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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
George Abbott
Playwright
25-Jun-1887 31-Jan-1995 Damn Yankees
John Quincy Adams
Head of State
11-Jul-1767 23-Feb-1848 6th US President, 1825-29
Cannonball Adderley
Jazz Musician
15-Sep-1928 8-Aug-1975 Alto sax blower
William Foxwell Albright
Archaeologist
24-May-1891 19-Sep-1971 Biblical archaeologist at Johns Hopkins
Robert Alda
Actor
26-Nov-1914 3-May-1986 Cloak and Dagger
Dayton Allen
Actor
24-Sep-1919 11-Nov-2004 Voice actor
Dede Allen
Editor
3-Dec-1925 17-Apr-2010 Prominent Hollywood film editor
Ethan Allen
Military
10-Jan-1739 12-Feb-1789 Fighter with the Green Mountain Boys
Henry Justin Allen
Politician
11-Sep-1868 17-Jan-1950 Governor of Kansas, 1919-23
Maryanne Amacher
Composer
25-Feb-1943 22-Oct-2009 Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear)
Leon Ames
Actor
20-Jan-1902 12-Oct-1993 Character actor, a SAG founder
Herbert Anderson
Actor
30-Mar-1917 11-Jun-1994 Henry Mitchell on Dennis the Menace
Maxwell Anderson
Playwright
15-Dec-1888 28-Feb-1959 What Price Glory?
Queen Anne
Royalty
6-Feb-1665 1-Aug-1714 Queen of England, 1702-14
Cliff Arquette
Actor
28-Dec-1905 23-Sep-1974 Charlie Weaver
Peggy Ashcroft
Actor
22-Dec-1907 14-Jun-1991 A Passage to India
Les Aspin
Politician
21-Jul-1938 21-May-1995 US Secretary of Defense, 1993-94
Herbert Henry Asquith
Head of State
12-Sep-1852 15-Feb-1928 UK Prime Minister, 1908-16
Adele Astaire
Dancer
10-Sep-1896 25-Jan-1981 Dance partner of Fred Astaire
Gertrude Astor
Actor
9-Nov-1887 9-Nov-1977 The Cat and the Canary
John Atanasoff
Inventor
4-Oct-1903 15-Jun-1995 Atanasoff-Berry Computer
Barry Atwater
Actor
16-May-1918 24-May-1978 The Night Stalker
John Aubrey
Historian
12-Mar-1626 7-Jun-1697 English antiquary
Louis Auchincloss
Author
27-Sep-1917 26-Jan-2010 Portrait in Brownstone
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
21-Mar-1685 28-Jul-1750 Baroque composer
Hermione Baddeley
Actor
13-Nov-1906 19-Aug-1986 Brighton Rock
Parley Baer
Actor
5-Aug-1914 22-Nov-2002 Chester on Gunsmoke radio
John Logie Baird
Inventor
13-Aug-1888 14-Jun-1946 Television
Robert Bárány
Doctor
22-Apr-1876 8-Apr-1936 Studied inner ear, equilibrium system
Georges Barrère
Musician
31-Oct-1876 14-Jun-1944 Franco-American flautist
Wendy Barrie
Actor
18-Apr-1912 2-Feb-1978 The Private Life of Henry VIII
Alex Barris
TV Personality
16-Sep-1922 15-Jan-2004 Canadian TV star from the '50s and '60s
Richard Basehart
Actor
31-Aug-1914 17-Sep-1984 La Strada
Stephen Báthory
Royalty
27-Sep-1533 12-Dec-1586 King of Poland, 1575-86
Charles Baudelaire
Poet
9-Apr-1821 31-Aug-1867 Les Fleurs du Mal
L. Frank Baum
Novelist
15-May-1856 6-May-1919 The Wizard of Oz
John Beal
Actor
13-Aug-1909 26-Apr-1997 The Little Minister
Jacob D. Beam
Diplomat
24-Mar-1908 16-Aug-1993 US Ambassador to the USSR, 1969-73
Henry Ward Beecher
Religion
24-Jun-1813 8-Mar-1887 American Congregationalist preacher
Lawrence Bell
Business
5-Apr-1894 20-Oct-1956 Founder of Bell Helicopter
Claude Berri
Film Director
1-Jul-1934 12-Jan-2009 Jean de Florette
John Betjeman
Poet
28-Aug-1906 19-May-1984 Summoned By Bells
Dana X. Bible
Football
8-Oct-1891 19-Jan-1980 Legendary Texas football coach
Mary Ann Bickerdyke
Activist
19-Jul-1817 8-Nov-1901 "Mother to the boys in Blue"
Richard Biggs
Actor
18-Mar-1961 22-May-2004 Dr. Stephen Franklin on Babylon 5
