| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Gamal Abdel-Nasser |
Head of State |
15-Jan-1918 |
28-Sep-1970 |
President of Egypt, 1956-70 |
| Omar Abdel-Rahman |
Criminal |
3-May-1938 |
|
The Blind Sheikh |
| Sami Al-Arian |
Criminal |
14-Jan-1958 |
|
Professor convicted of funding terrorism |
| Yuri Andropov |
Head of State |
14-Jun-1914 |
9-Feb-1984 |
Soviet General Secretary, 1982-84 |
| Piers Anthony |
Novelist |
6-Aug-1934 |
|
Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality |
| Rocky Aoki |
Business |
9-Oct-1938 |
10-Jul-2008 |
Benihana founder |
| Arthur Ashe |
Tennis |
10-Jul-1943 |
6-Feb-1993 |
First black man to win Wimbledon |
| Hoyt Axton |
Country Musician |
25-Mar-1938 |
26-Oct-1999 |
Folk singer, songwriter, composer |
| Ann Ayars |
Actor |
23-Jul-1918 |
27-Feb-1995 |
The Youngest Profession |
| Johann Sebastian Bach |
Composer |
21-Mar-1685 |
28-Jul-1750 |
Baroque composer |
| LaVern Baker |
Singer |
11-Nov-1929 |
10-Mar-1997 |
Jim Dandy |
| Syd Barrett |
Musician |
6-Jan-1946 |
7-Jul-2006 |
Pink Floyd |
| Marion Barry |
Politician |
6-Mar-1936 |
|
Twice Mayor of Washington, DC |
| Richard Bartlett |
Film Director |
8-Nov-1922 |
11-Jun-1994 |
Joe Dakota |
| Warren A. Bechtel |
Business |
12-Sep-1872 |
28-Aug-1933 |
Founder of Bechtel Corporation |
| Menachem Begin |
Head of State |
16-Aug-1913 |
9-Mar-1992 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82 |
| Brendan Behan |
Playwright |
9-Feb-1923 |
20-Mar-1964 |
The Hostage |
| Alexander Graham Bell |
Inventor |
3-Mar-1847 |
2-Aug-1922 |
Inventor of the telephone |
| Jack Benny |
Actor |
14-Feb-1894 |
26-Dec-1974 |
The Jack Benny Show |
| Fred Berry |
Actor |
13-Mar-1951 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Rerun on What's Happening!! |
| Halle Berry |
Actor |
14-Aug-1966 |
|
Monster's Ball |
| Pierre Berton |
Author |
12-Jul-1920 |
30-Nov-2004 |
Canadian writer and TV personality |
| Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
| John G. Brady |
Politician |
25-May-1848 |
17-Dec-1918 |
Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906 |
| Wilford Brimley |
Actor |
27-Sep-1934 |
|
Grandfatherly actor, shill for Oatmeal Industry |
| David Broder |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1929 |
9-Mar-2011 |
Washington Post reporter |
| Robert H. Brooks |
Business |
6-Feb-1937 |
16-Jul-2006 |
Hooters chairman |
| Danny Joe Brown |
Singer/Songwriter |
24-Aug-1951 |
10-Mar-2005 |
Singer for Molly Hatchet |
| James Brown |
Singer |
3-May-1933 |
25-Dec-2006 |
Godfather of Soul |
| Mordecai Brown |
Baseball |
19-Oct-1876 |
14-Feb-1948 |
Three Finger Brown |
| Blanche K. Bruce |
Politician |
1-Mar-1841 |
17-Mar-1898 |
US Senator, former slave |
| William F. Buckley |
Columnist |
24-Nov-1925 |
27-Feb-2008 |
National Review |
| Ralph Bunche |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1904 |
9-Dec-1971 |
UN Mediator in Palestine 1948 |
| Edward Bunker |
Author |
31-Dec-1933 |
19-Jul-2005 |
Animal Factory |
| Delta Burke |
Actor |
30-Jul-1956 |
|
Designing Women |
| Daniel H. Burnham |
Architect |
4-Sep-1846 |
1-Jun-1912 |
Built skyscrapers and planned cities |
| James Cagney |
Actor |
17-Jul-1899 |
30-Mar-1986 |
New York tough guy |
| Rory Calhoun |
Actor |
8-Aug-1922 |
28-Apr-1999 |
Auto thief turned actor |
| Don Callander |
Novelist |
23-Mar-1930 |
26-Jul-2008 |
Pyromancer |
| Nell Carter |
Actor |
13-Sep-1948 |
23-Jan-2003 |
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break |
