Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Neil Abercrombie |
Politician |
26-Jun-1938 |
|
Governor of Hawaii, 2010-14 |
Harold Arlen |
Songwriter |
15-Feb-1905 |
23-Apr-1986 |
Wrote score to Wizard of Oz |
Nick Bakay |
Actor |
8-Oct-1959 |
|
Salem Saberhagen on Sabrina |
Elliott Baker |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1922 |
9-Feb-2007 |
A Fine Madness |
Christine Baranski |
Actor |
2-May-1952 |
|
Mary Sunshine in Chicago |
Lynne A. Battaglia |
Judge |
14-Apr-1946 |
|
Judge, Maryland Court of Appeals |
Michael Bennett |
Dancer |
8-Apr-1943 |
2-Jul-1987 |
A Chorus Line |
Susan S. Bies |
Business |
5-May-1947 |
|
Former EVP, First Tennessee National Corp |
Amanda Blake |
Actor |
20-Feb-1929 |
16-Aug-1989 |
Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke |
John Wayne Bobbitt |
Victim |
23-Mar-1967 |
|
Penectomy survivor |
Sorrell Booke |
Actor |
4-Jan-1930 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard |
David Boreanaz |
Actor |
16-May-1969 |
|
Bones |
Malcolm Boyd |
Religion |
8-Jun-1923 |
27-Feb-2015 |
Are You Running with Me, Jesus? |
Gordon Bunshaft |
Architect |
9-May-1909 |
6-Aug-1990 |
Skyscraper architect |
R. Nicholas Burns |
Government |
28-Jan-1956 |
|
Under Secy of State for Political Affairs, 2005-08 |
Al Cervi |
Basketball |
12-Feb-1917 |
9-Nov-2009 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
Kyle Chandler |
Actor |
17-Sep-1965 |
|
Friday Night Lights |
Maria Cino |
Politician |
19-Apr-1957 |
|
Republican operative |
Dennis E. Clements |
Business |
c. 1944 |
|
Group VP at Toyota, 2000-05 |
Frances Cleveland |
First Lady |
21-Jul-1864 |
29-Oct-1947 |
Wife of US President Grover Cleveland |
Edward P. Crapol |
Historian |
29-Sep-1936 |
|
America for Americans |
Vic Dana |
Singer |
26-Aug-1942 |
|
Red Roses for a Blue Lady |
Calvin Darden |
Business |
5-Feb-1950 |
|
VP at UPS, 1998-2005 |
Jeffrey DeMunn |
Actor |
25-Apr-1947 |
|
Citizen X |
Ani DiFranco |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-Sep-1970 |
|
Bisexual folk/punk icon |
Bill Donaldson |
Government |
2-Jun-1931 |
|
SEC Chairman, 2003-05 |
Wild Bill Donovan |
Government |
1-Jan-1883 |
8-Feb-1959 |
Founded the OSS |
Frank H. Easterbrook |
Judge |
3-Sep-1948 |
|
7th Circuit Court of Appeals |
James B. Foley |
Diplomat |
4-Apr-1957 |
|
US Ambassador to Haiti, 2003-05 |
John Folinsbee |
Painter |
14-Mar-1892 |
10-May-1972 |
Impressionist painter |
Raymond B. Fosdick |
Business |
9-Jun-1883 |
19-Jul-1972 |
President of the Rockefeller Foundation |
Leo R. Futia |
Business |
27-Aug-1919 |
|
Former Chairman of Guardian Life |
Vincent Gallo |
Actor |
11-Apr-1961 |
|
Buffalo '66 |
Peter Michael Goetz |
Actor |
10-Dec-1941 |
|
Chuck Cavanaugh on The Cavanaughs |
Wilson Greatbatch |
Inventor |
6-Sep-1919 |
27-Sep-2011 |
Implantable pacemaker |
Joe Grifasi |
Actor |
14-Jun-1944 |
|
The Bronx Is Burning |
Walter W. Heller |
Economist |
27-Aug-1915 |
15-Jun-1987 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64 |
Ray Henderson |
Songwriter |
1-Dec-1896 |
31-Dec-1970 |
The Best Things in Life Are Free |
