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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Kathy Acker
Author
18-Apr-1947 30-Nov-1997 Blood and Guts in High School
Adrian
Fashion Designer
3-Mar-1903 13-Sep-1959 Head of wardrobe for Cecil B. DeMille
Air Force Amy
Pornstar
c. 1965   Moonlite Bunny Ranch
Alexander the Great
Royalty
Jul-356 BC 10-Jun-323 BC World conqueror
Joseph Alsop
Journalist
11-Oct-1910 28-Aug-1989 Matter of Fact
Hans Christian Andersen
Author
2-Apr-1805 4-Aug-1875 Danish master of the fairy tale
Gillian Anderson
Actor
9-Aug-1968   Scully on The X-Files
Harry Andrews
Actor
10-Nov-1911 6-Mar-1989 The Agony and the Ecstasy
Eva Angelina
Pornstar
14-Mar-1985   Bespectacled porn actress
Louis Aragon
Poet
3-Oct-1897 24-Dec-1982 Communistic French poet
Gregg Araki
Film Director
17-Dec-1959   Mysterious Skin
Giorgio Armani
Fashion Designer
11-Jul-1934   Perfected the '80s power suit
Billie Joe Armstrong
Musician
17-Feb-1972   Frontman for Green Day
Desi Arnaz
Actor
2-Mar-1917 2-Dec-1986 Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy
Susan E. Arnold
Business
c. 1954   Global Business President, Proctor & Gamble
Juli Ashton
Pornstar
5-Oct-1969   Butt Detective
Nils Asther
Actor
17-Jan-1897 13-Oct-1981 The Single Standard
Richard Avedon
Photographer
13-May-1923 1-Oct-2004 Photographer of the human predicament
Melanie B
Singer
29-May-1975   Scary Spice
Robert Baden-Powell
Military
22-Feb-1857 8-Jan-1941 Founder of the Boy Scout movement
Joan Baez
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jan-1941   Diamonds and Rust
Josephine Baker
Dancer
3-Jun-1906 12-Apr-1975 Sensual dancer turned WWII spy
Jim Bakker
Religion
2-Jan-1939   Adulterous bisexual TV evangelist
Bonny Lee Bakley
Victim
7-Jun-1956 4-May-2001 Baretta's wife, got whacked
Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
31-Jan-1902 12-Dec-1968 Lifeboat
Brianna Banks
Pornstar
21-May-1978   Little White Chicks Big Black Monster Dicks #6
Nathaniel Bar-Jonah
Criminal
15-Feb-1957 13-Apr-2008 Cannibal child killer, sentenced to 130 years
Shane Barbi
Model
2-Apr-1963   One of the Barbi twins
Sia Barbi
Model
2-Apr-1963   One of the Barbi twins
Drew Barrymore
Actor
22-Feb-1975   E.T., The Wedding Singer
Matsuo Basho
Poet
1644 12-Oct-1694 Haiku master
Alan Bates
Actor
17-Feb-1934 27-Dec-2003 Basil in Zorba the Greek
Meredith Baxter
Actor
21-Jun-1947   The mother on Family Ties
Simone de Beauvoir
Activist
9-Jan-1908 14-Apr-1986 The Second Sex
William Thomas Beckford
Author
1-Oct-1760 2-May-1844 History of the Caliph Vatheck
Belladonna
Pornstar
21-May-1981   The Fashionistas
Ruth Benedict
Anthropologist
5-Jun-1887 17-Sep-1948 Anthropologist, Patterns of Culture
Brenda Benet
Actor
14-Aug-1945 7-Apr-1982 Days of Our Lives
Michael Bennett
Dancer
8-Apr-1943 2-Jul-1987 A Chorus Line
Eric Bentley
Critic
14-Sep-1916   The Life of the Drama
Anita Berber
Actor
10-Jun-1899 10-Nov-1928 Scarlet whore of Berlin
Helmut Berger
Actor
29-May-1944   Ludwig
Sandra Bernhard
Comic
6-Jun-1955   The King of Comedy
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Christopher Biggins
Actor
16-Dec-1948   Lukewarm
Marc Blitzstein
Composer
2-Mar-1905 22-Jan-1964 The Cradle Will Rock
Marc Bolan
Singer/Songwriter
30-Sep-1947 16-Sep-1977 T-Rex
Scotty Bowers
Author
1-Jul-1923   Full Service
David Bowie
Singer/Songwriter
8-Jan-1947   Ziggy Stardust
Marlon Brando
Actor
3-Apr-1924 1-Jul-2004 A Streetcar Named Desire
Jeremy Brett
Actor
3-Nov-1933 12-Sep-1995 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Jean-Claude Brialy
Actor
30-Mar-1933 30-May-2007 Une femme est une femme
Susie Bright
Columnist
25-Mar-1958   Sexpert, porn critic
Harold Brodkey
Novelist
25-Oct-1930 26-Jan-1996 Stories in an Almost Classical Mode
Brigid Brophy
Author
12-Jun-1929 7-Aug-1995 Black Ship to Hell
Horst Buchholz
Actor
4-Dec-1933 3-Mar-2003 The Magnificent Seven
Julie Burchill
Journalist
3-Jul-1959   Co-founder of Modern Review
Pete Burns
Singer/Songwriter
5-Aug-1959   Dead or Alive
William S. Burroughs
Author
