Name
| Occupation
| Birth
| Death
| Known for
|
Jessica Alba
|
Actor
|
28-Apr-1981
|
|
Dark Angel
|
Joshua Alba
|
Actor
|
8-Jul-1982
|
|
Actor, brother of Jessica Alba
|
George Allen
|
Politician
|
8-Mar-1952
|
|
US Senator from Virginia, 2001-07
|
Prince of Asturias
|
Royalty
|
30-Jan-1968
|
|
Heir to the throne of Spain
|
John James Audubon
|
Naturalist
|
26-Apr-1785
|
27-Jan-1851
|
Illustrated
Birds of America
|
Daniel Auteuil
|
Actor
|
24-Jan-1950
|
|
Jean de Florette
|
Adrienne Barbeau
|
Actor
|
11-Jun-1945
|
|
Swamp Thing
|
Klaus Barbie
|
Government
|
25-Oct-1913
|
25-Sep-1991
|
The Butcher of Lyon
|
John Barbirolli
|
Conductor
|
2-Dec-1899
|
29-Jul-1970
|
Conductor at The Hallé, 1943-70
|
Emile Baudot
|
Inventor
|
11-Sep-1845
|
28-Mar-1903
|
Baudot Code
|
Henri Becquerel
|
Physicist
|
15-Dec-1852
|
25-Aug-1908
|
Discoverer of radioactivity
|
Baruj Benacerraf
|
Scientist
|
29-Oct-1920
|
2-Aug-2011
|
Gene control of HLA antigens
|
Jessica Biel
|
Actor
|
3-Mar-1982
|
|
The Rules of Attraction
|
Theodore Bilbo
|
Government
|
13-Oct-1877
|
21-Aug-1947
|
Archangel of white supremacy
|
Alfred Binet
|
Psychologist
|
11-Jul-1857
|
8-Oct-1911
|
Binet-Simon intelligence test
|
Jacqueline Bisset
|
Actor
|
13-Sep-1944
|
|
The Deep
|
Samuel Blanc
|
Inventor
|
13-Feb-1883
|
20-Dec-1964
|
Founder of Roto-Rooter
|
Louis Blériot
|
Aviator
|
1-Jul-1872
|
2-Aug-1936
|
First to fly across English Channel
|
Léon Blum
|
Head of State
|
9-Apr-1872
|
30-Mar-1950
|
Thrice Prime Minister of France
|
Angela Bofill
|
Singer
|
3-May-1954
|
|
I Try
|
Charles J. Bonaparte
|
Government
|
9-Jun-1851
|
28-Jun-1921
|
US Attorney General, 1906-09
|
Paul Boucherot
|
Engineer
|
3-Oct-1869
|
7-Aug-1943
|
Ocean thermal energy conversion
|
Dion Boucicault
|
Playwright
|
26-Dec-1820
|
18-Sep-1890
|
The Corsican Brothers
|
Anthony Bourdain
|
Chef
|
25-Jun-1956
|
|
Kitchen Confidential
|
Daniel Bovet
|
Scientist
|
23-Mar-1907
|
8-Apr-1992
|
Anti-histamines, muscle relaxants, sulfanilamide
|
Paul D. Boyer
|
Chemist
|
31-Jul-1918
|
|
ATP process
|
Michelle Branch
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
2-Jul-1983
|
|
Are You Happy Now?
