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NAME OCCUPATION SUMMARY BORN DIED PICK
Ralph Abernathy Activist Prominent civil rights activist 21-Mar-1926 17-Apr-1990 DEAD
David Abshire Government US Ambassador to NATO, 1983-87 11-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Valdas Adamkus Head of State President of Lithuania 03-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Alice Adams Novelist Superior Women 14-Aug-1926 27-May-1999 DEAD
Don Adams Actor Maxwell Smart on Get Smart 13-Apr-1926 25-Sep-2005 DEAD
Julie Adams Actor Paula Denning on Capitol 17-Oct-1926 TBD ADD
O. Rudolph Aggrey Diplomat US Ambassador to Romania, 1977-81 24-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Claude Akins Actor Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo 25-May-1926 27-Jan-1994 DEAD
James E. Akins Diplomat US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1973-75 15-Oct-1926 TBD ADD
Jaber III al-Sabah Royalty Emir of Kuwait, 1977-2006 29-Jun-1926 15-Jan-2006 DEAD
A. R. Ammons Poet Sphere 18-Feb-1926 25-Feb-2001 DEAD
Poul Anderson Author Tau Zero 25-Nov-1926 31-Jul-2001 DEAD
Richard Anderson Actor Oscar Goldman on The 6 Million Dollar Man 08-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
George Ariyoshi Politician Governor of Hawaii, 1974-86 12-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
David Attenborough Naturalist Life on Earth 08-May-1926 TBD ADD
Aram Avakian Film Director End of the Road 23-Apr-1926 17-Jan-1987 DEAD
Kaye Ballard Actor The Mothers-in-Law 20-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Cass Ballenger Politician Congressman from North Carolina, 1986-2005 06-Dec-1926 TBD ADD
Paul Baran Scientist Early networking pioneer 29-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Harry Barnes Diplomat US Ambassador to Chile, 1985-88 05-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Roscoe Bartlett Politician Congressman, Maryland 6th 03-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Louis Beecherl Business CEO, Texas Oil & Gas 1957-77 10-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Tony Bennett Singer Left his heart in San Francisco 03-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Paul Berg Chemist Pioneer in recombinant DNA 30-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
John Berger Novelist British novelist, G 05-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Shelley Berman Comic Inside Shelley Berman 03-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Chuck Berry Singer My Ding-A-Ling 18-Oct-1926 TBD ADD
James Best Actor Roscoe P. Coltrane on Dukes 26-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Val Bisoglio Actor Danny Tovo on Quincy 07-May-1926 TBD ADD
Honor Blackman Actor Cathy Gale on The Avengers 12-Dec-1926 TBD ADD
W. Michael Blumenthal Government US Secretary of the Treasury, 1977-79 03-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Robert Bly Poet Iron John: A Book About Men 23-Dec-1926 TBD ADD
Paul Bocuse Chef Bocuse d'Or, nouvelle cuisine 11-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Richard W. Boehm Diplomat US Ambassador to Oman, 1989-92 25-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Tommy Bond Actor Butch on The Little Rascals 16-Sep-1926 24-Sep-2005 DEAD
Andrew Brimmer Economist Federal Reserve Governor, 1966-74 13-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Claude S. Brinegar Business US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75 16-Dec-1926 TBD ADD
Norm Van Brocklin Football NFL QB passed for 554 yards in a game 15-Mar-1926 02-May-1983 DEAD
Jeremy Brooks Novelist Jampot Smith 17-Dec-1926 27-Jun-1994 DEAD
Mel Brooks Film Director Blazing Saddles 28-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Earle Brown Composer Developed open-form scores 26-Dec-1926 02-Jul-2002 DEAD
Frederick Buechner Novelist The Final Beast 11-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Claus von Bulow Socialite Allegedly tried to kill wife Sunny 11-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Paul Burke Actor Det. Adam Flint on Naked City 21-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
R. L. Burnside Musician A Ass Pocket of Whiskey 23-Nov-1926 01-Sep-2005 DEAD
Phillip Burton Politician Congressman from California, 1964-83 01-Jun-1926 10-Apr-1983 DEAD
William Campbell Actor Dementia 13 30-Oct-1926 TBD ADD
