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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Richard Adler
Songwriter
3-Aug-1921 21-Jun-2012 Damn Yankees
John Agar
Actor
31-Jan-1921 7-Apr-2002 Sands of Iwo Jima
Gianni Agnelli
Business
12-Mar-1921 24-Jan-2003 President of Fiat, 1966-96
Steve Allen
Talk Show Host
26-Dec-1921 30-Oct-2000 The Tonight Show
James Anderson
Actor
13-Jul-1921 14-Sep-1969 To Kill a Mockingbird
William Robert Anderson
Military
17-Jun-1921 25-Feb-2007 Commander, USS Nautilus
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
21-Oct-1921 23-Sep-2006 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Kenneth J. Arrow
Economist
23-Aug-1921   Social Choice and Individual Values
William Asher
Film Director
8-Aug-1921 16-Jul-2012 Beach Blanket Bingo
Alfred L. Atherton
Diplomat
22-Nov-1921 30-Oct-2002 US Ambassador to Egypt, 1979-83
A. Doak Barnett
Scholar
8-Oct-1921 17-Mar-1999 China on the Eve of Communist Takeover
Patricia Barry
Actor
16-Nov-1921   Character actress
Alfie Bass
Actor
8-Apr-1921 15-Jul-1987 Bootsie and Snudge
Henry Beckman
Actor
26-Nov-1921 17-Jun-2008 Capt. Clancey on Here Come the Brides
Berkley W. Bedell
Politician
5-Mar-1921   Congressman from Iowa, 1975-87
Terrel H. Bell
Educator
11-Nov-1921 22-Jun-1996 US Secretary of Education, 1981-85
Henry Bellmon
Politician
3-Sep-1921 29-Sep-2009 Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
Peter Benenson
Activist
31-Jul-1921 25-Feb-2005 Founder of Amnesty International
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr.
Politician
11-Feb-1921 23-May-2006 US Senator, Treasury Secretary
Francisco Morales Bermúdez
Head of State
4-Oct-1921   President of Peru, 1975-80
Daniel Berrigan
Author
9-May-1921   The Trial of the Catonsville Nine
Angelo Bertelli
Football
18-Jun-1921 26-Jun-1999 Winner, 1943 Heisman Trophy
Carl Betz
Actor
9-Mar-1921 18-Jan-1978 The Donna Reed Show
Joseph Beuys
Artist
12-May-1921 23-Jan-1986 German conceptual artist
Tom Bevill
Politician
27-Mar-1921 28-Mar-2005 Congressman from Alabama, 1967-97
Forrest Bird
Inventor
9-Jun-1921   Bird Universal Medical Respirator
Eli Black
Business
9-Apr-1921 3-Feb-1975 Swan dive onto Park Avenue
Vivian Blaine
Actor
21-Nov-1921 9-Dec-1995 Guys and Dolls
Janet Blair
Actor
23-Apr-1921 19-Feb-2007 Night of the Eagle
Robert O. Blake
Diplomat
7-Apr-1921   US Ambassador to Mali, 1971-73
James Blish
Author
23-May-1921 30-Jul-1975 Cities in Flight
Dirk Bogarde
Actor
28-Mar-1921 8-May-1999 A Bridge Too Far
Emperor Bokassa I
Royalty
22-Feb-1921 3-Nov-1996 Central African Emperor
Murray Bookchin
Philosopher
14-Jan-1921 30-Jul-2006 The Ecology of Freedom
Wayne C. Booth
Critic
22-Feb-1921 10-Oct-2005 The Rhetoric of Fiction
Emilinha Borba
Singer
31-Aug-1921 3-Oct-2005 Queen of Brazilian Radio
H. A. Boucher
Politician
27-Jan-1921 19-Jun-2009 Lt. Governor of Alaska, 1970-74
Katherine Boyd
Business
1-Feb-1921   Interior decorator, GOP activist
Ben Bradlee
Journalist
26-Aug-1921   Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91
Bill Bright
Religion
19-Oct-1921 19-Jul-2003 Campus Crusade for Christ
Charles Bronson
Actor
3-Nov-1921 30-Aug-2003 Death Wish
George Mackay Brown
Poet
17-Oct-1921 13-Apr-1996 Time in a Red Coat
Robert Brown
Actor
23-Jul-1921 11-Nov-2003 Licence to Kill
William B. Buffum
Diplomat
10-Sep-1921 13-Apr-2012 US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1970-74
Acquanetta
Actor
17-Jul-1921 16-Aug-2004 Captive Wild Woman
Harold Butler
Business
16-Jun-1921 9-Jul-1998 Founder of Denny's
Kathleen Byron
Actor
11-Jan-1921 18-Jan-2009 Black Narcissus
Roy Campanella
Baseball
19-Nov-1921 26-Jun-1993 National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955
Harold Camping
Religion
19-Jul-1921   Keeps predicting the end of world
Harry Carey, Jr.