|
Danielle Brisebois
|
Actor
|
28-Jun-1969
|
|
Stephanie Mills on
Archie Bunker's Place
|
Louis de Broglie
|
Physicist
|
15-Aug-1892
|
19-Mar-1987
|
Discovered the wave nature of electrons
|
Maurice de Broglie
|
Physicist
|
27-Apr-1875
|
14-Jul-1960
|
X-ray spectroscopy
|
Isambard Kingdom Brunel
|
Engineer
|
9-Apr-1806
|
15-Sep-1859
|
Chief engineer of the Great Western Railway
|
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
|
Naturalist
|
7-Sep-1707
|
16-Apr-1788
|
Histoire Naturelle
|
William C. Bullitt
|
Diplomat
|
25-Jan-1891
|
15-Feb-1967
|
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1933-36
|
Brooke Burke
|
TV Personality
|
8-Sep-1971
|
|
Co-Host,
Dancing with the Stars
|
Fanny Burney
|
Novelist
|
13-Jun-1752
|
6-Jan-1840
|
Camilla
|
Albert Camus
|
Novelist
|
7-Nov-1913
|
4-Jan-1960
|
French author and Nobel laureate
|
Pierre Cardin
|
Fashion Designer
|
6-Jul-1922
|
|
Inventor of the "bubble dress"
|
Leslie Caron
|
Dancer
|
1-Jul-1931
|
|
Gigi
|
Élie Cartan
|
Mathematician
|
9-Apr-1869
|
6-May-1951
|
Spinor groups
|
Henri Cartan
|
Mathematician
|
8-Jul-1904
|
13-Aug-2008
|
Leader of the math Bourbakistes
|
Helena Bonham Carter
|
Actor
|
26-May-1966
|
|
Marla in
Fight Club
|
Mary Cassatt
|
Painter
|
22-May-1843
|
14-Jun-1926
|
American impressionist, lived in Paris
|
Albert Champion
|
Business
|
2-Apr-1878
|
26-Oct-1927
|
ACDelco and Champion spark plugs
|
Lon Chaney
|
Actor
|
1-Apr-1883
|
26-Aug-1930
|
The Phantom of the Opera
|
Patricia Charbonneau
|
Actor
|
1959
|
|
Desert Hearts
|
Jean-Martin Charcot
|
Doctor
|
29-Nov-1825
|
16-Aug-1893
|
Father of neurology
|
King Charles II
|
Royalty
|
29-May-1630
|
6-Feb-1685
|
King of England 1660-85
|
David Charvet
|
Actor
|
15-May-1972
|
|
Matt Brody on
Baywatch
|
G. K. Chesterton
|
Author
|
29-May-1874
|
14-Jun-1936
|
The Man Who Was Thursday
|
Louis Chevrolet
|
Auto Racing
|
25-Dec-1878
|
6-Jun-1941
|
Designed the first Chevrolet
|
André Citroën
|
Engineer
|
5-Feb-1878
|
3-Jul-1935
|
Europe's Henry Ford
|
Georges Claude
|
Chemist
|
24-Sep-1870
|
23-May-1960
|
Neon lighting
|
Voltairine de Cleyre
|
Anarchist
|
17-Nov-1866
|
20-Jun-1912
|
Anarchist without an adjective
|
J. M. G. Le Clézio
|
Novelist
|
13-Apr-1940
|
|
Nomadic novelist
|
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
|
Physicist
|
1-Apr-1933
|
|
Trapped atoms with laser light
|
Alice Cooper
|
Musician
|
4-Feb-1948
|
|
No More Mr. Nice Guy
|
Pedro de Cordoba
|
Actor
|
28-Sep-1881
|
16-Sep-1950
|
The Ghost Breakers
|
André F. Cournand
|
Scientist
|
24-Sep-1895
|
19-Feb-1988
|
Cardiac catheterization
|
Odile Crick
|
Artist
|
11-Aug-1920
|
5-Jul-2007
|
Sketched the double helix
|
Walter Cronkite
|
Journalist
|
4-Nov-1916
|
17-Jul-2009
|
America's most trusted newscaster
|
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
|
Inventor
|
26-Sep-1725
|
2-Oct-1804
|
Steam-powered automobile
|
Ann Curry
|
Journalist
|
19-Nov-1956
|
|
Dateline NBC
Co-Host
|
Jean Dausset
|
Scientist
|
19-Oct-1916
|
6-Jun-2009
|
Recognition of HLA antigens
|
Alexa Davalos
|
Actor
|
28-May-1982
|
|
