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NAME OCCUPATION SUMMARY BORN DIED PICK
John Agar Actor Sands of Iwo Jima 31-Jan-1921 07-Apr-2002 DEAD
Gianni Agnelli Business President of Fiat, 1966-96 12-Mar-1921 24-Jan-2003 DEAD
Steve Allen Talk Show Host The Tonight Show 26-Dec-1921 30-Oct-2000 DEAD
James Anderson Actor To Kill a Mockingbird 13-Jul-1921 14-Sep-1969 DEAD
William Robert Anderson Military Commander, USS Nautilus 17-Jun-1921 25-Feb-2007 DEAD
Kenneth J. Arrow Economist Social Choice and Individual Values 23-Aug-1921 TBD ADD
Alfred L. Atherton Diplomat US Ambassador to Egypt, 1979-83 22-Nov-1921 30-Oct-2002 DEAD
A. Doak Barnett Scholar China on the Eve of Communist Takeover 08-Oct-1921 17-Mar-1999 DEAD
Alfie Bass Actor Bootsie and Snudge 08-Apr-1921 15-Jul-1987 DEAD
Berkley W. Bedell Politician Congressman from Iowa, 1975-87 05-Mar-1921 TBD ADD
Terrel H. Bell Government US Secretary of Education, 1981-85 11-Nov-1921 22-Jun-1996 DEAD
Henry Bellmon Politician Governor and Senator from Oklahoma 03-Sep-1921 TBD ADD
Peter Benenson Activist Founder of Amnesty International 31-Jul-1921 25-Feb-2005 DEAD
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr. Politician US Senator, Treasury Secretary 11-Feb-1921 23-May-2006 DEAD
Daniel Berrigan Author The Trial of the Catonsville Nine 09-May-1921 TBD ADD
Angelo Bertelli Football Winner, 1943 Heisman Trophy 18-Jun-1921 26-Jun-1999 DEAD
Carl Betz Actor The Donna Reed Show 09-Mar-1921 18-Jan-1978 DEAD
Joseph Beuys Artist German conceptual artist 12-May-1921 23-Jan-1986 DEAD
Tom Bevill Politician Congressman from Alabama, 1967-97 27-Mar-1921 28-Mar-2005 DEAD
Forrest Bird Inventor Bird Universal Medical Respirator 09-Jun-1921 TBD ADD
Eli Black Business Swan dive onto Park Avenue 09-Apr-1921 03-Feb-1975 DEAD
Vivian Blaine Actor Guys and Dolls 21-Nov-1921 09-Dec-1995 DEAD
Janet Blair Actor Night of the Eagle 23-Apr-1921 19-Feb-2007 DEAD
Robert O. Blake Diplomat US Ambassador to Mali, 1971-73 07-Apr-1921 TBD ADD
James Blish Author Cities in Flight 23-May-1921 30-Jul-1975 DEAD
Dirk Bogarde Actor A Bridge Too Far 28-Mar-1921 08-May-1999 DEAD
Emperor Bokassa I Royalty Central African Emperor 22-Feb-1921 03-Nov-1996 DEAD
Wayne C. Booth Critic The Rhetoric of Fiction 22-Feb-1921 10-Oct-2005 DEAD
Emilinha Borba Singer Queen of Brazilian Radio 31-Aug-1921 03-Oct-2005 DEAD
Katherine Boyd Business Interior decorator, GOP activist 01-Feb-1921 TBD ADD
Ben Bradlee Journalist Editor of The Washington Post, 1965-91 26-Aug-1921 TBD ADD
Bill Bright Religion Campus Crusade for Christ 19-Oct-1921 19-Jul-2003 DEAD
Charles Bronson Actor Death Wish 03-Nov-1921 30-Aug-2003 DEAD
George Mackay Brown Poet Time in a Red Coat 17-Oct-1921 13-Apr-1996 DEAD
Robert Brown Actor Licence to Kill 23-Jul-1921 11-Nov-2003 DEAD
Acquanetta Actor Captive Wild Woman 17-Jul-1921 16-Aug-2004 DEAD
Roy Campanella Baseball National League MVP 1951, 1953, and 1955 19-Nov-1921 26-Jun-1993 DEAD
