| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Captain Lou Albano |
Wrestling |
29-Jul-1933 |
14-Oct-2009 |
Pro wrestling manager |
| Joseph P. Albright |
Judge |
8-Nov-1938 |
20-Mar-2009 |
WV Supreme Court Justice, 2001-09 |
| Terence Alexander |
Actor |
11-Mar-1923 |
28-May-2009 |
Charlie Hungerford in Bergerac |
| Raúl Alfonsín |
Head of State |
13-Mar-1927 |
31-Mar-2009 |
President of Argentina, 1983-89 |
| John Alvin |
Actor |
24-Oct-1917 |
27-Feb-2009 |
The Fighting Sullivans |
| Maryanne Amacher |
Composer |
25-Feb-1943 |
22-Oct-2009 |
Sound Characters (Making the Third Ear) |
| Robert W. Anderson |
Playwright |
28-Apr-1917 |
9-Feb-2009 |
Tea and Sympathy |
| Ken Annakin |
Film Director |
10-Aug-1914 |
22-Apr-2009 |
Battle of the Bulge |
| Leonore Annenberg |
Socialite |
20-Feb-1918 |
12-Mar-2009 |
Wife of Walter Annenberg |
| Corazon Aquino |
Head of State |
25-Jan-1933 |
1-Aug-2009 |
President of the Philippines, 1986-92 |
| Army Archerd |
Columnist |
13-Jan-1922 |
8-Sep-2009 |
Variety's gossip columnist |
| Bea Arthur |
Actor |
13-May-1922 |
25-Apr-2009 |
Maude and The Golden Girls |
| Ron Asheton |
Guitarist |
17-Jul-1948 |
1-Jan-2009 |
Guitarist for the Stooges |
| Susan Atkins |
Criminal |
7-May-1948 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Manson Family |
| John H. Austin |
Doctor |
c. 1944 |
29-May-2009 |
Arcadian Management Services |
| Val Avery |
Actor |
14-Jul-1924 |
12-Dec-2009 |
The Anderson Tapes |
| William H. Avery |
Politician |
11-Aug-1911 |
4-Nov-2009 |
Governor of Kansas, 1965-67 |
| Kenneth H. Bacon |
Journalist |
21-Nov-1944 |
15-Aug-2009 |
President of Refugees International, 2001-09 |
| Carl Ballantine |
Actor |
27-Sep-1922 |
3-Nov-2009 |
Lester Gruber on McHale's Navy |
| J. G. Ballard |
Author |
18-Nov-1930 |
19-Apr-2009 |
Empire of the Sun, Crash |
| Ray Barrett |
Actor |
2-May-1927 |
8-Sep-2009 |
Peter Thornton on The Troubleshooters |
| Gene Barry |
Actor |
14-Jun-1919 |
9-Dec-2009 |
The War of the Worlds |
| Frank Batten |
Publisher |
11-Feb-1927 |
10-Sep-2009 |
Founder, The Weather Channel |
| Hildegard Behrens |
Singer |
9-Feb-1937 |
18-Aug-2009 |
Operatic soprano |
| Griffin Bell |
Government |
31-Oct-1918 |
5-Jan-2009 |
US Attorney General, 1977-79 |
| Henry Bellmon |
Politician |
3-Sep-1921 |
29-Sep-2009 |
Governor and Senator from Oklahoma |
| William P. Benton |
Business |
4-Nov-1923 |
19-Feb-2009 |
Former VP at Ford |
| Claude Berri |
Film Director |
1-Jul-1934 |
12-Jan-2009 |
Jean de Florette |
| Elizabeth Berridge |
Novelist |
3-Dec-1919 |
2-Dec-2009 |
Across the Common |
| Teel Bivins |
Politician |
22-Nov-1947 |
26-Oct-2009 |
US Ambassador to Sweden, 2004-06 |
| Betsy Blair |
Actor |
11-Dec-1923 |
13-Mar-2009 |
Marty |
| Pamela Blake |
Actor |
6-Aug-1915 |
6-Oct-2009 |
No Greater Sin |
| Doc Blanchard |
Football |
11-Dec-1924 |
19-Apr-2009 |
Winner, 1945 Heisman Trophy |
| Aage N. Bohr |
Physicist |
19-Jun-1922 |
8-Sep-2009 |
Determined shapes of nuclei |
| Omar Bongo |
Head of State |
30-Dec-1935 |
7-Jun-2009 |
President of Gabon, 1967-2009 |
| Norman Borlaug |
Scientist |
25-Mar-1914 |
12-Sep-2009 |
Engineered disease-resistant wheat |
| H. A. Boucher |
Politician |
27-Jan-1921 |
19-Jun-2009 |
Lt. Governor of Alaska, 1970-74 |
| Jimmy Boyd |
Singer |
9-Jan-1939 |
7-Mar-2009 |
I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus |
| Katherine Boyd |
Business |
11-Feb-1921 |
10-Feb-2009 |
Interior decorator, GOP activist |
| Tom Braden |
Columnist |
22-Feb-1917 |
3-Apr-2009 |
Crossfire, Eight Is Enough |
| Myles Brand |
