IN MEMORIAM 2018-2020
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Robert Mann, American violinist, co-founded the Juilliard String Quartet | |
Thomas S. Monson, American religious leader, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints president (2008-2018) | |
Brendan Byrne, American politician, New Jersey governor (1974-1982) | |
Carlos Heitor Cony, Brazilian writer and journalist | |
Horace Ashenfelter, American Olympic gold medal-winning steeplechaser | |
Marjorie Holt, American politician, Maryland representative (1973-1987) | |
Odvar Nordli, Norwegian prime minister (1976-1981) | |
Tom Luken, American politician, Ohio representative (1974-1975, 1977-1991) | |
Doug Barnard, Jr., American politician, Georgia representative (1977-1993) | |
Jean Porter, American actress, Twice Blessed, Abbott and Costello in Hollywood | |
Naomi Stevens, American actress, The Apartment, TV's Vega$ | |
Mathilde Krim, Italian-born American HIV/AIDS researcher and health educator | |
John Spellman, American politician, Washington governor (1981-1985) | |
Stansfield Turner, American government official, CIA director (1977-1981) | |
Dorothy Malone, American Oscar-winning actress, Written on the Wind, TV's Peyton Place | |
Paul Bocuse, French chef and restaurateur | |
Connie Sawyer, American actress, A Hole in the Head, Dumb and Dumber | |
Nicanor Parra, Chilean poet | |
Claribel Alegría, Nicaraguan poet | |
Neagu Djuvara, Romanian diplomat, writer, and historian | |
Elizabeth Hawley, American journalist and chronicler of Himalayan expeditions | |
Ingvar Kamprad, Swedish business magnate, founded the IKEA retail chain | |
Mort Walker, American cartoonist, Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois | |
Gene Sharp, American political scientist and nonviolent theorist | |
Louis Zorich, American actor, TV's Mad About You | |
Ben Agajanian, American football player and coach | |
Marty Allen, American comedian and actor | |
Louise Latham, American actress, Marnie, Mass Appeal | |
Nini Theilade, Danish ballerina and choreographer | |
Billy Graham, American evangelist and spiritual adviser | |
Nanette Fabray, American actress and comedienne, The Band Wagon, TV's Caesar's Hour, One Day at a Time | |
Lewis Gilbert, English motion picture director, Alfie, Educating Rita | |
Gillo Dorfles, Italian art critic | |
Kjerstin Dellert, Swedish opera singer | |
Charles Thone, American politician, Nebraska representative (1971-1979) and governor (1979-1983) | |
Wilson Harris, Guyanese-born English writer, Palace of the Peacock, The Ghost of Memory | |
Hubert de Givenchy, French fashion designer | |
Ken Dodd, English comedian | |
T. Berry Brazelton, American pediatrician, columnist, and television host, What Every Baby Knows | |
Tom Benson, American businessman, owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans football franchises | |
Peter G. Peterson, American financier and government official, Secretary of Commerce (1972-1973) | |
Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician and humanitarian | |
Anna Chennault, Chinese-born American Republican fundraiser and activist | |
Morris Halle, Latvian-born American linguist | |
Gertrude Jeannette, American actress, playwright, and director | |
Tim O'Connor, American actor, TV's Peyton Place, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | |
Daniel Akaka, American politician, Hawaii representative (1977-1990) and senator (1990-2013) | |
Dewey Martin, American actor, The Big Sky, The Desperate Hours | |
John Melcher, American politician, Montana representative (1969-1977) and senator (1977-1989) | |
M. A. K. Halliday, English linguist | |
Barbara Bush, American First Lady (1989-1993) | |
Nabi Tajima, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest validated person at time of death | |
Bob Dorough, American jazz pianist, singer, arranger, and songwriter, TV's Schoolhouse Rock | |
Michael Anderson, English motion picture director, Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run | |
Philip Hoff, American politician, Vermont governor (1963-1969) | |
Judith Leiber, Hungarian-born American handbag designer | |
Lester James Peries, Sri Lankan motion picture director, screenwriter, and producer | |
Anne V. Coates, English film editor, Lawrence of Arabia, The Elephant Man | |
Doug Ford, American golfer | |
Joseph Campanella, American actor, TV's The Bold Ones: The Lawyers, The Bold and the Beautiful | |
Richard Pipes, Polish-born American historian, author of The Russian Revolution | |
Bernard Lewis, English-born American Islamic and Middle Eastern historian | |
