Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Chinua Achebe |
Novelist |
16-Nov-1930 |
22-Mar-2013 |
Things Fall Apart |
Brooke Adams |
Actor |
8-Feb-1949 |
|
Invasion of the Body Snatchers |
Don Adams |
Actor |
13-Apr-1926 |
25-Sep-2005 |
Maxwell Smart on Get Smart |
Emilio Aguinaldo |
Head of State |
22-Mar-1869 |
6-Feb-1964 |
1st President of the Philippines |
Birdman of Alcatraz |
Criminal |
28-Jan-1890 |
22-Nov-1963 |
Subject of Burt Lancaster movie |
Alan Alda |
Actor |
28-Jan-1936 |
|
Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H |
Tim Allen |
Actor |
13-Jun-1953 |
|
Home Improvement |
Patty Andrews |
Singer |
16-Feb-1918 |
30-Jan-2013 |
The Andrews Sisters |
Peggy Ashcroft |
Actor |
22-Dec-1907 |
14-Jun-1991 |
A Passage to India |
Frank Ballance |
Politician |
15-Feb-1942 |
|
Congressman from North Carolina, 2003-04 |
Lynn Bari |
Actor |
18-Dec-1913 |
20-Nov-1989 |
Shock |
Justine Bateman |
Actor |
19-Feb-1966 |
|
Mallory Keaton on Family Ties |
Frank Beard |
Drummer |
11-Jun-1949 |
|
ZZ Top |
Glenn Beck |
TV Personality |
10-Feb-1964 |
|
Conservative TV and talk radio host |
Kate Beckinsale |
Actor |
26-Jul-1973 |
|
Pearl Harbor |
Barbara Bel Geddes |
Actor |
31-Oct-1922 |
8-Aug-2005 |
Miss Ellie on Dallas |
William Bendix |
Actor |
14-Jan-1906 |
14-Dec-1964 |
The Life of Riley |
Constance Bennett |
Actor |
22-Oct-1904 |
24-Jul-1965 |
The Affairs of Cellini |
Elisabeth Bergner |
Actor |
22-Aug-1897 |
12-May-1986 |
Escape Me Never |
Nate Berkus |
Designer |
17-Sep-1971 |
|
Interior decorator, often on Oprah |
Joan Blondell |
Actor |
30-Aug-1906 |
25-Dec-1979 |
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn |
Ward Bond |
Actor |
9-Apr-1903 |
5-Nov-1960 |
Wagon Train |
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon |
Royalty |
4-Aug-1900 |
30-Mar-2002 |
The Queen Mother |
Henry Brown |
Politician |
20-Dec-1935 |
|
Congressman, South Carolina 1st |
Raymond Burr |
Actor |
21-May-1917 |
12-Sep-1993 |
Perry Mason |
George W. Bush |
Head of State |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
43rd US President, 2001-09 |
Jenna Bush |
Relative |
25-Nov-1981 |
|
Twin daughter of George W. Bush |
Rachel Carson |
Scientist |
27-May-1907 |
14-Apr-1964 |
Mother of the environmental movement |
Howard Carter |
Archaeologist |
9-May-1874 |
2-Mar-1939 |
Uncovered Tutankhamun's Tomb |
Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
Peter Cook |
Comic |
19-Nov-1937 |
9-Jan-1995 |
Bedazzled |
Jackie Cooper |
Actor |
15-Sep-1922 |
3-May-2011 |
Jackie in Our Gang |
Kevin Costner |
Actor |
18-Jan-1955 |
|
Dances with Wolves |
Glenn Curtiss |
Aviator |
21-May-1878 |
23-Jul-1930 |
American aviation pioneer |
Olivia de Havilland |
Actor |
1-Jul-1916 |
|
Gone With the Wind |
Mike Douglas |
Talk Show Host |
11-Aug-1925 |
11-Aug-2006 |
The Mike Douglas Show |
Fran Drescher |
Actor |
30-Sep-1957 |
|
The Nanny |
Minnie Driver |
Actor |
31-Jan-1970 |
|
Good Will Hunting |
