Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Paul Ableman |
Novelist |
13-Jun-1927 |
25-Oct-2006 |
I Hear Voices |
Jaber III al-Sabah |
Royalty |
29-Jun-1926 |
15-Jan-2006 |
Emir of Kuwait, 1977-2006 |
Edward Albert |
Actor |
20-Feb-1951 |
22-Sep-2006 |
Butterflies Are Free |
Stew Albert |
Activist |
4-Dec-1939 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Founding Yippie |
Elizabeth Allen |
Actor |
25-Jan-1929 |
19-Sep-2006 |
The Jackie Gleason Show |
June Allyson |
Actor |
7-Oct-1917 |
8-Jul-2006 |
Two Girls and a Sailor |
Robert Altman |
Film Director |
20-Feb-1925 |
20-Nov-2006 |
M*A*S*H |
Robert Anderson |
Business |
2-Nov-1920 |
28-Oct-2006 |
Chairman of Rockwell, 1979-88 |
Paul Arizin |
Basketball |
9-Mar-1928 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Philadelphia Warriors |
Malcolm Arnold |
Composer |
21-Oct-1921 |
23-Sep-2006 |
The Bridge on the River Kwai |
Red Auerbach |
Basketball |
20-Sep-1917 |
28-Oct-2006 |
Boston Celtics coach |
Joseph Barbera |
Cartoonist |
24-Mar-1911 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Hanna-Barbera cartoons |
Warren Barker |
Composer |
16-Apr-1923 |
3-Aug-2006 |
Composer for 77 Sunset Strip |
Syd Barrett |
Musician |
6-Jan-1946 |
7-Jul-2006 |
Pink Floyd |
Rainer Barzel |
Politician |
20-Jun-1924 |
26-Aug-2006 |
CDU Chairman, 1971-73 |
Perry R. Bass |
Philanthropist |
11-Nov-1914 |
1-Jun-2006 |
Billionaire |
Sybille Bedford |
Novelist |
16-Mar-1911 |
17-Feb-2006 |
A Favourite of the Gods |
Tom Bell |
Actor |
2-Aug-1933 |
4-Oct-2006 |
Prime Suspect |
Rémy Belvaux |
Film Director |
10-Nov-1967 |
4-Sep-2006 |
Man Bites Dog |
Peter Benchley |
Novelist |
8-May-1940 |
11-Feb-2006 |
Jaws |
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Feb-1921 |
23-May-2006 |
US Senator, Treasury Secretary |
Patty Berg |
Golf |
13-Feb-1918 |
10-Sep-2006 |
Winner of 15 major titles |
Brebis Bleaney |
Physicist |
6-Jun-1915 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Electron paramagnetic resonance |
Derek Bond |
Actor |
26-Jan-1919 |
15-Oct-2006 |
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby |
Murray Bookchin |
Philosopher |
14-Jan-1921 |
30-Jul-2006 |
The Ecology of Freedom |
Walerian Borowczyk |
Film Director |
2-Sep-1923 |
3-Feb-2006 |
The Beast |
P. W. Botha |
Head of State |
12-Jan-1916 |
31-Oct-2006 |
President of South Africa, 1984-89 |
Peter Boyle |
Actor |
18-Oct-1935 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Young Frankenstein |
Anne Braden |
Activist |
28-Jul-1924 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Southern Civil Rights Activist |
Ed Bradley |
Journalist |
22-Jun-1941 |
9-Nov-2006 |
60 Minutes |
Carl Brashear |
Military |
19-Jan-1931 |
25-Jul-2006 |
Navy diver |
William Lee Brent |
Criminal |
10-Nov-1930 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Black Panther hijacker |
Robert H. Brooks |
Business |
6-Feb-1937 |
16-Jul-2006 |
Hooters chairman |
James Brown |
Singer |
3-May-1933 |
25-Dec-2006 |
Godfather of Soul |
Phil Brown |
Actor |
30-Apr-1916 |
9-Feb-2006 |
