Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Brian "Crush" Adams |
Wrestling |
4-Apr-1964 |
13-Aug-2007 |
WWE wrestler |
Robert Adler |
Physicist |
4-Dec-1913 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Invented wireless remote control |
Alex Agase |
Football |
27-Mar-1922 |
3-May-2007 |
Head Coach at Northwestern, Purdue |
Lloyd Alexander |
Novelist |
30-Jan-1924 |
17-May-2007 |
The Chronicles of Prydain |
Robert O. Anderson |
Business |
13-Apr-1917 |
2-Dec-2007 |
CEO of ARCO, 1966-86 |
William Robert Anderson |
Military |
17-Jun-1921 |
25-Feb-2007 |
Commander, USS Nautilus |
Momofuku Ando |
Business |
5-Mar-1910 |
5-Jan-2007 |
Inventor of instant noodle soup |
Tige Andrews |
Actor |
19-Mar-1920 |
27-Jan-2007 |
Capt. Greer on The Mod Squad |
Barbara Cox Anthony |
Business |
8-Dec-1922 |
28-May-2007 |
Cox Enterprises billionaire |
Michelangelo Antonioni |
Film Director |
29-Sep-1912 |
30-Jul-2007 |
Professione: reporter |
Brooke Astor |
Philanthropist |
30-Mar-1902 |
13-Aug-2007 |
Heiress, philanthropist |
J. D. Roy Atchison |
Government |
28-Aug-1954 |
5-Oct-2007 |
Assistant US Attorney |
Warren Avis |
Business |
4-Aug-1915 |
24-Apr-2007 |
Founder of Avis Rent A Car |
John Backus |
Computer Programmer |
3-Dec-1924 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Inventor of BNF, led FORTRAN team |
Elliott Baker |
Novelist |
15-Dec-1922 |
9-Feb-2007 |
A Fine Madness |
Tammy Faye Bakker |
Religion |
7-Mar-1942 |
20-Jul-2007 |
Wife of Jim Bakker |
Alan Ball |
Soccer |
12-May-1945 |
24-Apr-2007 |
English footballer, 1966 World Cup |
Rose Bampton |
Singer |
28-Nov-1907 |
21-Aug-2007 |
Operatic soprano |
Raymond Barre |
Head of State |
12-Apr-1924 |
23-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of France, 1976-81 |
Jean Baudrillard |
Philosopher |
29-Jul-1929 |
6-Mar-2007 |
Simulacra and Simulation |
Robin Beard |
Politician |
21-Aug-1939 |
16-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Tennessee, 1973-83 |
Rod Beck |
Baseball |
3-Aug-1968 |
23-Jun-2007 |
MLB relief pitcher |
Maurice Béjart |
Choreographer |
1-Jan-1927 |
22-Nov-2007 |
Innovative ballet choreographer |
Bruce Bennett |
Actor |
19-May-1906 |
24-Feb-2007 |
Played Tarzan in 1930s movie serials |
Chris Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1967 |
25-Jun-2007 |
WWE wrestler, murder/suicide |
Nancy Benoit |
Wrestling |
21-May-1964 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Wife, murder victim of Chris Benoit |
Ingmar Bergman |
Film Director |
14-Jul-1918 |
30-Jul-2007 |
Scenes from a Marriage |
Benazir Bhutto |
Head of State |
21-Jun-1953 |
27-Dec-2007 |
Former prime minister of Pakistan |
John Biffen |
Politician |
3-Nov-1930 |
14-Aug-2007 |
Leader, House of Commons, 1982-87 |
Big Moe |
Rapper |
27-Jun-1974 |
14-Oct-2007 |
Sippin' Codeine |
Joey Bishop |
Comic |
3-Feb-1918 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Rat Pack member |
Janet Blair |
Actor |
23-Apr-1921 |
19-Feb-2007 |
Night of the Eagle |
Isabella Blow |
Editor |
19-Nov-1958 |
7-May-2007 |
Suicidal fashion editor |
Edward A. Brennan |
Business |
16-Jan-1934 |
27-Dec-2007 |
CEO of Sears Roebuck, 1984-95 |
Gay Brewer |
Golf |
19-Mar-1932 |
31-Aug-2007 |
Winner, 1967 Masters Tournament |
Teresa Brewer |
Singer |
7-May-1931 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Till I Waltz Again with You |
Daniel Brewster |
Politician |
23-Nov-1923 |
19-Aug-2007 |
US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69 |
Jean-Claude Brialy |
Actor |
30-Mar-1933 |
30-May-2007 |
Une femme est une femme |
Roscoe Lee Browne |
Actor |
2-May-1925 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Character actor, 1960s to 2000s |
Carol Bruce |
Singer |
15-Nov-1919 |
9-Oct-2007 |
Singer with seven decade career |
