Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Willie Aames |
Actor |
15-Jul-1960 |
|
Tommy on Eight is Enough |
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 |
Kenneth Anger |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1930 |
|
Pioneer avant-garde filmmaker |
Adam Ant |
Musician |
3-Nov-1954 |
|
Goody Two Shoes |
Eddie Antar |
Business |
18-Dec-1947 |
|
Crazy Eddie |
Mary Astor |
Actor |
3-May-1906 |
25-Sep-1987 |
The Maltese Falcon |
J. D. Roy Atchison |
Government |
28-Aug-1954 |
5-Oct-2007 |
Assistant US Attorney |
Tai Babilonia |
Figure Skating |
9-Sep-1959 |
|
Five-time US pairs figure skating champion |
Beryl Bainbridge |
Novelist |
21-Nov-1934 |
2-Jul-2010 |
Master Georgie |
James Baldwin |
Novelist |
2-Aug-1924 |
30-Nov-1987 |
Go Tell It on the Mountain |
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 |
Drew Barrymore |
Actor |
22-Feb-1975 |
|
E.T., The Wedding Singer |
Jürgen Bartsch |
Criminal |
6-Nov-1946 |
28-Apr-1976 |
Teenaged homosexual serial killer |
Jacques Barzun |
Historian |
30-Nov-1907 |
25-Oct-2012 |
From Dawn to Decadence |
Lina Basquette |
Actor |
19-Apr-1907 |
30-Sep-1994 |
The Godless Girl |
Scotty Beckett |
Actor |
4-Oct-1929 |
10-May-1968 |
Child star train wreck |
Ludwig van Beethoven |
Composer |
17-Dec-1770 |
26-Mar-1827 |
Prominent composer |
Belladonna |
Pornstar |
21-May-1981 |
|
The Fashionistas |
Hans Berger |
Physicist |
21-May-1873 |
1-Jun-1941 |
Electroencephalogram |
Busby Berkeley |
Film Director |
29-Nov-1895 |
14-Mar-1976 |
Strike Up the Band |
Fred Berry |
Actor |
13-Mar-1951 |
21-Oct-2003 |
Rerun on What's Happening!! |
Halle Berry |
Actor |
14-Aug-1966 |
|
Monster's Ball |
John Berryman |
Poet |
25-Oct-1914 |
7-Jan-1972 |
Homage to Mistress Bradstreet |
Ludwig Boltzmann |
Physicist |
20-Feb-1844 |
5-Sep-1906 |
Atoms and molecules |
Danny Bonaduce |
Actor |
13-Aug-1959 |
|
The Partridge Family |
Willie Bosket |
Criminal |
9-Dec-1962 |
|
Inspired the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978 |
Eva Braun |
First Lady |
6-Feb-1912 |
30-Apr-1945 |
Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife |
Nicholas Brendon |
Actor |
12-Apr-1971 |
|
Xander Harris on Buffy |
John Brogden |
Politician |
28-Mar-1969 |
|
Disgraced Australian opposition leader |
Divine Brown |
Criminal |
9-Aug-1969 |
|
Charged Hugh Grant for fellatio |
Martin Bryant |
Criminal |
7-May-1967 |
|
Killed 35 in a shooting spree in Tasmania |
Charles Bukowski |
Author |
16-Aug-1920 |
9-Mar-1994 |
Love is a Dog from Hell |
Dan Burros |
Activist |
5-Mar-1937 |
31-Oct-1965 |
Antisemitic Jew outed by NY Times |
Junior Byles |
Singer |
1948 |
|
Reggae singer, Lee "Scratch" Perry collaborator |
Juanita Bynum |
Religion |
16-Jan-1959 |
|
Pentecostal televangelist |
Capucine |
Actor |
6-Jan-1928 |
17-Mar-1990 |
The Pink Panther |
Drew Carey |
Comic |
23-May-1958 |
|
The Drew Carey Show |
Martine Carol |
Actor |
16-May-1920 |
6-Feb-1967 |
Lola Montès |
Hayden Carruth |
Poet |
3-Aug-1921 |
29-Sep-2008 |
Brothers, I Loved You All |
Kevin Carter |
Photographer |
13-Sep-1960 |
27-Jul-1994 |
Wanting A Meal |
Nell Carter |
Actor |
13-Sep-1948 |
23-Jan-2003 |
Housekeeper on Gimme A Break |
Roger Casement |
Activist |