Patty Duke |
Actor |
14-Dec-1946 |
|
The Patty Duke Show |
Lenny Dykstra |
Baseball |
10-Feb-1963 |
|
Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder |
Vince Edwards |
Actor |
7-Jul-1928 |
11-Mar-1996 |
Ben Casey |
Zac Efron |
Actor |
18-Oct-1987 |
|
High School Musical |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1890 |
28-Mar-1969 |
34th US President, 1953-61 |
Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
22-Sep-2010 |
Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist |
Jane Fonda |
Actor |
21-Dec-1937 |
|
Barbarella |
Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
Henry Ford |
Business |
30-Jul-1863 |
7-Apr-1947 |
Founder of Ford Motors |
Clark Gable |
Actor |
1-Feb-1901 |
16-Nov-1960 |
Gone With the Wind |
Mahatma Gandhi |
Activist |
2-Oct-1869 |
30-Jan-1948 |
Proselytizer of nonviolence |
Ava Gardner |
Actor |
24-Dec-1922 |
25-Jan-1990 |
The Barefoot Contessa |
Greer Garson |
Actor |
29-Sep-1904 |
6-Apr-1996 |
Mrs. Miniver |
Israel Gelfand |
Mathematician |
2-Sep-1913 |
5-Oct-2009 |
Banach algebras, Lie groups |
Mel Gibson |
Actor |
3-Jan-1956 |
|
Mad Max |
Melissa Gilbert |
Actor |
8-May-1964 |
|
Little House on the Prairie |
Betty Grable |
Actor |
18-Dec-1916 |
2-Jul-1973 |
The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs |
Kelsey Grammer |
Actor |
21-Feb-1955 |
|
Frasier |
Alexander Granach |
Actor |
18-Apr-1893 |
14-Mar-1945 |
Nosferatu |
Kirk Hammett |
Guitarist |
18-Nov-1962 |
|
Guitarist for Metallica |
Katharine Hepburn |
Actor |
12-May-1907 |
29-Jun-2003 |
The Philadelphia Story |
Orel Hershiser |
Baseball |
16-Sep-1958 |
|
Bulldog |
Vladimir Horowitz |
Pianist |
1-Oct-1903 |
5-Nov-1989 |
Virtuoso pianist |
Julianne Hough |
Dancer |
20-Jul-1988 |
|
Dancing with the Stars |
James B. Hunt |
Politician |
16-May-1937 |
|
Twice Governor of North Carolina |
Eric Idle |
Comic |
29-Mar-1943 |
|
Monty Python |
Jim Jeffords |
Politician |
11-May-1934 |
18-Aug-2014 |
US Senator from Vermont, 1989-2007 |
Pope John Paul II |
Religion |
18-May-1920 |
2-Apr-2005 |
Roman Catholic Pontiff, 1978-2005 |
Brian Johnson |
Singer |
5-Oct-1947 |
|
Frontman of AC/DC |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Head of State |
27-Aug-1908 |
22-Jan-1973 |
36th US President, 1963-69 |
Chloe Jones |
Pornstar |
17-Jun-1975 |
2-Jun-2005 |
Where the Boys Aren't 17 |
Jennifer Jones |
Actor |
2-Mar-1919 |
17-Dec-2009 |
The Song of Bernadette |
Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
Danny Kaye |
Actor |
18-Jan-1913 |
3-Mar-1987 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty |
Sibel Kekilli |
Actor |
16-Jun-1980 |
|
Head-On |
Grace Kelly |
Royalty |
12-Nov-1929 |
14-Sep-1982 |
American-born Princess of Monaco |
R. Kelly |
Musician |
8-Jan-1967 |
|
Trapped In The Closet |
John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
John Maynard Keynes |
Economist |
5-Jun-1883 |
21-Apr-1946 |
Father of Keynesian economics |
Jimmy Kimmel |
