| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Douglas Adams |
Author |
11-Mar-1952 |
11-May-2001 |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| Steven Adler |
Drummer |
22-Jan-1965 |
|
Former Guns N' Roses drummer |
| Adrian |
Fashion Designer |
3-Mar-1903 |
13-Sep-1959 |
Head of wardrobe for Cecil B. DeMille |
| Conrad Aiken |
Poet |
5-Aug-1889 |
17-Aug-1973 |
Earth Triumphant |
| Hafez al-Assad |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1930 |
10-Jun-2000 |
President of Syria, 1971-2000 |
| Saul Alinsky |
Activist |
30-Jan-1909 |
12-Jun-1972 |
Rules for Radicals |
| John Anderson |
Country Musician |
13-Dec-1954 |
|
Country music traditionalist |
| Sparky Anderson |
Baseball |
22-Feb-1934 |
4-Nov-2010 |
Reds and Tigers manager |
| Christian Anfinsen |
Chemist |
26-Mar-1916 |
14-May-1995 |
Protein structure and folding |
| Ken Annakin |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1914 |
22-Apr-2009 |
Battle of the Bulge |
| Earl Anthony |
Bowling |
27-Apr-1938 |
14-Aug-2001 |
Professional bowler |
| Benigno Aquino |
Politician |
27-Nov-1932 |
21-Aug-1983 |
Philippine opposition leader |
| Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut |
5-Aug-1930 |
25-Aug-2012 |
First man on the Moon |
| Hap Arnold |
Military |
25-Jun-1886 |
15-Jan-1950 |
Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII |
| Arthur Ashe |
Tennis |
10-Jul-1943 |
6-Feb-1993 |
First black man to win Wimbledon |
| Emmett Ashford |
Baseball |
23-Nov-1914 |
1-Mar-1980 |
Baseball's first black umpire |
| Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
| Robert Atkins |
Doctor |
17-Oct-1930 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Atkins Diet doctor |
| Sergei Averintsev |
Author |
10-Dec-1937 |
21-Feb-2004 |
Myth of the Peoples of the World |
| Julius Axelrod |
Chemist |
30-May-1912 |
29-Dec-2004 |
Research of neurotransmitters |
| Tariq Aziz |
Government |
28-Apr-1936 |
5-Jun-2015 |
Ex-Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister |
| Max Baer |
Boxing |
11-Feb-1909 |
21-Nov-1959 |
Beat Max Schmeling in 1933 |
| John Bardeen |
Physicist |
23-May-1908 |
30-Jan-1991 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| John Perry Barlow |
Activist |
3-Oct-1947 |
|
Co-Founder, EFF |
| Harry Elmer Barnes |
Historian |
15-Jun-1889 |
25-Aug-1968 |
American conspiracy theorist |
| Adriana Barraza |
Actor |
5-Mar-1956 |
|
Babel |
| Joe Barton |
Politician |
15-Sep-1949 |
|
Congressman, Texas 6th |
| Barbara Bel Geddes |
Actor |
31-Oct-1922 |
8-Aug-2005 |
Miss Ellie on Dallas |
| Rex Bell |
Actor |
16-Oct-1903 |
5-Jul-1962 |
Cowboy actor, Nevada politician |
| Vincent Bendix |
Inventor |
12-Aug-1881 |
27-Mar-1945 |
Founder of Bendix Corporation |
| Charles E. Bennett |
Politician |
2-Dec-1910 |
6-Sep-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1949-93 |
| Warren Bennis |
Educator |
8-Mar-1925 |
31-Jul-2014 |
Leaders: The Strategies for Taking Charge |
| Mary McLeod Bethune |
Educator |
10-Jul-1875 |
18-May-1955 |
Black activist and educator |
| Ernest Bevin |
Politician |
9-Mar-1881 |
14-Apr-1951 |
UK Foreign Secretary, 1945-51 |
| Ronnie Biggs |
Criminal |
8-Aug-1929 |
18-Dec-2013 |
UK Great Train Robber |
| Samuel Blanc |
Inventor |
13-Feb-1883 |
20-Dec-1964 |
Founder of Roto-Rooter |
| Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
| Richard Bloch |
Business |
15-Feb-1926 |
21-Jul-2004 |
H&R Block, cancer activist |
| Artur Bodanzky |
Conductor |
16-Dec-1877 |
23-Nov-1939 |
Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39 |
| Jack Bogle |
Business |
8-May-1929 |
|
Founder, The Vanguard Group |
| Nils Bohlin |
Engineer |
17-Jul-1920 |
26-Sep-2002 |
Three-point safety belt |
| David Bohm |
Physicist |
20-Dec-1917 |
29-Oct-1992 |
Particle physicist |
| Joseph Bonanno |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1905 |
12-May-2002 |
Bonanno crime family |
| Satyendra Nath Bose |
Physicist |
1-Jan-1894 |
4-Feb-1974 |
Bose-Einstein condensates |
| Louise Bourgeois |
Sculptor |
25-Dec-1911 |
31-May-2010 |
Crouching Spider |
