Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Scott Adams |
Cartoonist |
8-Jun-1957 |
|
Creator, Dilbert |
Muhammad Ali |
Boxing |
17-Jan-1942 |
|
Floated like butterfly, stung like bee |
Harry Anderson |
Actor |
14-Oct-1952 |
|
Judge Harry Stone on Night Court |
Tim Armstrong |
Musician |
25-Nov-1966 |
|
Rancid frontman |
George Baker |
Actor |
1-Apr-1931 |
7-Oct-2011 |
Ruth Rendell Mysteries |
Geoff Barrow |
Electronic Musician |
9-Dec-1971 |
|
Portishead |
Harry Belafonte |
Singer/Songwriter |
1-Mar-1927 |
|
Calypso singer |
Alexander Graham Bell |
Inventor |
3-Mar-1847 |
2-Aug-1922 |
Inventor of the telephone |
Robert Blake |
Actor |
18-Sep-1933 |
|
Baretta |
Billy Blanks |
Fitness Guru |
1-Sep-1955 |
|
Inventor of Taebo |
Orlando Bloom |
Actor |
13-Jan-1977 |
|
Lord of the Rings |
David Boies |
Attorney |
Mar-1941 |
|
Represented Gore in Bush v. Gore |
Lara Flynn Boyle |
Actor |
24-Mar-1970 |
|
Wayne's World |
Richard Branson |
Business |
18-Jul-1950 |
|
Founder of Virgin chain |
Erin Brockovich |
Activist |
22-Jun-1960 |
|
Paralegal portrayed by Julia Roberts |
A. J. Buckley |
Actor |
9-Feb-1978 |
|
Adam Ross on CSI: NY |
George H.W. Bush |
Head of State |
12-Jun-1924 |
|
41st US President, 1989-93 |
George W. Bush |
Head of State |
6-Jul-1946 |
|
43rd US President, 2001-09 |
Neil Bush |
Relative |
22-Jan-1955 |
|
Silverado Savings & Loan |
Stephen J. Cannell |
Film/TV Producer |
2-May-1941 |
30-Sep-2010 |
Creator of The Rockford Files |
John T. Chambers |
Business |
23-Aug-1949 |
|
CEO of Cisco |
Cher |
Singer |
20-May-1946 |
|
Sonny and Cher |
Agatha Christie |
Novelist |
15-Sep-1890 |
12-Jan-1976 |
Mystery novelist |
Winston Churchill |
Head of State |
30-Nov-1874 |
24-Jan-1965 |
WWII Prime Minister of England |
Janet Cooke |
Journalist |
23-Jul-1954 |
|
Caught writing fake news |
Ted Costa |
Government |
c. 1941 |
|
Drove the 2003 California recall election |
Eliza Coupe |
Actor |
6-Apr-1983 |
|
Jane Kerkovich-Williams on Happy Endings |
Tom Cruise |
Actor |
3-Jul-1962 |
|
Flamboyant Scientologist |
Robert Crumb |
Cartoonist |
30-Aug-1943 |
|
Weirdo, Zap Comix |
Leonardo Da Vinci |
Artist |
15-Apr-1452 |
2-May-1519 |
Mona Lisa, The Last Supper |
Charles Dance |
Actor |
10-Oct-1946 |
|
Good Morning, Babylon |
John de Lancie |
Actor |
20-Mar-1948 |
|
Q on Star Trek: TNG |
Patrick Dempsey |
Actor |
13-Jan-1966 |
|
Dr. McDreamy on Grey's Anatomy |
Walt Disney |
Business |
5-Dec-1901 |
15-Dec-1966 |
Founder of Disney empire |
Clea DuVall |
Actor |
25-Sep-1977 |
|
Carnivale |
Thomas Edison |
Inventor |
11-Feb-1847 |
18-Oct-1931 |
Invented the light bulb |
Albert Einstein |
Physicist |
14-Mar-1879 |
18-Apr-1955 |
Theory of relativity |
Michael Faraday |
Physicist |
22-Sep-1791 |
25-Aug-1867 |
Discovered electrical induction |
Fannie Flagg |
Comic |
21-Sep-1944 |
|
Fried Green Tomatoes |
Vince Flynn |
Novelist |
1966 |
|
Term Limits |
Dave Foley |
Actor |
4-Jan-1963 |
|
The Kids in the Hall |
Harrison Ford |
Actor |
13-Jul-1942 |
|
Han Solo in Star Wars |
Henry Ford |
Business |
30-Jul-1863 |
7-Apr-1947 |
Founder of Ford Motors |
Richard Ford |
Novelist |
16-Feb-1944 |
|
Independence Day |
Noel Gallagher |
Guitarist |
29-May-1967 |
|
Former guitarist for Oasis |
Susan George |
Actor |
26-Jul-1950 |
|
Straw Dogs |
Danny Glover |
Actor |
22-Jul-1946 |
|
Lethal Weapon |
Tracey Gold |
Actor |
16-May-1969 |
|
Growing Pains |