Educator |
17-May-1942 |
16-Sep-2009 |
President of the NCAA, 2003-09 |
| Claude S. Brinegar |
Business |
16-Dec-1926 |
13-Mar-2009 |
US Secretary of Transportation, 1973-75 |
| Norman Brinker |
Business |
3-Jun-1931 |
9-Jun-2009 |
CEO of Brinker International, 1983-95 |
| Melvin T. Brunetti |
Judge |
10-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2009 |
9th Circuit Court of Appeals, 1985-99 |
| Dennis Brutus |
Poet |
28-Nov-1924 |
26-Dec-2009 |
Sirens, Knuckles and Boots |
| Paul Burke |
Actor |
21-Jul-1926 |
13-Sep-2009 |
Det. Adam Flint on Naked City |
| Daniel E. Button |
Politician |
1-Nov-1917 |
7-Mar-2009 |
Congressman from New York, 1967-71 |
| Kathleen Byron |
Actor |
11-Jan-1921 |
18-Jan-2009 |
Black Narcissus |
| Hortense Calisher |
Novelist |
20-Dec-1911 |
15-Jan-2009 |
In the Absence of Angels |
| Donald W. Callender |
Business |
27-Sep-1927 |
7-Jan-2009 |
Marie Callender's restaurateur |
| Jack Cardiff |
Cinematographer |
18-Sep-1914 |
22-Apr-2009 |
The Long Ships |
| Philip Carey |
Actor |
15-Jul-1925 |
6-Feb-2009 |
One Life to Live |
| David Carradine |
Actor |
8-Dec-1936 |
3-Jun-2009 |
Grasshopper |
| Jim Carroll |
Author |
1-Aug-1949 |
11-Sep-2009 |
The Basketball Diaries |
| Lionel Casson |
Scholar |
22-Jul-1914 |
18-Jul-2009 |
The Ancient Mariners |
| Al Cervi |
Basketball |
12-Feb-1917 |
9-Nov-2009 |
NBA Hall of Famer |
| Marilyn Chambers |
Pornstar |
22-Apr-1952 |
12-Apr-2009 |
Behind the Green Door |
| Vic Chesnutt |
Singer/Songwriter |
12-Nov-1964 |
25-Dec-2009 |
Wheelchair-bound folk singer |
| Sam Church |
Labor Leader |
20-Sep-1936 |
14-Jul-2009 |
UMW President, 1979-82 |
| Monte Clark |
Football |
24-Jan-1937 |
16-Sep-2009 |
Detroit Lions Head Coach, 1978-84 |
| Frank M. Coffin |
Judge |
11-Jul-1919 |
7-Dec-2009 |
1st Circuit Court of Appeals, 1965-89 |
| Dennis Cole |
Actor |
19-Jul-1940 |
15-Nov-2009 |
Beefcake model turned actor |
| Chris Connor |
Singer |
8-Nov-1927 |
29-Aug-2009 |
Jazz singer, I Miss You |
| Holly Coors |
Activist |
25-Aug-1920 |
18-Jan-2009 |
Ultraconservative beer baroness |
| Robert J. Cornell |
Politician |
16-Dec-1919 |
10-May-2009 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1975-79 |
| John Evander Couey |
Criminal |
19-Sep-1958 |
30-Sep-2009 |
Sex offender, killed Jessica Lunsford |
| Lou Creekmur |
Football |
22-Jan-1927 |
5-Jul-2009 |
Detroit Lions, Hall of Famer |
| Walter Cronkite |
Journalist |
4-Nov-1916 |
17-Jul-2009 |
America's most trusted newscaster |
| Merce Cunningham |
Dancer |
16-Apr-1919 |
26-Jul-2009 |
Merce Cunningham Dance Company |
| Philip D. Curtin |
Historian |
22-May-1922 |
4-Jun-2009 |
The Atlantic Slave Trade: A Census |
| Kim Dae-Jung |
Head of State |
3-Dec-1925 |
18-Aug-2009 |
South Korean President, 1998-2003 |
| Chuck Daly |
Basketball |
20-Jul-1930 |
9-May-2009 |
Won 2 NBA Championships with the Pistons |
| Jean Dausset |
Scientist |
19-Oct-1916 |
6-Jun-2009 |
Recognition of HLA antigens |
| Bob Davis |
Politician |
31-Jul-1932 |
16-Oct-2009 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1979-93 |
| Blossom Dearie |
Singer |
28-Apr-1924 |
7-Feb-2009 |
Jazz singer and pianist |
| Simon Dee |
Talk Show Host |
28-Jul-1935 |
30-Aug-2009 |
Dee Time |
| Dom DeLuise |
Actor |
1-Aug-1933 |
4-May-2009 |
Cannonball Run |
| Willy DeVille |
Singer/Songwriter |
27-Aug-1950 |
6-Aug-2009 |
Frontman, Mink DeVille |
| Adrian W. DeWind |
Attorney |
1-Dec-1913 |
7-Aug-2009 |
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison |
| Frank Graves Dickey |
Educator |
1-Dec-1917 |
7-Aug-2009 |
