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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
David Abercrombie
Business
6-Jun-1867 29-Aug-1931 Founder of Abercrombie & Fitch
Stuart Adamson
Musician
11-Apr-1958 16-Dec-2001 Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country
Ben Affleck
Actor
15-Aug-1972   Good Will Hunting
Casey Affleck
Actor
12-Aug-1975   The Assassination of Jesse James
Princess Alice
Royalty
25-Dec-1901 29-Oct-2004 Late Duchess of Gloucester
George Allen
Politician
8-Mar-1952   US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07
Lloyd Anderson
Business
4-Aug-1902 13-Sep-2000 Founder of REI
Philip Danforth Armour
Business
16-May-1832 6-Jan-1901 Founder of Armour & Co.
Julian Assange
Hacker
3-Jul-1971   Founder of Wikileaks
Michael Atiyah
Mathematician
22-Apr-1929   Atiyah-Singer index theorem
Joan Baez
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jan-1941   Diamonds and Rust
Ian Ballantine
Publisher
15-Feb-1916 9-Mar-1995 Paperback magnate
Ma Barker
Criminal
1872 16-Jan-1935 Matriarch of the Barker-Karpis Gang
L. Frank Baum
Novelist
15-May-1856 6-May-1919 The Wizard of Oz
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor
3-Mar-1847 2-Aug-1922 Inventor of the telephone
Catherine Bell
Actor
14-Aug-1968   Sarah MacKenzie on JAG
John Stewart Bell
Physicist
28-Jun-1928 1-Oct-1990 Bell's theorem of quantum physics
Busby Berkeley
Film Director
29-Nov-1895 14-Mar-1976 Strike Up the Band
Jacqueline Bisset
Actor
13-Sep-1944   The Deep
James W. Black
Scientist
14-Jun-1924 22-Mar-2010 Propranolol and cimetidine
Earl Blaik
Football
15-Feb-1897 6-May-1989 Head Coach at Army, 1941-58
F. Preston Blair
Journalist
12-Apr-1791 18-Apr-1876 Blair House
Montgomery Blair
Attorney
10-May-1813 27-Jul-1883 Dred Scott's lawyer
Alan Blumlein
Inventor
29-Jun-1903 7-Jun-1942 Stereophonic recording
David Boaz
Activist
29-Aug-1953   Cato Institute
Dirk Bogarde
Actor
28-Mar-1921 8-May-1999 A Bridge Too Far
James Boswell
Author
29-Oct-1740 19-May-1795 The Life of Samuel Johnson
Jim Bowie
Military
10-Apr-1796 6-Mar-1836 Knife fighter, Alamo combatant
Susan Boyle
Singer
1-Apr-1961   Britain's Got Talent
W. A. Boyle
Labor Leader
1-Dec-1904 31-May-1985 UMW President, 1963-72
Charles Brackett
Screenwriter
26-Nov-1892 9-Mar-1969 Billy Wilder's collaborator
Heywood Broun
Journalist
7-Dec-1888 18-Dec-1939 Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s
Catherine Wolfe Bruce
Philanthropist
22-Jan-1816 13-Mar-1900 Underwriter of astronomy
David Buick
Engineer
17-Sep-1854 6-Mar-1929 Designed the first Buick motorcars
Frank Macfarlane Burnet
Scientist
3-Sep-1899 31-Aug-1985 Acquired immunological tolerance
Joseph R. Burton
Politician
16-Nov-1852 27-Feb-1923 US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Attorney
5-Nov-1818 11-Jan-1893 Criminal lawyer, Civil War general
Lord Byron
Poet
22-Jan-1788 19-Apr-1824 English romantic poet
