| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Aaliyah |
Singer |
16-Jan-1979 |
25-Aug-2001 |
R&B singer, died in plane crash |
| Abu Abbas |
Terrorist |
10-Dec-1948 |
9-Mar-2004 |
Masterminded the Achille Lauro hijacking |
| Joan Vollmer Adams |
Victim |
1924 |
6-Sep-1951 |
Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs |
| Nick Adams |
Actor |
10-Jul-1931 |
7-Feb-1968 |
Johnny Yuma on The Rebel |
| Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
| Salvador Allende |
Head of State |
26-Jul-1908 |
11-Sep-1973 |
Chilean President, deposed by Pinochet |
| Albert Anastasia |
Criminal |
26-Feb-1902 |
25-Oct-1957 |
Gambino crime boss |
| Pier Angeli |
Actor |
19-Jun-1932 |
10-Sep-1971 |
Tomorrow Is Too Late |
| Marshall Applewhite |
Religion |
17-May-1931 |
26-Mar-1997 |
Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide |
| Diane Arbus |
Photographer |
14-Mar-1923 |
26-Jul-1971 |
Influential photographer |
| Notorious B.I.G. |
Rapper |
21-May-1972 |
9-Mar-1997 |
I love it when you call me big poppa |
| Bonny Lee Bakley |
Victim |
7-Jun-1956 |
4-May-2001 |
Baretta's wife, got whacked |
| Lester Bangs |
Critic |
14-Dec-1948 |
30-Apr-1982 |
Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung |
| Clyde Barrow |
Criminal |
24-Mar-1909 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| Jürgen Bartsch |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1946 |
28-Apr-1976 |
Teenaged homosexual serial killer |
| Jean-Michel Basquiat |
Painter |
22-Dec-1960 |
12-Aug-1988 |
NYC graffiti artist |
| Ol' Dirty Bastard |
Rapper |
15-Nov-1968 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan |
| Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
17-Dec-1770 |
26-Mar-1827 |
Prominent composer |
| John Belushi |
Actor |
24-Jan-1949 |
5-Mar-1982 |
Animal House |
| Chris Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1967 |
25-Jun-2007 |
WWE wrestler, murder/suicide |
| Lamont Bentley |
Actor |
25-Oct-1973 |
18-Jan-2005 |
Hakeem Campbell on Moesha |
| Mary Kay Bergman |
Actor |
5-Jun-1961 |
11-Nov-1999 |
South Park |
| Len Bias |
Basketball |
18-Nov-1963 |
19-Jun-1986 |
Boston Celtics draft pick, died of cocaine OD |
| Steve Biko |
Activist |
18-Dec-1946 |
12-Sep-1977 |
Father of Black Consciousness |
| John Birch |
Religion |
28-May-1918 |
25-Aug-1945 |
Missionary to China killed during WW2 |
| Napoleon Bonaparte |
Head of State |
15-Aug-1769 |
5-May-1821 |
Emperor of France |
| Sonny Bono |
Singer |
16-Feb-1935 |
5-Jan-1998 |
Moustached half of Sonny and Cher |
| John Wilkes Booth |
Assassin |
10-May-1838 |
26-Apr-1865 |
Abraham Lincoln's assassin |
| The Big Bopper |
Musician |
24-Oct-1930 |
3-Feb-1959 |
Chantilly Lace |
| Jonathan Brandis |
Actor |
13-Apr-1976 |
12-Nov-2003 |
Lucas Wolenczak on SeaQuest |
| Eva Braun |
First Lady |
6-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife |
| Arthur Brown |
Politician |
8-Mar-1843 |
13-Dec-1906 |
US Senator from Utah, 1896-97 |
| Lenny Bruce |
Comic |
13-Oct-1925 |
3-Aug-1966 |
Multiply obscene comic |
| Carlie Brucia |
Victim |
16-Mar-1992 |
1-Feb-2004 |
Little girl kidnapped and killed |
| Ted Bundy |
Criminal |
24-Nov-1946 |
24-Jan-1989 |
Serial killer, blamed pornography |
