Name
| Occupation
| Birth
| Death
| Known for
|
Amy Alcott
|
Golf
|
22-Feb-1956
|
|
Winner of 5 Majors
|
Louisa May Alcott
|
Author
|
29-Nov-1832
|
6-Mar-1888
|
Little Women
|
William Allain
|
Politician
|
14-Feb-1928
|
|
Governor of Mississippi, 1984-88
|
Bob Allen
|
Politician
|
30-Sep-1958
|
|
Florida State Representative, 2000-08
|
Louie Anderson
|
Comic
|
24-Mar-1953
|
|
Host of
Family Feud
, 1999-2002
|
Jean Arthur
|
Actor
|
17-Oct-1900
|
19-Jun-1991
|
Only Angels Have Wings
|
Juana de Asbaje
|
Poet
|
12-Nov-1651
|
17-Apr-1695
|
America's first feminist poet
|
Elizabeth Báthory
|
Royalty
|
Aug-1560
|
21-Aug-1614
|
Hungary's infamous Bloody Lady
|
André Bauer
|
Politician
|
20-Mar-1969
|
|
Lt. Governor of South Carolina
|
Ludwig van Beethoven
|
Composer
|
17-Dec-1770
|
26-Mar-1827
|
Prominent composer
|
Larry Birkhead
|
Relative
|
22-Jan-1973
|
|
Impregnated Anna Nicole Smith
|
Rosa Bonheur
|
Painter
|
16-Mar-1822
|
25-May-1899
|
Horse Fair
|
Lizzie Borden
|
Criminal
|
19-Jul-1860
|
1-Jun-1927
|
Presumed axe murderer
|
David L. Boren
|
Politician
|
21-Apr-1941
|
|
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma
|
Sandro Botticelli
|
Painter
|
1-Mar-1445
|
17-May-1510
|
Florentine early Renaissance painter
|
James Buchanan
|
Head of State
|
23-Apr-1791
|
1-Jun-1868
|
15th US President, 1857-61
|
Sir Richard Burton
|
Explorer
|
19-Mar-1821
|
20-Oct-1890
|
Translated
The Arabian Nights
|
Tevin Campbell
|
Singer
|
12-Nov-1976
|
|
Always In My Heart
|
Caravaggio
|
Painter
|
28-Sep-1573
|
18-Jul-1610
|
Temperamental painter
|
Mary Carillo
|
Sports Journalist
|
15-Mar-1957
|
|
Loquacious sports commentator
|
G. Harrold Carswell
|
Judge
|
22-Dec-1919
|
31-Jul-1992
|
Failed US Supreme Court nominee
|
Mary Cassatt
|
Painter
|
22-May-1843
|
14-Jun-1926
|
American impressionist, lived in Paris
|
Tracy Chapman
|
Singer
|
30-Mar-1964
|
|
Fast Car
|
King Charles XII
|
Royalty
|
17-Jun-1682
|
30-Nov-1718
|
King of Sweden, 1697-1718
|
Alex Chiu
|
Paranormal
|
8-Feb-1971
|
|
Inventor of magnetic immortality rings
|
Helen Clark
|
Head of State
|
26-Feb-1950
|
|
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1999-2008
|
Correggio
|
Painter
|
Aug-1494
|
5-Mar-1534
|
Mystic Marriage of St. Catherine
|
Larry Craig
|
Politician
|
20-Jul-1945
|
|
US Senator from Idaho, 1990-2009
|
Cindy Crawford
|
Model
|
20-Feb-1966
|
|
House of Style
|
Charlie Crist
|
Politician
|
24-Jul-1956
|
|
Governor of Florida, 2007-11
|
Paul Crouch
|
Religion
|
29-Mar-1934
|
|
Trinity Broadcasting Network
|
Tom Cruise
|
Actor
|
3-Jul-1962
|
|
Flamboyant Scientologist
|
Matt Dallas
|
Actor
|
21-Oct-1982
|
|
Kyle XY
|
Jack Davenport
|
Actor
|
1-Mar-1973
|
|
Steve Taylor on
Coupling
|
Dolores del Rio
|
Actor
|
3-Aug-1905
|
11-Apr-1983
|
Flying Down to Rio
|
Emily Dickinson
|
Poet
|
10-Dec-1830
|
15-May-1886
