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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Harold Adamson
Songwriter
10-Dec-1906 17-Aug-1980 Time on My Hands
Joy Adamson
Naturalist
20-Jan-1910 3-Jan-1980 Born Free
Herbert Agar
Journalist
29-Sep-1897 24-Nov-1980 The People's Choice
Emmett Ashford
Baseball
23-Nov-1914 1-Mar-1980 Baseball's first black umpire
Hans Asperger
Doctor
18-Feb-1906 21-Oct-1980 Asperger's Syndrome
Tex Avery
Cartoonist
26-Feb-1908 26-Aug-1980 Creator of Porky Pig and Daffy Duck
Raymond Bailey
Actor
6-May-1904 15-Apr-1980 Milburn on Beverly Hillbillies
Roland Barthes
Critic
12-Nov-1915 23-Mar-1980 Structuralist literary critic, S/Z
Gregory Bateson
Anthropologist
9-May-1904 4-Jul-1980 Steps to an Ecology of Mind
Mario Bava
Film Director
31-Jul-1914 27-Apr-1980 Black Sunday
Samuel D. Berger
Diplomat
6-Dec-1911 12-Feb-1980 US Ambassador to South Korea, 1961-64
Dana X. Bible
Football
8-Oct-1891 19-Jan-1980 Legendary Texas football coach
John Bonham
Drummer
31-May-1948 24-Sep-1980 Drummer for Led Zeppelin, 1968-80
Barbara Britton
Actor
26-Sep-1919 17-Jan-1980 Mr. and Mrs. North
Manlio Brosio
Diplomat
10-Jul-1897 14-Mar-1980 NATO Secretary General, 1964-71
Edward Bullard
Physicist
21-Sep-1907 3-Apr-1980 Continental drift, magnetic fields
Azaria Chamberlain
Victim
11-Jun-1980 17-Aug-1980 Reportedly eaten by dingoes
Gower Champion
Theater Director
22-Jun-1921 25-Aug-1980 Show Boat
Jackie Cochran
Aviator
11-May-1906 9-Aug-1980 First woman to break the sound barrier
Marc Connelly
Playwright
13-Dec-1890 21-Dec-1980 The Green Pastures
Cicely Courtneidge
Actor
1-Apr-1893 26-Apr-1980 The Ghost Train
Darby Crash
Singer
26-Sep-1958 7-Dec-1980 The Germs
Ian Curtis
Singer
15-Jul-1956 18-May-1980 Lead singer of Joy Division
Lil Dagover
Actor
30-Sep-1887 24-Jan-1980 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Dorothy Day
Activist
8-Nov-1897 29-Nov-1980 Founder of the Catholic Worker movement
Harold W. Dodds
Educator
28-Jun-1889 25-Oct-1980 President, Princeton University, 1932-57
Karl Doenitz
Military
16-Sep-1891 2-Dec-1980 U-Boat admiral
Forrest C. Donnell
Politician
20-Aug-1884 3-Mar-1980 Governor and Senator from Missouri
William O. Douglas
Judge
16-Oct-1898 19-Jan-1980 US Supreme Court Justice, 1939-75
Jimmy Durante
Comic
10-Feb-1893 20-Jan-1980 Everybody wants ta get inta da act
Ray Eliot
Football
13-Jun-1905 24-Feb-1980 Illini Head Coach, 1942-59
Bill Evans
Jazz Musician
16-Aug-1929 15-Sep-1980 Jazz pianist
George H. Fallon
Politician
24-Jul-1902 21-Mar-1980 Congressman from Maryland, 1945-71
Herbie Faye
Actor
2-Feb-1899 28-Jun-1980 Cpl. Fender on The Phil Silvers Show
Terence Fisher
Film Director
23-Feb-1904 18-Jun-1980 Dracula, Prince of Darkness
Virgil Fox
Organist
3-May-1912 25-Oct-1980 Organist at the Riverside Church
Otto Frank
Relative
12-May-1889 19-Aug-1980 Father of Anne Frank
Elizebeth Friedman
Scientist
26-Aug-1892 31-Oct-1980 America's first female cryptanalyst
Jane Froman
Singer
10-Nov-1907 22-Apr-1980 The Jane Froman Show
Erich Fromm
Psychologist
