Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Hervey Allen |
Poet |
8-Dec-1889 |
28-Dec-1949 |
Ballads of the Border |
Lew Allen, Jr. |
Military |
30-Sep-1925 |
4-Jan-2010 |
Director of the NSA, 1973-77 |
William Robert Anderson |
Military |
17-Jun-1921 |
25-Feb-2007 |
Commander, USS Nautilus |
Hap Arnold |
Military |
25-Jun-1886 |
15-Jan-1950 |
Commander, US Army Air Corps, WWII |
Alexander T. Augusta |
Doctor |
8-Mar-1825 |
21-Dec-1890 |
First black battlefield surgeon |
Fay Bainter |
Actor |
7-Dec-1891 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Jezebel |
John Barron |
Journalist |
26-Jan-1930 |
24-Feb-2005 |
Soviet espionage expert |
William W. Belknap |
Government |
22-Sep-1829 |
13-Oct-1890 |
US Secretary of War, impeached |
Charles E. Bennett |
Politician |
2-Dec-1910 |
6-Sep-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1949-93 |
Constance Bennett |
Actor |
22-Oct-1904 |
24-Jul-1965 |
The Affairs of Cellini |
Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Dec-1897 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Ambassador to governments in exile |
John S. Billings |
Administrator |
12-Apr-1838 |
11-Mar-1913 |
New York Public Library |
Hiram Bingham |
Politician |
19-Nov-1875 |
6-Jun-1956 |
US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu |
John Birch |
Religion |
28-May-1918 |
25-Aug-1945 |
Missionary to China killed during WW2 |
Hugo Black |
Judge |
27-Feb-1886 |
25-Sep-1971 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1937-71 |
Harry Blackmun |
Judge |
12-Nov-1908 |
4-Mar-1999 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1970-94 |
Charles H. Bonesteel III |
Military |
26-Sep-1909 |
13-Oct-1977 |
Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea |
Jeremy M. Boorda |
Military |
26-Nov-1939 |
16-May-1996 |
Chief of Naval Operations, 1994-96 |
Pappy Boyington |
Military |
4-Dec-1912 |
11-Jan-1988 |
World War II flying ace |
Omar Bradley |
Military |
12-Feb-1893 |
8-Apr-1981 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
William J. Brennan |
Judge |
25-Apr-1906 |
24-Jul-1997 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1956-90 |
George S. Brown |
Military |
17-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78 |
Jesse Brown |
Government |
27-Mar-1944 |
15-Aug-2002 |
US Secretary of Veteran's Affairs, 1993-97 |
Ron Brown |
Government |
1-Aug-1941 |
3-Apr-1996 |
US Commerce Secretary, 1993-96 |
William Jennings Bryan |
Politician |
18-Mar-1860 |
26-Jul-1925 |
Prosecutor of the Scopes Monkey Trial |
Warren Burger |
Judge |
17-Sep-1907 |
25-Jun-1995 |
US Chief Justice, 1969-86 |
Richard E. Byrd |
Explorer |
25-Oct-1888 |
11-Mar-1957 |
Arctic and Antarctic explorer |
Henry A. Byroade |
Diplomat |
24-Jul-1913 |
31-Dec-1993 |
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1973-77 |
Don Callander |
Novelist |
23-Mar-1930 |
26-Jul-2008 |
Pyromancer |
L. Sprague de Camp |
Author |
27-Nov-1907 |
6-Nov-2000 |
Lest Darkness Fall |
Howard W. Cannon |
Politician |
26-Jan-1912 |
5-Mar-2002 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1959-83 |
Evans F. Carlson |
Military |
26-Feb-1896 |
27-May-1947 |
Carlson's Raiders |
Selden Chapin |
Diplomat |
19-Sep-1899 |
26-Mar-1963 |
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1949-53 |
Oscar L. Chapman |
Government |
22-Oct-1896 |
