Name
| Occupation
| Birth
| Death
| Known for
|
Paul Ableman
|
Novelist
|
13-Jun-1927
|
25-Oct-2006
|
I Hear Voices
|
Kathy Acker
|
Author
|
18-Apr-1947
|
30-Nov-1997
|
Blood and Guts in High School
|
Lord Acton
|
Historian
|
10-Jan-1834
|
19-Jun-1902
|
British historian
|
Jane Addams
|
Activist
|
6-Sep-1860
|
21-May-1935
|
Founder of Hull House
|
Isabelle Adjani
|
Actor
|
27-Jun-1955
|
|
Camille Claudel
|
Shmuel Agnon
|
Author
|
17-Jul-1888
|
17-Feb-1970
|
'Tmol Shilshom
|
Carlos Ahumada
|
Business
|
1964
|
|
Construction magnate, snared in bribery scheme
|
Howard Aiken
|
Physicist
|
8-Mar-1900
|
14-Mar-1973
|
Designer of early computers
|
George A. Akerlof
|
Economist
|
17-Jun-1940
|
|
Asymmetric markets
|
Prince Albert
|
Royalty
|
26-Aug-1819
|
14-Dec-1861
|
Royal Consort of Queen Victoria
|
Kurt Alder
|
Chemist
|
10-Jul-1902
|
20-Jun-1958
|
Diels-Alder Reaction
|
David Alter
|
Inventor
|
3-Dec-1807
|
18-Sep-1881
|
Almost discovered spectroscopy
|
Alois Alzheimer
|
Doctor
|
14-Jun-1864
|
19-Dec-1915
|
Alzheimer's Disease
|
Devon Aoki
|
Model
|
10-Aug-1982
|
|
Sin City
|
Leo Apotheker
|
Business
|
18-Sep-1953
|
|
CEO of Hewlett-Packard, 2010-11
|
Alan Arkin
|
Actor
|
26-Mar-1934
|
|
Catch 22
|
Fred Armisen
|
Actor
|
4-Dec-1966
|
|
Saturday Night Live
|
Edward Arnold
|
Actor
|
18-Feb-1890
|
26-Apr-1956
|
You Can't Take It With You
|
Mary Astor
|
Actor
|
3-May-1906
|
25-Sep-1987
|
The Maltese Falcon
|
William Waldorf Astor
|
Publisher
|
31-Mar-1848
|
18-Oct-1919
|
The Observer
|
Prince of Asturias
|
Royalty
|
30-Jan-1968
|
|
Heir to the throne of Spain
|
Roger Avary
|
Screenwriter
|
23-Aug-1965
|
|
Co-Author,
Pulp Fiction
|
Harold D. Babcock
|
Astronomer
|
24-Jan-1882
|
8-Apr-1968
|
Solar radiation
|
Catherine Bach
|
Actor
|
1-Mar-1954
|
|
Daisy Duke on
The Dukes of Hazzard
|
George Frederick Baer
|
Business
|
26-Sep-1842
|
26-Apr-1914
|
Social Darwinist railroad baron
|
Max Baer
|
Boxing
|
11-Feb-1909
|
21-Nov-1959
|
Beat Max Schmeling in 1933
|
Ralph Baer
|
Inventor
|
8-Mar-1922
|
|
Inventor of the home video game console
|
Brandon Baker
|
Actor
|
28-Apr-1985
|
|
Johnny Tsunami
|
Eric Bana
|
Actor
|
9-Aug-1968
|
|
Hulk
,
Chopper
|
Hugo Banzer
|
Head of State
|
10-May-1926
|
5-May-2002
|
Dictator, then President, of Bolivia
|
Albert C. Barnes
|
Curator
|
2-Jan-1872
|
24-Jul-1951
|
Barnes Foundation
|
L. Frank Baum
|
Novelist
|
15-May-1856
|
6-May-1919
|
The Wizard of Oz
|
Jim Beam
|
Business
|
1864
|
1947
|
Bourbon baron
|
Warren A. Bechtel
|
Business
|
12-Sep-1872
|
28-Aug-1933
|
Founder of Bechtel Corporation
|
Hans Berger
|
Physicist
|
21-May-1873
|
1-Jun-1941
|
Electroencephalogram
|
Charles Berlitz
|
Author
|
20-Nov-1914
|
18-Dec-2003
|
Language lessons and specultive non-fiction
|
Maximilian Berlitz
|
Business
|
14-Apr-1852
|
6-Apr-1921
|
Berlitz Language Schools
|
Bruce A. Beutler
|
Biologist
|
29-Dec-1957
|
|
Lipopolysaccharide receptors
|
Joseph Beuys
|
Artist
|
12-May-1921
|
23-Jan-1986
|
German conceptual artist
|
Justin Bieber
|
Singer
|
1-Mar-1994
|
|
Baby
|
Jessica Biel
|
Actor
|
3-Mar-1982
|
|
The Rules of Attraction
|
G. W. Bitzer
|
Cinematographer
|
21-Apr-1872
|
29-Apr-1944
|
The Birth of a Nation
|
Boris Blacher
|
Composer
|
19-Jan-1903
|
30-Jan-1975
|
Die Nachtschwalbe
|
Yasmine Bleeth
|
Actor
|
14-Jun-1968
|
|
Baywatch
|
Günter Blobel
|
Scientist
|
21-May-1936
|
|
Protein signaling in cells
|
Konrad Bloch
|
Scientist
|
21-Jan-1912
|
15-Oct-2000
|
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
|
Richard Blumenthal
|
Government
|
13-Feb-1946
|
|
US Senator from Connecticut
|
Alan Blumlein
|
Inventor
|
29-Jun-1903
|
7-Jun-1942
|
Stereophonic recording
|
William Boeing
|
Business
|
1-Oct-1881
|
28-Sep-1956
|
Founder of Boeing, United Airlines
|
Heinrich Böll
|
Novelist
|
21-Dec-1917
|
16-Jul-1985
|
The Train Was On Time
|
Reinhard Bonnke
|
Religion
|
19-Apr-1940
|
|
Faith-healing evangelist
|
Edwin G. Booz
|
Business
|
2-Sep-1887
|
1-Oct-1951
|
Founder of Booz Allen Hamilton
|
Max Born
|
Physicist
|
11-Dec-1882
|
5-Jan-1970
|
Pioneer of quantum mechanics
|
Robert Bosch
|
Business
|
23-Sep-1861
|
9-Mar-1942
|
Founder of Bosch GmbH
|
Walther Bothe
|
Physicist
|
8-Jan-1891
|
8-Feb-1957
|
Coincidence method
|
Paul D. Boyer
|
Chemist
|
31-Jul-1918
|
|
ATP process
|
Rudolph Boysen
|
Botanist
|
14-Jul-1895
|
25-Nov-1950
|
Created the boysenberry
|
Karl Brandt
|
Economist
|
9-Jan-1899
|
8-Jul-1975
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1958-61
|
Claude S. Brinegar
|
Business
|
16-Dec-1926
|
13-Mar-2009
|
US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75
|
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
|
Emanuel Bronner
|
Business
|
1-Feb-1908
|
7-Mar-1997
|
Soap label philosopher
|
Heywood Broun
|
Journalist
|
7-Dec-1888
|
18-Dec-1939
|
Muckraking reporter of the 1920s and '30s
|
Pat Buchanan
|
Columnist
|
2-Nov-1938
|
|
Crossfire
|
Eduard Buchner
|
Chemist
|
20-May-1860
|
13-Aug-1917
|
Cell-free fermentation
|
Charles Bukowski
|
Author
|
16-Aug-1920
|
9-Mar-1994
|
Love is a Dog from Hell
|
Sandra Bullock
|
Actor
|
26-Jul-1964
|
|
The Net
|
Claus von Bulow
|
Socialite
|
11-Aug-1926
|
|
Allegedly tried to kill wife Sunny
|
Gisele Bundchen
|
Model
|
20-Jul-1980
|
|
Brazilian supermodel
|
Warren Burger
|
Judge
|
17-Sep-1907
|
25-Jun-1995
|
US Chief Justice, 1969-86
|
Joseph R. Burton
|
Politician
|
16-Nov-1852
|
27-Feb-1923
|
US Senator from Kansas, 1901-06
|
Richard G. Butler
|
Activist
|
23-Feb-1918
|
8-Sep-2004
|
Founder of the Aryan Nations
|
George W. Cable
|
Author
|
12-Oct-1844
|
31-Jan-1925
|
Old Creole Days
|
Kitty Carlisle
|
Singer
|
3-Sep-1910
|
18-Apr-2007
|