Uncle Owen in Star Wars |
Ruth Brown |
Singer |
12-Jan-1928 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Miss Rhythm |
H. Monroe Browne |
Diplomat |
9-May-1917 |
13-Jun-2006 |
US Ambassador to New Zealand, 1981-85 |
Harry Browne |
Politician |
17-Jun-1933 |
1-Mar-2006 |
Libertarian candidate for President |
Charles F. Brush III |
Archaeologist |
3-Apr-1923 |
1-Jun-2006 |
Explorers Club president 1978-81 |
Boz Burrell |
Bassist |
1-Aug-1946 |
21-Sep-2006 |
Bad Company and King Crimson bassist |
Frederick Busch |
Novelist |
1-Aug-1941 |
23-Feb-2006 |
Don't Tell Anyone |
Octavia Butler |
Novelist |
22-Jun-1947 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Patternmaster |
Red Buttons |
Actor |
5-Feb-1919 |
13-Jul-2006 |
They Shoot Horses Don't They? |
Sarah Caldwell |
Conductor |
6-Mar-1924 |
23-Mar-2006 |
Opera Company of Boston |
Frank Campanella |
Actor |
12-Mar-1919 |
30-Dec-2006 |
Character actor |
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey |
Author |
4-Apr-1908 |
4-Nov-2006 |
Cheaper by the Dozen |
Paul Carr |
Actor |
1-Feb-1934 |
17-Feb-2006 |
The Bat People |
Oleg Cassini |
Fashion Designer |
11-Apr-1913 |
17-Mar-2006 |
Fashion designer |
Owen Chamberlain |
Physicist |
10-Jul-1920 |
28-Feb-2006 |
Co-Discoverer of the antiproton |
Otis Chandler |
Publisher |
23-Nov-1927 |
27-Feb-2006 |
Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 |
Helen Chenoweth-Hage |
Politician |
27-Jan-1938 |
2-Oct-2006 |
Congresswoman from Idaho, 1995-2001 |
William Sloane Coffin |
Activist |
1-Jun-1924 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Civilly disobedient chaplain |
Betty Comden |
Songwriter |
3-May-1915 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Singin' in the Rain |
Franklin Cover |
Actor |
20-Nov-1928 |
5-Feb-2006 |
Tom Willis on The Jeffersons |
Dan Curtis |
Film Director |
12-Aug-1927 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Burnt Offerings |
Ivor Cutler |
Poet |
15-Jan-1923 |
3-Mar-2006 |
Glasgow Dreamer |
Richard Dalitz |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1925 |
13-Jan-2006 |
Dalitz pairs and Dalitz plots |
Martin Dardis |
Journalist |
c. 1922 |
16-May-2006 |
Followed the Watergate money to Nixon |
Raymond Davis, Jr. |
Scientist |
14-Oct-1914 |
31-May-2006 |
Detected solar neutrinos |
Eldon Dedini |
Cartoonist |
29-Jun-1921 |
12-Jan-2006 |
Playboy, New Yorker cartoonist |
Desmond Dekker |
Singer/Songwriter |
16-Jul-1941 |
25-May-2006 |
Israelites |
J Dilla |
Music Producer |
7-Feb-1974 |
10-Feb-2006 |
Hip-hop producer, Donuts |
Dirk Dirksen |
Business |
25-Aug-1937 |
20-Nov-2006 |
Godfather of San Francisco punk |
Herbert D. Doan |
Business |
5-Sep-1922 |
16-May-2006 |
CEO of Dow Chemical, 1962-71 |
Lee Dong-Won |
Politician |
1926 |
18-Nov-2006 |
Foreign Minister of South Korea, 1964-66 |
Robert Donner |
Actor |
27-Apr-1931 |
8-Jun-2006 |
Exidor on Mork and Mindy |
Joel Dorius |
Educator |
4-Jan-1919 |
14-Feb-2006 |
Professor fired for gay porn arrest |
Jon Dough |
Pornstar |
12-Nov-1962 |
27-Aug-2006 |
