Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Sid Abel |
Hockey |
22-Feb-1918 |
7-Feb-2000 |
Detroit Red Wings, NHL Hall of Famer |
Hafez al-Assad |
Head of State |
6-Oct-1930 |
10-Jun-2000 |
President of Syria, 1971-2000 |
Carl B. Albert |
Politician |
10-May-1908 |
4-Feb-2000 |
Congressman from Oklahoma, 1946-76 |
Lewis Allen |
Film Director |
25-Dec-1905 |
3-May-2000 |
The Uninvited |
Steve Allen |
Talk Show Host |
26-Dec-1921 |
30-Oct-2000 |
The Tonight Show |
Lloyd Anderson |
Business |
4-Aug-1902 |
13-Sep-2000 |
Founder of REI |
Edward Ashley |
Actor |
12-Aug-1904 |
5-May-2000 |
British-American character actor |
Claude Autant-Lara |
Film Director |
5-Aug-1901 |
5-Feb-2000 |
La traversée de Paris |
Sirimavo Bandaranaike |
Head of State |
17-Apr-1916 |
10-Oct-2000 |
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka |
Paul Bartel |
Actor |
6-Aug-1938 |
13-May-2000 |
Eating Raoul |
Billy Barty |
Actor |
25-Oct-1924 |
23-Dec-2000 |
High-profile little person |
Leonard Baskin |
Sculptor |
15-Aug-1922 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Sculptor and printmaker |
Herbert H. Bateman |
Politician |
7-Aug-1928 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-2000 |
Tex Beneke |
Musician |
12-Feb-1914 |
30-May-2000 |
Saxophonist, The Glenn Miller Orchestra |
Robert F. Bennett |
Politician |
23-May-1927 |
9-Oct-2000 |
Governor of Kansas, 1975-79 |
Edward Bernds |
Film Director |
12-Jul-1905 |
20-May-2000 |
Return of the Fly |
Bob Blackman |
Football |
7-Jul-1918 |
18-Mar-2000 |
Dartmouth Head Coach, 1955-70 |
Konrad Bloch |
Scientist |
21-Jan-1912 |
15-Oct-2000 |
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
Roy Blough |
Economist |
1901 |
2000 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1950-52 |
Victor Borge |
Pianist |
3-Jan-1909 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Comedic pianist |
Edgar Bowers |
Poet |
2-Mar-1924 |
4-Feb-2000 |
For Louis Pasteur |
Malcolm Bradbury |
Critic |
7-Sep-1932 |
27-Nov-2000 |
The History Man |
Gwendolyn Brooks |
Poet |
7-Jun-1917 |
3-Dec-2000 |
Annie Allen |
Don Budge |
Tennis |
13-Jun-1915 |
26-Jan-2000 |
First ever to win Grand Slam |
William Bundy |
Government |
24-Sep-1917 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Cold War advisor to JFK, LBJ |
Joe C. |
Rapper |
9-Nov-1974 |
16-Nov-2000 |
Tiny rapping sidekick of Kid Rock |
L. Sprague de Camp |
Author |
27-Nov-1907 |
6-Nov-2000 |
Lest Darkness Fall |
Vincent Canby |
Critic |
27-Jul-1924 |
15-Sep-2000 |
Film/Theater Critic, The New York Times |
Mel Carnahan |
Politician |
11-Feb-1934 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Dead man, still defeated John Ashcroft |
Helena Carter |
Actor |
24-Aug-1923 |
11-Jan-2000 |
Invaders from Mars |
Barbara Cartland |
Author |
9-Jul-1901 |
21-May-2000 |
Wrote way too many romance novels |
Robert P. Casey |
Politician |
9-Jan-1932 |
30-May-2000 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1987-95 |
George Christopher |
Politician |
8-Dec-1907 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Mayor of San Francisco, 1956-64 |
Marguerite Churchill |
Actor |
25-Dec-1910 |
9-Jan-2000 |
The Big Trail |
James B. Clark |
Film Director |
14-May-1908 |
19-Jul-2000 |
Flipper |
Alexander H. Cohen |
Theatre Producer |
24-Jul-1920 |
22-Apr-2000 |