|
Perplexing American poet
|
Dirk Dirksen
|
Business
|
25-Aug-1937
|
20-Nov-2006
|
Godfather of San Francisco punk
|
Rocco DiSpirito
|
Chef
|
19-Nov-1966
|
|
The Restaurant
|
Donatello
|
Sculptor
|
1386
|
13-Dec-1466
|
Italian Renaissance sculptor
|
David Dreier
|
Politician
|
5-Jul-1952
|
|
Congressman, California 26th
|
Matt Drudge
|
Blogger
|
27-Oct-1966
|
|
The Drudge Report
|
Clea DuVall
|
Actor
|
25-Sep-1977
|
|
Carnivale
|
Amelia Earhart
|
Aviator
|
24-Jul-1897
|
2-Jul-1937
|
Misplaced aviatrix
|
Nelson Eddy
|
Singer
|
29-Jun-1901
|
6-Mar-1967
|
Phantom of the Opera
|
Prince Edward
|
Royalty
|
10-Mar-1964
|
|
The Earl of Wessex
|
Erté
|
Artist
|
23-Nov-1892
|
21-Apr-1990
|
Art deco fashion designer and artist
|
Alois Estermann
|
Government
|
29-Oct-1954
|
4-May-1998
|
Swiss Guard, murdered
|
Maurice Evans
|
Actor
|
3-Jun-1901
|
12-Mar-1989
|
Dr. Zaius in
Planet of the Apes
|
Edna Ferber
|
Novelist
|
15-Aug-1885
|
16-Apr-1968
|
Show Boat
and
Giant
|
Gustave Flaubert
|
Novelist
|
12-Dec-1821
|
8-May-1880
|
Realist novelist,
Madame Bovary
|
Errol Flynn
|
Actor
|
20-Jun-1909
|
14-Oct-1959
|
Robin Hood
|
Steven Ford
|
Relative
|
19-May-1956
|
|
Son of Gerald Ford
|
Liam Fox
|
Politician
|
22-Sep-1961
|
|
UK Conservative Party Co-Chair
|
Anne Frank
|
Victim
|
12-Jun-1929
|
Mar-1945
|
The Diary of Anne Frank
|
Hans Frank
|
Military
|
23-May-1900
|
16-Oct-1946
|
Nazi King of Poland
|
Frederick the Great
|
Royalty
|
24-Jan-1712
|
17-Aug-1786
|
King of Prussia 1740-86
|
Anna Freud
|
Relative
|
3-Dec-1895
|
9-Oct-1982
|
Daughter of Sigmund Freud
|
George Gershwin
|
Songwriter
|
26-Sep-1898
|
11-Jul-1937
|
Rhapsody In Blue
|
Gary Glitter
|
Musician
|
8-May-1944
|
|
Rock and Roll Part 2
|
Lindsey Graham
|
Politician
|
9-Jul-1955
|
|
US Senator from South Carolina
|
James Grauerholz
|
Author
|
14-Dec-1953
|
|
William S. Burrough's assistant
|
Terry Gross
|
Radio Personality
|
14-Feb-1951
|
|
Host of
Fresh Air
on NPR
|
Steve Guttenberg
|
Actor
|
24-Aug-1958
|
|
Police Academy
|
Jörg Haider
|
Politician
|
26-Jan-1950
|
11-Oct-2008
|
Austrian extreme rightist
|
Steve Harris
|
Actor
|
3-Dec-1965
|
|
The Practice
|
Edward Heath
|
Head of State
|
9-Jul-1916
|
17-Jul-2005
|
British Prime Minister, 1970-74
|
David Helfgott
|
Musician
|
19-May-1947
|
|
Subject of the biopic
Shine
|
Jimi Hendrix
|
Guitarist
|
27-Nov-1942
|
18-Sep-1970
|
Purple Haze
|
Ty Herndon
|
Country Musician
|
2-May-1962
|
|
Country music star caught in cruisy park
|
Rudolf Hess
|
Government
|
26-Apr-1894
|
17-Jul-1987
|
Deputy Fuhrer flew unauthorized to Scotland
|
Heinrich Himmler
|
Government
|
7-Oct-1900
|
23-May-1945
|
Leader of the SS
|
Gary Hirte
|
Criminal
|
1986
|
|
Eagle Scout, convicted murderer
|
Huell Howser
|
TV Personality
|
18-Oct-1945
|
|
California's Gold
|
Langston Hughes
|
Poet
|
1-Feb-1902
|
