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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Willie Aames
Actor
15-Jul-1960   Tommy on Eight is Enough
Edward G. Acheson
Inventor
9-Mar-1856 6-Jul-1931 Discovered silicon carbide
Joan Vollmer Adams
Victim
1924 6-Sep-1951 Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs
John Adams
Head of State
30-Oct-1735 4-Jul-1826 2nd President of the U.S.
Ryan Adams
Singer/Songwriter
5-Nov-1974   Heartbreaker
Ken Adelman
Diplomat
9-Jun-1946   Deputy US Ambassador to the UN, 1981-83
Agnetha Fältskog
Musician
5-Apr-1950   ABBA
Philip Ahn
Actor
29-Mar-1905 28-Feb-1978 Early Korean-American actor
Steve Albini
Music Producer
22-Jul-1962   Big Black, Rapeman, Shellac
Saul Alinsky
Activist
30-Jan-1909 12-Jun-1972 Rules for Radicals
George Allen
Politician
8-Mar-1952   US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07
Lily Allen
Singer
2-May-1985   Smile
Rick Allen
Drummer
1-Nov-1963   Def Leppard's one-armed drummer
Gregg Allman
Musician
8-Dec-1947   The Allman Brothers
June Allyson
Actor
7-Oct-1917 8-Jul-2006 Two Girls and a Sailor
Maria Conchita Alonso
Actor
29-Jun-1957   Colors
Robert Altman
Film Director
20-Feb-1925 20-Nov-2006 M*A*S*H
Gillian Anderson
Actor
9-Aug-1968   Scully on The X-Files
Ian Anderson
Musician
10-Aug-1947   Frontman for Jethro Tull
Pamela Anderson
Actor
1-Jul-1967   Baywatch
Christian Anfinsen
Chemist
26-Mar-1916 14-May-1995 Protein structure and folding
Christina Applegate
Actor
25-Nov-1971   Married with Children
Natalie Appleton
Musician
14-May-1973   All Saints
Nicole Appleton
Musician
7-Dec-1974   All Saints
Al Arbour
Hockey
1-Nov-1932   Longtime NY Islanders Coach
Anne Archer
Actor
24-Aug-1947   Fatal Attraction
Hannah Arendt
Philosopher
14-Oct-1906 4-Dec-1975 Origins of Totalitarianism
Desi Arnaz
Actor
2-Mar-1917 2-Dec-1986 Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy
James Arness
Actor
26-May-1923 3-Jun-2011 Marshal Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke
Tom Arnold
Actor
6-Mar-1959   Ex-Husband of Roseanne Barr
Patricia Arquette
Actor
8-Apr-1968   Allison Dubois on Medium
Rosanna Arquette
Actor
10-Aug-1959   Desperately Seeking Susan
Elizabeth Ashley
Actor
30-Aug-1939   Take Her, She's Mine
David Asman
Journalist
1954   Fox Business Network anchor
Ed Asner
Actor
15-Nov-1929   Lou Grant
Mary Astor
Actor
3-May-1906 25-Sep-1987 The Maltese Falcon
Christopher Atkins
Actor
21-Feb-1961   The Blue Lagoon
Dave Attell
Comic
18-Jan-1965   Insomniac
Lee Atwater
Politician
27-Feb-1951 29-Mar-1991 RNC Chairman, 1988-90
W. H. Auden
Poet
21-Feb-1907 29-Sep-1973 The Age of Anxiety
Red Auerbach
Basketball
20-Sep-1917 28-Oct-2006 Boston Celtics coach
Melanie B
Singer
29-May-1975   Scary Spice
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
21-Mar-1685 28-Jul-1750 Baroque composer
Sebastian Bach
Musician
3-Apr-1968   Former Skid Row vocalist
Kevin Bacon
Actor
8-Jul-1958   Everybody cut Footloose
F. Lee Bailey
Attorney
10-Jun-1933   Criminal defense attorney
Samuel Aaron Baker
Politician
7-Nov-1874 16-Sep-1933 Governor of Missouri, 1925-29
Alec Baldwin
Actor
3-Apr-1958   A Baldwin Brother
Lucille Ball
Actor
6-Aug-1911 26-Apr-1989 I Love Lucy
Ashleigh Banfield
Journalist
29-Dec-1967   MSNBC anchor and correspondent
Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
31-Jan-1902 12-Dec-1968 Lifeboat
Javier Bardem
Actor
1-Mar-1969   Before Night Falls
Brigitte Bardot
Actor
28-Sep-1934   Voulez-vous danser avec moi?
Sonny Barger
Criminal
8-Oct-1938   Oakland Hells Angels
Ellen Barkin
Actor
16-Apr-1954   Siesta
Charles Barkley
Basketball
20-Feb-1963   NBA player scored over 23,000 points
Candy Barr
Performance Artist
6-Jul-1935 30-Dec-2005 Exotic dancer from the 1950s
Roseanne Barr
Actor
3-Nov-1952   Roseanne
Marion Barry
Politician
6-Mar-1936   Twice Mayor of Washington, DC
Ethel Barrymore
Actor
15-Aug-1879 18-Jun-1959 None But the Lonely Heart
Donald Barthelme
Author
7-Apr-1931 23-Jul-1989 Come Back, Dr. Caligari
Mischa Barton
Actor
24-Jan-1986   Marissa Cooper on The O.C.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Dancer
27-Jan-1948   Kirov ballet dancer defected to USA
Angela Bassett
Actor
16-Aug-1958   Got her groove back
Shirley Bassey
Singer
8-Jan-1937   Goldfinger
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
15-Nov-1968 13-Nov-2004 Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
Gordon L. Baum
Activist
1940   Council of Conservative Citizens
Bill Baxley
Politician
27-Jun-1941   Lt. Governor of Alabama, 1983-87
Stephanie Beacham
Actor
28-Feb-1947   Sable Colby on Dynasty
Jennifer Beals
Actor
19-Dec-1963   Flashdance
Sean Bean
Actor
17-Apr-1959   Boromir in Lord of the Rings
Emmanuelle Béart
Actor
14-Aug-1965   La Belle Noiseuse
Victoria Beckham
Singer
17-Apr-1974   Posh Spice
Kate Beckinsale
Actor
26-Jul-1973   Pearl Harbor
Barbara Bel Geddes
Actor
31-Oct-1922 8-Aug-2005 Miss Ellie on Dallas
Art Bell
Radio Personality
17-Jun-1945   Radio talk show host specializing in UFO's
Monica Bellucci
Actor
30-Sep-1964   L'Appartement
John Belushi
Actor
24-Jan-1949 5-Mar-1982 Animal House
William Bendix
Actor
14-Jan-1906 14-Dec-1964 The Life of Riley
Annette Bening
Actor
29-May-1958   The American President
Tony Benn
Politician
3-Apr-1925   Radical left Labour MP
Tony Bennett
Singer
3-Aug-1926   Left his heart in San Francisco
Miki Berenyi
Musician
18-Mar-1967   Singer/guitarist for Lush
Candice Bergen
Actor
9-May-1946   Murphy Brown
Ingrid Bergman
Actor
29-Aug-1915 29-Aug-1982 Murder on the Orient Express
Luciano Berio
Composer
24-Oct-1925 27-May-2003 Italian Avant-garde composer
Sandra Bernhard
Comic
6-Jun-1955   The King of Comedy
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Steven Jesse Bernstein
Poet
4-Dec-1950 22-Oct-1991 Grunge poet and punk rocker
Chuck Berry
Singer
18-Oct-1926   My Ding-A-Ling
Danielle Berry
Computer Programmer
19-Feb-1949 3-Jul-1998 Transsexual designer of M.U.L.E.
Guy Berryman
Bassist
12-Apr-1978   Bassist for Coldplay
John Berryman
Poet
25-Oct-1914 7-Jan-1972 Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
Valerie Bertinelli
Actor
23-Apr-1960   One Day at a Time
Pierre Berton
Author
12-Jul-1920 30-Nov-2004 Canadian writer and TV personality
Andy Biersack
Singer
26-Dec-1990   Lead singer, Black Veil Brides
Traci Bingham
Actor
13-Jan-1968   Baywatch, Surreal Life
Juliette Binoche
Actor
9-Mar-1964   Chocolat and The English Patient
Thora Birch
Actor
11-Mar-1982   Enid from Ghost World
Jane Birkin
Actor
14-Dec-1946   Sang on Je t'aime ... moi non plus
Jacqueline Bisset
Actor
13-Sep-1944   The Deep
Denise Black
Actor
16-Mar-1958   Hazel Tyler in Queer as Folk UK
Frank Black
Singer/Songwriter
4-Apr-1965   Pixies frontman
Karen Black
Actor
1-Jul-1942   Five Easy Pieces
Lewis Black
Comic
30-Aug-1948   Rants on The Daily Show
Peter Black
Politician
14-Jun-1943   Boorish Australian legislator
Vivian Blaine
Actor
21-Nov-1921 9-Dec-1995 Guys and Dolls
Janet Blair
Actor
23-Apr-1921 19-Feb-2007 Night of the Eagle
Selma Blair
Actor
23-Jun-1972   A Dirty Shame
Tony Blair
Head of State
6-May-1953   UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007
Eubie Blake
Jazz Musician
7-Feb-1883 12-Feb-1983 Ragtime jazz pianist
Robert Blake
Actor
18-Sep-1933   Baretta
Alfred Blalock
Doctor
5-Apr-1899 15-Sep-1964 "Blue baby" operation
Cate Blanchett
Actor
14-May-1969   Galadriel in LOTR
Lloyd C. Blankfein
Business
20-Sep-1954   CEO of Goldman Sachs
Bill Blass
Fashion Designer
22-Jun-1922 12-Jun-2002 Bill Blass, Ltd.
Melanie Blatt
Musician
25-Mar-1975   All Saints
Yasmine Bleeth
Actor
14-Jun-1968   Baywatch
Thomas J. Bliley, Jr.
Politician
28-Jan-1932   Congressman from Virginia, 1981-2001
James Blish
Author
23-May-1921 30-Jul-1975 Cities in Flight
Charles A. Blixt
Attorney
18-Aug-1951   Former counsel, RJ Reynolds
Joan Blondell
Actor
30-Aug-1906 25-Dec-1979 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Orlando Bloom
Actor
13-Jan-1977   Lord of the Rings
John Boehner
Politician
17-Nov-1949   Speaker of the US House
Humphrey Bogart
Actor
25-Dec-1899 14-Jan-1957 Casablanca
Jon Bon Jovi
Musician
2-Mar-1962   Gives love a bad name
Danny Bonaduce
Actor
13-Aug-1959   The Partridge Family
John Bonham
Drummer
31-May-1948 24-Sep-1980 Drummer for Led Zeppelin, 1968-80
Rosa Bonheur
Painter
16-Mar-1822 25-May-1899 Horse Fair
Bobby Bonilla
Baseball
23-Feb-1963   NY Mets right fielder
Sorrell Booke
Actor
4-Jan-1930 11-Feb-1994 Boss Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard
Ernest Borgnine
Actor
24-Jan-1917 8-Jul-2012 Marty
Satyendra Nath Bose
Physicist
1-Jan-1894 4-Feb-1974 Bose-Einstein condensates
Mike Bossy
Hockey
22-Jan-1957   NY Islanders, Hall of Famer
Vance Bourjaily
Novelist
17-Sep-1922 31-Aug-2010 The End of My Life
James Bovard
Author
1956   Lost Rights
David Bowie
Singer/Songwriter
8-Jan-1947   Ziggy Stardust
Camilla Parker Bowles
Relative
17-Jul-1947   Prince Charles's wife, former mistress
Paul Bowles
Author
30-Dec-1910 18-Nov-1999 The Sheltering Sky
Christopher Boyce
Spy
16-Feb-1953   The Falcon
Charles Boyer
Actor
28-Aug-1899 26-Aug-1978 Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Lara Flynn Boyle
Actor
24-Mar-1970   Wayne's World
Gloria Brame
Author
20-Aug-1955   Clinical sexologist
Russell Brand
Actor
4-Jun-1975   Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Eva Braun
First Lady
6-Feb-1912 30-Apr-1945 Adolf Hitler's mistress, then wife
Bart Braverman
Actor
1-Feb-1946   Binzer on Vega$
Tom Brazaitis
Columnist
8-Aug-1940 30-Mar-2005 Cleveland Plain Dealer columnist
Bertolt Brecht
Playwright
10-Feb-1898 14-Aug-1956 Mother Courage and Her Children
Anders Behring Breivik
Criminal Defendant
13-Feb-1979   Norwegian Spree Killer
Jeff Bridges
Actor
4-Dec-1949   The Dude abides
Christie Brinkley
Model
2-Feb-1954   Supermodel
Isaac Brock
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jul-1975   Frontman for Modest Mouse
Joseph Brodsky
Poet
24-May-1940 28-Jan-1996 "Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate
Albert Brooks
Actor
22-Jul-1947   Broadcast News
Louise Brooks
Actor
14-Nov-1906 8-Aug-1985 Pandora's Box
Alton Brown
TV Personality
30-Jul-1962   Good Eats host
Ernest W. Brown
Astronomer
29-Nov-1866 22-Jul-1938 Tables of the Motion of the Moon
John Browne
Business
20-Feb-1948   CEO of British Petroleum, 1995-2007
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
Engineer
9-Apr-1806 15-Sep-1859 Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway
Yul Brynner
Actor
11-Jul-1920 10-Oct-1985 The King and I
Jack Buck
Sports Journalist
21-Aug-1924 18-Jun-2002 Voice of the Cardinals
Henry Thomas Buckle
Historian
24-Nov-1821 29-May-1862 History of Civilization in England
William F. Buckley
Columnist
24-Nov-1925 27-Feb-2008 National Review
Charles Bukowski
Author
16-Aug-1920 9-Mar-1994 Love is a Dog from Hell
Dale Bumpers
Politician
12-Aug-1925   Governor, Senator from Arkansas
Ted Bundy
Criminal
24-Nov-1946 24-Jan-1989 Serial killer, blamed pornography
Edward Bunker
Author
31-Dec-1933 19-Jul-2005 Animal Factory
Emma Bunton
Singer
21-Jan-1976   Baby Spice
Bob Burns
Actor
2-Aug-1890 2-Feb-1956 The Arkansas Traveler
George Burns
Comic
20-Jan-1896 9-Mar-1996 Oh, God!
