Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Alexei A. Abrikosov |
Physicist |
25-Jun-1928 |
|
Particle physicist, explored superconductivity |
Louis Adamic |
Author |
23-Mar-1899 |
4-Sep-1951 |
Laughing in the Jungle |
Valdas Adamkus |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1926 |
|
President of Lithuania, 2004-09 |
Ilesanmi Adesida |
Educator |
c. 1949 |
|
Dean, College of Engineering, UIUC |
Robert Adler |
Physicist |
4-Dec-1913 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Invented wireless remote control |
Licia Albanese |
Singer |
22-Jul-1913 |
15-Aug-2014 |
Operatic soprano, La Boh�me |
Madeleine Albright |
Diplomat |
15-May-1937 |
|
Bill Clinton's Secretary of State |
Frances Alda |
Singer |
31-May-1879 |
18-Sep-1952 |
Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera |
Sholem Aleichem |
Author |
2-Mar-1859 |
13-May-1916 |
Fiddler on the Roof |
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson |
Inventor |
25-Jan-1878 |
14-May-1975 |
Developed radio and television at GE and RCA |
Kenneth Alibek |
Biologist |
c. 1951 |
|
Biological weapons designer |
Ana Alicia |
Actor |
12-Dec-1956 |
|
Melissa Gioberti on Falcon Crest |
Isabel Allende |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1942 |
|
The House of Spirits |
Sara Allgood |
Actor |
31-Oct-1879 |
13-Sep-1950 |
How Green Was My Valley |
Joaquim de Almeida |
Actor |
15-Mar-1957 |
|
Clear and Present Danger |
Sidney Altman |
Chemist |
7-May-1939 |
|
Proved enzyme role of RNA |
Albert Anastasia |
Criminal |
26-Feb-1902 |
25-Oct-1957 |
Gambino crime boss |
Pamela Anderson |
Actor |
1-Jul-1967 |
|
Baywatch |
Sigurd Anderson |
Politician |
22-Jan-1904 |
21-Dec-1990 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55 |
Mario Andretti |
Auto Racing |
28-Feb-1940 |
|
Indy car racer |
Paul Anka |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Jul-1941 |
|
Put Your Head on My Shoulder |
Anousheh Ansari |
Business |
12-Sep-1966 |
|
Telecom executive, space tourist |
Piers Anthony |
Novelist |
6-Aug-1934 |
|
Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality |
Rocky Aoki |
Business |
9-Oct-1938 |
10-Jul-2008 |
Benihana founder |
Elizabeth Arden |
Business |
31-Dec-1878 |
18-Oct-1966 |
Founder, Elizabeth Arden Co. |
Hannah Arendt |
Philosopher |
14-Oct-1906 |
4-Dec-1975 |
Origins of Totalitarianism |
Ted Arison |
Business |
1924 |
1-Oct-1999 |
Founder of Carnival Cruise Line |
Tommy Armour |
Golf |
24-Sep-1894 |
12-Sep-1968 |
Winner of 3 Majors |
Desi Arnaz |
Actor |
2-Mar-1917 |
2-Dec-1986 |
Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy |
Peter Arnett |
Journalist |
13-Nov-1934 |
|
Reporter during the Persian Gulf War |
Daniel I. Arnon |
Biologist |
14-Nov-1910 |
20-Dec-1994 |
Photophosphorylation |
J. Hugo Aronson |
Politician |
1-Sep-1891 |
25-Feb-1978 |
Governor of Montana, 1953-61 |
Isaac Asimov |
Author |
2-Jan-1920 |
6-Apr-1992 |
Foundation |
Charles Atlas |
Fitness Guru |
30-Oct-1892 |
23-Dec-1972 |
Former 97-pound weakling |
W. H. Auden |
Poet |
21-Feb-1907 |
29-Sep-1973 |
The Age of Anxiety |
Leopold Auer |
Violinist |
7-Jun-1845 |
15-Jul-1930 |
Hungarian violinist, teacher |
Roy L. Austin |
Diplomat |
13-Dec-1939 |
|
US Ambassador to Trinidad |
Oswald Avery |
Biologist |
21-Oct-1877 |
20-Feb-1955 |
Antibodies and DNA |
Ramani Ayer |
Business |
27-May-1947 |
|
CEO of The Hartford, 1997-2009 |
John Badham |
Film Director |
25-Aug-1939 |
|
Saturday Night Fever |
Leo Baekeland |
Scientist |
14-Nov-1863 |
23-Feb-1944 |
Father of plastics |
Ralph Baer |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1922 |
6-Dec-2014 |
Inventor of the home video game console |
Adolph Bandelier |
Anthropologist |
6-Aug-1840 |
18-Mar-1914 |
Native cultures of the American southwest |
Albert Bandura |
Psychologist |
4-Dec-1925 |
|
Bobo doll experiments |
Paul Baran |
Engineer |
29-Apr-1926 |
26-Mar-2011 |
Packet-sharing in computer communications |
Rosemary Barkett |
Judge |
29-Aug-1939 |
|
11th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Jim Barnes |
Golf |
8-Apr-1886 |
24-May-1966 |
Winner of 4 Majors |
Georges Barrère |
Musician |
31-Oct-1876 |
14-Jun-1944 |
Franco-American flautist |
Jacques Barzun |
Historian |
30-Nov-1907 |
25-Oct-2012 |
From Dawn to Decadence |
Gregory Bateson |
Anthropologist |
9-May-1904 |
4-Jul-1980 |
Steps to an Ecology of Mind |
Vicki Baum |
Novelist |
24-Jan-1888 |
29-Aug-1960 |
Grand Hotel |
Carlos T. Bea |
Judge |
18-Apr-1934 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Charles Bedaux |
Business |
26-Oct-1887 |
18-Feb-1944 |
Industrial efficiency expert |
Brian Bedford |
Actor |
16-Feb-1935 |
13-Jan-2016 |
The School for Wives |
Alexander Graham Bell |
Inventor |
3-Mar-1847 |
2-Aug-1922 |
Inventor of the telephone |
Catherine Bell |
Actor |
14-Aug-1968 |
|
Sarah MacKenzie on JAG |
Baruj Benacerraf |
Scientist |
29-Oct-1920 |
2-Aug-2011 |
Gene control of HLA antigens |
Eric Bentley |
Critic |
14-Sep-1916 |
|
The Life of the Drama |
Victor L. Berger |
Politician |
28-Feb-1860 |
7-Aug-1929 |
Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin |
Maximilian Berlitz |
Business |
14-Apr-1852 |
6-Apr-1921 |
Berlitz Language Schools |
Hans Bethe |
Physicist |
2-Jul-1906 |
6-Mar-2005 |
Atomic scientist |
Bruno Bettelheim |
Psychologist |
28-Aug-1903 |
13-Mar-1990 |
Fraudulent child psychologist |
E. Power Biggs |
Organist |
29-Mar-1906 |
10-Mar-1977 |
Anglo-American organist |
Elizabeth H. Blackburn |
Scientist |
26-Nov-1948 |
|
Co-Discoverer of telomerase |
Elizabeth Blackwell |
Doctor |
3-Feb-1821 |
31-May-1910 |
America's first woman doctor |
Tony Blankley |
Pundit |
21-Jan-1948 |
7-Jan-2012 |
McLaughlin Group pundit |
H. P. Blavatsky |
Author |
12-Aug-1831 |
8-May-1891 |
Founded Theosophy; The Secret Doctrine |
Günter Blobel |
Scientist |
21-May-1936 |
|
Protein signaling in cells |
Erich Bloch |
Business |
9-Jan-1925 |
|
Director of NSF, 1984-90 |
Ernest Bloch |
Composer |
24-Jul-1880 |
15-Jul-1959 |
Schelomo |
Felix Bloch |
Physicist |
23-Oct-1905 |
10-Sep-1983 |
Nuclear magnetic resonance |
Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
Nicolaas Bloembergen |
Physicist |
11-Mar-1920 |
|
Nonlinear optics |
W. Michael Blumenthal |
Government |
3-Jan-1926 |
|
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79 |
Franz Boas |
Anthropologist |
9-Jul-1858 |
22-Dec-1942 |
Father of American Anthropology |
Hector Boiardi |
Chef |
22-Oct-1897 |
21-Jun-1985 |
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee |
Bart Jan Bok |
Astronomer |
28-Apr-1906 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Bok globules |
Joseph Bonanno |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1905 |
12-May-2002 |
Bonanno crime family |
Victor Borge |
Pianist |
3-Jan-1909 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Comedic pianist |
Kenneth E. Boulding |
Economist |
18-Jan-1910 |
18-Mar-1993 |
The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society |
Louise Bourgeois |
Sculptor |
25-Dec-1911 |
31-May-2010 |
Crouching Spider |
Antoinette Bower |
Actor |
30-Sep-1932 |
|
Fox Devlin on Neon Rider |
George E. P. Box |
Mathematician |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Mar-2013 |
Statistician at University of Wisconsin |
Charles Boyer |
Actor |
28-Aug-1899 |
26-Aug-1978 |
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse |
Willard S. Boyle |
Physicist |
19-Aug-1924 |
7-May-2011 |
Digital photography |
Barbara Taylor Bradford |
Novelist |
5-May-1933 |
|
Emma Harte saga |
Eric Braeden |
Actor |
3-Apr-1941 |
|
The Young and the Restless |
Egon Brecher |
Actor |
16-Feb-1880 |
12-Aug-1946 |
So Dark the Night |
Joseph Brodsky |
Poet |
24-May-1940 |
28-Jan-1996 |
"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate |
Geraldine Brooks |
Novelist |
14-Sep-1955 |
|
March |
Rodney Brooks |
Scientist |
30-Dec-1954 |
|
Robotics and artificial intelligence researcher |
Pierce Brosnan |
Actor |
16-May-1951 |
|
Remington Steele, James Bond |
Dirk Brouwer |
Astronomer |
1-Sep-1902 |
31-Jan-1966 |
