Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |
2-May-1916 |
13-Nov-2001 |
George and the Dragon |
William H. Murray |
Politician |
21-Nov-1869 |
15-Oct-1956 |
Governor of Oklahoma, 1931-35 |
Levy Mwanawasa |
Head of State |
3-Sep-1948 |
19-Aug-2008 |
President of Zambia, 2002-08 |
Alan Napier |
Actor |
7-Jan-1903 |
8-Aug-1988 |
Alfred on Batman |
Jack Narz |
Game Show Host |
13-Nov-1922 |
15-Oct-2008 |
Concentration |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
Head of State |
14-Nov-1889 |
27-May-1964 |
First Prime Minister of India |
Ragnvald A. Nestos |
Politician |
12-Apr-1877 |
15-Jul-1942 |
Governor of North Dakota, 1921-25 |
S. I. Newhouse, Sr. |
Publisher |
24-May-1895 |
29-Aug-1979 |
Founder of Advance Publications |
Pope Nicholas III |
Religion |
c. 1225 |
22-Aug-1280 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1277-80 |
Nicéphore Niépce |
Chemist |
7-Mar-1765 |
5-Jul-1833 |
Inventor of photography |
Chester W. Nimitz |
Military |
24-Feb-1885 |
20-Feb-1966 |
WWII Commander of US Pacific Navy |
William Niskanen |
Administrator |
13-Mar-1933 |
26-Oct-2011 |
Chairman of the Cato Institute |
Richard M. Nixon |
Head of State |
9-Jan-1913 |
22-Apr-1994 |
37th US President, 1969-74 |
Jeanette Nolan |
Actor |
30-Dec-1911 |
5-Jun-1998 |
Annette Deveraux on Hotel de Paree |
Leo Nomellini |
Football |
19-Jun-1924 |
17-Oct-2000 |
49er Hall of Famer |
Frank O'Bannon |
Politician |
30-Jan-1930 |
13-Sep-2003 |
Governor of Indiana, 1997-2003 |
George O'Brien |
Actor |
19-Apr-1899 |
4-Sep-1985 |
Sunrise |
Patrice O'Neal |
Comic |
7-Dec-1969 |
29-Nov-2011 |
Mr. P |
Merle Oberon |
Actor |
19-Feb-1911 |
23-Nov-1979 |
Wuthering Heights |
Keizo Obuchi |
Head of State |
25-Jun-1937 |
14-May-2000 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1998-2000 |
King Oliver |
Jazz Musician |
11-May-1885 |
10-Apr-1938 |
King Oliver Creole Jazz Band |
Fred Olivi |
Military |
16-Jan-1922 |
8-Apr-2004 |
Co-pilot of Nagasaki bombing |
Marian P. Opala |
Judge |
20-Jan-1921 |
11-Oct-2010 |
Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court, 1978-2010 |
Revius O. Ortique, Jr. |
Judge |
14-Jun-1924 |
22-Jun-2008 |
Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court |
Adam Osborne |
Business |
6-Mar-1939 |
18-Mar-2003 |
Inventor of Osborne personal computer |
Maria Ouspenskaya |
Actor |
29-Jul-1876 |
3-Dec-1949 |
Waterloo Bridge |
Alferd Packer |
Criminal |
21-Nov-1842 |
23-Apr-1907 |
Celebrated cannibal killer |
Hermes Pan |
Choreographer |
10-Dec-1909 |
19-Sep-1990 |
Choreographer for Astaire and Rogers |
Mitchell Parish |
Songwriter |
10-Jul-1900 |
31-Mar-1993 |
Volare |
Jean Parker |
Actor |
11-Aug-1915 |
30-Nov-2005 |
Little Women |
Talcott Parsons |
Sociologist |
13-Dec-1902 |
8-May-1979 |
The Structure of Social Action |
Louis Pasteur |
Chemist |
27-Dec-1822 |
28-Sep-1895 |
Discovered process of pasteurization |
Pope Paul II |
Religion |
23-Feb-1417 |
26-Jul-1471 |