Talk Show Host |
13-Nov-1967 |
|
The Man Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live |
Fritz Kreisler |
Violinist |
2-Feb-1875 |
29-Jan-1962 |
Austrian violin virtuoso |
Veronica Lake |
Actor |
14-Nov-1922 |
7-Jul-1973 |
Sullivan's Travels |
Dorothy Lamour |
Actor |
10-Dec-1914 |
22-Sep-1996 |
My Favorite Brunette |
Burt Lancaster |
Actor |
2-Nov-1913 |
20-Oct-1994 |
Elmer Gantry |
Franklin K. Lane |
Government |
15-Jul-1864 |
18-May-1921 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20 |
Wen Ho Lee |
Victim |
21-Dec-1939 |
|
Allegedly spied for China |
Janet Leigh |
Actor |
6-Jul-1927 |
4-Oct-2004 |
Psycho |
Greg LeMond |
Cyclist |
26-Jun-1961 |
|
Three-time Tour de France winner |
G. Gordon Liddy |
Government |
30-Nov-1930 |
|
Watergate criminal, talk-show-host |
Howard Lindsay |
Playwright |
29-Mar-1889 |
11-Feb-1968 |
The Sound of Music |
Margaret Lindsay |
Actor |
19-Sep-1910 |
9-May-1981 |
The House of the Seven Gables |
Lindsay Lohan |
Actor |
2-Jul-1986 |
|
Mean Girls |
Carole Lombard |
Actor |
6-Oct-1908 |
16-Jan-1942 |
My Man Godfrey |
Jack London |
Novelist |
12-Jan-1876 |
22-Nov-1916 |
Call of the Wild |
Alice Roosevelt Longworth |
Socialite |
12-Feb-1884 |
20-Feb-1980 |
The Other Washington Monument |
Al Lopez |
Baseball |
20-Aug-1908 |
30-Oct-2005 |
Catcher, manager, MLB Hall-of-Famer |
Lydia Lunch |
Musician |
2-Jun-1959 |
|
Punk and spoken word confrontationalist |
Jeanette MacDonald |
Actor |
18-Jun-1903 |
14-Jan-1965 |
The Merry Widow |
George Maciunas |
Artist |
8-Nov-1931 |
9-May-1978 |
Founder of Fluxus |
Iain Macleod |
Politician |
11-Nov-1913 |
20-Jul-1970 |
UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61 |
Josie Maran |
Model |
8-May-1978 |
|
Fashion model, sometime actress |
Fredric March |
Actor |
31-Aug-1897 |
14-Apr-1975 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
Brenda Marshall |
Actor |
29-Sep-1915 |
30-Jul-1992 |
Footsteps in the Dark |
Dean Martin |
Singer |
7-Jun-1917 |
25-Dec-1995 |
Member of Rat Pack |
Nick Mason |
Drummer |
27-Jan-1945 |
|
Drummer for Pink Floyd |
Henri Matisse |
Painter |
31-Dec-1869 |
3-Nov-1954 |
Free, expressive French painter |
Victor Mature |
Actor |
29-Jan-1913 |
4-Aug-1999 |
Samson and Delilah |
Amelie Mauresmo |
Tennis |
5-Jul-1979 |
|
Franco-lesbian tennis player |
Gates McFadden |
Actor |
2-Mar-1949 |
|
Dr. Crusher on Star Trek: TNG |
Tim McGraw |
Country Musician |
1-May-1967 |
|
Not a Moment Too Soon |
Denny McLain |
Baseball |
29-Mar-1944 |
|
Cy Young Award winner, embezzler |
Charlie Melancon |
Politician |
3-Oct-1947 |
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 2005-11 |
Russ Meyer |
Film Director |
21-Mar-1922 |
18-Sep-2004 |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls |
Bret Michaels |
Singer |
15-Mar-1963 |
|
Poison frontman |
Bette Midler |
Singer |
1-Dec-1945 |
|
Ol' Red Hair |
Mike Mills |
Bassist |
17-Dec-1958 |
|
Bassist for R.E.M. |
Tom Mix |
Actor |
