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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Lily Allen
Singer
2-May-1985   Smile
Eva Amurri
Actor
15-Mar-1985   Actress/daughter of Susan Sarandon
Laura Ashley
Fashion Designer
7-Sep-1925 17-Sep-1985 Welsh designer
Reiko Aylesworth
Actor
9-Dec-1972   Michelle Dessler on 24
Shirley Bassey
Singer
8-Jan-1937   Goldfinger
Neville Brand
Actor
13-Aug-1920 16-Apr-1992 Birdman of Alcatraz
Dean Cain
Actor
31-Jul-1966   Superman
W. H. Canaway
Novelist
12-Jun-1925 22-May-1988 Sammy Going South
Gia Carangi
Model
29-Jan-1960 18-Nov-1986 Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS
Nick Carter
Singer
28-Jan-1980   The Backstreet Boys
Camilo José Cela
Author
11-May-1916 17-Jan-2002 Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate
Hillary Clinton
Politician
26-Oct-1947   US Secretary of State
Sacha Baron Cohen
Comic
13-Oct-1971   Boyakasha! Respec
Tom Cruise
Actor
3-Jul-1962   Flamboyant Scientologist
Hugh Cudlipp
Business
28-Aug-1913 17-May-1998 British news magnate
Jack Daniel
Business
5-Sep-1846 10-Oct-1911 Moonshine magnate
John Nelson Darby
Religion
18-Nov-1800 29-Apr-1882 Father of Dispensationalism
Robertson Davies
Author
28-Aug-1913 3-Dec-1995 Fifth Business
John Dee
Mathematician
13-Jul-1527 26-Mar-1609 Mathematician and mystic
Cleveland H. Dodge
Business
1860 1926 Woodrow Wilson's financier and advisor
The Edge
Guitarist
8-Aug-1961   Guitarist for U2
Robert F. Engle III
Economist
10-Nov-1942   Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
Peg Entwistle
Actor
1-Jul-1908 18-Sep-1932 Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign
Bill Evans
Jazz Musician
16-Aug-1929 15-Sep-1980 Jazz pianist
George Everest
Explorer
4-Jul-1790 1-Dec-1866 Namesake of Mt. Everest
Pretty Boy Floyd
Criminal
3-Feb-1904 22-Oct-1934 Bank robber
Llyn Foulkes
Painter
1935   Assemblage artist
Helen Gahagan
Actor
25-Nov-1900 28-Jun-1980 Actress, California Congresswoman
Green Gartside
Musician
22-Jun-1955   Frontman for Scritti Politti
David Lloyd George
Head of State
17-Jan-1863 26-Mar-1945 UK Prime Minister, 1916-22
Peter Greenaway
Film Director
5-Apr-1942   Prospero's Books
William M. Gwin
Politician
9-Oct-1805 3-Sep-1885 US Senator from California
Robert Hamer
Film Director
31-Mar-1911 4-Dec-1963 Kind Hearts and Coronets
Frank Hardy
Novelist
21-Mar-1917 28-Mar-1994 Power Without Glory
Thomas J. Herbert
Politician
28-Oct-1894 26-Oct-1974 Governor of Ohio, 1947-49
Bob Hope
Comic
29-May-1903 27-Jul-2003 Centenarian comic
Mary Hopkin
Singer
5-May-1950   Those Were the Days
Anthony Hopkins
Actor
31-Dec-1937   Hannibal Lecter
Billy Hughes
Head of State
25-Sep-1862 28-Oct-1952 Prime Minister of Australia, 1915-23
Charles Evans Hughes
Politician
11-Apr-1862 27-Aug-1948 US Chief Justice, Presidential Candidate
Dave Hughes
Journalist
c. 1928   Electronic bulletin boards
Howard Hughes
Business
24-Sep-1905 5-Apr-1976 Insane billionaire
E. Howard Hunt
Criminal
9-Oct-1918 23-Jan-2007 Coordinated Watergate break-in
Don Imus
Radio Personality
23-Jul-1940   Imus in the Morning
J. Hughlings Jackson
Doctor
4-Apr-1835 7-Oct-1911 Father of British neurology
Rachel Jackson
First Lady
Jun-1767 22-Dec-1828 Wife of US President Andrew Jackson
Richard D. James
Electronic Musician
18-Aug-1971   Aphex Twin
Thomas Jefferson
Head of State
13-Apr-1743 4-Jul-1826 3rd US President, 1801-09
Mandana Jones
Actor
26-Feb-1967   Nikki Wade on Bad Girls
Rickie Lee Jones
Musician
8-Nov-1954   Chuck E's in Love
Terry Jones
Comic
1-Feb-1942   Monty Python
Tom Jones
Singer
7-Jun-1940   It's Not Unusual
Brian D. Josephson
Physicist
4-Jan-1940   Discovered the Josephson Effect
Eusebio Kino
Religion
10-Aug-1645 15-Mar-1711 Jesuit missionary to Mexico
Samuel P. Langley
Astronomer
22-Aug-1834 2-Feb-1906 Heavier-than-air flying machine
Tommy Lee
Drummer
3-Oct-1962   Mötley Crüe drummer
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
C. S. Lewis
Novelist
29-Nov-1898 22-Nov-1963 Chronicles of Narnia
John L. Lewis
Labor Leader
12-Feb-1880 11-Jun-1969 President, United Mine Workers, 1920-60
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Journalist
1-May-1847 28-Sep-1903 Radical reporter
James Madison
Head of State
16-Mar-1751 28-Jun-1836 4th US President, 1809-17
George William Manby
Inventor
28-Nov-1765 18-Nov-1854 Invented the fire extinguisher
Bradley Manning
Military
17-Dec-1987   Accused of releasing classified documents
Steve Martin
Comic
14-Aug-1945   The Jerk
David O. McKay
Religion
8-Sep-1873 18-Jan-1970 President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70
Anne Morgan
Philanthropist
25-Jul-1873 29-Jan-1952 Friend of the French
Sir Henry Morgan
Military
1635 25-Aug-1688 Knighted pirate of the Caribbean
Henry S. Morgan
Business
24-Oct-1900 8-Feb-1982 Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Business
7-Sep-1867 13-Mar-1943 Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co.
