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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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


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