Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Kathryn Adams |
Actor |
15-Jul-1920 |
14-Oct-2016 |
Sky Raiders |
Richard Adams |
Novelist |
9-May-1920 |
24-Dec-2016 |
Watership Down |
Bhumibol Adulyadej |
Royalty |
5-Dec-1927 |
13-Oct-2016 |
King of Thailand, 1946-2016 |
Roger Agnelli |
Business |
3-May-1959 |
19-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, 2001-11 |
Edward Albee |
Playwright |
12-Mar-1928 |
16-Sep-2016 |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? |
Muhammad Ali |
Boxing |
17-Jan-1942 |
3-Jun-2016 |
Floated like butterfly, stung like bee |
Robert E. Allen |
Business |
25-Jan-1935 |
10-Sep-2016 |
CEO of AT&T, 1988-97 |
Mose Allison |
Singer |
11-Nov-1927 |
15-Nov-2016 |
Southern bluesman, Jazz pianist |
Wendell R. Anderson |
Politician |
1-Feb-1933 |
17-Jul-2016 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1971-76 |
Dwayne Andreas |
Business |
4-Mar-1918 |
16-Nov-2016 |
Archer Daniels Midland CEO, 1970-97 |
Mother Angelica |
Religion |
20-Apr-1923 |
27-Mar-2016 |
Roman Catholic evangelical nun |
René Angélil |
Business |
16-Jan-1942 |
14-Jan-2016 |
Husband and manager of Celine Dion |
Eddie Antar |
Business |
18-Dec-1947 |
10-Sep-2016 |
Crazy Eddie |
David Antin |
Artist |
1-Feb-1932 |
11-Oct-2016 |
Improv artist, talk poet |
William L. Armstrong |
Politician |
16-Mar-1937 |
5-Jul-2016 |
US Senator from Colorado, 1979-91 |
Alexis Arquette |
Actor |
28-Jul-1969 |
11-Sep-2016 |
Last Exit to Brooklyn |
Alexandre Astruc |
Film Director |
13-Jul-1923 |
19-May-2016 |
Les mauvaises rencontres |
Hector Babenco |
Film Director |
7-Feb-1946 |
13-Jul-2016 |
Kiss of the Spider Woman |
Kenny Baker |
Actor |
24-Aug-1934 |
13-Aug-2016 |
The man inside R2-D2 |
James E. Barlett |
Business |
c. 1943 |
23-Apr-2016 |
Vice Chairman, TeleTech Holdings |
William E. Barrett |
Politician |
9-Feb-1929 |
20-Sep-2016 |
Congressman from Nebraska, 1991-2001 |
Patricia Barry |
Actor |
16-Nov-1921 |
11-Oct-2016 |
Character actress |
Andy Bathgate |
Hockey |
28-Aug-1932 |
26-Feb-2016 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
Jorge Batlle Ibáñez |
Head of State |
25-Oct-1927 |
24-Oct-2016 |
President of Uruguay, 2000-05 |
Lucy Baxley |
Politician |
21-Dec-1937 |
14-Oct-2016 |
Lt. Governor of Alabama, 2003-07 |
Hans W. Becherer |
Business |
19-Apr-1935 |
6-Oct-2016 |
CEO of Deere, 1989-2000 |
Brian Bedford |
Actor |
16-Feb-1935 |
13-Jan-2016 |
The School for Wives |
Robert Bennett |
Politician |
18-Sep-1933 |
4-May-2016 |
US Senator from Utah, 1993-2011 |
Helen Delich Bentley |
Politician |
28-Nov-1923 |
6-Aug-2016 |
Congresswoman from Maryland, 1985-95 |
Daniel Berrigan |
Author |
9-May-1921 |
30-Apr-2016 |
The Trial of the Catonsville Nine |
David Berry |
Playwright |
8-Jul-1943 |
16-Dec-2016 |
The Whales of August |
John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan |
Aristocrat |
18-Dec-1934 |
3-Feb-2016 |
7th Earl of Lucan, murderer |
Erich Bloch |
Business |
9-Jan-1925 |
25-Nov-2016 |
Director of NSF, 1984-90 |
Blowfly |
Rapper |
14-Feb-1945 |
17-Jan-2016 |
The Original X Rated Rapper |
Stephen F. Bollenbach |
Business |
14-Jul-1942 |
8-Oct-2016 |
CEO of Hilton Hotels, 1996-2007 |
Yves Bonnefoy |
Poet |
24-Jun-1923 |
1-Jul-2016 |
Du Mouvement et de l'immobilité de Douve |
Stephen W. Bosworth |
Diplomat |
4-Dec-1939 |
4-Jan-2016 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1997-2000 |
Pierre Boulez |
Composer |
26-Mar-1925 |
5-Jan-2016 |
Modern composer and conductor |
Boutros Boutros-Ghali |
Government |
14-Nov-1922 |
16-Feb-2016 |
Secretary General of the UN, 1992-96 |
William G. Bowen |
Educator |
6-Oct-1933 |
20-Oct-2016 |
President, Princeton University, 1972-88 |
David Bowie |
Singer/Songwriter |
8-Jan-1947 |
10-Jan-2016 |
Ziggy Stardust |
Reginald K. Brack |
Business |
26-Aug-1937 |
4-Oct-2016 |
CEO of Time Inc., 1986-94 |
John Brademas |
Politician |
2-Mar-1927 |