5-Feb-1914 2-Aug-1997 Naked Lunch
Saffron Burrows
Actor
22-Oct-1972   Deep Blue Sea
Richard Burton
Actor
10-Nov-1925 5-Aug-1984 Nineteen Eighty Four
Spring Byington
Actor
17-Oct-1886 7-Sep-1971 You Can't Take it With You
Lord Byron
Poet
22-Jan-1788 19-Apr-1824 English romantic poet
Crazy Cabbie
Radio Personality
10-Dec-1968   Part of the Howard Stern menagerie
Julius Caesar
Head of State
13-Jul-100 BC 15-Mar-44 BC Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC
Pat Califia
Author
8-Mar-1954   FTM transgendered sex writer
Mary Carey
Pornstar
15-Jun-1980   Porn star, ran for California Governor
Vanessa Carlton
Musician
16-Aug-1980   Ordinary Day
Nell Carter
Actor
13-Sep-1948 23-Jan-2003 Housekeeper on Gimme A Break
Lisa Carver
Author
c. 1968   Rollerderby, Suckdog
Neal Cassady
Author
8-Feb-1926 4-Feb-1968 The Holy Goof
Jack Cassidy
Actor
5-Mar-1927 12-Dec-1976 The Eiger Sanction
Catullus
Poet
c. 84 BC c. 54 BC Ancient Roman poet
Marilyn Chambers
Pornstar
22-Apr-1952 12-Apr-2009 Behind the Green Door
Whittaker Chambers
Author
1-Apr-1901 9-Jul-1961 Accuser of Alger Hiss
Coco Chanel
Fashion Designer
19-Aug-1883 10-Jan-1971 Chanel No. 5
Bruce Chatwin
Author
13-May-1940 18-Jan-1989 In Patagonia
John Cheever
Author
27-May-1912 18-Jun-1982 The Enormous Radio
Cher
Singer
20-May-1946   Sonny and Cher
Leslie Cheung
Singer
12-Sep-1956 1-Apr-2003 Cantopop singer, jumped to death
Maurice Chevalier
Actor
12-Sep-1888 1-Jan-1972 Love Me Tonight
Margaret Cho
Comic
5-Dec-1968   Loud-mouthed standup comic
Annabel Chong
Pornstar
22-May-1972   Former gangbang title holder
Christina of Sweden
Royalty
8-Dec-1626 16-Apr-1689 Crossdressing Queen of Sweden 1632-54
Arthur C. Clarke
Novelist
16-Dec-1917 19-Mar-2008 2001: A Space Odyssey
Kurt Cobain
Musician
20-Feb-1967 5-Apr-1994 Lead singer of Nirvana
Jean Cocteau
Poet
5-Jul-1889 11-Oct-1963 La Belle et la Bête
Colette
Novelist
28-Jan-1873 3-Aug-1954 Gigi
Juan Corona
Criminal
1934   Serial killer serving 25 life sentences
Henry Cowell
Composer
11-Mar-1897 10-Dec-1965 New Musical Resources
Wally Cox
Actor
6-Dec-1924 15-Feb-1973 Mr. Peepers
Joan Crawford
Actor
23-Mar-1905 10-May-1977 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Aleister Crowley
Religion
12-Oct-1875 1-Dec-1947 Wickedest man in the world
Countee Cullen
Poet
30-May-1903 9-Jan-1946 Harlem Renaissance poet
Alan Cumming
Actor
27-Jan-1965   Nightcrawler in X-Men
Adrianne Curry
Model
6-Aug-1982   America's Next Top Model
Tony Curtis
Actor
3-Jun-1925 29-Sep-2010 Some Like It Hot
Stephen Daldry
Film Director
2-May-1961   The Hours
Salvador Dali
Painter
11-May-1904 23-Jan-1989 Surrealist painter
Joe Dallesandro
Actor
31-Dec-1948   Took a walk on the wild side
Lili Damita
Actor
19-Jul-1901 21-Mar-1994 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Stormy Daniels
Pornstar
17-Mar-1979   Space Nuts: Episode 69
Dame Darcy
Cartoonist
11-Jun-1971   Meat Cake, Suckdog
Ram Dass
Religion
5-Apr-1931   Be Here Now
Dave Davies
Singer/Songwriter
3-Feb-1947   The Kinks
Libby Davies
Politician
27-Feb-1953   Canadian NDP House Leader
Ron Davies
Politician
6-Aug-1946   Former MP, Caerphilly
Brad Davis
Actor
6-Nov-1949 8-Sep-1991 Midnight Express
Marquis de Sade
Author
2-Jun-1740 2-Dec-1814 120 Days of Sodom
James Dean
Actor
8-Feb-1931 30-Sep-1955 Lived fast, died young
Albert Dekker
Actor
20-Dec-1905 5-May-1968 The Wild Bunch
Samuel R. Delany
Author
1-Apr-1942   Triton
Alain Delon
Actor
8-Nov-1935   Le Samouraï
Patrick Dennis
Novelist
18-May-1921 6-Nov-1976 Auntie Mame
Sandy Dennis
Actor
27-Apr-1937 2-Mar-1992 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Jewel De'Nyle
Pornstar
5-Aug-1977   Bend Over and Say Ahh 3
Howard Devoto
Singer
1955   Buzzcocks and Magazine vocalist
Andy Dick
Comic
21-Dec-1965   Matthew from NewsRadio
Janice Dickinson
Model
15-Feb-1955   1970s supermodel
Marlene Dietrich
Actor
27-Dec-1901 6-May-1992 The Blue Angel
Ani DiFranco
Singer/Songwriter
23-Sep-1970   Bisexual folk/punk icon
Barry Diller
Business
2-Feb-1942   CEO of USA Interactive Corp.
