| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Jessica Alba |
Actor |
28-Apr-1981 |
|
Dark Angel |
| Horatio Alger |
Author |
13-Jan-1832 |
18-Jul-1899 |
Ragged Dick |
| Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
| Chet Atkins |
Guitarist |
20-Jun-1924 |
30-Jun-2001 |
Prominent country picker |
| Amitabh Bachchan |
Actor |
11-Oct-1942 |
|
Top Hindi megastar, Zanjeer |
| David Beckham |
Soccer |
2-May-1975 |
|
Los Angeles Galaxy |
| Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Gene control of HLA antigens |
| Craig Benson |
Politician |
8-Oct-1954 |
|
Governor of New Hampshire, 2003-05 |
| Daniel Bernoulli |
Mathematician |
8-Feb-1700 |
27-Mar-1782 |
Fluid dynamics |
| Valerie Bertinelli |
Actor |
23-Apr-1960 |
|
One Day at a Time |
| Bill Bixby |
Actor |
22-Jan-1934 |
21-Nov-1993 |
David Banner on The Incredible Hulk |
| Harry Blackstone |
Magician |
27-Sep-1885 |
16-Nov-1965 |
Vaudeville illusionist |
| Ludwig Boltzmann |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1844 |
5-Sep-1906 |
Atoms and molecules |
| John Calvin |
Religion |
10-Jul-1509 |
27-May-1564 |
French Protestant Reformation |
| Charlie Chaplin |
Actor |
16-Apr-1889 |
25-Dec-1977 |
Silent film comedian |
| Nikolai Cherkasov |
Actor |
27-Jul-1903 |
14-Sep-1966 |
Aleksandr Nevsky |
| Nick Chinlund |
Actor |
18-Nov-1961 |
|
A Brother's Kiss |
| Christopher J. Christie |
Politician |
6-Sep-1962 |
|
Governor of New Jersey |
| Dorothy Collins |
Singer |
18-Nov-1926 |
21-Jul-1994 |
Your Hit Parade |
| Bert Convy |
Game Show Host |
23-Jul-1933 |
15-Jul-1991 |
Host of Tattletales TV game show |
| Janet Cooke |
Journalist |
23-Jul-1954 |
|
Caught writing fake news |
| Coolio |
Rapper |
1-Aug-1963 |
|
Gangsta's Paradise |
| Stanley Crouch |
Columnist |
14-Dec-1945 |
|
Jazz critic |
| Aleister Crowley |
Religion |
12-Oct-1875 |
1-Dec-1947 |
Wickedest man in the world |
| Tony Curtis |
Actor |
3-Jun-1925 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Charles-François Daubigny |
Painter |
15-Feb-1817 |
19-Feb-1878 |
French painter of landscapes, ducks |
| Buddy DeFranco |
Jazz Musician |
17-Feb-1923 |
|
Jazz clarinetist, led The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
| Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
| Gordon R. Dickson |
Novelist |
1-Nov-1923 |
31-Jan-2001 |
Dorsai |
| Benjamin Disraeli |
Head of State |
21-Dec-1804 |
19-Apr-1881 |
UK Prime Minister, 1874-80 |
| DMX |
Rapper |
18-Dec-1970 |
|
What's My Name? |
| Harold Dow |
Journalist |
28-Sep-1947 |
21-Aug-2010 |
48 Hours |
| Lawrence Eagleburger |
Government |
1-Aug-1930 |
4-Jun-2011 |
US Secretary of State, 1992-93 |
| Augustus Egg |
Painter |
2-May-1816 |
26-Mar-1863 |
Life and Death of Buckingham |
| Brenda Fassie |
Singer |
3-Nov-1964 |
9-May-2004 |
South African pop diva |
| Enzo Ferrari |
Business |
18-Feb-1898 |
14-Aug-1988 |
Legendary automobile maker |
| Betty Friedan |
Activist |
4-Feb-1921 |
4-Feb-2006 |
Rights for women spokesperson |
| Galileo Galilei |
Astronomer |
15-Feb-1564 |
8-Jan-1642 |
Copernican observational astronomer |
| Gerald Gardner |
Religion |
13-Jun-1884 |
12-Feb-1964 |
Founder of Modern Wicca |
| Bob Gibson |
Baseball |
9-Nov-1935 |
|
Two-time Cy Young Award winner |
| Alan Grayson |
Politician |
13-Mar-1958 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 2009-11 |
| Che Guevara |
Activist |
14-Jun-1928 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Revolutionary icon |
| Guru |
Rapper |
17-Jul-1962 |
19-Apr-2010 |
Rapper from Gang Starr |
| Grant Hackett |
Swimmer |
9-May-1980 |
|
Australian distance swimmer |
| Clifford Hansen |
Politician |
16-Oct-1912 |
20-Oct-2009 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78 |
| Tonya Harding |
Figure Skating |
12-Nov-1969 |
|
