Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Gianni Agnelli |
Business |
12-Mar-1921 |
24-Jan-2003 |
President of Fiat, 1966-96 |
Don Ameche |
Actor |
31-May-1904 |
6-Dec-1993 |
Trading Places |
Poul Anderson |
Author |
25-Nov-1926 |
31-Jul-2001 |
Tau Zero |
Sigurd Anderson |
Politician |
22-Jan-1904 |
21-Dec-1990 |
Governor of South Dakota, 1951-55 |
Roone Arledge |
Sports Figure |
8-Jul-1931 |
5-Dec-2002 |
Created Wide World of Sports |
Bill Bixby |
Actor |
22-Jan-1934 |
21-Nov-1993 |
David Banner on The Incredible Hulk |
George S. Brown |
Military |
17-Aug-1918 |
5-Dec-1978 |
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1974-78 |
Dennis Brutus |
Poet |
28-Nov-1924 |
26-Dec-2009 |
Sirens, Knuckles and Boots |
Stokely Carmichael |
Activist |
29-Jun-1941 |
15-Nov-1998 |
Black separatist, Pan-Africanist |
Winston S. Churchill |
Politician |
10-Oct-1940 |
2-Mar-2010 |
British MP, Manchester, 1970-97 |
Eldridge Cleaver |
Activist |
31-Aug-1935 |
1-May-1998 |
Black Panther turned Republican |
Silvio O. Conte |
Politician |
9-Nov-1921 |
8-Feb-1991 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91 |
Gregory Corso |
Poet |
26-Mar-1930 |
17-Jan-2001 |
Beat poet, Gasoline |
Hume Cronyn |
Actor |
18-Jul-1911 |
15-Jun-2003 |
Cocoon |
Robert B. Crosby |
Politician |
26-Mar-1911 |
7-Jan-2000 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1953-55 |
Peter Cushing |
Actor |
26-May-1913 |
11-Aug-1994 |
Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars |
Glenn Davis |
Football |
26-Dec-1924 |
9-Mar-2005 |
Winner, 1946 Heisman Trophy |
William Demarest |
Actor |
27-Feb-1892 |
28-Dec-1983 |
The Great McGinty |
Edward R. Dudley |
Diplomat |
11-Mar-1911 |
8-Feb-2005 |
First Black US Ambassador |
Allan Edwall |
Actor |
25-Aug-1924 |
7-Feb-1997 |
The Brothers Lionheart |
Richard Egan |
Actor |
29-Jul-1921 |
20-Jul-1987 |
Samuel Clegg on Capitol |
Robert Fagles |
Translator |
11-Sep-1933 |
26-Mar-2008 |
Translator of Greek literature |
Orval Faubus |
Politician |
7-Jan-1910 |
14-Dec-1994 |
Governor of Arkansas, 1955-67 |
Dan Fogelberg |
Musician |
13-Aug-1951 |
16-Dec-2007 |
Leader Of The Band |
Sam Francis |
Painter |
25-Jun-1923 |
4-Nov-1994 |
Abstract expressionist |
Harold Gould |
Actor |
10-Dec-1923 |
11-Sep-2010 |
Martin Morganstern on Rhoda |
Merv Griffin |
Talk Show Host |
6-Jul-1925 |
12-Aug-2007 |
The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy |
Charles Haughey |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1925 |
13-Jun-2006 |
Three-time Prime Minister of Ireland |
Chic Hecht |
Politician |
30-Nov-1928 |
15-May-2006 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89 |
James Herriot |
Novelist |
3-Oct-1916 |
23-Feb-1995 |
All Creatures Great and Small |
Dennis Hopper |
Actor |
17-May-1936 |
29-May-2010 |
Apocalypse Now |
Hume Alexander Horan |
Diplomat |
13-Aug-1934 |
22-Jul-2004 |
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1988 |
Geoffrey Hughes |
Actor |
2-Feb-1944 |
27-Jul-2012 |
Vernon Scripps on Heartbeat |
Langston Hughes |
Poet |
1-Feb-1902 |
22-May-1967 |
The Negro Speaks of Rivers |
Lamar Hunt |
Football |
2-Aug-1932 |
13-Dec-2006 |
Founder of the American Football League |
Charles Jarrott |
Film Director |
16-Jun-1927 |
4-Mar-2011 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
Alfred Kazin |
Critic |
5-Jun-1915 |
5-Jun-1998 |
On Native Grounds |
Johnny Kerr |
Basketball |
17-Jul-1932 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Chicago Bulls coach, commentator |
Ayatollah Khomeini |
Religion |
24-Sep-1902 |
3-Jun-1989 |
Leader of Islamic Republic of Iran |
J. Krishnamurti |
Religion |
12-May-1895 |
18-Feb-1986 |
Theosophist guru |
Jack Layton |
Politician |
18-Jul-1950 |
22-Aug-2011 |
Leader of Canada's NDP |
Timothy Leary |
Activist |
22-Oct-1920 |
31-May-1996 |
Tune in, turn on, drop out |
David Levine |
Cartoonist |
20-Dec-1926 |
29-Dec-2009 |
Caricaturist, New York Review of Books |
Irving R. Levine |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1922 |
27-Mar-2009 |
NBC Correspondent, 1950-95 |
Theodore Levitt |
Economist |
1-Mar-1925 |
28-Jun-2006 |
Marketing Myopia |
James Roderick Lilley |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1928 |