| Johnny Cash |
Country Musician |
26-Feb-1932 |
12-Sep-2003 |
The Man in Black |
| Mary Cassatt |
Painter |
22-May-1843 |
14-Jun-1926 |
American impressionist, lived in Paris |
| Paul Castellano |
Criminal |
20-Jun-1915 |
16-Dec-1985 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Phoebe Cates |
Actor |
16-Jul-1963 |
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High |
| Paul Cézanne |
Painter |
19-Jan-1839 |
22-Oct-1906 |
Post-Impressionist French painter |
| Wilt Chamberlain |
Basketball |
21-Aug-1936 |
12-Oct-1999 |
Wilt the Stilt |
| Carol Channing |
Singer |
31-Jan-1921 |
|
All-Singing All-Dancing |
| Sylvia Chase |
Journalist |
23-Feb-1938 |
|
Co-Anchor of 20/20 |
| Chemical Ali |
Government |
1941 |
25-Jan-2010 |
Cousin of Saddam Hussein |
| Chiang Ching-Kuo |
Head of State |
27-Apr-1910 |
13-Jan-1988 |
President of Nationalist China, 1978-88 |
| Dick Clark |
TV Personality |
30-Nov-1929 |
18-Apr-2012 |
American Bandstand |
| Bobby Clarke |
Hockey |
13-Aug-1949 |
|
Philadelphia Flyers, 1969-84 |
| Hal Clement |
Novelist |
20-May-1922 |
29-Oct-2003 |
Mission of Gravity |
| Ty Cobb |
Baseball |
18-Dec-1886 |
17-Jul-1961 |
Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter |
| Lansana Conté |
Head of State |
c. 1934 |
22-Dec-2008 |
President of Guinea, 1984-2008 |
| Brian Cox |
Actor |
1-Jun-1946 |
|
The original Hannibal Lecter |
| Bettino Craxi |
Head of State |
24-Feb-1934 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87 |
| David Crosby |
Musician |
14-Aug-1941 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
| Marvin Davis |
Business |
31-Aug-1925 |
25-Sep-2004 |
Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox |
| Miles Davis |
Jazz Musician |
26-May-1926 |
28-Sep-1991 |
Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue |
| Paula Deen |
Chef |
19-Jan-1947 |
|
Paula's Home Cooking |
| John Dehner |
Actor |
23-Nov-1915 |
4-Feb-1992 |
Carousel |
| Charles Demuth |
Painter |
8-Nov-1883 |
23-Oct-1935 |
I Saw the Figure Five in Gold |
| Vernon Dent |
Actor |
16-Feb-1895 |
5-Nov-1963 |
Frequent foil to The Three Stooges |
| Richard DeVos |
Business |
4-Mar-1926 |
|
Co-Founder of Amway |
| Bo Diddley |
Guitarist |
30-Dec-1928 |
2-Jun-2008 |
Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist |
| Eric Dolphy |
Jazz Musician |
20-Jun-1928 |
29-Jun-1964 |
Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist |
| James Doohan |
Actor |
3-Mar-1920 |
20-Jul-2005 |
Scotty on Star Trek |
| François Duvalier |
Head of State |
14-Apr-1907 |
21-Apr-1971 |
Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti |
| Paul Eddington |
Actor |
18-Jun-1927 |
4-Nov-1995 |
Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister |
| Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
| Richard J. Egan |
Business |
28-Feb-1936 |
28-Aug-2009 |
Co-Founder, EMC Corporation |
| John Ehrlichman |
Government |
20-Mar-1925 |
14-Feb-1999 |
Watergate criminal, served time |
| Dale Evans |
Country Musician |
31-Oct-1912 |
7-Feb-2001 |
Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers |
| King Fahd |
Royalty |
1923 |
1-Aug-2005 |
King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005 |
| Shepard Fairey |
Artist |
15-Feb-1970 |
|
Andre the Giant Has A Posse |
| John Fante |
Author |
8-Apr-1909 |
8-May-1983 |
Bukowski's idol |
| José Feliciano |
Singer |
10-Sep-1945 |
|
Feliz Navidad |
| Freddy Fender |
Musician |
