Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Leon Abbett |
Politician |
8-Oct-1836 |
4-Dec-1894 |
Twice Governor of New Jersey |
Edwin Abbey |
Painter |
1-Apr-1852 |
1-Aug-1911 |
American artist in London |
Mumia Abu-Jamal |
Criminal |
23-Apr-1954 |
|
Black Panther, sentenced to death |
Robert Adams, Jr. |
Politician |
26-Feb-1849 |
1-Jun-1906 |
Congressman, committed suicide |
Herb Adderley |
Football |
8-Jun-1939 |
|
NFL Hall of Famer |
John Adler |
Politician |
23-Aug-1959 |
4-Apr-2011 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 2009-11 |
Martin Agronsky |
Journalist |
12-Jan-1915 |
25-Jul-1999 |
Agronsky & Co. |
Lloyd Alexander |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1924 |
17-May-2007 |
The Chronicles of Prydain |
Claude Allen |
Government |
11-Oct-1960 |
|
Former White House domestic policy advisor |
Richard Allen |
Religion |
14-Feb-1760 |
26-Mar-1831 |
Founder, African Episcopal Methodist Church |
Gloria Allred |
Attorney |
3-Jul-1941 |
|
Feminist lawyer |
Marian Anderson |
Singer |
27-Feb-1897 |
8-Apr-1993 |
Operatic contralto |
Paul Arizin |
Basketball |
9-Mar-1928 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Adam M. Aron |
Business |
c. 1954 |
|
CEO of Vail Resorts, 1996-2006 |
Joseph J. Ashton |
Labor Leader |
c. 1950 |
|
VP of United Auto Workers, 2010-14 |
Malcolm Atterbury |
Actor |
20-Feb-1907 |
16-Aug-1992 |
Vaudevillian, character actor |
Frankie Avalon |
Singer |
18-Sep-1940 |
|
Bikini Beach |
Val Avery |
Actor |
14-Jul-1924 |
12-Dec-2009 |
The Anderson Tapes |
Milton Babbitt |
Composer |
10-May-1916 |
29-Jan-2011 |
Music for Synthesizer |
Alexander Dallas Bache |
Physicist |
19-Jul-1806 |
17-Feb-1867 |
First President, National Academy of Sciences |
John Backus |
Computer Programmer |
3-Dec-1924 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team |
Kevin Bacon |
Actor |
8-Jul-1958 |
|
Everybody cut Footloose |
Phil Baker |
Radio Personality |
26-Aug-1896 |
30-Nov-1963 |
Host of Take It or Leave It, 1941-47 |
George Bancroft |
Actor |
30-Sep-1882 |
2-Oct-1956 |
Thunderbolt |
Earl Banks |
Football |
11-Jun-1924 |
11-Mar-1993 |
Morgan State Head Coach, 1960-73 |
George Barbier |
Actor |
19-Nov-1864 |
19-Jul-1945 |
Life Begins at Forty |
Albert C. Barnes |
Curator |
2-Jan-1872 |
24-Jul-1951 |
Barnes Foundation |
Ritchie Barrett |
Musician |
? |
|
R&B writer, performer and producer |
Chuck Barris |
Game Show Host |
3-Jun-1929 |
|
Host of The Gong Show |
Ethel Barrymore |
Actor |
15-Aug-1879 |
18-Jun-1959 |
None But the Lonely Heart |
John Barrymore |
Actor |
15-Feb-1882 |
29-May-1942 |
Romeo and Juliet |
Lionel Barrymore |
Actor |
28-Apr-1878 |
15-Nov-1954 |
Young Dr. Kildare |
Donald Barthelme |
Author |
7-Apr-1931 |
23-Jul-1989 |
Come Back, Dr. Caligari |
Toni Basil |
Singer |
22-Sep-1943 |
|
Mickey |
James M. Beck |
Politician |
9-Jul-1861 |
12-Apr-1936 |
US Solicitor General, 1921-25 |
Bert Bell |
Football |
25-Feb-1895 |
11-Oct-1959 |
NFL Commissioner, 1946-59 |
John C. Bell, Jr. |
Politician |
25-Oct-1892 |
21-Mar-1974 |
Governor of Pennsylvania for 19 days |
William J. Bernstein |
Author |
29-Jul-1948 |
|
The Birth of Plenty |
Lyle Bettger |
Actor |
13-Feb-1915 |
24-Sep-2003 |
The Greatest Show on Earth |
Abner Biberman |
Actor |
1-Apr-1909 |
20-Jun-1977 |
Knock on Wood |
Herbert J. Biberman |
Screenwriter |
4-Mar-1900 |
30-Jun-1971 |
Blacklisted screenwriter |
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, Jr. |
Diplomat |
17-Dec-1897 |
13-Nov-1961 |
Ambassador to governments in exile |
Nicholas Biddle |
Business |
8-Jan-1786 |
27-Feb-1844 |
Second Bank of the United States |
Stanley Bing |
Columnist |
20-May-1951 |
|
Columnist for Fortune |
Edward Binns |
Actor |
12-Sep-1916 |
4-Dec-1990 |
12 Angry Men |
James R. Birle |
Business |
25-Jan-1936 |
|
Former Partner, Blackstone Group |
Marie Blake |
Actor |
21-Aug-1895 |
14-Jan-1978 |
Grandmama on The Addams Family |
Marc Blitzstein |
Composer |
2-Mar-1905 |
22-Jan-1964 |
The Cradle Will Rock |
Susan Block |
Talk Show Host |
10-Jun-1955 |
|
Sexpert |
George Henry Boker |
Playwright |
6-Oct-1823 |
2-Jan-1890 |
Francesca da Rimini |
Rudy Bond |
Actor |
1-Oct-1912 |
29-Mar-1982 |
A Streetcar Named Desire |
Edwin G. Boring |
Psychologist |
23-Oct-1886 |
1-Jul-1968 |
A History of Experimental Psychology |
Robert Borski |
Politician |
20-Oct-1948 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-2003 |
Amar Bose |
Inventor |
2-Nov-1929 |
12-Jul-2013 |
Inventor of Bose speakers |
Ben Bova |
Author |
28-Nov-1932 |
|
Science fiction writer |
Peter Boyle |
Actor |
18-Oct-1935 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Young Frankenstein |
Ed Bradley |
Journalist |
22-Jun-1941 |
9-Nov-2006 |
60 Minutes |
Robert Brady |
Politician |
7-Apr-1945 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 1st |
El Brendel |
Actor |
25-Mar-1890 |
9-Apr-1964 |
Former vaudevillian, Wings |
David Brenner |
Comic |
4-Feb-1936 |
15-Mar-2014 |
Guest on Tonight Show 158 times |
Helen Broderick |
Actor |
11-Aug-1891 |
25-Sep-1959 |
Top Hat |
Richard Brooks |
Film Director |
18-May-1912 |
11-Mar-1992 |
In Cold Blood |
Charles Brockden Brown |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1771 |
22-Feb-1810 |
First American novelist, Wieland |
Rosellen Brown |
Author |
12-May-1939 |
|
Before and After |
Kobe Bryant |
Basketball |
23-Aug-1978 |
|
Embattled Los Angeles Lakers star |
Michael Buffer |
Sports Figure |
2-Nov-1944 |
|
Let's get ready to rumble! |
Ed Bullins |
Playwright |
2-Jul-1935 |
|
In the Wine Time |
William C. Bullitt |
Diplomat |
25-Jan-1891 |
15-Feb-1967 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36 |
Charles E. Bunch |
Business |
c. 1949 |
|
CEO of PPG Industries |
Solomon Burke |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Mar-1936 |
10-Oct-2010 |
Self-styled King of Rock and Soul |
Addie J. Butler |
Religion |
1946 |
|
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America |
Samuel Byck |
Assassin |
30-Jan-1930 |
22-Feb-1974 |
Unsuccessful Nixon assassin |
William T. Cahill |
Politician |
25-Jun-1912 |
1-Jul-1996 |
Governor of New Jersey, 1970-74 |
Michael Callan |
