06/03/1963 - 07/09/2004
Paul Klebnikov (June 3, 1963 – July 9, 2004) was an American journalist of Russian descent. He worked for Forbes Magazine for over 10 years and at the time of his death was Chief editor of the Russian edition. H...
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08/01/1819 - 09/28/1891
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd.
01/08/1926 - 07/05/2007
Kerwin Mathews (January 8, 1926 – July 5, 2007) was an American actor best known for playing the titular heroes in The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958), The Three Worlds of Gulliver (1960) and Jack the...
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12/28/1856 - 02/03/1924
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
03/16/1751 - 06/28/1836
James Madison, Jr. (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was an American politician and political philosopher who served as the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817) and is considered one of the Founding Fathers of the Unit...
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12/10/1925 - 02/03/2006
Jean Byron (December 10, 1925 – February 3, 2006) was an American film, television, and stage actress.
12/25/1919 - 04/14/1985
Noele Gordon (25 December 1919 - 14 April 1985) was a British film and television actress.
12/06/1904 - 10/22/2007
Ève Denise Curie Labouisse (December 6, 1904 – October 22, 2007) was a French-American writer, journalist and pianist.
Coco Chanel (Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel )
08/19/1883 - 01/10/1971
Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971) was a pioneering French fashion designer whose modernist philosophy, menswear-inspired fashions, and pursuit of expensive simplicity made her an important figu...
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08/04/1901 - 07/06/1971
Louis Daniel Armstrong nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet an...
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02/28/1943 - 11/27/1998
Barbara Acklin was a soul singer of the 1960s and 1970s. Her biggest hit was "Love Makes a Woman" in 1968 which reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.
11/14/1916 - 07/12/2011
Sherwood Charles Schwartz (November 14, 1916 – July 12, 2011) was an American television producer. Schwartz created the sitcoms Gilligan's Island and The Brady Bunch. He also co-wrote the unforgettable themes for both shows.
04/01/1920 - 12/24/1997
Toshirō Mifune (April 1, 1920 – December 24, 1997) was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He is best known for his 16-film collaboration with filmmaker Akira Kurosawa, from 1948 to 1965,...
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Fred Avery (Frederick Bean Avery)
02/26/1908 - 08/26/1980
Frederick Bean "Fred/Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor and director, famous for producing animated cartoons during The Golden Age of Hollywood animation. He did his m...
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Tommy Newsom (Thomas Penn Newsom)
02/25/1929 - 04/28/2007
Thomas Penn "Tommy" Newsom (February 25, 1929 – April 28, 2007) was a saxophone player in the NBC Orchestra on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, for which he later became assistant director.