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A listing in this section does not necessarily mean that an individual is currently depressed. Nor does it indicate something is wrong with the individual or that there ever was: depression is often a condition resulting from events outside of someone's control. If someone has had public battles with depression, expect them on this list. But please bear in mind its historical nature and do not treat it as a diagnosis.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Ansel Adams
Photographer
20-Feb-1902 22-Apr-1984 Yosemite photographer
John Adams
Composer
15-Feb-1947   Nixon in China
John Adams
Head of State
30-Oct-1735 4-Jul-1826 2nd President of the U.S.
Louisa Adams
First Lady
12-Feb-1775 15-May-1852 Wife of US President John Quincy Adams
Ryan Adams
Singer/Songwriter
5-Nov-1974   Heartbreaker
Stuart Adamson
Musician
11-Apr-1958 16-Dec-2001 Guitarist for The Skids and Big Country
George A. Akerlof
Economist
17-Jun-1940   Asymmetric markets
Birdman of Alcatraz
Criminal
28-Jan-1890 22-Nov-1963 Subject of Burt Lancaster movie
Alan Alda
Actor
28-Jan-1936   Capt. Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H
Wayne Allard
Politician
2-Dec-1943   US Senator from Colorado, 1997-2009
Peter André
Singer
27-Feb-1973   British/Cypriot singer
Laura Antonelli
Actor
28-Nov-1941   The Divine Nymph
Diane Arbus
Photographer
14-Mar-1923 26-Jul-1971 Influential photographer
Benedict Arnold
Military
14-Jan-1741 14-Jun-1801 Betrayed colonists to British
Malcolm Arnold
Composer
21-Oct-1921 23-Sep-2006 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
Journalist
27-Oct-1844 20-Feb-1916 Helped to cleave Norway and Sweden
Antonin Artaud
Playwright
4-Sep-1896 4-Mar-1948 Theater of Cruelty
Lee Atwater
Politician
27-Feb-1951 29-Mar-1991 RNC Chairman, 1988-90
Parveen Babi
Actor
4-Apr-1955 20-Jan-2005 Sophisticated Seventies Bollywood Babe
Tai Babilonia
Figure Skating
9-Sep-1959   Five-time US pairs figure skating champion
Alec Baldwin
Actor
3-Apr-1958   A Baldwin Brother
Florence Ballard
Singer
30-Jun-1943 22-Feb-1976 The Supremes
Honoré de Balzac
Novelist
20-May-1799 18-Aug-1850 Comédie Humaine
Brigitte Bardot
Actor
28-Sep-1934   Voulez-vous danser avec moi?
Bob Barker
Game Show Host
12-Dec-1923   The Price Is Right
Roseanne Barr
Actor
3-Nov-1952   Roseanne
Drew Barrymore
Actor
22-Feb-1975   E.T., The Wedding Singer
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Painter
22-Dec-1960 12-Aug-1988 NYC graffiti artist
Georges Bataille
Philosopher
10-Sep-1897 8-Jul-1962 Histoire de l'oeil
Barbara Bates
Actor
6-Aug-1925 18-Mar-1969 Phoebe in All About Eve
Mary Flora Bell
Criminal
1957   Killed two boys as a 10-year-old
Melvin Belli
Attorney
29-Jul-1907 9-Jul-1996 The King of Torts
Maurice Benard
Actor
1-Mar-1963   General Hospital
Brenda Benet
Actor
14-Aug-1945 7-Apr-1982 Days of Our Lives
Pierre Bérégovoy
Head of State
23-Dec-1925 1-May-1993 Prime Minister of France, 1992-93
Alan Berg
Radio Personality
Jan-1934 18-Jun-1984 Murdered radio host
Mary Kay Bergman
Actor
5-Jun-1961 11-Nov-1999 South Park
David Berkowitz
Criminal
1-Jun-1953   Son of Sam killer
Irving Berlin
Composer
11-May-1888 22-Sep-1989 White Christmas, God Bless America
Hector Berlioz
Composer
11-Dec-1803 8-Mar-1869 French romantic composer
Leonard Bernstein
Conductor
25-Aug-1918 14-Oct-1990 Conductor, New York Philharmonic
Steven Jesse Bernstein
Poet
4-Dec-1950 22-Oct-1991 Grunge poet and punk rocker
Halle Berry
Actor
14-Aug-1966   Monster's Ball
John Berryman
Poet
25-Oct-1914 7-Jan-1972 Homage to Mistress Bradstreet
George Best
Soccer
22-May-1946 25-Nov-2005 Manchester United
Bruno Bettelheim
Psychologist
28-Aug-1903 13-Mar-1990 Fraudulent child psychologist
Joseph Beuys
Artist
12-May-1921 23-Jan-1986 German conceptual artist
Conrad Black
Business
25-Aug-1944   Rapacious newspaper mogul
Robert Blake
Actor
18-Sep-1933   Baretta
William Blake
Poet
28-Nov-1757 12-Aug-1827 English romantic poet and artist
Bobby Bland
Singer
27-Jan-1930   Turn on Your Lovelight
Alexander Blok
Poet
16-Nov-1880 7-Aug-1921 Russian Silver Age poet
Dave Blood
Bassist
16-Sep-1956 10-Mar-2004 Bassist for the Dead Milkmen
Lorena Bobbitt
Criminal
1970   Severed husband's penis
David Bohm
Physicist
20-Dec-1917 29-Oct-1992 Particle physicist
Ludwig Boltzmann
Physicist
20-Feb-1844 5-Sep-1906 Atoms and molecules
Kjell Magne Bondevik
Head of State
3-Sep-1947   Twice Norwegian prime minister
Lucrezia Borgia
Royalty
18-Apr-1480 24-Jun-1519 Infamous poisoner
Tadeusz Borowski
Author
12-Nov-1922 1-Jul-1951 This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen
Francesco Borromini
Architect
25-Sep-1599 2-Aug-1667 Italian baroque architect
Willie Bosket
Criminal
9-Dec-1962   Inspiration for the Juvenile Offender Act of 1978
Clara Bow
Actor
29-Jul-1905 26-Sep-1965 Schizophrenic actress, Wings
Edgar Bowers
Poet
2-Mar-1924 4-Feb-2000 For Louis Pasteur
Paul Bowles
Author
30-Dec-1910 18-Nov-1999 The Sheltering Sky
Lorraine Bracco
Actor
2-Oct-1954   Goodfellas, The Sopranos
Omar Bradley
Military
12-Feb-1893 8-Apr-1981 US Army Chief of Staff
Terry Bradshaw
Football
2-Sep-1948   Sportscaster, former Steelers QB
Zach Braff
Actor
6-Apr-1975   Scrubs
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
Eileen Brennan
Actor
3-Sep-1932   Capt. Lewis on Private Benjamin
Isaac Brock
Singer/Songwriter
9-Jul-1975   Frontman for Modest Mouse
David C. Broderick
Politician
4-Feb-1820 16-Sep-1859 US Senator from California, 1857-59
Branwell Brontë
Poet
26-Jun-1817 24-Sep-1848 The Brontë sisters' brother
Divine Brown
Criminal
9-Aug-1969   Charged Hugh Grant for fellatio
Ruth Brown
Singer
12-Jan-1928 17-Nov-2006 Miss Rhythm
Tod Browning
Film Director
12-Jul-1882 6-Oct-1962 Freaks
David Brudnoy
Radio Personality
5-Jun-1940 8-Dec-2004 Boston talk radio host
Ivan Brunetti
Cartoonist
3-Oct-1967   Schizo
Bebe Buell
Model
14-Jul-1953   Liv Tyler's mom
Philip J. Burguieres
Business
c. 1943   CEO of Weatherford International, 1991-97
Delta Burke
Actor
30-Jul-1956   Designing Women
Robert Burns
Poet
25-Jan-1759 21-Jul-1796 Most beloved Scottish poet
William S. Burroughs, Jr.
