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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Joss Ackland
Actor
29-Feb-1928   White Mischief
Art Acord
Actor
17-Apr-1890 4-Jan-1931 Cowboy actor
Joan Vollmer Adams
Victim
1924 6-Sep-1951 Common-law wife of William S. Burroughs
Ryan Adams
Singer/Songwriter
5-Nov-1974   Heartbreaker
Stuart Adamson
Musician
11-Apr-1958 16-Dec-2001 Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country
Hasil Adkins
Musician
29-Apr-1937 26-Apr-2005 Rockabilly one man band
Ben Affleck
Actor
15-Aug-1972   Good Will Hunting
Phil Agee
Spy
19-Jul-1935 7-Jan-2008 Inside the Company: CIA Diary
Edward Albee
Playwright
12-Mar-1928   Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Chris Albrecht
Business
c. 1951   Former HBO Chairman and CEO
Buzz Aldrin
Astronaut
20-Jan-1930   Second man on the Moon
Grover Cleveland Alexander
Baseball
26-Feb-1887 4-Nov-1950 Pitcher, 373 career wins
Sherman Alexie
Novelist
7-Oct-1966   The Business of Fancydancing
Rick Allen
Drummer
1-Nov-1963   Def Leppard's one-armed drummer
Tim Allen
Actor
13-Jun-1953   Home Improvement
G. G. Allin
Musician
29-Aug-1956 28-Jun-1993 Hated
Gregg Allman
Musician
8-Dec-1947   The Allman Brothers
Aldrich Ames
Spy
26-Mar-1941   CIA agent, divulged names to the Soviets
Kingsley Amis
Novelist
16-Apr-1922 22-Oct-1995 Lucky Jim
Lynn Anderson
Singer
26-Sep-1947   Rose Garden
Robert B. Anderson
Government
4-Jun-1910 14-Aug-1989 US Secretary of the Treasury, 1957-61
Dana Andrews
Actor
1-Jan-1909 17-Dec-1992 The Best Years of Our Lives
Ann-Margret
Actor
28-Apr-1941   Carnal Knowledge
Eddie Antar
Business
18-Dec-1947   Crazy Eddie
Fatty Arbuckle
Actor
24-Mar-1887 29-Jun-1933 Keystone Cop
Desi Arnaz
Actor
2-Mar-1917 2-Dec-1986 Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
21-Oct-1921 23-Sep-2006 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Tom Arnold
Actor
6-Mar-1959   Ex-Husband of Roseanne Barr
Mary Astor
Actor
3-May-1906 25-Sep-1987 The Maltese Falcon
Kemal Ataturk
Head of State
12-Mar-1881 10-Nov-1938 President of Turkey, 1923-38
Tai Babilonia
Figure Skating
9-Sep-1959   Five-time US pairs figure skating champion
Barbara Bach
Actor
27-Aug-1947   Atook zug zug Lana
Francis Bacon
Painter
28-Oct-1909 28-Apr-1992 The Screaming Popes
F. Lee Bailey
Attorney
10-Jun-1933   Criminal defense attorney
Jerry Bailey
Jockey
29-Aug-1957   Two-time Kentucky Derby winner
Oksana Baiul
Figure Skating
16-Nov-1977   Olympic figure skater
Tom Baker
Actor
20-Jan-1934   The Fourth Doctor Who
John Balance
Electronic Musician
16-Feb-1962 13-Nov-2004 Coil
Florence Ballard
Singer
30-Jun-1943 22-Feb-1976 The Supremes
Tallulah Bankhead
Actor
31-Jan-1902 12-Dec-1968 Lifeboat
Benjamin Banneker
Astronomer
9-Nov-1731 25-Oct-1806 First African-American astronomer
Djuna Barnes
Novelist
12-Jun-1892 18-Jun-1982 Modernist poet, Nightwood
Marion Barry
Politician
6-Mar-1936   Twice Mayor of Washington, DC
Drew Barrymore
Actor
22-Feb-1975   E.T., The Wedding Singer
John Barrymore
Actor
15-Feb-1882 29-May-1942 Romeo and Juliet
John Drew Barrymore
Actor
4-Jun-1932 29-Nov-2004 High School Confidential!
Ol' Dirty Bastard
Rapper
15-Nov-1968 13-Nov-2004 Profoundly deranged rapper, Wu-Tang Clan
Charles Baudelaire
Poet
9-Apr-1821 31-Aug-1867 Les Fleurs du Mal
Laura Baugh
Golf
31-May-1955   Out of the Rough
Bayezid I
Royalty
1360 1403 Ottoman Sultan, 1389-1402
Pierre Beaumarchais
Author
24-Jan-1732 18-May-1799 The Barber of Seville
Simone de Beauvoir
Activist
9-Jan-1908 14-Apr-1986 The Second Sex
Glenn Beck
TV Personality
10-Feb-1964   Conservative TV and talk radio host
Bob Beckel
Pundit
c. 1948   Fox News Analyst
Boris Becker
Tennis
22-Nov-1967   Wimbledon winner at 17
Scotty Beckett
Actor
4-Oct-1929 10-May-1968 Child star train wreck
Alfonso Bedoya
Actor
16-Apr-1904 15-Dec-1957 Doesn't need no stinking badges
Wallace Beery
Actor
1-Apr-1885 15-Apr-1949 Grand Hotel
Ludwig van Beethoven
Composer
17-Dec-1770 26-Mar-1827 Prominent composer
Brendan Behan
Playwright
9-Feb-1923 20-Mar-1964 The Hostage
Bix Beiderbecke
Jazz Musician
10-Mar-1903 6-Aug-1931 Celebrated jazz cornetist
Jordan Belfort
Business
9-Jul-1962   The Wolf of Wall Street
John Belushi
Actor
24-Jan-1949 5-Mar-1982 Animal House
Michael Bennett
Dancer
8-Apr-1943 2-Jul-1987 A Chorus Line
Anita Berber
Actor
10-Jun-1899 10-Nov-1928 Scarlet whore of Berlin
Alan Berg
Radio Personality
Jan-1934 18-Jun-1984 Murdered radio host
Helmut Berger
Actor
29-May-1944   Ludwig
Bunny Berigan
Jazz Musician
2-Nov-1908 2-Jun-1942 Jazz trumpeter great
Busby Berkeley
Film Director
29-Nov-1895 14-Mar-1976 Strike Up the Band
Steven Jesse Bernstein
Poet
4-Dec-1950 22-Oct-1991 Grunge poet and punk rocker
Fred Berry
Actor
13-Mar-1951 21-Oct-2003 Rerun on What's Happening!!
John Berryman
Poet
25-Oct-1914 7-Jan-1972 Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
George Best
Soccer
22-May-1946 25-Nov-2005 Manchester United
Peter Black
Politician
14-Jun-1943   Boorish Australian legislator
Bobby Bland
Singer
27-Jan-1930   Turn on Your Lovelight
Steen Steensen Blicher
Author
11-Oct-1782 26-Mar-1848 Fragments from the Diary of a Parish Clerk
Alexander Blok
Poet
16-Nov-1880 7-Aug-1921 Russian Silver Age poet
Vida Blue
Baseball
28-Jul-1949   Cy Young Award winning pitcher
Buddy Bolden
Jazz Musician
6-Sep-1877 4-Nov-1931 Ragtime, pre-Jazz cornetist
Don Bolles
Musician
30-Jul-1956   The Germs
Danny Bonaduce
Actor
13-Aug-1959   The Partridge Family
John Bonham
Drummer
31-May-1948 24-Sep-1980 Drummer for Led Zeppelin, 1968-80
Edwin Booth
Actor
13-Nov-1833 7-Jun-1893 Renowned 19th century American actor
James Booth
Actor
19-Dec-1927 11-Aug-2005 Zulu
James Boswell
Author
29-Oct-1740 19-May-1795 The Life of Samuel Johnson
Edgar Bowers
Poet
2-Mar-1924 4-Feb-2000 For Louis Pasteur
Jane Bowles
Novelist
22-Feb-1917 4-May-1973 Two Serious Ladies
Pattie Boyd
Model
17-Mar-1944   Ex-Wife of George Harrison, Eric Clapton
Mathew Brady
Photographer
15-Jan-1823 15-Jan-1896 Civil War photographer
Russell Brand
Actor
4-Jun-1975   Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know
Jonathan Brandis
Actor
13-Apr-1976 12-Nov-2003 Lucas Wolenczak on SeaQuest
Richard Brautigan
Author
30-Jan-1935 14-Oct-1984 So the Wind Won't Blow it All Away
Nicholas Brendon
Actor
12-Apr-1971   Xander Harris on Buffy
Eileen Brennan
Actor
3-Sep-1932   Capt. Lewis on Private Benjamin
Daniel Brewster
Politician
23-Nov-1923 19-Aug-2007 US Senator from Maryland, 1963-69
Isaac Brock
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jul-1975   Frontman for Modest Mouse
Branwell Brontë
Poet
26-Jun-1817 24-Sep-1848 The Brontë sisters' brother
Foster Brooks
Comic
11-May-1912 20-Dec-2001 Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Louise Brooks
Actor
14-Nov-1906 8-Aug-1985 Pandora's Box
Bobby Brown
Singer
5-Feb-1969   My Prerogative
George Brown
Politician
2-Sep-1914 2-Jun-1985 UK Foreign Secretary, 1966-68
James Brown
Singer
3-May-1933 25-Dec-2006 Godfather of Soul
Tod Browning
Film Director
12-Jul-1882 6-Oct-1962 Freaks
Elbridge Bryant
Singer
28-Sep-1939 26-Oct-1975 The Temptations
Charles Bukowski
Author
16-Aug-1920 9-Mar-1994 Love is a Dog from Hell
Jim J. Bullock
Actor
9-Feb-1955   Monroe on Too Close for Comfort
R. L. Burnside
Musician
23-Nov-1926 1-Sep-2005 A Ass Pocket of Whiskey
William S. Burroughs, Jr.