John C. Calhoun
Politician
18-Mar-1782 31-Mar-1850 US Vice President, champion of the South
Glen Campbell
Country Musician
22-Apr-1936   Rhinestone Cowboy
Joseph Campbell
Business
15-May-1817 19-Jan-1900 Founder of Campbell Soups
Neve Campbell
Actor
3-Oct-1973   Phantom of the Opera
William W. Campbell
Astronomer
11-Apr-1862 14-Jun-1938 Stellar Motions
Walter Bradford Cannon
Scientist
19-Oct-1871 1-Oct-1945 Fight or flight response
Thomas Carlyle
Historian
4-Dec-1795 5-Feb-1881 The French Revolution
Wallace Hume Carothers
Chemist
27-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1937 Inventor of Nylon
Butch Cassidy
Criminal
13-Apr-1866 c. 1908 Train and bank robber
G. K. Chesterton
Author
29-May-1874 14-Jun-1936 The Man Who Was Thursday
Brock Chisholm
Doctor
18-May-1896 4-Feb-1971 First Director-General of World Health Organization
Tommy Chong
Actor
24-May-1938   The stoned half of Cheech and Chong
George Rogers Clark
Military
19-Nov-1752 13-Feb-1818 Kentucky frontier military leader
William Clark
Explorer
1-Aug-1770 1-Sep-1838 Lewis and Clark expedition
Thomas Cochrane
Military
14-Dec-1775 31-Oct-1860 Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen
Cadwallader Colden
Physicist
7-Feb-1689 20-Sep-1776 Colonial scientist and statesman
Sean Connery
Actor
25-Aug-1930   James Bond
Ralph Connor
Author
13-Sep-1860 31-Oct-1937 Canadian pulp author, Black Rock
Allan M. Cormack
Physicist
23-Feb-1924 7-May-1998 Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans)
Brendan Coyle
Actor
2-Dec-1963   John Bates on Downton Abbey
Michael Craig
Actor
27-Jan-1928   Capt. John Anderson on Triangle
Donald J. Cram
Chemist
22-Apr-1919 17-Jun-2001 Synthesis of molecules
Laird Cregar
Actor
28-Jul-1916 9-Dec-1944 The Lodger
Walter Cronkite
Journalist
4-Nov-1916 17-Jul-2009 America's most trusted newscaster
Ben Croshaw
Critic
24-May-1983   Zero Punctuation
Alan Cumming
Actor
27-Jan-1965   Nightcrawler in X-Men
Henry Ian Cusick
Actor
17-Apr-1967   Desmond Hume on Lost
Amy Dacyczyn
Author
c. 1956   The Tightwad Gazette
Jack Daniel
Business
5-Sep-1846 10-Oct-1911 Moonshine magnate
Morris Dees
Activist
16-Dec-1936   Bankrupted the Klan
Mike DeWine
Politician
5-Jan-1947   US Senator from Ohio, 1995-2007
William K. L. Dickson
Inventor
3-Aug-1860 28-Sep-1935 Motion picture camera
Vin Diesel
Actor
18-Jul-1967   Riddick from Pitch Black
John Dingell
Politician
6-Jul-1926   US Congressman, Michigan 15th
Robert Dollar
Business
20-Mar-1844 16-May-1932 Grand Old Man of the Pacific
Donald W. Douglas
Business
6-Apr-1892 1-Feb-1981 Founder of Douglas Aircraft Co.
Illeana Douglas
Actor
25-Jul-1965   Grace of My Heart
Melvyn Douglas
Actor
5-Apr-1901 4-Aug-1981 Being There
Stephen A. Douglas
Politician
23-Apr-1813 3-Jun-1861 US Senator, debated Lincoln
Alec Douglas-Home
Head of State
2-Jul-1903 9-Oct-1995 UK Prime Minister, 1963-64
Robert Downey, Jr.