Defiance
|
Catherine de Medici
|
Royalty
|
13-Apr-1519
|
5-Jan-1589
|
De facto ruler of France, 1547-59
|
Eugene V. Debs
|
Labor Leader
|
5-Nov-1855
|
20-Oct-1926
|
Labor leader ran for President five times
|
Stephen Decatur
|
Military
|
5-Jan-1779
|
22-Mar-1820
|
US Naval commander, fought at Tripoli
|
Dido
|
Musician
|
25-Dec-1971
|
|
No Angel
|
Celine Dion
|
Singer
|
30-Mar-1968
|
|
Canadian diva
|
Paul Dirac
|
Physicist
|
8-Aug-1902
|
20-Oct-1984
|
The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
|
Thomas Dixon
|
Author
|
11-Jan-1864
|
3-Apr-1946
|
The Clansman
|
Wylie Dufresne
|
Chef
|
1970
|
|
WD-50
|
William F. Durand
|
Engineer
|
5-Mar-1859
|
9-Aug-1958
|
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics
|
James Duval
|
Actor
|
10-Sep-1972
|
|
Go
|
King Edward III
|
Royalty
|
13-Nov-1312
|
21-Jun-1377
|
King of England, 1327-77
|
Gustave Eiffel
|
Architect
|
15-Dec-1832
|
27-Dec-1923
|
Designer of
Eiffel Tower
|
Shannon Elizabeth
|
Actor
|
7-Sep-1973
|
|
Nadia in
American Pie
1 and 2
|
Robert F. Engle III
|
Economist
|
10-Nov-1942
|
|
Autoregressive conditional heteroskedasticity
|
Robert Faurisson
|
Scholar
|
25-Jan-1929
|
|
French Holocaust denier
|
Brett Favre
|
Football
|
10-Oct-1969
|
|
Minnesota Vikings QB
|
Edmond H. Fischer
|
Scientist
|
6-Apr-1920
|
|
Protein phosphorylation
|
Gustave Flaubert
|
Novelist
|
12-Dec-1821
|
8-May-1880
|
Realist novelist,
Madame Bovary
|
Walther Flemming
|
Biologist
|
21-Apr-1843
|
4-Aug-1905
|
Chromosomes and mitosis
|
Paul J. Flory
|
Chemist
|
19-Jun-1910
|
9-Sep-1985
|
Studied polymers
|
Ferdinand Foch
|
Military
|
2-Oct-1851
|
20-Mar-1929
|
Allied Supreme Commander WWI
|
Nikolai Fraiture
|
Bassist
|
13-Nov-1978
|
|
Bassist for
The Strokes
|
Anatole France
|
Novelist
|
16-Apr-1844
|
13-Oct-1924
|
French novelist
|
Maurice Fréchet
|
Mathematician
|
2-Sep-1878
|
4-Jun-1973
|
Fréchet differential
|
John C. Fremont
|
Explorer
|
21-Jan-1813
|
13-Jul-1890
|
Conqueror of California
|
John C. Garand
|
Inventor
|
1-Jan-1888
|
16-Feb-1974
|
M-1 semiautomatic rifle
|
Lucretia Garfield
|
First Lady
|
19-Apr-1832
|
14-Mar-1918
|
Wife of US President James Garfield
|
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
|
Physicist
|
24-Oct-1932
|
18-May-2007
|
Molecular structure of polymers
|
Jack Germond
|
Columnist
|
30-Jan-1928
|
|
Fat Man in a Middle Seat
|
Gina Gershon
|
Actor
|
10-Jun-1962
|
|
Showgirls
|
André Gide
|
Author
|
22-Nov-1869
|
19-Feb-1951
|
Le Voyage d'Urien
|
Paul Gigot
|
Columnist
|
1955
|
|
Wall Street Journal
columnist
|
Richard Gilder
|
Business
|
c. 1932
|
|
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
|
Aria Giovanni
|
Pornstar
|
3-Nov-1977
|
|
Softcore vixen, fetish & bondage model
|
Marvin J. Girouard
|
Business
|
c. 1939
|
|
Pier 1 Imports executive
|
Jean-Luc Godard
|
Film Director
|
3-Dec-1930
|
|
Vivre sa Vie
|
Dexter Gordon
|
Jazz Musician
|
27-Feb-1923
|
25-Apr-1990
|
Influential bop saxophonist
|
Eva Green
|
Actor
|
5-Jul-1980
|
|
The Dreamers
|
Charles Édouard Guillaume
|
Physicist
|
15-Feb-1861
|
13-Jun-1938
|
