Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Birdman of Alcatraz |
Criminal |
28-Jan-1890 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Subject of Burt Lancaster movie |
Maxene Andrews |
Singer |
3-Jan-1916 |
21-Oct-1995 |
The Andrews Sisters |
Pier Angeli |
Actor |
19-Jun-1932 |
10-Sep-1971 |
Tomorrow Is Too Late |
Eddie Antar |
Business |
18-Dec-1947 |
|
Crazy Eddie |
Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
Tai Babilonia |
Figure Skating |
9-Sep-1959 |
|
Five-time US pairs figure skating champion |
Ginger Baker |
Drummer |
19-Aug-1939 |
|
Drummer for Cream |
Daniel Baldwin |
Actor |
5-Oct-1960 |
|
A Baldwin brother |
Brigitte Bardot |
Actor |
28-Sep-1934 |
|
Voulez-vous danser avec moi? |
Rona Barrett |
Columnist |
8-Oct-1936 |
|
Entertainment gossip columnist |
Fantasia Barrino |
Singer |
30-Jun-1984 |
|
American Idol winner |
Charles Bedaux |
Business |
26-Oct-1887 |
18-Feb-1944 |
Industrial efficiency expert |
Mary Flora Bell |
Criminal |
1957 |
|
Killed two boys as a 10-year-old |
Belladonna |
Pornstar |
21-May-1981 |
|
The Fashionistas |
Busby Berkeley |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1895 |
14-Mar-1976 |
Strike Up the Band |
Bjorn Borg |
Tennis |
6-Jun-1956 |
|
Pro tennis player |
Eva Braun |
First Lady |
6-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife |
Divine Brown |
Criminal |
9-Aug-1969 |
|
Charged Hugh Grant for fellatio |
Dan Burros |
Activist |
5-Mar-1937 |
31-Oct-1965 |
Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times |
Gary Busey |
Actor |
29-Jun-1944 |
|
The Buddy Holly Story |
Maria Callas |
Singer |
2-Dec-1923 |
16-Sep-1977 |
Operatic Soprano |
Jennifer Capriati |
Tennis |
29-Mar-1976 |
|
Troubled tennis pro |
Johnny Cash |
Country Musician |
26-Feb-1932 |
12-Sep-2003 |
The Man in Black |
Jimmy Chamberlin |
Drummer |
10-Jun-1964 |
|
Ex-Smashing Pumpkins drummer |
Christine Chubbuck |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1944 |
15-Jul-1974 |
Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
Kurt Cobain |
Musician |
20-Feb-1967 |
5-Apr-1994 |
Lead singer of Nirvana |
Judy Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-May-1939 |
|
Folk singer |
Jeff Conaway |
Actor |
5-Oct-1950 |
27-May-2011 |
Grease |
Ian Curtis |
Singer |
15-Jul-1956 |
18-May-1980 |
Lead singer of Joy Division |
Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
|
Murderer of Polly Klaas |
Patty Duke |
Actor |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
The Patty Duke Show |
Eminem |
Rapper |
17-Oct-1972 |
|
The Real Slim Shady |
Katelyn Kristine Faber |
Victim |
18-Jun-1985 |
|
Kobe Bryant's accuser |
Marianne Faithfull |
Singer/Songwriter |
29-Dec-1946 |
|
Sister Morphine |
Amy Fisher |
Criminal |
21-Aug-1974 |
|
Long Island Lolita |
Carrie Fisher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1956 |
|
Princess Leia in Star Wars |
Larry Flynt |
Business |
1-Nov-1942 |
|
Publisher of HUSTLER |
John Frusciante |
Guitarist |
5-Mar-1970 |
|
Guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers |
Stephen Fry |
Actor |
24-Aug-1957 |
|
Jeeves and Wooster |
Dave Gahan |
Musician |
9-May-1962 |
|
Depeche Mode |
Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
Paul Gascoigne |
Soccer |
27-May-1967 |
|
There's no crying in football |
Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by Utah firing squad |
Greg Giraldo |
Comic |
10-Dec-1965 |
29-Sep-2010 |
Friday Night Stand-Up |
Gary Glitter |
Musician |
8-May-1944 |
|
Rock and Roll Part 2 |
Cary Grant |
Actor |
18-Jan-1904 |
29-Nov-1986 |
North by Northwest |
Shauna Grant |
Pornstar |
30-May-1963 |
21-Mar-1984 |
Killed herself with a .22 rifle |
Jerry Hall |
Model |
2-Jul-1956 |
|
Second wife of Mick Jagger |
Edward A. Hannegan |
Politician |
25-Jun-1807 |
25-Feb-1859 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
Richard Harris |
Actor |
1-Oct-1930 |
25-Oct-2002 |
English Bob in Unforgiven |
Wayne L. Hays |
Politician |
13-May-1911 |
13-Feb-1989 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1949-76 |
Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
Tony Hendra |
Comic |
1941 |
|