11-Jul-2016 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1959-81 |
Richard Bradford |
Actor |
10-Nov-1934 |
22-Mar-2016 |
Man in a Suitcase |
E. R. Braithwaite |
Novelist |
27-Jun-1912 |
12-Dec-2016 |
To Sir, with Love |
Myron H. Bright |
Judge |
5-Mar-1919 |
12-Dec-2016 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1968-85 |
Anita Brookner |
Novelist |
16-Jul-1928 |
10-Mar-2016 |
Hotel Du Lac |
Peter Brown |
Actor |
5-Oct-1935 |
21-Mar-2016 |
Deputy Johnny McKay in Lawman |
Don Buchla |
Inventor |
17-Apr-1937 |
14-Sep-2016 |
Modular synthesizer designer |
Dale Bumpers |
Politician |
12-Aug-1925 |
1-Jan-2016 |
Governor, Senator from Arkansas |
Conrad Burns |
Politician |
25-Jan-1935 |
28-Apr-2016 |
US Senator from Montana, 1989-2007 |
Pete Burns |
Singer/Songwriter |
5-Aug-1959 |
23-Oct-2016 |
Dead or Alive |
Tony Burton |
Actor |
23-Mar-1937 |
25-Feb-2016 |
Rocky |
Prince Buster |
Singer |
28-May-1938 |
8-Sep-2016 |
Reggae/ska/rocksteady pioneer |
Michel Butor |
Author |
14-Sep-1926 |
24-Aug-2016 |
L'emploi du temps |
Bill Campbell |
Business |
31-Aug-1940 |
18-Apr-2016 |
CEO of Intuit, 1994-98 and 1999-2000 |
LeRoy T. Carlson |
Business |
15-May-1916 |
23-May-2016 |
Founder of Telephone and Data Systems |
Vera Caslavska |
Gymnastics |
3-May-1942 |
30-Aug-2016 |
11 Olympic medals |
Fidel Castro |
Head of State |
13-Aug-1926 |
25-Nov-2016 |
Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years |
Jack Chick |
Cartoonist |
13-Apr-1924 |
23-Oct-2016 |
Anti-Catholic comics publisher |
William Christopher |
Actor |
20-Oct-1932 |
31-Dec-2016 |
Father Mulcahy on M*A*S*H |
Chyna |
Wrestling |
27-Dec-1969 |
20-Apr-2016 |
Former pro wrestler |
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi |
Head of State |
9-Dec-1920 |
16-Sep-2016 |
President of Italy, 1999-2006 |
Buddy Cianci |
Politician |
30-Apr-1941 |
28-Jan-2016 |
Twice Mayor of Providence |
Michael Cimino |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1939 |
2-Jul-2016 |
The Deer Hunter |
Guy Clark |
Country Musician |
6-Nov-1941 |
17-May-2016 |
Old No. 1 |
Wesley A. Clark |
Engineer |
10-Apr-1927 |
22-Feb-2016 |
Designed LINC, the first PC |
Miss Cleo |
Paranormal |
12-Aug-1962 |
26-Jul-2016 |
Psychic fraud takes VISA, M/C |
Leonard Cohen |
Singer/Songwriter |
21-Sep-1934 |
7-Nov-2016 |
Hallelujah |
Tony Conrad |
Violinist |
7-Mar-1940 |
9-Apr-2016 |
Violin, Theater of Eternal Music |
Pat Conroy |
Novelist |
26-Oct-1945 |
4-Mar-2016 |
The Prince of Tides |
Marlow W. Cook |
Politician |
27-Jul-1926 |
4-Feb-2016 |
US Senator from Kentucky, 1968-74 |
Denton Cooley |
Doctor |
22-Aug-1920 |
18-Nov-2016 |
Pioneering heart surgeon |
Ronnie Corbett |
Comic |
4-Dec-1930 |
31-Mar-2016 |
The Two Ronnies |
Donald L. Corbin |
Judge |
29-Mar-1938 |
12-Dec-2016 |
Justice, Arkansas Supreme Court |
Noreen Corcoran |
Actor |
20-Oct-1943 |
15-Jan-2016 |
Kelly Gregg on Bachelor Father |
Adrienne Corri |
Actor |
13-Nov-1931 |
13-Mar-2016 |
A Clockwork Orange |
André Courrèges |
Fashion Designer |
9-Mar-1923 |
7-Jan-2016 |
Miniskirt, go-go boots, etc. |
Jo Cox |
Politician |
22-Jun-1974 |
16-Jun-2016 |
British MP, Batley and Spen, assassinated |
Paul Cox |
Film Director |
16-Apr-1940 |
18-Jun-2016 |
Innocence |
C. Martin Croker |
Actor |
10-Jan-1962 |
18-Sep-2016 |
Zorak & Moltar on Space Ghost |
James W. Cronin |
Physicist |
29-Sep-1931 |
25-Aug-2016 |
Time not necessarily reversible |
Johan Cruijff |
Soccer |
25-Apr-1947 |
24-Mar-2016 |
Dutch football great |
Bill Cunningham |
Photographer |
13-Mar-1929 |
25-Jun-2016 |
Fashion photographer, The New York Times |
Walter J. P. Curley |
Business |
17-Sep-1922 |
2-Jun-2016 |
US Ambassador to France, 1989-93 |
George E. Curry |
Journalist |
23-Feb-1947 |
20-Aug-2016 |
Emerge editor-in-chief |
Meir Dagan |
Spy |
30-Jan-1945 |
17-Mar-2016 |
Chief of the Israeli Mossad, 2002-11 |
Paul Daniels |
Magician |
6-Apr-1938 |
17-Mar-2016 |
The Paul Daniels Magic Show |
Alexander DeConde |