Art Buchwald |
Columnist |
20-Oct-1925 |
17-Jan-2007 |
Syndicated columnist and humorist |
Frank W. Burke |
Politician |
1-Jun-1920 |
29-Jun-2007 |
Mayor of Louisville, 1969-1973 |
Patricia M. Byrne |
Diplomat |
1-Jun-1925 |
23-Nov-2007 |
US Ambassador to Burma, 1979-83 |
Tommy Byrne |
Baseball |
31-Dec-1919 |
20-Dec-2007 |
MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest |
Philip Callow |
Novelist |
26-Oct-1924 |
22-Sep-2007 |
A Pledge for the Earth |
Ron Carey |
Actor |
11-Dec-1935 |
16-Jan-2007 |
Officer Levitt on Barney Miller |
Kitty Carlisle |
Singer |
3-Sep-1910 |
18-Apr-2007 |
A Night at the Opera |
Julia Carson |
Politician |
8-Jul-1938 |
15-Dec-2007 |
Congresswoman from Indiana, 1997-2007 |
Jean-Pierre Cassel |
Actor |
27-Oct-1932 |
19-Apr-2007 |
The Crimson Rivers |
Alfred Chandler |
Historian |
15-Sep-1918 |
9-May-2007 |
Business historian |
Lonny Chapman |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
12-Oct-2007 |
American character actor |
Sri Chinmoy |
Religion |
27-Aug-1931 |
11-Oct-2007 |
Meditation guru |
Seung-Hui Cho |
Criminal |
18-Jan-1984 |
16-Apr-2007 |
Virginia Tech Massacre |
Liz Claiborne |
Fashion Designer |
31-Mar-1929 |
26-Jun-2007 |
Founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc. |
Donald D. Clancy |
Politician |
24-Jul-1921 |
12-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1961-77 |
Bob Clark |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1941 |
4-Apr-2007 |
A Christmas Story |
Claudia Cohen |
Columnist |
16-Dec-1950 |
15-Jun-2007 |
Gossip columnist |
Norman Cohn |
Historian |
25-Jan-1915 |
31-Jul-2007 |
The Pursuit of the Millennium |
Paolo E. Coletta |
Historian |
3-Feb-1916 |
22-May-2007 |
William Jennings Bryan |
Alice Coltrane |
Jazz Musician |
27-Aug-1937 |
12-Jan-2007 |
Musician and widow of John Coltrane |
John Compton |
Head of State |
29-Apr-1925 |
7-Sep-2007 |
Many-time Prime Minister of St. Lucia |
Darlene Conley |
Actor |
18-Jul-1934 |
14-Jan-2007 |
The Bold and the Beautiful |
Shirl Conway |
Actor |
13-Jun-1916 |
7-May-2007 |
Liz Thorpe on The Nurses |
F. Albert Cotton |
Chemist |
9-Apr-1930 |
20-Feb-2007 |
Metal-metal bonds |
Odile Crick |
Artist |
11-Aug-1920 |
5-Jul-2007 |
Sketched the double helix |
John H. Crimmins |
Diplomat |
26-Nov-1919 |
12-Dec-2007 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1973-78 |
William J. Crowe, Jr. |
Government |
2-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2007 |
US Navy Admiral |
Disco D |
Music Producer |
21-Sep-1980 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Ghetto-tech DJ |
Jo Ann Davis |
Politician |
29-Jun-1950 |
6-Oct-2007 |
Congresswoman from Virginia, 2001-07 |
Laraine Day |
Actor |
13-Oct-1920 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Foreign Correspondent |
Yvonne De Carlo |
Actor |
1-Sep-1922 |
8-Jan-2007 |
Lily on The Munsters |
Michael Deaver |
Government |
11-Apr-1938 |
18-Aug-2007 |
Reagan Deputy Chief of Staff |
Calvert DeForest |
Actor |
23-Jul-1921 |
19-Mar-2007 |
Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman |
Brad Delp |
Singer |
12-Jun-1951 |
9-Mar-2007 |
Lead singer of Boston |
Olcott H. Deming |
Diplomat |
28-Feb-1909 |
20-Mar-2007 |
First US Ambassador to Uganda, 1963-66 |
Bob Denard |
Military |
7-Apr-1929 |
13-Oct-2007 |
French mercenary |
Harry S. Dent, Sr. |
Political Strategist |
21-Feb-1930 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Devised Nixon's Southern Strategy |
Steven B. Derounian |
Politician |
6-Apr-1918 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Congressman from New York, 1953-65 |
Laura Devon |
Actor |
23-May-1931 |
19-Jul-2007 |
Red Line 7000 |
Michael Dibdin |
Novelist |
21-Mar-1947 |
30-Mar-2007 |
Aurelio Zen novels |
Denny Doherty |
Singer |
29-Nov-1940 |
19-Jan-2007 |
