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NAME OCCUPATION SUMMARY BORN DIED PICK
Johnny Ace Singer/Songwriter R&B star, shot himself 09-Jun-1929 25-Dec-1954 DEAD
Elizabeth Allen Actor The Jackie Gleason Show 25-Jan-1929 19-Sep-2006 DEAD
Hafizullah Amin Head of State President of Afghanistan, 1979 01-Aug-1929 27-Dec-1979 DEAD
Yasser Arafat Politician Palestinian leader, former terrorist 24-Aug-1929 10-Nov-2004 DEAD
Werner Arber Scientist Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) 03-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Carlos Argentino Musician Muy famoso cantante de temas tropicales 23-Jun-1929 1991 DEAD
Hal Ashby Film Director Harold and Maude 02-Sep-1929 27-Dec-1988 DEAD
Ed Asner Actor Lou Grant 15-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Burt Bacharach Pianist Incomparable composer of lounge music 12-May-1929 TBD ADD
Robert E. Badham Politician Congressman from California, 1977-89 09-Jun-1929 21-Oct-2005 DEAD
Herman Badillo Politician Congressman from New York, 1971-77 21-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
Chet Baker Jazz Musician Jazz trumpeter, The Chet Baker Quartet 23-Dec-1929 13-May-1988 DEAD
LaVern Baker Singer Jim Dandy 11-Nov-1929 10-Mar-1997 DEAD
Édouard Balladur Head of State Prime Minister of France. 1993-95 02-May-1929 TBD ADD
Roger Bannister Track and Field First to run a four-minute mile 23-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
Ronnie Barker Comic The Two Ronnies 25-Sep-1929 03-Oct-2005 DEAD
William E. Barrett Politician Congressman from Nebraska, 1991-2001 09-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Chuck Barris Game Show Host Host of The Gong Show 03-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Bonnie Bartlett Actor Ellen Craig on St. Elsewhere 20-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Jean Baudrillard Philosopher Simulacra and Simulation 29-Jul-1929 06-Mar-2007 DEAD
Scotty Beckett Actor Child star train wreck 04-Oct-1929 10-May-1968 DEAD
Zdzislaw Beksinski Painter Fantastic-Realist Painter 24-Feb-1929 22-Feb-2005 DEAD
Berl Bernhard Attorney Co-Founder, Verner Liipfert 07-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Ronnie Biggs Criminal UK Great Train Robber 08-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
James Billington Historian 13th Librarian of Congress 01-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Amanda Blake Actor Kitty Russell on Gunsmoke 20-Feb-1929 16-Aug-1989 DEAD
Betty Boothroyd Politician Speaker of the House of Commons, 1992-2000 08-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Amar Bose Inventor Inventor of Bose speakers 02-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Bobby Bowden Football FSU Head Football Coach 08-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Peter Breck Actor Shock Corridor 13-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
Jacques Brel Singer/Songwriter Legendary chanson singer and songwriter 08-Apr-1929 09-Oct-1978 DEAD
Pierre Brice Actor Winnetou 06-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
David Broder Journalist Washington Post reporter 11-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Edgar Bronfman, Sr. Business CEO of Seagram's until 1994 20-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Brigid Brophy Author Black Ship to Hell 12-Jun-1929 07-Aug-1995 DEAD
Joseph L. Bruno Politician NY Senate Majority Leader 08-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Whitey Bulger Criminal One of the FBI's ten most wanted 03-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Alan Burns Novelist Europe After the Rain 29-Dec-1929 TBD ADD
Dick Button Skating Olympic figure skater 18-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
David F. Cargo Politician Governor of New Mexico, 1967-71 13-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Betty Carter Singer Jazz vocalist 16-May-1929 26-Sep-1998 DEAD
June Carter Cash Country Musician Country singer wife of Johnny Cash 23-Jun-1929 15-May-2003 DEAD
John Cassavetes Actor Rosemary's Baby 09-Dec-1929 03-Feb-1989 DEAD
Violetta Chamorro Head of State President of Nicaragua, 1990-96 18-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Frederic L. Chapin Diplomat US Ambassador to Guatemala, 1981-84 13-Jul-1929 08-Sep-1989 DEAD
Marvin J. Chomsky Film Director Holocaust 23-May-1929 TBD ADD
Liz Claiborne Fashion Designer Founder of Liz Claiborne, Inc. 31-Mar-1929 26-Jun-2007 DEAD
