Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Bud Abbott |
Actor |
2-Oct-1895 |
24-Apr-1974 |
Half of Abbott and Costello |
Rodolfo Acosta |
Actor |
29-Jul-1920 |
7-Nov-1974 |
Bandido |
Edie Adams |
Actor |
16-Apr-1925 |
15-Oct-2008 |
Lover Come Back |
Joseph P. Addabbo |
Politician |
17-Mar-1925 |
10-Apr-1986 |
Congressman from New York, 1961-86 |
Dawn Addams |
Actor |
21-Sep-1930 |
7-May-1985 |
A King in New York |
Larry Adler |
Musician |
10-Feb-1914 |
6-Aug-2001 |
Mouth organ virtuoso |
Claude Akins |
Actor |
25-May-1926 |
27-Jan-1994 |
Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo |
Lloyd Alexander |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1924 |
17-May-2007 |
The Chronicles of Prydain |
Shana Alexander |
Journalist |
6-Oct-1925 |
23-Jun-2005 |
Nutcracker: Money, Madness and Murder |
Margery Allingham |
Novelist |
20-May-1904 |
30-Jun-1966 |
Albert Campion detective novels |
Claud Allister |
Actor |
3-Oct-1888 |
26-Jul-1970 |
The Reluctant Dragon |
Astrid Allwyn |
Actor |
27-Nov-1905 |
31-Mar-1978 |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington |
Luis W. Alvarez |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1911 |
1-Sep-1988 |
Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs |
Adrienne Ames |
Actor |
3-Aug-1907 |
31-May-1947 |
You're Telling Me! |
Robert Anderson |
Business |
2-Nov-1920 |
28-Oct-2006 |
Chairman of Rockwell, 1979-88 |
Warner Anderson |
Actor |
10-Mar-1911 |
26-Aug-1976 |
Matthew Swain on Peyton Place |
Heather Angel |
Actor |
9-Feb-1909 |
13-Dec-1986 |
Lifeboat |
Rocky Aoki |
Business |
9-Oct-1938 |
10-Jul-2008 |
Benihana founder |
Anne L. Armstrong |
Government |
27-Dec-1927 |
30-Jul-2008 |
US Ambassador to the UK, 1976-77 |
Robert Armstrong |
Actor |
20-Nov-1890 |
20-Apr-1973 |
King Kong |
Roland Arnall |
Business |
29-Mar-1939 |
17-Mar-2008 |
Ameriquest billionaire |
Hal Ashby |
Film Director |
2-Sep-1929 |
27-Dec-1988 |
Harold and Maude |
Chet Atkins |
Guitarist |
20-Jun-1924 |
30-Jun-2001 |
Prominent country picker |
Rudolf Bahro |
Philosopher |
18-Nov-1935 |
5-Dec-1997 |
The Alternative in Eastern Europe |
Beryl Bainbridge |
Novelist |
21-Nov-1934 |
2-Jul-2010 |
Master Georgie |
Elliott Baker |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1922 |
9-Feb-2007 |
A Fine Madness |
J. G. Ballard |
Author |
18-Nov-1930 |
19-Apr-2009 |
Empire of the Sun, Crash |
Carter T. Barron |
Business |
30-Jan-1905 |
16-Nov-1950 |
Washington advocate for the arts |
Robert L. Bartley |
Editor |
12-Oct-1937 |
10-Dec-2003 |
Editor of the Wall Street Journal, 1979-2003 |
Alan Baxter |
Actor |
19-Nov-1908 |
7-May-1976 |
Saboteur |
Romare Bearden |
Painter |
2-Sep-1911 |
12-Mar-1988 |
Collagist |
William P. Benton |
Business |
4-Nov-1923 |
19-Feb-2009 |
Former VP at Ford |
Dave Berg |
Cartoonist |
12-Jun-1920 |
17-May-2002 |
The Lighter Side of... |
Samuel D. Berger |
Diplomat |
6-Dec-1911 |
12-Feb-1980 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64 |
Georges Bernanos |
Novelist |
20-Feb-1888 |
5-Jul-1948 |
The Diary of a Country Priest |
Prince Bernhard |
Royalty |
29-Jun-1911 |
1-Dec-2004 |
Prince of the Netherlands |
Marina Berti |
Actor |
29-Sep-1924 |
29-Oct-2002 |
La califfa |
Willie Best |
Actor |
27-May-1913 |
27-Feb-1962 |
Sleep 'n' Eat |
Alexander Bickel |
Scholar |
17-Dec-1924 |
7-Nov-1974 |
The Least Dangerous Branch |
Michael Billington |
Actor |
24-Dec-1941 |
3-Jun-2005 |
Col. Paul Foster on UFO |
William Bishop |
Actor |
16-Jul-1918 |
3-Oct-1959 |
The Killer That Stalked New York |
Betsy Blair |
Actor |
11-Dec-1923 |
13-Mar-2009 |
Marty |
Whitney Blake |
Actor |
20-Feb-1925 |
28-Sep-2002 |
Mrs. B on Hazel |
Mari Blanchard |
Actor |
13-Apr-1927 |
10-May-1970 |
She-Devil |
Ernest Bloch |
Composer |
24-Jul-1880 |
15-Jul-1959 |
Schelomo |
Lloyd Bochner |
Actor |
29-Jul-1924 |
29-Oct-2005 |
It's a cookbook |
Charles E. Bohlen |
Diplomat |
30-Aug-1904 |
31-Dec-1974 |
US Ambassador to USSR, 1953-57 |
Ray Bolger |
Actor |
10-Jan-1904 |
15-Jan-1987 |
The Wizard of Oz Scarecrow |
Omar Bongo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1935 |
7-Jun-2009 |
President of Gabon, 1967-2009 |
Veda Ann Borg |
Actor |
11-Jan-1915 |
16-Aug-1973 |
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer |
Pauline Borghese |
Relative |
20-Oct-1780 |
9-Jun-1825 |
Sister of Napoleon Bonaparte |
Norman Borlaug |
Scientist |
25-Mar-1914 |
12-Sep-2009 |
Engineered disease-resistant wheat |
Frank Borzage |
Film Director |
23-Apr-1894 |
19-Jun-1962 |
A Farewell to Arms |
Kenneth E. Boulding |
Economist |
18-Jan-1910 |
18-Mar-1993 |
The Image: Knowledge of Life in Society |
Pierre Bourdieu |
Anthropologist |
1-Aug-1930 |
23-Jan-2002 |
Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste |
Julie Bovasso |
Actor |
1-Aug-1930 |
14-Sep-1991 |
Saturday Night Fever |
Daniel Bovet |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1907 |
8-Apr-1992 |
Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide |
Alice Brady |
Actor |
2-Nov-1892 |
28-Oct-1939 |
In Old Chicago |
Johannes Brahms |
Composer |
7-May-1833 |
3-Apr-1897 |
Ein deutsches Requiem |
Owen Brewster |
Politician |
22-Feb-1888 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Governor and Senator from Maine |
Jean-Claude Brialy |
Actor |
30-Mar-1933 |
30-May-2007 |
Une femme est une femme |
James Bridges |
Film Director |
3-Feb-1936 |
6-Jun-1993 |
Urban Cowboy and The Paper Chase |
Barbara Britton |
Actor |
26-Sep-1919 |
17-Jan-1980 |
Mr. and Mrs. North |
Philippe de Broca |
Film Director |
15-Mar-1933 |
26-Nov-2004 |
King of Hearts |
Wallace R. Brode |
Chemist |
12-Jun-1900 |
10-Aug-1974 |
Absorption spectra of dyes |
James Broderick |
Actor |
7-Mar-1927 |
1-Nov-1982 |
Doug Lawrence on Family |
Steve Brodie |
Actor |
21-Nov-1919 |
9-Jan-1992 |
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp |
Geraldine Brooks |
Actor |
29-Oct-1925 |
19-Jun-1977 |
The Reckless Moment |
Rand Brooks |
Actor |
21-Sep-1918 |
1-Sep-2003 |
Gone With the Wind |
Chandler Brossard |
Novelist |
18-Jul-1922 |
29-Aug-1993 |
The Bold Saboteurs |
Nacio Herb Brown |
Songwriter |
22-Feb-1896 |
28-Sep-1964 |
Singin' in the Rain |
R. Hanbury Brown |
Astronomer |
31-Aug-1916 |
16-Jan-2002 |
Optical intensity interferometer |
Vanessa Brown |
Actor |
24-Mar-1928 |
21-May-1999 |
The Late George Apley |
Roscoe Lee Browne |
Actor |
2-May-1925 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Character actor, 1960s to 2000s |
Herbert Brownell, Jr. |