| David Bowie |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Jan-1947 |
10-Jan-2016 |
Ziggy Stardust |
| Peter Boyle |
Actor |
18-Oct-1935 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Young Frankenstein |
| Louis D. Brandeis |
Judge |
13-Nov-1856 |
5-Oct-1941 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 |
| Styles Bridges |
Politician |
9-Sep-1898 |
26-Nov-1961 |
Governor and Senator from New Hampshire |
| Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate |
| Herbert C. Brown |
Chemist |
22-May-1912 |
19-Dec-2004 |
Discovered organoboranes |
| Ruth Brown |
Singer |
12-Jan-1928 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Miss Rhythm |
| Sylvia Browne |
Paranormal |
19-Oct-1936 |
20-Nov-2013 |
Afraid to accept Randi's $1 million challenge |
| Luther Burbank |
Botanist |
7-Mar-1849 |
11-Apr-1926 |
Botanist and plant breeder |
| Gene Burns |
Radio Personality |
3-Dec-1940 |
25-May-2013 |
KGO-AM evening talk show host |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs |
Novelist |
1-Sep-1875 |
19-Mar-1950 |
Tarzan |
| William S. Burroughs |
Author |
5-Feb-1914 |
2-Aug-1997 |
Naked Lunch |
| Richard G. Butler |
Activist |
23-Feb-1918 |
8-Sep-2004 |
Founder of the Aryan Nations |
| Patrick Califia |
Author |
8-Mar-1954 |
|
FTM transgendered sex writer |
| Melvin Calvin |
Chemist |
8-Apr-1911 |
8-Jan-1997 |
Deciphered photosynthesis |
| Archie Campbell |
Actor |
7-Nov-1914 |
29-Aug-1987 |
Hee Haw |
| Carroll Campbell |
Politician |
24-Jul-1940 |
7-Dec-2005 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1987-95 |
| Henry Campbell-Bannerman |
Head of State |
7-Sep-1836 |
22-Apr-1908 |
UK Prime Minister, 1905-08 |
| Benjamin Cardozo |
Judge |
24-May-1870 |
9-Jul-1938 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1932-38 |
| George Carlin |
Comic |
12-May-1937 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Seven Dirty Words |
| Jack L. Chalker |
Author |
17-Dec-1944 |
11-Feb-2005 |
SF author, wrote Well World series |
| Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
| Albert "Happy" Chandler |
Politician |
14-Jul-1898 |
15-Jun-1991 |
Kentucky Governor, Baseball Commissioner |
| Otis Chandler |
Publisher |
23-Nov-1927 |
27-Feb-2006 |
Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Astronomer |
19-Oct-1910 |
21-Aug-1995 |
Evolutionary stages of stars |
| Harry Chapin |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Dec-1942 |
16-Jul-1981 |
Cat's in the Cradle |
| John Cheever |
Author |
27-May-1912 |
18-Jun-1982 |
The Enormous Radio |
| Dick Cheney |
Politician |
30-Jan-1941 |
|
US Vice President, 2001-09 |
| Dick Clark |
TV Personality |
30-Nov-1929 |
18-Apr-2012 |
American Bandstand |
| Clark Clifford |
Government |
25-Dec-1906 |
10-Oct-1998 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69 |
| Jerry Colonna |
Radio Personality |
17-Sep-1904 |
21-Nov-1986 |
Sidekick of Bob Hope |
| Tony Conigliaro |
Baseball |
7-Jan-1945 |
24-Feb-1990 |
Boston Red Sox |
| Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
| Juan Corona |
Criminal |
1934 |
|
Serial killer serving 25 life sentences |
| Father Charles Coughlin |
Religion |
25-Oct-1891 |
27-Oct-1979 |
Radio opponent of FDR |
| Jacques Cousteau |
Activist |
11-Jun-1910 |
25-Jun-1997 |
Oceanographer, environmentalist |
| Thomas George Cowling |
Mathematician |
17-Jun-1906 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Cowling model |
| Barbara Cubin |
Politician |
30-Nov-1946 |
|
Congresswoman from Wyoming, 1995-2009 |
| Rodney Dangerfield |
Comic |
22-Nov-1921 |
5-Oct-2004 |
Never did get no respect |
| Harry M. Daugherty |
Government |
26-Jan-1860 |
12-Oct-1941 |
US Attorney General, 1921-24 |
| Peter Debye |
Physicist |
24-Mar-1884 |
2-Nov-1966 |
Studied molecular structure, dipoles |
| Ted Demme |
Film Director |
26-Oct-1963 |
13-Jan-2002 |
Blow |
| Gerard Depardieu |
Actor |
27-Dec-1948 |
|
Cyrano de Bergerac |
| Richard DeVos |
Business |
4-Mar-1926 |
|
Co-Founder of Amway |
| Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
| Bo Diddley |
Guitarist |
30-Dec-1928 |
2-Jun-2008 |
Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist |
| Otto Diels |
Chemist |
23-Jan-1876 |
7-Mar-1954 |
Diels-Alder Reaction |
| Martin Dies, Jr. |
Politician |
5-Nov-1900 |
14-Nov-1972 |
Congressman from Texas |
| Sepp Dietrich |
Military |
28-May-1892 |
22-Apr-1966 |
Nazi general, guilty of war crimes |
| David Dinkins |
Politician |
10-Jul-1927 |
|
Mayor of New York City, 1989-93 |
| Mike Ditka |
Football |
18-Oct-1939 |
|
Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92 |
| Thomas J. Dodd |
Politician |
15-May-1907 |
24-May-1971 |
US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71 |
| Eric Dolphy |
Jazz Musician |
20-Jun-1928 |
29-Jun-1964 |
Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist |
| Troy Donahue |
Actor |
27-Jan-1936 |
2-Sep-2001 |
A Summer Place |
| Morton Downey, Jr. |
Talk Show Host |
9-Dec-1933 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Mort the Mouth |
| Michael Clarke Duncan |
Actor |
10-Dec-1957 |
3-Sep-2012 |
The Green Mile |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
| Sergei Eisenstein |
Film Director |
23-Jan-1898 |
11-Feb-1948 |
Alexander Nevsky |
| Hanns Eisler |
Composer |
6-Jul-1898 |
6-Sep-1962 |
German radical composer |
| Roy Eldridge |
Jazz Musician |
30-Jan-1911 |
26-Feb-1989 |
Swing-era jazz trumpeter |
| Stanley Elkin |
Novelist |
11-May-1930 |
31-May-1995 |
The Living End |
| Harlan Ellison |
Author |
27-May-1934 |
|
I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream |
| Zhou Enlai |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1898 |
8-Jan-1976 |
Mao's right-hand man |
| Dennis Erectus |
Radio Personality |
1949 |
13-Jun-2012 |
Early KOME shock jock |
| Jaime Escalante |
Educator |
31-Dec-1930 |
30-Mar-2010 |
Celebrated high school calculus teacher |
| William Faulkner |
Author |
25-Sep-1897 |
6-Jul-1962 |
The Reivers |
| Arthur Fiedler |
Conductor |
17-Dec-1894 |
10-Jul-1979 |
Conductor of the Boston Pops |
| Ranulph Fiennes |
Explorer |
7-Mar-1944 |
|
World explorer |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Author |
24-Sep-1896 |
21-Dec-1940 |
The Great Gatsby |
| James Montgomery Flagg |
Painter |
18-Jun-1877 |
27-May-1960 |
I Want YOU for U.S. Army |
| Alexander Fleming |
Scientist |
6-Aug-1881 |
11-Mar-1955 |
Discovered penicillin |
| Ian Fleming |
Novelist |
28-May-1908 |
12-Aug-1964 |
Author of the James Bond series |
| Paul J. Flory |
Chemist |
19-Jun-1910 |
9-Sep-1985 |
Studied polymers |
| James Franck |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1882 |
21-May-1964 |
Franck-Hertz experiment |
| William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
| R. Buckminster Fuller |
Architect |
12-Jul-1895 |
1-Jul-1983 |
Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| Gallagher |
Comic |
24-Jul-1947 |
|
Watermelon's natural enemy |
| John Garfield |
Actor |
4-Mar-1913 |
21-May-1952 |
Gentleman's Agreement |
| Roswell Garst |
Agriculturalist |
14-Jun-1898 |
5-Nov-1977 |
Hybrid corn farmer, amateur diplomat |
| Green Gartside |
Musician |
22-Jun-1955 |
|
Frontman for Scritti Politti |
| Michael Gerson |
Politician |
1965 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
| Maurice Gibb |
Bassist |
22-Dec-1949 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees |
| John H. Gibbon, Jr. |
Doctor |
29-Sep-1903 |
5-Feb-1973 |
Open-heart surgery |
| Althea Gibson |
Tennis |
25-Aug-1927 |
28-Sep-2003 |
First black woman to win Wimbledon |
| Vitaly L. Ginzburg |
Physicist |
4-Oct-1916 |
8-Nov-2009 |
Type-II superconductors |
| Todd Glass |
Comic |
1964 |
|
Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap |
| Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1906 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Shell nuclear model |
| Kelsey Grammer |
Actor |
21-Feb-1955 |
|
Frasier |
| Fred Grandy |
Actor |
29-Jun-1948 |
|
Congressman, Gopher on The Love Boat |
| Wilson Greatbatch |
Inventor |
6-Sep-1919 |
27-Sep-2011 |
Implantable pacemaker |
| Juliette Gréco |
Singer |
7-Feb-1927 |
|
Orpheus |
| Zane Grey |
Novelist |
31-Jan-1872 |
23-Oct-1939 |
Riders of the Purple Sage |
| Eddie Griffin |
Comic |