Pornstar with split-stream ejaculations |
Mike Douglas |
Talk Show Host |
11-Aug-1925 |
11-Aug-2006 |
The Mike Douglas Show |
Katherine Dunham |
Dancer |
22-Jun-1910 |
21-May-2006 |
Dunham School of Dance |
Bulent Ecevit |
Government |
28-May-1925 |
5-Nov-2006 |
Four-time Prime Minister of Turkey |
Hermann Eilts |
Diplomat |
23-Mar-1922 |
12-Oct-2006 |
US Ambassador to Egypt, 1973-79 |
Ahmet Ertegün |
Business |
21-Jul-1923 |
14-Dec-2006 |
Atlantic Records co-founder |
Mike Evans |
Actor |
3-Nov-1949 |
14-Dec-2006 |
Lionel Jefferson on The Jeffersons |
Oriana Fallaci |
Journalist |
29-Jun-1929 |
15-Sep-2006 |
The Rage and the Pride |
Freddy Fender |
Musician |
4-Jun-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Before the Next Teardrop Falls |
Maynard Ferguson |
Jazz Musician |
4-May-1928 |
23-Aug-2006 |
Jazz bandleader and trumpeter |
Richard Fleischer |
Film Director |
8-Dec-1916 |
24-Mar-2006 |
Soylent Green |
Friedrich Karl Flick |
Business |
3-Feb-1927 |
5-Oct-2006 |
Richest man in Austria |
Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
Glenn Ford |
Actor |
1-May-1916 |
30-Aug-2006 |
Gilda, Blackboard Jungle |
John M. Ford |
Author |
10-Apr-1957 |
24-Sep-2006 |
Growing Up Weightless |
Tony Franciosa |
Actor |
25-Oct-1928 |
19-Jan-2006 |
A Face in the Crowd |
Arthur Franz |
Actor |
29-Feb-1920 |
17-Jun-2006 |
The Sniper |
Phyllis Fraser |
Socialite |
22-Jun-1911 |
24-Nov-2006 |
Wife of Bennett Cerf |
Betty Friedan |
Activist |
4-Feb-1921 |
4-Feb-2006 |
Rights for women spokesperson |
Milton Friedman |
Economist |
31-Jul-1912 |
16-Nov-2006 |
1976 Nobel Prize for Economics |
John Kenneth Galbraith |
Economist |
15-Oct-1908 |
29-Apr-2006 |
Modern economics renegade |
Clifford Geertz |
Anthropologist |
23-Aug-1926 |
30-Oct-2006 |
Thick Description |
Bernie Geoffrion |
Hockey |
14-Feb-1931 |
11-Mar-2006 |
Montreal Canadiens, 1950-64 |
Robert Giaimo |
Politician |
15-Oct-1919 |
24-May-2006 |
Congressman from Connecticut, 1959-81 |
Paul Gleason |
Actor |
4-May-1939 |
27-May-2006 |
The Breakfast Club |
Christopher Glenn |
Journalist |
23-Mar-1938 |
17-Oct-2006 |
Longtime CBS radio correspondent |
Sam Goddard |
Politician |
8-Aug-1919 |
1-Feb-2006 |
Governor of Arizona, 1965-67 |
Marshall Goldberg |
Football |
25-Oct-1917 |
3-Apr-2006 |
Chicago Cardinals RB |
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez |
Actor |
24-May-1925 |
6-Feb-2006 |
Rio Bravo |
Curt Gowdy |
Sports Journalist |
31-Jul-1919 |
20-Feb-2006 |
Voice of the Red Sox |
Val Guest |
Film Director |
11-Dec-1911 |
10-May-2006 |
The Day the Earth Caught Fire |
Mickey Hargitay |
Actor |
6-Jan-1926 |
14-Sep-2006 |
Bloody Pit of Horror |
Heinrich Harrer |
Author |
6-Jul-1912 |
7-Jan-2006 |
Subject of biopic Seven Years in Tibet |
Ryutaro Hashimoto |
Head of State |
29-Jul-1937 |
1-Jul-2006 |
Prime Minister of Japan, 1996-98 |
Charles Haughey |
Head of State |
16-Sep-1925 |
13-Jun-2006 |
Three-time Prime Minister of Ireland |
Chic Hecht |
Politician |
30-Nov-1928 |
15-May-2006 |
US Senator from Nevada, 1983-89 |