President, University of Kentucky, 1956-63 |
| Roy E. Disney |
Business |
10-Jan-1930 |
16-Dec-2009 |
Walt Disney's nephew |
| DJ AM |
Disc Jockey |
30-Mar-1973 |
28-Aug-2009 |
New York Club DJ |
| David Herbert Donald |
Historian |
1-Oct-1920 |
17-May-2009 |
Lincoln's Herndon |
| James S. Duesenberry |
Economist |
18-Jul-1918 |
5-Oct-2009 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1966-68 |
| Dominick Dunne |
Novelist |
29-Oct-1925 |
26-Aug-2009 |
High society novelist, true crime writer |
| David Eddings |
Author |
7-Jul-1931 |
2-Jun-2009 |
The Belgariad |
| Richard J. Egan |
Business |
28-Feb-1936 |
28-Aug-2009 |
Co-Founder, EMC Corporation |
| William A. Emerson, Jr. |
Journalist |
28-Feb-1923 |
25-Aug-2009 |
Editor, Saturday Evening Post, 1965-69 |
| Guillermo Endara |
Head of State |
12-May-1936 |
28-Sep-2009 |
President of Panama, 1989-94 |
| Charles H. Erhart, Jr. |
Business |
31-Jul-1925 |
16-Jan-2009 |
President of W.R. Grace & Co., 1989-90 |
| Philip Jose Farmer |
Author |
26-Jan-1918 |
25-Feb-2009 |
Riverworld saga |
| Farrah Fawcett |
Actor |
2-Feb-1947 |
25-Jun-2009 |
Original blonde on Charlie's Angels |
| Donald Fisher |
Business |
3-Sep-1928 |
27-Sep-2009 |
Co-Founder of The Gap |
| John W. Fisher |
Business |
c. 1916 |
28-Jun-2009 |
CEO of Ball Corporation, 1970-81 |
| Horton Foote |
Playwright |
14-Mar-1916 |
4-Mar-2009 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| Ruth Ford |
Actor |
7-Jul-1915 |
12-Aug-2009 |
American stage actress |
| Lukas Foss |
Conductor |
15-Aug-1922 |
1-Feb-2009 |
Director, Buffalo Philharmonic, 1963-71 |
| John Hope Franklin |
Historian |
2-Jan-1915 |
25-Mar-2009 |
From Slavery to Freedom |
| A. Stone Freedberg |
Doctor |
30-May-1908 |
25-Aug-2009 |
Found H. Pylori near stomach ulcers |
| Marilyn French |
Author |
21-Nov-1929 |
2-May-2009 |
The Women's Room |
| Jerry Fuchs |
Drummer |
c. 1974 |
8-Nov-2009 |
Maserati, !!! |
| Robert F. Furchgott |
Scientist |
4-Jun-1916 |
19-May-2009 |
Nitric oxide as a cardiovascular signal |
| Lorena Gale |
Actor |
9-May-1958 |
21-Jun-2009 |
Je me souviens |
| Don Galloway |
Actor |
27-Jul-1937 |
8-Jan-2009 |
Det. Sgt. Ed Brown on Ironside |
| Stephen Gately |
Singer |
17-Mar-1976 |
10-Oct-2009 |
Boyzone |
| Larry Gelbart |
Film/TV Producer |
25-Feb-1928 |
11-Sep-2009 |
M*A*S*H |
| Israel Gelfand |
Mathematician |
2-Sep-1913 |
5-Oct-2009 |
Banach algebras, Lie groups |
| Henry Gibson |
Actor |
21-Sep-1935 |
14-Sep-2009 |
Laugh-In |
| Thomas Gill |
Politician |
21-Apr-1922 |
3-Jun-2009 |
Lt. Governor of Hawaii, 1966-70 |
| Robert Ginty |
Actor |
14-Nov-1948 |
21-Sep-2009 |
The Exterminator |
| Vitaly L. Ginzburg |
Physicist |
4-Oct-1916 |
8-Nov-2009 |
Type-II superconductors |
| James L. Goddard |
Government |
24-Apr-1923 |
18-Dec-2009 |
FDA Commissioner, 1966-68 |
| Jade Goody |
TV Personality |
5-Jun-1981 |
22-Mar-2009 |
British TV celebrity |
| Lincoln Gordon |
Diplomat |
10-Sep-1913 |
19-Dec-2009 |
US Ambassador to Brazil, 1961-66 |
| Richard Gotshalk |
Scholar |
4-Sep-1931 |
16-Apr-2009 |
Homer and Hesiod: Myth and Philosophy |
| Alfred Gottschalk |
Educator |
7-Mar-1930 |
12-Sep-2009 |
President, Hebrew Union College, 1971-95 |
| Peter Gowan |
Scholar |
15-Jan-1946 |
12-Jun-2009 |
The Global Gamble |
| Clive W.J. Granger |
Economist |
4-Sep-1934 |
27-May-2009 |
Granger causality |
| Alex Grass |
Business |
3-Aug-1927 |
27-Aug-2009 |
Founder of Rite Aid |
| Harry J. Gray |
Business |
18-Nov-1919 |
8-Jul-2009 |
CEO of United Technologies, 1972-86 |
| Ellie Greenwich |
Songwriter |
23-Oct-1940 |
26-Aug-2009 |