1-Sep-1864 |
3-Aug-1916 |
Irish revolutionary, gay diarist |
Johnny Cash |
Country Musician |
26-Feb-1932 |
12-Sep-2003 |
The Man in Black |
Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
Raymond Chandler |
Author |
23-Jul-1888 |
26-Mar-1959 |
Invented hard-boiled detective novel |
Mark David Chapman |
Assassin |
10-May-1955 |
|
Assassin of Beatle John Lennon |
Vic Chesnutt |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Nov-1964 |
25-Dec-2009 |
Wheelchair-bound folk singer |
Leslie Cheung |
Singer |
12-Sep-1956 |
1-Apr-2003 |
Cantopop singer, jumped to death |
Christine Chubbuck |
Journalist |
24-Aug-1944 |
15-Jul-1974 |
Newscaster, suicided on live TV |
Chyna |
Wrestling |
27-Dec-1969 |
|
Former pro wrestler |
Voltairine de Cleyre |
Anarchist |
17-Nov-1866 |
20-Jun-1912 |
Anarchist without an adjective |
Robert Clive |
Military |
29-Sep-1725 |
22-Nov-1774 |
Conquered India for Britain |
Kurt Cobain |
Musician |
20-Feb-1967 |
5-Apr-1994 |
Lead singer of Nirvana |
Gary Coleman |
Actor |
8-Feb-1968 |
28-May-2010 |
Arnold Jackson on Diff'rent Strokes |
Judy Collins |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-May-1939 |
|
Folk singer |
Nadia Comaneci |
Gymnastics |
12-Nov-1961 |
|
Olympic gymnast |
Auguste Comte |
Sociologist |
19-Jan-1798 |
5-Sep-1857 |
Positivist founder of Sociology |
Joseph Conrad |
Author |
3-Dec-1857 |
3-Aug-1924 |
Heart of Darkness |
Laverne Cox |
Actor |
29-May-1984 |
|
Orange is the New Black |
Charles Cullen |
Criminal |
1960 |
|
Claimed to have killed 30-40 patients |
Adrianne Curry |
Model |
6-Aug-1982 |
|
America's Next Top Model |
Ian Curtis |
Singer |
15-Jul-1956 |
18-May-1980 |
Lead singer of Joy Division |
Ray Davies |
Musician |
21-Jun-1944 |
|
Frontman for The Kinks |
Richard Allen Davis |
Criminal |
2-Jun-1954 |
|
Murderer of Polly Klaas |
Sammy Davis, Jr. |
Singer |
8-Dec-1925 |
16-May-1990 |
Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack |
Lady Diana |
Royalty |
1-Jul-1961 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess of Wales |
Philip K. Dick |
Novelist |
16-Dec-1928 |
2-Mar-1982 |
Blade Runner |
Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
Micky Dolenz |
Actor |
8-Mar-1945 |
|
Drummer for The Monkees |
Olympia Dukakis |
Actor |
20-Jun-1931 |
|
Tales of the City |
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 |
Brenda Fassie |
Singer |
3-Nov-1964 |
9-May-2004 |
South African pop diva |
Amy Fisher |
Criminal |
21-Aug-1974 |
|
Long Island Lolita |
F. Scott Fitzgerald |
Author |
24-Sep-1896 |
21-Dec-1940 |
The Great Gatsby |
Peter Fonda |
Actor |
23-Feb-1940 |
|
Easy Rider |
Connie Francis |
Singer |
12-Dec-1938 |
|
Where the Boys Are |
Kay Francis |
Actor |
13-Jan-1905 |
26-Aug-1968 |
Trouble in Paradise |
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 Gauguin |
Painter |
7-Jun-1848 |
8-May-1903 |
French post-impressionist painter |
Jean Genet |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1910 |
15-Apr-1986 |
Theatre of the Absurd |
Gary Gilmore |
Criminal |
4-Dec-1940 |
17-Jan-1977 |
Executed by Utah firing squad |
Dwight Gooden |
Baseball |
16-Nov-1964 |
|
Pitcher, New York Mets |
Maxim Gorky |
Playwright |
28-Mar-1868 |
17-Jun-1936 |
The Lower Depths |