Relative
21-Jul-1947 3-Mar-1981 Son of William S. Burroughs
Barbara Bush
First Lady
8-Jun-1925   Wife of US President George H.W. Bush
Samuel Byck
Assassin
30-Jan-1930 22-Feb-1974 Unsuccessful Nixon assassin
Juanita Bynum
Religion
16-Jan-1959   Pentecostal televangelist
Lord Byron
Poet
22-Jan-1788 19-Apr-1824 English romantic poet
Melanie C
Singer
12-Jan-1974   Sporty Spice
John Cadbury
Business
12-Aug-1801 11-May-1889 Chocolatier
Sid Caesar
Comic
8-Sep-1922   Your Show of Shows
Mary Calderone
Activist
1-Jul-1904 24-Oct-1998 Questions and Answers about Love and Sex
Ken Calvert
Politician
8-Jun-1953   Congressman, California 44th
Georg Cantor
Mathematician
3-Mar-1845 6-Jan-1918 Founder of set theory
Truman Capote
Novelist
30-Sep-1924 25-Aug-1984 In Cold Blood
Drew Carey
Comic
23-May-1958   The Drew Carey Show
Judy Carne
Actor
27-Apr-1939   Sock-it-to-me girl on Laugh-In
Wallace Hume Carothers
Chemist
27-Apr-1896 29-Apr-1937 Inventor of Nylon
Karen Carpenter
Singer
2-Mar-1950 4-Feb-1983 The Carpenters
Jim Carrey
Actor
17-Jan-1962   Rubber-faced fartsmith
Hayden Carruth
Poet
3-Aug-1921 29-Sep-2008 Brothers, I Loved You All
G. Harrold Carswell
Judge
22-Dec-1919 31-Jul-1992 Failed US Supreme Court nominee
Emily Carter
Author
1960   Glory Goes and Gets Some
Helena Bonham Carter
Actor
26-May-1966   Marla in Fight Club
Kevin Carter
Photographer
13-Sep-1960 27-Jul-1994 Wanting A Meal
Pat Cash
Tennis
27-May-1965   Winner, 1987 Wimbledon
Dick Cavett
Talk Show Host
19-Nov-1936   The Dick Cavett Show
Edgar Cayce
Paranormal
18-Mar-1877 3-Jan-1945 Performed "paranormal" readings
Camilo José Cela
Author
11-May-1916 17-Jan-2002 Spanish novelist and Nobel laureate
Paul Cézanne
Painter
19-Jan-1839 22-Oct-1906 Post-Impressionist French painter
Iris Chang
Author
28-Mar-1968 9-Nov-2004 The Rape of Nanking
Mark David Chapman
Assassin
10-May-1955   Assassin of Beatle John Lennon
Sydney Chapman
Mathematician
29-Jan-1888 16-Jun-1970 Geomagnetism
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
G. K. Chesterton
Author
29-May-1874 14-Jun-1936 The Man Who Was Thursday
Leslie Cheung
Singer
12-Sep-1956 1-Apr-2003 Cantopop singer, jumped to death
Maurice Chevalier
Actor
12-Sep-1888 1-Jan-1972 Love Me Tonight
Lawton Chiles
Politician
3-Apr-1930 12-Dec-1998 Florida Governor and Senator
Seung-Hui Cho
Criminal
18-Jan-1984 16-Apr-2007 Virginia Tech Massacre
Frederic Chopin
Composer
22-Feb-1810 17-Oct-1849 Composer for the piano
Christine Chubbuck
Journalist
24-Aug-1944 15-Jul-1974 Newscaster, suicided on live TV
Lord Randolph Churchill
Politician
13-Feb-1849 24-Jan-1895 Father of Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Head of State
30-Nov-1874 24-Jan-1965 WWII Prime Minister of England
André Citroën
Engineer
5-Feb-1878 3-Jul-1935 Europe's Henry Ford
Petula Clark
Singer
15-Nov-1932   Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Grover Cleveland
Head of State
18-Mar-1837 24-Jun-1908 22nd & 24th US President, 1885-89 & 1893-97
Voltairine de Cleyre
Anarchist
17-Nov-1866 20-Jun-1912 Anarchist without an adjective
Robert Clive
Military
29-Sep-1725 22-Nov-1774 Conquered India for Britain
Kurt Cobain
Musician
20-Feb-1967 5-Apr-1994 Lead singer of Nirvana
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poet
21-Oct-1772 25-Jul-1834 Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Judy Collins
Singer/Songwriter
1-May-1939   Folk singer
Phil Collins
Singer/Songwriter
30-Jan-1951   Lead singer of Genesis
Joseph Conrad
Author
3-Dec-1857 3-Aug-1924 Heart of Darkness
Barbara Cook
Singer
25-Oct-1927   Broadway, TV and cabaret singer and actress
Calvin Coolidge
Head of State
4-Jul-1872 5-Jan-1933 30th US President, 1923-29
Holly Coors
Activist
25-Aug-1920 18-Jan-2009 Ultraconservative beer baroness
Frank Corder
Aviator
26-May-1956 12-Sep-1994 Crashed a Cessna into White House lawn
Francesco Cossiga
Head of State
26-Jul-1928 17-Aug-2010 President of Italy, 1985-92
Noel Coward
Playwright
16-Dec-1899 26-Mar-1973 Design for Living
Dennis Crosby
Singer
13-Jul-1934 7-May-1991 Bing Crosby's son, suicide with shotgun
Sheryl Crow
Singer
11-Feb-1962   All I Wanna Do
Samuel Crowther
Religion
c. 1809 31-Dec-1891 African missionary bishop
Charles Cullen
Criminal
1960   Claimed to have killed 30-40 patients
Adrianne Curry
Model
6-Aug-1982   America's Next Top Model
Ian Curtis
Singer
15-Jul-1956 18-May-1980 Lead singer of Joy Division