Government |
20-Feb-1904 |
1-May-1996 |
US Attorney General, 1953-57 |
Tod Browning |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1882 |
6-Oct-1962 |
Freaks |
Virginia Bruce |
Actor |
29-Sep-1910 |
24-Feb-1982 |
The Invisible Woman |
Heidi Brühl |
Actor |
30-Jan-1941 |
8-Jun-1991 |
The Eiger Sanction |
Melvin T. Brunetti |
Judge |
10-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2009 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-99 |
Spring Byington |
Actor |
17-Oct-1886 |
7-Sep-1971 |
You Can't Take it With You |
Ernest Callenbach |
Author |
3-Apr-1929 |
16-Apr-2012 |
Ecotopia |
Corinne Camacho |
Actor |
2-Mar-1942 |
15-Sep-2010 |
Dr. Jeanne Bartlett on Medical Center |
Rod Cameron |
Actor |
7-Dec-1910 |
21-Dec-1983 |
The Bounty Killer |
Vincent Canby |
Critic |
27-Jul-1924 |
15-Sep-2000 |
Film/Theater Critic, The New York Times |
Judy Canova |
Actor |
20-Nov-1913 |
5-Aug-1983 |
Comic actress, vaudevillian |
Lázaro Cárdenas |
Head of State |
21-May-1895 |
19-Oct-1970 |
President of Mexico, 1934-40 |
Eric Carr |
Drummer |
12-Jul-1950 |
24-Nov-1991 |
Drummer for KISS |
Leo Carrillo |
Actor |
6-Aug-1881 |
10-Sep-1961 |
Pancho on The Cisco Kid |
Leo G. Carroll |
Actor |
25-Oct-1892 |
16-Oct-1972 |
Waverly on The Man From U.N.C.L.E. |
Angela Carter |
Author |
7-May-1940 |
16-Feb-1992 |
Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman |
Rosalind Cash |
Actor |
31-Dec-1938 |
31-Oct-1995 |
The Omega Man |
Joan Caulfield |
Actor |
1-Jun-1922 |
18-Jun-1991 |
Dear Ruth |
Gower Champion |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
25-Aug-1980 |
Show Boat |
Don Chandler |
Football |
5-Sep-1934 |
11-Aug-2011 |
Former NFL placekicker |
Frederic L. Chapin |
Diplomat |
13-Jul-1929 |
8-Sep-1989 |
US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84 |
Paddy Chayefsky |
Playwright |
29-Jan-1923 |
1-Aug-1981 |
Network |
Liz Claiborne |
Fashion Designer |
31-Mar-1929 |
26-Jun-2007 |
Founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc. |
Colin Clark |
Film/TV Producer |
9-Oct-1932 |
17-Dec-2002 |
My Week with Marilyn |
Dutch Clark |
Football |
11-Oct-1906 |
5-Aug-1978 |
NFL Hall of Fame Quarterback, Tailback |
Kenneth B. Clark |
Psychologist |
14-Jul-1914 |
1-May-2005 |
Studied the effects of prejudice on children |
Mark Clark |
Military |
1-May-1896 |
17-Apr-1984 |
US Army Chief of Staff |
Walter van Tilburg Clark |
Novelist |
3-Aug-1909 |
10-Nov-1971 |
The Ox-Bow Incident |
Alan Clarke |
Film Director |
28-Oct-1935 |
24-Jul-1990 |
Scum |
Mae Clarke |
Actor |
16-Aug-1910 |
29-Apr-1992 |
Waterloo Bridge |
James Clavell |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1924 |
7-Sep-1994 |
Shogun and The Great Escape |
Jan Clayton |
Actor |
26-Aug-1917 |
28-Aug-1983 |
Ellen Miller on Lassie |
Lucille Clifton |
Poet |
27-Jun-1936 |
13-Feb-2010 |
Good Woman |
Ty Cobb |
Baseball |
18-Dec-1886 |
17-Jul-1961 |
Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter |
Alexander Cockburn |
Columnist |
6-Jun-1941 |
20-Jul-2012 |
The Nation, CounterPunch |
George M. Cohan |
Composer |
3-Jul-1878 |
5-Nov-1942 |
Yankee Doodle Dandy |
Jeffery Cohelan |
Politician |
24-Jun-1914 |
15-Feb-1999 |
Congressman from California, 1959-71 |
Cozy Cole |
Jazz Musician |
17-Oct-1909 |
29-Jan-1981 |
Topsy Part 2 |
LeRoy Collins |
Politician |
10-Mar-1909 |
12-Mar-1991 |
Governor of Florida, 1955-61 |
Maureen Connolly |
Tennis |
17-Sep-1934 |
21-Jun-1969 |
Little Mo |
Chris Connor |
Singer |
8-Nov-1927 |
29-Aug-2009 |
Jazz singer, I Miss You |
Charles Cooley |
Educator |
17-Aug-1864 |
8-May-1929 |
Looking-glass self |
Melville Cooper |
Actor |
15-Oct-1896 |
31-Mar-1973 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
Ralph Cooper |
Actor |
16-Jan-1908 |
4-Apr-1992 |
The Dark Gable |
Allan M. Cormack |
Physicist |
23-Feb-1924 |
7-May-1998 |
Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
Aneta Corsaut |
Actor |
3-Nov-1933 |
6-Nov-1995 |
The Andy Griffith Show |
Lawrence Coughlin |
Politician |
11-Apr-1929 |
30-Nov-2001 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 |
Donald J. Cram |
Chemist |
22-Apr-1919 |
17-Jun-2001 |
Synthesis of molecules |
Floyd Cramer |
Country Musician |
27-Oct-1933 |
31-Dec-1997 |
Country music pianist |
Ruth Porter Crawford |
Musicologist |
3-Jul-1901 |
18-Nov-1953 |
Composer, musical ethnologist |
John Patrick Crecine |
Educator |
22-Aug-1939 |
28-Apr-2008 |
President of Georgia Tech, 1987-94 |
Michael Crichton |
Novelist |
23-Oct-1942 |
4-Nov-2008 |
Jurassic Park |
Paul Cronin |
Government |
14-Mar-1938 |
5-Apr-1997 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-75 |
Bob Crosby |
Musician |
25-Aug-1913 |
9-Mar-1993 |
The Bob Crosby Orchestra |
Richard Crossman |
Politician |
15-Dec-1907 |
5-Apr-1974 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1966-68 |
Michael Curtiz |
Film Director |
24-Dec-1886 |
10-Apr-1962 |
Casablanca |
Richard Cardinal Cushing |
Religion |
24-Aug-1895 |
2-Nov-1970 |
Catholic Archbishop of Boston, 1944-70 |
Cathryn Damon |
Actor |
11-Sep-1930 |
4-May-1987 |
Mary Campbell on Soap |
Bob Davies |
Basketball |
15-Jan-1920 |
22-Apr-1990 |
Rochester Royals, Hall of Famer |
Marion Davies |
Actor |
3-Jan-1897 |
22-Sep-1961 |
When Knighthood Was in Flower |
Rupert Davies |
Actor |
22-May-1916 |
22-Nov-1976 |
Inspector Maigret |
Gail Davis |
Actor |
5-Oct-1925 |
15-Mar-1997 |
Annie Oakley |
Nathaniel Davis |
Diplomat |
12-Apr-1925 |
16-May-2011 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1971-73 |
George Draper Dayton |
Business |
6-Mar-1857 |
18-Feb-1938 |
Founder of what is now Target Stores |
W. Edwards Deming |
Mathematician |
14-Oct-1900 |
20-Dec-1993 |
Quality Control guru |
Michael Denison |
Actor |
1-Nov-1915 |
22-Jul-1998 |
Shadowlands |
Reginald Denny |
Actor |
20-Nov-1891 |
16-Jun-1967 |
English actor and RC airplane popularizer |
Richard Derr |
Actor |
15-Jun-1918 |
8-May-1992 |
When Worlds Collide |
Edward J. Derwinski |
Politician |
15-Sep-1926 |
15-Jan-2012 |
US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92 |
Colleen Dewhurst |
Actor |
3-Jun-1924 |
2-Aug-1991 |
Murphy Brown's mother |
Leo Diegel |
Golf |
27-Apr-1899 |
8-May-1951 |
Winner, 1928 and 1929 PGA Championships |
Edsger Dijkstra |
Computer Programmer |
11-May-1930 |
6-Aug-2002 |
Enemy of the goto statement |
Yvonne Dionne |
Victim |
28-May-1934 |
23-Jun-2001 |
Canadian quintuplets put on display |
Claire Dodd |
Actor |
29-Dec-1908 |
23-Nov-1973 |
Footlight Parade |
Faith Domergue |