Roman Catholic Pope, 1464-71 |
Henry B. Payne |
Politician |
30-Nov-1810 |
9-Sep-1896 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1885-91 |
Norman Vincent Peale |
Religion |
31-May-1898 |
24-Dec-1993 |
The Power of Positive Thinking |
Minnie Pearl |
Singer |
25-Oct-1912 |
4-Mar-1996 |
Her hat cost $1.98 |
Carl Perkins |
Jazz Musician |
9-Apr-1932 |
19-Jan-1998 |
Blue Suede Shoes |
Matthew Perkins |
Business |
23-Nov-1911 |
31-Dec-1990 |
Founder of Perkins Restaurant and Bakery |
Laurence J. Peter |
Scientist |
16-Sep-1919 |
12-Jan-1990 |
The Peter Principle |
Russell W. Peterson |
Politician |
3-Oct-1916 |
21-Feb-2011 |
Governor of Delaware, 1969-73 |
Philip V |
Royalty |
19-Dec-1683 |
9-Jul-1746 |
King of Spain, 1700-46 |
Walter Pidgeon |
Actor |
23-Sep-1897 |
25-Sep-1984 |
How Green Was My Valley |
Lydia Pinkham |
Business |
9-Feb-1819 |
17-May-1883 |
Herbal supplements for "ladies' problems" |
Ezio Pinza |
Singer |
18-May-1892 |
9-May-1957 |
Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera |
Fernando Poe, Jr. |
Politician |
20-Aug-1939 |
13-Dec-2004 |
Filipino actor turned presidential candidate |
Ferdinand Porsche |
Engineer |
3-Sep-1875 |
30-Jan-1951 |
Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle |
Perez Prado |
Musician |
11-Dec-1916 |
14-Sep-1989 |
Mambo king ("Dilo!") |
William H. Prescott |
Historian |
4-May-1796 |
28-Jan-1859 |
The Conquest of Mexico |
V. S. Pritchett |
Author |
16-Dec-1900 |
20-Mar-1997 |
Midnight Oil |
John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
Kirby Puckett |
Baseball |
14-Mar-1960 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer |
Robert Purvis |
Activist |
4-Aug-1810 |
15-Apr-1898 |
President of the Underground Railroad |
Yordan Radichkov |
Author |
24-Oct-1929 |
21-Jan-2004 |
Bulgarian writer |
Ford Rainey |
Actor |
8-Aug-1908 |
25-Jul-2005 |
Window on Main Street |
Amanda Randolph |
Actor |
2-Sep-1896 |
24-Aug-1967 |
The Amos 'n' Andy Show |
Peyton Randolph |
Politician |
1721 |
23-Oct-1775 |
First President of the Continental Congress |
Gene Anthony Ray |
Dancer |
24-May-1962 |
14-Nov-2003 |
Leroy Johnson on Fame |
Henry J. Raymond |
Journalist |
24-Jan-1820 |
19-Jun-1869 |
Co-Founder of The New York Times |
Syngman Rhee |
Head of State |
26-Mar-1875 |
19-Jul-1965 |
First President of South Korea |
Thomas D. Rice |
Comic |
20-May-1808 |
19-Sep-1860 |
Played "Jim Crow" |
Ralph Richardson |
Actor |
19-Dec-1902 |
10-Oct-1983 |
Things To Come |
Samuel Richardson |
Novelist |
1689 |
4-Jul-1761 |
Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded |
Jerome Robbins |
Choreographer |
11-Oct-1918 |
29-Jul-1998 |
West Side Story |
Paul Robeson |
Singer |
9-Apr-1898 |
23-Jan-1976 |
20th Century renaissance man |
Kasey Rogers |
Actor |
15-Dec-1925 |
6-Jul-2006 |
Louise Tate on Bewitched |
Frederick Rolfe |
Author |
22-Jul-1860 |
25-Oct-1913 |
Baron Corvo |
Harold Rome |
Composer |
27-May-1908 |
26-Oct-1993 |