Disco D
Music Producer
21-Sep-1980 23-Jan-2007 Ghetto-tech DJ
Dorothy Dandridge
Actor
9-Nov-1922 8-Sep-1965 Carmen Jones
Rodney Dangerfield
Comic
22-Nov-1921 5-Oct-2004 Never did get no respect
Bobby Darin
Singer
14-May-1936 20-Dec-1973 Mack the Knife
Charles Darwin
Naturalist
12-Feb-1809 19-Apr-1882 Proposed theory of evolution via natural selection
Mark Dayton
Politician
26-Jan-1947   Governor of Minnesota
Augustus De Morgan
Mathematician
27-Jun-1806 18-Mar-1871 De Morgan's Laws
Sandra Dee
Actor
23-Apr-1942 20-Feb-2005 Gidget
Ellen DeGeneres
Comic
26-Jan-1958   Ellen
John Denver
Country Musician
31-Dec-1943 12-Oct-1997 Rocky Mountain High
Mike Diana
Artist
5-Jun-1969   Boiled Angel
Philip K. Dick
Novelist
16-Dec-1928 2-Mar-1982 Blade Runner
Charles Dickens
Novelist
7-Feb-1812 9-Jun-1870 Oliver Twist
Emily Dickinson
Poet
10-Dec-1830 15-May-1886 Perplexing American poet
Joan Didion
Author
5-Dec-1934   Slouching Toward Bethlehem
Rudolf Diesel
Inventor
18-Mar-1858 30-Sep-1913 Inventor of the diesel engine
Beth Ditto
Singer
1981   The Gossip
DJ AM
Disc Jockey
30-Mar-1973 28-Aug-2009 New York Club DJ
Micky Dolenz
Actor
8-Mar-1945   Drummer for The Monkees
Jim Dooley
Football
8-Feb-1930 8-Jan-2008 Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1968-71
Tony Dow
Actor
13-Apr-1945   Wally on Leave It to Beaver
Nick Drake
Singer/Songwriter
19-Jun-1948 25-Nov-1974 Pink Moon
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
Kirsten Dunst
Actor
30-Apr-1982   Mary-Jane in Spider-Man
Anthony Eden
Head of State
12-Jun-1897 14-Jan-1977 UK Prime Minister, 1955-57
Hanns Eisler
Composer
6-Jul-1898 6-Sep-1962 German radical composer
Queen Elizabeth II
Royalty
21-Apr-1926   Queen of England
Harlan Ellison
Author
27-May-1934   I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream
Eminem
Rapper
17-Oct-1972   The Real Slim Shady
Lynndie England
Military
8-Nov-1982   Abu Ghraib dominatrix
Eve Ensler
Playwright
25-May-1953   The Vagina Monologues
Peg Entwistle
Actor
1-Jul-1908 18-Sep-1932 Starlet, suicided off Hollywood sign
Brian Epstein
Business
19-Sep-1934 27-Aug-1967 Manager of The Beatles
William Eythe
Actor
7-Apr-1918 26-Jan-1957 The House on 92nd Street
Siobhan Fahey
Musician
10-Sep-1958   Bananarama
Marianne Faithfull
Singer/Songwriter
29-Dec-1946   Sister Morphine
Philo Farnsworth
Inventor
19-Aug-1906 11-Mar-1971 Inventor of electronic television
Colin Farrell
Actor
31-May-1976   Bullseye in Daredevil
William Faulkner
Author
25-Sep-1897 6-Jul-1962 Novels set in the American South
Dodi al-Fayed
Business
15-Apr-1955 31-Aug-1997 Princess Diana's last boyfriend
Kevin Federline
Relative
21-Mar-1978   Briefly Mr. Britney Spears
Craig Ferguson
Talk Show Host
17-May-1962   "It's a great day for America"
Emil Fischer
Chemist
9-Oct-1852 15-Jul-1919 Peptide bond
Eddie Fisher
Singer
10-Aug-1928 22-Sep-2010 Crooner, top RCA/Victor vocalist
Bob Flanagan
Performance Artist
27-Dec-1952 4-Jan-1996 Supermasochist
Caitlin Flanagan
Author
?   Antifeminist
Ed Flanders
Actor
29-Dec-1934 22-Feb-1995 Dr. Westphall on St. Elsewhere
Gustave Flaubert
Novelist
12-Dec-1821 8-May-1880 Realist novelist, Madame Bovary
Thomas King Forcade
Journalist
11-Sep-1945 17-Nov-1978 Founder of High Times
Betty Ford
First Lady
8-Apr-1918 8-Jul-2011 Former First Lady, founded Betty Ford Center
Harrison Ford
Actor
13-Jul-1942   Han Solo in Star Wars
Charles Fort
Scientist
6-Aug-1874 3-May-1932 Prophet of the Unexplained
Vince Foster
Attorney
15-Jan-1945 20-Jul-1993 Deputy White House Counsel for Clinton
Megan Fox
Actor
16-May-1986   Sydney Shanowski on Hope and Faith
Jaimee Foxworth
Actor
17-Dec-1979   Family Matters
Dennis Franz
Actor
28-Oct-1944   Det. Sipowicz on NYPD Blue
Andy Fraser
Bassist
7-Aug-1952   Free
Gottlob Frege
Mathematician
8-Nov-1848 26-Jul-1925 Mathematical logician
William Friedman
Scientist
24-Sep-1891 12-Nov-1969 Cryptography pioneer
Caspar David Friedrich
Painter
5-Sep-1774 7-May-1840 German Romantic painter
Mark Fuhrman
Government
5-Feb-1952   Former LAPD detective, O. J. Simpson case
R. Buckminster Fuller
Architect
12-Jul-1895 1-Jul-1983 Futurist, invented the geodesic dome
John Wayne Gacy
Criminal
17-Mar-1942 10-May-1994 28 dead boys in his crawlspace
John Kenneth Galbraith
Economist
15-Oct-1908 29-Apr-2006 Modern economics renegade
Luis Alfredo Garavito
Criminal