Invented alloys Invar and Elinvar
|
John Guillermin
|
Film Director
|
11-Nov-1925
|
|
The Bridge at Remagen
|
Alexander Hamilton
|
Government
|
11-Jan-1757
|
12-Jul-1804
|
Primary author of
The Federalist Papers
|
Irene Handl
|
Actor
|
27-Dec-1901
|
29-Nov-1987
|
Matronly British character actor
|
Joanne Harris
|
Novelist
|
3-Jul-1964
|
|
Chocolat
|
Van Heflin
|
Actor
|
13-Dec-1910
|
23-Jul-1971
|
Till the Clouds Roll By
|
Jill Hennessy
|
Actor
|
25-Nov-1968
|
|
Crossing Jordan
|
King Henry VI
|
Royalty
|
6-Dec-1421
|
21-May-1471
|
King of England, 1422-61
|
Dudley R. Herschbach
|
Chemist
|
18-Jun-1932
|
|
Crossed molecular beam experiments
|
Jules A. Hoffmann
|
Biologist
|
2-Aug-1941
|
|
Innate immunity
|
Xaviera Hollander
|
Author
|
15-Jun-1943
|
|
The Happy Hooker
|
Sandrine Holt
|
Actor
|
19-Nov-1972
|
|
Black Robe
|
Howard Hughes
|
Business
|
24-Sep-1905
|
5-Apr-1976
|
Insane billionaire
|
François Jacob
|
Scientist
|
17-Jun-1920
|
|
Operon theory of genetic control
|
Kendra Jade
|
Pornstar
|
19-Apr-1977
|
|
Made sex tape with Jerry Springer
|
Karl Jansky
|
Astronomer
|
22-Oct-1905
|
14-Feb-1950
|
Radio waves from outer space
|
John Jay
|
Judge
|
12-Dec-1745
|
17-May-1829
|
First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
|
Jeanne-Claude
|
Artist
|
13-Jun-1945
|
18-Nov-2009
|
Gift-wraps large monuments
|
Penn Jillette
|
Magician
|
5-Mar-1955
|
|
Talking half of the
Penn and Teller
duo
|
Joan of Arc
|
Religion
|
6-Jan-1412
|
30-May-1431
|
Maid of Orleans, burned at the stake
|
Marlène Jobert
|
Actor
|
4-Nov-1943
|
|
Masculin, féminin: 15 faits précis
|
Dr. John
|
Musician
|
21-Nov-1940
|
|
Right Place, Wrong Time
|
Frédéric Joliot
|
Physicist
|
19-Mar-1900
|
14-Aug-1958
|
Artificial radioactivity
|
Hubert Joly
|
Business
|
c. 1960
|
|
President & CEO of Carlson Companies
|
King Juan Carlos
|
Head of State
|
5-Jan-1938
|
|
King of Spain
|
Alfred Kastler
|
Physicist
|
3-May-1902
|
7-Jan-1984
|
Optical pumping
|
John La Farge
|
Painter
|
31-Mar-1835
|
14-Nov-1910
|
Painter, muralist, stained-glass designer
|
Jack La Lanne
|
Fitness Guru
|
26-Sep-1914
|
23-Jan-2011
|
Fitness guru
|
Neil LaBute
|
Film Director
|
19-Mar-1963
|
|
In the Company of Men
|
René Laënnec
|
Doctor
|
17-Feb-1781
|
13-Aug-1826
|
Stethoscope
|
Jules Laforgue
|
Poet
|
16-Aug-1860
|
20-Aug-1887
|
Pessimistic poet who inspired T. S. Eliot
|
Estée Lauder
|
Business
|
1-Jul-1908
|
24-Apr-2004
|
Cosmetics magnate
|
Alphonse Laveran
|
Doctor
|
18-Jun-1845
|
18-May-1922
|
Found the parasite that causes malaria
|
Jean-Marie Le Pen
|
Politician
|
20-Jun-1928
|
|
French nationalist
|
Eva Le Gallienne
|
Actor
|
11-Jan-1899
|
3-Jun-1991
|
New York Civic Repertory Theater
|
Vivien Leigh
|
Actor
|
5-Nov-1913
|
8-Jul-1967
|
Gone With The Wind
|
Luis Leloir
|
Chemist
|
6-Sep-1906
|
2-Dec-1987
|
Conversion of carbohydrates
|
Étienne Lenoir
|
Inventor
|
12-Jan-1822
|
4-Aug-1900
|
Internal-combustion engine
|
Jimmy John Liautaud
|
Business
|
12-Jan-1964
|
|
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches
|
Frederick Lindemann
|
Government