I Can Get It for You Wholesale |
Archie Roosevelt |
Relative |
9-Apr-1894 |
13-Oct-1979 |
Conservative leader against New Deal |
James Roosevelt |
Politician |
23-Dec-1907 |
13-Aug-1991 |
Congressman from California, 1955-65 |
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. |
Government |
16-Feb-1916 |
8-Jun-2000 |
1953 Iran coup |
Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times Executive Editor, 1977-86 |
Tony Rosenthal |
Sculptor |
9-Aug-1914 |
28-Jul-2009 |
Abstract sculptor, Alamo |
Ted Ross |
Actor |
30-Jun-1934 |
3-Sep-2002 |
Cowardly Lion in The Wiz |
Lillian Roth |
Actor |
13-Dec-1910 |
12-May-1980 |
I'll Cry Tomorrow |
Jean-Jacques Rousseau |
Philosopher |
28-Jun-1712 |
2-Jul-1778 |
Conceptualized the Social Contract |
Mike Royko |
Columnist |
19-Sep-1932 |
29-Apr-1997 |
Syndicated Chicago columnist |
Muriel Rukeyser |
Poet |
15-Dec-1913 |
12-Feb-1980 |
The Book of the Dead |
Joanna Russ |
Author |
22-Feb-1937 |
29-Apr-2011 |
The Female Man |
Ken Russell |
Film Director |
3-Jul-1927 |
27-Nov-2011 |
Altered States |
Wiley Rutledge |
Judge |
20-Jul-1894 |
10-Sep-1949 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1943-49 |
James A. Ryder |
Business |
28-Jul-1913 |
25-Mar-1997 |
Founder of Ryder System |
Thomas Sackville |
Aristocrat |
1536 |
19-Apr-1608 |
Earl of Dorset |
António de Oliveira Salazar |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1889 |
27-Jul-1970 |
Ruler of Portugal, 1932-68 |
Richard Sale |
Screenwriter |
17-Dec-1911 |
4-Mar-1993 |
A Ticket to Tomahawk |
Mongo Santamaria |
Drummer |
7-Apr-1922 |
1-Feb-2003 |
Influential latin percussionist |
Ann Savage |
Actor |
19-Feb-1921 |
25-Dec-2008 |
Detour |
Grant Sawyer |
Politician |
14-Dec-1918 |
19-Feb-1996 |
Governor of Nevada, 1959-67 |
Jack Schaefer |
Novelist |
19-Nov-1907 |
24-Jan-1991 |
Shane |
Clara Schumann |
Pianist |
13-Sep-1819 |
20-May-1896 |
Romantic pianist and composer |
James Schuyler |
Poet |
9-Nov-1923 |
12-Apr-1991 |
Freely Espousing |
John T. Scopes |
Educator |
3-Aug-1900 |
21-Oct-1970 |
Defendant in the Scopes Monkey Trial |
Dr. Gene Scott |
Religion |
14-Aug-1929 |
21-Feb-2005 |
Eccentric televangelist |
Sir Walter Scott |
Author |
15-Aug-1771 |
21-Sep-1832 |
Ivanhoe |
Glenn Seaborg |
Physicist |
19-Apr-1912 |
25-Feb-1999 |
Co-Discoverer of Plutonium |
Maurice Sendak |
Author |
10-Jun-1928 |
8-May-2012 |
Where The Wild Things Are |
Arthur Sewall |
Business |
25-Nov-1835 |
5-Sep-1900 |
Shipbuilder, 1896 Democratic VP Nominee |
Dan Seymour |
Actor |
22-Feb-1915 |
25-May-1993 |
Return of the Fly |
Robert Sheckley |
Author |
16-Jul-1928 |
9-Dec-2005 |
Science fiction genius |
David Shoenberg |
Physicist |
4-Jan-1911 |
10-Mar-2004 |
Physicist at Cambridge |
Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
Relative |
10-Jul-1921 |
11-Aug-2009 |
Founder of the Special Olympics |
Jay Silverheels |
Actor |
26-May-1912 |
5-Mar-1980 |
Tonto on The Lone Ranger |
Penny Singleton |
