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NAME OCCUPATION SUMMARY BORN DIED PICK
Walter Abish Author Alphabetical Africa 24-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Nick Adams Actor Johnny Yuma on The Rebel 10-Jul-1931 07-Feb-1968 DEAD
Iajuddin Ahmed Head of State President of Bangladesh 01-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Alvin Ailey Dancer Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 05-Jan-1931 01-Dec-1989 DEAD
Rolando Alphonso Musician Horn player, Ska/Reggae pioneer 12-Jan-1931 20-Nov-1998 DEAD
Cecil D. Andrus Politician Twice Governor of Idaho 25-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Marshall Applewhite Religion Led the Heaven's Gate cult to suicide 17-May-1931 26-Mar-1997 DEAD
Rand V. Araskog Business CEO of ITT, 1979-98 30-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Roone Arledge Sports Figure Created Wide World of Sports 08-Jul-1931 05-Dec-2002 DEAD
Diego Asencio Diplomat US Ambassador to Brazil, 1983-86 15-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Barbara Bain Actor Mission: Impossible and Space: 1999 13-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Carroll Baker Actor Baby Doll 28-May-1931 TBD ADD
George Baker Actor Ruth Rendell Mysteries 01-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Anne Bancroft Actor Mrs. Robinson in The Graduate 17-Sep-1931 06-Jun-2005 DEAD
Ernie Banks Baseball National League MVP 1958 and 1959 31-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Barbara Barrie Actor Mrs. Barney Miller 23-May-1931 TBD ADD
Donald Barthelme Author Come Back, Dr. Caligari 07-Apr-1931 23-Jul-1989 DEAD
Jean Béliveau Hockey Montreal Canadiens, 1950-71 31-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Jill Bennett Actor The Sheltering Sky 24-Dec-1931 04-Oct-1990 DEAD
Patricia Blair Actor Rebecca on Daniel Boone 15-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Claire Bloom Actor Crimes and Misdemeanors 15-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Stephen Boyd Actor Ben-Hur 04-Jul-1931 02-Jun-1977 DEAD
Robert F. Brachtenbach Judge Justice, WA Supreme Court, 1972-94 28-Jan-1931 02-May-2008 DEAD
Carl Brashear Military Navy diver 19-Jan-1931 25-Jul-2006 DEAD
Teresa Brewer Singer Till I Waltz Again with You 07-May-1931 17-Oct-2007 DEAD
Diane Brewster Actor Miss Canfield on Leave It to Beaver 11-Mar-1931 12-Nov-1991 DEAD
Norman Brinker Business Former Chair, Brinker International 03-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Paul Brodeur Novelist The Sick Fox 16-May-1931 TBD ADD
Charles Bronfman Business Fifth richest person in Canada 27-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Fred Brooks Author The Mythical Man-Month 19-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Earle Bruce Football OSU Head Coach, 1979-87 08-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Algis Budrys Author Rogue Moon 09-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Jim Bunning Politician US Senator from Kentucky 23-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Joseph Califano Government Carter's HEW Secretary 15-May-1931 TBD ADD
Leslie Caron Dancer Gigi 01-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
John Le Carré Novelist The Spy Who Came In From the Cold 19-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Julian Carroll Politician Governor of Kentucky, 1974-79 16-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Bud Carson Football Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77 28-Apr-1931 08-Dec-2005 DEAD
Billy Casper Golf Won 3 majors, plus 51 PGA Tour wins 24-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Raúl Castro Government President of Cuba 03-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Sri Chinmoy Religion Meditation guru 27-Aug-1931 11-Oct-2007 DEAD
William P. Clark Government US Secretary of the Interior, 1983-85 23-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
William L. Clay Politician Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001 30-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Howard Coble Politician Congressman, North Carolina 6th 18-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Cardiss Collins Politician Congresswoman from Illinois, 1973-97 24-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Chuck Colson Government Minister, former Watergate figure 16-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Sam Cooke Singer Soul and R&B singer 22-Jan-1931 11-Dec-1964 DEAD
James W. Cronin Physicist Time not necessarily reversible 29-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Kenneth M. Curtis Politician Governor of Maine, 1967-74 08-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Clive Cussler Author Raising the Titanic 15-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Walter Cutler Diplomat US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1984-87 25-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
John N. Dalton Politician Governor of Virginia, 1978-82 11-Jul-1931 30-Jul-1986 DEAD
Ray Danton Actor The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond 19-Sep-1931 11-Feb-1992 DEAD
Georgine Darcy Actor Miss Torso in Rear Window 14-Jan-1931 18-Jul-2004 DEAD
Ram Dass Religion Be Here Now 05-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Skeeter Davis Country Musician Country vocalist at Grand Ole Opry 30-Dec-1931 19-Sep-2004 DEAD
James Dean Actor Lived fast, died young 08-Feb-1931 30-Sep-1955 DEAD
Jacques Demy Film Director The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 05-Jun-1931 27-Oct-1990 DEAD