Bill Gold, American movie poster designer, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca | |
Patricia Morison, American actress, The Song of Bernadette, Broadway's Kiss Me, Kate | |
Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-born American actress, Calamity Jane, TV’s The Tony Randall Show | |
Clint Walker, American actor, The Dirty Dozen, TV's Cheyenne | |
Júlio Pomar, Portuguese painter | |
Jerry Maren, American actor, Lollipop Guild member from The Wizard of Oz | |
Russell Nype, American actor and singer, Broadway's Call Me Madam | |
Jens C. Skou, Danish Nobel Prize-winning biophysicist | |
Paul D. Boyer, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist | |
Irving Sandler, American art critic and historian | |
Georgann Johnson, American actress, Midnight Cowboy, TV's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman | |
Teddy Johnson, English singer | |
George N. Leighton, American jurist | |
Red Schoendienst, American baseball player, coach, and manager | |
Mary Wilson, English poet, widow of prime minister Harold Wilson | |
David Douglas Duncan, American photojournalist | |
Lorraine Gordon, American jazz writer and advocate, owner of New York City's Village Vanguard jazz club | |
Martin Bregman, American motion picture producer, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, Scarface | |
Stanley Cavell, American philosopher | |
Kim Jong-pil, South Korean prime minister (1971-1975, 1998-2000) | |
Arvid Carlsson, Swedish Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist | |
Steve Ditko, American comic book artist and writer, co-creator of Spider-Man | |
Gillian Lynne, English dancer, director, and choreographer | |
Georges-Emmanuel Clancier, French poet and novelist | |
Claude Lanzmann, French filmmaker, Shoah | |
Peter Carrington, English politician, Father of the House of Lords (2007-2018) | |
Hans Günter Winkler, German Olympic gold medal-winning show jumper | |
Shinobu Hashimoto, Japanese screenwriter, Rashômon, Ikiru | |
Chiyo Miyako, Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest validated person at time of death | |
Bernard Hepton, English actor, TV's Colditz, Secret Army | |
Mary Carlisle, American actress, Grand Hotel, College Humor | |
Ingrid Espelid Hovig, Norwegian television chef and culinary writer | |
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski, Polish brigadier general | |
Arsène Tchakarian, Turkish-born French World War II resistance fighter, member of the Manouchian Group | |
Charlotte Rae, American actress, TV's The Facts of Life | |
Paul Laxalt, American politician, Nevada governor (1967-1971) and senator (1974-1987) | |
Robert H. Ferrell, American historian, author of Harry S. Truman: A Life | |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indian prime minister (1996, 1998-2004) | |
Ezzatolah Entezami, Iranian actor, The Cow | |
Jack Costanzo, American percussionist | |
Uri Avnery, German-born Israeli journalist and peace activist | |
Russ Heath, American comic book artist | |
Kuldip Nayar, Indian journalist and human rights activist | |
George Walker, American composer, Lilacs | |
Neil Simon, American playwright, The Odd Couple, The Sunshine Boys, and screenwriter, The Goodbye Girl | |
Fredd Wayne, American actor, Benjamin Franklin, Citizen | |
Erich Lessing, Austrian photographer | |
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Italian/American geneticist | |
Gloria Jean, American actress, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | |
Margit Sandemo, Norwegian-born Swedish historical fantasy writer, The Legend of the Ice People series | |
Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer | |
Bill Daily, American actor, TV's I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show | |
Richard DeVos, American businessman, co-founded Amway | |
Will Jordan, American comedian, celebrity impressionist, and actor, I Wanna Hold Your Hand | |
Peter Donat, Canadian-born American actor, The Godfather Part II, TV's The X-Files | |
Big Jay McNeely, American rhythm and blues saxophonist, nicknamed "The King of the Honkers" | |
Jean Piat, French actor, Rider on the Rain | |
Robert Venturi, American architect | |
Denis Norden, English comedy writer and television presenter | |
Charles Aznavour, French singer, songwriter, and actor | |
Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese prime minister (1988-1991) | |
Leon Lederman, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist | |
Joseph Tydings, American politician, Maryland senator (1965-1971) | |
Mary Midgley, English moral philosopher | |
Tex Winter, American basketball coach, created the triangle offense | |
