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Allen, Steve
The original host of
The Tonight Show
Anderson, Marian
The Black contralto who sang at the Lincoln Memorial
Atlas, Charles
Mail-order bodybuilding expert
Ball, Lucille
The red-headed star of TV's
I Love Lucy
Borge, Victor
The witty pianist who created
Comedy in Music
Bosley, Tom
Mr. C, the dad on TV's
Happy Days
Breitbart, Andrew
The right-wing activist who brought down Rep. Anthony Weiner
Brett, Jeremy
TV's Sherlock Holmes in the 1980s and '90s
Brubeck, David
The jazz pianist who did the song "Take Five"
Capone, Al
The American gangster known as "Scarface"
Capra, Frank
The director of
It's a Wonderful Life
Carlin, George
The profane comedian known for his "7 Dirty Words" routine
Carmichael, Hoagy
The composer of "Stardust"
Chamberlain, Wilt
The NBA legend who scored 100 points in a game in 1962
Clark, Dick
The host of
American Bandstand
and
New Year's Rockin' Eve
Cleveland, Grover
The 22nd and 24th president of the United States
Clift, Montgomery
Pvt. Prewitt in the film
From Here to Eternity
Coffin, William Sloane
The Yale chaplain who opposed the U.S. war in Vietnam
Conrad, Joseph
Author of
Heart of Darkness
Conrad, Robert
The star of TV's
The Wild Wild West
Curtis, Tony
The star of
Some Like it Hot
Dali, Salvador
The surrealist artist with the curly mustache
Dangerfield, Rodney
The comedian who said "I don't get no respect"
Dick, Philip K.
The mind-bending sci-fi author of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"
Diddley, Bo
The early rock 'n' roll inventor nicknamed "The Originator"
Durst, Robert
The eccentric killer featured in the HBO show
The Jinx
Einstein, Albert
Creator of the theory of relativity
Eisenhower, Dwight
Supreme commander of Allied forces in WWII
Eisenstein, Sergei
Russian director of the film
The Battleship Potemkin
Evans, Dale
Partner of singing cowboy Roy Rogers
Fisher, Carrie
Princess Leia in
Star Wars
Fonda, Henry
Tom Joad in the movie
The Grapes of Wrath
Gable, Clark
Rhett Butler in
Gone With the Wind
Garcia, Jerry
Leader of The Grateful Dead
Gottfried, Gilbert
The comedian who voiced Iago in 'Aladdin'
Haber, Fritz
The German chemist who made fertilizer and poison gas in World War I
Hamilton, Margaret
The wicked witch in
The Wizard of Oz
Hayes, Rutherford
President of the United States, 1877-1881
Hefner, Hugh
Founder of the
Playboy
empire
Heller, Joseph
The author of
Catch-22
Hillary, Sir Edmund
The first man to climb Mount Everest
Jackson, Mahalia
Gospel singing legend
Jackson, Michael
The eccentric 'King of Pop' who recorded the album
Thriller
Jones, Chuck
Animated director of Bugs Bunny
Jones, Davy
The good-looking front man for The Monkees
Joseph, Chief
Chief of the Nez Perce tribe
Keane, Bil
The creator of the comic strip 'The Family Circus'
Kim Il-sung
Longtime "Great Leader" of North Korea
Kinski, Klaus
Star of Werner Herzog's
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Lord, Jack
Steve McGarrett on TV's
Hawaii Five-O
Lubitsch, Ernst
The director of
Ninotchka
Marconi, Guglielmo
Italian pioneer of wireless telegraphy
Marcos, Ferdinand
President of The Philippines, 1965-1986
Marshall, Thurgood
The first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Matthau, Walter
Curmudgeonly star of the film
The Odd Couple
Melville, Herman
The author of
Moby-Dick
Milosevic, Slobodan
President of Serbia, 1989-1997
Morrison, Jim
Lead singer of the band The Doors
Morton, Jelly Roll
The composer of
Jelly Roll Blues
Murphy, Brittany
Eminem's girlfriend in the 2002 film
8 Mile
Muskie, Edmund
U.S. Senator from Maine, 1959-80
Nesmith, Michael
The tall Monkee in the wool watch cap
Parker, Dorothy
The oft-quoted female wit of the Algonquin Round Table
Phillips, John
Co-founder of The Mamas and The Papas
Puig, Manuel
The author of
Kiss of the Spider Woman
Rayburn, Gene
Host of TV's
Match Game
Reagan, Nancy
First Lady of the United States, 1981-89
Reeve, Christopher
The
Superman
star who later was paralyzed
Remarque, Erich Maria
Author of
All Quiet on the Western Front
Rogers, Roy
Star of TV's
Roy Rogers Show
Russert, Tim
Host of TV's
Meet the Press
, 1991-2008
Sakall, S.Z. "Cuddles"
Carl the headwaiter in the film
Casablanca
Sandburg, Carl
Author of the poem
Chicago
Sayers, Dorothy
The creator of Lord Peter Wimsey
Serling, Rod
The creator and host of
The Twilight Zone
Sharon, Ariel
Prime minister of Israel, 2001-2006
Silverstein, Shel
Author of
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
Co-founder of the Seneca Falls Convention
Stanwyck, Barbara
The dangerous femme fatale in the film
Double Indemnity
Stevenson, Teófilo
The Cuban heavyweight who won three Olympic gold medals
Taylor, Elizabeth
The much-married star of
Cleopatra
Thomas, Danny
Star of TV's
Make Room For Daddy
Thornton, Willie Mae
Blues legend and original singer of "Hound Dog"
Truman, Harry S.
President of the United States, 1945-53
Twain, Mark
The author of
Tom Sawyer
and
Huckleberry Finn
Unitas, Johnny
Baltimore Colts quarterback, 1956-72
Van Cleef, Lee
The "bad" guy in the western
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Wallace, George
Segregationist governor of the 1960s
Williams, Ted
The last American major leaguer to hit .400
Wilson, Charlie
The Texas Congressman who funded Afghan rebels in the 1980s
Wong, Anna May
Hollywood's first Chinese American film star
Yeltsin, Boris
The first post-Gorbachev president of Russia
heart attack
heart failure and pneumonia
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