| Lord Byron |
Poet |
22-Jan-1788 |
19-Apr-1824 |
English romantic poet |
| Susan Cabot |
Actor |
9-Jul-1927 |
10-Dec-1986 |
The Wasp Woman |
| Julius Caesar |
Head of State |
13-Jul-100 BC |
15-Mar-44 BC |
Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC |
| Ken Caminiti |
Baseball |
21-Apr-1963 |
10-Oct-2004 |
Former National League MVP |
| Truman Capote |
Novelist |
30-Sep-1924 |
25-Aug-1984 |
In Cold Blood |
| Karen Carpenter |
Singer |
2-Mar-1950 |
4-Feb-1983 |
The Carpenters |
| David Carradine |
Actor |
8-Dec-1936 |
3-Jun-2009 |
Grasshopper |
| Mama Cass |
Singer |
19-Sep-1941 |
29-Jul-1974 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
| Iris Chang |
Author |
28-Mar-1968 |
9-Nov-2004 |
The Rape of Nanking |
| Harry Chapin |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Dec-1942 |
16-Jul-1981 |
Cat's in the Cradle |
| Seung-Hui Cho |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1984 |
16-Apr-2007 |
Virginia Tech Massacre |
| Lana Clarkson |
Actor |
5-Apr-1962 |
3-Feb-2003 |
Barbarian Queen |
| Kurt Cobain |
Musician |
20-Feb-1967 |
5-Apr-1994 |
Lead singer of Nirvana |
| William Colby |
Spy |
4-Jan-1920 |
27-Apr-1996 |
CIA Director, 1973-75 |
| Sam Cooke |
Singer |
22-Jan-1931 |
11-Dec-1964 |
Soul and R&B singer |
| Bob Crane |
Actor |
13-Jul-1928 |
29-Jun-1978 |
Hogan on Hogan's Heroes |
| Andrew Cunanan |
Criminal |
31-Aug-1969 |
23-Jul-1997 |
Murdered Gianni Versace |
| Leon Czolgosz |
Assassin |
1873 |
29-Oct-1901 |
President McKinley's assassin |
| Jeffrey Dahmer |
Criminal |
21-May-1960 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Homosexual serial killer cannibal |
| Dorothy Dandridge |
Actor |
9-Nov-1922 |
8-Sep-1965 |
Carmen Jones |
| Donald DeFreeze |
Criminal |
16-Nov-1943 |
17-May-1974 |
Symbionese Liberation Army |
| Albert Dekker |
Actor |
20-Dec-1905 |
5-May-1968 |
The Wild Bunch |
| John Denver |
Country Musician |
31-Dec-1943 |
12-Oct-1997 |
Rocky Mountain High |
| Albert DeSalvo |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1931 |
25-Nov-1973 |
Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler |
| Pierre-Joseph Desault |
Doctor |
6-Feb-1738 |
1-Jun-1795 |
Surgeon at Hôtel Dieu |
| Amadou Diallo |
Victim |
2-Sep-1975 |
4-Feb-1999 |
Shot dead by the NYPD |
| Lady Diana |
Royalty |
1-Jul-1961 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess of Wales |
| John Dillinger |
Criminal |
22-Jun-1903 |
22-Jul-1934 |
Public Enemy Number One |
| Divine |
Actor |
19-Oct-1945 |
7-Mar-1988 |
Poodle poop-eating drag queen |
| Dolly the sheep |
Oddity |
5-Jul-1996 |
14-Feb-2003 |
World's first cloned mammal |
| Kevin DuBrow |
Singer |
29-Oct-1955 |
25-Nov-2007 |
Lead singer, Quiet Riot |
| Peter Duel |
Actor |
24-Feb-1940 |
31-Dec-1971 |
Alias Smith and Jones |
| Dominique Dunne |
Actor |
23-Nov-1959 |
4-Nov-1982 |
Poltergeist |
| Dale Earnhardt |
Auto Racing |
29-Apr-1951 |
18-Feb-2001 |
NASCAR driver died in Daytona 500 accident |
| John P. East |
Politician |
5-May-1931 |
29-Jun-1986 |
US Senator, committed suicide |
| Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
| Medgar Evers |
Activist |
2-Jul-1925 |
12-Jun-1963 |
Civil rights activist murdered in 1963 |