Thomas Dixon
Author
11-Jan-1864 3-Apr-1946 The Clansman
Betty Dodson
Author
24-Aug-1929   Sex for One
Pete Doherty
Musician
12-Mar-1979   Ex-frontman for The Libertines
Ducky DooLittle
Author
3-Jun-1970   Crackpot sexologist
Daphne Du Maurier
Author
13-May-1907 19-May-1989 Rebecca
Isadora Duncan
Dancer
26-May-1877 14-Sep-1927 Mother of modern dance
Marc Dutroux
Criminal
6-Nov-1956   Child murderer
King Edward II
Royalty
25-Apr-1284 11-Oct-1327 King of England, 1307-27
Sergei Eisenstein
Film Director
23-Jan-1898 11-Feb-1948 Alexander Nevsky
Elagabalus
Royalty
204 AD 222 AD Roman Emperor, 218-222 AD
Edward Elgar
Composer
2-Jun-1857 23-Feb-1934 Pomp and Circumstance
Denholm Elliott
Actor
31-May-1922 6-Oct-1992 A Room with a View
Eve Ensler
Playwright
25-May-1953   The Vagina Monologues
Luke Evans
Actor
15-Apr-1979   Immortals
William Eythe
Actor
7-Apr-1918 26-Jan-1957 The House on 92nd Street
Dan Farmer
Computer Programmer
5-Apr-1962   Cowrote SATAN security auditing tool
Perry Farrell
Singer
29-Mar-1959   Lead singer of Jane's Addiction
Brenda Fassie
Singer
3-Nov-1964 9-May-2004 South African pop diva
Frances Faye
Singer
4-Nov-1912 8-Nov-1991 Out, Lesbian nightclub singer
Stacy Ferguson
Singer
27-Mar-1975   Fergie from Black Eyed Peas
Jeanna Fine
Pornstar
29-Sep-1964   Sleeping Booty
Alexis Fire
Pornstar
25-Jul-1964   Lactating contortionist-cum-prostitute
Thom Fitzgerald
Film Director
8-Jul-1968   The Hanging Garden
Althea Flynt
Relative
6-Nov-1953 27-Jun-1987 Larry Flynt's dead wife
Malcolm Forbes
Business
19-Aug-1919 24-Feb-1990 Forbes publisher, Faberge collector
John Ford
Film Director
1-Feb-1894 31-Aug-1973 How Green Was My Valley
Megan Fox
Actor
16-May-1986   Sydney Shanowski on Hope and Faith
Kay Francis
Actor
13-Jan-1905 26-Aug-1968 Trouble in Paradise
Dawn Fraser
Swimmer
4-Sep-1937   Olympic gold medal swimmer
Nelly Furtado
Musician
2-Dec-1978   Whoa, Nelly!
Paul Fussell
Historian
22-Mar-1924 23-May-2012 The Great War and Modern Memory
John Wayne Gacy
Criminal
17-Mar-1942 10-May-1994 28 dead boys in his crawlspace
Mo Gaffney
Actor
5-Nov-1958   Comedy partner with Kathy Najimy
Greta Garbo
Actor
18-Sep-1905 15-Apr-1990 Vanted to be alone
Roger Martin du Gard
Author
23-Mar-1881 22-Aug-1958 Les Thibault
David Garnett
Novelist
9-Mar-1892 17-Feb-1981 Lady into Fox
Will Geer
Actor
9-Mar-1902 22-Apr-1978 Zebulon Walton in The Waltons
Ashlyn Gere
Pornstar
14-Sep-1967   Get It In Gere, Club Head
André Gide
Author
22-Nov-1869 19-Feb-1951 Le Voyage d'Urien
Eric Gill
Typographer
22-Feb-1882 17-Nov-1940 Typographer, Gill Sans
Thea Gill
Actor
5-Apr-1970   Lindsay on Queer as Folk
Jake Goldenflame
Author
?   Overcoming Sexual Terrorism
Emma Goldman
Anarchist
27-Jun-1869 14-May-1940 Anarchist and feminist libertarian
Paul Goodman
Anarchist
9-Sep-1911 2-Aug-1972 Growing Up Absurd
Edmund Goulding
Film Director
20-Mar-1891 24-Dec-1959 Grand Hotel
Farley Granger
Actor
1-Jul-1925 27-Mar-2011 Strangers on a Train
Cary Grant
Actor
18-Jan-1904 29-Nov-1986 North by Northwest
Spalding Gray
Actor
5-Jun-1941 11-Jan-2004 Swimming to Cambodia monologist
Sasha Grey
Pornstar
14-Mar-1988   The Girlfriend Experience
Merv Griffin
Talk Show Host
6-Jul-1925 12-Aug-2007 The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy
Alec Guinness
Actor
2-Apr-1914 5-Aug-2000 Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Gustav V
Royalty
16-Jun-1858 29-Oct-1950 King of Sweden, 1907-50
Marilyn Hacker
Poet
27-Nov-1942   Presentation Piece
Hadrian
Royalty
24-Jan-76 AD 10-Jul-138 AD Roman Emperor, 117-138 AD
Ted Haggard
Religion
27-Jun-1956   Outed evangelist
Linda Hamilton
Actor
26-Sep-1956   Terminator