Walter "Dee" Huddleston, American politician, Kentucky senator (1973-1985) | |
Ara Güler, Turkish photojournalist | |
Osamu Shimomura, Japanese Nobel Prize-winning organic chemist and marine biologist | |
Earl Bakken, American businessman and engineer, created the first wearable external pacemaker | |
Harry Ettlinger, German-born American World War II soldier, member of the Monuments Men | |
James Karen, American actor, Poltergeist, The Return of the Living Dead | |
Thomas Keating, American monk, co-founded the centering prayer movement | |
Jin Yong (aka Louis Cha), Chinese writer, The Book and the Sword | |
Wally Triplett, American football player | |
Stan Lee, American comic book writer, co-created Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and X-Men | |
Katherine MacGregor, American actress, TV's Little House on the Prairie | |
Mary Kay Stearns, American actress, TV's Mary Kay and Johnny | |
Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born English Nobel Prize-winning chemist and biophysicist | |
Nicolas Roeg, English cinematographer and motion picture director, The Man Who Fell to Earth, The Witches | |
Johnny Maddox, American ragtime pianist | |
George H. W. Bush, American president (1989-1993) | |
Belisario Betancur, Colombian president (1982-1986) | |
Robert Bergland, American politician, Minnesota representative (1971-1977), and Secretary of Agriculture (1977-1981) | |
Matti Kassila, Finnish motion picture director, The Harvest Month | |
Girma Wolde-Giorgis, Ethiopian president (2001-2013) | |
David Austin, English rose breeder | |
Nancy Roman, American astronomer, known as the mother of the Hubble Telescope | |
Roy J. Glauber, American Nobel Prize-winning theoretical physicist | |
Sono Osato, American dancer and actress, Broadway's On the Town | |
Morton Sobell, American espionage figure, co-defendant in the 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg spy trial | |
Richard Overton, American World War II Army sergeant, oldest living U.S. veteran at time of death | |
Christine McGuire, American singer, member of the McGuire Sisters trio | |
June Whitfield, English actress, TV's Terry and June, Absolutely Fabulous | |
Edgar Hilsenrath, German writer, The Nazi and the Barber | |
Don Lusk, American animator and animation director | |
Mrinal Sen, Indian motion picture director | |
Harold Brown, American government official, Secretary of Defense (1977-1981) | |
Lester Wunderman, American advertising executive, known as the father of direct marketing | |
Theo Adam, German opera singer | |
Joe M. Jackson, American Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient | |
Carol Channing, American singer and actress, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Broadway's Hello, Dolly! | |
Nathan Glazer, American sociologist and magazine editor, The Public Interest | |
Russell Baker, American columnist, commentator, writer, Growing Up, and television host, Masterpiece Theatre | |
Kaye Ballard, American singer, comedienne, and actress, TV's The Mothers-in-Law | |
Shivakumara Swamiji, Indian humanitarian | |
Harris Wofford, American politician, Pennsylvania senator (1991-1995) | |
Diana Athill, English literary editor and writer | |
Jonas Mekas, Lithuanian-born American experimental filmmaker | |
Florence Knoll, American architect and furniture designer | |
Julie Adams, American actress, Creature from the Black Lagoon, TV's Capitol | |
John O. Marsh, Jr., American politician, Virginia representative (1963-1971), and Secretary of the Army (1981-1989) | |
Manfred Eigen, German Nobel Prize-winning chemist | |
Rosamunde Pilcher, English writer, The Shell Seekers | |
John Dingell, American politician, Michigan representative (1955-2015) | |
Walter Munk, Austrian-born American oceanographer | |
Betty Ballantine, English-born American publisher, co-founded Bantam and Ballantine Books | |
Lyndon LaRouche, American economist and conservative political activist | |
Bibi Ferreira, Brazilian singer and actress | |
Ken Nordine, American voiceover and recording artist, the Word Jazz album series | |
Don Newcombe, American baseball player | |
Dominick Argento, American composer, Postcard from Morocco | |
William Broomfield, American politician, Michigan representative (1957-1993) | |
Stanley Donen, American choreographer and motion picture director, Singin' in the Rain, Charade | |
Hilde Zadek, German opera singer | |
Morgan Woodward, American actor, Cool Hand Luke, TV's Dallas | |
Donald Keene, American-born Japanese literary scholar and translator | |
Mac Wiseman, American bluegrass singer | |
Kevin Roche, Irish-born American architect | |
Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player | |
Ralph Hall, American politician, Texas representative (1981-2015) | |
Bernard Binlin Dadié, Ivorian poet, playwright, and novelist | |
Hal Blaine, American drummer | |
Harry Hughes, American politician, Maryland governor (1979-1987) | |
Birch Bayh, American politician, Indiana senator (1963-1981) | |
W. S. Merwin, American poet, Poet Laureate of the United States (2010-2011) | |
Richard Erdman, American actor, Stalag 17, TV's Community | |
Chuck Harmon, American baseball player | |
Marlen Khutsiev, Georgian-born Russian motion picture director and screenwriter, I Am Twenty, July Rain | |
Randy Jackson, American baseball player | |
Mary Warnock, English moral philosopher | |
Nancy Gates, American actress, Suddenly, Some Came Running | |
Gabriel Okara, Nigerian poet and novelist, The Voice | |
Agnès Varda, Belgian-born French motion picture director, Cleo from 5 to 7 | |
Rafael Sánchez Ferlosio, Spanish writer, The One Day of the Week | |
Sydney Brenner, South African Nobel Prize-winning biologist | |
Ernest "Fritz" Hollings, American politician, South Carolina governor (1959-1963) and senator (1966-2005) | |
Richard Cole, American Air Force pilot, last surviving member of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders | |
Charles Van Doren, American writer and editor, figure in the 1950s quiz show scandal | |
Paul Greengard, American Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist | |
Fay McKenzie, American actress, Down Mexico Way, The Party | |
Lorraine Warren, American paranormal investigator | |
Lê Đức Anh, Vietnamese president (1992-1997) | |
Henry Bloch, American businessman, co-founded H&R Block tax preparation company | |
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Luxembourgian ruler (1964-2000) | |
Manuel Lujan, Jr., American politician, New Mexico representative (1969-1989), and Secretary of the Interior (1989-1993) | |
Gino Marchetti, American football player | |
Juan Vicente Torrealba, Venezuelan harpist and composer | |
Norma Miller, American swing dancer | |
John Lukacs, Hungarian-born American historian, author of The Hitler of History | |
Jean Vanier, Canadian philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian | |
Alvin Sargent, American screenwriter, Paper Moon, Julia, Ordinary People | |
Robert D. Maxwell, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient | |
Machiko Kyō, Japanese actress, Rashomon, The Teahouse of the August Moon | |
Nasrallah Sfeir, Lebanese cardinal | |
Doris Day, American singer, "Que Sera, Sera", and actress, Pillow Talk | |
I. M. Pei, Chinese-born American architect | |
Herman Wouk, American writer, The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War | |
Judith Kerr, German-born English children's writer and illustrator, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, the Mog series | |
Claus von Bülow, Danish-born English socialite, acquitted of killing his wife, American heiress Sunny Von Bülow | |
Everett Raymond Kinstler, American portrait painter | |
Prem Tinsulanonda, Thai prime minister (1980-1988) | |
Peggy Stewart, American actress, Wells Fargo, That's My Boy | |
Leah Chase, American chef, restaurateur, and culinary writer | |
Agustina Bessa-Luís, Portuguese writer, A Sibila | |
Sylvia Miles, American actress, Midnight Cowboy, Farewell, My Lovely | |
Franco Zeffirelli, Italian motion picture director, Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth | |
Gloria Vanderbilt, American heiress, socialite, and fashion designer | |
Judith Krantz, American writer, Scruples, Princess Daisy | |
Dave Bartholomew, American musician, songwriter, and music producer | |
George Rosenkranz, Hungarian-born Mexican chemist, co-developed the birth control pill | |
Sid Ramin, American composer, arranger, and orchestrator, West Side Story | |
Lee Iacocca, American businessman, president and CEO of the Chrysler Corporation (1978-1992) | |
Arte Johnson, American actor, TV's Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | |
Marie Ponsot, American poet, The Bird Catcher | |
Artur Brauner, Polish-born German motion picture producer, Europa Europa | |
Freddie Jones, English actor, The Elephant Man, TV's Emmerdale | |
Valentina Cortese, Italian actress, The Barefoot Contessa, Day for Night | |
Mortimer Caplin, American government official, Commissioner of Internal Revenue (1961-1964) | |
John Paul Stevens, American Supreme Court justice (1975-2010) | |
Andrea Camilleri, Italian writer, the Inspector Montalbano mystery series | |