23-Mar-1900 18-Mar-1980 Psychoanalyst, Humanist
Helen Gahagan
Actor
25-Nov-1900 28-Jun-1980 Actress, California Congresswoman
Reginald Gardiner
Actor
27-Feb-1903 7-Jul-1980 English-American character actor
Romain Gary
Novelist
8-May-1914 2-Dec-1980 Roots of Heaven
E. Urner Goodman
Administrator
15-May-1891 13-Mar-1980 Cofounder, Order of the Arrow
Bette Nesmith Graham
Inventor
23-Mar-1924 12-May-1980 Correction fluid
C. Hartley Grattan
Author
19-Oct-1902 25-Jun-1980 The Southwest Pacific
John Howard Griffin
Author
16-Jul-1920 9-Sep-1980 Black Like Me
Hugh Griffith
Actor
30-May-1912 14-May-1980 Sheik Ilderim in Ben-Hur
Victor Gruen
Architect
18-Jul-1903 14-Feb-1980 Popularized the shopping mall
Tim Hardin
Singer/Songwriter
23-Dec-1941 29-Dec-1980 If I Were a Carpenter
Robert Hayden
Poet
4-Aug-1913 25-Feb-1980 Words in the Mourning Time
Dick Haymes
Singer
13-Sep-1916 28-Mar-1980 State Fair
Alfred Hitchcock
Film Director
13-Aug-1899 29-Apr-1980 Master of Suspense
José Iturbi
Pianist
28-Nov-1895 28-Jun-1980 Spanish pianist, conductor at Rochester
Hattie Jacques
Actor
7-Feb-1922 6-Oct-1980 Carry on...
David Janssen
Actor
27-Mar-1931 13-Feb-1980 The Fugitive
Merrill Jensen
Historian
1905 30-Jan-1980 The Articles of Confederaton
John D. Jernegan
Diplomat
12-Jun-1911 7-Nov-1980 US Ambassador to Iraq, 1958-62
Pascual Jordan
Physicist
18-Oct-1902 31-Jul-1980 Founder of Quantum Mechanics
Barnaby C. Keeney
Educator
17-Oct-1914 18-Jun-1980 President of Brown University, 1955-66
Doug Kenney
Comic
10-Dec-1946 27-Aug-1980 National Lampoon cofounder
Erle C. Kenton
Film Director
1-Aug-1896 28-Jan-1980 House of Frankenstein
Yahya Khan
Head of State
4-Apr-1917 10-Aug-1980 President of Pakistan, ordered Bengali genocide
Oskar Kokoschka
Painter
1-Mar-1886 22-Feb-1980 Austrian expressionist painter
André Kostelanetz
Conductor
22-Dec-1901 13-Jan-1980 André Kostelanetz Presents
Alexei Kosygin
Head of State
20-Feb-1904 18-Dec-1980 Premier of the Soviet Union, 1964-80
John Laurie
Actor
25-Mar-1897 23-Jun-1980 Pvt. James Frazer on Dad's Army
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Henry Levin
Film Director
5-Jun-1909 1-May-1980 The Lonely Man
Willard F. Libby
Chemist
17-Dec-1908 8-Sep-1980 Carbon-14 dating technique
James B. Longley
Politician
22-Apr-1924 16-Aug-1980 Governor of Maine, 1975-79
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
Socialite
12-Feb-1884 20-Feb-1980 The Other Washington Monument
Allard Lowenstein
Politician
16-Jan-1929 14-Mar-1980 Congressman, New York 5th
Grace Lumpkin
Novelist
3-Mar-1891 1980 To Make My Bread
Olivia Manning
Novelist
2-Mar-1908 23-Jul-1980 Fortunes of War
Mantovani
Conductor
15-Nov-1905 29-Mar-1980 Popular light orchestral conductor
Strother Martin
Actor
26-Mar-1919 1-Aug-1980 Cool Hand Luke
John William Mauchly
Physicist
30-Aug-1907 8-Jan-1980 ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers
John W. McCormack
Politician
21-Dec-1891 22-Nov-1980 Speaker of the House, 1962-70
James S. McDonnell
Business
9-Apr-1899 22-Aug-1980 Founder of McDonnell Aircraft Co.