| Chris Farley |
Comic |
15-Feb-1964 |
17-Dec-1997 |
Saturday Night Live |
| Farrah Fawcett |
Actor |
2-Feb-1947 |
25-Jun-2009 |
Original blonde on Charlie's Angels |
| Lolo Ferrari |
Pornstar |
9-Feb-1970 |
5-Mar-2000 |
Double Airbags |
| Errol Flynn |
Actor |
20-Jun-1909 |
14-Oct-1959 |
Robin Hood |
| Vince Foster |
Attorney |
15-Jan-1945 |
20-Jul-1993 |
Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton |
| Mary Frann |
Actor |
27-Feb-1943 |
23-Sep-1998 |
Joanna Loudon on Newhart |
| Eddie Gaedel |
Baseball |
8-Jun-1925 |
18-Jun-1961 |
Dwarf MLB player |
| Jerry Garcia |
Musician |
1-Aug-1942 |
9-Aug-1995 |
Grateful Dead |
| James Garfield |
Head of State |
19-Nov-1831 |
19-Sep-1881 |
20th US President, 1881 |
| Judy Garland |
Singer |
10-Jun-1922 |
22-Jun-1969 |
Dorothy in Wizard of Oz |
| Marvin Gaye |
Singer |
2-Apr-1939 |
1-Apr-1984 |
Heard It Through the Grapevine |
| Kitty Genovese |
Victim |
7-Jul-1935 |
13-Mar-1964 |
Allegedly killed by collective apathy |
| Maurice Gibb |
Bassist |
22-Dec-1949 |
12-Jan-2003 |
Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees |
| Trevor Goddard |
Actor |
14-Oct-1962 |
7-Jun-2003 |
Lt. Cmdr. Mic Brumby on JAG |
| Joseph Goebbels |
Government |
29-Oct-1897 |
1-May-1945 |
Reich Minister of Propaganda |
| Ron Goldman |
Victim |
2-Jul-1968 |
12-Jun-1994 |
Murder victim, OJ Simpson trial |
| Paul Dedrick Gray |
Bassist |
8-Apr-1972 |
24-May-2010 |
Bassist for Slipknot |
| Spalding Gray |
Actor |
5-Jun-1941 |
11-Jan-2004 |
Swimming to Cambodia monologist |
| Eddie Guerrero |
Wrestling |
9-Oct-1967 |
13-Nov-2005 |
Latino Heat |
| Che Guevara |
Activist |
14-Jun-1928 |
9-Oct-1967 |
Revolutionary icon |
| Charles Guiteau |
Assassin |
8-Sep-1841 |
30-Jun-1882 |
Assassin of President Garfield |
| David Halberstam |
Journalist |
10-Apr-1934 |
23-Apr-2007 |
The Powers That Be |
| Eric Harris |
Criminal |
9-Apr-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Phil Hartman |
Actor |
24-Sep-1948 |
28-May-1998 |
Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure |
| Domino Harvey |
Relative |
7-Aug-1969 |
27-Jun-2005 |
Laurence Harvey's daughter |
| Bobby Hatfield |
Singer |
10-Aug-1940 |
5-Nov-2003 |
The Righteous Brothers |
| Mitch Hedberg |
Comic |
24-Feb-1968 |
30-Mar-2005 |
Stand-up comedian known for one-liners |
| Margaux Hemingway |
Actor |
16-Feb-1955 |
2-Jul-1996 |
Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin |
| Jimi Hendrix |
Guitarist |
27-Nov-1942 |
18-Sep-1970 |
Purple Haze |
| Lewis B. Hershey |
Military |
12-Sep-1893 |
20-May-1977 |
Director of Selective Service System |
| Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Jul-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
| Jon-Erik Hexum |
Actor |
5-Nov-1957 |
18-Oct-1984 |
Actor accidently shot himself |
| Reinhard Heydrich |
Military |
7-Mar-1904 |
4-Jun-1942 |
Protector of Bohemia and Moravia |
| Myra Hindley |
Criminal |
23-Jul-1942 |
15-Nov-2002 |
The Moors Murders |
| Adolf Hitler |
Head of State |
20-Apr-1889 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45 |
| Abbie Hoffman |
Activist |
30-Nov-1936 |
12-Apr-1989 |
Steal This Book |
| Philip Seymour Hoffman |
Actor |
23-Jul-1967 |
2-Feb-2014 |