15-Jul-1968 |
|
Undercover Brother |
| Robert Guillaume |
Actor |
30-Nov-1927 |
|
Benson |
| Guru |
Rapper |
17-Jul-1962 |
19-Apr-2010 |
Rapper from Gang Starr |
| Fritz Haber |
Chemist |
9-Dec-1868 |
29-Jan-1934 |
Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare |
| Philip C. Habib |
Diplomat |
25-Feb-1920 |
24-May-1992 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1971-74 |
| Gene Hackman |
Actor |
30-Jan-1930 |
|
The Conversation |
| Paul Haggis |
Screenwriter |
10-Mar-1953 |
|
Crash |
| Joan Hammond |
Singer |
24-May-1912 |
26-Nov-1996 |
Operatic soprano |
| Oliver Hardy |
Actor |
18-Jan-1892 |
7-Aug-1957 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Bobby Hatfield |
Singer |
10-Aug-1940 |
5-Nov-2003 |
The Righteous Brothers |
| Rondo Hatton |
Actor |
22-Apr-1894 |
2-Feb-1946 |
Horror actor afflicted with acromegaly |
| Charles Haughey |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1925 |
13-Jun-2006 |
Three-time Prime Minister of Ireland |
| Norman Haworth |
Chemist |
19-Mar-1883 |
19-Mar-1950 |
Carbohydrates and vitamin C |
| F. A. Hayek |
Economist |
8-May-1899 |
23-Mar-1992 |
Austrian economist |
| Wayne L. Hays |
Politician |
13-May-1911 |
13-Feb-1989 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76 |
| Lafcadio Hearn |
Author |
27-Jun-1850 |
26-Sep-1904 |
Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation |
| Van Heflin |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
23-Jul-1971 |
Till the Clouds Roll By |
| Lillian Hellman |
Playwright |
20-Jun-1905 |
30-Jun-1984 |
Little Foxes |
| Jim Henson |
Performance Artist |
24-Sep-1936 |
16-May-1990 |
Creator of the Muppets |
| Herblock |
Cartoonist |
13-Oct-1909 |
7-Oct-2001 |
Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post |
| Jack Herer |
Activist |
18-Jun-1939 |
15-Apr-2010 |
Cannabis evangelist |
| Tony Hillerman |
Novelist |
27-May-1925 |
26-Oct-2008 |
Mystery novels set at Navajo reservation |
| Myra Hindley |
Criminal |
23-Jul-1942 |
15-Nov-2002 |
The Moors Murders |
| Gil Hodges |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1924 |
2-Apr-1972 |
Eight-time All-Star |
| Robert Hofstadter |
Physicist |
5-Feb-1915 |
17-Nov-1990 |
Size, shape, and structure of neutrons and protons |
| Gareth Hunt |
Actor |
7-Feb-1942 |
14-Mar-2007 |
The New Avengers |
| Punch Imlach |
Hockey |
15-Mar-1918 |
1-Dec-1987 |
NHL Coach, Hall of Famer |
| Bobby Ingram |
Guitarist |
1957 |
|
Lead Guitarist, Molly Hatchet |
| Reed Irvine |
Activist |
29-Sep-1922 |
16-Nov-2004 |
Founder, Accuracy in Media |
| Illinois Jacquet |
Musician |
31-Oct-1922 |
22-Jul-2004 |
Squealing saxophone legend |
| Cheddi Jagan |
Head of State |
22-Mar-1918 |
6-Mar-1997 |
President of Guyana, 1992-97 |
| Janet Jagan |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1920 |
28-Mar-2009 |
President of Guyana, 1997-99 |
| Mariss Jansons |
Conductor |
14-Jan-1943 |
|
Conductor, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
| George Jessel |
Actor |
3-Apr-1898 |
24-May-1981 |
Toastmaster General of the United States |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1908 |
22-Jan-1973 |
36th US President, 1963-69 |
| Duke Kahanamoku |
Swimmer |
24-Aug-1890 |
22-Jan-1968 |
Olympic swimmer, five-time medalist |
| Chiang Kai-Shek |
Head of State |
31-Oct-1887 |
5-Apr-1975 |
President of Nationalist China |
| Max Kampelman |
Diplomat |
7-Nov-1920 |
25-Jan-2013 |
US Ambassador to the CSCE |
| Estes Kefauver |
Politician |
26-Jul-1903 |
10-Aug-1963 |
US Senator from Tennessee, 1949-63 |
| William D. Kelley |
Government |
12-Apr-1814 |
9-Jan-1890 |
Powerful 19th century Congressman |
| Machine Gun Kelly |
Criminal |
18-Jul-1895 |
18-Jul-1954 |
Notorious bank robber, kidnapper |
| Joan Kennedy |
Relative |
9-Sep-1936 |
|
First wife of Ted Kennedy |
| Jomo Kenyatta |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1892 |
22-Aug-1978 |
President of Kenya, 1964-78 |
| John Maynard Keynes |
Economist |
5-Jun-1883 |
21-Apr-1946 |
Father of Keynesian economics |
| Bruce King |
Politician |
6-Apr-1924 |
13-Nov-2009 |
Three-time Governor of New Mexico |
