Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known 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 |