Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Rex Allen |
Actor |
31-Dec-1920 |
17-Dec-1999 |
The Arizona Cowboy |
Lucien Ballard |
Cinematographer |
6-May-1908 |
1-Oct-1988 |
Top Hollywood cinematographer |
Earl Banks |
Football |
11-Jun-1924 |
11-Mar-1993 |
Morgan State Head Coach, 1960-73 |
Ian Bannen |
Actor |
28-Jun-1928 |
3-Nov-1999 |
Waking Ned |
Albert C. Barnes |
Curator |
2-Jan-1872 |
24-Jul-1951 |
Barnes Foundation |
Roland Barthes |
Critic |
12-Nov-1915 |
23-Mar-1980 |
Structuralist literary critic, S/Z |
Stiv Bators |
Musician |
22-Oct-1949 |
3-Jun-1990 |
The Dead Boys |
William S. Beardsley |
Politician |
17-May-1901 |
21-Nov-1954 |
Governor of Iowa, 1949-54 |
Lamont Bentley |
Actor |
25-Oct-1973 |
18-Jan-2005 |
Hakeem Campbell on Moesha |
Victor L. Berger |
Politician |
28-Feb-1860 |
7-Aug-1929 |
Socialist Rep. from Wisconsin |
Zina Bethune |
Actor |
17-Feb-1945 |
11-Feb-2012 |
Gail Lucas on The Nurses |
Marc Bolan |
Singer/Songwriter |
30-Sep-1947 |
16-Sep-1977 |
T-Rex |
Herb Brooks |
Hockey |
5-Aug-1937 |
11-Aug-2003 |
Coach, 1980 US Olympic Hockey Team |
Milton Brown |
Musician |
7-Sep-1903 |
13-Apr-1936 |
Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies |
Cliff Burton |
Bassist |
10-Feb-1962 |
27-Sep-1986 |
Bassist for Metallica |
Charles Butterworth |
Actor |
26-Jul-1896 |
14-Jun-1946 |
This is the Army |
Albert Camus |
Novelist |
7-Nov-1913 |
4-Jan-1960 |
French author and Nobel laureate |
Ahna Capri |
Actor |
6-Jul-1944 |
19-Aug-2010 |
Enter the Dragon |
Cornelius Cardew |
Musician |
7-May-1936 |
31-Dec-1981 |
Experimental composer |
Harry Chapin |
Singer/Songwriter |
7-Dec-1942 |
16-Jul-1981 |
Cat's in the Cradle |
Helen Chenoweth-Hage |
Politician |
27-Jan-1938 |
2-Oct-2006 |
Congresswoman from Idaho, 1995-2001 |
Bob Clark |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1941 |
4-Apr-2007 |
A Christmas Story |
Frank G. Clement |
Politician |
2-Jun-1920 |
4-Nov-1969 |
Twice Governor of Tennessee |
Eddie Cochran |
Musician |
3-Oct-1938 |
17-Apr-1960 |
Summertime Blues |
Bert T. Combs |
Politician |
13-Aug-1911 |
4-Dec-1991 |
Governor of Kentucky, 1959-63 |
Seymour Cray |
Inventor |
28-Sep-1925 |
5-Oct-1996 |
Inventor of Cray supercomputers |
Victor Davis |
Swimmer |
10-Feb-1964 |
13-Nov-1989 |
Olympic Gold medalist, killed in hit-and-run |
James Dean |
Actor |
8-Feb-1931 |
30-Sep-1955 |
Lived fast, died young |
Basil Dearden |
Film Director |
1-Jan-1911 |
23-Mar-1971 |
Khartoum |
André Derain |
Painter |
10-Jun-1880 |
8-Sep-1954 |
Fauvist |
Brandon De Wilde |
Actor |
9-Apr-1942 |
6-Jul-1972 |
Shane! Come back! |
Lady Diana |
Royalty |
1-Jul-1961 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess of Wales |
Françoise Dorléac |