Tom Herman |
Musician |
1949 |
|
Founding member of Pere Ubu |
Orel Hershiser |
Baseball |
16-Sep-1958 |
|
Bulldog |
Brian Higgins |
Politician |
6-Oct-1959 |
|
Congressman, New York 27th |
Kathy Hochul |
Politician |
27-Aug-1958 |
|
Congresswoman from New York |
Richard Hofstadter |
Historian |
6-Aug-1916 |
24-Oct-1970 |
Anti-Intellectualism in American Life |
Herman Hollerith |
Inventor |
29-Feb-1860 |
17-Nov-1929 |
Invented the punchcard |
Paul Horgan |
Author |
1-Aug-1903 |
8-Mar-1995 |
Great River: The Rio Grande |
George A. Hormel |
Business |
4-Dec-1860 |
5-Jun-1946 |
Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation |
H. Bruce Humberstone |
Film Director |
18-Nov-1901 |
11-Oct-1984 |
Directed several Charlie Chan films |
Rick James |
Musician |
1-Feb-1948 |
6-Aug-2004 |
Superfreak |
Gloria Jean |
Actor |
14-Apr-1926 |
|
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break |
Geri Jewell |
Actor |
13-Sep-1956 |
|
Deadwood |
Beverly Johnson |
Model |
13-Oct-1952 |
|
Supermodel |
Jeffrey Jones |
Actor |
28-Sep-1946 |
|
Ferris Bueller's principal |
Maggie Kuhn |
Activist |
3-Aug-1905 |
22-Apr-1995 |
Organizer of the Gray Panthers |
John J. LaFalce |
Politician |
6-Oct-1939 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1975-2003 |
Bob Lanier |
Basketball |
10-Sep-1948 |
|
NBA Hall-of-Famer |
Mabel Dodge Luhan |
Author |
26-Feb-1879 |
13-Aug-1962 |
Movers and Shakers |
Steele MacKaye |
Playwright |
6-Jun-1842 |
25-Feb-1894 |
Founder of New York's Lyceum Theatre |
Wendie Malick |
Actor |
13-Dec-1950 |
|
Judith on Dream On |
Nancy Marchand |
Actor |
19-Jun-1928 |
18-Jun-2000 |
Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant |
Haldane Robert Mayer |
Judge |
21-Feb-1941 |
|
US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
Brian McKnight |
Musician |
5-Jun-1969 |
|
R&B singer, songwriter and producer |
Don Messick |
Actor |
7-Sep-1926 |
24-Oct-1997 |
Voice of Scooby Doo |
James W. Michaels |
Journalist |
17-Jun-1921 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Longtime Forbes editor |
Barbara C. Moore |
Diplomat |
c. 1951 |
|
US Ambassador to Nicaragua, 2002-05 |
Jim Moran |
Politician |
16-May-1945 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 8th |
Greg Mullavey |
Actor |
10-Sep-1939 |
|
Tom Hartman on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman |
Chad Michael Murray |
Actor |
24-Aug-1981 |
|
Lucas Scott on One Tree Hill |
Chelsea Noble |
Actor |
4-Dec-1964 |
|
Kate Macdonald on Growing Pains |
John Lord O'Brian |
Government |
14-Oct-1874 |
1974 |
Prominent antitrust lawyer |
Greg Oden |
Basketball |
22-Jan-1988 |
|
Injury-prone NBA canter |
Ajit V. Pai |
Attorney |
10-Jan-1973 |
|
FCC Commissioner |
Carl Paladino |
Business |
24-Aug-1946 |
|
Buffalo real estate baron |
Thomas E. Perez |
Politician |
7-Oct-1961 |
|
DNC Chairman |
William L. Pfeiffer |
Politician |
29-May-1907 |
22-Jul-1985 |
Congressman from New York, 1949-51 |
Suzie Plakson |
Actor |
3-Jun-1958 |
|
Mary Margaret Tynan on Love & War |
Milton Plesur |
Historian |
16-Apr-1927 |