Ralph D. DeNunzio Business CEO of Kidder Peabody, 1980-87 17-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Albert DeSalvo Criminal Rapist, confessed Boston Strangler 03-Sep-1931 25-Nov-1973 DEAD
Angie Dickinson Actor Police Woman 30-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Ivan Dixon Actor Sgt. Kinchloe on Hogan's Heroes 06-Apr-1931 16-Mar-2008 DEAD
E. L. Doctorow Author The Book of Daniel 06-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Jack Dodson Actor The Andy Griffith Show 16-May-1931 16-Sep-1994 DEAD
Bill Donaldson Government SEC Chairman, 2003-05 02-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Diana Dors Actor Yield to the Night 23-Oct-1931 04-May-1984 DEAD
Olympia Dukakis Actor Tales of the City 20-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Charles F. Dunbar Diplomat US Ambassador to Yemen, 1988-91 01-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Robert Duvall Actor Tom Hagen in The Godfather 05-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Ronald Dworkin Philosopher Taking Rights Seriously 11-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Archie R. Dykes Educator University Chancellor 20-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
John Porter East Politician US Senator, committed suicide 05-May-1931 29-Jun-1986 DEAD
David Eddings Author The Belgariad 07-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Anita Ekberg Actor Artists and Models 29-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Daniel Ellsberg Government Pentagon Papers source 07-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel Activist Nobel Peace Prize recipient 26-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Thomas B. Evans, Jr. Politician Congressman from Delaware, 1977-83 05-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Chuck Feeney Business Duty Free Shoppers 23-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Hal Fishman Journalist Los Angeles TV news anchor 25-Aug-1931 07-Aug-2007 DEAD
Cotton Fitzsimmons Basketball 21 seasons as NBA head coach 07-Oct-1931 24-Jul-2004 DEAD
Dick Gautier Actor Hymie on Get Smart 30-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Mitzi Gaynor Actor South Pacific 04-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Bernie Geoffrion Hockey Montreal Canadiens, 1950-64 14-Feb-1931 11-Mar-2006 DEAD
Wally George TV Personality Abusive conservative spectacle 04-Dec-1931 05-Oct-2003 DEAD
Riccardo Giacconi Scientist Discovered cosmic X-ray sources 06-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Marla Gibbs Actor Florence on The Jeffersons 14-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Roberto C. Goizueta Business CEO of Coca-Cola, 1981-97 18-Nov-1931 18-Oct-1997 DEAD
William Goldman Novelist Marathon Man, Princess Bride 12-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Mary L. Good Educator Donaghey Professor, U. Arkansas 20-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Mikhail Gorbachev Head of State Final leader of the Soviet Union 02-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Eydie Gorme Musician Blame it on the Bossa Nova 16-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Bill Graham Business 60s rock promoter 08-Jan-1931 25-Oct-1991 DEAD
Larry Hagman Actor J.R. Ewing on Dallas 21-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Glenn Hall Hockey Mr. Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer 03-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Philip Baker Hall Actor Magnolia 10-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Lee H. Hamilton Politician 9-11 Commission vice chairman 20-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Johnny Hart Cartoonist The Wizard of Id, B.C. 18-Feb-1931 07-Apr-2007 DEAD
Martin Harwit Astronomer Helium-cooled rockets and infrared spectroscopy 09-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Ulric Haynes Diplomat US Ambassador to Algeria, 1977-81 08-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Shirley Hazzard Novelist The Transit of Venus 30-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Margaret Heckler Politician US Secretary of HHS, 1983-85 21-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Ian Hendry Actor Get Carter 13-Jan-1931 24-Dec-1984 DEAD
Whitey Herzog Baseball The White Rat 09-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Darryl Hickman Actor The Happy Years 28-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Roderick M. Hills Politician SEC Chairman, 1975-77 09-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Ian Holm Actor Time Bandits, Alien 12-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Darla Hood Actor The Little Rascals 08-Nov-1931 13-Jun-1979 DEAD
Stephen Horn Politician Congressman from California, 1993-2003 31-May-1931 TBD ADD
Tab Hunter Actor Damn Yankees 11-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Chun Doo Hwan Head of State President of South Korea, 1980-88 18-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Bobby Ray Inman Military Admiral, NSA Director, Deputy CIA Director 04-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
David Janssen Actor The Fugitive 27-Mar-1931 13-Feb-1980 DEAD
Bob Johnson Hockey Badger Bob, coach and Hall of Famer 04-Mar-1931 26-Nov-1991 DEAD
Dean Jones Actor That Darn Cat! 25-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
George Jones Country Musician Country singer, White Lightning 12-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
James Earl Jones Actor Voice of Darth Vader and CNN 17-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Jim Jones Religion Led mass People's Temple suicide 13-May-1931 18-Nov-1978 DEAD