A Night at the Opera
|
Asia Carrera
|
Pornstar
|
6-Aug-1973
|
|
Mensa member, pornstar
|
Nick Carter
|
Singer
|
28-Jan-1980
|
|
The Backstreet Boys
|
Rosalynn Carter
|
First Lady
|
18-Aug-1927
|
|
Wife of US President Jimmy Carter
|
Ana María Cetto
|
Scientist
|
1946
|
|
Mexican physicist
|
Ernst B. Chain
|
Scientist
|
19-Jun-1906
|
12-Aug-1979
|
Isolated penicillin
|
Sarah Chalke
|
Actor
|
27-Aug-1976
|
|
Dr. Reid on
Scrubs
|
Carol Channing
|
Singer
|
31-Jan-1921
|
|
All-Singing All-Dancing
|
Kiran Chetry
|
Journalist
|
26-Aug-1974
|
|
CNN anchor
|
Walter Christaller
|
Scientist
|
21-Apr-1893
|
9-Mar-1969
|
Central Place Theory
|
Rosemary Clooney
|
Singer
|
23-May-1928
|
29-Jun-2002
|
Come On-a My House
|
William W. Coblentz
|
Astronomer
|
20-Nov-1873
|
15-Sep-1962
|
Infrared spectroscopy
|
Carl Cori
|
Scientist
|
5-Dec-1896
|
20-Oct-1984
|
Catalytic conversion of glycogen
|
John Cornforth
|
Chemist
|
7-Sep-1917
|
|
Stereochemistry of enzyme-catalysts
|
Kevin Costner
|
Actor
|
18-Jan-1955
|
|
Dances with Wolves
|
Malcolm Cowley
|
Author
|
24-Aug-1898
|
27-Mar-1989
|
Exile's Return
|
Donald J. Cram
|
Chemist
|
22-Apr-1919
|
17-Jun-2001
|
Synthesis of molecules
|
David Cronenberg
|
Film Director
|
15-Mar-1943
|
|
Videodrome
|
Paul J. Crutzen
|
Physicist
|
3-Dec-1933
|
|
Ozone depletion
|
Kiki Cuyler
|
Baseball
|
30-Aug-1898
|
11-Feb-1950
|
MLB Hall of Famer
|
Doris Day
|
Actor
|
3-Apr-1924
|
|
The Man Who Knew Too Much
|
Peter Debye
|
Physicist
|
24-Mar-1884
|
2-Nov-1966
|
Studied molecular structure, dipoles
|
Hans G. Dehmelt
|
Physicist
|
9-Sep-1922
|
|
Co-Inventor of the ion trap
|
Johann Deisenhofer
|
Chemist
|
30-Sep-1943
|
|
Proteins of photosynthesis
|
Frederick Delius
|
Composer
|
29-Jan-1862
|
10-Jun-1934
|
Over the Hills and Far Away
|
Erik von Detten
|
Actor
|
3-Oct-1982
|
|
Odd Man Out
|
Cameron Diaz
|
Actor
|
30-Aug-1972
|
|
There's Something About Mary
|
Leonardo DiCaprio
|
Actor
|
11-Nov-1974
|
|
Titanic
|
Otto Diels
|
Chemist
|
23-Jan-1876
|
7-Mar-1954
|
Diels-Alder Reaction
|
Rudolf Diesel
|
Inventor
|
18-Mar-1858
|
30-Sep-1913
|
Inventor of the diesel engine
|
Wilhelm Dilthey
|
Philosopher
|
19-Nov-1833
|
1-Oct-1911
|
Methodology of the humanities
|
Mike Ditka
|
Football
|
18-Oct-1939
|
|
Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92
|
Thomas Dixon
|
Author
|
11-Jan-1864
|
3-Apr-1946
|
The Clansman
|
Robert Downey, Jr.
|
Actor
|
4-Apr-1965
|
|
The Gingerbread Man
|
Theodore Dreiser
|
Novelist
|
27-Aug-1871
|
28-Dec-1945
|
An American Tragedy
|
Christian de Duve
|
Scientist
|
2-Oct-1917
|
|
Microstructure of the cell
|
Isabelle Eberhardt
|
Author
|
17-Feb-1877
|
21-Oct-1904
|
Transvestite Muslim author
|
Otto Eckstein
|
Economist
|
1-Aug-1927
|
22-Mar-1984
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1964-66
|
Paul Ehrlich
|
Doctor
|
14-Mar-1854
|
20-Aug-1915
|
Father of chemotherapy
|
Albert Einstein
|
Physicist
|
14-Mar-1879
|
18-Apr-1955
|
Theory of relativity
|
Dwight D. Eisenhower
|
Head of State
|
14-Oct-1890
|
28-Mar-1969
|
34th US President, 1953-61
|
Sergei Eisenstein
|
Film Director
|
23-Jan-1898
|
11-Feb-1948
|
Alexander Nevsky
|
Carmen Electra
|
Model
|
20-Apr-1972
|
|
Singled Out
|
Doug Engelbart
|
Computer Programmer
|
30-Jan-1925
|
|
Pioneer of human-computer interaction
|
Joseph Erlanger
|
Scientist
|
5-Jan-1874
|
5-Dec-1965
|
Nerve conduction
|
Ulf von Euler
|
Scientist
|
7-Feb-1905
|
9-Mar-1983
|
Neurotransmitters, norepinephrine and prostaglandins
|
Hans von Euler-Chelpin
|
Chemist
|
15-Feb-1873
|
7-Nov-1964
|
Enzymes of sugar fermentation
|
Judith Exner
|
Author
|
11-Jan-1934
|
25-Sep-1999
|
JFK mistress
|
Hans Eysenck
|
Psychologist
|
4-Mar-1916
|
4-Sep-1997
|
Intelligence and personality
|
Caterina Fake
|
Designer
|
c. 1969
|
|
Co-Founder of
Flickr
|
Michael Fassbender
|
Actor
|
2-Apr-1977
|
|
Centurion
|
Leo Fender
|
Inventor
|
10-Aug-1909
|
21-Mar-1991
|
Electric guitarmaker
|
Tina Fey
|
Actor
|
18-May-1970
|
|
Liz Lemon on
30 Rock
|
John Fiedler
|
Actor
|
3-Feb-1925
|
25-Jun-2005
|
Voice of Piglet
|
Bobby Fischer
|
Chess Player
|
9-Mar-1943
|
18-Jan-2008
|
Eccentric chess grandmaster
|
Bryan Fischer
|
Radio Personality
|
1951
|
|
Right-wing radio host
|
Emil Fischer
|
Chemist
|
9-Oct-1852
|
15-Jul-1919
|
Peptide bond
|
Ernst Otto Fischer
|
Chemist
|
10-Nov-1918
|
23-Jul-2007
|
Organometallic "sandwich" compounds
|
Fritz Fischer
|
Historian
|
5-Mar-1908
|
1-Dec-1999
|
Blamed Germany for World War I
|
Walther Flemming
|
Biologist
|
21-Apr-1843
|
4-Aug-1905
|
Chromosomes and mitosis
|
Paul J. Flory
|
Chemist
|
19-Jun-1910
|
9-Sep-1985
|
Studied polymers
|
Werner Forssmann
|
Doctor
|
29-Aug-1904
|
1-Jun-1979
|
Cardiac catheterization
|
Vicente Fox
|
Head of State
|
2-Jul-1942
|
|
President of Mexico, 2000-06
|
William Fox
|
Film/TV Producer
|
1-Jan-1879
|
8-May-1952
|
Founder of 20th Century Fox
|
César Franck
|
Composer
|
10-Dec-1822
|
8-Nov-1890
|
Symphonic Variations
|
James Franck
|
Physicist
|
26-Aug-1882
|
21-May-1964
|
Franck-Hertz experiment
|
Leo Frank
|
Victim
|
17-Apr-1884
|
17-Aug-1915
|
Innocent man, lynched by mob
|
Ze Frank
|
Blogger
|
31-Mar-1972
|
|
The Show with Ze Frank
|
Garance Franke-Ruta
|
Columnist
|
c. 1975
|
|
Senior Editor,
The American Prospect
|
Gottlob Frege
|
Mathematician
|
8-Nov-1848
|
26-Jul-1925
|
Mathematical logician
|
R. T. French
|
Business
|
15-Nov-1828
|
17-Jun-1893
|
Yellow mustard
|
Dave Freudenthal
|
Politician
|
12-Oct-1950
|
|
Governor of Wyoming, 2003-11
|
Henry Clay Frick
|
Business
|
19-Dec-1849
|
2-Dec-1919
|
Robber baron, Johnstown flood
|
Saul Friedländer
|
Historian
|
11-Oct-1932
|
|
Holocaust historian
|
Lucretia Garfield