Historian |
13-Nov-1920 |
28-May-2016 |
Entangling Alliance |
Gloria DeHaven |
Actor |
23-Jul-1925 |
30-Jul-2016 |
Summer Holiday |
Alice Denham |
Author |
21-Jan-1927 |
27-Jan-2016 |
Sleeping with the Bad Boys |
Robert R. Douglass |
Attorney |
16-Oct-1931 |
6-Dec-2016 |
Vice Chairman of Chase Manhattan, 1985-93 |
Jerry Doyle |
Actor |
16-Jul-1956 |
27-Jul-2016 |
Michael Garibaldi on Babylon 5 |
Larry Drake |
Actor |
21-Feb-1950 |
17-Mar-2016 |
Benny Stulwicz on LA Law |
Sidney D. Drell |
Physicist |
13-Sep-1926 |
21-Dec-2016 |
In the Shadow of the Bomb |
Patty Duke |
Actor |
14-Dec-1946 |
29-Mar-2016 |
The Patty Duke Show |
Robin Chandler Duke |
Activist |
13-Oct-1923 |
6-Feb-2016 |
Former president of NARAL |
Lois Duncan |
Author |
28-Apr-1934 |
15-Jun-2016 |
I Know What You Did Last Summer |
Umberto Eco |
Scholar |
5-Jan-1932 |
19-Feb-2016 |
Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose |
LaVell Edwards |
Football |
11-Oct-1930 |
29-Dec-2016 |
BYU Head Football Coach, 1972-2000 |
Elizabeth L. Eisenstein |
Historian |
11-Oct-1923 |
31-Jan-2016 |
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change |
Bob Elliott |
Comic |
26-Mar-1923 |
2-Feb-2016 |
Half of Bob & Ray |
Keith Emerson |
Musician |
2-Nov-1944 |
11-Mar-2016 |
Keyboardist for Emerson, Lake, and Palmer |
Péter Esterházy |
Author |
14-Apr-1950 |
14-Jul-2016 |
Celestial Harmonies |
Thorbjörn Fälldin |
Head of State |
24-Apr-1926 |
23-Jul-2016 |
Twice Prime Minister of Sweden |
Fyvush Finkel |
Actor |
9-Oct-1923 |
14-Aug-2016 |
Picket Fences |
Frank Finlay |
Actor |
6-Aug-1926 |
30-Jan-2016 |
Othello |
Carrie Fisher |
Actor |
21-Oct-1956 |
27-Dec-2016 |
Princess Leia in Star Wars |
Jay S. Fishman |
Business |
4-Nov-1952 |
19-Aug-2016 |
CEO of Travelers, 2007-15 |
Dario Fo |
Playwright |
26-Mar-1926 |
13-Oct-2016 |
Italian playwright and Nobel laureate |
Rob Ford |
Politician |
28-May-1969 |
22-Mar-2016 |
Mayor of Toronto, 2010-14 |
Thomas Mikal Ford |
Actor |
15-Jun-1962 |
12-Oct-2016 |
Tommy Strawn on Martin |
Bill Foster |
Basketball |
19-Aug-1929 |
7-Jan-2016 |
Duke University Head Coach, 1974-80 |
Bernard Fox |
Actor |
11-May-1927 |
14-Dec-2016 |
Dr. Bombay on Bewitched |
Don Francks |
Actor |
28-Feb-1932 |
3-Apr-2016 |
Walter on La Femme Nikita |
Glenn Frey |
Musician |
6-Nov-1948 |
18-Jan-2016 |
Lead vocals and guitar, Eagles |
Zsa Zsa Gabor |
Actor |
6-Feb-1917 |
18-Dec-2016 |
Cop-slapping Gabor sister |
Michel Galabru |
Actor |
27-Oct-1922 |
4-Jan-2016 |
The Judge and the Assassin |
Rita Gam |
Actor |
2-Apr-1928 |
22-Mar-2016 |
The Thief |
Joe Garagiola |
Baseball |
12-Feb-1926 |
23-Mar-2016 |
St. Louis Cardinal turned sportscaster |
Charles Gatewood |
Photographer |
8-Nov-1942 |
28-Apr-2016 |
Photographer of the unusual |
Lisa Gaye |
Actor |
6-Mar-1935 |
14-Jul-2016 |
Rock Around the Clock |
George Gaynes |
Actor |
16-May-1917 |
15-Feb-2016 |
Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster |
Hans-Dietrich Genscher |
Politician |
21-Mar-1927 |
31-Mar-2016 |
German Foreign Minister, 1974-92 |
David Gest |
Film/TV Producer |
11-May-1953 |
12-Apr-2016 |
Ex-Husband of Liza Minnelli |
Benjamin A. Gilman |
Politician |
6-Dec-1922 |
17-Dec-2016 |
Congressman from New York, 1973-2003 |
Ron Glass |
Actor |
10-Jul-1945 |
25-Nov-2016 |
Det. Harris on Barney Miller |
John Glenn |
Astronaut |
18-Jul-1921 |
8-Dec-2016 |
First American to orbit earth |
Gogi Grant |
Singer |
20-Sep-1924 |
10-Mar-2016 |
The Wayward Wind |
Dennis Green |
Football |
17-Feb-1949 |
21-Jul-2016 |
NFL and NCAA football coach |
Roman S. Gribbs |
Politician |
29-Dec-1925 |
5-Apr-2016 |
Mayor of Detroit, 1970-74 |
Tammy Grimes |
Actor |
30-Jan-1934 |
30-Oct-2016 |
The Unsinkable Molly Brown |
Andy Grove |
Business |
2-Sep-1936 |
21-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Intel, 1987-98 |
Brandon Grove |
Diplomat |
8-Apr-1929 |
20-May-2016 |
US Ambassador to Zaire, 1984-87 |
Ann Morgan Guilbert |
