10/02/1869 - 01/30/1948
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi as the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement. He pioneered satyagraha. This is defined as resistance to tyranny through mass civil disobedience, a philosophy firmly...
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04/02/1914 - 08/05/2000
Sir Alec Guinness, (2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. He was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets in which he played eight different characters. He lat...
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Burt Lancaster (Burton Stephen Lancaster)
11/02/1913 - 10/20/1994
Burton Stephen "Burt" Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American film actor noted for his athletic physique and distinctive smile (which he called "The Grin"). Later he took roles that went again...
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08/13/1899 - 04/29/1980
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres.
After a successful career in his native United...
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04/28/1758 - 07/04/1831
James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth President of the United States (1817–1825). Monroe was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States. Monroe is most noted for his proclamation of the...
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04/02/1925 - 01/27/2004
Don Stansauk (April 2, 1925 - January 27, 2004)was a professional wrestler and actor, known by his ring name, Hard Boiled Haggerty. He was previously a professional American football player, and became a successful character actor after his wrestl...
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03/06/1860 - 03/30/1934
Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar (6 March 1860 – 30 March 1934), was a Scottish politician and colonial governor. He served as the sixth Governor-General of Australia (1914–1920), and is considered as proba...
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02/01/1915 - 02/23/2000
Sir Stanley Matthews, (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being...
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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.
03/01/1904 - 12/15/1944
Alton Glenn Miller (March 1, 1904 – missing in action December 15, 1944) was an American jazz musician (trombone), arranger, composer, and bandleader in the swing era. He was one of the best-selling recording artists from 1939 to 1943, leadi...
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Carrie Snodgress (Caroline Snodgress)
05/27/1945 - 04/01/2004
Caroline "Carrie" Snodgress (October 27, 1945 – April 1, 2004) was an American actress.
Mike Starr (Michael Christopher Starr)
04/04/1966 - 03/08/2011
Michael Christopher "Mike" Starr (April 4, 1966 – March 8, 2011) was an American musician, best known as the original bassist in Alice in Chains, who he played with from the band's formation in 1987 until 1993.
11/14/1915 - 06/16/2005
Billy Bauer (November 14, 1915 – June 16, 2005) was an American cool jazz guitarist.
Bauer was an impressive jazz guitarist. He was a melodic, tasteful and sensitive improviser, and a superb accompanist and rhythm-section member with Her...
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04/22/1918 - 04/20/2004
Mary McGrory (August 22, 1918 – April 20, 2004) was a liberal American journalist and columnist. She was a fierce opponent of the Vietnam War and was on Richard Nixon's enemies list...
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10/01/1928 - 05/08/1994
George Peppard, Jr. (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American film and television actor. He secured a major role when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), he is probably best known to younger audien...
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