Capote |
| William Holden |
Actor |
17-Apr-1918 |
16-Nov-1981 |
Stalag 17 |
| Shannon Hoon |
Musician |
26-Sep-1967 |
21-Oct-1995 |
Frontman for Blind Melon |
| Whitney Houston |
Singer |
9-Aug-1963 |
11-Feb-2012 |
Diva and cautionary tale |
| L. Ron Hubbard |
Religion |
13-Mar-1911 |
24-Jan-1986 |
Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology |
| Howard Hughes |
Business |
24-Sep-1905 |
5-Apr-1976 |
Insane billionaire |
| Mark R. Hughes |
Business |
1956 |
21-May-2000 |
Herbalife founder |
| Qusay Hussein |
Royalty |
17-May-1966 |
22-Jul-2003 |
Saddam Hussein's younger son |
| Uday Hussein |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1964 |
22-Jul-2003 |
Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son |
| Michael Hutchence |
Musician |
22-Jan-1960 |
22-Nov-1997 |
INXS |
| Steve Irwin |
Naturalist |
22-Feb-1962 |
4-Sep-2006 |
The Crocodile Hunter |
| Ishi |
Oddity |
c. 1860 |
25-Mar-1916 |
Last of an extinct tribe |
| Michael Jackson |
Singer |
29-Aug-1958 |
25-Jun-2009 |
King of Pop |
| Rick James |
Musician |
1-Feb-1948 |
6-Aug-2004 |
Superfreak |
| David Janssen |
Actor |
27-Mar-1931 |
13-Feb-1980 |
The Fugitive |
| Richard Jeni |
Comic |
14-Apr-1957 |
10-Mar-2007 |
A Big Steaming Pile of Me |
| Michael Jeter |
Actor |
26-Aug-1952 |
30-Mar-2003 |
Evening Shade |
| Richard Jewell |
Victim |
17-Nov-1962 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Innocent security guard blamed for bombing |
| Samuel Johnson |
Lexicographer |
18-Sep-1709 |
13-Dec-1784 |
A Dictionary of the English Language |
| Jim Jones |
Religion |
13-May-1931 |
18-Nov-1978 |
Led mass People's Temple suicide |
| John Paul Jones |
Military |
6-Jul-1747 |
18-Jul-1792 |
Has not yet begun to fight |
| Janis Joplin |
Singer |
19-Jan-1943 |
4-Oct-1970 |
Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart) |
| Florence Griffith Joyner |
Track and Field |
21-Dec-1959 |
21-Sep-1998 |
Olympic sprinter |
| Brian Keith |
Actor |
14-Nov-1921 |
24-Jun-1997 |
Uncle Bill on Family Affair |
| Chris Kelly |
Rapper |
11-Aug-1978 |
1-May-2013 |
The "Mac Daddy" half of Kris Kross |
| John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
| Mary Richardson Kennedy |
Relative |
4-Oct-1959 |
16-May-2012 |
Estranged wife of RFK, Jr. |
| Robert F. Kennedy |
Politician |
20-Nov-1925 |
6-Jun-1968 |
Slain Presidential candidate |
| Doug Kenney |
Comic |
10-Dec-1946 |
27-Aug-1980 |
National Lampoon cofounder |
| B. B. King |
Musician |
16-Sep-1925 |
14-May-2015 |
King of the Blues |
| Coretta Scott King |
Activist |
27-Apr-1927 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King |
| Sam Kinison |
Comic |
8-Dec-1953 |
10-Apr-1992 |
Caustic stand-up comic |
| Klaus Kinski |
Actor |
18-Oct-1926 |
23-Nov-1991 |
Nosferatu the Vampyre |
| Dylan Klebold |
Criminal |
11-Sep-1981 |
20-Apr-1999 |
Columbine Massacre |
| Leon Klinghoffer |
Victim |
24-Sep-1916 |
7-Oct-1985 |
Shot and thrown overboard by terrorists |
| David Koresh |
Religion |
17-Aug-1959 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Branch Davidian cult leader |
| Ken Lay |
Business |
15-Apr-1942 |
5-Jul-2006 |
CEO of Enron, 1986-2002 |
| Heath Ledger |
Actor |
4-Apr-1979 |
22-Jan-2008 |
