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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
George Allen
Politician
8-Mar-1952   US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07
June Allyson
Actor
7-Oct-1917 8-Jul-2006 Two Girls and a Sailor
Lawrence Alma-Tadema
Painter
8-Jan-1836 25-Jun-1912 Classicist painter
Reiko Aylesworth
Actor
9-Dec-1972   Michelle Dessler on 24
Robert T. Bakker
Paleontologist
1945   The Dinosaur Heresies
Arnold Bax
Composer
8-Nov-1883 3-Oct-1953 Symphonist, Tone Poet
Daniel Bernoulli
Mathematician
8-Feb-1700 27-Mar-1782 Fluid dynamics
Johann Bernoulli
Mathematician
27-Jul-1667 1-Jan-1748 L'Hôpital's rule
John Betjeman
Poet
28-Aug-1906 19-May-1984 Summoned By Bells
George David Birkhoff
Mathematician
21-Mar-1884 12-Nov-1944 Modern theory of dynamical systems
Nicolaas Bloembergen
Physicist
11-Mar-1920   Nonlinear optics
Moon Bloodgood
Actor
20-Sep-1975   Eight Below
Dirk Bogarde
Actor
28-Mar-1921 8-May-1999 A Bridge Too Far
Bart Jan Bok
Astronomer
28-Apr-1906 5-Aug-1983 Bok globules
Edward Bok
Author
9-Oct-1863 9-Jan-1930 Editor of Ladies' Home Journal
Paul D. Boyer
Chemist
31-Jul-1918   ATP process
Michelle Branch
Singer/Songwriter
2-Jul-1983   Are You Happy Now?
Neville Brand
Actor
13-Aug-1920 16-Apr-1992 Birdman of Alcatraz
Marlon Brando
Actor
3-Apr-1924 1-Jul-2004 A Streetcar Named Desire
Dirk Brouwer
Astronomer
1-Sep-1902 31-Jan-1966 Celestial mechanics
Hannah Van Buren
First Lady
8-Mar-1783 5-Feb-1819 Wife of US President Martin Van Buren
Neve Campbell
Actor
3-Oct-1973   Phantom of the Opera
Harold Camping
Religion
19-Jul-1921   Keeps predicting the end of world
Kiran Chetry
Journalist
26-Aug-1974   CNN anchor
Michael Chong
Politician
22-Nov-1971   Canadian MP, Wellington--Halton Hills
André Citroën
Engineer
5-Feb-1878 3-Jul-1935 Europe's Henry Ford
De Witt Clinton
Politician
2-Mar-1769 11-Feb-1828 Twice Governor of New York
George B. Cortelyou
Politician
26-Jul-1862 23-Oct-1940 US Treasury Secretary, 1907-09
Paul J. Crutzen
Physicist
3-Dec-1933   Ozone depletion
David Cubitt
Actor
18-Mar-1965   Det. Lee Scanlon on Medium
Ann Curry
Journalist
19-Nov-1956   Dateline NBC Co-Host
Lil Dagover
Actor
30-Sep-1887 24-Jan-1980 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Jan de Bont
Film Director
22-Oct-1943   Minority Report
Theo de Raadt
Computer Programmer
19-May-1968   Developer of OpenBSD operating system
Peter De Vries
Novelist
27-Feb-1910 28-Sep-1993 The Tunnel of Love
Peter Debye
Physicist
24-Mar-1884 2-Nov-1966 Studied molecular structure, dipoles
Cecil B. DeMille
Film Director
12-Aug-1881 21-Jan-1959 Pioneering film director
Kemal Derviş
Government
10-Jan-1949   Head of the UNDP
Daniel DeVos
Business
c. 1958   Amway scion
Dick DeVos
Business
21-Oct-1955   Amway scion
Helen DeVos
Activist
c. 1925   Wife of Amway founder
Richard DeVos
Business
4-Mar-1926   Co-Founder of Amway
Lenny Dykstra
Baseball
10-Feb-1963   Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder
Thomas Edison
Inventor
11-Feb-1847 18-Oct-1931 Invented the light bulb
Charles Fort
Scientist
6-Aug-1874 3-May-1932 Prophet of the Unexplained
Ace Frehley
Guitarist
27-Apr-1951   Lead guitarist, KISS
Lucretia Garfield
First Lady
19-Apr-1832 14-Mar-1918 Wife of US President James Garfield
Janina Gavankar
Actor
29-Nov-1980   Papi on The L Word
George Gaynes
Actor
16-May-1917   Henry Warnimont on Punky Brewster
Andre Geim
Physicist