|
5-Apr-1886
|
3-Jul-1957
|
Churchill's scientific and war advisor
|
Gabriel Lippmann
|
Physicist
|
16-Aug-1845
|
13-Jul-1921
|
Photographic color plate
|
Henry Demarest Lloyd
|
Journalist
|
1-May-1847
|
28-Sep-1903
|
Radical reporter
|
Raymond Loewy
|
Designer
|
5-Nov-1893
|
14-Jul-1986
|
Father of industrial design
|
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
|
Comic
|
13-Jan-1961
|
|
Elaine on
Seinfeld
|
William Louis-Dreyfus
|
Business
|
1932
|
|
Billionaire
|
Auguste Lumière
|
Inventor
|
19-Oct-1862
|
10-Apr-1954
|
Co-Inventor of motion pictures
|
Louis Lumière
|
Inventor
|
5-Oct-1864
|
6-Jun-1948
|
Inventor of motion pictures
|
Willem J. Luyten
|
Astronomer
|
7-Mar-1899
|
21-Nov-1994
|
Stellar mortician
|
André Lwoff
|
Scientist
|
8-May-1902
|
30-Sep-1994
|
Operon theory of genetic control
|
Dolley Madison
|
First Lady
|
20-May-1768
|
12-Jul-1849
|
Wife of US President James Madison
|
Jock Mahoney
|
Actor
|
7-Feb-1919
|
14-Dec-1989
|
Yancy Derringer
|
Louis Malle
|
Film Director
|
30-Oct-1932
|
23-Nov-1995
|
Atlantic City
|
Vanessa Marcil
|
Actor
|
15-Oct-1968
|
|
Gina Kinkaid on
Beverly Hills 90210
|
Mary I of Scotland
|
Royalty
|
8-Dec-1542
|
8-Feb-1587
|
Mary, Queen of Scots
|
Chiara Mastroianni
|
Actor
|
28-May-1972
|
|
Diary of a Seducer
|
Carson McCullers
|
Author
|
19-Feb-1917
|
29-Sep-1967
|
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
|
Charles Messier
|
Astronomer
|
26-Jun-1730
|
12-Apr-1817
|
Cataloguer of M objects
|
André Michelin
|
Business
|
16-Jan-1853
|
4-Apr-1931
|
Founder of Michelin Group
|
Kate Millett
|
Activist
|
14-Sep-1934
|
|
Sexual Politics
|
Yvette Mimieux
|
Actor
|
8-Jan-1942
|
|
Where the Boys Are
|
Henri Moissan
|
Chemist
|
28-Sep-1852
|
20-Feb-1907
|
Isolated fluorine
|
Molière
|
Playwright
|
15-Jan-1622
|
17-Feb-1673
|
Tartuffe
,
Le Misanthrope
|
Jean Moulin
|
Government
|
20-Jun-1899
|
8-Jul-1943
|
Martyr of the French Resistance
|
Alison Moyet
|
Musician
|
18-Jun-1961
|
|
Songwriter and vocalist for
Yazoo
|
Condé Nast
|
Business
|
26-Mar-1873
|
19-Sep-1942
|
Founder of Condé Nast Publications
|
Nicéphore Niépce
|
Chemist
|
7-Mar-1765
|
5-Jul-1833
|
Inventor of photography
|
Anaïs Nin
|
Author
|
21-Feb-1903
|
14-Jan-1977
|
Diary of Anaïs Nin
|
David Niven
|
Actor
|
1-Mar-1909
|
29-Jul-1983
|
Pencil-moustachioed actor
|
Mabel Normand
|
Actor
|
16-Nov-1892
|
22-Feb-1930
|
Tillie's Punctured Romance
|
France Nuyen
|
Actor
|
31-Jul-1939
|
|
The Joy Luck Club
|
Chuck Palahniuk
|
Author
|
21-Feb-1962
|
|
Fight Club
|
Ara Parseghian
|
Football
|
10-Mar-1923
|
|
Head Coach, Notre Dame, 1964-74
|
Blaise Pascal
|
Mathematician
|
19-Jun-1623
|
19-Aug-1662
|
French thinker and mathematician
|
Elizabeth Paté-Cornell
|
Educator
|
17-Aug-1948
|
|
Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor
|
Nicholas Claude Fabri de Peiresc
|
Astronomer
|
1-Dec-1580
|
24-Jun-1637
|
Discovered Orion Nebula
|
Gigi Perreau
|
Actor
|
6-Feb-1941
|
|
Has Anybody Seen My Gal
|
John J. Pershing
|
Military
|
13-Sep-1860
|
15-Jul-1948
|
General of the Armies of the United States