Actor
4-Apr-1965   The Gingerbread Man
David Duchovny
Actor
7-Aug-1960   Mulder on The X-Files
Lara Dutta
Actor
16-Apr-1978   Miss Universe 2000
Mary Baker Eddy
Religion
16-Jul-1821 3-Dec-1910 Founded Christian Science movement
Thomas Edison
Inventor
11-Feb-1847 18-Oct-1931 Invented the light bulb
Sam Ervin
Politician
27-Sep-1896 23-Apr-1985 US Senator from North Carolina, 1954-74
William Faulkner
Author
25-Sep-1897 6-Jul-1962 Novels set in the American South
Robert Faurisson
Scholar
25-Jan-1929   French Holocaust denier
Craig Ferguson
Talk Show Host
17-May-1962   "It's a great day for America"
Tina Fey
Actor
18-May-1970   Liz Lemon on 30 Rock
Isla Fisher
Actor
3-Feb-1976   Shannon Reed on Home and Away
Alexander Fleming
Scientist
6-Aug-1881 11-Mar-1955 Discovered penicillin
John Ambrose Fleming
Engineer
29-Nov-1849 19-Apr-1945 Invented the vacuum tube
Dan Fogelberg
Musician
13-Aug-1951 16-Dec-2007 Leader Of The Band
Henry Stuart Foote
Politician
20-Sep-1800 20-May-1880 Governor of Mississippi 1852-54
William D. Ford
Politician
6-Aug-1927 14-Aug-2004 Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95
Maureen Forrester
Singer
25-Jul-1930 16-Jun-2010 Contralto, interpreter of Mahler
William A. Fowler
Astronomer
9-Aug-1911 14-Mar-1995 Element generation within stars
T. R. Fraser
Scientist
5-Feb-1841 4-Jan-1920 Made poison and venom into medicine
Robert Frost
Poet
26-Mar-1874 29-Jan-1963 Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Helen Gahagan
Actor
25-Nov-1900 28-Jun-1980 Actress, California Congresswoman
John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist
15-Oct-1908 29-Apr-2006 Modern economics renegade
John Galt
Novelist
2-May-1779 11-Apr-1839 The Ayrshire Legatees
Isabella Stewart Gardner
Philanthropist
14-Apr-1840 17-Jul-1924 Prominent art patron, collector
Lucretia Garfield
First Lady
19-Apr-1832 14-Mar-1918 Wife of US President James Garfield
Jack Germond
Columnist
30-Jan-1928   Fat Man in a Middle Seat
James M. Gilliss
Astronomer
6-Sep-1811 9-Feb-1865 Founder, US Naval Observatory
William Ewart Gladstone
Head of State
29-Dec-1809 19-May-1898 Four times UK Prime Minister
Goldie
Electronic Musician
28-Dec-1965   King of Jungle
John Gorrie
Inventor
3-Oct-1803 29-Jun-1855 Invented air conditioning
Bruce J. Graham
Architect
1-Dec-1925 6-Mar-2010 Architect of the Sears Tower
Sylvester Graham
Activist
5-Jul-1794 11-Sep-1851 Graham crackers
C. Boyden Gray
Government
6-Feb-1943   Conservative activist, lobbyist
Gordon Gray
Government
30-May-1909 26-Nov-1982 Secretary of the Army, 1949-50
William Grayson
Politician
1736 12-Mar-1790 US Senator from Virginia, 1789-90
Edvard Grieg
Composer
15-Jun-1843 4-Sep-1907 Norway's greatest composer
Samuel Guthrie
Doctor
1782 19-Oct-1848 Discovered chloroform
J. B. S. Haldane
Biologist
5-Nov-1892 1-Dec-1964 Haldane's principle
Andrew Smith Hallidie
Inventor
16-Mar-1836 24-Apr-1900 Designed the first cable car system
Alexander Hamilton
Government
11-Jan-1757 12-Jul-1804 Primary author of The Federalist Papers
Patrick Hamilton
Religion
1504 29-Feb-1528 Scottish Lutheran martyr
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Mathematician
3-Aug-1805 2-Sep-1865 Inventor of Quaternions
John W. Hanes
Business
3-Feb-1850 22-Sep-1903 Hosiery magnate
Pleasant Hanes
Business
16-Oct-1845 9-Jun-1925 Underwear magnate
Eric Haney
Military
22-Aug-1952   Inside Delta Force
Dick Haymes
Singer
13-Sep-1916 28-Mar-1980 State Fair
Bessie Head
Novelist
6-Jul-1937 17-Apr-1986 A Question of Power
George Hearst
Business
3-Sep-1820 28-Feb-1891 Patriarch of Hearst family fortune
Patty Hearst
Victim
20-Feb-1954   Kidnapped by SLA
William R. Hearst III
Business
c. 1950   San Francisco Examiner Editor, 1984-95
William Randolph Hearst
Business
29-Apr-1863 14-Aug-1951 Newspaper magnate
George H. Hitchings
Scientist
18-Apr-1905 27-Feb-1998 Developed medicines for leukemia, herpes, arthritis