Actor |
16-Jun-1924 |
4-Apr-1999 |
Where Danger Lives |
King Donovan |
Actor |
25-Jan-1918 |
30-Jun-1987 |
Character actor husband of Imogene Coca |
Gordon Douglas |
Film Director |
15-Dec-1907 |
29-Sep-1993 |
Them! |
Marie Dressler |
Actor |
2-Nov-1868 |
28-Jul-1934 |
Min and Bill |
Don Dubbins |
Actor |
28-Jun-1928 |
17-Aug-1991 |
The D.I. |
E. A. Dupont |
Film Director |
25-Dec-1891 |
12-Dec-1956 |
Piccadilly |
Marguerite Duras |
Novelist |
4-Apr-1914 |
3-Mar-1996 |
Hiroshima mon Amour |
Dan Duryea |
Actor |
23-Jan-1907 |
7-Jun-1968 |
The Little Foxes |
Timothy Dwight |
Educator |
14-May-1752 |
11-Jan-1817 |
President of Yale, 1795-1817 |
William J. Dyess |
Diplomat |
1-Aug-1929 |
6-Jan-1996 |
US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83 |
Edward Elgar |
Composer |
2-Jun-1857 |
23-Feb-1934 |
Pomp and Circumstance |
Ross Elliott |
Actor |
18-Jun-1917 |
12-Aug-1999 |
Sheriff Abbott on The Virginian |
Wild Bill Elliott |
Actor |
16-Oct-1903 |
26-Nov-1965 |
1940s movie cowboy |
Patricia Ellis |
Actor |
20-May-1916 |
26-Mar-1970 |
Picture Snatcher |
John Hart Ely |
Scholar |
3-Dec-1938 |
25-Oct-2003 |
Democracy and Distrust |
Zhou Enlai |
Head of State |
5-Mar-1898 |
8-Jan-1976 |
Mao's right-hand man |
Paul Erdman |
Economist |
19-May-1932 |
23-Apr-2007 |
The Billion Dollar Sure Thing |
Leif Erickson |
Actor |
27-Oct-1911 |
29-Jan-1986 |
The High Chaparral |
M. C. Escher |
Artist |
17-Jun-1898 |
27-Mar-1972 |
Illogical lithographer |
Madge Evans |
Actor |
1-Jul-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Hallelujah I'm a Bum |
Maurice Evans |
Actor |
3-Jun-1901 |
12-Mar-1989 |
Dr. Zaius in Planet of the Apes |
Myrna Fahey |
Actor |
12-Mar-1933 |
6-May-1973 |
Kay Banks on Father of the Bride |
Percy Faith |
Musician |
7-Apr-1908 |
9-Feb-1976 |
Easy listening arranger and composer |
Derek Farr |
Actor |
7-Feb-1912 |
22-Mar-1986 |
The Projected Man |
Julia Faye |
Actor |
24-Sep-1893 |
6-Apr-1966 |
Silent film actress |
Norman Fell |
Actor |
24-Mar-1924 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Mr. Roper on Three's Company |
Edna Ferber |
Novelist |
15-Aug-1885 |
16-Apr-1968 |
Show Boat and Giant |
Frank Ferguson |
Actor |
25-Dec-1899 |
12-Sep-1978 |
Eli Carson on Peyton Place |
Glenn W. Ferguson |
Educator |
28-Jan-1929 |
20-Dec-2007 |
University president, Ambassador to Kenya |
Ruth Fertel |
Business |
5-Feb-1927 |
16-Apr-2002 |
Founder, Ruth's Chris Steak House |
Virginia Field |
Actor |
4-Nov-1917 |
2-Jan-1992 |
Waterloo Bridge |
Donald Fisher |
Business |
3-Sep-1928 |
27-Sep-2009 |
Co-Founder of The Gap |
Irving Fisher |
Economist |
27-Feb-1867 |
29-Apr-1947 |
The Theory of Interest |
Myron Floren |
Musician |
5-Nov-1919 |
23-Jul-2005 |
Accordionist for Lawrence Welk |
Robert Florey |
Film Director |
14-Sep-1900 |
16-May-1979 |
Tarzan and the Mermaids |
Constance Ford |
Actor |
1-Jul-1923 |
26-Feb-1993 |
Ada Hobson on Another World |
Norman Foster |
Film Director |
13-Dec-1900 |
7-Jul-1976 |
Journey Into Fear |
Marshall Frady |
Journalist |
11-Jan-1940 |
9-Mar-2004 |
Wallace |
Bill France, Jr. |
Auto Racing |
4-Apr-1933 |
4-Jun-2007 |
CEO of NASCAR, 1972-2003 |
Kay Francis |
Actor |
13-Jan-1905 |
26-Aug-1968 |
Trouble in Paradise |
Milton Frank |
Diplomat |
18-Nov-1919 |
13-Jan-1993 |
US Ambassador to Nepal, 1988-89 |
Bob Franks |
Politician |
21-Sep-1951 |
9-Apr-2010 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1993-2001 |
Max Frisch |
Novelist |
15-May-1911 |
4-Apr-1991 |
Homo Faber |
Hans Fritzsche |
Government |
21-Apr-1900 |
27-Sep-1953 |
Reich minister of radio propaganda |
Assar Gabrielsson |
Business |
13-Aug-1891 |
28-May-1962 |
Co-Founder of Volvo |
Slim Gaillard |
Jazz Musician |
4-Jan-1916 |
26-Feb-1991 |
Cee-ment mixer, put-ti put-ti |
Thomas Gainsborough |
Painter |
14-May-1727 |
2-Aug-1788 |
Portrait and landscape painter |
Erle Chennault Galbraith |
Relative |
1-Dec-1922 |
11-Jan-2004 |
Widow of Al Jolson |
Evan Griffith Galbraith |
Business |
2-Jul-1928 |
21-Jan-2008 |
US Ambassador to France, 1981-85 |
Lorena Gale |
Actor |
9-May-1958 |
21-Jun-2009 |
Je me souviens |
Richard H. Gallagher |
Engineer |
17-Nov-1927 |
30-Sep-1997 |
Finite element method |
John W. Gardner |
Administrator |
8-Oct-1912 |
16-Feb-2002 |
Founder of Common Cause |
João Batista de Almeida Garrett |
Playwright |
4-Feb-1799 |
9-Dec-1854 |
Frei Luís da Sousa |
Jim Garrison |
Attorney |
20-Nov-1921 |
21-Oct-1992 |
New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination |
Ed Gein |
Criminal |
27-Aug-1906 |
26-Jul-1984 |
Serial killer and cannibal |
Richard Gelb |
Business |
1924 |
4-Apr-2004 |
CEO of Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1972-93 |
Larry Gelbart |
Film/TV Producer |
25-Feb-1928 |
11-Sep-2009 |
M*A*S*H |
Henry Gibson |
Actor |
21-Sep-1935 |
14-Sep-2009 |
Laugh-In |
Tony Gillespie |
Diplomat |
22-Mar-1935 |
7-Mar-2008 |
US Ambassador to Chile, 1988-91 |
Arnold Gingrich |
Journalist |
5-Dec-1903 |
9-Jul-1976 |
Founder of Esquire magazine |
Robert Ginty |
Actor |
14-Nov-1948 |
21-Sep-2009 |
The Exterminator |
Natalia Ginzburg |
Novelist |
14-Jul-1916 |
7-Oct-1991 |
La strada che va in città |
William Ewart Gladstone |
Head of State |
29-Dec-1809 |
19-May-1898 |
Four times UK Prime Minister |
Erving Goffman |
Sociologist |
11-Jun-1922 |
19-Nov-1982 |
The Presentation of Self |
Stephen M. Goldfeld |
Economist |
9-Aug-1940 |
25-Aug-1995 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1980-81 |
Wladyslaw Gomulka |
Head of State |
6-Feb-1905 |
1-Sep-1982 |
Head of Polish Communists, 1956-70 |
Jade Goody |
TV Personality |
5-Jun-1981 |
22-Mar-2009 |
British TV celebrity |
Marius Goring |
Actor |
23-May-1912 |
30-Sep-1998 |
The Red Shoes |
Anne Gorsuch |
Government |
21-Apr-1942 |
18-Jul-2004 |
Reagan's EPA administrator forced to resign |
Walter Gotell |
Actor |
15-Mar-1924 |
5-May-1997 |
Gen. Gogol in James Bond films |
Harry Goz |
Actor |
16-Feb-1932 |
6-Sep-2003 |
Captain Murphy on Sealab 2021 |
J. Peter Grace |
Business |
25-May-1913 |
19-Apr-1995 |
W.R. Grace scion |
Don Grady |
Actor |
8-Jun-1944 |
27-Jun-2012 |
Robbie Douglas on My Three Sons |
Stewart Granger |
Actor |
6-May-1913 |
16-Aug-1993 |
King Solomon's Mines |
Charles Gray |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
7-Mar-2000 |
Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
Dobie Gray |
Singer/Songwriter |
26-Jul-1940 |
6-Dec-2011 |
Drift Away |
Hank Greenberg |
Baseball |
1-Jan-1911 |
4-Sep-1986 |