|
First Lady
|
19-Apr-1832
|
14-Mar-1918
|
Wife of US President James Garfield
|
Kyle Gass
|
Musician
|
14-Jul-1960
|
|
Half of Tenacious D
|
Rebecca Gayheart
|
Actor
|
12-Aug-1971
|
|
Scream
|
Martha Gellhorn
|
Journalist
|
8-Nov-1908
|
15-Feb-1998
|
War correspondent
|
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
|
Physicist
|
24-Oct-1932
|
18-May-2007
|
Molecular structure of polymers
|
King George I
|
Royalty
|
28-May-1660
|
11-Jun-1727
|
King of England 1714-27
|
Dick Gephardt
|
Politician
|
31-Jan-1941
|
|
Congressman from Missouri, 1977-2005
|
Georgie Anne Geyer
|
Journalist
|
2-Apr-1935
|
|
Foreign correspondent turned columnist
|
Erich Gimpel
|
Spy
|
25-Mar-1910
|
1996
|
Agent 146
|
Aria Giovanni
|
Pornstar
|
3-Nov-1977
|
|
Softcore vixen, fetish & bondage model
|
Erich Gliebe
|
Activist
|
c. 1964
|
|
Chairman, National Alliance
|
William J. Goebel
|
Politician
|
4-Jan-1856
|
3-Feb-1900
|
Kentucky Governor, assassinated
|
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
|
Physicist
|
28-Jun-1906
|
20-Feb-1972
|
Shell nuclear model
|
Ellen Goodman
|
Journalist
|
11-Apr-1941
|
|
Retired columnist for
The Boston Globe
|
Paul Greengard
|
Scientist
|
11-Dec-1925
|
|
Signal transduction in the nervous system
|
Michael Grimm
|
Politician
|
7-Feb-1970
|
|
Congressman, New York 13th
|
Alexander Grothendieck
|
Mathematician
|
28-May-1928
|
|
Grothendieck topologies
|
Daniel Guggenheim
|
Business
|
9-Jul-1856
|
28-Sep-1930
|
Mining magnate
|
Meyer Guggenheim
|
Business
|
1-Feb-1828
|
15-Mar-1905
|
Patriarch of Guggenheim fortune
|
Peggy Guggenheim
|
Socialite
|
26-Aug-1898
|
23-Dec-1979
|
Renowned art collector
|
Oscar Hammerstein II
|
Musician
|
12-Jul-1895
|
23-Aug-1960
|
Rodgers and Hammerstein
|
John W. Hanes
|
Business
|
3-Feb-1850
|
22-Sep-1903
|
Hosiery magnate
|
Pleasant Hanes
|
Business
|
16-Oct-1845
|
9-Jun-1925
|
Underwear magnate
|
Angie Harmon
|
Actor
|
10-Aug-1972
|
|
Ryan McBride on
Baywatch Nights
|
Arvid Harnack
|
Spy
|
24-May-1901
|
22-Dec-1942
|
Hanged by the Nazis for espionage
|
Charles K. Harris
|
Songwriter
|
1-May-1865
|
22-Dec-1930
|
After The Ball
|
Ross Granville Harrison
|
Zoologist
|
13-Jan-1870
|
30-Sep-1959
|
Embryology and tissue culture techniques
|
Johnny Hart
|
Cartoonist
|
18-Feb-1931
|
7-Apr-2007
|
The Wizard of Id
,
B.C.
|
David Hartman
|
Talk Show Host
|
19-May-1935
|
|
Good Morning America
|
Thom Hartmann
|
Radio Personality
|
7-May-1951
|
|
The Thom Hartmann Program
|
Bruno Hauptmann
|
Criminal
|
26-Nov-1899
|
3-Apr-1936
|
Lindbergh Baby kidnapper
|
Harald zur Hausen
|
Scientist
|
11-Mar-1936
|
|
Papilloma virus
|
Jeff Hawkins
|
Inventor
|
1-Jun-1957
|
|
Inventor of the Palm Pilot and Treo
|
Jenna Haze
|
Pornstar
|
22-Feb-1982
|
|
Cum Dumpsters
|
Edith Head
|
Designer
|
28-Oct-1897
|
24-Oct-1981
|
Hollywood costume designer
|
Anthony Hecht
|
Poet
|
16-Jan-1923
|
20-Oct-2004
|
The Hard Hours
|
Richard F. Heck
|
Chemist
|
1931
|
|
Palladium-catalyzed cross couplings
|
Tippi Hedren
|
Actor
|
19-Jan-1930
|
|
The Birds
|
Henry J. Heinz
|
Business
|
11-Oct-1844
|
14-May-1919
|
Founder of Heinz Foods
|
F. Augustus Heinze
|
Business
|
1869
|
4-Nov-1914
|
Copper baron, went broke in the Panic of 1907
|
Werner Heisenberg
|
Physicist
|
5-Dec-1901
|
1-Feb-1976
|
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
|
John Heisman
|
Football
|
23-Oct-1869
|
3-Oct-1936
|
Namesake of the Heisman Trophy
|
Walter W. Heller
|
Economist
|
27-Aug-1915
|
15-Jun-1987
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1961-64
|
Isaias W. Hellman
|
Business
|
3-Oct-1842
|
9-Apr-1920
|
Los Angeles banker
|
Lillian Hellman
|
Playwright
|
20-Jun-1905
|
30-Jun-1984
|
Little Foxes
|
George Herbig
|
Astronomer
|
2-Jan-1920
|
|
Herbig-Haro objects
|
Edward Herrmann
|
Actor
|
21-Jul-1943
|
|
Richard Gilmore on
Gilmore Girls
|
Dudley R. Herschbach
|
Chemist
|
18-Jun-1932
|
|
Crossed molecular beam experiments
|
Milton Hershey
|
Business
|
13-Sep-1857
|
13-Oct-1945
|
Founder of Hershey's
|
Roger Hertog
|
Business
|
c. 1941
|
|
Reinvented
The New York Sun
|
Gustav Hertz
|
Physicist
|
22-Jul-1887
|
30-Oct-1975
|
Franck-Hertz experiment
|
Gerhard Herzberg
|
Physicist
|
25-Dec-1904
|
3-Mar-1999
|
Molecular spectroscopy
|
James Hetfield
|
Musician
|
3-Aug-1963
|
|
Metallica
|
Don Hewitt
|
Film/TV Producer
|
14-Dec-1922
|
19-Aug-2009
|
60 Minutes
creator
|
Ana Hickmann
|
Model
|
1-Mar-1981
|
|
Brazilian supermodel
|
Walter Hieber
|
Chemist
|
18-Dec-1895
|
29-Nov-1976
|
Metal carbonyl chemistry
|
David Hilbert
|
Mathematician
|
23-Jan-1862
|
14-Feb-1943
|
Hilbert Space
|
Conrad Hilton
|
Business
|
25-Dec-1887
|
3-Jan-1979
|
Founder, Hilton Hotels
|
Paris Hilton
|
Socialite
|
17-Feb-1981
|
|
The Simple Life
|
Don Ho
|
Singer
|
13-Aug-1930
|
14-Apr-2007
|
Hawaiian crooner,
Tiny Bubbles
|
Donald Hodel
|
Government
|
23-May-1935
|
|
Reagan's Secretary of Energy & Interior
|
Eric Hoffer
|
Author
|
25-Jul-1902
|
21-May-1983
|
The True Believer
|
Trevor Hoffman
|
Baseball
|
13-Oct-1967
|
|
Baseball's all-time saves leader
|
Xaviera Hollander
|
Author
|
15-Jun-1943
|
|
The Happy Hooker
|
Herman Hollerith
|
Inventor
|
29-Feb-1860
|
17-Nov-1929
|
Invented the punchcard
|
Johannes Holtfreter
|
Zoologist
|
9-Jan-1901
|
13-Nov-1992
|
Chemotaxis
|
Gottlob Honold
|
Engineer
|
26-Aug-1876
|
17-Mar-1923
|
Invented the spark plug
|
August Horch
|
Engineer
|
12-Oct-1868
|
3-Feb-1951
|
Founder of Audi
|
George A. Hormel
|
Business
|
4-Dec-1860
|
5-Jun-1946
|
Founder of Hormel Foods Corporation
|
Karen Horney
|
Psychologist
|
16-Sep-1885
|
4-Dec-1952
|
Disputed Freud's concept of "penis envy"
|
Arthur W. Hummel, Jr.