Smith Hempstone, Jr. |
Diplomat |
1-Feb-1929 |
19-Nov-2006 |
US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93 |
Arthur Hill |
Actor |
1-Aug-1922 |
26-Oct-2006 |
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law |
Stanley Hiller, Jr. |
Inventor |
15-Nov-1924 |
20-Apr-2006 |
Helicopter designer |
DeShaun Holton |
Rapper |
2-Oct-1975 |
11-Apr-2006 |
D-12 |
Steve Howe |
Baseball |
10-Mar-1958 |
28-Apr-2006 |
MLB pitcher |
Barnard Hughes |
Actor |
16-Jul-1915 |
11-Jul-2006 |
High priest in TRON |
Lamar Hunt |
Football |
2-Aug-1932 |
13-Dec-2006 |
Founder of the American Football League |
Harold Hunter |
Skateboarder |
2-Apr-1974 |
17-Feb-2006 |
Skateboarder in "Kids" |
Saddam Hussein |
Head of State |
28-Apr-1937 |
30-Dec-2006 |
President of Iraq, 1979-2003 |
Steve Irwin |
Naturalist |
22-Feb-1962 |
4-Sep-2006 |
The Crocodile Hunter |
Jane Jacobs |
Author |
4-May-1916 |
25-Apr-2006 |
The Death and Life of Great American Cities |
Tony Jay |
Actor |
2-Feb-1933 |
13-Aug-2006 |
Voice and character actor |
Jennifer Jayne |
Actor |
14-Nov-1931 |
23-Apr-2006 |
The Crawling Eye |
Jimmy Johnstone |
Soccer |
30-Sep-1944 |
13-Mar-2006 |
Celtic FC legend |
Lee Jong-Wook |
Administrator |
12-Apr-1945 |
22-May-2006 |
Director-General of WHO, 2003-06 |
Thomas L. Judge |
Politician |
12-Oct-1934 |
8-Sep-2006 |
Governor of Montana, 1973-81 |
Andreas Katsulas |
Actor |
18-May-1946 |
13-Feb-2006 |
G'Kar on Babylon 5 |
Ghulam Ishaq Khan |
Head of State |
20-Jan-1915 |
27-Oct-2006 |
President of Pakistan, 1988-93 |
Coretta Scott King |
Activist |
27-Apr-1927 |
30-Jan-2006 |
Widow of Dr. Martin Luther King |
Edward J. King |
Politician |
11-May-1925 |
18-Sep-2006 |
Governor of Massachusetts, 1979-83 |
Bruno Kirby |
Actor |
28-Apr-1949 |
14-Aug-2006 |
When Harry Met Sally, City Slickers |
Phyllis Kirk |
Actor |
18-Sep-1927 |
19-Oct-2006 |
House of Wax |
Jeane Kirkpatrick |
Government |
19-Nov-1926 |
7-Dec-2006 |
Reagan's UN Ambassador |
Don Knotts |
Actor |
21-Jul-1924 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show |
Kurt Kreuger |
Actor |
23-Jul-1916 |
12-Jul-2006 |
The Enemy Below |
Richard Kuklinski |
Criminal |
11-Apr-1935 |
5-Mar-2006 |
The Iceman |
Stanley Kunitz |
Poet |
29-Jul-1905 |
14-May-2006 |
US Poet Laureate, 2000 |
Lawrence Lader |
Activist |
6-Aug-1919 |
7-May-2006 |
Father of abortion rights activism |
Freddie Laker |
Business |
6-Aug-1922 |
9-Feb-2006 |
Founder of Laker Airlines |
Anthony A. Lapham |
Government |
22-Aug-1936 |
11-Nov-2006 |
CIA General Counsel, 1976-79 |
Keith Larsen |
Actor |
17-Jun-1924 |
13-Dec-2006 |
Northwest Passage |
Patricia Kennedy Lawford |
Socialite |
6-May-1924 |
17-Sep-2006 |
Kennedy sister, wife of Peter Lawford |
Ken Lay |
Business |
15-Apr-1942 |
5-Jul-2006 |
CEO of Enron, 1986-2002 |
Arthur Lee |
Singer |
7-Mar-1945 |
4-Aug-2006 |
Love |
Stanislaw Lem |
Author |
12-Sep-1921 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Solaris |
Gerald Levert |
Singer |
13-Jul-1966 |
10-Nov-2006 |
Baby Hold on to Me |
Theodore Levitt |
Economist |
1-Mar-1925 |