Pete Burns
Singer/Songwriter
5-Aug-1959   Dead or Alive
Abe Burrows
Playwright
18-Dec-1910 17-May-1985 Co-Author, Guys and Dolls
Barbara Bush
Relative
25-Nov-1981   Twin daughter of George W. Bush
Jenna Bush
Relative
25-Nov-1981   Twin daughter of George W. Bush
Candace Bushnell
Journalist
1-Dec-1958   Columnist, Sex and the City
Nolan Bushnell
Business
5-Feb-1943   Co-founder of Atari, started Chuck E. Cheese
Brett Butler
Comic
20-Jan-1958   Comedian with southern drawl
Yancy Butler
Actor
2-Jul-1970   Witchblade
Stu Bykofsky
Columnist
c. 1941   Philadelphia Daily News
Melanie C
Singer
12-Jan-1974   Sporty Spice
James Caan
Actor
26-Mar-1940   Vegas
James Branch Cabell
Novelist
14-Apr-1879 5-May-1958 Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice
Sid Caesar
Comic
8-Sep-1922   Your Show of Shows
Harry P. Cain
Politician
10-Jan-1906 3-Mar-1979 US Senator from Washington, 1946-53
Mira Calix
Musician
c. 1970   Skimskitta
Carl Cameron
Journalist
c. 1961   Fox News chief political correspondent
David Cameron
Politician
9-Oct-1966   UK Prime Minister
John W. Campbell
Editor
8-Jun-1910 11-Jul-1971 Editor of Astounding, 1938-71
Naomi Campbell
Model
22-May-1970   Black Panther
Neve Campbell
Actor
3-Oct-1973   Phantom of the Opera
John Candy
Actor
31-Oct-1950 4-Mar-1994 Uncle Buck
Dyan Cannon
Actor
4-Jan-1937   Heaven Can Wait
Christy Canyon
Pornstar
17-Jun-1966   Jugs and Kisses, Your Ass My Tongue
Al Capone
Criminal
17-Jan-1899 25-Jan-1947 Scarface
Al Capp
Cartoonist
28-Sep-1909 5-Nov-1979 Creator of L'il Abner
Jennifer Capriati
Tennis
29-Mar-1976   Troubled tennis pro
Irene Cara
Singer
18-Mar-1959   Oh what a feeling
Gia Carangi
Model
29-Jan-1960 18-Nov-1986 Troubled supermodel, died from AIDS
Julien Carette
Actor
23-Dec-1897 20-Jul-1966 The Grand Illusion
Macdonald Carey
Actor
15-Mar-1913 21-Mar-1994 Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives
Mariah Carey
Singer/Songwriter
27-Mar-1969   Diva with eighteen #1 hits
Mary Carey
Pornstar
15-Jun-1980   Porn star, ran for California Governor
Belinda Carlisle
Singer
17-Aug-1958   Lead vocalist for The Go-Go's
Robert Carlyle
Actor
14-Apr-1961   The Full Monty
Gerald P. Carmen
Government
8-Jul-1930   Carmen Group International
Princess Caroline
Royalty
23-Jan-1957   Daughter of Prince Rainier
Adam Carolla
Radio Personality
27-May-1964   Loveline, The Man Show
Leslie Caron
Dancer
1-Jul-1931   Gigi
John Carpenter
Film Director
16-Jan-1948   Escape from New York
David Carradine
Actor
8-Dec-1936 3-Jun-2009 Grasshopper
Asia Carrera
Pornstar
6-Aug-1973   Mensa member, pornstar
Barbara Carrera
Actor
31-Dec-1951   Bond girl, Never Say Never Again
Tia Carrere
Actor
2-Jan-1967   Wayne's World
Madeleine Carroll
Actor
26-Feb-1906 2-Oct-1987 The 39 Steps
Bud Carson
Football
28-Apr-1931 8-Dec-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77
Johnny Carson
Talk Show Host
23-Oct-1925 23-Jan-2005 Longtime host of Tonight Show
Emily Carter
Author
1960   Glory Goes and Gets Some
Helena Bonham Carter
Actor
26-May-1966   Marla in Fight Club
Janis Carter
Actor
10-Oct-1913 30-Jul-1994 B-Movie actress
Kevin Carter
Photographer
13-Sep-1960 27-Jul-1994 Wanting A Meal
Lynda Carter
Actor
24-Jul-1951   Wonder Woman
David Caruso
Actor
17-Jan-1956   Lt. Horatio Caine on CSI: Miami
Carolyn Cassady
Author
28-Apr-1923   Wife of Neal Cassady
Neal Cassady
Author
8-Feb-1926 4-Feb-1968 The Holy Goof
David Cassidy
Singer
12-Apr-1950   The Partridge Family
Jack Cassidy
Actor
5-Mar-1927 12-Dec-1976 The Eiger Sanction
Fidel Castro
Head of State
13-Aug-1926   Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years
Phoebe Cates
Actor
16-Jul-1963   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
John Catsimatidis
Business
7-Sep-1948   Supermarket billionaire
Kim Cattrall
Actor
21-Aug-1956   Samantha on Sex and the City
Joan Caulfield
Actor
1-Jun-1922 18-Jun-1991 Dear Ruth
Constantine P. Cavafy
Poet
29-Apr-1863 29-Apr-1933 Greek poet in Alexandria
Nick Cave
Singer
22-Sep-1957   Bad Seed
Bennett Cerf
Publisher
25-May-1898 27-Aug-1971 Founder of Random House
Gold Chains
Electronic Musician
c. 1973   Punk Rock MC
Jack L. Chalker
Author
17-Dec-1944 11-Feb-2005 SF author, wrote Well World series
Owen Chamberlain
Physicist
10-Jul-1920 28-Feb-2006 Co-Discoverer of the antiproton
Wilt Chamberlain
Basketball
21-Aug-1936 12-Oct-1999 Wilt the Stilt
Whittaker Chambers
Author
1-Apr-1901 9-Jul-1961 Accuser of Alger Hiss
John Chancellor
Journalist
14-Jul-1927 12-Jul-1996 NBC Nightly News anchor
Dog Chapman
TV Personality
1-Feb-1953   Dog, the Bounty Hunter
Marguerite Chapman
Actor
9-Mar-1918 31-Aug-1999 Coroner Creek
Dave Chappelle
Comic
24-Aug-1973   Chappelle's Show
Dov Charney
Business
31-Jan-1969   American Apparel CEO
Chemical Ali
Government
1941 25-Jan-2010 Cousin of Saddam Hussein
Neneh Cherry
Musician
10-Mar-1964   Raw Like Sushi
Alex Chilton
Singer/Songwriter
28-Dec-1950 17-Mar-2010 Big Star
Margaret Cho
Comic
5-Dec-1968   Loud-mouthed standup comic
Hayden Christensen
Actor
19-Apr-1981   Lead in Star Wars: Episode II
Connie Chung
Journalist
20-Aug-1946   NBC news anchor
Lord Randolph Churchill
Politician
13-Feb-1849 24-Jan-1895 Father of Winston Churchill
Ward Churchill
Activist
2-Oct-1947   Compared WTC victims to Adolf Eichmann
Winston Churchill
Head of State
30-Nov-1874 24-Jan-1965 WWII Prime Minister of England
Chyna
Wrestling
27-Dec-1969   Former pro wrestler
Marcia Clark
Attorney
31-Aug-1953   Former O.J. prosecutor
Jeremy Clarkson
TV Personality
11-Apr-1960   Top Gear
Andrew Dice Clay
Comic
29-Sep-1958   Ford Fairlane
Jill Clayburgh
Actor
30-Apr-1944 5-Nov-2010 Starting Over
Adam Clayton
Bassist
13-Mar-1960   Bassist for U2
Grover Cleveland
Head of State
18-Mar-1837 24-Jun-1908 22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97
Bill Clinton
Head of State
19-Aug-1946   42nd US President, 1993-2001
Chelsea Clinton
Relative
27-Feb-1980   Daughter of Hillary and Bill Clinton
George Clooney
Actor
6-May-1961   E.R.
Rosemary Clooney
Singer
23-May-1928 29-Jun-2002 Come On-a My House
Gordon Coates
Head of State
3-Feb-1878 27-May-1943 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1925-28
Kurt Cobain
Musician
20-Feb-1967 5-Apr-1994 Lead singer of Nirvana
Charles Coburn
Actor
17-Jun-1877 30-Aug-1961 The More the Merrier
Eddie Cochran
Musician
3-Oct-1938 17-Apr-1960 Summertime Blues
Paulo Coelho
Novelist
24-Aug-1947   The Alchemist
Leonard Cohen
Singer/Songwriter
21-Sep-1934   Everybody Knows
Lillie Hitchcock Coit
Philanthropist
23-Aug-1843 22-Jul-1929 San Francisco eccentric
Claudette Colbert
Actor
13-Sep-1903 30-Jul-1996 It Happened One Night
Nat King Cole
Singer
17-Mar-1917 15-Feb-1965 Unforgettable
Joan Collins
Actor
23-May-1933   Alexis on Dynasty
Judy Collins
Singer/Songwriter
1-May-1939   Folk singer
John Coltrane
Jazz Musician
23-Sep-1926 17-Jul-1967 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Holly Marie Combs
Actor
3-Dec-1973   Piper Halliwell on Charmed
Lionel Conacher
Hockey
24-May-1900 26-May-1954 Canadian All-Around Athlete
Christopher Connelly
Actor
8-Sep-1941 7-Dec-1988 Norman Harrington on Peyton Place
Jennifer Connelly
Actor
12-Dec-1970   Betty Ross in The Hulk
Mike Connors
Actor
15-Aug-1925   Mannix
Peter Cook
Comic
19-Nov-1937 9-Jan-1995 Bedazzled
D. B. Cooper
Criminal
? ? Successfully hijacked an airplane in 1971
Kevin Cooper
Criminal
c. 1958   Hatcheted four people, awaiting execution
Pete Coors
Relative
20-Sep-1946   Coors scion
Bill Cosby
Comic
12-Jul-1937   Comedy fixture, pudding industry shill
Howard Cosell
Sports Journalist
25-Mar-1918 23-Apr-1995 Straight-shooting, toupee-wearing commentator
Ann Coulter
Pundit
8-Dec-1961   Rightwing bombthrower
Katie Couric
Talk Show Host
7-Jan-1957   CBS Evening News
Simon Cowell
TV Personality
7-Oct-1959   Pop Idol, American Idol judge
Nikki Cox
Actor
2-Jun-1978   MAC and Me
Broderick Crawford
Actor
9-Dec-1911 26-Apr-1986 All the King's Men
Cindy Crawford
Model
20-Feb-1966   House of Style
Joan Crawford
Actor
23-Mar-1905 10-May-1977 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Peter Criss
Drummer
20-Dec-1945   One of the original KISS quartet
Stanley Crouch
Columnist
14-Dec-1945   Jazz critic
Sheryl Crow
Singer
11-Feb-1962   All I Wanna Do
Russell Crowe
Actor
7-Apr-1964   A Beautiful Mind
Johan Cruijff
Soccer
25-Apr-1947   Dutch football great
Macaulay Culkin
Actor
26-Aug-1980   Home Alone
Bill Cullen
Game Show Host
18-Feb-1920 7-Jul-1990 Host of The Price is Right
Joseph F. Cullman III
Business
9-Apr-1912 30-Apr-2004 CEO of Philip Morris, 1957-78
Kaley Cuoco
Actor
30-Nov-1985   Bridget on 8 Simple Rules...
Adrianne Curry
Model
6-Aug-1982   America's Next Top Model
Jane Curtin
Actor
6-Sep-1947   SNL, Third Rock from the Sun
John Curtin
Head of State
8-Jan-1885 5-Jul-1945 Prime Minister of Australia, 1941-45
Elisha Cuthbert
Actor
30-Nov-1982   The Girl Next Door
Miley Cyrus
Actor
23-Nov-1992   Hannah Montana
Leon Czolgosz
Assassin
1873 29-Oct-1901 President McKinley's assassin
Disco D
Music Producer
21-Sep-1980 23-Jan-2007 Ghetto-tech DJ
D.M.C.
Rapper
31-May-1964   Run-D.M.C.
Maryam d'Abo
Actor
27-Dec-1960   The Living Daylights
Olivia d'Abo
Actor
22-Jan-1969   Point of No Return
Brody Dalle
Musician
1-Jan-1979   The Distillers frontwoman
John Daly
Golf
28-Apr-1966   Alcoholic golfer
John Charles Daly
Game Show Host
20-Feb-1914 24-Feb-1991 Host of What's My Line?
Tyne Daly
Actor
21-Feb-1946   Lacey on Cagney and Lacey
Claire Danes
Actor
12-Apr-1979   My So-Called Life
Beverly D'Angelo
Actor
15-Nov-1951   National Lampoon's Vacation
Ricardo Darín
Actor
16-Jan-1957   The Secret in Their Eyes
Linda Darnell
Actor
16-Oct-1923 10-Apr-1965 Star Dust
Rupert Davies
Actor
22-May-1916 22-Nov-1976 Inspector Maigret
Bette Davis
Actor
5-Apr-1908 6-Oct-1989 All About Eve
Brandon Davis
Socialite
1979   Oil heir, pal of Paris Hilton
Clifton Davis
Actor
4-Oct-1945   That's My Mama
Geena Davis
Actor
21-Jan-1956   Earth Girls Are Easy
Judy Davis
Actor
23-Apr-1955   A Passage to India
Kristin Davis
Actor
23-Feb-1965   Good girl Charlotte on Sex and the City
Miles Davis
Jazz Musician
26-May-1926 28-Sep-1991 Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Sammy Davis, Jr.
Singer
8-Dec-1925 16-May-1990 Coolest hepcat in the Rat Pack
William B. Davis
Actor
13-Jan-1938   Cancer Man on The X-Files
Charles G. Dawes
Politician
27-Aug-1865 23-Apr-1951 US Vice President, 1925-29
Richard Dawson
Game Show Host
20-Nov-1932 2-Jun-2012 Host of Family Feud, 1976-85
Yvonne De Carlo
Actor
1-Sep-1922 8-Jan-2007 Lily on The Munsters
Olivia de Havilland
Actor
1-Jul-1916   Gone With the Wind
Kim Deal
Bassist
10-Jun-1961   Pixies, Breeders bassist
Eugene V. Debs
Labor Leader
5-Nov-1855 20-Oct-1926 Labor leader ran for President five times
Sandra Dee
Actor
23-Apr-1942 20-Feb-2005 Gidget
Gloria DeHaven
Actor
23-Jul-1925   Summer Holiday
Lana Del Rey
Singer/Songwriter
21-Jun-1986   Born to Die
Dolores del Rio
Actor
3-Aug-1905 11-Apr-1983 Flying Down to Rio
Kim Delaney
Actor
29-Nov-1961   Det. Diane Russell on NYPD Blue
Jessica Delfino
Comic
8-Jun-1976   Dirty Folk Rock
Gary Dell'Abate
Radio Personality
14-Mar-1961   Howard Stern Show producer
Alain Delon
Actor
8-Nov-1935   Le Samouraï
Julie Delpy
Actor
21-Dec-1969   Europa Europa
Catherine Deneuve
Actor
22-Oct-1943   Dancer in the Dark
Sandy Dennis
Actor
27-Apr-1937 2-Mar-1992 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Gerard Depardieu
Actor
27-Dec-1948   Cyrano de Bergerac
Johnny Depp
Actor
9-Jun-1963   Captain Jack Sparrow
Bo Derek
Actor
20-Nov-1956   10
Jacques Derrida
Philosopher
15-Jul-1930 9-Oct-2004 Deconstructionism, Intellectual Terrorist
Paul Desmond
Jazz Musician
25-Nov-1924 30-May-1977 Jazz alto saxophonist, Dave Brubeck Quartet
Danny DeVito
Actor
17-Nov-1944   Short loudmouth from Taxi
Susan Dey
Actor
10-Dec-1952   The Partridge Family
Selma Diamond
Actor
5-Aug-1920 13-May-1985 Selma Hacker on Night Court
Cameron Diaz
Actor
30-Aug-1972   There's Something About Mary
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor
11-Nov-1974   Titanic
Joan Didion
Author
5-Dec-1934   Slouching Toward Bethlehem
Martin Dies, Jr.
Politician
5-Nov-1900 14-Nov-1972 Congressman from Texas
Marlene Dietrich
Actor
27-Dec-1901 6-May-1992 The Blue Angel
Joseph E. diGenova
Government
c. 1945   US Attorney, District of Columbia, 1983-88
Matt Dillon
Actor
18-Feb-1964   Drugstore Cowboy
Joe DiMaggio
Baseball
25-Nov-1914 8-Mar-1999 Where have you gone
Walt Disney
Business
5-Dec-1901 15-Dec-1966 Founder of Disney empire
Mike Ditka
Football
18-Oct-1939   Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92
Snoop Dogg
Rapper
20-Oct-1971   Sippin' on gin, juice
Pete Doherty
Musician
12-Mar-1979   Ex-frontman for The Libertines
Shannen Doherty
Actor
12-Apr-1971   Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210
Lexa Doig
Actor
8-Jun-1973   Andromeda
Bob Dole
Politician
22-Jul-1923   US Senator from Kansas, 1969-96
James Doohan
Actor
3-Mar-1920 20-Jul-2005 Scotty on Star Trek
Ducky DooLittle
Author
3-Jun-1970   Crackpot sexologist
Stephen Dorff
Actor
29-Jul-1973   Blade
Joel Dorius
Educator
4-Jan-1919 14-Feb-2006 Professor fired for gay porn arrest
Jon Dough
Pornstar
12-Nov-1962 27-Aug-2006 Pornstar with split-stream ejaculations
Michael Douglas
Actor
25-Sep-1944   Wall Street
Stephen A. Douglas
Politician
23-Apr-1813 3-Jun-1861 US Senator, debated Lincoln
Gary Dourdan
Actor
11-Dec-1966   Warrick Brown on CSI
Matthew Dowd
Government
c. 1962   Bush/Cheney Chief Campaign Strategist
Lesley-Anne Down
Actor
17-Mar-1954   The Bold and the Beautiful
Robert Downey, Jr.
