Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
Dean Acheson |
Government |
11-Apr-1893 |
12-Oct-1971 |
US Secretary of State, 1949-53 |
Thomas W. Ludlow Ashley |
Politician |
11-Jan-1923 |
15-Jun-2010 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1955-81 |
Cass Ballenger |
Politician |
6-Dec-1926 |
18-Feb-2015 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1986-2005 |
Frank Batten |
Publisher |
11-Feb-1927 |
10-Sep-2009 |
Founder, The Weather Channel |
Alan Bean |
Astronaut |
15-Mar-1932 |
|
Apollo 12, Skylab Mission II astronaut |
Edward Bellamy |
Author |
26-Mar-1850 |
22-May-1898 |
Looking Backward |
Alfred R. Berkeley III |
Business |
1944 |
|
President of NASDAQ, 1996-2003 |
Roland Betts |
Business |
25-May-1946 |
|
Longtime friend of George W. Bush |
Dana X. Bible |
Football |
8-Oct-1891 |
19-Jan-1980 |
Legendary Texas football coach |
Vance Bourjaily |
Novelist |
17-Sep-1922 |
31-Aug-2010 |
The End of My Life |
Owen Brewster |
Politician |
22-Feb-1888 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Governor and Senator from Maine |
Anson Burlingame |
Diplomat |
14-Nov-1820 |
23-Feb-1870 |
US Ambassador to China, 1861-70 |
Harold H. Burton |
Judge |
22-Jun-1888 |
28-Oct-1964 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1945-58 |
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 |
Gaston Caperton |
Politician |
21-Feb-1940 |
|
Governor of West Virginia, 1989-97 |
Otis Chandler |
Publisher |
23-Nov-1927 |
27-Feb-2006 |
Publisher of the L.A. Times, 1960-80 |
Dale Chihuly |
Artist |
20-Sep-1941 |
|
Glass artist |
Dick Clark |
TV Personality |
30-Nov-1929 |
18-Apr-2012 |
American Bandstand |
John Hessin Clarke |
Judge |
18-Sep-1857 |
22-Mar-1945 |
US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-22 |
Royal S. Copeland |
Politician |
7-Nov-1868 |
17-Jul-1938 |
US Senator from New York, 1923-38 |
Harvey Cushing |
Doctor |
8-Apr-1869 |
7-Oct-1939 |
Cushing's Syndrome |
Jonathan Daniels |
Government |
26-Apr-1902 |
6-Nov-1981 |
FDR and Truman's press secretary |
Lanny J. Davis |
Government |
c. 1946 |
|
White House Counsel, 1996-98 |
Mark Dayton |
Politician |
26-Jan-1947 |
|
Governor of Minnesota |
Melvil Dewey |
Curator |
10-Dec-1851 |
26-Dec-1931 |
Dewey Decimal System |
Charles S. Fairchild |
Attorney |
30-Apr-1842 |
24-Nov-1924 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1887-89 |
Donald Fisher |
Business |
3-Sep-1928 |
27-Sep-2009 |
Co-Founder of The Gap |
Gerald Ford |
Head of State |
14-Jul-1913 |
26-Dec-2006 |
38th US President, 1974-77 |
Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
Politician |
11-Jul-1930 |
|
Governor of Louisiana, 1996-2004 |
Philip H. Geier, Jr. |
Business |
22-Feb-1935 |
|
CEO of Interpublic Group, 1980-2000 |
Joe Hagin |
Government |
6-Jan-1956 |
|
White House Deputy Chief of Staff, 2001-08 |
Harry Hamlin |
Actor |
30-Oct-1951 |
|
Michael Kuzak on L.A. Law |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
Head of State |
4-Oct-1822 |
17-Jan-1893 |
19th US President, 1877-81 |
William Randolph Hearst |