4-Jun-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Before the Next Teardrop Falls |
| Totie Fields |
Comic |
7-May-1930 |
2-Aug-1978 |
Weight-conscious comedienne |
| Jon Finch |
Actor |
2-Mar-1941 |
|
Frenzy |
| Ella Fitzgerald |
Singer |
25-Apr-1917 |
15-Jun-1996 |
The First Lady of Jazz |
| Mick Fleetwood |
Musician |
24-Jun-1947 |
|
Fleetwood Mac |
| Martin Fleischmann |
Chemist |
29-Mar-1927 |
3-Aug-2012 |
Cold fusion crank |
| Jay C. Flippen |
Actor |
6-Mar-1899 |
3-Feb-1971 |
The Killing |
| Mary Ford |
Singer |
7-Jul-1924 |
30-Sep-1977 |
Les Paul & Mary Ford |
| Nathan Bedford Forrest |
Military |
13-Jul-1821 |
29-Oct-1877 |
Confederate Cavalry General |
| William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
| Melvin Franklin |
Singer |
12-Oct-1942 |
23-Feb-1995 |
Bass vocals for The Temptations |
| Joe Frazier |
Boxing |
12-Jan-1944 |
7-Nov-2011 |
Smokin' Joe |
| Lucio Fulci |
Film Director |
17-Jun-1927 |
13-Mar-1996 |
The Beyond |
| Stephen Furst |
Actor |
8-May-1955 |
|
Vir on Babylon 5 |
| Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
| Jeff Garlin |
Actor |
5-Jun-1962 |
|
Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm |
| Ghostface Killah |
Rapper |
9-May-1970 |
|
Wu-Tang Clan |
| Kenneth A. Gibson |
Politician |
15-May-1932 |
|
Mayor of Newark, 1970-86 |
| Dizzy Gillespie |
Jazz Musician |
21-Oct-1917 |
7-Jan-1993 |
Be-bop jazz trumpeter |
| Allen Ginsberg |
Poet |
3-Jun-1926 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Howl! |
| Jackie Gleason |
Actor |
26-Feb-1916 |
24-Jun-1987 |
Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners |
| Amon Goeth |
Criminal |
12-Nov-1908 |
13-Sep-1946 |
Ran concentration camp at Plaszow |
| Al Goldstein |
Business |
10-Jan-1936 |
|
Founder of Screw magazine |
| Mikhail Gorbachev |
Head of State |
2-Mar-1931 |
|
Final leader of the Soviet Union |
| Jimmy The Greek |
TV Personality |
9-Sep-1918 |
21-Apr-1996 |
Oddsmaker |
| Sydney Greenstreet |
Actor |
27-Dec-1879 |
18-Jan-1954 |
Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon |
| John Howard Griffin |
Author |
16-Jul-1920 |
9-Sep-1980 |
Black Like Me |
| Buddy Hackett |
Comic |
31-Aug-1924 |
30-Jun-2003 |
Abrasive old school comic |
| Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
| H. Tracy Hall |
Chemist |
20-Oct-1919 |
25-Jul-2008 |
Synthetic diamonds |
| Helene Hanff |
Author |
15-Apr-1916 |
9-Apr-1997 |
84, Charing Cross Road |
| Warren G. Harding |
Head of State |
2-Nov-1865 |
2-Aug-1923 |
29th US President, 1921-23 |
| Don Haskins |
Basketball |
14-Mar-1930 |
7-Sep-2008 |
UTEP Head Basketball Coach, 1961-99 |
| Dennis Hastert |
Politician |
2-Jan-1942 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1999-2006 |
| Hatshepsut |
Royalty |
c. 1502 BC |
c. 1458 BC |
Female Pharaoh of Egypt |
| Lionel Hebert |
Golf |
20-Jan-1928 |
30-Dec-2000 |
Winner, 1957 PGA Championship |
| Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
| Smith Hempstone, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1-Feb-1929 |
19-Nov-2006 |
US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93 |
| Pete Henry |
Football |
31-Oct-1897 |
7-Feb-1952 |
NFL Hall-of-Famer |
| Christopher Hewett |
Actor |
5-Apr-1922 |
3-Aug-2001 |
Mr. Belvedere |
| Dana Hill |
Actor |
6-May-1964 |
15-Jul-1996 |
Audrey Griswold in European Vacation |
| Shirley Horn |
Musician |
1-May-1934 |
20-Oct-2005 |
Here's To Life |
| Mike Huckabee |
Politician |
24-Aug-1955 |
|
Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007 |