Sarah Jane Hamilton
Pornstar
15-Apr-1971   I Cum From A Land Down Under
Kathleen Hanna
Musician
12-Nov-1969   Riot Grrrl extraordinaire
Lorraine Hansberry
Playwright
19-May-1930 12-Jan-1965 A Raisin in the Sun
Joseph Hansen
Author
19-Jul-1923 24-Nov-2004 Dave Brandstetter detective series
Debbie Harry
Singer
1-Jul-1945   Blondie
Veronica Hart
Pornstar
27-Oct-1956   Latex, Wanda Whips Wall Street
Nina Hartley
Pornstar
11-Mar-1959   Little Bill's slutty wife in Boogie Nights
Domino Harvey
Relative
7-Aug-1969 27-Jun-2005 Laurence Harvey's daughter
Jenna Haze
Pornstar
22-Feb-1982   Cum Dumpsters
H. D.
Poet
10-Sep-1886 27-Sep-1961 Imagist poet, Sea Garden
Anne Heche
Actor
25-May-1969   Ex-lover of Ellen DeGeneres
Nona Hendryx
Singer/Songwriter
9-Oct-1944   Soul vocalist, Labelle songwriter
Elmer Wayne Henley
Criminal
9-May-1956   Kidnapped, tortured, murdered 27 boys
Katharine Hepburn
Actor
12-May-1907 29-Jun-2003 The Philadelphia Story
Josephine Herbst
Novelist
5-Mar-1892 28-Jan-1969 Pity Is Not Enough
Patricia Highsmith
Novelist
19-Jan-1921 4-Feb-1995 Strangers on a Train
Paris Hilton
Socialite
17-Feb-1981   The Simple Life
Christopher Hitchens
Journalist
13-Apr-1949 15-Dec-2011 Agent provocateur
Billie Holiday
Singer
7-Apr-1915 17-Jul-1959 Lady Sings the Blues
Deidre Holland
Pornstar
27-Feb-1966   Shaved and Dangerous
Xaviera Hollander
Author
15-Jun-1943   The Happy Hooker
Laurel Holloman
Actor
23-May-1971   Tina Kennard on The L Word
John Holmes
Pornstar
8-Aug-1944 13-Mar-1988 Life-support system for a 10-inch penis
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Judge
8-Mar-1841 6-Mar-1935 US Supreme Court Justice, 1902-32
Karla Homolka
Criminal
4-May-1970   Husband/wife serial killer team
James C. Hormel
Diplomat
1-Jan-1933   US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1999-2001
Michael Huffington
Government
3-Sep-1947   Congressman from California, 1993-95
Heather Hunter
Pornstar
1-Oct-1969   Too Big For His Bitches
Josephine Hutchinson
Actor
12-Oct-1903 4-Jun-1998 North by Northwest
Trina Schart Hyman
Artist
8-Apr-1939 19-Nov-2004 Children's book illustrator
Janis Ian
Singer/Songwriter
7-Apr-1951   Society's Child
Patricia Ireland
Activist
19-Oct-1945   NOW president, 1991-2001
Mick Jagger
Singer/Songwriter
26-Jul-1943   Lead singer of the Rolling Stones
Jenna Jameson
Pornstar
9-Apr-1974   Got naked with Howard Stern in Private Parts
Emil Jannings
Actor
23-Jul-1884 3-Jan-1950 The Last Command
Walter W. Jenkins
Government
23-Mar-1918 23-Nov-1985 LBJ assistant, outed in gay sex scandal
Jessie J
Singer/Songwriter
27-Mar-1988   Who You Are
Van Johnson
Actor
25-Aug-1916 12-Dec-2008 The Caine Mutiny
Justine Joli
Pornstar
16-Jul-1980   Carnival Sluts and Circus Dicks
Angelina Jolie
Actor
4-Jun-1975   Tomb Raider
Grace Jones
Singer/Songwriter
19-May-1952   Slave to the Rhythm
Jim Jones
Religion
13-May-1931 18-Nov-1978 Led mass People's Temple suicide
Janis Joplin
Singer
19-Jan-1943 4-Oct-1970 Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart)
June Jordan
Poet
9-Jul-1936 14-Jun-2002 Who Look At Me
Frida Kahlo
Painter
6-Jul-1907 13-Jul-1954 Unibrowed Mexican painter
Lloyd Kaufman
Film Director
30-Dec-1945   The Toxic Avenger
Danny Kaye
Actor
18-Jan-1913 3-Mar-1987 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Jill Kelly
Pornstar
1-Feb-1971   Assoholic, Breast Strokes, Dickochet
Jack Kerouac
Novelist
12-Mar-1922 21-Oct-1969 On The Road
John Maynard Keynes
Economist
5-Jun-1883 21-Apr-1946 Father of Keynesian economics
Billie Jean King
Tennis
22-Nov-1943   Defeated Bobby Riggs in '73 Battle of the Sexes
Alfred Kinsey
Scientist
23-Jun-1894 25-Aug-1956 Researched human sexual behavior
