LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Kemal Ataturk	Head of State	12-Mar-1881	10-Nov-1938	President of Turkey, 1923-38
Tallulah Bankhead	Actor	31-Jan-1902	12-Dec-1968	Lifeboat
Jean-Michel Basquiat	Painter	22-Dec-1960	12-Aug-1988	NYC graffiti artist
Charles Baudelaire	Poet	9-Apr-1821	31-Aug-1867	Les Fleurs du Mal
James Boswell	Author	29-Oct-1740	19-May-1795	The Life of Samuel Johnson
Lord Byron	Poet	22-Jan-1788	19-Apr-1824	English romantic poet
Al Capone	Criminal	17-Jan-1899	25-Jan-1947	Scarface
Giacomo Casanova	Author	2-Apr-1725	4-Jun-1798	World-renowned paramour
Hume Cronyn	Actor	18-Jul-1911	15-Jun-2003	Cocoon
Aleister Crowley	Religion	12-Oct-1875	1-Dec-1947	Wickedest man in the world
George Armstrong Custer	Military	5-Dec-1839	25-Jun-1876	Battle of the Little Big Horn
Marquis de Sade	Author	2-Jun-1740	2-Dec-1814	120 Days of Sodom
John Dillinger	Criminal	22-Jun-1903	22-Jul-1934	Public Enemy Number One
Errol Flynn	Actor	20-Jun-1909	14-Oct-1959	Robin Hood
Gabriel García Márquez	Author	6-Mar-1928		One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gary Heidnik	Criminal	22-Nov-1943	6-Jul-1999	Sex torturer, murderer
Wild Bill Hickok	Actor	27-May-1837	2-Aug-1876	Buffalo Bill's Wild West show
A. P. Hill	Military	9-Nov-1825	2-Apr-1865	Confederate General
Langston Hughes	Poet	1-Feb-1902	22-May-1967	The Negro Speaks of Rivers
John Hunter	Doctor	13-Feb-1728	16-Oct-1793	English pathologist
Ron Jeremy	Pornstar	12-Mar-1953		The Hedgehog
Jack London	Novelist	12-Jan-1876	22-Nov-1916	Call of the Wild
Groucho Marx	Comic	2-Oct-1890	19-Aug-1977	You Bet Your Life
Henry Miller	Novelist	26-Dec-1891	7-Jun-1980	Tropic of Cancer
W. C. Minor	Scholar	Jun-1834	26-Mar-1920	Prolific OED contributor
Jose Padilla	Terrorist	18-Oct-1970		Alleged Terrorist
Satchel Paige	Baseball	7-Jul-1906	8-Jun-1982	Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher
Sidney Poitier	Actor	20-Feb-1927		In The Heat Of The Night
Katherine Anne Porter	Author	15-May-1890	18-Sep-1980	Ship of Fools
Virginia Rappe	Victim	7-Jul-1891	9-Sep-1921	Fatty Arbuckle scandal
Gary Leon Ridgway	Criminal	18-Feb-1949		The Green River killer
Gioacchino Rossini	Composer	29-Feb-1792	13-Nov-1868	William Tell Overture
Roger Stone	Government	1952		Campaign consultant, GOP dirty trickster
Dylan Thomas	Poet	27-Oct-1914	9-Nov-1953	Most influential Welsh poet
Leo Tolstoy	Author	9-Sep-1828	20-Nov-1910	Russian novelist
Mike Tyson	Boxing	30-Jun-1966		Erratic heavyweight champion
Vincent van Gogh	Painter	30-Mar-1853	29-Jul-1890	Troubled and brilliant painter
Melvin Van Peebles	Film Director	21-Aug-1932		Watermelon Man
Frank Zappa	Composer	21-Dec-1940	4-Dec-1993	Joe's Garage

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