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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Cannonball Adderley
Jazz Musician
15-Sep-1928 8-Aug-1975 Alto sax blower
Hardie Albright
Actor
16-Dec-1903 7-Dec-1975 Angel on My Shoulder
Dave Alexander
Bassist
3-Jun-1947 10-Feb-1975 Original bassist for the Stooges
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson
Inventor
25-Jan-1878 14-May-1975 Developed radio and television at GE and RCA
Clinton P. Anderson
Politician
23-Oct-1895 11-Nov-1975 US Senator from New Mexico, 1949-73
Leroy Anderson
Composer
29-Jun-1908 18-May-1975 The Syncopated Clock
Ivo Andric
Author
9-Oct-1892 13-Mar-1975 The Bridge on the Drina
Hannah Arendt
Philosopher
14-Oct-1906 4-Dec-1975 Origins of Totalitarianism
Sig Arno
Actor
27-Dec-1895 17-Aug-1975 The Palm Beach Story
Josephine Baker
Dancer
3-Jun-1906 12-Apr-1975 Sensual dancer turned WWII spy
Thomas Hart Benton
Painter
15-Apr-1889 19-Jan-1975 Muralist
Boris Blacher
Composer
19-Jan-1903 30-Jan-1975 Die Nachtschwalbe
Eli Black
Business
9-Apr-1921 3-Feb-1975 Swan dive onto Park Avenue
James Blish
Author
23-May-1921 30-Jul-1975 Cities in Flight
Arthur Bliss
Composer
2-Aug-1891 28-Mar-1975 Morning Heroes
Robert O. Blood
Politician
10-Nov-1887 3-Aug-1975 Governor of New Hampshire, 1941-45
Ben Blue
Actor
12-Sep-1901 7-Mar-1975 The Big Broadcast of 1938
Karl Brandt
Economist
9-Jan-1899 8-Jul-1975 Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61
Roger D. Branigin
Politician
26-Jul-1902 19-Nov-1975 Governor of Indiana, 1965-69
Evelyn Brent
Actor
20-Oct-1899 4-Jun-1975 Underworld
Pamela Brown
Actor
8-Jul-1917 18-Sep-1975 Lust for Life
Avery Brundage
Sports Figure
28-Sep-1887 8-May-1975 International Olympic Committee Chair, 1952-72
Elbridge Bryant
Singer
28-Sep-1939 26-Oct-1975 The Temptations
Tim Buckley
Singer/Songwriter
14-Feb-1947 29-Jun-1975 Experimental singer/songwriter
John Anthony Burns
Politician
30-Mar-1909 5-Apr-1975 Governor of Hawaii, 1962-74
W. Walton Butterworth
Diplomat
7-Sep-1903 31-Mar-1975 US Ambassador to Canada, 1962-68
Joseph Calleia
Actor
4-Aug-1897 31-Oct-1975 Touch of Evil
Bob Considine
Journalist
4-Nov-1906 25-Sep-1975 Ghostwriter, Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Richard Conte
Actor
24-Mar-1910 15-Apr-1975 The Blue Gardenia
William D. Coolidge
Physicist
23-Oct-1873 4-Feb-1975 Tungsten filaments and Coolidge tubes
Milton Cross
Radio Personality
16-Apr-1897 3-Jan-1975 Announcer, voice of the Metropolitan Opera
Luigi Dallapiccola
Composer
3-Feb-1904 19-Feb-1975 Canti di Prigionia
Joseph S. Davis
Economist
5-Nov-1885 1975 Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-58
Eamon de Valera
Head of State
14-Oct-1882 29-Aug-1975 President of Ireland, 1959-73
T. G. Dobzhansky
Scientist
25-Jan-1900 18-Dec-1975 Genetics and the Origin of Species
Philip Dorn
Actor
30-Sep-1901 9-May-1975 Random Harvest
Minta Durfee
Actor
1-Oct-1889 9-Sep-1975 Actress-Wife of Fatty Arbuckle
August Dvorak
Inventor
5-May-1894 10-Oct-1975 Dvorak Simplified Keyboard
Walker Evans
Photographer
3-Nov-1903 10-Apr-1975 Depression-era Photographer
King Faisal
Royalty
1904 25-Mar-1975 King of Saudi Arabia, 1964-75
Larry Fine
Actor
5-Oct-1902 24-Jan-1975 Larry on The Three Stooges
Herman G. Fisher
Business
2-Nov-1898 26-Sep-1975 Co-Founder of Fisher-Price Toys
Nellie Fox
Baseball
25-Dec-1927 1-Dec-1975 MLB Hall of Famer
Francisco Franco
Head of State
4-Dec-1892 20-Nov-1975 Spanish Generalissimo, 1939-75
Richard Gaines
Actor
23-Jul-1904 20-Jul-1975 Double Indemnity
Paul Gallico
Author
26-Jul-1897 15-Jul-1975 The Snow Goose
Sam Giancana
Criminal
24-May-1908 19-Jun-1975 Chicago Mafia boss, 1957-66
John Gregson
Actor
15-Mar-1919 8-Jan-1975 Genevieve
Lefty Grove
Baseball
6-Mar-1900 22-May-1975 Perhaps the best MLB pitcher in history
Gunnar Gunnarsson
Novelist
18-May-1889 21-Nov-1975 Af Borgslaegtens Historie
William Hartnell
Actor
8-Jan-1908 23-Apr-1975 The First Doctor Who
Susan Hayward
Actor
30-Jun-1918 14-Mar-1975 I Want to Live!