|
Diplomat
|
1-Jun-1920
|
6-Feb-2001
|
US Ambassador to China, 1981-85
|
Cláudio Hummes
|
Religion
|
8-Aug-1934
|
|
Archbishop of São Paulo
|
Tab Hunter
|
Actor
|
11-Jul-1931
|
|
Damn Yankees
|
Trina Schart Hyman
|
Artist
|
8-Apr-1939
|
19-Nov-2004
|
Children's book illustrator
|
Ivan Illich
|
Philosopher
|
4-Sep-1926
|
2-Dec-2002
|
Deschooling Society
|
George Isaak
|
Astronomer
|
7-Mar-1933
|
5-Jun-2005
|
Resonant scattering spectroscopy
|
Alec Issigonis
|
Engineer
|
18-Nov-1906
|
2-Oct-1988
|
Designer of the Mini Cooper
|
J. Hans D. Jensen
|
Physicist
|
25-Jun-1907
|
11-Feb-1973
|
Shell nuclear model
|
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
|
Novelist
|
7-May-1927
|
|
Heat and Dust
|
Hans Jonas
|
Philosopher
|
10-May-1903
|
5-Feb-1993
|
Gnostic philosopher
|
Mauricio Kagel
|
Composer
|
24-Dec-1931
|
18-Sep-2008
|
Absurdist composer
|
Otto Kahn
|
Business
|
21-Feb-1867
|
29-Mar-1934
|
Banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
|
Henry J. Kaiser
|
Business
|
9-May-1882
|
24-Aug-1967
|
Industrialist and shipbuilder
|
Immanuel Kant
|
Philosopher
|
22-Apr-1724
|
12-Feb-1804
|
Transcendental idealist
|
Carl Karcher
|
Business
|
16-Jan-1917
|
11-Jan-2008
|
Founder of Carl's Jr.
|
Kat Von D
|
Artist
|
8-Mar-1982
|
|
Tattoo artist,
Miami Ink
|
Bernard Katz
|
Scientist
|
26-Mar-1911
|
20-Apr-2003
|
Neurotransmitters and the pineal gland
|
Bob Kaufman
|
Poet
|
18-Apr-1925
|
12-Jan-1986
|
Solitudes Crowded with Loneliness
|
Charles Keating
|
Business
|
4-Dec-1923
|
|
Morality crusader, white-collar swindler
|
Friedrich August Kekulé
|
Chemist
|
7-Sep-1829
|
13-Jul-1896
|
Theory of chemical structure
|
William Kemmler
|
Criminal
|
9-May-1860
|
6-Aug-1890
|
First man executed by electric chair
|
Jerome Kern
|
Composer
|
27-Jan-1885
|
12-Nov-1945
|
Show Boat
|
Wolfgang Ketterle
|
Physicist
|
21-Oct-1957
|
|
Bose-Einstein condensates
|
Jimmy Kimmel
|
Talk Show Host
|
13-Nov-1967
|
|
The Man Show
,
Jimmy Kimmel Live
|
John H. Kinkead
|
Politician
|
10-Dec-1826
|
15-Aug-1904
|
Governor of Nevada, 1879-83
|
Eusebio Kino
|
Religion
|
10-Aug-1645
|
15-Mar-1711
|
Jesuit missionary to Mexico
|
Henry Kissinger
|
Government
|
27-May-1923
|
|
US Secretary of State, 1973-77
|
Otto Klemperer
|
Conductor
|
14-May-1885
|
6-Jul-1973
|
Prominent German conductor
|
Donald E. Knuth
|
Computer Programmer
|
10-Jan-1938
|
|
The Art of Computer Programming
|
Robert Koch
|
Doctor
|
11-Dec-1843
|
27-May-1910
|
Germ theory of disease
|
Boris Kodjoe
|
Actor
|
8-Mar-1973
|
|
Soul Food
|
Paul Kollsman
|
Inventor
|
22-Feb-1900
|
17-Mar-1982
|
Barometric altimeter
|
Ted Koppel
|
Journalist
|
8-Feb-1940
|
|
Nightline
|
Albrecht Kossel
|
Scientist
|
16-Sep-1853
|
5-Jul-1927
|
Chemistry of tissues and cells
|
Hans Krebs
|
Scientist
|
25-Apr-1900
|
22-Nov-1981
|
Tricarboxylic acid cycle
|
Mario Kreutzberger
|
Game Show Host
|
28-Dec-1940
|
|
Don Francisco on
Sábado Gigante
|
Herbert Kroemer
|
Physicist
|
25-Aug-1928
|
|
Pioneer in laser technology
|
Barney Kroger
|
Business
|
24-Jan-1860
|
21-Jul-1938
|
Founder of Kroger grocery empire
|
Sir Harold Kroto
|
Chemist
|
7-Oct-1939
|
|
Co-Discovered fullerenes
|
Otto Krueger
|
Politician
|
7-Sep-1890
|
6-Jun-1963
|
Congressman from North Dakota, 1953-59
|
Kathryn Kuhlman
|
Religion
|
9-May-1907
|
20-Feb-1976
|
Faith healer,
I Believe In Miracles
|
Richard Kuhn
|
Chemist
|
3-Dec-1900
|
1-Aug-1967
|
Carotenoids, and vitamins B2 and B6
|
Jeffrey T. Kuhner
|
Radio Personality
|
1-Sep-1969
|
|
Conservative pundit
|
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
|
Baseball
|
20-Nov-1866
|
25-Nov-1944
|
First Commissioner of Baseball
|
Albert Lasker
|
Business
|
1-May-1880
|
30-May-1952
|
Advertising executive and medical research patron
|
Max von Laue
|
Physicist
|
9-Oct-1879
|
23-Apr-1960
|
X-ray crystallography
|
Cyndi Lauper
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
22-Jun-1953
|
|
Girls Just Want To Have Fun
|
Paul C. Lauterbur
|
Scientist
|
6-May-1929
|
27-Mar-2007
|
Magnetic resonance imaging
|
Carlos Lehder
|
Criminal
|
1950
|
|
Co-Founder, Medellin Cartel
|
Herbert H. Lehman
|
Politician
|
28-Mar-1878
|
5-Dec-1963
|
Governor of New York, 1933-42
|
Joseph Leidy
|
Biologist
|
9-Sep-1823
|
30-Apr-1891
|
Trichinosis and dinosaurs
|
Philipp Lenard
|
Physicist
|
7-Jun-1862
|
20-May-1947
|
Investigations of cathode rays
|
Aldo Leopold
|
Naturalist
|
11-Jan-1887
|
21-Apr-1948
|
A Sand County Almanac
|
Armin O. Leuschner
|
Astronomer
|
16-Jan-1868
|
22-Apr-1953
|
Astronomer at Berkeley
|
Chandra Levy
|
Victim
|
14-Apr-1977
|
1-May-2001
|
Gary Condit's dead intern
|
Monica Lewinsky
|
Government
|
23-Jul-1973
|
|
Engaged in Presidential cigar play
|
James Lick
|
Business
|
25-Aug-1796
|
1-Oct-1876
|
Lick Observatory
|
Karl von Linde
|
Engineer
|
11-Jun-1842
|
16-Nov-1934
|
Inventor of refrigeration
|
Frederick Lindemann
|
Government
|
5-Apr-1886
|
3-Jul-1957
|
Churchill's scientific and war advisor
|
Solomon Loeb
|
Business
|
1828
|
1903
|
Co-Founder of Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
|
Sandra Tsing Loh
|
Radio Personality
|