Brokeback Mountain |
| Brandon Lee |
Actor |
1-Feb-1965 |
31-Mar-1993 |
Actor son of Bruce Lee |
| Bruce Lee |
Actor |
27-Nov-1940 |
20-Jul-1973 |
Enter the Dragon |
| Vladimir Lenin |
Head of State |
22-Apr-1870 |
21-Jan-1924 |
Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union |
| John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
| Gerald Levert |
Singer |
13-Jul-1966 |
10-Nov-2006 |
Baby Hold on to Me |
| Primo Levi |
Author |
31-Jul-1919 |
11-Apr-1987 |
Survival in Auschwitz |
| Chandra Levy |
Victim |
14-Apr-1977 |
1-May-2001 |
Gary Condit's dead intern |
| Liberace |
Pianist |
16-May-1919 |
4-Feb-1987 |
Rhinestoned pianist |
| Abraham Lincoln |
Head of State |
12-Feb-1809 |
15-Apr-1865 |
16th US President, 1861-65 |
| Charles Lindbergh, Jr. |
Victim |
22-Jun-1930 |
Mar-1932 |
The Lindbergh Baby |
| Sonny Liston |
Boxing |
8-May-1932 |
30-Dec-1970 |
World Heavyweight Champion 1962-64 |
| Terry L. Long |
Football |
21-Jul-1959 |
7-Jun-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman |
| Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes |
Singer |
27-May-1971 |
25-Apr-2002 |
Member of TLC |
| Louis XVII |
Royalty |
27-Mar-1785 |
8-Jun-1795 |
Dauphin, Titular King of France |
| Ludwig II |
Royalty |
25-Aug-1845 |
13-Jun-1886 |
Mad King Ludwig of Bavaria, 1864-86 |
| Paul Lynde |
Comic |
13-Jun-1926 |
10-Jan-1982 |
Hollywood Square |
| Malcolm X |
Activist |
19-May-1925 |
21-Feb-1965 |
Nation of Islam |
| Teena Marie |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Mar-1956 |
26-Dec-2010 |
White soul singer/songwriter |
| Georgi Markov |
Victim |
1-Mar-1929 |
11-Sep-1978 |
Killed with a ricin-tipped umbrella |
| Trayvon Martin |
Victim |
5-Feb-1995 |
26-Feb-2012 |
Shot and killed by George Zimmerman |
| John Matuszak |
Football |
25-Oct-1950 |
17-Jun-1989 |
Oakland Raider turned actor |
| Marilyn Maxwell |
Actor |
3-Aug-1921 |
20-Mar-1972 |
Stand by for Action |
| Robert Maxwell |
Publisher |
10-Jun-1923 |
5-Nov-1991 |
Mirror Group tycoon |
| Billy Mays |
TV Personality |
20-Jul-1958 |
28-Jun-2009 |
Bearded infomercial pitchman |
| Christopher McCandless |
Victim |
12-Feb-1968 |
18-Aug-1992 |
Subject of Into the Wild |
| William McKinley |
Head of State |
29-Jan-1843 |
14-Sep-1901 |
25th US President, 1897-1901 |
| Aimee Semple McPherson |
Religion |
9-Oct-1890 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Evangelist, faith healer |
| Slobodan Milosevic |
Head of State |
29-Aug-1941 |
11-Mar-2006 |
Deposed President of Yugoslavia |
| Sal Mineo |
Actor |
10-Jan-1939 |
12-Feb-1976 |
Dies in Rebel Without A Cause |
| Artie Mitchell |
Film Director |
12-Dec-1945 |
27-Feb-1991 |
Pornographer; shot and killed by brother Jim |
| Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
| Keith Moon |
Drummer |
23-Aug-1946 |
7-Sep-1978 |
Drummer for The Who |
| Aldo Moro |
Head of State |
23-Sep-1916 |
9-May-1978 |
Kidnapped and murdered PM of Italy |
| Vic Morrow |
Actor |
14-Feb-1929 |
23-Jul-1982 |
Sgt. Chip Saunders on Combat |
| Brittany Murphy |
Actor |
10-Nov-1977 |
20-Dec-2009 |
Clueless |
| Benito Mussolini |
Head of State |
29-Jul-1883 |
28-Apr-1945 |
Fascist Dictator of Italy |
| Patrick Nagel |
Artist |