Barbara Hepworth
Sculptor
10-Jan-1903 20-May-1975 British abstract sculptor
Bernard Herrmann
Composer
29-Jun-1911 24-Dec-1975 Scored Psycho, Citizen Kane
Gustav Hertz
Physicist
22-Jul-1887 30-Oct-1975 Franck-Hertz experiment
Jimmy Hoffa
Labor Leader
14-Feb-1913 30-Jul-1975 International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Moe Howard
Actor
19-Jun-1897 4-May-1975 Boss Stooge
Ian Hunter
Actor
13-Jun-1900 23-Sep-1975 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Julian Huxley
Biologist
22-Jun-1887 14-Feb-1975 Evolutionary biologist
Kay Johnson
Actor
29-Nov-1904 17-Nov-1975 Of Human Bondage
Percy Julian
Chemist
11-Apr-1899 19-Apr-1975 Physostigmine and cortisone
James Robertson Justice
Actor
15-Jun-1907 2-Jul-1975 Doctor in the House
Chiang Kai-Shek
Head of State
31-Oct-1887 5-Apr-1975 President of Nationalist China
Chester Kallman
Poet
7-Jan-1921 18-Jan-1975 Librettist, translator
Om Kalsoum
Singer
4-Apr-1904 3-Feb-1975 Star of the East
Joseph Kane
Film Director
19-Mar-1894 25-Aug-1975 Flame of Barbary Coast
Kenneth B. Keating
Politician
18-May-1900 5-May-1975 US Senator from New York, 1959-65
Rowland V. Lee
Film Director
6-Sep-1891 21-Dec-1975 Son of Frankenstein
Alfred Lee Loomis
Physicist
4-Nov-1887 1-Aug-1975 Millionaire scientist
Tilly Losch
Dancer
15-Nov-1903 24-Dec-1975 Ballet dancer, sometimes actress
William Lundigan
Actor
12-Jun-1914 20-Dec-1975 Men Into Space
Moms Mabley
Comic
19-Mar-1894 23-May-1975 Pioneering black comedienne
Noel Madison
Actor
30-Apr-1897 6-Jan-1975 American character actor
Marjorie Main
Actor
24-Feb-1890 10-Apr-1975 Ma and Pa Kettle
Fredric March
Actor
31-Aug-1897 14-Apr-1975 The Best Years of Our Lives
George E. Marshall
Film Director
29-Dec-1891 17-Feb-1975 Destry Rides Again
Lester Matthews
Actor
6-Jun-1900 6-Jun-1975 The Raven
John McGiver
Actor
5-Nov-1913 9-Sep-1975 Midnight Cowboy
Ross McWhirter
Author
12-Aug-1925 27-Nov-1975 Co-founder, Guinness Book of World Records
Joe Medwick
Baseball
24-Nov-1911 21-Mar-1975 MLB Hall of Famer
Clive Morton
Actor
16-Mar-1904 24-Sep-1975 Kind Hearts and Coronets
Martha Moxley
Victim
16-Aug-1960 30-Oct-1975 Murdered by Michael Skakel
Elijah Muhammad
Religion
7-Oct-1897 25-Feb-1975 Nation of Islam
Alfred P. Murrah
Judge
27-Oct-1904 30-Oct-1975 Oklahoma City Federal Building namesake
Ozzie Nelson
Actor
20-Mar-1906 3-Jun-1975 The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Aristotle Onassis
Business
15-Jan-1906 15-Mar-1975 Greek shipping tycoon
Larry Parks
Actor
13-Dec-1914 13-Apr-1975 Named names before HUAC
Pier Paolo Pasolini
Film Director
5-Mar-1922 2-Nov-1975 Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom
Saint-John Perse
Poet
31-May-1887 20-Sep-1975 Exile
Steve Prefontaine
Track and Field
25-Jan-1951 30-May-1975 Long distance runner
Joseph Proudman
Mathematician
30-Dec-1888 26-Jun-1975 Tidal currents
Frank Puglia
Actor
9-Mar-1892 25-Oct-1975 20 Million Miles to Earth
Robert E. Quinn
Politician