Relative
21-Jul-1947 3-Mar-1981 Son of William S. Burroughs
Richard Burton
Actor
10-Nov-1925 5-Aug-1984 Nineteen Eighty Four
George W. Bush
Head of State
6-Jul-1946   43rd US President, 2001-09
Noelle Bush
Relative
26-Jul-1977   Niece of George W. Bush
Brett Butler
Comic
20-Jan-1958   Comedian with southern drawl
Yancy Butler
Actor
2-Jul-1970   Witchblade
Paul Butterfield
Musician
17-Dec-1942 4-May-1987 Paul Butterfield Blues Band
Edd Byrnes
Actor
30-Jul-1933   Kookie on 77 Sunset Strip
Crazy Cabbie
Radio Personality
10-Dec-1968   Part of the Howard Stern menagerie
Sid Caesar
Comic
8-Sep-1922   Your Show of Shows
James M. Cain
Novelist
1-Jul-1892 27-Oct-1977 The Postman Always Rings Twice
Maria Callas
Singer
2-Dec-1923 16-Sep-1977 Operatic Soprano
Ken Caminiti
Baseball
21-Apr-1963 10-Oct-2004 Former National League MVP
Glen Campbell
Country Musician
22-Apr-1936   Rhinestone Cowboy
Truman Capote
Novelist
30-Sep-1924 25-Aug-1984 In Cold Blood
Macdonald Carey
Actor
15-Mar-1913 21-Mar-1994 Tom Horton on Days of Our Lives
Mary Carey
Pornstar
15-Jun-1980   Porn star, ran for California Governor
George Carlin
Comic
12-May-1937 22-Jun-2008 Seven Dirty Words
Belinda Carlisle
Singer
17-Aug-1958   Lead vocalist for The Go-Go's
Art Carney
Actor
4-Nov-1918 9-Nov-2003 Ed Norton on The Honeymooners
Paul Carr
Author
7-Dec-1979   Bringing Nothing to the Party
David Carradine
Actor
8-Dec-1936 3-Jun-2009 Grasshopper
Asia Carrera
Pornstar
6-Aug-1973   Mensa member, pornstar
Hayden Carruth
Poet
3-Aug-1921 29-Sep-2008 Brothers, I Loved You All
Jean Carson
Actor
28-Feb-1923 2-Nov-2005 Fun girl Daphne
Johnny Carson
Talk Show Host
23-Oct-1925 23-Jan-2005 Longtime host of Tonight Show
Cris Carter
Football
25-Nov-1965   Former NFL wide receiver
Emily Carter
Author
1960   Glory Goes and Gets Some
Hurricane Carter
Boxing
6-May-1937   Boxer twice convicted of triple-murder
Kevin Carter
Photographer
13-Sep-1960 27-Jul-1994 Wanting A Meal
Lynda Carter
Actor
24-Jul-1951   Wonder Woman
Nell Carter
Actor
13-Sep-1948 23-Jan-2003 Housekeeper on Gimme A Break
Raymond Carver
Author
25-May-1938 2-Aug-1988 Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?
Johnny Cash
Country Musician
26-Feb-1932 12-Sep-2003 The Man in Black
Pat Cash
Tennis
27-May-1965   Winner, 1987 Wimbledon
Peggie Castle
Actor
22-Dec-1927 11-Aug-1973 Lily Merrill on Lawman
Raymond Chandler
Author
23-Jul-1888 26-Mar-1959 Invented hard-boiled detective novel
Lon Chaney, Jr.
Actor
10-Feb-1906 12-Jul-1973 The Wolf Man
Graham Chapman
Comic
8-Jan-1941 4-Oct-1989 Monty Python's King Arthur
Chevy Chase
Comic
8-Oct-1943   He is, you're not
Vic Chesnutt
Singer/Songwriter
12-Nov-1964 25-Dec-2009 Wheelchair-bound folk singer
Alex Chilton
Singer/Songwriter
28-Dec-1950 17-Mar-2010 Big Star
Margaret Cho
Comic
5-Dec-1968   Loud-mouthed standup comic
Lord Randolph Churchill
Politician
13-Feb-1849 24-Jan-1895 Father of Winston Churchill
Randolph Churchill
Journalist
28-May-1911 6-Jun-1968 Son of Winston Churchill
Chyna
Wrestling
27-Dec-1969   Former pro wrestler
Eric Clapton
Guitarist
30-Mar-1945   Slowhand
Gene Clark
Singer/Songwriter
17-Nov-1944 24-May-1991 The Byrds, No Other
George Rogers Clark
Military
19-Nov-1752 13-Feb-1818 Kentucky frontier military leader
Adam Clayton
Bassist
13-Mar-1960   Bassist for U2
Montgomery Clift
Actor
17-Oct-1920 23-Jul-1966 From Here to Eternity
Roger Clinton
Relative
25-Jul-1956   Black sheep in Clinton family
Colin Clive
Actor
20-Jan-1900 25-Jun-1937 Frankenstein
Brian Clough
Soccer
21-Mar-1935 20-Sep-2004 Renowned British soccer manager
Kurt Cobain
Musician
20-Feb-1967 5-Apr-1994 Lead singer of Nirvana
Joe Cocker
Singer/Songwriter
20-May-1944   Singer-slash-contortionist
Natalie Cole
Singer
6-Feb-1950   Singer-daughter of Nat King Cole
Judy Collins
Singer/Songwriter
1-May-1939   Folk singer
Lynn Collins
Actor
16-May-1977   X-Men Origins: Wolverine
John Coltrane
Jazz Musician
23-Sep-1926 17-Jul-1967 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Lionel Conacher
Hockey
24-May-1900 26-May-1954 Canadian All-Around Athlete
Jeff Conaway
Actor
5-Oct-1950 27-May-2011 Grease
Chris Connor
Singer
8-Nov-1927 29-Aug-2009 Jazz singer, I Miss You
Robert Conrad
Actor
1-Mar-1929   Wild Wild West
Tom Conway
Actor
15-Sep-1904 22-Apr-1967 I Walked with a Zombie
Barbara Cook
Singer
25-Oct-1927   Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress
Peter Cook
Comic
19-Nov-1937 9-Jan-1995 Bedazzled
Alice Cooper
Musician
4-Feb-1948   No More Mr. Nice Guy
Frank Corder
Aviator
26-May-1956 12-Sep-1994 Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn
Wendell Corey
Actor
20-Mar-1914 8-Nov-1968 Desert Fury
Patricia Cornwell
Novelist
9-Jun-1956   Crime novelist, Postmortem
Hart Crane
Poet
21-Jul-1899 27-Apr-1932 Industrial and urban poet
Phil Crane
Politician
3-Nov-1930   Congressman from Illinois, 1969-2005
Harry Crews
Novelist
7-Jun-1935 28-Mar-2012 The Gospel Singer
Peter Criss
Drummer
20-Dec-1945   One of the original KISS quartet
Bing Crosby
Singer
3-May-1903 14-Oct-1977 White Christmas
Dennis Crosby
Singer
13-Jul-1934 7-May-1991 Bing Crosby's son, suicide with shotgun
Philip Crosby
Singer
13-Jul-1934 13-Jan-2004 Son of Bing Crosby
Leslie Crowther
TV Personality
6-Feb-1933 29-Sep-1996 The Price Is Right
Tony Curtis
Actor
3-Jun-1925 29-Sep-2010 Some Like It Hot
D.M.C.
Rapper
31-May-1964   Run-D.M.C.
Jeffrey Dahmer
Criminal
21-May-1960 28-Nov-1994 Homosexual serial killer cannibal
John Daly
Golf
28-Apr-1966   Alcoholic golfer
Dorothy Dandridge
Actor
9-Nov-1922 8-Sep-1965 Carmen Jones
Linda Darnell
Actor
16-Oct-1923 10-Apr-1965 Star Dust
Clement Davies
Politician
19-Feb-1884 23-Mar-1962 Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1945-56
Marion Davies
Actor
3-Jan-1897 22-Sep-1961 When Knighthood Was in Flower
Bette Davis
Actor
5-Apr-1908 6-Oct-1989 All About Eve
Brandon Davis
Socialite
1979   Oil heir, pal of Paris Hilton
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
Richard Allen Davis
Criminal
2-Jun-1954   Murderer of Polly Klaas
Pat Day
Jockey
13-Oct-1953   Winner of 9 triple crown races
Mark Dayton
Politician
26-Jan-1947   Governor of Minnesota
Kim Deal
Bassist
10-Jun-1961   Pixies, Breeders bassist
Howard Dean
Politician
17-Nov-1948   Chairman of the Democratic Party
Darwin Deason
Business
c. 1940   Founder of Affiliated Computer Systems
Michael Deaver
Government
11-Apr-1938 18-Aug-2007 Reagan Deputy Chief of Staff
Sandra Dee
Actor
23-Apr-1942 20-Feb-2005 Gidget
Tom DeLay
Politician
8-Apr-1947   Former House Majority Leader, convicted felon
John Denver
Country Musician
31-Dec-1943 12-Oct-1997 Rocky Mountain High
Gerard Depardieu
Actor
27-Dec-1948   Cyrano de Bergerac
Delia Derbyshire
Electronic Musician
5-May-1937 3-Jul-2001 Constructed the Doctor Who theme
Michael Des Barres
Actor
24-Jan-1948   Murdoc on MacGyver
C.C. DeVille
Guitarist
14-May-1962   Guitarist for Poison
Laurie Dhue
TV Personality
10-Feb-1969   Fox News presenter, 2000-08
Andy Dick
Comic
21-Dec-1965   Matthew from NewsRadio
Janice Dickinson
Model
15-Feb-1955   1970s supermodel
Dion
Musician
18-Jul-1939   Runaround Sue
Lee Dixon
Actor
22-Jan-1914 8-Jan-1953 Ready, Willing and Able
Thomas J. Dodd
Politician
15-May-1907 24-May-1971 US Senator from Connecticut, 1958-71
Troy Donahue
Actor
27-Jan-1936 2-Sep-2001 A Summer Place
Michael Douglas
Actor
25-Sep-1944   Wall Street
Robert Downey, Jr.
