Gall bladder removal.
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Gregg Allman |
Musician |
8-Dec-1947 |
|
The Allman Brothers |
Julie Andrews |
Singer |
1-Oct-1935 |
|
Mary Poppins |
Yuri Andropov |
Head of State |
14-Jun-1914 |
9-Feb-1984 |
Soviet General Secretary, 1982-84 |
Rocky Aoki |
Business |
9-Oct-1938 |
10-Jul-2008 |
Benihana founder |
John Ashcroft |
Politician |
9-May-1942 |
|
US Attorney General, 2001-05 |
L. Frank Baum |
Novelist |
15-May-1856 |
6-May-1919 |
The Wizard of Oz |
Ezra Taft Benson |
Religion |
4-Aug-1899 |
30-May-1994 |
President of the Mormon Church, 1985-94 |
Jack Black |
Musician |
28-Aug-1969 |
|
Half of Tenacious D |
Dan Blocker |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
13-May-1972 |
Hoss on Bonanza |
Peter Boyle |
Actor |
18-Oct-1935 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Young Frankenstein |
William J. Brennan |
Judge |
25-Apr-1906 |
24-Jul-1997 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1956-90 |
Pat Buchanan |
Columnist |
2-Nov-1938 |
|
Crossfire |
Pearl S. Buck |
Author |
26-Jun-1892 |
6-Mar-1973 |
The Good Earth |
Raymond Burr |
Actor |
21-May-1917 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Perry Mason |
Howard Carter |
Archaeologist |
9-May-1874 |
2-Mar-1939 |
Uncovered Tutankhamun's Tomb |
David Cassidy |
Singer |
12-Apr-1950 |
|
The Partridge Family |
Willa Cather |
Novelist |
7-Dec-1873 |
24-Apr-1947 |
O Pioneers! |
Henry Cisneros |
Politician |
11-Jun-1947 |
|
Secretary of HUD, 1993-97 |
Kenneth Clark |
Historian |
10-Jul-1903 |
21-May-1983 |
Civilisation |
Roy Clark |
TV Personality |
15-Apr-1933 |
|
Hee Haw |
Gordon Cooper |
Astronaut |
6-Mar-1927 |
4-Oct-2004 |
Mercury 7 and Gemini 5 astronaut |
Mike Cuellar |
Baseball |
8-May-1937 |
2-Apr-2010 |
1969 Cy Young Award Winner |
Dalai Lama |
Religion |
6-Jul-1935 |
|
14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama |
Tommy Dorsey |
Musician |
19-Nov-1905 |
26-Nov-1956 |
Popular bandleader |
Anthony Eden |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1897 |
14-Jan-1977 |
UK Prime Minister, 1955-57 |
Jim Edgar |
Politician |
22-Jan-1946 |
|
Governor of Illinois, 1991-99 |
William A. Egan |
Politician |
8-Oct-1914 |
6-May-1984 |
Twice Governor of Alaska |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
Sam Ervin |
Politician |
27-Sep-1896 |
23-Apr-1985 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74 |
Jaime Escalante |
Educator |
31-Dec-1930 |
30-Mar-2010 |
Celebrated high school calculus teacher |
King Fahd |
Royalty |
1923 |
1-Aug-2005 |
King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005 |
Edna Ferber |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1885 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Show Boat and Giant |
Ernie Fletcher |
Politician |
12-Nov-1952 |
|
Governor of Kentucky, 2003-07 |
Daniel J. Flood |
Politician |
26-Nov-1903 |
28-May-1994 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1945-80 |
John Ford |
Film Director |
1-Feb-1894 |
31-Aug-1973 |
How Green Was My Valley |
Kirk Fordice |
Politician |
10-Feb-1934 |
7-Sep-2004 |
Governor of Mississippi, 1992-2000 |
Henry H. Fowler |
Government |
5-Sep-1908 |
3-Jan-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68 |
Clark Gable |