Mauricio Kagel Composer Absurdist composer 24-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
A. P. J. Kalam Scientist 11th President of India 2002-07 15-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Herb Kelleher Business Founder of Southwest Airlines 12-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Thomas F. Keller Educator Dean of Fuqua School of Business, 1974-96 22-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Donald Kennedy Educator Editor-in-Chief of Science 18-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
John Kerr Actor Tea and Sympathy 15-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Mwai Kibaki Head of State President of Kenya 15-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Don King Boxing Boxing promoter 20-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Allen Klein Business Prehensile ABKCO executive 18-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Etheridge Knight Poet Poems from Prison 19-Apr-1931 10-Mar-1991 DEAD
Marianne Koch Actor A Fistful of Dollars 19-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Ted Kotcheff Film Director The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 07-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Dennis Kux Diplomat US Ambassador to the Ivory Coast, 1986-89 11-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Martin Landau Actor Mission: Impossible, Space 1999 20-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Hope Lange Actor Peyton Place 28-Nov-1931 19-Dec-2003 DEAD
Tom Laughlin Actor Billy Jack 10-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Bernard Law Religion Controversial former cardinal of Boston 04-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
David M. Lee Physicist Superfluidity of helium-3 20-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Norman F. Lent Politician Congressman from New York, 1971-93 23-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Sandy Levin Politician Congressman, Michigan 12th 06-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Arthur Levitt Business SEC Chairman, 1993-2001 03-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Drew Lewis Government US Secretary of Transportation, 1981-83 03-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Hal Linden Actor Barney Miller 20-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Martin Lipton Attorney Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 22-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Michael Lonsdale Actor Moonraker 24-May-1931 TBD ADD
Alvin Lucier Composer Is sitting in a room 14-May-1931 TBD ADD
Buz Lukens Politician Congressman from Ohio, 1987-90 11-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
George Maciunas Artist Founder of Fluxus 08-Nov-1931 09-May-1978 DEAD
Gavin MacLeod Actor Capt. Stubing on Love Boat 28-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Robert MacNeil Journalist MacNeil/Lehrer Report 19-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Jay Macpherson Poet O Earth Return 13-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Mickey Mantle Baseball Twelve times in the World Series 20-Oct-1931 13-Aug-1995 DEAD
Ted Marchibroda Football Retired NFL head coach 15-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Joan Marshall Actor Homicidal 09-Jun-1931 28-Jun-1992 DEAD
Don Martin Artist Mad Magazine artist 18-May-1931 06-Jan-2000 DEAD
Eddie Mathews Baseball Hit 512 home runs 13-Oct-1931 18-Feb-2001 DEAD
Drummond Matthews Geologist Plate tectonics 05-Feb-1931 20-Jul-1997 DEAD
Julian May Novelist Galactic Milieu Trilogy 10-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Willie Mays Baseball Baseball Hall of Famer 06-May-1931 TBD ADD
Malachy McCourt Actor Father Meehan on Oz 20-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Virginia McKenna Actor Born Free 07-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Bill McKinney Actor Deliverance 12-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
John McPhee Author Annals of the Former World 08-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Ed Meese Government Attorney General under Reagan, 1985-88 02-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Rokusaburo Michiba Chef The original Iron Chef Japanese 03-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Martin Milner Actor LAPD officer Pete Malloy on Adam-12 28-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Norm Mineta Politician Congressman from California, 1975-95 12-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
John Cameron Monjo Diplomat US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1992-95 17-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Scotty Moore Guitarist Elvis Presley's first guitarist 27-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Connie Morella Politician Congresswoman from Maryland, 1987-2003 12-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Rita Moreno Actor West Side Story, Electric Company 11-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Toni Morrison Author Beloved 18-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Robert Morse Actor How to Succeed in Business 18-May-1931 TBD ADD
Alice Munro Author Dance of the Happy Shades 10-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Rupert Murdoch Business Founder and CEO of News Corp 11-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Dervla Murphy Author Irish cyclist, travel writer 28-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Mary Murphy Actor The Wild One 26-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Hal Needham Film Director The Cannonball Run 06-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Anthony Newley Actor Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist 24-Sep-1931 14-Apr-1999 DEAD
