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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Roland Arnall
Business
29-Mar-1939 17-Mar-2008 Ameriquest billionaire
Dan Benishek
Politician
20-Apr-1952   Congressman, Michigan 1st
Turhan Bey
Actor
30-Mar-1922   Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Mika Brzezinski
Journalist
2-May-1967   Co-Host, Morning Joe
Thomas R. Cech
Chemist
8-Dec-1947   Proved enzyme role of RNA
Anton J. Cermak
Politician
9-May-1873 6-Mar-1933 Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office
Christian Doppler
Physicist
29-Nov-1803 17-Mar-1853 Discovered the Doppler Effect
Saul Friedländer
Historian
11-Oct-1932   Holocaust historian
Richard H. Gallagher
Engineer
17-Nov-1927 30-Sep-1997 Finite element method
Kurt Gödel
Mathematician
28-Apr-1906 14-Jan-1978 Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems
Jaroslav Heyrovsky
Chemist
20-Dec-1890 27-Mar-1967 Polarography
Karl Jansky
Astronomer
22-Oct-1905 14-Feb-1950 Radio waves from outer space
Friedrich August Kekulé
Chemist
7-Sep-1829 13-Jul-1896 Theory of chemical structure
Jerome Kern
Composer
27-Jan-1885 12-Nov-1945 Show Boat
Richard Krajicek
Tennis
6-Dec-1971   Winner, 1996 Wimbledon
Patrick Kroupa
Author
20-Jan-1968   Lord Digital of LOD, Mindvox
Juscelino Kubitschek
Head of State
12-Sep-1902 22-Aug-1976 President of Brazil, founder of Brasilia
Karl Malden
Actor
22-Mar-1912 1-Jul-2009 Streets of San Francisco
Gregor Mendel
Scientist
22-Jul-1822 6-Jan-1884 Discovered the laws of inheritance
Stan Musial
Baseball
21-Nov-1920   St. Louis Cardinals
Peter C. Newman
Journalist
10-May-1929   The Canadian Establishment
Ric Ocasek
Musician
23-Mar-1949   Singer for The Cars, producer
Benjamin Orr
Bassist
8-Sep-1947 3-Oct-2000 Bassist for The Cars
Paulina Porizkova
Model
9-Apr-1965   Wife of Ric Ocasek
Mary Lynn Rajskub
Actor
22-Jun-1971   Chloe O'Brian on 24
Leopold Ruzicka
Chemist
13-Sep-1887 26-Sep-1976 Terpenes and hormones
Harold Stassen
Politician
13-Apr-1907 4-Mar-2001 Perennial presidential candidate
Jeanette Sterke
Actor
1934   A Stitch in Time
Jon Voight
Actor
29-Dec-1938   Midnight Cowboy
Cornel Wilde
Actor
13-Oct-1915 16-Oct-1989 A Song to Remember
William Zabka
Actor
20-Oct-1965   Opponent of The Karate Kid


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