Sam Houston
Head of State
2-Mar-1793 26-Jul-1863 President of Texas, 1836-38 and 1841-44
David Hume
Philosopher
7-May-1711 25-Aug-1776 Empiricist nonpareil
John Hunter
Doctor
13-Feb-1728 16-Oct-1793 English pathologist
Armando Iannucci
Screenwriter
28-Nov-1963   The Thick of It
Laura Innes
Actor
16-Aug-1959   Dr. Kerry Weaver on ER
John Ireland
Composer
13-Aug-1879 12-Jun-1962 The Holy Boy
Washington Irving
Author
3-Apr-1783 28-Nov-1859 Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Andrew Jackson
Head of State
15-Mar-1767 8-Jun-1845 7th US President, 1829-37
Rachel Jackson
First Lady
Jun-1767 22-Dec-1828 Wife of US President Andrew Jackson
James H. Jeans
Astronomer
11-Sep-1877 16-Sep-1946 Continuous creation theory
John Scarlett
Spy
18-Aug-1948   Head of MI6
Eliza Johnson
First Lady
4-Oct-1810 15-Jan-1876 Wife of US President Andrew Johnson
Joseph Eggleston Johnston
Military
3-Feb-1807 21-Mar-1891 Confederate General, surrendered to Sherman
John Paul Jones
Military
6-Jul-1747 18-Jul-1792 Has not yet begun to fight
Immanuel Kant
Philosopher
22-Apr-1724 12-Feb-1804 Transcendental idealist
Paul Kariya
Hockey
16-Oct-1974   St. Louis Blues
Garrison Keillor
Radio Personality
7-Aug-1942   A Prairie Home Companion
Graham Kerr
Chef
22-Jan-1934   The Galloping Gourmet
Roy Kerr
Mathematician
16-May-1934   Rotating black holes
Warwick Kerr
Scientist
9-Sep-1922   Introduced african bees to South America
Tom Kindness
Politician
26-Aug-1929 8-Jan-2004 Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87
Stephen King
Novelist
21-Sep-1947   The Shining
Thomas Kinkade
Painter
19-Jan-1958 6-Apr-2012 Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light"
John H. Kinkead
Politician
10-Dec-1826 15-Aug-1904 Governor of Nevada, 1879-83
Abner Kneeland
Activist
7-Apr-1774 27-Aug-1844 Blasphemous preacher
Keira Knightley
Actor
26-Mar-1985   Bend It Like Beckham
Henry Knox
Government
25-Jul-1750 25-Oct-1806 US Secretary of War, 1785-94
Nancy Kwan
Actor
19-May-1939   The World of Suzie Wong
Neil LaBute
Film Director
19-Mar-1963   In the Company of Men
Franklin K. Lane
Government
15-Jul-1864 18-May-1921 US Secretary of the Interior, 1913-20
Andrew Bonar Law
Head of State
16-Sep-1858 30-Oct-1923 UK Prime Minister, 1922-23
Jay Leno
Talk Show Host
28-Apr-1950   The Tonight Show
Mary Todd Lincoln
First Lady
13-Dec-1818 16-Jul-1882 Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln
Ray Liotta
Actor
18-Dec-1954   Goodfellas
Heather Locklear
Actor
25-Sep-1961   Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place
Juliette Gordon Low
Activist
31-Oct-1860 18-Jan-1927 Founder of Girl Scouts of the USA
John D. MacArthur
Philanthropist
6-Mar-1897 6-Jan-1978 Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation
Jeanette MacDonald
Actor
18-Jun-1903 14-Jan-1965 The Merry Widow
Charles Macintosh
Chemist
29-Dec-1766 25-Jul-1843 Invented the raincoat
Alexander Mackendrick
Film Director
8-Sep-1912 22-Dec-1993 The Sweet Smell of Success
Iain Macleod
Politician
11-Nov-1913 20-Jul-1970 UK Colonial Secretary, 1959-61
Dolley Madison
First Lady
20-May-1768 12-Jul-1849 Wife of US President James Madison
James Madison
Head of State
16-Mar-1751 28-Jun-1836 4th US President, 1809-17
John Mahoney
Actor
20-Jun-1940   Martin Crane on Frasier
Shirley Manson
Musician
26-Aug-1966   Frontwoman for Garbage
Steve Martin
Comic
14-Aug-1945   The Jerk
Mary I of Scotland
Royalty
8-Dec-1542 8-Feb-1587 Mary, Queen of Scots
Robert Mathews
Criminal
16-Jan-1953 8-Dec-1984 White supremacist died in shootout with FBI
John Loudon McAdam
Inventor
21-Sep-1756 26-Nov-1836 Macadam method of roads
John McCain
Politician
29-Aug-1936   US Senator from Arizona
Tom McClintock
Politician
10-Jul-1956   Congressman, California 4th
James S. McDonnell
Business
9-Apr-1899 22-Aug-1980 Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co.
