Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Lyle Alzado |
Football |
3-Apr-1949 |
14-May-1992 |
Steroid-using defensive lineman |
Arrow |
Musician |
16-Nov-1949 |
15-Sep-2010 |
Soca performer |
Susan Atkins |
Criminal |
7-May-1948 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Manson Family |
Lee Atwater |
Politician |
27-Feb-1951 |
29-Mar-1991 |
RNC Chairman, 1988-90 |
Seve Ballesteros |
Golf |
9-Apr-1957 |
7-May-2011 |
Winner of 5 Majors |
Robin Beard |
Politician |
21-Aug-1939 |
16-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Tennessee, 1973-83 |
Angelo Bertelli |
Football |
18-Jun-1921 |
26-Jun-1999 |
Winner, 1943 Heisman Trophy |
Paul H. Boeker |
Diplomat |
2-May-1938 |
29-Mar-2003 |
US Ambassador to Jordan, 1984-87 |
Sam Bottoms |
Actor |
17-Oct-1955 |
16-Dec-2008 |
Apocalypse Now |
Pamela Britton |
Actor |
19-Mar-1923 |
17-Jun-1974 |
Mrs. Brown on My Favorite Martian |
Harry F. Byrd |
Politician |
10-Jun-1887 |
20-Oct-1966 |
US Senator from Virginia, 1933-65 |
Gary Carter |
Baseball |
8-Apr-1954 |
16-Feb-2012 |
MLB catcher, Hall-of-Famer |
Daniel H. Case III |
Business |
27-Jul-1957 |
27-Jun-2002 |
Hambrecht & Quist |
William Casey |
Spy |
13-Mar-1913 |
29-Jan-1987 |
CIA Director, 1981-87 |
Alan Clark |
Politician |
13-Apr-1928 |
5-Sep-1999 |
Controversial, Conservative MP and minister |
Johnnie Cochran |
Attorney |
2-Oct-1937 |
29-Mar-2005 |
Successfully defended O. J. Simpson |
Bert Convy |
Game Show Host |
23-Jul-1933 |
15-Jul-1991 |
Host of Tattletales TV game show |
Guy Cordon |
Politician |
24-Apr-1890 |
8-Jun-1969 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1944-55 |
Celia Cruz |
Singer |
21-Oct-1924 |
16-Jul-2003 |
Queen of Salsa |
Dan Curtis |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1927 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Burnt Offerings |
Jim Davis |
Actor |
26-Aug-1909 |
26-Apr-1981 |
Jock Ewing on Dallas |
Joop den Uyl |
Head of State |
9-Aug-1919 |
24-Dec-1987 |
Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 1973-77 |
Clair Engle |
Politician |
21-Sep-1911 |
30-Jul-1964 |
US Senator from California, 1959-64 |
Hans Eysenck |
Psychologist |
4-Mar-1916 |
4-Sep-1997 |
Intelligence and personality |
Paul K. Feyerabend |
Philosopher |
13-Jan-1924 |
11-Feb-1994 |
Against Method |
Marshall Field III |
Business |
28-Sep-1893 |
8-Nov-1956 |
Founder of the Chicago Sun-Times |
George Gershwin |
Songwriter |
26-Sep-1898 |
11-Jul-1937 |
Rhapsody In Blue |
Chuck Hansen |
Activist |
13-May-1947 |
26-Mar-2003 |
Nuclear historian and archivist |
David Haskell |
Actor |
4-Jun-1948 |
30-Aug-2000 |
Godspell |
Susan Hayward |
Actor |
30-Jun-1918 |
14-Mar-1975 |
I Want to Live! |
Bernadine P. Healy |
Doctor |
4-Aug-1944 |
6-Aug-2011 |
President, American Red Cross, 1999-2001 |
Emmaline Henry |
Actor |
1-Nov-1928 |
8-Oct-1979 |
Amanda Bellows on I Dream of Jeannie |
Paul B. Henry |
Politician |
9-Jul-1942 |
31-Jul-1993 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1985-93 |
Robert T. Herres |
Military |
12-Jan-1932 |
24-Jul-2008 |
Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs, 1987-90 |