The Mamas and the Papas |
Eleonora Rossi Drago |
Actor |
23-Sep-1925 |
2-Dec-2007 |
Violent Summer |
Robert Drinan |
Politician |
15-Nov-1920 |
28-Jan-2007 |
Jesuit priest, Massachusetts Congressman |
Lucky Dube |
Singer |
3-Aug-1964 |
18-Oct-2007 |
South African reggae star |
Kevin DuBrow |
Singer |
29-Oct-1955 |
25-Nov-2007 |
Lead singer, Quiet Riot |
Jennifer Dunn |
Politician |
29-Jul-1941 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Congresswoman from Washington, 1993-2005 |
Thomas Eagleton |
Politician |
4-Sep-1929 |
4-Mar-2007 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87 |
Albert Ellis |
Psychologist |
27-Sep-1913 |
24-Jul-2007 |
Rational emotive behavior therapy |
Paul Erdman |
Economist |
19-May-1932 |
23-Apr-2007 |
The Billion Dollar Sure Thing |
Michael Evans |
Actor |
27-Jul-1920 |
4-Sep-2007 |
The Young and the Restless |
Ray Evans |
Songwriter |
4-Feb-1915 |
15-Feb-2007 |
Que Sera Sera |
Jerry Falwell |
Religion |
11-Aug-1933 |
15-May-2007 |
Television evangelist |
Joseph S. Farland |
Diplomat |
11-Aug-1914 |
28-Jan-2007 |
US Ambassador to Iran, 1972-73 |
Glenn W. Ferguson |
Educator |
28-Jan-1929 |
20-Dec-2007 |
University president, Ambassador to Kenya |
Fernando Fernán-Gómez |
Actor |
28-Aug-1921 |
21-Nov-2007 |
Voyage to Nowhere |
Gianfranco Ferrè |
Fashion Designer |
15-Aug-1944 |
17-Jun-2007 |
Italian fashion designer |
Hans Filbinger |
Politician |
15-Sep-1913 |
1-Apr-2007 |
Disgraced German politician |
Ernst Otto Fischer |
Chemist |
10-Nov-1918 |
23-Jul-2007 |
Organometallic "sandwich" compounds |
Hal Fishman |
Journalist |
25-Aug-1931 |
7-Aug-2007 |
Los Angeles TV news anchor |
Steven Florio |
Publisher |
19-Apr-1949 |
27-Dec-2007 |
CEO of Condé Nast, 1995-2005 |
John Flynn |
Film Director |
14-Mar-1932 |
4-Apr-2007 |
Brainscan |
Jack Flynt |
Politician |
8-Nov-1914 |
24-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1954-79 |
Dan Fogelberg |
Musician |
13-Aug-1951 |
16-Dec-2007 |
Leader Of The Band |
Steve Fossett |
Aviator |
22-Apr-1944 |
3-Sep-2007 |
First to cross Pacific in a balloon |
Bill France, Jr. |
Auto Racing |
4-Apr-1933 |
4-Jun-2007 |
CEO of NASCAR, 1972-2003 |
Freddie Francis |
Film Director |
22-Dec-1917 |
17-Mar-2007 |
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave |
Ernest Gallo |
Business |
18-Mar-1909 |
6-Mar-2007 |
Billionaire winemaker |
Rosemary Gatenby |
Novelist |
8-Oct-1919 |
3-Jan-2007 |
The Season of Danger |
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes |
Physicist |
24-Oct-1932 |
18-May-2007 |
Molecular structure of polymers |
Alice Ghostley |
Actor |
14-Aug-1926 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Bernice Clifton on Designing Women |
Paul Gillmor |
Politician |
1-Feb-1939 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1989-2007 |
Ian Gilmour |
Politician |
8-Jul-1926 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar |
Robert Goulet |
Singer |
26-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2007 |
Baritone star of stage and screen |
Edward M. Gramlich |
Economist |
18-Jun-1939 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Federal Reserve Governor, 1997-2005 |
Dabbs Greer |
Actor |
2-Apr-1917 |
28-Apr-2007 |
Rev. Alden on Little House |
Merv Griffin |
Talk Show Host |
6-Jul-1925 |
12-Aug-2007 |
The Merv Griffin Show and Jeopardy |
Charles B. Griffith |
Screenwriter |
23-Sep-1930 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Little Shop of Horrors |
George Grizzard |
Actor |
1-Apr-1928 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Advise and Consent |
Gilbert Gude |
Politician |
9-Mar-1923 |
7-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1967-77 |
Jerry Hadley |
Singer |
16-Jun-1952 |
18-Jul-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