Ephraim McDowell
Doctor
11-Nov-1771 25-Jun-1830 Performed the first ovariotomy
John McGeoch
Musician
28-May-1955 4-Mar-2004 Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist
Carl McIntire
Religion
17-May-1906 19-Mar-2002 Radio Free America
Lachlan McIntosh
Military
17-Mar-1725 20-Feb-1806 Killed Button Gwinnett in a duel
Bird McIntyre
Singer
8-Dec-1958   Thai pop star
David O. McKay
Religion
8-Sep-1873 18-Jan-1970 President of the Mormon Church, 1951-70
Douglas McKay
Politician
24-Jun-1893 22-Jul-1959 US Secretary of the Interior, 1953-56
Danica McKellar
Actor
3-Jan-1975   Winnie Cooper on The Wonder Years
Ida McKinley
First Lady
8-Jun-1847 26-May-1907 Wife of US President William McKinley
William McKinley
Head of State
29-Jan-1843 14-Sep-1901 25th US President, 1897-1901
Frank McLaury
Criminal
3-Mar-1848 26-Oct-1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Tom McLaury
Criminal
30-Jun-1853 26-Oct-1881 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Edwin M. McMillan
Physicist
18-Sep-1907 7-Sep-1991 Discovered neptunium and plutonium
Kristy McNichol
Actor
11-Sep-1962   1970s girl teen idol
Gerald McRaney
Actor
19-Aug-1947   Major Dad
Nellie Melba
Singer
19-May-1861 23-Feb-1931 Operatic soprano
Thomas Mellon
Business
3-Feb-1813 3-Feb-1908 Patriarch of the Mellon dynasty
Robert Menzies
Head of State
20-Dec-1894 15-May-1978 Twice Prime Minister of Australia
Ethel Merman
Singer
16-Jan-1908 15-Feb-1984 There's No Business Like Show Business
John Stuart Mill
Philosopher
20-May-1806 8-May-1873 Liberal philosopher and essayist
Dennis Miller
Comic
3-Nov-1953   SNL news anchor, born-again Republican
Robert A. Millikan
Physicist
22-Mar-1868 19-Dec-1953 Determined the charge of an electron
Shay Mitchell
Actor
10-Apr-1987   Emily Fields on Pretty Little Liars
Jacques Monod
Scientist
9-Feb-1910 31-May-1976 Operon theory of genetic control
John Muir
Activist
21-Apr-1838 24-Dec-1914 Patron saint of Yosemite National Park
James Naismith
Basketball
6-Nov-1861 28-Nov-1939 Inventor of Basketball
Carrie Nation
Activist
25-Nov-1846 9-Jun-1911 Temperance crusader
Isaac Newton
Physicist
4-Jan-1643 31-Mar-1727 Father of the clockwork universe
Ernest Fox Nichols
Physicist
1-Jun-1869 29-Apr-1924 Infrared radiation
Jim Nicholson
Government
4-Feb-1938   US Secretary of Veterans Affairs
David Niven
Actor
1-Mar-1909 29-Jul-1983 Pencil-moustachioed actor
Queen Noor
Royalty
23-Aug-1951   Queen of Jordan
Oliver North
Military
7-Oct-1943   Perjuring Iran-Contra figure
Peter O'Toole
Actor
2-Aug-1932   Lawrence of Arabia
Phil Ochs
Singer/Songwriter
19-Dec-1940 9-Apr-1976 50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong
Osceola
Military
c. 1804 30-Jan-1838 Seminole Indian chief
Robert Dale Owen
Activist
9-Nov-1801 24-Jun-1877 The Wrong of Slavery
D. D. Palmer
Doctor
7-Mar-1845 20-Oct-1913 Founder of chiropractic medicine
Mungo Park
Explorer
10-Sep-1771 1806 Scottish explorer of the Niger
Linus Pauling
Chemist
28-Feb-1901 19-Aug-1994 Scientist and peacenik
P. James E. Peebles
Astronomer
25-Apr-1935   Galaxy formation