Oct-1958   Super-thin carbon physics
Gina Gershon
Actor
10-Jun-1962   Showgirls
Ryan Giggs
Soccer
29-Nov-1973   Manchester United
Theo Van Gogh
Film Director
23-Jul-1957 2-Nov-2004 Controversial Director of Submission
William C. Gorgas
Doctor
3-Oct-1854 3-Jul-1920 Malaria and yellow fever
Mark-Paul Gosselaar
Actor
1-Mar-1974   Zack on Saved by the Bell
Mata Hari
Spy
7-Aug-1876 15-Oct-1917 Framed by the Germans
Bret Harte
Author
25-Aug-1836 5-May-1902 Master of the western short story
Catharina Haynes
Judge
9-Nov-1963   5th Circuit Court of Appeals
Gerard Heineken
Business
1841 18-Mar-1893 Founder of Heineken NV
Dudley R. Herschbach
Chemist
18-Jun-1932   Crossed molecular beam experiments
Don Ho
Singer
13-Aug-1930 14-Apr-2007 Hawaiian crooner, Tiny Bubbles
Pete Hoekstra
Politician
30-Oct-1953   Congressman from Michigan, 1993-2011
Deidre Holland
Pornstar
27-Feb-1966   Shaved and Dangerous
Xaviera Hollander
Author
15-Jun-1943   The Happy Hooker
Karen Horney
Psychologist
16-Sep-1885 4-Dec-1952 Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy"
John Hospers
Politician
9-Jun-1918 12-Jun-2011 First Libertarian presidential candidate
Hendrik S. Houthakker
Economist
31-Dec-1924 15-Apr-2008 Council of Economic Advisers, 1969-71
Bill Huizenga
Politician
31-Jan-1969   Congressman, Michigan 2nd
H. Wayne Huizenga
Business
29-Dec-1937   Waste Management, Blockbuster
Joris-Karl Huysmans
Author
5-Feb-1848 12-May-1907 Decadent author, À Rebours
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Physicist
21-Sep-1853 21-Feb-1926 Liquefied helium and discovered superconductivity
John F. Keane
Diplomat
?   US Ambassador to Paraguay, 2003-05
Joyce L. Kennard
Judge
6-May-1941   Justice, California Supreme Court
Charles G. Koch
Philanthropist
1-Nov-1935   Conservative philanthropist, Koch heir
Fred C. Koch
Business
23-Sep-1900 Nov-1967 Founder, Koch Industries
William I. Koch
Business
3-May-1940   Koch Industries
Willem Johan Kolff
Scientist
14-Feb-1911 11-Feb-2009 Artificial kidney, artificial heart
Kristin Kreuk
Actor
30-Dec-1982   Lana on Smallville
Heather Langenkamp
Actor
17-Jul-1964   A Nightmare on Elm Street
Jonathan LaPaglia
Actor
31-Aug-1969   Det. Kevin Debreno on The District
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Journalist
1-May-1847 28-Sep-1903 Radical reporter
Rebecca Loos
TV Personality
19-Jun-1977   Snogged David Beckham
Hendrik Lorentz
Physicist
18-Jul-1853 4-Feb-1928 Electrons
Louis VI
Royalty
1-Dec-1081 1-Aug-1137 King of France, 1108-37
Willem J. Luyten
Astronomer
7-Mar-1899 21-Nov-1994 Stellar mortician
Peter Maas
Author
27-Jun-1929 23-Aug-2001 Serpico
Clara Maass
Activist
28-Jun-1876 24-Aug-1901 Human experiments with yellow fever
Laure Manaudou
Swimmer
9-Oct-1986   French freestyle swimmer
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Politician
4-Jun-1867 28-Jan-1951 President of Finland, 1944-46
Matthew Fontaine Maury
Military
14-Jan-1806 1-Feb-1873 Father of modern oceanography
Leighton Meester
Actor
9-Apr-1986   Gossip Girl
Herman Melville
Author
1-Aug-1819 28-Sep-1891 Moby Dick
Piet Mondrian
Painter
7-Mar-1872 1-Feb-1944 Dutch abstract painter
Elizabeth Monroe
First Lady
30-Jun-1768 23-Sep-1830 Wife of US President James Monroe
David Neeleman
Business
16-Oct-1959   Founder and CEO of JetBlue
Ray Noorda
Business
19-Jun-1924 9-Oct-2006 Former CEO of Novell
Colonel Tom Parker
Business
26-Jun-1909 21-Jan-1997 Elvis Presley's manager