11-Feb-1962
|
|
The Loh Life
|
Karl Lohmann
|
Chemist
|
10-Apr-1898
|
22-Apr-1978
|
Discovered ATP
|
Mike Lowell
|
Baseball
|
24-Feb-1974
|
|
Boston Red Sox
|
Daniel K. Ludwig
|
Business
|
24-Jun-1897
|
27-Aug-1992
|
The Invisible Billionaire
|
Isaac ben Solomon Luria
|
Religion
|
1534
|
5-Aug-1572
|
Jewish mystic
|
Feodor Lynen
|
Scientist
|
6-Apr-1911
|
6-Aug-1979
|
Cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism
|
Clara Maass
|
Activist
|
28-Jun-1876
|
24-Aug-1901
|
Human experiments with yellow fever
|
Jack Mack
|
Business
|
27-Oct-1864
|
14-Mar-1924
|
Founder of Mack Trucks
|
Roger Cardinal Mahony
|
Religion
|
27-Feb-1936
|
|
Cardinal, Archbishop of Los Angeles
|
Mancow
|
Radio Personality
|
21-Jun-1967
|
|
Shock jock, shut down the SF Bay Bridge
|
Thomas Mann
|
Novelist
|
6-Jun-1875
|
12-Aug-1955
|
Buddenbrooks
|
Masuimi Max
|
Model
|
12-Mar-1978
|
|
Fetish model
|
Karl May
|
Author
|
25-May-1842
|
30-Mar-1912
|
Bestselling German novelist
|
Wilhelm Maybach
|
Engineer
|
9-Feb-1846
|
29-Dec-1929
|
Designed the Mercedes
|
Oscar Mayer
|
Business
|
29-Mar-1859
|
11-Mar-1955
|
Oscar Mayer Meats, Inc.
|
Ernst Mayr
|
Biologist
|
5-Jul-1904
|
3-Feb-2005
|
Evolutionary biologist
|
Frederick L. Maytag
|
Business
|
14-Jul-1857
|
26-Mar-1937
|
Founder of Maytag Corporation
|
Eugene McCarthy
|
Politician
|
29-Mar-1916
|
10-Dec-2005
|
US Senator from Minnesota, 1959-71
|
Joseph McCarthy
|
Politician
|
14-Nov-1908
|
2-May-1957
|
US Senator from Wisconsin, 1947-57
|
Ida McKinley
|
First Lady
|
8-Jun-1847
|
26-May-1907
|
Wife of US President William McKinley
|
Michael McMahon
|
Politician
|
12-Sep-1957
|
|
Congressman from New York, 2009-11
|
H. L. Mencken
|
Critic
|
12-Sep-1880
|
29-Jan-1956
|
The American Language
|
Kurt Mendelssohn
|
Mathematician
|
7-Jan-1906
|
18-Sep-1980
|
Cryogenics and pyramids
|
Ottmar Mergenthaler
|
Inventor
|
11-May-1854
|
28-Oct-1899
|
Automated typesetting
|
Ethel Merman
|
Singer
|
16-Jan-1908
|
15-Feb-1984
|
There's No Business Like Show Business
|
Stephin Merritt
|
Singer/Songwriter
|
1966
|
|
The Magnetic Fields
,
The 6ths
|
Otto Meyerhof
|
Scientist
|
12-Apr-1884
|
6-Oct-1951
|
Glycogen-lactic acid cycle
|
Robert B. Meyner
|
Politician
|
3-Jul-1908
|
27-May-1990
|
Governor of New Jersey, 1954-62
|
Hartmut Michel
|
Chemist
|
18-Jul-1948
|
|
Proteins of photosynthesis
|
Candice Michelle
|
Wrestling
|
30-Sep-1978
|
|
WWE wrestler
|
Alfred Milner
|
Government
|
23-Mar-1854
|
13-May-1925
|
Architect of the Balfour Declaration
|
Hermann Minkowski
|
Mathematician
|
22-Jun-1864
|
12-Jan-1909
|
Minkowski space
|
Oskar Minkowski
|
Doctor
|
13-Jan-1858
|
18-Jul-1931
|
Linked pancreas to diabetes
|
Rudolph Minkowski
|
Astronomer
|
28-May-1895
|
4-Jan-1976
|
Galaxies in collision
|
August Möbius
|
Astronomer
|
17-Nov-1790
|
26-Sep-1868
|
Möbius strip
|
Molly Pitcher
|
Military
|
13-Oct-1754
|
22-Jan-1832
|
Fought at the Battle of Monmouth
|
Sara Jane Moore
|
Assassin
|
15-Feb-1930
|
|
Tried to kill President Ford
|
James M. Moran
|
Business
|
8-Aug-1918
|
24-Apr-2007
|
JM Family Enterprises
|
Sir Henry Morgan
|
Military
|
1635
|
25-Aug-1688
|
Knighted pirate of the Caribbean
|
Ron Mueck
|
Sculptor
|
1958
|
|
Hyper realistic sculptures
|
Hermann J. Muller
|
Scientist
|
21-Dec-1890
|
5-Apr-1967
|
Genetic effects of radiation
|
Herta Müller
|
Author
|
17-Aug-1953
|
|
German writer
|
George Cardinal Mundelein
|
Religion
|
2-Jul-1872
|
2-Oct-1939
|
Archbishop of Chicago, 1915-39
|
Charles Nagel
|
Government
|
9-Aug-1849
|
5-Jan-1940
|
US Secy. of Commerce & Labor, 1909-13
|
Thomas Nast
|
Cartoonist
|
27-Sep-1840
|
7-Dec-1902
|
American political caricaturist
|
Bernard Nathanson
|
Activist
|
31-Jul-1926
|
|
Pro-life activist, former abortionist
|
Erwin Neher
|
Scientist
|
20-Mar-1944
|
|
Cellular ion channels
|
Walther Nernst
|
Chemist
|
25-Jun-1864
|
18-Nov-1941
|
Third Law of Thermodynamics
|
Henri Nestlé
|
Business
|
10-Aug-1814
|
7-Jul-1890
|
Invented infant formula
|
Gerry Neugebauer
|
Astronomer
|
1932
|
|
Infrared astronomy
|
J. J. Newberry
|
Business
|
26-Sep-1877
|
6-Mar-1954
|
Five-and-dime store magnate
|
Wayne Newton
|
Singer
|
3-Apr-1942
|
|
Top Las Vegas act
|
Tsar Nicholas I
|
Royalty
|
25-Jun-1796
|
18-Feb-1855
|
Repressive Tsar of Russia, 1825-55
|
Reinhold Niebuhr
|
Religion
|
21-Jun-1892
|
1-Jun-1971
|
Prominent historical/political theologian
|
Paul Nitze
|
Diplomat
|
16-Jan-1907
|
19-Oct-2004
|
US cold warrior
|
Pat Nixon
|
First Lady
|
16-Mar-1912
|
22-Jun-1993
|
Wife of US President Richard M. Nixon
|
Richard M. Nixon
|
Head of State
|
9-Jan-1913
|
22-Apr-1994
|
37th US President, 1969-74
|
Ronald K. Noble
|
Government
|
1957
|
|
Head of Interpol
|
Jim Oberweis
|
Business
|
1946
|
|
Republican dairy magnate
|
Keith Olbermann
|
Pundit
|
27-Jan-1959
|
|
Countdown
|
Donald E. Osterbrock
|
Astronomer
|
13-Jul-1924
|
11-Jan-2007
|
Director of Lick Observatory, 1973-81
|
Wilhelm Ostwald
|
Chemist
|
2-Sep-1853
|
4-Apr-1932
|
Ostwald's Law of Dilution and Conductivity
|
Gustav Otto
|
Business
|
12-Jan-1883
|
28-Feb-1926
|
Founder of BMW and Flottweg AG
|
Jim Otto