Dick Clark TV Personality American Bandstand 30-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Mary Higgins Clark Novelist A Stranger is Watching 24-Dec-1929 TBD ADD
Hugo Claus Author The Sorrow of Belgium 05-Apr-1929 19-Mar-2008 DEAD
William F. Clinger, Jr. Politician Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1979-97 04-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Robert Coles Psychiatrist Children of Crisis 12-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Larry Collins Author Is Paris Burning? 14-Sep-1929 20-Jun-2005 DEAD
John Conyers Politician Congressman, Michigan 14th 16-May-1929 TBD ADD
Joan Ganz Cooney Film/TV Producer Producer of Sesame Street 30-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Pat Cooper Comic Our Hero 31-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Lawrence Coughlin Politician Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1969-93 11-Apr-1929 30-Nov-2001 DEAD
Bruce Crawford Business CEO of Omnicom Group, 1989-96 16-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
George Crumb Composer 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music 24-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
William E. Dannemeyer Politician Congressman from California, 1979-93 22-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Severn Darden Actor Second City 09-Nov-1929 27-May-1995 DEAD
Al Davis Football Owner of the Oakland Raiders 04-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
William G. Davis Politician Premier of Ontario, 1971-85 30-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Jacques de Larosiere Government IMF Director 1978-87 12-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Len Deighton Novelist The Ipcress File 18-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Fran DeLorenzo unspecified Hobo ethnographer 09-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Bob Denard Military French mercenary 07-Apr-1929 13-Oct-2007 DEAD
Robert Sherwood Dillon Diplomat US Ambassador to Lebanon, 1981-83 07-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Betty Dodson Author Sex for One 24-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
David Doyle Actor Bosley on Charlie's Angels 01-Dec-1929 26-Feb-1997 DEAD
Mort Drucker Cartoonist Mad Magazine illustrator 29-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
William J. Dyess Diplomat US Ambassador to the Netherlands, 1982-83 01-Aug-1929 06-Jan-1996 DEAD
Richard Dysart Actor Leland McKenzie on L.A. Law 30-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
Thomas Eagleton Politician US Senator from Missouri, 1969-87 04-Sep-1929 04-Mar-2007 DEAD
Gerald M. Edelman Scientist Chemical structure of antibodies 01-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Bill Evans Jazz Musician Jazz pianist 16-Aug-1929 15-Sep-1980 DEAD
Oriana Fallaci Journalist The Rage and the Pride 29-Jun-1929 15-Sep-2006 DEAD
Frank L. Farrar Politician Governor of South Dakota, 1969-71 22-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Robert Faurisson Scholar French Holocaust denier 25-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Harris W. Fawell Politician Congressman from Illinois, 1985-99 25-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
Jules Feiffer Cartoonist Can't draw but writes like a master 26-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Glenn W. Ferguson Educator University president, Ambassador to Kenya 28-Jan-1929 20-Dec-2007 DEAD
Dow Finsterwald Golf Winner, 1958 PGA Championship 06-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Tom Foley Politician Speaker of the House, 1989-95 06-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
Anne Frank Victim The Diary of Anne Frank 12-Jun-1929 TBD DEAD
Brian Friel Playwright Dancing at Lughnasa 09-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Hayden Fry Football University of Iowa coach 18-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Robert D. Fulton Politician Lt. Governor of Iowa, 1962-69 13-May-1929 TBD ADD
Mary Maxwell Gates Business Mother of Bill Gates 05-Jul-1929 09-Jun-1994 DEAD
Frank Gehry Architect Postmodern architect 28-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Murray Gell-Mann Physicist Weak interaction of particles 15-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Bill George Football Linebacker, NFL Hall of Famer 27-Oct-1929 30-Sep-1982 DEAD
Christopher George Actor The Rat Patrol 25-Feb-1929 28-Nov-1983 DEAD