Actor |
15-Sep-1908 |
12-Nov-2003 |
Blondie |
Lennington Small |
Politician |
16-Jun-1862 |
17-May-1936 |
Governor of Illinois, 1921-29 |
George Smathers |
Politician |
14-Nov-1913 |
20-Jan-2007 |
US Senator from Florida, 1951-69 |
Warren L. Smith |
Economist |
23-Mar-1914 |
20-Apr-1972 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1968-69 |
Sam Snead |
Golf |
27-May-1912 |
23-May-2002 |
Winner of 82 PGA tournaments |
Vladimir Sokoloff |
Actor |
26-Dec-1889 |
15-Feb-1962 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Lewis C. Solmon |
Economist |
17-Jul-1942 |
17-Dec-2007 |
Education reformer |
Ezra Solomon |
Economist |
20-Mar-1920 |
9-Dec-2002 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1971-73 |
Ted Sorensen |
Attorney |
8-May-1928 |
31-Oct-2010 |
Aide to JFK |
Aaron Spelling |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Apr-1923 |
23-Jun-2006 |
Beverly Hills 90210 |
Florence Stanley |
Actor |
1-Jul-1924 |
3-Oct-2003 |
Bernice Fish |
Henry Morton Stanley |
Explorer |
28-Jan-1841 |
10-May-1904 |
Dr. Livingstone, I presume? |
Willie Stargell |
Baseball |
6-Mar-1940 |
9-Apr-2001 |
National League MVP 1979 |
Jan Sterling |
Actor |
3-Apr-1921 |
26-Mar-2004 |
Ace in the Hole |
Robert Louis Stevenson |
Author |
13-Nov-1850 |
3-Dec-1894 |
Treasure Island |
Potter Stewart |
Judge |
23-Jan-1915 |
7-Dec-1985 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81 |
George Stoneman |
Military |
8-Aug-1822 |
5-Sep-1894 |
Civil War general, California governor |
Robert Strauss |
Actor |
8-Nov-1913 |
20-Feb-1975 |
Animal in Stalag 17 |
Robert Strausz-Hupé |
Diplomat |
25-Mar-1903 |
24-Feb-2002 |
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89 |
Slim Summerville |
Actor |
10-Jul-1892 |
6-Jan-1949 |
The Front Page |
William Graham Sumner |
Educator |
30-Oct-1840 |
12-Apr-1910 |
Laissez faire sociologist |
Jonathan Swift |
Author |
30-Nov-1667 |
19-Oct-1745 |
Gulliver's Travels |
Norma Talmadge |
Actor |
26-May-1893 |
24-Dec-1957 |
Du Barry, Woman of Passion |
Oliver Tambo |
Government |
27-Oct-1917 |
24-Apr-1993 |
ANC President, 1969-91 |
Adolphe Thiers |
Head of State |
18-Apr-1797 |
3-Sep-1877 |
First President of the Third Republic |
George Henry Thomas |
Military |
31-Jul-1816 |
28-Mar-1870 |
Union Army General |
Jim Thompson |
Novelist |
27-Sep-1906 |
7-Apr-1977 |
Heed the Thunder |
Nikolaas Tinbergen |
Zoologist |
15-Apr-1907 |
21-Dec-1988 |
Grand Master of Ethology |
Ann Todd |
Actor |
24-Jan-1909 |
6-May-1993 |
The Sound Barrier |
David Tomlinson |
Actor |
7-May-1917 |
24-Jun-2000 |
Mary Poppins |
Mel Tormé |
Singer |
13-Sep-1925 |
5-Jun-1999 |
The Velvet Fog |
Arturo Toscanini |
Conductor |
25-Mar-1867 |
16-Jan-1957 |
20th Century virtuoso conductor |
Edgar G. Ulmer |
Film Director |
17-Sep-1904 |
30-Sep-1972 |
Detour |
Jack Valenti |
Business |
5-Sep-1921 |
26-Apr-2007 |
Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA |
Luther Vandross |
Singer |