|
Football
|
5-Jan-1938
|
|
Hall of fame center, Oakland Raiders #00
|
Nikolaus Otto
|
Engineer
|
14-Jun-1832
|
26-Jan-1891
|
Four-stroke internal-combustion engine
|
Johann Pachelbel
|
Musician
|
1-Sep-1653
|
3-Mar-1706
|
Canon in D Major
|
D. D. Palmer
|
Doctor
|
7-Mar-1845
|
20-Oct-1913
|
Founder of chiropractic medicine
|
Pief Panofsky
|
Physicist
|
24-Apr-1919
|
24-Sep-2007
|
Stanford Linear Accelerator
|
Carl Panzram
|
Criminal
|
28-Jun-1891
|
5-Sep-1930
|
Relentless sociopath, serial killer
|
Louella Parsons
|
Columnist
|
6-Aug-1881
|
9-Dec-1972
|
Hollywood queen of gossip
|
Emin Pasha
|
Explorer
|
28-Mar-1840
|
23-Oct-1892
|
German colonial traveller in Africa
|
Tsar Paul I
|
Royalty
|
1-Oct-1754
|
24-Mar-1801
|
Tsar of Russia, 1796-1801
|
Linus Pauling
|
Chemist
|
28-Feb-1901
|
19-Aug-1994
|
Scientist and peacenik
|
Barbara Payton
|
Actor
|
16-Nov-1927
|
8-May-1967
|
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
|
Arno Penzias
|
Astronomer
|
26-Apr-1933
|
|
Detected primordial radiation
|
Vincent Perez
|
Actor
|
10-Jun-1962
|
|
Cyrano de Bergerac
|
Eckhard Pfeiffer
|
Business
|
20-Aug-1941
|
|
CEO of Compaq, 1991-99
|
Charles Pfizer
|
Chemist
|
1824
|
19-Oct-1906
|
Founder of Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
|
Irna Phillips
|
Film/TV Producer
|
1-Jul-1901
|
23-Dec-1973
|
Queen of soap operas
|
Rob Pilatus
|
Dancer
|
8-Jun-1965
|
2-Apr-1998
|
Troubled half of
Milli Vanilli
|
Pink
|
Singer
|
8-Sep-1979
|
|
Can't Take Me Home
|
Ingrid Pitt
|
Actor
|
21-Nov-1937
|
23-Nov-2010
|
Countess Dracula
|
Max Planck
|
Physicist
|
23-Apr-1858
|
4-Oct-1947
|
Originator of quantum theory
|
Sylvia Plath
|
Poet
|
27-Oct-1932
|
11-Feb-1963
|
Daddy
|
Julius Plücker
|
Mathematician
|
16-Jul-1801
|
22-May-1868
|
Analytical geometry
|
Ferdinand Porsche
|
Engineer
|
3-Sep-1875
|
30-Jan-1951
|
Designer of the Volkswagen Beetle
|
Ferry Porsche
|
Engineer
|
19-Sep-1909
|
27-Mar-1998
|
Designed the Porsche 356
|
Heinz C. Prechter
|
Business
|
19-Jan-1942
|
6-Jul-2001
|
The sunroof king
|
Fritz Pregl
|
Chemist
|
3-Sep-1869
|
13-Dec-1930
|
Microanalysis of organic compounds
|
Edward C. Prescott
|
Economist
|
26-Dec-1940
|
|
Dynamic macroeconomics
|
Lindsay Price
|
Actor
|
6-Dec-1976
|
|
Coupling
|
Reince Priebus
|
Government
|
18-Mar-1972
|
|
RNC Chairman
|
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
|
Religion
|
8-Apr-1939
|
15-Oct-2009
|
Church Universal and Triumphant
|
Robert Purvis
|
Activist
|
4-Aug-1810
|
15-Apr-1898
|
President of the Underground Railroad
|
Norman F. Ramsey
|
Physicist
|
27-Aug-1915
|
4-Nov-2011
|
Energy levels of atoms
|
Navi Rawat
|
Actor
|
5-Jun-1977
|
|
Amita Ramanujan on
Numb3rs
|
Duncan Regehr
|
Actor
|
5-Oct-1952
|
|
Zorro
|
Henry Regnery
|
Publisher
|
5-Jan-1912
|
18-Jun-1996
|
Regnery Publishing
|
William H. Regnery
|
Business
|
12-Oct-1877
|
c. 1954
|
America First Committee
|
Judith Reisman
|
Author
|
11-Apr-1935
|
|
Hates Kinsey
|
Eric Reissner
|
Mathematician
|
5-Jan-1913
|
1-Nov-1996
|
Reissner shear-deformation plate theory
|
Franz Reuleaux
|
Mathematician
|
30-Sep-1829
|
20-Aug-1905
|
Father of modern kinematics
|
Henry S. Reuss
|
Politician
|
22-Feb-1912
|
12-Jan-2002
|
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1955-83
|
Paul Julius Reuter
|
Journalist
|
21-Jul-1816
|
25-Feb-1899
|
Founder of Reuters News Agency
|
Denise Rich
|
Socialite
|
26-Jan-1944
|
|
Marc Rich's ex-wife
|
Frank Rich
|
Columnist
|
2-Jun-1949
|
|
New York magazine
|
Adam G. Riess
|
Astronomer
|
1969
|
|
Accelerating expansion of the universe
|
David Rittenhouse
|
Astronomer
|
8-Apr-1732
|
26-Jun-1796
|
Early Pennsylvania scientist and statesman
|
George Rockwell
|
Activist
|
9-Mar-1918
|
25-Aug-1967
|
Founded American Nazi Party
|
John Roebling
|
Engineer
|
12-Jun-1806
|
22-Jul-1869
|
Began construction of Brooklyn Bridge
|
Linda Ronstadt
|
Singer
|
15-Jul-1946
|
|
Jerry Brown's former girlfriend
|
Alfred Rosenberg
|
Politician
|
12-Jan-1893
|
16-Oct-1946
|
Nazi Minister for Occupied Territories
|
Irene B. Rosenfeld
|
Business
|
c. 1953
|
|
CEO of Kraft Foods
|
Julius Rosenwald
|
Business
|
12-Aug-1862
|
6-Jan-1932
|
Sears executive and Good Samaritan
|
Edmond de Rothschild
|
Philanthropist
|
19-Aug-1845
|
2-Nov-1934
|
Father of the Yishuv
|
Edmund de Rothschild
|
Business
|
2-Jan-1916
|
17-Jan-2009
|
British banker
|
Raymond Rubicam
|
Business
|
16-Jun-1892
|
8-May-1978
|
Co-Founder, Young and Rubicam
|
Muriel Rukeyser
|
Poet
|
15-Dec-1913
|
12-Feb-1980
|
The Book of the Dead
|
Donald Rumsfeld
|
Government
|
9-Jul-1932
|
|
US Secretary of Defense, 1975-77 and 2001-06
|
Adolph Rupp
|
Basketball
|
2-Sep-1901
|
10-Dec-1977
|
Kentucky Head Coach, 1930-72
|
Edward Ruscha
|
Painter
|
16-Dec-1937
|
|
Twenty-six Gasoline Stations
|
Leopold Ruzicka
|
Chemist
|
13-Sep-1887
|
26-Sep-1976
|
Terpenes and hormones
|
Nelly Sachs
|
Poet
|
10-Dec-1891
|
12-May-1970
|
O the Chimneys
|
Samuel Sachs
|
Business
|
28-Jul-1851
|
2-Mar-1935
|
Half namesake of Goldman Sachs
|
Bert Sakmann
|
Scientist
|
12-Jun-1942
|
|
Cellular ion channels
|
Doreen Schaeffer
|
Singer
|
?