David H. Blackwell
Mathematician
24-Apr-1919 8-Jul-2010 Bayesian statistics
Robert D. Blue
Politician
24-Sep-1898 13-Dec-1989 Governor of Iowa, 1945-49
Niels Bohr
Physicist
7-Oct-1885 18-Nov-1962 Father of Quantum Theory
Johnny Bond
Country Musician
1-Jun-1915 12-Jun-1978 Hot Rod Lincoln
Charles Booth
Sociologist
30-Mar-1840 23-Nov-1916 Studied poverty in London
Margaret Booth
Editor
14-Jan-1898 28-Oct-2002 Mutiny on the Bounty
Edwin G. Booz
Business
2-Sep-1887 1-Oct-1951 Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
Charles Brackett
Screenwriter
26-Nov-1892 9-Mar-1969 Billy Wilder's collaborator
John G. Brady
Politician
25-May-1848 17-Dec-1918 Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906
Norm Van Brocklin
Football
15-Mar-1926 2-May-1983 NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game
Ford Madox Brown
Painter
16-Apr-1821 6-Oct-1893 English historical painter
George Brown
Politician
2-Sep-1914 2-Jun-1985 UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Engineer
9-Apr-1806 15-Sep-1859 Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway
John Brunner
Author
24-Sep-1934 25-Aug-1995 The Shockwave Rider
Jean de La Bruyère
Author
16-Aug-1645 10-May-1696 Les Caractères de Théophraste
John Buchan
Author
26-Aug-1875 11-Feb-1940 The Thirty-Nine Steps
Eddie Byrne
Actor
31-Jan-1911 21-Aug-1981 The Mummy
Sebastian Cabot
Actor
6-Jul-1918 22-Aug-1977 The Family Jewels
John Cage
Composer
5-Sep-1912 12-Aug-1992 Experimental composer
Cab Calloway
Jazz Musician
25-Dec-1907 18-Nov-1994 King of Hi-De-Ho
L. Sprague de Camp
Author
27-Nov-1907 6-Nov-2000 Lest Darkness Fall
Norman Campbell
Film Director
4-Feb-1924 12-Apr-2004 TV director, producer
Ron Carey
Actor
11-Dec-1935 16-Jan-2007 Officer Levitt on Barney Miller
Hayden Carruth
Poet
3-Aug-1921 29-Sep-2008 Brothers, I Loved You All
Jean Carson
Actor
28-Feb-1923 2-Nov-2005 Fun girl Daphne
Catherine the Great
Royalty
2-May-1729 17-Nov-1796 Tsarina of Russia, 1762-96
Walter Catlett
Actor
4-Feb-1889 14-Nov-1960 Bringing Up Baby
Jean-François Champollion
Historian
23-Dec-1790 4-Mar-1832 Deciphered the Rosetta Stone
King Charles II
Royalty
29-May-1630 6-Feb-1685 King of England 1660-85
Carl Charlier
Astronomer
1-Apr-1862 5-Nov-1934 Motion and the Distribution of the Stars
George Christopher
Politician
8-Dec-1907 14-Sep-2000 Mayor of San Francisco, 1956-64
Winston Churchill
Head of State
30-Nov-1874 24-Jan-1965 WWII Prime Minister of England
George Rogers Clark
Military
19-Nov-1752 13-Feb-1818 Kentucky frontier military leader
Clarence Clemons
Musician
11-Jan-1942 18-Jun-2011 Bruce Springsteen's saxophonist
Claudette Colbert
Actor
13-Sep-1903 30-Jul-1996 It Happened One Night
Oscar Collazo
Assassin
20-Feb-1914 21-Feb-1994 Attempted assassin of Truman
Pat Collins
TV Personality
7-May-1935 31-May-1997 The Hip Hypnotist
Jack Colvin
Actor
13-Oct-1934 1-Dec-2005 Jack McGee on The Incredible Hulk
Alex Comfort
Doctor
10-Feb-1920 26-Mar-2000 The Joy of Sex
Arthur H. Compton
Physicist
10-Sep-1892 15-Mar-1962 Discovered the Compton Effect
John Compton
Head of State
29-Apr-1925 7-Sep-2007 Many-time Prime Minister of St. Lucia
Tony Conigliaro
Baseball
7-Jan-1945 24-Feb-1990 Boston Red Sox
Walter Connolly
Actor
8-Apr-1887 28-May-1940 It Happened One Night
Albert Conti
Actor
29-Jan-1887 18-Jan-1967 American character actor
Elisha Cook, Jr.