Actor |
22-Nov-1935 |
|
Husband on Occasional Wife |
Roy Campanella |
Baseball |
19-Nov-1921 |
26-Jun-1993 |
National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955 |
Tony Campolo |
Religion |
25-Feb-1935 |
|
Red-Letter Christian sociologist |
Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS |
Henry C. Carey |
Economist |
15-Dec-1793 |
13-Oct-1879 |
The Principles of Social Science |
Leonard Carmichael |
Educator |
9-Nov-1898 |
16-Sep-1973 |
Smithsonian Chief, 1953-64 |
Adam Carolla |
Radio Personality |
27-May-1964 |
|
Loveline, The Man Show |
Ashton Carter |
Government |
24-Sep-1954 |
|
US Secretary of Defense |
Philip Casnoff |
Actor |
3-Aug-1949 |
|
Dr. Robert Jackson on Strong Medicine |
Cassidy |
Rapper |
1983 |
|
"Da Problem" |
Wilt Chamberlain |
Basketball |
21-Aug-1936 |
12-Oct-1999 |
Wilt the Stilt |
Whittaker Chambers |
Author |
1-Apr-1901 |
9-Jul-1961 |
Accuser of Alger Hiss |
Charles Chatfield |
Historian |
11-Mar-1934 |
15-Jan-2015 |
Pacifism in America, 1914-1941 |
Noam Chomsky |
Linguist |
7-Dec-1928 |
|
Linguist, dissident intellectual |
Dennis Christopher |
Actor |
2-Dec-1955 |
|
It |
Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
Mae Clarke |
Actor |
16-Aug-1910 |
29-Apr-1992 |
Waterloo Bridge |
Stanley Clarke |
Jazz Musician |
30-Jun-1951 |
|
Jazz fusion bassist |
Imogene Coca |
Actor |
18-Nov-1908 |
2-Jun-2001 |
Your Show of Shows |
Lauren Cohan |
Actor |
30-Nov-1982 |
|
Maggie Greene on The Walking Dead |
William T. Coleman, Jr. |
Government |
7-Jul-1920 |
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1975-77 |
Pete Conrad |
Astronaut |
2-Jun-1930 |
8-Jul-1999 |
Apollo 12 mission commander, 3rd on moon |
Merrill Cook |
Politician |
6-May-1946 |
|
Congressman from Utah, 1997-2001 |
Nathan Cook |
Actor |
9-Apr-1950 |
11-Jun-1988 |
Billy Griffin on Hotel |
Bradley Cooper |
Actor |
5-Jan-1975 |
|
Will Tippin on Alias |
Edward Drinker Cope |
Paleontologist |
28-Jul-1840 |
12-Apr-1897 |
Potential holotype for Homo Sapiens |
Tom Corbett |
Politician |
17-Jun-1949 |
|
Governor of Pennsylvania, 2011-15 |
Bill Cosby |
Comic |
12-Jul-1937 |
|
Comedy fixture, accused rapist |
F. Albert Cotton |
Chemist |
9-Apr-1930 |
20-Feb-2007 |
Metal-metal bonds |
David Crane |
Film/TV Producer |
10-Aug-1957 |
|
Co-Creator of Friends |
Broderick Crawford |
Actor |
9-Dec-1911 |
26-Apr-1986 |
All the King's Men |
John V. Creely |
Politician |
14-Nov-1839 |
c. 1872 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1871-73 |
Laird Cregar |
Actor |
28-Jul-1916 |
9-Dec-1944 |
The Lodger |
Jim Croce |
Singer/Songwriter |
10-Jan-1943 |
20-Sep-1973 |
Time in a Bottle |
Robert Crumb |
Cartoonist |
30-Aug-1943 |
|
Weirdo, Zap Comix |
Philip D. Curtin |
Historian |
22-May-1922 |
4-Jun-2009 |
The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census |
Karen Czarnecki |
Government |
? |
|
Conservative commentator |
Morton DaCosta |
Theater Director |
7-Mar-1914 |
29-Jan-1989 |
The Music Man |
George M. Dallas |
Politician |
10-Jul-1792 |
31-Dec-1864 |
Vice President under James Knox Polk |
Lee Daniels |
Film Director |
24-Dec-1959 |
|
Co-creator of Empire |
Blythe Danner |
Actor |
3-Feb-1943 |
|
Futureworld |
James Darren |
Actor |
8-Jun-1936 |
|
The Time Tunnel |
Richard L. Daugherty |
Business |
18-Oct-1935 |
|
Former IBM executive |
Mildred Davis |
Actor |
22-Feb-1901 |
18-Aug-1969 |
Silent film actress |
Paige Davis |
Game Show Host |
15-Oct-1969 |
|
Katie Couric lookalike on Trading Spaces |
Richard Harding Davis |
Author |
18-Apr-1864 |
11-Apr-1916 |
Yellow-era journalist |
Stuart Davis |
Painter |
7-Dec-1892 |
24-Jun-1964 |
American cubist painter |
Bruce Davison |
Actor |
28-Jun-1946 |
|
Harry and the Hendersons |
John de Lancie |
Actor |
20-Mar-1948 |
|
Q on Star Trek: TNG |
Richard Deacon |
Actor |
14-May-1921 |
8-Aug-1984 |
The Dick Van Dyke Show |
Roy Del Ruth |
Film Director |
18-Oct-1893 |
27-Apr-1961 |
The Phantom of the Rue Morgue |
Kim Delaney |
Actor |
29-Nov-1961 |
|
Det. Diane Russell on NYPD Blue |
Kat Dennings |
Actor |
13-Jun-1986 |
|
Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist |
Joe DeRita |
Actor |
12-Jul-1909 |
3-Jul-1993 |
The Three Stooges |
Kate DiCamillo |
Author |
25-Mar-1964 |
|
The Tale of Despereaux |
Walter Diemer |
Business |
8-Jan-1905 |
8-Jan-1998 |
Invented bubble gum |
DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
John Doman |
Actor |
9-Jan-1945 |
|
Rodrigo Borgia on Borgia |
Ignatius Donnelly |
Author |
3-Nov-1831 |
1-Jan-1901 |
Atlantis, the Antediluvian World |
Gail Ann Dorsey |
Bassist |
20-Nov-1962 |
|
Bowie bassist and solo artist |
Paul Douglas |
Actor |
11-Apr-1907 |
11-Sep-1959 |
Angels in the Outfield |
Gary Dourdan |
Actor |
11-Dec-1966 |
|
Warrick Brown on CSI |
John E. du Pont |
Criminal |
22-Nov-1938 |
9-Dec-2010 |
Lunatic, murdered wrestler David Schultz |
Ja'net DuBois |
Actor |
5-Aug-1945 |
|
Willona Woods on Good Times |
Lois Duncan |
Author |
28-Apr-1934 |
15-Jun-2016 |
I Know What You Did Last Summer |
Angelo Dundee |
Boxing |
30-Aug-1921 |
1-Feb-2012 |
Always in Muhammad Ali's corner |
Thomas Eakins |
Painter |
25-Jul-1844 |
25-Jun-1916 |
Realist painter, The Gross Clinic |
Michelle Easton |
Government |
12-Aug-1950 |
|
Clare Boothe Luce Policy Institute |
John Presper Eckert |
Computer Programmer |
9-Apr-1919 |
3-Jun-1995 |
ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers |
Bob Edgar |
Politician |
29-May-1943 |
23-Apr-2013 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1974-87 |
Paul R. Ehrlich |
Scientist |
29-May-1932 |
|
The Population Bomb |
Ira Einhorn |
Activist |
15-May-1940 |
|
Earth Day founder turned killer |
Anthony Eisley |
Actor |
19-Jan-1925 |
20-Jan-2003 |
Tracy Steele on Hawaiian Eye |
Jon Entine |
Author |
30-Apr-1952 |
|
Taboo |
Werner Erhard |
Religion |
5-Sep-1935 |
|
Erhard Seminar Training ("est") |
William T. Esrey |
Business |
c. 1940 |
|
CEO of Sprint, 1988-2003 |
Kevin Eubanks |
Jazz Musician |
15-Nov-1957 |
|
Bandleader on The Tonight Show |
Eve |
Rapper |
10-Nov-1978 |
|
Paw-tattooed rapper |
Fabian |
Singer |
6-Feb-1943 |
|
50s teen idol, Turn Me Loose |
Robert Fagles |