David Halberstam |
Journalist |
10-Apr-1934 |
23-Apr-2007 |
The Powers That Be |
Bobby Hamilton |
Auto Racing |
29-May-1957 |
7-Jan-2007 |
NASCAR driver, 1988-2006 |
Elizabeth Hardwick |
Critic |
27-Jul-1916 |
2-Dec-2007 |
Seduction and Betrayal |
Curtis Harrington |
Film Director |
17-Dec-1922 |
6-May-2007 |
Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet |
Mark Harris |
Novelist |
19-Nov-1922 |
30-May-2007 |
Bang the Drum Slowly |
Johnny Hart |
Cartoonist |
18-Feb-1931 |
7-Apr-2007 |
The Wizard of Id, B.C. |
Bill Hartack |
Jockey |
9-Dec-1932 |
26-Nov-2007 |
Five-time Kentucky Derby winner |
Augustus F. Hawkins |
Politician |
31-Aug-1907 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Congressman from California, 1963-91 |
Lee Hazlewood |
Music Producer |
9-Jul-1929 |
4-Aug-2007 |
Cowboy in Sweden |
Leona Helmsley |
Business |
4-Jul-1920 |
20-Aug-2007 |
Queen of Mean |
Walter Hendl |
Conductor |
12-Jan-1917 |
10-Apr-2007 |
Music Director, Dallas Symphony, 1949-58 |
Kenneth J. Hendricks |
Business |
8-Sep-1941 |
21-Dec-2007 |
Billionaire, ABC Supply |
Don Herbert |
TV Personality |
10-Jul-1917 |
12-Jun-2007 |
Mr. Wizard |
Christian Herter, Jr. |
Government |
29-Jan-1919 |
16-Sep-2007 |
First Chairman, New York Urban Coalition |
Raul Hilberg |
Historian |
2-Jun-1926 |
4-Aug-2007 |
The Destruction of the European Jews |
James Hillier |
Physicist |
22-Aug-1915 |
15-Jan-2007 |
Electron microscope |
Don Ho |
Singer |
13-Aug-1930 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Hawaiian crooner, Tiny Bubbles |
Peter Hoagland |
Politician |
17-Nov-1941 |
30-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Nebraska, 1989-95 |
Terry Hoeppner |
Football |
19-Aug-1947 |
19-Jun-2007 |
Hoosiers Head Coach, 2005-07 |
Rex Humbard |
Religion |
13-Aug-1919 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Televangelist |
William L. Hungate |
Politician |
14-Dec-1922 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1964-77 |
E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
Gareth Hunt |
Actor |
7-Feb-1942 |
14-Mar-2007 |
The New Avengers |
Betty Hutton |
Actor |
26-Feb-1921 |
11-Mar-2007 |
Incendiary Blonde |
Henry Hyde |
Politician |
18-Apr-1924 |
29-Nov-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1975-2007 |
John Inman |
Actor |
28-Jun-1935 |
8-Mar-2007 |
Are You Being Served? |
Itcho Ito |
Politician |
23-Aug-1945 |
18-Apr-2007 |
Mayor of Nagasaki, 1995-2007 |
Molly Ivins |
Columnist |
30-Aug-1944 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Loudmouthed Texas dame |
Richard Jeni |
Comic |
14-Apr-1957 |
10-Mar-2007 |
A Big Steaming Pile of Me |
Richard Jewell |
Victim |
17-Nov-1962 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Innocent security guard blamed for bombing |
Dennis Johnson |
Basketball |
18-Sep-1954 |
22-Feb-2007 |
Boston Celtics |
Lady Bird Johnson |
First Lady |
22-Dec-1912 |
11-Jul-2007 |
Wife of US President Lyndon Baines Johnson |
Tom Johnson |
Hockey |
18-Feb-1928 |
21-Nov-2007 |
NHL Hall of Famer, coach |
Elizabeth Jolley |
Novelist |
4-Jun-1923 |
13-Feb-2007 |
Mr. Scobie's Riddle |
Griffith Jones |
Actor |
19-Nov-1909 |
30-Jan-2007 |
I Became a Criminal |
Jim Jontz |
Politician |
18-Dec-1951 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Congressman from Indiana, 1987-93 |
Robert Jordan |
Author |
17-Oct-1948 |
16-Sep-2007 |
Wheel of Time series |
Philip M. Kaiser |
Diplomat |
12-Jul-1913 |
24-May-2007 |
US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81 |
D. James Kennedy |
Religion |
3-Nov-1930 |
5-Sep-2007 |
Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church |
Deborah Kerr |
Actor |
30-Sep-1921 |
16-Oct-2007 |
From Here to Eternity |
Majid Khadduri |
Scholar |
1908 |
25-Jan-2007 |
Middle East scholar |