Thor Heyerdahl |
Explorer |
6-Oct-1914 |
18-Apr-2002 |
Kon-Tiki |
Terry Hoeppner |
Football |
19-Aug-1947 |
19-Jun-2007 |
Hoosiers Head Coach, 2005-07 |
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr. |
Government |
30-Nov-1889 |
21-Jan-1950 |
US Solicitor General, 1929-30 |
Bill Janklow |
Politician |
13-Sep-1939 |
12-Jan-2012 |
Congressman and Governor of South Dakota |
Bob Johnson |
Hockey |
4-Mar-1931 |
26-Nov-1991 |
Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer |
Walter Johnson |
Baseball |
6-Nov-1887 |
10-Dec-1946 |
American League MVP in 1913 and 1924 |
Richard Jordan |
Actor |
19-Jul-1938 |
30-Aug-1993 |
Logan's Run |
Burton Joseph |
Attorney |
23-May-1930 |
31-Mar-2010 |
First Amendment lawyer |
Arthur Kennedy |
Actor |
17-Feb-1914 |
5-Jan-1990 |
The Man from Laramie |
Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
25-Aug-2009 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
Barney Kessel |
Guitarist |
17-Oct-1923 |
6-May-2004 |
Be-bop guitarist |
David Kimche |
Spy |
1928 |
8-Mar-2010 |
Israeli spy, masterminded Iran-Contra |
Joan B. Kroc |
Philanthropist |
27-Aug-1928 |
12-Oct-2003 |
McDonald's widow |
Andrea Mead Lawrence |
Skier |
19-Apr-1932 |
30-Mar-2009 |
Slalom skier, 2 Olympic Gold Medals in 1952 |
Clare Boothe Luce |
Politician |
10-Apr-1903 |
9-Oct-1987 |
Congresswoman, wife of Henry R. Luce |
Meredith MacRae |
Actor |
30-May-1944 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Host of Mid-Morning L.A. |
Joseph Maher |
Actor |
29-Dec-1933 |
17-Jul-1998 |
Chancellor Willoughby on Goode Behavior |
Erika Mann |
Journalist |
9-Nov-1905 |
27-Aug-1969 |
Daughter of Thomas Mann |
Margo |
Actor |
10-May-1917 |
17-Jul-1985 |
Lost Horizon |
Bob Marley |
Singer/Songwriter |
6-Feb-1945 |
11-May-1981 |
No Woman No Cry |
Tug McGraw |
Baseball |
30-Aug-1944 |
5-Jan-2004 |
Pitcher for Mets, Phillies |
Terence McKenna |
Author |
16-Nov-1946 |
3-Apr-2000 |
Mushrooms, UFOs, end of fractal time |
Ida McKinley |
First Lady |
8-Jun-1847 |
26-May-1907 |
Wife of US President William McKinley |
Robert E. McNair |
Politician |
14-Dec-1923 |
17-Nov-2007 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1965-71 |
Johnny Mercer |
Songwriter |
18-Nov-1909 |
25-Jun-1976 |
Accentuate the Positive |
Albert Cardinal Meyer |
Religion |
9-Mar-1903 |
9-Apr-1965 |
Archbishop of Chicago, 1958-65 |
William Vaughn Moody |
Playwright |
8-Jul-1869 |
17-Oct-1910 |
The Great Divide |
Robert Moog |
Inventor |
23-May-1934 |
21-Aug-2005 |
Invented the synthesizer |
Greg Morris |
Actor |
27-Sep-1933 |
27-Aug-1996 |
Mission: Impossible |
Bobby Murcer |
Baseball |
20-May-1946 |
12-Jul-2008 |
MLB player, Yankees sportscaster |
Friedrich Nietzsche |
Philosopher |
15-Oct-1844 |
25-Aug-1900 |
God is dead |
Tommy Noonan |
Actor |
29-Apr-1922 |
24-Apr-1968 |
A Star is Born |
Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
18-Aug-2009 |
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
Bob O'Connor |
Politician |
9-Dec-1944 |
1-Sep-2006 |
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 2006 |
John Cardinal O'Connor |
Religion |
