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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Red Allen
Jazz Musician
7-Jan-1908 17-Apr-1967 Jazz trumpeter
Charles Arnt
Actor
20-Aug-1906 6-Aug-1990 Remember the Night
Count Basie
Pianist
21-Aug-1904 26-Apr-1984 Big band pianist
Alan Bates
Actor
17-Feb-1934 27-Dec-2003 Basil in Zorba the Greek
Griffin Bell
Government
31-Oct-1918 5-Jan-2009 US Attorney General, 1977-79
Melvin Belli
Attorney
29-Jul-1907 9-Jul-1996 The King of Torts
Jack Benny
Actor
14-Feb-1894 26-Dec-1974 The Jack Benny Show
Joseph Cardinal Bernardin
Religion
2-Apr-1928 14-Nov-1996 Archbishop of Chicago, 1982-96
James Bevel
Activist
19-Oct-1936 19-Dec-2008 Civil rights activist, convicted of incest
Albert H. Bowker
Educator
8-Sep-1919 20-Jan-2008 Chancellor of UC Berkeley, 1971-80
Myles Brand
Educator
17-May-1942 16-Sep-2009 President of the NCAA, 2003-09
Pamela Brown
Actor
8-Jul-1917 18-Sep-1975 Lust for Life
Madeleine Carroll
Actor
26-Feb-1906 2-Oct-1987 The 39 Steps
Betty Carter
Singer
16-May-1929 26-Sep-1998 Jazz vocalist
Billy Carter
Relative
29-Mar-1937 25-Sep-1988 Brother of Jimmy Carter
Oona Chaplin
Relative
13-May-1926 27-Sep-1991 Wife of Charlie Chaplin
Frank Church
Politician
25-Jul-1924 7-Apr-1984 US Senator from Idaho, 1957-81
Joan Crawford
Actor
23-Mar-1905 10-May-1977 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Richard Crenna
Actor
30-Nov-1927 18-Jan-2003 Our Miss Brooks
Chuck Daly
Basketball
20-Jul-1930 9-May-2009 Won 2 NBA Championships with the Pistons
John R. Dawson
Diplomat
1950 1-Aug-2003 US Ambassador to Peru, 2002-03
Cecil Day-Lewis
Poet
27-Apr-1904 22-May-1972 UK Poet Laureate, 1968-72
John Cardinal Dearden
Religion
15-Oct-1907 1-Aug-1988 Archbishop of Detroit, 1958-80
Michael Deaver
Government
11-Apr-1938 18-Aug-2007 Reagan Deputy Chief of Staff
Patrick Dennis
Novelist
18-May-1921 6-Nov-1976 Auntie Mame
Jacques Derrida
Philosopher
15-Jul-1930 9-Oct-2004 Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist
Willy DeVille
Singer/Songwriter
27-Aug-1950 6-Aug-2009 Frontman, Mink DeVille
Frank Graves Dickey
Educator
1-Dec-1917 7-Aug-2009 President, University of Kentucky, 1956-63
Vince Edwards
Actor
7-Jul-1928 11-Mar-1996 Ben Casey
Ralph Ellison
Novelist
1-Mar-1914 16-Apr-1994 Invisible Man
René Enríquez
Actor
24-Nov-1933 23-Mar-1990 Lt. Ray Calletano on Hill Street Blues
Max Faget
Scientist
26-Aug-1921 9-Oct-2004 Designer of NASA spacecraft
Malachi Favors
Bassist
22-Aug-1927 30-Jan-2004 Bass player for Art Ensemble of Chicago
Art Fleming
Game Show Host
1-May-1924 25-Apr-1995 Original Jeopardy! host
Eddie Foy, Jr.
Actor
4-Feb-1905 15-Jul-1983 The Pajama Game
Anne Francis
Actor
16-Sep-1930 2-Jan-2011 Forbidden Planet
William Gaddis
Novelist
29-Dec-1922 16-Dec-1998 A Frolic of His Own
Peggy Ann Garner
Actor
3-Feb-1932 16-Oct-1984 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Ben Gazzara
Actor
28-Aug-1930 3-Feb-2012 The Thomas Crown Affair
Sheldon G. Gilgore
Business
13-Feb-1932 12-Feb-2010 CEO of Searle, 1986-95
Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Musician
21-Oct-1917 7-Jan-1993 Be-bop jazz trumpeter
Mark Goodson
Film/TV Producer
14-Jan-1915 18-Dec-1992 Goodson-Todman Productions
L. Patrick Gray
Government
18-Jul-1916 6-Jul-2005 Acting FBI Director, 1972-73
David Greene
Film Director
22-Feb-1921 7-Apr-2003 Gray Lady Down
Zvi Griliches
Economist
12-Sep-1930 4-Nov-1999 Technology, Education, and Productivity
Fred Gwynne
Actor
10-Jul-1926 2-Jul-1993 Herman on The Munsters
E. R. Haggar
Business
18-Sep-1916 29-Sep-2004 President/CEO of Haggar Clothing Co.