Celestial mechanics |
Ernest W. Brown |
Astronomer |
29-Nov-1866 |
22-Jul-1938 |
Tables of the Motion of the Moon |
Georg Stanford Brown |
Actor |
24-Jun-1943 |
|
Officer Webster on The Rookies |
Herbert C. Brown |
Chemist |
22-May-1912 |
19-Dec-2004 |
Discovered organoboranes |
Tina Brown |
Editor |
21-Nov-1953 |
|
Powerhouse magazine editor |
Coral Browne |
Actor |
23-Jul-1913 |
29-May-1991 |
The Killing of Sister George |
Zbigniew Brzezinski |
Government |
28-Mar-1928 |
|
National Security Advisor, 1977-81 |
Algis Budrys |
Author |
9-Jan-1931 |
9-Jun-2008 |
Rogue Moon |
David Buick |
Engineer |
17-Sep-1854 |
6-Mar-1929 |
Designed the first Buick motorcars |
Gerald Bull |
Inventor |
8-Mar-1928 |
22-Mar-1990 |
Supergun builder |
E. Margaret Burbidge |
Astronomer |
12-Aug-1919 |
|
Synthesis of the elements in stars |
Geoffrey Burbidge |
Astronomer |
24-Sep-1925 |
26-Jan-2010 |
Quasi-steady state cosmology |
Frances Hodgson Burnett |
Novelist |
24-Nov-1849 |
29-Oct-1924 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy |
Mark Burnett |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Jul-1960 |
|
Survivor, Eco-Challenge, etc. |
Arthur F. Burns |
Economist |
27-Apr-1904 |
6-Jun-1987 |
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1970-78 |
Adolphus Busch |
Business |
10-Jul-1839 |
10-Oct-1913 |
Made Anheuser's brewery profitable |
Columba Bush |
Relative |
1953 |
|
Wife of Florida governor Jeb Bush |
Stuart Butler |
Activist |
c. 1946 |
|
Heritage Foundation |
Semyon Bychkov |
Conductor |
30-Nov-1952 |
|
Conductor, WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne |
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini |
Religion |
15-Jul-1850 |
22-Dec-1917 |
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart |
Joseph Cao |
Politician |
13-Mar-1967 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 2009-11 |
Robert Capa |
Photographer |
22-Oct-1913 |
25-May-1954 |
War photographer |
Mario Capecchi |
Scientist |
6-Oct-1937 |
|
Knock-out mice |
Frank Capra |
Film Director |
18-May-1897 |
3-Sep-1991 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
Frederick Carder |
Artist |
18-Sep-1863 |
10-Dec-1963 |
"Aurene" glass artist |
Anton J. Carlson |
Biologist |
29-Jan-1875 |
2-Sep-1956 |
The Machinery of the Body |
Stokely Carmichael |
Activist |
29-Jun-1941 |
15-Nov-1998 |
Black separatist, Pan-Africanist |
Rudolf Carnap |
Philosopher |
18-May-1891 |
14-Sep-1970 |
The Logical Syntax of Language |
Jim Carrey |
Actor |
17-Jan-1962 |
|
Rubber-faced fartsmith |
Oleg Cassini |
Fashion Designer |
11-Apr-1913 |
17-Mar-2006 |
Fashion designer |
Carlos Castaneda |
Author |
25-Dec-1925 |
27-Apr-1998 |
The Teachings of Don Juan |
Raúl H. Castro |
Politician |
12-Jun-1916 |
10-Apr-2015 |
Governor of Arizona, 1975-77 |
Max Cavalera |
Musician |
4-Aug-1969 |
|
Sepultura frontman |
Paul L. Cejas |
Business |
1943 |
|
US Ambassador to Belgium, 1998-2001 |
Henry Chadwick |
Journalist |
5-Oct-1824 |
20-Apr-1908 |
Father of baseball |
Nanci Chambers |
Actor |
1-Oct-1963 |
|
Lt. Loren Singer on JAG |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
Astronomer |
19-Oct-1910 |
21-Aug-1995 |
Evolutionary stages of stars |
Eileen Chang |
Author |
30-Sep-1920 |
8-Sep-1995 |
Lust, Caution |
Erwin Chargaff |
Biologist |
11-Aug-1905 |
20-Jun-2002 |
Biochemist at Columbia University |
Charo |
Singer |
13-Mar-1941 |
|
Cuchi Cuchi |
Leslie Charteris |
Novelist |
12-May-1907 |
15-Apr-1993 |
Created Simon Templar |
Joan Chen |
Actor |
26-Apr-1961 |
|
The Last Emperor |
Louis Chevrolet |
Auto Racing |
25-Dec-1878 |
6-Jun-1941 |
Designed the first Chevrolet |
Christo |
Artist |
13-Jun-1935 |
|
Gift-wraps large monuments |
Stoyan Christowe |
Author |
1-Sep-1898 |
28-Dec-1995 |
Heroes and Assassins |
Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
Tansu Ciller |
Politician |
9-Oct-1946 |
|
Prime Minister of Turkey, 1993-96 |
Albert Claude |
Scientist |
23-Aug-1899 |
22-May-1983 |
Microstructure of the cell |
James Clavell |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1924 |
7-Sep-1994 |
Shogun and The Great Escape |
Andrei Codrescu |
Author |
20-Dec-1946 |
|
Exquisite Corpse |
William Colgate |
Business |
25-Jan-1783 |
25-Jan-1857 |
Toothpaste empirebuilder |
Nadia Comaneci |
Gymnastics |
12-Nov-1961 |
|
Olympic gymnast |
Alistair Cooke |
Journalist |
20-Nov-1908 |
29-Mar-2004 |
Alistair Cooke's America |
Helene Cooper |
Journalist |
22-Apr-1966 |
|
NY Times editorial board |
Carl Cori |
Scientist |
5-Dec-1896 |
20-Oct-1984 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
Gerty Cori |
Scientist |
15-Aug-1896 |
26-Oct-1957 |
Catalytic conversion of glycogen |
Allan M. Cormack |
Physicist |
23-Feb-1924 |
7-May-1998 |
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
André F. Cournand |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1895 |
19-Feb-1988 |
Cardiac catheterization |
Dinesh D'Souza |
Author |
25-Apr-1961 |
|
Conservative author |
Lili Damita |
Actor |
19-Jul-1901 |
21-Mar-1994 |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
George Dangerfield |
Historian |
28-Oct-1904 |
26-Dec-1986 |
The Strange Death of Liberal England |
Denise Darcel |
Actor |
8-Sep-1925 |
23-Dec-2011 |
Vera Cruz |
James J. Davis |
Government |
27-Oct-1873 |
22-Nov-1947 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1921-30 |
Richard Dawson |
Game Show Host |
20-Nov-1932 |
2-Jun-2012 |
Host of Family Feud, 1976-85 |
Yvonne De Carlo |
Actor |
1-Sep-1922 |
8-Jan-2007 |
Lily on The Munsters |
André de Toth |
Film Director |
15-May-1912 |
27-Oct-2002 |
House of Wax |
Nicholas L. Deak |
Business |
8-Oct-1905 |
18-Nov-1985 |
Deak-Perera |
John Gunther Dean |
Diplomat |
24-Feb-1926 |
|
US Ambassador to India, 1985-88 |
Gerard Debreu |
Economist |
4-Jul-1921 |
31-Dec-2004 |
Supply and demand theorist |
Peter Debye |
Physicist |
24-Mar-1884 |
2-Nov-1966 |
Studied molecular structure, dipoles |
Hans G. Dehmelt |
Physicist |
9-Sep-1922 |
|
Co-Inventor of the ion trap |
Johann Deisenhofer |
Chemist |
30-Sep-1943 |
|
Proteins of photosynthesis |
Max Delbrück |
Scientist |
4-Sep-1906 |
10-Mar-1981 |
Molecular structure of viral genes (phages) |
John Demjanjuk |
Criminal |
3-Apr-1920 |
17-Mar-2012 |
Retired auto worker convicted for Nazi past |
Charles J. Van Depoele |
Inventor |
27-Apr-1846 |
18-Mar-1892 |
Trolley car pioneer |
John Derbyshire |
Author |
3-Jun-1945 |
|
Conservative pundit |
Martin Deutsch |
Physicist |
29-Jun-1917 |
16-Aug-2002 |
Discovered positronium |
Marlene Dietrich |
Actor |
27-Dec-1901 |
6-May-1992 |
The Blue Angel |
T. G. Dobzhansky |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1900 |
18-Dec-1975 |
Genetics and the Origin of Species |
Ernst von Dohnányi |
Composer |
27-Jul-1877 |
9-Feb-1960 |
Opus 25 |
Antal Doráti |
Conductor |
9-Apr-1906 |
13-Nov-1988 |
Conductor, Minneapolis Symphony, 1949-60 |
Georges Doriot |
Business |
24-Sep-1899 |
2-Jun-1987 |
Father of Venture Capitalism |
Robert Dornhelm |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1947 |
|
Anne Frank: The Whole Story |
John William Draper |
Chemist |
5-May-1811 |
4-Jan-1882 |
Radiant energy and portrait photography |
Peter Drucker |
Business |
19-Nov-1909 |
11-Nov-2005 |
Management guru |
Marcel Duchamp |
Artist |
28-Jul-1887 |
2-Oct-1968 |
Lead proponent of Dadaism |
Renato Dulbecco |
Scientist |
22-Feb-1914 |
20-Feb-2012 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
Dermot Dunphy |
Business |
15-Apr-1932 |
|
CEO of Sealed Air, 1971-99 |
Robert C. Dynes |
Educator |
8-Nov-1942 |
|
President, University of California, 2003-08 |
Freeman Dyson |
Physicist |
15-Dec-1923 |
|
Theoretical physicist at Institute for Advanced Study |
Victor J. Dzau |
Doctor |
1946 |
|
CEO of Duke University Health System |
Sheena Easton |
Singer |
27-Apr-1959 |
|
My Baby Takes The Morning Train |
Sibel Edmonds |
Government |
1969 |
|
Former FBI translator |
Gus Edwards |
Songwriter |
18-Aug-1879 |
7-Nov-1945 |
By the Light of the Silvery Moon |
André Eglevsky |
Dancer |
21-Dec-1917 |