15-Jan-1920 |
3-May-2000 |
Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000 |
Johnny Oates |
Baseball |
21-Jan-1946 |
24-Dec-2004 |
Former Orioles and Rangers manager |
Bohdan Paczynski |
Astronomer |
8-Feb-1940 |
19-Apr-2007 |
Gravitational microlensing |
Jerry Paris |
Actor |
25-Jul-1925 |
31-Mar-1986 |
Jerry Helper on The Dick Van Dyke Show |
Junior Parker |
Musician |
27-Mar-1932 |
18-Nov-1971 |
Blues harmonica player, Mystery Train |
William J. Patterson |
Business |
27-Jan-1962 |
24-Sep-2010 |
SPO Partners & Co. |
Pat Paulsen |
Comic |
6-Jul-1927 |
24-Apr-1997 |
Perpetual presidential candidate |
Collin Wilcox Paxton |
Actor |
4-Feb-1935 |
14-Oct-2009 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
Vladimir Peniakoff |
Military |
30-Mar-1897 |
May-1951 |
Head of Popski's Private Army |
Slim Pickens |
Actor |
29-Jun-1919 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Tough cowboy actor |
Chaim Potok |
Novelist |
17-Feb-1929 |
23-Jul-2002 |
The Chosen |
Kate Reid |
Actor |
4-Nov-1930 |
27-Mar-1993 |
The Andromeda Strain |
Buddy Rich |
Drummer |
30-Sep-1917 |
2-Apr-1987 |
Legendary drummer |
Pete Rozelle |
Football |
1-Mar-1926 |
6-Dec-1996 |
Commissioner of the NFL, 1960-89 |
Wilma Rudolph |
Track and Field |
23-Jun-1940 |
12-Nov-1994 |
Three track Olympic Gold Medals in 1960 |
Irene Ryan |
Actor |
17-Oct-1902 |
26-Apr-1973 |
Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies |
Yves Saint Laurent |
Fashion Designer |
1-Aug-1936 |
1-Jun-2008 |
Christian Dior protege |
Chuck Schuldiner |
Musician |
13-May-1967 |
13-Dec-2001 |
Death metal pioneer |
Zachary Scott |
Actor |
24-Feb-1914 |
3-Oct-1965 |
The Mask of Dimitrios |
Mary Shelley |
Novelist |
30-Aug-1797 |
1-Feb-1851 |
Frankenstein |
Gene Siskel |
Critic |
26-Jan-1946 |
20-Feb-1999 |
Siskel and Ebert |
Deke Slayton |
Astronaut |
1-Mar-1924 |
13-Jun-1993 |
Original Mercury 7 astronaut |
Alexis Smith |
Actor |
8-Jun-1921 |
9-Jun-1993 |
Here Comes the Groom |
Mike Synar |
Politician |
17-Oct-1950 |
9-Jan-1996 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1979-95 |
Tammi Terrell |
Singer |
29-Apr-1945 |
16-Mar-1970 |
Singing partner with Marvin Gaye |
John Philp Thompson |
Business |
2-Nov-1925 |
28-Jan-2003 |
CEO of 7-Eleven (Southland Corp.) |
Chang-Lin Tien |
Educator |
24-Jul-1935 |
29-Oct-2002 |
Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1990-97 |
Bob Tisch |
Business |
29-Apr-1926 |
15-Nov-2005 |
CEO of Loews, Owner NY Giants |
François Truffaut |
Film Director |
6-Feb-1932 |
21-Oct-1984 |
Last Metro |
Bobby Van |
Actor |
6-Dec-1928 |
31-Jul-1980 |
Broadway actor |
Henry Victor |
Actor |
2-Oct-1892 |
15-Mar-1945 |
Freaks |
Henry C. Wallich |
Economist |
10-Jun-1914 |
16-Sep-1988 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61 |
Weegee |
Photographer |
12-Jun-1899 |
26-Dec-1968 |
Crime photographer |
Herman Welker |
Politician |
11-Dec-1906 |
30-Oct-1957 |
US Senator from Idaho, 1951-57 |
Bill Williams |
Actor |
21-May-1915 |
21-Sep-1992 |
The Adventures of Kit Carson |
Gary Winick |
Film Director |
31-Mar-1961 |
27-Feb-2011 |
13 Going on 30 |