8-Feb-1978 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1949-53 |
Clark Clifford |
Government |
25-Dec-1906 |
10-Oct-1998 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69 |
William Colby |
Spy |
4-Jan-1920 |
27-Apr-1996 |
CIA Director, 1973-75 |
Pete Conrad |
Astronaut |
2-Jun-1930 |
8-Jul-1999 |
Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon |
John S. Cooper |
Politician |
23-Aug-1901 |
21-Feb-1991 |
US Senator from Kentucky |
Lawrence Coughlin |
Politician |
11-Apr-1929 |
30-Nov-2001 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 |
Clyde Cowan |
Physicist |
6-Dec-1919 |
24-May-1974 |
Co-Discover of the neutrino |
Curtis B. Dall |
Military |
24-Oct-1896 |
28-Jun-1991 |
Liberty Lobby |
Cushman Kellogg Davis |
Politician |
16-Jun-1838 |
27-Nov-1900 |
Governor and Senator from Minnesota |
Michael DeBakey |
Doctor |
7-Sep-1908 |
11-Jul-2008 |
Father of cardiovascular surgery |
Edward J. Derwinski |
Politician |
15-Sep-1926 |
15-Jan-2012 |
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92 |
Wild Bill Donovan |
Government |
1-Jan-1883 |
8-Feb-1959 |
Founded the OSS |
James Doolittle |
Aviator |
14-Dec-1896 |
27-Sep-1993 |
Doolittle Raid against Tokyo in 1942 |
Abner Doubleday |
Military |
26-Jun-1819 |
26-Jan-1893 |
Didn't invent baseball |
William O. Douglas |
Judge |
16-Oct-1898 |
19-Jan-1980 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75 |
Adolph Dubs |
Diplomat |
4-Aug-1920 |
14-Feb-1979 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1978-79 |
John Foster Dulles |
Government |
25-Feb-1888 |
24-May-1959 |
Eisenhower's Secretary of State |
John Porter East |
Politician |
5-May-1931 |
29-Jun-1986 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
Glen E. Edgerton |
Military |
17-Apr-1887 |
1956 |
Canal Zone Governor, 1940-44 |
William L. Emmet |
Engineer |
10-Jul-1859 |
26-Sep-1941 |
All-electric warships |
Medgar Evers |
Activist |
2-Jul-1925 |
12-Jun-1963 |
Civil rights activist murdered in 1963 |
Marion B. Folsom |
Business |
23-Nov-1893 |
27-Sep-1976 |
HEW Secretary, 1955-58 |
William D. Ford |
Politician |
6-Aug-1927 |
14-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95 |
James V. Forrestal |
Government |
15-Feb-1892 |
22-May-1949 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1947-49 |
Joe Foss |
Military |
17-Apr-1915 |
1-Jan-2003 |
WWII ace, Governor of South Dakota |
Elizebeth Friedman |
Scientist |
26-Aug-1892 |
31-Oct-1980 |
America's first female cryptanalyst |
William Friedman |
Scientist |
24-Sep-1891 |
12-Nov-1969 |
Cryptography pioneer |
John Gibbon |
Military |
20-Apr-1827 |
6-Feb-1896 |
Led the Civil War's Iron Bigade |
Arthur J. Goldberg |
Judge |
8-Aug-1908 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Supreme Court Justice, 1962-65 |
William C. Gorgas |
Doctor |
3-Oct-1854 |
3-Jul-1920 |
Malaria and yellow fever |
Walter Q. Gresham |
Government |
17-Mar-1832 |
28-May-1895 |
US Secretary of State, 1893-95 |
Gus Grissom |
Astronaut |
3-Apr-1926 |
27-Jan-1967 |
Second American in space |
Leslie R. Groves |
Military |
17-Aug-1896 |
13-Jul-1970 |
Director of the Manhattan Project |
William F. Halsey |
Military |
30-Oct-1882 |
20-Aug-1959 |
WWII Commander of the South Pacific |
Dashiell Hammett |
Author |
27-May-1894 |
10-Jan-1961 |
The Maltese Falcon |
Richard Helms |
Government |
30-Mar-1913 |
22-Oct-2002 |
CIA Director, 1966-73 |