Actor |
21-Mar-1942 |
26-Jun-1967 |
Cul-de-sac |
Charles Drew |
Doctor |
3-Jun-1904 |
1-Apr-1950 |
First to separate blood plasma |
Alexander Dubcek |
Head of State |
27-Nov-1921 |
7-Nov-1992 |
Leader of Czechoslovakia, 1968-69 |
Tom Dugan |
Actor |
1-Jan-1889 |
7-Mar-1955 |
To Be or Not to Be |
Angier Biddle Duke |
Diplomat |
30-Nov-1915 |
29-Apr-1995 |
US Ambassador to Spain, 1965-68 |
Isadora Duncan |
Dancer |
26-May-1877 |
14-Sep-1927 |
Mother of modern dance |
Ryan Dunn |
Daredevil |
11-Jun-1977 |
20-Jun-2011 |
Viva La Bam |
Junior Durkin |
Actor |
2-Jul-1914 |
4-May-1935 |
Huckleberry Finn |
Julien Duvivier |
Film Director |
3-Oct-1896 |
30-Oct-1967 |
Pépé le Moko |
Dale Earnhardt |
Auto Racing |
29-Apr-1951 |
18-Feb-2001 |
NASCAR driver died in Daytona 500 accident |
Falco |
Musician |
19-Feb-1957 |
6-Feb-1998 |
Rock Me, Amadeus! |
Dodi al-Fayed |
Business |
15-Apr-1955 |
31-Aug-1997 |
Princess Diana's last boyfriend |
Vivian Fine |
Composer |
28-Sep-1913 |
20-Mar-2000 |
Drama for Orchestra |
Frankie Frisch |
Baseball |
9-Sep-1898 |
12-Mar-1973 |
2880 hits with .316 batting average |
Bill George |
Football |
27-Oct-1929 |
30-Sep-1982 |
Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer |
Thomas Gomez |
Actor |
10-Jul-1905 |
18-Jun-1971 |
Ride the Pink Horse |
John P. Green |
Politician |
2-Apr-1845 |
30-Aug-1940 |
Labor Day |
Edmond T. Gréville |
Film Director |
20-Jun-1906 |
26-May-1966 |
Beat Girl |
Jörg Haider |
Politician |
26-Jan-1950 |
11-Oct-2008 |
Austrian extreme rightist |
David Halberstam |
Journalist |
10-Apr-1934 |
23-Apr-2007 |
The Powers That Be |
Mary Hansen |
Musician |
1-Nov-1966 |
9-Dec-2002 |
Stereolab multi-instrumentalist |
E. Y. Harburg |
Songwriter |
8-Apr-1896 |
4-Mar-1981 |
The Wizard of Oz |
John Grier Hibben |
Educator |
19-Apr-1861 |
16-May-1933 |
President, Princeton University, 1912-32 |
Steve Howe |
Baseball |
10-Mar-1958 |
28-Apr-2006 |
MLB pitcher |
Randall Jarrell |
Poet |
6-May-1914 |
14-Oct-1965 |
The Woman at the Washington Zoo |
Jack Johnson |
Boxing |
31-Mar-1878 |
10-Jun-1946 |
First black heavyweight champion |
James Weldon Johnson |
Author |
17-Jun-1871 |
26-Jun-1938 |
God's Trombones |
Phil Karlton |
Computer Programmer |
28-Feb-1947 |
20-Jun-1997 |
Netscape Principal Curmudgeon |
Grace Kelly |
Royalty |
12-Nov-1929 |
14-Sep-1982 |
American-born Princess of Monaco |
Aly Khan |
Royalty |
13-Jun-1911 |
12-May-1960 |
Jet-set Ismaili playboy prince |
Johnny Kidd |
Musician |
23-Dec-1939 |
7-Oct-1966 |
Shakin' All Over |
Percy Kilbride |
Actor |
16-Jul-1888 |
11-Dec-1964 |
Pa Kettle |
Sam Kinison |
Comic |
8-Dec-1953 |
10-Apr-1992 |
Caustic stand-up comic |
Mary Jo Kopechne |
Victim |
26-Jul-1940 |
18-Jul-1969 |