| Coretta Scott King |
Activist |
27-Apr-1927 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King |
| Larry King |
Talk Show Host |
19-Nov-1933 |
|
Larry King Live |
| Alfred Kinsey |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1894 |
25-Aug-1956 |
Researched human sexual behavior |
| Les Kinsolving |
Journalist |
18-Dec-1927 |
|
WorldNetDaily |
| Willard M. Kiplinger |
Journalist |
8-Jan-1891 |
6-Aug-1967 |
Kiplinger Washington Editors |
| Ed Koch |
Politician |
12-Dec-1924 |
1-Feb-2013 |
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89 |
| Robert Koch |
Doctor |
11-Dec-1843 |
27-May-1910 |
Germ theory of disease |
| Mort Kondracke |
Columnist |
28-Apr-1939 |
|
Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin |
| Gene Krupa |
Drummer |
15-Jan-1909 |
16-Oct-1973 |
Pioneering drummer |
| Frankie Laine |
Singer |
30-Mar-1913 |
6-Feb-2007 |
Moonlight Gambler, Rawhide |
| Burt Lancaster |
Actor |
2-Nov-1913 |
20-Oct-1994 |
Elmer Gantry |
| David L. Lander |
Actor |
22-Jun-1947 |
|
Squiggy on Laverne & Shirley |
| Karl Landsteiner |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1868 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Discovered blood typing |
| Irving Langmuir |
Chemist |
31-Jan-1881 |
16-Aug-1957 |
Inventor of the high-vacuum tube |
| Bob Lanier |
Politician |
10-Mar-1925 |
20-Dec-2014 |
Mayor of Houston, 1992-98 |
| Gregory S. Lashutka |
Politician |
1944 |
|
Mayor of Columbus, 1992-2000 |
| Tommy Lasorda |
Baseball |
22-Sep-1927 |
|
Manager of the LA Dodgers, 1977-96 |
| Stan Laurel |
Actor |
16-Jun-1890 |
23-Feb-1965 |
Laurel and Hardy |
| Jerry Lawler |
Wrestling |
29-Nov-1949 |
|
Bitchslapped Andy Kaufman on Letterman |
| Walter Legge |
Music Producer |
1-Jun-1906 |
22-Mar-1979 |
Classical music producer at EMI |
| Jim Lehrer |
Journalist |
19-May-1934 |
|
PBS NewsHour |
| Luis Leloir |
Chemist |
6-Sep-1906 |
2-Dec-1987 |
Conversion of carbohydrates |
| Aldo Leopold |
Naturalist |
11-Jan-1887 |
21-Apr-1948 |
A Sand County Almanac |
| Larry Levenson |
Business |
c. 1936 |
23-Jan-1999 |
Founder of Plato's Retreat |
| Albert Lewin |
Film Director |
23-Sep-1894 |
9-May-1968 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray |
| Jerry Lewis |
Comic |
16-Mar-1926 |
|
Muscular Dystrophy Association |
| Peter B. Lewis |
Business |
11-Nov-1933 |
23-Nov-2013 |
CEO of Progressive, 1965-98 |
| Mark Linkous |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1962 |
6-Mar-2010 |
Sparklehorse |
| Earl Long |
Politician |
26-Aug-1895 |
5-Sep-1960 |
Three-time Governor of Louisiana |
| Huey Long |
Politician |
30-Aug-1893 |
10-Sep-1935 |
Governor and Senator from Louisiana |
| Al Lopez |
Baseball |
20-Aug-1908 |
30-Oct-2005 |
Catcher, manager, MLB Hall-of-Famer |
| Joe Louis |
Boxing |
13-May-1914 |
12-Apr-1981 |
The Champ |
| Ernst Lubitsch |
Film Director |
28-Jan-1892 |
30-Nov-1947 |
To Be or Not To Be |
| Manny Lujan |
Politician |
12-May-1928 |
|
US Secretary of the Interior 1989-93 |
| Salvador Luria |
Biologist |
13-Aug-1912 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Natural selection in bacteria |
| Edmund C. Lynch |
Business |
19-May-1885 |
12-May-1938 |
The Lynch of Merrill-Lynch |
| Paul Lynde |
Comic |
13-Jun-1926 |
10-Jan-1982 |
Hollywood Square |
| Moms Mabley |
Comic |
19-Mar-1894 |
23-May-1975 |
Pioneering black comedienne |
| Donald Maclean |
Spy |
25-May-1913 |
6-Mar-1983 |
Spy for Moscow, Cambridge Five |
| Lester Maddox |
Politician |
30-Sep-1915 |
25-Jun-2003 |
Governor of Georgia, 1967-71 |
| Om Malik |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1966 |
|
GigaOM |
| Charlie Manuel |
Baseball |
4-Jan-1944 |
|
Manager, Philadelphia Phillies |
| Diego Maradona |
Soccer |
30-Oct-1960 |
|
Led Argentina to 1986 World Cup Final |
| Guglielmo Marconi |
Scientist |
25-Apr-1874 |
20-Jul-1937 |
Inventor of radio |
| Thomas R. Marshall |
Politician |
14-Mar-1854 |
1-Jun-1925 |
Vice President under Wilson |
| Walter Matthau |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
1-Jul-2000 |
Messy half of the Odd Couple |
| John Matuszak |