Harry Carey, Jr. Actor The Whales of August 16-May-1921 TBD ADD
Hayden Carruth Poet Brothers, I Loved You All 03-Aug-1921 TBD ADD
S. Truett Cathy Business Founder and CEO of Chick-fil-A 14-Mar-1921 TBD ADD
Gower Champion Dancer Show Boat 22-Jun-1921 25-Aug-1980 DEAD
Carol Channing Actor All-Singing All-Dancing 31-Jan-1921 TBD ADD
Donald D. Clancy Politician Congressman from Ohio, 1961-77 24-Jul-1921 12-Jun-2007 DEAD
Charlie Conerly Football NY Giants QB, 1948-61 19-Sep-1921 13-Feb-1996 DEAD
Chuck Connors Actor The Rifleman 10-Apr-1921 10-Nov-1992 DEAD
Silvio O. Conte Politician Congressman from Massachusetts, 1959-91 09-Nov-1921 08-Feb-1991 DEAD
Rodney Dangerfield Comic Never did get no respect 22-Nov-1921 05-Oct-2004 DEAD
Rodger P. Davies Diplomat US Ambassador to Cyprus, 1974 07-May-1921 19-Aug-1974 DEAD
Richard Deacon Actor The Dick Van Dyke Show 14-May-1921 08-Aug-1984 DEAD
Gerard Debreu Economist Supply and demand theorist 04-Jul-1921 31-Dec-2004 DEAD
Eldon Dedini Cartoonist Playboy, New Yorker cartoonist 29-Jun-1921 12-Jan-2006 DEAD
Calvert DeForest Actor Larry "Bud" Melman on Letterman 23-Jul-1921 19-Mar-2007 DEAD
Patrick Dennis Novelist Auntie Mame 18-May-1921 06-Nov-1976 DEAD
Hugh Downs Journalist 20/20 14-Feb-1921 TBD ADD
Alexander Dubcek Head of State Leader of Czechoslovakia 1968-69 27-Nov-1921 07-Nov-1992 DEAD
Bill Dudley Football NFL Hall of Famer 24-Dec-1921 TBD ADD
Deanna Durbin Actor It Started with Eve 04-Dec-1921 TBD ADD
Richard Egan Actor Samuel Clegg on Capitol 29-Jul-1921 20-Jul-1987 DEAD
Rowland Evans Columnist Evans and Novak 28-Apr-1921 23-Mar-2001 DEAD
Jim Exon Politician US Senator from Nebraska, 1979-97 09-Aug-1921 11-Jun-2005 DEAD
Max Faget Scientist Designer of NASA spacecraft 26-Aug-1921 09-Oct-2004 DEAD
Fernando Fernán-Gómez Actor Voyage to Nowhere 28-Aug-1921 21-Nov-2007 DEAD
Jack Fleck Golf Winner, 1955 US Open 07-Nov-1921 TBD ADD
Betty Friedan Activist Rights for women spokesperson 04-Feb-1921 04-Feb-2006 DEAD
Joe Fulks Basketball Scored 63 points in a 1949 NBA game 26-Oct-1921 21-Mar-1976 DEAD
Lowell Fulson Musician West Coast blues guitarist and bandleader 31-Mar-1921 06-Mar-1999 DEAD
Jim Garrison Attorney New Orleans DA investigated JFK's assassination 20-Nov-1921 21-Oct-1992 DEAD
Daniel Gélin Actor Rendezvous in July 19-May-1921 29-Nov-2002 DEAD
John J. Gilligan Politician Governor of Ohio, 1971-75 22-Mar-1921 TBD ADD
John Glenn Astronaut First American to orbit earth 18-Jul-1921 TBD ADD
Otto Graham Football NFL Hall of Famer 06-Dec-1921 17-Dec-2003 DEAD
Wardell Gray Jazz Musician Tenor sax bop-jazzman 13-Feb-1921 25-May-1955 DEAD
David Greene Film Director Gray Lady Down 22-Feb-1921 07-Apr-2003 DEAD
Joan Greenwood Actor The Importance Of Being Earnest 04-Mar-1921 27-Feb-1987 DEAD
Hua Guofeng Head of State Premier of China, 1976-80 16-Feb-1921 TBD ADD
Alan Hale, Jr. Actor The Skipper on Gilligan's Island 08-Mar-1921 02-Jan-1990 DEAD