4-Dec-1977 |
Preeminent ballet dancer |
Samuel Eilenberg |
Mathematician |
30-Sep-1913 |
30-Jan-1998 |
Category theory |
Hermann Eilts |
Diplomat |
23-Mar-1922 |
12-Oct-2006 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79 |
Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
Alfred Eisenstaedt |
Photographer |
6-Dec-1898 |
23-Aug-1995 |
Life magazine photographer |
David James Elliott |
Actor |
21-Sep-1960 |
|
JAG |
Mischa Elman |
Violinist |
20-Jan-1891 |
5-Apr-1967 |
Ukrainian-American violin prodigy |
John Ericsson |
Inventor |
31-Jul-1803 |
8-Mar-1889 |
Built the ironclad USS Monitor |
Erik Erikson |
Psychologist |
15-Jun-1902 |
12-May-1994 |
Eight Stages of Development |
Jaime Escalante |
Educator |
31-Dec-1930 |
30-Mar-2010 |
Celebrated high school calculus teacher |
Maurice Evans |
Actor |
3-Jun-1901 |
12-Mar-1989 |
Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes |
Patrick Ewing |
Basketball |
5-Aug-1962 |
|
New York Knicks, 1986-2000 |
Sergei Fedorov |
Hockey |
13-Dec-1969 |
|
Columbus Blue Jackets |
Colin Ferguson |
Actor |
22-Jul-1972 |
|
Eureka |
Craig Ferguson |
Talk Show Host |
17-May-1962 |
|
"It's a great day for America" |
Enrico Fermi |
Physicist |
29-Sep-1901 |
29-Nov-1954 |
First controlled nuclear chain reaction |
Jim Ferrier |
Golf |
24-Feb-1915 |
13-Jun-1986 |
Winner, 1947 PGA Championship |
Emanuel Feuermann |
Cellist |
22-Nov-1902 |
25-May-1942 |
Cellist |
Paul K. Feyerabend |
Philosopher |
13-Jan-1924 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Against Method |
Rudolf Firkusny |
Pianist |
11-Feb-1912 |
19-Jul-1994 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
Siegfried Fischbacher |
Magician |
13-Jun-1939 |
|
Siegfried and Roy |
Edmond H. Fischer |
Scientist |
6-Apr-1920 |
|
Protein phosphorylation |
Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
Megan Follows |
Actor |
14-Mar-1968 |
|
Anne of Green Gables |
Glenn Ford |
Actor |
1-May-1916 |
30-Aug-2006 |
Gilda, Blackboard Jungle |
Milos Forman |
Film Director |
18-Feb-1932 |
|
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest |
Werner Fornos |
Activist |
1933 |
|
The Population Institute |
Rosemary Forsyth |
Actor |
6-Jul-1943 |
|
The War Lord |
Lukas Foss |
Conductor |
15-Aug-1922 |
1-Feb-2009 |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71 |
Michael J. Fox |
Actor |
9-Jun-1961 |
|
Back to the Future |
William Fox |
Film/TV Producer |
1-Jan-1879 |
8-May-1952 |
Founder of 20th Century Fox |
Peter Frampton |
Musician |
22-Apr-1950 |
|
Do You Feel Like We Do |
James Franck |
Physicist |
26-Aug-1882 |
21-May-1964 |
Franck-Hertz experiment |
Max Frankel |
Journalist |
3-Apr-1930 |
|
The New York Times |
Charles Fried |
Government |
15-Apr-1935 |
|
US Solicitor General, 1985-89 |
William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
David Frum |
Pundit |
30-Jun-1960 |
|
Coined "Axis of Evil" |
Alfred C. Fuller |
Business |
13-Jan-1885 |
4-Dec-1973 |
Founder of Fuller Brush Company |
Elizabeth Furse |
Politician |
13-Oct-1936 |
|
Congresswoman from Oregon, 1993-99 |
Brigitte Gabriel |
Activist |
21-Oct-1964 |
|
American Congress for Truth |
John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
James Gamble |
Business |
3-Apr-1803 |
29-Apr-1891 |
Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble |
George Gamow |
Physicist |
4-Mar-1904 |
19-Aug-1968 |
Proponent of Big Bang Theory |
John C. Garand |
Inventor |
1-Jan-1888 |
16-Feb-1974 |
M-1 semiautomatic rifle |
Greta Garbo |
Actor |
18-Sep-1905 |
15-Apr-1990 |
Vanted to be alone |
Gustavo García-Siller |
Religion |
21-Dec-1956 |
|
Archbishop of San Antonio |
Mary Garden |
Singer |
20-Feb-1874 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Operatic soprano |
Peter Gay |
Historian |
20-Jun-1923 |
12-May-2015 |
The Enlightenment: An Interpretation |
Frank Gehry |
Architect |
28-Feb-1929 |
|
Postmodern architect |
Yousif B. Ghafari |
Business |
27-Sep-1952 |
|
US Ambassador to Slovenia |
Domenico Ghirardelli |
Business |
21-Feb-1817 |
17-Jan-1894 |
Founder of Ghirardelli Chocolate Company |
Riccardo Giacconi |
Astronomer |
6-Oct-1931 |
|
Discovered cosmic X-ray sources |
Ivar Giaever |
Physicist |
5-Apr-1929 |
|
Tunneling through superconductors |
Khalil Gibran |
Poet |
6-Jan-1883 |
10-Apr-1931 |
The Prophet |
Kurt Gödel |
Mathematician |
28-Apr-1906 |
14-Jan-1978 |
G�del's Incompleteness Theorems |
Alexander Godunov |
Dancer |
28-Nov-1949 |
18-May-1995 |
Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer |
Maria Goeppert-Mayer |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1906 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Shell nuclear model |
Erving Goffman |
Sociologist |
11-Jun-1922 |
19-Nov-1982 |
The Presentation of Self |
Maurice Goldhaber |
Physicist |
18-Apr-1911 |
11-May-2011 |
Neutrons |
Emma Goldman |
Anarchist |
27-Jun-1869 |
14-May-1940 |
Anarchist and feminist libertarian |
Samuel Goldwyn |
Film/TV Producer |
17-Aug-1882 |
31-Jan-1974 |
Put the G in MGM |
Samuel Gompers |
Labor Leader |
27-Jan-1850 |
13-Dec-1924 |
First President of the AFL |
Fredi Gonzalez |
Baseball |
28-Jan-1964 |
|
Manager, Atlanta Braves |
Richard R. Goodmanson |
Business |
1947 |
|
COO of DuPont |
William Russell Grace |
Business |
10-May-1832 |
21-Mar-1904 |
Founder of W. R. Grace & Company |
Oskar Maria Graf |
Author |
22-Jul-1894 |
28-Jun-1967 |
Wir sind Gefangene |
Percy Grainger |
Composer |
8-Jul-1882 |
20-Feb-1961 |
Country Gardens |
Stewart Granger |
Actor |
6-May-1913 |
16-Aug-1993 |
King Solomon's Mines |
Jennifer Granholm |
Politician |
5-Feb-1959 |
|
Governor of Michigan, 2003-11 |
Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
Zvi Griliches |
Economist |
12-Sep-1930 |
4-Nov-1999 |
Technology, Education, and Productivity |
Walter Gropius |
Architect |
18-May-1883 |
5-Jul-1969 |
Founder of the Bauhaus school |
Ulu Grosbard |
Film Director |
9-Jan-1929 |
19-Mar-2012 |
The Subject Was Roses |
George Grosz |
Artist |
26-Jul-1893 |
6-Jul-1959 |
German social caricaturist |
Erich S. Gruen |
Historian |
7-May-1935 |
|
The Last Generation of the Roman Republic |
Victor Gruen |
Architect |
18-Jul-1903 |
14-Feb-1980 |
Popularized the shopping mall |
Edgar Guest |
Poet |
20-Aug-1881 |
5-Aug-1959 |
A Heap o' Livin' |
Meyer Guggenheim |
Business |
1-Feb-1828 |
15-Mar-1905 |
Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune |
Roger Guillemin |
Scientist |
11-Jan-1924 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
Ozzie Guillen |
Baseball |
20-Jan-1964 |
|
Former Manager, Miami Marlins |
Vin Gupta |
Business |
c. 1948 |
|
CEO, InfoUSA |
Carlos Gutierrez |
Government |
4-Nov-1953 |
|
US Secretary of Commerce, 2005-09 |
Mohan Gyani |
Business |
c. 1951 |
|
CEO of AT&T Wireless, 2000-03 |
Andrew Smith Hallidie |
Inventor |
16-Mar-1836 |
24-Apr-1900 |
Designed the first cable car system |
Jan Hammer |
Musician |
17-Apr-1948 |
|
Wrote the theme for Miami Vice |
Pamela Harriman |
Diplomat |
20-Mar-1920 |
5-Feb-1997 |
Socialite and Ambassador to France, 1993-97 |
Frank Harris |
Author |
14-Feb-1856 |
26-Aug-1931 |
My Life and Loves |
John C. Harsanyi |
Economist |
29-May-1920 |
9-Aug-2000 |
Game theory |
Geoffrey Hartman |
Critic |
11-Aug-1929 |
|
The Unmediated Vision |
Phil Hartman |
Actor |
24-Sep-1948 |
28-May-1998 |
Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure |
Martin Harwit |
Astronomer |
9-Mar-1931 |
|
Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy |
Derek C. Hathaway |
Business |
c. 1945 |
|
CEO of Harsco, 1994-2007 |
S. I. Hayakawa |
Politician |
19-Jul-1906 |
27-Feb-1992 |
Semanticist and US Senator |
Shirley Hazzard |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1931 |
|
The Transit of Venus |
Jascha Heifetz |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1901 |
10-Dec-1987 |
Violin virtuoso |
Teresa Heinz |
Relative |
5-Oct-1938 |
|
Wife of John Kerry |
Skitch Henderson |
Conductor |
27-Jan-1918 |
1-Nov-2005 |
Original Tonight Show bandleader |
Peter Blair Henry |
Economist |
30-Jul-1969 |
|
Dean, Stern School of Business |