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr. |
Politician |
25-Jun-1903 |
13-Sep-1960 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1951-60 |
Matthew Henson |
Explorer |
8-Aug-1866 |
9-Mar-1955 |
Possibly first to reach North Pole |
Lewis B. Hershey |
Military |
12-Sep-1893 |
20-May-1977 |
Director of Selective Service System |
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter |
Military |
8-May-1897 |
18-Jun-1982 |
CIA Director, 1947-50 |
Richmond Pearson Hobson |
Military |
17-Aug-1870 |
16-Mar-1937 |
Spanish-American War hero |
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. |
Judge |
8-Mar-1841 |
6-Mar-1935 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1902-32 |
Grace Murray Hopper |
Computer Programmer |
9-Dec-1906 |
1-Jan-1992 |
Computer programming pioneer |
Frank J. Horton |
Politician |
12-Dec-1919 |
30-Aug-2004 |
Congressman from New York, 1963-93 |
Craig Hosmer |
Politician |
6-May-1915 |
11-Oct-1982 |
Congressman from California, 1953-74 |
Robert G. Ingersoll |
Author |
11-Aug-1833 |
21-Jul-1899 |
Orator, politician, agnostic |
James Irwin |
Astronaut |
17-Mar-1930 |
8-Aug-1991 |
8th to walk on the Moon |
Philip Kearny |
Military |
2-Jun-1815 |
1-Sep-1862 |
US Civil War general |
Kenneth B. Keating |
Politician |
18-May-1900 |
5-May-1975 |
US Senator from New York, 1959-65 |
Burt Kennedy |
Film Director |
3-Sep-1922 |
15-Feb-2001 |
Support Your Local Sheriff |
John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
Richard T. Kennedy |
Diplomat |
24-Dec-1919 |
11-Jan-1998 |
US Ambassador for Nuclear Energy Policy |
Robert F. Kennedy |
Politician |
20-Nov-1925 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Slain Presidential candidate |
Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
25-Aug-2009 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
Otto Kerner |
Politician |
15-Aug-1908 |
9-May-1976 |
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68 |
Alan G. Kirk |
Military |
30-Oct-1888 |
15-Oct-1963 |
US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR |
Phyllis Kirk |
Actor |
18-Sep-1927 |
19-Oct-2006 |
House of Wax |
Thomas S. Kleppe |
Politician |
1-Jul-1919 |
2-Mar-2007 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1975-77 |
Frank Knox |
Politician |
1-Jan-1874 |
28-Apr-1944 |
US Secretary of the Navy, 1940-44 |
Julius Albert Krug |
Government |
23-Nov-1907 |
26-Mar-1970 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1946-49 |
Pierre Charles L'Enfant |
Architect |
2-Aug-1754 |
14-Jun-1825 |
Designed Washington, DC |
Priscilla Lane |
Actor |
12-Jun-1915 |
4-Apr-1995 |
Saboteur |
Lyman L. Lemnitzer |
Military |
29-Aug-1899 |
12-Nov-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1963-69 |
Robert Todd Lincoln |
Politician |
1-Aug-1843 |
26-Jul-1926 |
US Secretary of War, 1881-85 |
John Davis Lodge |
Politician |
20-Oct-1903 |
29-Oct-1985 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1951-55 |
Joe Louis |
Boxing |
13-May-1914 |
12-Apr-1981 |
The Champ |
Allard Lowenstein |
Politician |
16-Jan-1929 |
14-Mar-1980 |
Congressman, New York 5th |
John R. Lynch |
Politician |
10-Sep-1847 |
2-Nov-1939 |
Congressman from Mississippi |
George W. Malone |
Politician |
7-Aug-1890 |
19-May-1961 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1947-59 |
Mike Mansfield |
Politician |
16-Mar-1903 |
5-Oct-2001 |