John McEwen
Head of State
29-Mar-1900 20-Nov-1980 Prime Minister of Australia, 1967-68
Charles McGraw
Actor
10-May-1914 30-Jul-1980 Armored Car Robbery
Marshall McLuhan
Author
21-Jul-1911 31-Dec-1980 The medium is the message
Steve McQueen
Actor
24-Mar-1930 7-Nov-1980 The Great Escape
Carey McWilliams
Journalist
13-Dec-1905 27-Jun-1980 Editor of The Nation, 1955-75
George Meany
Labor Leader
16-Aug-1894 10-Jan-1980 AFL-CIO President, 1955-79
Kay Medford
Actor
14-Sep-1914 10-Apr-1980 Bye Bye Birdie
Kurt Mendelssohn
Mathematician
7-Jan-1906 18-Sep-1980 Cryogenics and pyramids
Max Miedinger
Typographer
24-Dec-1910 8-Mar-1980 Designed the Helvetica typeface
Lewis Milestone
Film Director
30-Sep-1895 25-Sep-1980 Mutiny on the Bounty
Henry Miller
Novelist
26-Dec-1891 7-Jun-1980 Tropic of Cancer
Oswald Mosley
Politician
16-Nov-1896 3-Dec-1980 Founder of the British Union of Fascists
Carmel Myers
Actor
4-Apr-1899 9-Nov-1980 Ben-Hur
Arthur C. Nielsen
Business
5-Sep-1897 1-Jun-1980 Founder of A.C. Nielsen ratings company
Elliott Nugent
Film Director
20-Sep-1896 9-Aug-1980 My Favorite Brunette
Barbara O'Neil
Actor
17-Jul-1910 3-Sep-1980 Ellen O'Hara in Gone with the Wind
Arthur M. Okun
Economist
28-Nov-1928 23-Mar-1980 Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-69
Jesse Owens
Track and Field
12-Sep-1913 31-Mar-1980 Four track and field medals in 1936 Olympics
George Pal
Film Director
1-Feb-1908 2-May-1980 The Time Machine
Gail Patrick
Actor
20-Jun-1911 6-Jul-1980 Love Crazy
Lynn Patrick
Hockey
3-Feb-1912 26-Jan-1980 Bruins, St. Louis Blues GM
Jean Piaget
Psychologist
9-Aug-1896 17-Sep-1980 Elaborated the stages of childhood
Alexander M. Poniatoff
Business
1892 1980 Founder of Ampex
Katherine Anne Porter
Author
15-May-1890 18-Sep-1980 Ship of Fools
Barbara Pym
Novelist
2-Jun-1913 11-Jan-1980 Some Tame Gazelle
George Raft
Actor
26-Sep-1895 24-Nov-1980 Actor with Mafia ties
Lillian Randolph
Actor
14-Dec-1898 12-Sep-1980 Birdie on The Great Gildersleeve
Marshall Reed
Actor
28-May-1917 15-Apr-1980 Insp. Fred Asher on The Lineup
Stanley Reed
Judge
31-Dec-1884 2-Apr-1980 US Supreme Court Justice, 1938-57
Duncan Renaldo
Actor
23-Apr-1904 3-Sep-1980 The Cisco Kid
Joseph Banks Rhine
Paranormal
29-Sep-1885 20-Feb-1980 Father of modern parapsychology
Rachel Roberts
Actor
20-Sep-1927 26-Nov-1980 This Sporting Life
Lillian Roth
Actor
13-Dec-1910 12-May-1980 I'll Cry Tomorrow
Muriel Rukeyser
Poet
15-Dec-1913 12-Feb-1980 The Book of the Dead
Colonel Sanders
Business
9-Sep-1890 16-Dec-1980 Kentucky Fried Chicken
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher
21-Jun-1905 15-Apr-1980 Nausea, No Exit
Gordon E. Sawyer
unspecified
27-Aug-1905 15-Mar-1980 Sound for West Side Story
Dore Schary
Film/TV Producer
31-Aug-1905 7-Jul-1980 President of MGM, 1951-56