Dead woman in Ted Kennedy's car |
Ernie Kovacs |
Comic |
23-Jan-1919 |
13-Jan-1962 |
Nairobi Trio |
Juscelino Kubitschek |
Head of State |
12-Sep-1902 |
22-Aug-1976 |
President of Brazil, founder of Brasilia |
Lev Landau |
Physicist |
22-Jan-1908 |
1-Apr-1968 |
Superfluidity of helium |
Max von Laue |
Physicist |
9-Oct-1879 |
23-Apr-1960 |
X-ray crystallography |
Belinda Lee |
Actor |
15-Jun-1935 |
12-Mar-1961 |
Who Done It? |
Desmond Llewelyn |
Actor |
12-Sep-1914 |
19-Dec-1999 |
"Q" in James Bond films |
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes |
Singer |
27-May-1971 |
25-Apr-2002 |
Member of TLC |
Linda Lovelace |
Pornstar |
10-Jan-1949 |
22-Apr-2002 |
Pornstar turned anti-porn activist |
Jack Mack |
Business |
27-Oct-1864 |
14-Mar-1924 |
Founder of Mack Trucks |
John Mack |
Psychiatrist |
4-Oct-1929 |
27-Sep-2004 |
A Prince of Our Disorder |
Aristide Maillol |
Sculptor |
8-Apr-1861 |
27-Sep-1944 |
Sculptor of the female nude |
Jayne Mansfield |
Actor |
19-Apr-1933 |
29-Jun-1967 |
The Girl Can't Help It |
Billy Martin |
Baseball |
16-May-1928 |
25-Dec-1989 |
NY Yankees manager, fired 5 times |
Margaret Mitchell |
Novelist |
8-Nov-1900 |
16-Aug-1949 |
Gone With the Wind |
Tom Mix |
Actor |
6-Jan-1880 |
12-Oct-1940 |
Old-time silent movie cowboy |
Peggy Moran |
Actor |
23-Oct-1918 |
24-Oct-2002 |
The Mummy's Hand |
Herbert Mundin |
Actor |
21-Aug-1898 |
5-Mar-1939 |
Mutiny on the Bounty |
F. W. Murnau |
Film Director |
28-Dec-1888 |
11-Mar-1931 |
Nosferatu, Sunrise |
Mike Muuss |
Computer Programmer |
16-Oct-1958 |
20-Nov-2000 |
Ping |
Helmut Newton |
Photographer |
31-Oct-1920 |
23-Jan-2004 |
Celebrity photographer |
Frank O'Hara |
Poet |
27-Jun-1926 |
25-Jul-1966 |
Meditations in an Emergency |
Barack Obama, Sr. |
Relative |
18-Jun-1936 |
24-Nov-1982 |
Father of President Barack Obama |
Mel Ott |
Baseball |
2-Mar-1909 |
21-Nov-1958 |
HoF New York Giants outfielder |
Alan J. Pakula |
Film Director |
7-Apr-1928 |
19-Nov-1998 |
All the President's Men |
George S. Patton |
Military |
11-Nov-1885 |
21-Dec-1945 |
American WWII Army commander |
Scott Plank |
Actor |
11-Nov-1958 |
24-Oct-2002 |
L.A. Takedown |
Jackson Pollock |
Painter |
28-Jan-1912 |
11-Aug-1956 |
Abstract expressionist |
Rodney R. Porter |
Scientist |
8-Oct-1917 |
6-Sep-1985 |
Chemical structure of antibodies |
Cozy Powell |
Drummer |
29-Dec-1947 |
5-Apr-1998 |
Drummer, Emerson Lake and Powell |
Steve Prefontaine |
Track and Field |
25-Jan-1951 |
30-May-1975 |
Long distance runner |
June Preisser |
Actor |
26-Jun-1920 |
19-Sep-1984 |
Strike Up the Band |
Tose Proeski |
Singer |
25-Jan-1981 |
16-Oct-2007 |
Macedonian pop star |
J. C. Quinn |
Actor |
30-Nov-1940 |
10-Feb-2004 |
The Abyss |