12-Nov-2009 |
US Ambassador to China, 1989-91 |
Harold Lloyd |
Actor |
20-Apr-1893 |
8-Mar-1971 |
Prolific silent film actor |
Herbie Mann |
Jazz Musician |
16-Apr-1930 |
1-Jul-2003 |
Jazz flautist |
Thomas J. Manton |
Politician |
3-Nov-1932 |
22-Jul-2006 |
Congressman from New York, 1985-99 |
Tom McCall |
Politician |
22-Mar-1913 |
8-Jan-1983 |
Governor of Oregon, 1967-75 |
Gardner McKay |
Actor |
10-Jun-1932 |
21-Nov-2001 |
Adventures in Paradise |
Robert L. Mills |
Physicist |
15-Apr-1927 |
27-Oct-1999 |
Subatomic particles |
François Mitterrand |
Head of State |
26-Oct-1916 |
8-Jan-1996 |
President of France, 1981-95 |
Robert Mosbacher |
Government |
11-Mar-1927 |
24-Jan-2010 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1989-92 |
Marion Motley |
Football |
5-Jun-1920 |
27-Jun-1999 |
Fullback, NFL Hall of Famer |
Pablo Neruda |
Poet |
12-Jul-1904 |
23-Sep-1973 |
Residencia en la Tierra |
George M. O'Brien |
Politician |
17-Jun-1917 |
18-Jul-1986 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1973-86 |
Jerry Orbach |
Actor |
20-Oct-1935 |
28-Dec-2004 |
Lennie Briscoe from Law & Order |
Joseph Papp |
Theater Director |
22-Jun-1921 |
31-Oct-1991 |
Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival |
Linus Pauling |
Chemist |
28-Feb-1901 |
19-Aug-1994 |
Scientist and peacenik |
Frank Perry |
Film Director |
21-Aug-1930 |
29-Aug-1995 |
Mommie Dearest |
Jake Pickle |
Politician |
11-Oct-1913 |
18-Jun-2005 |
Congressman from Texas 1963-95 |
Lynden Oscar Pindling |
Politician |
22-Mar-1930 |
25-Aug-2000 |
Father of The Bahamas |
Johnny Ramone |
Musician |
8-Oct-1951 |
15-Sep-2004 |
The Ramones |
Karl L. Rankin |
Diplomat |
4-Sep-1898 |
15-Jan-1991 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1950-57 |
William Raspberry |
Columnist |
12-Oct-1935 |
17-Jul-2012 |
The Washington Post |
Thurl Ravenscroft |
Actor |
6-Feb-1914 |
22-May-2005 |
Voice of Tony The Tiger |
Oscar Riddle |
Biologist |
27-Sep-1877 |
29-Nov-1968 |
Prolactin |
Bobby Riggs |
Tennis |
25-Feb-1918 |
25-Oct-1995 |
Winner of 1939 Wimbledon |
Michael Ritchie |
Film Director |
28-Nov-1938 |
16-Apr-2001 |
The Candidate |
Moishe Rosen |
Religion |
12-Apr-1932 |
19-May-2010 |
Jews for Jesus founder |
Dick Sargent |
Actor |
19-Apr-1930 |
8-Jul-1994 |
Darrin #2 on Bewitched |
Telly Savalas |
Actor |
22-Jan-1922 |
22-Jan-1994 |
Kojak |
John G. Schmitz |
Politician |
12-Aug-1930 |
10-Jan-2001 |
Congressman from California, 1970-73 |
Harry Secombe |
Actor |
8-Sep-1921 |
11-Apr-2001 |
Neddie Seagoon on The Goon Show |
Mobutu Sese Seko |
Head of State |
14-Oct-1930 |
7-Sep-1997 |
Dictator, bled Zaire dry |
William Shockley |
Physicist |
13-Feb-1910 |
12-Aug-1989 |
Co-Inventor of the transistor |
James LeVoy Sorenson |
Business |
30-Jul-1921 |
20-Jan-2008 |
Utah billionaire |
Victor Spinetti |
Actor |
2-Sep-1933 |
19-Jun-2012 |
Oh! What A Lovely War |
J. Ernest Talley |
Business |
3-Apr-1935 |
21-Jun-2003 |
Rent-A-Center |
Charles Tingwell |
Actor |
3-Jan-1923 |
15-May-2009 |
Breaker Morant |
Pierre Trudeau |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Twice Prime Minister of Canada |
Jesse Unruh |
Politician |
30-Sep-1922 |
4-Aug-1987 |
Speaker of California State Assembly |
Hoyt Vandenberg |
Government |
24-Jan-1899 |
2-Apr-1954 |
CIA Director, 1946-47 |
John von Neumann |
Mathematician |
28-Dec-1903 |
8-Feb-1957 |
Computing pioneer, inventor of Game Theory |
Sam Wanamaker |
Actor |
14-Jun-1919 |
19-Dec-1993 |
Rebuilt Globe Theatre |
Coral Eugene Watts |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1953 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Maybe America's most prolific serial killer |
William H. Welch |
Scientist |
8-Apr-1850 |
30-Apr-1934 |
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine |
Malcolm R. Wilkey |
Judge |
6-Dec-1918 |
15-Aug-2009 |
US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1985-90 |
Walter Winchell |
Radio Personality |
7-Apr-1897 |
20-Feb-1972 |
Gossip commentator |
Ludwig Wittgenstein |
Philosopher |
26-Apr-1889 |
29-Apr-1951 |
Destroyed metaphysics |
Yahweh ben Yahweh |
Religion |
27-Oct-1935 |
7-May-2007 |
Nation of Yahweh |
Frank Zappa |
Composer |
21-Dec-1940 |
4-Dec-1993 |
Joe's Garage |