Bob Grant |
Actor |
14-Apr-1932 |
8-Nov-2003 |
On the Buses |
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 |
Spalding Gray |
Actor |
5-Jun-1941 |
11-Jan-2004 |
Swimming to Cambodia monologist |
Graham Greene |
Novelist |
2-Oct-1904 |
3-Apr-1991 |
The Third Man |
Ken Griffey, Jr. |
Baseball |
21-Nov-1969 |
|
All-Star outfielder |
Bo Gritz |
Military |
18-Jan-1939 |
|
Former Green Beret |
Tim Gunn |
TV Personality |
29-Jul-1953 |
|
Project Runway |
Johnny Hallyday |
Singer |
15-Jun-1943 |
|
French rock star, Souvenirs, Souvenirs |
Tonya Harding |
Figure Skating |
12-Nov-1969 |
|
Figure skater caused Olympic sized scandal |
Susan Hayward |
Actor |
30-Jun-1918 |
14-Mar-1975 |
I Want to Live! |
Gary Heidnik |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1943 |
6-Jul-1999 |
Sex torturer, murderer |
Ernest Hemingway |
Author |
21-Jul-1899 |
2-Jul-1961 |
The Old Man And The Sea |
Rudolf Hess |
Government |
26-Apr-1894 |
17-Jul-1987 |
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland |
John Hinckley |
Assassin |
29-May-1955 |
|
Shot President Reagan |
Mark W. Hofmann |
Criminal |
7-Dec-1954 |
|
Forger, murderer |
Jack Horkheimer |
Astronomer |
11-Jun-1938 |
20-Aug-2010 |
Naked-eye astronomer |
Norman Hsu |
Philanthropist |
Oct-1951 |
|
Notorious Democratic donor |
Sandy Hume |
Journalist |
c. 1969 |
22-Feb-1998 |
The Hill Correspondent, 1996-98 |
Uday Hussein |
Royalty |
18-Jun-1964 |
22-Jul-2003 |
Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son |
Barbara Hutton |
Socialite |
14-Nov-1912 |
11-May-1979 |
The Poor Little Rich Girl |
Betty Hutton |
Actor |
26-Feb-1921 |
11-Mar-2007 |
Incendiary Blonde |
Vanilla Ice |
Rapper |
31-Oct-1968 |
|
Ice Ice Baby |
Paris Jackson |
Relative |
3-Apr-1998 |
|
Daughter of Michael Jackson |
Elizabeth Jennings |
Poet |
18-Jul-1926 |
26-Oct-2001 |
Song for a Birth or a Death |
Billy Joel |
Pianist |
9-May-1949 |
|
Didn't start the fire |
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 |
Ted Kaczynski |
Criminal |
22-May-1942 |
|
The Unabomber |
Frida Kahlo |
Painter |
6-Jul-1907 |
13-Jul-1954 |
Unibrowed Mexican painter |
Machine Gun Kelly |
Criminal |
18-Jul-1895 |
18-Jul-1954 |
Notorious bank robber, kidnapper |
Ed Kemper |
Criminal |
18-Dec-1948 |
|
The Co-Ed Killer |
Klaus Kinski |
Actor |
18-Oct-1926 |
23-Nov-1991 |
Nosferatu the Vampyre |
Sally Kirkland |
Actor |
31-Oct-1944 |
|
Jeanette in ED TV |
Arthur Koestler |
Author |
3-Sep-1905 |
3-Mar-1983 |
Darkness at Noon |
Larry Kramer |
Playwright |
25-Jun-1935 |
|
The Normal Heart |
Ronnie Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
17-Mar-1995 |
Kray brothers |
Tuli Kupferberg |
Singer/Songwriter |
28-Sep-1923 |
12-Jul-2010 |
The Fugs |
Akira Kurosawa |
Film Director |
23-Mar-1910 |
6-Sep-1998 |
Yojimbo |
Alan Ladd |
Actor |
3-Sep-1913 |
29-Jan-1964 |
Shane |
Alexi Laiho |
Guitarist |
8-Apr-1979 |
|
Children of Bodom |
Henri Landru |
Criminal |
1869 |
25-Feb-1922 |
Bluebeard murderer of 10 widows |
Artie Lange |
Comic |
11-Oct-1967 |
|
MADtv, Howard Stern |
Pierre Laval |
Head of State |
28-Jun-1883 |
15-Oct-1945 |
Prime Minister of Vichy France |
Hector Lavoe |
Singer |
30-Sep-1946 |
29-Jun-1993 |
Puerto Rican salsa singer |
Larry Lea |