Frank Carson Comic Irish comedian 11-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Willis Carto Activist Founder of Liberty Lobby, IHR 17-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Neal Cassady Author The Holy Goof 08-Feb-1926 04-Feb-1968 DEAD
Fidel Castro Head of State Dictator of Cuba for almost fifty years 13-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Oona Chaplin Relative Wife of Charlie Chaplin 13-May-1926 27-Sep-1991 DEAD
Robert Clary Actor LeBeau on Hogan's Heroes 01-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
James S. Coleman Sociologist Foundations of Social Theory 12-May-1926 25-Mar-1995 DEAD
John Coltrane Jazz Musician Jazz tenor saxophonist 23-Sep-1926 17-Jul-1967 DEAD
Marlow W. Cook Politician US Senator from Kentucky, 1968-74 27-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Roger Corman Film/TV Producer Frankenstein Unbound 05-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
William R. Cotter Politician Congressman from Connecticut, 1971-81 18-Jul-1926 08-Sep-1981 DEAD
Hazel Court Actor Horror Queen 10-Feb-1926 15-Apr-2008 DEAD
Robert Creeley Poet Founded Black Mountain Review 21-May-1926 30-Mar-2005 DEAD
Ann Curtis Swimmer/Diver Olympic swimmer 06-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Cesare Danova Actor Mean Streets 01-Mar-1926 19-Mar-1992 DEAD
Ann B. Davis Actor Alice from The Brady Bunch 05-May-1926 TBD ADD
Miles Davis Jazz Musician Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue 25-May-1926 28-Sep-1991 DEAD
Samuel H. Day Activist Antinuke crusader 05-Oct-1926 26-Jan-2001 DEAD
John Gunther Dean Diplomat US Ambassador to India, 1985-88 24-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Danièle Delorme Actor Gigi 09-Oct-1926 TBD ADD
John Derek Film Director Tarzan, the Ape Man 12-Aug-1926 22-May-1998 DEAD
Edward J. Derwinski Politician US Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1989-92 15-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Richard DeVos Business Co-Founder of Amway 04-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
John Diebold Inventor Automation evangelist 08-Jun-1926 26-Dec-2005 DEAD
John Dingell Politician US Congressman, Michigan 15th 06-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Charles F. Dolan Business CEO of Cablevision, 1985-95 16-Oct-1926 TBD ADD
J. P. Donleavy Novelist The Ginger Man 23-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Clive Donner Film Director What's New, Pussycat 21-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Paul W. Douglas Business CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1985-81 12-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Sidney D. Drell Physicist In the Shadow of the Bomb 13-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Lee S. Dreyfus Politician Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83 20-Jun-1926 02-Jan-2008 DEAD
Charles W. Duncan, Jr. Government US Secretary of Energy, 1979-81 09-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Mervyn M. Dymally Politician Congressman from California, 1981-93 12-May-1926 TBD ADD
William L. Eagleton, Jr. Diplomat US Ambassador to Syria, 1984-88 17-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Queen Elizabeth II Royalty Queen of England 21-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Robert F. Ellsworth Politician Congressman from Kansas, 1961-67 11-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
John Ericson Actor The Return of Jack Slade 23-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Patricia Lynch Ewell Diplomat US Ambassador to Madagascar, 1986-89 20-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Bernard Fall Journalist Scholar of the Vietnam conflict 19-Nov-1926 21-Feb-1967 DEAD
Thorbjörn Fälldin Head of State Twice Prime Minister of Sweden 24-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Morton Feldman Composer Coptic Light 12-Jan-1926 03-Sep-1987 DEAD
Hamilton Fish IV Politician Congressman from New York, 1969-95 03-Jun-1926 23-Jul-1996 DEAD
Garret FitzGerald Head of State Twice Prime Minister of Ireland 09-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Dario Fo Playwright Controversial Italian playwright 26-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Robert W. Fogel Economist Cliometrics 01-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Bryan Forbes Actor King Rat 22-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Michel Foucault Philosopher History of Sexuality 15-Oct-1926 26-Jun-1984 DEAD