Football |
25-Oct-1950 |
17-Jun-1989 |
Oakland Raider turned actor |
| John McAfee |
Business |
18-Sep-1945 |
|
Antivirus entepreneur and yoga wannabe |
| Daniel T. McCarty |
Politician |
18-Jan-1912 |
28-Sep-1953 |
Governor of Florida, 1953 |
| Hattie McDaniel |
Actor |
10-Jun-1893 |
26-Oct-1952 |
Mammy in Gone with the Wind |
| Gregory Meeks |
Politician |
25-Sep-1953 |
|
Congressman, New York 6th |
| Edward Mellanby |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1884 |
30-Jan-1955 |
Rickets |
| John Cougar Mellencamp |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Oct-1951 |
|
Jack and Diane |
| James A. Michener |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1907 |
16-Oct-1997 |
South Pacific |
| Nelson A. Miles |
Military |
8-Aug-1839 |
15-May-1925 |
Army volunteer promoted to Commanding General |
| Stanley Milgram |
Psychologist |
15-Aug-1933 |
20-Dec-1984 |
Milgram Experiment |
| Arnold Miller |
Labor Leader |
25-Apr-1923 |
12-Jul-1985 |
UMW President, 1972-79 |
| Robert A. Millikan |
Physicist |
22-Mar-1868 |
19-Dec-1953 |
Determined the charge of an electron |
| John Mitchell |
Government |
15-Sep-1913 |
9-Nov-1988 |
US Attorney General, Watergate figure |
| Dimitri Mitropoulos |
Conductor |
1-Mar-1896 |
2-Nov-1960 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58 |
| Eric Morecambe |
Comic |
14-May-1926 |
28-May-1984 |
Morecambe and Wise |
| Walter Mossberg |
Columnist |
27-Mar-1947 |
|
Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal |
| Hosni Mubarak |
Head of State |
4-May-1928 |
|
President of Egypt, 1981-2011 |
| Oscar Muñoz |
Business |
c. 1960 |
|
CEO of United Air Lines |
| Helmut Newton |
Photographer |
31-Oct-1920 |
23-Jan-2004 |
Celebrity photographer |
| Harry Nilsson |
Singer/Songwriter |
15-Jun-1941 |
15-Jan-1994 |
Me and My Arrow |
| Paul Nitze |
Diplomat |
16-Jan-1907 |
19-Oct-2004 |
US cold warrior |
| George O'Brien |
Actor |
19-Apr-1899 |
4-Sep-1985 |
Sunrise |
| Donald O'Connor |
Actor |
28-Aug-1925 |
27-Sep-2003 |
Singin' in the Rain |
| Rosie O'Donnell |
Talk Show Host |
21-Mar-1962 |
|
The Rosie O'Donnell Show |
| Maureen O'Hara |
Actor |
17-Aug-1920 |
24-Oct-2015 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
| C. William O'Neill |
Politician |
14-Feb-1916 |
20-Aug-1978 |
Governor of Ohio, 1957-59 |
| Kerry Packer |
Business |
17-Dec-1937 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Richest man in Australia |
| Bettie Page |
Model |
22-Apr-1923 |
11-Dec-2008 |
Black-haired bondage pin-up queen |
| Colonel Tom Parker |
Business |
26-Jun-1909 |
21-Jan-1997 |
Elvis Presley's manager |
| William H. Parker |
Government |
21-Jun-1902 |
16-Jul-1966 |
Chief of LAPD, 1950-66 |
| Jeffry M. Picower |
Business |
5-May-1942 |
25-Oct-2009 |
Became billionaire via Madoff's Ponzi |
| William Pigott |
Business |
27-Jun-1860 |
19-Jul-1929 |
Pacific Car & Foundry |
| Bo Pilgrim |
Business |
8-May-1928 |
|
Co-Founder of Pilgrim's Pride |
| Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
| Pope Pius X |
Religion |
2-Jun-1835 |
20-Aug-1914 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1903-14 |
| June Pointer |
Musician |
30-Nov-1953 |
11-Apr-2006 |
The Pointer Sisters |
| Gene Pope |
Business |
13-Jan-1927 |
2-Oct-1988 |
National Enquirer and Weekly World News |
| Cecil Powell |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Aug-1969 |
Discovered the pi-meson |
| Edgar Prince |
Business |
3-May-1931 |
2-Mar-1995 |
Prince Manufacturing |
| Richard Pryor |
Comic |
1-Dec-1940 |
10-Dec-2005 |
Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy |
| Tito Puente |
Musician |
20-Apr-1923 |
31-May-2000 |
Popular Latin bandleader |
| Carroll Quigley |
Educator |
9-Nov-1910 |
3-Jan-1977 |
Harvard professor, mentor to Bill Clinton |
| Julius Raab |
Head of State |
29-Nov-1891 |
8-Jan-1964 |
Chancellor of Austria, 1953-61 |
| James Rainwater |
Physicist |
9-Dec-1917 |
31-May-1986 |
Determined shapes of nuclei |
| Corin Redgrave |
Actor |
16-Jul-1939 |
6-Apr-2010 |
Not About Nightingales |
| Wilhelm Reich |
Scientist |
24-Mar-1897 |
3-Nov-1957 |