Actor
4-Apr-1965   The Gingerbread Man
David Doyle
Actor
1-Dec-1929 26-Feb-1997 Bosley on Charlie's Angels
Fran Drescher
Actor
30-Sep-1957   The Nanny
Ellen Drew
Actor
23-Nov-1915 3-Dec-2003 If I Were King
Minnie Driver
Actor
31-Jan-1970   Good Will Hunting
Joanne Dru
Actor
31-Jan-1922 10-Sep-1996 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Nicola Duffett
Actor
22-Jan-1963   EastEnders, Family Affairs
Karen Duffy
Actor
23-May-1962   MTV VJ turned Dumb & Dumber actress
Wim Duisenberg
Business
9-Jul-1935 31-Jul-2005 President, European Central Bank, 1998-2003
Kitty Dukakis
First Lady
26-Dec-1936   Wife of Michael Dukakis
Patty Duke
Actor
14-Dec-1946   The Patty Duke Show
Faye Dunaway
Actor
14-Jan-1941   Network
Michael Dunn
Actor
20-Oct-1934 30-Aug-1973 Dr. Miguelito Loveless
Jacques Dutronc
Singer/Songwriter
28-Apr-1943   Les Cactus
Clea DuVall
Actor
25-Sep-1977   Carnivale
Shelley Duvall
Actor
7-Jul-1949   The Shining
Andrea Dworkin
Activist
26-Sep-1946 9-Apr-2005 Anti-pornography activist
Lawrence Eagleburger
Government
1-Aug-1930 4-Jun-2011 US Secretary of State, 1992-93
Umberto Eco
Author
5-Jan-1932   Foucault's Pendulum, The Name of the Rose
Bob Edwards
Journalist
16-May-1947   NPR's Morning Edition host, 1979-2004
Jennifer Ehle
Actor
29-Dec-1969   Sunshine
Sally Eilers
Actor
11-Dec-1908 5-Jan-1978 Coroner Creek
F. M. Einheit
Musician
18-Dec-1958   Einsturzende Neubaten
Albert Einstein
Physicist
14-Mar-1879 18-Apr-1955 Theory of relativity
Hanns Eisler
Composer
6-Jul-1898 6-Sep-1962 German radical composer
Anita Ekberg
Actor
29-Sep-1931   Artists and Models
Britt Ekland
Actor
6-Oct-1942   The Man with the Golden Gun
Carmen Electra
Model
20-Apr-1972   Singled Out
Jenna Elfman
Actor
30-Sep-1971   Freaky chick on Dharma and Greg
T. S. Eliot
Poet
26-Sep-1888 4-Jan-1965 Author of "The Waste Land"
Linda Ellerbee
Journalist
15-Aug-1944   "And so it goes."
Lynndie England
Military
8-Nov-1982   Abu Ghraib dominatrix
Ludwig Erhard
Head of State
4-Feb-1897 5-May-1977 German Chancellor, 1963-66
Jennifer Esposito
Actor
11-Apr-1973   The Proposal
Emilio Estevez
Actor
12-May-1962   Otto in Repo Man
Linda Evangelista
Model
10-May-1965   Won't wake up for less than $10K/day
Rowland Evans
Columnist
28-Apr-1921 23-Mar-2001 Evans and Novak
Hugh Everett
Physicist
11-Nov-1930 19-Jul-1982 Many Worlds Theory of quantum physics
Mark Oliver Everett
Musician
10-Apr-1963   The Eels
Angie Everhart
Actor
7-Sep-1969   Redhead model turned actor
Judith Exner
Author
11-Jan-1934 25-Sep-1999 JFK mistress
Katelyn Kristine Faber
Victim
18-Jun-1985   Kobe Bryant's accuser
Red Faber
Baseball
6-Sep-1888 25-Sep-1976 Chicago White Sox spitballer, Hall-of-Famer
Fabian
Singer
6-Feb-1943   50s teen idol, Turn Me Loose
Nanette Fabray
Actor
27-Oct-1920   Caesar's Hour
Edie Falco
Actor
5-Jul-1963   The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie
Peter Falk
Actor
16-Sep-1927 23-Jun-2011 Detective Columbo
Chris Farley
Comic
15-Feb-1964 17-Dec-1997 Saturday Night Live
Frances Farmer
Actor
19-Sep-1913 1-Aug-1970 Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Colin Farrell
Actor
31-May-1976   Bullseye in Daredevil
Terry Farrell
Actor
19-Nov-1963   Jadzia Dax on Star Trek: DS9
Mia Farrow
Actor
9-Feb-1945   Rosemary's Baby
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Film Director
31-May-1945 10-Jun-1982 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
Farrah Fawcett
Actor
2-Feb-1947 25-Jun-2009 Original blonde on Charlie's Angels
Alice Faye
Actor
5-May-1915 9-May-1998 Fallen Angel
Kenneth Fearing
Novelist
28-Jul-1902 26-Jun-1961 The Big Clock
Corey Feldman
Actor
16-Jul-1971   The Lost Boys
Marty Feldman
Comic
8-Jul-1933 2-Dec-1982 Eye-gor in Young Frankenstein
Morton Feldman
Composer
12-Jan-1926 3-Sep-1987 Coptic Light
Tom Felton
Actor
22-Sep-1987   Draco Malfoy in Harry Potter films
Sherilyn Fenn
Actor
1-Feb-1965   Twin Peaks starlet
Andrew Ferguson
Journalist
?   Senior Editor, The Weekly Standard
Craig Ferguson
Talk Show Host
17-May-1962   "It's a great day for America"
Lolo Ferrari
Pornstar
9-Feb-1970 5-Mar-2000 Double Airbags
Fred F. Fielding
Attorney
21-Mar-1939   White House Counsel to Reagan, GWB
Linda Fiorentino
Actor
9-Mar-1958   Dogma, Jade
Danielle Fishel
Actor
5-May-1981   Topanga on Boy Meets World
Carrie Fisher
Actor
21-Oct-1956   Princess Leia in Star Wars
Joely Fisher
Actor
29-Oct-1967   Nostradamus
Fannie Flagg
Comic
21-Sep-1944   Fried Green Tomatoes
Rhonda Fleming
Actor
10-Aug-1923   Spellbound
Louise Fletcher
Actor
22-Jul-1934   Nurse Ratched in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Calista Flockhart
Actor
11-Nov-1964   Ally McBeal
Steven Florio
Publisher
19-Apr-1949 27-Dec-2007 CEO of Condé Nast, 1995-2005
Errol Flynn
Actor
20-Jun-1909 14-Oct-1959 Robin Hood
Bridget Fonda
Actor
27-Jan-1964   Single White Female
Jane Fonda
Actor
21-Dec-1937   Prominent Vietnam War protester
Shelby Foote
Author
17-Nov-1916 27-Jun-2005 Shiloh
Betty Ford
First Lady
8-Apr-1918 8-Jul-2011 Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center
Gerald Ford
Head of State
14-Jul-1913 26-Dec-2006 38th US President, 1974-77
Glenn Ford
Actor
1-May-1916 30-Aug-2006 Gilda, Blackboard Jungle
John Ford
Film Director
1-Feb-1894 31-Aug-1973 How Green Was My Valley
John Forsythe
Actor
29-Jan-1918 1-Apr-2010 Blake Carrington on Dynasty
Abe Fortas
Judge
19-Jun-1910 5-Apr-1982 US Supreme Court Justice, 1965-69
Bob Fosse
Choreographer
23-Jun-1927 23-Sep-1987 Choreographer
Jodie Foster
Actor
19-Nov-1962   The Silence of the Lambs
Michael J. Fox
Actor
9-Jun-1961   Back to the Future
Redd Foxx
Comic
9-Dec-1922 11-Oct-1991 Foul-mouthed comedian, Sanford and Son
Kay Francis
Actor
13-Jan-1905 26-Aug-1968 Trouble in Paradise
Mona Freeman
Actor
9-Jun-1926   Streets of Laredo
Sigmund Freud
Psychiatrist
6-May-1856 23-Sep-1939 Die Traumdeutung
Brenda Fricker
Actor
17-Feb-1945   My Left Foot
Kinky Friedman
Musician
31-Oct-1944   Texas Jewboy
Anna Friel
Actor
12-Jul-1976   Timeline
Justine Frischmann
Guitarist
16-Sep-1969   Guitarist, Elastica
Erich Fromm
Psychologist
23-Mar-1900 18-Mar-1980 Psychoanalyst, Humanist
David Frost
Journalist
7-Apr-1939   BBC's Breakfast with Frost
Sadie Frost
Actor
19-Jun-1965   Dracula
Daisy Fuentes
Model
17-Nov-1966   America's Funniest Home Videos
Samuel Fuller
Film Director
12-Aug-1912 30-Oct-1997 Pickup on South Street
Annette Funicello
Actor
22-Oct-1942   Former Mouseketeer
Aaron Funk
Electronic Musician
11-Jan-1975   Venetian Snares
Edward Furlong
Actor
2-Aug-1977   Terminator 2 and Pecker
Eva Gabor
Actor
11-Feb-1919 4-Jul-1995 Green Acres
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Actor
6-Feb-1917   Cop-slapping Gabor sister
Helen Gahagan
Actor
25-Nov-1900 28-Jun-1980 Actress, California Congresswoman
Serge Gainsbourg
Singer/Songwriter
2-Apr-1928 2-Mar-1991 Je t'aime ... moi non plus
George Gallup
Business
18-Nov-1901 26-Jul-1984 Founder, The Gallup Organization
Luis Alfredo Garavito
Criminal
25-Jan-1957   Colombian serial killer, murdered 140+ boys
Greta Garbo
Actor
18-Sep-1905 15-Apr-1990 Vanted to be alone
Gabriel García Márquez
Author
6-Mar-1928   One Hundred Years of Solitude
Ava Gardner
Actor
24-Dec-1922 25-Jan-1990 The Barefoot Contessa
Judy Garland
Singer
10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
John Nance Garner
Politician
22-Nov-1868 7-Nov-1967 US Vice President, 1933-41
Janeane Garofalo
Comic
28-Sep-1964   Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist
Teri Garr
Actor
11-Dec-1947   Inga in Young Frankenstein
Kate Garraway
TV Personality
4-May-1967   GMTV
Rebecca Gayheart
Actor
12-Aug-1971   Scream
Gloria Gaynor
Singer
7-Sep-1949   I Will Survive
Ben Gazzara
Actor
28-Aug-1930 3-Feb-2012 The Thomas Crown Affair
J. Geils
Guitarist
20-Feb-1946   Centerfold
Martha Gellhorn
Journalist
8-Nov-1908 15-Feb-1998 War correspondent
Jean Genet
Novelist
19-Dec-1910 15-Apr-1986 Theatre of the Absurd
Gina Gershon
Actor
10-Jun-1962   Showgirls
Balthazar Getty
Actor
22-Jan-1975   Lord of the Flies
Beth Gibbons
Singer
4-Jan-1965   Trippy Portishead singer
Althea Gibson
Tennis
25-Aug-1927 28-Sep-2003 First black woman to win Wimbledon
Mel Gibson
Actor
3-Jan-1956   Mad Max
Cam Gigandet
Actor
16-Aug-1982   The Roommate
Melissa Gilbert
Actor
8-May-1964   Little House on the Prairie
Jim Gilchrist
Activist
1949   Minuteman Project founder
Eric Gill
Typographer
22-Feb-1882 17-Nov-1940 Typographer, Gill Sans
Gary Gilmore
Criminal
4-Dec-1940 17-Jan-1977 Executed by firing squad in Utah
Peri Gilpin
Actor
27-May-1961   Rosalinda on Frasier
Erich Gimpel
Spy
25-Mar-1910 1996 Agent 146
Ron Glass
Actor
10-Jul-1945   Det. Harris on Barney Miller
Jackie Gleason
Actor
26-Feb-1916 24-Jun-1987 Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners
Jean-Luc Godard
Film Director
3-Dec-1930   Vivre sa Vie
Paulette Goddard
Actor
3-Jun-1910 23-Apr-1990 Reap the Wild Wind
Arthur Godfrey
Actor
31-Aug-1903 16-Mar-1983 Arthur Godfrey and His Friends
Joseph Goebbels
Government
29-Oct-1897 1-May-1945 Reich Minister of Propaganda
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Physicist
28-Jun-1906 20-Feb-1972 Shell nuclear model
Hermann Goering
Military
12-Jan-1893 15-Oct-1946 Founder of the Gestapo
Theo Van Gogh
Film Director
23-Jul-1957 2-Nov-2004 Controversial Director of Submission
Roberto C. Goizueta
Business
18-Nov-1931 18-Oct-1997 CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97
Tracey Gold
Actor
16-May-1969   Growing Pains
Whoopi Goldberg
Actor
13-Nov-1955   Sister Act
Al Goldstein
Business
10-Jan-1936   Founder of Screw magazine
Al Gore
Politician
31-Mar-1948   US Vice President under Clinton
Frank Gorshin
Actor
5-Apr-1933 17-May-2005 The Riddler in Batman
Anne Gorsuch
Government
21-Apr-1942 18-Jul-2004 Reagan's EPA administrator forced to resign
Goose Goslin
Baseball
16-Oct-1900 15-May-1971 MLB Hall of Famer
John Gotti
Criminal
27-Oct-1940 10-Jun-2002 The Teflon Don
Gordon Gould
Physicist
17-Jul-1920 16-Sep-2005 Invented the laser, arguably
Betty Grable
Actor
18-Dec-1916 2-Jul-1973 The Girl With the Million Dollar Legs
Heather Graham
Actor
29-Jan-1970   Rollergirl in Boogie Nights
Lauren Graham
Actor
16-Mar-1967   Belly Buttons are Cool
Ulysses S. Grant
Head of State
27-Apr-1822 23-Jul-1885 Eighteenth President of the United States
Erin Gray
Actor
7-Jan-1950   Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
Tom Green
Actor
30-Jul-1971   Ex-husband of Drew Barrymore
Mean Joe Greene
Football
24-Sep-1946   Defensive Tackle, Pittsburgh Steelers
Bruce Greenwood
Actor
12-Aug-1956   Dr. Griffin on St. Elsewhere
Jane Greer
Actor
9-Sep-1924 24-Aug-2001 Out of the Past
Judy Greer
Actor
20-Jul-1975   13 Going on 30
Wayne Gretzky
Hockey
26-Jan-1961   The Great One
Richard Grieco
Actor
23-Mar-1965   Officer Dennis Booker on 21 Jump Street
Melanie Griffith
Actor
9-Aug-1957   Mom from Lolita redux
Rachel Griffiths
Actor
20-Feb-1968   Brenda Chenowith on Six Feet Under
Dave Grohl
Musician
14-Jan-1969   Nirvana, Foo Fighters
Mandy Grunwald
Activist
c. 1958   Hillary Clinton media adviser
Che Guevara
Activist
14-Jun-1928 9-Oct-1967 Revolutionary icon
Sienna Guillory
Actor
31-May-1975   Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Alec Guinness
Actor
2-Apr-1914 5-Aug-2000 Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars
Gary Gygax
Inventor
27-Jul-1938 4-Mar-2008 Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons
Jake Gyllenhaal
Actor
19-Dec-1980   Donnie Darko
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Actor
16-Nov-1977   Secretary
Fritz Haber
Chemist
9-Dec-1868 29-Jan-1934 Synthesized ammonia, chemical warfare
Shelley Hack
Actor
6-Jul-1947   Replacement Charlie's Angel for 1 season
Uta Hagen
Actor
12-Jun-1919 14-Jan-2004 Renowned thespian and acting teacher
David Hahn
Inventor
30-Oct-1976   Do-it-yourself nuclear reactor
Jerry Hall
Model
2-Jul-1956   Second wife of Mick Jagger
Erle P. Halliburton
Business
22-Sep-1891 13-Oct-1957 Founder of Halliburton
Johnny Hallyday
Singer
15-Jun-1943   French rock star, Souvenirs, Souvenirs
Florence Halop
Actor
23-Jan-1923 15-Jul-1986 Florence Kleiner on Night Court
William Stewart Halsted
Doctor
23-Sep-1852 7-Sep-1922 Pioneer of sterile surgical technique
George Hamilton
Actor
12-Aug-1939   Well-tanned celebrity
Linda Hamilton
Actor
26-Sep-1956   Terminator
Hannibal Hamlin
Politician
27-Aug-1809 4-Jul-1891 Lincoln's first Vice President
Sam Hamm
Screenwriter
19-Nov-1955   Never Cry Wolf, Batman
Doc Hammer
Cartoonist
2-Feb-1966   Co-Creator of The Venture Bros.
