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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Louisa May Alcott
Author
29-Nov-1832 6-Mar-1888 Little Women
Harry Andrews
Actor
10-Nov-1911 6-Mar-1989 The Agony and the Ecstasy
Jean Baudrillard
Philosopher
29-Jul-1929 6-Mar-2007 Simulacra and Simulation
Francis Beaumont
Playwright
1584 6-Mar-1616 Collaborator with John Fletcher
Cathy Berberian
Singer
4-Jul-1925 6-Mar-1983 Operatic mezzo-soprano
Hans Bethe
Physicist
2-Jul-1906 6-Mar-2005 Atomic scientist
Gutzon Borglum
Sculptor
25-Mar-1867 6-Mar-1941 Mount Rushmore
Jim Bowie
Military
10-Apr-1796 6-Mar-1836 Knife fighter, Alamo combatant
Anne Braden
Activist
28-Jul-1924 6-Mar-2006 Southern Civil Rights Activist
Pearl S. Buck
Author
26-Jun-1892 6-Mar-1973 The Good Earth
David Buick
Engineer
17-Sep-1854 6-Mar-1929 Designed the first Buick motorcars
Elihu Burritt
Activist
8-Dec-1810 6-Mar-1879 Organized Friends of Peace
Adolph Caesar
Actor
5-Dec-1933 6-Mar-1986 A Soldier's Story
Felice Cavallotti
Politician
6-Oct-1842 6-Mar-1898 Italian radical politician
Anton J. Cermak
Politician
9-May-1873 6-Mar-1933 Mayor of Chicago, assassinated in office
John Colicos
Actor
10-Dec-1928 6-Mar-2000 Anne of the Thousand Days
Davy Crockett
Military
17-Aug-1786 6-Mar-1836 King of the Wild Frontier
Gottlieb Daimler
Engineer
17-Mar-1834 6-Mar-1900 Invented the motorcycle
Frances Dee
Actor
26-Nov-1907 6-Mar-2004 Finishing School
Margaret Dumont
Actor
20-Oct-1882 6-Mar-1965 Foil to the Marx Brothers
Gabriel Duvall
Judge
6-Dec-1752 6-Mar-1844 US Supreme Court Justice, 1811-34
Nelson Eddy
Singer
29-Jun-1901 6-Mar-1967 Phantom of the Opera
Lowell Fulson
Musician
31-Mar-1921 6-Mar-1999 West Coast blues guitarist and bandleader
Ed Furgol
Golf
22-Mar-1917 6-Mar-1997 Winner, 1954 US Open
Ernest Gallo
Business
18-Mar-1909 6-Mar-2007 Billionaire winemaker
Herbert Gladstone
Politician
18-Feb-1854 6-Mar-1930 UK Home Secretary, 1905-10
Bruce J. Graham
Architect
1-Dec-1925 6-Mar-2010 Architect of the Sears Tower
Joseph F. Guffey
Politician
29-Dec-1870 6-Mar-1959 US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1935-47
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Judge
8-Mar-1841 6-Mar-1935 US Supreme Court Justice, 1902-32
William Hopper
Actor
26-Jan-1915 6-Mar-1970 Paul Drake on Perry Mason
William Temple Hornaday
Activist
1-Dec-1854 6-Mar-1937 Defender of the American bison
Cheddi Jagan
Head of State
22-Mar-1918 6-Mar-1997 President of Guyana, 1992-97
George Kelly
Psychologist
28-Apr-1905 6-Mar-1967 Personal Construct Theory of personality
Zoltán Kodály
Composer
16-Dec-1882 6-Mar-1967 Psalmus Hungaricus
Mark Linkous
Singer/Songwriter
9-Sep-1962 6-Mar-2010 Sparklehorse
Donald Maclean
Spy
25-May-1913 6-Mar-1983 Spy for Moscow, Cambridge Five
Joseph W. Martin, Jr.
Politician
3-Nov-1884 6-Mar-1968 Congressman from Massachusetts, 1933-67
Melina Mercouri
Actor
18-Oct-1920 6-Mar-1994 Topkapi
Herbert Morrison
Politician
3-Jan-1888 6-Mar-1965 UK Home Secretary, 1940-45
J. J. Newberry
Business
26-Sep-1877 6-Mar-1954 Five-and-dime store magnate
Ivor Novello
Composer
15-Jan-1893 6-Mar-1951 Keep the Home Fires Burning
Georgia O'Keeffe
Painter
15-Nov-1887 6-Mar-1986 American abstract and landscape painter
Paul
Royalty
14-Dec-1901 6-Mar-1964 King of Greece, 1947-64
Donald Payne
Politician
16-Jul-1934 6-Mar-2012 Congressman from New Jersey, 1989-2012
Henry Pelham
Head of State
1696 6-Mar-1754 UK Prime Minister, 1743-54
Thomas C. Platt
Politician
15-Jul-1833 6-Mar-1910 US Senator from New York, 1897-1909
Kirby Puckett
Baseball
14-Mar-1960 6-Mar-2006 Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer
Francis Pym
Politician
13-Feb-1922 6-Mar-2008 UK Foreign Secretary, 1982-83
William F. Raborn
Government
8-Jun-1905 6-Mar-1990 CIA Director 1965-66
Ayn Rand
Author
2-Feb-1905 6-Mar-1982 Atlas Shrugged
Dana Reeve
Activist
17-Mar-1961 6-Mar-2006 Christopher Reeve Foundation
James C. Shannon
Politician
21-Jul-1896 6-Mar-1980 Governor of Connecticut, 1948-49
John Philip Sousa
Composer
6-Nov-1854 6-Mar-1932 Stars and Stripes Forever
Sam Taylor
Film Director
13-Aug-1895 6-Mar-1958 Safety Last!
Alfred von Tirpitz
Military
19-Mar-1849 6-Mar-1930 German admiral, pushed U-boats
Artemus Ward
Columnist
23-Apr-1834 6-Mar-1867 Humorist
Henry Wilcoxon
Actor
8-Sep-1905 6-Mar-1984 Lionheart in Hollywood
William Appleman Williams
Historian
12-Jun-1921 6-Mar-1990 The Tragedy of American Diplomacy
Teresa Wright
Actor
27-Oct-1918 6-Mar-2005 Shadow of a Doubt
Edward Zorinsky
Politician
11-Nov-1928 6-Mar-1987 US Senator from Nebraska, 1976-87




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