20-Apr-1951 |
1-Jul-2005 |
R&B Singer, Never Too Much |
Alberto Vargas |
Artist |
9-Feb-1896 |
30-Dec-1982 |
Creator of the "Vargas Girl" |
Giuseppe Verdi |
Composer |
9-Oct-1813 |
27-Jan-1901 |
La Traviata |
T-Bone Walker |
Guitarist |
28-May-1910 |
16-Mar-1975 |
Highly influential blues guitarist |
Fred Waring |
Conductor |
9-Jun-1900 |
29-Jul-1984 |
Innovative bandleader and musician |
Lew Wasserman |
Business |
22-Mar-1913 |
3-Jun-2002 |
Chairman and CEO of MCA, 1946-95 |
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
Arthur J. Weaver |
Politician |
18-Nov-1873 |
17-Oct-1945 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1929-31 |
Johnny Weissmuller |
Actor |
2-Jun-1904 |
20-Jan-1984 |
Gold Medalist became Tarzan |
Arthur Wellesley |
Military |
1-May-1769 |
14-Sep-1852 |
1st Duke of Wellington |
Kitty Wells |
Country Musician |
30-Aug-1919 |
16-Jul-2012 |
First Queen of Country Music |
Mae West |
Actor |
17-Aug-1893 |
22-Nov-1980 |
Go up and see her sometime |
J. Ernest Wharton |
Politician |
4-Oct-1899 |
19-Jan-1990 |
Congressman from New York, 1951-65 |
Arleen Whelan |
Actor |
1-Sep-1914 |
7-Apr-1993 |
Castle in the Desert |
Alice White |
Actor |
25-Aug-1904 |
19-Feb-1983 |
The Widow from Chicago |
John S. Wilder |
Politician |
3-Jun-1921 |
1-Jan-2010 |
Lt. Governor of Tennessee, 1971-2007 |
Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
Angus Wilson |
Novelist |
11-Aug-1913 |
31-May-1991 |
Hemlock and After |
Don Wilson |
Radio Personality |
1-Sep-1900 |
25-Apr-1982 |
Jack Benny's announcer |
Henry Wilson |
Politician |
16-Feb-1812 |
22-Nov-1875 |
Vice President under Grant |
James Wilson |
Judge |
14-Sep-1742 |
28-Aug-1798 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1789-98 |
Teddy Wilson |
Actor |
10-Dec-1943 |
21-Jul-1991 |
Earl Chambers on That's My Mama |
Roland Winters |
Actor |
22-Nov-1904 |
22-Oct-1989 |
Charlie Chan |
Norman Wisdom |
Actor |
4-Feb-1915 |
4-Oct-2010 |
The Great British Clown |
William Witney |
Film Director |
15-May-1915 |
17-Mar-2002 |
Master of the World |
Edwin E. Witte |
Economist |
4-Jan-1887 |
20-May-1960 |
Father of Social Security |
Peggy Wood |
Actor |
9-Feb-1892 |
18-Mar-1978 |
The Sound of Music |
Harry H. Woodring |
Politician |
31-May-1890 |
9-Sep-1967 |
US Secretary of War, 1936-40 |
Norman Wooland |
Actor |
16-Mar-1910 |
3-Apr-1989 |
Shakespearean stage actor |
Irene Worth |
Actor |
23-Jun-1916 |
10-Mar-2002 |
Lost in Yonkers |
William Wrigley, Jr. |
Business |
30-Sep-1861 |
26-Jan-1932 |
Chewing gum magnate |
Margaret Wycherly |
Actor |
26-Oct-1881 |
6-Jun-1956 |
Sergeant York |
John Wycliffe |
Religion |
c. 1330 |
31-Dec-1384 |
Translated the bible into English |
Fusajiro Yamauchi |
Business |
22-Nov-1860 |
Jan-1940 |
Founder of Nintendo |
Herbert O. Yardley |
Scientist |
13-Apr-1889 |
7-Aug-1958 |
U.S. cryptographer during WWI |
C. C. Young |
Politician |
28-Apr-1869 |
24-Dec-1947 |
Governor of California, 1927-31 |