Actor
16-May-1921   The Whales of August
Hayden Carruth
Poet
3-Aug-1921 29-Sep-2008 Brothers, I Loved You All
S. Truett Cathy
Business
14-Mar-1921   Founder and CEO of Chick-fil-A
Gower Champion
Theater Director
22-Jun-1921 25-Aug-1980 Show Boat
Carol Channing
Singer
31-Jan-1921   All-Singing All-Dancing
Donald D. Clancy
Politician
24-Jul-1921 12-Jun-2007 Congressman from Ohio, 1961-77
Jack Clayton
Film Director
1-Mar-1921 26-Feb-1995 The Great Gatsby
Art Clokey
Cartoonist
12-Oct-1921 8-Jan-2010 Creator of Gumby
Samuel T. Cohen
Physicist
25-Jan-1921 28-Nov-2010 Neutron bomb
Charlie Conerly
Football
19-Sep-1921 13-Feb-1996 NY Giants QB, 1948-61
Chuck Connors
Actor
10-Apr-1921 10-Nov-1992 The Rifleman
Silvio O. Conte
Politician
9-Nov-1921 8-Feb-1991 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91
Terence Cardinal Cooke
Religion
1-Mar-1921 6-Oct-1983 Archbishop of New York, 1968-83
Franco Corelli
Singer
8-Apr-1921 29-Oct-2003 Operatic tenor
Harry K. Daghlian
Physicist
4-May-1921 15-Sep-1945 Casualty of the Manhattan Project
Rodney Dangerfield
Comic
22-Nov-1921 5-Oct-2004 Never did get no respect
Hal David
Songwriter
25-May-1921   Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head
Rodger P. Davies
Diplomat
7-May-1921 19-Aug-1974 US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974
Richard Deacon
Actor
14-May-1921 8-Aug-1984 The Dick Van Dyke Show
Gerard Debreu
Economist
4-Jul-1921 31-Dec-2004 Supply and demand theorist
Eldon Dedini
Cartoonist
29-Jun-1921 12-Jan-2006 Playboy, New Yorker cartoonist
Calvert DeForest
Actor
23-Jul-1921 19-Mar-2007 Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman
Patrick Dennis
Novelist
18-May-1921 6-Nov-1976 Auntie Mame
Cortland S. Dietler
Business
19-Sep-1921 10-Jul-2008 CEO of TransMontaigne, 1995-99
Hugh Downs
Journalist
14-Feb-1921   20/20
Alexander Dubcek
Head of State
27-Nov-1921 7-Nov-1992 Leader of Czechoslovakia, 1968-69
Bill Dudley
Football
24-Dec-1921 4-Feb-2010 NFL Hall of Famer
Angelo Dundee
Boxing
30-Aug-1921 1-Feb-2012 Always in Muhammad Ali's corner
Deanna Durbin
Actor
4-Dec-1921   It Started with Eve
Roger Easton
Inventor
30-Apr-1921   Global Positioning System
Richard Egan
Actor
29-Jul-1921 20-Jul-1987 Samuel Clegg on Capitol
Rowland Evans
Columnist
28-Apr-1921 23-Mar-2001 Evans and Novak
Jim Exon
Politician
9-Aug-1921 10-Jun-2005 US Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97
Max Faget
Scientist
26-Aug-1921 9-Oct-2004 Designer of NASA spacecraft
Fernando Fernán-Gómez
Actor
28-Aug-1921 21-Nov-2007 Voyage to Nowhere
Lisa Ferraday
Actor
10-Mar-1921 22-Mar-2004 Rancho Notorious
Jack Fleck
Golf
7-Nov-1921   Winner, 1955 US Open
Betty Friedan
Activist
4-Feb-1921 4-Feb-2006 Rights for women spokesperson
Joe Fulks
Basketball
26-Oct-1921 21-Mar-1976 Scored 63 points in a 1949 NBA game
Lowell Fulson
Musician
31-Mar-1921 6-Mar-1999 West Coast blues guitarist and bandleader
Erroll Garner
Jazz Musician
15-Jun-1921 2-Jan-1977 Misty
Jim Garrison
Attorney
20-Nov-1921 21-Oct-1992 New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination
Daniel Gélin
Actor