Actor
26-Dec-1903 18-May-1995 The Maltese Falcon
Fielder Cook
Film Director
9-Mar-1923 20-Jun-2003 A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Violet Kemble Cooper
Actor
12-Dec-1886 17-Aug-1961 Our Betters
Nicolaus Copernicus
Astronomer
19-Feb-1473 24-May-1543 Heliocentrist, De revolutionibus
John Singleton Copley
Painter
3-Jul-1738 9-Sep-1815 Boy with a Squirrel
Arturo de Córdova
Actor
8-May-1907 3-Nov-1973 El
Broderick Crawford
Actor
9-Dec-1911 26-Apr-1986 All the King's Men
Donald Crisp
Actor
27-Jul-1880 25-May-1974 Silent film actor, survived into talkies
John Dalton
Chemist
6-Sep-1766 27-Jul-1844 Early proponent of Atomic Theory
Samuel H. Day
Activist
5-Oct-1926 26-Jan-2001 Antinuke crusader
Samuel de Champlain
Explorer
1567 25-Dec-1635 Namesake of Lake Champlain
Reginald De Koven
Composer
3-Apr-1859 16-Jan-1920 Oh, Promise Me
Frances Dee
Actor
26-Nov-1907 6-Mar-2004 Finishing School
John DeLorean
Business
6-Jan-1925 19-Mar-2005 Automobile designer and entepreneur
Melvil Dewey
Curator
10-Dec-1851 26-Dec-1931 Dewey Decimal System
Charles Dickens
Novelist
7-Feb-1812 9-Jun-1870 Oliver Twist
Charles Diggs, Jr.
Politician
2-Dec-1922 24-Aug-1998 Congressman from Michigan, 1955-80
Marie Dionne
Victim
28-May-1934 27-Feb-1970 Canadian quintuplets put on display
Nate Dogg
Singer
19-Aug-1969 15-Mar-2011 G-funk singer
Sanford Ballard Dole
Politician
23-Apr-1844 9-Jun-1926 Governor of Hawaii, 1900-03
Alexandre Dumas père
Novelist
24-Jul-1802 5-Dec-1870 The Three Musketeers
John Duns Scotus
Religion
c. 1265 8-Nov-1308 14th century Scottish scholar
Émile Durkheim
Sociologist
15-Apr-1858 15-Nov-1917 Rules of the Sociological Method
Lawrence Durrell
Novelist
27-Feb-1912 7-Nov-1990 The Alexandria Quartet
Seymour Durst
Business
c. 1913 19-May-1995 New York real estate mogul
Nelson Eddy
Singer
29-Jun-1901 6-Mar-1967 Phantom of the Opera
King Edward III
Royalty
13-Nov-1312 21-Jun-1377 King of England, 1327-77
Paul Ehrlich
Doctor
14-Mar-1854 20-Aug-1915 Father of chemotherapy
James Pollard Espy
Scientist
9-May-1785 24-Jan-1860 The Philosophy of Storms
Leonhard Euler
Mathematician
15-Apr-1707 18-Sep-1783 The Elements of Euclid
Paul J. Fannin
Politician
29-Jan-1907 13-Jan-2002 Governor and Senator from Arizona
Frances Faye
Singer
4-Nov-1912 8-Nov-1991 Out, Lesbian nightclub singer
Verna Felton
Actor
20-Jul-1890 14-Dec-1966 Hilda Crocker on December Bride
Dorothy Fields
Songwriter
15-Jul-1905 28-Mar-1974 On the Sunny Side of the Street
Millard Fillmore
Head of State
7-Jan-1800 8-Mar-1874 13th President of the US, 1850-53
Larry Fine
Actor
5-Oct-1902 24-Jan-1975 Larry on The Three Stooges
Dorothy Canfield Fisher
Author
17-Feb-1879 9-Nov-1958 Understood Betsy
Benson Fong
Actor
10-Oct-1916 1-Aug-1987 Flower Drum Song
William D. Ford
Politician
6-Aug-1927 14-Aug-2004 Congressman from Michigan, 1965-95
E. M. Forster
Author
1-Jan-1879 7-Jun-1970 Howards End
Léon Foucault
Physicist
19-Sep-1819 11-Feb-1868 Measured the speed of light
Anne Francine
Actor
8-Aug-1917 3-Dec-1999 Stage actress, Vera Charles in MAME
Tony Franciosa
