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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Head of State
5-Dec-1927   King of Thailand
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Actor
22-Aug-1967   Adebisi in Oz
Luana Anders
Actor
12-May-1938 21-Jul-1996 The Pit and the Pendulum
Laurie Anderson
Performance Artist
5-Jun-1947   Tape bow violinist and performance artist
Ashoka
Royalty
c. 304 BC 232 BC Emperor of India, 273-32 BC
John Astin
Actor
30-Mar-1930   Gomez on The Addams Family
Roberto Baggio
Soccer
18-Feb-1967   The Divine Ponytail
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Head of State
17-Apr-1916 10-Oct-2000 Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
Matsuo Basho
Poet
1644 12-Oct-1694 Haiku master
Orlando Bloom
Actor
13-Jan-1977   Lord of the Rings
David Bowie
Singer/Songwriter
8-Jan-1947   Ziggy Stardust
Buddha
Religion
563 BC 477 BC Enlightened One
Chester Carlson
Inventor
8-Feb-1906 19-Sep-1968 Invented Xerography
Orlando Cepeda
Baseball
17-Sep-1937   MLB first baseman
Jackie Chan
Actor
7-Apr-1954   Martial arts star, did his own stunts
Yvon Chouinard
Business
9-Nov-1938   Founder, Patagonia
Art Clokey
Cartoonist
12-Oct-1921 8-Jan-2010 Creator of Gumby
Paula Cole
Musician
5-Apr-1968   Where Have All The Cowboys Gone?
Peter Coyote
Actor
10-Oct-1942   Dennis Ryland on The 4400
Penelope Cruz
Actor
28-Apr-1974   Woman On Top
Dalai Lama
Religion
6-Jul-1935   14th incarnation of the Dalai Lama
Patrick Duffy
Actor
17-Mar-1949   Bobby Ewing on Dallas
Daniel Ellsberg
Government
7-Apr-1931   Pentagon Papers source
Eric Erlandson
Guitarist
9-Jan-1963   Guitarist for Hole
Boy George
Singer/Songwriter
14-Jun-1961   Karma Chameleon
Richard Gere
Actor
31-Aug-1949   American Gigolo
Allen Ginsberg
Poet
3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Karl Gjellerup
Author
2-Jun-1857 11-Oct-1919 The Pilgrim Kamanita
Paul Michael Glaser
Actor
25-Mar-1943   Starsky and Hutch
Ron Glass
Actor
10-Jul-1945   Det. Harris on Barney Miller
Gary Glitter
Musician
8-May-1944   Rock and Roll Part 2
Alex Grey
Artist
29-Nov-1953   Chapel of Sacred Mirrors
Colleen Hanabusa
Politician
4-May-1951   Congresswoman, Hawaii 1st
Herbie Hancock
Jazz Musician
12-Apr-1940   Innovative jazz/fusion composer and pianist
Naomie Harris
Actor
6-Sep-1976   Pirates of the Caribbean
Goldie Hawn
Actor
21-Nov-1945   Private Benjamin
Sessue Hayakawa
Actor
10-Jun-1889 23-Nov-1973 The Bridge on the River Kwai
Mazie Hirono
Politician
3-Nov-1947   Congresswoman, Hawaii 2nd
Chuck Hoberman
Inventor
1956   Creator of unfolding structures
Soichiro Honda
Business
17-Nov-1906 5-Aug-1991 Founder of Honda Motor Company
William Hung
Singer
13-Jan-1983   Hong Kong Ricky Martin on American Idol
Cheddi Jagan
Head of State
22-Mar-1918 6-Mar-1997 President of Guyana, 1992-97
Steve Jobs
Business
24-Feb-1955 5-Oct-2011 Co-Founder of Apple Computer
Hank Johnson
Politician
2-Oct-1954   Congressman, Georgia 4th
Angelina Jolie
Actor
4-Jun-1975   Tomb Raider
Herbert von Karajan
Conductor
5-Apr-1908 16-Jul-1989 General music director of Europe
Bob Kaufman
Poet
18-Apr-1925 12-Jan-1986 Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
Irvin Kershner
Film Director
29-Apr-1923 27-Nov-2010 The Empire Strikes Back
Kublai Khan
Royalty
23-Sep-1215 18-Feb-1294 Mongol Emperor, 1260-71
Aung San Suu Kyi
Activist
19-Jun-1945   Burmese activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Jules Laforgue