George Halas
Football
2-Feb-1895 31-Oct-1983 Founder of the Chicago Bears
Lorraine Hansberry
Playwright
19-May-1930 12-Jan-1965 A Raisin in the Sun
Rex Harrison
Actor
5-Mar-1908 2-Jun-1990 My Fair Lady
Frank Herbert
Author
8-Oct-1920 11-Feb-1986 Dune
Don Hewitt
Film/TV Producer
14-Dec-1922 19-Aug-2009 60 Minutes creator
Bill Hicks
Comic
16-Dec-1961 26-Feb-1994 Visionary comedian, met untimely death
Gareth Hunt
Actor
7-Feb-1942 14-Mar-2007 The New Avengers
Steve James
Actor
19-Feb-1952 18-Dec-1993 American Ninja
Steve Jobs
Business
24-Feb-1955 5-Oct-2011 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Jerry Juhl
Screenwriter
27-Jul-1938 27-Sep-2005 Head writer, The Muppet Show
Fiorello LaGuardia
Politician
11-Dec-1882 20-Sep-1947 New York City Mayor, 1934-45
Michael Landon
Actor
31-Oct-1936 1-Jul-1991 Little House on the Prairie
Brian Lenihan
Politician
21-May-1959 10-Jun-2011 Irish Finance Minister, 2008-11
Diana Lewis
Actor
18-Sep-1919 18-Jan-1997 Go West
John D. MacArthur
Philanthropist
6-Mar-1897 6-Jan-1978 Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation
Anna Magnani
Actor
7-Mar-1908 26-Sep-1973 The Rose Tattoo
Henry Mancini
Composer
16-Apr-1924 14-Jun-1994 Moon River
Benoit Mandelbrot
Mathematician
20-Nov-1924 14-Oct-2010 Fractal mathematician
William C. Marland
Politician
26-Mar-1918 26-Nov-1965 Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57
Kenneth Mars
Actor
14-Apr-1936 12-Feb-2011 The Producers
Marcello Mastroianni
Actor
28-Sep-1924 19-Dec-1996 The Pizza Triangle
Andrew J. McKelvey
Business
c. 1935 27-Nov-2008 Founder of TMP Worldwide
Margaret Mead
Anthropologist
16-Dec-1901 15-Nov-1978 Coming of Age in Samoa
Hyman Minsky
Economist
23-Sep-1919 25-Oct-1996 Inherently unstable markets
Jack Nelson
Journalist
11-Oct-1929 21-Oct-2009 The Los Angeles Times
Ron O'Neal
Actor
1-Sep-1937 14-Jan-2004 Youngblood Priest in Superfly
Benjamin Orr
Bassist
8-Sep-1947 3-Oct-2000 Bassist for The Cars
Bill Owen
Actor
14-Mar-1914 12-Jul-1999 Last of the Summer Wine
Randy Pausch
Educator
23-Oct-1960 25-Jul-2008 The Last Lecture
M. Scott Peck
Author
22-May-1936 25-Sep-2005 The Road Less Traveled
Brock Peters
Actor
2-Jul-1927 23-Aug-2005 To Kill a Mockingbird
Sam Pollock
Hockey
25-Dec-1925 15-Aug-2007 GM of Montreal Canadiens, 1964-78
Lily Pons
Singer
12-Apr-1898 13-Feb-1976 French-American coloratura soprano
Dith Pran
Journalist
27-Sep-1942 30-Mar-2008 Subject of The Killing Fields
Harve Presnell
Actor
14-Sep-1933 30-Jun-2009 When the Boys Meet the Girls
Juliet Prowse
Dancer
25-Sep-1936 14-Sep-1996 Can-Can
William Thornton Pryce
Diplomat
19-Jul-1932 11-Jul-2006 US Ambassador to Honduras, 1993-96
Jef Raskin
Computer Programmer
9-Mar-1943 26-Feb-2005 Designed Macintosh human interface
Donna Reed
Actor
27-Jan-1921 14-Jan-1986 The Donna Reed Show
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Business
20-Jul-1850 29-Jul-1918 Founder of R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
Sally Ride
Astronaut
26-May-1951 23-Jul-2012 First American woman in space
Pernell Roberts
Actor
18-May-1928 24-Jan-2010 Trapper John, M.D.
Winthrop Rockefeller
Business
1-May-1912 22-Feb-1973 Governor of Arkansas, 1967-71
Richard Rorty
Philosopher
4-Oct-1931 8-Jun-2007 Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature
Mstislav Rostropovich
Cellist
27-Mar-1927 27-Apr-2007 Cellist and conductor
William Safire
Columnist
17-Dec-1929 27-Sep-2009 NYT columnist, language maven
Allan R. Sandage
Astronomer
18-Jun-1926 13-Nov-2010 Quasars and Hubble-Sandage variable stars
Julian Schwinger
Physicist
12-Feb-1918 16-Jul-1994 Quantum electrodynamics
Talcott W. Seelye
Diplomat
6-Mar-1922 8-Jun-2006 US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81
Simone Signoret
Actor
25-Mar-1921 30-Sep-1985 Ship of Fools
Eugene C. Sit
Business
8-Aug-1938 24-Jun-2008 Sit Investment Associates
Ralph M. Steinman
Biologist
14-Jan-1943 30-Sep-2011 Dendritic cells
Patrick Swayze
Actor
18-Aug-1952 14-Sep-2009 Dirty Dancing
Gene Upshaw
Football
15-Aug-1945 20-Aug-2008 NFL Hall-of-Fame Guard, NFLPA Leader
Guy Vander Jagt
Politician
26-Aug-1931 22-Jun-2007 Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93
Irving Wallace
Author
19-Mar-1916 29-Jun-1990 The Book of Lists
Eugen Weber
Historian
24-Apr-1925 17-May-2007 The Western Tradition
Walter B. Wriston
Business
3-Aug-1919 19-Jan-2005 CEO of Citibank, 1967-84
Philip Yordan
Screenwriter
1-Apr-1914 24-Mar-2003 The Battle of the Bulge
Warren Zimmermann
Diplomat
16-Nov-1934 2-Feb-2004 US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1989-92
Marvin Zindler
Journalist
10-Aug-1921 29-Jul-2007 Houston reporter, KTRK-TV



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