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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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



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