Nia Peeples
Actor
10-Dec-1961   Walker, Texas Ranger
J. C. Penney
Business
16-Sep-1875 12-Feb-1971 Founder of J. C. Penney Company
Frances Perkins
Government
10-Apr-1882 14-May-1965 First female US cabinet member
Allan Pinkerton
Business
25-Aug-1819 1-Jul-1884 Pinkerton National Detective Agency
Roddy Piper
Wrestling
17-Apr-1954   Here to kick ass, chew bubble gum
Michael Portillo
Politician
26-May-1953   Former Conservative MP
Melvin Purvis
Government
26-Oct-1903 29-Feb-1960 Top G-man of the 1930s
Prince Rainier
Royalty
31-May-1923 6-Apr-2005 Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005
Gordon Ramsay
Chef
8-Nov-1966   Hell's Kitchen
Sir William Ramsay
Chemist
2-Oct-1852 23-Jul-1916 Discovered noble gases
Norman F. Ramsey
Physicist
27-Aug-1915 4-Nov-2011 Energy levels of atoms
Jerry Rawlings
Head of State
22-Jun-1947   President of Ghana, 1981-93
Ian C. Read
Business
c. 1953   CEO of Pfizer
John Rechy
Author
10-Mar-1934   City of Night
George Rockwell
Activist
9-Mar-1918 25-Aug-1967 Founded American Nazi Party
William Barton Rogers
Educator
7-Dec-1804 30-May-1882 Founder, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ronald Ross
Scientist
13-May-1857 16-Sep-1932 Discovered malaria parasite in mosquitoes
Emmy Rossum
Actor
12-Sep-1986   The Day After Tomorrow
Andrea Roth
Actor
30-Sep-1967   Janet Gavin on Rescue Me
John Ruskin
Critic
8-Feb-1819 20-Jan-1900 Greatest Victorian art critic
Henry Norris Russell
Astronomer
25-Oct-1877 18-Feb-1957 Giant stars and dwarfs
Ernest Rutherford
Physicist
30-Aug-1871 19-Oct-1937 Father of nuclear physics
Phyllis Schlafly
Activist
15-Aug-1924   Opponent of women's liberation
Gene W. Schneider
Business
8-Sep-1926   United Cable Television Corp.
John McAllister Schofield
Military
29-Sep-1831 4-Mar-1906 Union General later Secretary of War
James Scott
Actor
14-Jan-1979   Days of our Lives
Robert W. Service
Poet
16-Jan-1874 11-Sep-1958 Bard of the Yukon
Anna Howard Shaw
Activist
14-Feb-1847 2-Jul-1919 National American Women's Suffrage Association
Norma Shearer
Actor
10-Aug-1902 12-Jun-1983 The Divorcee
George Shiras, Jr.
Judge
26-Jan-1832 2-Aug-1924 US Supreme Court Justice, 1892-1903
Dave Sim
Cartoonist
17-May-1956   Cerebus
Louis Simpson
Poet
27-Mar-1923   At The End of the Open Road
J. Marion Sims
Doctor
25-Jan-1813 13-Nov-1883 Father of gynecology
Harry Sinclair
Business
6-Jul-1876 10-Nov-1956 Founder of Sinclair Oil
Sir Hans Sloane
Curator
16-Apr-1660 11-Jan-1753 Milk chocolate and the British Museum
John Smibert
Painter
24-Mar-1688 2-Apr-1751 The Bermuda Group
Adam Smith
Economist
5-Jun-1723 17-Jul-1790 The Wealth of Nations
Robert G. Sproul
Educator
22-May-1891 10-Sep-1975 President, University of California, 1930-58
Peter Steele
Musician
4-Jan-1962 14-Apr-2010 Frontman for Type O Negative
Gwen Stefani
Singer
3-Oct-1969   No Doubt
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author
13-Nov-1850 3-Dec-1894 Treasure Island
Rod Stewart
Singer/Songwriter
10-Jan-1945   Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?
