| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| George Allen |
Politician |
8-Mar-1952 |
|
US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07 |
| June Allyson |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
8-Jul-2006 |
Two Girls and a Sailor |
| Lawrence Alma-Tadema |
Painter |
8-Jan-1836 |
25-Jun-1912 |
Classicist painter |
| Reiko Aylesworth |
Actor |
9-Dec-1972 |
|
Michelle Dessler on 24 |
| Robert T. Bakker |
Paleontologist |
1945 |
|
The Dinosaur Heresies |
| Arnold Bax |
Composer |
8-Nov-1883 |
3-Oct-1953 |
Symphonist, Tone Poet |
| Daniel Bernoulli |
Mathematician |
8-Feb-1700 |
27-Mar-1782 |
Fluid dynamics |
| Johann Bernoulli |
Mathematician |
27-Jul-1667 |
1-Jan-1748 |
L'Hôpital's rule |
| John Betjeman |
Poet |
28-Aug-1906 |
19-May-1984 |
Summoned By Bells |
| George David Birkhoff |
Mathematician |
21-Mar-1884 |
12-Nov-1944 |
Modern theory of dynamical systems |
| Nicolaas Bloembergen |
Physicist |
11-Mar-1920 |
|
Nonlinear optics |
| Moon Bloodgood |
Actor |
20-Sep-1975 |
|
Eight Below |
| Dirk Bogarde |
Actor |
28-Mar-1921 |
8-May-1999 |
A Bridge Too Far |
| Bart Jan Bok |
Astronomer |
28-Apr-1906 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Bok globules |
| Edward Bok |
Author |
9-Oct-1863 |
9-Jan-1930 |
Editor of Ladies' Home Journal |
| Paul D. Boyer |
Chemist |
31-Jul-1918 |
|
ATP process |
| Michelle Branch |
Singer/Songwriter |
2-Jul-1983 |
|
Are You Happy Now? |
| Neville Brand |
Actor |
13-Aug-1920 |
16-Apr-1992 |
Birdman of Alcatraz |
| Marlon Brando |
Actor |
3-Apr-1924 |
1-Jul-2004 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Dirk Brouwer |
Astronomer |
1-Sep-1902 |
31-Jan-1966 |
Celestial mechanics |
| Hannah Van Buren |
First Lady |
8-Mar-1783 |
5-Feb-1819 |
Wife of US President Martin Van Buren |
| Neve Campbell |
Actor |
3-Oct-1973 |
|
Phantom of the Opera |
| Harold Camping |
Religion |
19-Jul-1921 |
|
Keeps predicting the end of world |
| Kiran Chetry |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1974 |
|
CNN anchor |
| Michael Chong |
Politician |
22-Nov-1971 |
|
Canadian MP, Wellington--Halton Hills |
| André Citroën |
Engineer |
5-Feb-1878 |
3-Jul-1935 |
Europe's Henry Ford |
| De Witt Clinton |
Politician |
2-Mar-1769 |
11-Feb-1828 |
Twice Governor of New York |
| George B. Cortelyou |
Politician |
26-Jul-1862 |
23-Oct-1940 |
US Treasury Secretary, 1907-09 |
| Paul J. Crutzen |
Physicist |
3-Dec-1933 |
|
Ozone depletion |
| David Cubitt |
Actor |
18-Mar-1965 |
|
Det. Lee Scanlon on Medium |
| Ann Curry |
Journalist |
19-Nov-1956 |
|
Dateline NBC Co-Host |
| Lil Dagover |
Actor |
30-Sep-1887 |
24-Jan-1980 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
| Jan de Bont |
Film Director |
22-Oct-1943 |
|
Minority Report |
| Theo de Raadt |
Computer Programmer |
19-May-1968 |
|
Developer of OpenBSD operating system |
| Peter De Vries |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1910 |
28-Sep-1993 |
The Tunnel of Love |
| Peter Debye |
Physicist |
24-Mar-1884 |
2-Nov-1966 |
Studied molecular structure, dipoles |
| Cecil B. DeMille |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1881 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Pioneering film director |
| Kemal Derviş |
Government |
10-Jan-1949 |
|
Head of the UNDP |
| Daniel DeVos |
Business |
c. 1958 |
|
Amway scion |
| Dick DeVos |
Business |
21-Oct-1955 |
|
Amway scion |
| Helen DeVos |
Activist |
c. 1925 |
|
Wife of Amway founder |
| Richard DeVos |
Business |
4-Mar-1926 |
|
Co-Founder of Amway |
| Lenny Dykstra |
Baseball |
10-Feb-1963 |
|
Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder |
| Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
| Charles Fort |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1874 |
3-May-1932 |
Prophet of the Unexplained |
| Ace Frehley |
Guitarist |
27-Apr-1951 |
|
Lead guitarist, KISS |
| Lucretia Garfield |
First Lady |
19-Apr-1832 |
14-Mar-1918 |
Wife of US President James Garfield |
| Janina Gavankar |
Actor |
29-Nov-1980 |
|
Papi on The L Word |
| George Gaynes |
Actor |
16-May-1917 |
|
Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster |
| Andre Geim |
Physicist |
Oct-1958 |
|
Super-thin carbon physics |
| Gina Gershon |
Actor |
10-Jun-1962 |
|
Showgirls |
| Ryan Giggs |
Soccer |
29-Nov-1973 |
|
Manchester United |
| Theo Van Gogh |
Film Director |
23-Jul-1957 |
2-Nov-2004 |
Controversial Director of Submission |
| William C. Gorgas |
Doctor |
3-Oct-1854 |
3-Jul-1920 |
Malaria and yellow fever |
| Mark-Paul Gosselaar |
Actor |
1-Mar-1974 |
|
Zack on Saved by the Bell |
| Mata Hari |
Spy |
7-Aug-1876 |
15-Oct-1917 |
Framed by the Germans |
| Bret Harte |
Author |
25-Aug-1836 |
5-May-1902 |
Master of the western short story |
| Catharina Haynes |
Judge |
9-Nov-1963 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
| Gerard Heineken |
Business |
1841 |
18-Mar-1893 |
Founder of Heineken NV |
| Dudley R. Herschbach |
Chemist |
18-Jun-1932 |
|
Crossed molecular beam experiments |
| Don Ho |
Singer |
13-Aug-1930 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Hawaiian crooner, Tiny Bubbles |
| Pete Hoekstra |
Politician |
30-Oct-1953 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011 |
| Deidre Holland |
Pornstar |
27-Feb-1966 |
|
Shaved and Dangerous |
| Xaviera Hollander |
Author |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
The Happy Hooker |
| Karen Horney |
Psychologist |
16-Sep-1885 |
4-Dec-1952 |
Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy" |
| John Hospers |
Politician |
9-Jun-1918 |
12-Jun-2011 |
First Libertarian presidential candidate |
| Hendrik S. Houthakker |
Economist |
31-Dec-1924 |
15-Apr-2008 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71 |
| Bill Huizenga |
Politician |
31-Jan-1969 |
|
Congressman, Michigan 2nd |
| H. Wayne Huizenga |
Business |
29-Dec-1937 |
|
Waste Management, Blockbuster |
| Joris-Karl Huysmans |
Author |
5-Feb-1848 |
12-May-1907 |
Decadent author, À Rebours |
| Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
Physicist |
21-Sep-1853 |
21-Feb-1926 |
Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity |
| John F. Keane |
Diplomat |
? |
|
US Ambassador to Paraguay, 2003-05 |
| Joyce L. Kennard |
Judge |
6-May-1941 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
| Charles G. Koch |
Philanthropist |
1-Nov-1935 |
|
Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir |
| Fred C. Koch |
Business |
23-Sep-1900 |
Nov-1967 |
Founder, Koch Industries |
| William I. Koch |
Business |
3-May-1940 |
|
Koch Industries |
| Willem Johan Kolff |
Scientist |
14-Feb-1911 |
11-Feb-2009 |
Artificial kidney, artificial heart |
| Kristin Kreuk |
Actor |
30-Dec-1982 |
|
Lana on Smallville |
| Heather Langenkamp |
Actor |
17-Jul-1964 |
|
A Nightmare on Elm Street |
| Jonathan LaPaglia |
Actor |
31-Aug-1969 |
|
Det. Kevin Debreno on The District |
| Henry Demarest Lloyd |
Journalist |
1-May-1847 |
28-Sep-1903 |
Radical reporter |
| Rebecca Loos |
TV Personality |
19-Jun-1977 |
|
Snogged David Beckham |
| Hendrik Lorentz |
Physicist |
18-Jul-1853 |
4-Feb-1928 |
Electrons |
| Louis VI |
Royalty |
1-Dec-1081 |
1-Aug-1137 |
King of France, 1108-37 |
| Willem J. Luyten |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1899 |
21-Nov-1994 |
Stellar mortician |
| Peter Maas |
Author |
27-Jun-1929 |
23-Aug-2001 |
Serpico |
| Clara Maass |
Activist |
28-Jun-1876 |
24-Aug-1901 |
Human experiments with yellow fever |
| Laure Manaudou |
Swimmer |
9-Oct-1986 |
|
French freestyle swimmer |
| Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim |
Politician |
4-Jun-1867 |
28-Jan-1951 |
President of Finland, 1944-46 |
| Matthew Fontaine Maury |
Military |
14-Jan-1806 |
1-Feb-1873 |
Father of modern oceanography |
| Leighton Meester |
Actor |
9-Apr-1986 |
|
Gossip Girl |
| Herman Melville |
Author |
1-Aug-1819 |
28-Sep-1891 |
Moby Dick |
| Piet Mondrian |
Painter |
7-Mar-1872 |
1-Feb-1944 |
Dutch abstract painter |
| Elizabeth Monroe |
First Lady |
30-Jun-1768 |
23-Sep-1830 |
Wife of US President James Monroe |
| David Neeleman |
Business |
16-Oct-1959 |
|
Founder and CEO of JetBlue |
| Ray Noorda |
Business |
19-Jun-1924 |
9-Oct-2006 |
Former CEO of Novell |
| Colonel Tom Parker |