National Lampoon |
John Hinckley |
Assassin |
29-May-1955 |
|
Shot President Reagan |
Mark W. Hofmann |
Criminal |
7-Dec-1954 |
|
Forger, murderer |
Ian Huntley |
Criminal |
31-Jan-1974 |
|
Jailed for double murder |
Uday Hussein |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1964 |
22-Jul-2003 |
Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son |
Janis Ian |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Apr-1951 |
|
Society's Child |
Billy Idol |
Musician |
30-Nov-1955 |
|
Sneering faux punk rocker |
Thomas Kinkade |
Painter |
19-Jan-1958 |
6-Apr-2012 |
Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light" |
Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
Carole Landis |
Actor |
1-Jan-1919 |
5-Jul-1948 |
A Scandal in Paris |
Michel Leiris |
Author |
20-Apr-1901 |
30-Sep-1990 |
Surrealist, ethnographer, autobiographer |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
Musician |
29-Sep-1935 |
|
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire |
Mark Linkous |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1962 |
6-Mar-2010 |
Sparklehorse |
Shelley Long |
Actor |
23-Aug-1949 |
|
Diane on Cheers |
Courtney Love |
Singer |
9-Jul-1964 |
|
Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole |
Bernard L. Madoff |
Business |
29-Apr-1938 |
|
Madoff Investment Securities LLC |
Gideon Mantell |
Geologist |
3-Feb-1790 |
10-Nov-1852 |
English paleontologist and geologist |
John Matuszak |
Football |
25-Oct-1950 |
17-Jun-1989 |
Oakland Raider turned actor |
Mindy McCready |
Country Musician |
30-Nov-1975 |
17-Feb-2013 |
Troubled country music singer |
Bud McFarlane |
Government |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Iran-Contra figure |
Maggie McNamara |
Actor |
18-Feb-1928 |
18-Feb-1978 |
Three Coins in the Fountain |
Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
Rita Moreno |
Actor |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
West Side Story, Electric Company |
Jim Morrison |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Dec-1943 |
3-Jul-1971 |
Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors |
Joan O'Brien |
Actor |
14-Feb-1936 |
|
Operation Petticoat |
Anita O'Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Feminine master of scat |
Lamar Odom |
Basketball |
6-Nov-1979 |
|
Retired NBA star and auxiliary Kardashian |
Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
Fred Phelps |
Activist |
13-Nov-1929 |
19-Mar-2014 |
Convinced that God hates fags |
Trent Reznor |
Electronic Musician |
17-May-1965 |
|
Nine Inch Nails |
Adam Rich |
Actor |
12-Oct-1968 |
|
Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough |
Terry Richardson |
Photographer |
14-Aug-1965 |
|
Fashion photographer |
Rene Rivkin |
Business |
6-Jun-1944 |
1-May-2005 |
Disgraced Australian stockbroker |
Winona Ryder |
Actor |
29-Oct-1971 |
|
Edward Scissorhands |
Savannah |
Pornstar |
9-Oct-1970 |
11-Jul-1994 |
Saturday Night Beaver |
Christopher Scarver |
Criminal |
c. 1969 |
|
Murdered Jeffrey Dahmer |
Maria Schneider |
Actor |
27-Mar-1952 |
3-Feb-2011 |
Last Tango in Paris |
Charlie Sheen |
Actor |
3-Sep-1965 |
|
The prodigal Sheen |
Karen Silkwood |
Victim |
19-Feb-1946 |
13-Nov-1974 |
Nuclear whistleblower |
Nikki Sixx |
Bassist |
11-Dec-1958 |
|
Mötley Crüe bassist |
Anna Nicole Smith |
Model |
28-Nov-1967 |
8-Feb-2007 |
Addled golddigger |
Izzy Stradlin |
Guitarist |
8-Apr-1962 |
|
Former rhythm guitarist, Guns n' Roses |
Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
Sara Teasdale |
Poet |
8-Aug-1884 |
29-Jan-1933 |
Strange Victory |
Tila Tequila |
TV Personality |
24-Oct-1981 |
|
Pants-Off Dance-Off |
Timothy Treadwell |
Naturalist |
29-Apr-1957 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Consumed by bears |
Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
7-Apr-2012 |
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
Amy Winehouse |
Singer |
14-Sep-1983 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Rehab |
Natalie Wood |
Actor |
20-Jul-1938 |
29-Nov-1981 |
Rebel Without A Cause |
Andrea Yates |
Criminal Defendant |
2-Jul-1964 |
|
Drowned her five children |