Actor |
16-Oct-1928 |
14-Jun-2016 |
Yetta Rosenberg on The Nanny |
John Gutfreund |
Business |
14-Sep-1929 |
9-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Salomon Brothers, 1984-91 |
Merle Haggard |
Country Musician |
6-Apr-1937 |
6-Apr-2016 |
Okie From Muskogee |
Dan Haggerty |
Actor |
19-Nov-1942 |
15-Jan-2016 |
Grizzly Adams |
David Hahn |
Inventor |
30-Oct-1976 |
27-Sep-2016 |
Do-it-yourself nuclear reactor |
David Hall |
Politician |
20-Oct-1930 |
6-May-2016 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1971-75 |
Guy Hamilton |
Film Director |
16-Sep-1922 |
21-Apr-2016 |
Goldfinger |
Earl Hamner, Jr. |
Film/TV Producer |
10-Jul-1923 |
24-Mar-2016 |
The Waltons |
Hanoi Hannah |
Radio Personality |
1931 |
30-Sep-2016 |
VC propagandist during Vietnam War |
Curtis Hanson |
Film Director |
24-Mar-1945 |
20-Sep-2016 |
LA Confidential |
Pat Harrington |
Actor |
13-Aug-1929 |
6-Jan-2016 |
Duane Schneider on One Day at a Time |
Louis Harris |
Business |
6-Jan-1921 |
17-Dec-2016 |
Pollster, Louis Harris and Associates |
Jim Harrison |
Novelist |
11-Dec-1937 |
26-Mar-2016 |
Legends of the Fall |
Cecilia Hart |
Actor |
19-Feb-1948 |
16-Oct-2016 |
Wife of James Earl Jones |
Geoffrey H. Hartman |
Critic |
11-Aug-1929 |
14-Mar-2016 |
The Unmediated Vision |
João Havelange |
Soccer |
8-May-1916 |
16-Aug-2016 |
President of FIFA, 1974-98 |
Tom Hayden |
Activist |
11-Dec-1939 |
23-Oct-2016 |
Jane Fonda's ex |
Shirley Hazzard |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1931 |
12-Dec-2016 |
The Transit of Venus |
Ken Hechler |
Politician |
20-Sep-1914 |
10-Dec-2016 |
Congressman from West Virginia, 1959-77 |
Henry Heimlich |
Doctor |
3-Feb-1920 |
17-Dec-2016 |
Heimlich maneuver |
Donald A. Henderson |
Doctor |
7-Sep-1928 |
19-Aug-2016 |
Led effort to eradicate smallpox |
Florence Henderson |
Actor |
14-Feb-1934 |
24-Nov-2016 |
Carol (mom) on The Brady Bunch |
Steven Hill |
Actor |
24-Feb-1922 |
23-Aug-2016 |
Adam Schiff on Law & Order |
Arthur Hiller |
Film Director |
22-Nov-1923 |
17-Aug-2016 |
An Alan Smithee Film |
Warren Hinckle |
Journalist |
12-Oct-1938 |
25-Aug-2016 |
Former editor of Ramparts |
Clyde C. Holloway |
Politician |
28-Nov-1943 |
16-Oct-2016 |
Congressman from Louisiana, 1987-93 |
Robert Horton |
Actor |
29-Jul-1924 |
9-Mar-2016 |
Flint McCullough on Wagon Train |
Ken Howard |
Actor |
28-Mar-1944 |
23-Mar-2016 |
The White Shadow |
Gordie Howe |
Hockey |
31-Mar-1928 |
10-Jun-2016 |
Mr. Hockey |
David Huddleston |
Actor |
17-Sep-1930 |
2-Aug-2016 |
The Big Lebowski |
William H. Hudnut III |
Politician |
17-Oct-1932 |
17-Dec-2016 |
Mayor of Indianapolis, 1976-91 |
Shirley Hufstedler |
Judge |
24-Aug-1925 |
30-Mar-2016 |
US Secretary of Education, 1979-81 |
Gwen Ifill |
Journalist |
29-Sep-1955 |
14-Nov-2016 |
Washington Week, Lehrer News Hour |
Monte Irvin |
Baseball |
25-Feb-1919 |
11-Jan-2016 |
Negro Leagues player, MLB Hall of Famer |
Anne Jackson |
Actor |
3-Sep-1926 |
12-Apr-2016 |
Folks! |
Sonny James |
Country Music Singer |
1-May-1929 |
22-Feb-2016 |
Young Love |
Deborah S. Jin |
Physicist |
15-Nov-1968 |
15-Sep-2016 |
Created a fermionic condensate |
Bill Johnson |
Skier |
30-Mar-1960 |
21-Jan-2016 |
Downhill skiing gold medal, 1984 |
F. Ross Johnson |
Business |
13-Dec-1931 |
29-Dec-2016 |
CEO of RJR Nabisco, 1987-89 |
George Jonas |
Author |
15-Jun-1935 |
10-Jan-2016 |
Vengeance |
Sharon Jones |
Singer |
4-May-1956 |
18-Nov-2016 |
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings |
Piet de Jong |
Head of State |
3-Apr-1915 |
27-Jul-2016 |
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1967-71 |
Bryce Jordan |
Educator |
22-Sep-1924 |
12-Apr-2016 |
President of Penn State, 1983-90 |
Anker Jřrgensen |
Head of State |
13-Jul-1922 |
20-Mar-2016 |
Twice Prime Minister of Denmark |
Kitty Kallen |
Singer |
25-May-1921 |
7-Jan-2016 |
Bésame Mucho |
Paul Kantner |
Musician |
17-Mar-1941 |
28-Jan-2016 |