25-Jan-1957   Colombian serial killer, murdered 140+ boys
Greta Garbo
Actor
18-Sep-1905 15-Apr-1990 Vanted to be alone
Judy Garland
Singer
10-Jun-1922 22-Jun-1969 Dorothy in Wizard of Oz
Janeane Garofalo
Comic
28-Sep-1964   Actor, Comedian, Author, Activist
Paul Gascoigne
Soccer
27-May-1967   There's no crying in football
Vittorio Gassman
Actor
1-Sep-1922 29-Jun-2000 The Great War
Stephen Gately
Singer
17-Mar-1976 10-Oct-2009 Boyzone
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Mathematician
30-Apr-1777 23-Feb-1855 Perhaps the greatest German mathematician
Marvin Gaye
Singer
2-Apr-1939 1-Apr-1984 Heard It Through the Grapevine
Ed Gein
Criminal
27-Aug-1906 26-Jul-1984 Serial killer and cannibal
Jean Genet
Novelist
19-Dec-1910 15-Apr-1986 Theatre of the Absurd
Carlo Gesualdo
Composer
c. 1560 8-Sep-1613 Composer of madrigals, murdered his wife
Althea Gibson
Tennis
25-Aug-1927 28-Sep-2003 First black woman to win Wimbledon
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Activist
3-Jul-1860 17-Aug-1935 Women and Economics
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Greg Giraldo
Comic
10-Dec-1965 29-Sep-2010 Friday Night Stand-Up
Trisha Goddard
TV Personality
Dec-1957   Australian talk show host
Kurt Gödel
Mathematician
28-Apr-1906 14-Jan-1978 Gödel's Incompleteness Theorems
Joseph Goebbels
Government
29-Oct-1897 1-May-1945 Reich Minister of Propaganda
Jane Goodall
Naturalist
3-Apr-1934   Primate researcher
Dwight Gooden
Baseball
16-Nov-1964   Pitcher, New York Mets
Michael Goodliffe
Actor
1-Oct-1914 20-Mar-1976 A Night to Remember
Tipper Gore
First Lady
19-Aug-1948   Estranged wife of Al Gore
Bob Grant
Actor
14-Apr-1932 8-Nov-2003 On the Buses
Spalding Gray
Actor
5-Jun-1941 11-Jan-2004 Swimming to Cambodia monologist
Alex Grey
Artist
29-Nov-1953   Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
Charles Guiteau
Assassin
8-Sep-1841 30-Jun-1882 Assassin of President Garfield
Ivor Gurney
Poet
28-Aug-1890 26-Dec-1937 War's Embers
Jerry Hadley
Singer
16-Jun-1952 18-Jul-2007 Operatic tenor
Jessica Hahn
Victim
7-Jul-1959   Had sex with Jim Bakker
Jonathan Hale
Actor
21-Mar-1891 28-Feb-1966 J. C. Dithers
Johnny Hallyday
Singer
15-Jun-1943   French rock star, Souvenirs, Souvenirs
Rusty Hamer
Actor
15-Feb-1947 18-Jan-1990 Make Room for Daddy
Dorothy Hamill
Figure Skating
26-Jul-1956   Olympic figure skater, gold medal 1976
Jon Hamm
Actor
10-Mar-1971   Don Draper on Mad Men
Mata Hari
Spy
7-Aug-1876 15-Oct-1917 Framed by the Germans
Elizabeth Hartman
Actor
23-Dec-1943 10-Jun-1987 A Patch of Blue
P. J. Harvey
Musician
9-Oct-1969   Alternative rock musician
Juliana Hatfield
Musician
27-Jul-1967   Juliana Hatfield Three
Anne Hathaway
Actor
12-Nov-1982   The Princess Diaries
Goldie Hawn
Actor
21-Nov-1945   Private Benjamin
F. A. Hayek
Economist
8-May-1899 23-Mar-1992 Austrian economist
Sadeq Hedayat
Author
17-Feb-1903 9-Apr-1951 The Blind Owl
Marvin Heemeyer
Criminal
1952 4-Jun-2004 Killdozer pilot
Ernest Hemingway
Author
21-Jul-1899 2-Jul-1961 The Old Man And The Sea
Florence Henderson
Actor
14-Feb-1934   Carol (mom) on The Brady Bunch
King Henry VIII
Royalty
28-Jun-1491 28-Jan-1547 King of England, 1509-47
Audrey Hepburn
Actor
4-May-1929 20-Jan-1993 My Fair Lady
James Hetfield
Musician
3-Aug-1963   Metallica
Paris Hilton
Socialite
17-Feb-1981   The Simple Life
Adolf Hitler
Head of State
20-Apr-1889 30-Apr-1945 Chancellor of Germany, 1933-45
Dustin Hoffman
Actor
8-Aug-1937   The Graduate
Billie Holiday
Singer
7-Apr-1915 17-Jul-1959 Lady Sings the Blues
Anthony Hopkins
Actor
31-Dec-1937   Hannibal Lecter
Jack Horkheimer
Astronomer
11-Jun-1938 20-Aug-2010 Naked-eye astronomer
David Horowitz
Activist
10-Jan-1939   Conservative activist
Baby Huey
Musician
1946 28-Oct-1970 Hard Times
Victor Hugo
Author
26-Feb-1802 23-May-1885 Les Miserables
Engelbert Humperdinck
Singer
2-May-1936   The Last Waltz
Barbara Hutton
Socialite
14-Nov-1912 11-May-1979 The Poor Little Rich Girl
Henrik Ibsen
Playwright
20-Mar-1828 23-May-1906 Peer Gynt
Tony Iommi
Guitarist
19-Feb-1948   Guitar player for Black Sabbath
Ivan the Terrible
Royalty
25-Aug-1530 18-Mar-1584 Russian Tsar, 1533-84
Bruce Ivins
Biologist
22-Apr-1946 29-Jul-2008 Anthrax researcher and suspect
Violent J
Rapper
28-Apr-1972   Half of Insane Clown Posse
Andrew Jackson
Head of State
15-Mar-1767 8-Jun-1845 7th US President, 1829-37
Jesse Jackson, Jr.