Founder of Orgonomy |
| Fritz Reiner |
Conductor |
19-Dec-1888 |
15-Nov-1963 |
Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62 |
| Richard Samuel Reynolds |
Business |
15-Aug-1881 |
29-Jul-1955 |
Founder of Reynolds Metals |
| Charles Richter |
Scientist |
26-Apr-1900 |
30-Sep-1985 |
Groundbreaking seismologist |
| Joan Rivers |
Comic |
8-Jun-1933 |
4-Sep-2014 |
Can we talk? |
| Marty Robbins |
Country Musician |
26-Sep-1925 |
8-Dec-1982 |
El Paso |
| Oral Roberts |
Religion |
24-Jan-1918 |
15-Dec-2009 |
Televangelist, faith healer |
| Joe M. Rodgers |
Business |
12-Nov-1933 |
2-Feb-2009 |
US Ambassador to France, 1985-89 |
| James Rolph, Jr. |
Government |
23-Aug-1869 |
2-Jun-1934 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1912-31 |
| George W. Romney |
Politician |
8-Jul-1907 |
26-Jul-1995 |
Presidential candidate, admitted brainwashing |
| Charles G. Ross |
Government |
9-Nov-1885 |
5-Dec-1950 |
White House Press Secretary for Truman |
| Joe E. Ross |
Actor |
15-Mar-1914 |
13-Aug-1982 |
Car 54, Where Are You? |
| John H. Rousselot |
Politician |
1-Nov-1927 |
11-May-2003 |
Congressman from California, 1961-63 & 1970-83 |
| Zelda Rubinstein |
Actor |
1-Jan-1933 |
27-Jan-2010 |
Tangina in Poltergeist |
| Gail Russell |
Actor |
21-Sep-1924 |
26-Aug-1961 |
Angel and the Badman |
| Bayard Rustin |
Activist |
17-Mar-1910 |
24-Aug-1987 |
Organized the 1963 March on Washington |
| Margaret Sanger |
Activist |
14-Sep-1879 |
6-Sep-1966 |
Birth control advocate |
| Audrey Santo |
Victim |
19-Dec-1983 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Miracle girl in a coma |
| Mario Savio |
Activist |
8-Dec-1942 |
6-Nov-1996 |
Free Speech Movement |
| Terry Sawchuk |
Hockey |
28-Dec-1929 |
31-May-1970 |
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer |
| Bo Schembechler |
Football |
1-Apr-1929 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89 |
| Terri Schiavo |
Victim |
3-Dec-1963 |
31-Mar-2005 |
Human vegetable, 1990-2005 |
| Alex Schoenbaum |
Business |
8-Aug-1915 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Founder, Shoney's |
| Avery Schreiber |
Comic |
9-Apr-1935 |
7-Jan-2002 |
Burns and Schreiber |
| Robert Schuller |
Religion |
16-Sep-1926 |
2-Apr-2015 |
World's most upbeat televangelist |
| Kurt Schwitters |
Artist |
20-Jun-1887 |
8-Jan-1948 |
Collagist, Merz |
| DJ Screw |
Disc Jockey |
20-Jul-1971 |
16-Nov-2000 |
Screw Music innovator |
| Earl Scruggs |
Musician |
6-Jan-1924 |
28-Mar-2012 |
Bluegrass banjo pioneer |
| Emilio Segrè |
Physicist |
30-Jan-1905 |
22-Apr-1989 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
| Peter Sellers |
Actor |
8-Sep-1925 |
24-Jul-1980 |
Inspector Clouseau |
| David O. Selznick |
Film/TV Producer |
10-May-1902 |
22-Jun-1965 |
Producer of A Star Is Born |
| Michael Shaara |
Author |
23-Jun-1929 |
5-May-1988 |
The Killer Angels |
| Martin Sheen |
Actor |
3-Aug-1940 |
|
The West Wing |
| Eric Show |
Baseball |
19-May-1956 |
16-Mar-1994 |
MLB pitcher |
| Frank Sinatra |
Singer |
12-Dec-1915 |
14-May-1998 |
It's Frank's world, we just live in it |
| Leonard Slatkin |
Conductor |
1-Sep-1944 |
|
Music Director, Detroit Symphony |
| Buffalo Bob Smith |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1917 |
30-Jul-1998 |
Howdy Doody |
| Alfredo Di Stéfano |
Soccer |
4-Jul-1926 |
7-Jul-2014 |
Real Madrid legend |
| Jules Stein |
Business |
26-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1981 |
Founder of MCA |
| William H. Stein |
Chemist |
25-Jun-1911 |
2-Feb-1980 |
Amino-acid analyzer |
| John Steinbeck |
Novelist |
27-Feb-1902 |
20-Dec-1968 |
The Grapes of Wrath |
| Skip Stephenson |
Comic |
18-Apr-1940 |
18-May-1992 |
Real People |
| Otto Stern |
Physicist |
17-Feb-1888 |
17-Aug-1969 |
Molecular beam experiment |
| I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
| John Stonehouse |
Politician |
28-Jul-1925 |
14-Apr-1988 |
British MP, faked his own death |
| Gloria Swanson |
Actor |
27-Mar-1897 |
4-Apr-1983 |
Sunset Blvd. |
| Gladys Swarthout |
Singer |
25-Dec-1900 |
8-Jul-1969 |
Operatic mezzo-soprano |
| Robert E. Sweeney |
