 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue |
| Colleen Dewhurst |
Actor |
3-Jun-1924 |
2-Aug-1991 |
Murphy Brown's mother |
| Khigh Dhiegh |
Actor |
1910 |
25-Oct-1991 |
Wo Fat on Hawaii 5-O |
| Don Dubbins |
Actor |
28-Jun-1928 |
17-Aug-1991 |
The D.I. |
| Dixie Dunbar |
Actor |
19-Jan-1919 |
29-Aug-1991 |
1930s actress |
| Mildred Dunnock |
Actor |
25-Jan-1901 |
5-Jul-1991 |
Death of a Salesman |
| Leo Durocher |
Baseball |
27-Jul-1905 |
7-Oct-1991 |
Leo the Lip |
| Charles Elton |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1900 |
1-May-1991 |
Animal Ecology |
| Frances Faye |
Singer |
4-Nov-1912 |
8-Nov-1991 |
Out, Lesbian nightclub singer |
| Leo Fender |
Inventor |
10-Aug-1909 |
21-Mar-1991 |
Electric guitarmaker |
| Joseph Fletcher |
Sociologist |
10-Apr-1905 |
28-Oct-1991 |
Situation ethics |
| Margot Fonteyn |
Dancer |
18-May-1919 |
21-Feb-1991 |
Exceptional British ballerina |
| Tennessee Ernie Ford |
Country Musician |
13-Feb-1919 |
17-Oct-1991 |
Sixteen Tons |
| Redd Foxx |
Comic |
9-Dec-1922 |
11-Oct-1991 |
Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son |
| Zino Francescatti |
Violinist |
9-Aug-1902 |
17-Sep-1991 |
French violin virtuoso |
| James Franciscus |
Actor |
31-Jan-1934 |
8-Jul-1991 |
Mr. Novak |
| Max Frisch |
Novelist |
15-May-1911 |
4-Apr-1991 |
Homo Faber |
| Northrop Frye |
Author |
14-Jul-1912 |
23-Jan-1991 |
Fearful Symmetry |
| Slim Gaillard |
Jazz Musician |
4-Jan-1916 |
26-Feb-1991 |
Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti |
| Serge Gainsbourg |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Apr-1928 |
2-Mar-1991 |
Je t'aime ... moi non plus |
| Rajiv Gandhi |
Head of State |
20-Aug-1944 |
21-May-1991 |
Prime Minister of India 1984-9 |
| Alfonso García Robles |
Diplomat |
20-Mar-1911 |
2-Sep-1991 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Stan Getz |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1927 |
6-Jun-1991 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
| Natalia Ginzburg |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1916 |
7-Oct-1991 |
La strada che va in città |
| George Gobel |
Comic |
20-May-1919 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Hollywood Square |
| Lawrence Gowing |
Historian |
21-Apr-1918 |
5-Feb-1991 |
Art historian, biographer of Vermeer |
| Bill Graham |
Business |
8-Jan-1931 |
25-Oct-1991 |
Rock & roll promoter |
| Martha Graham |
Dancer |
11-May-1894 |
1-Apr-1991 |
Innovator of modern dance |
| Red Grange |
Football |
13-Jun-1903 |
28-Jan-1991 |
The Galloping Ghost |
| Graham Greene |
Novelist |
2-Oct-1904 |
3-Apr-1991 |
The Third Man |
| A. B. Guthrie |
Novelist |
13-Jan-1901 |
26-Apr-1991 |
The Way West |
| Kevin Peter Hall |
Actor |
9-May-1955 |
10-Apr-1991 |
Predator |
| John Heinz |
Politician |
23-Oct-1938 |
4-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1977-91 |
| George Hennard |
Criminal |
15-Oct-1956 |
16-Oct-1991 |
Killed 22 at Luby's Cafeteria in Texas |
| Gloria Holden |
Actor |
5-Sep-1908 |
22-Mar-1991 |
Dracula's Daughter |
| Soichiro Honda |
Business |
17-Nov-1906 |
5-Aug-1991 |
Founder of Honda Motor Company |
| John Hoyt |
Actor |
5-Oct-1905 |
15-Sep-1991 |
Attack of the Puppet People |
| Wilfrid Hyde-White |
Actor |
12-May-1903 |
6-May-1991 |
My Fair Lady |
| James Irwin |
Astronaut |
17-Mar-1930 |
8-Aug-1991 |
8th to walk on the Moon |
| Edmond Jabès |
Poet |
6-Apr-1912 |
2-Jan-1991 |
The Book of Resemblances |
| Dean Jagger |
Actor |
7-Nov-1903 |
5-Feb-1991 |
Twelve O'Clock High |
| Bob Johnson |
Hockey |
4-Mar-1931 |
26-Nov-1991 |
Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer |
| Nancee Kelly |
Pornstar |
5-Jun-1958 |
17-Nov-1991 |
Wife of Jack Nance |
| Klaus Kinski |
Actor |
18-Oct-1926 |
23-Nov-1991 |
Nosferatu the Vampyre |
| Lester A. Kirkendall |
Sociologist |
15-Nov-1903 |
31-May-1991 |
Premarital Intercourse and Interpersonal Relationships |
| Etheridge Knight |
Poet |