Victor Herbert |
Composer |
1-Feb-1859 |
24-May-1924 |
Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life |
Victor Francis Hess |
Physicist |
24-Jun-1883 |
17-Dec-1964 |
Proved cosmic origin of radiation |
James Hillier |
Physicist |
22-Aug-1915 |
15-Jan-2007 |
Electron microscope |
Christopher Hitchens |
Journalist |
13-Apr-1949 |
15-Dec-2011 |
Agent provocateur |
David Ho |
Doctor |
3-Nov-1952 |
|
AIDS researcher |
James Hoban |
Architect |
c. 1758 |
8-Dec-1831 |
Architect of the White House |
Pete Hoekstra |
Politician |
30-Oct-1953 |
|
Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011 |
Nicholas J. Hoff |
Engineer |
3-Jan-1906 |
4-Aug-1997 |
Aluminum in aircraft design |
Roald Hoffmann |
Chemist |
18-Jul-1937 |
|
Woodward-Hoffmann reaction |
Stanley Hoffmann |
Historian |
27-Nov-1928 |
13-Sep-2015 |
Gulliver's Troubles |
Hans Hofmann |
Painter |
21-Mar-1880 |
17-Feb-1966 |
Abstract expressionist, art teacher |
Johannes Holtfreter |
Zoologist |
9-Jan-1901 |
13-Nov-1992 |
Chemotaxis |
Bob Hope |
Comic |
29-May-1903 |
27-Jul-2003 |
Centenarian comic |
Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
Roy Horn |
Magician |
3-Oct-1944 |
|
Siegfried and Roy |
Karen Horney |
Psychologist |
16-Sep-1885 |
4-Dec-1952 |
Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy" |
Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
1-Oct-1903 |
5-Nov-1989 |
Virtuoso pianist |
Reginald Horsman |
Historian |
24-Oct-1931 |
|
The Causes of the War of 1812 |
Mieczyslaw Horszowski |
Pianist |
23-Jun-1892 |
22-May-1993 |
Polish-American pianist |
Sally Ann Howes |
Actor |
20-Jul-1930 |
|
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang |
Norman Hsu |
Philanthropist |
Oct-1951 |
|
Notorious Democratic donor |
David H. Hubel |
Scientist |
27-Feb-1926 |
22-Sep-2013 |
Neurophysiology of vision |
Conrad Hubert |
Business |
15-Apr-1856 |
12-Mar-1928 |
Flashlights |
William Hung |
Singer |
13-Jan-1983 |
|
Hong Kong Ricky Martin on American Idol |
Sol Hurok |
Theatre Producer |
9-Apr-1888 |
5-Mar-1974 |
American impresario |
Leonid Hurwicz |
Economist |
21-Aug-1917 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Mechanism design theory |
Jock Hutchison |
Golf |
6-Jun-1884 |
27-Sep-1977 |
Winner of 2 Majors |
Oscar Hammerstein I |
Theatre Producer |
8-May-1847 |
1-Aug-1919 |
Olympia Theatre |
Martin Indyk |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Israel, 1995-97, 2000-01 |
Neeme Järvi |
Conductor |
7-Jun-1937 |
|
Principal Conductor, Residentie Orchestra |
Tony Jay |
Actor |
2-Feb-1933 |
13-Aug-2006 |
Voice and character actor |
Peter Jennings |
Journalist |
29-Jul-1938 |
7-Aug-2005 |
Former anchor, ABC World News Tonight |
Hans Jonas |
Philosopher |
10-May-1903 |
5-Feb-1993 |
Gnostic philosopher |
John Percival Jones |
Politician |
27-Jan-1829 |
12-Nov-1912 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1873-1903 |
Andrea Jung |
Business |
1959 |
|
CEO of Avon |
Joseph M. Juran |
Scientist |
24-Dec-1904 |
28-Feb-2008 |
The Pareto Principle |
Louis Kahn |
Architect |
20-Feb-1901 |
17-Mar-1974 |
Prominent architect |
Otto Kahn |
Business |
21-Feb-1867 |
29-Mar-1934 |
Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co. |
Daniel Kahneman |
Psychologist |
5-Mar-1934 |
|
The psychology of economics |
Eric R. Kandel |
Scientist |
7-Nov-1929 |
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system |
Charles K. Kao |
Scientist |
4-Nov-1933 |
|
Fiber optics |
Theodore von Kármán |
Mathematician |
11-May-1881 |
7-May-1963 |
K�rm�n vortices |
Vera Katz |
Politician |
3-Aug-1933 |
|
Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1993-2005 |
Munr Kazmir |
Business |
c. 1957 |
|
CEO, Direct Meds, Inc. |
Joyce L. Kennard |
Judge |
6-May-1941 |
|
Justice, California Supreme Court |
Arthur E. Kennelly |
Physicist |
17-Dec-1861 |
18-Jun-1939 |
Kennelly-Heaviside layer |
Graham Kerr |
Chef |
22-Jan-1934 |
|
The Galloping Gourmet |
H. Gobind Khorana |
Scientist |
9-Jan-1922 |
9-Nov-2011 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
Jay C. Kim |
Politician |
27-Mar-1939 |
|
Congressman from California, 1993-99 |
Henry Kissinger |
Government |
27-May-1923 |
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77 |
Maria M. Klawe |
Educator |
5-Jul-1951 |
|
President, Harvey Mudd College |
Otto Klemperer |
Conductor |
14-May-1885 |
6-Jul-1973 |
Prominent German conductor |
Werner Klemperer |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
6-Dec-2000 |
Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes |
Hildegard Knef |
Actor |
28-Dec-1925 |
1-Feb-2002 |
The Murderers Are Among Us |
Max Kohl |
Business |
12-May-1901 |
14-Dec-1981 |
Kohl's Department Stores |
Walter Kohn |
Chemist |
9-Mar-1923 |
|
Density-functional theory |
Willem Johan Kolff |
Scientist |
14-Feb-1911 |
11-Feb-2009 |
Artificial kidney, artificial heart |
Paul Kollsman |
Inventor |
22-Feb-1900 |
17-Mar-1982 |
Barometric altimeter |
Milton R. Konvitz |
Educator |
12-Mar-1908 |
5-Sep-2003 |
Cornell Professor, Labor and Industrial Relations |
Tjalling C. Koopmans |
Economist |
28-Aug-1910 |
26-Feb-1985 |
Linear programming |
André Kostelanetz |
Conductor |
22-Dec-1901 |
13-Jan-1980 |
Andr� Kostelanetz Presents |
Serge Koussevitzky |
Conductor |
26-Jul-1874 |
4-Jun-1951 |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1924-49 |
James L. Kraft |
Business |
11-Dec-1874 |
Feb-1953 |
Inventor of processed cheese |
Fritz Kreisler |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1875 |
29-Jan-1962 |
Austrian violin virtuoso |
Kurt Kreuger |
Actor |
23-Jul-1916 |
12-Jul-2006 |
The Enemy Below |
Johan Kriek |
Tennis |
5-Apr-1958 |
|
Winner, 1981 and 1982 Australian Open |
Ryszard Kuklinski |
Spy |
13-Jun-1930 |
10-Feb-2004 |
Polish Cold War era spy who worked with CIA |
Sanjay Kumar |
Business |
1962 |
|
Former CEO, Computer Associates |
Polykarp Kusch |
Physicist |
26-Jan-1911 |
20-Mar-1993 |
Magnetic moment of the electron |
Marquis de Lafayette |
Military |
6-Sep-1757 |
20-May-1834 |
French revolutionary in America |
Hedy Lamarr |
Actor |
9-Nov-1913 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Actress, invented frequency hopping |
Elsa Lanchester |
Actor |
28-Oct-1902 |
26-Dec-1986 |
Bride of Frankenstein |
George W. Landau |
Diplomat |
4-Mar-1920 |
|
US Ambassador to Venezuela, 1982 |
Elissa Landi |
Actor |
6-Dec-1904 |
21-Oct-1948 |
The Count of Monte Cristo |
Karl Landsteiner |
Scientist |
14-Jun-1868 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Discovered blood typing |
Franklin K. Lane |
Government |
15-Jul-1864 |
18-May-1921 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20 |
Lillie Langtry |
Socialite |
13-Oct-1853 |
12-Feb-1929 |
Mistress of future King Edward VII |
Angela Lansbury |
Actor |
16-Oct-1925 |
|
Murder She Wrote |
Meyer Lansky |
Criminal |
2-Jul-1902 |
15-Jan-1983 |
The brains behind the Mafia's money |
Charles Laughton |
Actor |
1-Jul-1899 |
15-Dec-1962 |
Island of Lost Souls |
Ruta Lee |
Actor |
30-May-1935 |
|
Former hostess, High Rollers |
Tsung-Dao Lee |
Physicist |
25-Nov-1926 |
|
Violations of parity law |
Wen Ho Lee |
Victim |
21-Dec-1939 |
|
Allegedly spied for China |
Yuan T. Lee |
Chemist |
29-Nov-1936 |
|
Crossed molecular beam experiments |
Eva Le Gallienne |
Actor |
11-Jan-1899 |
3-Jun-1991 |
New York Civic Repertory Theater |
Anthony J. Leggett |
Physicist |
26-Mar-1938 |
|
Particle physicist, explored superfluidity |
Lotte Lehmann |
Singer |
27-Feb-1888 |
26-Aug-1976 |
German-American operatic soprano |
Erich Leinsdorf |
Conductor |
4-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1993 |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69 |
Ivan Lendl |
Tennis |
7-Mar-1960 |
|
The Father of Modern Tennis |
Wassily Leontief |
Economist |
5-Aug-1906 |
5-Feb-1999 |
Structure of the American Economy |
Abba Lerner |
Economist |
28-Oct-1903 |
27-Oct-1982 |
The Economics of Control |
Gerda Lerner |
Historian |
30-Apr-1920 |
2-Jan-2013 |
The Woman in American History |
Denise Levertov |
Poet |
24-Oct-1923 |