Leader of the Pack |
| Charles Gwathmey |
Architect |
19-Jun-1938 |
3-Aug-2009 |
Designed extension to the Guggenheim |
| Alaina Reed Hall |
Actor |
10-Nov-1946 |
17-Dec-2009 |
Sesame Street |
| Edward T. Hall |
Anthropologist |
16-May-1914 |
20-Jul-2009 |
The Silent Language |
| Clifford Hansen |
Politician |
16-Oct-1912 |
20-Oct-2009 |
US Senator from Wyoming, 1967-78 |
| E. Lynn Harris |
Novelist |
20-Jun-1955 |
23-Jul-2009 |
Invisible Life |
| C. Lowell Harriss |
Economist |
2-Aug-1912 |
14-Dec-2009 |
Columbia University Economist |
| John Hart |
Actor |
13-Dec-1917 |
20-Sep-2009 |
Replaced Clayton Moore as TV's Lone Ranger |
| Paul Harvey |
Radio Personality |
4-Sep-1918 |
28-Feb-2009 |
The Paul Harvey Show |
| Paula Hawkins |
Politician |
24-Jan-1927 |
3-Dec-2009 |
US Senator from Florida, 1981-87 |
| Harold J. Haynes |
Business |
29-Sep-1925 |
8-Jul-2009 |
CEO of Standard Oil of California, 1974-81 |
| Alexander Heard |
Educator |
14-Mar-1917 |
24-Jul-2009 |
Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, 1963-82 |
| Warren E. Hearnes |
Politician |
24-Jul-1923 |
16-Aug-2009 |
Governor of Missouri, 1965-73 |
| W. G. Hefner |
Politician |
11-Apr-1930 |
2-Sep-2009 |
Congressman from North Carolina, 1975-99 |
| Otto Heino |
Artist |
20-Apr-1915 |
16-Jul-2009 |
Master potter |
| Don Hewitt |
Film/TV Producer |
14-Dec-1922 |
19-Aug-2009 |
60 Minutes creator |
| Connie Hines |
Actor |
24-Mar-1931 |
18-Dec-2009 |
Carol Post on Mister Ed |
| Pat Hingle |
Actor |
19-Jul-1924 |
3-Jan-2009 |
Commissioner Gordon in Batman films |
| Hugh Hopper |
Bassist |
29-Apr-1945 |
7-Jun-2009 |
Soft Machine bassist |
| Kevork S. Hovnanian |
Business |
16-May-1923 |
24-Sep-2009 |
Founder of Hovnanian Enterprises |
| Tsien Hsue-shen |
Scientist |
11-Dec-1911 |
31-Oct-2009 |
Founder of Chinese space program |
| John Hughes |
Film Director |
18-Feb-1950 |
6-Aug-2009 |
Ferris Bueller's Day Off |
| H. Guy Hunt |
Politician |
17-Jun-1933 |
30-Jan-2009 |
Governor of Alabama, 1987-93 |
| Roh Moo Hyun |
Head of State |
6-Aug-1946 |
23-May-2009 |
President of South Korea, 2003-08 |
| Lux Interior |
Musician |
21-Oct-1946 |
4-Feb-2009 |
Lead singer of The Cramps |
| Michael Jackson |
Singer |
29-Aug-1958 |
25-Jun-2009 |
King of Pop |
| Lou Jacobi |
Actor |
28-Dec-1913 |
23-Oct-2009 |
Avalon |
| Janet Jagan |
Head of State |
20-Oct-1920 |
28-Mar-2009 |
President of Guyana, 1997-99 |
| Maurice Jarre |
Composer |
13-Sep-1924 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Score to Lawrence of Arabia |
| Jeanne-Claude |
Artist |
13-Jun-1945 |
18-Nov-2009 |
Gift-wraps large monuments |
| Ingemar Johansson |
Boxing |
22-Sep-1932 |
30-Jan-2009 |
World Heavyweight Champion, 1959-60 |
| Jay Johnson |
Politician |
30-Sep-1943 |
17-Oct-2009 |
Congressman from Wisconsin, 1997-99 |
| Jennifer Jones |
Actor |
2-Mar-1919 |
17-Dec-2009 |
The Song of Bernadette |
| Maggie Jones |
Actor |
21-Jun-1934 |
2-Dec-2009 |
Coronation Street |
| Fred Joseph |
Business |
22-Apr-1937 |
27-Nov-2009 |
CEO of Drexel Burnham Lambert, 1985-90 |
| Brenda Joyce |
Actor |
25-Feb-1912 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Tarzan's Jane |
| Edward Judd |
Actor |
4-Oct-1932 |
24-Feb-2009 |
First Men in the Moon |
| Stanley H. Kaplan |
Business |
24-May-1919 |
23-Aug-2009 |
Developed SAT study aids |
| Ephraim Katzir |
Head of State |
16-May-1916 |
30-May-2009 |
President of Israel, 1973-78 |
| George Kell |
Baseball |
23-Aug-1922 |
24-Mar-2009 |
3rd Baseman, MLB Hall of Famer |
| David B. Kellerman |
Business |
c. 1968 |
22-Apr-2009 |