19-May-1921 29-Nov-2002 Rendezvous in July
John J. Gilligan
Politician
22-Mar-1921   Governor of Ohio, 1971-75
John Glenn
Astronaut
18-Jul-1921   First American to orbit earth
Otto Graham
Football
6-Dec-1921 17-Dec-2003 NFL Hall of Famer
Wardell Gray
Jazz Musician
13-Feb-1921 25-May-1955 Tenor sax bop-jazzman
David Greene
Film Director
22-Feb-1921 7-Apr-2003 Gray Lady Down
Joan Greenwood
Actor
4-Mar-1921 27-Feb-1987 The Importance of Being Earnest
Hua Guofeng
Head of State
16-Feb-1921 20-Aug-2008 Premier of China, 1976-80
Jess Hahn
Actor
29-Oct-1921 29-Jun-1998 Topkapi
Alan Hale, Jr.
Actor
8-Mar-1921 2-Jan-1990 The Skipper on Gilligan's Island
Barbara Hale
Actor
18-Apr-1921   Della Street on Perry Mason
Alex Haley
Novelist
11-Aug-1921 10-Feb-1992 Roots
Monty Hall
Game Show Host
25-Aug-1921   Let's Make a Deal
Peter Hansen
Actor
5-Dec-1921   Lee Baldwin on General Hospital
Louis Harris
Business
6-Jan-1921   Pollster, Louis Harris and Associates
Wilson Harris
Novelist
4-Mar-1921   Palace of the Peacock
William Harsha, Jr.
Politician
1-Jan-1921 12-Oct-2010 Congressman from Ohio, 1961-81
Howell Heflin
Politician
19-Jun-1921 29-Mar-2005 US Senator from Alabama, 1979-97
Jesse Helms
Politician
18-Oct-1921 4-Jul-2008 US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003
Patricia Highsmith
Novelist
19-Jan-1921 4-Feb-1995 Strangers on a Train
George Roy Hill
Film Director
20-Dec-1921 27-Dec-2002 Slaughterhouse Five
Jerome Hines
Singer
8-Nov-1921 4-Feb-2003 Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera
Judy Holliday
Actor
21-Jun-1921 7-Jun-1965 Born Yesterday
Les Horvath
Football
12-Oct-1921 14-Nov-1995 Winner, 1944 Heisman Trophy
Vernon W. Hughes
Physicist
28-May-1921 25-Mar-2003 Muons
Betty Hutton
Actor
26-Feb-1921 11-Mar-2007 Incendiary Blonde
Al Jaffee
Cartoonist
13-Mar-1921   Invented the Mad fold-in
Clifton James
Actor
29-May-1921   Sheriff J. W. Pepper
David C. Jones
Military
9-Jul-1921   Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82
James Jones
Author
6-Nov-1921 9-May-1977 From Here to Eternity
Chester Kallman
Poet
7-Jan-1921 18-Jan-1975 Librettist, translator
Brian Keith
Actor
14-Nov-1921 24-Jun-1997 Uncle Bill on Family Affair
Nancy Kelly
Actor
25-Mar-1921 2-Jan-1995 The Bad Seed
Ed Kemmer
Actor
29-Oct-1921 9-Nov-2004 Cmdr. Buzz Corry on Space Patrol
Jean Kent
Actor
29-Jun-1921   The Browning Version
Deborah Kerr
Actor
30-Sep-1921 16-Oct-2007 From Here to Eternity
William M. Ketchum
Politician
2-Sep-1921 24-Jun-1978 Congressman from California, 1973-78
Hans Koller
Musician
12-Feb-1921 21-Dec-2003 Austrian saxophone prodigy
Jack Kramer
Tennis
1-Aug-1921 12-Sep-2009 Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles
Juanita M. Kreps
Government
11-Jan-1921 5-Jul-2010 US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79
Nancy Kulp
Actor
28-Aug-1921 3-Feb-1991 Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies
Jake LaMotta
Boxing
10-Jul-1921   Best chin in boxing
Mario Lanza
Singer
31-Jan-1921 7-Oct-1959 Voice of the Century
Stanislaw Lem
Author
12-Sep-1921 27-Mar-2006 Solaris
John P. Lewis