The Homecoming |
Nancy Coleman |
Actor |
30-Dec-1912 |
18-Jan-2000 |
Desperate Journey |
John Colicos |
Actor |
10-Dec-1928 |
6-Mar-2000 |
Anne of the Thousand Days |
Alex Comfort |
Doctor |
10-Feb-1920 |
26-Mar-2000 |
The Joy of Sex |
John T. Connor |
Business |
3-Nov-1914 |
6-Oct-2000 |
CEO of Allied Chemical, 1967-79 |
Robert Cormier |
Author |
17-Jan-1925 |
2-Nov-2000 |
I am the Cheese |
Paul Coverdell |
Politician |
29-Jan-1939 |
18-Jul-2000 |
US Senator from Georgia, 1993-2000 |
Alan Cranston |
Politician |
19-Jun-1914 |
31-Dec-2000 |
US Senator from California, 1969-93 |
Bettino Craxi |
Head of State |
24-Feb-1934 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87 |
Robert B. Crosby |
Politician |
26-Mar-1911 |
7-Jan-2000 |
Governor of Nebraska, 1953-55 |
Jimmie Davis |
Singer/Songwriter |
11-Sep-1899 |
5-Nov-2000 |
You Are My Sunshine |
Julian C. Dixon |
Politician |
8-Aug-1934 |
8-Dec-2000 |
Congressman from California, 1979-2000 |
Ann Doran |
Actor |
28-Jul-1911 |
19-Sep-2000 |
Rio Grande |
Frances Drake |
Actor |
22-Oct-1912 |
18-Jan-2000 |
WWII pinup girl, also actress |
David Dukes |
Actor |
6-Jun-1945 |
9-Oct-2000 |
War and Remembrance |
Ian Dury |
Musician |
12-May-1942 |
27-Mar-2000 |
Ian Dury and the Blockheads |
Margaret Early |
Actor |
25-Dec-1919 |
29-Nov-2000 |
Strike Up the Band |
Norman A. Erbe |
Politician |
25-Oct-1919 |
8-Jun-2000 |
Governor of Iowa, 1961-63 |
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. |
Actor |
9-Dec-1909 |
7-May-2000 |
Sinbad the Sailor |
Richard Farnsworth |
Actor |
1-Sep-1920 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Comes a Horseman |
Tom Fears |
Football |
3-Dec-1922 |
4-Jan-2000 |
NFL Hall of Fame Wide Receiver |
Lolo Ferrari |
Pornstar |
9-Feb-1970 |
5-Mar-2000 |
Double Airbags |
Vivian Fine |
Composer |
28-Sep-1913 |
20-Mar-2000 |
Drama for Orchestra |
Gail Fisher |
Actor |
18-Aug-1935 |
2-Dec-2000 |
Peggy Fair on Mannix |
Penelope Fitzgerald |
Novelist |
17-Dec-1916 |
28-Apr-2000 |
The Blue Flower |
Henry H. Fowler |
Government |
5-Sep-1908 |
3-Jan-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1965-68 |
Walter N. Frank |
Business |
22-Apr-1908 |
15-Feb-2000 |
Chairman of the NYSE, 1965-67 |
Vittorio Gassman |
Actor |
1-Sep-1922 |
29-Jun-2000 |
The Great War |
Peter Gennaro |
Dancer |
23-Nov-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Broadway choreographer |
John Gielgud |
Actor |
14-Apr-1904 |
21-May-2000 |
Prospero's Books |
Robert R. Gilruth |
Engineer |
18-Oct-1913 |
17-Aug-2000 |
NASA scientist |
Henry B. Gonzalez |
Politician |
3-May-1916 |
28-Nov-2000 |
Congressman from Texas, 1961-99 |
Leo Gordon |
Actor |
2-Dec-1922 |
26-Dec-2000 |
Riot in Cell Block 11 |
Edward Gorey |
Author |
22-Feb-1925 |
15-Apr-2000 |
Amphigorey |
Charles Gray |
Actor |
29-Aug-1928 |
7-Mar-2000 |
Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
Lou Groza |
Football |
25-Jan-1924 |
29-Nov-2000 |
With Cleveland Browns for 21 years |
Alec Guinness |
Actor |
2-Apr-1914 |
5-Aug-2000 |
Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars |
Greta Gynt |
Actor |
15-Nov-1916 |
2-Apr-2000 |
The Dark Eyes of London |
Gus Hall |
Activist |
8-Oct-1910 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Leader, Communist Party USA |
John C. Harsanyi |
Economist |
29-May-1920 |