19-Apr-1931 |
10-Mar-1991 |
Poems from Prison |
| Jerzy Kosinski |
Author |
14-Jun-1933 |
3-May-1991 |
Being There |
| Nancy Kulp |
Actor |
28-Aug-1921 |
3-Feb-1991 |
Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies |
| Edwin H. Land |
Inventor |
7-May-1909 |
1-Mar-1991 |
Polaroid Land Camera |
| Michael Landon |
Actor |
31-Oct-1936 |
1-Jul-1991 |
Little House on the Prairie |
| Glenn Langan |
Actor |
8-Jul-1917 |
19-Jan-1991 |
The Amazing Colossal Man |
| Jean Langlais |
Composer |
15-Feb-1907 |
8-May-1991 |
Organist and composer |
| David Lean |
Film Director |
25-Mar-1908 |
16-Apr-1991 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
| René Lefèvre |
Actor |
7-Mar-1898 |
4-May-1991 |
The Million |
| Eva Le Gallienne |
Actor |
11-Jan-1899 |
3-Jun-1991 |
New York Civic Repertory Theater |
| Arthur Lewis |
Economist |
23-Jan-1915 |
15-Jun-1991 |
Economics of developing nations |
| Keye Luke |
Actor |
18-Jun-1904 |
12-Jan-1991 |
Charlie Chan's No. 1 Son, Lee |
| Salvador Luria |
Biologist |
13-Aug-1912 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Natural selection in bacteria |
| Aline MacMahon |
Actor |
3-May-1899 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Dragon Seed |
| Fred MacMurray |
Actor |
30-Aug-1908 |
6-Nov-1991 |
The Absent-Minded Professor |
| Daniel Mann |
Film Director |
8-Aug-1912 |
21-Nov-1991 |
Come Back, Little Sheba |
| Mona Maris |
Actor |
7-Nov-1903 |
23-Mar-1991 |
Kiss and Make-Up |
| Steve Marriott |
Guitarist |
30-Jan-1947 |
20-Apr-1991 |
The Small Faces, Humble Pie |
| Robert Maxwell |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1923 |
5-Nov-1991 |
Mirror Group tycoon |
| John McCone |
Government |
4-Jan-1902 |
14-Feb-1991 |
CIA Director, 1961-65 |
| John McIntire |
Actor |
27-Jun-1907 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Christopher Hale on Wagon Train |
| Edwin M. McMillan |
Physicist |
18-Sep-1907 |
7-Sep-1991 |
Discovered neptunium and plutonium |
| Jimmy McPartland |
Jazz Musician |
15-May-1907 |
13-Mar-1991 |
Chicago jazz cornetist |
| Freddie Mercury |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Sep-1946 |
24-Nov-1991 |
Lead singer, Queen |
| Bernard Miles |
Actor |
27-Sep-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
Founder of the Mermaid Theatre, London |
| Artie Mitchell |
Film Director |
12-Dec-1945 |
27-Feb-1991 |
Pornographer; shot and killed by brother Jim |
| Yves Montand |
Actor |
13-Oct-1921 |
9-Nov-1991 |
Let's Make Love |
| Robert Motherwell |
Painter |
24-Jan-1915 |
16-Jul-1991 |
Abstract expressionist |
| Arthur Murray |
Dancer |
4-Apr-1895 |
3-Mar-1991 |
Founded Arthur Murray dance studios |
| Howard Nemerov |
Poet |
1-Mar-1920 |
5-Jul-1991 |
US Poet Laureate, 1987-88 |
| Sean O'Faolain |
Novelist |
22-Feb-1900 |
20-Apr-1991 |
Come Back to Erin |
| Olav V |
Royalty |
2-Jul-1903 |
17-Jan-1991 |
King of Norway, 1957-91 |
| Joseph Papp |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
31-Oct-1991 |
Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival |
| Joe Pasternak |
Film/TV Producer |
19-Sep-1901 |
13-Sep-1991 |
Destry Rides Again |
| Sylvia Porter |
Columnist |
18-Jun-1913 |
5-Jun-1991 |
Financial columnist |
| Karl L. Rankin |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1898 |
15-Jan-1991 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57 |
| Aldo Ray |
Actor |
25-Sep-1926 |
27-Mar-1991 |
The Green Berets |
| Harry Reasoner |
Journalist |
17-Apr-1923 |
6-Aug-1991 |
60 Minutes |
| J. Leonard Reinsch |
Government |
28-Jun-1908 |
9-May-1991 |
Truman's press secretary |
| Lee Remick |
Actor |
14-Dec-1935 |
2-Jul-1991 |
Days of Wine and Roses |
| Johnny Revolta |
Golf |
5-Apr-1911 |
3-Mar-1991 |
Winner, 1935 PGA Championship |
| Tony Richardson |
Film Director |
5-Jun-1928 |
14-Nov-1991 |
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner |
| Laura Riding |
Poet |
16-Jan-1901 |
2-Sep-1991 |
A Survey of Modernist Poetry |
| Frank Rizzo |