Economist
18-Mar-1921 19-May-2010 Council of Economic Advisers, 1963-64
John Lindsay
Politician
24-Nov-1921 19-Dec-2000 Mayor of New York City, 1966-73
Robert Lipshutz
Government
27-Dec-1921 6-Nov-2010 White House Counsel, 1977-79
Joseph Lowery
Activist
6-Oct-1921   Co-Founder of the SCLC
Bernard Lown
Doctor
7-Jun-1921   Inventor of defibrillator, peace activist
Gordon MacRae
Actor
12-Mar-1921 24-Jan-1986 Oklahoma
Nino Manfredi
Actor
22-Mar-1921 28-May-2004 Bread and Chocolate
Chris Marker
Film Director
29-Jul-1921 29-Jul-2012 La jetée
Giulietta Masina
Actor
22-Feb-1921 23-Mar-1994 La Strada
Bill Mauldin
Cartoonist
29-Oct-1921 22-Jan-2003 WWII cartoonist, Willie and Joe
Marilyn Maxwell
Actor
3-Aug-1921 20-Mar-1972 Stand by for Action
Connie McCready
Politician
21-Aug-1921 22-Dec-2000 Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1979-81
Jim McKay
Sports Journalist
24-Sep-1921 7-Jun-2008 Host of Wide World of Sports
Victor A. McKusick
Scientist
21-Oct-1921 22-Jul-2008 Father of medical genetics
Catherine McLeod
Actor
2-Jul-1921 11-May-1997 I've Always Loved You
Bruce Merrifield
Chemist
15-Jul-1921 14-May-2006 Synthesized polypeptides
Bob Merrill
Songwriter
17-May-1921 17-Feb-1998 How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
Michael
Royalty
25-Oct-1921   King of Romania, 1927-30 and 1940-47
James W. Michaels
Journalist
17-Jun-1921 2-Oct-2007 Longtime Forbes editor
Cary Middlecoff
Golf
6-Jan-1921 1-Sep-1998 Winner of 3 Majors
Yves Montand
Actor
13-Oct-1921 9-Nov-1991 Let's Make Love
Alvy Moore
Actor
5-Dec-1921 4-May-1997 Hank Kimball on Green Acres
Brian Moore
Novelist
25-Aug-1921 10-Jan-1999 The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
Akio Morita
Business
26-Jan-1921 3-Oct-1999 Co-Founder of Sony
F. Bradford Morse
Politician
7-Aug-1921 18-Dec-1994 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72
Farley Mowat
Author
12-May-1921   Never Cry Wolf
Robert Muldoon
Head of State
25-Sep-1921 5-Aug-1992 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1975-84
George Nader
Actor
19-Oct-1921 4-Feb-2002 Robot Monster
Yoichiro Nambu
Physicist
18-Jan-1921   Spontaneous broken symmetry
K. R. Narayanan
Head of State
4-Feb-1921 9-Nov-2005 President of India, 1997-2002
Yitzhak Navon
Head of State
9-Apr-1921   President of Israel, 1978-83
LeRoy Neiman
Painter
8-Jun-1921 20-Jun-2012 Painter of sports scenes
Harold Nicholas
Dancer
27-Mar-1921 3-Jul-2000 Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Actor
23-Dec-1921   Lt. Ed Ryker on The Rookies
Marian P. Opala
Judge
20-Jan-1921 11-Oct-2010 Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1978-2010
Johnny Otis
Musician
28-Dec-1921 17-Jan-2012 Harlem Nocturne
Korla Pandit
Musician
16-Sep-1921 2-Oct-1998 Hynoptic exotic
Joseph Papp
Theater Director
22-Jun-1921 31-Oct-1991 Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival
John Malcolm Patterson
Politician
27-Sep-1921   Governor of Alabama, 1959-63
Muriel Pavlow
Actor
27-Jun-1921   Murder She Said
Leo Penn
Film Director
27-Aug-1921 5-Sep-1998 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Susan Peters