Darrell Hammond
Comic
8-Oct-1960   Saturday Night Live
Helene Hanff
Author
15-Apr-1916 9-Apr-1997 84, Charing Cross Road
Daryl Hannah
Actor
3-Dec-1960   Splash
Joseph Hansen
Author
19-Jul-1923 24-Nov-2004 Dave Brandstetter detective series
Marcia Gay Harden
Actor
14-Aug-1959   Verna in Miller's Crossing
Tonya Harding
Figure Skating
12-Nov-1969   Figure skater caused Olympic sized scandal
Warren G. Harding
Head of State
2-Nov-1865 2-Aug-1923 29th US President, 1921-23
Jean Harlow
Actor
3-Mar-1911 7-Jun-1937 Bombshell
Arvid Harnack
Spy
24-May-1901 22-Dec-1942 Hanged by the Nazis for espionage
Ben Harper
Musician
28-Oct-1969   Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals
Jessica Harper
Actor
10-Oct-1949   Suspiria and My Favorite Year
Emmylou Harris
Country Musician
2-Apr-1947   Pieces of the Sky
Benjamin Harrison
Head of State
20-Aug-1833 13-Mar-1901 23rd President of the US, 1889-93
Kathryn Harrold
Actor
2-Aug-1950   Raw Deal
Prince Harry
Royalty
15-Sep-1984   2nd son of Princess Diana
Melissa Joan Hart
Actor
18-Apr-1976   Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
Bret Harte
Author
25-Aug-1836 5-May-1902 Master of the western short story
Domino Harvey
Relative
7-Aug-1969 27-Jun-2005 Laurence Harvey's daughter
Larry Harvey
Business
1948   Executive Director, Burning Man
Max Hastings
Journalist
28-Dec-1945   Editor of the Daily Telegraph, 1986-95
Richard Hatch
TV Personality
8-Apr-1961   Survivor
Taylor Hawkins
Drummer
17-Feb-1972   The Foo Fighters
Goldie Hawn
Actor
21-Nov-1945   Private Benjamin
Salma Hayek
Actor
2-Sep-1966   Frida
Helen Hayes
Actor
10-Oct-1900 17-Mar-1993 First Lady of the Theater
Susan Hayward
Actor
30-Jun-1918 14-Mar-1975 I Want to Live!
Rita Hayworth
Actor
17-Oct-1918 14-May-1987 Gilda
Lee Hazlewood
Music Producer
9-Jul-1929 4-Aug-2007 Cowboy in Sweden
Bessie Head
Novelist
6-Jul-1937 17-Apr-1986 A Question of Power
Patty Hearst
Victim
20-Feb-1954   Kidnapped by SLA
Anne Heche
Actor
25-May-1969   Ex-lover of Ellen DeGeneres
Tippi Hedren
Actor
19-Jan-1930   The Birds
Katherine Heigl
Actor
24-Nov-1978   Isobel Stevens on Grey's Anatomy
David Helfgott
Musician
19-May-1947   Subject of the biopic Shine
Richard Hell
Musician
2-Oct-1949   Blank Generation
Lillian Hellman
Playwright
20-Jun-1905 30-Jun-1984 Little Foxes
Jesse Helms
Politician
18-Oct-1921 4-Jul-2008 US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003
Leona Helmsley
Business
4-Jul-1920 20-Aug-2007 Queen of Mean
Carlos Slim Helu
Business
28-Jan-1940   World's richest man, 2010
Sherman Hemsley
Actor
1-Feb-1938 24-Jul-2012 George Jefferson on The Jeffersons
Marilu Henner
Actor
6-Apr-1952   Taxi
Audrey Hepburn
Actor
4-May-1929 20-Jan-1993 My Fair Lady
Katharine Hepburn
Actor
12-May-1907 29-Jun-2003 The Philadelphia Story
Eva Herzigova
Model
10-Mar-1973   Original Wonderbra supermodel
Hermann Hesse
Author
2-Jul-1877 9-Aug-1962 Siddhartha
Bill Hicks
Comic
16-Dec-1961 26-Feb-1994 Visionary comedian, met untimely death
Granville Hicks
Critic
9-Sep-1901 18-Jun-1982 Marxist critic, The Great Tradition
A. P. Hill
Military
9-Nov-1825 2-Apr-1865 Confederate General
Betty Hill
Hoaxer
28-Jun-1919 17-Oct-2004 Self-proclaimed UFO abductee
John Hillerman
Actor
20-Dec-1932   Higgins on Magnum, P.I.
Paris Hilton
Socialite
17-Feb-1981   The Simple Life
Myra Hindley
Criminal
23-Jul-1942 15-Nov-2002 The Moors Murders
Duncan Hines
Business
26-Mar-1880 15-Mar-1959 Roadside gourmet
Martina Hingis
Tennis
30-Sep-1980   The Swiss Miss
Christopher Hitchens
Journalist
13-Apr-1949 15-Dec-2011 Agent provocateur
Dennis Hof
Business
c. 1946   Moonlite Bunny Ranch owner
Ben Hogan
Golf
13-Aug-1912 25-Jul-1997 Won 63 golf tournaments
William Holden
Actor
17-Apr-1918 16-Nov-1981 Stalag 17
Billie Holiday
Singer
7-Apr-1915 17-Jul-1959 Lady Sings the Blues
John Holmes
Pornstar
8-Aug-1944 13-Mar-1988 Life-support system for a 10-inch penis
Katie Holmes
Actor
18-Dec-1978   Joey Potter on Dawson's Creek
Russel Honore
Military
1947   Three-star general
Herbert Hoover
Head of State
10-Aug-1874 20-Oct-1964 31st US President, 1929-33
Miriam Hopkins
Actor
18-Oct-1902 9-Oct-1972 The Story of Temple Drake
Grace Murray Hopper
Computer Programmer
9-Dec-1906 1-Jan-1992 Computer programming pioneer
Willie Horton
Criminal
12-Aug-1951   Prison furlough poster child
Whitney Houston
Singer
9-Aug-1963 11-Feb-2012 Diva and cautionary tale
Clint Howard
Actor
20-Apr-1959   Ice Cream Man
Steve Howe
Baseball
10-Mar-1958 28-Apr-2006 MLB pitcher
Kelly Hu
Actor
13-Feb-1968   Cradle 2 the Grave
L. Ron Hubbard
Religion
13-Mar-1911 24-Jan-1986 Perpetrated Dianetics, Scientology
Kate Hudson
Actor
19-Apr-1979   Almost Famous
Rock Hudson
Actor
17-Nov-1925 2-Oct-1985 Ice Station Zebra
Mark R. Hughes
Business
1956 21-May-2000 Herbalife founder
John Hume
Politician
18-Jan-1937   Northern Ireland pol, Nobel recipient
Engelbert Humperdinck
Singer
2-May-1936   The Last Waltz
Heather Hunter
Pornstar
1-Oct-1969   Too Big For His Bitches
Holly Hunter
Actor
20-Mar-1958   The Piano
Rachel Hunter
Model
9-Sep-1969   Mrs. Rod Stewart
Elizabeth Hurley
Actor
10-Jun-1965   Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers
Zora Neale Hurston
Novelist
7-Jan-1891 28-Jan-1960 Their Eyes Were Watching God
Uday Hussein
Royalty
18-Jun-1964 22-Jul-2003 Saddam Hussein's barbarous eldest son
Anjelica Huston
Actor
8-Jul-1951   The Grifters
John Huston
Film Director
5-Aug-1906 28-Aug-1987 The Maltese Falcon
Lauren Hutton
Model
17-Nov-1944   Paper Lion and American Gigolo
Trina Schart Hyman
Artist
8-Apr-1939 19-Nov-2004 Children's book illustrator
Chrissie Hynde
Musician
7-Sep-1951   Lead singer, The Pretenders
Frank Iero
Guitarist
31-Oct-1981   My Chemical Romance
Iman
Model
25-Jul-1955   Somali supermodel wife of David Bowie
Natalie Imbruglia
Singer/Songwriter
4-Feb-1975   Torn
Michael Imperioli
Actor
26-Mar-1966   Christopher on The Sopranos
Martin Indyk
Diplomat
c. 1951   US Ambassador to Israel, 1995-97, 2000-01
Bobby Ingram
Guitarist
1957   Lead Guitarist, Molly Hatchet
Michael Irvin
Football
5-Mar-1966   Dallas Cowboys #88 wide receiver
Amy Irving
Actor
10-Sep-1953   Carrie and Yentl
Clifford Irving
Hoaxer
5-Nov-1930   Howard Hughes autobiography hoax
Washington Irving
Author
3-Apr-1783 28-Nov-1859 Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Michael Ivins
Bassist
17-Mar-1963   Bassist for The Flaming Lips
Molly Ivins
Columnist
30-Aug-1944 31-Jan-2007 Loudmouthed Texas dame
Andrew Jackson
Head of State
15-Mar-1767 8-Jun-1845 7th US President, 1829-37
Glenda Jackson
Actor
9-May-1936   British MP, won Oscar for A Touch of Class
Joe Jackson
Singer/Songwriter
11-Aug-1954   Stepping Out
Shirley Jackson
Novelist
14-Dec-1916 8-Aug-1965 The Lottery
Kendra Jade
Pornstar
19-Apr-1977   Made sex tape with Jerry Springer
Al Jaffee
Cartoonist
13-Mar-1921   Invented the Mad fold-in
Etta James
Singer
25-Jan-1938 20-Jan-2012 Soul Diva
Harry James
Musician
15-Mar-1916 5-Jul-1983 Big Band-era bandleader
Rick James
Musician
1-Feb-1948 6-Aug-2004 Superfreak
Jenna Jameson
Pornstar
9-Apr-1974   Got naked with Howard Stern in Private Parts
Allison Janney
Actor
19-Nov-1959   C. J. Cregg on The West Wing
Howard Jarvis
Activist
22-Sep-1903 11-Aug-1986 Anti-tax crusader
Anne Jeffreys
Actor
26-Jan-1923   Marion Kerby on Topper
Jerome K. Jerome
Author
2-May-1859 14-Jun-1927 Three Men in a Boat
Scarlett Johansson
Actor
22-Nov-1984   Ghost World, Lost in Translation
Lyndon B. Johnson
Head of State
27-Aug-1908 22-Jan-1973 36th US President, 1963-69
Daniel Johnston
Singer/Songwriter
22-Jan-1961   Hi How Are You?
Kristen Johnston
Actor
20-Sep-1967   3rd Rock from the Sun
Angelina Jolie
Actor
4-Jun-1975   Tomb Raider
Chloe Jones
Pornstar
17-Jun-1975 2-Jun-2005 Where the Boys Aren't 17
Norah Jones
Singer
30-Mar-1979   Come Away With Me
Rickie Lee Jones
Musician
8-Nov-1954   Chuck E's in Love
Janis Joplin
Singer
19-Jan-1943 4-Oct-1970 Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart)
Milla Jovovich
Actor
17-Dec-1975   The Fifth Element
Elaine Joyce
Actor
19-Dec-1945   Match Game panelist
Ashley Judd
Actor
19-Apr-1968   Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Louis C. K.
Comic
12-Sep-1967   Lucky Louie
Mauricio Kagel
Composer
24-Dec-1931 18-Sep-2008 Absurdist composer
Frida Kahlo
Painter
6-Jul-1907 13-Jul-1954 Unibrowed Mexican painter
Louis Kahn
Architect
20-Feb-1901 17-Mar-1974 Prominent architect
Carol Kane
Actor
18-Jun-1952   Simka on Taxi
Theodore von Kármán
Mathematician
11-May-1881 7-May-1963 Kármán vortices
Mary Karr
Author
16-Jan-1955   The Liars' Club
Alex Karras
Actor
15-Jul-1935   Mongo, dad on Webster
Christine Keeler
Model
2-Feb-1942   John Profumo's mistress
Catherine Keener
Actor
23-Mar-1959   Maxine in Being John Malkovich
Brian Keith
Actor
14-Nov-1921 24-Jun-1997 Uncle Bill on Family Affair
Herb Kelleher
Business
12-Mar-1931   Founder of Southwest Airlines
DeForest Kelley
Actor
20-Jan-1920 11-Jun-1999 Dr. McCoy on Star Trek
Ed Kemper
Criminal
18-Dec-1948   The Co-Ed Killer
Nan Kempner
Socialite
24-Jul-1930 3-Jul-2005 New York City socialite
Charles Kennedy
Politician
25-Nov-1959   Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1999-2006
John F. Kennedy
Head of State
29-May-1917 22-Nov-1963 35th US President, 1961-63
Ken Kercheval
Actor
15-Jul-1935   Cliff Barnes on Dallas
Frank Kermode
Critic
29-Nov-1919 17-Aug-2010 The Sense of an Ending
Chaka Khan
Singer
23-Mar-1953   I Feel For You
Shahrukh Khan
Actor
2-Nov-1965   Hindi megastar
Margot Kidder
Actor
17-Oct-1948   Lois Lane in Superman
Nicole Kidman
Actor
20-Jun-1967   Moulin Rouge
Anthony Kiedis
Musician
1-Nov-1962   Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman
Richard Kiel
Actor
13-Sep-1939   "Jaws" in Moonraker
Val Kilmer
Actor
31-Dec-1959   Real Genius
Freddie King
Guitarist
3-Sep-1934 28-Dec-1976 Blues guitarist, The Texas Cannonball
Larry King
Talk Show Host
19-Nov-1933   Larry King Live
Stephen King
Novelist
21-Sep-1947   The Shining
Jack Kirby
Cartoonist
28-Aug-1917 6-Feb-1994 Captain America
Sally Kirkland
Actor
31-Oct-1944   Jeanette in ED TV
Chris Klein
Actor
14-Mar-1979   "Oz" Ostreicher in American Pie
F. W. de Klerk
Head of State
18-Mar-1936   President of South Africa lifted Apartheid
Jack Klugman
Actor
27-Apr-1922   The Odd Couple
J. Z. Knight
Paranormal
16-Mar-1946   Claims to channel Ramtha
Wayne Knight
Actor
7-Aug-1955   Newman on Seinfeld
Keira Knightley
Actor
26-Mar-1985   Bend It Like Beckham
Masaru Konuma
Film Director
30-Dec-1937   Wife to Be Sacrificed
Anna Kournikova
Tennis
7-Jun-1981   Attractive tennis player, 2 Grand Slam titles
Ernie Kovacs
Comic
23-Jan-1919 13-Jan-1962 Nairobi Trio
Ronnie Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 17-Mar-1995 Kray brothers
Irving Kristol
Columnist
22-Jan-1920 18-Sep-2009 Influential neocon
DJ Krush
Musician
1962   Japanese turntablist
Stanley Kubrick
Film Director
26-Jul-1928 7-Mar-1999 2001: A Space Odyssey
Lisa Kudrow
Actor
30-Jul-1963   Friends
Charles Kuralt
TV Personality
10-Sep-1934 4-Jul-1997 On the Road
Swoosie Kurtz
Actor
6-Sep-1944   A Shock to the System
Lynda La Plante
Author
15-Mar-1943   Prime Suspect
Shia LaBeouf
Actor
11-Jun-1986   Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Lawrence Lader
Activist
6-Aug-1919 7-May-2006 Father of abortion rights activism
Lady Gaga
Singer
28-Mar-1986   The Fame
Veronica Lake
Actor
14-Nov-1922 7-Jul-1973 Sullivan's Travels
Hedy Lamarr
Actor
9-Nov-1913 19-Jan-2000 Actress, invented frequency hopping
Curly Lambeau
Football
9-Apr-1898 1-Jun-1965 Founder, Green Bay Packers
Dorothy Lamour
Actor
10-Dec-1914 22-Sep-1996 My Favorite Brunette
Carole Landis
Actor
1-Jan-1919 5-Jul-1948 A Scandal in Paris
Alf Landon
Politician
9-Sep-1887 12-Oct-1987 Republican Presidential candidate 1936
Michael Landon
Actor
31-Oct-1936 1-Jul-1991 Little House on the Prairie
Diane Lane
Actor
22-Jan-1965   A Walk on the Moon
kd lang
Singer
2-Nov-1961   Majuscule-deficient lesbian singer
Artie Lange
Comic
11-Oct-1967   MADtv, Howard Stern
Jessica Lange
Actor
20-Apr-1949   Tootsie
Meyer Lansky
Criminal
2-Jul-1902 15-Jan-1983 The brains behind the Mafia's money
Lewis Lapham
Editor
8-Jan-1935   Editor Emeritus, Harper's
Ring Lardner, Jr.