Politician
11-Mar-1965   Congressman, Illinois 2nd
Shirley Jackson
Novelist
14-Dec-1916 8-Aug-1965 The Lottery
William James
Philosopher
11-Jan-1842 26-Aug-1910 The Principles of Psychology
Thomas Jefferson
Head of State
13-Apr-1743 4-Jul-1826 3rd US President, 1801-09
Billy Joel
Pianist
9-May-1949   Didn't start the fire
Elton John
Singer/Songwriter
25-Mar-1947   Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Daniel Johns
Musician
22-Apr-1979   Frontman of Silverchair
Lyndon B. Johnson
Head of State
27-Aug-1908 22-Jan-1973 36th US President, 1963-69
Anson Jones
Politician
20-Jan-1798 9-Jan-1858 President of Texas, committed suicide
Brian Jones
Guitarist
28-Feb-1942 3-Jul-1969 Guitarist for the Rolling Stones
Ashley Judd
Actor
19-Apr-1968   Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Ted Kaczynski
Criminal
22-May-1942   The Unabomber
Franz Kafka
Novelist
3-Jul-1883 3-Jun-1924 Metamorphosis
Arthur Kane
Bassist
3-Feb-1949 13-Jul-2004 Former New York Dolls bassist
Kerry Katona
Singer
6-Sep-1980   Former lip synch artist, Atomic Kitten
John Keats
Poet
31-Oct-1795 23-Feb-1821 English romantic poet
Patrick Joseph Kennedy
Politician
14-Jul-1967   Congressman from Rhode Island, 1995-2011
Doug Kenney
Comic
10-Dec-1946 27-Aug-1980 National Lampoon cofounder
Stan Kenton
Jazz Musician
15-Dec-1911 25-Aug-1979 Jazz bandleader
Kublai Khan
Royalty
23-Sep-1215 18-Feb-1294 Mongol Emperor, 1260-71
Søren Kierkegaard
Philosopher
5-May-1813 11-Nov-1855 Father of existentialism
Laura Kightlinger
Comic
13-Jun-1969   Comedienne
Rodney King
Victim
2-Apr-1965 17-Jun-2012 Subject of filmed LAPD beatdown
Alfred Kinsey
Scientist
23-Jun-1894 25-Aug-1956 Researched human sexual behavior
Tommy Kirk
Actor
10-Dec-1941   The Mickey Mouse Club
Tawny Kitaen
Model
5-Aug-1961   Bachelor Party
Christopher Knight
Actor
7-Nov-1957   Peter on The Brady Bunch
Andrew Koenig
Actor
17-Aug-1968 14-Feb-2010 Growing Pains
Käthe Kollwitz
Artist
8-Jul-1867 22-Apr-1945 German graphic aritst
Kris Kristofferson
Actor
22-Jun-1936   Me and Bobby McGee
Akira Kurosawa
Film Director
23-Mar-1910 6-Sep-1998 Yojimbo
Thomas Kyd
Playwright
1558 Aug-1594 The Spanish Tragedy
Robert M. La Follette, Jr.
Politician
6-Feb-1895 24-Feb-1953 US Senator, committed suicide
Jules Laforgue
Poet
16-Aug-1860 20-Aug-1887 Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot
Maurice LaMarche
Actor
30-Mar-1958   Kif on Futurama
Adrian Lamo
Hacker
Feb-1981   So-called homeless hacker
James Henry Lane
Politician
22-Jun-1814 11-Jul-1866 US Senator from Kansas, 1861-66
Artie Lange
Comic
11-Oct-1967   MADtv, Howard Stern
Albert Lasker
Business
1-May-1880 30-May-1952 Advertising executive and medical research patron
Hugh Laurie
Actor
11-Jun-1959   Jeeves and Wooster, House
Hector Lavoe
Singer
30-Sep-1946 29-Jun-1993 Puerto Rican salsa singer
Martin Lawrence
Comic
16-Apr-1965   Martin
Amy Lee
Singer
13-Dec-1981   Evanescence
David Leisure
Actor
16-Nov-1950   Joe Isuzu
Sugar Ray Leonard
Boxing
17-May-1956   Retired six times
Robert Lepage
Film Director
12-Dec-1957   Seven Streams of the River Ota
Charles James Lever
Novelist
31-Aug-1806 1-Jun-1872 Charles O'Malley
Primo Levi
Author
31-Jul-1919 11-Apr-1987 Survival in Auschwitz
Monica Lewinsky
Government
23-Jul-1973   Engaged in Presidential cigar play
Meriwether Lewis
Explorer
18-Aug-1774 11-Oct-1809 Lewis and Clark expedition
Gordon Lightfoot
Musician
17-Nov-1938   Canadian balladeer
Ruth Lilly
Philanthropist
2-Aug-1915 30-Dec-2009 Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune
Limahl
Musician
19-Dec-1958   Lead singer for Kajagoogoo
Abraham Lincoln
Head of State
12-Feb-1809 15-Apr-1865 16th US President, 1861-65
Mary Todd Lincoln
First Lady
13-Dec-1818 16-Jul-1882 Wife of US President Abraham Lincoln
Max Linder
Actor
16-Dec-1883 31-Oct-1925 Seven Years Bad Luck
Bai Ling
Actor
10-Oct-1970   Anna and the King
Mark Linkous
Singer/Songwriter
9-Sep-1962 6-Mar-2010 Sparklehorse
Barry Livingston
Actor
17-Dec-1953   Ernie Douglas on My Three Sons
Heather Locklear
Actor
25-Sep-1961   Amanda Woodward on Melrose Place
Terry L. Long
Football
21-Jul-1959 7-Jun-2005 Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman
Tilly Losch
Dancer
15-Nov-1903 24-Dec-1975 Ballet dancer, sometimes actress
Louis XVI
Royalty
23-Aug-1754 21-Jan-1793 King of France, 1774-91
H. P. Lovecraft
Author
20-Aug-1890 15-Mar-1937 The Call of Cthulhu
Bela Lugosi
Actor
20-Oct-1882 16-Aug-1956 Dracula
Bernard L. Madoff
Business
29-Apr-1938   Madoff Investment Securities LLC
John Mahoney
Actor
20-Jun-1940   Martin Crane on Frasier
Katherine Mansfield
Author
14-Oct-1888 9-Jan-1923 Bliss
Charles Manson
Criminal
12-Nov-1934   Helter Skelter
Shirley Manson
Musician
26-Aug-1966   Frontwoman for Garbage
Princess Margaret
Royalty
21-Aug-1930 9-Feb-2002 QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon
Mick Mars
Guitarist
3-Apr-1956   Guitarist for Motley Crue
Harry Martinson
Poet
6-May-1904 11-Feb-1978 Aniara: A Review of Man in Time and Space
Mary Matalin
Politician
19-Aug-1953   Political creature
Guy de Maupassant
Author
5-Aug-1850 6-Jul-1893 French short story writer
Brian May
Guitarist
19-Jul-1947   Guitarist for Queen
Mindy McCready
Country Musician
30-Nov-1975   Troubled country music singer
Carson McCullers
Author
19-Feb-1917 29-Sep-1967 The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Michael McDermott
Criminal
4-Sep-1958   Mucko killed seven coworkers
Susan McDougal
Criminal
1955   Whitewater scandal
Rod McKuen
Poet
29-Apr-1933   A Boy Named Charlie Brown
Terry McMillan
Novelist
18-Oct-1951   Waiting to Exhale
Larry McMurtry
Novelist
3-Jun-1936   Lonesome Dove
Aimee Semple McPherson
Religion
9-Oct-1890 27-Sep-1944 Evangelist, faith healer
John McVie
Bassist
26-Nov-1945   Bassist for Fleetwood Mac
Anne Meara
Comic
20-Sep-1929   Stiller and Meara
Joe Meek
Music Producer
5-Apr-1929 3-Feb-1967 Innovative record producer
Erik Menendez
Criminal
27-Nov-1971   Killed parents with brother Lyle
Bob Merrill
Songwriter
17-May-1921 17-Feb-1998 How Much Is That Doggie In The Window?