Wolfgang Reitherman |
Film Director |
26-Jun-1909 |
22-May-1985 |
Jungle Book |
Richard Rober |
Actor |
14-May-1910 |
26-May-1952 |
Jet Pilot |
John D. Rockefeller III |
Philanthropist |
21-Mar-1906 |
10-Jul-1978 |
Lincoln Center for Performing Arts |
Jerry Rubin |
Activist |
14-Jul-1938 |
28-Nov-1994 |
Yippie, one of the Chicago 7 |
Jessica Savitch |
Journalist |
1-Feb-1947 |
24-Oct-1983 |
Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post |
Ayrton Senna |
Auto Racing |
21-Mar-1960 |
1-May-1994 |
Three-time Formula 1 champion |
Herb Shriner |
Actor |
29-May-1918 |
23-Apr-1970 |
Two for the Money |
Karen Silkwood |
Victim |
19-Feb-1946 |
13-Nov-1974 |
Nuclear whistleblower |
Bessie Smith |
Singer |
15-Apr-1894 |
26-Sep-1937 |
Empress of the Blues |
Arnold Sommerfeld |
Physicist |
5-Dec-1868 |
26-Apr-1951 |
Fine-structure constant |
Owsley Stanley |
Activist |
19-Jan-1935 |
12-Mar-2011 |
Johnny Appleseed of LSD |
Wallace Stegner |
Author |
18-Feb-1909 |
13-Apr-1993 |
The Angle of Repose |
Gene Stratton Porter |
Novelist |
17-Aug-1863 |
7-Dec-1924 |
A Girl of the Limberlost |
Herbert L. Strock |
Film Director |
13-Jan-1918 |
30-Nov-2005 |
The Crawling Hand |
Helen B. Taussig |
Doctor |
24-May-1898 |
20-May-1986 |
Mother of pediatric cardiology |
Derrick Thomas |
Football |
1-Jan-1967 |
8-Feb-2000 |
Hall of Fame Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs |
Richard Threlkeld |
Journalist |
30-Nov-1937 |
13-Jan-2012 |
CBS and ABC News Correspondent, 1965-98 |
George Bell Timmerman, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Aug-1912 |
29-Nov-1994 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1955-59 |
Judy Tyler |
Actor |
9-Oct-1933 |
4-Jul-1957 |
Jailhouse Rock |
John W. Tyson |
Business |
26-Jul-1905 |
15-Jan-1967 |
Founder of Tyson Foods |
Romolo Valli |
Actor |
7-Feb-1925 |
1-Feb-1980 |
Il Gattopardo |
Bill Vukovich |
Auto Racing |
13-Dec-1918 |
30-May-1955 |
Winner, 1953 and 1954 Indianapolis 500 |
Collin Walcott |
Jazz Musician |
24-Feb-1945 |
8-Nov-1984 |
Jazz sitar player |
Monrad C. Wallgren |
Politician |
17-Apr-1891 |
18-Sep-1961 |
Governor of Washington, 1945-49 |
Dottie West |
Country Musician |
11-Oct-1932 |
4-Sep-1991 |
Country Sunshine |
Nathanael West |
Author |
17-Oct-1903 |
22-Dec-1940 |
The Day of the Locust |
Dan Wheldon |
Auto Racing |
22-Jun-1978 |
16-Oct-2011 |
Two-time Indianapolis 500 winner |
Claude R. Wickard |
Government |
28-Feb-1893 |
29-Apr-1967 |
US Secretary of Agriculture, 1940-45 |
Sherwin T. Wine |
Religion |
25-Jan-1928 |
21-Jul-2007 |
Humanistic Judaism |
Charles Wyly |
Business |
13-Oct-1933 |
7-Aug-2011 |
Billionaire, Michael's Stores |
Jeffrey Zaslow |
Author |
6-Oct-1958 |
10-Feb-2012 |
Replaced Ann Landers |