Figure skater caused Olympic sized scandal |
| Helen Hayes |
Actor |
10-Oct-1900 |
17-Mar-1993 |
First Lady of the Theater |
| Elmer Wayne Henley |
Criminal |
9-May-1956 |
|
Kidnapped, tortured, murdered 27 boys |
| John W. Henry |
Business |
13-Sep-1949 |
|
Majority Owner, Boston Red Sox |
| Peter Higgs |
Physicist |
29-May-1929 |
|
Higgs boson and Higgs field |
| Gordon Hinckley |
Religion |
23-Jun-1910 |
27-Jan-2008 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1995-2008 |
| Duncan Hines |
Business |
26-Mar-1880 |
15-Mar-1959 |
Roadside gourmet |
| John Hodgman |
Author |
3-Jun-1971 |
|
The Areas of My Expertise |
| Abbie Hoffman |
Activist |
30-Nov-1936 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Steal This Book |
| James Holshouser |
Politician |
8-Oct-1934 |
|
Governor of North Carolina, 1973-77 |
| H. Robert Horvitz |
Scientist |
8-May-1947 |
|
Genetic regulation of organ development |
| Louis McHenry Howe |
Government |
14-Jan-1871 |
18-Apr-1936 |
Close advisor to FDR |
| Washington Irving |
Author |
3-Apr-1783 |
28-Nov-1859 |
Legend of Sleepy Hollow |
| Joshua Jackson |
Actor |
11-Jun-1978 |
|
Pacey on Dawson's Creek |
| Shirley Jackson |
Novelist |
14-Dec-1916 |
8-Aug-1965 |
The Lottery |
| Ron Jeremy |
Pornstar |
12-Mar-1953 |
|
The Hedgehog |
| Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
| Brian Jones |
Guitarist |
28-Feb-1942 |
3-Jul-1969 |
Guitarist for the Rolling Stones |
| Jackie Joyner-Kersee |
Track and Field |
3-Mar-1962 |
|
Track and Field medalist |
| Wynonna Judd |
Country Musician |
30-May-1964 |
|
Country music star |
| Raj Kapoor |
Actor |
14-Dec-1924 |
2-Jun-1988 |
Top 20th Century Hindi megastar |
| Alex Kapranos |
Musician |
20-Mar-1972 |
|
Franz Ferdinand frontman |
| Phil Katz |
Computer Programmer |
3-Nov-1962 |
14-Apr-2000 |
Creator of PKZIP |
| Diane Keaton |
Actor |
5-Jan-1946 |
|
Kay in The Godfather films |
| Patrick Joseph Kennedy |
Politician |
14-Jul-1967 |
|
Congressman from Rhode Island, 1995-2011 |
| Tommy Kono |
Sports Figure |
27-Jun-1930 |
|
Weightlifter |
| Ricki Lake |
Talk Show Host |
21-Sep-1968 |
|
Hairspray |
| Edward Lear |
Poet |
12-May-1812 |
29-Jan-1888 |
The Owl and the Pussycat |
| Larry Levan |
Disc Jockey |
20-Jul-1954 |
8-Nov-1992 |
Legendary Disco DJ |
| G. Gordon Liddy |
Government |
30-Nov-1930 |
|
Watergate criminal, talk-show-host |
| John Locke |
Philosopher |
29-Aug-1632 |
28-Oct-1704 |
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding |
| Lindsay Lohan |
Actor |
2-Jul-1986 |
|
Mean Girls |
| Oren E. Long |
Politician |
4-Mar-1889 |
6-May-1965 |
US Senator from Hawaii, 1959-62 |
| Greg Louganis |
Diver |
29-Jan-1960 |
|
Olympic diver, four gold medals |
| Shirley Manson |
Musician |
26-Aug-1966 |
|
Frontwoman for Garbage |
| Megan McArdle |
Blogger |
29-Jan-1973 |
|
Atlantic Monthly blogger |
| Patrick McGoohan |
Actor |
19-Mar-1928 |
13-Jan-2009 |
Number Six on The Prisoner |
| John Milius |
Film Director |
11-Apr-1944 |
|
Conan the Barbarian |
| Hyman Minsky |
Economist |
23-Sep-1919 |
25-Oct-1996 |
Inherently unstable markets |
| David Miscavige |
Religion |
30-Apr-1960 |
|
Leader of the Church of Scientology |
| Robert Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1734 |
7-May-1806 |
Financed the Revolutionary War |
| John E. Moss |
Politician |
13-Apr-1915 |
5-Dec-1997 |
Congressman from California, 1953-78 |
| Marcel Moyse |
Musician |
17-May-1889 |
1-Nov-1984 |
Virtuoso flautist |
| Edvard Munch |
Painter |
12-Dec-1863 |
23-Jan-1944 |
Scream |
| Jan Murray |
Comic |
4-Oct-1916 |
2-Jul-2006 |
Borscht belt comedian, host of Treasure Hunt |
| Jim Nabors |
Actor |
12-Jun-1930 |
|
Gomer Pyle USMC |
| Wayne Newton |
Singer |
3-Apr-1942 |
|
Top Las Vegas act |
| Brigitte Nielsen |
Actor |
15-Jul-1963 |
|
Red Sonja |
| Sean Parker |