Actor
3-Jul-1921 23-Oct-1952 Random Harvest
Prince Philip
Royalty
10-Jun-1921   Duke of Edinburgh
Tom Poston
Actor
17-Oct-1921 30-Apr-2007 Handyman on Newhart
Antonio Prohias
Artist
17-Jan-1921 24-Feb-1998 Spy vs. Spy
Lucian W. Pye
Scholar
21-Oct-1921 5-Sep-2008 Sinologist
Vera Ralston
Actor
12-Jun-1921 9-Feb-2003 Dakota
Narasimha Rao
Head of State
28-Jun-1921 23-Dec-2004 Prime Minister of India, 1991-96
John Rawls
Philosopher
21-Feb-1921 24-Nov-2002 A Theory of Justice
Satyajit Ray
Film Director
2-May-1921 23-Apr-1992 Pather Panchali
Peggy Rea
Actor
31-Mar-1921 5-Feb-2011 Lulu Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
Nancy Reagan
First Lady
6-Jul-1921   Wife of US President Reagan
Thomas M. Reavley
Judge
21-Jun-1921   5th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1979-90
Alfred Reed
Composer
25-Jan-1921 17-Sep-2005 Russian Christmas Music
Donna Reed
Actor
27-Jan-1921 14-Jan-1986 The Donna Reed Show
John H. Reed
Politician
5-Jan-1921   Governor of Maine, 1959-67
John W. Reynolds
Politician
4-Apr-1921 6-Jan-2002 Governor of Wisconsin, 1963-65
Maurice Richard
Hockey
4-Aug-1921 27-May-2000 NHL Hall of Famer
Edwin Richfield
Actor
11-Sep-1921 2-Aug-1990 Interpol Calling
Nelson Riddle
Composer
1-Jun-1921 6-Oct-1985 Bandleader, orchestral arranger
Sugar Ray Robinson
Boxing
3-May-1921 12-Apr-1989 Welterweight and Middleweight champ
Gene Roddenberry
Screenwriter
19-Aug-1921 24-Oct-1991 Creator of Star Trek
Paul G. Rogers
Politician
4-Jun-1921 13-Oct-2008 Congressman from Florida, 1955-79
William V. Roth, Jr.
Politician
22-Jul-1921 13-Dec-2003 US Senator from Delaware, 1971-2001
Robert Runcie
Religion
2-Oct-1921 11-Jul-2000 Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-91
Jane Russell
Actor
21-Jun-1921 28-Feb-2011 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
John Russell
Actor
3-Jan-1921 19-Jan-1991 Lawman
Lou Saban
Football
13-Oct-1921 29-Mar-2009 Head Coach in AFL, NFL, and NCAA
Andrei Sakharov
Physicist
21-May-1921 14-Dec-1989 Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb
Gene Saks
Theater Director
8-Nov-1921   The Odd Couple
Peter Sallis
Actor
1-Feb-1921   Last of the Summer Wine
Ann Savage
Actor
19-Feb-1921 25-Dec-2008 Detour
William Donald Schaefer
Politician
2-Nov-1921 18-Apr-2011 Governor of Maryland, 1987-95
Paul Schäfer
Criminal
4-Dec-1921 24-Apr-2010 Colonia Dignidad cult leader
Arthur L. Schawlow
Physicist
5-May-1921 28-Apr-1999 Laser spectroscopy
Thomas C. Schelling
Economist
14-Apr-1921   The Strategy of Conflict
Ted Schroeder
Tennis
20-Jul-1921 26-May-2006 Winner of 1949 Wimbledon
Harry Secombe
Actor
8-Sep-1921 11-Apr-2001 Neddie Seagoon on The Goon Show
L. William Seidman
Economist
29-Apr-1921 13-May-2009 CNBC chief commentator
Anabel Shaw
Actor
7-Jun-1921 16-Apr-2010 Gun Crazy
Jean Shepherd
Radio Personality
26-Jul-1921 16-Oct-1999 A Christmas Story
Eunice Kennedy Shriver
Relative
10-Jul-1921 11-Aug-2009 Founder of the Special Olympics
Simone Signoret
Actor
25-Mar-1921 30-Sep-1985 Ship of Fools
John K. Singlaub
Military
10-Jul-1921   US Army general, CIA operative