2-Apr-1894 19-May-1975 Governor of Rhode Island, 1937-39
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Politician
5-Sep-1888 17-Apr-1975 Philosopher-President of India, 1962-67
Mujibur Rahman
Head of State
17-Mar-1920 15-Aug-1975 President, Prime Minister of Bangladesh
Sir Robert Robinson
Chemist
13-Sep-1886 8-Feb-1975 Researcher of alkaloids
John J. Rooney
Politician
29-Nov-1903 26-Oct-1975 Congressman from New York, 1944-74
Eisaku Sato
Politician
27-Mar-1901 3-Jun-1975 Japanese Prime Minister 1964-72
Haile Selassie
Royalty
23-Jul-1892 27-Aug-1975 Last Emperor of Ethiopia
Rod Serling
Author
25-Dec-1924 28-Jun-1975 Creator of The Twilight Zone
Dmitri Shostakovich
Composer
25-Sep-1906 9-Aug-1975 Symphony No. 7
Michel Simon
Actor
9-Apr-1895 30-May-1975 L'Atalante
Zutty Singleton
Jazz Musician
14-May-1898 14-Jul-1975 New Orleans jazz drummer
Noble Sissle
Composer
10-Jul-1889 17-Dec-1975 Shuffle Along
Otto Skorzeny
Military
12-Jun-1908 5-Jul-1975 Most dangerous man in Europe
Robert G. Sproul
Educator
22-May-1891 10-Sep-1975 President, University of California, 1930-58
Casey Stengel
Baseball
30-Jul-1890 29-Sep-1975 The Old Perfesser
George Stevens
Film Director
18-Dec-1904 8-Mar-1975 A Place in the Sun
Rex Stout
Novelist
1-Dec-1886 27-Oct-1975 Nero Wolf novels
Robert Strauss
Actor
8-Nov-1913 20-Feb-1975 Animal in Stalag 17
Edward Tatum
Scientist
14-Dec-1909 7-Nov-1975 One gene, one enzyme theory
Lionel Tertis
Violist
29-Dec-1876 22-Feb-1975 First prominent violist
George Paget Thomson
Physicist
3-May-1892 10-Sep-1975 Diffraction of electrons
Clyde Tolson
Government
22-May-1900 14-Apr-1975 J. Edgar Hoover's 40-year companion
Arnold Toynbee
Historian
14-Apr-1889 22-Oct-1975 A Study of History
Arthur Treacher
Actor
23-Jul-1894 14-Dec-1975 The Merv Griffin Show
Lionel Trilling
Critic
4-Jul-1905 5-Nov-1975 The Liberal Imagination
Richard Tucker
Singer
28-Aug-1913 8-Jan-1975 Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera
Emlen Tunnell
Football
29-Mar-1922 22-Jul-1975 NFL Hall of Famer
Mary Ure
Actor
18-Feb-1933 3-Apr-1975 Sons and Lovers
T-Bone Walker
Guitarist
28-May-1910 16-Mar-1975 Highly influential blues guitarist
Richard Wattis
Actor
25-Feb-1912 1-Feb-1975 English comic actor
William A. Wellman
Film Director
29-Feb-1896 9-Dec-1975 The High and the Mighty
Alfred L. Werker
Film Director
2-Dec-1896 28-Jul-1975 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Earle G. Wheeler
Military
13-Jan-1908 18-Dec-1975 Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1964-70
Leslie A. White
Anthropologist
19-Jan-1900 31-Mar-1975 The Science of Culture
Thornton Wilder
Novelist
17-Apr-1897 7-Dec-1975 The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Bob Wills
Musician
6-Mar-1905 13-May-1975 King of Western Swing
P. G. Wodehouse
Author
15-Oct-1881 14-Feb-1975 Jeeves novels
Father Yod
Religion
4-Jul-1922 25-Aug-1975 Founder and Deity of The Source Family


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