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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
George Abbott
Playwright
25-Jun-1887 31-Jan-1995 Damn Yankees
Kay Aldridge
Actor
9-Jul-1917 12-Jan-1995 Perils of Nyoka
Hannes Alfvén
Physicist
30-May-1908 2-Apr-1995 Renegade Swedish astrophysicist
Walter Allen
Novelist
23-Feb-1911 28-Feb-1995 All in a Lifetime
Kingsley Amis
Novelist
16-Apr-1922 22-Oct-1995 Lucky Jim
Maxene Andrews
Singer
3-Jan-1916 21-Oct-1995 The Andrews Sisters
Christian Anfinsen
Chemist
26-Mar-1916 14-May-1995 Protein structure and folding
Les Aspin
Politician
21-Jul-1938 21-May-1995 US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94
John Atanasoff
Inventor
4-Oct-1903 15-Jun-1995 Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Rick Aviles
Comic
14-Oct-1952 17-Mar-1995 Ghost
Ann Ayars
Actor
23-Jul-1918 27-Feb-1995 The Youngest Profession
Ian Ballantine
Publisher
15-Feb-1916 9-Mar-1995 Paperback magnate
Toni Cade Bambara
Novelist
25-Mar-1939 9-Dec-1995 Gorilla, My Love
Edward Bernays
Business
22-Nov-1891 9-Mar-1995 Propaganda
Earle Birney
Novelist
13-May-1904 3-Sep-1995 Now Is Time
Earl Blackwell
Business
3-May-1913 1-Mar-1995 Celebrity publicist
Vivian Blaine
Actor
21-Nov-1921 9-Dec-1995 Guys and Dolls
Toe Blake
Hockey
21-Aug-1912 17-May-1995 Montreal Canadiens, Hall of Famer
Robert Bolt
Playwright
15-Aug-1924 20-Feb-1995 A Man for All Seasons
Gary Bond
Actor
7-Feb-1940 12-Oct-1995 English theatre actor
Jeremy Brett
Actor
3-Nov-1933 12-Sep-1995 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Paul Brinegar
Actor
19-Dec-1917 27-Mar-1995 Wishbone on Rawhide
Phyllis Brooks
Actor
18-Jul-1915 1-Aug-1995 The Shanghai Gesture
Brigid Brophy
Author
12-Jun-1929 7-Aug-1995 Black Ship to Hell
John Brunner
Author
24-Sep-1934 25-Aug-1995 The Shockwave Rider
Warren Burger
Judge
17-Sep-1907 25-Jun-1995 US Chief Justice, 1969-86
Adolf Butenandt
Chemist
24-Mar-1903 18-Jan-1995 Research in sex hormones
Thomas Dudley Cabot
Business
1-May-1897 8-Jun-1995 CEO of Cabot, 1922-60
Rosalind Cash
Actor
31-Dec-1938 31-Oct-1995 The Omega Man
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Astronomer
19-Oct-1910 21-Aug-1995 Evolutionary stages of stars
Eileen Chang
Author
30-Sep-1920 8-Sep-1995 Lust, Caution
Don Cherry
Jazz Musician
18-Nov-1936 19-Oct-1995 A founder of free-jazz, pocket trumpeter
Stoyan Christowe
Author
1-Sep-1898 28-Dec-1995 Heroes and Assassins
Alonzo Church
Mathematician
14-Jun-1903 11-Aug-1995 Lambda calculus, Church-Turing thesis
Jack Clayton
Film Director
1-Mar-1921 26-Feb-1995 The Great Gatsby
James S. Coleman
Sociologist
12-May-1926 25-Mar-1995 Foundations of Social Theory
John F. Collins
Politician
20-Jul-1919 23-Nov-1995 Mayor of Boston, 1960-68
Elisha Cook, Jr.