Mohammed Jamal Khalifa |
Relative |
1-Feb-1957 |
31-Jan-2007 |
Osama bin Laden's brother-in-law |
Michael Kidd |
Choreographer |
12-Aug-1915 |
23-Dec-2007 |
Award-winning choreographer |
Thomas S. Kleppe |
Politician |
1-Jul-1919 |
2-Mar-2007 |
US Secretary of the Interior, 1975-77 |
Evel Knievel |
Daredevil |
17-Oct-1938 |
30-Nov-2007 |
Daredevil and one-time action figure |
Teddy Kollek |
Politician |
27-May-1911 |
2-Jan-2007 |
Mayor of Jerusalem, 1965-93 |
Arthur Kornberg |
Scientist |
3-Mar-1918 |
26-Oct-2007 |
Synthesized DNA |
Bowie Kuhn |
Baseball |
28-Oct-1926 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84 |
Madeleine L'Engle |
Author |
29-Nov-1918 |
6-Sep-2007 |
A Wrinkle In Time |
Frankie Laine |
Singer |
30-Mar-1913 |
6-Feb-2007 |
Moonlight Gambler, Rawhide |
Antonio Lamer |
Judge |
8-Jul-1933 |
24-Nov-2007 |
Chief Justice of Canada, 1990-2000 |
Charles Lane |
Actor |
26-Jan-1905 |
9-Jul-2007 |
Grumpy character actor |
Paul C. Lauterbur |
Scientist |
6-May-1929 |
27-Mar-2007 |
Magnetic resonance imaging |
Ira Levin |
Novelist |
27-Aug-1929 |
12-Nov-2007 |
Rosemary's Baby |
Sol LeWitt |
Artist |
9-Sep-1928 |
8-Apr-2007 |
Conceptual artist |
Goh Tong Lim |
Business |
c. 1917 |
23-Oct-2007 |
Malaysian casino billionaire |
Moira Lister |
Actor |
6-Aug-1923 |
27-Oct-2007 |
Seven Waves Away |
Calvin Lockhart |
Actor |
18-Sep-1934 |
29-Mar-2007 |
Uptown Saturday Night |
Jean-Marie Lustiger |
Religion |
17-Sep-1926 |
5-Aug-2007 |
Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005 |
Alan G. MacDiarmid |
Chemist |
14-Apr-1927 |
7-Feb-2007 |
Metallic polymers |
James Mackay |
Historian |
21-Nov-1936 |
12-Aug-2007 |
Plagiarising historian |
Norman Mailer |
Author |
31-Jan-1923 |
10-Nov-2007 |
Armies of the Night |
Theodore Maiman |
Physicist |
11-Jul-1927 |
5-May-2007 |
Built the first working laser |
Delbert Mann |
Film Director |
30-Jan-1920 |
11-Nov-2007 |
That Touch of Mink |
Martin Manulis |
Film/TV Producer |
30-May-1915 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Creator of Playhouse 90 |
Marcel Marceau |
Performance Artist |
22-Mar-1923 |
22-Sep-2007 |
Mime, created Bip the clown |
Kerwin Mathews |
Actor |
8-Jan-1926 |
5-Jul-2007 |
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad |
Lois Maxwell |
Actor |
14-Feb-1927 |
29-Sep-2007 |
Miss Moneypenny |
Wiley Mayne |
Politician |
19-Jan-1917 |
27-May-2007 |
Congressman from Iowa, 1967-75 |
Edward McGaffigan |
Government |
8-Dec-1948 |
2-Sep-2007 |
NRC Commissioner, 1996-2007 |
Max McGee |
Football |
16-Jul-1932 |
20-Oct-2007 |
Former WR, Green Bay Packers |
Robert B. McGehee |
Business |
c. 1943 |
9-Oct-2007 |
CEO of Progress Energy, 2004-07 |
John J. McLaughry |
Football |
8-Apr-1917 |
28-Nov-2007 |
Head Coach at Brown, 1959-66 |
Barbara McNair |
Singer |
4-Mar-1934 |
4-Feb-2007 |
You're Gonna Love My Baby |
Robert E. McNair |
Politician |
14-Dec-1923 |
17-Nov-2007 |
Governor of South Carolina, 1965-71 |
Colin McRae |
Auto Racing |
5-Aug-1968 |
15-Sep-2007 |
Scottish rally car champion |
Gian-Carlo Menotti |
Composer |
7-Jul-1911 |
1-Feb-2007 |
The Saint of Bleecker Street |
William Meredith |
Poet |
9-Jan-1919 |
30-May-2007 |
Partial Accounts |
Thomas J. Meskill |
Politician |
30-Jan-1928 |
29-Oct-2007 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1971-75 |
Pierre Messmer |
Head of State |
20-Mar-1916 |
29-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of France, 1972-74 |
Jack Metcalf |
Politician |
30-Nov-1927 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Congressman from Washington, 1995-2001 |
James W. Michaels |
Journalist |
17-Jun-1921 |
2-Oct-2007 |
Longtime Forbes editor |
Diane Middlebrook |
Author |
16-Apr-1939 |
15-Dec-2007 |
Biographer of Anne Sexton |
Juanita Millender-McDonald |
Politician |