Religion |
1951 |
|
Disgraced televangelist |
Michel Leiris |
Author |
20-Apr-1901 |
30-Sep-1990 |
Surrealist, ethnographer, autobiographer |
Noémie Lenoir |
Model |
19-Sep-1979 |
|
L'Oréal model |
Meriwether Lewis |
Explorer |
18-Aug-1774 |
11-Oct-1809 |
Lewis and Clark expedition |
Max Linder |
Actor |
16-Dec-1883 |
31-Oct-1925 |
Seven Years Bad Luck |
Ben B. Lindsey |
Judge |
25-Nov-1869 |
26-Mar-1943 |
Created the first juvenile court |
Shelley Long |
Actor |
23-Aug-1949 |
|
Diane on Cheers |
Terry L. Long |
Football |
21-Jul-1959 |
7-Jun-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman |
Greg Louganis |
Diver |
29-Jan-1960 |
|
Olympic diver, four gold medals |
Henry Lee Lucas |
Criminal |
23-Aug-1936 |
12-Mar-2001 |
Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas |
Mabel Dodge Luhan |
Author |
26-Feb-1879 |
13-Aug-1962 |
Movers and Shakers |
Ginger Lynn |
Pornstar |
14-Dec-1962 |
|
Come Hither Cum Ginger |
Bernard L. Madoff |
Business |
29-Apr-1938 |
|
Madoff Investment Securities LLC |
Kim Mathers |
Relative |
9-Jan-1975 |
|
Eminem's two-time ex-wife |
Guy de Maupassant |
Author |
5-Aug-1850 |
6-Jul-1893 |
French short story writer |
David Edward Maust |
Criminal |
5-Apr-1954 |
20-Jan-2006 |
Serial killer of boys |
Julius Robert Mayer |
Physicist |
25-Nov-1814 |
20-Mar-1878 |
Studied thermodynamics |
John McCain |
Politician |
29-Aug-1936 |
|
US Senator from Arizona |
Mindy McCready |
Country Musician |
30-Nov-1975 |
17-Feb-2013 |
Troubled country music singer |
Carson McCullers |
Author |
19-Feb-1917 |
29-Sep-1967 |
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter |
Michael McDermott |
Criminal |
4-Sep-1958 |
|
Mucko killed seven coworkers |
Bud McFarlane |
Government |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Iran-Contra figure |
Caleb McGillvary |
Criminal Defendant |
3-Sep-1988 |
|
Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker |
Charles S. McNeer |
Business |
8-Apr-1926 |
|
CEO of Wisconsin Energy, 1982-91 |
Kate Michelman |
Activist |
? |
|
NARAL President, 1985-2004 |
Eve Miller |
Actor |
8-Aug-1923 |
17-Aug-1973 |
The Big Trees |
Wentworth Miller |
Actor |
2-Jun-1972 |
|
Michael Scofield on Prison Break |
Claude Monet |
Painter |
14-Nov-1840 |
5-Dec-1926 |
The Water Lilies |
Marilyn Monroe |
Actor |
1-Jun-1926 |
5-Aug-1962 |
Some Like It Hot |
Rita Moreno |
Actor |
11-Dec-1931 |
|
West Side Story, Electric Company |
Jean Moulin |
Government |
20-Jun-1899 |
8-Jul-1943 |
Martyr of the French Resistance |
Mabel Normand |
Actor |
16-Nov-1892 |
22-Feb-1930 |
Tillie's Punctured Romance |
Joan O'Brien |
Actor |
14-Feb-1936 |
|
Operation Petticoat |
Sinead O'Connor |
Musician |
8-Dec-1966 |
|
Pop star ripped up Pope picture |
Tatum O'Neal |
Actor |
5-Nov-1963 |
|
Paper Moon |
Eugene O'Neill |
Playwright |
16-Oct-1888 |
27-Nov-1953 |
Long Day's Journey Into Night |
Jennifer O'Neill |
Actor |
20-Feb-1948 |
|
Summer of '42 |
Yoko Ono |
Artist |
18-Feb-1933 |
|
Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon |
Jack Osbourne |
Relative |
8-Nov-1985 |
|
Son of Ozzy Osbourne |
Ozzy Osbourne |
Singer |
3-Dec-1948 |
|
Black Sabbath |
Lee Harvey Oswald |
Assassin |
18-Oct-1939 |
24-Nov-1963 |