| Catfish Hunter |
Baseball |
8-Apr-1946 |
9-Sep-1999 |
Pitched a perfect game in 1968 |
| Samuel P. Huntington |
Author |
18-Apr-1927 |
24-Dec-2008 |
The Clash of Civilizations |
| Oscar Hammerstein I |
Theatre Producer |
8-May-1847 |
1-Aug-1919 |
Olympia Theatre |
| Kim Jong Il |
Head of State |
16-Feb-1941 |
17-Dec-2011 |
Dictator of North Korea, 1994-2011 |
| Guillermo Cabrera Infante |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1929 |
21-Feb-2005 |
Tres Tristes Tigres |
| Charles Ives |
Composer |
20-Oct-1874 |
19-May-1954 |
Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting) |
| Karl Gustav Jacobi |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1804 |
18-Feb-1851 |
Investigated elliptical functions |
| Rick James |
Musician |
1-Feb-1948 |
6-Aug-2004 |
Superfreak |
| Bill Janklow |
Politician |
13-Sep-1939 |
12-Jan-2012 |
Congressman and Governor of South Dakota |
| Waylon Jennings |
Country Musician |
15-Jun-1937 |
13-Feb-2002 |
Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys |
| Richard Jewell |
Victim |
17-Nov-1962 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Innocent security guard blamed for bombing |
| Diamond Jim Brady |
Business |
12-Aug-1856 |
13-Apr-1917 |
Larger-than-life millionaire |
| Daniel Johnston |
Singer/Songwriter |
22-Jan-1961 |
|
Hi How Are You? |
| Nick Jonas |
Musician |
16-Sep-1992 |
|
The Jonas Brothers |
| David Starr Jordan |
Biologist |
19-Jan-1851 |
19-Sep-1931 |
Fishes of North and Middle America |
| Gordon Jump |
Actor |
1-Apr-1932 |
22-Sep-2003 |
Maytag repairman who headed WKRP |
| Nancy Kelly |
Actor |
25-Mar-1921 |
2-Jan-1995 |
The Bad Seed |
| Walt Kelly |
Cartoonist |
25-Aug-1913 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Creator of Pogo |
| Ken Kesey |
Novelist |
17-Sep-1935 |
10-Nov-2001 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest |
| Jack Kevorkian |
Doctor |
26-May-1928 |
3-Jun-2011 |
Euthanasia enthusiast |
| Nikita Khrushchev |
Head of State |
5-Apr-1894 |
11-Sep-1971 |
Deposed leader of the Soviet Union |
| B. B. King |
Musician |
16-Sep-1925 |
|
King of the Blues |
| Billie Jean King |
Tennis |
22-Nov-1943 |
|
Defeated Bobby Riggs in '73 Battle of the Sexes |
| Larry King |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1933 |
|
Larry King Live |
| Mabel King |
Actor |
25-Dec-1932 |
9-Nov-1999 |
What's Happening! |
| Evel Knievel |
Daredevil |
17-Oct-1938 |
30-Nov-2007 |
Daredevil and one-time action figure |
| Stanley Kramer |
Film Director |
29-Sep-1913 |
19-Feb-2001 |
It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World |
| Mario Kreutzberger |
Game Show Host |
28-Dec-1940 |
|
Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante |
| Ray Kroc |
Business |
5-Oct-1902 |
14-Jan-1984 |
McDonald's fast food tycoon |
| Ray Kurzweil |
Inventor |
12-Feb-1948 |
|
Age of Spiritual Machines |
| Patti LaBelle |
Singer |
24-May-1944 |
|
Lady Marmalade |
| Fiorello LaGuardia |
Politician |
11-Dec-1882 |
20-Sep-1947 |
New York City Mayor, 1934-45 |
| Constant Lambert |
Composer |
23-Aug-1905 |
21-Aug-1951 |
Rio Grande |
| Dick Lane |
Football |
16-Apr-1928 |
29-Jan-2002 |
Night Train Lane |
| Rose Wilder Lane |
Author |
5-Dec-1886 |
30-Oct-1968 |
The Discovery of Freedom |
| Rosemary Lane |
Actor |
4-Apr-1914 |
25-Nov-1974 |
Four Daughters |
| David Lange |
Head of State |
4-Aug-1942 |
13-Aug-2005 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1984-89 |
