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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Hank Aaron
Baseball
5-Feb-1934   Hit 755 home runs over his career
Madeleine Albright
Diplomat
15-May-1937   Bill Clinton's Secretary of State
Muhammad Ali
Boxing
17-Jan-1942   Floated like butterfly, stung like bee
Harry Belafonte
Singer/Songwriter
1-Mar-1927   Calypso singer
Tony Bennett
Singer
3-Aug-1926   Left his heart in San Francisco
Larry Bird
Basketball
7-Dec-1956   Boston Celtics
Judy Blume
Author
12-Feb-1938   Author of children's books
William F. Buckley
Columnist
24-Nov-1925 27-Feb-2008 National Review
Carol Burnett
Actor
26-Apr-1933   The Carol Burnett Show
Benjamin S. Carson
Doctor
18-Sep-1951   Pediatric neurosurgeon at Johns Hopkins
Benny Carter
Jazz Musician
8-Aug-1907 12-Jul-2003 Jazz and big bandleader
Johnny Cash
Country Musician
26-Feb-1932 12-Sep-2003 The Man in Black
Vint Cerf
Scientist
23-Jun-1943   Co-Designed Internet's TCP-IP protocol
Linda Chavez
Activist
17-Jun-1947   Neoconservative activist, pundit
Julia Child
Chef
15-Aug-1912 13-Aug-2004 Haute cuisine with a unique voice
Beverly Cleary
Author
12-Apr-1916   Children's author, Ramona Quimby series
David Copperfield
Magician
16-Sep-1956   Disappeared the Statue of Liberty
Bill Cosby
Comic
12-Jul-1937   Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill
Merce Cunningham
Dancer
16-Apr-1919 26-Jul-2009 Merce Cunningham Dance Company
Michael DeBakey
Doctor
7-Sep-1908 11-Jul-2008 Father of cardiovascular surgery
Marian Wright Edelman
Activist
6-Jun-1939   Founder, Children's Defense Fund
Ahmet Ertegün
Business
21-Jul-1923 14-Dec-2006 Atlantic Records co-founder
Suzanne Farrell
Dancer
16-Aug-1945   Ballerina, NYC Ballet
John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist
15-Oct-1908 29-Apr-2006 Modern economics renegade
Stephen Jay Gould
Biologist
10-Sep-1941 20-May-2002 Evolutionary scientist
Katharine Graham
Publisher
16-Jun-1917 17-Jul-2001 Washington Post publisher, 1966-79
Ursula K. Le Guin
Novelist
21-Oct-1929   The Left Hand of Darkness
Mickey Hart
Drummer
11-Sep-1943   Drummer for Grateful Dead
Herblock
Cartoonist
13-Oct-1909 7-Oct-2001 Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post
Al Hirschfeld
Artist
21-Jun-1903 20-Jan-2003 Pen and ink caricaturist
Quincy Jones
Music Producer
14-Mar-1933   Musician, Composer, Producer
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Track and Field
3-Mar-1962   Track and Field medalist
Max Kampelman
Diplomat
7-Nov-1920   US Ambassador to the CSCE
George F. Kennan
Diplomat
16-Feb-1904 17-Mar-2005 Architect of US policy of Soviet containment
B. B. King
Musician
16-Sep-1925   King of the Blues
Billie Jean King
Tennis
22-Nov-1943   Defeated Bobby Riggs in '73 Battle of the Sexes
Jeane Kirkpatrick
Government
19-Nov-1926 7-Dec-2006 Reagan's UN Ambassador
Annie Leibovitz
Photographer
2-Oct-1949   Celebrity photographer
Carl Lewis
Track and Field
1-Jul-1961   Olympian
John Lewis
Politician
21-Feb-1940   Congressman, Georgia 5th
Alan Lomax
Musicologist
31-Jan-1915 19-Jul-2002 Preserved thousands of folksongs
Yo-Yo Ma
Cellist
7-Oct-1955   Cellist, The Silk Road Ensemble
Mark McGwire
Baseball
1-Oct-1963   583 home runs
Rita Moreno
Actor
11-Dec-1931   West Side Story, Electric Company
Toni Morrison
Author
18-Feb-1931   Beloved
I. M. Pei
Architect
26-Apr-1917   Designed Louvre's glass pyramid
Jaroslav Pelikan
Historian
17-Dec-1923 13-May-2006 The Christian Tradition
Itzhak Perlman
Violinist
31-Aug-1945   Israeli violinist
Colin Powell
Government
5-Apr-1937   US Secretary of State, 2001-05
Leontyne Price
Singer
10-Feb-1927   Operatic soprano
Tito Puente
Musician
20-Apr-1923 31-May-2000 Popular Latin bandleader
Sally Ride
Astronaut
26-May-1951 23-Jul-2012 First American woman in space
Cal Ripken
Baseball
24-Aug-1960   American League MVP 1983, 1991
Fred Rogers
TV Personality
20-Mar-1928 27-Feb-2003 Mister Rogers
Philip Roth
Novelist
19-Mar-1933   Portnoy's Complaint
Martin Scorsese
Film Director
17-Nov-1942   Taxi Driver
Pete Seeger
Singer/Songwriter
3-May-1919   We Shall Overcome
Maurice Sendak
Author
10-Jun-1928 8-May-2012 Where The Wild Things Are
Bobby Short
Singer
15-Sep-1924 21-Mar-2005 Cabaret singer at the Carlyle Hotel
Stephen Sondheim
Composer
22-Mar-1930   West Side Story
Steven Spielberg
Film Director
18-Dec-1946   E.T.
Dr. Ralph Stanley
Musician
27-Feb-1927   Bluegrass musician
Gloria Steinem
Activist
25-Mar-1934   Founder, Ms. Magazine
Isaac Stern
Violinist
21-Jul-1920 22-Sep-2001 Violin virtuoso
Barbra Streisand
Singer
24-Apr-1942   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
William Styron
Novelist
11-Jun-1925 31-Oct-2006 The Confessions of Nat Turner
Harold E. Varmus
Scientist
18-Dec-1939   Genetic causes of cancer
Gwen Verdon
Dancer
16-Jan-1925 18-Oct-2000 Damn Yankees
Fred Whipple
Astronomer
5-Nov-1906 30-Aug-2004 Comet Guy
Tiger Woods
Golf
30-Dec-1975   Greatest living golfer
Herman Wouk
Novelist
27-May-1915   The Caine Mutiny


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