28-Jun-2006 |
Marketing Myopia |
Al Lewis |
Actor |
30-Apr-1923 |
3-Feb-2006 |
Grandpa on The Munsters |
Cory Lidle |
Baseball |
22-Mar-1972 |
11-Oct-2006 |
Yankees pitcher flew his plane into a high rise |
György Ligeti |
Composer |
28-May-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Lontano, Lux Aeterna |
Seymour M. Lipset |
Sociologist |
18-Mar-1922 |
31-Dec-2006 |
American Exceptionalism |
Ben F. Love |
Business |
1924 |
13-Jan-2006 |
CEO of Texas Commerce Bank |
Naguib Mahfouz |
Author |
11-Dec-1911 |
30-Aug-2006 |
The Cairo Trilogy |
Mako |
Actor |
10-Dec-1933 |
21-Jul-2006 |
Akiro "The Wizard" in the Conan series |
Robert W. Mann |
Inventor |
1924 |
16-Jun-2006 |
Prosthetic devices |
Thomas J. Manton |
Politician |
3-Nov-1932 |
22-Jul-2006 |
Congressman from New York, 1985-99 |
Leonard H. Marks |
Diplomat |
5-Mar-1916 |
11-Aug-2006 |
Washington lawyer, diplomat |
Marian Marsh |
Actor |
17-Oct-1913 |
9-Nov-2006 |
Svengali |
Bob Mathias |
Sports Figure |
17-Nov-1930 |
2-Sep-2006 |
Decathlon athlete turned Congressman |
David Edward Maust |
Criminal |
5-Apr-1954 |
20-Jan-2006 |
Serial killer of boys |
James McClatchy |
Publisher |
17-Dec-1920 |
26-May-2006 |
Former Chairman, McClatchy Newspapers |
John McGahern |
Novelist |
12-Nov-1934 |
30-Mar-2006 |
Amongst Women |
Darren McGavin |
Actor |
7-May-1922 |
25-Feb-2006 |
A Christmas Story |
Lennart Meri |
Politician |
29-Mar-1929 |
14-Mar-2006 |
President of Estonia, 1992-2001 |
Bruce Merrifield |
Chemist |
15-Jul-1921 |
14-May-2006 |
Synthesized polypeptides |
Philip Merrill |
Publisher |
28-Apr-1934 |
10-Jun-2006 |
Capital Gazette Communications |
Ruben Mettler |
Business |
23-Feb-1924 |
23-May-2006 |
CEO of TRW, 1969-77 |
Armin H. Meyer |
Diplomat |
19-Jan-1914 |
13-Aug-2006 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1969-72 |
G. William Miller |
Government |
9-Mar-1925 |
17-Mar-2006 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1979-81 |
Slobodan Milosevic |
Head of State |
29-Aug-1941 |
11-Mar-2006 |
Deposed President of Yugoslavia |
Anna Moffo |
Singer |
27-Jun-1932 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Operatic soprano |
Sonny Montgomery |
Politician |
5-Aug-1920 |
12-May-2006 |
Congressman from Mississippi, 1967-97 |
Thomas A. Murphy |
Business |
10-Dec-1915 |
18-Jan-2006 |
CEO of General Motors, 1974-80 |
Jan Murray |
Comic |
4-Oct-1916 |
2-Jul-2006 |
Borscht belt comedian, host of Treasure Hunt |
Craig H. Neilsen |
Business |
1941 |
19-Nov-2006 |
Ameristar Casinos |
Byron Nelson |
Golf |
4-Feb-1912 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Winner of 5 Majors |
Arnold Newman |
Photographer |
3-Mar-1918 |
6-Jun-2006 |
Environmental portraitist |
Joseph M. Newman |
Film Director |
7-Aug-1909 |
23-Jan-2006 |
This Island Earth |
Fayard Nicholas |
Dancer |
20-Oct-1914 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers |
Lyn Nofziger |
Government |
8-Jun-1924 |
27-Mar-2006 |
GOP political operative |
Philippe Noiret |
Actor |
1-Oct-1930 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Cinema Paradiso |