Actor
25-Oct-1928 19-Jan-2006 A Face in the Crowd
John Frankenheimer
Film Director
19-Feb-1930 6-Jul-2002 Seven Days in May
Frank Frazetta
Painter
9-Feb-1928 10-May-2010 Painted Conan paperback covers
Fred Friendly
Journalist
30-Oct-1915 3-Mar-1998 President of CBS News, 1964-66
J. William Fulbright
Politician
9-Apr-1905 9-Feb-1995 Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships
Allen Funt
Film/TV Producer
16-Sep-1914 5-Sep-1999 Producer and host of Candid Camera
Clarence Gaines
Basketball
21-May-1923 18-Apr-2005 Winston-Salem Head Coach, 1946-93
Don Galloway
Actor
27-Jul-1937 8-Jan-2009 Det. Sgt. Ed Brown on Ironside
Genevieve
Singer
17-Apr-1920 14-Mar-2004 Singer on Jack Paar Show
King George I
Royalty
28-May-1660 11-Jun-1727 King of England 1714-27
King George II
Royalty
10-Nov-1683 25-Oct-1760 King of Britain, 1727-60
Gladys George
Actor
13-Sep-1900 8-Dec-1954 Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
W. H. Krome George
Business
27-Mar-1918 6-Sep-2004 Chairman and CEO of Alcoa, 1975-83
Orlando Gibbons
Composer
1583 5-Jun-1625 Late Tudor composer and organist
Josh Gibson
Baseball
21-Dec-1911 20-Jan-1947 Negro Leagues hall of fame hitter
Wynne Gibson
Actor
3-Jul-1905 15-May-1987 If I Had a Million
Billy Gilbert
Actor
12-Sep-1894 23-Sep-1971 Comic actor and vaudevillian
Vincenzo Gioberti
Philosopher
5-Apr-1801 26-Nov-1852 Rinnovamenlo civile d'Italia
Christoph Willibald Gluck
Composer
2-Jul-1714 15-Nov-1787 Orfeo ed Eurydice
E. L. Godkin
Journalist
2-Oct-1831 21-May-1902 Co-Founder of The Nation
Emma Goldman
Anarchist
27-Jun-1869 14-May-1940 Anarchist and feminist libertarian
Barry Goldwater
Politician
1-Jan-1909 29-May-1998 US Senator from Arizona, 1953-65, 1969-87
Ruth Gordon
Actor
30-Oct-1896 28-Aug-1985 Rosemary's Baby
William C. Gorgas
Doctor
3-Oct-1854 3-Jul-1920 Malaria and yellow fever
Glenn Gould
Pianist
25-Sep-1932 4-Oct-1982 Canadian pianist, Bach soloist
Grandpa Jones
Country Musician
30-Jan-1914 19-Feb-1998 Old-time banjo picker and Hee-Haw comic
Cary Grant
Actor
18-Jan-1904 29-Nov-1986 North by Northwest
Richard Gregory
Psychologist
24-Jul-1923 17-May-2010 Optical illusions and "hands-on" science
Jo Grimond
Politician
29-Jul-1913 24-Oct-1993 Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1956-67
Anne Gwynne
Actor
10-Dec-1918 31-Mar-2003 WWII pinup girl, also actress
Arthur Hailey
Novelist
5-Apr-1920 24-Nov-2004 Hotel and Airport
Alexander Hall
Film Director
11-Jan-1894 30-Jul-1968 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Walter Hampden
Actor
30-Jun-1879 11-Jun-1955 Prominent American theater actor
Keir Hardie
Politician
15-Aug-1856 26-Sep-1915 Organizer of the British Labour Party
R. M. Hare
Philosopher
21-Mar-1919 29-Jan-2002 Moral Thinking
Roger Hargreaves
Author
9-May-1935 12-Sep-1988 Creator of Mr. Men juvenile books
Pamela Harriman
Diplomat
20-Mar-1920 5-Feb-1997 Socialite and Ambassador to France, 1993-97
Wilbert Harrison
Musician
5-Jan-1929 26-Oct-1994 Let's Work Together
Johnny Hart
Cartoonist
18-Feb-1931 7-Apr-2007 The Wizard of Id, B.C.