Jefferson Airplane |
Marvin Kaplan |
Actor |
24-Jan-1927 |
25-Aug-2016 |
Henry on Alice |
Islam Karimov |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1938 |
2-Sep-2016 |
President of Uzbekistan, 1991-2016 |
Andrey Karlov |
Diplomat |
4-Feb-1954 |
19-Dec-2016 |
Russian Ambassador to Turkey, assassinated |
Judith S. Kaye |
Judge |
4-Aug-1938 |
7-Jan-2016 |
Chief Judge, State of New York, 1993-2008 |
Frank Kelly |
Actor |
28-Dec-1938 |
28-Feb-2016 |
Father Jack Hackett on Father Ted |
Tommy Kelly |
Actor |
6-Apr-1925 |
26-Jan-2016 |
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer |
George Kennedy |
Actor |
18-Feb-1925 |
28-Feb-2016 |
Airport, Naked Gun |
Imre Kertész |
Author |
9-Nov-1929 |
31-Mar-2016 |
Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel |
Abbas Kiarostami |
Film Director |
22-Jun-1940 |
4-Jul-2016 |
Taste of Cherry |
Tom Kibble |
Mathematician |
23-Dec-1932 |
2-Jun-2016 |
Zurek-Kibble theory |
James Kimsey |
Business |
15-Sep-1939 |
1-Mar-2016 |
AOL's founding CEO |
Walter Kohn |
Chemist |
9-Mar-1923 |
19-Apr-2016 |
Density-functional theory |
Tommy Kono |
Sports Figure |
27-Jun-1930 |
24-Apr-2016 |
Weightlifter |
Sir Harold Kroto |
Chemist |
7-Oct-1939 |
30-Apr-2016 |
Co-Discovered fullerenes |
Burt Kwouk |
Actor |
18-Jul-1930 |
24-May-2016 |
Cato in Pink Panther films |
Tim LaHaye |
Religion |
27-Apr-1926 |
25-Jul-2016 |
Left Behind series |
Melvin Laird |
Politician |
1-Sep-1922 |
16-Nov-2016 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1969-73 |
Greg Lake |
Musician |
10-Nov-1947 |
7-Dec-2016 |
Emerson, Lake and Palmer |
Ralph S. Larsen |
Business |
18-Nov-1938 |
9-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Johnson & Johnson, 1989-2002 |
Steven LaTourette |
Politician |
22-Jul-1954 |
3-Aug-2016 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1995-2013 |
Delbert L. Latta |
Politician |
5-Mar-1920 |
12-May-2016 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1959-89 |
Johnny Lattner |
Football |
24-Oct-1932 |
12-Feb-2016 |
Winner, 1953 Heisman Trophy |
Harper Lee |
Novelist |
28-Apr-1926 |
19-Feb-2016 |
To Kill A Mockingbird |
Sammy Lee |
Diver |
1-Aug-1920 |
2-Dec-2016 |
Olympic diver |
Drew Lewis |
Government |
3-Nov-1931 |
10-Feb-2016 |
US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83 |
Herschell Gordon Lewis |
Film Director |
15-Jun-1926 |
26-Sep-2016 |
Two Thousand Maniacs! |
Richard Libertini |
Actor |
21-May-1933 |
7-Jan-2016 |
The In-Laws |
Susan L. Lindquist |
Biologist |
5-Jun-1949 |
27-Oct-2016 |
Protein folding |
Eric Lubbock |
Politician |
29-Sep-1928 |
14-Feb-2016 |
4th Baron Avebury |
Malcolm M. Lucas |
Judge |
19-Apr-1927 |
28-Sep-2016 |
California Chief Justice, 1987-96 |
China Machado |
Model |
25-Dec-1928 |
18-Dec-2016 |
First non-white American supermodel |
George MacIntyre |
Football |
30-Apr-1939 |
5-Jan-2016 |
Vanderbilt Head Coach, 1979-85 |
Ted Marchibroda |
Football |
15-Mar-1931 |
16-Jan-2016 |
Retired NFL head coach |
David Margulies |
Actor |
19-Feb-1937 |
11-Jan-2016 |
Ghostbusters |
Neville Marriner |
Conductor |
15-Apr-1924 |
2-Oct-2016 |
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields |
Garry Marshall |
Film Director |
13-Nov-1934 |
19-Jul-2016 |
Happy Days |
George Martin |
Music Producer |
3-Jan-1926 |
8-Mar-2016 |
Beatles producer |
Leslie H. Martinson |
Film Director |
16-Jan-1915 |
3-Sep-2016 |
Batman: The Movie |
Michael Massee |
Actor |
1-Sep-1952 |
20-Oct-2016 |
Momentum |
Omar Mateen |
Terrorist |
16-Nov-1986 |
12-Jun-2016 |
Killed 49 at an Orlando gay nightclub |
Walter E. Mattson |
Business |
6-Jun-1932 |
30-Dec-2016 |
President of the New York Times, 1979-92 |
Patrick Mayhew |
Politician |
11-Sep-1929 |
25-Jun-2016 |
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992-97 |
Aubrey K. McClendon |
Business |
14-Jul-1959 |
2-Mar-2016 |
CEO of Chesapeake Energy, 1989-2013 |
Henry McCullough |
Guitarist |
21-Jul-1943 |
14-Jun-2016 |