20-Dec-1997 |
With Eyes at the Back of Our Heads |
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
Scientist |
22-Apr-1909 |
30-Dec-2012 |
Nerve and skin cell growth factors |
Kurt Lewin |
Psychologist |
9-Sep-1890 |
12-Feb-1947 |
Field theorist, group dynamicist |
Bernard Lewis |
Scholar |
31-May-1916 |
|
Middle East scholar |
Willy Ley |
Author |
2-Oct-1906 |
24-May-1969 |
The Conquest of Space |
Hadassah Lieberman |
Relative |
Mar-1948 |
|
Wife of Joseph Lieberman |
Viveca Lindfors |
Actor |
29-Dec-1920 |
25-Oct-1995 |
Night Unto Night |
Bai Ling |
Actor |
10-Oct-1970 |
|
Anna and the King |
Art Linkletter |
TV Personality |
17-Jul-1912 |
26-May-2010 |
Kids Say the Darndest Things |
Fritz Lipmann |
Scientist |
12-Jun-1899 |
24-Jul-1986 |
Carbohydrate oxidation |
Rich Little |
Comic |
26-Nov-1938 |
|
Comic and voice impressionist |
Nastia Liukin |
Gymnastics |
30-Oct-1989 |
|
Five medals in 2008 Beijing Olympics |
John Loder |
Actor |
3-Jan-1898 |
26-Dec-1988 |
Sabotage |
Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
Raymond Loewy |
Designer |
5-Nov-1893 |
14-Jul-1986 |
Father of industrial design |
Karina Lombard |
Actor |
21-Jan-1964 |
|
The L Word |
Guy Lombardo |
Musician |
19-Jun-1902 |
5-Nov-1977 |
The Royal Canadians |
Johnny Longden |
Jockey |
14-Feb-1907 |
14-Feb-2003 |
Winner, 1943 Triple Crown |
Claudine Longet |
Musician |
29-Jan-1942 |
|
TV actress got 30 days for murder |
Bernard Lown |
Doctor |
7-Jun-1921 |
|
Inventor of defibrillator, peace activist |
Bela Lugosi |
Actor |
20-Oct-1882 |
16-Aug-1956 |
Dracula |
Paul Lukas |
Actor |
26-May-1887 |
15-Aug-1971 |
Watch on the Rhine |
Keye Luke |
Actor |
18-Jun-1904 |
12-Jan-1991 |
Charlie Chan's No. 1 Son, Lee |
Salvador Luria |
Biologist |
13-Aug-1912 |
6-Feb-1991 |
Natural selection in bacteria |
Ranan Lurie |
Cartoonist |
26-May-1932 |
|
Hugely popular political cartoonist |
Willem J. Luyten |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1899 |
21-Nov-1994 |
Stellar mortician |
Eugene Lyons |
Author |
1-Jul-1898 |
10-Jan-1985 |
Anti-Communist Editor of American Mercury |
Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
Norm MacDonald |
Comic |
17-Oct-1963 |
|
Former Weekend Update host on SNL |
Charlotte MacLeod |
Novelist |
12-Nov-1922 |
14-Jan-2005 |
Mystery novelist, Peter Shandy Series |
Patrick Macnee |
Actor |
6-Feb-1922 |
25-Jun-2015 |
Mr. Steed on The Avengers |
Joseph Magliocco |
Criminal |
29-Jun-1898 |
28-Dec-1963 |
Colombo Family Boss, 1962-63 |
Joseph Maher |
Actor |
29-Dec-1933 |
17-Jul-1998 |
Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior |
John Mahoney |
Actor |
20-Jun-1940 |
|
Martin Crane on Frasier |
Mako |
Actor |
10-Dec-1933 |
21-Jul-2006 |
Akiro "The Wizard" in the Conan series |
Om Malik |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1966 |
|
GigaOM |
Judith Malina |
Actor |
4-Jun-1926 |
10-Apr-2015 |
Co-Founder, The Living Theatre |
Howie Mandel |
Comic |
29-Nov-1955 |
|
Host of Deal Or No Deal |
Thomas Mann |
Novelist |
6-Jun-1875 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Buddenbrooks |
David Manners |
Actor |
30-Apr-1901 |
23-Dec-1998 |
Dracula |
Rudolph A. Marcus |
Chemist |
21-Jul-1923 |
|
Electron-transfer reactions |
Herbert Marcuse |
Philosopher |
19-Jul-1898 |
29-Jul-1979 |
One-Dimensional Man |
Hans Mark |
Physicist |
17-Jun-1929 |
|
US Air Force Secretary, 1979-81 |
Margaret H. Marshall |
Judge |
1-Sep-1944 |
|
Massachusetts Chief Justice |
Mel Martinez |
Government |
23-Oct-1946 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 2005-09 |
Jamie Masada |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Laugh Factory owner |
Ilona Massey |
Actor |
16-Jun-1910 |
20-Aug-1974 |
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |
Raymond Massey |
Actor |
30-Aug-1896 |
29-Jul-1983 |
Things to Come |
Hamish Maxwell |
Business |
24-Aug-1926 |
19-Apr-2014 |
CEO of Philip Morris, 1984-91 |
Louis B. Mayer |
Film/TV Producer |
4-Jul-1885 |
29-Oct-1957 |
The final M in MGM |
Peter Mayhew |
Actor |
19-May-1944 |
|
Chewbacca in Star Wars |
Ernst Mayr |
Biologist |
5-Jul-1904 |
3-Feb-2005 |
Evolutionary biologist |
John McCormack |
Singer |
14-Jun-1884 |
16-Sep-1945 |
Operatic tenor, Irish balladeer |
Dean McDermott |
Actor |
16-Nov-1966 |
|
Constable Turnbull on Due South |
Claude McKay |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
22-May-1948 |
Home to Harlem |
Victor McLaglen |
Actor |
11-Dec-1883 |
7-Nov-1959 |
The Informer |
Marian McPartland |
Jazz Musician |
20-Mar-1918 |
20-Aug-2013 |
Piano Jazz |
John McVie |
Bassist |
26-Nov-1945 |
|
Bassist for Fleetwood Mac |
Mike Medavoy |
Business |
21-Jan-1941 |
|
TriStar, Orion, Phoenix Pictures chairman |
Ved Mehta |
Author |
21-Mar-1934 |
|
Face to Face |
Christoph Meili |
Victim |
21-Apr-1968 |
|
Whistleblower, fired by Union Banque Suisse |
Lauritz Melchior |
Singer |
20-Mar-1890 |
18-Mar-1973 |
Wagnerian operatic tenor |
Thomas Mellon |
Business |
3-Feb-1813 |
3-Feb-1908 |
Patriarch of the Mellon dynasty |
Michael Melvill |
Astronaut |
11-Nov-1941 |
|
First private astronaut in space |
Ana Mendieta |
Performance Artist |
18-Nov-1948 |
8-Sep-1985 |
Feminist performance artist |
Ottmar Mergenthaler |
Inventor |
11-May-1854 |
28-Oct-1899 |
Automated typesetting |
Thomas M. Messer |
Curator |
9-Feb-1920 |
15-May-2013 |
Director of the Guggenheim, 1961-88 |
Albert A. Michelson |
Physicist |
19-Dec-1852 |
9-May-1931 |
Measured the speed of light |
Ivana Milicevic |
Actor |
26-Apr-1974 |
|
Head Over Heels |
Ray Milland |
Actor |
3-Jan-1907 |
10-Mar-1986 |
The Lost Weekend |
Czeslaw Milosz |
Poet |
30-Jun-1911 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Polish novelist and poet, The Captive Mind |
Nathan Milstein |
Violinist |
31-Dec-1904 |
21-Dec-1992 |
Virtuoso violinist, interpreter of Bach |
Stephan Minikes |
Attorney |
29-Aug-1938 |
24-Sep-2011 |
US Ambassador to the OSCE, 2001-05 |
Rudolph Minkowski |
Astronomer |
28-May-1895 |
4-Jan-1976 |
Galaxies in collision |
Jessica Mitford |
Journalist |
11-Sep-1917 |
23-Jul-1996 |
The American Way of Death |
Dimitri Mitropoulos |
Conductor |
1-Mar-1896 |
2-Nov-1960 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58 |
Franco Modigliani |
Economist |
18-Jun-1918 |
25-Sep-2003 |
Life-cycle theory |
Donald Moffat |
Actor |
26-Dec-1930 |
|
British-American character actor |
Mario J. Molina |
Chemist |
19-Mar-1943 |
|
Ozone depletion |
Ashley Montagu |
Anthropologist |
28-Jun-1905 |
26-Nov-1999 |
The Natural Superiority of Women |
Pierre Monteux |
Conductor |
4-Apr-1875 |
1-Jul-1964 |
Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52 |
Matt Moore |
Actor |
8-Jan-1888 |
20-Jan-1960 |
Irish-American character actor |
Owen Moore |
Actor |
12-Dec-1886 |
9-Jun-1939 |
Irish-American character actor |
Tom Moore |
Actor |
1-May-1883 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Irish-American character actor |
Oskar Morgenstern |
Economist |
24-Jan-1902 |
26-Jul-1977 |
Game theorist |
Alanis Morissette |
Singer |
1-Jun-1974 |
|
Jagged Little Pill |
Alan Mowbray |
Actor |
18-Aug-1896 |
25-Mar-1969 |
Founding member, Screen Actors Guild |
John Muir |
Activist |
21-Apr-1838 |
24-Dec-1914 |
Patron saint of Yosemite National Park |
Bharati Mukherjee |
Novelist |
27-Jul-1940 |
|
The Tiger's Daughter |
William Mulholland |
Engineer |
11-Sep-1855 |
22-Jul-1935 |
Los Angeles Aqueduct |
Steven Muller |
Educator |
22-Nov-1927 |
19-Jan-2013 |
President of Johns Hopkins, 1972-90 |
Talbot Mundy |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1879 |
5-Aug-1940 |
King of the Khyber Rifles |
Rupert Murdoch |
Business |
11-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder and CEO of News Corp |
Conrad Murray |
Doctor |
19-Feb-1953 |
|
Michael Jackson's personal physician |
Elon Musk |
Business |
28-Jun-1971 |
|
CEO of SpaceX and Tesla Motors |
Mike Myers |
Comic |
25-May-1963 |
|
Austin Powers |
Vladimir Nabokov |
Novelist |
23-Apr-1899 |
2-Jul-1977 |
Lolita |
James Naismith |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1861 |