| Samuel W. T. Lanham |
Politician |
4-Jul-1846 |
19-Jul-1908 |
Governor of Texas, 1903-07 |
| Peggy Lee |
Singer |
26-May-1920 |
21-Jan-2002 |
Is That All There Is? |
| Tommy Lee |
Drummer |
3-Oct-1962 |
|
Mötley Crüe drummer |
| Larry Levenson |
Business |
c. 1936 |
23-Jan-1999 |
Founder of Plato's Retreat |
| Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
Muscular Dystrophy Association |
| Lil' Boosie |
Rapper |
14-Nov-1983 |
|
Bad Azz |
| Meat Loaf |
Musician |
27-Sep-1947 |
|
Bat Out of Hell |
| George Lucas |
Film Director |
14-May-1944 |
|
Creator of Star Wars |
| Ricardo Flores Magón |
Anarchist |
16-Sep-1873 |
21-Nov-1922 |
Agitator behind Mexican revolution |
| Winnie Mandela |
Relative |
26-Sep-1936 |
|
Former wife of Nelson Mandela |
| Jerry Mathers |
Actor |
2-Jun-1948 |
|
Beaver in Leave it to Beaver |
| Chris Matthews |
Talk Show Host |
17-Dec-1945 |
|
Hardball with Chris Matthews |
| Drummond Matthews |
Geologist |
5-Feb-1931 |
20-Jul-1997 |
Plate tectonics |
| Curtis Mayfield |
Musician |
3-Jun-1942 |
26-Dec-1999 |
Superfly soundtrack |
| Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy in Gone with the Wind |
| John McKay |
Football |
5-Jul-1923 |
10-Jun-2001 |
USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75 |
| Ruth McKenney |
Author |
18-Nov-1911 |
25-Jul-1972 |
My Sister Eileen |
| Leo McKern |
Actor |
16-Mar-1920 |
23-Jul-2002 |
Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey |
| Edwin M. McMillan |
Physicist |
18-Sep-1907 |
7-Sep-1991 |
Discovered neptunium and plutonium |
| Bret Michaels |
Singer |
15-Mar-1963 |
|
Poison frontman |
| George Mikan |
Basketball |
18-Jun-1924 |
1-Jun-2005 |
Minneapolis Lakers center |
| George R. Minot |
Doctor |
2-Dec-1885 |
25-Feb-1950 |
Liver therapy for pernicious anemia |
| Mary Tyler Moore |
Actor |
29-Dec-1936 |
|
The Mary Tyler Moore Show |
| Rudy Ray Moore |
Actor |
17-Mar-1937 |
19-Oct-2008 |
Dolemite |
| Tracy Morgan |
Actor |
10-Nov-1968 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
| Richard Mulligan |
Actor |
13-Nov-1932 |
26-Sep-2000 |
Burt Campbell in Soap |
| Talbot Mundy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1879 |
5-Aug-1940 |
King of the Khyber Rifles |
| Brittany Murphy |
Actor |
10-Nov-1977 |
20-Dec-2009 |
Clueless |
| Harry Nilsson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jun-1941 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Me and My Arrow |
| Carroll O'Connor |
Actor |
2-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
| Patrice O'Neal |
Comic |
7-Dec-1969 |
29-Nov-2011 |
Mr. P |
| Peter O'Toole |
Actor |
2-Aug-1932 |
|
Lawrence of Arabia |
| John Osborne |
Playwright |
12-Dec-1929 |
24-Dec-1994 |
Look Back in Anger |
| Park Overall |
Actor |
15-Mar-1957 |
|
Empty Nest |
| Gary Owens |
Radio Personality |
10-May-1936 |
|
Radio DJ, announcer for Laugh-In |
| LaWanda Page |
Actor |
19-Oct-1920 |
14-Sep-2002 |
Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son |
| Suzy Parker |
Model |
28-Oct-1932 |
3-May-2003 |
Early supermodel turned actress |
| Tonye Patano |
Actor |
1961 |
|
Heylia James on Weeds |
| Johnny Paycheck |
Country Musician |
31-May-1938 |
18-Feb-2003 |
Take This Job and Shove It |
| Minnie Pearl |
Singer |
25-Oct-1912 |
4-Mar-1996 |
Her hat cost $1.98 |
| David Peaston |
Singer |
13-Mar-1957 |
1-Feb-2012 |
Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right |
| John Peel |
Radio Personality |
30-Aug-1939 |
25-Oct-2004 |