9-Aug-2000 |
Game theory |
Poul Hartling |
Head of State |
14-Aug-1914 |
30-Apr-2000 |
Prime Minister of Denmark, 1973-75 |
David Haskell |
Actor |
4-Jun-1948 |
30-Aug-2000 |
Godspell |
Screamin' Jay Hawkins |
Musician |
18-Jul-1929 |
12-Feb-2000 |
I Put a Spell on You |
Lionel Hebert |
Golf |
20-Jan-1928 |
30-Dec-2000 |
Winner, 1957 PGA Championship |
Doug Henning |
Magician |
3-May-1947 |
7-Feb-2000 |
Extremely flamboyant magician |
Rose Hobart |
Actor |
1-May-1906 |
29-Aug-2000 |
East of Borneo |
Leo A. Hoegh |
Politician |
30-Mar-1908 |
15-Jul-2000 |
Governor of Iowa, 1955-57 |
Mark R. Hughes |
Business |
1956 |
21-May-2000 |
Herbalife founder |
David R. Hunter |
Administrator |
17-May-1916 |
25-Nov-2000 |
Progressive fund advisor |
John N. Irwin II |
Diplomat |
31-Dec-1913 |
28-Feb-2000 |
US Deputy Secretary of State, 1970-73 |
Rick Jason |
Actor |
21-May-1923 |
16-Oct-2000 |
Lt. Gil Hanley on Combat! |
Noor Jehan |
Singer |
21-Sep-1926 |
23-Dec-2000 |
Bollywood Diva |
Odette Joyeux |
Actor |
5-Dec-1914 |
26-Aug-2000 |
Love Story |
Phil Katz |
Computer Programmer |
3-Nov-1962 |
14-Apr-2000 |
Creator of PKZIP |
Lila Kedrova |
Actor |
9-Oct-1918 |
16-Feb-2000 |
Zorba the Greek |
Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
Richard Kerry |
Diplomat |
28-Jul-1915 |
29-Jul-2000 |
Father of John Kerry |
Richard G. Kleindienst |
Government |
5-Aug-1923 |
3-Feb-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1972-73 |
Werner Klemperer |
Actor |
22-Mar-1920 |
6-Dec-2000 |
Col. Klink on Hogan's Heroes |
Reg Kray |
Criminal |
24-Oct-1933 |
1-Oct-2000 |
Kray brothers |
Murray Krieger |
Critic |
27-Nov-1923 |
5-Aug-2000 |
The Play and Place of Criticism |
Thomas G. Labrecque |
Business |
17-Sep-1938 |
16-Oct-2000 |
CEO of Chase Manhattan, 1990-96 |
Hedy Lamarr |
Actor |
9-Nov-1913 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Actress, invented frequency hopping |
Tom Landry |
Football |
11-Sep-1924 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, 1960-88 |
Ring Lardner, Jr. |
Playwright |
19-Aug-1915 |
31-Oct-2000 |
Screenwriter, M*A*S*H |
Francis Lederer |
Actor |
6-Nov-1899 |
25-May-2000 |
Pandora's Box |
Bob Lemon |
Baseball |
22-Sep-1920 |
11-Jan-2000 |
Cleveland Indians Pitcher, MLB Manager |
Edward H. Levi |
Government |
26-Jun-1911 |
7-Mar-2000 |
US Attorney General, 1975-77 |
Joseph H. Lewis |
Film Director |
6-Apr-1907 |
30-Aug-2000 |
Gun Crazy |
John Lindsay |
Politician |
24-Nov-1921 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Mayor of New York City, 1966-73 |
Larry Linville |
Actor |
29-Sep-1939 |
10-Apr-2000 |
Maj. Frank Burns on M*A*S*H |
Julie London |
Singer |
26-Sep-1926 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Cry Me a River |
Jeff MacNelly |
Cartoonist |
17-Sep-1948 |
8-Jun-2000 |
Editorial cartoonist, Shoe |
Meredith MacRae |
Actor |
30-May-1944 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Host of Mid-Morning L.A. |
Nancy Marchand |
Actor |
19-Jun-1928 |
18-Jun-2000 |
Mrs. Pynchon on Lou Grant |
Joan Marsh |
Actor |
10-Jul-1913 |
10-Aug-2000 |
You're Telling Me! |
Don Martin |
Artist |
18-May-1931 |
6-Jan-2000 |
Mad Magazine artist |
Helen Martin |
Actor |
23-Jul-1909 |
25-Mar-2000 |
Pearl Shay on 227 |
Walter Matthau |
Actor |
1-Oct-1920 |
1-Jul-2000 |
Messy half of the Odd Couple |