Two-time American League MVP |
Jane Greer |
Actor |
9-Sep-1924 |
24-Aug-2001 |
Out of the Past |
Pope Gregory XVI |
Religion |
18-Sep-1765 |
1-Jun-1846 |
Papal spendthrift, hated railroads |
Ernest Gruening |
Politician |
6-Feb-1887 |
26-Jun-1974 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1959-69 |
Brion Gysin |
Artist |
19-Jan-1916 |
13-Jul-1986 |
Inventor of the Dreamachine |
Walter Hagen |
Golf |
21-Dec-1892 |
5-Oct-1969 |
Won 11 major championships |
Albert Hague |
Composer |
13-Oct-1920 |
12-Nov-2001 |
Redhead |
William Haines |
Actor |
2-Jan-1900 |
26-Dec-1973 |
Hollywood's first openly gay leading man |
Cynthia H. Hall |
Judge |
19-Feb-1929 |
26-Feb-2011 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1984-97 |
Grayson Hall |
Actor |
18-Sep-1922 |
7-Aug-1985 |
The Night of the Iguana |
Murray Hamilton |
Actor |
24-Mar-1923 |
1-Sep-1986 |
Jaws |
Armand Hammer |
Business |
21-May-1898 |
10-Dec-1990 |
Soviet agent of influence |
Edward Hardwicke |
Actor |
7-Aug-1932 |
16-May-2011 |
Capt. Pat Grant on Colditz |
Robert Hayden |
Poet |
4-Aug-1913 |
25-Feb-1980 |
Words in the Mourning Time |
Sterling Hayden |
Actor |
26-Mar-1916 |
23-May-1986 |
Jack D. Ripper in Dr. Strangelove |
Harold J. Haynes |
Business |
29-Sep-1925 |
8-Jul-2009 |
CEO of Standard Oil of California, 1974-81 |
Robert Henri |
Painter |
25-Jun-1865 |
12-Jul-1929 |
Art Students League of New York |
Jean Hersholt |
Actor |
12-Jul-1886 |
2-Jun-1956 |
Founder, Motion Picture Relief Fund |
John D. Hickerson |
Diplomat |
26-Jan-1898 |
18-Jan-1989 |
US Ambassador to the Philippines, 1959-61 |
Fay Holden |
Actor |
26-Sep-1893 |
23-Jun-1973 |
Played Andy Hardy's mother |
Robert D. Holmes |
Politician |
11-May-1909 |
6-Jun-1976 |
Governor of Oregon, 1957-59 |
Tim Holt |
Actor |
5-Feb-1918 |
15-Feb-1973 |
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
Harry Lloyd Hopkins |
Government |
17-Aug-1890 |
29-Jan-1946 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40 |
Edward Everett Horton |
Actor |
18-Mar-1886 |
29-Sep-1970 |
Prolific 1930s comedic actor |
Cal Hubbard |
Football |
31-Oct-1900 |
17-Oct-1977 |
NFL Hall of Famer, Baseball umpire |
Arthur Hunnicutt |
Actor |
17-Feb-1910 |
26-Sep-1979 |
The Big Sky |
H. Guy Hunt |
Politician |
17-Jun-1933 |
30-Jan-2009 |
Governor of Alabama, 1987-93 |
Evan Hunter |
Novelist |
15-Oct-1926 |
7-Jul-2005 |
The Blackboard Jungle |
Virginia Huston |
Actor |
24-Apr-1925 |
28-Feb-1981 |
Tarzan's Peril |
Arthur M. Hyde |
Politician |
12-Jul-1877 |
17-Oct-1947 |
Governor of Missouri, 1921-25 |
Ivan Illich |
Philosopher |
4-Sep-1926 |
2-Dec-2002 |
Deschooling Society |
Christopher Isherwood |
Author |
26-Aug-1904 |
4-Jan-1986 |
The Berlin Stories |
Sam Jaffe |
Actor |
10-Mar-1891 |
24-Mar-1984 |
Gunga Din |
Skip James |
Musician |
21-Jun-1902 |
3-Oct-1969 |
Devil Got My Woman |
Emil Jannings |
Actor |
23-Jul-1884 |
3-Jan-1950 |
The Last Command |
Vic Janowicz |
Football |
26-Jan-1930 |
27-Feb-1996 |
Winner, 1950 Heisman Trophy |
Maurice Jarre |
Composer |
13-Sep-1924 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Score to Lawrence of Arabia |
Ursula Jeans |
Actor |
5-May-1906 |
21-Apr-1973 |
The Dam Busters |
Frank Jenks |
Actor |
4-Nov-1902 |
13-May-1962 |
Vaudvillian, character actor |
Robert D. Joffe |
Attorney |
26-May-1943 |
28-Jan-2010 |
Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore |
Olin D. Johnston |
Politician |
18-Nov-1896 |
18-Apr-1965 |
Governor and Senator from South Carolina |
Carolyn Jones |
Actor |
28-Apr-1929 |
3-Aug-1983 |
Morticia on The Addams Family |
G. Lewis Jones |
Diplomat |
18-May-1907 |
13-Nov-1971 |
US Ambassador to Tunisia, 1956-59 |
Hamilton Jordan |
Government |
21-Sep-1944 |
20-May-2008 |
White House Chief of Staff, 1979-80 |
Michael H. Jordan |
Business |
13-Jun-1936 |
25-May-2010 |
CEO of EDS, 2003-07 |
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek |
First Lady |
5-Mar-1898 |
23-Oct-2003 |
The Dragon Lady |
Jack Kamen |
Cartoonist |
29-May-1920 |
5-Aug-2008 |
EC Comics artist |
Fred Karlin |
Musician |
16-Jun-1936 |
26-Mar-2004 |
Won Oscar for For All We Know |
Phil Karlson |
Film Director |
2-Jul-1908 |
12-Dec-1985 |
Walking Tall |
Kurt Kasznar |
Actor |
13-Aug-1913 |
6-Aug-1979 |
Fitzhugh on Land of the Giants |
Lee H. Katzin |
Film Director |
12-Apr-1935 |
30-Oct-2002 |
Le Mans |
Samuel H. Kauffmann |
Business |
17-Jan-1924 |
4-Apr-2002 |
California tract housing developer |
Sammy Kaye |
Musician |
13-Mar-1910 |
2-Jun-1987 |
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye |
Ruby Keeler |
Actor |
25-Aug-1909 |
28-Feb-1993 |
42nd Street |
Patsy Kelly |
Actor |
12-Jan-1910 |
24-Sep-1981 |
Freaky Friday |
Jack Kemp |
Politician |
13-Jul-1935 |
2-May-2009 |
American politican, football player |
Burt Kennedy |
Film Director |
3-Sep-1922 |
15-Feb-2001 |
Support Your Local Sheriff |
Douglas Kennedy |
Actor |
14-Sep-1915 |
10-Aug-1973 |
Steve Donovan, Western Marshal |
Alexander Kerensky |
Government |
22-Apr-1881 |
11-Jun-1970 |
Head of pre-Bolshevik Russian government |
Otto Kerner |
Politician |
15-Aug-1908 |
9-May-1976 |
Governor of Illinois, 1961-68 |
Hank Ketcham |
Cartoonist |
14-Mar-1920 |
1-Jun-2001 |
Dennis the Menace |
Roland Kibbee |
Screenwriter |
15-Feb-1914 |
5-Aug-1984 |
A Night in Casablanca |
Michael Kidd |
Choreographer |
12-Aug-1915 |
23-Dec-2007 |
Award-winning choreographer |
Jack S. Kilby |
Inventor |
8-Nov-1923 |
20-Jun-2005 |
Electrical engineering pioneer |
Tom Kindness |
Politician |
26-Aug-1929 |
8-Jan-2004 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87 |
Zalman King |
Film Director |
23-May-1942 |
3-Feb-2012 |
9 1/2 Weeks |
William R. Kintner |
Scholar |
21-Apr-1915 |
1-Feb-1997 |
Peace and the Strategy Conflict |
Werner Klemperer |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
6-Dec-2000 |
Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes |
Diane Knippers |
Religion |
6-Jan-1952 |
18-Apr-2005 |
Conservative religious strategist |
Catherine Baker Knoll |
Politician |
3-Sep-1930 |
12-Nov-2008 |
Lt. Governor of Pennsylvania, 2003-08 |
Jack Kramer |
Tennis |
1-Aug-1921 |
12-Sep-2009 |
Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles |
Volker Kriegel |
Jazz Musician |
24-Dec-1943 |
15-Jun-2003 |
"Father of jazz-rock" |
Josef Krips |
Conductor |
8-Apr-1902 |
13-Oct-1974 |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1954-63 |
Thomas Kuhn |
Author |
18-Jul-1922 |
17-Jun-1996 |
Structure of Scientific Revolutions |