Translator |
11-Sep-1933 |
26-Mar-2008 |
Translator of Greek literature |
Chaka Fattah |
Politician |
21-Nov-1956 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 2nd |
Douglas Feith |
Government |
16-Jul-1953 |
|
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, 2001-05 |
Norman Fell |
Actor |
24-Mar-1924 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Mr. Roper on Three's Company |
Fred F. Fielding |
Attorney |
21-Mar-1939 |
|
White House Counsel to Reagan, GWB |
Larry Fine |
Actor |
5-Oct-1902 |
24-Jan-1975 |
Larry on The Three Stooges |
Linda Fiorentino |
Actor |
9-Mar-1958 |
|
Dogma, Jade |
Eddie Fisher |
Singer |
10-Aug-1928 |
22-Sep-2010 |
Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist |
Jon Fishman |
Drummer |
19-Feb-1965 |
|
Drummer for Phish |
Mike Fitzpatrick |
Politician |
28-Jun-1963 |
|
Congressman, Pennsylvania 8th |
William A. Fletcher |
Judge |
6-Jun-1945 |
|
9th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Edwin Forrest |
Actor |
9-Mar-1806 |
12-Dec-1872 |
19th. c. American actor |
Shirley Franklin |
Politician |
10-May-1945 |
|
Mayor of Atlanta, 2002-10 |
Charles Fuller |
Playwright |
5-Mar-1939 |
|
A Soldier's Play |
Martin Gabel |
Actor |
19-Jun-1912 |
22-May-1986 |
The First Deadly Sin |
Janet Gaynor |
Actor |
6-Oct-1906 |
14-Sep-1984 |
A Star Is Born |
Eddie George |
Football |
24-Sep-1973 |
|
Dallas Cowboys RB |
Henry George |
Economist |
2-Sep-1839 |
29-Oct-1897 |
Progress and Poverty |
Richard Gere |
Actor |
31-Aug-1949 |
|
American Gigolo |
Stan Getz |
Jazz Musician |
2-Feb-1927 |
6-Jun-1991 |
Jazz tenor saxophonist |
John H. Gibbon, Jr. |
Doctor |
29-Sep-1903 |
5-Feb-1973 |
Open-heart surgery |
Sheldon G. Gilgore |
Business |
13-Feb-1932 |
12-Feb-2010 |
CEO of Searle, 1986-95 |
Todd Glass |
Comic |
1964 |
|
Vintage Todd Glass and Other Crap |
Jim Goad |
Author |
12-Jun-1961 |
|
ANSWER Me! |
Tom Gola |
Basketball |
13-Jan-1933 |
26-Jan-2014 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
Lee Goldman |
Doctor |
6-Jan-1948 |
|
Goldman Index for cardiac risk |
E. Urner Goodman |
Administrator |
15-May-1891 |
13-Mar-1980 |
Cofounder, Order of the Arrow |
Oscar Goodman |
Politician |
26-Jun-1939 |
|
Mayor of Las Vegas |
Kermit Gordon |
Economist |
1916 |
1976 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-62 |
William T. Granahan |
Politician |
26-Jul-1895 |
25-May-1956 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania |
Gogi Grant |
Singer |
20-Sep-1924 |
10-Mar-2016 |
The Wayward Wind |
Seth Green |
Actor |
8-Feb-1974 |
|
Dr. Evil's son Scott |
Steven J. Green |
Business |
17-Jul-1945 |
|
US Ambassador to Singapore, 1998-2001 |
William J. Green III |
Politician |
24-Jun-1938 |
|
Mayor of Philadelphia, 1980-84 |
William J. Green, Jr. |
Politician |
5-Mar-1910 |
21-Dec-1963 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1949-63 |
Charlotte Greenwood |
Actor |
25-Jun-1890 |
28-Dec-1977 |
Aunt Eller in Oklahoma! |
James Greenwood |
Politician |
4-May-1951 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1993-2005 |
Roger L. Gregory |
Judge |
17-Jul-1953 |
|
4th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Morgan Griffith |
Politician |
15-Mar-1958 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 9th |
John Gruber |
Blogger |
1973 |
|
Daring Fireball |
Jack Grubman |
Business |
8-Oct-1953 |
|
Shady-dealings securities analyst |
Daniel Guggenheim |
Business |
9-Jul-1856 |
28-Sep-1930 |
Mining magnate |
Alexander Haig |
Government |
2-Dec-1924 |
20-Feb-2010 |
US Secretary of State, 1981-82 |
Grayson Hall |
Actor |
18-Sep-1922 |
7-Aug-1985 |
The Night of the Iguana |
Veronica Hamel |
Actor |
20-Nov-1943 |
|
Joyce Davenport on Hill Street Blues |
Helene Hanff |
Author |
15-Apr-1916 |
9-Apr-1997 |
84, Charing Cross Road |
George J. Harad |
Business |
24-Apr-1944 |
|
CEO of Boise Cascade, 1995-2004 |
Robert Hare |
Chemist |
17-Jan-1781 |
15-May-1858 |
Hydrostatic blow-pipe and spiritoscope |
Marvin Harrison |
Football |
25-Aug-1972 |
|
Indianapolis Colts WR |
Kevin Hart |
Comic |
6-Jul-1978 |
|
Kevin Hart: Laugh at My Pain |
Rodney Harvey |
Actor |
31-Jul-1967 |
11-Apr-1998 |
Sodapop Curtis on The Outsiders |
Sherman Hemsley |
Actor |
1-Feb-1938 |
24-Jul-2012 |
George Jefferson on The Jeffersons |
Emmaline Henry |
Actor |
1-Nov-1928 |
8-Oct-1979 |
Amanda Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
Joseph Hergesheimer |
Novelist |
15-Feb-1880 |
25-Apr-1954 |
Tol'Able David |
Marshall Herskovitz |
Film/TV Producer |
23-Feb-1952 |
|
Executive Producer, thirtysomething |
Marc Lamont Hill |
Educator |
17-Dec-1978 |
|
Beats, Rhymes, and Classroom Life |
Joseph Hoeffel |
Politician |
3-Sep-1950 |
|
Congressman from Pensylvania, 1999-2005 |
Billie Holiday |
Singer |
7-Apr-1915 |
17-Jul-1959 |
Lady Sings the Blues |
Kevin Hooks |
Film Director |
19-Sep-1958 |
|
Passenger 57 |
Francis Hopkinson |
Author |
2-Oct-1737 |
9-May-1791 |
The Ballad of the Kegs |
Phyllis Hyman |
Singer |
6-Jul-1949 |
30-Jun-1995 |
Goddess of Love |
Trina Schart Hyman |
Artist |
8-Apr-1939 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Children's book illustrator |
Mark Indelicato |
Actor |
16-Jul-1994 |
|
Justin Suarez on Ugly Betty |
Herbert E. Ives |
Physicist |
21-Jul-1882 |
13-Nov-1953 |
Facsimile machine |
Michael J. Jackson |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of AutoNation |
Ms. Jade |
Rapper |
3-Aug-1979 |
|
She's a Gangsta |
Judith Jamison |
Dancer |
10-May-1943 |
|
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre |
Anna T. Jeanes |
Philanthropist |
7-Apr-1822 |
24-Sep-1907 |
Negro Rural School Fund |
DJ Jazzy Jeff |
Disc Jockey |
22-Jan-1965 |
|
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince |
Holman Jenkins |
Columnist |
c. 1960 |
|
Wall Street Journal |
Clark Johnson |
Actor |
10-Sep-1954 |
|
Det. Meldrick Lewis on Homicide |
Edith H. Jones |
Judge |
7-Apr-1949 |
|
5th Circuit Court of Appeals |
Henry Jones |
Actor |
1-Aug-1912 |
17-May-1999 |
The Bad Seed |
Kitty Kallen |
Singer |
25-May-1921 |
7-Jan-2016 |
Bésame Mucho |
Matthew H. Kamens |
Attorney |
6-Dec-1951 |
|
Of Counsel, Wolf Block |
Theophilus Van Kannel |