Actor
4-Apr-1965   The Gingerbread Man
Richard Dreyfuss
Actor
29-Oct-1947   Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Peter Duel
Actor
24-Feb-1940 31-Dec-1971 Alias Smith and Jones
Kitty Dukakis
First Lady
26-Dec-1936   Wife of Michael Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
Actor
20-Jun-1931   Tales of the City
Patty Duke
Actor
14-Dec-1946   The Patty Duke Show
James Dunn
Actor
2-Nov-1901 1-Sep-1967 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Michael Dunn
Actor
20-Oct-1934 30-Aug-1973 Dr. Miguelito Loveless
Dominick Dunne
Novelist
29-Oct-1925 26-Aug-2009 High society novelist, true crime writer
Marguerite Duras
Novelist
4-Apr-1914 3-Mar-1996 Hiroshima mon Amour
Isabelle Eberhardt
Author
17-Feb-1877 21-Oct-1904 Transvestite Muslim author
Roger Ebert
Critic
18-Jun-1942   Siskel and Ebert
Mark Eitzel
Musician
30-Jan-1959   Frontman for American Music Club
Erika Eleniak
Actor
29-Sep-1969   Shauni on Baywatch
Linda Ellerbee
Journalist
15-Aug-1944   "And so it goes."
Dock Ellis
Baseball
11-Mar-1945 19-Dec-2008 Pitched a no-hitter on LSD
Ruth Ellis
Criminal
9-Oct-1925 13-Jul-1955 Last woman hanged in England
James Ellroy
Novelist
4-Mar-1948   L.A. Confidential
Eve Ensler
Playwright
25-May-1953   The Vagina Monologues
Peg Entwistle
Actor
1-Jul-1908 18-Sep-1932 Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign
Pee Wee Erwin
Jazz Musician
30-May-1913 20-Jun-1981 Jazz trumpeter
Joe Eszterhas
Screenwriter
23-Nov-1944   Showgirls, Basic Instinct
George Etherege
Playwright
c. 1635 10-May-1692 Love in a Tub
Chad Everett
Actor
11-Jun-1936 24-Jul-2012 Dr. Joe Gannon on Medical Center
William Eythe
Actor
7-Apr-1918 26-Jan-1957 The House on 92nd Street
Stanley Fafara
Actor
20-Sep-1949 20-Sep-2003 Whitey on Leave It to Beaver
Marianne Faithfull
Singer/Songwriter
29-Dec-1946   Sister Morphine
Edie Falco
Actor
5-Jul-1963   The Sopranos, Nurse Jackie
John Fante
Author
8-Apr-1909 8-May-1983 Bukowski's idol
James Farentino
Actor
24-Feb-1938 24-Jan-2012 The Final Countdown
Chris Farley
Comic
15-Feb-1964 17-Dec-1997 Saturday Night Live
Frances Farmer
Actor
19-Sep-1913 1-Aug-1970 Hollywood actress, institutionalized
Philo Farnsworth
Inventor
19-Aug-1906 11-Mar-1971 Inventor of electronic television
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Film Director
31-May-1945 10-Jun-1982 The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant
William Faulkner
Author
25-Sep-1897 6-Jul-1962 Novels set in the American South
Brett Favre
Football
10-Oct-1969   Minnesota Vikings QB
Kenneth Fearing
Novelist
28-Jul-1902 26-Jun-1961 The Big Clock
Freddy Fender
Musician
4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
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
Henry Fielding
Novelist
22-Apr-1707 8-Oct-1754 Tom Jones
W. C. Fields
Comic
29-Jan-1880 25-Dec-1946 The Bank Dick
Carrie Fisher
Actor
21-Oct-1956   Princess Leia in Star Wars
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author
24-Sep-1896 21-Dec-1940 The Great Gatsby
Errol Flynn
Actor
20-Jun-1909 14-Oct-1959 Robin Hood
Mark Foley
Politician
8-Sep-1954   Congressman from Florida, 1995-2006
Red Foley
Country Musician
17-Jun-1910 19-Sep-1968 Country crooner, wrote Old Shep
Betty Ford
First Lady
8-Apr-1918 8-Jul-2011 Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center
John Ford
Film Director
1-Feb-1894 31-Aug-1973 How Green Was My Valley
Stephen Collins Foster
Songwriter
4-Jul-1826 13-Jan-1864 My Old Kentucky Home
Charles James Fox
Politician
24-Jan-1749 13-Sep-1806 U.K.'s first Foreign Secretary
Michael J. Fox
Actor
9-Jun-1961   Back to the Future
wiL Francis
Singer
8-Jan-1982   Lead singer of Aiden
William Frawley
Actor
26-Feb-1887 3-Mar-1966 Fred on I Love Lucy
Lynne Frederick
Actor
25-Jul-1954 27-Apr-1994 The Prisoner of Zenda
Morgan Freeman
Actor
1-Jun-1937   Unforgiven
James Frey
Author
12-Sep-1969   Addiction memoirist, A Million Little Pieces
Kinky Friedman
Musician
31-Oct-1944   Texas Jewboy
R. Buckminster Fuller
Architect
12-Jul-1895 1-Jul-1983 Futurist, invented the geodesic dome
Edward Furlong
Actor
2-Aug-1977   Terminator 2 and Pecker
Eddie Gaedel
Baseball
8-Jun-1925 18-Jun-1961 Dwarf MLB player
Leopoldo Galtieri
Head of State
15-Jul-1926 12-Jan-2003 Invaded Falklands, ran death squads
James Gandolfini
Actor
18-Sep-1961   Tony Soprano wants his money
Luis Alfredo Garavito
Criminal
25-Jan-1957   Colombian serial killer, murdered 140+ boys
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
Janeane Garofalo
Comic
28-Sep-1964   Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist
Brad Garrett
Actor
14-Apr-1960   Robert on Everybody Loves Raymond
Leif Garrett
Musician
8-Nov-1961   1970s teen idol
Larry Gatlin
Country Musician
2-May-1948   One of the Gatlin Brothers
Paul Gauguin
Painter
7-Jun-1848 8-May-1903 French post-impressionist painter
Gil Gerard
Actor
23-Jan-1943   Buck Rogers
Geronimo
Military
16-Jun-1829 17-Feb-1909 The last Indian to surrender
J. Paul Getty, Jr.
Business
7-Sep-1932 17-Apr-2003 Heir to the Getty Oil fortune
Stan Getz
Jazz Musician
2-Feb-1927 6-Jun-1991 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Andy Gibb
Musician
5-Mar-1958 10-Mar-1988 I Just Want To Be Your Everything
Maurice Gibb
Bassist
22-Dec-1949 12-Jan-2003 Bassist and vocalist of Bee Gees
Ben Gibbard
Musician
11-Aug-1976   Death Cab for Cutie
Khalil Gibran
Poet
6-Jan-1883 10-Apr-1931 The Prophet
Mel Gibson
Actor
3-Jan-1956   Mad Max
Gary Gilmore
Criminal
4-Dec-1940 17-Jan-1977 Executed by firing squad in Utah
Greg Giraldo
Comic
10-Dec-1965 29-Sep-2010 Friday Night Stand-Up
Jackie Gleason
Actor
26-Feb-1916 24-Jun-1987 Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners
Sharon Gless
Actor
31-May-1943   Cagney on Cagney and Lacey
Gary Glitter
Musician
8-May-1944   Rock and Roll Part 2
Alexander Godunov
Dancer
28-Nov-1949 18-May-1995 Bolshoi, ABT ballet dancer
Bobcat Goldthwait
Comic
26-May-1962   Shakes the Clown
Dwight Gooden
Baseball
16-Nov-1964   Pitcher, New York Mets
Robert Goulet
Singer
26-Nov-1933 30-Oct-2007 Baritone star of stage and screen
Margot Grahame
Actor
20-Feb-1911 1-Jan-1982 The Informer
Kelsey Grammer
Actor
21-Feb-1955   Frasier
Ulysses S. Grant
Head of State
27-Apr-1822 23-Jul-1885 Eighteenth President of the United States
Paul Dedrick Gray
Bassist
8-Apr-1972 24-May-2010 Bassist for Slipknot
Richard Grieco
Actor
23-Mar-1965   Officer Dennis Booker on 21 Jump Street
Melanie Griffith
Actor
9-Aug-1957   Mom from Lolita redux
George Grosz
Artist
26-Jul-1893 6-Jul-1959 German social caricaturist
Guru
Rapper
17-Jul-1962 19-Apr-2010 Rapper from Gang Starr
Bobby Hackett
Jazz Musician
31-Jan-1915 7-Jun-1976 Played with Glenn Miller, Jackie Gleason
Jean Hagen
Actor
3-Aug-1923 29-Aug-1977 Singin' in the Rain
Merle Haggard
Country Musician
6-Apr-1937   Okie From Muskogee
Marvin Hagler
Boxing
23-May-1954   Retired boxing champ, lives in Italy
Larry Hagman
Actor
21-Sep-1931   J.R. Ewing on Dallas
Corey Haim
Actor
23-Dec-1971 10-Mar-2010 The Lost Boys
Anthony Michael Hall
Actor
14-Apr-1968   Sixteen Candles
Billy Halop
Actor
11-Feb-1920 9-Nov-1976 Dead End Kid
Pete Hamill
Journalist
24-Jun-1935   The New York Post
Sir William Rowan Hamilton
Mathematician
3-Aug-1805 2-Sep-1865 Inventor of Quaternions
Dashiell Hammett
Author
27-May-1894 10-Jan-1961 The Maltese Falcon
Edward A. Hannegan
Politician
25-Jun-1807 25-Feb-1859 US Senator, committed suicide
Tom Hardy
Actor
15-Sep-1977   Layer Cake
William F. Harrah
Business
2-Sep-1911 30-Jun-1978 Founder of Harrah's Casino
Lorenz Hart
Songwriter
2-May-1895 22-Nov-1943 Lyricist, Rodgers and Hart
Domino Harvey
Relative
7-Aug-1969 27-Jun-2005 Laurence Harvey's daughter
Doug Harvey
Hockey
19-Dec-1924 26-Dec-1989 NHL Hall of Famer
Jaroslav Hasek
Author
30-Apr-1883 3-Jan-1923 The Good Soldier Svejk
David Hasselhoff
Actor
17-Jul-1952   Knight Rider, Baywatch
Robert Hawke
Head of State
9-Dec-1929   Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91
Coleman Hawkins
Jazz Musician
21-Nov-1904 19-May-1969 Jazz tenor saxophonist
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Musician
18-Jul-1929 12-Feb-2000 I Put a Spell on You
Charles Hawtrey
Actor
30-Nov-1914 27-Oct-1988 Carry On...