US Senator from Montana, 1953-77 |
George C. Marshall |
Military |
31-Dec-1880 |
16-Oct-1959 |
US Army Chief of Staff, 1939-45 |
Thurgood Marshall |
Judge |
2-Jul-1908 |
24-Jan-1993 |
First black US Supreme Court justice |
Lee Marvin |
Actor |
19-Feb-1924 |
29-Aug-1987 |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance |
Ilona Massey |
Actor |
16-Jun-1910 |
20-Aug-1974 |
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |
Bill Mauldin |
Cartoonist |
29-Oct-1921 |
22-Jan-2003 |
WWII cartoonist, Willie and Joe |
William G. McAdoo |
Politician |
31-Oct-1863 |
1-Feb-1941 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1913-18 |
John S. McCain, Jr. |
Military |
17-Jan-1911 |
22-Mar-1981 |
Admiral, Father of John McCain |
George B. McClellan, Jr. |
Politician |
23-Nov-1865 |
30-Nov-1940 |
Mayor of New York City, 1904-09 |
Sarah McClendon |
Journalist |
8-Jul-1910 |
8-Jan-2003 |
White House Reporter FDR to GWB |
Frank McCloskey |
Politician |
12-Jun-1939 |
2-Nov-2003 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1983-95 |
Wesley L. McDonald |
Military |
6-Jul-1924 |
8-Feb-2008 |
Led 1983 invasion of Grenada |
James P. McGranery |
Government |
8-Jul-1895 |
23-Dec-1962 |
US Attorney General, 1952-53 |
Paul V. McNutt |
Politician |
19-Jul-1891 |
24-Mar-1955 |
Governor of Indiana, 1933-37 |
Lloyd Meeds |
Politician |
11-Dec-1927 |
17-Aug-2005 |
Congressman from Washington, 1965-79 |
Charles E. Merriam |
Scholar |
15-Nov-1874 |
8-Jan-1953 |
American Political Ideas |
Nelson A. Miles |
Military |
8-Aug-1839 |
15-May-1925 |
Army volunteer promoted to Commanding General |
Jack R. Miller |
Politician |
6-Jun-1916 |
29-Aug-1994 |
US Senator from Iowa, 1961-73 |
William E. Miller |
Politician |
22-Mar-1914 |
24-Jun-1983 |
Congressman from New York, 1951-65 |
John Mitchell |
Government |
15-Sep-1913 |
9-Nov-1988 |
Attorney General, Watergate figure |
Parren J. Mitchell |
Politician |
29-Apr-1922 |
28-May-2007 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1971-87 |
Thomas H. Moorer |
Military |
9-Feb-1912 |
5-Feb-2004 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1970-74 |
Wayne Morris |
Actor |
17-Feb-1914 |
14-Sep-1959 |
Paths of Glory |
F. Bradford Morse |
Politician |
7-Aug-1921 |
18-Dec-1994 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72 |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Politician |
16-Mar-1927 |
26-Mar-2003 |
US Senator from New York, 1977-2001 |
Audie Murphy |
Actor |
20-Jun-1924 |
28-May-1971 |
War hero turned cowboy actor |
Ed Muskie |
Politician |
28-Mar-1914 |
26-Mar-1996 |
US Senator from Maine, 1959-80 |
Simon Newcomb |
Astronomer |
12-Mar-1835 |
11-Jul-1909 |
Nautical Almanac |
Cleo A. Noel, Jr. |
Diplomat |
6-Aug-1918 |
2-Mar-1973 |
US Ambassador to Sudan, 1972-73 |
Lauris Norstad |
Military |
24-Mar-1907 |
12-Sep-1988 |
Supreme Allied Commander, 1956-63 |
William Odom |
Military |
23-Jun-1932 |
30-May-2008 |
NSA Director 1985-88 |
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis |
First Lady |
28-Jul-1929 |
19-May-1994 |
Wife of John F. Kennedy |
Joseph Medill Patterson |
Business |
6-Jan-1879 |
26-May-1946 |
Founder of New York Daily News |
Robert P. Patterson |
Judge |
12-Feb-1891 |
22-Jan-1952 |
US Secretary of War, 1945-47 |
Robert E. Peary |
Explorer |
6-May-1856 |
20-Feb-1920 |
First to reach the North Pole |