CFO of Freddie Mac, 2008-09 |
| Elmer Kelton |
Novelist |
29-Apr-1926 |
22-Aug-2009 |
Prolific Western novelist |
| Jack Kemp |
Politician |
13-Jul-1935 |
2-May-2009 |
American politican, football player |
| Amos Kenan |
Author |
2-May-1927 |
4-Aug-2009 |
The Road to Ein Harod |
| Ted Kennedy |
Politician |
22-Feb-1932 |
25-Aug-2009 |
US Senator from Massachusetts, 1962-2009 |
| Teeder Kennedy |
Hockey |
12-Dec-1925 |
14-Aug-2009 |
Toronto Maple Leafs, Hall of Famer |
| Johnny Kerr |
Basketball |
17-Jul-1932 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Chicago Bulls coach, commentator |
| Bruce King |
Politician |
6-Apr-1924 |
13-Nov-2009 |
Three-time Governor of New Mexico |
| Jack T. Kirby |
Historian |
22-Aug-1938 |
6-Aug-2009 |
Mockingbird Song |
| Leon Kirchner |
Composer |
24-Jan-1919 |
17-Sep-2009 |
Quartet No. 3 |
| Allen Klein |
Business |
18-Dec-1931 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Prehensile ABKCO executive |
| Herbert G. Klein |
Journalist |
1-Apr-1918 |
2-Jul-2009 |
White House Communications Director, 1969-73 |
| Leszek Kolakowski |
Philosopher |
23-Oct-1927 |
17-Jul-2009 |
Polish refugee philosopher |
| Willem Johan Kolff |
Scientist |
14-Feb-1911 |
11-Feb-2009 |
Artificial kidney, artificial heart |
| Jack Kramer |
Tennis |
1-Aug-1921 |
12-Sep-2009 |
Winner of 10 Grand Slam titles |
| Edwin G. Krebs |
Scientist |
6-Jun-1918 |
21-Dec-2009 |
Protein phosphorylation |
| Irving Kristol |
Columnist |
22-Jan-1920 |
18-Sep-2009 |
Influential neocon |
| Erich Kunzel |
Conductor |
21-Mar-1935 |
1-Sep-2009 |
Conductor, Cincinnati Pops, 1977-2009 |
| Otto Lambsdorff |
Politician |
20-Dec-1926 |
5-Dec-2009 |
German Economic Minister, 1977-84 |
| Dante Lavelli |
Football |
23-Feb-1923 |
20-Jan-2009 |
Cleveland Browns Hall-of-Famer |
| Andrea Mead Lawrence |
Skier |
19-Apr-1932 |
30-Mar-2009 |
Slalom skier, 2 Olympic Gold Medals in 1952 |
| H. Douglas Lee |
Educator |
15-Mar-1943 |
25-Aug-2009 |
President of Stetson University, 1987-2009 |
| Hugh Leonard |
Playwright |
9-Nov-1926 |
12-Feb-2009 |
Da |
| Claude Lévi-Strauss |
Anthropologist |
28-Nov-1908 |
1-Nov-2009 |
French anthropologist |
| David Levine |
Cartoonist |
20-Dec-1926 |
29-Dec-2009 |
Caricaturist, New York Review of Books |
| Irving R. Levine |
Journalist |
26-Aug-1922 |
27-Mar-2009 |
NBC Correspondent, 1950-95 |
| James Roderick Lilley |
Diplomat |
15-Jan-1928 |
12-Nov-2009 |
US Ambassador to China, 1989-91 |
| Ruth Lilly |
Philanthropist |
2-Aug-1915 |
30-Dec-2009 |
Philanthropic heir to Lilly fortune |
| James Lord |
Author |
27-Nov-1922 |
23-Aug-2009 |
Giacometti: A Biography |
| Frank J. Low |
Astronomer |
23-Nov-1933 |
11-Jun-2009 |
Infrared astronomy |
| Les Lye |
Comic |
18-Nov-1924 |
21-Jul-2009 |
You Can't Do That On Television |
| Khalid bin Mahfouz |
Business |
26-Dec-1949 |
16-Aug-2009 |
Billionaire Saudi banker |
| Karl Malden |
Actor |
22-Mar-1912 |
1-Jul-2009 |
Streets of San Francisco |
| Joe Maross |
Actor |
7-Feb-1923 |
7-Nov-2009 |
Run Silent, Run Deep |
| Al Martino |
Singer |
7-Oct-1927 |
13-Oct-2009 |
Here in My Heart |
| Ernest R. May |
Historian |
19-Nov-1928 |
1-Jun-2009 |
The World War and American Isolation 1914-17 |
| Richard Mayne |
Author |
2-Apr-1926 |
29-Nov-2009 |
The Community of Europe |
| Billy Mays |
TV Personality |
20-Jul-1958 |
28-Jun-2009 |
Bearded infomercial pitchman |
| George McAfee |
Football |
13-Mar-1918 |
4-Mar-2009 |
Chicago Bears HB, Hall of Famer |
| Frank McCourt |
Author |
19-Aug-1930 |
19-Jul-2009 |
Angela's Ashes |
| James S. McDonald |
Business |