Inventor |
1841 |
24-Dec-1919 |
Revolving door |
Alex Karp |
Business |
2-Oct-1967 |
|
CEO of Palantir Technologies |
Nicholas Katzenbach |
Government |
17-Jan-1922 |
8-May-2012 |
US Attorney General, 1965-66 |
Ted Kaufman |
Government |
15-Mar-1939 |
|
TARP oversight panel |
Bil Keane |
Cartoonist |
5-Oct-1922 |
8-Nov-2011 |
Family Circus |
William Keighley |
Film Director |
4-Aug-1889 |
24-Jun-1984 |
The Man Who Came to Dinner |
Florence Kelley |
Activist |
12-Sep-1859 |
17-Feb-1932 |
Founder of National Consumers League |
William D. Kelley |
Government |
12-Apr-1814 |
9-Jan-1890 |
Powerful 19th century Congressman |
George Kelly |
Playwright |
16-Jan-1887 |
18-Jun-1974 |
Craig's Wife |
Grace Kelly |
Royalty |
12-Nov-1929 |
14-Sep-1982 |
American-born Princess of Monaco |
Leroy Kelly |
Football |
20-May-1942 |
|
Cleveland Browns, Hall of Famer |
Michael Kelly |
Actor |
22-May-1968 |
|
Det. Crocker on Kojak revival |
Walt Kelly |
Cartoonist |
25-Aug-1913 |
18-Oct-1973 |
Creator of Pogo |
William Kemmler |
Criminal |
9-May-1860 |
6-Aug-1890 |
First man executed by electric chair |
Elizabeth T. Kennan |
Business |
c. 1938 |
|
President of Mt. Holyoke College, 1978-95 |
Irvin Kershner |
Film Director |
29-Apr-1923 |
27-Nov-2010 |
The Empire Strikes Back |
Sidney Kimmel |
Business |
1928 |
|
CEO of Jones Apparel Group, 1975-2002 |
Alan G. Kirk |
Military |
30-Oct-1888 |
15-Oct-1963 |
US Navy Admiral, Ambassador to USSR |
Larry Klayman |
Activist |
20-Jul-1951 |
|
Founder, Judicial Watch |
Jack Klugman |
Actor |
27-Apr-1922 |
24-Dec-2012 |
The Odd Couple |
Donald L. Kohn |
Economist |
7-Nov-1942 |
|
Vice Chairman of the Federal Reserve |
Hersh Kozlov |
Attorney |
15-Nov-1947 |
|
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen |
Maxine Kumin |
Poet |
6-Jun-1925 |
6-Feb-2014 |
Up Country |
Kurupt |
Rapper |
23-Nov-1972 |
|
Callin' Out Names |
Patti LaBelle |
Singer |
24-May-1944 |
|
Lady Marmalade |
David Landau |
Actor |
9-Mar-1879 |
20-Sep-1935 |
Judge Priest |
Audrey Landers |
Actor |
18-Jul-1959 |
|
Afton Cooper on Dallas |
Judy Landers |
Actor |
7-Oct-1958 |
|
Stewardess School |
Mario Lanza |
Singer |
31-Jan-1921 |
7-Oct-1959 |
Voice of the Century |
David Laventhol |
Publisher |
15-Jul-1933 |
8-Apr-2015 |
President of Times Mirror, 1987-93 |
Andrew Lawrence |
Actor |
12-Jan-1988 |
|
Brotherly Love |
Joey Lawrence |
Actor |
20-Apr-1976 |
|
Joey on Blossom |
Raymond F. Lederer |
Politician |
19-May-1938 |
1-Dec-2008 |
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM |
David W. Leebron |
Educator |
1956 |
|
President, Rice University |
Morris E. Leeds |
Business |
6-Mar-1869 |
8-Feb-1952 |
Leeds & Northrup Co. |
John F. Lehman |
Politician |
14-Sep-1942 |
|
9-11 Commission member |
Joseph Leidy |
Biologist |
9-Sep-1823 |
30-Apr-1891 |
Trichinosis and dinosaurs |
Charles Godfrey Leland |
Poet |
15-Aug-1824 |
20-Mar-1903 |
Hans Breitmann's Ballads |
Richard Lester |
Film Director |
19-Jan-1932 |
|
A Hard Day's Night |
Gerald Levert |
Singer |
13-Jul-1966 |
10-Nov-2006 |
Baby Hold on to Me |
Jerry Levin |
Business |
6-May-1939 |
|
CEO of Time Warner, 2000-02 |
Steven Levy |
Author |
26-Jan-1951 |
|
Hackers |
Drew Lewis |
Government |
3-Nov-1931 |
10-Feb-2016 |
US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83 |
Tom Lewis |
Politician |
26-Oct-1924 |
1-Aug-2003 |
Congressman from Florida, 1983-95 |
Ralph Linton |
Anthropologist |
27-Feb-1893 |
25-Dec-1953 |
The Study of Man |
Kermit V. Lipez |
Judge |
18-Aug-1941 |
|
1st Circuit Court of Appeals |
Tara Lipinski |
Figure Skating |
10-Jun-1982 |
|
Olympic figure skater, now pro |
Lloop |
Disc Jockey |
? |
|
Illbient DJ, one-third of WE |
Alain Locke |
Author |
13-Sep-1886 |
9-Jun-1954 |
Leader in the Harlem Renaissance |
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes |
Singer |
27-May-1971 |
25-Apr-2002 |
Member of TLC |
Sidney Lumet |
Film Director |
25-Jun-1924 |
9-Apr-2011 |
Dog Day Afternoon |
Richard W. Lyman |
Educator |
18-Oct-1923 |
27-May-2012 |
President of Stanford University, 1971-80 |
Staughton Lynd |
Historian |
22-Nov-1929 |
|
Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism |
Jeanette MacDonald |
Actor |
18-Jun-1903 |
14-Jan-1965 |
The Merry Widow |
Stephen Macht |
Actor |
1-May-1942 |
|
General Hospital |
Connie Mack |
Politician |
29-Oct-1940 |
|
US Senator from Florida, 1989-2001 |
Michelle Malkin |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1970 |
|
Syndicated conservative columnist |
Abby Mann |
Screenwriter |
1-Dec-1927 |
25-Mar-2008 |
Judgment at Nuremberg |
Ruth A. Marcus |
Columnist |
1958 |
|
Washington Post columnist |
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky |
Journalist |
21-Jun-1942 |
|
Congresswoman from Pennsylvania, 1993-95 |
Mark Margolis |
Actor |
26-Nov-1939 |
|
The Fountain |
Guy Marks |
Comic |
31-Oct-1922 |
28-Nov-1987 |
Nightclub comic |
Hugh Marlowe |
Actor |
30-Jan-1911 |
2-May-1982 |
Jim Matthews on Another World |
Marion Martin |
Actor |
7-Jun-1908 |
13-Aug-1985 |
Boom Town |
John L. Mason |
Inventor |
1832 |
26-Feb-1902 |
Invented the screw-neck jar |
Elaine May |
Comic |
21-Apr-1932 |
|
Wrote and directed Ishtar |
Melanie Mayron |
Actor |
20-Oct-1952 |
|
thirtysomething |
Joe McCarthy |
Baseball |
21-Apr-1887 |
13-Jan-1978 |
Yankees manager for 15 years |
George B. McClellan |
Military |
3-Dec-1826 |
29-Oct-1885 |
Union Army General |
Frank McCloskey |
Politician |
12-Jun-1939 |
2-Nov-2003 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1983-95 |
Robert J. McCloskey |
Diplomat |
25-Nov-1922 |
1996 |
US Ambassador to Greece, 1978-81 |
John J. McCloy |
Military |
31-Mar-1895 |
11-Mar-1989 |
World Bank, Warren Commission |
Page McConnell |
Musician |
17-May-1963 |
|
Keyboardist for Phish |
Paul McCrane |
Actor |
19-Jan-1961 |
|
Dr. Robert Romano on ER |
Myra McDaniel |
Attorney |
13-Dec-1932 |
25-Feb-2010 |
Texas Secretary of State, 1984-87 |
Jack McDevitt |
Novelist |
14-Apr-1935 |
|
Academy Universe |
Bob McDonnell |
Politician |
15-Jun-1954 |
|
Governor of Virginia, 2010-14 |
James P. McGranery |
Government |
8-Jul-1895 |
23-Dec-1962 |
US Attorney General, 1952-53 |