Politician |
4-Nov-1924 |
30-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1965-67 |
| Leo Szilard |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1898 |
30-May-1964 |
Nuclear chain reaction |
| John Tavener |
Composer |
28-Jan-1944 |
12-Nov-2013 |
The Whale |
| Pierre Teilhard de Chardin |
Philosopher |
1-May-1881 |
10-Apr-1955 |
The Phenomenon of Man |
| Edward Teller |
Physicist |
15-Jan-1908 |
9-Sep-2003 |
Father of the Hydrogen Bomb |
| Mother Teresa |
Religion |
26-Aug-1910 |
5-Sep-1997 |
Missionaries of Charity |
| Irving Thalberg |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1899 |
14-Sep-1936 |
De-facto boss of MGM Studios |
| Meldrim Thomson, Jr. |
Politician |
8-Mar-1912 |
19-Apr-2001 |
Governor of New Hampshire, 1973-79 |
| Jim Thorpe |
Football |
28-May-1887 |
28-Mar-1953 |
Olympics and football |
| Tiny Tim |
Musician |
12-Apr-1932 |
30-Nov-1996 |
Tip Toe Thru the Tulips |
| Arne Tiselius |
Chemist |
10-Aug-1902 |
29-Aug-1971 |
Electrophoresis |
| Alexander R. Todd |
Chemist |
2-Oct-1907 |
10-Jan-1997 |
Nucleic acid, nucleotides |
| Merle Travis |
Country Musician |
29-Nov-1917 |
20-Oct-1983 |
Influential fingerpicking country guitarist |
| Alex Trebek |
Game Show Host |
22-Jul-1940 |
|
Jeopardy |
| Alexander Trowbridge |
Politician |
12-Dec-1929 |
27-Apr-2006 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68 |
| Dalton Trumbo |
Author |
9-Dec-1905 |
10-Sep-1976 |
Johnny Got His Gun |
| Boss Tweed |
Politician |
3-Apr-1823 |
12-Apr-1878 |
Boss of Tammany Hall |
| Johnny Unitas |
Football |
7-May-1933 |
11-Sep-2002 |
The Golden Arm |
| Harold C. Urey |
Chemist |
29-Apr-1893 |
5-Jan-1981 |
Discovered Deuterium |
| Lee Van Cleef |
Actor |
9-Jan-1925 |
16-Dec-1989 |
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly |
| Jean-Claude Van Damme |
Actor |
18-Oct-1960 |
|
Timecop |
| Ernest Vandiver |
Politician |
3-Jul-1918 |
21-Feb-2005 |
Governor of Georgia, 1959-63 |
| Vanity |
Singer |
4-Jan-1959 |
|
Lingerie-clad Prince prot�g� |
| Oswald Garrison Villard |
Journalist |
13-Mar-1872 |
1-Oct-1949 |
Some Newspapers and Newspaper-Men |
| Walther von Brauchitsch |
Military |
4-Oct-1881 |
18-Oct-1948 |
Nazi general, failed to capture Moscow |
| Carl von Ossietzky |
Activist |
3-Oct-1889 |
4-May-1938 |
German pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Walther von Reichenau |
Military |
16-Aug-1884 |
17-Jan-1942 |
Nazi general, encouraged atrocities |
| Gerd von Rundstedt |
Military |
12-Dec-1875 |
24-Feb-1953 |
German Field Marshall |
| Rick Wakeman |
Pianist |
18-May-1949 |
|
Keyboards, Yes |
| Jude Wanniski |
Columnist |
17-Jun-1936 |
29-Aug-2005 |
Supply-side theorist |
| Bill Ward |
Drummer |
5-May-1948 |
|
Drummer for Black Sabbath |
| Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
| Jack Welch |
Business |
19-Nov-1935 |
|
CEO of GE, 1981-2001 |
| Randy West |
Pornstar |
12-Oct-1947 |
|
Up N Cummers, Confession of Emmanuelle |
| Kevin H. White |
Politician |
25-Sep-1929 |
27-Jan-2012 |
Mayor of Boston, 1968-84 |
| Harry Whittington |
Attorney |
3-Mar-1927 |
|
Shot by Dick Cheney |
| Norbert Wiener |
Mathematician |
26-Nov-1894 |
18-Mar-1964 |
Cybernetics |
| Don Wildmon |
Activist |
18-Jan-1938 |
|
Moral crusader |
| Geoffrey Wilkinson |
Chemist |
14-Jul-1921 |
26-Sep-1996 |
Organometallic "sandwich" compounds |
| William Carlos Williams |
Poet |
17-Sep-1883 |
4-Mar-1963 |
Pictures from Brueghel |
| Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
| Robert B. Woodward |
Chemist |
10-Apr-1917 |
8-Jul-1979 |
Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc. |
| Orville Wright |
Aviator |
19-Aug-1871 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Co-Inventor of the airplane |
| Paramahansa Yogananda |
Religion |
5-Jan-1893 |
7-Mar-1952 |
Self-Realization Fellowship |
| Howard Zinn |
Historian |
24-Aug-1922 |
27-Jan-2010 |
A People's History of the United States |
| Konrad Zuse |
Engineer |
22-Jun-1910 |
18-Dec-1995 |
Built first Turing-complete computer |
| Fritz Zwicky |
Astronomer |
14-Feb-1898 |
8-Feb-1974 |
Astrophysicist at CalTech |