28-Nov-1939 |
Inventor of Basketball |
Yoichiro Nambu |
Physicist |
18-Jan-1921 |
5-Jul-2015 |
Spontaneous broken symmetry |
Graham Nash |
Musician |
2-Feb-1942 |
|
Crosby, Stills, and Nash |
Thomas Nast |
Cartoonist |
27-Sep-1840 |
7-Dec-1902 |
American political caricaturist |
Martina Navratilova |
Tennis |
18-Oct-1956 |
|
Nine-time Wimbledon winner |
Alla Nazimova |
Actor |
22-May-1879 |
13-Jul-1945 |
Blood and Sand |
Liam Neeson |
Actor |
7-Jun-1952 |
|
Rob Roy, Gangs of New York |
Pola Negri |
Actor |
31-Dec-1894 |
1-Aug-1987 |
Sultry silent film diva |
Ragnvald A. Nestos |
Politician |
12-Apr-1877 |
15-Jul-1942 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1921-25 |
Gerry Neugebauer |
Astronomer |
3-Sep-1932 |
|
Infrared astronomy |
Richard John Neuhaus |
Religion |
14-May-1936 |
8-Jan-2009 |
Catholic priest |
Haing S. Ngor |
Victim |
22-Mar-1940 |
25-Feb-1996 |
The Killing Fields |
Leslie Nielsen |
Actor |
11-Feb-1926 |
28-Nov-2010 |
Airplane! |
A. W. Norblad |
Politician |
19-Mar-1881 |
17-Apr-1960 |
Governor of Oregon, 1929-31 |
John W. Nordstrom |
Business |
15-Feb-1871 |
1-Oct-1963 |
Founder of Nordstrom |
Milo O'Shea |
Actor |
2-Jun-1926 |
2-Apr-2013 |
Ulysses |
Severo Ochoa |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1905 |
1-Nov-1993 |
Synthesized RNA |
Shavo Odadjian |
Bassist |
22-Apr-1974 |
|
Bassist, System of a Down |
Soon-Tek Oh |
Actor |
29-Jan-1943 |
|
Frequently on M*A*S*H |
Masi Oka |
Actor |
27-Dec-1974 |
|
Hiro Nakamura on Heroes |
Michel Oksenberg |
Scholar |
12-Oct-1938 |
22-Feb-2001 |
Leading sinologist |
George A. Olah |
Chemist |
22-May-1927 |
|
Isolated carbonium ions |
Hakeem Olajuwon |
Basketball |
21-Jan-1963 |
|
Houston Rockets |
Claes Oldenburg |
Sculptor |
28-Jan-1929 |
|
Pop-Art sculptor |
Lars Onsager |
Chemist |
27-Nov-1903 |
5-Oct-1976 |
Fourth Law of Thermodynamics |
Marian P. Opala |
Judge |
20-Jan-1921 |
11-Oct-2010 |
Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1978-2010 |
Eugene Ormandy |
Conductor |
18-Nov-1899 |
12-Mar-1985 |
Music Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-80 |
Bohdan Paczynski |
Astronomer |
8-Feb-1940 |
19-Apr-2007 |
Gravitational microlensing |
Nam June Paik |
Artist |
20-Jul-1932 |
29-Jan-2006 |
Korean-American video artist |
George E. Palade |
Scientist |
19-Nov-1912 |
7-Oct-2008 |
Microstructure of the cell |
John M. Palms |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1935 |
|
President, University of South Carolina, 1991-2002 |
Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
Andreas Papandreou |
Head of State |
5-Feb-1919 |
23-Jun-1996 |
Twice Prime Minister of Greece |
George Papanicolaou |
Scientist |
13-May-1883 |
19-Feb-1962 |
Pap smear |
Cecilia Parker |
Actor |
26-Apr-1905 |
25-Jul-1993 |
Marian Hardy in Andy Hardy series |
Joe Pasternak |
Film/TV Producer |
19-Sep-1901 |
13-Sep-1991 |
Destry Rides Again |
Elizabeth Paté-Cornell |
Educator |
17-Aug-1948 |
|
Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor |
Isabel Paterson |
Author |
22-Jan-1886 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The God of the Machine |
Vivek Paul |
Business |
1958 |
|
Vice Chairman of Wipro, 1999-2005 |
Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin |
Astronomer |
10-May-1900 |
7-Dec-1979 |
Hydrogen in the Sun |
Charles J. Pedersen |
Chemist |
3-Oct-1904 |
26-Oct-1989 |
Synthesis of crown ethers |
P. James E. Peebles |
Astronomer |
25-Apr-1935 |
|
Galaxy formation |
I. M. Pei |
Architect |
26-Apr-1917 |
|
Designed Louvre's glass pyramid |
Leonard Peikoff |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1933 |
|
Proseletyzer of objectivism |
Arno Penzias |
Astronomer |
26-Apr-1933 |
|
Detected primordial radiation |
Hjalmar Petersen |
Politician |
2-Jan-1890 |
29-Mar-1968 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1936-37 |
Charles Pfizer |
Chemist |
1824 |
19-Oct-1906 |
Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals |
Graham H. Phillips |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
CEO of Young & Rubicam, 1999-2000 |
Gregor Piatigorsky |
Cellist |
17-Apr-1903 |
6-Aug-1976 |
Russian-American cello virtuoso |
Jean Piccard |
Aviator |
28-Jan-1884 |
28-Jan-1963 |
Extreme balloonist |
Christina Pickles |
Actor |
17-Feb-1935 |
|
Judy Geller on Friends |
Frances Fox Piven |
Activist |
10-Oct-1932 |
|
Regulating The Poor |
Charles Platt |
Author |
1945 |
|
Science fiction novelist |
James D. Plummer |
Educator |
3-Dec-1944 |
|
Dean of Stanford's Engineering School |
Lily Pons |
Singer |
12-Apr-1898 |
13-Feb-1976 |
French-American coloratura soprano |
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont |
Business |
24-Jun-1771 |
31-Oct-1834 |
Founder of DuPont |
William J. Porter |
Diplomat |
1-Sep-1914 |
15-Mar-1988 |
US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea |
Dith Pran |
Journalist |
27-Sep-1942 |
30-Mar-2008 |
Subject of The Killing Fields |
Heinz C. Prechter |
Business |
19-Jan-1942 |
6-Jul-2001 |
The sunroof king |
André Previn |
Pianist |
6-Apr-1929 |
|
Concert pianist and orchestral conductor |
William Procter |
Business |
7-Dec-1801 |
4-Apr-1884 |
Co-Founder of Procter & Gamble |
Joe Profaci |
Criminal |
2-Oct-1897 |
7-Jun-1962 |
Colombo Family Boss, 1928-62 |
Wolfgang Puck |
Chef |
8-Jul-1949 |
|
Spago restaurant |
Isidor Isaac Rabi |
Physicist |
29-Jul-1898 |
11-Jan-1988 |
Magnetic beam resonances |
Sergei Rachmaninov |
Composer |
20-Mar-1873 |
28-Mar-1943 |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
Bogdan Raczynski |
Electronic Musician |
c. 1977 |
|
Boku Mo Wakaran |
Rosa Raisa |
Singer |
30-May-1893 |
28-Sep-1963 |
Operatic soprano |
David Rakoff |
Author |
27-Nov-1964 |
9-Aug-2012 |
Don't Get Too Comfortable |
Vera Ralston |
Actor |
12-Jun-1921 |
9-Feb-2003 |
Dakota |
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
Scientist |
1952 |
|
Ribosomes |
Manny Ramirez |
Baseball |
30-May-1972 |
|
12-time All-Star outfielder |
Ayn Rand |
Author |
2-Feb-1905 |
6-Mar-1982 |
Atlas Shrugged |
James Randi |
Magician |
7-Aug-1928 |
|
The Amazing Randi |
Prem Rawat |
Religion |
10-Dec-1957 |
|
Guru Maharaj Ji |
Ian C. Read |
Business |
c. 1953 |
|
CEO of Pfizer |
Helen Reddy |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Oct-1941 |
|
She is Woman |
Lynn Redgrave |
Actor |
8-Mar-1943 |
2-May-2010 |
The Happy Hooker |
Roger Rees |
Actor |
5-May-1944 |
10-Jul-2015 |
Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
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 |
Max Reinhardt |
Theater Director |
9-Sep-1873 |
30-Oct-1943 |
Filmed A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Eric Reissner |
Mathematician |
5-Jan-1913 |
1-Nov-1996 |
Reissner shear-deformation plate theory |
Erich Maria Remarque |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1898 |
25-Sep-1970 |
All Quiet on the Western Front |
Oscar de la Renta |
Fashion Designer |
22-Jul-1932 |
20-Oct-2014 |
Colorful and flirty fashion designer |
Rick Rescorla |
Victim |
27-May-1939 |
11-Sep-2001 |
Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11 |
Harry Revel |
Composer |
21-Dec-1905 |
3-Nov-1958 |
Poor Little Rich Girl |
Alejandro Rey |
Actor |
8-Feb-1930 |
21-May-1987 |
Carlos Ramirez on The Flying Nun |
Nicholas A. Rey |
Business |
23-Jan-1938 |
14-Jan-2009 |
US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97 |
Tony Rezko |
Business |
1955 |
|
Chicago chain restaurateur |
Nicholas V. Riasanovsky |
Historian |
21-Dec-1923 |
14-May-2011 |
A History of Russia |
Marc Rich |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1934 |
26-Jun-2013 |
Pardoned by Clinton |
Natasha Richardson |
Actor |
11-May-1963 |
18-Mar-2009 |
Widows' Peak |
Meshulam Riklis |
Business |
2-Dec-1923 |
|
Corporate raider |
Irv Robbins |
Business |
6-Dec-1917 |
5-May-2008 |
Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins |
Sabato Rodia |
Artist |
12-Feb-1879 |
19-Jul-1965 |
Watts Towers |
Félix Rodríguez |
Spy |
31-May-1941 |
|
Bay of Pigs, Iran-Contra operative |
Artur Rodzinski |