Calvin Klein
Fashion Designer
19-Nov-1942   Fashion designer
Dave Kopay
Football
28-Jun-1942   The Dave Kopay Story
Sylvia Kristel
Actor
28-Sep-1952   Emmanuelle
Nancy Kulp
Actor
28-Aug-1921 3-Feb-1991 Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies
Bruce LaBruce
Film Director
3-Jan-1964   The Raspberry Reich
Lady Gaga
Singer
28-Mar-1986   The Fame
Chasey Lain
Pornstar
7-Dec-1971   Ass, Food, Lodging
Hedy Lamarr
Actor
9-Nov-1913 19-Jan-2000 Actress, invented frequency hopping
Adrian Lamo
Hacker
Feb-1981   So-called homeless hacker
D. H. Lawrence
Novelist
11-Sep-1885 2-Mar-1930 Lady Chatterley's Lover
Gertrude Lawrence
Actor
4-Jul-1898 6-Sep-1952 British and Broadway theatre star
Gypsy Rose Lee
Dancer
9-Feb-1911 26-Apr-1970 Terpsichorean ecdysiast
Lung Leg
Actor
8-Jul-1963   That girl on the cover of EVOL
Carol Leifer
Comic
27-Jul-1956   Comic inspired Seinfeld's Elaine
Megan Leigh
Pornstar
2-Mar-1964 16-Jun-1990 Ali Boobie & the 40 D's
Mitchell Leisen
Film Director
6-Oct-1898 28-Oct-1972 Death Takes a Holiday
Beatrice Lillie
Actor
29-May-1894 20-Jan-1989 Too True To Be Good
Iyari Limon
Actor
8-Jul-1976   Kennedy on Buffy
Bai Ling
Actor
10-Oct-1970   Anna and the King
Lucy Liu
Actor
2-Dec-1968   Ling on Ally McBeal
Lindsay Lohan
Actor
2-Jul-1986   Mean Girls
Kristanna Loken
Actor
8-Oct-1979   Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Rebecca Loos
TV Personality
19-Jun-1977   Snogged David Beckham
Traci Lords
Pornstar
7-May-1968   We Love You, Traci
Louis XIII
Royalty
27-Sep-1601 14-May-1643 King of France, 1610-43
Bryan Lourd
Business
5-Nov-1960   Creative Artists Agency
Courtney Love
Singer
9-Jul-1964   Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole
Henry Lee Lucas
Criminal
23-Aug-1936 12-Mar-2001 Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Composer
28-Nov-1632 22-Mar-1687 Founder of French opera
Amber Lynn
Pornstar
3-Sep-1963   Lifestyles of the Blonde and Dirty
Bob Mackie
Fashion Designer
24-Mar-1940   The Sultan of Sequins
Madonna
Singer/Songwriter
16-Aug-1958   Like a Virgin
Marjorie Main
Actor
24-Feb-1890 10-Apr-1975 Ma and Pa Kettle
Camryn Manheim
Actor
8-Mar-1961   Ellenor Frutt on The Practice
Thomas Mann
Novelist
6-Jun-1875 12-Aug-1955 Buddenbrooks
Ethel Mannin
Novelist
6-Oct-1900 1984 Confessions
Katherine Mansfield
Author
14-Oct-1888 9-Jan-1923 Bliss
Charles Manson
Criminal
12-Nov-1934   Helter Skelter
Robert Mapplethorpe
Photographer
4-Nov-1946 9-Mar-1989 Erotic photographer
Drea de Matteo
Actor
19-Jan-1972   Adriana on The Sopranos
W. Somerset Maugham
Novelist
25-Jan-1874 16-Dec-1965 Of Human Bondage
Masuimi Max
Model
12-Mar-1978   Fetish model
Norma McCorvey
Activist
22-Sep-1947   Jane Roe, of Roe v. Wade
Carson McCullers
Author
19-Feb-1917 29-Sep-1967 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Kelly McGillis
Actor
9-Jul-1957   Love interest in Top Gun
Carmen McRae
Singer
8-Apr-1922 10-Nov-1994 Jazz vocalist
Margaret Mead
Anthropologist
16-Dec-1901 15-Nov-1978 Coming of Age in Samoa
Armin Meiwes
Criminal
1-Dec-1961   German cannibal
Herman Melville
Author
1-Aug-1819 28-Sep-1891 Moby Dick
Freddie Mercury
Singer/Songwriter
5-Sep-1946 24-Nov-1991 Lead singer, Queen
Ethel Merman
Singer
16-Jan-1908 15-Feb-1984 There's No Business Like Show Business
Inge Meysel
Actor
30-May-1910 11-Jul-2004 Popular German TV actress
Jillian Michaels
TV Personality
24-Feb-1974   Trainer, The Biggest Loser
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Poet
22-Feb-1892 19-Oct-1950 Renascence
Kate Millett
Activist
14-Sep-1934   Sexual Politics
Nicki Minaj
Singer
8-Dec-1984   Pink Friday
Sal Mineo
Actor