Actor
26-Dec-1903 18-May-1995 The Maltese Falcon
Peter Cook
Comic
19-Nov-1937 9-Jan-1995 Bedazzled
Wrong Way Corrigan
Aviator
22-Jan-1907 9-Dec-1995 Flew transatlantic route "by accident"
Aneta Corsaut
Actor
3-Nov-1933 6-Nov-1995 The Andy Griffith Show
Howard Cosell
Sports Journalist
25-Mar-1918 23-Apr-1995 Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator
Gary Crosby
Actor
27-Jun-1933 24-Aug-1995 Son of Bing Crosby
Severn Darden
Actor
9-Nov-1929 27-May-1995 Second City
Robertson Davies
Author
28-Aug-1913 3-Dec-1995 Fifth Business
Morarji Desai
Head of State
29-Feb-1896 10-Apr-1995 Prime Minister of India, 1977-79
Milovan Djilas
Government
12-Jun-1911 20-Apr-1995 Yugoslavian revolutionary
Alec Douglas-Home
Head of State
2-Jul-1903 9-Oct-1995 UK Prime Minister, 1963-64
Angier Biddle Duke
Diplomat
30-Nov-1915 29-Apr-1995 US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68
Stanley Ann Dunham
Relative
29-Nov-1942 7-Nov-1995 Mother of President Barack Obama
Gerald Durrell
Naturalist
7-Jan-1925 30-Jan-1995 My Family and Other Animals
Seymour Durst
Business
c. 1913 19-May-1995 New York real estate mogul
Eazy-E
Rapper
7-Sep-1963 26-Mar-1995 N.W.A. member died of AIDS
John Presper Eckert
Computer Programmer
9-Apr-1919 3-Jun-1995 ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers
Paul Eddington
Actor
18-Jun-1927 4-Nov-1995 Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister
Alfred Eisenstaedt
Photographer
6-Dec-1898 23-Aug-1995 Life magazine photographer
Stanley Elkin
Novelist
11-May-1930 31-May-1995 The Living End
Cy Endfield
Film Director
10-Nov-1914 16-Apr-1995 Zulu
Arthur English
Actor
9-May-1919 16-Apr-1995 Mr. Harman on Are You Being Served?
David Farrar
Actor
21-Aug-1908 31-Aug-1995 Black Narcissus
Robert H. Finch
Government
9-Oct-1925 10-Oct-1995 HEW Secretary, 1969-70
Jack Finney
Novelist
2-Oct-1911 14-Nov-1995 Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Ed Flanders
Actor
29-Dec-1934 22-Feb-1995 Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere
Susan Fleetwood
Actor
21-Sep-1944 29-Sep-1995 The Sacrifice
Art Fleming
Game Show Host
1-May-1924 25-Apr-1995 Original Jeopardy! host
Dan Fortmann
Football
11-Apr-1916 23-May-1995 NFL Hall of Fame Guard
William A. Fowler
Astronomer
9-Aug-1911 14-Mar-1995 Element generation within stars
Melvin Franklin
Singer
12-Oct-1942 23-Feb-1995 Bass vocals for The Temptations
Friz Freleng
Cartoonist
21-Aug-1906 26-May-1995 The Pink Panther
Arturo Frondizi
Head of State
28-Oct-1908 18-Apr-1995 President of Argentina, 1958-62
Takeo Fukuda
Head of State
14-Jan-1905 5-Jul-1995 Prime Minister of Japan, 1976-78
J. William Fulbright
Politician
9-Apr-1905 9-Feb-1995 Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships
Foster Furcolo
Politician
29-Jul-1911 5-Jul-1995 Governor of Massachusetts, 1957-61
Eva Gabor
Actor
11-Feb-1919 4-Jul-1995 Green Acres
Rory Gallagher
Guitarist
2-Mar-1948 14-Jun-1995 Irish blues rock guitarist
Jerry Garcia
Musician
1-Aug-1942 9-Aug-1995 Grateful Dead
Duane Garrett
Radio Personality
19-May-1947 26-Jul-1995 San Francisco radio talk show host
Alexander Godunov
Dancer
28-Nov-1949 18-May-1995 Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer
Dwayne Goettel
Musician
1-Feb-1964 23-Aug-1995 Skinny Puppy, fatal heroin OD
Stephen M. Goldfeld
Economist
9-Aug-1940 25-Aug-1995 Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81
Pancho Gonzales
Tennis
9-May-1928 3-Jul-1995 Winner of 4 Grand Slam titles
Gale Gordon
Actor
20-Feb-1906 30-Jun-1995 The Lucy Show
J. Peter Grace
Business
25-May-1913 19-Apr-1995 W.R. Grace scion
Larry Grayson
Comic
31-Aug-1923 7-Jan-1995 Ooh, shut that door!