Assassin of John F. Kennedy |
Carré Otis |
Model |
28-Sep-1968 |
|
Mickey Rourke's ex-wife |
Terrell Owens |
Football |
7-Dec-1973 |
|
Impact Wide Receiver |
Charlie Parker |
Jazz Musician |
29-Aug-1920 |
12-Mar-1955 |
Be-bop jazz musician |
Dorothy Parker |
Author |
22-Aug-1893 |
7-Jun-1967 |
Constant Reader known for acerbic quips |
Barbara Payton |
Actor |
16-Nov-1927 |
8-May-1967 |
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye |
Charley Pell |
Football |
17-Feb-1941 |
29-May-2001 |
Florida Head Coach, 1979-84 |
Tyler Perry |
Film Director |
13-Sep-1969 |
|
Diary of a Mad Black Woman |
Kim Philby |
Spy |
1-Jan-1912 |
11-May-1988 |
One of the Cambridge Five in MI6 |
Rob Pilatus |
Dancer |
8-Jun-1965 |
2-Apr-1998 |
Troubled half of Milli Vanilli |
Sylvia Plath |
Poet |
27-Oct-1932 |
11-Feb-1963 |
Daddy |
Edgar Allan Poe |
Author |
19-Jan-1809 |
7-Oct-1849 |
The Raven |
Dennis Price |
Actor |
23-Jun-1915 |
6-Oct-1973 |
The World of Wooster |
Gavrilo Princip |
Assassin |
25-Jul-1894 |
28-Apr-1918 |
Assassin of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
Richard Pryor |
Comic |
1-Dec-1940 |
10-Dec-2005 |
Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy |
Robert Quine |
Guitarist |
30-Dec-1942 |
31-May-2004 |
Sonic punk rock guitarist |
Dotson Rader |
Author |
25-Jul-1942 |
|
I Ain't Marchin' Anymore! |
Lou Reed |
Musician |
2-Mar-1942 |
27-Oct-2013 |
The Velvet Underground |
Rene Rivkin |
Business |
6-Jun-1944 |
1-May-2005 |
Disgraced Australian stockbroker |
Paul Robeson |
Singer |
9-Apr-1898 |
23-Jan-1976 |
20th Century renaissance man |
Dante Gabriel Rossetti |
Painter |
12-May-1828 |
9-Apr-1882 |
English pre-Raphaelite painter |
Gia Scala |
Actor |
3-Mar-1934 |
30-Apr-1972 |
The Guns of Navarone |
Christopher Scarver |
Criminal |
c. 1969 |
|
Murdered Jeffrey Dahmer |
Maria Schneider |
Actor |
27-Mar-1952 |
3-Feb-2011 |
Last Tango in Paris |
Robert Schumann |
Composer |
8-Jun-1810 |
29-Jul-1856 |
Toccata |
Kurt Schwitters |
Artist |
20-Jun-1887 |
8-Jan-1948 |
Collagist, Merz |
Jean Seberg |
Actor |
13-Nov-1938 |
8-Sep-1979 |
Saint Joan |
Anne Sexton |
Poet |
9-Nov-1928 |
4-Oct-1974 |
Live or Die |
Sidney Sheldon |
Author |
11-Feb-1917 |
30-Jan-2007 |
Annie Get Your Gun |
Percy Bysshe Shelley |
Poet |
4-Aug-1792 |
8-Jul-1822 |
Prometheus Unbound |
William Shockley |
Physicist |
13-Feb-1910 |
12-Aug-1989 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
Karen Silkwood |
Victim |
19-Feb-1946 |
13-Nov-1974 |
Nuclear whistleblower |
Nina Simone |
Singer |
21-Feb-1933 |
21-Apr-2003 |
The High Priestess of Soul |
Richard Speck |
Criminal |
6-Dec-1941 |
5-Dec-1991 |
Killed eight student nurses |
Rick Springfield |
Musician |
23-Aug-1949 |
|
Jessie's Girl |
Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
Cary Stayner |
Criminal |
12-Aug-1961 |
|
Yosemite killer |
Peter Steele |
Musician |
4-Jan-1962 |
14-Apr-2010 |
Frontman for Type O Negative |
Karrine Steffans |
Model |
24-Aug-1978 |
|
Confessions of a Video Vixen |
Inger Stevens |
Actor |
18-Oct-1934 |
30-Apr-1970 |
The Farmer's Daughter |
Adalbert Stifter |
Author |
23-Oct-1805 |
28-Jan-1868 |
Studien |
James Stockdale |
Military |
23-Dec-1923 |
5-Jul-2005 |
H. Ross Perot's would-be Vice President |