Ivar Giaever Physicist Tunneling in superconductors 05-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Bob Goalby Golf Winner, 1968 Masters Tournament 14-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
Jerry Goldsmith Composer Prominent soundtrack composer 10-Feb-1929 21-Jul-2004 DEAD
James Goodby Diplomat US Ambassador to Finland, 1980-81 20-Dec-1929 TBD ADD
Berry Gordy Business Founder of Motown Records 28-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Bob Grant Radio Personality NYC radio talk show host 14-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
Shirley Ann Grau Novelist The Keepers of the House 08-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
S. William Green Politician Congressman from New York, 1978-93 16-Oct-1929 14-Oct-2002 DEAD
Ulu Grosbard Film Director The Subject Was Roses 09-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Brandon Grove Diplomat US Ambassador to Zaire, 1984-87 08-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Ursula K. Le Guin Novelist The Left Hand of Darkness 21-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Moses Gunn Actor Bumpy Jonas in Shaft 02-Oct-1929 16-Dec-1993 DEAD
Thom Gunn Poet The Man with Night Sweats 29-Aug-1929 25-Apr-2004 DEAD
Jürgen Habermas Philosopher The Theory of Communicative Action 18-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Mel Hancock Politician Congressman from Missouri, 1989-97 14-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Lloyd N. Hand Attorney Chief of Protocol for Johnson 31-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Pat Harrington Actor Duane Schneider on One Day at a Time 13-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
Wilbert Harrison Musician Let's Work Together 05-Jan-1929 26-Oct-1994 DEAD
William Harrop Diplomat US Ambassador to Israel, 1991-93 19-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Geoffrey Hartman Critic The Unmediated Vision 11-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
Robert Hawke Head of State Prime Minister of Australia, 1983-91 09-Dec-1929 TBD ADD
Screamin' Jay Hawkins Musician I Put a Spell on You 18-Jul-1929 12-Feb-2000 DEAD
Nigel Hawthorne Actor The Madness of King George 05-Apr-1929 26-Dec-2001 DEAD
Lee Hazlewood Music Producer Cowboy in Sweden 09-Jul-1929 04-Aug-2007 DEAD
Smith Hempstone, Jr. Diplomat US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93 01-Feb-1929 19-Nov-2006 DEAD
Audrey Hepburn Actor My Fair Lady 04-May-1929 20-Jan-1993 DEAD
Douglas Hickox Film Director The Hound of the Baskervilles 10-Jan-1929 25-Jul-1988 DEAD
Raymond Hide Geologist Earth's rotation 17-May-1929 TBD ADD
Peter Higgs Physicist Higgs boson and Higgs field 29-May-1929 TBD ADD
John Hollander Poet Powers of Thirteen 28-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
James Hong Actor Indeed! 22-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Richard Howard Poet Untitled Subjects 13-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
William G. Hyland Government Editor of Foreign Affairs, 1984-93 18-Jan-1929 25-Mar-2008 DEAD
Guillermo Cabrera Infante Novelist Tres Tristes Tigres 22-Apr-1929 21-Feb-2005 DEAD
Joe Jackson Relative Patriarch of the Jackson family 26-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Art James Game Show Host Announcer for Concentration 15-Oct-1929 28-Mar-2004 DEAD
Don January Golf Winner, 1967 PGA Championship 20-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Richard Jenrette Business Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette 05-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Alejandro Jodorowsky Film Director El Topo, The Holy Mountain 07-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Arte Johnson Comic Veddy interestink 20-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Carolyn Jones Actor Morticia on The Addams Family 28-Apr-1929 03-Aug-1983 DEAD
Norton Juster Author The Phantom Tollbooth 02-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Eric R. Kandel Scientist Signal transduction in the nervous system 07-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Babrak Karmal Head of State President of Afghanistan, 1979-86 06-Jan-1929 03-Dec-1996 DEAD
Robert Keeley Diplomat US Ambassador to Greece, 1985-89 04-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
David Kelly Actor Waking Ned 11-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Grace Kelly Royalty American-born Princess of Monaco 12-Nov-1929 14-Sep-1982 DEAD