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Armand Peugeot
|
Business
|
26-Mar-1849
|
2-Jan-1915
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Built the first Peugeot automobiles
|
Philippe Pinel
|
Psychiatrist
|
20-Apr-1745
|
25-Oct-1826
|
Unchained the insane
|
Julius Plücker
|
Mathematician
|
16-Jul-1801
|
22-May-1868
|
Analytical geometry
|
Elena Poniatowska
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Journalist
|
19-May-1932
|
|
Mexican feminist writer, journalist
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Éleuthère Irénée du Pont
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Business
|
24-Jun-1771
|
31-Oct-1834
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Founder of DuPont
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Pierre Poujade
|
Activist
|
1-Dec-1920
|
27-Aug-2003
|
French anti-tax crusader
|
Maggie Q
|
Actor
|
22-May-1979
|
|
Mission: Impossible III
|
Rael
|
Hoaxer
|
30-Sep-1946
|
|
UFO cult leader maintains cloning laboratory
|
Prince Rainier
|
Royalty
|
31-May-1923
|
6-Apr-2005
|
Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005
|
Henry J. Raymond
|
Journalist
|
24-Jan-1820
|
19-Jun-1869
|
Co-Founder of
The New York Times
|
Erich Maria Remarque
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Novelist
|
22-Jun-1898
|
25-Sep-1970
|
All Quiet on the Western Front
|
Louis Renault
|
Engineer
|
15-Feb-1877
|
24-Oct-1944
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Founder of Renault
|
Jesse W. Reno
|
Inventor
|
4-Aug-1861
|
2-Jun-1947
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Invented the escalator
|
Auguste Renoir
|
Painter
|
25-Feb-1841
|
3-Dec-1919
|
Le Bal au Moulin de la Galette
|
Franz Reuleaux
|
Mathematician
|
30-Sep-1829
|
20-Aug-1905
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Father of modern kinematics
|
King Richard the Lionheart
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Head of State
|
8-Sep-1157
|
6-Apr-1199
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King of England, 1189-99
|
Charles Richet
|
Scientist
|
26-Aug-1850
|
4-Dec-1935
|
Studied anaphylaxis and ectoplasm
|
Alain Robert
|
Daredevil
|
7-Aug-1962
|
|
Climbs skyscrapers with his bare hands
|
George Rockwell
|
Activist
|
9-Mar-1918
|
25-Aug-1967
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Founded American Nazi Party
|
Rod La Rocque
|
Actor
|
20-Nov-1898
|
15-Oct-1969
|
Braveheart
|
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
|
Philosopher
|
28-Jun-1712
|
2-Jul-1778
|
Conceptualized the Social Contract
|
Athina Onassis Roussel
|
Relative
|
Jan-1985
|
|
Daughter of Christina Onassis
|
Raymond Rubicam
|
Business
|
16-Jun-1892
|
8-May-1978
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Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam
|
Yves Saint Laurent
|
Fashion Designer
|
1-Aug-1936
|
1-Jun-2008
|
Christian Dior protege
|
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
|
Sculptor
|
1-Mar-1848
|
3-Aug-1907
|
Leading 19th c. American sculptor
|
Pierre Salinger
|
Journalist
|