Dick Haymes
Singer
13-Sep-1916 28-Mar-1980 State Fair
Susan Hayward
Actor
30-Jun-1918 14-Mar-1975 I Want to Live!
Ted Healy
Actor
1-Oct-1896 21-Dec-1937 Creator of The Three Stooges
Sadeq Hedayat
Author
17-Feb-1903 9-Apr-1951 The Blind Owl
Ernest Hemingway
Author
21-Jul-1899 2-Jul-1961 The Old Man And The Sea
Margaux Hemingway
Actor
16-Feb-1955 2-Jul-1996 Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin
Jimi Hendrix
Guitarist
27-Nov-1942 18-Sep-1970 Purple Haze
Ian Hendry
Actor
13-Jan-1931 24-Dec-1984 Get Carter
O. Henry
Author
11-Sep-1862 5-Jun-1910 The Gift of the Magi
James Hetfield
Musician
3-Aug-1963   Metallica
James Hewitt
Relative
1958   Princess Diana's adulterous lover
Wild Bill Hickok
Actor
27-May-1837 2-Aug-1876 Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
Bill Hicks
Comic
16-Dec-1961 26-Feb-1994 Visionary comedian, met untimely death
J. C. Higginbotham
Jazz Musician
11-May-1906 26-May-1973 Jazz trombonist
Patricia Highsmith
Novelist
19-Jan-1921 4-Feb-1995 Strangers on a Train
Henry Hill
Criminal
11-Jun-1943 12-Jun-2012 Mobster inspired Goodfellas
Damien Hirst
Artist
1965   Animal slices in formalin as art
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Actor
23-Jul-1967   Character actor
William Holden
Actor
17-Apr-1918 16-Nov-1981 Stalag 17
Billie Holiday
Singer
7-Apr-1915 17-Jul-1959 Lady Sings the Blues
Doc Holliday
Doctor
14-Aug-1851 8-Nov-1887 Wyatt Earp's reliable friend
John Holmes
Pornstar
8-Aug-1944 13-Mar-1988 Life-support system for a 10-inch penis
Anthony Hopkins
Actor
31-Dec-1937   Hannibal Lecter
Avery Hopwood
Playwright
28-May-1882 1-Jul-1928 The Bat
Curly Howard
Actor
22-Oct-1903 18-Jan-1952 Highest pitched Stooge
Steve Howe
Baseball
10-Mar-1958 28-Apr-2006 MLB pitcher
Victoriano Huerta
Head of State
23-Mar-1854 13-Jan-1916 El chacal President of Mexico, 1913-14
Harold Hughes
Politician
10-Feb-1922 23-Oct-1996 Governor and Senator from Iowa
Mark R. Hughes
Business
1956 21-May-2000 Herbalife founder
William Hurt
Actor
20-Mar-1950   Altered States, Broadcast News
Ferlin Husky
Singer
3-Dec-1925 17-Mar-2011 On the Wings of a Dove
Barbara Hutton
Socialite
14-Nov-1912 11-May-1979 The Poor Little Rich Girl
Betty Hutton
Actor
26-Feb-1921 11-Mar-2007 Incendiary Blonde
Karl Hyde
Electronic Musician
1961   Underworld vocalist
Don Imus
Radio Personality
23-Jul-1940   Imus in the Morning
Bruce Ivins
Biologist
22-Apr-1946 29-Jul-2008 Anthrax researcher and suspect
Joshua Jackson
Actor
11-Jun-1978   Pacey on Dawson's Creek
Samuel L. Jackson
Actor
21-Dec-1948   Pulp Fiction
Max Jacob
Poet
12-Jul-1876 5-Mar-1944 Le Cornet à dés
Etta James
Singer
25-Jan-1938 20-Jan-2012 Soul Diva
Calamity Jane
Performance Artist
1-May-1852 1-Aug-1903 Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
David Janssen
Actor
27-Mar-1931 13-Feb-1980 The Fugitive
Alfred Jarry
Playwright
8-Sep-1873 1-Nov-1907 Ubu roi
Michael Jeter
Actor
26-Aug-1952 30-Mar-2003 Evening Shade
Billy Joel
Pianist
9-May-1949   Didn't start the fire
Elton John
Singer/Songwriter
25-Mar-1947   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Little Willie John
Singer
15-Oct-1937 26-May-1968 Fever
Denis Johnson
Novelist
1-Jul-1949   Jesus' Son
Don Johnson
Actor
15-Dec-1949   Miami Vice, Nash Bridges
Rita Johnson
Actor
13-Aug-1913 31-Oct-1965 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Ben Jones
Actor
30-Aug-1941   Cooter from Dukes of Hazzard
Brian Jones
Guitarist
28-Feb-1942 3-Jul-1969 Guitarist for the Rolling Stones
George Jones
Country Musician
12-Sep-1931   Country singer, White Lightning
Jim Jones
Rapper
15-Jul-1976   We Fly High, Dipset
Janis Joplin
Singer
19-Jan-1943 4-Oct-1970 Ball and Chain (Piece of My Heart)
Al Jourgensen
Musician
9-Oct-1958   Lead for industrial band Ministry
Edward Judd
Actor
4-Oct-1932 24-Feb-2009 First Men in the Moon
Frida Kahlo
Painter
6-Jul-1907 13-Jul-1954 Unibrowed Mexican painter
Ernst Kaltenbrunner
Military
4-Oct-1903 16-Oct-1946 Commanded the Reich Central Security Office
Ingvar Kamprad
Business
30-Mar-1926   IKEA founder
Arthur Kane
Bassist
3-Feb-1949 13-Jul-2004 Former New York Dolls bassist
Alvin Karpis
Criminal
10-Aug-1907 26-Aug-1979 Former Public Enemy #1
Mary Karr
Author
16-Jan-1955   The Liars' Club
Phil Katz
Computer Programmer
3-Nov-1962 14-Apr-2000 Creator of PKZIP
Howard Keel
Actor
13-Apr-1919 7-Nov-2004 Clayton Farlow on Dallas
Lisa Robin Kelly
Actor
5-Mar-1970   Laurie on That '70s Show
Nancee Kelly
Pornstar
5-Jun-1958 17-Nov-1991 Wife of Jack Nance
Walt Kelly
Cartoonist
25-Aug-1913 18-Oct-1973 Creator of Pogo
William Kemmler
Criminal
9-May-1860 6-Aug-1890 First man executed by electric chair
Charles Kennedy
Politician
25-Nov-1959   Leader of Liberal Democrats, 1999-2006
Joan Kennedy
Relative
9-Sep-1936   First wife of Ted Kennedy
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
Politician
14-Jul-1967   Congressman from Rhode Island, 1995-2011
Ted Kennedy
Politician
22-Feb-1932 25-Aug-2009 US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009
Robert Kent
Actor
3-Dec-1908 4-May-1955 The Phantom Creeps
Stan Kenton
Jazz Musician
15-Dec-1911 25-Aug-1979 Jazz bandleader
Jack Kerouac
Novelist
12-Mar-1922 21-Oct-1969 On The Road
Margot Kidder
Actor
17-Oct-1948   Lois Lane in Superman
Richard Kiel
Actor
13-Sep-1939   "Jaws" in Moonraker
Gary Kildall
Business
19-May-1942 11-Jul-1994 Founder of Digital Research, Inc.