Barbara Hale Actor Della Street on Perry Mason 18-Apr-1921 TBD ADD
Alex Haley Novelist Roots 11-Aug-1921 10-Feb-1992 DEAD
Monty Hall Game Show Host Let's Make a Deal 25-Aug-1921 TBD ADD
Louis Harris Business Pollster, Louis Harris and Associates 06-Jan-1921 TBD ADD
Wilson Harris Novelist Palace of the Peacock 04-Mar-1921 TBD ADD
Howell Heflin Politician US Senator from Alabama, 1979-97 19-Jun-1921 29-Mar-2005 DEAD
Jesse Helms Politician US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003 18-Oct-1921 04-Jul-2008 DEAD
Patricia Highsmith Novelist Strangers on a Train 19-Jan-1921 04-Feb-1995 DEAD
George Roy Hill Film Director Slaughterhouse Five 20-Dec-1921 27-Dec-2002 DEAD
Judy Holliday Actor Born Yesterday 21-Jun-1921 07-Jun-1965 DEAD
Les Horvath Football Winner, 1944 Heisman Trophy 12-Oct-1921 14-Nov-1995 DEAD
Vernon W. Hughes Physicist Muons 28-May-1921 25-Mar-2003 DEAD
Betty Hutton Actor Incendiary Blonde 26-Feb-1921 11-Mar-2007 DEAD
Al Jaffee Cartoonist Invented the Mad fold-in 13-Mar-1921 TBD ADD
Clifton James Actor Sheriff J. W. Pepper 29-May-1921 TBD ADD
David C. Jones Military Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1978-82 09-Jul-1921 TBD ADD
James Jones Author From Here to Eternity 06-Nov-1921 09-May-1977 DEAD
Chester Kallman Poet Librettist, translator 07-Jan-1921 18-Jan-1975 DEAD
Brian Keith Actor Uncle Bill on Family Affair 14-Nov-1921 24-Jun-1997 DEAD
Nancy Kelly Actor The Bad Seed 25-Mar-1921 02-Jan-1995 DEAD
Deborah Kerr Actor From Here to Eternity 30-Sep-1921 16-Oct-2007 DEAD
William M. Ketchum Politician Congressman from California, 1973-78 02-Sep-1921 24-Jun-1978 DEAD
Hans Koller Musician Austrian saxophone prodigy 12-Feb-1921 21-Dec-2003 DEAD
Juanita M. Kreps Government US Secretary of Commerce, 1977-79 11-Jan-1921 TBD ADD
Nancy Kulp Actor Miss Jane Hathaway on Beverly Hillbillies 28-Aug-1921 03-Feb-1991 DEAD
Jake LaMotta Boxing Best chin in boxing 10-Jul-1921 TBD ADD
Mario Lanza Singer Voice of the Century 31-Jan-1921 07-Oct-1959 DEAD
Stanislaw Lem Author Solaris 12-Sep-1921 27-Mar-2006 DEAD
John Lindsay Politician Mayor of New York City, 1966-73 24-Nov-1921 19-Dec-2000 DEAD
Joseph Lowery Activist Co-Founder of the SCLC 06-Oct-1921 TBD ADD
Bernard Lown Doctor Inventor of defibrillator, peace activist 07-Jun-1921 TBD ADD
Gordon MacRae Actor Oklahoma 12-Mar-1921 24-Jan-1986 DEAD
Nino Manfredi Actor Bread and Chocolate 22-Mar-1921 28-May-2004 DEAD
Marilyn Maxwell Actor Stand by for Action 03-Aug-1921 20-Mar-1972 DEAD
Jim McKay TV Personality Host of Wide World of Sports 24-Sep-1921 07-Jun-2008 DEAD
Victor A. McKusick Scientist Father of medical genetics 21-Oct-1921 22-Jul-2008 DEAD
Catherine McLeod Actor I've Always Loved You 02-Jul-1921 11-May-1997 DEAD
Bruce Merrifield Chemist Synthesized polypeptides 15-Jul-1921 14-May-2006 DEAD
James W. Michaels Journalist Longtime Forbes editor 17-Jun-1921 02-Oct-2007 DEAD