Playwright
19-Aug-1915 31-Oct-2000 Screenwriter, M*A*S*H
Ali Larter
Actor
28-Feb-1976   Final Destination
Queen Latifah
Rapper
18-Mar-1970   All Hail the Queen
Hugh Laurie
Actor
11-Jun-1959   Jeeves and Wooster, House
Piper Laurie
Actor
22-Jan-1932   Catherine Packard in Twin Peaks
Avril Lavigne
Singer
27-Sep-1984   Manufactured pop star
Linda Lavin
Actor
15-Oct-1937   Alice
Jude Law
Actor
29-Dec-1972   Gattaca
Lucy Lawless
Actor
29-Mar-1968   Xena, Warrior Princess
Denis Leary
Comic
18-Aug-1957   Loud, smoking comic
Matt LeBlanc
Actor
25-Jul-1967   Joey on Friends
Fran Lebowitz
Author
27-Oct-1950   Social satirist, Metropolitan Life
Heath Ledger
Actor
4-Apr-1979 22-Jan-2008 Brokeback Mountain
Daulton Lee
Spy
1952   The Snowman
Michele Lee
Actor
24-Jun-1942   Knots Landing
Peggy Lee
Singer
26-May-1920 21-Jan-2002 Is That All There Is?
Richard Henry Lee
Politician
20-Jan-1732 19-Jun-1794 Author of the 10th Amendment
Tommy Lee
Drummer
3-Oct-1962   Mötley Crüe drummer
Jane Leeves
Actor
18-Apr-1961   Daphne Crane on Frasier
Jim Lehrer
Journalist
19-May-1934   PBS NewsHour
Joseph Leidy
Biologist
9-Sep-1823 30-Apr-1891 Trichinosis and dinosaurs
Jennifer Jason Leigh
Actor
5-Feb-1962   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Vivien Leigh
Actor
5-Nov-1913 8-Jul-1967 Gone With The Wind
Mario Lemieux
Hockey
5-Oct-1965   Pittsburgh Penguins
Lemmy
Singer
24-Dec-1945   Bassist for Motorhead
John Lennon
Musician
9-Oct-1940 8-Dec-1980 Beatle
Melissa Leo
Actor
14-Sep-1960   Sgt. Kay Howard on Homicide
Sheldon Leonard
Actor
22-Feb-1907 10-Jan-1997 Nick the Bartender
Tea Leoni
Actor
25-Feb-1966   Nora Wilde on The Naked Truth
Alan Jay Lerner
Playwright
31-Aug-1918 14-Jun-1986 An American in Paris
Gerda Lerner
Historian
30-Apr-1920   The Woman in American History
David Letterman
Talk Show Host
12-Apr-1947   The Late Show
Al Lewis
Actor
30-Apr-1923 3-Feb-2006 Grandpa on The Munsters
C. S. Lewis
Novelist
29-Nov-1898 22-Nov-1963 Chronicles of Narnia
Juliette Lewis
Actor
21-Jun-1973   Natural Born Killers
Vicki Lewis
Actor
17-Mar-1960   Redhead Beth on NewsRadio
Jim Leyland
Baseball
15-Dec-1944   Manager, Detroit Tigers
Liberace
Pianist
16-May-1919 4-Feb-1987 Rhinestoned pianist
Patrick Lichfield
Photographer
25-Apr-1939 11-Nov-2005 Prominent British photographer
John C. Lilly
Scientist
6-Jan-1915 30-Sep-2001 Human-dolphin communication
Rush Limbaugh
Radio Personality
12-Jan-1951   Conservative talk show host
Tod Lindberg
Columnist
1960   Policy Review editor
Janine Lindemulder
Pornstar
14-Nov-1968   Annoying "girls only" butterface performer
Emily Lloyd
Actor
29-Sep-1970   Wish You Were Here
Donal Logue
Actor
27-Feb-1966   Jimmy the Cab Driver
Lindsay Lohan
Actor
2-Jul-1986   Mean Girls
Kristanna Loken
Actor
8-Oct-1979   Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
Carole Lombard
Actor
6-Oct-1908 16-Jan-1942 My Man Godfrey
Jack London
Novelist
12-Jan-1876 22-Nov-1916 Call of the Wild
Julie London
Singer
26-Sep-1926 18-Oct-2000 Cry Me a River
Shelley Long
Actor
23-Aug-1949   Diane on Cheers
Jennifer Lopez
Singer
24-Jul-1969   Maid in Manhattan
Traci Lords
Pornstar
7-May-1968   We Love You, Traci
Sophia Loren
Actor
20-Sep-1934   La Ciociara
Peter Lorre
Actor
26-Jun-1904 23-Mar-1964 The Maltese Falcon
Greg Louganis
Diver
29-Jan-1960   Olympic diver, four gold medals
Joe Louis
Boxing
13-May-1914 12-Apr-1981 The Champ
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Comic
13-Jan-1961   Elaine on Seinfeld
Courtney Love
Singer
9-Jul-1964   Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole
Myrna Loy
Actor
2-Aug-1905 14-Dec-1993 The Thin Man
Lee Lozano
Painter
5-Nov-1930 2-Oct-1999 Misogyny as art form
Henry Lee Lucas
Criminal
23-Aug-1936 12-Mar-2001 Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas
Susan Lucci
Actor
23-Dec-1946   Erica Kane on All My Children
Henry R. Luce
Business
3-Apr-1898 28-Feb-1967 Founded Time Magazine
Joanna Lumley
Actor
1-May-1946   Patsy Stone in Absolutely Fabulous
Lydia Lunch
Musician
2-Jun-1959   Punk and spoken word confrontationalist
Dolph Lundgren
Actor
3-Nov-1957   The Punisher
Ida Lupino
Actor
4-Feb-1918 3-Aug-1995 The Man I Love
Les Lye
Comic
18-Nov-1924 21-Jul-2009 You Can't Do That On Television
David Lynch
Film Director
20-Jan-1946   Blue Velvet
Kelly Lynch
Actor
31-Jan-1959   Drugstore Cowboy
Paul Lynde
Comic
13-Jun-1926 10-Jan-1982 Hollywood Square
Anni-Frid Lyngstad
Musician
15-Nov-1945   ABBA
Shelby Lynne
Country Musician
22-Oct-1968   Country/rock singer/songwriter
Natasha Lyonne
Actor
4-Apr-1979   Slums of Beverly Hills
Moms Mabley
Comic
19-Mar-1894 23-May-1975 Pioneering black comedienne
John D. MacArthur
Philanthropist
6-Mar-1897 6-Jan-1978 Philanthropist, MacArthur Foundation
Shane MacGowan
Musician
25-Dec-1957   The Pogues
Shirley MacLaine
Actor
24-Apr-1934   Terms of Endearment
Gavin MacLeod
Actor
28-Feb-1931   Capt. Stubing on Love Boat
Jeff MacNelly
Cartoonist
17-Sep-1948 8-Jun-2000 Editorial cartoonist, Shoe
Elle Macpherson
Model
29-Mar-1963   Tall supermodel
Bill Macy
Actor
18-May-1922   Bea Arthur's husband on Maude
Edward R. Madigan
Politician
13-Jan-1936 7-Dec-1994 US Secretary of Agriculture, 1991-93
Madonna
Singer/Songwriter
16-Aug-1958   Like a Virgin
Virginia Madsen
Actor
11-Sep-1961   Dune to Sideways
Louis Malle
Film Director
30-Oct-1932 23-Nov-1995 Atlantic City
Jena Malone
Actor
21-Nov-1984   Saved!
David Mamet
Author
30-Nov-1947   Glengarry Glen Ross
Barbara Mandrell
Country Musician
25-Dec-1948   Midnight Oil
Camryn Manheim
Actor
8-Mar-1961   Ellenor Frutt on The Practice
Taryn Manning
Actor
6-Nov-1978   Crossroads
Jayne Mansfield
Actor
19-Apr-1933 29-Jun-1967 The Girl Can't Help It
Charles Manson
Criminal
12-Nov-1934   Helter Skelter
Larry Mantle
Radio Personality
c. 1957   Host of LA radio talk show AirTalk
Josie Maran
Model
8-May-1978   Fashion model, sometime actress
Sophie Marceau
Actor
17-Nov-1966   The World Is Not Enough
Princess Margaret
Royalty
21-Aug-1930 9-Feb-2002 QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon
Julianna Margulies
Actor
8-Jun-1967   Alicia Florrick on The Good Wife
Bob Marley
Singer/Songwriter
6-Feb-1945 11-May-1981 No Woman No Cry
Marc Maron
Comic
27-Sep-1963   What the F*ck?
Andrew Marr
Journalist
31-Jul-1959   BBC Political Editor, 2000-05
Penny Marshall
Actor
15-Oct-1942   Laverne on Laverne and Shirley
Dean Martin
Singer
7-Jun-1917 25-Dec-1995 Member of Rat Pack
Groucho Marx
Comic
2-Oct-1890 19-Aug-1977 You Bet Your Life
Bat Masterson
Government
26-Nov-1853 25-Oct-1921 Frontier peace officer
Chris Masterson
Actor
22-Jan-1980   Francis on Malcolm in the Middle
Mary Stuart Masterson
Actor
28-Jun-1966   Dogtown
Marcello Mastroianni
Actor
28-Sep-1924 19-Dec-1996 The Pizza Triangle
Samantha Mathis
Actor
12-May-1970   Jack and Sarah
Marlee Matlin
Actor
24-Aug-1965   Deaf actress on The West Wing
Gene Mauch
Baseball
18-Nov-1925 8-Aug-2005 MLB Manager
James May
TV Personality
16-Jan-1963   Top Gear
Elton Mayo
Psychologist
26-Dec-1880 7-Sep-1949 Student of Industrial Civilization
Debi Mazar
Actor
15-Aug-1964   Meet Wally Sparks
Valeria Mazza
Model
17-Feb-1972   Argentine supermodel
Mercedes McCambridge
Actor
17-Mar-1916 2-Mar-2004 All the King's Men
Andrew McCarthy
Actor
29-Nov-1962   St. Elmo's Fire
Jenny McCarthy
Model
1-Nov-1972   Early-nineties Playboy model, Singled Out
Linda McCartney
Musician
24-Sep-1941 17-Apr-1998 Beatle wife and photographer
Paul McCartney
Musician
18-Jun-1942   Beatle
Maureen McCormick
Actor
5-Aug-1956   Marcia on The Brady Bunch
Norma McCorvey
Activist
22-Sep-1947   Jane Roe, of Roe v. Wade
Carson McCullers
Author
19-Feb-1917 29-Sep-1967 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Hugh McElhenny
Football
31-Dec-1928   NFL Hall of Fame Running Back
K. T. McFarland
Government
1952   Former Kissinger staffer
Kelly McGillis
Actor
9-Jul-1957   Love interest in Top Gun
Ted McGinley
Actor
30-May-1958   Married with Children
Elizabeth McGovern
Actor
18-Jul-1961   Cora on Downton Abbey
Tim McGraw
Country Musician
1-May-1967   Not a Moment Too Soon
Ewan McGregor
Actor
31-Mar-1971   Trainspotting
Jacqueline McKenzie
Actor
24-Oct-1967   The 4400
Terry McMillan
Novelist
18-Oct-1951   Waiting to Exhale
Kristy McNichol
Actor
11-Sep-1962   1970s girl teen idol
Steve McQueen
Actor
24-Mar-1930 7-Nov-1980 The Great Escape
Carmen McRae
Singer
8-Apr-1922 10-Nov-1994 Jazz vocalist
Gerald McRaney
Actor
19-Aug-1947   Major Dad
Christine McVie
Musician
12-Jul-1943   Fleetwood Mac
John McVie
Bassist
26-Nov-1945   Bassist for Fleetwood Mac
Vaughn Meader
Comic
20-Mar-1936 29-Oct-2004 Comedian, JFK mimic
Audrey Meadows
Actor
8-Feb-1926 3-Feb-1996 Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners
Anne Meara
Comic
20-Sep-1929   Stiller and Meara
John Cougar Mellencamp
Singer/Songwriter
7-Oct-1951   Jack and Diane
H. L. Mencken
Critic
12-Sep-1880 29-Jan-1956 The American Language
Eva Mendes
Actor
5-Mar-1974   2 Fast 2 Furious
Willem Mengelberg
Conductor
28-Mar-1871 21-Mar-1951 Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, 1895-1945
Josef Mengele
Doctor
16-Mar-1911 7-Feb-1979 The Angel of Death
Don Meredith
Football
10-Apr-1938 5-Dec-2010 Dallas Cowboys, Monday Night Foorball
Ethel Merman
Singer
16-Jan-1908 15-Feb-1984 There's No Business Like Show Business
Stephin Merritt
Singer/Songwriter
1966   The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths
Jason Mewes
Actor
12-Jun-1974   "Jay" to Kevin Smith's "Silent Bob"
Thomas Middelhoff
Business
11-May-1953   CEO of Bertelsmann, 1997-2002
Bette Midler
Singer
1-Dec-1945   Ol' Red Hair
Alyssa Milano
Actor
19-Dec-1972   Charmed
John Milius
Film Director
11-Apr-1944   Conan the Barbarian
Arthur Miller
Playwright
17-Oct-1915 10-Feb-2005 Death of a Salesman
Penelope Ann Miller
Actor
13-Jan-1964   Big-Top Pee Wee
Donna Mills
Actor
11-Dec-1940   Play Misty for Me
Hayley Mills
Actor
18-Apr-1946   The Parent Trap
Slobodan Milosevic
Head of State
29-Aug-1941 11-Mar-2006 Deposed President of Yugoslavia
Paul Milstein
Business
12-May-1922 9-Aug-2010 Manhattan real estate developer
Ming-Na
Actor
20-Nov-1963   ER, voice of Mulan
Ho Chi Minh
Activist
19-May-1890 2-Sep-1969 Uncle Ho
Liza Minnelli
Singer
12-Mar-1946   Cabaret
Joni Mitchell
Singer/Songwriter
7-Nov-1943   Big Yellow Taxi
Radha Mitchell
Actor
12-Nov-1973   Love and Other Catastrophes
Scoey Mitchell
Actor
12-Mar-1930   Barefoot in the Park
Robert Mitchum
Actor
6-Aug-1917 1-Jul-1997 Cape Fear
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Conductor
1-Mar-1896 2-Nov-1960 Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58
Vilhelm Moberg
Novelist
20-Aug-1898 8-Aug-1973 The Emigrants
Gretchen Mol
Actor
8-Nov-1972   The Shape of Things
Taylor Momsen
Actor
26-Jul-1993   Gossip Girl
Eddie Money
Singer/Songwriter
21-Mar-1949   Take Me Home Tonight
Sophie Monk
Singer
14-Dec-1979   Calendar Girl
Eugenio Montale
Poet
12-Oct-1896 12-Sep-1981 Ossi di seppia
Keith Moon
Drummer
23-Aug-1946 7-Sep-1978 Drummer for The Who
Demi Moore
Actor
11-Nov-1962   Ghost
Mary Tyler Moore
Actor
29-Dec-1936   The Mary Tyler Moore Show
R. Stevie Moore
Singer/Songwriter
18-Jan-1952   Prolific DIY pop musician
Rita Moreno
Actor
11-Dec-1931   West Side Story, Electric Company
Henry Morgan
Radio Personality
31-Mar-1915 19-May-1994 Bad Boy of Radio, I've Got a Secret
Henry S. Morgan
Business
24-Oct-1900 8-Feb-1982 Co-Founder of Morgan Stanley
J. Pierpont Morgan
Business