Nancy Kulp |
Actor |
28-Aug-1921 |
3-Feb-1991 |
Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies |
Fernando Lamas |
Actor |
9-Jan-1915 |
8-Oct-1982 |
The Lost World |
Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa |
Author |
23-Dec-1896 |
23-Jul-1957 |
Il gattopardo |
Steve Landesberg |
Actor |
23-Nov-1945 |
20-Dec-2010 |
Dietrich on Barney Miller |
Elissa Landi |
Actor |
6-Dec-1904 |
21-Oct-1948 |
The Count of Monte Cristo |
Jessie Royce Landis |
Actor |
25-Nov-1896 |
2-Nov-1972 |
North by Northwest |
Paul Landres |
Film Director |
21-Aug-1912 |
26-Dec-2001 |
B-Movie and television director |
Harriet Lane |
First Lady |
9-May-1830 |
3-Jul-1903 |
Niece of US President James Buchanan |
Glenn Langan |
Actor |
8-Jul-1917 |
19-Jan-1991 |
The Amazing Colossal Man |
Terry Lanni |
Business |
14-Mar-1943 |
14-Jul-2011 |
CEO of MGM Mirage, 1995-2008 |
Ring Lardner, Jr. |
Playwright |
19-Aug-1915 |
31-Oct-2000 |
Screenwriter, M*A*S*H |
Philip Larkin |
Poet |
9-Aug-1922 |
2-Dec-1985 |
The Whitsun Weddings |
Christopher Lasch |
Author |
1-Jun-1932 |
14-Feb-1994 |
The Culture of Narcissism |
Frank Latimore |
Actor |
28-Sep-1925 |
29-Nov-1998 |
Shock |
Emma Lazarus |
Poet |
22-Jul-1849 |
19-Nov-1887 |
The New Colossus |
David Lean |
Film Director |
25-Mar-1908 |
16-Apr-1991 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
Bernard Lee |
Actor |
10-Jan-1908 |
16-Jan-1981 |
James Bond's M |
Andrea Leeds |
Actor |
14-Aug-1914 |
21-May-1984 |
Stage Door |
Erich Leinsdorf |
Conductor |
4-Feb-1912 |
11-Sep-1993 |
Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69 |
Norman F. Lent |
Politician |
23-Mar-1931 |
11-Jun-2012 |
Congressman from New York, 1971-93 |
Lotte Lenya |
Singer |
18-Oct-1898 |
27-Nov-1981 |
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone |
Alfred Lerner |
Business |
8-May-1933 |
23-Oct-2002 |
CEO of MBNA, 1982-2002 |
Bethel Leslie |
Actor |
3-Aug-1929 |
28-Nov-1999 |
Theater actress |
Edward B. Lewis |
Scientist |
20-May-1918 |
21-Jul-2004 |
Drosophila researcher, Nobel laureate |
Frank Licht |
Politician |
13-Mar-1916 |
30-May-1987 |
Governor of Rhode Island, 1969-73 |
Eli Lilly |
Business |
8-Jul-1838 |
6-Jun-1898 |
Founder of Eli Lilly & Co. |
Jenny Lind |
Singer |
6-Oct-1820 |
2-Nov-1887 |
Soprano, The Swedish Nightingale |
Theo Lingen |
Actor |
10-Jun-1903 |
10-Nov-1978 |
German-Austrian comedian |
Cruz Lizárraga |
Musician |
1-Jul-1918 |
17-Jun-1995 |
El Muchacho Alegre |
James B. Longley |
Politician |
22-Apr-1924 |
16-Aug-1980 |
Governor of Maine, 1975-79 |
Edward Lorenz |
Scientist |
23-May-1917 |
16-Apr-2008 |
Chaos theory |
Tilly Losch |
Dancer |
15-Nov-1903 |
24-Dec-1975 |
Ballet dancer, sometimes actress |
Dorothy Loudon |
Actor |
17-Sep-1933 |
15-Nov-2003 |
American stage actress |
Ben F. Love |
Business |
1924 |
13-Jan-2006 |
CEO of Texas Commerce Bank |
Ada Lovelace |
Mathematician |
10-Dec-1815 |
27-Nov-1852 |
Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine |
Robert H. Lowie |
Anthropologist |
12-Jun-1883 |
21-Sep-1957 |
American ethnologist |
Buz Lukens |
Politician |
11-Feb-1931 |
22-May-2010 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90 |
Edwin Lutyens |
Architect |
29-Mar-1869 |
1-Jan-1944 |
Laid the plan for New Delhi |
Colin MacInnes |
Novelist |
20-Aug-1914 |
22-Apr-1976 |
Absolute Beginners |
Helen Mack |
Actor |
13-Nov-1913 |
13-Aug-1986 |
The Son of Kong |
Barton MacLane |
Actor |
25-Dec-1902 |
1-Jan-1969 |
Gen. Peterson on I Dream of Jeannie |
Jean Madeira |
Singer |
14-Nov-1924 |
11-Jul-1972 |
Operatic contralto, Carmen |
Richard W. Mallary |
Politician |
21-Feb-1929 |
27-Sep-2011 |
Congressman from Vermont, 1972-75 |
William Manchester |
Author |
1-Apr-1922 |
1-Jun-2004 |
The Arms of Krupp |
Timothy Cardinal Manning |
Religion |
15-Nov-1909 |
23-Jun-1989 |
Archbishop of Los Angeles, 1970-85 |
Fredric March |
Actor |
31-Aug-1897 |
14-Apr-1975 |
The Best Years of Our Lives |
Barney Martin |
Actor |
3-Mar-1923 |
21-Mar-2005 |
Played Jerry's dad Morty on Seinfeld |
Don Martin |
Artist |
18-May-1931 |
6-Jan-2000 |
Mad Magazine artist |
Mary Martin |
Actor |
1-Dec-1913 |
3-Nov-1990 |
Peter Pan |
Zeppo Marx |
Actor |
25-Feb-1901 |
30-Nov-1979 |
Straight man of the Marx Brothers |
Frank R. Mascara |
Politician |
19-Jan-1930 |
10-Jul-2011 |
Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1995-2003 |
Giulietta Masina |
Actor |
22-Feb-1921 |
23-Mar-1994 |
La Strada |
Jules Massenet |
Composer |
12-May-1842 |
13-Aug-1912 |
Manon |
Anna Massey |
Actor |
11-Aug-1937 |
3-Jul-2011 |
Peeping Tom |
Ilona Massey |
Actor |
16-Jun-1910 |
20-Aug-1974 |
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man |
Scott M. Matheson |
Politician |
8-Jan-1929 |
7-Oct-1990 |
Governor of Utah, 1977-85 |
Henri Matisse |
Painter |
31-Dec-1869 |
3-Nov-1954 |
Free, expressive French painter |
Jessie Matthews |
Actor |
11-Mar-1907 |
19-Aug-1981 |
English stage and radio actress |
James Clerk Maxwell |
Physicist |
13-Jun-1831 |
5-Nov-1879 |
Maxwell's equations |
Robert P. May |
Business |
5-May-1949 |
2-Apr-2011 |
CEO of Calpine, 2005-08 |
Archie Mayo |
Film Director |
29-Jan-1891 |
4-Dec-1968 |
The Adventures of Marco Polo |
James McAuley |
Poet |
12-Oct-1917 |
15-Oct-1976 |
Australian poet, Ern Malley hoaxer |
Mary Margaret McBride |
Radio Personality |
16-Nov-1899 |
7-Apr-1976 |
Daytime radio talk show host |
Mary McCarthy |
Author |
21-Jun-1912 |
25-Oct-1989 |
The Group |
Charles McClendon |
Football |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-Dec-2001 |
LSU Head Coach, 1962-79 |
John P. McConnell |
Military |
7-Feb-1908 |
21-Nov-1986 |
USAF Chief of Staff, 1965-69 |
William J. McDonald |
Attorney |
1928 |
19-Feb-1990 |
Chief Lawyer at Union Pacific, 1969-89 |
Neil H. McElroy |
Government |
30-Oct-1904 |
30-Nov-1972 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1957-59 |
John McGahern |
Novelist |
12-Nov-1934 |
30-Mar-2006 |
Amongst Women |
K. Gunn McKay |
Politician |
23-Feb-1925 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Utah, 1971-81 |
Victor A. McKusick |
Scientist |
21-Oct-1921 |
22-Jul-2008 |
Father of medical genetics |
James W. McLamore |
Business |
30-May-1926 |
7-Aug-1996 |
Co-Founder of Burger King |
Vince McMahon, Sr. |
Wrestling |
6-Jul-1914 |
24-May-1984 |
World Wrestling Entertainment founder |
William McMahon |
Head of State |
23-Feb-1908 |
31-Mar-1988 |
Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72 |
Harry C. McPherson |
Attorney |
22-Aug-1929 |