Edna Skinner
Actor
23-May-1921 8-Aug-2003 Kay Addison on Mister Ed
Alexis Smith
Actor
8-Jun-1921 9-Jun-1993 Here Comes the Groom
Liz Smith
Actor
11-Dec-1921   The Royle Family
James LeVoy Sorenson
Business
30-Jul-1921 20-Jan-2008 Utah billionaire
Warren Spahn
Baseball
23-Apr-1921 24-Nov-2003 Winner of 1957 Cy Young Award
Jock Stallard
Politician
5-Nov-1921 29-Mar-2008 British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83
Jackie Stallone
Relative
29-Nov-1921   Astrologer-Mother of Sylvester Stallone
Jack Steinberger
Physicist
25-May-1921   Researcher of neutrinos
George Stephen
Business
c. 1921 11-Feb-1993 Weber kettle grill
Jan Sterling
Actor
3-Apr-1921 26-Mar-2004 Ace in the Hole
Suharto
Head of State
8-Jun-1921 27-Jan-2008 President of Indonesia, 1967-98
Violette Szabo
Spy
26-Jun-1921 5-Feb-1945 British secret agent, fought with French Resistance
Billy Taylor
Jazz Musician
24-Jul-1921 28-Dec-2010 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Phyllis Thaxter
Actor
20-Nov-1921 14-Aug-2012 The World of Henry Orient
E. Parry Thomas
Business
29-Jun-1921   Bank of Las Vegas
Frank Thornton
Actor
15-Jan-1921   Are You Being Served?
Paul H. Todd, Jr.
Politician
22-Sep-1921 18-Nov-2008 Congressman from Michigan, 1965-67
Howard Unruh
Criminal
21-Jan-1921 19-Oct-2009 Spree killer, 13 dead in 1949
Peter Ustinov
Actor
16-Apr-1921 28-Mar-2004 British stage actor
Jack Valenti
Business
5-Sep-1921 26-Apr-2007 Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA
Alida Valli
Actor
31-May-1921 22-Apr-2006 The Third Man
Mona Van Duyn
Poet
9-May-1921 1-Dec-2004 To See, To Take
Vera-Ellen
Dancer
16-Feb-1921 30-Aug-1981 On the Town
Abe Vigoda
Actor
24-Feb-1921   Fish on Barney Miller (not dead yet)
Barbara F. Vucanovich
Politician
22-Jun-1921   Congresswoman from Nevada, 1983-97
Garry Walberg
Actor
10-Jun-1921 27-Mar-2012 Lt. Frank Monahan on Quincy
Slappy White
Comic
20-Sep-1921 7-Nov-1995 The First Black Vice President
James Whitmore
Actor
1-Oct-1921 6-Feb-2009 Give 'em Hell, Harry!
Richard Wilbur
Poet
1-Mar-1921   Second U.S. Poet Laureate
John S. Wilder
Politician
3-Jun-1921 1-Jan-2010 Lt. Governor of Tennessee, 1971-2007
Geoffrey Wilkinson
Chemist
14-Jul-1921 26-Sep-1996 Organometallic "sandwich" compounds
Esther Williams
Actor
8-Aug-1921   Aquatic thespian of the '40s and '50s
Raymond Williams
Critic
31-Aug-1921 26-Jan-1988 Culture and Society
William Appleman Williams
Historian
12-Jun-1921 6-Mar-1990 The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
Bill Willis
Football
5-Oct-1921 27-Nov-2007 Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer
Elizabeth Wilson
Actor
4-Apr-1921   The Graduate
Sheb Wooley
Actor
10-Apr-1921 17-Sep-2003 The Purple People Eater
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Physicist
19-Jul-1921 30-May-2011 Developed radioimmunoassay technique
Saul Zaentz
Film/TV Producer
28-Feb-1921   One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Marvin Zindler
Journalist
10-Aug-1921 29-Jul-2007 Houston reporter, KTRK-TV




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