17-Apr-1837 31-Mar-1913 Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Pat Morita
Actor
28-Jun-1932 24-Nov-2005 Miyagi on Karate Kid
Jim Morrison
Singer/Songwriter
8-Dec-1943 3-Jul-1971 Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors
John Mortimer
Playwright
21-Apr-1923 16-Jan-2009 Rumpole of the Bailey
Kate Moss
Model
16-Jan-1974   Extremely thin supermodel
Walter Mossberg
Columnist
27-Mar-1947   Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal
Bill Moyers
Journalist
6-Jun-1934   NOW with Bill Moyers
Kate Mulgrew
Actor
29-Apr-1955   Star Trek: Voyager
Brittany Murphy
Actor
10-Nov-1977 20-Dec-2009 Clueless
Edward R. Murrow
Journalist
25-Apr-1908 27-Apr-1965 The epitome of broadcast journalism
Vladimir Nabokov
Novelist
23-Apr-1899 2-Jul-1977 Lolita
Jerry Nachman
Journalist
24-Feb-1946 19-Jan-2004 MSNBC reporter
Patrick Nagel
Artist
25-Nov-1945 4-Feb-1984 The Nagel Woman
Parminder Nagra
Actor
5-Oct-1975   Bend It Like Beckham
Patricia Neal
Actor
20-Jan-1926 8-Aug-2010 The Day the Earth Stood Still
Kevin Nealon
Comic
18-Nov-1953   Saturday Night Live
E. Nesbit
Novelist
15-Aug-1858 4-May-1924 The Story of the Treasure Seekers
Bebe Neuwirth
Actor
31-Dec-1958   Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane on Cheers
Thandie Newton
Actor
6-Nov-1972   The Truth About Charlie
Jack Nicholson
Actor
22-Apr-1937   Chinatown
Stevie Nicks
Singer/Songwriter
26-May-1948   Fleetwood Mac
Nico
Musician
16-Oct-1938 18-Jul-1988 The Velvet Underground and Nico
Brigitte Nielsen
Actor
15-Jul-1963   Red Sonja
Leonard Nimoy
Actor
26-Mar-1931   Commander Spock on Star Trek
Pat Nixon
First Lady
16-Mar-1912 22-Jun-1993 Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
Lyn Nofziger
Government
8-Jun-1924 27-Mar-2006 GOP political operative
Nick Nolte
Actor
8-Feb-1941   48 Hours
Kim Novak
Actor
13-Feb-1933   Vertigo doppelganger
Don Novello
Comic
1-Jan-1943   Comic priest Father Guido Sarducci
Bill Nye
Columnist
25-Aug-1850 22-Feb-1896 Bill Nye and Boomerang
Sinead O'Connor
Musician
8-Dec-1966   Pop star ripped up Pope picture
Anita O'Day
Singer/Songwriter
18-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2006 Feminine master of scat
Maureen O'Hara
Actor
17-Aug-1920   Miracle on 34th Street
Tatum O'Neal
Actor
5-Nov-1963   Paper Moon
P. J. O'Rourke
Author
14-Nov-1947   Political satirist
Maureen O'Sullivan
Actor
17-May-1911 28-Jun-1998 A Day at the Races
Shavo Odadjian
Bassist
22-Apr-1974   Bassist, System of a Down
Keith Olbermann
Pundit
27-Jan-1959   Countdown
Revilo P. Oliver
Activist
7-Jul-1908 10-Aug-1994 Founding member, John Birch Society
Susan Oliver
Actor
13-Feb-1932 10-May-1990 Actress-cum-Aviatrix
Ashley Olsen
Actor
13-Jun-1986   Olsen Twin
Mary-Kate Olsen
Actor
13-Jun-1986   Olsen Twin
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
First Lady
28-Jul-1929 19-May-1994 Wife of John F. Kennedy
Yoko Ono
Artist
18-Feb-1933   Impenetrable musician, wife of John Lennon
Robert Oppenheimer
Physicist
22-Apr-1904 18-Feb-1967 Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project
Tony Orlando
Singer
3-Apr-1944   Tony Orlando and Dawn
Julia Ormond
Actor
4-Jan-1965   Sabrina
Beth Orton
Singer/Songwriter
14-Dec-1970   Folk singer/songwriter
Randy Orton
Wrestling
1-Apr-1980   The Legend Killer
Carré Otis
Model
28-Sep-1968   Mickey Rourke's ex-wife
Maria Ouspenskaya
Actor
29-Jul-1876 3-Dec-1949 Waterloo Bridge
Kerry Packer
Business
17-Dec-1937 26-Dec-2005 Richest man in Australia
Bettie Page
Model
22-Apr-1923 11-Dec-2008 Black-haired bondage pin-up queen
Charlemagne Palestine
Pianist
14-Aug-1945   Strumming Music
Lilli Palmer
Actor
24-May-1914 27-Jan-1986 The Four Poster
Gwyneth Paltrow
Actor
27-Sep-1972   Shakespeare in Love
Hayden Panettiere
Actor
21-Aug-1989   Indestructable cheerleader on Heroes
Tassos Papadopoulos
Head of State
7-Jan-1934 12-Dec-2008 President of Cyprus, 2003-08
Alan Parker
Film Director
14-Feb-1944   Pink Floyd: The Wall
Bonnie Parker
Criminal
1-Oct-1910 23-May-1934 Bonnie and Clyde
Mary-Louise Parker
Actor
2-Aug-1964   Weeds
Sarah Jessica Parker
Actor
25-Mar-1965   Carrie on Sex and the City
Suzy Parker
Model
28-Oct-1932 3-May-2003 Early supermodel turned actress
Gordon Parks
Film Director
30-Nov-1912 7-Mar-2006 Shaft
Robert Pattinson
Actor
13-May-1986   Edward Cullen in Twilight
Jane Pauley
Talk Show Host
31-Oct-1950   Host of Today Show, 1976-89
Wolfgang Pauli
Physicist
25-Apr-1900 15-Dec-1958 Pauli Exclusion Principle
Luciano Pavarotti
Singer
12-Oct-1935 6-Sep-2007 Operatic tenor
Cesare Pavese
Poet
9-Sep-1908 27-Aug-1950 La luna e i falò
Barbara Payton
Actor
16-Nov-1927 8-May-1967 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
M. Scott Peck
Author
22-May-1936 25-Sep-2005 The Road Less Traveled
Dan Peek
Musician
1-Nov-1950 24-Jul-2011 Co-founder of America
Amanda Peet
Actor
11-Jan-1972   Touch Me
Leo Penn
Film Director
27-Aug-1921 5-Sep-1998 The Dark Secret of Harvest Home
Sean Penn
Actor
17-Aug-1960   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
George Peppard
Actor
1-Oct-1928 8-May-1994 The A Team
Ron Perelman
Business
1-Jan-1943   Billionaire, owns 60% of Revlon
Ron Perlman
Actor
13-Apr-1950   Hellboy
Dennis Peron
Activist
8-Apr-1945   Medical marijuana
Katy Perry
Singer/Songwriter
25-Oct-1984   I Kissed a Girl
Luke Perry
Actor
11-Oct-1966   Beverly Hills 90210
Matthew Perry
Actor
19-Aug-1969   Chandler on Friends
Michael Peterson
Author
23-Oct-1943   The Staircase
Dedee Pfeiffer
Actor
1-Jan-1964   The Sky Is Falling
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
Bijou Phillips
Musician
1-Apr-1980   I'd Rather Eat Glass
John Phillips
Musician
30-Aug-1935 18-Mar-2001 The Mamas and the Papas
Mackenzie Phillips
Actor
10-Nov-1959   Julie on One Day at a Time
Peg Phillips
Actor
20-Sep-1918 7-Nov-2002 Ruth-Anne Miller on Northern Exposure
Summer Phoenix
Actor
10-Dec-1978   The Laramie Project
Renzo Piano
Architect
14-Sep-1937   Designed the Pompidou Center rehab
Robert Picardo
Actor
27-Oct-1953   Holographic doctor on Star Trek: Voyager
Amy Pietz
Actor
6-Mar-1969   Caroline in the City
Albert Pike
Military
29-Dec-1809 2-Apr-1891 Confederate general, Freemason
James Pike
Religion
14-Feb-1913 Sep-1969 5th Episcopal Bishop of California
Daniel Pinkwater
Author
15-Nov-1941   The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Harold Pinter
Playwright
10-Oct-1930 24-Dec-2008 The Birthday Party
Ezio Pinza
Singer
18-May-1892 9-May-1957 Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera
Billie Piper
Singer
22-Sep-1982   British teen singer, Dr. Who companion
Dave Pirner
Musician
16-Apr-1964   Frontman for Soul Asylum
Robert Pirsig
Author
6-Sep-1928   Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert Plant
Singer
20-Aug-1948   Lead singer of Led Zeppelin
Dana Plato
Actor
7-Nov-1964 9-May-1999 Kimberly on Diff'rent Strokes
Suzanne Pleshette
Actor
31-Jan-1937 19-Jan-2008 The Birds
Martha Plimpton
Actor
16-Nov-1970   The Goonies
Eve Plumb
Actor
29-Apr-1958   Jan on The Brady Bunch
Johnny Podres
Baseball
30-Sep-1932 13-Jan-2008 1955 World Series MVP
Jackson Pollock
Painter
28-Jan-1912 11-Aug-1956 Abstract expressionist
Paulina Porizkova
Model
9-Apr-1965   Wife of Ric Ocasek
Nyree Dawn Porter
Actor
22-Jan-1936 10-Apr-2001 The Forsyte Saga
Natalie Portman
Actor
9-Jun-1981   Black Swan
Parker Posey
Actor
8-Nov-1968   Waiting for Guffman
Markie Post
Actor
4-Nov-1950   Christine on Night Court
Annie Potts
Actor
28-Oct-1952   Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women
Dick Powell
Actor
14-Nov-1904 2-Jan-1963 The Bad and the Beautiful
Tyrone Power
Actor
5-May-1913 15-Nov-1958 Witness for the Prosecution
Stefanie Powers
Actor
2-Nov-1942   Hart to Hart
Susan Powter
Fitness Guru
22-Dec-1957   Stop the Insanity! fitness guru
Moana Pozzi
Pornstar
27-Apr-1961 15-Sep-1994 Backdoor Summer 2
Pramoedya Ananta Toer
Novelist
20-Feb-1925 30-Apr-2006 The Fugitive
Laura Prepon
Actor
7-Mar-1980   Donna on That '70s Show
Lisa Marie Presley
Relative
1-Feb-1968   Daughter of Elvis Presley
Kelly Preston
Actor
13-Oct-1962   What a Girl Wants
Molly Price
Actor
15-Dec-1966   Faith Yokas on Third Watch
Vincent Price
Actor
27-May-1911 25-Oct-1993 Master of the macabre
J. B. Priestley
Novelist
13-Sep-1894 14-Aug-1984 An Inspector Calls
Victoria Principal
Actor
3-Jan-1950   Pamela Barnes Ewing on Dallas
Jackson Publick
Cartoonist
14-Sep-1971   Co-Creator of The Venture Bros.
Ernie Pyle
Journalist
3-Aug-1900 18-Apr-1945 Scripps-Howard war correspondent
Joe Pyne
TV Personality
22-Dec-1925 23-Mar-1970 Father of attack TV
Muammar Qaddafi
Head of State
1942 20-Oct-2011 Dictator of Libya
Suzi Quatro
Musician
3-Jun-1950   Can the Can
Daniel Radcliffe
Actor
23-Jul-1989   Harry Potter
Gilda Radner
Comic
28-Jun-1946 20-May-1989 Saturday Night Live
Harold Ramis
Comic
21-Nov-1944   Egon Spengler in Ghostbusters
Lynne Ramsay
Film Director
5-Dec-1969   Morvern Cellar
Ahmad Rashad
Sports Journalist
19-Nov-1949   Wide Receiver turned sportscaster
Basil Rathbone
Actor
13-Jun-1892 21-Jul-1967 Played original Sherlock Holmes
Terence Rattigan
Playwright
10-Jun-1911 30-Nov-1977 Separate Tables
Lou Rawls
Singer
1-Dec-1935 6-Jan-2006 Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer
Chopper Read
Criminal
17-Nov-1954   Earless Australian killer, author
Harry Reasoner
Journalist
17-Apr-1923 6-Aug-1991 60 Minutes
Vanessa Redgrave
Actor
30-Jan-1937   Julia
Donna Reed
Actor
27-Jan-1921 14-Jan-1986 The Donna Reed Show
Jerry Reed
Country Musician
20-Mar-1937 1-Sep-2008 When You're Hot, You're Hot
Ralph Reed
Activist
24-Jun-1961   Former head of the Christian Coalition
George E. Reedy
Government
5-Aug-1917 21-Mar-1999 LBJ's press secretary
Keanu Reeves
Actor
2-Sep-1964   Dude
William Rehnquist
Judge
1-Oct-1924 3-Sep-2005 US Chief Justice, 1986-2005
Tara Reid
Actor
8-Nov-1975   Bunny in The Big Lebowski
Charles Nelson Reilly
Actor
13-Jan-1931 25-May-2007 Flamboyant Match Game panelist
Lee Remick
Actor
14-Dec-1935 2-Jul-1991 Days of Wine and Roses
Leah Remini
Actor
15-Jun-1970   Old School
Michael Rennie
Actor
25-Aug-1909 10-Jun-1971 The Day the Earth Stood Still
Auguste Renoir
Painter
25-Feb-1841 3-Dec-1919 Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette
Rick Rescorla
Victim
27-May-1939 11-Sep-2001 Anticipated both WTC attacks, died in 9/11
Paul Reubens
Actor
27-Aug-1952   Pee-wee Herman
Debbie Reynolds
Actor
1-Apr-1932   Dancer, actress
Randi Rhodes
Radio Personality
28-Jan-1959   Liberal talk show host
Christina Ricci
Actor
12-Feb-1980   The Addams Family
Ann Richards
Politician
1-Sep-1933 13-Sep-2006 Governor of Texas, 1991-95
Keith Richards
Guitarist
18-Dec-1943   The Rolling Stones
Michael Richards
Actor
24-Jul-1949   Cosmo Kramer on Seinfeld
Joely Richardson
Actor
9-Jan-1965   Julia McNamara on Nip/Tuck
Miranda Richardson
Actor
3-Mar-1958   The Crying Game
Natasha Richardson
Actor
11-May-1963 18-Mar-2009 Widows' Peak
Patricia Richardson
Actor
23-Feb-1951   Tim's wife on Home Improvement
Nicole Richie
Socialite
21-Sep-1981   The Simple Life
Oscar Riddle
Biologist
27-Sep-1877 29-Nov-1968 Prolactin
Nicholas Ridley
Politician
17-Feb-1929 4-Mar-1993 Thatcherite MP and Minister
Diana Rigg
Actor
20-Jul-1938   Mrs. Peel
Robert Riley
Politician
3-Oct-1944   Governor of Alabama, 2003-11
Molly Ringwald
Actor
18-Feb-1968   The Breakfast Club
Melissa Rivers
TV Personality
20-Jan-1968   Daughter of Joan Rivers
Rene Rivkin
Business
6-Jun-1944 1-May-2005 Disgraced Australian stockbroker
Edward G. Robinson, Jr.