William Hartnell
Actor
8-Jan-1908 23-Apr-1975 The First Doctor Who
Herbert A. Hauptman
Mathematician
14-Feb-1917 23-Oct-2011 X-ray diffraction studies
John Hawkes
Novelist
17-Aug-1925 15-May-1998 The Blood Oranges
Will Hay
Actor
6-Dec-1888 18-Apr-1949 Ask a Policeman
Isaac Hayes
Musician
20-Aug-1942 10-Aug-2008 Theme from Shaft
Lucy Hayes
First Lady
28-Aug-1831 25-Jun-1889 Wife of US President Rutherford B. Hayes
H. D.
Poet
10-Sep-1886 27-Sep-1961 Imagist poet, Sea Garden
Fletcher Henderson
Jazz Musician
18-Dec-1897 29-Dec-1952 Pioneering swing and jazz bandleader
Louis Henyey
Astronomer
3-Feb-1910 18-Feb-1970 Henyey method
Corneille Heymans
Scientist
28-Mar-1892 18-Jul-1968 Aortic and carotid chemoreceptors
A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr.
Judge
25-Feb-1928 14-Dec-1998 Chief Justice, 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals
Thora Hird
Actor
28-May-1911 15-Mar-2003 Talking Heads
Thomas Hobbes
Philosopher
5-Apr-1588 4-Dec-1679 Leviathan
Oveta Culp Hobby
Publisher
19-Jan-1905 16-Aug-1995 Houston Post President, 1955-83
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin
Chemist
12-May-1910 29-Jul-1994 Determined structure of Vitamin B12
Frank J. Horton
Politician
12-Dec-1919 30-Aug-2004 Congressman from New York, 1963-93
Curly Howard
Actor
22-Oct-1903 18-Jan-1952 Highest pitched Stooge
L. Ron Hubbard
Religion
13-Mar-1911 24-Jan-1986 Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology
Edwin Hubble
Astronomer
20-Nov-1889 28-Sep-1953 Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble's Law
Henrik Ibsen
Playwright
20-Mar-1828 23-May-1906 Peer Gynt
Edward L. Jackson
Politician
27-Dec-1873 18-Nov-1954 Governor of Indiana, 1925-29
Jane Jacobs
Author
4-May-1916 25-Apr-2006 The Death and Life of Great American Cities
Henry James
Author
15-Apr-1843 28-Feb-1916 Portrait of a Lady
Edward Jenner
Doctor
17-May-1749 26-Jan-1823 Smallpox Vaccination
Sarah Orne Jewett
Author
3-Sep-1849 24-Jun-1909 The Country of the Pointed Firs
João III
Royalty
6-Jun-1502 11-Jun-1557 King of Portugal, 1521-57
Celia Johnson
Actor
18-Dec-1908 26-Apr-1982 Brief Encounter
James P. Johnson
Jazz Musician
01-Feb-1894 17-Nov-1955 The father of stride piano
Louis A. Johnson
Government
10-Jan-1891 24-Apr-1966 US Secretary of Defense, 1949-50
Odette Joyeux
Actor
5-Dec-1914 26-Aug-2000 Love Story
Joseph M. Juran
Scientist
24-Dec-1904 28-Feb-2008 The Pareto Principle
James Robertson Justice
Actor
15-Jun-1907 2-Jul-1975 Doctor in the House
Herman Kahn
Scholar
15-Feb-1922 7-Jul-1983 Hudson Institute founder
Cresson H. Kearny
Inventor
7-Jan-1914 18-Dec-2003 Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol
James E. Keeler
Astronomer
10-Sep-1857 12-Aug-1900 Composition of Saturn's rings
Gene Kelly
Actor
23-Aug-1912 2-Feb-1996 Singin' in the Rain
Jack Kelly
Actor
16-Sep-1927 7-Nov-1992 Bart Maverick