Actor |
1-Feb-1901 |
16-Nov-1960 |
Gone With the Wind |
Dick Gephardt |
Politician |
31-Jan-1941 |
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005 |
J. Paul Getty, Jr. |
Business |
7-Sep-1932 |
17-Apr-2003 |
Heir to the Getty Oil fortune |
Barry Goldwater |
Politician |
1-Jan-1909 |
29-May-1998 |
US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87 |
Lefty Gomez |
Baseball |
26-Nov-1908 |
17-Feb-1989 |
El Goofy |
Robert Graves |
Poet |
24-Jul-1895 |
7-Dec-1985 |
I, Claudius |
Oscar Hammerstein II |
Musician |
12-Jul-1895 |
23-Aug-1960 |
Rodgers and Hammerstein |
Dennis Hastert |
Politician |
2-Jan-1942 |
|
Speaker of the House, 1999-2006 |
Woody Hayes |
Football |
14-Feb-1913 |
12-Mar-1987 |
OSU Head Coach, 1951-78 |
Jesse Helms |
Politician |
18-Oct-1921 |
4-Jul-2008 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 |
Al Hirt |
Jazz Musician |
7-Nov-1922 |
27-Apr-1999 |
Dixieland trumpet player |
Alfred Hitchcock |
Film Director |
13-Aug-1899 |
29-Apr-1980 |
Master of Suspense |
Keith Holyoake |
Head of State |
11-Feb-1904 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72 |
Erich Honecker |
Head of State |
25-Aug-1912 |
29-May-1994 |
East German leader, 1971-89 |
Herbert Hoover |
Head of State |
10-Aug-1874 |
20-Oct-1964 |
31st US President, 1929-33 |
James B. Hunt |
Politician |
16-May-1937 |
|
Twice Governor of North Carolina |
Dale Jarrett |
Auto Racing |
26-Nov-1956 |
|
Three-time Daytona 500 winner |
George Jessel |
Actor |
3-Apr-1898 |
24-May-1981 |
Toastmaster General of the United States |
Steve Jobs |
Business |
24-Feb-1955 |
5-Oct-2011 |
Co-Founder of Apple Computer |
Pope John Paul II |
Religion |
18-May-1920 |
2-Apr-2005 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005 |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1908 |
22-Jan-1973 |
36th US President, 1963-69 |
Cherry Jones |
Actor |
21-Nov-1956 |
|
The Heiress |
Jesse H. Jones |
Government |
5-Apr-1874 |
1-Jun-1956 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1940-45 |
Toby Keith |
Country Musician |
8-Jul-1961 |
|
Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue |
Jean-Claude Killy |
Skier |
30-Aug-1943 |
|
Won 3 gold medals skiing at Grenoble '68 |
Ed Koch |
Politician |
12-Dec-1924 |
1-Feb-2013 |
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89 |
Helmut Kohl |
Head of State |
3-Apr-1930 |
|
Chancellor of Germany 1982-98 |
Thomas H. Kuchel |
Politician |
15-Aug-1910 |
21-Nov-1994 |
US Senator from California, 1953-69 |
Ted Kulongoski |
Politician |
5-Nov-1940 |
|
Governor of Oregon, 2003-11 |
Burt Lancaster |
Actor |
2-Nov-1913 |
20-Oct-1994 |
Elmer Gantry |
Charles Laughton |
Actor |
1-Jul-1899 |
15-Dec-1962 |
Island of Lost Souls |
Jack Lemmon |
Actor |
8-Feb-1925 |
27-Jun-2001 |
The Odd Couple |
Jerry Lee Lewis |
Musician |
29-Sep-1935 |
|
Goodness gracious, great balls of fire |
Joe Louis |
Boxing |
13-May-1914 |
12-Apr-1981 |
The Champ |
Douglas MacArthur |
Military |
26-Jan-1880 |
5-Apr-1964 |
General of the Army |
Harold Macmillan |
Head of State |
10-Feb-1894 |
29-Dec-1986 |
UK Prime Minister, 1957-63 |
Mickey Mantle |
Baseball |
20-Oct-1931 |
13-Aug-1995 |
Twelve times in the World Series |
Charlie Manuel |
Baseball |
4-Jan-1944 |
|
Manager, Philadelphia Phillies |