Ray Noorda |
Business |
19-Jun-1924 |
9-Oct-2006 |
Former CEO of Novell |
Carrie Nye |
Actor |
14-Oct-1936 |
14-Jul-2006 |
Theater actress |
Bob O'Connor |
Politician |
9-Dec-1944 |
1-Sep-2006 |
Mayor of Pittsburgh, 2006 |
Anita O'Day |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Oct-1919 |
23-Nov-2006 |
Feminine master of scat |
James R. Olin |
Politician |
28-Feb-1920 |
29-Jul-2006 |
Congressman from Virginia, 1983-93 |
Mollie Orshansky |
Economist |
9-Jan-1915 |
18-Dec-2006 |
Orshansky Index |
Buck Owens |
TV Personality |
12-Aug-1929 |
25-Mar-2006 |
Hee Haw |
Nam June Paik |
Artist |
20-Jul-1932 |
29-Jan-2006 |
Korean-American video artist |
Jack Palance |
Actor |
18-Feb-1919 |
10-Nov-2006 |
Performed one-handed push-ups |
Gordon Parks |
Film Director |
30-Nov-1912 |
7-Mar-2006 |
Shaft |
Floyd Patterson |
Boxing |
4-Jan-1935 |
11-May-2006 |
Heavyweight champion at age 21 |
Jaroslav Pelikan |
Historian |
17-Dec-1923 |
13-May-2006 |
The Christian Tradition |
Chris Penn |
Actor |
10-Oct-1965 |
24-Jan-2006 |
Nice Guy Eddie in Reservoir Dogs |
Wilson Pickett |
Singer/Songwriter |
18-Mar-1941 |
19-Jan-2006 |
In the Midnight Hour |
Augusto Pinochet |
Head of State |
25-Nov-1915 |
10-Dec-2006 |
Overthrew Chile with CIA's help |
Gene Pitney |
Singer/Songwriter |
17-Feb-1940 |
5-Apr-2006 |
60s teen idol and songwriter |
June Pointer |
Musician |
30-Nov-1953 |
11-Apr-2006 |
The Pointer Sisters |
Charles O. Porter |
Politician |
4-Apr-1919 |
1-Jan-2006 |
Congressman from Oregon, 1957-61 |
Bud Post |
unspecified |
5-Apr-1939 |
15-Jan-2006 |
Unhappy lottery millionaire |
Pramoedya Ananta Toer |
Novelist |
20-Feb-1925 |
30-Apr-2006 |
The Fugitive |
Billy Preston |
Singer/Songwriter |
9-Sep-1946 |
6-Jun-2006 |
You Are So Beautiful |
John Profumo |
Politician |
30-Jan-1915 |
10-Mar-2006 |
Resigned House of Commons over an affair |
William Thornton Pryce |
Diplomat |
19-Jul-1932 |
11-Jul-2006 |
US Ambassador to Honduras, 1993-96 |
Kirby Puckett |
Baseball |
14-Mar-1960 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Minnesota Twins Hall of Famer |
Pip Pyle |
Drummer |
4-Apr-1950 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Prominent Canterbury drummer |
William F. Quinn |
Politician |
13-Jul-1919 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Governor of Hawaii, 1957-62 |
Daniel R. Raichel |
Scientist |
1935 |
22-Dec-2006 |
Acoustics expert |
Rajkumar |
Actor |
24-Apr-1928 |
12-Apr-2006 |
Kannada megastar kidnapped by Veerappan |
Patsy Ramsey |
Relative |
29-Dec-1956 |
24-Jun-2006 |
JonBenét's mother |
Johannes Rau |
Head of State |
16-Jan-1931 |
27-Jan-2006 |
President of Germany, 1999-2004 |
Lou Rawls |
Singer |
1-Dec-1935 |
6-Jan-2006 |
Silky-voiced jazz/soul singer |
Merlyn Rees |
Politician |
18-Dec-1920 |
5-Jan-2006 |
UK Home Secretary, 1976-79 |
Dana Reeve |
Activist |
17-Mar-1961 |
6-Mar-2006 |
Christopher Reeve Foundation |
Ann Richards |
Actor |
20-Dec-1917 |
24-Aug-2006 |
Sorry, Wrong Number |
Ann Richards |
Politician |
1-Sep-1933 |