Matthew McHugh |
Politician |
6-Dec-1938 |
|
Congressman from New York, 1975-93 |
Jim McKay |
Sports Journalist |
24-Sep-1921 |
7-Jun-2008 |
Host of Wide World of Sports |
Joseph McKenna |
Judge |
10-Aug-1843 |
21-Nov-1926 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1898-1925 |
Margaret Mead |
Anthropologist |
16-Dec-1901 |
15-Nov-1978 |
Coming of Age in Samoa |
Michael Medved |
Critic |
Oct-1948 |
|
Traditional values pundit, film critic |
William M. Meredith |
Government |
8-Jun-1799 |
17-Aug-1873 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1849-50 |
Robert K. Merton |
Sociologist |
4-Jul-1910 |
23-Feb-2003 |
On the Shoulders of Giants |
Nancy Meyers |
Film Director |
8-Dec-1949 |
|
What Women Want |
Marc Mezvinsky |
Business |
15-Dec-1977 |
|
Husband of Chelsea Clinton |
Gregory Michael |
Actor |
30-May-1981 |
|
Kevin Archer on Dante's Cove |
Paul R. Michel |
Judge |
3-Feb-1941 |
|
US Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit |
Meek Mill |
Rapper |
6-May-1987 |
|
Dreams and Nightmares |
David Miscavige |
Religion |
30-Apr-1960 |
|
Leader of the Church of Scientology |
S. Weir Mitchell |
Novelist |
15-Feb-1829 |
4-Jan-1914 |
The Case of George Dedlow |
Katherine Moennig |
Actor |
29-Dec-1977 |
|
The L Word |
Kelly Monaco |
Actor |
23-May-1976 |
|
Port Charles |
Earl Monroe |
Basketball |
21-Nov-1944 |
|
Earl the Pearl |
Lee Morgan |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jul-1938 |
19-Feb-1972 |
The Sidewinder |
Willie Mosconi |
Sports Figure |
27-Jun-1913 |
16-Sep-1993 |
Billiards opponent of Minnesota Fats |
Patrick Murphy |
Politician |
19-Oct-1973 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 2007-11 |
Billy Murray |
Singer |
25-May-1877 |
17-Aug-1954 |
Top recording star of the early 1900's |
Musiq |
Singer |
16-Sep-1977 |
|
Philly soul singer |
Francis J. Myers |
Politician |
18-Dec-1901 |
5-Jul-1956 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1945-51 |
Andrew Natsios |
Administrator |
1950 |
|
US Special Envoy to Darfur, 2006-07 |
A. Edward Newton |
Author |
1863 |
29-Sep-1940 |
A Magnificent Farce |
Robert Nix, Jr. |
Judge |
13-Jul-1928 |
23-Aug-2003 |
Pennsylvania Chief Justice, 1984-96 |
Edward Norris |
Actor |
10-Mar-1911 |
18-Dec-2002 |
They Won't Forget |
Michael Nutter |
Politician |
29-Jun-1957 |
|
Mayor of Philadelphia |
Glenn Nye |
Politician |
9-Sep-1974 |
|
Congressman from Virginia, 2009-11 |
Jim O'Brien |
Basketball |
11-Feb-1952 |
|
Head Coach of Indiana Pacers, 2007-11 |
David M. O'Connell |
Educator |
21-Apr-1955 |
|
President, Catholic University of America |
John Cardinal O'Connor |
Religion |
15-Jan-1920 |
3-May-2000 |
Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000 |
Jack O'Halloran |
Actor |
8-Apr-1943 |
|
Non in Superman |
Clifford Odets |
Playwright |
18-Jul-1906 |
14-Aug-1963 |
Sweet Smell of Success |
Frank Orth |
Actor |
21-Feb-1880 |
17-Mar-1962 |
Insp. Faraday on Boston Blackie |
Cheri Oteri |
Actor |
19-Sep-1962 |
|
Saturday Night Live |
Stuart Pankin |
Actor |
8-Apr-1946 |
|
Arachnophobia |
Maxfield Parrish |
Artist |
25-Jul-1870 |
10-Mar-1966 |
American book and magazine illustrator |
Gregory J. Parseghian |
Business |
c. 1961 |
|
Briefly CEO of Freddie Mac, 2003 |
Amy Wynn Pastor |
TV Personality |
9-May-1976 |
|
Carpenter on Trading Spaces |
Scott Patterson |
Actor |
11-Sep-1958 |
|
Luke Danes on Gilmore Girls |
Norman Pearlstine |
Journalist |
4-Oct-1942 |
|
Former Time Inc. Editor in Chief |
Holly Robinson Peete |
Actor |
18-Sep-1964 |
|
For Your Love |
Teddy Pendergrass |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Mar-1950 |
13-Jan-2010 |
Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes |
Arthur Penn |
Film Director |
27-Sep-1922 |
28-Sep-2010 |
Bonnie and Clyde |
Boies Penrose |
Politician |
1-Nov-1860 |
31-Dec-1921 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1897-1921 |
George W. Pepper |
Politician |
16-Mar-1867 |
24-May-1961 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1922-27 |
Philip Syng Physick |
Doctor |
7-Jul-1768 |
15-Dec-1837 |
Father of American surgery |
Robert Picardo |
Actor |
27-Oct-1953 |
|
Holographic doctor on Star Trek: Voyager |
Lionel Pincus |
Business |
2-Mar-1931 |
10-Oct-2009 |
Co-Founder, Warburg Pincus |
Jon Polito |
Actor |
29-Dec-1950 |
1-Sep-2016 |
Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing |
Robert Prosky |
Actor |
13-Dec-1930 |
8-Dec-2008 |
Pat Chase on Veronica's Closet |
Charles B. Purvis |
Doctor |
14-Apr-1842 |
14-Dec-1929 |
Pioneering African-American physician |
John M. Quain |
Attorney |
1954 |
|
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney |
Frank Quattrone |
Business |
14-Oct-1955 |
|
The Prince of Silicon Valley |
Joe Queenan |
Author |
3-Nov-1950 |
|
Closing Time |
Eddie Quillan |
Actor |
31-Mar-1907 |
19-Jul-1990 |
In 20 short films by Mack Sennett |
Anna Quindlen |
Columnist |
8-Jul-1953 |
|
NYT columnist, later novelist |
J. C. Quinn |
Actor |
30-Nov-1940 |
10-Feb-2004 |
The Abyss |
Jack Ramsay |
Basketball |
21-Feb-1925 |
28-Apr-2014 |
Longtime NBA Coach |
Samuel Jackson Randall |
Politician |
10-Oct-1828 |
13-Apr-1890 |
Speaker of the US House, 1876-81 |
Sue Randall |
Actor |
8-Oct-1935 |
26-Oct-1984 |
Leave It to Beaver |
Willard Sterne Randall |
Historian |
13-Mar-1942 |
|
Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor |
John Rauch |
Football |
20-Aug-1927 |
10-Jun-2008 |
Raiders Head Coach, 1966-68 |
Man Ray |
Photographer |
27-Aug-1890 |
18-Nov-1976 |
Dadaist photographer |
James Rebhorn |
Actor |
1-Sep-1948 |
21-Mar-2014 |
Independence Day |
James R. Reckner |
Historian |
7-Aug-1940 |
|
Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet |
Peter Mark Richman |
Actor |
16-Apr-1927 |
|
Nick Cain on Cain's Hundred |
Alice Rivlin |
Economist |
4-Mar-1931 |
|
Founding director, Congressional Budget Office |
Frank Rizzo |
Politician |
23-Oct-1920 |
16-Jul-1991 |
Mayor of Philadelphia, 1972-80 |
Brian Roberts |
Business |
28-Jun-1959 |
|
CEO of Comcast |
Owen J. Roberts |
Judge |
2-May-1875 |
17-May-1955 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1930-45 |
Judith Rodin |