|
|
Vocalist for The Skatalites
|
Paul Schäfer
|
Criminal
|
4-Dec-1921
|
24-Apr-2010
|
Colonia Dignidad cult leader
|
Robert Scheer
|
Columnist
|
4-Apr-1936
|
|
Former
L.A. Times
columnist
|
Jacob Schiff
|
Business
|
10-Jan-1847
|
25-Sep-1920
|
New York banker
|
Frank Schlesinger
|
Astronomer
|
11-May-1871
|
10-Jul-1943
|
Stellar parallaxes
|
David Hans Schmidt
|
Business
|
27-May-1960
|
28-Sep-2007
|
Celebrity porn broker
|
John Patrick Schmitz
|
Government
|
1955
|
|
Washington lobbyist
|
Joseph E. Schmitz
|
Government
|
c. 1956
|
|
Pentagon Inspector General, 2002-05
|
Gene W. Schneider
|
Business
|
8-Sep-1926
|
|
United Cable Television Corp.
|
Rob Schneider
|
Comic
|
31-Oct-1963
|
|
Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
|
William Scholl
|
Business
|
22-Jun-1882
|
29-Mar-1968
|
Dr Scholl's shoe pads
|
Walter Schottky
|
Physicist
|
23-Jul-1886
|
4-Mar-1976
|
Solid-state physics and electronics
|
Ryan Schreiber
|
Journalist
|
26-Jan-1976
|
|
Founder,
Pitchfork
|
Bernard A. Schriever
|
Military
|
14-Sep-1910
|
20-Jun-2005
|
US Air Force space program
|
Barbet Schroeder
|
Film Director
|
26-Apr-1941
|
|
Murder by Numbers
|
Dutch Schultz
|
Criminal
|
6-Aug-1902
|
24-Oct-1935
|
Bootlegger, murderer, numbers racketeer
|
Charles Schulz
|
Cartoonist
|
26-Nov-1922
|
12-Feb-2000
|
Cartoonist created
Peanuts
|
Charles M. Schwab
|
Business
|
18-Feb-1862
|
19-Sep-1939
|
Founder of Bethlehem Steel
|
Frederick A. O. Schwarz
|
Business
|
18-Oct-1836
|
17-May-1911
|
Founder of FAO Schwarz
|
Martin Schwarzschild
|
Astronomer
|
31-May-1912
|
10-Apr-1997
|
Structure and Evolution of the Stars
|
Eric Schweig
|
Actor
|
19-Jun-1967
|
|
The Last of the Mohicans
|
Albert Schweitzer
|
Activist
|
14-Jan-1875
|
4-Sep-1965
|
Humanitarian and theologian
|
Brian Schweitzer
|
Politician
|
4-Sep-1955
|
|
Governor of Montana
|
Shelley Sekula-Gibbs
|
Politician
|
22-Jun-1952
|
|
Congresswoman from Texas, 2006-07
|
Claude Shannon
|
Scientist
|
30-Apr-1916
|
24-Feb-2001
|
Pioneer in information theory
|
Ariel Sharon
|
Head of State
|
26-Feb-1928
|
|
Prime Minister of Israel, 2001-06
|
Jean Shepherd
|
Radio Personality
|
26-Jul-1921
|
16-Oct-1999
|
A Christmas Story
|
Bobby Sherman
|
Singer
|
22-Jul-1943
|
|
"Julie, Julie, Julie, Do You Love Me?"
|
David Sholtz
|
Politician
|
6-Oct-1891
|
21-Mar-1953
|
Governor of Florida, 1933-37
|
Sargent Shriver
|
Activist
|
9-Nov-1915
|
18-Jan-2011
|
First Director of the Peace Corps
|
Manne Siegbahn
|
Physicist
|
3-Dec-1886
|
26-Sep-1978
|
X-Ray spectroscopy
|
Werner von Siemens
|
Business
|
13-Dec-1816
|
6-Dec-1892
|
Founder of Siemens AG
|
Georg Simmel
|
Sociologist
|
1-Mar-1858
|
26-Sep-1918
|
Philosophy of Money
|
Paul Simon
|
Politician
|
29-Nov-1928
|
9-Dec-2003
|
US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate
|
Isaac Merritt Singer
|
Business
|
26-Oct-1811
|
23-Jul-1875
|
Built a better sewing machine
|
Pat Smear
|
Guitarist
|
5-Aug-1959
|
|
The Germs
,
Foo Fighters
|
Betty Smith
|
Novelist
|
15-Dec-1896
|
17-Jan-1972
|
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
|
Buffalo Bob Smith
|
TV Personality
|
27-Nov-1917
|
30-Jul-1998
|
Howdy Doody
|
Theobald Smith
|
Scientist
|
31-Jul-1859
|
10-Dec-1934
|
Infectious and parasitic diseases
|
Ron Sommer
|
Business
|
29-Jul-1949
|
|
Chairman of Deutsche Telekom, 1995-2002
|
Richard Sorge
|
Spy
|
4-Oct-1895
|
7-Nov-1944
|
Warned Stalin of Operation Barbarossa
|
James Speyer
|
Business
|
22-Jul-1861
|
31-Oct-1941
|
New York Banker
|
Carl Stalling
|
Composer
|
10-Nov-1891
|
29-Nov-1972
|
Composer for hundreds of
Looney Tunes
|
Johannes Stark
|
Physicist
|
15-Apr-1874
|
21-Jun-1957
|
Discovered the Stark Effect
|
Harold Stassen
|
Politician
|
13-Apr-1907
|
4-Mar-2001
|
Perennial presidential candidate
|
Hermann Staudinger
|
Chemist
|
23-Mar-1881
|
8-Sep-1965
|
Macromolecular chemistry
|
Harry Steenbock
|
Biologist
|
16-Aug-1886
|
25-Dec-1967
|
Cured rickets with synthesized Vitamin D
|
John Steinbeck
|
Novelist
|
27-Feb-1902
|
20-Dec-1968
|
The Grapes of Wrath
|
Jack Steinberger
|
Physicist
|
25-May-1921
|
|
Researcher of neutrinos
|
Laurence A. Steinhardt
|
Diplomat
|
6-Oct-1892
|
28-Mar-1950
|
US Ambassador to USSR, 1939-41
|
Thomas A. Steitz
|
Scientist
|
23-Aug-1940
|
|
Ribosomes
|
Otto Stern
|
Physicist
|
17-Feb-1888
|
17-Aug-1969
|
Molecular beam experiment
|
Lynne Stewart
|
Attorney
|
8-Oct-1939
|
|
Attorney convicted of supporting the Islamic Group
|
Horst L. Störmer
|
Physicist
|
6-Apr-1949
|
|
Fractional quantum Hall effect
|
John Stossel
|
Journalist
|
6-Mar-1947
|
|
Libertarian reporter
|
Thomas P. Stossel
|
Doctor
|
c. 1941
|
|
Professor, Harvard Medical School
|
Leo Strauss
|
Philosopher
|
20-Sep-1899
|
18-Oct-1973
|
Patron saint of Neoconservatism
|
Levi Strauss
|
Business
|
26-Feb-1829
|
26-Sep-1902
|
Blue jeans
|
Ilsa Strix
|
Pornstar
|
15-Dec-1967
|
|
Professional dominatrix
|
Alfredo Stroessner
|
Head of State
|
3-Nov-1912
|
16-Aug-2006
|
Dictator of Paraguay, 1954-89
|
Nadine Strossen
|
Activist
|
18-Aug-1950
|
|
President of the ACLU
|
Otto Struve
|
Astronomer
|
12-Aug-1897
|
6-Apr-1963
|
Hydrogen in the interstellar medium
|
John G. Stumpf
|
Business
|
1953
|
|
CEO of Wells Fargo