1987 |
Jewish Life in Twentieth-Century America |
Jack Quinn |
Politician |
13-Apr-1951 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1993-2005 |
James Read |
Actor |
31-Jul-1953 |
|
North & South |
Ad Reinhardt |
Painter |
24-Dec-1913 |
30-Aug-1967 |
Abstract expressionist |
Irene Rich |
Actor |
13-Oct-1891 |
22-Apr-1988 |
The Mortal Storm |
John G. Roberts, Jr. |
Judge |
27-Jan-1955 |
|
US Chief Justice |
Mark Russell |
Comic |
23-Aug-1932 |
|
Political musician and satirist |
Tim Russert |
Talk Show Host |
7-May-1950 |
13-Jun-2008 |
Meet the Press |
Johnny Rzeznik |
Musician |
5-Dec-1965 |
|
Goo Goo Dolls frontman |
William Sadler |
Actor |
13-Apr-1950 |
|
The Shawshank Redemption |
Henry Samueli |
Business |
20-Sep-1954 |
|
Co-Founder of Broadcom |
Dick Shawn |
Actor |
1-Dec-1923 |
17-Apr-1987 |
Inventor of the "high five" |
Billy Sheehan |
Bassist |
19-Mar-1953 |
|
Former Mr. Big bassist |
David Shire |
Composer |
3-Jul-1937 |
|
It Goes Like It Goes |
Buffalo Bob Smith |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1917 |
30-Jul-1998 |
Howdy Doody |
Warren Spahn |
Baseball |
23-Apr-1921 |
24-Nov-2003 |
Winner of 1957 Cy Young Award |
Andrew Tarbet |
Actor |
1971 |
|
Bruiser |
Paul Vogt |
Actor |
16-Dec-1964 |
|
MADtv |
Garry Walberg |
Actor |
10-Jun-1921 |
27-Mar-2012 |
Lt. Frank Monahan on Quincy |
Cory Wells |
Singer |
5-Feb-1942 |
20-Oct-2015 |
Three Dog Night |
Jesse White |
Actor |
3-Jan-1917 |
9-Jan-1997 |
The Maytag Repairman, 1967-88 |
Patrick Wilson |
Drummer |
1-Feb-1969 |
|
Weezer |
Gridley Wright |
Religion |
19-Jan-1934 |
22-Dec-1979 |
Shiva Lila cult founder |
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Lawrence Bell |
Business |
5-Apr-1894 |
20-Oct-1956 |
Founder of Bell Helicopter |
Glenn Curtiss |
Aviator |
21-May-1878 |
23-Jul-1930 |
American aviation pioneer |
Julius Eastman |
Composer |
27-Oct-1940 |
28-May-1990 |
Crazy Nigger |
William Fargo |
Business |
20-May-1818 |
3-Aug-1881 |
Co-Founder, American Express & Wells Fargo |
Morton Feldman |
Composer |
12-Jan-1926 |
3-Sep-1987 |
Coptic Light |
Leslie A. Fiedler |
Critic |
8-Mar-1917 |
29-Jan-2003 |
Love and Death in the American Novel |
Millard Fillmore |
Head of State |
7-Jan-1800 |
8-Mar-1874 |
13th President of the US, 1850-53 |
Herman G. Fisher |
Business |
2-Nov-1898 |
26-Sep-1975 |
Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys |
Herbert A. Hauptman |
Mathematician |
14-Feb-1917 |
23-Oct-2011 |
X-ray diffraction studies |
Joe McCarthy |
Baseball |
21-Apr-1887 |
13-Jan-1978 |
Yankees manager for 15 years |
William McKinley |
Head of State |
29-Jan-1843 |
14-Sep-1901 |
25th US President, 1897-1901 |
William E. Miller |
Politician |
22-Mar-1914 |
24-Jun-1983 |
Congressman from New York, 1951-65 |
Irving Price |
Business |
21-Sep-1884 |
23-Nov-1976 |
Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys |
George Stoneman |
Military |
8-Aug-1822 |
5-Sep-1894 |
Civil War general, California governor |
James B. Sumner |
Chemist |
19-Nov-1887 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Crystallized enzymes |