Conductor |
2-Jan-1892 |
27-Nov-1958 |
Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1943-47 |
Felix Rohatyn |
Business |
29-May-1928 |
|
Financier, Lazard Fr�res |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
Architect |
27-Mar-1886 |
17-Aug-1969 |
The Glass Skyscraper |
O. E. Rölvaag |
Novelist |
22-Apr-1876 |
5-Nov-1931 |
Giants in the Earth |
Sigmund Romberg |
Composer |
29-Jul-1887 |
9-Nov-1951 |
The New Moon |
Ernestine Rose |
Activist |
13-Jan-1810 |
4-Aug-1892 |
Suffragette and abolitionist |
Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times Executive Editor, 1977-86 |
Bruno Rossi |
Astronomer |
13-Apr-1905 |
21-Nov-1993 |
Rossi curve and magnetopause |
Mstislav Rostropovich |
Cellist |
27-Mar-1927 |
27-Apr-2007 |
Cellist and conductor |
Nouriel Roubini |
Economist |
29-Mar-1958 |
|
Dr. Doom, Roubini Global Economics |
Ilana D. Rovner |
Judge |
21-Aug-1938 |
|
7th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Artur Rubinstein |
Pianist |
28-Jan-1887 |
20-Dec-1982 |
Polish-American piano virtuoso |
Max Rudolf |
Conductor |
15-Jun-1902 |
28-Feb-1995 |
Director, Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-71 |
Hector Ruiz |
Business |
25-Dec-1945 |
|
CEO of Advanced Micro Devices |
Eero Saarinen |
Architect |
20-Aug-1910 |
1-Sep-1961 |
Designed Gateway Arch in St. Louis |
Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
Sabu |
Actor |
27-Jan-1924 |
2-Dec-1963 |
Jungle Book |
Ruben Salazar |
Journalist |
3-Mar-1928 |
29-Aug-1970 |
L.A. Times reporter killed on the job |
Edwin E. Salpeter |
Astronomer |
3-Dec-1924 |
26-Nov-2008 |
Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography |
Carlos Santana |
Musician |
20-Jul-1947 |
|
House is dark, pots are cold |
Wallace Sargent |
Astronomer |
15-Feb-1935 |
29-Oct-2012 |
Astrophysicist at CalTech |
George Sarton |
Historian |
31-Aug-1884 |
22-Mar-1956 |
Introduction to the History of Science |
Gia Scala |
Actor |
3-Mar-1934 |
30-Apr-1972 |
The Guns of Navarone |
Andrew V. Schally |
Scientist |
30-Nov-1926 |
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) |
Catherine Schell |
Actor |
17-Jul-1944 |
|
Maya on Space: 1999 |
Béla Schick |
Doctor |
16-Jul-1877 |
6-Dec-1967 |
Schick test for diphtheria |
Jacob Schiff |
Business |
10-Jan-1847 |
25-Sep-1920 |
New York banker |
Heinrich Schliemann |
Archaeologist |
6-Jan-1822 |
26-Dec-1890 |
Discoverer of ancient Troy |
Maarten Schmidt |
Astronomer |
28-Dec-1929 |
|
Co-Discoverer of quasars |
Artur Schnabel |
Pianist |
17-Apr-1882 |
15-Aug-1951 |
Pianist and classical composer |
Rose Schneiderman |
Labor Leader |
16-Apr-1882 |
11-Aug-1972 |
Union leader of the 1920s-'50s |
Arnold Schoenberg |
Composer |
13-Sep-1874 |
13-Jul-1951 |
Emancipated dissonance |
Bernard A. Schriever |
Military |
14-Sep-1910 |
20-Jun-2005 |
US Air Force space program |
Jean Schwartz |
Songwriter |
4-Nov-1878 |
30-Nov-1956 |
Chinatown, My Chinatown |
Frederick A. O. Schwarz |
Business |
18-Oct-1836 |
17-May-1911 |
Founder of FAO Schwarz |
Arnold Schwarzenegger |
Actor |
30-Jul-1947 |
|
Governor of California, 2003-11 |
Martin Schwarzschild |
Astronomer |
31-May-1912 |
10-Apr-1997 |
Structure and Evolution of the Stars |
John Walter Scott |
Stamp Collector |
2-Nov-1845 |
4-Jan-1919 |
Father of American Philately |
Peter Sebastian |
Diplomat |
19-Jun-1926 |
22-Mar-2011 |
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1984-87 |
Emilio Segrè |
Physicist |
30-Jan-1905 |
22-Apr-1989 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
Nathan Seiberg |
Physicist |
22-Sep-1956 |
|
String theorist at Princeton |
Monica Seles |
Tennis |
2-Dec-1973 |
|
Winner of 9 Majors |
Rudolf Serkin |
Pianist |
28-Mar-1903 |
8-May-1991 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
Faisal Shahzad |
Terrorist |
30-Jul-1979 |
|
Attempted Times Square bombing |
Anna Howard Shaw |
Activist |
14-Feb-1847 |
2-Jul-1919 |
National American Women's Suffrage Association |
George Beverly Shea |
Singer |
1-Feb-1909 |
16-Apr-2013 |
Gospel singer, Billy Graham Crusades |
Norma Shearer |
Actor |
10-Aug-1902 |
12-Jun-1983 |
The Divorcee |
George Shearing |
Jazz Musician |
13-Aug-1919 |
14-Feb-2011 |
George Shearing Quintet |
Joe Shuster |
Cartoonist |
10-Jul-1914 |
30-Jul-1992 |
Co-Creator of Superman |
Igor Sikorsky |
Business |
25-May-1889 |
26-Oct-1972 |
Helicopter magnate |
Luther Simjian |
Inventor |
28-Jan-1905 |
23-Oct-1997 |
Invented automated teller machine |
Jean Simmons |
Actor |
31-Jan-1929 |
22-Jan-2010 |
Guys and Dolls |
Charles Simonyi |
Computer Programmer |
10-Sep-1948 |
|
Hungarian notation |
Louis Simpson |
Poet |
27-Mar-1923 |
14-Sep-2012 |
At The End of the Open Road |
Isaac Bashevis Singer |
Author |
14-Jul-1904 |
24-Jul-1991 |
Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy |
Eugene C. Sit |
Business |
8-Aug-1938 |
24-Jun-2008 |
Sit Investment Associates |
Slash |
Guitarist |
23-Jul-1965 |
|
Former lead guitarist, Guns n' Roses |
Nicolas Slonimsky |
Musicologist |
27-Apr-1894 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Preeminent musicologist |
Louis Slotin |
Physicist |
1-Dec-1910 |
30-May-1946 |
Died tickling the dragon's tail |
Alexander Smallens |
Conductor |
1-Jan-1889 |
24-Nov-1972 |
Russian-born American conductor |
Yakov Smirnoff |
Comic |
24-Jan-1951 |
|
What a country |
Curt Smith |
Musician |
24-Jun-1961 |
|
Co-Founder, Tears for Fears |
Oliver Smithies |
Scientist |
23-Jun-1925 |
|
Knock-out mice |
Hank Snow |
Country Musician |
9-May-1914 |
20-Dec-1999 |
I'm Moving On |
Brett Somers |
Actor |
11-Jul-1924 |
15-Sep-2007 |
Match Game fixture |
Annika Sörenstam |
Golf |
9-Oct-1970 |
|
Winner of 10 majors |
Edward Sorin |
Religion |
6-Feb-1814 |
31-Oct-1893 |
Founder, University of Notre Dame |
George Soros |
Business |
12-Aug-1930 |
|
Financial speculator |
Enrique J. Sosa |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
Former Dow Chemical/Amoco executive |
Sammy Sosa |
Baseball |
12-Nov-1968 |
|
Caught with a corked bat |
Mighty Sparrow |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Jul-1935 |
|
Calypso King of the World |
Jonathan D. Spence |
Historian |
11-Aug-1936 |
|
The Search for Modern China |
Philip Sporn |
Engineer |
25-Nov-1896 |
23-Jan-1978 |
American Electric Power Company |
Nicholas J. Spykman |
Geographer |
13-Oct-1893 |
26-Jun-1943 |
Godfather of Containment |
Hari Sreenivasan |
Journalist |
1974 |
|
Correspondent, PBS News Hour |
William Steinberg |
Conductor |
1-Aug-1899 |
16-May-1978 |
Music Director, Pittsburgh Symphony, 1952-76 |
Jack Steinberger |
Physicist |
25-May-1921 |
|
Researcher of neutrinos |
George Steiner |
Critic |
23-Apr-1929 |
|
After Babel |
Max Steiner |
Composer |
10-May-1888 |
28-Dec-1971 |
Gone With the Wind |
Stan Stephens |
Politician |
16-Sep-1929 |
|
Governor of Montana, 1989-93 |
Otto Stern |
Physicist |
17-Feb-1888 |
17-Aug-1969 |
Molecular beam experiment |
June Storey |
Actor |
20-Apr-1918 |
18-Dec-1991 |
In Old Chicago |
Horst L. Störmer |
Physicist |
6-Apr-1949 |
|
Fractional quantum Hall effect |
Lee Strasberg |
Theater Director |
17-Nov-1901 |
17-Feb-1982 |
Theater director and acting coach |
Oscar S. Straus |
Diplomat |
23-Dec-1850 |
3-May-1926 |
Thrice Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire |
Levi Strauss |
Business |
26-Feb-1829 |
26-Sep-1902 |
Blue jeans |
Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
Otto Struve |
Astronomer |
12-Aug-1897 |
6-Apr-1963 |
Hydrogen in the interstellar medium |
Jule Styne |
Songwriter |
31-Dec-1905 |
20-Sep-1994 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
Francis L. Sullivan |
Actor |
6-Jan-1903 |
19-Nov-1956 |
Great Expectations |
Yma Sumac |
Singer |
10-Sep-1924 |
1-Nov-2008 |
Vocalist with a 4.5-octave range |
John Augustus Sutter |
Explorer |
15-Feb-1803 |
18-Jun-1880 |
California gold rush |
John B. Swainson |
Politician |
31-Jul-1925 |
13-May-1994 |
Governor of Michigan, 1961-63 |
Thomas Szasz |
Psychiatrist |
15-Apr-1920 |
8-Sep-2012 |
Libertarian psychiatrist |
George Szell |
Conductor |
7-Jun-1897 |