Politician |
23-Oct-1920 |
16-Jul-1991 |
Mayor of Philadelphia, 1972-80 |
| Gene Roddenberry |
Screenwriter |
19-Aug-1921 |
24-Oct-1991 |
Creator of Star Trek |
| Jean Rogers |
Actor |
25-Mar-1916 |
24-Feb-1991 |
Dale Arden in Flash Gordon serials |
| Viviane Romance |
Actor |
4-Jul-1912 |
25-Sep-1991 |
Any Number Can Win |
| James Roosevelt |
Politician |
23-Dec-1907 |
13-Aug-1991 |
Congressman from California, 1955-65 |
| David Ruffin |
Singer |
18-Jan-1941 |
1-Jun-1991 |
The Temptations |
| John Russell |
Actor |
3-Jan-1921 |
19-Jan-1991 |
Lawman |
| Jack Schaefer |
Novelist |
19-Nov-1907 |
24-Jan-1991 |
Shane |
| Natalie Schafer |
Actor |
5-Nov-1900 |
10-Apr-1991 |
Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island |
| James Schuyler |
Poet |
9-Nov-1923 |
12-Apr-1991 |
Freely Espousing |
| Simon Scott |
Actor |
21-Sep-1920 |
11-Dec-1991 |
Arnold Slocum on Trapper John, M.D. |
| Rudolf Serkin |
Pianist |
28-Mar-1903 |
8-May-1991 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
| Dr. Seuss |
Author |
2-Mar-1904 |
24-Sep-1991 |
The Cat in the Hat |
| George Sherman |
Film Director |
14-Jul-1908 |
15-Mar-1991 |
Against All Flags |
| Don Siegel |
Film Director |
26-Oct-1912 |
20-Apr-1991 |
Dirty Harry |
| Isaac Bashevis Singer |
Author |
14-Jul-1904 |
24-Jul-1991 |
Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy |
| Benjamin A. Smith II |
Politician |
16-Mar-1916 |
6-Sep-1991 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1960-62 |
| Harry Smith |
Musicologist |
29-May-1923 |
26-Nov-1991 |
Anthology of American Folk Music |
| Richard A. Snelling |
Politician |
18-Feb-1927 |
14-Aug-1991 |
Twice Governor of Vermont |
| Richard Speck |
Criminal |
6-Dec-1941 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Killed eight student nurses |
| Harley O. Staggers, Sr. |
Politician |
3-Aug-1907 |
20-Aug-1991 |
Congressman from West Virginia, 1949-81 |
| George J. Stigler |
Economist |
17-Jan-1911 |
1-Dec-1991 |
Economic Theory of Regulation |
| Richard Stone |
Economist |
30-Aug-1913 |
6-Dec-1991 |
National Income and Expenditure |
| June Storey |
Actor |
20-Apr-1918 |
18-Dec-1991 |
In Old Chicago |
| Harold R. Swearer |
Educator |
13-Oct-1932 |
19-Oct-1991 |
President of Brown University, 1977-88 |
| Rufino Tamayo |
Painter |
c. 1900 |
24-Jun-1991 |
Dos Personajes Atacados por Perros |
| Danny Thomas |
Actor |
6-Jan-1914 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Make Room For Daddy |
| Richard Thorpe |
Film Director |
24-Feb-1896 |
1-May-1991 |
Jailhouse Rock |
| Johnny Thunders |
Guitarist |
15-Jul-1952 |
23-Apr-1991 |
New York Dolls guitarist |
| Gene Tierney |
Actor |
19-Nov-1920 |
6-Nov-1991 |
Laura |
| Tom of Finland |
Artist |
8-May-1920 |
7-Nov-1991 |
Beefcake fetish artist |
| Regis Toomey |
Actor |
13-Aug-1898 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Burke's Law |
| John Tower |
Politician |
25-Sep-1925 |
5-Apr-1991 |
US Senator from Texas, 1961-85 |
| Tom Tryon |
Novelist |
14-Jan-1926 |
4-Sep-1991 |
The Other |
| Roger Tubby |
Government |
30-Dec-1910 |
14-Jan-1991 |
Truman's press secretary |
| Gregory Vlastos |
Philosopher |
27-Jul-1907 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Influential scholar of ancient philosophy |
| Robert F. Wagner, Jr. |
Politician |
20-Apr-1910 |
12-Feb-1991 |
Mayor of New York City, 1954-65 |
| John War Eagle |
Actor |
8-Jun-1901 |
7-Feb-1991 |
The Man from Laramie |
| Roy Welensky |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1907 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63 |
| Dottie West |
Country Musician |
11-Oct-1932 |
4-Sep-1991 |
Country Sunshine |
| Angus Wilson |
Novelist |
11-Aug-1913 |
31-May-1991 |
Hemlock and After |
| Teddy Wilson |
Actor |
10-Dec-1943 |
21-Jul-1991 |
Earl Chambers on That's My Mama |
| Jack Yellen |
Songwriter |
6-Jul-1892 |
17-Apr-1991 |
Happy Days Are Here Again |
| Frank Yerby |
Novelist |
5-Sep-1916 |
29-Nov-1991 |
The Dahomean |