16-Feb-2012 |
White House Counsel to Johnson |
Clem McSpadden |
Politician |
9-Nov-1925 |
7-Jul-2008 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1973-75 |
Ned McWherter |
Politician |
15-Oct-1930 |
4-Apr-2011 |
Governor of Tennessee, 1987-95 |
Carey McWilliams |
Journalist |
13-Dec-1905 |
27-Jun-1980 |
Editor of The Nation, 1955-75 |
Allan Melvin |
Actor |
18-Feb-1923 |
17-Jan-2008 |
Archie Bunker's Place |
Robert K. Merton |
Sociologist |
4-Jul-1910 |
23-Feb-2003 |
On the Shoulders of Giants |
Diane Middlebrook |
Author |
16-Apr-1939 |
15-Dec-2007 |
Biographer of Anne Sexton |
John Miljan |
Actor |
9-Nov-1892 |
24-Jan-1960 |
I Accuse My Parents |
Juanita Millender-McDonald |
Politician |
7-Sep-1938 |
22-Apr-2007 |
Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007 |
Emmett Miller |
Singer |
02-Feb-1900 |
29-Mar-1962 |
Minstrel show yodeller |
Gabriela Mistral |
Poet |
7-Apr-1889 |
10-Jan-1957 |
Desolación |
Joseph Mitchell |
Author |
27-Jul-1908 |
24-May-1996 |
The New Yorker |
Thomas Mitchell |
Actor |
11-Jul-1892 |
17-Dec-1962 |
Gerald O'Hara in Gone with the Wind |
Yvonne Mitchell |
Actor |
7-Jul-1925 |
24-Mar-1979 |
The Queen of Spades |
Marvin Mitchelson |
Attorney |
7-May-1928 |
18-Sep-2004 |
Celebrity divorce lawyer |
Robert Montgomery |
Actor |
21-May-1904 |
27-Sep-1981 |
Mr. and Mrs. Smith |
Albert Moore |
Painter |
4-Sep-1841 |
25-Sep-1893 |
English classicist painter |
Colleen Moore |
Actor |
19-Aug-1900 |
25-Jan-1988 |
Ella Cinders |
Tom Moore |
Actor |
1-May-1883 |
12-Feb-1955 |
Irish-American character actor |
Lois Moran |
Actor |
1-Mar-1909 |
13-Jul-1990 |
Silent film actress |
Garfield Morgan |
Actor |
19-Apr-1931 |
5-Dec-2009 |
Chief Haskins on The Sweeney |
Frank B. Morrison |
Politician |
20-May-1905 |
19-Apr-2004 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1961-67 |
Clive Morton |
Actor |
16-Mar-1904 |
24-Sep-1975 |
Kind Hearts and Coronets |
Richard Mulligan |
Actor |
13-Nov-1932 |
26-Sep-2000 |
Burt Campbell in Soap |
Mildred Natwick |
Actor |
19-Jun-1905 |
25-Oct-1994 |
Barefoot in the Park |
Matthew M. Neely |
Politician |
9-Nov-1874 |
18-Jan-1958 |
Governor and Senator from West Virginia |
Frank Nelson |
Actor |
6-May-1911 |
12-Sep-1986 |
Foil to Jack Benny |
Gene Nelson |
Actor |
24-Mar-1920 |
16-Sep-1996 |
Oklahoma! |
Ozzie Nelson |
Actor |
20-Mar-1906 |
3-Jun-1975 |
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet |
Ruth Nelson |
Actor |
2-Aug-1905 |
12-Sep-1992 |
Awakenings |
Howard Nemerov |
Poet |
1-Mar-1920 |
5-Jul-1991 |
US Poet Laureate, 1987-88 |
Richard John Neuhaus |
Religion |
14-May-1936 |
8-Jan-2009 |
Catholic priest |
Robert G. Neumann |
Diplomat |
2-Jan-1916 |
18-Jun-1999 |
US Ambassador to Afghanistan, 1969-73 |
Simon Newcomb |
Astronomer |
12-Mar-1835 |
11-Jul-1909 |
Nautical Almanac |
A. Edward Newton |
Author |
1863 |
29-Sep-1940 |
A Magnificent Farce |
Theodore Newton |
Actor |
4-Aug-1904 |
28-Feb-1963 |
The Working Man |
Anaïs Nin |
Author |
21-Feb-1903 |
14-Jan-1977 |
Diary of Anaïs Nin |
Marshall W. Nirenberg |
Scientist |
10-Apr-1927 |
15-Jan-2010 |
RNA's role in protein synthesis |
F. Donald Nixon |
Relative |
23-Nov-1914 |
27-Jun-1987 |
Nixon's brother, got $205K from Hughes |
Kwame Nkrumah |
Head of State |
21-Sep-1909 |
27-Apr-1972 |
First President of Ghana |
Lyn Nofziger |
Government |
8-Jun-1924 |
27-Mar-2006 |
GOP political operative |
Philippe Noiret |
Actor |
1-Oct-1930 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Cinema Paradiso |
Flann O'Brien |
Author |
5-Oct-1911 |
1-Apr-1966 |
At Swim-Two-Birds |
Simon Oakland |
Actor |
28-Aug-1915 |
29-Aug-1983 |
Tony Vincenzo on Kolchak |
Michel Oksenberg |
Scholar |
12-Oct-1938 |
22-Feb-2001 |
Leading sinologist |
Clifford Olson |
Criminal |
1-Jan-1940 |
30-Sep-2011 |
Killed 11 youths in British Columbia |
Elinor Ostrom |
Sociologist |
7-Aug-1933 |
12-Jun-2012 |
Common-pool resources |
Rafaela Ottiano |
Actor |
4-Mar-1888 |
18-Aug-1942 |
Grand Hotel |
Patricia Owens |
Actor |
17-Jan-1925 |
31-Aug-2000 |
The Fly |
Eugene Pallette |
Actor |
8-Jul-1889 |
3-Sep-1954 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood |
Lilli Palmer |
Actor |
24-May-1914 |
27-Jan-1986 |
The Four Poster |
Lew Parker |
Actor |
29-Oct-1907 |
27-Oct-1972 |
Lew Marie on That Girl |
Gordon Parks |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1912 |
7-Mar-2006 |
Shaft |
Lee Patterson |
Actor |
31-Mar-1929 |
14-Feb-2007 |
One Life to Live |
Richard Paul |
Actor |
6-Jun-1940 |
25-Dec-1998 |
Born to play Jerry Falwell |
Earl Paulk |
Religion |
30-May-1927 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Chapel Hill Harvester Church |
Friedrich Paulus |
Military |
23-Sep-1890 |
1-Feb-1957 |
Surrendered to Russians at Stalingrad |
Katina Paxinou |
Actor |
17-Dec-1900 |
22-Feb-1973 |
For Whom the Bell Tolls |
Frank H. Pearl |
Business |
27-May-1943 |
4-May-2012 |
CEO of Perseus LLC |
Lester Bowles Pearson |
Head of State |
23-Apr-1897 |
27-Dec-1972 |
Prime Minister of Canada, 1963-68 |
John S. Pemberton |
Inventor |
8-Jul-1831 |
16-Aug-1888 |
Creator of Coca-Cola |
Walker Percy |
Author |
28-May-1916 |
10-May-1990 |
The Moviegoer |
Georges Perec |
Novelist |
7-Mar-1936 |
3-Mar-1982 |
La Vie: mode d'emploi |
Marlin Perkins |
Zoologist |
28-Mar-1905 |
14-Jun-1986 |
Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom |
Daniel Petrie |
Film Director |
26-Nov-1920 |
22-Aug-2004 |
A Raisin in the Sun |
Philip II |
Royalty |
21-May-1527 |
13-Sep-1598 |
King of Spain, 1556-98 |
Edith Piaf |
Singer |
19-Dec-1915 |
11-Oct-1963 |
Internationally-renowned French chanteuse |
Mario Pieri |
Mathematician |
22-Jun-1860 |
1-Mar-1913 |
Italian geometer |
Zazu Pitts |
Actor |
3-Jan-1894 |
7-Jun-1963 |
The Wedding March |
June Pointer |
Musician |
30-Nov-1953 |
11-Apr-2006 |
The Pointer Sisters |
Sydney Pollack |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1934 |
26-May-2008 |
Tootsie |
Georges Pompidou |
Head of State |
5-Jul-1911 |
2-Apr-1974 |
President of France, 1969-74 |
John Pont |
Football |
13-Nov-1927 |
1-Jul-2008 |
IU-Bloomington Head Coach, 1965-72 |
William J. Porter |
Diplomat |
1-Sep-1914 |
15-Mar-1988 |
US Ambassador to Algeria, Vietnam, Korea |
Pete Postlethwaite |
Actor |
16-Feb-1946 |
2-Jan-2011 |
In the Name of the Father |
Dawn Powell |
Novelist |
28-Nov-1897 |
14-Nov-1965 |
She Walks In Beauty |
Eleanor Powell |
Dancer |
21-Nov-1912 |
11-Feb-1982 |
Lady Be Good |
Michael Powell |
Film Director |
30-Sep-1905 |