26-Jan-1953 |
12-Sep-2009 |
CEO of Rockefeller & Co. |
| Patrick McGoohan |
Actor |
19-Mar-1928 |
13-Jan-2009 |
Number Six on The Prisoner |
| Alice McGrath |
Activist |
5-Apr-1917 |
27-Nov-2009 |
Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee |
| Ed McMahon |
Talk Show Host |
6-Mar-1923 |
23-Jun-2009 |
The Tonight Show |
| Steve McNair |
Football |
14-Feb-1973 |
4-Jul-2009 |
Baltimore Ravens QB |
| Robert McNamara |
Government |
9-Jun-1916 |
6-Jul-2009 |
US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68 |
| Sergei V. Mikhalkov |
Songwriter |
13-Mar-1913 |
27-Aug-2009 |
Lyricist, Russian National Anthem |
| Vic Mizzy |
Composer |
9-Jan-1916 |
17-Oct-2009 |
Addams Family theme |
| Ricardo Montalban |
Actor |
25-Nov-1920 |
14-Jan-2009 |
Roarke on Fantasy Island |
| Garfield Morgan |
Actor |
19-Apr-1931 |
5-Dec-2009 |
Chief Haskins on The Sweeney |
| John Mortimer |
Playwright |
21-Apr-1923 |
16-Jan-2009 |
Rumpole of the Bailey |
| John Allen Muhammad |
Criminal |
31-Dec-1960 |
10-Nov-2009 |
Beltway sniper |
| Brittany Murphy |
Actor |
10-Nov-1977 |
20-Dec-2009 |
Clueless |
| Arne Naess |
Philosopher |
27-Jan-1912 |
12-Jan-2009 |
Ecological philosopher |
| Jack Nelson |
Journalist |
11-Oct-1929 |
21-Oct-2009 |
The Los Angeles Times |
| Richard John Neuhaus |
Religion |
14-May-1936 |
8-Jan-2009 |
Catholic priest |
| Julian M. Niemczyk |
Military |
26-Aug-1920 |
16-Sep-2009 |
US Ambassador to Czechoslovakia, 1986-89 |
| Robert Novak |
Columnist |
26-Feb-1931 |
18-Aug-2009 |
Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame |
| Dan O'Bannon |
Screenwriter |
30-Sep-1946 |
17-Dec-2009 |
Alien, Total Recall |
| John J. O'Connor III |
Relative |
10-Jan-1930 |
11-Nov-2009 |
Sandra Day O'Connor's husband |
| Ken Ober |
Game Show Host |
3-Jul-1957 |
15-Nov-2009 |
Remote Control, Ober and Olsen |
| Rodrigo Carazo Odio |
Head of State |
27-Dec-1926 |
9-Dec-2009 |
President of Costa Rica, 1978-82 |
| Bill Orton |
Politician |
22-Sep-1948 |
18-Apr-2009 |
Congressman from Utah, 1991-97 |
| Grady L. Patterson |
Politician |
13-Jan-1924 |
7-Dec-2009 |
South Carolina Treasurer for 37 years |
| Les Paul |
Guitarist |
9-Jun-1915 |
13-Aug-2009 |
Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer |
| Earl Paulk |
Religion |
30-May-1927 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Chapel Hill Harvester Church |
| Collin Wilcox Paxton |
Actor |
4-Feb-1935 |
14-Oct-2009 |
To Kill a Mockingbird |
| James B. Pearson |
Politician |
7-May-1920 |
13-Jan-2009 |
US Senator from Kansas, 1962-78 |
| Kim Peek |
Oddity |
11-Nov-1951 |
19-Dec-2009 |
Inspiration for Raymond in Rain Man |
| Claiborne Pell |
Politician |
22-Nov-1918 |
1-Jan-2009 |
US Senator from Rhode Island, 1961-97 |
| Irving Penn |
Photographer |
16-Jun-1917 |
7-Oct-2009 |
Fashion photographer, Vogue |
| Jeffry M. Picower |
Business |
5-May-1942 |
25-Oct-2009 |
Became billionaire via Madoff's Ponzi |
| Lionel Pincus |
Business |
2-Mar-1931 |
10-Oct-2009 |
Co-Founder, Warburg Pincus |
| Richard Poirier |
Critic |
9-Sep-1925 |
15-Aug-2009 |
Raritan, A Quarterly Review |
| Billy Powell |
Musician |
3-Jun-1952 |
28-Jan-2009 |
Lynyrd Skynyrd keyboardist |
| Jody Powell |
Government |
30-Sep-1943 |
14-Sep-2009 |
Jimmy Carter's Press Secretary |
| Harve Presnell |
Actor |
14-Sep-1933 |
30-Jun-2009 |
When the Boys Meet the Girls |
| Elizabeth Clare Prophet |
Religion |
8-Apr-1939 |
15-Oct-2009 |
Church Universal and Triumphant |
| Edmund Purdom |
Actor |
19-Dec-1924 |
1-Jan-2009 |
The King's Thief |
| James Purdy |
Author |
17-Jul-1914 |