Bon Scott
Musician
9-Jul-1946 19-Feb-1980 Lead Singer for AC/DC
William J. Sebald
Diplomat
5-Nov-1901 Aug-1980 Chief US FSO in Japan, 1947-52
Peter Sellers
Actor
8-Sep-1925 24-Jul-1980 Inspector Clouseau
Shah of Iran
Royalty
26-Oct-1919 27-Jul-1980 Last Shah of Iran
James C. Shannon
Politician
21-Jul-1896 6-Mar-1980 Governor of Connecticut, 1948-49
Jay Silverheels
Actor
26-May-1912 5-Mar-1980 Tonto on The Lone Ranger
Jacques Singer
Conductor
9-May-1910 11-Aug-1980 Music Director, Oregon Symphony, 1962-72
Conn Smythe
Hockey
1-Feb-1895 18-Nov-1980 Longtime owner, Toronto Maple Leafs
C. P. Snow
Author
15-Oct-1905 1-Jul-1980 The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution
Anastasio Somoza
Head of State
5-Dec-1925 17-Sep-1980 Dictator of Nicaragua
Red Sovine
Country Musician
17-Jul-1918 4-Apr-1980 The Old Syrup Sopper
William H. Stein
Chemist
25-Jun-1911 2-Feb-1980 Amino-acid analyzer
Karel Stepanek
Actor
29-Oct-1899 25-Dec-1980 Czech-English actor, played Germans
Donald Ogden Stewart
Author
30-Nov-1894 2-Aug-1980 The Philadelphia Story
George R. Stewart
Author
31-May-1895 22-Aug-1980 Earth Abides
Clyfford Still
Painter
30-Nov-1904 23-Jun-1980 Abstract expressionist
Milburn Stone
Actor
5-Jul-1904 12-Jun-1980 Doc Adams on Gunsmoke
Dorothy Stratten
Actor
28-Feb-1960 14-Aug-1980 Actress, centerfold
Walter Susskind
Conductor
1-May-1913 25-Mar-1980 Director, Toronto Symphony, 1956-65
Willie Sutton
Criminal
30-Jun-1901 2-Nov-1980 Because that's where the money is
Billie Thomas
Actor
12-Mar-1931 10-Oct-1980 Buckwheat on The Little Rascals
Melvin E. Thompson
Politician
1-May-1903 3-Oct-1980 Governor of Georgia, 1947-48
Josip Broz Tito
Head of State
7-May-1892 4-May-1980 Communist dictator of Yugoslavia
George Tobias
Actor
14-Jul-1901 27-Feb-1980 Abner Kravitz on Bewitched
Ivan Triesault
Actor
14-Jul-1898 3-Jan-1980 The Amazing Transparent Man
Kenneth Tynan
Critic
2-Apr-1927 26-Jul-1980 British theatre critic
Romolo Valli
Actor
7-Feb-1925 1-Feb-1980 Il Gattopardo
John H. van Vleck
Physicist
13-Mar-1899 27-Oct-1980 Quantum theory of paramagnetism
Bobby Van
Actor
6-Dec-1928 31-Jul-1980 Broadway actor
Patrick Gordon Walker
Politician
7-Apr-1907 2-Dec-1980 UK Foreign Secretary, 1964-66
Raoul Walsh
Film Director
11-Mar-1887 31-Dec-1980 The Naked and the Dead
Stella Walsh
Track and Field
3-Apr-1911 4-Dec-1980 Olympic sprinter found to be actually male
Mae West
Actor
17-Aug-1893 22-Nov-1980 Go up and see her sometime
Larry Williams
Musician
10-May-1935 7-Jan-1980 Bony Moronie and Dizzy Miss Lizzie
James Wright
Poet
13-Dec-1927 25-Mar-1980 The Branch Will Not Break
O. V. Wright
Singer
9-Oct-1939 16-Nov-1980 Southern gospel and soul singer
Victor Sen Yung
Actor
18-Oct-1915 9-Nov-1980 Hop Sing on Bonanza


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