22-May-1967
|
The Negro Speaks of Rivers
|
Tom Hulce
|
Actor
|
6-Dec-1953
|
|
Amadeus
|
Sandy Hume
|
Journalist
|
c. 1969
|
22-Feb-1998
|
The Hill
Correspondent, 1996-98
|
Zora Neale Hurston
|
Novelist
|
7-Jan-1891
|
28-Jan-1960
|
Their Eyes Were Watching God
|
John Ireland
|
Composer
|
13-Aug-1879
|
12-Jun-1962
|
The Holy Boy
|
Michael Jackson
|
Singer
|
29-Aug-1958
|
25-Jun-2009
|
King of Pop
|
King James I
|
Royalty
|
19-Jun-1566
|
27-Mar-1625
|
King of England, 1603-25
|
Warren Jeffs
|
Religion
|
3-Dec-1955
|
|
Head of FLDS polygamist clan
|
Joan Jett
|
Musician
|
22-Sep-1958
|
|
I Love Rock 'N Roll
|
John Kasich
|
Politician
|
13-May-1952
|
|
Governor of Ohio
|
Troy King
|
Politician
|
22-Aug-1968
|
|
Attorney General of Alabama
|
Ed Koch
|
Politician
|
12-Dec-1924
|
|
Mayor of New York City, 1978-89
|
Herb Kohl
|
Politician
|
7-Feb-1935
|
|
US Senator from Wisconsin
|
Koko
|
Oddity
|
4-Jul-1971
|
|
Sign-language gorilla
|
Sandy Koufax
|
Baseball
|
30-Dec-1935
|
|
Three-time Cy Young Award winner
|
Karl Lagerfeld
|
Fashion Designer
|
10-Sep-1938
|
|
Chanel, Lagerfeld
|
Frank Langella
|
Actor
|
1-Jan-1938
|
|
Dracula
and
Dave
|
Queen Latifah
|
Rapper
|
18-Mar-1970
|
|
All Hail the Queen
|
T. E. Lawrence
|
Author
|
16-Aug-1888
|
19-May-1935
|
Lawrence of Arabia
|
Chris Lee
|
Politician
|
1-Apr-1964
|
|
Congressman from New York, resigned
|
Annie Leibovitz
|
Photographer
|
2-Oct-1949
|
|
Celebrity photographer
|
John Lennon
|
Musician
|
9-Oct-1940
|
8-Dec-1980
|
Beatle
|
Nicole Lenz
|
Model
|
24-Jan-1980
|
|
Model-actress
|
Carl Lewis
|
Track and Field
|
1-Jul-1961
|
|
Olympian
|
Margaret Lindsay
|
Actor
|
19-Sep-1910
|
9-May-1981
|
The House of the Seven Gables
|
Eddie Long
|
Religion
|
12-May-1953
|
|
Georgia Baptist minister
|
Chris Lowe
|
Musician
|
4-Oct-1959
|
|
Keyboard and synth for
Pet Shop Boys
|
Moms Mabley
|
Comic
|
19-Mar-1894
|
23-May-1975
|
Pioneering black comedienne
|
Erika Mann
|
Journalist
|
9-Nov-1905
|
27-Aug-1969
|
Daughter of Thomas Mann
|
Princess Margaret
|
Royalty
|
21-Aug-1930
|
9-Feb-2002
|
QEII's sister, the Countess of Snowdon
|
Eric Massa
|
Politician
|
16-Sep-1959
|
|
Congressman from New York, 2009-10
|
Joseph McCarthy
|
Politician
|
14-Nov-1908
|
2-May-1957
|
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57
|
Donnie McClurkin
|
Singer
|
9-Nov-1959
|
|
Gospel singer, former homosexual
|
Jim McCrery
|
Politician
|
18-Sep-1949
|
|
Congressman from Louisiana, 1989-2009
|
Hattie McDaniel
|
Actor
|
10-Jun-1893
|
26-Oct-1952
|
Mammy in
Gone with the Wind
|
Claude McKay
|
Novelist
|
15-Sep-1890
|
22-May-1948
|
Home to Harlem
|
William McMahon
|
Head of State
|
23-Feb-1908
|
31-Mar-1988
|
Prime Minister of Australia, 1971-72
|
Mehmed the Conqueror
|
Royalty
|
29-Mar-1432
|
3-May-1481
|
Ottoman Sultan, destroyed Byzantine empire
|
Erik Menendez