13-Mar-2009 |
Eustance Chisholm and the Works |
| Carl Pursell |
Politician |
19-Dec-1932 |
11-Jun-2009 |
Congressman from Michigan, 1977-93 |
| John Quade |
Actor |
1-Apr-1938 |
9-Aug-2009 |
Every Which Way But Loose |
| Robert Quarry |
Actor |
3-Nov-1925 |
20-Feb-2009 |
Count Yorga, Vampire |
| Jane Randolph |
Actor |
30-Oct-1915 |
4-May-2009 |
Cat People |
| Nicholas A. Rey |
Business |
23-Jan-1938 |
14-Jan-2009 |
US Ambassador to Poland, 1993-97 |
| Wendy Richard |
Actor |
20-Jul-1943 |
26-Feb-2009 |
Are You Being Served? |
| Natasha Richardson |
Actor |
11-May-1963 |
18-Mar-2009 |
Widows' Peak |
| Richard O. Ristine |
Politician |
19-Jan-1920 |
20-Jun-2009 |
Lt. Governor of Indiana, 1961-65 |
| Oral Roberts |
Religion |
24-Jan-1918 |
15-Dec-2009 |
Televangelist, faith healer |
| Bobby Robson |
Soccer |
18-Feb-1933 |
31-Jul-2009 |
English soccer manager |
| Marc Rocco |
Film Director |
7-Jun-1965 |
1-May-2009 |
Murder in the First |
| Joe M. Rodgers |
Business |
12-Nov-1933 |
2-Feb-2009 |
US Ambassador to France, 1985-89 |
| Lorene Rogers |
Educator |
3-Apr-1914 |
11-Jan-2009 |
President of UT-Austin, 1974-79 |
| Bob Rosburg |
Golf |
21-Oct-1926 |
14-May-2009 |
Winner, 1959 PGA Championship |
| Jack Rose |
Guitarist |
16-Feb-1971 |
5-Dec-2009 |
Pelt |
| Tony Rosenthal |
Sculptor |
9-Aug-1914 |
28-Jul-2009 |
Abstract sculptor, Alamo |
| Edmund de Rothschild |
Business |
2-Jan-1916 |
17-Jan-2009 |
British banker |
| Thomas J. Ryan |
Business |
3-Nov-1924 |
23-Sep-2009 |
CEO of ISU International |
| Lou Saban |
Football |
13-Oct-1921 |
29-Mar-2009 |
Head Coach in AFL, NFL, and NCAA |
| William Safire |
Columnist |
17-Dec-1929 |
27-Sep-2009 |
NYT columnist, language maven |
| Toni Sailer |
Skier |
17-Nov-1935 |
24-Aug-2009 |
Won 3 Gold Medals in 1956 |
| Soupy Sales |
Comic |
8-Jan-1926 |
22-Oct-2009 |
Inveterate pie thrower |
| Paul Samuelson |
Economist |
15-May-1915 |
13-Dec-2009 |
Theory of revealed preference |
| Raymond J. Saulnier |
Economist |
20-Sep-1908 |
30-Apr-2009 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1955-61 |
| Sky Saxon |
Singer |
20-Aug-1937 |
25-Jun-2009 |
The Seeds |
| Edward Schillebeeckx |
Religion |
12-Nov-1914 |
23-Dec-2009 |
Catholic theologian |
| Robert V. Schnabel |
Educator |
28-Sep-1922 |
1-Sep-2009 |
President of Valparaiso University, 1978-88 |
| Gene W. Schneider |
Business |
8-Sep-1926 |
21-Aug-2009 |
United Cable Television Corp. |
| Thomas N. Schroth |
Journalist |
21-Dec-1920 |
23-Jul-2009 |
Editor of Congressional Quarterly, 1955-69 |
| Budd Schulberg |
Novelist |
27-Mar-1914 |
5-Aug-2009 |
What Makes Sammy Run? |
| Fred C. Schwarz |
Activist |
15-Jan-1913 |
24-Jan-2009 |
Christian Anti-Communist Crusade |
| Robert W. Scott |
Politician |
13-Jun-1929 |
23-Jan-2009 |
Governor of North Carolina, 1969-73 |
| Willard W. Scott, Jr. |
Military |
18-Feb-1926 |
1-Jan-2009 |
Superintendent of West Point, 1981-86 |
| Dan Seals |
Country Musician |
8-Feb-1948 |
25-Mar-2009 |
England Dan and John Ford Coley |
| L. William Seidman |
Economist |
29-Apr-1921 |
13-May-2009 |
CNBC chief commentator |
| Ray Shaw |
Journalist |
28-Mar-1934 |
19-Jul-2009 |
Former President, Dow Jones |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver |
Relative |
10-Jul-1921 |
11-Aug-2009 |
Founder of the Special Olympics |
| Ron Silver |
Actor |
2-Jul-1946 |
15-Mar-2009 |
Wiseguy |
| Naomi Sims |
Model |
30-Mar-1948 |
1-Aug-2009 |
Pioneering black supermodel |
| Troy N. Smith |
Business |
26-May-1922 |
26-Oct-2009 |
Founder of Sonic Drive-In |
| W. D. Snodgrass |
Poet |