Ed Kemmer
Actor
29-Oct-1921 9-Nov-2004 Cmdr. Buzz Corry on Space Patrol
Rachel Kempson
Actor
28-May-1910 24-May-2003 Matriarch of Redgrave dynasty
Stan Kenton
Jazz Musician
15-Dec-1911 25-Aug-1979 Jazz bandleader
Charles F. Kettering
Engineer
29-Aug-1876 25-Nov-1958 Invented the electric starter
Alfred A. Knopf
Publisher
12-Sep-1892 11-Aug-1984 American publisher
Tjalling C. Koopmans
Economist
28-Aug-1910 26-Feb-1985 Linear programming
Otto Kruger
Actor
6-Sep-1885 6-Sep-1974 Saboteur
Ryszard Kuklinski
Spy
13-Jun-1930 10-Feb-2004 Polish Cold War era spy who worked with CIA
Akira Kurosawa
Film Director
23-Mar-1910 6-Sep-1998 Yojimbo
Selma Lagerlöf
Author
20-Nov-1858 16-Mar-1940 First female Nobel Prize for Literature
Samuel P. Langley
Astronomer
22-Aug-1834 2-Feb-1906 Heavier-than-air flying machine
James Laughlin
Publisher
30-Oct-1914 12-Nov-1997 Founder, New Directions Press
Jerome Lawrence
Playwright
14-Jul-1915 29-Feb-2004 Inherit the Wind and Mame
Lila Lee
Actor
25-Jul-1901 13-Nov-1973 Male and Female
Joseph Leidy
Biologist
9-Sep-1823 30-Apr-1891 Trichinosis and dinosaurs
Vladimir Lenin
Head of State
22-Apr-1870 21-Jan-1924 Revolutionary leader of Soviet Union
Pope Leo VIII
Religion
? 1-Mar-965 AD Roman Catholic Pope, 963-65
Armin O. Leuschner
Astronomer
16-Jan-1868 22-Apr-1953 Astronomer at Berkeley
Tullio Levi-Civita
Mathematician
29-Mar-1873 29-Dec-1941 Explored tensor calculus and PDE's
Patrick Lichfield
Photographer
25-Apr-1939 11-Nov-2005 Prominent British photographer
Mary Todd Lincoln
First Lady
13-Dec-1818 16-Jul-1882 Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Aviator
22-Jun-1906 7-Feb-2001 Wife of Charles Lindbergh
Fritz Lipmann
Scientist
12-Jun-1899 24-Jul-1986 Carbohydrate oxidation
Seymour M. Lipset
Sociologist
18-Mar-1922 31-Dec-2006 American Exceptionalism
Calvin Lockhart
Actor
18-Sep-1934 29-Mar-2007 Uptown Saturday Night
Henry Cabot Lodge
Politician
12-May-1850 9-Nov-1924 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1893-1924
Julie London
Singer
26-Sep-1926 18-Oct-2000 Cry Me a River
Johnny Longden
Jockey
14-Feb-1907 14-Feb-2003 Winner, 1943 Triple Crown
Peter Lorre
Actor
26-Jun-1904 23-Mar-1964 The Maltese Falcon
Louis XI
Royalty
3-Jul-1423 30-Aug-1483 King of France, 1461-83
Anita Louise
Actor
9-Jan-1915 25-Apr-1970 The Little Princess
Arthur Lowe
Actor
22-Sep-1915 15-Apr-1982 Dad's Army
Percival Lowell
Astronomer
13-Mar-1855 12-Nov-1916 Predicted existence of planet Pluto
Keye Luke
Actor
18-Jun-1904 12-Jan-1991 Charlie Chan's No. 1 Son, Lee
Ida Lupino
Actor
4-Feb-1918 3-Aug-1995 The Man I Love
Diana Lynn
Actor
7-Oct-1926 18-Dec-1971 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
James Thomas Lynn
Government
27-Feb-1927 6-Dec-2010 US HUD Secretary, 1973-75
Alexander Mackenzie
Head of State
28-Jan-1822 17-Apr-1892 Prime Minister of Canada, 1873-78