Jaime King
Actor
23-Apr-1979   White Chicks
Rodney King
Victim
2-Apr-1965 17-Jun-2012 Subject of filmed LAPD beatdown
Stephen King
Novelist
21-Sep-1947   The Shining
Sam Kinison
Comic
8-Dec-1953 10-Apr-1992 Caustic stand-up comic
Thomas Kinkade
Painter
19-Jan-1958 6-Apr-2012 Self-proclaimed "Painter of Light"
Calvin Klein
Fashion Designer
19-Nov-1942   Fashion designer
Chris Klein
Actor
14-Mar-1979   "Oz" Ostreicher in American Pie
Evel Knievel
Daredevil
17-Oct-1938 30-Nov-2007 Daredevil and one-time action figure
Etheridge Knight
Poet
19-Apr-1931 10-Mar-1991 Poems from Prison
Mort Kondracke
Columnist
28-Apr-1939   Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin
Ronnie Kray
Criminal
24-Oct-1933 17-Mar-1995 Kray brothers
Sylvia Kristel
Actor
28-Sep-1952   Emmanuelle
Kris Kristofferson
Actor
22-Jun-1936   Me and Bobby McGee
Ray Kroc
Business
5-Oct-1902 14-Jan-1984 McDonald's fast food tycoon
Lawrence Kudlow
Economist
20-Aug-1947   Kudlow & Cramer
Randy Kuhl
Politician
19-Apr-1943   Congressman from New York, 2005-09
Veronica Lake
Actor
14-Nov-1922 7-Jul-1973 Sullivan's Travels
Maurice LaMarche
Actor
30-Mar-1958   Kif on Futurama
Anne Lamott
Author
10-Apr-1954   Operating Instructions
Jani Lane
Singer
1-Feb-1964 11-Aug-2011 Lead singer of Warrant
Nathan Lane
Actor
3-Feb-1956   The Producers
Artie Lange
Comic
11-Oct-1967   MADtv, Howard Stern
Chris Langham
Actor
14-Apr-1949   The Thick of It
Ring Lardner
Journalist
6-Mar-1885 25-Sep-1933 Gullible's Travels
John Larroquette
Actor
25-Nov-1947   Night Court
Lash La Rue
Actor
15-Jun-1917 21-May-1996 B-Western star
Patricia Kennedy Lawford
Socialite
6-May-1924 17-Sep-2006 Kennedy sister, wife of Peter Lawford
John Le Mesurier
Actor
5-Apr-1912 15-Nov-1983 Dad's Army
Fran Lebowitz
Author
27-Oct-1950   Social satirist, Metropolitan Life
Dixie Lee
Singer
4-Nov-1911 1-Nov-1952 Singer and wife of Bing Crosby
Nathaniel Lee
Playwright
c. 1653 6-May-1692 The Rival Queens
Tommy Lee
Drummer
3-Oct-1962   Mötley Crüe drummer
Jack Lemmon
Actor
8-Feb-1925 27-Jun-2001 The Odd Couple
Lemmy
Singer
24-Dec-1945   Bassist for Motorhead
Elmore Leonard
Novelist
11-Oct-1925   Crime novelist, including Swag
Sugar Ray Leonard
Boxing
17-May-1956   Retired six times
Mark Lester
Actor
11-Jul-1958   Oliver!
Drew Lewis
Government
3-Nov-1931   US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83
Jerry Lee Lewis
Musician
29-Sep-1935   Goodness gracious, great balls of fire
Juliette Lewis
Actor
21-Jun-1973   Natural Born Killers
Meriwether Lewis
Explorer
18-Aug-1774 11-Oct-1809 Lewis and Clark expedition
Robert Ley
Military
15-Feb-1890 25-Oct-1945 Nazi union buster, slave master
Patrick Lichfield
Photographer
25-Apr-1939 11-Nov-2005 Prominent British photographer
Gordon Lightfoot
Musician
17-Nov-1938   Canadian balladeer
Leonard Little
Football
19-Oct-1974   Rams defensive end with a drinking problem
Horace Liveright
Publisher
10-Dec-1886 24-Sep-1933 Publisher of the Modern Library series
Lindsay Lohan
Actor
2-Jul-1986   Mean Girls
Jack London
Novelist
12-Jan-1876 22-Nov-1916 Call of the Wild
Russell Long
Politician
3-Nov-1918 9-May-2003 US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87
John Longden
Actor
11-Nov-1900 26-May-1971 Quatermass 2
Mike Lookinland
Actor
19-Dec-1960   Bobby on The Brady Bunch
Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes
Singer
27-May-1971 25-Apr-2002 Member of TLC
Traci Lords
Pornstar
7-May-1968   We Love You, Traci
Jared Loughner
Assassin
10-Sep-1988   Tucson Safeway shooter
Courtney Love
Singer
9-Jul-1964   Kurt Cobain's widow, Hole
Ada Lovelace
Mathematician
10-Dec-1815 27-Nov-1852 Programmed the (theoretical) difference engine
Patty Loveless
Country Musician
4-Jan-1957   "New traditionalist" country singer
Rob Lowe
Actor
17-Mar-1964   Brat-packer, Sam on The West Wing
Malcolm Lowry
Novelist
28-Jul-1909 27-Jun-1957 Under the Volcano
Henry Lee Lucas
Criminal
23-Aug-1936 12-Mar-2001 Serial killer, served a life sentence in Texas
Bela Lugosi
Actor
20-Oct-1882 16-Aug-1956 Dracula
Paul Lynde
Comic
13-Jun-1926 10-Jan-1982 Hollywood Square
Amber Lynn
Pornstar
3-Sep-1963   Lifestyles of the Blonde and Dirty
Ginger Lynn
Pornstar
14-Dec-1962   Come Hither Cum Ginger
John A. Macdonald
Head of State
11-Jan-1815 6-Jun-1891 Canadian Prime Minister, founding father
Gwendolyn MacEwen
Poet
1-Sep-1941 29-Nov-1987 A Breakfast for Barbarians
Shane MacGowan
Musician
25-Dec-1957   The Pogues
Alistair MacLean
Novelist
28-Apr-1922 2-Feb-1987 The Guns of Navarone
Gavin MacLeod
Actor
28-Feb-1931   Capt. Stubing on Love Boat
Louis MacNeice
Poet
12-Sep-1907 3-Sep-1963 Autumn Journal
Gordon MacRae
Actor
12-Mar-1921 24-Jan-1986 Oklahoma
Tobey Maguire
Actor
27-Jun-1975   Spider-Man
James Clarence Mangan
Poet
1-May-1803 20-Jun-1849 O'Hussey's Ode to the Maguire
Dexter Manley
Football
2-Feb-1959   Redskins "Secretary of Defense"
Mickey Mantle
Baseball
20-Oct-1931 13-Aug-1995 Twelve times in the World Series
Richard Manuel
Musician
3-Apr-1943 4-Mar-1986 The Band
Diego Maradona
Soccer
30-Oct-1960   Led Argentina to 1986 World Cup Final
Beryl Markham
Aviator
26-Oct-1902 3-Aug-1986 West with the Night
William C. Marland
Politician
26-Mar-1918 26-Nov-1965 Governor of West Virginia, 1953-57
Mick Mars
Guitarist
3-Apr-1956   Guitarist for Motley Crue
James Marshall
Explorer
8-Oct-1810 10-Aug-1885 Discovered gold at Sutter's Mill
Thomas R. Marshall
Politician
14-Mar-1854 1-Jun-1925 Vice President under Wilson
Kiel Martin
Actor
26-Jul-1944 28-Dec-1990 J. D. LaRue on Hill Street Blues
Kim Mathers
Relative
9-Jan-1975   Eminem's two-time ex-wife
Reginald Maudling
Politician
7-Mar-1917 14-Feb-1979 UK Home Secretary, 1970-72
Mercedes McCambridge
Actor
17-Mar-1916 2-Mar-2004 All the King's Men
Andrew McCarthy
Actor
29-Nov-1962   St. Elmo's Fire
Joseph McCarthy
Politician
14-Nov-1908 2-May-1957 US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57
Karen McCarthy
Politician
18-Mar-1947 5-Oct-2010 Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005
John L. McClellan
Politician
25-Feb-1896 28-Nov-1977 US Senator from Arkansas, 1943-77
Red McCombs
Business
19-Oct-1927   Car dealer, Co-Founder of Clear Channel
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
Dylan McDermott
Actor
26-Oct-1961   Bobby Donnell on The Practice
Country Joe McDonald
Musician
1-Jan-1942   Country Joe and the Fish
Malcolm McDowell
Actor
13-Jun-1943   A Clockwork Orange
John McGeoch
Musician
28-May-1955 4-Mar-2004 Siouxsie and the Banshees guitarist
Ewan McGregor
Actor
31-Mar-1971   Trainspotting
Ron McKernan
Musician
8-Sep-1945 8-Mar-1973 Keyboards for Grateful Dead
A. J. McLean
Musician
9-Jan-1978   The Backstreet Boys
Ed McMahon
Talk Show Host
6-Mar-1923 23-Jun-2009 The Tonight Show
Terry McMillan
Novelist
18-Oct-1951   Waiting to Exhale
Ian McShane
Actor
29-Sep-1942   Lovejoy
Timothy McSweeney
Relative
1943 24-Jan-2010 Namesake of McSweeney's Quarterly Concern
John McVie
Bassist
26-Nov-1945   Bassist for Fleetwood Mac
Anne Meara
Comic
20-Sep-1929   Stiller and Meara
Verne Meisner
Musician
4-Dec-1938 10-Jun-2005 Wisconsin's Polka King
Jo Dee Messina
Country Musician
25-Aug-1970   Country singer, Stand Beside Me
Grace Metalious
Novelist
8-Sep-1924 25-Feb-1964 Peyton Place
Emmett Miller
Singer
02-Feb-1900 29-Mar-1962 Minstrel show yodeller
Wilbur Mills
Politician
24-May-1909 2-May-1992 Congressman from Arkansas, 1939-77
Liza Minnelli
Singer
12-Mar-1946   Cabaret
Artie Mitchell
Film Director
12-Dec-1945 27-Feb-1991 Pornographer; shot and killed by brother Jim
Robert Mitchum
Actor
6-Aug-1917 1-Jul-1997 Cape Fear
Amedeo Modigliani
Sculptor
12-Jul-1884 24-Jan-1920 Cubist Italian sculptor and painter
Jay Mohr
Comic
23-Aug-1970   Gary Unmarried
Eddie Money
Singer/Songwriter
21-Mar-1949   Take Me Home Tonight
Ronnie Montrose
Guitarist
29-Nov-1947 3-Mar-2012 Montrose and Gamma
Keith Moon
Drummer
23-Aug-1946 7-Sep-1978 Drummer for The Who