Joyce Meyer
Religion
4-Jun-1943   Televangelist
George Michael
Singer/Songwriter
25-Jun-1963   Faith
Michelangelo
Sculptor
6-Mar-1475 18-Feb-1564 Renaissance sculptor and painter
John Stuart Mill
Philosopher
20-May-1806 8-May-1873 Liberal philosopher and essayist
Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Novelist
23-Jan-1923 9-Jan-1996 A Canticle for Leibowitz
W. C. Minor
Scholar
Jun-1834 26-Mar-1920 Prolific OED contributor
Carmen Miranda
Dancer
9-Feb-1909 5-Aug-1955 The lady in the tutti-frutti hat
Octave Mirbeau
Novelist
16-Feb-1850 16-Feb-1917 Le Jardin des supplices
Mimi Miyagi
Pornstar
3-Jul-1973   Lickity Slit, FantAsiany, Geisha Cum Whores
Vilhelm Moberg
Novelist
20-Aug-1898 8-Aug-1973 The Emigrants
Claude Monet
Painter
14-Nov-1840 5-Dec-1926 The Water Lilies
Marilyn Monroe
Actor
1-Jun-1926 5-Aug-1962 Some Like It Hot
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Novelist
30-Nov-1874 24-Apr-1942 Anne of Green Gables
Ronnie Montrose
Guitarist
29-Nov-1947 3-Mar-2012 Montrose and Gamma
Mandy Moore
Singer
10-Apr-1984   Candy
J. Pierpont Morgan
Business
17-Apr-1837 31-Mar-1913 Railroad financier, J. P. Morgan & Co.
Melanie Morgan
Radio Personality
1956   Conservative radio host
Henry Morgentaler
Doctor
19-Mar-1923   Abortion rights in Canada
Alanis Morissette
Singer
1-Jun-1974   Jagged Little Pill
Morrissey
Singer/Songwriter
22-May-1959   Frontman of The Smiths
Gerry Mulligan
Jazz Musician
6-Apr-1927 20-Jan-1996 Greatest jazz baritonist of all time
Conlon Nancarrow
Composer
27-Oct-1912 10-Aug-1997 Studies for Player Piano
Pola Negri
Actor
31-Dec-1894 1-Aug-1987 Sultry silent film diva
Aaron Neville
Musician
24-Jan-1941   Nature Boy
Isaac Newton
Physicist
4-Jan-1643 31-Mar-1727 Father of the clockwork universe
Alfred Nobel
Inventor
21-Oct-1833 10-Dec-1896 Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize
Charles Nordhoff
Novelist
1-Feb-1887 10-Apr-1947 Mutiny on the Bounty
Jay North
Actor
3-Aug-1951   Dennis the Menace
Oliver North
Military
7-Oct-1943   Perjuring Iran-Contra figure
Lisa Nowak
Astronaut
10-May-1963   According to lawyer, no diaper
Laura Nyro
Songwriter
18-Oct-1947 8-Apr-1997 New York songwriter
Sinead O'Connor
Musician
8-Dec-1966   Pop star ripped up Pope picture
Rosie O'Donnell
Talk Show Host
21-Mar-1962   The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Johnny O'Keefe
Musician
6-Jan-1935 6-Oct-1978 King of Australian rock and roll
Tatum O'Neal
Actor
5-Nov-1963   Paper Moon
Eugene O'Neill
Playwright
16-Oct-1888 27-Nov-1953 Long Day's Journey Into Night
Billy Ocean
Singer
21-Jan-1950   Caribbean Queen
Phil Ochs
Singer/Songwriter
19-Dec-1940 9-Apr-1976 50 Phil Ochs fans can't be wrong
Keith Olbermann
Pundit
27-Jan-1959   Countdown
Laurence Olivier
Actor
22-May-1907 11-Jul-1989 Shakespearean actor
Robert Oppenheimer
Physicist
22-Apr-1904 18-Feb-1967 Physicist, headed the Manhattan Project
Tony Orlando
Singer
3-Apr-1944   Tony Orlando and Dawn
Jack Osbourne
Relative
8-Nov-1985   Son of Ozzy Osbourne
Ozzy Osbourne
Singer
3-Dec-1948   Black Sabbath
Carré Otis
Model
28-Sep-1968   Mickey Rourke's ex-wife
Gustav Otto
Business
12-Jan-1883 28-Feb-1926 Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG
Nikolaus Otto
Engineer
14-Jun-1832 26-Jan-1891 Four-stroke internal-combustion engine
Joe Pantoliano
Actor
12-Sep-1951   Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp
Colonel Tom Parker
Business
26-Jun-1909 21-Jan-1997 Elvis Presley's manager
Dolly Parton
Country Musician
19-Jan-1946   Jolene
Jaco Pastorius
Jazz Musician
1-Dec-1951 21-Sep-1987 Bassist for Weather Report
Floyd Patterson
Boxing
4-Jan-1935 11-May-2006 Heavyweight champion at age 21
Vinnie Paul
Drummer
11-Mar-1964   Former drummer for Pantera
Wolfgang Pauli
Physicist
25-Apr-1900 15-Dec-1958 Pauli Exclusion Principle
M. Scott Peck
Author
22-May-1936 25-Sep-2005 The Road Less Traveled
Harvey Pekar
Author
8-Oct-1939 12-Jul-2010 American Splendor
J. C. Penney
Business
16-Sep-1875 12-Feb-1971 Founder of J. C. Penney Company
Susan Peters
Actor
3-Jul-1921 23-Oct-1952 Random Harvest
Kim Philby
Spy
1-Jan-1912 11-May-1988 One of the Cambridge Five in MI6
T. Boone Pickens
Business
22-May-1928   Texas oilman, founded Mesa Petroleum
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.