30-Jul-1970 |
Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70 |
Albert Szent-Györgyi |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1893 |
22-Oct-1986 |
Vitamins C and B2 |
Leo Szilard |
Physicist |
11-Feb-1898 |
30-May-1964 |
Nuclear chain reaction |
Orly Taitz |
Activist |
30-Aug-1962 |
|
Defend Our Freedoms Foundation |
Donald W. Tang |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Vice Chairman of Bear Stearns |
Oscar Tang |
Philanthropist |
1938 |
|
Chinese-American philanthropist |
Alfred Tarski |
Mathematician |
14-Jan-1902 |
26-Oct-1983 |
Tarski's indefinability theorem |
Henry Taube |
Chemist |
30-Nov-1915 |
16-Nov-2005 |
Mechanisms of electron transfer |
Sidney Taurel |
Business |
9-Feb-1949 |
|
CEO of Eli Lilly, 1998-2008 |
Edward Teller |
Physicist |
15-Jan-1908 |
9-Sep-2003 |
Father of the Hydrogen Bomb |
Ann Telnaes |
Cartoonist |
1960 |
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Political cartoonist |
Nikola Tesla |
Inventor |
10-Jul-1856 |
7-Jan-1943 |
Invented alternating current |
Charlize Theron |
Actor |
7-Aug-1975 |
|
Monster |
Elihu Thomson |
Inventor |
29-Mar-1853 |
13-Mar-1937 |
Electric welding and A/C motors |
James Thornton |
Songwriter |
5-Dec-1861 |
27-Jul-1938 |
When You Were Sweet Sixteen |
William Thornton |
Architect |
20-May-1759 |
28-Mar-1828 |
First architect of the US Capitol |
Stephen Timoshenko |
Engineer |
23-Dec-1878 |
29-May-1972 |
Mechanical engineering professor at Stanford |
Dimitri Tiomkin |
Composer |
10-May-1894 |
11-Nov-1979 |
Wild Is the Wind |
Edward Titchener |
Psychologist |
11-Jan-1867 |
3-Aug-1927 |
Structural psychology |
Linus Torvalds |
Computer Programmer |
28-Dec-1969 |
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Created the kernel for the GNU/Linux OS |
Jack Tramiel |
Business |
13-Dec-1928 |
8-Apr-2012 |
Commodore Business Machines |
Maria von Trapp |
Singer |
26-Jan-1905 |
28-Mar-1987 |
The Sound of Music |
Alex Trebek |
Game Show Host |
22-Jul-1940 |
|
Jeopardy |
Laurence Tribe |
Attorney |
10-Oct-1941 |
|
Harvard Law Professor |
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev |
Terrorist |
22-Jul-1993 |
|
Suspect #2 in Boston Marathon Bombings |
Daniel C. Tsui |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1939 |
|
Fractional quantum Hall effect |
Hatim A. Tyabji |
Business |
1945 |
|
CEO of VeriFone, 1986-98 |
George Uhlenbeck |
Physicist |
6-Dec-1900 |
31-Oct-1988 |
Conceived idea of Quantum Spin |
Tracey Ullman |
Comic |
30-Dec-1959 |
|
The Tracey Ullman Show |
Lew Urry |
Chemist |
29-Jan-1927 |
19-Oct-2004 |
Inventor of alkaline battery |
Vladimir Ussachevsky |
Composer |
3-Nov-1911 |
2-Jan-1990 |
Tape music composer |
Cenk Uygur |
Talk Show Host |
21-Mar-1970 |
|
The Young Turks |
Victor Varconi |
Actor |
31-Mar-1891 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Hungarian-American character actor |
Edgard Varèse |
Composer |
22-Dec-1883 |
8-Nov-1965 |
Po�me �lectronique |
Alberto Vargas |
Artist |
9-Feb-1896 |
30-Dec-1982 |
Creator of the "Vargas Girl" |
Astrid Varnay |
Singer |
25-Apr-1918 |
4-Sep-2006 |
Wagnerian soprano |
Abraham Verghese |
Doctor |
30-May-1955 |
|
My Own Country |
William Vickrey |
Economist |
21-Jun-1914 |
11-Oct-1996 |
Asymmetric information in economics |
Andrew J. Viterbi |
Engineer |
9-Mar-1935 |
|
Viterbi Algorithm |
Eric Voegelin |
Philosopher |
3-Jan-1901 |
19-Jan-1985 |
Order and History |
A. E. van Vogt |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1912 |
26-Jan-2000 |
Science fiction writer |
Eugene Volokh |
Blogger |
29-Feb-1968 |
|
Volokh Conspiracy |
Wernher von Braun |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1912 |
16-Jun-1977 |
German-American rocket scientist |
Carl von Cosel |
Criminal |
8-Feb-1877 |
23-Jul-1952 |
Florida's favorite necrophile |
Helene von Damm |
Government |
4-May-1938 |
|
Reagan's personal secretary |
Diane von Furstenberg |
Fashion Designer |
31-Dec-1946 |
|
Fashion designer |
John von Neumann |
Mathematician |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
George Voskovec |
Actor |
19-Jun-1905 |
1-Jul-1981 |
12 Angry Men |
Arnold Vosloo |
Actor |
16-Jun-1962 |
|
The Mummy |
Robert F. Wagner, Sr. |
Politician |
8-Jun-1877 |
4-May-1953 |
US Senator from New York, 1927-49 |
Selman A. Waksman |
Scientist |
22-Jul-1888 |
16-Aug-1973 |
Streptomycin and other antibiotics |
Lawrence E. Walsh |
Government |
8-Jan-1912 |
19-Mar-2014 |
Independent Prosecutor for Iran-Contra |
Stella Walsh |
Track and Field |
3-Apr-1911 |
4-Dec-1980 |
Olympic sprinter found to be hermaphrodite |
Bruno Walter |
Conductor |
15-Sep-1876 |
17-Feb-1962 |
Conductor, Leipzig Gewandhaus, 1929-33 |
Anthony Wang |
Business |
1943 |
|
President of Computer Associates, 1979-92 |
Lulu Wang |
Philanthropist |
c. 1944 |
|
Tupelo Capital Management |
Felix M. Warburg |
Business |
14-Jan-1871 |
20-Oct-1937 |
Kuhn, Loeb and Co. |
Fred Wardell |
Business |
30-Mar-1866 |
1952 |
Founder of Eureka Vacuum Cleaner Co. |
Jack L. Warner |
Business |
2-Aug-1892 |
9-Sep-1978 |
Co-Founder, Warner Bros. |
James Craig Watson |
Astronomer |
28-Jan-1838 |
23-Nov-1880 |
Claimed to discover the planet Vulcan |
Alan Watts |
Philosopher |
6-Jan-1915 |
16-Nov-1973 |
Zen beat counterculture sage |
Kurt Weill |
Composer |
2-Mar-1900 |
3-Apr-1950 |
The Threepenny Opera |
Theodore S. Weiss |
Politician |
17-Sep-1927 |
14-Sep-1992 |
Congressman from New York, 1977-92 |
Victor Weisskopf |
Physicist |
19-Sep-1908 |
21-Apr-2002 |
Head of CERN, 1961-65 |
Thomas B. Welch |
Business |
31-Dec-1825 |
29-Dec-1903 |
Grape juice magnate |
Frederick Weyerhaeuser |
Business |
21-Nov-1834 |
4-Apr-1914 |
Founder of Weyerhaeuser Company |
Margita E. White |
Government |
27-Jun-1937 |
20-Nov-2002 |
FCC Commissioner, 1976-79 |
Richard H. Whiteley |
Politician |
22-Dec-1830 |
26-Sep-1890 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1870-76 |
Elie Wiesel |
Activist |
30-Sep-1928 |
|
Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist |
Torsten N. Wiesel |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1924 |
|
Neurophysiology of vision |
Eugene Wigner |
Physicist |
17-Nov-1902 |
1-Jan-1995 |
Law of conservation of parity |
Dick Wilson |
Actor |
30-Jul-1916 |
19-Nov-2007 |
Mr. Whipple |
James Wilson |
Government |
16-Aug-1835 |
26-Aug-1920 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1897-1913 |
William B. Wilson |
Government |
2-Apr-1862 |
25-May-1934 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1913-21 |
Tommy Wiseau |
Film Director |
3-Oct-1968 |
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The Room |
James Withycombe |
Politician |
21-Mar-1854 |
3-Mar-1919 |
Governor of Oregon, 1915-19 |
P. G. Wodehouse |
Author |
15-Oct-1881 |
14-Feb-1975 |
Jeeves novels |
Hazel Wolf |
Activist |
10-Mar-1898 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Seattle environmental activist |
James Wolfensohn |
Business |
1-Dec-1933 |
|
World Bank president, 1995-2005 |
Christian Wolff |
Composer |
8-Mar-1934 |
|
Burdocks |
Frances Wright |
Activist |
6-Sep-1795 |
13-Dec-1852 |
Utopian abolitionist |
Harry Wu |
Activist |
8-Feb-1937 |
|
Human rights activist |
Leland Yee |
Politician |
20-Nov-1948 |
|
California State Senator, indicted |
Alan Young |
Actor |
19-Nov-1919 |
|
Wilbur Post on Mister Ed |
Marguerite Yourcenar |
Novelist |
8-Jun-1903 |
17-Dec-1987 |
M�moires d'Hadrien |
Steve Yzerman |
Hockey |
9-May-1965 |
|
Detroit Red Wings, 1983-2006 |
Giuseppe Zangara |
Assassin |
7-Sep-1900 |
20-Mar-1933 |
Tried to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Ahmed H. Zewail |
Chemist |
26-Feb-1946 |
|
Femtochemistry |
Efrem Zimbalist |
Violinist |
9-Apr-1889 |
22-Feb-1985 |
Russian-American violinist |
Marion A. Zioncheck |
Politician |
5-Dec-1901 |
7-Aug-1936 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
Vilmos Zsigmond |
Cinematographer |
16-Jun-1930 |
1-Jan-2016 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Vladimir Zworykin |
Inventor |
30-Jul-1889 |
29-Jul-1982 |
Patented color televison |