George C. McGhee |
Diplomat |
1912 |
4-Jul-2005 |
US Ambassador to Germany, 1963-68 |
James A. Michener |
Novelist |
3-Feb-1907 |
16-Oct-1997 |
South Pacific |
Barbara Mikulski |
Politician |
20-Jul-1936 |
|
US Senator from Maryland |
Bob Miller |
Politician |
30-Mar-1945 |
|
Governor of Nevada, 1989-99 |
Johnny Miller |
Golf |
29-Apr-1947 |
|
Golf commentator |
Rose Mofford |
Politician |
10-Jun-1922 |
|
Governor of Arizona, 1988-91 |
Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
Hosni Mubarak |
Head of State |
4-May-1928 |
|
President of Egypt, 1981-2011 |
Jack Murtha |
Politician |
17-Jun-1932 |
8-Feb-2010 |
Pennsylvania Congressman, 1974-2010 |
Milton Nascimento |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Oct-1942 |
|
Clube da Esquina |
Carroll O'Connor |
Actor |
2-Aug-1924 |
21-Jun-2001 |
Archie Bunker in All in the Family |
Sadaharu Oh |
Baseball |
20-May-1940 |
|
Japan's all-time Home Run King |
Aristotle Onassis |
Business |
15-Jan-1906 |
15-Mar-1975 |
Greek shipping tycoon |
Kerry Packer |
Business |
17-Dec-1937 |
26-Dec-2005 |
Richest man in Australia |
William S. Paley |
Business |
28-Sep-1901 |
26-Oct-1990 |
Chairman of CBS, 1946-83 |
Ivan Pavlov |
Scientist |
14-Sep-1849 |
27-Feb-1936 |
Conditioned reflexes |
Pablo Picasso |
Painter |
25-Oct-1881 |
8-Apr-1973 |
Abstract painter and sculptor |
Paul Prudhomme |
Chef |
13-Jul-1940 |
8-Oct-2015 |
Louisiana chef with magic seasoning blends |
Robert D. Ray |
Politician |
26-Sep-1928 |
|
Governor of Iowa, 1969-83 |
Leni Riefenstahl |
Film Director |
22-Aug-1902 |
8-Sep-2003 |
Triumph of the Will |
Will Rogers |
Comic |
04-Nov-1879 |
15-Aug-1935 |
American Cowboy, Entertainer, Humorist |
Margaret Sanger |
Activist |
14-Sep-1879 |
6-Sep-1966 |
Birth control advocate |
David Sarnoff |
Business |
27-Feb-1891 |
12-Dec-1971 |
CEO of RCA, founder of NBC |
Terry Sawchuk |
Hockey |
28-Dec-1929 |
31-May-1970 |
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer |
Eric Sevareid |
Journalist |
26-Nov-1912 |
9-Jul-1992 |
CBS News journalist |
Shah of Iran |
Royalty |
26-Oct-1919 |
27-Jul-1980 |
Last Shah of Iran |
Ariel Sharon |
Head of State |
26-Feb-1928 |
11-Jan-2014 |
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06 |
Morton Sobell |
Spy |
11-Apr-1917 |
|
Rosenbergs' co-conspirator |
Rod Steiger |
Actor |
14-Apr-1925 |
9-Jul-2002 |
In The Heat of the Night |
Jules Stein |
Business |
26-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1981 |
Founder of MCA |
John C. Stennis |
Politician |
3-Aug-1901 |
23-Apr-1995 |
US Senator from Mississippi, 1947-89 |
Dirk Stikker |
Diplomat |
5-Feb-1897 |
23-Dec-1979 |
NATO Secretary General, 1961-64 |
Ed Sullivan |
TV Personality |
28-Sep-1902 |
13-Oct-1974 |
The Ed Sullivan Show |
Harry S. Truman |
Head of State |
8-May-1884 |
26-Dec-1972 |
33rd US President, 1945-53 |
Al Unser, Sr. |
Auto Racing |
29-May-1939 |
|
Four-time Indy 500 winner |
Lanny Wadkins |
Golf |
5-Dec-1949 |
|
Winner, 1977 PGA Championship |
Andy Warhol |
Artist |
6-Aug-1928 |
22-Feb-1987 |
Pop Art movement |
John Wayne |
Actor |
26-May-1907 |
11-Jun-1979 |
The Duke |
Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
Alvin York |
Military |
13-Dec-1887 |
2-Sep-1964 |
Highly decorated WWI veteran |