7-Sep-1938 |
22-Apr-2007 |
Congresswoman from California, 1996-2007 |
Stanley Miller |
Chemist |
7-Mar-1930 |
20-May-2007 |
Miller-Urey Experiment |
Joseph G. Minish |
Politician |
1-Sep-1916 |
24-Nov-2007 |
Congressman from New Jersey, 1963-85 |
Jim Mitchell |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1943 |
12-Jul-2007 |
Pornographer; shot and killed brother Artie |
Parren J. Mitchell |
Politician |
29-Apr-1922 |
28-May-2007 |
Congressman from Maryland, 1971-87 |
Kiichi Miyazawa |
Head of State |
8-Oct-1919 |
28-Jun-2007 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1991-93 |
Kieron Moore |
Actor |
5-Oct-1924 |
15-Jul-2007 |
The League of Gentlemen |
James M. Moran |
Business |
8-Aug-1918 |
24-Apr-2007 |
JM Family Enterprises |
Barry Nelson |
Actor |
16-Apr-1920 |
7-Apr-2007 |
Yank on the Burma Road |
Dick Nolan |
Football |
26-Mar-1932 |
11-Nov-2007 |
49ers Head Coach, 1968-75 |
Charlie Norwood |
Politician |
27-Jul-1941 |
13-Feb-2007 |
Congressman from Georgia, 1995-2007 |
Parry O'Brien |
Track and Field |
28-Jan-1932 |
21-Apr-2007 |
Revolutionized the shot put |
William A. O'Neill |
Politician |
11-Aug-1930 |
24-Nov-2007 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1980-91 |
Al Oerter |
Track and Field |
19-Sep-1936 |
1-Oct-2007 |
Four-time Olympic discus gold medalist |
Tillie Olsen |
Author |
14-Jan-1913 |
1-Jan-2007 |
Tell Me a Riddle |
Donald E. Osterbrock |
Astronomer |
13-Jul-1924 |
11-Jan-2007 |
Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81 |
Bohdan Paczynski |
Astronomer |
8-Feb-1940 |
19-Apr-2007 |
Gravitational microlensing |
Grace Paley |
Author |
11-Dec-1922 |
22-Aug-2007 |
The Little Disturbances of Man |
Pief Panofsky |
Physicist |
24-Apr-1919 |
24-Sep-2007 |
Stanford Linear Accelerator |
Maurice Papon |
Criminal |
3-Sep-1910 |
17-Feb-2007 |
Vichy war criminal |
Lee Patterson |
Actor |
31-Mar-1929 |
14-Feb-2007 |
One Life to Live |
Luciano Pavarotti |
Singer |
12-Oct-1935 |
6-Sep-2007 |
Operatic tenor |
Alfred Peet |
Business |
10-Mar-1920 |
27-Aug-2007 |
Founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea |
Oscar Peterson |
Jazz Musician |
15-Aug-1925 |
24-Dec-2007 |
Maharajah of the keyboard |
Boris Pickett |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Feb-1938 |
25-Apr-2007 |
Monster Mash |
Pimp C |
Rapper |
29-Dec-1973 |
4-Dec-2007 |
Half of UGK |
Sam Pollock |
Hockey |
25-Dec-1925 |
15-Aug-2007 |
GM of Montreal Canadiens, 1964-78 |
Carlo Ponti |
Film/TV Producer |
11-Dec-1910 |
10-Jan-2007 |
Doctor Zhivago |
Tom Poston |
Actor |
17-Oct-1921 |
30-Apr-2007 |
Handyman on Newhart |
Mala Powers |
Actor |
20-Dec-1931 |
11-Jun-2007 |
Cyrano de Bergerac |
Tose Proeski |
Singer |
25-Jan-1981 |
16-Oct-2007 |
Macedonian pop star |
Skip Prosser |
Basketball |
3-Nov-1950 |
26-Jul-2007 |
Xavier, Wake Forest Head Coach |
Calvin L. Rampton |
Politician |
6-Nov-1913 |
16-Sep-2007 |
Governor of Utah, 1965-77 |
Boots Randolph |
Musician |
3-Jun-1927 |
3-Jul-2007 |
Yakety Sax |
Paul Raven |
Bassist |
16-Jan-1961 |
20-Oct-2007 |
Bassist for Killing Joke, Ministry |
Mike Reid |
Actor |
19-Jan-1940 |
29-Jul-2007 |
Frank Butcher on EastEnders |
Charles Nelson Reilly |
Actor |
13-Jan-1931 |
25-May-2007 |
Flamboyant Match Game panelist |
Ian Richardson |
Actor |
7-Apr-1934 |
9-Feb-2007 |
House of Cards |
George Rieveschl |
Chemist |
9-Jan-1916 |
27-Sep-2007 |
Discovered Benadryl |
Jim Ringo |
Football |
21-Nov-1931 |
19-Nov-2007 |
NFL Hall of Famer |
Phil Rizzuto |
Baseball |
25-Sep-1916 |
14-Aug-2007 |
American League MVP, 1950 |
Max Roach |
Jazz Musician |
10-Jan-1924 |
16-Aug-2007 |
Enduring jazz drummer |
James O. Robbins |
Business |
c. 1942 |
10-Oct-2007 |
President of Cox Communications, 1985-2005 |
Eddie Robinson |
Football |
13-Feb-1919 |
3-Apr-2007 |