David Hedison, American actor, License to Kill, TV's Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | |
Ágnes Heller, Hungarian philosopher | |
César Pelli, Argentinian-born American architect | |
Robert Morgenthau, American lawyer, New York County District Attorney (1975-2009) | |
Christopher Kraft, American aeronautical engineer, known as the father of NASA's Mission Control Center | |
Li Peng, Chinese premier (1988-1998) | |
Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisian prime minister (2011) and president (2014-2019) | |
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan kinetic and op artist | |
Richard Stone, American politician, Florida senator (1975-1981) | |
Lonnie Cook, American World War II veteran, survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Arizona | |
Harold Prince, American theatrical producer and director, Cabaret, Company, Follies | |
D. A. Pennebaker, American documentarian, Dont Look Back, Monterey Pop | |
Paul Findley, American politician, Illinois representative (1961-1983) | |
Takis, Greek sculptor | |
Jack Whitaker, American sportscaster | |
Frances Crowe, American peace activist | |
Dawda Jawara, Gambian prime minister (1962-1970) and president (1970-1994) | |
Jim Leavelle, American police detective, Lee Harvey Oswald's escort when shot by Jack Ruby | |
Roger Etchegaray, French cardinal | |
Wally Westlake, American baseball player | |
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean prime minister (1980-1987) and president (1987-2017) | |
Peter Nichols, English playwright, A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, The National Health | |
Robert Frank, Swiss-born American photographer and documentarian | |
Lauren Bruner, American World War II veteran, survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Arizona | |
T. Boone Pickens, American oilman and investment manager | |
Sander Vanocur, American journalist and television correspondent | |
Marko Feingold, Austrian Holocaust survivor and lecturer | |
Barron Hilton, American hotelier and philanthropist | |
Jimmy Nelson, American ventriloquist, creator of Danny O'Day and Farfel | |
Paul Badura-Skoda, Austrian pianist | |
Miguel León-Portilla, Mexican anthropologist and historian | |
Francis S. Currey, American World War II Medal of Honor recipient | |
John Tate, American mathematician, co-proposer of the Birch-Tate conjecture | |
Alicia Alonso, Cuban prima ballerina absoluta and choreographer | |
Bill Macy, American actor, The Late Show, TV's Maude | |
William Milliken, American politician, Michigan governor (1969-1983) | |
John Conyers, American politician, Michigan representative (1965-2017) | |
Gert Boyle, German-born American businesswoman, chairman of Columbia Sportswear | |
Harrison Dillard, American Olympic gold medal-winning sprinter and hurdler | |
John Simon, Serbian-born American literary, theater, and film critic | |
Yasuhiro Nakasone, Japanese prime minister (1982-1987) | |
Paul Volcker, American economist, Chairman of the Federal Reserve (1979-1987) | |
Frederick B. Dent, American government official, Secretary of Commerce (1973-1975) | |
Gershon Kingsley, German-born American electronic music composer, "Popcorn" | |
Abbey Simon, American pianist | |
Francisco Brennand, Brazilian sculptor | |
Tony Britton, English actor, Sunday Bloody Sunday, TV's Don't Wait Up | |
Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, author of Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution | |
Elizabeth Sellars, Scottish actress, The Barefoot Contessa | |
Don Larsen, American baseball player | |
Christopher Tolkien, English academic, editor of the posthumous publications of his father, J. R. R. Tolkien | |
Jimmy Heath, American jazz saxophonist | |
Louis Nirenberg, Canadian-born American mathematician | |
Harriet Frank, Jr., American screenwriter, Hud, Norma Rae | |
Nicholas Parsons, English actor and television presenter, Just a Minute | |
Anne Cox Chambers, American media heiress, philanthropist, and ambassador | |
Mary Higgins Clark, American writer, nicknamed "The Queen of Suspense" | |
Gene Reynolds, American actor and television writer, producer, and director, M*A*S*H | |
George Steiner, French-born American literary critic | |
Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan president (1979-2002) | |
Stanley Cohen, American Nobel Prize-winning biochemist | |
Kirk Douglas, American actor, Lust for Life, Paths of Glory, Spartacus | |
Beverly Pepper, American sculptor | |
Roger Kahn, American writer, The Boys of Summer | |
Orson Bean, American actor, TV's Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and game show panelist | |