Cary Middlecoff Golf Winner of 3 Majors 06-Jan-1921 01-Sep-1998 DEAD
Yves Montand Actor Let's Make Love 13-Oct-1921 09-Nov-1991 DEAD
Alvy Moore Actor Hank Kimball on Green Acres 05-Dec-1921 04-May-1997 DEAD
Brian Moore Novelist The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 25-Aug-1921 10-Jan-1999 DEAD
Akio Morita Business Co-Founder of Sony 26-Jan-1921 03-Oct-1999 DEAD
F. Bradford Morse Politician Congressman from Massachusetts, 1961-72 07-Aug-1921 18-Dec-1994 DEAD
Farley Mowat Author Never Cry Wolf 12-May-1921 TBD ADD
Robert Muldoon Head of State Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1975-84 25-Sep-1921 05-Aug-1992 DEAD
George Nader Actor Robot Monster 19-Oct-1921 04-Feb-2002 DEAD
K. R. Narayanan Head of State President of India, 1997-2002 04-Feb-1921 09-Nov-2005 DEAD
Harold Nicholas Dancer Tapdancer, The Nicholas Brothers 27-Mar-1921 03-Jul-2000 DEAD
Marian P. Opala Judge Justice, Oklahoma Supreme Court 20-Jan-1921 TBD ADD
Johnny Otis Musician Harlem Nocturne 28-Dec-1921 TBD ADD
Korla Pandit Musician Hynoptic exotic 16-Sep-1921 02-Oct-1998 DEAD
Joseph Papp Theater Director Founder, New York Shakespeare Festival 22-Jun-1921 31-Oct-1991 DEAD
John Malcolm Patterson Politician Governor of Alabama, 1959-63 27-Sep-1921 TBD ADD
Leo Penn Film Director The Dark Secret of Harvest Home 27-Aug-1921 05-Sep-1998 DEAD
Susan Peters Actor Random Harvest 03-Jul-1921 23-Oct-1952 DEAD
Prince Philip Royalty Duke of Edinburgh 10-Jun-1921 TBD ADD
Tom Poston Actor Handyman on Newhart 17-Oct-1921 30-Apr-2007 DEAD
Antonio Prohias Artist Spy vs. Spy 17-Jan-1921 24-Feb-1998 DEAD
Vera Ralston Actor Dakota 12-Jun-1921 09-Feb-2003 DEAD
Narasimha Rao Head of State Prime Minister of India, 1991-96 28-Jun-1921 23-Dec-2004 DEAD
John Rawls Philosopher A Theory of Justice 21-Feb-1921 24-Nov-2002 DEAD
Peggy Rea Actor Lulu Hogg on Dukes of Hazzard 31-Mar-1921 TBD ADD
Nancy Reagan First Lady Just Say No 06-Jul-1921 TBD ADD
Donna Reed Actor The Donna Reed Show 27-Jan-1921 14-Jan-1986 DEAD
John H. Reed Politician Governor of Maine, 1959-67 05-Jan-1921 TBD ADD
John W. Reynolds Politician Governor of Wisconsin, 1963-65 04-Apr-1921 06-Jan-2002 DEAD
Maurice Richard Hockey NHL Hall of Famer 04-Aug-1921 27-May-2000 DEAD
Edwin Richfield Actor Interpol Calling 11-Sep-1921 02-Aug-1990 DEAD
Sugar Ray Robinson Boxing Welterweight and Middleweight champ 03-May-1921 12-Apr-1989 DEAD
Gene Roddenberry Screenwriter Creator of Star Trek 19-Aug-1921 24-Oct-1991 DEAD
William V. Roth, Jr. Politician US Senator from Delaware, 1971-2001 22-Jul-1921 13-Dec-2003 DEAD
Robert Runcie Religion Archbishop of Canterbury, 1980-91 02-Oct-1921 11-Jul-2000 DEAD
Jane Russell Actor Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 21-Jun-1921 TBD ADD
John Russell Actor Lawman 03-Jan-1921 19-Jan-1991 DEAD
Lou Saban Football Head Coach in AFL, NFL, and NCAA 13-Oct-1921 TBD ADD
Andrei Sakharov Physicist Developed the Soviet hydrogen bomb 21-May-1921 14-Dec-1989 DEAD