X. J. Kennedy Poet Juvenile poet, Brats 21-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
Imre Kertész Author Holocaust survivor, literature Nobel 09-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Dale Kildee Politician Congressman, Michigan 5th 16-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Tom Kindness Politician Congressman from Ohio, 1975-87 26-Aug-1929 08-Jan-2004 DEAD
Martin Luther King Activist Pacifist civil rights activist 15-Jan-1929 04-Apr-1968 DEAD
Sid Krofft Film/TV Producer Co-creator: H.R. Pufnstuf, Land of the Lost 30-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Milan Kundera Author The Unbearable Lightness of Being 01-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Frank Kush Football ASU Head Coach, 1958-79 20-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Joi Lansing Actor Gladys Flatt on The Beverly Hillbillies 06-Apr-1929 07-Aug-1972 DEAD
Don Larsen Baseball Pitched a perfect game in 1956 World Series 07-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
Paul C. Lauterbur Scientist Magnetic resonance imaging 06-May-1929 27-Mar-2007 DEAD
Sergio Leone Film Director Writer/director of spaghetti westerns 03-Jan-1929 30-Apr-1989 DEAD
Ira Levin Novelist Rosemary's Baby 27-Aug-1929 12-Nov-2007 DEAD
Marilyn Lloyd Politician Congresswoman from Tennessee, 1975-95 03-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Allard Lowenstein Politician Congressman, New York 5th 16-Jan-1929 14-Mar-1980 DEAD
William H. Luers Diplomat US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1983-86 15-May-1929 TBD ADD
Staughton Lynd Historian Intellectual Origins of American Radicalism 22-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Peter Maas Author Serpico 27-Jun-1929 23-Aug-2001 DEAD
John Mack Psychiatrist A Prince of Our Disorder 04-Oct-1929 27-Sep-2004 DEAD
Antonine Maillet Novelist Pélagie-la-Charette 10-May-1929 TBD ADD
Imelda Marcos First Lady Former First Lady of the Philippines 02-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Hans Mark Physicist US Air Force Secretary, 1979-81 17-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Georgi Markov Victim Killed with a ricin-tipped umbrella 01-Mar-1929 11-Sep-1978 DEAD
Paule Marshall Novelist Brown Girl, Brownstones 09-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Matthew G. Martinez Politician Congressman from California, 1982-2001 14-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Scott M. Matheson Politician Governor of Utah, 1977-85 08-Jan-1929 07-Oct-1990 DEAD
Jack Matlock Diplomat US Ambassador to the USSR, 1987-91 01-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Nicholas Mavroules Politician Congressman from Massachusetts, 1979-93 01-Nov-1929 25-Dec-2003 DEAD
Patrick Mayhew Politician Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 1992-97 11-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
James A. McDivitt Astronaut Commander, Gemini 4 and Apollo 9 10-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Andrew J. McKenna Business Owner of Schwarz Paper 17-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
John N. McMahon Government Deputy Director CIA, 1982-86 03-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Harry C. McPherson Attorney White House Counsel to Johnson 22-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
Anne Meara Comic Stiller and Meara 20-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Joe Meek Music Producer Innovative record producer 05-Apr-1929 03-Feb-1967 DEAD
Lennart Meri Politician President of Estonia, 1992-2001 29-Mar-1929 14-Mar-2006 DEAD
Vera Miles Actor The Searchers 23-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
Alfred Moisiu Head of State President of Albania, 2002-07 01-Dec-1929 TBD ADD
Fernanda Montenegro Actor Great Dame of Brazilian Television 16-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Gordon Moore Business Intel, Moore's Law 03-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Terry Moore Actor Come Back, Little Sheba 07-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Christopher Morahan Film Director Clockwise 09-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Dutch Morial Politician Mayor of New Orleans, 1978-86 09-Oct-1929 24-Dec-1989 DEAD
Vic Morrow Actor Sgt. Chip Saunders on Combat 14-Feb-1929 23-Jul-1982 DEAD
George Moscone Politician Mayor of San Francisco, 1976-78 24-Nov-1929 27-Nov-1978 DEAD