Marge Redmond, American actress, The Trouble with Angels, TV's The Flying Nun | |
A. E. Hotchner, American writer, Papa Hemingway, King of the Hill, and philanthropist | |
Donald Stratton, American World War II veteran, survivor of the Pearl Harbor attack on the USS Arizona | |
Henry Gray, American blues pianist and singer | |
Lisel Mueller, German-born American poet, The Need to Hold Still | |
Täo Porchon-Lynch, Indian-born American yoga instructor | |
Diana Serra Cary, American child actress, billed as "Baby Peggy Montgomery" | |
John Franzese, Italian-born American mobster | |
Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician, portrayed in the film Hidden Figures | |
Lee Phillip Bell, American talk show host and soap opera creator, The Young and the Restless | |
Mario Bunge, Argentinian-born Canadian physicist and philosopher | |
Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian prime minister (1981-1982) and president (1981-2011) | |
Freeman Dyson, English-born American theoretical physicist and mathematician | |
Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan Roman Catholic priest and poet | |
James Lipton, American actor and television host, Inside the Actors Studio | |
Amo Houghton, American politician, New York representative (1987-2005) | |
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian diplomat, United Nations Secretary-General (1982-1991) | |
Max von Sydow, Swedish actor, The Seventh Seal, The Exorcist, Pelle the Conqueror | |
Anton Coppola, American conductor and composer, Sacco and Vanzetti | |
Richard K. Guy, English mathematician | |
Suzy Delair, French actress and singer | |
Stuart Whitman, American actor, The Mark, TV's Cimarron Strip | |
Maggie Griffin, American reality-television personality, My Life on the D-List | |
Catherine Hamlin, Australian obstetrician and gynecologist, co-founded the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital | |
Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist, the Astérix series | |
Joseph Lowery, American civil rights activist, co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference | |
Jan Howard, American country singer, "Evil on Your Mind" | |
Philip W. Anderson, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist | |
Manolis Glezos, Greek World War II resistance fighter and politician | |
Hau Pei-tsun, Chinese premier (1990-1993) | |
Bucky Pizzarelli, American jazz guitarist | |
William Frankland, English allergist and immunologist | |
Honor Blackman, English actress, Goldfinger, TV's The Avengers | |
E. Margaret Burbidge, English-born American astrophysicist | |
Herb Stempel, American television personality, figure in the 1950’s quiz show scandal | |
Mort Drucker, American cartoonist, regular contributor to Mad magazine | |
Phyllis Lyon, American gay rights activist | |
Stirling Moss, English race car driver | |
Rubem Fonseca, Brazilian writer, Agosto | |
Lee Konitz, American jazz saxophonist and composer | |
Gene Deitch, American illustrator and animated film director, Tom Terrific | |
James M. Beggs, American government official, Administrator of NASA (1981-1985) | |
John Ericson, German-born American actor, Bad Day at Black Rock, TV's General Hospital | |
Jean Erdman, American dancer and choreographer | |
Don Shula, American football player and coach | |
Jerry Stiller, American comedian and actor, TV's Seinfeld, The King of Queens | |
Michel Piccoli, French actor, Belle de Jour | |
Gabriel Bacquier, French opera singer | |
Jimmy Cobb, American jazz drummer | |
Bruce Jay Friedman, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter, Stir Crazy, Splash | |
William Sessions, American government official, FBI Director (1987-1993) | |
Jean Raspail, French writer, The Camp of the Saints | |
Jean Kennedy Smith, American diplomat and philanthropist | |
Vera Lynn, English singer, "We'll Meet Again", nicknamed "The Forces' Sweetheart" | |
Joe Sinnott, American comic book artist | |
Milton Glaser, American graphic designer and illustrator, created the "I ❤ NY" logo | |
Johnny Mandel, American composer, arranger, and songwriter, "The Shadow of Your Smile" | |
Carl Reiner, American comedian, TV's Your Show of Shows, actor, and motion picture director, The Jerk | |
Hugh Downs, American broadcaster and television host, Today, 20/20 | |
Georg Ratzinger, German Catholic priest, musician, and conductor | |
Earl Cameron, Bermudian-born English actor, The Interpreter | |
Ennio Morricone, Italian composer and film scorer, The Mission | |
Frank Popper, Austro-Hungarian-born French art historian | |
Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina, cabaret singer, and actress | |