Influential radio presenter |
| Papa Pilgrim |
Criminal |
c. 1941 |
24-May-2008 |
Hillbilly Heaven |
| Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
| Walter Piston |
Composer |
20-Jan-1894 |
12-Nov-1976 |
Symphony No. 3 |
| John Popper |
Musician |
29-Mar-1967 |
|
Harmonica player, Blues Traveler |
| Otto Preminger |
Film Director |
5-Dec-1906 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Anatomy of a Murder |
| Elvis Presley |
Singer |
8-Jan-1935 |
16-Aug-1977 |
Rock and roll icon |
| Giacomo Puccini |
Composer |
22-Dec-1858 |
29-Nov-1924 |
Madame Butterfly |
| Mario Puzo |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1920 |
2-Jul-1999 |
The Godfather |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Della Reese |
Musician |
6-Jul-1931 |
|
Touched by an Angel |
| Anne Rice |
Novelist |
4-Oct-1941 |
|
Vampire novelist |
| Zoogz Rift |
Musician |
10-Jul-1953 |
22-Mar-2011 |
Island of Living Puke |
| Irv Robbins |
Business |
6-Dec-1917 |
5-May-2008 |
Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins |
| Jackie Robinson |
Baseball |
31-Jan-1919 |
24-Oct-1972 |
First negro in the major leagues |
| Sugar Ray Robinson |
Boxing |
3-May-1921 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Welterweight and Middleweight champ |
| The Rock |
Actor |
2-May-1972 |
|
Yeah, yeah -- we smell it |
| Buddy Roemer |
Politician |
4-Oct-1943 |
|
Governor of Louisiana, 1988-92 |
| Esther Rolle |
Actor |
8-Nov-1920 |
17-Nov-1998 |
Florida Evans on Good Times |
| Judith Rossner |
Novelist |
31-Mar-1935 |
9-Aug-2005 |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
| Dan Rowan |
Comic |
22-Jul-1922 |
22-Sep-1987 |
Laugh-In |
| Muriel Rukeyser |
Poet |
15-Dec-1913 |
12-Feb-1980 |
The Book of the Dead |
| Anwar Sadat |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1918 |
6-Oct-1981 |
President of Egypt, 1970-81 |
| Ron Santo |
Baseball |
25-Feb-1940 |
2-Dec-2010 |
Third baseman, Chicago Cubs |
| Maximilian Schell |
Actor |
8-Dec-1930 |
|
Judgment at Nuremberg |
| Bo Schembechler |
Football |
1-Apr-1929 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89 |
| Bob Schieffer |
Journalist |
25-Feb-1937 |
|
Face the Nation moderator |
| Alex Schoenbaum |
Business |
8-Aug-1915 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Founder, Shoney's |
| Avery Schreiber |
Comic |
9-Apr-1935 |
7-Jan-2002 |
Burns and Schreiber |
| Charles M. Schwab |
Business |
18-Feb-1862 |
19-Sep-1939 |
Founder of Bethlehem Steel |
| George C. Scott |
Actor |
18-Oct-1927 |
22-Sep-1999 |
Patton |
| Reinhard Selten |
Economist |
5-Oct-1930 |
|
Game theory |
| Artie Shaw |
Musician |
23-May-1910 |
30-Dec-2004 |
Clarinetist, big band leader |
| Sherri Shepherd |
Actor |
22-Apr-1967 |
|
Ramona Platt on Less Than Perfect |
| Mikhail Sholokhov |
Author |
24-May-1905 |
21-Feb-1984 |
The Silent Don |
| Norodom Sihanouk |
Royalty |
31-Oct-1922 |
|
King of Cambodia |
| Jaime Cardinal Sin |
Religion |
31-Aug-1928 |
21-Jun-2005 |
Former Archbishop of Manila |
| Joseph J. Sisco |
Diplomat |
31-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2004 |
Kissinger's Mideast Deputy |
| Percy Sledge |
Singer |
25-Nov-1941 |
|
When a Man Loves a Woman |
| Robert Smalls |
Politician |
5-Apr-1839 |
23-Feb-1915 |
Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina |
| Jean Smart |
Actor |
13-Sep-1959 |
|
Charlene on Designing Women |
| David Hyrum Smith |
Relative |
17-Nov-1844 |
29-Aug-1904 |
Son of Joseph Smith |
| Kate Smith |