Gene Saks Theater Director The Odd Couple 08-Nov-1921 TBD ADD
Peter Sallis Actor Last of the Summer Wine 01-Feb-1921 TBD ADD
William Donald Schaefer Politician Governor of Maryland, 1987-95 02-Nov-1921 TBD ADD
Paul Schäfer Criminal Colonia Dignidad cult leader 04-Dec-1921 TBD ADD
Arthur L. Schawlow Physicist Laser spectroscopy 05-May-1921 28-Apr-1999 DEAD
Thomas C. Schelling Economist The Strategy of Conflict 14-Apr-1921 TBD ADD
Ted Schroeder Tennis Winner of 1949 Wimbledon 20-Jul-1921 26-May-2006 DEAD
L. William Seidman Economist CNBC chief commentator 29-Apr-1921 TBD ADD
Eunice Kennedy Shriver Relative Kennedy who founded the Special Olympics 10-Jul-1921 TBD ADD
Simone Signoret Actor Ship of Fools 25-Mar-1921 30-Sep-1985 DEAD
John K. Singlaub Military US Army general, CIA operative 10-Jul-1921 TBD ADD
Alexis Smith Actor Here Comes the Groom 08-Jun-1921 09-Jun-1993 DEAD
Liz Smith Actor The Royle Family 11-Dec-1921 TBD ADD
James LeVoy Sorenson Business Utah billionaire 30-Jul-1921 20-Jan-2008 DEAD
Warren Spahn Baseball Winner of 1957 Cy Young Award 23-Apr-1921 24-Nov-2003 DEAD
Jock Stallard Politician British MP, St. Pancras North, 1970-83 05-Nov-1921 29-Mar-2008 DEAD
Jack Steinberger Physicist Researcher of neutrinos 25-May-1921 TBD ADD
Jan Sterling Actor Ace in the Hole 03-Apr-1921 26-Mar-2004 DEAD
Suharto Head of State President of Indonesia, 1967-98 08-Jun-1921 27-Jan-2008 DEAD
E. Parry Thomas Business Bank of Las Vegas 29-Jun-1921 TBD ADD
Frank Thornton Actor Are You Being Served? 15-Jan-1921 TBD ADD
Peter Ustinov Actor British stage actor 16-Apr-1921 28-Mar-2004 DEAD
Jack Valenti Business Presidential advisor, headed the MPAA 05-Sep-1921 26-Apr-2007 DEAD
Alida Valli Actor The Third Man 31-May-1921 22-Apr-2006 DEAD
Mona Van Duyn Poet To See, To Take 09-May-1921 01-Dec-2004 DEAD
Vera-Ellen Dancer On the Town 16-Feb-1921 30-Aug-1981 DEAD
Abe Vigoda Actor Fish on Barney Miller (not dead yet) 24-Feb-1921 TBD ADD
Barbara F. Vucanovich Politician Congresswoman from Nevada, 1983-97 22-Jun-1921 TBD ADD
Slappy White Comic The First Black Vice President 20-Sep-1921 07-Nov-1995 DEAD
James Whitmore Actor Tora! Tora! Tora! 01-Oct-1921 TBD ADD
Richard Wilbur Poet Second U.S. Poet Laureate 01-Mar-1921 TBD ADD
Geoffrey Wilkinson Chemist Organometallic sandwich compounds 14-Jul-1921 26-Sep-1996 DEAD
Esther Williams Actor Aquatic thespian of the '40s and '50s 08-Aug-1921 TBD ADD
Raymond Williams Critic Culture and Society 31-Aug-1921 26-Jan-1988 DEAD
Bill Willis Football Cleveland Browns, NFL Hall of Famer 05-Oct-1921 27-Nov-2007 DEAD
Elizabeth Wilson Actor The Graduate 04-Apr-1921 TBD ADD
Sheb Wooley Actor The Purple People Eater 10-Apr-1921 17-Sep-2003 DEAD
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow Physicist Developed radioimmunoassay technique 19-Jul-1921 TBD ADD
Marvin Zindler Journalist Houston reporter, KTRK-TV 10-Aug-1921 29-Jul-2007 DEAD