19-Feb-1990 |
Stairway to Heaven |
Eddie Quillan |
Actor |
31-Mar-1907 |
19-Jul-1990 |
In 20 short films by Mack Sennett |
Sergei Rachmaninov |
Composer |
20-Mar-1873 |
28-Mar-1943 |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
Arthur Rackham |
Artist |
19-Sep-1867 |
6-Sep-1939 |
British Golden Age children's book illustrator |
Ted Radcliffe |
Baseball |
7-Jul-1902 |
11-Aug-2005 |
Double Duty |
David Rakoff |
Author |
27-Nov-1964 |
9-Aug-2012 |
Don't Get Too Comfortable |
Vera Ralston |
Actor |
12-Jun-1921 |
9-Feb-2003 |
Dakota |
Calvin L. Rampton |
Politician |
6-Nov-1913 |
16-Sep-2007 |
Governor of Utah, 1965-77 |
Lillian Randolph |
Actor |
14-Dec-1898 |
12-Sep-1980 |
Birdie on The Great Gildersleeve |
Sam Rayburn |
Politician |
6-Jan-1882 |
16-Nov-1961 |
Speaker of the US House, 1940-61 |
B. Carroll Reece |
Politician |
22-Dec-1889 |
19-Mar-1961 |
Congressman from Tennessee |
Donald Regan |
Government |
21-Dec-1918 |
10-Jun-2003 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1981-85 |
Eric Reissner |
Mathematician |
5-Jan-1913 |
1-Nov-1996 |
Reissner shear-deformation plate theory |
Eugene C. Renzi |
Military |
16-Dec-1933 |
9-Feb-2008 |
Army Maj. Gen., ManTech VP |
Fernando Rey |
Actor |
20-Sep-1917 |
9-Mar-1994 |
The French Connection |
Helene Reynolds |
Actor |
8-Jul-1914 |
28-Mar-1990 |
Moontide |
John J. Rhodes |
Politician |
18-Sep-1916 |
24-Aug-2003 |
Congressman from Arizona, 1953-83 |
Edwin Richfield |
Actor |
11-Sep-1921 |
2-Aug-1990 |
Interpol Calling |
Julius B. Richmond |
Government |
26-Sep-1916 |
27-Jul-2008 |
US Surgeon General, 1977-81 |
Arthur Rimbaud |
Poet |
20-Oct-1854 |
10-Nov-1891 |
Une Saison en Enfer |
James O. Robbins |
Business |
c. 1942 |
10-Oct-2007 |
President of Cox Communications, 1985-2005 |
Michael Robbins |
Actor |
14-Nov-1930 |
11-Dec-1992 |
Arthur Rudge on On the Buses |
Edward G. Robinson |
Actor |
12-Dec-1893 |
26-Jan-1973 |
Key Largo |
Bobby Robson |
Soccer |
18-Feb-1933 |
31-Jul-2009 |
English soccer manager |
Flora Robson |
Actor |
28-Mar-1902 |
7-Jul-1984 |
Fire Over England |
Joe M. Rodgers |
Business |
12-Nov-1933 |
2-Feb-2009 |
US Ambassador to France, 1985-89 |
Gilbert Roland |
Actor |
11-Dec-1905 |
15-May-1994 |
The Bad and the Beautiful |
Viviane Romance |
Actor |
4-Jul-1912 |
25-Sep-1991 |
Any Number Can Win |
Maurice Ronet |
Actor |
13-Apr-1927 |
14-Mar-1983 |
Elevator to the Gallows |
William Rosenberg |
Business |
10-Jun-1916 |
20-Sep-2002 |
Founder of Dunkin' Donuts |
Christina Rossetti |
Poet |
5-Dec-1830 |
29-Dec-1894 |
Goblin Market and Other Poems |
Norman Rossington |
Actor |
24-Dec-1928 |
21-May-1999 |
A Hard Day's Night |
William M. Rountree |
Diplomat |
28-Mar-1917 |
1995 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1970-73 |
Bill Rowling |
Head of State |
15-Nov-1927 |
31-Oct-1995 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1974-75 |
Henry Royce |
Engineer |
27-Mar-1863 |
22-Apr-1933 |
Designed the first Rolls-Royce |
Charles Ruggles |
Actor |
8-Feb-1886 |
23-Dec-1970 |
Bringing Up Baby |
Bing Russell |
Actor |
5-May-1926 |
8-Apr-2003 |
Dep. Clem Foster on Bonanza |
Nipsey Russell |
Comic |
13-Oct-1924 |
2-Oct-2005 |
Tinman in The Wiz |
Aaron Russo |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Feb-1943 |
24-Aug-2007 |
Libertarian filmmaker |
Pamela Ann Rymer |
Judge |
6-Jan-1941 |
21-Sep-2011 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1989-2011 |
Nelly Sachs |
Poet |
10-Dec-1891 |
12-May-1970 |
O the Chimneys |
Soupy Sales |
Comic |
8-Jan-1926 |
22-Oct-2009 |
Inveterate pie thrower |
Mari Sandoz |
Author |
11-May-1896 |
10-Mar-1966 |
Crazy Horse |
Terry Sanford |
Politician |
20-Aug-1917 |
18-Apr-1998 |
Governor and Senator from North Carolina |
William Saroyan |
Author |
31-Aug-1908 |
18-May-1981 |
The Time of Your Life |
Michael Sarrazin |
Actor |
22-May-1940 |
17-Apr-2011 |
Frankenstein: The True Story |
Dan Schaefer |
Politician |
25-Jan-1936 |
16-Apr-2006 |
Congressman from Colorado, 1983-99 |
Natalie Schafer |
Actor |
5-Nov-1900 |
10-Apr-1991 |
Mrs. Howell on Gilligan's Island |
Paul Scott |
Novelist |
25-Mar-1920 |
1-Mar-1978 |
The Jewel in the Crown |
Terry Scott |
Actor |
4-May-1927 |
26-Jul-1994 |
Terry and June |
George Seaton |
Screenwriter |
17-Apr-1911 |
28-Jul-1979 |
Miracle on 34th Street |
Selim I |
Royalty |
10-Oct-1470 |
22-Sep-1520 |
Ottoman Sultan, 1512-20 |
Rudolf Serkin |
Pianist |
28-Mar-1903 |
8-May-1991 |
Czech-American piano prodigy |
Ted Shackley |
Government |
16-Jul-1927 |
9-Dec-2002 |
The CIA's Blond Ghost |
Joan Shawlee |
Actor |
5-Mar-1926 |
22-Mar-1987 |
The Adventures of Aggie |
Michael Sheard |
Actor |
18-Jun-1938 |
31-Aug-2005 |
Mr. Bronson on Grange Hill |
Thomas P. Shoesmith |
Diplomat |
25-Jan-1922 |
26-Apr-2007 |
US Ambassador to Malaysia, 1983-87 |
Max Showalter |
Actor |
2-Jun-1917 |
30-Jul-2000 |
Niagara |
Don Siegel |
Film Director |
26-Oct-1912 |
20-Apr-1991 |
Dirty Harry |
Alastair Sim |
Actor |
9-Oct-1900 |
19-Aug-1976 |
Scrooge in A Christmas Carol |
Nina Simone |
Singer |
21-Feb-1933 |
21-Apr-2003 |
The High Priestess of Soul |
Frank Sinkwich |
Football |
10-Oct-1920 |
22-Oct-1990 |
Winner, 1942 Heisman Trophy |
Otto Skorzeny |
Military |
12-Jun-1908 |
5-Jul-1975 |
Most dangerous man in Europe |
Elisabeth Sladen |
Actor |
1-Feb-1948 |
19-Apr-2011 |
Sarah Jane Smith from Doctor Who |
Jack Smight |
Film Director |
9-Mar-1925 |
1-Sep-2003 |
Midway |
Buffalo Bob Smith |
TV Personality |
27-Nov-1917 |
30-Jul-1998 |
Howdy Doody |
Elmo Smith |
Publisher |
19-Nov-1909 |
15-Jul-1968 |
Governor of Oregon, 1956-57 |
William French Smith |
Government |
26-Aug-1917 |
29-Oct-1990 |
US Attorney General, 1981-85 |
Bruce Snyder |
Football |
14-Mar-1940 |
13-Apr-2009 |
Sun Devils Head Coach, 1992-2000 |
Philip D. Sprouse |
Diplomat |
27-Sep-1906 |
28-Apr-1977 |
US Ambassador to Cambodia, 1962-64 |
Charles Starrett |
Actor |
28-Mar-1903 |
22-Mar-1986 |
The Durango Kid |
Casey Stengel |
Baseball |
30-Jul-1890 |
29-Sep-1975 |
The Old Perfesser |
George Stephen |
Business |
c. 1921 |
11-Feb-1993 |
Weber kettle grill |
Craig Stevens |
Actor |
8-Jul-1918 |
10-May-2000 |
Peter Gunn |
Mark Stevens |
Actor |
13-Dec-1916 |
15-Sep-1994 |
The Snake Pit |
Clyfford Still |
Painter |
30-Nov-1904 |
23-Jun-1980 |
Abstract expressionist |
Richard Stites |
Historian |
2-Dec-1931 |
7-Mar-2010 |
The Women's Liberation Movement in Russia |
June Storey |
Actor |
20-Apr-1918 |
18-Dec-1991 |
In Old Chicago |
Annette Strauss |
Politician |