Guitarist for Joe Cocker and Wings |
Forrest McDonald |
Historian |
7-Jan-1927 |
19-Jan-2016 |
We The People: The Economic Origins of the Constitution |
John McLaughlin |
Talk Show Host |
29-Mar-1927 |
16-Aug-2016 |
The McLaughlin Group |
William H. McNeill |
Historian |
31-Oct-1917 |
8-Jul-2016 |
The Rise of the West |
James Alan McPherson |
Author |
16-Sep-1943 |
27-Jul-2016 |
Elbow Room |
George Michael |
Singer/Songwriter |
25-Jun-1963 |
25-Dec-2016 |
Wham! |
Prince Mikasa |
Royalty |
15-Dec-1915 |
27-Oct-2016 |
Son of Emperor Taisho |
Abner J. Mikva |
Politician |
21-Jan-1926 |
4-Jul-2016 |
Illinois Congressman, Clinton Counsel |
Mike Minor |
Actor |
7-Dec-1939 |
25-Jan-2016 |
Steve Elliott on Petticoat Junction |
Marvin Minsky |
Scientist |
9-Aug-1927 |
24-Jan-2016 |
Father of Artificial Intelligence |
Edgar Mitchell |
Astronaut |
17-Sep-1930 |
4-Feb-2016 |
6th to walk on the Moon |
Rose Mofford |
Politician |
10-Jun-1922 |
15-Sep-2016 |
Governor of Arizona, 1988-91 |
Scotty Moore |
Guitarist |
27-Dec-1931 |
28-Jun-2016 |
Elvis Presley's first guitarist |
Michèle Morgan |
Actor |
29-Feb-1920 |
20-Dec-2016 |
La Symphonie pastorale |
Robert B. Morgan |
Politician |
5-Oct-1925 |
16-Jul-2016 |
US Senator from North Carolina, 1975-81 |
S. R. Nathan |
Head of State |
3-Jul-1924 |
22-Aug-2016 |
President of Singapore, 1999-2011 |
Gloria Naylor |
Novelist |
25-Jan-1950 |
28-Sep-2016 |
The Women of Brewster Place |
Noel Neill |
Actor |
25-Nov-1920 |
3-Jul-2016 |
Adventures of Superman |
Agnes Nixon |
Film/TV Producer |
10-Dec-1927 |
28-Sep-2016 |
Daytime soap operas |
Marni Nixon |
Singer |
22-Feb-1930 |
24-Jul-2016 |
The Voice of Hollywood |
James Noble |
Actor |
5-Mar-1922 |
28-Mar-2016 |
Gov. Gatling on Benson |
Bill Nunn |
Actor |
20-Oct-1953 |
24-Sep-2016 |
Do the Right Thing |
Hugh O'Brian |
Actor |
19-Apr-1925 |
5-Sep-2016 |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp |
William L. O'Neill |
Historian |
18-Apr-1935 |
29-Mar-2016 |
Coming Apart |
Pauline Oliveros |
Composer |
30-May-1932 |
24-Nov-2016 |
Composer, Deep Listener |
Michael Oxley |
Politician |
11-Feb-1944 |
1-Jan-2016 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1981-2007 |
Arnold Palmer |
Golf |
10-Sep-1929 |
25-Sep-2016 |
Won 61 PGA tournaments |
Seymour Papert |
Computer Programmer |
29-Feb-1928 |
31-Jul-2016 |
Programming language LOGO |
Cecil Parkinson |
Politician |
1-Sep-1931 |
22-Jan-2016 |
Thatcherite MP and Minister |
Lou Pearlman |
Music Producer |
19-Jun-1954 |
19-Aug-2016 |
Boy bands and Ponzi schemes |
Shimon Peres |
Head of State |
16-Aug-1923 |
28-Sep-2016 |
President of Israel, 2007-14 |
Tom Perkins |
Business |
7-Jan-1932 |
7-Jun-2016 |
Co-Founder, Kleiner-Perkins |
Joseph Carlton Petrone |
Diplomat |
30-Nov-1922 |
24-Mar-2016 |
US Ambassador to UN in Europe, 1987-89 |
Lawrence Phillips |
Football |
12-May-1975 |
13-Jan-2016 |
Troubled former pro football player |
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr. |
Business |
20-Oct-1918 |
18-Apr-2016 |
CEO of Goodyear, 1974-83 |
Jon Polito |
Actor |
29-Dec-1950 |
1-Sep-2016 |
Johnny Caspar in Miller's Crossing |
Prince |
Musician |
7-Jun-1958 |
21-Apr-2016 |
Purple Rain |
James Prior |
Politician |
11-Oct-1927 |
12-Dec-2016 |
Minister for Northern Ireland, 1981-84 |
Hilary Putnam |
Philosopher |
31-Jul-1926 |
13-Mar-2016 |
Philosophy of Mind |
Nancy Reagan |
First Lady |
6-Jul-1921 |
6-Mar-2016 |
Wife of US President Reagan |
Johnny Rebel |
Singer |
25-Sep-1938 |
3-Sep-2016 |
Segregationist Singer |
Joseph Verner Reed |
Government |
17-Dec-1937 |
29-Sep-2016 |
US Ambassador to Morocco, 1981-85 |
John Reinhardt |
Diplomat |
8-Mar-1920 |
18-Feb-2016 |
US Ambassador to Nigeria, 1971-75 |
Janet Reno |
Government |
21-Jul-1938 |
7-Nov-2016 |
US Attorney General, 1993-2001 |
Debbie Reynolds |
Actor |
1-Apr-1932 |
28-Dec-2016 |
Dancer, actress |
John J. Riccardo |
Business |
2-Jul-1924 |
13-Feb-2016 |