Singer |
1-May-1907 |
17-Jun-1986 |
God Bless America |
| Duke Snider |
Baseball |
19-Sep-1926 |
27-Feb-2011 |
Dodgers Hall of Famer |
| Sonia Sotomayor |
Judge |
25-Jun-1954 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice |
| Guy Stockwell |
Actor |
16-Nov-1934 |
6-Feb-2002 |
Beau Geste |
| Sharon Stone |
Actor |
10-Mar-1958 |
|
Basic Instinct |
| Hank Stram |
Football |
3-Jan-1923 |
4-Jul-2005 |
Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs |
| Robert S. Strauss |
Diplomat |
19-Oct-1918 |
|
US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92 |
| Elaine Stritch |
Actor |
2-Feb-1925 |
|
Two's Company |
| Jack Tatum |
Football |
18-Nov-1948 |
27-Jul-2010 |
The Assassin |
| Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
| Ross Thatcher |
Politician |
24-May-1917 |
22-Jul-1971 |
Premier of Saskatchewan, 1964-71 |
| Dylan Thomas |
Poet |
27-Oct-1914 |
9-Nov-1953 |
Most influential Welsh poet |
| Tiny Tim |
Musician |
12-Apr-1932 |
30-Nov-1996 |
Tip Toe Thru the Tulips |
| Spencer Tracy |
Actor |
5-Apr-1900 |
10-Jun-1967 |
Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars |
| Joe Trippi |
Activist |
10-Jun-1956 |
|
Democratic campaign strategist |
| Jim Turner |
Actor |
1952 |
|
Kirby on Arli$$, Randee of the Redwoods |
| Boss Tweed |
Politician |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Michael Vale |
TV Personality |
28-Jun-1922 |
24-Dec-2005 |
Time to make the donuts |
| Ismael Valenzuela |
Jockey |
25-Dec-1934 |
2-Sep-2009 |
Winner, 1958 and 1968 Kentucky Derby |
| Dick Van Patten |
Actor |
9-Dec-1928 |
|
Dad on Eight is Enough |
| Luther Vandross |
Singer |
20-Apr-1951 |
1-Jul-2005 |
R&B Singer, Never Too Much |
| Immanuel Velikovsky |
Author |
10-Jun-1895 |
17-Nov-1979 |
Worlds in Collision |
| Jules Verne |
Author |
8-Feb-1828 |
24-Mar-1905 |
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea |
| Bruce Vilanch |
Author |
23-Nov-1948 |
|
The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes |
| Jacques Villeret |
Actor |
6-Feb-1951 |
28-Jan-2005 |
The Dinner Game |
| Silas Warner |
Computer Programmer |
18-Aug-1949 |
26-Feb-2004 |
Castle Wolfenstein |
| Ethel Waters |
Singer |
31-Oct-1896 |
1-Sep-1977 |
Sweet Mama Stringbean |
| Weegee |
Photographer |
12-Jun-1899 |
26-Dec-1968 |
Crime photographer |
| David Wells |
Baseball |
20-May-1963 |
|
MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not |
| H. G. Wells |
Author |
21-Sep-1866 |
13-Aug-1946 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Mae West |
Actor |
17-Aug-1893 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Go up and see her sometime |
| Paul Weyrich |
Columnist |
7-Oct-1942 |
18-Dec-2008 |
Conservative activist |
| Barry White |
Singer |
12-Sep-1944 |
4-Jul-2003 |
Soulful R&B singer |
| Jack Wild |
Actor |
30-Sep-1952 |
1-Mar-2006 |
Oliver! |
| Laura Ingalls Wilder |
Novelist |
7-Feb-1867 |
10-Feb-1957 |
Little House on the Prairie |
| Vanessa Williams |
Actor |
18-Mar-1963 |
|
First black Miss America |
| Carroll D. Wright |
Sociologist |
25-Jul-1840 |
20-Feb-1909 |
The Industrial Evolution of the United States |
| Jane Wyman |
Actor |
5-Jan-1917 |
10-Sep-2007 |
Falcon Crest |
| Elliott Yamin |
Singer |
20-Jul-1978 |
|
American Idol |
| Neil Young |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Nov-1945 |
|
Harvest |
| Asif Ali Zardari |
Head of State |
22-Jul-1955 |
|
President of Pakistan |
| Zulu |
Actor |
17-Oct-1937 |
3-May-2004 |
Kono on Hawaii 5-O |