25-Nov-1945 |
4-Feb-1984 |
The Nagel Woman |
| Jack Nance |
Actor |
21-Dec-1943 |
30-Dec-1996 |
Eraserhead |
| Pablo Neruda |
Poet |
12-Jul-1904 |
23-Sep-1973 |
Residencia en la Tierra |
| Haing S. Ngor |
Victim |
22-Mar-1940 |
25-Feb-1996 |
The Killing Fields |
| Madalyn Murray O'Hair |
Religion |
13-Apr-1919 |
Sep-1995 |
Atheist spokeswoman |
| Lee Harvey Oswald |
Assassin |
18-Oct-1939 |
24-Nov-1963 |
Assassin of John F. Kennedy |
| Robert Palmer |
Singer |
19-Jan-1949 |
26-Sep-2003 |
Addicted To Love |
| Bonnie Parker |
Criminal |
1-Oct-1910 |
23-May-1934 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
| Charlie Parker |
Jazz Musician |
29-Aug-1920 |
12-Mar-1955 |
Be-bop jazz musician |
| Gram Parsons |
Musician |
5-Nov-1946 |
19-Sep-1973 |
Flying Burrito Brothers |
| Blaise Pascal |
Mathematician |
19-Jun-1623 |
19-Aug-1662 |
French thinker and mathematician |
| Robert Pastorelli |
Actor |
21-Jun-1954 |
8-Mar-2004 |
Housepainter on Murphy Brown |
| Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
| Chris Penn |
Actor |
10-Oct-1965 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs |
| Laci Peterson |
Victim |
4-May-1975 |
23-Dec-2002 |
Pregnant mother's body found in bay |
| River Phoenix |
Actor |
23-Aug-1970 |
31-Oct-1993 |
My Own Private Idaho |
| Rob Pilatus |
Dancer |
8-Jun-1965 |
2-Apr-1998 |
Troubled half of Milli Vanilli |
| Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
| Dana Plato |
Actor |
7-Nov-1964 |
9-May-1999 |
Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes |
| Heinz C. Prechter |
Business |
19-Jan-1942 |
6-Jul-2001 |
The sunroof king |
| Elvis Presley |
Singer |
8-Jan-1935 |
16-Aug-1977 |
Rock and roll icon |
| Freddie Prinze |
Actor |
22-Jun-1954 |
29-Jan-1977 |
Chico of Chico and the Man |
| Glenn Quinn |
Actor |
28-May-1970 |
3-Dec-2002 |
Mark Healy on Roseanne |
| Dee Dee Ramone |
Bassist |
18-Sep-1952 |
5-Jun-2002 |
Former bassist, The Ramones |
| JonBenét Ramsey |
Victim |
6-Aug-1990 |
26-Dec-1996 |
6-year-old murdered pageant winner |
| Virginia Rappe |
Victim |
7-Jul-1891 |
9-Sep-1921 |
Fatty Arbuckle scandal |
| Rasputin |
Religion |
23-Jan-1871 |
30-Dec-1916 |
Russia's Greatest Love Machine |
| James Earl Ray |
Assassin |
10-Mar-1928 |
23-Apr-1998 |
Pled guilty in Martin Luther King's assassination |
| George Reeves |
Actor |
5-Jan-1914 |
16-Jun-1959 |
Television's first Superman |
| Natasha Richardson |
Actor |
11-May-1963 |
18-Mar-2009 |
Widows' Peak |
| Jack Ruby |
Assassin |
25-Mar-1911 |
3-Jan-1967 |
Killed Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Anwar Sadat |
Head of State |
25-Dec-1918 |
6-Oct-1981 |
President of Egypt, 1970-81 |
| Terry Sawchuk |
Hockey |
28-Dec-1929 |
31-May-1970 |
Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer |
| Terri Schiavo |
Victim |
3-Dec-1963 |
31-Mar-2005 |
Human vegetable, 1990-2005 |
| Bon Scott |
Musician |
9-Jul-1946 |
19-Feb-1980 |
Lead Singer for AC/DC |
| Junior Seau |
Football |
19-Jan-1969 |
2-May-2012 |
NFL Linebacker, committed suicide |
| Secretariat |
Racehorse |
29-Mar-1970 |
4-Oct-1989 |
Greatest race horse of all time |
| Edie Sedgwick |
Socialite |
20-Apr-1943 |
16-Nov-1971 |
Warhol factory girl |
| Selena |