|
Criminal
|
27-Nov-1971
|
|
Killed parents with brother Lyle
|
Mika
|
Singer
|
18-Aug-1983
|
|
Lebanese Britpop singer
|
Barbara Mikulski
|
Politician
|
20-Jul-1936
|
|
US Senator from Maryland
|
Wentworth Miller
|
Actor
|
2-Jun-1972
|
|
Michael Scofield on
Prison Break
|
Betty Montgomery
|
Politician
|
3-Apr-1948
|
|
Ohio Attorney General, 1995-2003
|
Agnes Moorehead
|
Actor
|
6-Dec-1900
|
30-Apr-1974
|
Endora on
Bewitched
|
Morrissey
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
22-May-1959
|
|
Frontman of
The Smiths
|
Lord Mountbatten
|
Military
|
25-Jun-1900
|
27-Aug-1979
|
Last Viceroy of India
|
Eddie Murphy
|
Comic
|
3-Apr-1961
|
|
Beverly Hills Cop
|
Jim Nabors
|
Actor
|
12-Jun-1930
|
|
Gomer Pyle USMC
|
John Nash
|
Mathematician
|
13-Jun-1928
|
|
Schizophrenic game theorist
|
Pola Negri
|
Actor
|
31-Dec-1894
|
1-Aug-1987
|
Sultry silent film diva
|
Nero
|
Royalty
|
15-Dec-37 AD
|
9-Jun-68 AD
|
Roman Emperor, 54-68 AD
|
Brigitte Nielsen
|
Actor
|
15-Jul-1963
|
|
Red Sonja
|
Friedrich Nietzsche
|
Philosopher
|
15-Oct-1844
|
25-Aug-1900
|
God is dead
|
Ellen Page
|
Actor
|
21-Feb-1987
|
|
Juno
|
Dolly Parton
|
Country Musician
|
19-Jan-1946
|
|
Jolene
|
Pope Paul VI
|
Religion
|
26-Sep-1897
|
6-Aug-1978
|
The pilgrim pope
|
Bill Paxon
|
Politician
|
29-Apr-1954
|
|
Congressman from New York, 1989-99
|
Lou Pearlman
|
Business
|
19-Jun-1954
|
|
Boy bands and Ponzi schemes
|
Tyler Perry
|
Film Director
|
13-Sep-1969
|
|
Diary of a Mad Black Woman
|
Fernando Pessoa
|
Author
|
13-Jun-1888
|
30-Nov-1935
|
Heteronymous author,
The Book of Disquiet
|
Pierre Pettigrew
|
Politician
|
18-Apr-1951
|
|
Candian Foreign Minister
|
Mike Piazza
|
Baseball
|
4-Sep-1968
|
|
Mets catcher
|
William Pitt the Younger
|
Head of State
|
28-May-1759
|
23-Jan-1806
|
UK Prime Minister
|
Frank Podmore
|
Author
|
5-Feb-1856
|
14-Aug-1910
|
Fabian Society
|
Maurice Ravel
|
Composer
|
7-Mar-1875
|
28-Dec-1937
|
Bolero
|
Bebe Rebozo
|
Business
|
17-Nov-1912
|
8-May-1998
|
Nixon confidant
|
Rex Reed
|
Critic
|
2-Oct-1938
|
|
At the Movies
|
Janet Reno
|
Government
|
21-Jul-1938
|
|
Clinton's US Attorney General
|
Al Reynolds
|
Relative
|
1968
|
|
Husband of Star Jones
|
Condoleezza Rice
|
Government
|
14-Nov-1954
|
|
US Secretary of State, 2005-09
|
Bruce Ritter
|
Religion
|
25-Feb-1927
|
7-Oct-1999
|
Disgraced priest
|
Camille Saint-Saëns
|
Composer
|
9-Oct-1835
|
16-Dec-1921
|
Samson et Dalila
|
Jerry Sandusky
|
Football
|
26-Jan-1944
|
|
Penn State Coach, convicted molester
|
Michael Savage
|
Radio Personality
|
31-Mar-1942
|
|
Savage Nation
|
Edward L. Schrock
|
Politician
|
6-Apr-1941
|
|
Congressman from Virginia, 2001-05
|
Lizabeth Scott
|
Actor
|
29-Sep-1922
|
|
Dead Reckoning
|
Aleksandr Scriabin
|
Composer
|
25-Dec-1871
|
14-Apr-1915
|
Prometheus: The Poem of Fire
|
Mack Sennett