|
Daniel Sunjata
|
Actor
|
30-Dec-1971
|
|
Franco Rivera on
Rescue Me
|
John Augustus Sutter
|
Explorer
|
15-Feb-1803
|
18-Jun-1880
|
California gold rush
|
Igor Y. Tamm
|
Physicist
|
8-Jul-1895
|
12-Apr-1971
|
Cherenkov radiation
|
Henry Taube
|
Chemist
|
30-Nov-1915
|
16-Nov-2005
|
Mechanisms of electron transfer
|
Ann Telnaes
|
Cartoonist
|
1960
|
|
Political cartoonist
|
Frederick Terman
|
Scientist
|
7-Jun-1900
|
19-Dec-1982
|
Stanford Research Park
|
Lewis Terman
|
Psychologist
|
15-Jan-1877
|
21-Dec-1956
|
Intelligence tests
|
Irving Thalberg
|
Film/TV Producer
|
30-May-1899
|
14-Sep-1936
|
De-facto boss of MGM Studios
|
Charlize Theron
|
Actor
|
7-Aug-1975
|
|
Monster
|
D'Arcy Thompson
|
Biologist
|
2-May-1860
|
21-Jun-1948
|
On Growth and Form
|
Eckhart Tolle
|
Religion
|
16-Feb-1948
|
|
The Power of Now
|
Linda Tripp
|
Government
|
24-Nov-1949
|
|
Monica Lewinsky's confidant
|
Tatiana Troyanos
|
Singer
|
12-Sep-1938
|
21-Aug-1993
|
Operatic Mezzo-Soprano
|
Steven Tyler
|
Singer
|
26-Mar-1948
|
|
Frontman for
Aerosmith
|
Peter Ueberroth
|
Baseball
|
2-Sep-1937
|
|
Commissioner of Baseball, 1984-89
|
Ari Up
|
Singer
|
1-Jan-1962
|
20-Oct-2010
|
The Slits
|
Laurens van der Post
|
Author
|
13-Dec-1906
|
15-Dec-1996
|
The Lost World of the Kalahari
|
Vanity
|
Singer
|
4-Jan-1959
|
|
Lingerie-clad Prince protégé
|
Bruce Vento
|
Politician
|
7-Oct-1940
|
10-Oct-2000
|
Congressman from Minnesota, 1977-2000
|
Lillian Vernon
|
Business
|
18-Mar-1927
|
|
Mail-order maven of America
|
Peter Viereck
|
Poet
|
5-Aug-1916
|
13-May-2006
|
Terror and Decorum
|
Paul Volcker
|
Economist
|
5-Sep-1927
|
|
Chairman of the Federal Reserve, 1979-87
|
Frédéric Prinz von Anhalt
|
Relative
|
c. 1943
|
|
Zsa Zsa's husband
|
Wernher von Braun
|
Scientist
|
23-Mar-1912
|
16-Jun-1977
|
German-American rocket scientist
|
Carl von Cosel
|
Criminal
|
8-Feb-1877
|
23-Jul-1952
|
Florida's favorite necrophile
|
Manfred von Richthofen
|
Military
|
2-May-1892
|
21-Apr-1918
|
The Red Baron
|
Kurt Vonnegut
|
Novelist
|
11-Nov-1922
|
11-Apr-2007
|
Slaughterhouse Five
|
Honus Wagner
|
Baseball
|
24-Feb-1874
|
6-Dec-1955
|
Pittsburgh shortstop on valuable baseball card
|
Robert F. Wagner, Sr.
|
Politician
|
8-Jun-1877
|
4-May-1953
|
US Senator from New York, 1927-49
|
George Wald
|
Biologist
|
18-Nov-1906
|
12-Apr-1997
|
Physiology of the retina
|
Lillian Wald
|
Activist
|
10-Mar-1867
|
1-Sep-1940
|
Henry Street Settlement
|
Christopher Walken
|
Actor
|
31-Mar-1943
|
|
The Dead Zone
|
Otto Wallach
|
Chemist
|
27-Mar-1847
|
26-Feb-1931
|
Terpenes and essential oils
|
Henry C. Wallich
|
Economist
|
10-Jun-1914
|
16-Sep-1988
|
Council of Economic Advisers, 1959-61
|
Aby Warburg
|
Scholar
|
13-Jun-1866
|
26-Oct-1929
|
Founder of the Warburg Institute
|
Felix M. Warburg
|
Business
|
14-Jan-1871
|
20-Oct-1937
|
Kuhn, Loeb and Co.
|
Max M. Warburg
|
Business
|
5-Jun-1867
|
26-Dec-1946
|
M. M. Warburg & Company
|
Paul M. Warburg
|
Business
|
10-Aug-1868
|
24-Jan-1932
|
The Federal Reserve System
|
August von Wassermann
|
Biologist
|
21-Feb-1866
|
16-Mar-1925
|
Syphilis test
|
Ben Wattenberg
|
Pundit
|
26-Aug-1933
|
|
Think Tank
moderator
|
Alfred Wegener
|
Scientist
|
1-Nov-1880
|
Nov-1930
|
Continental drift
|
Joseph Weizenbaum
|
Computer Programmer
|
8-Jan-1923
|
5-Mar-2008
|
ELIZA
|
Lawrence Welk
|
Conductor
|
11-Mar-1903
|
17-May-1992
|
Big band leader, TV champagne music host
|
Mae West
|
Actor
|
17-Aug-1893
|
22-Nov-1980
|
Go up and see her sometime
|
Ruth Westheimer
|
Talk Show Host
|
4-Jun-1928
|
|
4'7" of concentrated sex
|
George Westinghouse
|
Inventor
|
6-Oct-1846
|
12-Mar-1914
|
Air brake and A/C power
|
Patricia Wettig
|
Actor
|
4-Dec-1951
|
|
thirtysomething
|
Frederick Weyerhaeuser
|
Business
|
21-Nov-1834
|
4-Apr-1914
|
Founder of Weyerhaeuser Company
|
Betty White
|
Actor
|
17-Jan-1922
|
|
TV sitcom and game show mainstay
|
Heinrich Wieland
|
Chemist
|
4-Jun-1877
|
5-Aug-1957
|
Studied acids of bile
|
Wilhelm Wien
|
Physicist
|
13-Jan-1864
|
30-Aug-1928
|
Blackbody radiation
|
Gina Wild
|
Pornstar
|
16-Dec-1970
|
|
German pornstar
|
Richard Willstätter
|
Chemist
|
13-Aug-1872
|
3-Aug-1942
|
Plant pigments
|
August Wilson
|
Playwright
|
27-Apr-1945
|
2-Oct-2005
|
The Piano Lesson
|
Adolf Windaus
|
Chemist
|
25-Dec-1876
|
9-Jun-1959
|
Investigated cholesterol, Vitamin D
|
Henry Winkler
|
Actor
|
30-Oct-1945
|
|
Fonz on
Happy Days
|
William Wirt
|
Attorney
|
8-Nov-1772
|
18-Feb-1834
|
US Attorney General, 1817-29
|
Georg Wittig
|
Chemist
|
16-Jun-1897
|
26-Aug-1987
|
Wittig Reaction
|
Xuxa
|
TV Personality
|
27-Mar-1963
|
|
Model children's TV host
|
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
|
Physicist
|
19-Jul-1921
|
30-May-2011
|
Developed radioimmunoassay technique
|
Charlyne Yi
|
Comic
|
4-Jan-1986
|
|
Dr. Park on
House
|
Steve Zahn
|
Actor
|
13-Nov-1968
|
|
Glenn in
Out of Sight
|
John Peter Zenger
|
Journalist
|
c. 1697
|
28-Jul-1746
|
Sedition against the Crown
|
Arthur Zimmermann
|
Government
|
5-Oct-1864
|
6-Jun-1940
|
Zimmerman Telegram
|
Hans Zinsser
|
Scientist
|
17-Nov-1878
|
4-Sep-1940
|
Typhus vaccine
|
Richard Zsigmondy
|
Chemist
|
1-Apr-1865
|
23-Sep-1929
|
Ultramicroscope
|