10-Jan-1939 12-Feb-1976 Dies in Rebel Without A Cause
Vincente Minnelli
Film Director
28-Feb-1903 25-Jul-1986 The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Carmen Miranda
Dancer
9-Feb-1909 5-Aug-1955 The lady in the tutti-frutti hat
Yukio Mishima
Author
14-Jan-1925 25-Nov-1970 The Sea of Fertility
Gabriela Mistral
Poet
7-Apr-1889 10-Jan-1957 Desolación
Sharon Mitchell
Pornstar
18-Jan-1952   Starship Intercourse
Brian Molko
Musician
10-Dec-1972   Frontman of Placebo
Katie Morgan
Pornstar
17-Mar-1980   Blonde Crack Attack
Alanis Morissette
Singer
1-Jun-1974   Jagged Little Pill
Jason Mraz
Musician
23-Jun-1977   Curbside Prophet
Megan Mullally
Actor
12-Nov-1958   Karen Walker on Will & Grace
Misty Mundae
Actor
16-Oct-1979   Spiderbabe
Ona Munson
Actor
16-Jun-1903 11-Feb-1955 Belle Watling in Gone with the Wind
Kathy Najimy
Actor
6-Feb-1957   Voice of Peggy on King of the Hill
Bif Naked
Musician
15-Jun-1971   Canadian punk rocker
Dave Navarro
Guitarist
7-Jun-1967   Guitarist for Jane's Addiction
Me'Shell NdegéOcello
Singer
29-Aug-1969   Eclectic R&B singer and bassist
Jim Neal
Politician
6-Nov-1956   Sought Elizabeth Dole's Senate seat in 2008
Franco Nero
Actor
23-Nov-1941   Dragged coffin in Django
Charles Ng
Criminal
24-Dec-1960   On death row in California
Anaïs Nin
Author
21-Feb-1903 14-Jan-1977 Diary of Anaïs Nin
Cynthia Nixon
Actor
9-Apr-1966   Miranda Hobbes on Sex and the City
Peter North
Pornstar
11-May-1957   Johnny Come Greatly
Laura Nyro
Songwriter
18-Oct-1947 8-Apr-1997 New York songwriter
Richard O'Brien
Actor
25-Mar-1942   The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Sinead O'Connor
Musician
8-Dec-1966   Pop star ripped up Pope picture
Paul O'Grady
Comic
14-Jun-1955   British drag queen
Georgia O'Keeffe
Painter
15-Nov-1887 6-Mar-1986 American abstract and landscape painter
Titus Oates
Criminal
15-Sep-1649 12-Jul-1705 Popish Plot
Ric Ocasek
Musician
23-Mar-1949   Singer for The Cars, producer
Frank Ocean
Rapper
28-Oct-1987   OFWGKTA rapper
Laurence Olivier
Actor
22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor
Clifford Olson
Criminal
1-Jan-1940 30-Sep-2011 Killed 11 youths in British Columbia
William of Orange
Royalty
14-Nov-1650 8-Mar-1702 Conquered England, Scotland, Ireland
Joan Osborne
Singer/Songwriter
8-Jul-1962   One of Us
Camille Paglia
Author
2-Apr-1947   Self-described feminist
Amanda Palmer
Singer/Songwriter
30-Apr-1976   The Dresden Dolls
Anna Paquin
Actor
24-Jul-1982   The Piano and X-Men
Tera Patrick
Pornstar
25-Jul-1976   Nuttin' Hunnies
Barbara Payton
Actor
16-Nov-1927 8-May-1967 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Anthony Perkins
Actor
4-Apr-1932 12-Sep-1992 Psycho
Michael Peterson
Author
23-Oct-1943   The Staircase
Kristen Pfaff
Bassist
26-May-1967 16-Jun-1994 Bassist for Hole and Janitor Joe
Katharine Philips
Poet
1-Jan-1631 22-Jun-1664 Letters of Orinda to Poliarchus
Walter Pidgeon
Actor
23-Sep-1897 25-Sep-1984 How Green Was My Valley
Brock Pierce
Actor
14-Nov-1980   First Kid
Pink
Singer
8-Sep-1979   Can't Take Me Home
Dana Plato
Actor
7-Nov-1964 9-May-1999 Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes
Michael Portillo
Politician
26-May-1953   Former Conservative MP
Tyrone Power
Actor
5-May-1913 15-Nov-1958 Witness for the Prosecution
Susan Powter
Fitness Guru
22-Dec-1957   Stop the Insanity! fitness guru
Moana Pozzi
Pornstar
27-Apr-1961 15-Sep-1994 Backdoor Summer 2
Lisa Marie Presley
Relative
1-Feb-1968   Daughter of Elvis Presley
Dennis Price
Actor
23-Jun-1915 6-Oct-1973 The World of Wooster
Carol Queen
Author
c. 1957   Prolific sexologist
Dotson Rader
Author
25-Jul-1942   I Ain't Marchin' Anymore!