5-Jan-1926 |
13-Jan-2009 |
Heart's Needle |
| Bruce Snyder |
Football |
14-Mar-1940 |
13-Apr-2009 |
Sun Devils Head Coach, 1992-2000 |
| Stephen Cardinal Kim Sou-Hwan |
Religion |
8-May-1922 |
16-Feb-2009 |
Catholic Archbishop of Seoul, 1968-98 |
| Beryl W. Sprinkel |
Economist |
20-Nov-1923 |
22-Aug-2009 |
Council of Economic Advisers, 1985-89 |
| Kenneth M. Stampp |
Historian |
20-Jul-1912 |
10-Jul-2009 |
The Peculiar Institution |
| Arnold Stang |
Actor |
28-Sep-1918 |
20-Dec-2009 |
Bespectacled character actor |
| Gale Storm |
Actor |
5-Apr-1922 |
27-Jun-2009 |
The Gale Storm Show |
| Mollie Sugden |
Actor |
21-Jul-1922 |
1-Jul-2009 |
Mrs. Slocombe on Are You Being Served? |
| Patrick Swayze |
Actor |
18-Aug-1952 |
14-Sep-2009 |
Dirty Dancing |
| David Taylor |
Politician |
22-Aug-1946 |
26-Dec-2009 |
British MP, North West Leicestershire |
| Koko Taylor |
Singer |
28-Sep-1928 |
3-Jun-2009 |
"Wang Dang Doodle" |
| George Tiller |
Doctor |
8-Aug-1941 |
31-May-2009 |
Late-term abortionist |
| Charles Tingwell |
Actor |
3-Jan-1923 |
15-May-2009 |
Breaker Morant |
| Richard Todd |
Actor |
11-Jun-1919 |
3-Dec-2009 |
The Dam Busters |
| Malcolm Toon |
Diplomat |
4-Jul-1916 |
12-Feb-2009 |
US Ambassador to the USSR, 1976-79 |
| Harry Towb |
Actor |
27-Jul-1925 |
24-Jul-2009 |
Northern Irish stage and film actor |
| Fred Travalena |
Comic |
6-Oct-1942 |
28-Jun-2009 |
The Man of a Thousand Faces |
| Mary Travers |
Singer |
9-Nov-1936 |
16-Sep-2009 |
The Mary in Peter, Paul, and Mary |
| David Tree |
Actor |
15-Jul-1915 |
4-Nov-2009 |
Pygmalion |
| David C. Treen |
Politician |
16-Jul-1928 |
29-Oct-2009 |
Governor of Louisiana, 1980-84 |
| Michelle Triola |
Relative |
13-Nov-1933 |
30-Oct-2009 |
Palimony |
| Howard Unruh |
Criminal |
21-Jan-1921 |
19-Oct-2009 |
Spree killer, 13 dead in 1949 |
| John Updike |
Novelist |
18-Mar-1932 |
27-Jan-2009 |
Rabbit, Run |
| Ismael Valenzuela |
Jockey |
25-Dec-1934 |
2-Sep-2009 |
Winner, 1958 and 1968 Kentucky Derby |
| Karel Van Miert |
Politician |
17-Jan-1942 |
22-Jun-2009 |
EU Commissioner for Competition, 1993-99 |
| Abdurrahman Wahid |
Head of State |
4-Aug-1940 |
30-Dec-2009 |
President of Indonesia, 1999-2001 |
| Jerome R. Waldie |
Politician |
15-Feb-1925 |
3-Apr-2009 |
Congressman from California, 1966-75 |
| Gordon Waller |
Musician |
4-Jun-1945 |
17-Jul-2009 |
Half of Peter and Gordon |
| Bruce Wasserstein |
Business |
25-Dec-1947 |
14-Oct-2009 |
Wall Street dealmaker |
| Keith Waterhouse |
Novelist |
6-Feb-1929 |
4-Sep-2009 |
Billy Liar |
| George Weissman |
Business |
12-Jul-1919 |
24-Jul-2009 |
CEO of Philip Morris, 1978-84 |
| Paul Wendkos |
Film Director |
20-Sep-1922 |
12-Nov-2009 |
Gidget |
| James Whitmore |
Actor |
1-Oct-1921 |
6-Feb-2009 |
Give 'em Hell, Harry! |
| Malcolm R. Wilkey |
Judge |
6-Dec-1918 |
15-Aug-2009 |
US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1985-90 |
| Margaret Bush Wilson |
Activist |
30-Jan-1919 |
11-Aug-2009 |
NAACP Chairman, 1975-83 |
| Joseph Wiseman |
Actor |
15-May-1918 |
19-Oct-2009 |
Dr. No |
| Edward Woodward |
Actor |
1-Jun-1930 |
16-Nov-2009 |
The Equalizer |
| Eric Woolfson |
Musician |
18-Mar-1945 |
1-Dec-2009 |
Former Alan Parsons Project collaborator |
| Jack Wrangler |
Pornstar |
11-Jul-1946 |
7-Apr-2009 |
Eyes of a Gay Stranger |
| Wendell Wyatt |
Politician |
15-Jun-1917 |
28-Jan-2009 |
Congressman from Oregon, 1964-75 |
| Andrew Wyeth |
Painter |
12-Jul-1917 |
16-Jan-2009 |
American painter, Christina's World |
| Howard Zieff |
Film Director |
21-Oct-1927 |
22-Feb-2009 |
Private Benjamin |