Relative
19-Mar-1933 26-Feb-1974 Edward G. Robinson's troubled son
Sir Robert Robinson
Chemist
13-Sep-1886 8-Feb-1975 Researcher of alkaloids
Aesop Rock
Rapper
1976   Labor Days
George Rockwell
Activist
9-Mar-1918 25-Aug-1967 Founded American Nazi Party
Norman Rockwell
Painter
3-Feb-1894 8-Nov-1978 Saturday Evening Post artist
Sam Rockwell
Actor
5-Nov-1968   Lawn Dogs
Michelle Rodriguez
Actor
12-Jul-1978   Girlfight, Resident Evil
Buddy Roemer
Politician
4-Oct-1943   Governor of Louisiana, 1988-92
Ginger Rogers
Dancer
16-Jul-1911 25-Apr-1995 The Gay Divorcee
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Architect
27-Mar-1886 17-Aug-1969 The Glass Skyscraper
Cesar Romero
Actor
15-Feb-1907 1-Jan-1994 The Joker on Batman
Rebecca Romijn
Model
6-Nov-1972   Swimsuit supermodel
Samantha Ronson
Disc Jockey
7-Aug-1977   Girlfriend of Lindsay Lohan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Head of State
30-Jan-1882 12-Apr-1945 US President during WWII
James Root
Guitarist
2-Oct-1971   Rhythm guitarist, Slipknot
Hrithik Roshan
Actor
10-Jan-1974   Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai
Diana Ross
Singer
26-Mar-1944   Dominion over The Supremes
Harold W. Ross
Publisher
6-Nov-1892 6-Dec-1951 Founder of The New Yorker
Rick Ross
Activist
24-Nov-1952   Cult expert, deprogrammer
Isabella Rossellini
Actor
18-Jun-1952   Blue Velvet, Big Night
Portia de Rossi
Actor
31-Jan-1973   Nelle Porter on Ally
Mark Rothko
Painter
25-Sep-1903 25-Feb-1970 Painter of fuzzy rectangles
Richard Roundtree
Actor
9-Jul-1942   Shaft
Mickey Rourke
Actor
16-Sep-1952   The Wrestler
Erno Rubik
Inventor
13-Jul-1944   Rubik's Cube
Mercedes Ruehl
Actor
28-Feb-1948   Married to the Mob
Ibrahim Rugova
Government
2-Dec-1944 21-Jan-2006 President of Kosovo, 1992-2006
Donald Rumsfeld
Government
9-Jul-1932   US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06
Damon Runyon
Journalist
4-Oct-1884 10-Dec-1946 Guys and Dolls
RuPaul
TV Personality
17-Nov-1960   Drag queen supermodel
Debra Jo Rupp
Actor
24-Feb-1951   Kitty Forman on That '70s Show
Jane Russell
Actor
21-Jun-1921 28-Feb-2011 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Richard B. Russell
Politician
2-Nov-1897 21-Jan-1971 US Senator from Georgia, 1933-71
Theresa Russell
Actor
20-Mar-1957   Insignificance, Black Widow
Bayard Rustin
Activist
17-Mar-1910 24-Aug-1987 Organized the 1963 March on Washington
Babe Ruth
Baseball
6-Feb-1895 16-Aug-1948 The Bambino
Wiley Rutledge
Judge
20-Jul-1894 10-Sep-1949 US Supreme Court Justice, 1943-49
Meg Ryan
Actor
19-Nov-1961   Sleepless In Seattle
Winona Ryder
Actor
29-Oct-1971   Edward Scissorhands
Joe Sacco
Cartoonist
2-Oct-1960   Palestine
Sade
Singer
16-Jan-1959   Smooth Operator
Morley Safer
Journalist
8-Nov-1931   60 Minutes
Katey Sagal
Actor
19-Jan-1954   Peg Bundy on Married With Children
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Pianist
17-Jan-1952   Yellow Magic Orchestra
Richie Sambora
Guitarist
11-Jul-1959   Bon Jovi
Joey Santiago
Guitarist
10-Jun-1965   The Pixies' lead guitarist
Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher
21-Jun-1905 15-Apr-1980 Nausea, No Exit
Jennifer Saunders
Comic
6-Jul-1958   Absolutely Fabulous
Herschel Savage
Pornstar
25-Nov-1952   Go-to performer for Seymore Butts
Greta Scacchi
Actor
18-Feb-1960   The Player
Claudia Schiffer
Model
25-Aug-1970   Top German supermodel
Oskar Schindler
Activist
28-Apr-1908 9-Oct-1974 Saved over 1000 from Nazis
Thomas Schippers
Conductor
9-Mar-1930 16-Dec-1977 Music Director, Cinncinati Symphony, 1970-77
Helmut Schmidt
Head of State
23-Dec-1918   Chancellor of Germany, 1974-82
Maria Schneider
Actor
27-Mar-1952 3-Feb-2011 Last Tango in Paris
Alex Schoenbaum
Business
8-Aug-1915 6-Dec-1996 Founder, Shoney's
John McAllister Schofield
Military
29-Sep-1831 4-Mar-1906 Union General later Secretary of War
Daniel Schorr
Journalist
31-Aug-1916 23-Jul-2010 Veteran journalist, Nixon enemy
Marge Schott
Baseball
18-Aug-1928 2-Mar-2004 Owner, Cincinnati Reds
Liev Schreiber
Actor
4-Oct-1967   Actor, voiceover talent
Gerhard Schroeder
Head of State
7-Apr-1944   German Chancellor, 1998-2005
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor
30-Jul-1947   Governor of California, 2003-11
Annabella Sciorra
Actor
29-Mar-1960   The bride in True Love
Dr. Gene Scott
Religion
14-Aug-1929 21-Feb-2005 Eccentric televangelist
Lizabeth Scott
Actor
29-Sep-1922   Dead Reckoning
E. W. Scripps
Publisher
18-Jun-1854 12-Mar-1926 Founder of UPI
Edie Sedgwick
Socialite
20-Apr-1943 16-Nov-1971 Warhol factory girl
Kyra Sedgwick
Actor
19-Aug-1965   The Closer
Jason Segel
Actor
18-Jan-1980   How I Met Your Mother
Seka
Pornstar
15-Apr-1954   Blonde Fire, Inside Seka
Connie Sellecca
Actor
25-May-1955   The Greatest American Hero
Peter Sellers
Actor
8-Sep-1925 24-Jul-1980 Inspector Clouseau
David O. Selznick
Film/TV Producer
10-May-1902 22-Jun-1965 Producer of A Star Is Born
Hun Sen
Head of State
4-Apr-1951   Prime Minister of Cambodia
Rod Serling
Author
25-Dec-1924 28-Jun-1975 Creator of The Twilight Zone
Chloe Sevigny
Actor
18-Nov-1974   HIV-infected girl in Kids
Stephanie Seymour
Model
23-Jul-1968   Cover 1990 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue
Ted Shackelford
Actor
23-Jun-1946   Gary Ewing on Knots Landing
Ernest Shackleton
Explorer
15-Feb-1874 5-Jan-1922 Antarctic explorer
Ray Sharkey
Actor
14-Nov-1952 11-Jun-1993 Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy
Norma Shearer
Actor
10-Aug-1902 12-Jun-1983 The Divorcee
Ally Sheedy
Actor
13-Jun-1962   The Breakfast Club
Charlie Sheen
Actor
3-Sep-1965   The prodigal Sheen
Ann Sheridan
Actor
21-Feb-1915 21-Jan-1967 Torrid Zone
Nicollette Sheridan
Actor
21-Nov-1963   Spy Hard
William T. Sherman
Military
8-Feb-1820 14-Feb-1891 Marched to the Sea
Brooke Shields
Model
31-May-1965   Suddenly Susan
Elisabeth Shue
Actor
6-Oct-1963   Leaving Las Vegas
George Sidney
Film Director
4-Oct-1916 5-May-2002 Bye Bye Birdie
Sylvia Sidney
Actor
8-Aug-1910 1-Jul-1999 Mama Carlson on WKRP
Joel Siegel
Critic
7-Jul-1943 29-Jun-2007 Film critic
Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Actor
15-May-1981   Tony Soprano's bratty daughter
Simone Signoret
Actor
25-Mar-1921 30-Sep-1985 Ship of Fools
Karen Silkwood
Victim
19-Feb-1946 13-Nov-1974 Nuclear whistleblower
Alicia Silverstone
Actor
4-Oct-1976   Clueless
Jean Simmons
Actor
31-Jan-1929 22-Jan-2010 Guys and Dolls
Carly Simon
Singer/Songwriter
25-Jun-1945   You're So Vain
James Simons
Mathematician
c. 1938   Renaissance Technologies hedge fund
Jessica Simpson
Singer
10-Jul-1980   MTV Newlyweds
Molly Sims
Model
25-May-1973   Delinda Deline on Las Vegas
Frank Sinatra
Singer
12-Dec-1915 14-May-1998 It's Frank's world, we just live in it
Nancy Sinatra
Singer
8-Jun-1940   Has boots made for walkin'
Siouxsie Sioux
Musician
27-May-1957   Siouxsie and the Banshees
Marina Sirtis
Actor
29-Mar-1955   Half-Betazoid Deana Troi on ST:TNG
Jack Skolds
Business
c. 1950   EVP at Exelon, 2003-07
Otto Skorzeny
Military
12-Jun-1908 5-Jul-1975 Most dangerous man in Europe
Ione Skye
Actor
4-Sep-1971   Say Anything
Slash
Guitarist
23-Jul-1965   Former lead guitarist, Guns n' Roses
Christian Slater
Actor
18-Aug-1969   Kuffs, True Romance
Deke Slayton
Astronaut
1-Mar-1924 13-Jun-1993 Original Mercury 7 astronaut
Leo Slezak
Singer
18-Aug-1873 1-Jun-1946 Operatic tenor
Grace Slick
Singer
30-Oct-1939   Jefferson Airplane and Starship
Slug
Rapper
7-Sep-1972   Atmosphere
Anna Nicole Smith
Model
28-Nov-1967 8-Feb-2007 Addled golddigger
Betty Smith
Novelist
15-Dec-1896 17-Jan-1972 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Chad Smith
Drummer
25-Oct-1961   Drummer for the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Daniel Smith
Relative
22-Jan-1986 10-Sep-2006 Son of Anna Nicole Smith
Mark E. Smith
Singer/Songwriter
5-Mar-1957   The Fall
Patty Smyth
Musician
26-Jun-1957   She is the warrior
Carrie Snodgress
Actor
27-Oct-1946 1-Apr-2004 Diary of a Mad Housewife
Tom Snyder
Talk Show Host
12-May-1936 29-Jul-2007 The Tomorrow Show
Leelee Sobieski
Actor
10-Jun-1983   Eyes Wide Shut
Valerie Solanas
Activist
9-Apr-1936 26-Apr-1988 Shot Andy Warhol
Brett Somers
Actor
11-Jul-1924 15-Sep-2007 Match Game fixture
Julie Sommars
Actor
15-Apr-1942   ADA Julie March on Matlock
Elke Sommer
Actor
5-Nov-1940   Deadlier Than the Male
Aaron Sorkin
Author
9-Jun-1961   The West Wing, Sports Night
Michael Sorrentino
TV Personality
4-Jul-1981   The Situation on Jersey Shore
Mira Sorvino
Actor
28-Sep-1967   Mighty Aphrodite
Ann Sothern
Actor
22-Jan-1909 15-Mar-2001 Private Secretary
David Soul
Actor
28-Aug-1943   Hutch on Starsky and Hutch
James Spader
Actor
7-Feb-1960   Sex, Lies, and Videotape
Britney Spears
Singer
2-Dec-1981   Oops!... I Did it Again
Jamie Lynn Spears
Actor
4-Apr-1991   Sister of Britney Spears
Ronnie Spector
Singer
10-Aug-1943   Be her baby
Tori Spelling
Actor
16-May-1973   Donna in Beverly Hills 90210
John Spencer
Actor
20-Dec-1946 16-Dec-2005 Leo McGarry on The West Wing
Brent Spiner
Actor
2-Feb-1949   Data on Star Trek: TNG
Dusty Springfield
Singer
16-Apr-1939 2-Mar-1999 Son of a Preacher Man
Layne Staley
Musician
22-Aug-1967 14-Apr-2002 Frontman for Alice In Chains
Josef Stalin
Head of State
18-Dec-1878 5-Mar-1953 Brutal dictator, Soviet Union
Sage Stallone
Actor
5-May-1976 13-Jul-2012 Son of Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
Actor
6-Jul-1946   Rocky, Rambo
Kim Stanley
Actor
11-Feb-1925 20-Aug-2001 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Harry Dean Stanton
Actor
14-Jul-1926   Bathrobe-clad actor from Repo Man
Barbara Stanwyck
Actor
16-Jul-1907 20-Jan-1990 Double Indemnity
Maureen Stapleton
Actor
21-Jun-1925 13-Mar-2006 Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman
Charles Starkweather
Criminal
24-Nov-1938 25-Jun-1959 Spree killer
Ringo Starr
Drummer
7-Jul-1940   Beatle
John Steinbeck
Novelist
27-Feb-1902 20-Dec-1968 The Grapes of Wrath
Princess Stephanie
Royalty
1-Feb-1965   Daughter of Prince Rainier
Skip Stephenson
Comic
18-Apr-1940 18-May-1992 Real People
Howard K. Stern
TV Personality
29-Nov-1968   Anna Nicole Smith's lawyer
John Frank Stevens
Engineer
25-Apr-1853 2-Jun-1943 Chief engineer of the Panama Canal
Rachel Stevens
Musician
9-Apr-1978   In UK pop band S Club 7
Jimmy Stewart
Actor
20-May-1908 2-Jul-1997 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Kristen Stewart
Actor
9-Apr-1990   Bella Swan in Twilight
Izzy Stradlin
Guitarist
8-Apr-1962   Former rhythm guitarist, Guns n' Roses
Leo Strauss
Philosopher
20-Sep-1899 18-Oct-1973 Patron saint of Neoconservatism
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
29-Nov-1915 31-May-1967 Take the A Train
Barbra Streisand
Singer
24-Apr-1942   You Don't Bring Me Flowers
Ilsa Strix
Pornstar
15-Dec-1967   Professional dominatrix
Gloria Stuart
Actor
4-Jul-1910 27-Sep-2010 Rose in Titanic
Danny Sugerman
Author
11-Oct-1954 5-Jan-2005 Manager/Biographer for The Doors
Suharto
Head of State
8-Jun-1921 27-Jan-2008 President of Indonesia, 1967-98
Margaret Sullavan
Actor
16-May-1911 1-Jan-1960 The Shop Around the Corner
Ed Sullivan
TV Personality
28-Sep-1902 13-Oct-1974 The Ed Sullivan Show
Nicole Sullivan
Actor
21-Apr-1970   Vancome Lady on MADtv
Joel Surnow
Film/TV Producer
18-Dec-1955   24, Half Hour News Hour
Jacqueline Susann
Novelist
20-Aug-1918 21-Sep-1974 Valley of the Dolls
Kiefer Sutherland
Actor
21-Dec-1966   24
Willie Sutton
Criminal
30-Jun-1901 2-Nov-1980 Because that's where the money is
Gloria Swanson
Actor
27-Mar-1897 4-Apr-1983 Sunset Blvd.