Donna Summer |
Singer |
31-Dec-1948 |
17-May-2012 |
Hot Stuff |
Carl Switzer |
Actor |
7-Aug-1927 |
21-Jan-1959 |
Alfalfa in Our Gang |
Elizabeth Taylor |
Actor |
27-Feb-1932 |
23-Mar-2011 |
Cleopatra |
Hideki Tojo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1884 |
23-Dec-1948 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1941-44 |
François Truffaut |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1932 |
21-Oct-1984 |
Last Metro |
Lana Turner |
Actor |
8-Feb-1920 |
29-Jun-1995 |
The Postman Always Rings Twice |
Tina Turner |
Singer |
26-Nov-1939 |
|
What's Love Got to Do With It? |
Vincent van Gogh |
Painter |
30-Mar-1853 |
29-Jul-1890 |
Troubled and brilliant painter |
Sid Vicious |
Bassist |
10-May-1957 |
2-Feb-1979 |
Sex Pistols bassist |
Daniel von Bargen |
Actor |
5-Jun-1950 |
1-Mar-2015 |
Kruger on Seinfeld |
Karl-Heinrich von Stuelpnagel |
Military |
2-Jan-1886 |
30-Aug-1944 |
Nazi general, tried to overthrow Hitler |
Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
Wilfrid Voynich |
Activist |
31-Oct-1865 |
19-Mar-1930 |
Voynich manuscript |
David Foster Wallace |
Novelist |
21-Feb-1962 |
12-Sep-2008 |
Infinite Jest |
Jean Wallace |
Actor |
12-Oct-1923 |
14-Feb-1990 |
The Big Combo |
Mike Wallace |
Journalist |
9-May-1918 |
7-Apr-2012 |
Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent |
Bill Ward |
Drummer |
5-May-1948 |
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Drummer for Black Sabbath |
Coral Eugene Watts |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1953 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Maybe America's most prolific serial killer |
Evelyn Waugh |
Novelist |
28-Oct-1903 |
10-Apr-1966 |
Brideshead Revisited |
Tuesday Weld |
Actor |
27-Aug-1943 |
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Looking for Mr. Goodbar |
Kendra Wilkinson |
TV Personality |
12-Jun-1985 |
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The Girls Next Door |
Hank Williams, Jr. |
Country Musician |
26-May-1949 |
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Monday Night Football theme |
Montel Williams |
Talk Show Host |
3-Jul-1956 |
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The Montel Williams Show |
Owen Wilson |
Actor |
18-Nov-1968 |
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Zoolander |
Oprah Winfrey |
Talk Show Host |
29-Jan-1954 |
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The Oprah Winfrey Show |
Mary Wollstonecraft |
Author |
27-Apr-1759 |
10-Sep-1797 |
Vindication of the Rights of Women |
Natalie Wood |
Actor |
20-Jul-1938 |
29-Nov-1981 |
Rebel Without A Cause |
Virginia Woolf |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1882 |
28-Mar-1941 |
Suicidal English novelist |
Aileen Wuornos |
Criminal |
29-Feb-1956 |
9-Oct-2002 |
Notorious serial killer |
Andrea Yates |
Criminal Defendant |
2-Jul-1964 |
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Drowned her five children |
Paula Yates |
TV Personality |
24-Apr-1960 |
17-Sep-2000 |
Rock Stars in Their Underpants |
Boris Yeltsin |
Head of State |
1-Feb-1931 |
23-Apr-2007 |
First president of post-Soviet Russia |
Robert Young |
Actor |
22-Feb-1907 |
21-Jul-1998 |
Marcus Welby, M.D. |