Name
| Occupation
| Birth
| Death
| Known for
|
Elliott Abrams
|
Government
|
24-Jan-1948
|
|
Asst. Secy. of State involved in Iran-Contra
|
Mehmet Ali Agca
|
Assassin
|
9-Jan-1958
|
|
In 1981, shot Pope John Paul II
|
Arius
|
Religion
|
256 AD
|
336 AD
|
Founder of the Christian doctrine of Arianism
|
St. Athanasius
|
Religion
|
298 AD
|
2-May-373 AD
|
Patriarch of Alexandria, 328-373 AD
|
Kofi Awoonor
|
Poet
|
13-Mar-1935
|
|
Rediscovery
|
Francis Bacon
|
Philosopher
|
22-Jan-1561
|
9-Apr-1626
|
Novum Organum
|
Nathaniel Bacon
|
Politician
|
2-Jan-1647
|
26-Oct-1676
|
Bacon's Rebellion
|
Candy Barr
|
Performance Artist
|
6-Jul-1935
|
30-Dec-2005
|
Exotic dancer from the 1950s
|
Belisarius
|
Military
|
505 AD
|
565 AD
|
Byzantine general
|
Blackbeard
|
Criminal
|
c. 1680
|
22-Nov-1718
|
Infamous pirate
|
Emperor Bokassa I
|
Royalty
|
22-Feb-1921
|
3-Nov-1996
|
Central African Emperor
|
Lenny Bruce
|
Comic
|
13-Oct-1925
|
3-Aug-1966
|
Multiply obscene comic
|
Hubert de Burgh
|
Judge
|
?
|
1243
|
Chief Justiciar of England
|
Sebastian Cabot
|
Explorer
|
1476
|
1557
|
16th century Italian/English explorer
|
Julius Caesar
|
Head of State
|
13-Jul-100 BC
|
15-Mar-44 BC
|
Roman Dictator 45 BC until 44 BC
|
Luís de Camões
|
Poet
|
c. 1524
|
10-Jun-1580
|
Os Lus?adas
|
Luis Posada Carriles
|
Terrorist
|
c. 1928
|
|
Cuban terrorist in US custody
|
Fidel Castro
|
Head of State
|
13-Aug-1926
|
|
Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years
|
Ahmed Chalabi
|
Government
|
30-Oct-1944
|
3-Nov-2015
|
Prominent on the Iraqi Provisional Council
|
Hugo Chavez
|
Head of State
|
28-Jul-1954
|
5-Mar-2013
|
President of Venezuela, 1998-2013
|
Henry Cisneros
|
Politician
|
11-Jun-1947
|
|
Secretary of HUD, 1993-97
|
Roger Clinton
|
Relative
|
25-Jul-1956
|
|
Black sheep in Clinton family
|
Thomas Cochrane
|
Military
|
14-Dec-1775
|
31-Oct-1860
|
Rear Admiral, invented the smoke screen
|
Oscar Collazo
|
Assassin
|
20-Feb-1914
|
21-Feb-1994
|
Attempted assassin of Truman
|
Henry Cowell
|
Composer
|
11-Mar-1897
|
10-Dec-1965
|
New Musical Resources
|
Thomas Dangerfield
|
Criminal
|
1650
|
1685
|
English conspirator
|
Eugene V. Debs
|
Labor Leader
|
5-Nov-1855
|
20-Oct-1926
|
Labor leader ran for President five times
|
Martin R. Delany
|
Activist
|
6-May-1812
|
24-Jan-1885
|
Black nationalist
|
John Deutch
|
Government
|
27-Jul-1938
|
|
CIA Director, 1995-96
|
Robert Downey, Jr.