John Fowles Novelist The French Lieutenant's Woman 31-Mar-1926 05-Nov-2005 DEAD
Stan Freberg Comic Radio's The Stan Freberg Show 07-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Mona Freeman Actor Streets of Laredo 09-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Helen Gallagher Actor Maeve Ryan on Ryan's Hope 19-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Leopoldo Galtieri Head of State Invaded Falklands, ran death squads 15-Jul-1926 12-Jan-2003 DEAD
Joe Garagiola Baseball St. Louis Cardinal turned sportscaster 12-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Beverly Garland Actor Dotty West on Scarecrow and Mrs. King 17-Oct-1926 TBD ADD
Daryl Gates Government Chief of LAPD 1978-92 30-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Joseph M. Gaydos Politician Congerssman from Pennsylvania, 1968-93 03-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Clifford Geertz Anthropologist Thick Description 23-Aug-1926 30-Oct-2006 DEAD
Alice Ghostley Actor Bernice Clifton on Designing Women 14-Aug-1926 21-Sep-2007 DEAD
Ian Gilmour Politician Baron Gilmour of Craigmillar 08-Jul-1926 21-Sep-2007 DEAD
Allen Ginsberg Poet Howl! 03-Jun-1926 05-Apr-1997 DEAD
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Head of State President of France, 1974-81 02-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Donald A. Glaser Physicist Inventor of the bubble chamber 21-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
William H. Gleysteen Politician US Ambassador to South Korea, 1978-81 08-May-1926 06-Dec-2002 DEAD
Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. Film/TV Producer Son of Samuel Goldwyn 07-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Charles E. Goodell Politician US Senator from New York, 1968-71 16-Mar-1926 21-Jan-1987 DEAD
Peter Graves Actor Mission: Impossible 18-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Shecky Greene Comic Chicago nightclub comic 08-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Alan Greenspan Economist Federal Reserve Chairman, 1987-2006 06-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Andy Griffith Actor Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show 01-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Gus Grissom Astronaut Second American in space 03-Apr-1926 27-Jan-1967 DEAD
Alex Groza Basketball Caught in point shaving scandal 07-Oct-1926 21-Jan-1995 DEAD
Fred Gwynne Actor Herman on The Munsters 10-Jul-1926 02-Jul-1993 DEAD
George Habash Activist Founder of the PFLP 02-Aug-1926 26-Jan-2008 DEAD
H. R. Haldeman Government Nixon's Chief of Staff 27-Oct-1926 12-Nov-1993 DEAD
Mickey Hargitay Actor Bloody Pit of Horror 06-Jan-1926 14-Sep-2006 DEAD
Arthur A. Hartman Diplomat US Ambassador to the USSR, 1981-87 12-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
June Haver Actor Irish Eyes Are Smiling 10-Jun-1926 04-Jul-2005 DEAD
Janet Gray Hayes Politician Mayor of San Jose, 1975-83 12-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Hugh Hefner Business Founder of Playboy magazine 09-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Carolyn Heilbrun Novelist Amanda Cross, mystery novelist 13-Jan-1926 09-Oct-2003 DEAD
Hans Werner Henze Composer Boulevard Solitude 01-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Elwood Hillis Politician Congressman from Indiana, 1971-87 06-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Amo Houghton Politician Congressman from New York, 1987-2005 07-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Geoffrey Howe Politician UK Foreign Secretary, 1983-89 20-Dec-1926 TBD ADD
David H. Hubel Scientist Neurophysiology of vision 27-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Harry Hughes Politician Governor of Maryland, 1979-87 13-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Nelson Bunker Hunt Business Tried to corner the silver market 22-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Evan Hunter Novelist The Blackboard Jungle 15-Oct-1926 07-Jul-2005 DEAD
Jeffrey Hunter Actor King of Kings 25-Nov-1926 27-May-1969 DEAD
Earl Hutto Politician Congressman from Florida, 1979-95 12-May-1926 TBD ADD
Ivan Illich Philosopher Deschooling Society 04-Sep-1926 02-Dec-2002 DEAD
Anne Jackson Actor Folks! 03-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Richard Jaeckel Actor Sometimes a Great Notion 10-Oct-1926 14-Jun-1997 DEAD