Benjamin Stoddert
Military
1751 18-Dec-1813 US Secretary of the Navy, 1798-1801
Gilbert Stuart
Painter
3-Dec-1755 9-Jul-1828 American portrait painter
Ivan Sutherland
Engineer
16-May-1938   Father of computer graphics
Joan Sutherland
Singer
7-Nov-1926 10-Oct-2010 "La Stupenda" opera soprano
Kiefer Sutherland
Actor
21-Dec-1966   24
Orson Swindle
Government
8-Mar-1937   Federal Trade Commissioner, 1997-2005
Magda Szubanski
Actor
12-Apr-1961   Babe
Maria Tallchief
Dancer
24-Jan-1925   New York City Ballet
Richard E. Taylor
Physicist
2-Nov-1929   Verified existence of quarks
Tamara Taylor
Actor
27-Sep-1970   Dr. Camille Saroyan on Bones
Frederick Terman
Scientist
7-Jun-1900 19-Dec-1982 Stanford Research Park
Lewis Terman
Psychologist
15-Jan-1877 21-Dec-1956 Intelligence tests
David S. Terry
Judge
8-Mar-1823 14-Aug-1889 California Chief Justice, 1857-59
D'Arcy Thompson
Biologist
2-May-1860 21-Jun-1948 On Growth and Form
Bobby Thomson
Baseball
25-Oct-1923 16-Aug-2010 1951 home run brought Giants to the Series
Elihu Thomson
Inventor
29-Mar-1853 13-Mar-1937 Electric welding and A/C motors
J. J. Thomson
Physicist
18-Dec-1856 30-Aug-1940 Discovered the electron
Henry David Thoreau
Author
12-Jul-1817 6-May-1862 Walden
Sidney Toler
Actor
28-Apr-1874 12-Feb-1947 Charlie Chan
David Trimble
Head of State
15-Oct-1944   Irish politician, Nobel Prize recipient
Jonathan Trumbull
Politician
12-Oct-1710 17-Aug-1785 Governor of Connecticut, 1769-84
Tom Waits
Singer/Songwriter
7-Dec-1949   Heartattack and Vine
Christopher Walken
Actor
31-Mar-1943   The Dead Zone
Johnnie Walker
Business
25-Jul-1805 1857 Whiskey maker
William Walker
Military
8-May-1824 12-Sep-1860 American "filibuster"
J. Robin Warren
Doctor
11-Jun-1937   H. pylori bacteria causes ulcers
Robert Watson-Watt
Physicist
13-Apr-1892 5-Dec-1973 Radar
Gerard Way
Musician
9-Apr-1977   My Chemical Romance
Mikey Way
Bassist
10-Sep-1980   My Chemical Romance
James H. Webb
Military
9-Feb-1946   US Senator from Virginia
Rebecca West
Author
21-Dec-1892 15-Mar-1983 Reporter on the Nuremburg Trials
Robin Williams
Comic
21-Jul-1952   Mork from Ork
C. T. R. Wilson
Physicist
14-Feb-1869 15-Nov-1959 Cloud chamber
Heather Wilson
Politician
30-Dec-1960   Congresswoman from New Mexico, 1998-2009
James Wilson
Judge
14-Sep-1742 28-Aug-1798 US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98
James Wilson
Publisher
3-Jun-1805 11-Aug-1860 Founder of The Economist
Robert B. Woodward
Chemist
10-Apr-1917 8-Jul-1979 Synthesized cholesterol, Vitamin B12, etc.
Frances Wright
Activist
6-Sep-1795 13-Dec-1852 Utopian abolitionist
Sam Wyly
Business
1934   Early computer entrepreneur
Alan Young
Actor
19-Nov-1919   Wilbur Post on Mister Ed
Angus Young
Guitarist
31-Mar-1955   Schoolboy-clad guitarist for AC/DC


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