Business |
26-Jun-1909 |
21-Jan-1997 |
Elvis Presley's manager |
| Tony Parker |
Basketball |
17-May-1982 |
|
San Antonio Spurs |
| Gerard Philips |
Business |
9-Oct-1858 |
25-Jan-1942 |
Founder of Philips Electronics |
| David Ricardo |
Economist |
18-Apr-1772 |
11-Sep-1823 |
Principles of Political Economy |
| André Rieu |
Violinist |
1-Oct-1949 |
|
Waltz King of Europe |
| Johnny Ringo |
Criminal |
3-May-1850 |
13-Jul-1882 |
Old West gunslinger |
| Rebecca Romijn |
Model |
6-Nov-1972 |
|
Swimsuit supermodel |
| Linda Ronstadt |
Singer |
15-Jul-1946 |
|
Jerry Brown's former girlfriend |
| Eleanor Roosevelt |
First Lady |
11-Oct-1884 |
7-Nov-1962 |
First Lady under FDR |
| Theodore Roosevelt IV |
Business |
27-Nov-1942 |
|
Lehman Brothers |
| Emmy Rossum |
Actor |
12-Sep-1986 |
|
The Day After Tomorrow |
| Andrea Roth |
Actor |
30-Sep-1967 |
|
Janet Gavin on Rescue Me |
| Marcus Schenkenberg |
Model |
4-Aug-1968 |
|
Male supermodel |
| Maarten Schmidt |
Astronomer |
28-Dec-1929 |
|
Co-Discoverer of quasars |
| Paul Schrader |
Film Director |
22-Jul-1946 |
|
Writer, Taxi Driver |
| Robert Schuller |
Religion |
16-Sep-1926 |
|
World's most upbeat televangelist |
| Philip Schuyler |
Military |
11-Nov-1733 |
18-Nov-1804 |
US Revolutionary War general |
| Jane Seymour |
Actor |
15-Feb-1951 |
|
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman |
| Joe Shuster |
Cartoonist |
10-Jul-1914 |
30-Jul-1992 |
Co-Creator of Superman |
| Jimmy Smits |
Actor |
9-Jul-1955 |
|
L.A. Law |
| Jan Smuts |
Politician |
24-May-1870 |
11-Sep-1950 |
South African Prime Minister |
| Bruce Springsteen |
Musician |
23-Sep-1949 |
|
The Boss |
| Debbie Stoller |
Author |
? |
|
Knitterati, Stitch 'n Bitch |
| Dorothy Stratten |
Actor |
28-Feb-1960 |
14-Aug-1980 |
Actress, centerfold |
| Robert J. Swieringa |
Educator |
c. 1942 |
|
Dean of Johnson School at Cornell |
| Jerald F. ter Horst |
Government |
11-Jul-1922 |
31-Mar-2010 |
Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary |
| Nikolaas Tinbergen |
Zoologist |
15-Apr-1907 |
21-Dec-1988 |
Grand Master of Ethology |
| Jay Van Andel |
Business |
3-Jun-1924 |
7-Dec-2004 |
Amway billionaire |
| Martin Van Buren |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1782 |
24-Jul-1862 |
8th US President, 1837-41 |
| James Van Der Beek |
Actor |
8-Mar-1977 |
|
Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek |
| Simon van der Meer |
Physicist |
24-Nov-1925 |
4-Mar-2011 |
Co-Discovered W and Z particles |
| Laurens van der Post |
Author |
13-Dec-1906 |
15-Dec-1996 |
The Lost World of the Kalahari |
| Willis Van Devanter |
Judge |
17-Apr-1859 |
8-Feb-1941 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1911-37 |
| Dick Van Dyke |
Actor |
13-Dec-1925 |
|
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
| John H. van Vleck |
Physicist |
13-Mar-1899 |
27-Oct-1980 |
Quantum theory of paramagnetism |
| James E. Van Zandt |
Politician |
18-Dec-1898 |
6-Jan-1986 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania |
| Guy Vander Jagt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1931 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93 |
| Cornelius Vanderbilt |
Business |
27-May-1794 |
4-Jan-1877 |
Robber baron, richest man in the United States |
| John Vanderlyn |
Painter |
15-Oct-1776 |
23-Sep-1852 |
American portrait painter |
| Frank VanderSloot |
Business |
14-Aug-1948 |
|
Melaleuca CEO |
| Martinus J.G. Veltman |
Physicist |
27-Jun-1931 |
|
Quantum physicist |
| Jenna von Oy |
Actor |
2-May-1977 |
|
Six LeMeure on Blossom |
| Gijs de Vries |
Politician |
22-Feb-1956 |
|
EU Terrorism czar |
| Roy Welensky |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1907 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63 |
| George Westinghouse |
Inventor |
6-Oct-1846 |
12-Mar-1914 |
Air brake and A/C power |
| Pieter Zeeman |
Physicist |
25-May-1865 |
9-Oct-1943 |
Discovered Zeeman Effect |
| Zendaya |
Actor |
1-Sep-1996 |
|
Rocky Blue on Shake It Up! |
| Frits Zernike |
Physicist |
16-Jul-1888 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Phase-contrast microscope |