Joanna Moore
Actor
10-Nov-1934 22-Nov-1997 Walk on the Wild Side
Mary Tyler Moore
Actor
29-Dec-1936   The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Helen Morgan
Actor
2-Aug-1900 9-Oct-1941 Show Boat
Sir Henry Morgan
Military
1635 25-Aug-1688 Knighted pirate of the Caribbean
Michael Moriarty
Actor
5-Apr-1941   ADA on Law & Order
Jim Morrison
Singer/Songwriter
8-Dec-1943 3-Jul-1971 Lead singer and songwriter, The Doors
Kate Moss
Model
16-Jan-1974   Extremely thin supermodel
Modest Mussorgsky
Composer
9-Mar-1839 16-Mar-1881 Boris Godunov
Dave Mustaine
Guitarist
13-Sep-1961   Megadeth
Joe Namath
Football
31-May-1943   Football player and pantyhose wearer
Jack Nance
Actor
21-Dec-1943 30-Dec-1996 Eraserhead
Pola Negri
Actor
31-Dec-1894 1-Aug-1987 Sultry silent film diva
Vince Neil
Singer
8-Feb-1961   Mötley Crüe vocalist
Eliot Ness
Government
19-Apr-1903 16-May-1957 Treasury Agent, The Untouchables
Mike Ness
Musician
3-Apr-1962   Social Distortion frontman
Don Newcombe
Baseball
14-Jun-1926   First African-American pitcher in MLB
Gavin Newsom
Politician
10-Oct-1967   Lt. Governor of California
Huey Newton
Activist
17-Feb-1942 22-Aug-1989 Black Panther
Robert Newton
Actor
1-Jun-1905 25-Mar-1956 Long John Silver
Bob Ney
Politician
5-Jul-1954   Congressman from Ohio, 1995-2006
Jack Nicholson
Actor
22-Apr-1937   Chinatown
Brigitte Nielsen
Actor
15-Jul-1963   Red Sonja
Harry Nilsson
Singer/Songwriter
15-Jun-1941 15-Jan-1994 Me and My Arrow
Leonard Nimoy
Actor
26-Mar-1931   Commander Spock on Star Trek
Nick Nolte
Actor
8-Feb-1941   48 Hours
Charles Nordhoff
Novelist
1-Feb-1887 10-Apr-1947 Mutiny on the Bounty
Mabel Normand
Actor
16-Nov-1892 22-Feb-1930 Tillie's Punctured Romance
Ramon Novarro
Actor
6-Feb-1899 30-Oct-1968 Ben-Hur
Elliott Nugent
Film Director
20-Sep-1896 9-Aug-1980 My Favorite Brunette
Pat O'Brien
Journalist
14-Feb-1948   The Insider
Anita O'Day
Singer/Songwriter
18-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2006 Feminine master of scat
Lani O'Grady
Actor
2-Oct-1954 25-Sep-2001 Mary Bradford on Eight Is Enough
Tatum O'Neal
Actor
5-Nov-1963   Paper Moon
Peter O'Toole
Actor
2-Aug-1932   Lawrence of Arabia
Titus Oates
Criminal
15-Sep-1649 12-Jul-1705 Popish Plot
Barack Obama, Sr.
Relative
18-Jun-1936 24-Nov-1982 Father of President Barack Obama
Warner Oland
Actor
3-Oct-1879 6-Aug-1938 Charlie Chan
Gary Oldman
Actor
21-Mar-1958   Sid Vicious in Sid and Nancy
Clifford Olson
Criminal
1-Jan-1940 30-Sep-2011 Killed 11 youths in British Columbia
Jack Osbourne
Relative
8-Nov-1985   Son of Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer
3-Dec-1948   Black Sabbath
Richard F. Outcault
Cartoonist
14-Jan-1863 25-Sep-1928 Yellow Kid
Al Pacino
Actor
25-Apr-1940   Michael Corleone in The Godfather
Bob Packwood
Politician
11-Sep-1932   Oregon Senator, sexual harrasser
Jose Padilla
Terrorist
18-Oct-1970   Alleged Terrorist
Carl Panzram
Criminal
28-Jun-1891 5-Sep-1930 Relentless sociopath, serial killer
Bernie Parent
Hockey
3-Apr-1945   Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
Charlie Parker
Jazz Musician
29-Aug-1920 12-Mar-1955 Be-bop jazz musician
Dorothy Parker
Author
22-Aug-1893 7-Jun-1967 Constant Reader known for acerbic quips
Harry Partch
Composer
24-Jun-1901 3-Sep-1974 Hobo composer, built his own instruments
Jaco Pastorius
Jazz Musician
1-Dec-1951 21-Sep-1987 Bassist for Weather Report
Butch Patrick
Actor
2-Aug-1953   Eddie on The Munsters
Cissy Patterson
Business
7-Nov-1881 24-Jul-1948 First female newspaper publisher
Joseph Medill Patterson
Business
6-Jan-1879 26-May-1946 Founder of New York Daily News
Wolfgang Pauli
Physicist
25-Apr-1900 15-Dec-1958 Pauli Exclusion Principle
Johnny Paycheck
Country Musician
31-May-1938 18-Feb-2003 Take This Job and Shove It
Barbara Payton
Actor
16-Nov-1927 8-May-1967 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Sam Peckinpah
Film Director
21-Feb-1925 28-Dec-1984 Breakthrough director of ultraviolent film
Chris Penn
Actor
10-Oct-1965 24-Jan-2006 Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs
George Peppard
Actor
1-Oct-1928 8-May-1994 The A Team
Art Pepper
Jazz Musician
1-Sep-1925 15-Jun-1982 Alto saxophonist
Carl Perkins
Jazz Musician
9-Apr-1932 19-Jan-1998 Blue Suede Shoes
Joe Perry
Guitarist
10-Sep-1950   Lead guitarist for Aerosmith
Matthew Perry
Actor
19-Aug-1969   Chandler on Friends
Oscar Pettiford
Jazz Musician
30-Sep-1922 8-Sep-1960 Jazz double bassist
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
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
Joaquin Phoenix
Actor
28-Oct-1974   Gladiator
Edith Piaf
Singer
19-Dec-1915 11-Oct-1963 Internationally-renowned French chanteuse
Wilson Pickett
Singer/Songwriter
18-Mar-1941 19-Jan-2006 In the Midnight Hour
Franklin Pierce
Head of State
23-Nov-1804 8-Oct-1869 14th President of the U.S.
James Pike
Religion
14-Feb-1913 Sep-1969 5th Episcopal Bishop of California
Rob Pilatus
Dancer
8-Jun-1965 2-Apr-1998 Troubled half of Milli Vanilli
Pink
Singer
8-Sep-1979   Can't Take Me Home
William Pitt the Younger
Head of State
28-May-1759 23-Jan-1806 UK Prime Minister
Christopher Plummer
Actor
13-Dec-1929   A Beautiful Mind
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
19-Jan-1809 7-Oct-1849 The Raven
Tony Poe
Military
18-Sep-1924 27-Jul-2003 CIA ear collection operative in Southeast Asia
June Pointer
Musician
30-Nov-1953 11-Apr-2006 The Pointer Sisters
Ruth Pointer
Musician
19-Mar-1946   The Pointer Sisters
Jackson Pollock
Painter
28-Jan-1912 11-Aug-1956 Abstract expressionist
Iggy Pop
Singer/Songwriter
21-Apr-1947   Iggy and the Stooges
Cole Porter
Composer
9-Jun-1891 15-Oct-1964 I've Got You Under My Skin
Paula Poundstone
Comic
29-Dec-1959   Asexual comic
Bud Powell
Pianist
27-Sep-1924 31-Jul-1966 Seminal bop pianist and composer
Billy Preston
Singer/Songwriter
9-Sep-1946 6-Jun-2006 You Are So Beautiful
Charley Pride
Country Musician
18-Mar-1938   First black country music star
Jason Priestley
Actor
28-Aug-1969   Brandon Walsh on Beverly Hills 90210
Bob Probert
Hockey
5-Jun-1965 5-Jul-2010 Red Wings and Blackhawks bad boy
Daniel Radcliffe
Actor
23-Jul-1989   Harry Potter
Charlotte Rae
Actor
22-Apr-1926   Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life
Rags Ragland
Actor
23-Aug-1905 20-Aug-1946 Panama Hattie
Bonnie Raitt
Singer
8-Nov-1949   Redhaired blueswoman
Jim Ramstad
Politician
6-May-1946   Congressman from Minnesota, 1991-2009
Holly Randall
Photographer
5-Sep-1978   Porn photographer/director
Martha Raye
Actor
27-Aug-1916 19-Oct-1994 Monsieur Verdoux
Jimmy Reed
Singer
6-Sep-1925 29-Aug-1976 Blues singer/guitarist, Big Boss Man
Oliver Reed
Actor
13-Feb-1938 2-May-1999 Lion of the Desert
Harry Reems
Pornstar
27-Aug-1947   Deep Throat
John Reid
Politician
8-May-1947   British MP, Airdrie and Shotts
Wallace Reid
Actor
15-Apr-1891 18-Jan-1923 Silent film actor and director
Lee Remick
Actor
14-Dec-1935 2-Jul-1991 Days of Wine and Roses
Brad Renfro
Actor
25-Jul-1982 15-Jan-2008 The Client
Trent Reznor
Electronic Musician
17-May-1965   Nine Inch Nails
Jean Rhys
Novelist
24-Aug-1890 14-May-1979 Wide Sargasso Sea
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers
Actor
27-Jul-1977   Velvet Goldmine
Anne Rice
Novelist
4-Oct-1941   Vampire novelist
Adam Rich
Actor
12-Oct-1968   Nicholas Bradford on Eight is Enough
Little Richard
Musician
5-Dec-1932   Tutti Frutti
Ann Richards
Politician
1-Sep-1933 13-Sep-2006 Governor of Texas, 1991-95
Keith Richards
Guitarist
18-Dec-1943   The Rolling Stones
Kim Richards
Actor
19-Sep-1964   Escape to Witch Mountain
Johnny Ringo
Criminal
3-May-1850 13-Jul-1882 Old West gunslinger
Malachi Ritscher
Jazz Musician
13-Jan-1954 3-Nov-2006 Musician who self immolated for peace
Jason Robards
Actor
26-Jul-1922 26-Dec-2000 All The President's Men
Barret Robbins
Football
26-Aug-1973   Superbowl XXXVII no-show
Edward G. Robinson, Jr.