William Maxwell |
Novelist |
16-Aug-1908 |
31-Jul-2000 |
The Folded Leaf |
Walter P. McConaughy |
Diplomat |
11-Sep-1908 |
2000 |
US Ambassador to Taiwan, 1966-74 |
Connie McCready |
Politician |
21-Aug-1921 |
22-Dec-2000 |
Mayor of Portland Oregon, 1979-81 |
K. Gunn McKay |
Politician |
23-Feb-1925 |
6-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Utah, 1971-81 |
Terence McKenna |
Author |
16-Nov-1946 |
3-Apr-2000 |
Mushrooms, UFOs, end of fractal time |
David Merrick |
Theatre Producer |
27-Nov-1911 |
25-Apr-2000 |
Hello, Dolly! |
Merton H. Miller |
Economist |
16-May-1923 |
3-Jun-2000 |
Modigliani-Miller theorem |
George Montgomery |
Actor |
29-Aug-1916 |
12-Dec-2000 |
Coney Island |
Richard Mulligan |
Actor |
13-Nov-1932 |
26-Sep-2000 |
Burt Campbell in Soap |
Bill Musselman |
Basketball |
13-Aug-1940 |
5-May-2000 |
Timberwolves Head Coach, 1989-91 |
George Musso |
Football |
8-Apr-1910 |
5-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Bears tackle, guard |
Mike Muuss |
Computer Programmer |
16-Oct-1958 |
20-Nov-2000 |
Ping |
Louis Néel |
Physicist |
22-Nov-1904 |
17-Nov-2000 |
Magnetic properties of solids |
Maurine Brown Neuberger |
Politician |
9-Jan-1907 |
22-Feb-2000 |
US Senator from Oregon, 1960-67 |
Harold Nicholas |
Dancer |
27-Mar-1921 |
3-Jul-2000 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
Leo Nomellini |
Football |
19-Jun-1924 |
17-Oct-2000 |
49er Hall of Famer |
Patrick O'Brian |
Novelist |
12-Dec-1914 |
2-Jan-2000 |
The Aubreyad series |
John Cardinal O'Connor |
Religion |
15-Jan-1920 |
3-May-2000 |
Archbishop of New York, 1984-2000 |
Keizo Obuchi |
Head of State |
25-Jun-1937 |
14-May-2000 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1998-2000 |
Mark Oliphant |
Physicist |
8-Oct-1901 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Deuterium reactions |
Benjamin Orr |
Bassist |
8-Sep-1947 |
3-Oct-2000 |
Bassist for The Cars |
Patricia Owens |
Actor |
17-Jan-1925 |
31-Aug-2000 |
The Fly |
John O. Pastore |
Politician |
17-Mar-1907 |
15-Jul-2000 |
Governor and Senator from Rhode Island |
Jean Peters |
Actor |
15-Oct-1926 |
13-Oct-2000 |
Captain from Castile |
Justin Pierce |
Actor |
21-Mar-1975 |
10-Jul-2000 |
Kids |
Samuel R. Pierce |
Politician |
8-Sep-1922 |
31-Oct-2000 |
US Secretary of HUD, 1981-89 |
Lynden Oscar Pindling |
Politician |
22-Mar-1930 |
25-Aug-2000 |
Father of The Bahamas |
Anthony Powell |
Novelist |
21-Dec-1905 |
28-Mar-2000 |
A Dance to the Music of Time |
Tito Puente |
Musician |
20-Apr-1923 |
31-May-2000 |
Popular Latin bandleader |
Big Pun |
Rapper |
10-Nov-1971 |
7-Feb-2000 |
Latino rapper/producer |
Willard Van Orman Quine |
Philosopher |
25-Jun-1908 |
25-Dec-2000 |
Two Dogmas of Empiricism |
Brian Rawlinson |
Actor |
12-Nov-1931 |
23-Nov-2000 |
Robert Onedin on The Onedin Line |
Steve Reeves |
Actor |
21-Jan-1926 |
1-May-2000 |
Hercules |
Marc Reisner |
Author |
14-Sep-1948 |
21-Jul-2000 |
Cadillac Desert |
Maurice Richard |
Hockey |
4-Aug-1921 |
27-May-2000 |
NHL Hall of Famer |
Beah Richards |
Actor |
12-Jul-1920 |
14-Sep-2000 |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner |
Jason Robards |
Actor |
26-Jul-1922 |
26-Dec-2000 |
All The President's Men |
Kermit Roosevelt, Jr. |
Government |
16-Feb-1916 |
8-Jun-2000 |
1953 Iran coup |
Raul Roulien |
Actor |
8-Oct-1905 |