13-Sep-2006 |
Governor of Texas, 1991-95 |
Malachi Ritscher |
Jazz Musician |
13-Jan-1954 |
3-Nov-2006 |
Musician who self immolated for peace |
Win Rockefeller |
Politician |
17-Sep-1948 |
16-Jul-2006 |
Billionaire, Arkansas Lt. Governor |
Kasey Rogers |
Actor |
15-Dec-1925 |
6-Jul-2006 |
Louise Tate on Bewitched |
Abe Rosenthal |
Journalist |
2-May-1922 |
10-May-2006 |
NY Times Executive Editor, 1977-86 |
Claude G. Ross |
Diplomat |
1917 |
18-Jan-2006 |
US Ambassador to Haiti, 1967-69 |
Herbert Rudley |
Actor |
22-Mar-1910 |
9-Sep-2006 |
Herb Hubbard on The Mothers-in-Law |
Ibrahim Rugova |
Government |
2-Dec-1944 |
21-Jan-2006 |
President of Kosovo, 1992-2006 |
Louis Rukeyser |
Talk Show Host |
30-Jan-1933 |
2-May-2006 |
Host of PBS's Wall $treet Week |
Mary Ryan |
Diplomat |
1-Oct-1940 |
25-Apr-2006 |
US Ambassador to Swaziland, 1988-90 |
Dan Schaefer |
Politician |
25-Jan-1936 |
16-Apr-2006 |
Congressman from Colorado, 1983-99 |
Bo Schembechler |
Football |
1-Apr-1929 |
17-Nov-2006 |
Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89 |
Ron Schipper |
Football |
7-Aug-1928 |
27-Mar-2006 |
Head Coach, Central College, 1961-96 |
Ted Schroeder |
Tennis |
20-Jul-1921 |
26-May-2006 |
Winner of 1949 Wimbledon |
Melvin Schwartz |
Physicist |
2-Nov-1932 |
28-Aug-2006 |
Researcher of neutrinos |
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf |
Singer |
9-Sep-1915 |
3-Aug-2006 |
Operatic soprano |
Talcott W. Seelye |
Diplomat |
6-Mar-1922 |
8-Jun-2006 |
US Ambassador to Syria, 1979-81 |
Soraya Serajeddini |
Activist |
1960 |
24-Jul-2006 |
Kurdish activist |
Raymond P. Shafer |
Politician |
5-Mar-1917 |
12-Dec-2006 |
Governor of Pennsylvania, 1967-71 |
Alan Shalleck |
Author |
14-Nov-1929 |
6-Feb-2006 |
Curious George writer |
Moira Shearer |
Dancer |
17-Jan-1926 |
31-Jan-2006 |
The Red Shoes |
Adrienne Shelly |
Actor |
24-Jun-1966 |
1-Nov-2006 |
Waitress |
Vincent Sherman |
Film Director |
16-Jul-1906 |
18-Jun-2006 |
The Young Philadelphians |
Alan Shugart |
Inventor |
27-Sep-1930 |
12-Dec-2006 |
SCSI interface |
William Shurcliff |
Physicist |
27-Mar-1909 |
20-Jun-2006 |
Manhattan Project physicist |
Cleon Skousen |
Activist |
20-Jan-1913 |
9-Jan-2006 |
The Naked Communist |
Jeremy Slate |
Actor |
17-Feb-1926 |
19-Nov-2006 |
The Mini-Skirt Mob |
Daniel Smith |
Relative |
22-Jan-1986 |
10-Sep-2006 |
Son of Anna Nicole Smith |
Virginia Smith |
Politician |
30-Jun-1911 |
23-Jan-2006 |
Congresswoman from Nebraska, 1975-91 |
Esther Snyder |
Business |
7-Jan-1920 |
4-Aug-2006 |
Co-Founder of In-N-Out Burger |
Muriel Spark |
Novelist |
1-Feb-1918 |
13-Apr-2006 |
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
Aaron Spelling |
Film/TV Producer |
22-Apr-1923 |
23-Jun-2006 |
Beverly Hills 90210 |
Mickey Spillane |
Author |
9-Mar-1918 |
17-Jul-2006 |
Mike Hammer novels |
Robert T. Stafford |
Politician |
8-Aug-1913 |
23-Dec-2006 |
Governor and Senator from Vermont |
Frank Stanton |
Business |
20-Mar-1908 |
24-Dec-2006 |
President of CBS, 1946-73 |
Maureen Stapleton |
Actor |
21-Jun-1925 |