Jane Pierce
First Lady
12-Mar-1806 2-Dec-1863 Wife of US President Franklin Pierce
Robert Pirsig
Author
6-Sep-1928   Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Sylvia Plath
Poet
27-Oct-1932 11-Feb-1963 Daddy
Edgar Allan Poe
Author
19-Jan-1809 7-Oct-1849 The Raven
Cole Porter
Composer
9-Jun-1891 15-Oct-1964 I've Got You Under My Skin
C. W. Post
Business
26-Oct-1854 9-May-1914 Invented Postum and Grape-Nuts
Michael Powell
Government
23-Mar-1963   FCC Chairman 2001-05, Colin Powell's son
Lisa Marie Presley
Relative
1-Feb-1968   Daughter of Elvis Presley
Richard Pryor
Comic
1-Dec-1940 10-Dec-2005 Stand-up comic, Stir Crazy
Robin Quivers
Talk Show Host
8-Aug-1952   Howard Stern's sidekick
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Religion
11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
Noel Redding
Bassist
25-Dec-1943 11-May-2003 Bassist for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
David Reimer
Victim
1965 4-May-2004 Boy raised as a girl
Lance Rentzel
Football
14-Oct-1943   Disgraced former Dallas Cowboy
Trent Reznor
Electronic Musician
17-May-1965   Nine Inch Nails
Christina Ricci
Actor
12-Feb-1980   The Addams Family
Little Richard
Musician
5-Dec-1932   Tutti Frutti
Theodore W. Richards
Chemist
31-Jan-1868 2-Apr-1928 Atomic weights
Jeannie C. Riley
Singer
9-Oct-1945   Harper Valley P.T.A.
Rainer Maria Rilke
Poet
04-Dec-1875 29-Dec-1926 Duino Elegies, Sonnets to Orpheus
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
Joan Rivers
Comic
8-Jun-1933   Can we talk?
Rene Rivkin
Business
6-Jun-1944 1-May-2005 Disgraced Australian stockbroker
Tony Robbins
Author
29-Feb-1960   Toothy motivational speaker
James Robison
Religion
9-Oct-1943   Televangelist
Jack Roche
Terrorist
31-Oct-1953   al Qaeda's man in Australia
Richard Rodgers
Composer
28-Jun-1902 30-Dec-1979 Rodgers and Hammerstein
Theodore Roethke
Poet
25-May-1908 1-Aug-1963 The Waking
Peter Mark Roget
Author
18-Jan-1779 12-Sep-1869 Roget's Thesaurus
Kermit Roosevelt
Relative
10-Oct-1889 4-Jun-1943 Theodore Roosevelt's son
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Painter
12-May-1828 9-Apr-1882 English pre-Raphaelite painter
Gioacchino Rossini
Composer
29-Feb-1792 13-Nov-1868 William Tell Overture
Henry Roth
Author
8-Feb-1906 13-Oct-1995 Call It Sleep
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
Artur Rubinstein
Pianist
28-Jan-1887 20-Dec-1982 Polish-American piano virtuoso
RuPaul
TV Personality
17-Nov-1960   Drag queen supermodel
Bertrand Russell
Mathematician
18-May-1872 2-Feb-1970 Mathematician, atheist, and social critic
Winona Ryder
Actor
29-Oct-1971   Edward Scissorhands
Nelly Sachs
Poet
10-Dec-1891 12-May-1970 O the Chimneys
Oliver Sacks
Doctor
9-Jul-1933   Awakenings
Yves Saint Laurent
Fashion Designer
1-Aug-1936 1-Jun-2008 Christian Dior protege
Terry Sawchuk
Hockey
28-Dec-1929 31-May-1970 Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer
David Hans Schmidt
Business
27-May-1960 28-Sep-2007 Celebrity porn broker
Olive Schreiner
Novelist
24-Mar-1855 11-Dec-1920 The Story of an African Farm
Charles Schulz
Cartoonist
26-Nov-1922 12-Feb-2000 Cartoonist created Peanuts
Robert Schumann
Composer
8-Jun-1810 29-Jul-1856 Toccata
Julian Schwinger
Physicist
12-Feb-1918 16-Jul-1994 Quantum electrodynamics
Kurt Schwitters
Artist
20-Jun-1887 8-Jan-1948 Collagist, Merz
Zachary Scott
Actor
24-Feb-1914 3-Oct-1965 The Mask of Dimitrios
Monica Seles
Tennis
2-Dec-1973   Winner of 9 Majors
Frank Serpico
Activist
14-Apr-1936   The most dangerous man alive - An honest cop
Anne Sexton
Poet
9-Nov-1928 4-Oct-1974 Live or Die
Del Shannon
Singer/Songwriter
30-Dec-1934 8-Feb-1990 1960s songwriter, Runaway
Matthew Shepard
Victim
1-Dec-1976 12-Oct-1998 Gay hate crime victim
Karen Silkwood
Victim
19-Feb-1946 13-Nov-1974 Nuclear whistleblower
Sarah Silverman
Comic
1-Dec-1970   The Sarah Silverman Program
William Dean Singleton
Business
1951   Texan newspaper mogul
Tom Sizemore
Actor
29-Nov-1961   Heat, Robbery Homicide Division
Anna Nicole Smith
Model
28-Nov-1967 8-Feb-2007 Addled golddigger
David Hyrum Smith
Relative
17-Nov-1844 29-Aug-1904 Son of Joseph Smith
Elliott Smith
Guitarist
6-Aug-1969 21-Oct-2003 Indie guitarist stabbed himself to death
Robert Smith
Musician
21-Apr-1959   Lead singer of The Cure
Yeardley Smith
Actor
3-Jul-1964   Voice of Lisa on The Simpsons
Frederick Soddy
Chemist
2-Sep-1877 22-Sep-1956 Isotopes
Valerie Solanas
Activist
9-Apr-1936 26-Apr-1988 Shot Andy Warhol
Suzanne Somers
Actor
16-Oct-1946   Chrissy on Three's Company
Joe South
Musician
28-Feb-1940   Southern singer/songwriter and session guitarist
Dusty Springfield
Singer
16-Apr-1939 2-Mar-1999 Son of a Preacher Man
Rick Springfield
Musician
23-Aug-1949   Jessie's Girl
Nancy Spungen
Victim
27-Feb-1958 12-Oct-1978 Sid Vicious's girlfriend
Jean Stafford
Novelist
1-Jul-1915 26-Mar-1979 The Catherine Wheel
Sylvester Stallone
Actor
6-Jul-1946   Rocky, Rambo
Edwin M. Stanton
Politician
19-Dec-1814 24-Dec-1869 Secretary of War during the Civil War
Scott Stapp
Musician
8-Aug-1973   Singer for Creed
Peter Steele
Musician
4-Jan-1962 14-Apr-2010 Frontman for Type O Negative
George Stephanopoulos
TV Personality
10-Feb-1961   Bill Clinton's communications director
Ted Stevens
Politician
18-Nov-1923 10-Aug-2010 US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009
Robert Louis Stevenson
Author
13-Nov-1850 3-Dec-1894 Treasure Island
Rollen Stewart
Oddity
1945   The Rainbow Man
Adalbert Stifter
Author
23-Oct-1805 28-Jan-1868 Studien
Darryl Strawberry
Baseball
12-Mar-1962   Troubled former baseball player
Kevin Strom
Activist
1956   Founder, National Vanguard
William Styron
Novelist
11-Jun-1925 31-Oct-2006 The Confessions of Nat Turner
Margaret Sullavan
Actor
16-May-1911 1-Jan-1960 The Shop Around the Corner
Donna Summer
Singer
31-Dec-1948 17-May-2012 Hot Stuff
Willie Sutton
Criminal
30-Jun-1901 2-Nov-1980 Because that's where the money is
Tom Tancredo
Politician
20-Dec-1945   Congressman from Colorado, 1999-2009
James Taylor
Singer/Songwriter
12-Mar-1948   Seen fire, rain
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Poet
6-Aug-1809 6-Oct-1892 The Charge of the Light Brigade
Dylan Thomas
Poet
27-Oct-1914 9-Nov-1953 Most influential Welsh poet
Emma Thompson
Actor
15-Apr-1959   Howard's End
Scott Thorson
Relative
c. 1958   Liberace's young male lover
Gene Tierney
Actor
19-Nov-1920 6-Nov-1991 Laura
Eckhart Tolle
Religion
16-Feb-1948   The Power of Now
Leo Tolstoy
Author
9-Sep-1828 20-Nov-1910 Russian novelist
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
Doctor
30-Oct-1857 26-May-1904 Tourette's syndrome
Spencer Tracy
Actor
5-Apr-1900 10-Jun-1967 Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars
François Truffaut
Film Director
6-Feb-1932 21-Oct-1984 Last Metro
Mark Twain
Author
30-Nov-1835 21-Apr-1910 Huckleberry Finn
Jeff Tweedy
Singer/Songwriter
25-Aug-1967   Lead singer of Wilco
Jim Unger
Cartoonist
21-Jan-1937 29-May-2012 Herman
Mamie Van Doren
Actor
6-Feb-1931   High School Confidential!