6-Jan-1880 |
12-Oct-1940 |
Old-time silent movie cowboy |
Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
Colleen Moore |
Actor |
19-Aug-1900 |
25-Jan-1988 |
Ella Cinders |
Daniel Patrick Moynihan |
Politician |
16-Mar-1927 |
26-Mar-2003 |
US Senator from New York, 1977-2001 |
Carey Mulligan |
Actor |
28-May-1985 |
|
An Education |
Audie Murphy |
Actor |
20-Jun-1924 |
28-May-1971 |
War hero turned cowboy actor |
Stan Musial |
Baseball |
21-Nov-1920 |
19-Jan-2013 |
St. Louis Cardinals |
Anne Nagel |
Actor |
29-Sep-1915 |
6-Jul-1966 |
The Green Hornet |
Sandra Day O'Connor |
Judge |
26-Mar-1930 |
|
US Supreme Court Justice, 1981-2006 |
Maureen O'Hara |
Actor |
17-Aug-1920 |
24-Oct-2015 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
Dennis O'Keefe |
Actor |
29-Mar-1908 |
31-Aug-1968 |
Brewster's Millions |
Eugene O'Neill |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1888 |
27-Nov-1953 |
Long Day's Journey Into Night |
Keith Olbermann |
Pundit |
27-Jan-1959 |
|
Countdown |
Laurence Olivier |
Actor |
22-May-1907 |
11-Jul-1989 |
Shakespearean actor |
Suze Orman |
Author |
5-Jun-1951 |
|
The Road to Wealth |
Donny Osmond |
Musician |
9-Dec-1957 |
|
Donny and Marie Show |
George Pataki |
Politician |
24-Jun-1945 |
|
Governor of New York, 1995-2006 |
Paul |
Royalty |
14-Dec-1901 |
6-Mar-1964 |
King of Greece, 1947-64 |
John Barton Payne |
Government |
26-Jan-1855 |
24-Jan-1935 |
Red Cross Chairman, 1921-35 |
Gregory Peck |
Actor |
5-Apr-1916 |
12-Jun-2003 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
Ty Pennington |
TV Personality |
19-Oct-1965 |
|
Carpenter on Trading Spaces |
Evita Peron |
First Lady |
7-May-1919 |
26-Jul-1952 |
Don't cry for her |
Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
C. W. Post |
Business |
26-Oct-1854 |
9-May-1914 |
Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts |
Adam Clayton Powell |
Politician |
29-Nov-1908 |
4-Apr-1972 |
Congressman from New York, 1945-71 |
Lewis F. Powell, Jr. |
Judge |
19-Sep-1907 |
25-Aug-1998 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1972-87 |
Lisa Marie Presley |
Relative |
1-Feb-1968 |
|
Daughter of Elvis Presley |
Muammar Qaddafi |
Head of State |
1942 |
20-Oct-2011 |
Dictator of Libya |
Dan Quayle |
Politician |
4-Feb-1947 |
|
Vice President under George H.W. Bush |
Walter Reed |
Scientist |
13-Sep-1851 |
22-Nov-1902 |
Proved mosquitos spread Yellow Fever |
Christopher Reeve |
Actor |
25-Sep-1952 |
10-Oct-2004 |
Superman |
Frederic Remington |
Sculptor |
4-Oct-1861 |
26-Dec-1909 |
The Bronco Buster |
James Reston |
Journalist |
3-Nov-1909 |
6-Dec-1995 |
The New York Times |
Tex Ritter |
Country Musician |
12-Jan-1905 |
2-Jan-1974 |
You Two-Timed Me Once Too Often |
Ben Roethlisberger |
Football |
2-Mar-1982 |
|
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback |
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
Architect |
27-Mar-1886 |
17-Aug-1969 |
The Glass Skyscraper |