Whoopi Goldberg |
Actor |
13-Nov-1955 |
|
Sister Act |
Terry Goodkind |
Novelist |
1948 |
|
Sword of Truth series |
Sammy "The Bull" Gravano |
Criminal |
12-Mar-1945 |
|
Testified against John Gotti |
Mike Gravel |
Politician |
13-May-1930 |
|
US Senator from Alaska, 1969-81 |
Spalding Gray |
Actor |
5-Jun-1941 |
11-Jan-2004 |
Swimming to Cambodia monologist |
Carol W. Greider |
Scientist |
15-Apr-1961 |
|
Co-Discoverer of telomerase |
Susan Hampshire |
Actor |
12-May-1937 |
|
The Forsyte Saga |
Woody Harrelson |
Actor |
23-Jul-1961 |
|
Woody from Cheers |
Salma Hayek |
Actor |
2-Sep-1966 |
|
Frida |
Margaux Hemingway |
Actor |
16-Feb-1955 |
2-Jul-1996 |
Troubled actress OD'd on klonopin |
William Hewlett |
Business |
20-May-1913 |
12-Jan-2001 |
Co-Founder of Hewlett-Packard |
Tommy Hilfiger |
Fashion Designer |
24-Mar-1951 |
|
Fashion designer |
Anthony Hopkins |
Actor |
31-Dec-1937 |
|
Hannibal Lecter |
Bob Hoskins |
Actor |
26-Oct-1942 |
|
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? |
E. Howard Hunt |
Criminal |
9-Oct-1918 |
23-Jan-2007 |
Coordinated Watergate break-in |
John Irving |
Novelist |
2-Mar-1942 |
|
The World According to Garp |
Eddie Izzard |
Comic |
7-Feb-1962 |
|
Bloke in a dress going on and on |
Thomas Jefferson |
Head of State |
13-Apr-1743 |
4-Jul-1826 |
3rd US President, 1801-09 |
Bruce Jenner |
Track and Field |
28-Oct-1949 |
|
US Olympic track and field star |
Jewel |
Singer/Songwriter |
23-May-1974 |
|
Who will save her soul |
Magic Johnson |
Basketball |
14-Aug-1959 |
|
Lakers star, AIDS spokesman |
Ingvar Kamprad |
Business |
30-Mar-1926 |
|
IKEA founder |
John F. Kennedy |
Head of State |
29-May-1917 |
22-Nov-1963 |
35th US President, 1961-63 |
Tawny Kitaen |
Model |
5-Aug-1961 |
|
Bachelor Party |
Christopher Knight |
Actor |
7-Nov-1957 |
|
Peter on The Brady Bunch |
Keira Knightley |
Actor |
26-Mar-1985 |
|
Bend It Like Beckham |
Willem Johan Kolff |
Scientist |
14-Feb-1911 |
11-Feb-2009 |
Artificial kidney, artificial heart |
David Koresh |
Religion |
17-Aug-1959 |
19-Apr-1993 |
Branch Davidian cult leader |
John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
Jay Leno |
Talk Show Host |
28-Apr-1950 |
|
The Tonight Show |
Greg Louganis |
Diver |
29-Jan-1960 |
|
Olympic diver, four gold medals |
Art Malik |
Actor |
13-Nov-1952 |
|
Dr. Zubin Khan on Holby City |
Dan Malloy |
Politician |
21-Jul-1955 |
|
Governor of Connecticut |
Archer J. P. Martin |
Chemist |
1-Mar-1910 |
28-Jul-2002 |
Partition chromatography |
Jamie Masada |
Business |
c. 1963 |
|
Laugh Factory owner |
Craig McCaw |
Business |
11-Aug-1949 |
|
Billionaire, Nextel |
Bruce McCulloch |
Actor |
12-May-1961 |
|
The Kids in the Hall |
Vince McMahon |
Wrestling |
24-Aug-1945 |
|
World Wrestling Entertainment impresario |
Joe Meek |
Music Producer |
5-Apr-1929 |
3-Feb-1967 |
Innovative record producer |
Kendrick Meek |
Politician |
6-Sep-1966 |
|
Congressman from Florida, 2003-11 |
Sid Meier |
Computer Programmer |
1954 |
|
Father of Computer Gaming |
Alyssa Milano |
Actor |
19-Dec-1972 |
|
Charmed |
Sarah Miles |
Actor |
31-Dec-1941 |
|
Hope and Glory |
David H. Murdock |
Business |
10-Apr-1923 |
|
CEO of Dole Food |
Nicholas Negroponte |
Educator |
1943 |
|
Founder, MIT Media Lab |
Vince Neil |
Singer |
8-Feb-1961 |
|
Mötley Crüe vocalist |
Gavin Newsom |
Politician |
10-Oct-1967 |
|
Lt. Governor of California |