Ma Rainey
Singer
26-Apr-1886 22-Dec-1939 The mother of the blues
Dack Rambo
Actor
13-Nov-1941 21-Mar-1994 Jack Ewing on Dallas
Suze Randall
Photographer
18-May-1946   Fetish/porn photographer
Anthony Rapp
Actor
26-Oct-1971   Broadway cast of Rent
Robert Rauschenberg
Sculptor
22-Oct-1925 13-May-2008 American modern sculptor and painter
Johnnie Ray
Musician
10-Jan-1927 24-Feb-1990 Cry/The Little White Cloud That Cried
Nicholas Ray
Film Director
7-Aug-1911 16-Jun-1979 Rebel Without a Cause
Gene Raymond
Actor
13-Aug-1908 2-May-1998 Red Dust
Michael Redgrave
Actor
20-Mar-1908 21-Mar-1985 Mourning Becomes Electra
Lou Reed
Musician
2-Mar-1942   The Velvet Underground
Paul Reubens
Actor
27-Aug-1952   Pee-wee Herman
Adrienne Rich
Poet
16-May-1929 27-Mar-2012 An Atlas of the Difficult World
King Richard the Lionheart
Head of State
8-Sep-1157 6-Apr-1199 King of England, 1189-99
Little Richard
Musician
5-Dec-1932   Tutti Frutti
Tony Richardson
Film Director
5-Jun-1928 14-Nov-1991 The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Vanessa del Rio
Pornstar
31-Mar-1952   Deep Inside Vanessa del Rio
Michelle Rodriguez
Actor
12-Jul-1978   Girlfight, Resident Evil
Dayton Leroy Rogers
Criminal
30-Sep-1953   Serial killer, on death row in Oregon
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
11-Oct-1884 7-Nov-1962 First Lady under FDR
Gavin Rossdale
Singer
30-Oct-1965   Lead singer of Bush
Muriel Rukeyser
Poet
15-Dec-1913 12-Feb-1980 The Book of the Dead
Sabrina Sabrok
Model
4-Mar-1977   Massively topheavy
Vita Sackville-West
Author
9-Mar-1892 2-Jun-1962 The Land
Françoise Sagan
Novelist
21-Jun-1935 24-Sep-2004 Bonjour Tristesse
Sappho
Poet
fl. c. 610 BC fl. c. 580 BC The Tenth Muse
Siegfried Sassoon
Poet
8-Sep-1886 1-Sep-1967 War Poems
Savannah
Pornstar
9-Oct-1970 11-Jul-1994 Saturday Night Beaver
Jessica Savitch
Journalist
1-Feb-1947 24-Oct-1983 Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post
Thomas Schippers
Conductor
9-Mar-1930 16-Dec-1977 Music Director, Cinncinati Symphony, 1970-77
Maria Schneider
Actor
27-Mar-1952 3-Feb-2011 Last Tango in Paris
Randolph Scott
Actor
23-Jan-1898 2-Mar-1987 Ride the High Country
Seka
Pornstar
15-Apr-1954   Blonde Fire, Inside Seka
Arthur Shawcross
Criminal
6-Jun-1945 10-Nov-2008 Genesee River Killer
Pete Shelley
Singer
17-Apr-1955   Buzzcocks singer
Ione Skye
Actor
4-Sep-1971   Say Anything
Anna Nicole Smith
Model
28-Nov-1967 8-Feb-2007 Addled golddigger
Bessie Smith
Singer
15-Apr-1894 26-Sep-1937 Empress of the Blues
Liz Smith
Columnist
2-Feb-1923   Gossip Columnist
Socrates
Philosopher
469 BC 399 BC Developer of the Socratic Method
Valerie Solanas
Activist
9-Apr-1936 26-Apr-1988 Shot Andy Warhol
Susan Sontag
Author
16-Jan-1933 28-Dec-2004 Novelist, critic, intellectual
Isabella Soprano
Pornstar
2-Dec-1981   Moonlite Bunny Ranch
Richard Speck
Criminal
6-Dec-1941 5-Dec-1991 Killed eight student nurses
Georgina Spelvin
Pornstar
3-Jan-1936   Devil in Miss Jones
Stephen Spender
Poet
28-Feb-1909 16-Jul-1995 The Destructive Element
Dusty Springfield
Singer
16-Apr-1939 2-Mar-1999 Son of a Preacher Man
John Stagliano
Pornstar
29-Nov-1950   Adventures of Buttman
Krystal Steal
Pornstar
29-Nov-1982   Krystal Method
Tabitha Stevens
Pornstar
16-Feb-1970   San Fernando Jones & the Temple of Poon
Alexis Stewart
Radio Personality
27-Sep-1965   Whatever with Alexis & Jennifer
Michael Stipe
Musician
4-Jan-1960   Lead singer of R.E.M.