Singer |
16-Apr-1971 |
31-Mar-1995 |
Crossover Tejano music star |
| Tupac Shakur |
Rapper |
16-Jun-1971 |
13-Sep-1996 |
All Eyez on Me |
| Nerine Shatner |
Relative |
c. 1959 |
9-Aug-1999 |
William Shatner's drowned wife |
| Adrienne Shelly |
Actor |
24-Jun-1966 |
1-Nov-2006 |
Waitress |
| Matthew Shepard |
Victim |
1-Dec-1976 |
12-Oct-1998 |
Gay hate crime victim |
| Elizabeth Short |
Victim |
29-Jul-1924 |
15-Jan-1947 |
The Black Dahlia |
| Bugsy Siegel |
Criminal |
28-Feb-1906 |
20-Jun-1947 |
Brought the mob to Las Vegas |
| Karen Silkwood |
Victim |
19-Feb-1946 |
13-Nov-1974 |
Nuclear whistleblower |
| Nicole Brown Simpson |
Victim |
19-May-1959 |
12-Jun-1994 |
OJ's murdered ex-wife |
| Anna Nicole Smith |
Model |
28-Nov-1967 |
8-Feb-2007 |
Addled golddigger |
| Daniel Smith |
Relative |
22-Jan-1986 |
10-Sep-2006 |
Son of Anna Nicole Smith |
| Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
| Layne Staley |
Musician |
22-Aug-1967 |
14-Apr-2002 |
Frontman for Alice In Chains |
| Dorothy Stratten |
Actor |
28-Feb-1960 |
14-Aug-1980 |
Actress, centerfold |
| Joe Strummer |
Musician |
21-Aug-1952 |
22-Dec-2002 |
Lead singer of The Clash |
| Stuart Sutcliffe |
Musician |
23-Jun-1940 |
10-Apr-1962 |
Briefly a Beatle |
| Sharon Tate |
Actor |
24-Jan-1943 |
8-Aug-1969 |
Polanski's wife murdered by Manson family |
| Sean Taylor |
Football |
1-Apr-1983 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Washington Redskins safety, murdered 2007 |
| Zachary Taylor |
Head of State |
24-Nov-1784 |
9-Jul-1850 |
12th President of the United States |
| Hunter S. Thompson |
Journalist |
18-Jul-1937 |
20-Feb-2005 |
Gonzo journalist and author |
| Johnny Thunders |
Guitarist |
15-Jul-1952 |
23-Apr-1991 |
New York Dolls guitarist |
| Emmett Till |
Victim |
25-Jul-1941 |
28-Aug-1955 |
Black boy, murdered brutally in Mississippi |
| Pat Tillman |
Military |
6-Nov-1976 |
22-Apr-2004 |
NFL player turned Army Ranger |
| Thelma Todd |
Actor |
29-Jul-1905 |
16-Dec-1935 |
The Bohemian Girl |
| Timothy Treadwell |
Naturalist |
29-Apr-1957 |
5-Oct-2003 |
Consumed by bears |
| Gianni Versace |
Fashion Designer |
2-Dec-1946 |
16-Jul-1997 |
Fashion designer murdered by Andrew Cunanan |
| David Vetter |
Victim |
21-Sep-1971 |
22-Feb-1984 |
The Boy in the Bubble |
| Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
| Paul Walker |
Actor |
12-Sep-1973 |
30-Nov-2013 |
2 Fast 2 Furious |
| Stella Walsh |
Track and Field |
3-Apr-1911 |
4-Dec-1980 |
Olympic sprinter found to be hermaphrodite |
| Carol Wayne |
Actor |
6-Sep-1942 |
13-Jan-1985 |
Art Fern's Tea-Time Movie Lady |
| Jack Webb |
Actor |
2-Apr-1920 |
23-Dec-1982 |
Joe Friday in Dragnet |
| Keith Whitley |
Country Musician |
1-Jul-1955 |
9-May-1989 |
Don't Close Your Eyes |
| Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
| Amy Winehouse |
Singer |
14-Sep-1983 |
23-Jul-2011 |
Rehab |
| Natalie Wood |
Actor |
20-Jul-1938 |
29-Nov-1981 |
Rebel Without A Cause |
| Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
| Paula Yates |
TV Personality |
24-Apr-1960 |
17-Sep-2000 |
Rock Stars in Their Underpants |
| Abu Musab al-Zarqawi |
Terrorist |
20-Oct-1966 |
7-Jun-2006 |
Former top al Qaeda operative in Iraq |