Alex Groza
Basketball
7-Oct-1926 21-Jan-1995 Caught in point shaving scandal
Harry Guardino
Actor
23-Dec-1925 17-Jul-1995 Houseboat
Phil Harris
Musician
24-Jun-1904 11-Aug-1995 That's What I Like About the South
Albertis S. Harrison, Jr.
Politician
11-Jan-1907 23-Jan-1995 Governor of Virginia, 1962-66
Kathleen Harrison
Actor
23-Feb-1892 7-Dec-1995 Mrs. Thursday
Tom Helmore
Actor
4-Jan-1904 12-Sep-1995 Vertigo
James Herriot
Novelist
3-Oct-1916 23-Feb-1995 All Creatures Great and Small
Roger W. Heyns
Educator
27-Jan-1918 11-Sep-1995 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1965-71
Patricia Highsmith
Novelist
19-Jan-1921 4-Feb-1995 Strangers on a Train
Larry Hillblom
Business
12-May-1943 21-May-1995 DHL billionaire
Oveta Culp Hobby
Publisher
19-Jan-1905 16-Aug-1995 Houston Post President, 1955-83
Shannon Hoon
Musician
26-Sep-1967 21-Oct-1995 Frontman for Blind Melon
Michael Hordern
Actor
3-Oct-1911 2-May-1995 The Slipper and the Rose
Paul Horgan
Author
1-Aug-1903 8-Mar-1995 Great River: The Rio Grande
Les Horvath
Football
12-Oct-1921 14-Nov-1995 Winner, 1944 Heisman Trophy
John Howard
Actor
14-Apr-1913 19-Feb-1995 Bulldog Drummond
Mary Beth Hughes
Actor
13-Nov-1919 27-Aug-1995 The Ox-Bow Incident
Phyllis Hyman
Singer
6-Jul-1949 30-Jun-1995 Goddess of Love
Burl Ives
Singer
14-Jun-1909 14-Apr-1995 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Wolfman Jack
Radio Personality
21-Jan-1939 1-Jul-1995 Crusty-throated disc jockey
Alaric Jacob
Journalist
8-Jun-1909 26-Jan-1995 A Window in Moscow
Nancy Kelly
Actor
25-Mar-1921 2-Jan-1995 The Bad Seed
Rose Kennedy
Relative
22-Jul-1890 22-Jan-1995 Kennedy Matriarch
Patric Knowles
Actor
11-Nov-1911 23-Dec-1995 The Wolf Man
Alexander Knox
Actor
16-Jan-1907 25-Apr-1995 Wilson
Georges J.F. Köhler
Scientist
17-Apr-1946 1-Mar-1995 Hybridoma technique (monoclonal antibodies)
Ronnie Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 17-Mar-1995 Kray brothers
Maggie Kuhn
Activist
3-Aug-1905 22-Apr-1995 Organizer of the Gray Panthers
William Kunstler
Attorney
7-Jul-1919 4-Sep-1995 Civil rights attorney
Corliss Lamont
Activist
28-Mar-1902 26-Apr-1995 Millionaire socialist
Priscilla Lane
Actor
12-Jun-1915 4-Apr-1995 Saboteur
Emmanuel Levinas
Philosopher
12-Jan-1906 25-Dec-1995 Totality and Infinity
Viveca Lindfors
Actor
29-Dec-1920 25-Oct-1995 Night Unto Night
Cruz Lizárraga
Musician
1-Jul-1918 17-Jun-1995 El Muchacho Alegre
John J. Louis, Jr.