Educator |
9-Sep-1944 |
|
President of UPenn, 1994-2004 |
William Barton Rogers |
Educator |
7-Dec-1804 |
30-May-1882 |
Founder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Tom Rooney |
Politician |
21-Nov-1970 |
|
Congressman, Florida 17th |
Amber Rose |
Model |
21-Oct-1983 |
|
Wife of Wiz Khalifa |
Betsy Ross |
Business |
1-Jan-1752 |
30-Jan-1836 |
Legendary American flagmaker |
Clinton Rossiter |
Historian |
18-Sep-1917 |
11-Jul-1970 |
Constitutional Dictatorship |
Barnett R. Rubin |
Educator |
10-Jan-1950 |
|
The Fragmentation of Afghanistan |
Vera Rubin |
Astronomer |
23-Jul-1928 |
25-Dec-2016 |
Structure of galaxies |
Herbert Rudley |
Actor |
22-Mar-1910 |
9-Sep-2006 |
Herb Hubbard on The Mothers-in-Law |
Michael Rumaker |
Author |
5-Mar-1932 |
|
Beat author, The Butterfly |
Todd Rundgren |
Musician |
22-Jun-1948 |
|
Wants to bang the drum all day |
Richard Rush |
Diplomat |
29-Aug-1780 |
30-Jul-1859 |
Negotiated the Rush-Bagot Agreement |
Thomas J. Ryan |
Business |
3-Nov-1924 |
23-Sep-2009 |
CEO of ISU International |
Bobby Rydell |
Singer |
26-Apr-1942 |
|
60s teen idol, Wild One |
Bob Saget |
Comic |
17-May-1956 |
|
America's Funniest Home Videos |
Harvey Saligman |
Business |
c. 1939 |
|
Former CEO of INTERCO |
Santigold |
Singer |
25-Sep-1976 |
|
L.E.S. Artistes |
Herbert Sargent |
Screenwriter |
15-Jul-1923 |
6-May-2005 |
SNL writer |
Hal Saunders |
Diplomat |
27-Dec-1930 |
6-Mar-2016 |
Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81 |
Ellery Schempp |
Activist |
1940 |
|
Abington School District v. Schempp |
Terri Schiavo |
Victim |
3-Dec-1963 |
31-Mar-2005 |
Human vegetable, 1990-2005 |
Howard A. Schmidt |
Government |
5-Oct-1949 |
2-Mar-2017 |
White House cybersecurity chief |
Richard T. Schulze |
Politician |
7-Aug-1929 |
|
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-93 |
Barry F. Schwartz |
Business |
1949 |
|
CEO of M&F Worldwide |
Stephen A. Schwarzman |
Business |
14-Feb-1947 |
|
Co-Founder, Blackstone Group |
Bill Scott |
Actor |
2-Aug-1920 |
29-Nov-1985 |
Voice of Bullwinkle Moose, Dudley Do-Right |
Jill Scott |
Singer |
4-Apr-1972 |
|
R&B "Neo Soul" singer |
Susan Seidelman |
Film Director |
11-Dec-1952 |
|
Desperately Seeking Susan |
M. Rust Sharp |
Attorney |
27-Jan-1941 |
|
Clark, Ladner, Fortenbaugh & Young |
K. Barry Sharpless |
Chemist |
28-Apr-1941 |
|
Chiral catalysts |
Charles Sheeler |
Painter |
16-Jul-1883 |
7-May-1965 |
American modernist painter, precisionist |
Jack Sholder |
Film Director |
8-Jun-1945 |
|
The Hidden |
Beanie Sigel |
Rapper |
6-Mar-1974 |
|
Rapper, Protege of Jay-Z |
Penny Singleton |
Actor |
15-Sep-1908 |
12-Nov-2003 |
Blondie |
Dolores K. Sloviter |
Judge |
5-Sep-1932 |
|
3rd Circuit Court of Appeals |
Charles Ferguson Smith |
Military |
24-Apr-1807 |
25-Apr-1862 |
Union Army General, died after Shiloh |
Jessie Willcox Smith |
Artist |
6-Sep-1863 |
3-May-1935 |
The Water-Babies illustrator |
Will Smith |
Actor |
25-Sep-1968 |
|
Fresh Prince of Bel Air |
Annie Sprinkle |
Pornstar |
23-Jul-1954 |
|
Pornstar turned performance artist |
Nancy Spungen |
Victim |
27-Feb-1958 |
12-Oct-1978 |
Sid Vicious's girlfriend |
Mathew St. Patrick |
Actor |
17-Mar-1968 |
|
Keith Charles on Six Feet Under |
Kia Steave-Dickerson |
TV Personality |
c. 1970 |
|
Interior decorator on Trading Spaces |
Parker Stevenson |
Actor |
4-Jun-1952 |
|
The Hardy Boys Mysteries |
Richard Stites |
Historian |
2-Dec-1931 |
7-Mar-2010 |
The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia |
I. F. Stone |
Journalist |
24-Dec-1907 |
17-Jul-1989 |
I. F. Stone's Weekly |
George Strawbridge, Jr. |
Business |
10-Oct-1937 |
|
Campbell Soup scion |
Jacqueline Susann |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1918 |
21-Sep-1974 |
Valley of the Dolls |
H. Patrick Swygert |
Educator |
17-Mar-1943 |
|
President of Howard University, 1995-2008 |
Holland Taylor |
Actor |
14-Jan-1943 |
|
The Naked Truth |
Joseph H. Taylor, Jr. |
Astronomer |
24-Mar-1941 |
|
Co-Discovered first binary pulsar |
Teller |
Magician |
14-Feb-1948 |
|
The nonspeaking half of Penn and Teller |
Howard M. Temin |
Scientist |
10-Dec-1934 |
9-Feb-1994 |
Tumor viruses and host genetics |
Peter Terpeluk, Jr. |
Diplomat |
18-Feb-1948 |
23-Aug-2011 |
US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 2002-05 |
Tammi Terrell |
Singer |
29-Apr-1945 |
16-Mar-1970 |
Singing partner with Marvin Gaye |
Bill Tilden |
Tennis |
10-Feb-1893 |
5-Jun-1953 |
Winner of 21 Grand Slam titles |
Paul F. Tompkins |
Comic |
12-Sep-1968 |
|
Mr. Show |
C. Delores Tucker |
Activist |
4-Oct-1927 |
12-Oct-2005 |
National Congress of Black Women |
David Tudor |
Pianist |
20-Jan-1926 |
13-Aug-1996 |
Avant-garde concert pianist |
William S. Vare |
Politician |
24-Dec-1867 |
7-Aug-1934 |
Philadelphia political boss |
Robert Venturi |
Architect |
25-Jun-1925 |
|
Postmodernist architect |
Tom Verica |
Actor |
13-May-1964 |
|
Jack Pryor on American Dreams |
Andrew von Eschenbach |
Government |
30-Oct-1941 |
|
FDA Commissioner, 2005-09 |
Nancy Walker |
Actor |
10-May-1922 |
25-Mar-1992 |
Rhoda's mother |
Rasheed Wallace |
Basketball |
17-Sep-1974 |
|
4-Time NBA All-Star Forward |
Crystal Waters |
Singer |
10-Oct-1964 |
|
Gypsy Woman |
Jesse Watters |
Journalist |
9-Jul-1978 |
|
Ambush journalist, Watters World |
Charlotte C. Weber |
Business |
19-Nov-1942 |
|
Campbell Soup scion |
Gene Ween |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Mar-1970 |
|
Ween |
Andrew Weil |
Author |
8-Jun-1942 |
|
New age ethnopharmacologist |
Paul Wendkos |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1922 |
12-Nov-2009 |
Gidget |
Paul Westhead |
Basketball |
21-Feb-1939 |
|
LA Lakers coach 1979-82 |
William Wharton |
Novelist |
7-Nov-1925 |
29-Oct-2008 |
Birdy |
Karen Malina White |
Actor |
7-Jul-1965 |
|
The Proud Family |
John Whitehead |
Musician |
2-Jul-1948 |
11-May-2004 |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |
Margaret Whitton |
Actor |
30-Nov-1950 |
4-Dec-2016 |
The Secret of My Succe$s |
Bob Wian |
Business |
15-Jun-1914 |
31-Mar-1992 |
Founder of Bob's Big Boy |
Kate Douglas Wiggin |
Novelist |
28-Sep-1856 |