John J. Pershing |
Military |
13-Sep-1860 |
15-Jul-1948 |
General of the Armies of the United States |
John Wesley Powell |
Geologist |
24-Mar-1834 |
23-Sep-1902 |
Exploration of the Colorado River |
Francis Gary Powers |
Military |
17-Aug-1929 |
1-Aug-1977 |
U2 shot down over the Soviet Union |
Fletcher Prouty |
Military |
24-Jan-1917 |
5-Jun-2001 |
USAF Intelligence Officer |
James Quello |
Government |
21-Apr-1914 |
24-Jan-2010 |
FCC Commissioner, 1974-97 |
Arthur W. Radford |
Military |
27-Feb-1896 |
17-Aug-1973 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1953-57 |
Arnold L. Raphel |
Diplomat |
16-Mar-1943 |
17-Aug-1988 |
US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1987-88 |
David A. Reed |
Politician |
21-Dec-1880 |
10-Feb-1953 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-35 |
Walter Reed |
Scientist |
13-Sep-1851 |
22-Nov-1902 |
Proved mosquitos spread Yellow Fever |
Donald Regan |
Government |
21-Dec-1918 |
10-Jun-2003 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85 |
William Rehnquist |
Judge |
1-Oct-1924 |
3-Sep-2005 |
US Chief Justice, 1986-2005 |
Frank Reynolds |
Journalist |
29-Nov-1923 |
20-Jul-1983 |
Former ABC News anchor |
Elliot Richardson |
Government |
20-Jul-1920 |
31-Dec-1999 |
Refused to fire Watergate Special Prosecutor |
James O. Richardson |
Military |
18-Sep-1878 |
2-May-1974 |
US Admiral |
Hyman Rickover |
Military |
27-Jan-1900 |
8-Jul-1986 |
Built the nuclear navy |
Mary Roberts Rinehart |
Novelist |
12-Aug-1876 |
22-Sep-1958 |
Circular Staircase |
Henry M. Robert |
Administrator |
2-May-1837 |
11-May-1923 |
Robert's Rules of Order |
Kenneth Roberts |
Novelist |
8-Dec-1885 |
21-Jul-1957 |
Northwest Passage |
William P. Rogers |
Government |
23-Jun-1913 |
2-Jan-2001 |
US Secretary of State, 1969-73 |
William S. Rosecrans |
Military |
6-Sep-1819 |
11-Mar-1898 |
Union Army General |
Albert Sabin |
Biologist |
26-Aug-1906 |
3-Mar-1993 |
Developed oral polio vaccine |
Pierre Salinger |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1925 |
16-Oct-2004 |
Former ABC News Correspondent |
John G. Schmitz |
Politician |
12-Aug-1930 |
10-Jan-2001 |
Congressman from California, 1970-73 |
John McAllister Schofield |
Military |
29-Sep-1831 |
4-Mar-1906 |
Union General later Secretary of War |
Bernard A. Schriever |
Military |
14-Sep-1910 |
20-Jun-2005 |
US Air Force space program |
Hugh D. Scott, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Nov-1900 |
21-Jul-1994 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1959-77 |
Robert F. Seedlock |
Military |
6-Feb-1913 |
5-May-2004 |
Built the Burma Road in WWII |
Philip Henry Sheridan |
Military |
6-Mar-1831 |
5-Aug-1888 |
Union Army General |
George Smathers |
Politician |
14-Nov-1913 |
20-Jan-2007 |
US Senator from Florida, 1951-69 |
C. R. Smith |
Business |
9-Sep-1899 |
4-Apr-1990 |
CEO of American Airlines, 1934-68 |
Cordwainer Smith |
Author |
11-Jul-1913 |
6-Aug-1966 |
The Rediscovery of Man |
Merriman Smith |
Journalist |
10-Feb-1913 |
13-Apr-1970 |
UPI correspondent, reported Kennedy's death |
Walter Bedell Smith |
Government |
5-Oct-1895 |
9-Aug-1961 |
CIA Director, 1950-53 |
Frank J. Sprague |
Inventor |
25-Jul-1857 |
25-Oct-1934 |
Streetcars and express elevators |
William H. Standley |
Military |
18-Dec-1872 |
25-Oct-1963 |
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1933-37 |