Relative
19-Mar-1933 26-Feb-1974 Edward G. Robinson's troubled son
Jack Roche
Terrorist
31-Oct-1953   al Qaeda's man in Australia
Sabato Rodia
Artist
12-Feb-1879 19-Jul-1965 Watts Towers
Michelle Rodriguez
Actor
12-Jul-1978   Girlfight, Resident Evil
Karl F. Rolvaag
Politician
18-Jul-1913 20-Dec-1990 Governor of Minnesota, 1963-67
Archie Roosevelt
Relative
9-Apr-1894 13-Oct-1979 Conservative leader against New Deal
Kermit Roosevelt
Relative
10-Oct-1889 4-Jun-1943 Theodore Roosevelt's son
Lillian Roth
Actor
13-Dec-1910 12-May-1980 I'll Cry Tomorrow
Mark Rothko
Painter
25-Sep-1903 25-Feb-1970 Painter of fuzzy rectangles
Phil Rudd
Drummer
19-May-1954   Drummer for AC/DC
Gail Russell
Actor
21-Sep-1924 26-Aug-1961 Angel and the Badman
Jane Russell
Actor
21-Jun-1921 28-Feb-2011 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Pee Wee Russell
Jazz Musician
27-Mar-1906 15-Feb-1969 Jazz clarinet virtuoso
Babe Ruth
Baseball
6-Feb-1895 16-Aug-1948 The Bambino
Winona Ryder
Actor
29-Oct-1971   Edward Scissorhands
Katey Sagal
Actor
19-Jan-1954   Peg Bundy on Married With Children
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion Designer
1-Aug-1936 1-Jun-2008 Christian Dior protege
Savannah
Pornstar
9-Oct-1970 11-Jul-1994 Saturday Night Beaver
Jessica Savitch
Journalist
1-Feb-1947 24-Oct-1983 Newscaster drowned with VP of NY Post
Terry Sawchuk
Hockey
28-Dec-1929 31-May-1970 Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
Richard Scaife
Activist
3-Jul-1932   The Republican George Soros
Gia Scala
Actor
3-Mar-1934 30-Apr-1972 The Guns of Navarone
Oskar Schindler
Activist
28-Apr-1908 9-Oct-1974 Saved over 1000 from Nazis
Romy Schneider
Actor
23-Sep-1938 29-May-1982 La Passante du Sans-Souci
Joel Schumacher
Film Director
29-Aug-1939   The Lost Boys
Bon Scott
Musician
9-Jul-1946 19-Feb-1980 Lead Singer for AC/DC
Debralee Scott
Actor
2-Apr-1953 5-Apr-2005 Feathered hair in Police Academy
Paul Scott
Novelist
25-Mar-1920 1-Mar-1978 The Jewel in the Crown
Willard Scott
TV Personality
7-Mar-1934   Today Show weatherman
E. W. Scripps
Publisher
18-Jun-1854 12-Mar-1926 Founder of UPI
William Seabrook
Author
22-Feb-1886 20-Sep-1945 Thoroughly sodden traveling author
Selim II
Royalty
28-May-1524 15-Dec-1574 Ottoman Sultan, 1566-74
Wilfrid Sellars
Philosopher
20-May-1912 2-Jul-1989 Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind
Del Shannon
Singer/Songwriter
30-Dec-1934 8-Feb-1990 1960s songwriter, Runaway
Ray Sharkey
Actor
14-Nov-1952 11-Jun-1993 Sonny Steelgrave on Wiseguy
Nerine Shatner
Relative
c. 1959 9-Aug-1999 William Shatner's drowned wife
Wilfrid Sheed
Author
27-Dec-1930 19-Jan-2011 Office Politics
Charlie Sheen
Actor
3-Sep-1965   The prodigal Sheen
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Playwright
30-Oct-1751 7-Jul-1816 The School for Scandal
Michelle Shocked
Musician
24-Feb-1962   Short Sharp Shocked
Frans Eemil Sillanpää
Author
16-Sep-1888 3-Jun-1964 The Loveliness and Wretchedness of Human Life
Jean Simmons
Actor
31-Jan-1929 22-Jan-2010 Guys and Dolls
Joan Sims
Actor
9-May-1930 28-Jun-2001 Carry On...
Michael Skakel
Criminal
19-Sep-1960   Convicted of murdering Martha Moxley
Slash
Guitarist
23-Jul-1965   Former lead guitarist, Guns n' Roses
Christian Slater
Actor
18-Aug-1969   Kuffs, True Romance
Grace Slick
Singer
30-Oct-1939   Jefferson Airplane and Starship
Elliott Smith
Guitarist
6-Aug-1969 21-Oct-2003 Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death
Mark E. Smith
Singer/Songwriter
5-Mar-1957   The Fall
Dick Smothers
Comic
20-Nov-1939   A Smothers Brother
Richard Sorge
Spy
4-Oct-1895 7-Nov-1944 Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa
David Soul
Actor
28-Aug-1943   Hutch on Starsky and Hutch
Richard Speck
Criminal
6-Dec-1941 5-Dec-1991 Killed eight student nurses
Phil Spector
Music Producer
26-Dec-1940   Creator of the Wall of Sound
Ronnie Spector
Singer
10-Aug-1943   Be her baby
Georgina Spelvin
Pornstar
3-Jan-1936   Devil in Miss Jones
Skip Spence
Musician
18-Apr-1946 16-Apr-1999 Moby Grape guitarist, Oar
John Spencer
Actor
20-Dec-1946 16-Dec-2005 Leo McGarry on The West Wing
Joe Spinell
Actor
28-Oct-1936 13-Jan-1989 Frank Zito in Maniac
Dusty Springfield
Singer
16-Apr-1939 2-Mar-1999 Son of a Preacher Man
Jean Stafford
Novelist
1-Jul-1915 26-Mar-1979 The Catherine Wheel
A. Jack Stanley
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Kellogg, Brown & Root, 1998-2001
Kim Stanley
Actor
11-Feb-1925 20-Aug-2001 Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Maureen Stapleton
Actor
21-Jun-1925 13-Mar-2006 Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman
Scott Stapp
Musician
8-Aug-1973   Singer for Creed
Marylin Star
Pornstar
12-Apr-1969   Ex-Pornstar, insider trader
Ringo Starr
Drummer
7-Jul-1940   Beatle
Jack Starrett
Film Director
2-Nov-1936 27-Mar-1989 Cleopatra Jones
Peter Steele
Musician
4-Jan-1962 14-Apr-2010 Frontman for Type O Negative
Karrine Steffans
Model
24-Aug-1978   Confessions of a Video Vixen
Kaye Stevens
Singer
21-Jul-1932 28-Dec-2011 Ruckus at the Riviera
Oliver Stone
Film Director
15-Sep-1946   JFK
Gale Storm
Actor
5-Apr-1922 27-Jun-2009 The Gale Storm Show
Darryl Strawberry
Baseball
12-Mar-1962   Troubled former baseball player
Billy Strayhorn
Composer
29-Nov-1915 31-May-1967 Take the A Train
John Sullivan
Politician
1-Jan-1965   Congressman, Oklahoma 1st
Pat Summerall
Sports Journalist
10-May-1930   Sportscaster
Kiefer Sutherland
Actor
21-Dec-1966   24
Dudley Sutton
Actor
6-Apr-1933   Tinker Dill on Lovejoy
Eddie Sutton
Basketball
12-Mar-1936   OSU Head Coach, 1990-2006
Kristy Swanson
Actor
19-Dec-1969   Original Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Patrick Swayze
Actor
18-Aug-1952 14-Sep-2009 Dirty Dancing
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Poet
5-Apr-1837 10-Apr-1909 Masochist Victorian poet
John Sylvester
Radio Personality
1961   Shock jock
Herman Talmadge
Politician
9-Aug-1913 21-Mar-2002 Senator and Governor from Georgia
Alfred Tarski
Mathematician
14-Jan-1902 26-Oct-1983 Tarski's indefinability theorem
Elizabeth Taylor
Actor
27-Feb-1932 23-Mar-2011 Cleopatra
Mick Taylor
Guitarist
17-Jan-1948   Ex-Guitarist for the Rolling Stones
Jack Teagarden
Jazz Musician
20-Aug-1905 15-Jan-1964 Virtuoso trombonist and jazz bandleader
John Thaw
Actor
3-Jan-1942 21-Feb-2002 Inspector Morse
Dylan Thomas
Poet
27-Oct-1914 9-Nov-1953 Most influential Welsh poet
Thurman Thomas
Football
16-May-1966   Buffalo Bills, Hall of Famer
Hugh Thompson
Military
15-Apr-1943 6-Jan-2006 Stopped the My Lai massacre
