05/06/1856 - 02/20/1920
Robert Edwin Peary, Sr. (May 6, 1856 – February 20, 1920) was an American explorer who claimed to have led the first expedition, on April 6, 1909, to reach the geographic North Pole. Peary's claim was widely credited for most of the 20th...
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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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10/05/1950 - 12/26/2011
James Rizzi (October 5, 1950 – December 26, 2011) was an American pop artist who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Until his death he resided and worked in a studio/loft in the SoHo section of Manhattan.
02/18/1936 - 03/19/2008
Philip Jones Griffiths (18 February 1936 - 19 March 2008) was a Welsh photojournalist known for his coverage of the Vietnam war.
07/03/1957 - 11/15/2009
Ken Ober (July 3, 1957–November 15, 2009) was an American game show host, comedian, and actor.
03/30/1967 - 01/10/2008
Christopher Nicol Bowman (March 30, 1967 – January 10, 2008) was an American figure skater. He was a two-time U.S. national champion and two-time World medalist. He won the 1983 World Junior Figure Ska...
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Wilt Chamberlain (Wilton Norman Chamberlain)
08/21/1936 - 10/12/1999
Wilton Norman "Wilt" Chamberlain (August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional NBA basketball player for the Philadelphia/San Francisco Warriors, the Philadelphia 76ers and the Los Angeles Lakers; he also played...
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Bobby Fischer (Robert James Fischer)
03/09/1943 - 01/17/2008
Robert James "Bobby" Fischer (March 9, 1943 – January 17, 2008) was an American chess player and the eleventh World Chess Champion. He is widely considered one of the greatest chess players of all time. Fischer was also a best-sell...
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02/08/1932 - 04/07/2005
Henry Clifford Allison was a racing driver who participated in Formula One during seasons 1958 to 1961 for the Lotus, Scuderia Centro Sud, Ferrari and UDT Laystall teams.
12/14/1945 - 02/26/2011
Gregory Bryant Goossen (December 14, 1945 – February 26, 2011) is a former catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball, playing from 1965 through 1970 for four different clubs in the American and National leagues. Listed at 6' 1...
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11/20/1924 - 10/14/2010
Benoît B. Mandelbrot (20 November 1924 – 14 October 2010) was French-American mathematician universally known as the father of fractals. Fractals have been employed to describe diverse behaviour in economics, finance, the stock ma...
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10/18/1939 - 11/24/1963
Lee Harvey Oswald was, according to four government investigations, the assassin of President of the United States John F. Kennedy, by firearm in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
Jimmy Castor (James Walter Castor)
06/23/1940 - 01/16/2012
James Walter "Jimmy" Castor (June 23, 1940 – January 16, 2012) was an American pop and funk musician. He is best known as a fun disco/funk saxophonist, with his biggest hit single being 1972's million seller, "Troglodyte (...
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03/29/1917 - 04/14/2008
Thomas Francis Holmes (March 29, 1917 — April 14, 2008) was an American right and center fielder and manager in Major League Baseball who played nearly his entire career for the Boston Braves.
12/12/1981 - 07/25/2011
Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (December 12, 1981 – July 25, 2011) was an American World Cup aerial skier from Boise, Idaho, skiing out of Bogus Basin. A three-time Olympian, he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouve...
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