Rudolf Mössbauer Physicist Discovered Mössbauer effect 31-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Jack Mullaney Actor The Ann Sothern Show 18-Sep-1929 27-Jun-1982 DEAD
Barbara Murray Actor Passport to Pimlico 27-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Don Murray Actor Sid Fairgate on Knots Landing 31-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Lois Nettleton Actor Butterfly 06-Aug-1929 18-Jan-2008 DEAD
Bob Newhart Comic The Bob Newhart Show 05-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Peter C. Newman Journalist The Canadian Establishment 10-May-1929 TBD ADD
Barbara Nichols Actor Sweet Smell of Success 30-Dec-1929 05-Oct-1976 DEAD
Andrian Nikolayev Astronaut Third Russian cosmonaut in space 05-Sep-1929 03-Jul-2004 DEAD
Mike O'Callaghan Politician Governor of Nevada, 1971-79 10-Sep-1929 05-Mar-2004 DEAD
Claes Oldenburg Sculptor Pop-Art sculptor 28-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis First Lady Wife of John F. Kennedy 28-Jul-1929 19-May-1994 DEAD
John Osborne Playwright Look Back in Anger 12-Dec-1929 24-Dec-1994 DEAD
Buck Owens TV Personality Hee Haw 12-Aug-1929 25-Mar-2006 DEAD
Arnold Palmer Golf Won 61 PGA tournaments 10-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Karolos Papoulias Head of State President of Greece 04-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Stanford E. Parris Politician Congressman from Virginia, 1981-91 09-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Lee Patterson Actor One Life to Live 31-Mar-1929 14-Feb-2007 DEAD
Fred Phelps Activist Convinced that God hates fags 13-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Stu Phillips Composer Television composer, Knight Rider 09-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Jimmy Piersall Baseball Crazy center fielder 14-Nov-1929 TBD ADD
Jacques Plante Hockey NHL Hall of Famer 17-Jan-1929 27-Feb-1986 DEAD
Joan Plowright Actor Enchanted April 28-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Christopher Plummer Actor A Beautiful Mind 13-Dec-1929 TBD ADD
John C. Polanyi Chemist Infrared chemiluminescence 23-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Chaim Potok Novelist The Chosen 17-Feb-1929 23-Jul-2002 DEAD
Jane Powell Actor Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 01-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Francis Gary Powers Military U2 shot down over the Soviet Union 17-Aug-1929 01-Aug-1977 DEAD
André Previn Pianist Concert pianist and orchestral conductor 06-Apr-1929 TBD ADD
Yevgeny Primakov Head of State Prime Minister of Russia, 1998-99 29-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
Dorothea Puente Criminal Black Widow of Sacramento 09-Jan-1929 TBD ADD
Yordan Radichkov Author Bulgarian writer 24-Oct-1929 21-Jan-2004 DEAD
Anne Ramsey Actor Throw Momma from the Train 01-Sep-1929 11-Aug-1988 DEAD
James W. Rawlings Business President of Union Carbide South Africa, 1979-86 12-Oct-1929 TBD ADD
James A. Redden Politician US District Court Judge, Oregon 13-Mar-1929 TBD ADD
Adrienne Rich Poet An Atlas of the Difficult World 16-May-1929 TBD ADD
Nicholas Ridley Politician Thatcherite MP and Minister 17-Feb-1929 04-Mar-1993 DEAD
Josef Anton Riedl Composer Glas-Spiele 11-Jun-1929 TBD ADD
Roxie Roker Actor Helen Willis on The Jeffersons 28-Aug-1929 02-Dec-1995 DEAD
Marge Roukema Politician Congresswoman from New Jersey, 1981-2003 19-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
Patricia Routledge Actor Hetty Wainthropp 17-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
David S. Ruder Government SEC Chairman, 1987-89 25-May-1929 TBD ADD
Nikolai Ryzhkov Politician Soviet Premier, 1985-91 28-Sep-1929 TBD ADD
William Safire Columnist NYT columnist and language maven 17-Dec-1929 TBD ADD
Terry Sawchuk Hockey Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer 28-Dec-1929 31-May-1970 DEAD
Howard B. Schaffer Diplomat US Ambassador to Bangladesh, 1984-87 21-Jul-1929 TBD ADD
Bo Schembechler Football Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89 01-Apr-1929 17-Nov-2006 DEAD
James R. Schlesinger Government Served Nixon, Ford, Carter 15-Feb-1929 TBD ADD
Maarten Schmidt Astronomer Co-Discoverer of quasars 28-Dec-1929 TBD ADD
Richard T. Schulze Politician Congressman from Pennsylvania, 1975-93 07-Aug-1929 TBD ADD
Dr. Gene Scott Religion Eccentric televangelist 14-Aug-1929 21-Feb-2005 DEAD
Robert W. Scott Politician Governor of North Carolina, 1969-73 13-Jun-1929