Grambling Head Coach, 1941-97 |
Percy Rodriguez |
Actor |
13-Jun-1918 |
6-Sep-2007 |
Afro-Canadian actor |
William D. Rogers |
Diplomat |
12-May-1927 |
22-Sep-2007 |
Under Secretary of State, 1976-77 |
Richard Rorty |
Philosopher |
4-Oct-1931 |
8-Jun-2007 |
Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature |
Stuart Rosenberg |
Film Director |
11-Aug-1927 |
15-Mar-2007 |
Cool Hand Luke |
Mstislav Rostropovich |
Cellist |
27-Mar-1927 |
27-Apr-2007 |
Cellist and conductor |
Jane Rule |
Author |
28-Mar-1931 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Desert of the Heart |
Aaron Russo |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Feb-1943 |
24-Aug-2007 |
Libertarian filmmaker |
Fred Saberhagen |
Novelist |
18-May-1930 |
29-Jun-2007 |
Berserker series |
George E. Sangmeister |
Politician |
16-Feb-1931 |
7-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95 |
Audrey Santo |
Victim |
19-Dec-1983 |
14-Apr-2007 |
Miracle girl in a coma |
John D. Scanlan |
Diplomat |
20-Dec-1927 |
20-Nov-2007 |
US Ambassador to Yugoslavia, 1985-89 |
Wally Schirra |
Astronaut |
12-Mar-1923 |
3-May-2007 |
Commander of Apollo 7 |
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. |
Historian |
15-Oct-1917 |
28-Feb-2007 |
The Age of Roosevelt |
David Hans Schmidt |
Business |
27-May-1960 |
28-Sep-2007 |
Celebrity porn broker |
Gordon Scott |
Actor |
3-Aug-1926 |
30-Apr-2007 |
Played Tarzan, 1955-60 |
Charles E. Scripps |
Business |
27-Jan-1920 |
3-Feb-2007 |
E. W. Scripps scion |
Michael Seaton |
Astronomer |
16-Jun-1923 |
29-May-2007 |
Opacity Project |
Michel Serrault |
Actor |
24-Jan-1928 |
29-Jul-2007 |
La cage aux folles |
Mohammed Zahir Shah |
Royalty |
16-Oct-1914 |
23-Jul-2007 |
King of Afghanistan, 1933-73 |
Melville Shavelson |
Film Director |
1-Apr-1917 |
8-Aug-2007 |
Yours, Mine and Ours |
Chandra Shekhar |
Head of State |
1-Jul-1927 |
8-Jul-2007 |
Prime Minister of India, 1990-91 |
Sidney Sheldon |
Author |
11-Feb-1917 |
30-Jan-2007 |
Annie Get Your Gun |
William Sheluck, Jr. |
Business |
c. 1941 |
29-Dec-2007 |
CEO of Nationar, 1983-93 |
Thomas P. Shoesmith |
Diplomat |
25-Jan-1922 |
26-Apr-2007 |
US Ambassador to Malaysia, 1983-87 |
Andy Sidaris |
Film Director |
20-Feb-1931 |
7-Mar-2007 |
Hard Ticket to Hawaii |
Kai M. Siegbahn |
Physicist |
20-Apr-1918 |
20-Jul-2007 |
Electron spectroscopy |
Joel Siegel |
Critic |
7-Jul-1943 |
29-Jun-2007 |
Film critic |
Ricky Silberman |
Activist |
31-Mar-1937 |
18-Feb-2007 |
Cofounder, Independent Women's Forum |
Beverly Sills |
Singer |
25-May-1929 |
2-Jul-2007 |
Soprano at the New York City Opera |
Elliott P. Skinner |
Scholar |
20-Jun-1924 |
1-Apr-2007 |
US Ambassador to Upper Volta, 1966-69 |
George Smathers |
Politician |
14-Nov-1913 |
20-Jan-2007 |
US Senator from Florida, 1951-69 |
Anna Nicole Smith |
Model |
28-Nov-1967 |
8-Feb-2007 |
Addled golddigger |
Ian Smith |
Head of State |
8-Apr-1919 |
20-Nov-2007 |
Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1965-79 |
Roger Smith |
Business |
12-Jul-1925 |
29-Nov-2007 |
CEO of General Motors, 1980-90 |
Gene Snyder |
Politician |
26-Jan-1928 |
16-Feb-2007 |
Congressman from Kentucky, 1967-87 |
Tom Snyder |
Talk Show Host |
12-May-1936 |
29-Jul-2007 |
The Tomorrow Show |
Lewis C. Solmon |
Economist |
17-Jul-1942 |
17-Dec-2007 |
Education reformer |
Brett Somers |
Actor |
11-Jul-1924 |
15-Sep-2007 |
Match Game fixture |
Chauncey Starr |
Physicist |
14-Apr-1912 |
17-Apr-2007 |
Electric Power Research Institute |
Karlheinz Stockhausen |
Composer |
22-Aug-1928 |
5-Dec-2007 |
Influential avant-garde composer |
Robert E. Sweeney |
Politician |
4-Nov-1924 |
30-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1965-67 |
Sean Taylor |
Football |