24-Aug-1923 |
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm |
Wesley S. Williams, Jr. |
Attorney |
13-Nov-1942 |
|
Former Partner, Covington & Burling |
Walter E. Williams |
Economist |
31-Mar-1936 |
|
Conservative economist |
Thomas F. Wilson |
Actor |
15-Apr-1959 |
|
Biff Tannen in Back to the Future |
Owen Wister |
Author |
14-Jul-1860 |
21-Jul-1938 |
The Virginian |
Frank Wolf |
Politician |
30-Jan-1939 |
|
Congressman, Virginia 10th |
Alan Wolfe |
Author |
10-Jun-1942 |
|
The Future of Liberalism |
Sam Wood |
Film Director |
10-Jul-1883 |
22-Sep-1949 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
Jeremiah Wright |
Religion |
22-Sep-1941 |
|
Trinity United Church of Christ |
William Wrigley, Jr. |
Business |
30-Sep-1861 |
26-Jan-1932 |
Chewing gum magnate |
Albert Wynn |
Politician |
10-Sep-1951 |
|
Congressman, Maryland 4th |
Ed Wynn |
Actor |
9-Nov-1886 |
19-Jun-1966 |
Requiem for a Heavyweight |
Vincent Young |
Actor |
4-Jun-1965 |
|
Noah Hunter on Beverly Hills, 90210 |
Mark G. Yudof |
Educator |
30-Oct-1944 |
|
President of the University of California |
Warren Zimmermann |
Diplomat |
16-Nov-1934 |
2-Feb-2004 |
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1989-92 |
Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
John Adler |
Politician |
23-Aug-1959 |
4-Apr-2011 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 2009-11 |
Ira Allen |
Military |
21-Apr-1751 |
4-Jan-1814 |
Founder of the University of Vermont |
Richard Allen |
Religion |
14-Feb-1760 |
26-Mar-1831 |
Founder, African Episcopal Methodist Church |
Paul Arizin |
Basketball |
9-Mar-1928 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
George Frederick Baer |
Business |
26-Sep-1842 |
26-Apr-1914 |
Social Darwinist railroad baron |
Pearl Bailey |
Singer |
29-Mar-1918 |
17-Aug-1990 |
Appointed by Nixon as Ambassador of Love |
William Bainbridge |
Military |
7-May-1774 |
27-Jul-1833 |
Commodore, War of 1812 |
Frank Baldino, Jr. |
Business |
13-May-1953 |
16-Dec-2010 |
Founder of Cephalon |
Henry Baldwin |
Judge |
14-Jan-1780 |
21-Apr-1844 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1830-44 |
Toni Cade Bambara |
Novelist |
25-Mar-1939 |
9-Dec-1995 |
Gorilla, My Love |
John Bartram |
Naturalist |
23-Mar-1699 |
22-Sep-1777 |
Colonial botanist to King George III |
Bert Bell |
Football |
25-Feb-1895 |
11-Oct-1959 |
NFL Commissioner, 1946-59 |
Nicholas Biddle |
Business |
8-Jan-1786 |
27-Feb-1844 |
Second Bank of the United States |
James A. Bland |
Songwriter |
22-Oct-1854 |
5-Mar-1911 |
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny |
George Henry Boker |
Playwright |
6-Oct-1823 |
2-Jan-1890 |
Francesca da Rimini |
David F. Bradford |
Economist |
8-Jan-1939 |
22-Feb-2005 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1991-93 |
Charles Brockden Brown |
Novelist |
17-Jan-1771 |
22-Feb-1810 |
First American novelist, Wieland |
Pierce Butler |
Politician |
11-Jul-1744 |
15-Feb-1822 |
Twice US Senator from South Carolina |
Smedley Butler |
Military |
30-Jul-1881 |
21-Jun-1940 |
Exposed the 1933 coup plot |
Christy Cabanne |
Film Director |
16-Apr-1888 |
15-Oct-1950 |
The Mummy's Hand |
Gia Carangi |
Model |
29-Jan-1960 |
18-Nov-1986 |
Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS |
Henry C. Carey |
Economist |
15-Dec-1793 |
13-Oct-1879 |
The Principles of Social Science |
Wallace Hume Carothers |
Chemist |
27-Apr-1896 |
29-Apr-1937 |
Inventor of Nylon |
Joseph Sill Clark |
Politician |
21-Oct-1901 |
21-Jan-1990 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1956-69 |
Russell H. Conwell |
Educator |
15-Feb-1843 |
6-Dec-1925 |
Founder, Temple University |
Edward Drinker Cope |
Paleontologist |
28-Jul-1840 |
12-Apr-1897 |
Potential holotype for Homo Sapiens |
Alexander J. Dallas |
Government |
21-Jun-1759 |
16-Jan-1817 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1814-16 |
George M. Dallas |
Politician |
10-Jul-1792 |
31-Dec-1864 |
Vice President under James Knox Polk |
Joseph Dennie |
Journalist |
30-Aug-1768 |
7-Jan-1812 |
America's Joseph Addison |
William J. Duane |
Attorney |
9-May-1780 |
27-Sep-1865 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1833 |
Alice Dunbar-Nelson |
Author |
19-Jul-1875 |
18-Sep-1935 |
Harlem Renaissance influence |
Thomas Eakins |
Painter |
25-Jul-1844 |
25-Jun-1916 |
Realist painter, The Gross Clinic |
Loren Eiseley |
Anthropologist |
3-Sep-1907 |
9-Jul-1977 |
The Firmament of Time |
Jessie Redmon Fauset |
Novelist |
27-Apr-1882 |
30-Apr-1961 |
Comedy: American Style |
Thomas Foglietta |
Politician |
3-Dec-1928 |
13-Nov-2004 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1981-97 |
Philip S. Foner |
Historian |
14-Dec-1910 |
13-Dec-1994 |
History of the Labor Movement in the United States |
Edwin Forrest |
Actor |
9-Mar-1806 |
12-Dec-1872 |
19th. c. American actor |
Benjamin Franklin |
Diplomat |
17-Jan-1706 |
17-Apr-1790 |
American founding father |
Joe Frazier |
Boxing |
12-Jan-1944 |
7-Nov-2011 |
Smokin' Joe |
Murray Friedman |
Historian |
15-Sep-1926 |
18-May-2005 |
Founder, Rosaline Feinstein Center |
Vincent Gardenia |
Actor |
7-Jan-1922 |
9-Dec-1992 |
Cher's father in Moonstruck |
Dave Garroway |
Talk Show Host |
13-Jul-1913 |
21-Jul-1982 |
Host of Today, 1952-61 |
Thomas S. Gates |
Government |
10-Apr-1906 |
25-Mar-1983 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1959-61 |
Clifford Geertz |
Anthropologist |
23-Aug-1926 |
30-Oct-2006 |
Thick Description |
John H. Gibbon, Jr. |
Doctor |
29-Sep-1903 |
5-Feb-1973 |
Open-heart surgery |
Stephen Girard |
Business |
20-May-1750 |
26-Dec-1831 |
Wealthiest man in America |
Erving Goffman |
Sociologist |
11-Jun-1922 |
19-Nov-1982 |
The Presentation of Self |
Dexter Gordon |
Jazz Musician |
27-Feb-1923 |
25-Apr-1990 |
Influential bop saxophonist |
William J. Green, Jr. |
Politician |
5-Mar-1910 |
21-Dec-1963 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1949-63 |
Robert Cooper Grier |
Judge |
5-Mar-1794 |
25-Sep-1870 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1846-70 |
Sarah Josepha Hale |
Author |
24-Oct-1788 |
30-Apr-1879 |
Editor, Godey's Lady's Book |
Robert Hare |