Business |
29-Apr-1863 |
14-Aug-1951 |
Newspaper magnate |
Lister Hill |
Politician |
29-Dec-1894 |
21-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Alabama, 1938-69 |
Clay Johnson |
Government |
c. 1946 |
|
OMB Deputy Director |
Isaac M. Jordan |
Politician |
5-May-1835 |
3-Dec-1890 |
Congressman from Ohio, 1883-85 |
Herb Kelleher |
Business |
12-Mar-1931 |
|
Founder of Southwest Airlines |
Larry Kelley |
Football |
30-May-1915 |
27-Jun-2000 |
Winner, 1936 Heisman Trophy |
Joseph P. Kennedy |
Business |
6-Sep-1888 |
18-Nov-1969 |
Smuggler and patriarch of the Kennedy clan |
Tony Knowles |
Politician |
1-Jan-1943 |
|
Governor of Alaska, 1994-2002 |
Everett J. Lake |
Politician |
8-Feb-1871 |
16-Sep-1948 |
Governor of Connecticut, 1921-23 |
Tom Landry |
Football |
11-Sep-1924 |
12-Feb-2000 |
Dallas Cowboys Head Coach, 1960-88 |
Russell Long |
Politician |
3-Nov-1918 |
9-May-2003 |
US Senator from Louisiana, 1948-87 |
Ben F. Love |
Business |
1924 |
13-Jan-2006 |
CEO of Texas Commerce Bank |
Charles MacVeagh |
Attorney |
6-Jun-1860 |
4-Dec-1931 |
US Ambassador to Japan, 1925-28 |
Craig McCaw |
Business |
11-Aug-1949 |
|
Billionaire, Nextel |
J. P. Morgan, Jr. |
Business |
7-Sep-1867 |
13-Mar-1943 |
Banking magnate, J. P. Morgan & Co. |
George Pataki |
Politician |
24-Jun-1945 |
|
Governor of New York, 1995-2006 |
Joe Paterno |
Football |
21-Dec-1926 |
22-Jan-2012 |
Penn State Head Coach, 1966-2011 |
Cole Porter |
Composer |
9-Jun-1891 |
15-Oct-1964 |
I've Got You Under My Skin |
Dan Quayle |
Politician |
4-Feb-1947 |
|
Vice President under George H.W. Bush |
Whitelaw Reid |
Journalist |
27-Oct-1837 |
15-Dec-1912 |
Editor of the New York Tribune, 1872-1905 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Head of State |
30-Jan-1882 |
12-Apr-1945 |
US President during WWII |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Head of State |
27-Oct-1858 |
6-Jan-1919 |
26th US President, 1901-09 |
Kenneth C. Royall |
Attorney |
24-Jul-1894 |
27-May-1971 |
US Secretary of the Army, 1947-49 |
Sargent Shriver |
Activist |
9-Nov-1915 |
18-Jan-2011 |
First Director of the Peace Corps |
William E. Simon |
Government |
27-Nov-1927 |
3-Jun-2000 |
US Secretary of the Treasury, 1974-77 |
Sidney Souers |
Government |
30-Mar-1892 |
14-Jan-1973 |
CIA Director, 1946 |
Pete Stark |
Politician |
11-Nov-1931 |
|
Former U.S. Congressman |
Adolphus Staton |
Military |
28-Aug-1879 |
4-Jun-1964 |
US Navy admiral |
George Steinbrenner |
Baseball |
4-Jul-1930 |
13-Jul-2010 |
Owner, New York Yankees |
Ted Stevens |
Politician |
18-Nov-1923 |
10-Aug-2010 |
US Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009 |
Henry C. Stuart |
Politician |
18-Jan-1855 |
24-Jul-1933 |
Governor of Virginia, 1914-18 |
Stuart Symington |
Politician |
26-Jun-1901 |
14-Dec-1988 |
US Senator from Missouri, 1953-76 |
Jonathan Winters |
Comic |
11-Nov-1925 |
11-Apr-2013 |
Mearth, son of Mork |
Michael M. Wood |
Business |
1947 |
|
US Ambassador to Sweden |
Stephen M. Young |
Politician |
4-May-1889 |
1-Dec-1984 |
US Senator from Ohio, 1959-71 |