J. Pierpont Morgan
Business
17-Apr-1837 31-Mar-1913 Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Joseph Morgan
Business
4-Jan-1780 23-Jul-1847 Patriarch of the Morgan family of millionaires
Junius Spencer Morgan
Business
14-Apr-1813 8-Apr-1890 J. S. Morgan and Company
Russ Morgan
Musician
29-Apr-1904 8-Aug-1969 Bandleader, arranger and trombonist
Gouverneur Morris
Politician
31-Jan-1752 6-Nov-1816 American financier, Revolutionary politician
Leslie Nielsen
Actor
11-Feb-1926 28-Nov-2010 Airplane!
Robert Dale Owen
Activist
9-Nov-1801 24-Jun-1877 The Wrong of Slavery
Wilfred Owen
Poet
18-Mar-1893 4-Nov-1918 Dulce Et Decorum Est
Lindsay Owen-Jones
Business
17-Mar-1946   CEO of L'Oreal, 1988-2006
William Penn
Government
14-Oct-1644 30-Jul-1718 Founder of Pennsylvania
Michael Peterson
Author
23-Oct-1943   The Staircase
William D. Phillips
Physicist
5-Nov-1948   Trapped atoms with laser light
Marge Piercy
Novelist
31-Mar-1936   Gone to Soldiers
Cecil Powell
Physicist
5-Dec-1903 9-Aug-1969 Discovered the pi-meson
Enoch Powell
Politician
16-Jun-1912 8-Feb-1998 British demagogue
George Read
Government
18-Sep-1733 21-Sep-1798 Signed the US Constitution
Roger Rees
Actor
5-May-1944   Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
H. B. Reese
Business
24-May-1879 16-May-1956 Peanut butter cups
Henry Regnery
Publisher
5-Jan-1912 18-Jun-1996 Regnery Publishing
Matthew Rhys
Actor
4-Nov-1974   Brothers & Sisters
John Rhys-Davies
Actor
5-May-1944   Gimli the dwarf in Lord of the Rings
Charles Stewart Rolls
Business
27-Aug-1877 12-Jul-1910 Co-Founder of Rolls-Royce
Betsy Ross
Business
1-Jan-1752 30-Jan-1836 Legendary American flagmaker
Susan Sarandon
Actor
4-Oct-1946   Louise in Thelma and Louise
Isaac Shelby
Military
11-Dec-1750 18-Jul-1826 Twice Governor of Kentucky
Henry Morton Stanley
Explorer
28-Jan-1841 10-May-1904 Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Frederick Terman
Scientist
7-Jun-1900 19-Dec-1982 Stanford Research Park
Lewis Terman
Psychologist
15-Jan-1877 21-Dec-1956 Intelligence tests
Dylan Thomas
Poet
27-Oct-1914 9-Nov-1953 Most influential Welsh poet
Conway Twitty
Country Musician
1-Sep-1933 5-Jun-1993 It's Only Make Believe
Bonnie Tyler
Singer
8-Jun-1951   Total Eclipse of the Heart
Martha Washington
First Lady
2-Jun-1731 22-May-1802 Wife of US President George Washington
Naomi Watts
Actor
28-Sep-1968   First you see The Ring, then you die
Robert Welch
Activist
1-Dec-1899 6-Jan-1985 Founder, John Birch Society
Andy Williams
Singer
3-Dec-1927   Moon River
Edward Bennett Williams
Attorney
31-May-1920 13-Aug-1988 Washington Superlawyer
Rowan Williams
Religion
14-Jun-1950   Archbishop of Canterbury
Treat Williams
Actor
1-Dec-1951   Prince of the City
Ellen Wilson
First Lady
15-May-1860 6-Aug-1914 First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson
Frank Lloyd Wright
Architect
8-Jun-1867 9-Apr-1959 Fallingwater
Elihu Yale
Philanthropist
5-Apr-1649 8-Jul-1721 Namesake of Yale University
Linus Yale, Jr.
Inventor
14-Apr-1821 24-Dec-1868 Pin tumbler locks
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Actor
25-Sep-1969   Traffic




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