26-Jan-1924 |
14-Dec-1998 |
Mayor of Dallas 1987-91 |
Erich von Stroheim |
Actor |
22-Sep-1885 |
12-May-1957 |
Swanson's servant in Sunset Blvd. |
Edward W. Strong |
Educator |
1901 |
13-Jan-1990 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1961-65 |
James B. Sumner |
Chemist |
19-Nov-1887 |
12-Aug-1955 |
Crystallized enzymes |
Harold R. Swearer |
Educator |
13-Oct-1932 |
19-Oct-1991 |
President of Brown University, 1977-88 |
Dolph Sweet |
Actor |
18-Jul-1920 |
8-May-1985 |
Chief Carl Kanisky on Gimme a Break! |
Antonio Tabucchi |
Novelist |
24-Sep-1943 |
25-Mar-2012 |
The Last Three Days of Fernando Pessoa |
Sydney Tafler |
Actor |
31-Jul-1916 |
8-Nov-1979 |
The Lavender Hill Mob |
Mary Tamm |
Actor |
22-Mar-1950 |
26-Jul-2012 |
Romana #1 from Doctor Who |
Lilyan Tashman |
Actor |
23-Oct-1899 |
21-Mar-1934 |
Puttin' on the Ritz |
U Thant |
Diplomat |
22-Jan-1909 |
25-Nov-1974 |
UN Secretary General, 1961-71 |
Torin Thatcher |
Actor |
15-Jan-1905 |
4-Mar-1981 |
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
Hugh Thompson |
Military |
15-Apr-1943 |
6-Jan-2006 |
Stopped the My Lai massacre |
Llewellyn E. Thompson |
Diplomat |
24-Aug-1904 |
6-Feb-1972 |
Twice US Ambassador to USSR |
Ingrid Thulin |
Actor |
27-Jan-1926 |
7-Jan-2004 |
Swedish actress starred in 9 Ingmar Bergman films |
Laurence Tisch |
Business |
5-Mar-1923 |
15-Nov-2003 |
CEO of CBS, 1986-95 |
Richard Todd |
Actor |
11-Jun-1919 |
3-Dec-2009 |
The Dam Busters |
Harry Towb |
Actor |
27-Jul-1925 |
24-Jul-2009 |
Northern Irish stage and film actor |
Lee Tracy |
Actor |
14-Apr-1898 |
18-Oct-1968 |
Crashing Hollywood |
Roger J. Traynor |
Judge |
12-Feb-1900 |
14-May-1983 |
California Chief Justice, 1964-70 |
Mary Treen |
Actor |
27-Mar-1907 |
29-Jul-1989 |
It's A Wonderful Life |
James R. Trueman |
Business |
25-May-1935 |
11-Jun-1986 |
Founder of Red Roof Inns |
Tom Tully |
Actor |
21-Aug-1908 |
27-Apr-1982 |
Insp. Matt Grebb on The Lineup |
Don Tyson |
Business |
21-Apr-1930 |
6-Jan-2011 |
Tyson Foods |
Miyoshi Umeki |
Actor |
3-Apr-1929 |
28-Aug-2007 |
Sayonara |
Robert Urich |
Actor |
16-Dec-1946 |
16-Apr-2002 |
Dan Tanna on Vega$ |
Roger Vadim |
Film Director |
26-Jan-1928 |
11-Feb-2000 |
Barbarella |
Rudy Vallee |
Actor |
28-Jul-1901 |
3-Jul-1986 |
Singer, actor, bandleader |
Jim Valvano |
Basketball |
10-Mar-1946 |
28-Apr-1993 |
NCSU Basketball Coach, 1980-89 |
Winfred Van Atta |
Novelist |
18-Oct-1910 |
5-Jun-1990 |
Shock Treatment |
Bill Veeck |
Baseball |
9-Feb-1914 |
2-Jan-1986 |
Chicago White Sox owner |
Vera-Ellen |
Dancer |
16-Feb-1921 |
30-Aug-1981 |
On the Town |
Joseph Vitale |
Actor |
6-Sep-1901 |
5-Jun-1994 |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court |
Gregory Vlastos |
Philosopher |
27-Jul-1907 |
12-Oct-1991 |
Influential scholar of ancient philosophy |
Wernher von Braun |
Scientist |
23-Mar-1912 |
16-Jun-1977 |
German-American rocket scientist |
Bertha von Suttner |
Activist |
9-Jun-1843 |
21-Jun-1914 |
Pacifist, Nobel Prize recipient |
Albert Von Tilzer |
Songwriter |
29-Mar-1878 |
1-Oct-1956 |
Take Me Out To The Ball Game |
Charles Walgreen |
Business |
9-Oct-1873 |
11-Dec-1939 |
Founder of Walgreen Co. |
Helen Walker |
Actor |
17-Jul-1920 |
10-Mar-1968 |
Call Northside 777 |
Junior Walker |
Musician |
14-Jun-1931 |
23-Nov-1995 |
Soul vocalist and sax player |
Richard L. Walker |
Scholar |
13-Apr-1922 |
22-Jul-2003 |
US Ambassador to South Korea, 1981-86 |
Lurleen Burns Wallace |
First Lady |
19-Sep-1926 |
7-May-1968 |
Wife and surrogate governor of George Wallace |
Robert Penn Warren |
Poet |
24-Apr-1905 |
15-Sep-1989 |
First US Poet Laureate |
John William Waterhouse |
Painter |
6-Apr-1849 |
10-Feb-1917 |
British Pre-Raphaelite painter |
Ethel Waters |
Singer |
31-Oct-1896 |
1-Sep-1977 |
Sweet Mama Stringbean |
Jack Watling |
Actor |
13-Jan-1923 |
22-May-2001 |
We Dive at Dawn |
Dennis Weatherstone |
Business |
29-Nov-1930 |
13-Jun-2008 |
CEO of JP Morgan, 1990-94 |
Dennis Weaver |
Actor |
4-Jun-1924 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Sam McCloud in McCloud |
John C. West |
Politician |
27-Aug-1922 |
21-Mar-2004 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1971-75 |
May Whitty |
Actor |
19-Jun-1865 |
29-May-1948 |
Night Must Fall |
Mary Wickes |
Actor |
13-Jun-1910 |
22-Oct-1995 |
Sister Act |
Robert Wiene |
Film Director |
24-Apr-1873 |
17-Jul-1938 |
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari |
Ella Wheeler Wilcox |
Poet |
5-Nov-1850 |
30-Oct-1919 |
Poems of Passion |
Edward Bennett Williams |
Attorney |
31-May-1920 |
13-Aug-1988 |
Washington Superlawyer |
Emlyn Williams |
Playwright |
26-Nov-1905 |
25-Sep-1987 |
Night Must Fall |
Pete Williams |
Politician |
10-Dec-1919 |
17-Nov-2001 |
US Senator snagged in ABSCAM |
William Appleman Williams |
Historian |
12-Jun-1921 |
6-Mar-1990 |
The Tragedy of American Diplomacy |
Chill Wills |
Actor |
18-Jul-1903 |
15-Dec-1978 |
The Alamo |
Marie Wilson |
Actor |
19-Aug-1916 |
23-Nov-1972 |
My Friend Irma |
Adele Wiseman |
Author |
21-May-1928 |
1-Jun-1992 |
The Sacrifice |
John Wojtowicz |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1945 |
2-Jan-2006 |
Bank robber inspired Dog Day Afternoon |
Leona Woods |
Physicist |
9-Aug-1919 |
10-Nov-1986 |
Physicist at University of Chicago |
Eric Woolfson |
Musician |
18-Mar-1945 |
1-Dec-2009 |
Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator |
James Wright |
Poet |
13-Dec-1927 |
25-Mar-1980 |
The Branch Will Not Break |
Rick Wright |
Musician |
28-Jul-1943 |
15-Sep-2008 |
Keyboardist for Pink Floyd |
Will Wright |
Actor |
26-Mar-1894 |
19-Jun-1962 |
Character actor |
Louis C. Wyman |
Politician |
16-Mar-1917 |
5-May-2002 |
Congressman from New Hampshire, 1963-74 |
Ed Wynn |
Actor |
9-Nov-1886 |
19-Jun-1966 |
Requiem for a Heavyweight |
Keenan Wynn |
Actor |
27-Jul-1916 |
14-Oct-1986 |
Col. Bat Guano in Dr. Strangelove |
Ivan Osipovich Yarkovsky |
Physicist |
24-May-1844 |
22-Jan-1902 |
Yarkovsky effect |
Charles W. Yost |
Diplomat |
6-Nov-1907 |
21-May-1981 |
US Ambassador to the UN, 1969-71 |
Luther W. Youngdahl |
Politician |
29-May-1896 |
21-Jun-1978 |
Governor of Minnesota, 1947-51 |
George Younger |
Politician |
22-Sep-1931 |
26-Jan-2003 |
UK Minister of Defence, 1986-89 |
Harry von Zell |
Actor |
11-Jul-1906 |
21-Nov-1981 |
You're in the Navy Now |
Mai Zetterling |
Actor |
24-May-1925 |
17-Mar-1994 |
The Witches |
Paul Zindel |
Author |
15-May-1936 |
27-Mar-2003 |
Books for young adults |