CEO of Chrysler, 1975-79 |
Alan Rickman |
Actor |
21-Feb-1946 |
14-Jan-2016 |
Die Hard |
Jack Riley |
Actor |
30-Dec-1935 |
19-Aug-2016 |
Elliot Carlin on The Bob Newhart Show |
Jacques Rivette |
Film Director |
1-Mar-1928 |
29-Jan-2016 |
La Belle Noiseuse |
Doris Roberts |
Actor |
4-Nov-1925 |
17-Apr-2016 |
Marie on Everybody Loves Raymond |
Vera Rubin |
Astronomer |
23-Jul-1928 |
25-Dec-2016 |
Structure of galaxies |
Leon Russell |
Musician |
2-Apr-1942 |
13-Nov-2016 |
Producer, session player, etc. |
Buddy Ryan |
Football |
17-Feb-1931 |
28-Jun-2016 |
Retired NFL Coach |
Martin Sabo |
Politician |
28-Feb-1938 |
13-Mar-2016 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1979-2007 |
Andrew Sachs |
Actor |
7-Apr-1930 |
23-Nov-2016 |
Manuel on Fawlty Towers |
Morley Safer |
Journalist |
8-Nov-1931 |
19-May-2016 |
60 Minutes |
Kenny Sailors |
Basketball |
14-Jan-1921 |
30-Jan-2016 |
Jump shot pioneer |
Rashaan Salaam |
Football |
8-Oct-1974 |
5-Dec-2016 |
Winner, 1994 Heisman Trophy |
Theresa Saldana |
Actor |
20-Aug-1954 |
6-Jun-2016 |
Raging Bull |
Steven B. Sample |
Educator |
29-Nov-1940 |
29-Mar-2016 |
President, University of Southern California, 1991-2010 |
Joe Santos |
Actor |
9-Jun-1931 |
18-Mar-2016 |
Det. Becker on Rockford Files |
Hal Saunders |
Diplomat |
27-Dec-1930 |
6-Mar-2016 |
Asst. Secy. of State for the Near East, 1978-81 |
Antonin Scalia |
Judge |
11-Mar-1936 |
13-Feb-2016 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1986-2016 |
William Schallert |
Actor |
6-Jul-1922 |
8-May-2016 |
Martin Lane on The Patty Duke Show |
Sydney Schanberg |
Journalist |
17-Jan-1934 |
9-Jul-2016 |
The Death and Life of Dith Pran |
Walter Scheel |
Politician |
8-Jul-1919 |
24-Aug-2016 |
President of Germany, 1974-79 |
Thomas C. Schelling |
Economist |
14-Apr-1921 |
13-Dec-2016 |
The Strategy of Conflict |
Phyllis Schlafly |
Activist |
15-Aug-1924 |
5-Sep-2016 |
Opponent of women's liberation |
Charles L. Schultze |
Economist |
12-Dec-1924 |
27-Sep-2016 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1977-81 |
Ettore Scola |
Screenwriter |
10-May-1931 |
19-Jan-2016 |
A Special Day |
Angus Scrimm |
Actor |
19-Aug-1929 |
9-Jan-2016 |
The Tall Man in Phantasm |
Reinhard Selten |
Economist |
5-Oct-1930 |
23-Aug-2016 |
Game theory |
Peter Shaffer |
Playwright |
15-May-1926 |
6-Jun-2016 |
Amadeus, Equus |
Garry Shandling |
Comic |
29-Nov-1949 |
24-Mar-2016 |
Larry Sanders |
Lloyd S. Shapley |
Mathematician |
2-Jun-1923 |
12-Mar-2016 |
Theory of stable allocations |
Stanley K. Sheinbaum |
Activist |
12-Jun-1920 |
12-Sep-2016 |
Publisher, New Perspectives Quarterly |
Jean Shepard |
Country Musician |
21-Nov-1933 |
25-Sep-2016 |
Beautiful Lies |
Frank Sinatra, Jr. |
Singer |
10-Jan-1944 |
16-Mar-2016 |
Son of Frank |
Liz Smith |
Actor |
11-Dec-1921 |
24-Dec-2016 |
The Royle Family |
Bud Spencer |
Actor |
31-Oct-1929 |
27-Jun-2016 |
My Name Is Trinity |
James Stacy |
Actor |
23-Dec-1936 |
9-Sep-2016 |
Lancer |
Dr. Ralph Stanley |
Musician |
27-Feb-1927 |
23-Jun-2016 |
Bluegrass musician |
Kay Starr |
Singer |
21-Jul-1922 |
4-Nov-2016 |
Hillbilly jazz singer |
Monteagle Stearns |
Diplomat |
5-Dec-1924 |
14-May-2016 |
US Ambassador to Greece, 1981-85 |
Fritz Stern |
Historian |
2-Feb-1926 |
18-May-2016 |
German historian |
Louis Stettner |
Photographer |
7-Nov-1922 |
13-Oct-2016 |
Photographed streets of New York and Paris |
Pat Summitt |
Basketball |
14-Jun-1952 |
28-Jun-2016 |
Winningest coach in NCAA history |
Barbara Tarbuck |
Actor |
15-Jan-1942 |
27-Dec-2016 |
Jane Jacks on General Hospital |
Sheri S. Tepper |
Author |
16-Jul-1929 |
22-Oct-2016 |
The Gate to Women's Country |
Ruth Terry |
Actor |
21-Oct-1920 |
11-Mar-2016 |
An Angel from Texas |
Alan Thicke |
Actor |
1-Mar-1947 |
13-Dec-2016 |
Growing Pains |
Toots Thielemans |
Jazz Musician |
29-Apr-1922 |
22-Aug-2016 |
Blues harmonica player |
E. Parry Thomas |
Business |
29-Jun-1921 |
26-Aug-2016 |