Jock Mahoney
Actor
7-Feb-1919 14-Dec-1989 Yancy Derringer
Charles T. Manatt
Attorney
9-Jun-1936 22-Jul-2011 DNC Chairman, 1981-85
Nino Manfredi
Actor
22-Mar-1921 28-May-2004 Bread and Chocolate
Princess Margaret
Royalty
21-Aug-1930 9-Feb-2002 QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon
Don Marquis
Journalist
29-Jul-1878 29-Dec-1937 archy and mehitabel
David Maysles
Film Director
10-Jan-1932 3-Jan-1987 Documentary filmmaker
Anne McCaffrey
Author
1-Apr-1926 21-Nov-2011 Pern series
Rue McClanahan
Actor
21-Feb-1934 3-Jun-2010 Blanche on The Golden Girls
James A. McClure
Politician
27-Dec-1924 26-Feb-2011 US Senator from Idaho, 1973-91
Pat McCormick
Comic
30-Jun-1927 29-Jul-2005 Smokey and the Bandit
James McCracken
Singer
16-Dec-1926 30-Apr-1988 Operatic tenor, Otello
Connie McCready
Politician
21-Aug-1921 22-Dec-2000 Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1979-81
Carson McCullers
Author
19-Feb-1917 29-Sep-1967 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
James S. McDonnell
Business
9-Apr-1899 22-Aug-1980 Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co.
Robert B. McGehee
Business
c. 1943 9-Oct-2007 CEO of Progress Energy, 2004-07
Mary McGrory
Journalist
22-Aug-1918 21-Apr-2004 Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberal Icon
Frank McGuire
Basketball
8-Nov-1914 11-Nov-1994 NCAA Basketball Coach
Norman Z. McLeod
Film Director
20-Sep-1898 27-Jan-1964 The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Marshall McLuhan
Author
21-Jul-1911 31-Dec-1980 The medium is the message
Patrick V. McNamara
Politician
4-Oct-1894 30-Apr-1966 US Senator from Michigan, 1955-66
Howard McNear
Actor
27-Jan-1905 3-Jan-1969 Floyd the Barber
Carmen McRae
Singer
8-Apr-1922 10-Nov-1994 Jazz vocalist
Felix Mendelssohn
Composer
3-Feb-1809 4-Nov-1847 Overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream
Don Messick
Actor
7-Sep-1926 24-Oct-1997 Voice of Scooby Doo
Agnes de Mille
Choreographer
18-Sep-1905 7-Oct-1993 Influential American choreographer
A. A. Milne
Author
18-Jan-1882 31-Jan-1956 Winnie the Pooh
Little Milton
Musician
17-Sep-1934 4-Aug-2005 Annie Mae's Cafe
Anna Moffo
Singer
27-Jun-1932 10-Mar-2006 Operatic soprano
Thelonious Monk
Jazz Musician
10-Oct-1917 17-Feb-1982 Influential jazz pianist and composer
J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Business
7-Sep-1867 13-Mar-1943 Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Christopher Morley
Novelist
5-May-1890 28-Mar-1957 The Haunted Bookshop
Robert Morley
Actor
26-May-1908 3-Jun-1992 Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?
Howard Morton
Actor
15-May-1925 11-May-1997 Officer Simpson on Gimme a Break!
Robert Motherwell
Painter
24-Jan-1915 16-Jul-1991 Abstract expressionist
Peggy Mount
Actor
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