Cesar Romero |
Actor |
15-Feb-1907 |
1-Jan-1994 |
The Joker on Batman |
George W. Romney |
Politician |
8-Jul-1907 |
26-Jul-1995 |
Presidential candidate, admitted brainwashing |
Andy Rooney |
Journalist |
14-Jan-1919 |
4-Nov-2011 |
60 Minutes' resident crank |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
Carl Sagan |
Astronomer |
9-Nov-1934 |
20-Dec-1996 |
Popular astronomer, host of Cosmos |
William Saroyan |
Author |
31-Aug-1908 |
18-May-1981 |
The Time of Your Life |
Maximilian Schell |
Actor |
8-Dec-1930 |
1-Feb-2014 |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
Tom Schieffer |
Diplomat |
4-Oct-1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Japan, 2005-09 |
Curt Schilling |
Baseball |
14-Nov-1966 |
|
Boston Red Sox pitcher |
Dmitri Shostakovich |
Composer |
25-Sep-1906 |
9-Aug-1975 |
Symphony No. 7 |
Wallis Simpson |
Royalty |
19-Jun-1896 |
24-Apr-1986 |
Duchess of Windsor |
Mary Decker Slaney |
Track and Field |
4-Aug-1958 |
|
Runner |
Ruth Snyder |
Criminal |
1895 |
12-Jan-1928 |
Electrocuted for murdering husband |
Ann Sothern |
Actor |
22-Jan-1909 |
15-Mar-2001 |
Private Secretary |
Boris Spassky |
Chess Player |
30-Jan-1937 |
|
Grandmaster defeated by Bobby Fischer |
Richard Speck |
Criminal |
6-Dec-1941 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Killed eight student nurses |
Igor Stravinsky |
Composer |
17-Jun-1882 |
6-Apr-1971 |
The Rite of Spring |
Preston Sturges |
Screenwriter |
29-Aug-1898 |
6-Aug-1959 |
Sullivan's Travels |
Bo Svenson |
Actor |
13-Feb-1944 |
|
North Dallas Forty |
Lilyan Tashman |
Actor |
23-Oct-1899 |
21-Mar-1934 |
Puttin' on the Ritz |
Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
Iva Toguri |
Radio Personality |
4-Jul-1916 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Never actually was Tokyo Rose |
Lee Trevino |
Golf |
1-Dec-1939 |
|
Pro golfer hosted Golf for Swingers |
Verne Troyer |
Actor |
1-Jan-1969 |
|
Mini-Me |
Lana Turner |
Actor |
8-Feb-1920 |
29-Jun-1995 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Ben Wallace |
Basketball |
10-Sep-1974 |
|
Cleveland Cavaliers |
Kurt Warner |
Football |
22-Jun-1971 |
|
Un-drafted NFL star quarterback |
Chris Webber |
Basketball |
1-Mar-1973 |
|
2003 NBA All-star, Sacramento Kings |
Charles Whitman |
Criminal |
24-Jun-1941 |
1-Aug-1966 |
University Tower sharpshooter |
Bernie Williams |
Baseball |
13-Sep-1968 |
|
New York Yankees |
Doug Williams |
Football |
9-Aug-1955 |
|
Former NFL and USFL quarterback |
Tennessee Williams |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1911 |
25-Feb-1983 |
The Glass Menagerie |
Pete Wilson |
Politician |
23-Aug-1933 |
|
Governor of California, 1991-99 |
John Wooden |
Basketball |
14-Oct-1910 |
4-Jun-2010 |
Winningest-ever college basketball coach |
Tammy Wynette |
Country Musician |
5-May-1942 |
6-Apr-1998 |
Stand By Your Man |
Giuseppe Zangara |
Assassin |
7-Sep-1900 |
20-Mar-1933 |
Tried to kill Franklin D. Roosevelt |