Jeff Stryker
Pornstar
21-Aug-1962   "Straight" star of gay porn
Trudie Styler
Actor
6-Jan-1954   Sting's wife
Sulla
Military
138 BC 78 BC Roman General, dictator
Jacqueline Susann
Novelist
20-Aug-1918 21-Sep-1974 Valley of the Dolls
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Poet
5-Apr-1837 10-Apr-1909 Masochist Victorian poet
Sheryl Swoopes
Basketball
25-Mar-1971   Three-time WNBA MVP
John Addington Symonds
Critic
5-Oct-1840 19-Apr-1893 Renaissance in Italy
Kobe Tai
Pornstar
15-Jan-1972   Hawaiian Blast
Mika Tan
Pornstar
27-Nov-1977   Lady Fellatio #2: Desperately Seeking Semen
William Desmond Taylor
Film Director
26-Apr-1872 1-Feb-1922 Early Hollywood director, murdered
Tila Tequila
TV Personality
24-Oct-1981   Pants-Off Dance-Off
Sunset Thomas
Pornstar
19-Feb-1972   The Gulp of Mexico
Scott Thorson
Relative
c. 1958   Liberace's young male lover
Wallace Thurman
Author
16-Aug-1902 22-Dec-1934 The Blacker the Berry
Tiberius
Royalty
16-Nov-42 BC 16-Mar-37 AD Roman Emperor, 14-37 AD
Pete Townshend
Guitarist
19-May-1945   Lead guitarist for The Who
Tommy Tune
Dancer
28-Feb-1939   6'6" Broadway dancer
Nikki Tyler
Pornstar
4-Dec-1972   Inscrewtible, Carnal Instincts, Porcupussy
Tina Tyler
Pornstar
16-Jul-1965   Devil in Miss Jones #6
Michael Urie
Actor
8-Aug-1980   Marc St. James on Ugly Betty
Rudolph Valentino
Actor
6-May-1895 23-Aug-1926 Latin lover of the silent film era
Tsar Vasily III
Royalty
25-Mar-1479 3-Dec-1533 Tsar of Russia, 1505-33
Conrad Veidt
Actor
22-Jan-1893 3-Apr-1943 Maj. Strasser in Casablanca
Paul Verlaine
Poet
30-Mar-1844 8-Jan-1896 Leader of symbolist poetry movement
Gore Vidal
Author
3-Oct-1925 31-Jul-2012 Visit to a Small Planet
Vitellius
Royalty
24-Sep-15 AD 20-Dec-69 AD Roman Emperor, 69 AD
Baldur von Schirach
Government
9-Mar-1907 8-Aug-1974 Hitler-Jugend, Gauleiter of Vienna
Alice Walker
Author
9-Feb-1944   The Color Purple
Kim Walther
TV Personality
26-Jul-1977   Anna Nicole Smith's dykey assistant
Sophie Ward
Actor
30-Dec-1964   Dr. Helen Trent on Heartbeat
Sylvia Townsend Warner
Author
6-Dec-1893 1-May-1978 Lolly Willowes
Ethel Waters
Singer
31-Oct-1896 1-Sep-1977 Sweet Mama Stringbean
Alec Waugh
Author
8-Jul-1898 3-Sep-1981 The Loom of Youth
Karrie Webb
Golf
21-Dec-1974   Winner of 7 majors
Sumner Welles
Diplomat
14-Oct-1892 24-Sep-1961 US Under Secretary of State, 1937-43
Tori Welles
Pornstar
17-Jun-1967   Girligan's Island
Jann Wenner
Business
7-Jan-1946   Publisher of Rolling Stone magazine
Peter Wentz
Bassist
5-Jun-1979   Bassist for Fall Out Boy
Carole Ita White
Actor
24-Aug-1949   Big Rosie on Laverne and Shirley
Mike White
Screenwriter
28-Jun-1970   Writer of School of Rock
Wendy Whoppers
Pornstar
13-Aug-1968   80HHH-21-34, 38E-21-34 post reduction
Jane Wiedlin
Musician
20-May-1958   Guitarist / vocalist for The Go-Go's
Michael Wigglesworth
Poet
18-Oct-1631 10-Jun-1705 The Day of Doom
Gina Wild
Pornstar
16-Dec-1970   German pornstar
Oscar Wilde
Playwright
16-Oct-1854 30-Nov-1900 The Picture of Dorian Gray
Emlyn Williams
Playwright
26-Nov-1905 25-Sep-1987 Night Must Fall
John Wilmot
Poet
1-Apr-1647 26-Jul-1680 Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery
John Wojtowicz
Criminal
9-Mar-1945 2-Jan-2006 Bank robber inspired Dog Day Afternoon
Evan Rachel Wood
Actor
7-Sep-1987   S1m0ne
Jack Wrangler
Pornstar
11-Jul-1946 7-Apr-2009 Eyes of a Gay Stranger
Max Wright
Actor
2-Aug-1943   The dad on ALF
Aileen Wuornos
Criminal
29-Feb-1956 9-Oct-2002 Notorious serial killer
Babe Zaharias
Golf
26-Jun-1914 27-Sep-1956 Best female athlete of all time



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