Gloria Jean Actor Never Give a Sucker an Even Break 14-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Lionel Jeffries Actor Chitty Chitty Bang Bang 10-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Noor Jehan Singer Bollywood Diva 21-Sep-1926 23-Dec-2000 DEAD
Patrick Jenkin Politician Former MP, Wanstead and Woodford 07-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Elizabeth Jennings Poet Song for a Birth or a Death 18-Jul-1926 26-Oct-2001 DEAD
Norman Jewison Film Director Moonstruck 21-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Christine Jorgensen Photographer First successful surgical transsexual 30-May-1926 03-May-1989 DEAD
Ingvar Kamprad Business IKEA founder 30-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Andrew Keir Actor Quatermass and the Pit 03-Apr-1926 05-Oct-1997 DEAD
Henry W. Kendall Physicist Verified existence of quarks 09-Dec-1926 15-Feb-1999 DEAD
Kay Kendall Actor Les Girls 21-May-1926 06-Sep-1959 DEAD
Donald R. Keough Business Chairman of Allen & Company 04-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Victor Kiam Business Liked it so much, he bought the company 07-Dec-1926 27-May-2001 DEAD
Klaus Kinski Actor Nosferatu the Vampyre 18-Oct-1926 23-Nov-1991 DEAD
Claude R. Kirk, Jr. Politician Governor of Florida, 1967-71 07-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Jeane Kirkpatrick Government Reagan's UN Ambassador 19-Nov-1926 07-Dec-2006 DEAD
Aaron Klug Chemist Structural analysis of viruses 11-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
John Knowles Novelist A Separate Peace 16-Sep-1926 29-Nov-2001 DEAD
Joseph P. Kolter Politician Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1983-93 03-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Masatoshi Koshiba Scientist Detected cosmic neutrinos 19-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Killer Kowalski Wrestling Professional wrestler, 1947-76 13-Oct-1926 30-Aug-2008 DEAD
Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Activist On Death And Dying 08-Jul-1926 24-Aug-2004 DEAD
Bowie Kuhn Baseball Commissioner of Baseball, 1969-84 28-Oct-1926 15-Mar-2007 DEAD
Robert J. Lagomarsino Politician Congressman from California, 1974-93 04-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Tim LaHaye Religion Left Behind series 27-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Georges Lautner Film Director The Professional 24-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Bobby Layne Football NFL Hall of Famer 19-Dec-1926 01-Dec-1986 DEAD
Cloris Leachman Actor Phyllis and The Facts of Life 30-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Harper Lee Novelist To Kill A Mockingbird 28-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Tsung-Dao Lee Physicist Investigated parity law 25-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Siegfried Lenz Author Deutschstunde 17-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Jerry Lewis Comic Cinderfella 16-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Robert Jay Lifton Psychiatrist The Nazi Doctors 16-May-1926 TBD ADD
James Lipton TV Personality Host, Inside the Actors Studio 19-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Julie London Singer Cry Me a River 26-Sep-1926 18-Oct-2000 DEAD
Alison Lurie Novelist Foreign Affairs 03-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Jean-Marie Lustiger Religion Archbishop of Paris, 1981-2005 17-Sep-1926 05-Aug-2007 DEAD
Paul Lynde Comic Hollywood Square 13-Jun-1926 10-Jan-1982 DEAD
Betty Lynn Actor The Andy Griffith Show 29-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Diana Lynn Actor The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 07-Oct-1926 18-Dec-1971 DEAD
George Martin Music Producer Beatles producer 03-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Richard Matheson Author I Am Legend 20-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Kerwin Mathews Actor The 7th Voyage of Sinbad 08-Jan-1926 05-Jul-2007 DEAD
Arno J. Mayer Historian Marxist Jew, quasi-revisionist 19-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Albert Maysles Film Director Documentary filmmaker 26-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Anne McCaffrey Author Pern series 01-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Allyn Ann McLerie Actor They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 01-Dec-1926 TBD ADD