1-Apr-1983 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Washington Redskins safety, murdered 2007 |
Zola Taylor |
Singer |
17-Mar-1934 |
30-Apr-2007 |
The Platters |
Craig Thomas |
Politician |
17-Feb-1933 |
4-Jun-2007 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1995-2007 |
Hank Thompson |
Country Musician |
3-Sep-1925 |
6-Nov-2007 |
Honky Tonk Swing musician |
Gaston Thorn |
Head of State |
3-Sep-1928 |
26-Aug-2007 |
Prime Minister of Luxembourg, 1974-79 |
Billy Thorpe |
Musician |
29-Mar-1946 |
28-Feb-2007 |
Children of the Sun |
Paul Tibbets |
Military |
23-Feb-1915 |
1-Nov-2007 |
Pilot of the Enola Gay |
Ike Turner |
Musician |
5-Nov-1931 |
12-Dec-2007 |
River Deep, Mountain High |
Miyoshi Umeki |
Actor |
3-Apr-1929 |
28-Aug-2007 |
Sayonara |
Sigrid Valdis |
Actor |
21-Sep-1935 |
14-Oct-2007 |
Hilda on Hogan's Heroes |
Jack Valenti |
Business |
5-Sep-1921 |
26-Apr-2007 |
Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA |
Guy Vander Jagt |
Politician |
26-Aug-1931 |
22-Jun-2007 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93 |
Charles Vanik |
Politician |
7-Apr-1913 |
30-Aug-2007 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1955-81 |
C. William Verity |
Government |
26-Jan-1917 |
3-Jan-2007 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1987-89 |
Robert Vesco |
Criminal |
4-Nov-1935 |
23-Nov-2007 |
Fugitive financier |
Peter Viertel |
Novelist |
16-Nov-1920 |
4-Nov-2007 |
White Hunter, Black Heart |
José Luis de Villalonga |
Actor |
29-Jan-1920 |
30-Aug-2007 |
Breakfast at Tiffany's |
Kurt Vonnegut |
Novelist |
11-Nov-1922 |
11-Apr-2007 |
Slaughterhouse Five |
Marvin Wachman |
Educator |
24-Mar-1917 |
22-Dec-2007 |
Temple University President, 1973-83 |
Porter Wagoner |
Country Musician |
12-Aug-1927 |
28-Oct-2007 |
The Thin Man from West Plains |
Kurt Waldheim |
Government |
21-Dec-1918 |
14-Jun-2007 |
UN Secretary General, 1972-82 |
Ian Wallace |
Drummer |
29-Sep-1946 |
22-Feb-2007 |
Ex-Crimson and active session drummer |
Bill Walsh |
Football |
30-Nov-1931 |
30-Jul-2007 |
49ers Head Coach, 1979-88 |
Helen Robson Walton |
Relative |
3-Dec-1919 |
19-Apr-2007 |
World's 13th richest person, 2005 |
Shawn Wang |
Business |
c. 1947 |
27-Dec-2007 |
CFO of Baidu, 2004-07 |
Coral Eugene Watts |
Criminal |
7-Nov-1953 |
21-Sep-2007 |
Maybe America's most prolific serial killer |
Bernard Weatherill |
Politician |
25-Nov-1920 |
6-May-2007 |
Speaker of the House of Commons, 1983-92 |
Eugen Weber |
Historian |
24-Apr-1925 |
17-May-2007 |
The Western Tradition |
Darrent Williams |
Football |
27-Sep-1982 |
1-Jan-2007 |
Murdered Denver Broncos cornerback |
Bill Willis |
Football |
5-Oct-1921 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer |
Dick Wilson |
Actor |
30-Jul-1916 |
19-Nov-2007 |
Mr. Whipple |
Pete Wilson |
Journalist |
Apr-1945 |
20-Jul-2007 |
KGO -TV and AM anchor/host |
Robert Anton Wilson |
Author |
18-Jan-1932 |
11-Jan-2007 |
Illuminatus Trilogy |
Tony Wilson |
TV Personality |
20-Feb-1950 |
10-Aug-2007 |
Founder of Factory Records |
Sherwin T. Wine |
Religion |
25-Jan-1928 |
21-Jul-2007 |
Humanistic Judaism |
Louis Wolfson |
Business |
28-Jan-1912 |
30-Dec-2007 |
Business criminal, horse breeder |
Nicholas Worth |
Actor |
4-Sep-1938 |
7-May-2007 |
Don't Answer the Phone! |
Jane Wyman |
Actor |
5-Jan-1917 |
10-Sep-2007 |
Falcon Crest |
Yahweh ben Yahweh |
Religion |
27-Oct-1935 |
7-May-2007 |
Nation of Yahweh |
Douglas C. Yearley |
Business |
c. 1936 |
8-Oct-2007 |
CEO of Phelps Dodge, 1989-99 |
Boris Yeltsin |
Head of State |
1-Feb-1931 |
23-Apr-2007 |
First president of post-Soviet Russia |
Robert A. Young III |
Politician |
27-Nov-1923 |
17-Oct-2007 |
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-87 |
Marvin Zindler |
Journalist |
10-Aug-1921 |
29-Jul-2007 |
Houston reporter, KTRK-TV |