Business
10-Jun-1925 15-Feb-1995 US Ambassador to the UK, 1981-83
Arthur Lubin
Film Director
25-Jul-1898 12-May-1995 Phantom of the Opera
Ida Lupino
Actor
4-Feb-1918 3-Aug-1995 The Man I Love
Jeffrey Lynn
Actor
16-Feb-1909 24-Nov-1995 Home Town Story
George E. MacKinnon
Judge
22-Apr-1906 1-May-1995 DC Appeals Court Judge, 1969-95
Louis Malle
Film Director
30-Oct-1932 23-Nov-1995 Atlantic City
Mickey Mantle
Baseball
20-Oct-1931 13-Aug-1995 Twelve times in the World Series
J. Howard Marshall II
Business
24-Jan-1905 4-Aug-1995 Oilman, married Anna Nicole Smith
Dean Martin
Singer
7-Jun-1917 25-Dec-1995 Member of Rat Pack
Eduardo Mata
Conductor
5-Sep-1942 4-Jan-1995 Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1977-93
Doug McClure
Actor
11-May-1935 5-Feb-1995 Trampas in The Virginian
Butterfly McQueen
Actor
7-Jan-1911 22-Dec-1995 Gone with the Wind
James Edward Meade
Economist
23-Jun-1907 22-Dec-1995 Theory of International Economic Policy
John Megna
Actor
9-Nov-1952 5-Sep-1995 To Kill a Mockingbird
James Merrill
Poet
3-Mar-1926 6-Feb-1995 Nights and Days
May Miller
Playwright
26-Jan-1899 8-Feb-1995 The Bog Guide
Elizabeth Montgomery
Actor
15-Apr-1933 18-May-1995 Samantha on Bewitched
Frederick Mulley
Politician
3-Jul-1918 15-Mar-1995 UK Minister of Defence, 1976-79
Joseph Needham
Historian
9-Dec-1900 24-Mar-1995 Science and Civilization in China
Hugh O'Connor
Actor
7-Apr-1962 28-Mar-1995 Lt. Jamison on In the Heat of the Night
Madalyn Murray O'Hair
Religion
13-Apr-1919 Sep-1995 Atheist spokeswoman
Barney Oliver
Astronomer
27-May-1916 23-Nov-1995 SETI researcher
Gordon Oliver
Actor
27-Apr-1910 26-Jan-1995 The Spiral Staircase
Robert Parrish
Film Director
4-Jan-1916 4-Dec-1995 Casino Royale
Rudolf Peierls
Physicist
5-Jun-1907 19-Sep-1995 Frisch-Peierls Memorandum
Rudy Perpich
Politician
27-Jun-1928 21-Sep-1995 Twice Governor of Minnesota
Frank Perry
Film Director
21-Aug-1930 29-Aug-1995 Mommie Dearest
Fred Perry
Tennis
18-May-1909 2-Feb-1995 Winner of 14 Grand Slam titles
Donald Pleasence
Actor
5-Oct-1919 2-Feb-1995 The Great Escape
Eric Porter
Actor
8-Apr-1928 15-May-1995 The Forsyte Saga
Edgar Prince
Business
3-May-1931 2-Mar-1995 Prince Manufacturing
Yitzhak Rabin
Head of State
1-Mar-1922 4-Nov-1995 Twice Prime Minister of Israel
Orville Redenbacher
Scientist
16-Jul-1907 19-Sep-1995 Popcorn maker
James Reston
Journalist
3-Nov-1909 6-Dec-1995 The New York Times
Charlie Rich
Country Musician
14-Dec-1932 25-Jul-1995 The Silver Fox
Bobby Riggs
Tennis
25-Feb-1918 25-Oct-1995 Winner of 1939 Wimbledon
Ginger Rogers
Dancer
16-Jul-1911 25-Apr-1995 The Gay Divorcee
Roxie Roker
Actor
28-Aug-1929 2-Dec-1995 Helen Willis on The Jeffersons
George W. Romney
Politician
8-Jul-1907 26-Jul-1995 Presidential candidate, admitted brainwashing
Bob Ross
TV Personality
29-Oct-1942 4-Jul-1995 The Joy of Painting
Henry Roth
Author
8-Feb-1906 13-Oct-1995 Call It Sleep
Murray Rothbard
Economist
2-Mar-1926 7-Jan-1995 Anarcho-capitalist
William M. Rountree
Diplomat
28-Mar-1917 1995 US Ambassador to Brazil, 1970-73
Roy Rowland
Film Director
31-Dec-1910 29-Jun-1995 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes
Bill Rowling
Head of State
15-Nov-1927 31-Oct-1995 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75
Max Rudolf
Conductor
15-Jun-1902 28-Feb-1995 Director, Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-71
Jonas Salk
Scientist
28-Oct-1914 23-Jun-1995 Discoverer of the first polio vaccine
May Sarton
Poet
3-May-1912 16-Jul-1995 Plant Dreaming Deep
Pierre Schaeffer
Electronic Musician
14-Aug-1910 19-Aug-1995 Inventor of musique concrète
Selena
Singer
16-Apr-1971 31-Mar-1995 Crossover Tejano music star
Irving Shulman
Author
21-May-1913 23-Mar-1995 The Amboy Dukes
Madge Sinclair
Actor
28-Apr-1938 20-Dec-1995 Nurse Shoop on Trapper John
Nicolas Slonimsky
Musicologist
27-Apr-1894 25-Dec-1995 Preeminent musicologist
John Smith
Actor
6-Mar-1931 25-Jan-1995 Slim Sherman on Laramie
Margaret Chase Smith
Politician
14-Dec-1897 29-May-1995 US Senator from Maine, 1949-73
Terry Southern
Novelist
1-May-1924 29-Oct-1995 Dr. Strangelove
Stephen Spender
Poet
28-Feb-1909 16-Jul-1995 The Destructive Element
Vivian Stanshall
Musician
21-Mar-1943 5-Mar-1995 The Bonzo Dog Band
John C. Stennis
Politician
3-Aug-1901 23-Apr-1995 US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89
Robert Stephens
Actor
14-Jul-1931 12-Nov-1995 The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Grady Sutton
Actor
5-Apr-1906 17-Sep-1995 The Bank Dick
Ted Tetzlaff
Cinematographer
3-Jun-1903 7-Jan-1995 The Window
Genevieve Tobin
Actor
29-Nov-1899 21-Jul-1995 One Hour with You
Lana Turner
Actor
8-Feb-1920 29-Jun-1995 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Sheldon B. Vance
Diplomat
18-Jan-1917 12-Nov-1995 US Ambassador to Congo, 1969-74
Junior Walker
Musician
14-Jun-1931 23-Nov-1995 Soul vocalist and sax player
Ernest T. S. Walton
Physicist
6-Oct-1903 25-Jun-1995 Split the atom
Willard Waterman
Actor
29-Aug-1914 2-Feb-1995 The Great Gildersleeve
Harold Watkinson
Politician
25-Jan-1910 19-Dec-1995 UK Minister of Defence, 1959-62
David Wayne
Actor
30-Jan-1914 9-Feb-1995 The Andromeda Strain
Matthew E. Welsh
Politician
15-Sep-1912 28-May-1995 Governor of Indiana, 1961-65
Ronnie White
Singer/Songwriter
5-Apr-1939 26-Aug-1995 The Miracles
Slappy White
Comic
20-Sep-1921 7-Nov-1995 The First Black Vice President
Jamie L. Whitten
Politician
18-Apr-1910 9-Sep-1995 Congressman from Mississippi, 1941-95
Mary Wickes
Actor
13-Jun-1910 22-Oct-1995 Sister Act
Eugene Wigner
Physicist
17-Nov-1902 1-Jan-1995 Law of conservation of parity
Harold Wilson
Head of State
11-Mar-1916 24-May-1995 Two-time Prime Minister of Britain
Arthur Winstead
Politician
6-Jan-1904 14-Mar-1995 Congressman from Mississippi, 1943-65
Jerauld Wright
Military
4-Jun-1898 27-Apr-1995 US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60
Jeff York
Actor
23-Mar-1912 11-Oct-1995 Reno McKee on The Alaskans
Marguerite Young
Author
28-Aug-1908 17-Nov-1995 Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Roger Zelazny
Novelist
13-May-1937 14-Jun-1995 Damnation Alley
Konrad Zuse
Engineer
22-Jun-1910 18-Dec-1995 Built first Turing-complete computer


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