Mike Nichols Film Director Primary Colors 06-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Leonard Nimoy Actor Commander Spock on Star Trek 26-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Philip W. Noel Politician Governor of Rhode Island, 1973-77 05-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
John Norman Author Chronicles of Gor 03-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Robert Novak Columnist Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame 26-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Daniel A. O'Donohue Diplomat US Ambassador to Thailand, 1988-91 27-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Robert B. Oakley Diplomat US Ambassador to Pakistan, 1988-91 12-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Ermanno Olmi Film Director L'albero degli zoccoli 24-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Ron Packard Politician Congressman from California, 1983-2001 19-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
Robert P. Paganelli Diplomat US Ambassador to Syria, 1981-84 03-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Cecil Parkinson Politician Thatcherite MP and Minister 01-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Donald J. Pease Politician Congressman from Ohio, 1977-93 26-Sep-1931 28-Jul-2002 DEAD
Roger Penrose Mathematician Cosmologist and theoretical physicist 08-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Isabel Peron Head of State Dancer, President of Argentina 1974-76 04-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Regis Philbin Talk Show Host Host of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 25-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Thomas Pickering Diplomat Career US Ambassador 05-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Pierre Pilote Hockey NHL Hall of Famer 11-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Mala Powers Actor Cyrano de Bergerac 20-Dec-1931 11-Jun-2007 DEAD
Charles H. Price II Diplomat US Ambassador to the UK, 1983-89 01-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Religion Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces 11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 DEAD
Dan Rather Journalist Former CBS Anchorman 31-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Johannes Rau Head of State President of Germany, 1999-2004 16-Jan-1931 27-Jan-2006 DEAD
Della Reese Musician Touched by an Angel 06-Jul-1931 TBD ADD
Charles Nelson Reilly Actor Flamboyant Match Game panelist 13-Jan-1931 25-May-2007 DEAD
William Reynolds Actor The F.B.I. 09-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Mordecai Richler Novelist The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz 27-Jan-1931 03-Jul-2001 DEAD
Burton Richter Physicist Co-Discoverer of J/psi particle 22-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Matthew Rinaldo Politician Congressman from New Jersey, 1973-93 01-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Jim Ringo Football NFL Hall of Famer 21-Nov-1931 19-Nov-2007 DEAD
Alice Rivlin Economist Founding director, Congressional Budget Office 04-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Richard Rorty Philosopher Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature 04-Oct-1931 08-Jun-2007 DEAD
Edward M. Rowell Diplomat US Ambassador to Luxembourg, 1990-94 31-Oct-1931 TBD ADD
Jane Rule Author Desert of the Heart 28-Mar-1931 27-Nov-2007 DEAD
Janice Rule Actor 3 Women 15-Aug-1931 17-Oct-2003 DEAD
Morley Safer Journalist 60 Minutes 08-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
George E. Sangmeister Politician Congressman from Illinois, 1989-95 16-Feb-1931 07-Oct-2007 DEAD
Joe Santos Actor Det. Becker on Rockford Files 09-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Robert Schrieffer Physicist BCS Theory of Superconductivity 31-May-1931 TBD ADD
Ettore Scola Screenwriter A Special Day 10-May-1931 TBD ADD
Paul Shanley Religion Molesting priest 25-Jan-1931 TBD ADD
William Shatner Actor Captain Kirk on Star Trek 22-Mar-1931 TBD ADD
Johnny Sheffield Actor Child actor, "Boy" in Tarzan films 11-Apr-1931 TBD ADD
Willie Shoemaker Jockey Greatest 20th century jockey 19-Aug-1931 12-Oct-2003 DEAD
Alan Simpson Politician US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97 02-Sep-1931 TBD ADD
Ike Skelton Politician Congressman, Missouri 4th 20-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Herbert A. Sklenar Business CEO of Vulcan Materials, 1986-97 07-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Dean Smith Basketball UNC Basketball Head Coach, 1961-97 28-Feb-1931 TBD ADD
Hamilton O. Smith Scientist Restriction enzymes (DNA cleavage) 23-Aug-1931 TBD ADD
Robert F. Smith Politician Congressman from Oregon, 1983-99 16-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Michael I. Sovern Educator President of Columbia University, 1980-93 01-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
Benny Spellman Musician Fortune Teller 11-Dec-1931 TBD ADD
John Shelby Spong Religion Retired bishop of Newark, NJ 16-Jun-1931 TBD ADD
Pete Stark Politician Congressman, California 13th 11-Nov-1931 TBD ADD
Karen Steele Actor Ride Lonesome 20-Mar-1931 12-Mar-1988 DEAD
Robert Stephens Actor The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes 14-Jul-1931 12-Nov-1995 DEAD
Thorvald Stoltenberg Politician Norwegian Foreign Minister, 1990-93 08-Jul-1931 TBD