14-Jun-1925
|
16-Oct-2004
|
Former ABC News Correspondent
|
Deborah Sampson
|
Military
|
17-Dec-1760
|
29-Apr-1827
|
Woman who fought in US Revolutionary War
|
Kiele Sanchez
|
Actor
|
13-Oct-1977
|
|
Callie Cargill on
The Glades
|
Antonio López de Santa Anna
|
Military
|
21-Feb-1794
|
21-Jun-1876
|
Hero of Tampico
|
Nicolas Sarkozy
|
Politician
|
28-Jan-1955
|
|
President of France, 2007-12
|
Andrew V. Schally
|
Scientist
|
30-Nov-1926
|
|
Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides)
|
Jan Smuts
|
Politician
|
24-May-1870
|
11-Sep-1950
|
South African Prime Minister
|
Leelee Sobieski
|
Actor
|
10-Jun-1983
|
|
Eyes Wide Shut
|
Edward Sorin
|
Religion
|
6-Feb-1814
|
31-Oct-1893
|
Founder, University of Notre Dame
|
Robert Strausz-Hupé
|
Diplomat
|
25-Mar-1903
|
24-Feb-2002
|
US Ambassador to Turkey, 1981-89
|
Igor Stravinsky
|
Composer
|
17-Jun-1882
|
6-Apr-1971
|
The Rite of Spring
|
Violette Szabo
|
Spy
|
26-Jun-1921
|
5-Feb-1945
|
British secret agent, fought with French Resistance
|
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
|
Philosopher
|
1-May-1881
|
10-Apr-1955
|
The Phenomenon of Man
|
Frederick Terman
|
Scientist
|
7-Jun-1900
|
19-Dec-1982
|
Stanford Research Park
|
Lewis Terman
|
Psychologist
|
15-Jan-1877
|
21-Dec-1956
|
Intelligence tests
|
Charlize Theron
|
Actor
|
7-Aug-1975
|
|
Monster
|
D'Arcy Thompson
|
Biologist
|
2-May-1860
|
21-Jun-1948
|
On Growth and Form
|
Henry David Thoreau
|
Author
|
12-Jul-1817
|
6-May-1862
|
Walden
|
Georges Gilles de la Tourette
|
Doctor
|
30-Oct-1857
|
26-May-1904
|
Tourette's syndrome
|
François Truffaut
|
Film Director
|
6-Feb-1932
|
21-Oct-1984
|
Last Metro
|
Letitia Tyler
|
First Lady
|
12-Nov-1790
|
10-Sep-1842
|
First wife of US President John Tyler
|
Rudolph Valentino
|
Actor
|
6-May-1895
|
23-Aug-1926
|
Latin lover of the silent film era
|
Agnès Varda
|
Film Director
|
30-May-1928
|
|
Cleo from 5 to 7
|
Leonor Varela
|
Actor
|
29-Dec-1972
|
|
Innocent Voices
|
Emmanuelle Vaugier
|
Actor
|
23-Jun-1976
|
|
Dr. Helen Bryce on
Smallville
|
Jacques Vergès
|
Attorney
|
5-Mar-1925
|
|
Attorney specializing in defense of monsters
|
Vincent du Vigneaud
|
Chemist
|
18-May-1901
|
11-Dec-1978
|
Synthesized vasopressin and oxytocin
|
Louis Wain
|
Painter
|
5-Aug-1860
|
4-Jul-1939
|
The Man Who Drew Cats
|
Martha Washington
|
First Lady
|
2-Jun-1731
|
22-May-1802
|
Wife of US President George Washington
|
Alfred Werner
|
Chemist
|
12-Dec-1866
|
15-Nov-1919
|
Coordination theory of chemistry
|
Tina Weymouth
|
Bassist
|
22-Nov-1950
|
|
Bassist for
Talking Heads
|
Daniel Wildenstein
|
Business
|
11-Sep-1917
|
23-Oct-2001
|
Wildenstein & Company
|
Lambert Wilson
|
Actor
|
3-Aug-1958
|
|
The Merovingian
|
Peter Wyngarde
|
Actor
|
23-Aug-1933
|
|
Jason King
|
Charlyne Yi
|
Comic
|
4-Jan-1986
|
|
Dr. Park on
House
|
Frank Zappa
|
Composer
|
21-Dec-1940
|
4-Dec-1993
|
Joe's Garage
|
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
|
Scientist
|
6-Jan-1944
|
|
T-cells and antigens
|
Hans Zinsser
|
Scientist
|
17-Nov-1878
|
4-Sep-1940
|
Typhus vaccine
|