|
Film/TV Producer
|
17-Jan-1880
|
5-Nov-1960
|
Founder of Keystone Studios
|
William Shakespeare
|
Playwright
|
23-Apr-1564
|
23-Apr-1616
|
Romeo and Juliet
,
Hamlet
,
Macbeth
|
Donna Shalala
|
Government
|
14-Feb-1941
|
|
Secretary of HHS, 1993-2001
|
Richard Simmons
|
Fitness Guru
|
12-Jul-1948
|
|
Flamboyant weight loss guru
|
Sue Simmons
|
TV Personality
|
27-May-1943
|
|
WNBC-TV News Anchor, 1980-2012
|
Jeff Smith
|
Chef
|
22-Jan-1939
|
7-Jul-2004
|
Former TV chef, alleged child molester
|
Kate Smith
|
Singer
|
1-May-1907
|
17-Jun-1986
|
God Bless America
|
Shepard Smith
|
TV Personality
|
14-Jan-1964
|
|
Fox News anchor
|
Kevin Spacey
|
Actor
|
26-Jul-1959
|
|
The Usual Suspects
|
Dr. Sputnik
|
Blogger
|
20-Mar-1968
|
|
Dr. Sputnik's Society Pages
|
Barbara Stanwyck
|
Actor
|
16-Jul-1907
|
20-Jan-1990
|
Double Indemnity
|
Darryl Stephens
|
Actor
|
7-Mar-1974
|
|
Noah's Arc
|
Sufjan Stevens
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1-Jul-1975
|
|
Indie folk performer
|
Kordell Stewart
|
Football
|
16-Oct-1972
|
|
Slash
|
Louis Sullivan
|
Architect
|
3-Sep-1856
|
14-Apr-1924
|
Early skyscraper architect
|
Lee Tamahori
|
Film Director
|
17-Jun-1950
|
|
Once Were Warriors
|
Cecil Taylor
|
Jazz Musician
|
15-Mar-1929
|
|
Avant-garde jazz pianist
|
Alfred Lord Tennyson
|
Poet
|
6-Aug-1809
|
6-Oct-1892
|
The Charge of the Light Brigade
|
Henry David Thoreau
|
Author
|
12-Jul-1817
|
6-May-1862
|
Walden
|
Ian Thorpe
|
Swimmer
|
13-Oct-1982
|
|
Exceptional Australian swimmer
|
Jeremy Thorpe
|
Politician
|
29-Apr-1929
|
|
Leader of the UK Liberal Party, 1967-76
|
Clyde Tolson
|
Government
|
22-May-1900
|
14-Apr-1975
|
J. Edgar Hoover's 40-year companion
|
Daniel J. Travanti
|
Actor
|
7-Mar-1940
|
|
Hill Street Blues
|
John Travolta
|
Actor
|
18-Feb-1954
|
|
Saturday Night Fever
|
Hal Turner
|
Activist
|
15-Mar-1962
|
|
Internet agitator
|
Howard Unruh
|
Criminal
|
21-Jan-1921
|
19-Oct-2009
|
Spree killer, 13 dead in 1949
|
Ville Valo
|
Singer
|
22-Nov-1976
|
|
Frontman for Finnish band HIM
|
Luther Vandross
|
Singer
|
20-Apr-1951
|
1-Jul-2005
|
R&B Singer,
Never Too Much
|
Virgil
|
Poet
|
15-Oct-70 BC
|
21-Sep-19 BC
|
The Aeneid
|
Bernhard von Bulow
|
Head of State
|
3-May-1849
|
28-Oct-1929
|
German Chancellor, 1900-09
|
Bernie Ward
|
Radio Personality
|
5-Apr-1951
|
|
Former KGO talk show host
|
Clifton Webb
|
Actor
|
11-Nov-1889
|
13-Oct-1966
|
Laura
|
Michael Whalen
|
Actor
|
30-Jun-1902
|
14-Apr-1974
|
Wee Willie Winkie
|
King William II
|
Royalty
|
c. 1056
|
2-Aug-1100
|
King of England, 1087-1100
|
Armstrong Williams
|
Columnist
|
5-Feb-1959
|
|
Black conservative pundit on the take
|
Douglas Wilson
|
TV Personality
|
4-Nov-1964
|
|
Interior decorator on
Trading Spaces
|
Virginia Woolf
|
Novelist
|
25-Jan-1882
|
28-Mar-1941
|
Suicidal English novelist
|