Adolphus Staton |
Military |
28-Aug-1879 |
4-Jun-1964 |
US Navy admiral |
Laurence A. Steinhardt |
Diplomat |
6-Oct-1892 |
28-Mar-1950 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41 |
Ted Stevens |
Politician |
18-Nov-1923 |
10-Aug-2010 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
Potter Stewart |
Judge |
23-Jan-1915 |
7-Dec-1985 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81 |
Walter Stoessel |
Diplomat |
24-Jan-1920 |
9-Dec-1986 |
Ambassador to the USSR, Germany, Poland |
Samuel S. Stratton |
Politician |
27-Sep-1916 |
13-Sep-1990 |
Congressman from New York |
Helen Taft |
First Lady |
2-Jun-1861 |
22-May-1943 |
Wife of US President William Howard Taft |
William Howard Taft |
Head of State |
15-Sep-1857 |
8-Mar-1930 |
27th US President, 1909-13 |
Maxwell D. Taylor |
Military |
26-Aug-1901 |
19-Apr-1987 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1962-64 |
Malcolm Toon |
Diplomat |
4-Jul-1916 |
12-Feb-2009 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1976-79 |
William Tunner |
Military |
14-Jul-1906 |
6-Apr-1983 |
Organized the Berlin Airlift |
Nathan F. Twining |
Military |
11-Oct-1897 |
29-Mar-1982 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1957-60 |
Jack Valenti |
Business |
5-Sep-1921 |
26-Apr-2007 |
Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA |
Cyrus Vance |
Government |
27-Mar-1917 |
12-Jan-2002 |
US Secretary of State, 1977-80 |
Alexander A. Vandegrift |
Military |
13-Mar-1887 |
8-May-1973 |
18th USMC Commandant, 1944-48 |
Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
Marvin Wachman |
Educator |
24-Mar-1917 |
22-Dec-2007 |
Temple University President, 1973-83 |
Jonathan M. Wainwright |
Military |
23-Aug-1883 |
2-Sep-1953 |
Commander of the Philippines |
Vernon Walters |
Government |
3-Jan-1917 |
10-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to the UN, 1985-89 |
Earl Warren |
Judge |
19-Mar-1891 |
9-Jul-1974 |
US Chief Justice, 1953-69 |
Albert C. Wedemeyer |
Military |
9-Jul-1897 |
17-Dec-1989 |
Victory Program |
John W. Weeks |
Politician |
11-Apr-1860 |
12-Jul-1926 |
US Secretary of War, 1921-25 |
Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
Herman Welker |
Politician |
11-Dec-1906 |
30-Oct-1957 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1951-57 |
George Westinghouse |
Inventor |
6-Oct-1846 |
12-Mar-1914 |
Air brake and A/C power |
Earle G. Wheeler |
Military |
13-Jan-1908 |
18-Dec-1975 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1964-70 |
Frank White |
Politician |
12-Dec-1856 |
23-Mar-1940 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1901-05 |
Thomas D. White |
Military |
6-Aug-1901 |
22-Dec-1965 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1957-61 |
Richard B. Wigglesworth |
Government |
25-Apr-1891 |
22-Oct-1960 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1928-58 |
Louis H. Wilson, Jr. |
Military |
11-Feb-1920 |
21-Jun-2005 |
26th USMC Commandant, 1975-79 |
Hubert Work |
Government |
3-Jul-1860 |
14-Dec-1942 |
US Interior Secretary, 1923-28 |
Jerauld Wright |
Military |
4-Jun-1898 |
27-Apr-1995 |
US Atlantic Fleet Commander, 1954-60 |
Herbert O. Yardley |
Scientist |
13-Apr-1889 |
7-Aug-1958 |
U.S. cryptographer during WWI |
Luther W. Youngdahl |
Politician |
29-May-1896 |
21-Jun-1978 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51 |