Henry T. Nicholas |
Business |
c. 1959 |
|
Broadcom billionaire |
Richard O'Brien |
Actor |
25-Mar-1942 |
|
The Rocky Horror Picture Show |
Anita O'Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Feminine master of scat |
Paul Oakenfold |
Music Producer |
30-Aug-1963 |
|
Music producer, Perfecto Records |
Jamie Oliver |
Chef |
27-May-1975 |
|
The Naked Chef |
Edward James Olmos |
Actor |
24-Feb-1947 |
|
Battlestar Galactica |
Paul Orfalea |
Business |
28-Nov-1947 |
|
Founder of Kinko's |
Ozzy Osbourne |
Singer |
3-Dec-1948 |
|
Black Sabbath |
Carré Otis |
Model |
28-Sep-1968 |
|
Mickey Rourke's ex-wife |
Joe Pantoliano |
Actor |
12-Sep-1951 |
|
Ralph Cifaretto, Guido the killer pimp |
George S. Patton |
Military |
11-Nov-1885 |
21-Dec-1945 |
American WWII Army commander |
Pablo Picasso |
Painter |
25-Oct-1881 |
8-Apr-1973 |
Abstract painter and sculptor |
Oliver Reed |
Actor |
13-Feb-1938 |
2-May-1999 |
Lion of the Desert |
Keanu Reeves |
Actor |
2-Sep-1964 |
|
Dude |
Guy Ritchie |
Film Director |
10-Sep-1968 |
|
Lock Stock And Two Smoking Barrels |
Nelson Rockefeller |
Politician |
8-Jul-1908 |
26-Jan-1979 |
Ford's Vice President |
Jane Rule |
Author |
28-Mar-1931 |
27-Nov-2007 |
Desert of the Heart |
Lee Ryan |
Musician |
17-Jun-1983 |
|
Member of boy band Blue |
Charles Schwab |
Business |
29-Jul-1937 |
|
Founded Charles Schwab & Co. |
Ashley Scott |
Actor |
13-Jul-1977 |
|
Dark Angel |
Michael Skakel |
Criminal |
19-Sep-1960 |
|
Convicted of murdering Martha Moxley |
Tommy Smothers |
Comic |
2-Feb-1937 |
|
A Smothers Brother |
Dana Snyder |
Actor |
14-Nov-1973 |
|
Master Shake on Aqua Teen Hunger Force |
Suzanne Somers |
Actor |
16-Oct-1946 |
|
Chrissy on Three's Company |
James LeVoy Sorenson |
Business |
30-Jul-1921 |
20-Jan-2008 |
Utah billionaire |
Jackie Stewart |
Auto Racing |
11-Jun-1939 |
|
Three time Formula-1 world champion |
Punch Sulzberger |
Publisher |
5-Feb-1926 |
|
New York Times Publisher, 1963-91 |
Helen B. Taussig |
Doctor |
24-May-1898 |
20-May-1986 |
Mother of pediatric cardiology |
Ted Turner |
Business |
19-Nov-1938 |
|
Founder of Cable News Network |
Liv Tyler |
Actor |
1-Jul-1977 |
|
Daughter of Aerosmith frontman |
James Van Der Beek |
Actor |
8-Mar-1977 |
|
Dawson Leery on Dawson's Creek |
Lindsay Wagner |
Actor |
22-Jun-1949 |
|
The Bionic Woman |
Zoë Wanamaker |
Actor |
13-May-1949 |
|
Susan Harper on My Family |
George Washington |
Head of State |
22-Feb-1732 |
14-Dec-1799 |
1st US President, 1789-97 |
Wendy Wasserstein |
Playwright |
18-Oct-1950 |
30-Jan-2006 |
The Heidi Chronicles |
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business |
14-Jan-1914 |
31-Dec-1993 |
CEO of IBM, 1956-71 |
Bob Weir |
Guitarist |
16-Oct-1947 |
|
Rhythm guitar for Grateful Dead |
Florence Welch |
Singer |
28-Aug-1986 |
|
Florence and the Machine |
Hank Williams III |
Musician |
12-Dec-1972 |
|
Grandson of Hank Williams |
Robbie Williams |
Singer |
13-Feb-1974 |
|
Former member of Take That |
Robin Williams |
Comic |
21-Jul-1952 |
|
Mork from Ork |
Edward O. Wilson |
Biologist |
10-Jun-1929 |
|
Father of Sociobiology |
Woodrow Wilson |
Head of State |
28-Dec-1856 |
3-Feb-1924 |
28th US President, 1913-21 |
Henry Winkler |
Actor |
30-Oct-1945 |
|
Fonz on Happy Days |
William Butler Yeats |
Poet |
13-Jun-1865 |
28-Jan-1939 |
The Land of Heart's Desire |
Ahmet Zappa |
Musician |
15-May-1974 |
|
Son of Frank Zappa |