03/18/1837 - 06/24/1908
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837 – June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States. Cleveland is the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms (1885–1889 and 1893–1897) and therefore is the onl...
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06/18/1829 - 02/17/1909
Geronimo (Chiricahua: Goyaałé, "one who yawns"; often spelled Goyathlay or Goyahkla in English) (June 16, 1829 – February 17, 1909) was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who fought against Mexico a...
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08/28/1947 - 06/25/2011
Actress Alice Playten, whose career spanned nearly five decades in some of Broadway and television's most recognizable productions, passed away June 25, 2011 from heart failure at Sloan Kettering Hospital. She was 63 years old.
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05/03/1910 - 10/18/2011
Norman Lewis Corwin (May 3, 1910 – October 18, 2011) was an American writer, screenwriter, producer, essayist and teacher of journalism and writing.
12/16/1866 - 12/13/1944
Wassily Wassilyevich Kandinsky (16 December 1866 – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter, and art theorist. He is credited with painting the first modern abstract works.
09/16/1927 - 06/23/2011
Peter Michael Falk (September 16, 1927 – June 23, 2011) was an American actor, best known for his role as Lieutenant Columbo in the television series Columbo. He appeared in numerous films and television guest roles and was nominated for an...
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Bud Freeman (Lawrence Freeman)
04/13/1906 - 03/15/1991
Lawrence "Bud" Freeman (April 13, 1906 - March 15, 1991) was a U.S. jazz musician, bandleader, and composer, known mainly for playing the tenor saxophone, but also able at the clarinet. He was one of the most influential and important ja...
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12/05/1979 - 05/11/2003
Ennis Haywood (December 5, 1979 – May 11, 2003) is a former American football running back in the National Football League for the Dallas Cowboys.
02/26/1920 - 05/17/2004
Tony Randall (February 26, 1920 – May 17, 2004) was a U.S. actor, comic, producer and director.
06/15/1880 - 03/21/1934
Fred Balzar (June 15, 1880 - March 21, 1934) was a governor of Nevada in 1927-34.
09/24/1896 - 12/21/1940
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (Sept. 24, 1896—died Dec. 21, 1940) American short-story writer and novelist famous for his depictions of the Jazz Age (the 1920s), his most brilliant novel being The Great Gatsby (1925). His private life, with h...
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09/01/1875 - 03/19/1950
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
09/01/1920 - 03/20/2010
Mary Elizabeth "Liz" Sutherland Carpenter (September 1, 1920 – March 20, 2010) was a writer, feminist, former reporter, media advisor, speechwriter, political humorist, and public relati...
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Walt Disney (Walter Elias Disney)
12/05/1901 - 12/15/1966
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist. Disney is famous for...
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10/26/1915 - 01/23/2010
Royland Earl Wild (November 26, 1915 – January 23, 2010) was an American pianist widely recognized as a leading virtuoso of his generation. Harold C. Schonberg called him a "super-virtuoso in theHorow...
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