8-Sep-2000 |
Flying Down to Rio |
Carl Rowan |
Columnist |
11-Aug-1925 |
23-Sep-2000 |
Chicago Sun-Times columnist |
Charles F. C. Ruff |
Attorney |
1-Aug-1939 |
19-Nov-2000 |
Clinton's impeachment attorney |
Robert Runcie |
Religion |
2-Oct-1921 |
11-Jul-2000 |
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-91 |
Sidney Salkow |
Film Director |
16-Jun-1909 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Twice-Told Tales |
Don W. Samuelson |
Politician |
27-Jul-1913 |
20-Jan-2000 |
Governor of Idaho, 1967-71 |
Herbert I. Schiller |
Author |
5-Nov-1919 |
29-Jan-2000 |
Mass Communications and American Empire |
Charles Schulz |
Cartoonist |
26-Nov-1922 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Cartoonist created Peanuts |
DJ Screw |
Disc Jockey |
20-Jul-1971 |
16-Nov-2000 |
Screw Music inventor |
Karl Shapiro |
Poet |
10-Nov-1913 |
14-May-2000 |
Person, Place and Thing |
Max Showalter |
Actor |
2-Jun-1917 |
30-Jul-2000 |
Niagara |
Morton Shulman |
Politician |
25-Apr-1925 |
18-Aug-2000 |
Ontario MPP, iconoclast |
William E. Simon |
Government |
27-Nov-1927 |
3-Jun-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77 |
Michael Smith |
Chemist |
26-Apr-1932 |
4-Oct-2000 |
Oligonucleotide-based mutagenesis |
Gerald A. Soffen |
Astronomer |
7-Feb-1926 |
22-Nov-2000 |
Viking I mission to mars |
Pops Staples |
Guitarist |
28-Dec-1915 |
19-Dec-2000 |
Blues guitarist |
Craig Stevens |
Actor |
8-Jul-1918 |
10-May-2000 |
Peter Gunn |
Nora Swinburne |
Actor |
24-Jul-1902 |
1-May-2000 |
British character actress |
Gloria Talbott |
Actor |
7-Feb-1931 |
19-Sep-2000 |
I Married a Monster from Outer Space |
Derrick Thomas |
Football |
1-Jan-1967 |
8-Feb-2000 |
Hall of Fame Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs |
David Tomlinson |
Actor |
7-May-1917 |
24-Jun-2000 |
Mary Poppins |
Claire Trevor |
Actor |
8-Mar-1910 |
8-Apr-2000 |
Key Largo |
Pierre Trudeau |
Head of State |
18-Oct-1919 |
28-Sep-2000 |
Twice Prime Minister of Canada |
Roger Vadim |
Film Director |
26-Jan-1928 |
11-Feb-2000 |
Barbarella |
Jim Varney |
Actor |
15-Jun-1949 |
10-Feb-2000 |
Played annoyant Ernest P. Worrell |
Bruce Vento |
Politician |
7-Oct-1940 |
10-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-2000 |
Gwen Verdon |
Dancer |
16-Jan-1925 |
18-Oct-2000 |
Damn Yankees |
A. E. van Vogt |
Novelist |
26-Apr-1912 |
26-Jan-2000 |
Science fiction writer |
William C. Warren |
Educator |
3-Feb-1909 |
11-Sep-2000 |
Dean of Columbia Law School, 1952-70 |
Don Weis |
Film Director |
13-May-1922 |
25-Jul-2000 |
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini |
Malcolm Wilson |
Politician |
26-Feb-1914 |
13-Mar-2000 |
Governor of New York, 1973-75 |
Marie Windsor |
Actor |
11-Dec-1919 |
10-Dec-2000 |
The Killing |
Hazel Wolf |
Activist |
10-Mar-1898 |
19-Jan-2000 |
Seattle environmental activist |
Judith Wright |
Poet |
31-May-1915 |
26-Jun-2000 |
The Moving Image |
Paula Yates |
TV Personality |
24-Apr-1960 |
17-Sep-2000 |
Rock Stars in Their Underpants |
Sidney Yates |
Politician |
27-Aug-1909 |
5-Oct-2000 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1949-99 |
Loretta Young |
Actor |
6-Jan-1913 |
12-Aug-2000 |
Platinum Blonde |
Elmo R. Zumwalt |
Military |
29-Nov-1920 |
2-Jan-2000 |
US Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-74 |