Tony Parker
Basketball
17-May-1982   San Antonio Spurs
Gerard Philips
Business
9-Oct-1858 25-Jan-1942 Founder of Philips Electronics
David Ricardo
Economist
18-Apr-1772 11-Sep-1823 Principles of Political Economy
André Rieu
Violinist
1-Oct-1949   Waltz King of Europe
Johnny Ringo
Criminal
3-May-1850 13-Jul-1882 Old West gunslinger
Rebecca Romijn
Model
6-Nov-1972   Swimsuit supermodel
Linda Ronstadt
Singer
15-Jul-1946   Jerry Brown's former girlfriend
Eleanor Roosevelt
First Lady
11-Oct-1884 7-Nov-1962 First Lady under FDR
Theodore Roosevelt IV
Business
27-Nov-1942   Lehman Brothers
Emmy Rossum
Actor
12-Sep-1986   The Day After Tomorrow
Andrea Roth
Actor
30-Sep-1967   Janet Gavin on Rescue Me
Marcus Schenkenberg
Model
4-Aug-1968   Male supermodel
Maarten Schmidt
Astronomer
28-Dec-1929   Co-Discoverer of quasars
Paul Schrader
Film Director
22-Jul-1946   Writer, Taxi Driver
Robert Schuller
Religion
16-Sep-1926   World's most upbeat televangelist
Philip Schuyler
Military
11-Nov-1733 18-Nov-1804 US Revolutionary War general
Jane Seymour
Actor
15-Feb-1951   Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
Joe Shuster
Cartoonist
10-Jul-1914 30-Jul-1992 Co-Creator of Superman
Jimmy Smits
Actor
9-Jul-1955   L.A. Law
Jan Smuts
Politician
24-May-1870 11-Sep-1950 South African Prime Minister
Bruce Springsteen
Musician
23-Sep-1949   The Boss
Debbie Stoller
Author
?   Knitterati, Stitch 'n Bitch
Dorothy Stratten
Actor
28-Feb-1960 14-Aug-1980 Actress, centerfold
Robert J. Swieringa
Educator
c. 1942   Dean of Johnson School at Cornell
Jerald F. ter Horst
Government
11-Jul-1922 31-Mar-2010 Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary
Nikolaas Tinbergen
Zoologist
15-Apr-1907 21-Dec-1988 Grand Master of Ethology
Jay Van Andel
Business
3-Jun-1924 7-Dec-2004 Amway billionaire
Martin Van Buren
Head of State
5-Dec-1782 24-Jul-1862 8th US President, 1837-41
James Van Der Beek
Actor
8-Mar-1977   Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek
Simon van der Meer
Physicist
24-Nov-1925 4-Mar-2011 Co-Discovered W and Z particles
Laurens van der Post
Author
13-Dec-1906 15-Dec-1996 The Lost World of the Kalahari
Willis Van Devanter
Judge
17-Apr-1859 8-Feb-1941 US Supreme Court Justice, 1911-37
Dick Van Dyke
Actor
13-Dec-1925   The Dick Van Dyke Show
John H. van Vleck
Physicist
13-Mar-1899 27-Oct-1980 Quantum theory of paramagnetism
James E. Van Zandt
Politician
18-Dec-1898 6-Jan-1986 Congressman from Pennsylvania
Guy Vander Jagt
Politician
26-Aug-1931 22-Jun-2007 Congressman from Michigan, 1966-93
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Business
27-May-1794 4-Jan-1877 Robber baron, richest man in the United States
John Vanderlyn
Painter
15-Oct-1776 23-Sep-1852 American portrait painter
Frank VanderSloot
Business
14-Aug-1948   Melaleuca CEO
Martinus J.G. Veltman
Physicist
27-Jun-1931   Quantum physicist
Jenna von Oy
Actor
2-May-1977   Six LeMeure on Blossom
Gijs de Vries
Politician
22-Feb-1956   EU Terrorism czar
Roy Welensky
Head of State
20-Jan-1907 5-Dec-1991 Rhodesian Prime Minister, 1956-63
George Westinghouse
Inventor
6-Oct-1846 12-Mar-1914 Air brake and A/C power
Pieter Zeeman
Physicist
25-May-1865 9-Oct-1943 Discovered Zeeman Effect
Zendaya
Actor
1-Sep-1996   Rocky Blue on Shake It Up!
Frits Zernike
Physicist
16-Jul-1888 10-Mar-1966 Phase-contrast microscope


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