|
Actor
|
4-Apr-1965
|
|
Iron Man
|
Alfred Dreyfus
|
Victim
|
9-Oct-1859
|
12-Jul-1935
|
Dreyfus Affair scapegoat
|
Jubal Early
|
Military
|
3-Nov-1816
|
2-Mar-1894
|
Confederate General
|
Edgar Atheling
|
Royalty
|
c. 1051
|
c. 1126
|
King of England 1066
|
W. Mark Felt
|
Government
|
17-Aug-1913
|
18-Dec-2008
|
Watergate's Deep Throat
|
Leo Frank
|
Victim
|
17-Apr-1884
|
17-Aug-1915
|
Innocent man, lynched by mob
|
Frederick the Great
|
Royalty
|
24-Jan-1712
|
17-Aug-1786
|
King of Prussia 1740-86
|
Leopoldo Galtieri
|
Head of State
|
15-Jul-1926
|
12-Jan-2003
|
Invaded Falklands, ran death squads
|
Giuseppe Garibaldi
|
Military
|
4-Jul-1807
|
2-Jun-1882
|
Privateer, Italian hero
|
Yakubu Gowon
|
Head of State
|
19-Oct-1934
|
|
Dictator of Nigeria, 1966-75
|
Merle Haggard
|
Country Musician
|
6-Apr-1937
|
|
Okie From Muskogee
|
Armand Hammer
|
Business
|
21-May-1898
|
10-Dec-1990
|
Soviet agent of influence
|
Patty Hearst
|
Victim
|
20-Feb-1954
|
|
Kidnapped by SLA
|
Robert Hersant
|
Publisher
|
30-Jan-1920
|
21-Apr-1996
|
Le Papivore
|
Jimmy Hoffa
|
Labor Leader
|
14-Feb-1913
|
30-Jul-1975
|
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
|
H. Guy Hunt
|
Politician
|
17-Jun-1933
|
30-Jan-2009
|
Governor of Alabama, 1987-93
|
Chun Doo Hwan
|
Head of State
|
18-Jan-1931
|
|
President of South Korea, 1980-88
|
Peter H. Irons
|
Activist
|
11-Aug-1940
|
|
A People's History of the Supreme Court
|
Edward Kelley
|
Paranormal
|
1-Aug-1555
|
1-Nov-1597
|
Notorious forger and alchemist
|
Abdul Qadeer Khan
|
Physicist
|
1935
|
|
Father of Pakistani nuclear bomb
|
Hans Heinrich Lammers
|
Government
|
27-May-1879
|
4-Jan-1962
|
Chief of the Reich Chancellery
|
William Laud
|
Religion
|
7-Oct-1573
|
10-Jan-1645
|
Archbishop of Canterbury, 1633-45
|
Robert E. Lee
|
Military
|
19-Jan-1807
|
12-Oct-1870
|
Confederate General
|
G. Gordon Liddy
|
Government
|
30-Nov-1930
|
|
Watergate criminal, talk-show-host
|
Warren T. McCray
|
Politician
|
4-Feb-1865
|
19-Dec-1938
|
Governor of Indiana, 1921-24
|
Susan McDougal
|
Criminal
|
1955
|
|
Whitewater scandal
|
Bud McFarlane
|
Government
|
12-Jul-1937
|
|
Iran-Contra figure
|
Russell Means
|
Activist
|
10-Nov-1939
|
22-Oct-2012
|
American Indian Movement
|
Jim Morrison
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
8-Dec-1943
|
3-Jul-1971
|
Lead singer and songwriter,
The Doors
|
Samuel Mudd
|
Doctor
|
20-Dec-1833
|
10-Jan-1883
|
Physician who treated Lincoln's assassin
|
Nikon
|
Religion
|
7-May-1605
|
17-Aug-1681
|
Reformer Patriarch of Moscow
|
Richard M. Nixon
|
Head of State
|
9-Jan-1913
|
22-Apr-1994
|
37th US President, 1969-74
|
Titus Oates
|
Criminal
|
15-Sep-1649
|
12-Jul-1705
|
Popish Plot
|
Felice Orsini
|
Assassin
|
1819
|
13-Mar-1858
|
Attempted assassin of Napoleon III
|
Sean Penn
|
Actor
|
17-Aug-1960
|
|
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
|
Albert Pike
|
Military
|
29-Dec-1809
|
2-Apr-1891
|
Confederate general, Freemason
|
Jerzy Popieluszko
|
Activist
|
23-Sep-1947
|
19-Oct-1984
|
Priest murdered by Polish government
|
Marc Rich
|
Criminal
|
18-Dec-1934
|
26-Jun-2013
|
Pardoned by Clinton
|
Keith Richards
|
Guitarist
|
18-Dec-1943
|
|
The Rolling Stones
|
Slick Rick
|
Rapper
|
14-Jan-1965
|
|
Eyepatch-sporting rapper on Def Jam
|
Dan Rostenkowski
|
Politician
|
2-Jan-1928
|
11-Aug-2010
|
Congressman from Illinois, 1959-95
|
Antonio López de Santa Anna
|
Military
|
21-Feb-1794
|
21-Jun-1876
|
Hero of Tampico
|
Robert Smalls
|
Politician
|
5-Apr-1839
|
23-Feb-1915
|
Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina
|
George Steinbrenner
|
Baseball
|
4-Jul-1930
|
13-Jul-2010
|
Owner,
New York Yankees
|
Fife Symington
|
Politician
|
12-Aug-1945
|
|
Governor of Arizona, 1991-97
|
J. Parnell Thomas
|
Government
|
16-Jan-1895
|
19-Nov-1970
|
HUAC chairman, took the Fifth
|
Iva Toguri
|
Radio Personality
|
4-Jul-1916
|
26-Sep-2006
|
Never actually was Tokyo Rose
|
Randy Travis
|
Country Musician
|
4-May-1959
|
|
Country music artist, has 25 top ten hits
|
Alan Turing
|
Mathematician
|
23-Jun-1912
|
7-Jun-1954
|
Computing pioneer
|
Caspar Weinberger
|
Government
|
18-Aug-1917
|
28-Mar-2006
|
Iran-Contra figure pardoned by Bush
|
Philip D. Winn
|
Criminal
|
1-Feb-1925
|
|
HUD scandal figure pardoned by Clinton
|
Roh Tae Woo
|
Head of State
|
4-Dec-1932
|
|
President of South Korea, 1988-93
|
Sir Thomas Wyat
|
Poet
|
1503
|
6-Oct-1542
|
Introduced sonnet to England
|
Peter Yarrow
|
Singer
|
31-May-1938
|
|
The Peter in
Peter, Paul, and Mary
|