Chemist |
17-Jan-1781 |
15-May-1858 |
Hydrostatic blow-pipe and spiritoscope |
Frances E. W. Harper |
Poet |
24-Sep-1825 |
22-Feb-1911 |
Abolitionist, temperance activist |
H. H. Holmes |
Criminal |
16-May-1860 |
7-May-1896 |
The Devil in the White City |
Francis Hopkinson |
Author |
2-Oct-1737 |
9-May-1791 |
The Ballad of the Kegs |
Mieczyslaw Horszowski |
Pianist |
23-Jun-1892 |
22-May-1993 |
Polish-American pianist |
George Moses Horton |
Poet |
c. 1797 |
c. 1883 |
The Hope of Liberty |
Edwin J. Houston |
Inventor |
9-Jul-1847 |
1-Mar-1914 |
Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
Jared Ingersoll |
Politician |
24-Oct-1749 |
31-Oct-1822 |
Signed the US Constitution |
Frederic Eugene Ives |
Inventor |
17-Feb-1856 |
27-May-1937 |
Halftone process |
Betty James |
Business |
13-Feb-1918 |
20-Nov-2008 |
Slinky entrepreneur |
Skip James |
Musician |
21-Jun-1902 |
3-Oct-1969 |
Devil Got My Woman |
Hans Kohn |
Historian |
15-Sep-1891 |
16-Mar-1971 |
The Idea of Nationalism |
Maggie Kuhn |
Activist |
3-Aug-1905 |
22-Apr-1995 |
Organizer of the Gray Panthers |
Raymond F. Lederer |
Politician |
19-May-1938 |
1-Dec-2008 |
Congressman snagged in ABSCAM |
Joseph Leidy |
Biologist |
9-Sep-1823 |
30-Apr-1891 |
Trichinosis and dinosaurs |
Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
Connie Mack |
Baseball |
22-Dec-1862 |
8-Feb-1956 |
Manager of the Philadelphia Athletics |
John Marshall |
Judge |
24-Sep-1755 |
6-Jul-1835 |
US Chief Justice, 1801-35 |
Charles Mason |
Astronomer |
Apr-1728 |
25-Oct-1786 |
Mason-Dixon Line |
Edgar Lee Masters |
Poet |
23-Aug-1869 |
5-Mar-1950 |
Spoon River Anthology |
George Gordon Meade |
Military |
31-Dec-1815 |
6-Nov-1872 |
Accomplished Union Army general |
William M. Meredith |
Government |
8-Jun-1799 |
17-Aug-1873 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1849-50 |
Otto Meyerhof |
Scientist |
12-Apr-1884 |
6-Oct-1951 |
Glycogen-lactic acid cycle |
S. Weir Mitchell |
Novelist |
15-Feb-1829 |
4-Jan-1914 |
The Case of George Dedlow |
Robert Morris |
Politician |
31-Jan-1734 |
7-May-1806 |
Financed the Revolutionary War |
Zero Mostel |
Actor |
28-Feb-1915 |
8-Sep-1977 |
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum |
Francis J. Myers |
Politician |
18-Dec-1901 |
5-Jul-1956 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1945-51 |
A. Edward Newton |
Author |
1863 |
29-Sep-1940 |
A Magnificent Farce |
Robert Nix, Sr. |
Politician |
9-Aug-1898 |
22-Jun-1987 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1958-79 |
Robert Nix, Jr. |
Judge |
13-Jul-1928 |
23-Aug-2003 |
Pennsylvania Chief Justice, 1984-96 |
Eugene Ormandy |
Conductor |
18-Nov-1899 |
12-Mar-1985 |
Music Director, Philadelphia Orchestra, 1938-80 |
Charles Willson Peale |
Painter |
15-Feb-1741 |
22-Feb-1827 |
Early American portrait painter |
Joe Penner |
Radio Personality |
11-Nov-1904 |
10-Jan-1941 |
Wanna buy a duck? |
Philip Syng Physick |
Doctor |
7-Jul-1768 |
15-Dec-1837 |
Father of American surgery |
Éleuthère Irénée du Pont |
Business |
24-Jun-1771 |
31-Oct-1834 |
Founder of DuPont |
Ann Preston |
Doctor |
1-Dec-1813 |
18-Apr-1872 |
Woman's Medical College and Woman's Hospital |
Sarah Pugh |
Activist |
1800 |
1884 |
Abolitionist and suffragette |
Harriet Forten Purvis |
Activist |
1810 |
11-Jun-1875 |
African-American abolitionist |
Robert Purvis |
Activist |
4-Aug-1810 |
15-Apr-1898 |
"President" of the Underground Railroad |
Sue Randall |
Actor |
8-Oct-1935 |
26-Oct-1984 |
Leave It to Beaver |
John Randolph of Roanoke |
Politician |
2-Jun-1773 |
24-May-1833 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1825-27 |
Peyton Randolph |
Politician |
1721 |
23-Oct-1775 |
First President of the Continental Congress |
David Rittenhouse |
Astronomer |
8-Apr-1732 |
26-Jun-1796 |
Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman |
Frank Rizzo |
Politician |
23-Oct-1920 |
16-Jul-1991 |
Mayor of Philadelphia, 1972-80 |
Ralph J. Roberts |
Business |
13-Mar-1920 |
19-Jun-2015 |
Co-Founder of Comcast |
Paul Robeson |
Singer |
9-Apr-1898 |
23-Jan-1976 |
20th Century renaissance man |
Jack Rose |
Guitarist |
16-Feb-1971 |
5-Dec-2009 |
Pelt |
Betsy Ross |
Business |
1-Jan-1752 |
30-Jan-1836 |
Legendary American flagmaker |
Max Rudolf |
Conductor |
15-Jun-1902 |
28-Feb-1995 |
Director, Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-71 |
David Ruffin |
Singer |
18-Jan-1941 |
1-Jun-1991 |
The Temptations |
Benjamin Rush |
Politician |
4-Jan-1746 |
19-Apr-1813 |
Signed Declaration of Independence |
Richard Rush |
Diplomat |
29-Aug-1780 |
30-Jul-1859 |
Negotiated the Rush-Bagot Agreement |
Milton J. Shapp |
Politician |
25-Jun-1912 |
24-Nov-1994 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1971-79 |
Jerome J. Shestack |
Attorney |
11-Feb-1923 |
18-Aug-2011 |
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis |
Charles Emory Smith |
Journalist |
18-Feb-1842 |
19-Jan-1908 |
US Postmaster General, 1898-1902 |
Jessie Willcox Smith |
Artist |
6-Sep-1863 |
3-May-1935 |
The Water-Babies illustrator |
Arlen Specter |
Politician |
12-Feb-1930 |
14-Oct-2012 |
US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011 |
William Still |
Activist |
7-Oct-1819 |
14-Jul-1902 |
Father of the Underground Railroad |
Thomas Sully |
Painter |
19-Jul-1783 |
5-Nov-1872 |
19th c. American portrait painter |
Henry Tazewell |
Politician |
27-Nov-1753 |
24-Jan-1799 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1794-99 |
Tammi Terrell |
Singer |
29-Apr-1945 |
16-Mar-1970 |
Singing partner with Marvin Gaye |
Marvin Wachman |
Educator |
24-Mar-1917 |
22-Dec-2007 |
Temple University President, 1973-83 |
Bushrod Washington |
Judge |
5-Jun-1762 |
26-Nov-1829 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1799-1829 |
George Henry White |
Politician |
18-Dec-1852 |
28-Dec-1918 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1897-1901 |
John Whitehead |
Musician |
2-Jul-1948 |
11-May-2004 |
Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now |
John Wyeth |
Business |
1841 |
30-Mar-1907 |
Founder of Wyeth |
Solomon Zeitlin |
Historian |
28-May-1886 |
28-Dec-1976 |
Dead Sea Scrolls debunker |