Jim Thompson
Novelist
27-Sep-1906 7-Apr-1977 Heed the Thunder
James Thornton
Songwriter
5-Dec-1861 27-Jul-1938 When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Wallace Thurman
Author
16-Aug-1902 22-Dec-1934 The Blacker the Berry
Lawrence Tierney
Actor
15-Mar-1919 26-Feb-2002 Joe Cabot in Reservoir Dogs
Leo Tolstoy
Author
9-Sep-1828 20-Nov-1910 Russian novelist
Peter Tork
Musician
13-Feb-1942   Guitar and vocals for The Monkees
Rip Torn
Actor
6-Feb-1931   Arthur on The Larry Sanders Show
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Painter
24-Nov-1864 9-Sep-1901 Dwarfish painter of France's Moulin Rouge
John Tower
Politician
25-Sep-1925 5-Apr-1991 US Senator from Texas, 1961-85
Spencer Tracy
Actor
5-Apr-1900 10-Jun-1967 Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars
Daniel J. Travanti
Actor
7-Mar-1940   Hill Street Blues
Merle Travis
Country Musician
29-Nov-1917 20-Oct-1983 Influential fingerpicking country guitarist
Timothy Treadwell
Naturalist
29-Apr-1957 5-Oct-2003 Consumed by bears
Danny Trejo
Actor
16-May-1944   Ex-con turned character actor
Verne Troyer
Actor
1-Jan-1969   Mini-Me
Karla Faye Tucker
Criminal
18-Nov-1959 3-Feb-1998 First woman executed in Texas since 1863
Tanya Tucker
Country Musician
10-Oct-1958   Country music singer
Sonny Tufts
Actor
16-Jul-1911 4-Jun-1970 Cat-Women of the Moon
Kathleen Turner
Actor
19-Jun-1954   Romancing the Stone
Steven Tyler
Singer
26-Mar-1948   Frontman for Aerosmith
Kenneth Tynan
Critic
2-Apr-1927 26-Jul-1980 British theatre critic
John H. Tyson
Business
5-Sep-1953   Chairman, Tyson Foods
Al Unser, Jr.
Auto Racing
19-Apr-1962   Two-time Indy 500 winner
Keith Urban
Country Musician
26-Oct-1967   Country crooner
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Actor
18-Oct-1960   Timecop
Dick Van Dyke
Actor
13-Dec-1925   The Dick Van Dyke Show
Eddie Van Halen
Guitarist
26-Jan-1955   Guitarist for Van Halen
Townes Van Zandt
Singer/Songwriter
7-Mar-1944 1-Jan-1997 For the Sake of the Song
Chavela Vargas
Singer
17-Apr-1919 5-Aug-2012 Ranchera singer
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Guitarist
3-Oct-1954 27-Aug-1990 Blues guitarist
Sid Vicious
Bassist
10-May-1957 2-Feb-1979 Sex Pistols bassist
Hervé Villechaize
Actor
23-Apr-1943 4-Sep-1993 Boss, the plane! The plane!
Jacques Villeret
Actor
6-Feb-1951 28-Jan-2005 The Dinner Game
Gene Vincent
Musician
11-Feb-1935 12-Oct-1971 Be-Bop-A-Lula
Jan-Michael Vincent
Actor
15-Jul-1944   Airwolf
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist
11-Nov-1922 11-Apr-2007 Slaughterhouse Five
Bill W.
Activist
26-Nov-1895 24-Jan-1971 Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder
Tom Waits
Singer/Songwriter
7-Dec-1949   Heartattack and Vine
Rick Wakeman
Pianist
18-May-1949   Keyboards, Yes
Jess Walton
Actor
18-Feb-1949   The Young and the Restless
Zach Wamp
Politician
28-Oct-1957   Congressman from Tennessee, 1995-2011
Bill Ward
Drummer
5-May-1948   Drummer for Black Sabbath
Dinah Washington
Singer
29-Aug-1924 14-Dec-1963 Queen of the Blues
Alan Watts
Philosopher
6-Jan-1915 16-Nov-1973 Zen beat counterculture sage
Evelyn Waugh
Novelist
28-Oct-1903 10-Apr-1966 Brideshead Revisited
Gerard Way
Musician
9-Apr-1977   My Chemical Romance
Doodles Weaver
Radio Personality
11-May-1911 17-Jan-1983 Professor Feetlebaum
Scott Weiland
Singer
27-Oct-1967   Frontman, Stone Temple Pilots
Denise Welch
Actor
22-May-1958   British TV soap actress
Tuesday Weld
Actor
27-Aug-1943   Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Oskar Werner
Actor
13-Nov-1922 23-Oct-1984 Jules et Jim
Billy West
Actor
16-Apr-1952   Futurama voices, Ren and Stimpy
Paul Westerberg
Musician
31-Dec-1960   The Replacements
Pearl White
Actor
4-Mar-1889 4-Aug-1938 Heroine of silent serial films
Keith Whitley
Country Musician
1-Jul-1955 9-May-1989 Don't Close Your Eyes
Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
1-Apr-1930   Yeoman Rand on Star Trek
Jack Whittaker
unspecified
c. 1947   Powerball winner, $111,681,349 after taxes
Jeffrey Wigand
Scientist
17-Dec-1942   Tobacco industry whistleblower
Robert Wilcox
Actor
19-May-1910 11-Jun-1955 The Man They Could Not Hang
Jack Wild
Actor
30-Sep-1952 1-Mar-2006 Oliver!
Hank Williams, Jr.
Country Musician
26-May-1949   Monday Night Football theme
Hank Williams, Sr.
Country Musician
17-Sep-1923 1-Jan-1953 Take These Chains From My Heart
Jayson Williams
Basketball
22-Feb-1968   Retired and imprisoned NBA player
Paul Williams
Singer/Songwriter
19-Sep-1940   Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Paul Williams
Singer
2-Jul-1939 17-Aug-1973 The Temptations
Pete Williams
Politician
10-Dec-1919 17-Nov-2001 US Senator snagged in ABSCAM
Robbie Williams
Singer
13-Feb-1974   Former member of Take That
Robin Williams
Comic
21-Jul-1952   Mork from Ork
John Wilmot
Poet
1-Apr-1647 26-Jul-1680 Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery
Carnie Wilson
Singer
29-Apr-1968   Wilson Phillips
Charlie Wilson
Singer
29-Jan-1953   R&B singer, The Gap Band
Charlie Wilson
Politician
1-Jun-1933 10-Feb-2010 Congressman from Texas, 1973-96
Dennis Wilson
Musician
4-Dec-1944 28-Dec-1983 Founding member, The Beach Boys
Hack Wilson
Baseball
26-Apr-1900 23-Nov-1948 Hit 56 home runs and 191 RBI's in 1930
Amy Winehouse
Singer
14-Sep-1983 23-Jul-2011 Rehab
Jonathan Winters
Comic
11-Nov-1925   Mearth, son of Mork
Jah Wobble
Musician
1958   PiL co-founder, World music innovator
Ed Wood
Film Director
10-Oct-1924 10-Dec-1978 Plan 9 From Outer Space
Ron Wood
Guitarist
1-Jun-1947   Guitarist for The Rolling Stones
Jim Woodring
Cartoonist
11-Oct-1952   Frank
Cornell Woolrich
Novelist
4-Dec-1903 25-Sep-1968 The Bride Wore Black
Max Wright
Actor
2-Aug-1943   The dad on ALF
Aileen Wuornos
Criminal
29-Feb-1956 9-Oct-2002 Notorious serial killer
Richard Yates
Novelist
3-Feb-1926 7-Nov-1992 Revolutionary Road
Boris Yeltsin
Head of State
1-Feb-1931 23-Apr-2007 First president of post-Soviet Russia
Faron Young
Musician
25-Feb-1932 10-Dec-1996 The Hillbilly Heartthrob
Lester Young
Jazz Musician
27-Aug-1909 15-Mar-1959 Jazz tenor saxophoneist
Malcolm Young
Guitarist
6-Jan-1953   Rhythm guitar for AC/DC
Robert Young
Actor
22-Feb-1907 21-Jul-1998 Marcus Welby, M.D.
Sean Young
Actor
20-Nov-1959   Replicant in Blade Runner
Warren Zevon
Musician
24-Jan-1947 7-Sep-2003 Werewolves of London
George Zimmer
Business
21-Nov-1948   Founder and CEO of Men's Wearhouse
Marion Zioncheck
Politician
5-Dec-1901 7-Aug-1936 Congressman, committed suicide



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