Bank of Las Vegas |
Ray Thornton |
Politician |
16-Jul-1928 |
13-Apr-2016 |
Former Congressman from Arkansas |
Nate Thurmond |
Basketball |
25-Jul-1941 |
16-Jul-2016 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
Lester Thurow |
Economist |
7-May-1938 |
25-Mar-2016 |
Sloan School of Management |
Grant Tinker |
Business |
11-Jan-1926 |
28-Nov-2016 |
Chairman of NBC, 1981-86 |
John L. Tishman |
Business |
24-Jan-1926 |
6-Feb-2016 |
Built the World Trade Center |
Alvin Toffler |
Author |
4-Oct-1928 |
27-Jun-2016 |
Future Shock |
Susan J. Tolchin |
Political Scientist |
14-Jan-1941 |
18-May-2016 |
To the Victor... |
Michel Tournier |
Novelist |
19-Dec-1924 |
18-Jan-2016 |
Le Roi des aulnes |
Lupita Tovar |
Actor |
27-Jul-1910 |
12-Nov-2016 |
Spanish version of Dracula |
William Trevor |
Novelist |
24-May-1928 |
20-Nov-2016 |
The Old Boys |
Roger Y. Tsien |
Scientist |
1-Feb-1952 |
24-Aug-2016 |
Green Fluorescent Protein |
W. J. Usery |
Government |
21-Dec-1923 |
10-Dec-2016 |
US Secretary of Labor, 1976-77 |
Vanity |
Singer |
4-Jan-1959 |
15-Feb-2016 |
Lingerie-clad Prince protégé |
Nana Vasconcelos |
Drummer |
2-Aug-1944 |
16-Mar-2016 |
Adventurous Brazilian percussionist |
Peter Vaughan |
Actor |
4-Apr-1923 |
6-Dec-2016 |
The Remains of the Day |
Robert Vaughn |
Actor |
22-Nov-1932 |
11-Nov-2016 |
Napoleon Solo on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. |
Bobby Vee |
Singer |
30-Apr-1943 |
24-Oct-2016 |
Take Good Care of My Baby |
Alan Vega |
Singer |
23-Jun-1948 |
16-Jul-2016 |
The voice of Suicide |
John Vessey |
Military |
29-Jun-1922 |
18-Aug-2016 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff 1982-85 |
Abe Vigoda |
Actor |
24-Feb-1921 |
26-Jan-2016 |
Fish on Barney Miller |
George Voinovich |
Politician |
15-Jul-1936 |
12-Jun-2016 |
Governor and Senator from Ohio |
Andrzej Wajda |
Film Director |
6-Mar-1926 |
9-Oct-2016 |
The Promised Land |
Bobby Wanzer |
Basketball |
4-Jun-1921 |
23-Jan-2016 |
Rochester Royal, NBA Hall-of Famer |
Fritz Weaver |
Actor |
19-Jan-1926 |
26-Nov-2016 |
Fail Safe |
George Weidenfeld |
Publisher |
13-Sep-1919 |
20-Jan-2016 |
Co-Founder, Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Papa Wemba |
Musician |
14-Jun-1949 |
24-Apr-2016 |
King of Rhumba Rock |
Arnold Wesker |
Playwright |
24-May-1932 |
12-Apr-2016 |
The Kitchen |
Edgar Whitcomb |
Politician |
6-Nov-1917 |
4-Feb-2016 |
Governor of Indiana, 1969-73 |
Maurice White |
Musician |
19-Dec-1941 |
3-Feb-2016 |
Founder, Earth, Wind & Fire |
Margaret Whitton |
Actor |
30-Nov-1950 |
4-Dec-2016 |
The Secret of My Succe$s |
Ralph V. Whitworth |
Business |
c. 1954 |
29-Sep-2016 |
Relational Investors LLC |
Elie Wiesel |
Activist |
30-Sep-1928 |
2-Jul-2016 |
Anti-Holocaust and human-rights activist |
Gene Wilder |
Actor |
11-Jun-1933 |
28-Aug-2016 |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory |
Van Williams |
Actor |
27-Feb-1934 |
28-Nov-2016 |
The Green Hornet |
Douglas Wilmer |
Actor |
8-Jan-1920 |
31-Mar-2016 |
Sherlock Holmes |
Terry Wogan |
Radio Personality |
3-Aug-1938 |
31-Jan-2016 |
BBC's Wake Up To Wogan |
Bernie Worrell |
Musician |
19-Apr-1944 |
24-Jun-2016 |
Blacktronic Scientist |
Harry Wu |
Activist |
8-Feb-1937 |
26-Apr-2016 |
Human rights activist |
Glenn Yarbrough |
Singer |
12-Jan-1930 |
11-Aug-2016 |
Lead singer, The Limeliters |
Brock Yates |
Auto Racing |
21-Oct-1933 |
5-Oct-2016 |
Cannonball Run |
Anton Yelchin |
Actor |
11-Mar-1989 |
19-Jun-2016 |
Delivering Milo |
Alan Young |
Actor |
19-Nov-1919 |
19-May-2016 |
Wilbur Post on Mister Ed |
Steve Young |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Jul-1942 |
17-Mar-2016 |
Seven Bridges Road |
Ahmed H. Zewail |
Chemist |
26-Feb-1946 |
2-Aug-2016 |
Femtochemistry |
Vilmos Zsigmond |
Cinematographer |
16-Jun-1930 |
1-Jan-2016 |
Close Encounters of the Third Kind |
Buckwheat Zydeco |
Musician |
14-Nov-1947 |
24-Sep-2016 |
Accordionist, Zydeco legend |