J. I. Packer, English-born Canadian theologian, author of Knowing God | |
Charles Evers, American civil rights activist and politician | |
Olivia de Havilland, American Oscar-winning actress, Gone with the Wind, The Heiress | |
Bent Fabric, Danish pianist and composer, "Alley Cat" | |
Lee Teng-hui, Taiwanese president (1988-2000) | |
Leon Fleisher, American pianist and conductor | |
Eric Bentley, English-born American critic, playwright, and cabaret performer | |
Brent Scowcroft, American government official, National Security Advisor (1975-1977, 1989-1993) | |
Bernard Bailyn, American historian, author of The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution | |
Tony Charmoli, American choreographer and television director | |
Franca Valeri, Italian actress, The Sign of Venus | |
Sumner Redstone, American media mogul, chairman and CEO of Viacom | |
Slade Gorton, American politician, Washington senator (1981-1987, 1989-2001) | |
Borys Paton, Ukrainian scientist | |
Allan Rich, American actor, Serpico, Amistad | |
Arnold Spielberg, American electrical engineer, designed the GE-225 mainframe computer | |
Ronald Rosser, American Korean War Medal of Honor recipient | |
Irving Kanarek, American defense attorney, represented Charles Manson and the "Onion Field" killer | |
Annie Cordy, Belgian singer and actress | |
Bill Gates, Sr., American philanthropist | |
Luboš Perek, Czech astronomer | |
John Turner, English-born Canadian prime minister (1984) | |
Arthur Ashkin, American Nobel Prize-winning physicist | |
Jackie Stallone, American astrologer and wrestling promoter | |
Juliette Gréco, French singer and actress, Orpheus | |
Yuri Orlov, Russian-born American physicist and human rights activist | |
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Kuwaiti emir (2006-2020) | |
Murray Schisgal, American playwright, Luv, and screenwriter, Tootsie | |
Mark Andrews, American politician, North Dakota representative (1963-1981) and senator (1981-1987) | |
Mike Foster, American politician, Louisiana governor (1996-2004) | |
Tommy Rall, American dancer and actor, Kiss Me Kate, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | |
Tom Kennedy, American game show host, You Don't Say!, Name That Tune | |
Whitey Ford, American baseball player | |
Charles Moore, American Olympic gold medal-winning track and field athlete | |
Roberta McCain, American political figure, mother of 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain | |
Rhonda Fleming, American actress, Spellbound, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court | |
Alan S. Boyd, American government official, Secretary of Transportation (1967-1969) | |
James Randi, Canadian-born American magician, billed as "The Amazing Randi" | |
Marge Champion, American dancer, choreographer, and actress | |
Frank Horvat, Italian-born French photographer | |
Jan Myrdal, Swedish writer, Confessions of a Disloyal European, and political activist | |
Sean Connery, Scottish Oscar-winning actor, the James Bond film series, The Untouchables | |
Betty Dodson, American sex educator, author of Sex for One: The Joy of Selfloving | |
Geoffrey Palmer, English actor, A Fish Called Wanda, TV's As Time Goes By | |
Cándido Camero, Cuban-born jazz percussionist | |
Norm Crosby, American comedian | |
Howie Meeker, Canadian hockey player, sports announcer, and politician | |
Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese Nobel Prize-winning physicist | |
Roger Jepsen, American politician, Iowa senator (1979-1985) | |
Jan Morris, English-born Welsh travel writer | |
David Dinkins, American politician, New York City mayor (1990-1993) | |
Flor Silvestre, Mexican singer and actress | |
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing, French president (1974-1981) | |
Alison Lurie, American writer, Foreign Affairs | |
Chuck Yeager, American Air Force officer and test pilot, first person to exceed the speed of sound | |
Jack Steinberger, German-born American Nobel Prize-winning physicist | |
William Winter, American politician, Mississippi governor (1980-1984) | |
James Gunn, American science fiction writer and editor | |
Ivry Gitlis, Israeli violinist | |
George Blake, Dutch-born English spy, worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union | |
Claude Bolling, French jazz pianist and composer | |
Pierre Cardin, Italian-born French fashion designer | |
Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist, member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet | |
Robert Hossein, French actor, motion picture director, and screenwriter, Night Is Not for Sleep |