13-Mar-2006 |
Won an Oscar for playing Emma Goldman |
Robert Sterling |
Actor |
13-Nov-1917 |
30-May-2006 |
George Kerby on Topper |
P. F. Strawson |
Philosopher |
23-Nov-1919 |
13-Feb-2006 |
Individuals |
Alfredo Stroessner |
Head of State |
3-Nov-1912 |
16-Aug-2006 |
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89 |
Gerry Studds |
Politician |
12-May-1937 |
14-Oct-2006 |
Congressman from Massachusetts, 1973-97 |
William Styron |
Novelist |
11-Jun-1925 |
31-Oct-2006 |
The Confessions of Nat Turner |
James Tenney |
Composer |
10-Aug-1934 |
24-Aug-2006 |
A History of 'Consonance' and 'Dissonance' |
Bob Thaves |
Cartoonist |
4-Oct-1924 |
4-Aug-2006 |
Frank & Ernest |
Hugh Thompson |
Military |
15-Apr-1943 |
6-Jan-2006 |
Stopped the My Lai massacre |
Ken Thomson |
Business |
1-Sep-1923 |
12-Jun-2006 |
Ex-CEO, Thomson Corp. |
Iva Toguri |
Radio Personality |
4-Jul-1916 |
26-Sep-2006 |
Never actually was Tokyo Rose |
Peter Tomarken |
Game Show Host |
7-Dec-1942 |
13-Mar-2006 |
Host of Press Your Luck |
Alex Toth |
Cartoonist |
25-Jun-1928 |
27-May-2006 |
Creator of Space Ghost |
Ali Farka Touré |
Guitarist |
1939 |
7-Mar-2006 |
Bluesman of Africa, Talking Timbuktu |
Alexander Trowbridge |
Politician |
12-Dec-1929 |
27-Apr-2006 |
US Secretary of Commerce, 1967-68 |
Tupou IV |
Royalty |
4-Jul-1918 |
10-Sep-2006 |
King of Tonga, 1965-2006 |
Alida Valli |
Actor |
31-May-1921 |
22-Apr-2006 |
The Third Man |
James Van Allen |
Astronomer |
7-Sep-1914 |
9-Aug-2006 |
Discovered the Van Allen Belt |
Astrid Varnay |
Singer |
25-Apr-1918 |
4-Sep-2006 |
Wagnerian soprano |
Peter Viereck |
Poet |
5-Aug-1916 |
13-May-2006 |
Terror and Decorum |
Fausto Vitello |
Publisher |
23-Aug-1946 |
22-Apr-2006 |
Founding publisher of Thrasher |
Jack Warden |
Actor |
18-Sep-1920 |
19-Jul-2006 |
12 Angry Men |
Wendy Wasserstein |
Playwright |
18-Oct-1950 |
30-Jan-2006 |
The Heidi Chronicles |
Dennis Weaver |
Actor |
4-Jun-1924 |
24-Feb-2006 |
Sam McCloud in McCloud |
Alvin M. Weinberg |
Physicist |
20-Apr-1915 |
18-Oct-2006 |
Nuclear scientist |
John L. Weinberg |
Business |
25-Jan-1925 |
7-Aug-2006 |
Chairman of Goldman Sachs, 1976-90 |
Caspar Weinberger |
Government |
18-Aug-1917 |
28-Mar-2006 |
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush |
James E. West |
Politician |
28-Mar-1951 |
22-Jul-2006 |
Former Mayor of Spokane |
Lawrence K. White |
Spy |
10-Jun-1912 |
5-Apr-2006 |
Executive Comptroller for DCI's |
Jack Wild |
Actor |
30-Sep-1952 |
1-Mar-2006 |
Oliver! |
Brad Will |
Journalist |
14-Jun-1970 |
27-Oct-2006 |
American journalist murdered in Oaxaca |
Shelley Winters |
Actor |
18-Aug-1920 |
14-Jan-2006 |
Method actress and camp queen |
John Wojtowicz |
Criminal |
9-Mar-1945 |
2-Jan-2006 |
Bank robber inspired Dog Day Afternoon |
Jane Wyatt |
Actor |
12-Aug-1910 |
20-Oct-2006 |
Father Knows Best |
Professor X |
Rapper |
4-Aug-1956 |
17-Mar-2006 |
Vanglorious |
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi |
Terrorist |
20-Oct-1966 |
7-Jun-2006 |
Former top al Qaeda operative in Iraq |