Poet
16-Aug-1860 20-Aug-1887 Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot
Bruce Lee
Actor
27-Nov-1940 20-Jul-1973 Enter the Dragon
Rula Lenska
Actor
30-Sep-1947   Alberta VO5 commercials
Jet Li
Actor
26-Apr-1963   Kung fu action movie star
Konosuke Matsushita
Business
27-Nov-1894 27-Apr-1989 Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Peter Matthiessen
Novelist
22-May-1927   At Play in the Fields of the Lord
MCA
Rapper
5-Aug-1967 4-May-2012 Beastie Boys
Stephin Merritt
Singer/Songwriter
1966   The Magnetic Fields, The 6ths
Yukio Mishima
Author
14-Jan-1925 25-Nov-1970 The Sea of Fertility
Joni Mitchell
Singer/Songwriter
7-Nov-1943   Big Yellow Taxi
Alanis Morissette
Singer
1-Jun-1974   Jagged Little Pill
Jamie Muir
Drummer
?   Experimental percussionist
Miyamoto Musashi
Military
12-Mar-1584 13-Jun-1645 A Book of Five Rings
Haing S. Ngor
Victim
22-Mar-1940 25-Feb-1996 The Killing Fields
Peter Norton
Computer Programmer
14-Nov-1943   Retired computer utilities programmer
Michael O'Keefe
Actor
24-Apr-1955   Caddyshack
Carré Otis
Model
28-Sep-1968   Mickey Rourke's ex-wife
Mariane Pearl
Journalist
23-Jul-1967   Widow of Daniel Pearl
Dennis Peron
Activist
8-Apr-1945   Medical marijuana
Robert Pirsig
Author
6-Sep-1928   Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Stacey Q
Singer
30-Nov-1958   Two of Hearts
Mahinda Rajapakse
Head of State
18-Nov-1945   President of Sri Lanka
Keanu Reeves
Actor
2-Sep-1964   Dude
Vere Rothermere
Publisher
27-Apr-1925 1-Sep-1998 Proprietor of the Daily Mail, 1971-98
Herschel Savage
Pornstar
25-Nov-1952   Go-to performer for Seymore Butts
Steven Seagal
Actor
10-Apr-1951   Under Siege
Garry Shandling
Comic
29-Nov-1949   Larry Sanders
Duncan Sheik
Musician
18-Nov-1969   Barely Breathing
Thaksin Shinawatra
Head of State
26-Jul-1949   Prime Minister of Thailand, 2001-06
Phoebe Snow
Jazz Musician
17-Jul-1952 26-Apr-2011 Jazz vocalist
Koo Stark
Actor
26-Apr-1956   Ex-Girlfriend of Prince Andrew
George Takei
Actor
20-Apr-1937   Sulu on Star Trek
Mika Tan
Pornstar
27-Nov-1977   Lady Fellatio #2: Desperately Seeking Semen
U Thant
Diplomat
22-Jan-1909 25-Nov-1974 UN Secretary General, 1961-71
Uma Thurman
Actor
29-Apr-1970   Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kiichiro Toyoda
Business
11-Jun-1894 27-Mar-1952 Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation
Tina Turner
Singer
26-Nov-1939   What's Love Got to Do With It
Steve Van Zandt
Guitarist
22-Nov-1950   Silvio on The Sopranos
Sven Väth
Disc Jockey
26-Oct-1964   Marathon trance DJ
Collin Walcott
Jazz Musician
24-Feb-1945 8-Nov-1984 Jazz sitar player
Alice Walker
Author
9-Feb-1944   The Color Purple
Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck
Royalty
21-Feb-1980   King of Bhutan
Jigme Singye Wangchuck
Royalty
11-Nov-1955   King of Bhutan, 1972-2006
Alan Watts
Philosopher
6-Jan-1915 16-Nov-1973 Zen beat counterculture sage
Philip Whalen
Poet
20-Oct-1923 26-Jun-2002 Canoeing up Carbaga Creek
Faye Wong
Singer
8-Aug-1969   Easily Hurt Woman
Tiger Woods
Golf
30-Dec-1975   Greatest living golfer
Fusajiro Yamauchi
Business
22-Nov-1860 Jan-1940 Founder of Nintendo
Michelle Yeoh
Actor
6-Aug-1962   Hong Kong action movie star
Hideki Yukawa
Physicist
23-Jan-1907 8-Sep-1981 Predicted existence of mesons
Chow Yun-Fat
Actor
18-May-1955   Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon



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