Audrey Meadows Actor Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners 08-Feb-1926 03-Feb-1996 DEAD
Carrie P. Meek Politician Congresswoman from Florida, 1993-2003 29-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
James Merrill Poet Nights and Days 03-Mar-1926 06-Feb-1995 DEAD
John Merritt Football Tennessee Football Coach, 1963-83 26-Jan-1926 13-Dec-1983 DEAD
Don Messick Actor Voice of Scooby Doo 07-Sep-1926 24-Oct-1997 DEAD
Abner J. Mikva Politician Illinois Congressman, Clinton Counsel 21-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Ilhan Mimaroglu Electronic Musician Sing Me A Song of Songmy 11-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
Newton N. Minow Government FCC Chairman, 1961-63 17-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Marilyn Monroe Actor Some Like It Hot 01-Jun-1926 05-Aug-1962 DEAD
Eric Morecambe Comic Morecambe and Wise 14-May-1926 28-May-1984 DEAD
Ben R. Mottelson Physicist Determined shapes of nuclei 09-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
John M. Murphy Politician Congressman snagged in ABSCAM 03-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Bernard Nathanson Activist Pro-life activist, former abortionist 31-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Patricia Neal Actor The Day the Earth Stood Still 20-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Don Newcombe Baseball First African-American pitcher in MLB 14-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Michael H. Newlin Diplomat US Ambassador to Algeria, 1981-85 16-May-1926 TBD ADD
Leslie Nielsen Actor Airplane! 11-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Frank O'Hara Poet Meditations in an Emergency 27-Jun-1926 25-Jul-1966 DEAD
Milo O'Shea Actor Ulysses 02-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Frank V. Ortiz Diplomat US Ambassador to Argentina, 1983-86 14-Mar-1926 TBD ADD
J. I. Packer Religion Biblical scholar 22-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Ian Paisley Politician Democratic Unionist Party 06-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Betsy Palmer Actor Friday the 13th 01-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Irene Papas Actor The Trojan Women 03-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Joe Paterno Football Coach at Penn State 21-Dec-1926 TBD ADD
Jean Peters Actor Captain from Castile 15-Oct-1926 13-Oct-2000 DEAD
Peter G. Peterson Business Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations 05-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Ray Price Country Musician The Cherokee Cowboy 12-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Hilary Putnam Philosopher Philosophy of Mind 31-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Charlotte Rae Actor Mrs. Garrett on The Facts of Life 22-Apr-1926 TBD ADD
Aldo Ray Actor The Green Berets 25-Sep-1926 27-Mar-1991 DEAD
Steve Reeves Actor Hercules 21-Jan-1926 01-May-2000 DEAD
Don Rickles Comic King of the Insult 08-May-1926 TBD ADD
Robin Roberts Baseball Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer 30-Sep-1926 TBD ADD
Arthur Rock Business Coined term "Venture Capitalism" 19-Aug-1926 TBD ADD
Bob Rosburg Golf Winner, 1959 PGA Championship 21-Oct-1926 TBD ADD
Irwin Rose Scientist Ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation 16-Jul-1926 TBD ADD
Frank Rosolino Jazz Musician Jazz trombonist, Turn Me Loose! 20-Aug-1926 26-Nov-1978 DEAD
Leonard Rossiter Actor The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin 21-Oct-1926 05-Oct-1984 DEAD
Murray Rothbard Economist Anarcho-capitalist 02-Mar-1926 07-Jan-1995 DEAD
J. Roy Rowland Politician Congressman from Georgia, 1983-95 03-Feb-1926 TBD ADD
Pete Rozelle Football Commissioner of the NFL, 1960-89 01-Mar-1926 06-Dec-1996 DEAD
Bing Russell Actor Dep. Clem Foster on Bonanza 05-May-1926 08-Apr-2003 DEAD
Sai Baba Religion Sex-crazed avatar 23-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Abdus Salam Physicist Electroweak Theory 29-Jan-1926 21-Nov-1996 DEAD
Soupy Sales Comic Pie thrower 08-Jan-1926 TBD ADD
Allan R. Sandage Astronomer Quasars and Hubble-Sandage variable stars 18-Jun-1926 TBD ADD
Andrew V. Schally Scientist Hypothalamic hormones (brain peptides) 30-Nov-1926 TBD ADD
Maria Schell Actor The Heart of the Matter 15-Jan-1926 26-Apr-2005 DEAD
John Schlesinger Film Director Marathon Man 16-Feb-1926 25-Jul-2003 DEAD