Business |
3-Dec-1979 |
|
Napster, Facebook millionaire |
| Johnny Paycheck |
Country Musician |
31-May-1938 |
18-Feb-2003 |
Take This Job and Shove It |
| Pink |
Singer |
8-Sep-1979 |
|
Can't Take Me Home |
| Ellen Pompeo |
Actor |
10-Nov-1969 |
|
Grey's Anatomy |
| Marcel Proust |
Author |
10-Jul-1871 |
18-Nov-1922 |
In Search of Lost Time |
| Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh |
Religion |
11-Dec-1931 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces |
| Randi Rhodes |
Radio Personality |
28-Jan-1959 |
|
Liberal talk show host |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
Head of State |
27-Oct-1858 |
6-Jan-1919 |
26th US President, 1901-09 |
| Marion O. Sandler |
Philanthropist |
17-Oct-1930 |
1-Jun-2012 |
Golden West Financial |
| Olive Schreiner |
Novelist |
24-Mar-1855 |
11-Dec-1920 |
The Story of an African Farm |
| Martin Scorsese |
Film Director |
17-Nov-1942 |
|
Taxi Driver |
| William W. Scranton |
Politician |
19-Jul-1917 |
|
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1963-67 |
| Steven Seagal |
Actor |
10-Apr-1951 |
|
Under Siege |
| Hubert Selby |
Author |
23-Jul-1928 |
26-Apr-2004 |
Requiem for a Dream |
| Paul Shanley |
Religion |
25-Jan-1931 |
|
Molesting priest |
| Sonny Sharrock |
Guitarist |
27-Aug-1940 |
26-May-1994 |
Free jazz guitarist |
| William T. Sherman |
Military |
8-Feb-1820 |
14-Feb-1891 |
Marched to the Sea |
| Elizabeth Short |
Victim |
29-Jul-1924 |
15-Jan-1947 |
The Black Dahlia |
| Richard Simmons |
Fitness Guru |
12-Jul-1948 |
|
Flamboyant weight loss guru |
| Jaime Cardinal Sin |
Religion |
31-Aug-1928 |
21-Jun-2005 |
Former Archbishop of Manila |
| Edna Skinner |
Actor |
23-May-1921 |
8-Aug-2003 |
Kay Addison on Mister Ed |
| Paul Sorvino |
Actor |
13-Apr-1939 |
|
Det. Cerreta on Law & Order |
| James Murray Spangler |
Inventor |
20-Nov-1848 |
22-Jan-1915 |
Invented the upright vacuum cleaner |
| Jamie Lynn Spears |
Actor |
4-Apr-1991 |
|
Sister of Britney Spears |
| Phil Spector |
Music Producer |
26-Dec-1940 |
|
Creator of the Wall of Sound |
| Edwin M. Stanton |
Politician |
19-Dec-1814 |
24-Dec-1869 |
Secretary of War during the Civil War |
| Sharon Stone |
Actor |
10-Mar-1958 |
|
Basic Instinct |
| Lonnie Thompson |
Scientist |
1-Jul-1948 |
|
Paleoclimatologist, glaciologist |
| Roger Y. Tsien |
Scientist |
1-Feb-1952 |
|
Green Fluorescent Protein |
| Ville Valo |
Singer |
22-Nov-1976 |
|
Frontman for Finnish band HIM |
| Martin Van Buren |
Head of State |
5-Dec-1782 |
24-Jul-1862 |
8th US President, 1837-41 |
| Amy Van Dyken |
Swimmer |
15-Feb-1973 |
|
Winner of 6 Olympic gold medals |
| John Vanbrugh |
Playwright |
24-Jan-1664 |
26-Mar-1726 |
The Provok'd Wife |
| C. William Verity |
Government |
26-Jan-1917 |
3-Jan-2007 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89 |
| Antonio Vivaldi |
Composer |
4-Mar-1678 |
28-Jul-1741 |
The Four Seasons |
| Thomas J. Walsh |
Politician |
12-Jun-1859 |
2-Mar-1933 |
US Senator from Montana, 1913-33 |
| Arthur K. Watson |
Business |
23-Apr-1919 |
26-Jul-1974 |
Past President of IBM World Corp. |
| Jack Webb |
Actor |
2-Apr-1920 |
23-Dec-1982 |
Joe Friday in Dragnet |
| John Webb |
Judge |
18-Sep-1926 |
18-Sep-2008 |
NC State Supreme Court Justice, 1986-98 |
| Wellington Webb |
Politician |
17-Feb-1941 |
|
Mayor of Denver, 1991-2003 |
| Vin Weber |
Politician |
24-Jul-1952 |
|
Congressman from Minnesota, 1981-93 |
| Orson Welles |
Actor |
6-May-1915 |
10-Oct-1985 |
Citizen Kane |
| Cornel West |
Activist |
2-Jun-1953 |
|
Prominent blackademic |
| George Whitefield |
Religion |
27-Dec-1714 |
30-Sep-1770 |
Evangelist, early Methodist |
| Alan Young |
Actor |
19-Nov-1919 |
|
Wilbur Post on Mister Ed |
| Philip Zimbardo |
Psychologist |
23-Mar-1933 |
|
1971 Stanford Prison Experiment |