Kristy Swanson
Actor
19-Dec-1969   Original Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Glendon Swarthout
Novelist
8-Apr-1918 23-Sep-1992 Bless the Beasts and Children
Patrick Swayze
Actor
18-Aug-1952 14-Sep-2009 Dirty Dancing
Julia Sweeney
Comic
10-Oct-1959   Androgyne Pat on Saturday Night Live
Marshall Sylver
Magician
?   Stage hypnotist, self-help guru
Wislawa Szymborska
Poet
2-Jul-1923 1-Feb-2012 Polish poet
William Talman
Actor
4-Feb-1915 30-Aug-1968 Hamilton Burger on Perry Mason
Amy Tan
Author
19-Feb-1952   The Joy Luck Club
Alfred Tarski
Mathematician
14-Jan-1902 26-Oct-1983 Tarski's indefinability theorem
Sharon Tate
Actor
24-Jan-1943 8-Aug-1969 Polanski's wife murdered by Manson family
Edward Tatum
Scientist
14-Dec-1909 7-Nov-1975 One gene, one enzyme theory
Vic Tayback
Actor
6-Jan-1930 25-May-1990 Character actor, Papillon, etc
Lili Taylor
Actor
20-Feb-1967   Six Feet Under
Margaret Taylor
First Lady
21-Sep-1788 14-Aug-1852 Wife of US President Zachary Taylor
Niki Taylor
Model
5-Mar-1975   Youngest model on Vogue cover
Robert Taylor
Actor
5-Aug-1911 8-Jun-1969 Quo Vadis
Shirley Temple
Actor
23-Apr-1928   Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Jerald F. ter Horst
Government
11-Jul-1922 31-Mar-2010 Gerald Ford's short-term press secretary
Studs Terkel
Author
16-May-1912 31-Oct-2008 Working
Tiffani Amber Thiessen
Actor
23-Jan-1974   Kelly Kapowski, Saved by the Bell
Clarence Thomas
Judge
23-Jun-1948   US Supreme Court Justice
Heather Thomas
Actor
8-Sep-1957   Jody Banks on The Fall Guy
Emma Thompson
Actor
15-Apr-1959   Howard's End
Hugh Thompson
Military
15-Apr-1943 6-Jan-2006 Stopped the My Lai massacre
Hunter S. Thompson
Journalist
18-Jul-1937 20-Feb-2005 Gonzo journalist and author
Billy Bob Thornton
Actor
4-Aug-1955   Sling Blade
James Thurber
Author
8-Dec-1894 2-Nov-1961 Short story writer and cartoonist
Uma Thurman
Actor
29-Apr-1970   Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Gene Tierney
Actor
19-Nov-1920 6-Nov-1991 Laura
Jennifer Tilly
Actor
16-Sep-1958   Bound, Monsters, Inc.
Ann Todd
Actor
24-Jan-1909 6-May-1993 The Sound Barrier
Victoria Toensing
Pundit
16-Oct-1941   Washington lawyer
Alice B. Toklas
Relative
30-Apr-1877 7-Mar-1967 Gertrude Stein's lover
J. R. R. Tolkien
Author
3-Jan-1892 2-Sep-1973 Lord of the Rings
Tom of Finland
Artist
8-May-1920 7-Nov-1991 Beefcake fetish artist
Marisa Tomei
Actor
4-Dec-1964   My Cousin Vinny
Tamlyn Tomita
Actor
27-Jan-1966   The Burning Zone
Rip Torn
Actor
6-Feb-1931   Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show
Pat Travers
Musician
12-Apr-1954   Canadian rocker
Danny Trejo
Actor
16-May-1944   Ex-con turned character actor
Lee Trevino
Golf
1-Dec-1939   Pro golfer hosted Golf for Swingers
Linda Tripp
Government
24-Nov-1949   Monica Lewinsky's confidant
Jeanne Tripplehorn
Actor
10-Jun-1963   Office Killer
Kevin Trudeau
Author
6-Feb-1963   Natural Cures, fraudster
Dalton Trumbo
Author
9-Dec-1905 10-Sep-1976 Johnny Got His Gun
Shintaro Tsuji
Business
7-Dec-1927   Sanrio founder
Tanya Tucker
Country Musician
10-Oct-1958   Country music singer
Hal Turner
Activist
15-Mar-1962   Internet agitator
Kathleen Turner
Actor
19-Jun-1954   Romancing the Stone
Lana Turner
Actor
8-Feb-1920 29-Jun-1995 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Mark Twain
Author
30-Nov-1835 21-Apr-1910 Huckleberry Finn
Shannon Tweed
Actor
10-Mar-1957   Playboy centerfold
Aisha Tyler
Actor
18-Sep-1970   Former host of Talk Soup
Steven Tyler
Singer
26-Mar-1948   Frontman for Aerosmith
Kenneth Tynan
Critic
2-Apr-1927 26-Jul-1980 British theatre critic
Tracey Ullman
Comic
30-Dec-1959   The Tracey Ullman Show
Brenda Vaccaro
Actor
18-Nov-1939   Capricorn One
Keni Valenti
Fashion Designer
1958   The King of Vintage
Rudolph Valentino
Actor
6-May-1895 23-Aug-1926 Latin lover of the silent film era
Rudy Vallee
Actor
28-Jul-1901 3-Jul-1986 Singer, actor, bandleader
Ville Valo
Singer
22-Nov-1976   Frontman for Finnish band HIM
James Van Allen
Astronomer
7-Sep-1914 9-Aug-2006 Discovered the Van Allen Belt
Dick Van Dyke
Actor
13-Dec-1925   The Dick Van Dyke Show
Eddie Van Halen
Guitarist
26-Jan-1955   Guitarist for Van Halen
Bobby Van
Actor
6-Dec-1928 31-Jul-1980 Broadway actor
Chavela Vargas
Singer
17-Apr-1919 5-Aug-2012 Ranchera singer
Jim Varney
Actor
15-Jun-1949 10-Feb-2000 Played annoyant Ernest P. Worrell
Sarah Vaughan
Singer
28-Mar-1924 3-Apr-1990 The Divine One
Eddie Vedder
Singer
23-Dec-1964   Lead singer, Pearl Jam
Alan Vega
Singer
23-Jun-1948   The voice of Suicide
Suzanne Vega
Musician
11-Jul-1959   Her name is Luka, lives on 2nd floor
Conrad Veidt
Actor
22-Jan-1893 3-Apr-1943 Maj. Strasser in Casablanca
Patricia Velasquez
Model
31-Jan-1971   The Mummy
Krishna Venta
Religion
29-Mar-1911 10-Dec-1958 W.K.F.L. Fountain of the World
Donatella Versace
Fashion Designer
2-May-1955   Inherited the House of Versace
Sid Vicious
Bassist
10-May-1957 2-Feb-1979 Sex Pistols bassist
Ricardo Villalobos
Electronic Musician
1970   Thé Au Harem d'Archimède
Paul Volcker
Economist
5-Sep-1927   Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87
Joseph Volpe
Administrator
2-Jul-1940   GM Metropolitan Opera, 1990-2006
Wernher von Braun
Scientist
23-Mar-1912 16-Jun-1977 German-American rocket scientist
Erich von Däniken
Author
14-Apr-1935   Chariots of the Gods?
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist
11-Nov-1922 11-Apr-2007 Slaughterhouse Five
Wilfrid Voynich
Activist
31-Oct-1865 19-Mar-1930 Voynich manuscript
Bill W.
Activist
26-Nov-1895 24-Jan-1971 Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Physicist
23-Nov-1837 9-Mar-1923 Investigated states of matter
Tom Waits
Singer/Songwriter
7-Dec-1949   Heartattack and Vine
Ted Waitt
Business
18-Jan-1963   Co-Founder of Gateway
Marcia Wallace
Actor
1-Nov-1942   The Simpsons
Henry C. Wallich
Economist
10-Jun-1914 16-Sep-1988 Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61
Barbara Walters
Journalist
25-Sep-1929   20/20, The View
Kim Walther
TV Personality
26-Jul-1977   Anna Nicole Smith's dykey assistant
Walter Wanger
Film/TV Producer
11-Jul-1894 18-Nov-1968 Joan of Arc
Estella Warren
Model
23-Dec-1970   Synchronized swimmer turned model
Dionne Warwick
Singer
12-Dec-1940   Walk On By
Denzel Washington
Actor
28-Dec-1954   Training Day
Emily Watson
Actor
14-Jan-1967   Angela's Ashes
Charlie Watts
Drummer
2-Jun-1941   Drummer for the Rolling Stones
Naomi Watts
Actor
28-Sep-1968   First you see The Ring, then you die
Evelyn Waugh
Novelist
28-Oct-1903 10-Apr-1966 Brideshead Revisited
Gerard Way
Musician
9-Apr-1977   My Chemical Romance
John Wayne
Actor
26-May-1907 11-Jun-1979 The Duke
Sigourney Weaver
Actor
8-Oct-1949   Alien
Jack Webb
Actor
2-Apr-1920 23-Dec-1982 Joe Friday in Dragnet
Weegee
Photographer
12-Jun-1899 26-Dec-1968 Crime photographer
Alfred Wegener
Scientist
1-Nov-1880 Nov-1930 Continental drift
Harvey Weinstein
Film/TV Producer
19-Mar-1952   Miramax and The Weinstein Co.
George Weissman
Business
12-Jul-1919 24-Jul-2009 CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84
Denise Welch
Actor
22-May-1958   British TV soap actress
Raquel Welch
Actor
5-Sep-1940   Cocktail waitress turned 60s sexpot
Tuesday Weld
Actor
27-Aug-1943   Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Mary Wells
Singer
13-May-1943 26-Jul-1992 My Guy
Irvine Welsh
Novelist
27-Sep-1961   Trainspotting
Cornel West
Activist
2-Jun-1953   Prominent blackademic
Meg White
Drummer
10-Dec-1974   Drummer for The White Stripes
Ron White
Comic
18-Dec-1956   Tater Salad
Walter White
Activist
1-Jul-1893 21-Mar-1955 Worked against lynchings
Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
1-Apr-1930   Yeoman Rand on Star Trek
Jane Wiedlin
Musician
20-May-1958   Guitarist / vocalist for The Go-Go's
Jack Wild
Actor
30-Sep-1952 1-Mar-2006 Oliver!
Olivia Wilde
Actor
10-Mar-1984   Skin
Cindy Williams
Actor
22-Aug-1947   Shirley of Laverne and Shirley
Hank Williams III
Musician
12-Dec-1972   Grandson of Hank Williams
JoBeth Williams
Actor
6-Dec-1948   Poltergeist
Michelle Williams
Singer
23-Jul-1980   One-third of Destiny's Child
Paul Williams
Singer/Songwriter
19-Sep-1940   Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Ted Williams
Baseball
30-Aug-1918 5-Jul-2002 Cryonically preserved .400 hitter
Tookie Williams
Criminal
29-Dec-1953 13-Dec-2005 Co-Founder, West Side Crips
Walter E. Williams
Economist
31-Mar-1936   Conservative economist
Ann Wilson
Musician
19-Jun-1950   Heart
Harold Wilson
Head of State
11-Mar-1916 24-May-1995 Two-time Prime Minister of Britain
Joseph Wilson
Diplomat
6-Nov-1949   Ambassador to Gabon, Valerie Plame's husband
Amy Winehouse
Singer
14-Sep-1983 23-Jul-2011 Rehab
Michael Winner
Film Director
30-Oct-1935   Death Wish
Kate Winslet
Actor
5-Oct-1975   Titanic
Billy Wirth
Actor
23-Jun-1962   The Lost Boys
Katarina Witt
Figure Skating
3-Dec-1965   Figure skater
Elijah Wood
Actor
28-Jan-1981   Frodo Baggins in Lord of the Rings
Natalie Wood
Actor
20-Jul-1938 29-Nov-1981 Rebel Without A Cause
Ron Wood
Guitarist
1-Jun-1947   Guitarist for The Rolling Stones
Joanne Woodward
Actor
27-Feb-1930   The Three Faces of Eve
Jack Wrangler
Pornstar
11-Jul-1946 7-Apr-2009 Eyes of a Gay Stranger
Jim Wright
Politician
22-Dec-1922   Congressman from Texas, 1955-89
Teresa Wright
Actor
27-Oct-1918 6-Mar-2005 Shadow of a Doubt
Aileen Wuornos
Criminal
29-Feb-1956 9-Oct-2002 Notorious serial killer
Bill Wyman
Bassist
24-Oct-1936   Former Rolling Stones bassist
Jane Wyman
Actor
5-Jan-1917 10-Sep-2007 Falcon Crest
Iannis Xenakis
Composer
9-May-1922 4-Feb-2001 Avant-garde composer
Deng Xiaoping
Politician
22-Aug-1904 19-Feb-1997 Communist Chinese leader
Umaru Yar'Adua
Head of State
9-Jul-1951 5-May-2010 President of Nigeria, 2007-10
Richard Yates
Novelist
3-Feb-1926 7-Nov-1992 Revolutionary Road
Michelle Yeoh
Actor
6-Aug-1962   Hong Kong action movie star
Jerry York
Business
22-Jun-1938 16-Mar-2010 CFO of IBM, 1993-95
Loretta Young
Actor
6-Jan-1913 12-Aug-2000 Platinum Blonde
Sean Young
Actor
20-Nov-1959   Replicant in Blade Runner
Grace Zabriskie
Actor
17-May-1941   Sarah Palmer in Twin Peaks
Robin Zander
Musician
23-Jan-1953   Cheap Trick vocalist
Darryl F. Zanuck
Film/TV Producer
5-Sep-1902 22-Dec-1979 Ran 20th Century Fox, 1935-71
Frank Zappa
Composer
21-Dec-1940 4-Dec-1993 Joe's Garage
Franco Zeffirelli
Film Director
12-Feb-1923   Romeo and Juliet
Roger Zelazny
Novelist
13-May-1937 14-Jun-1995 Damnation Alley
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Actor
25-Sep-1969   Traffic
Florenz Ziegfeld
Theatre Producer
21-Mar-1869 22-Jul-1932 The Ziegfeld Follies
Stephanie Zimbalist
Actor
8-Oct-1956   Remington Steele
Marion Zioncheck
Politician
5-Dec-1901 7-Aug-1936 Congressman, committed suicide
King Zog
Royalty
8-Oct-1895 9-Apr-1961 King of Albania
Mort Zuckerman
Business
4-Jun-1937   Owner, New York Daily News
Daphne Zuniga
Actor
28-Oct-1962   Princess Vespa in Spaceballs



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