Mona Van Duyn
Poet
9-May-1921 1-Dec-2004 To See, To Take
Vincent van Gogh
Painter
30-Mar-1853 29-Jul-1890 Troubled and brilliant painter
Vicki Van Meter
Aviator
13-Mar-1982 15-Mar-2008 Child cross-country aviator
Vanity
Singer
4-Jan-1959   Lingerie-clad Prince protégé
Edgard Varèse
Composer
22-Dec-1883 8-Nov-1965 Poème électronique
Lupe Velez
Actor
18-Jul-1908 13-Dec-1944 The Mexican Spitfire
Immanuel Velikovsky
Author
10-Jun-1895 17-Nov-1979 Worlds in Collision
David Vetter
Victim
21-Sep-1971 22-Feb-1984 The Boy in the Bubble
Hervé Villechaize
Actor
23-Apr-1943 4-Sep-1993 Boss, the plane! The plane!
Ludwig von Mises
Economist
29-Sep-1881 10-Oct-1973 Libertarian Economist
Lars von Trier
Film Director
30-Apr-1956   Breaking the Waves
Kurt Vonnegut
Novelist
11-Nov-1922 11-Apr-2007 Slaughterhouse Five
Bill W.
Activist
26-Nov-1895 24-Jan-1971 Alcoholics Anonymous cofounder
Johannes Diderik van der Waals
Physicist
23-Nov-1837 9-Mar-1923 Investigated states of matter
Mike Wallace
Journalist
9-May-1918 7-Apr-2012 Veteran 60 Minutes correspondent
Aby Warburg
Scholar
13-Jun-1866 26-Oct-1929 Founder of the Warburg Institute
Bill Ward
Drummer
5-May-1948   Drummer for Black Sabbath
Chris Ware
Cartoonist
28-Dec-1967   The ACME Novelty Library
Rick Warren
Religion
28-Jan-1954   The Purpose-Driven Life
George Washington
Head of State
22-Feb-1732 14-Dec-1799 1st US President, 1789-97
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.
Business
14-Jan-1914 31-Dec-1993 CEO of IBM, 1956-71
James Watt
Inventor
19-Jan-1736 19-Aug-1819 Invented modern steam engine
Coral Eugene Watts
Criminal
7-Nov-1953 21-Sep-2007 Maybe America's most prolific serial killer
Evelyn Waugh
Novelist
28-Oct-1903 10-Apr-1966 Brideshead Revisited
Gerard Way
Musician
9-Apr-1977   My Chemical Romance
Gary Webb
Journalist
31-Aug-1955 10-Dec-2004 Exposed CIA Nicaragua/drugs angle
Mike Webster
Football
18-Mar-1952 24-Sep-2002 Hall of Fame Center, Pittsburgh Steelers
Denise Welch
Actor
22-May-1958   British TV soap actress
Florence Welch
Singer
28-Aug-1986   Florence and the Machine
Kanye West
Music Producer
8-Jun-1977   The College Dropout
Paul Westerberg
Musician
31-Dec-1960   The Replacements
Bryan White
Country Musician
17-Feb-1974   Someone Else's Star
Dan White
Assassin
2-Sep-1946 21-Oct-1985 Assassinated George Moscone and Harvey Milk
Ellen G. White
Religion
26-Nov-1827 16-Jul-1915 Adventist seer of visions
Charles Whitman
Criminal
24-Jun-1941 1-Aug-1966 University Tower sharpshooter
Grace Lee Whitney
Actor
1-Apr-1930   Yeoman Rand on Star Trek
Montel Williams
Talk Show Host
3-Jul-1956   The Montel Williams Show
Tennessee Williams
Playwright
26-Mar-1911 25-Feb-1983 The Glass Menagerie
Carl Wilson
Musician
21-Dec-1946 6-Feb-1998 Beach Boy
Ellen Wilson
First Lady
15-May-1860 6-Aug-1914 First wife of US President Woodrow Wilson
Owen Wilson
Actor
18-Nov-1968   Zoolander
John G. Winant
Politician
23-Feb-1889 3-Nov-1947 New Hampshire governor, committed suicide
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Philosopher
26-Apr-1889 29-Apr-1951 Destroyed metaphysics
Virginia Woolf
Novelist
25-Jan-1882 28-Mar-1941 Suicidal English novelist
Herbert O. Yardley
Scientist
13-Apr-1889 7-Aug-1958 U.S. cryptographer during WWI
Faron Young
Musician
25-Feb-1932 10-Dec-1996 The Hillbilly Heartthrob
Robert Young
Actor
22-Feb-1907 21-Jul-1998 Marcus Welby, M.D.
Asif Ali Zardari
Head of State
22-Jul-1955   President of Pakistan
Marion Zioncheck
Politician
5-Dec-1901 7-Aug-1936 Congressman, committed suicide



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