Henry Fonda (1905-1982)
Movie Actor
1
Lauren Bacall (1924-2014)
Movie Actress
2
Loretta Young (1913-2000)
3
Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988)
Painter
4
Robert Patterson (1933-2009)
Drummer
5
Walter Rudolf Hess (1881-1973)
Doctor
6
Teddy Ray (1990-2022)
Comedian
7
Ruby Wilson (1948-2016)
Gospel Singer
8
William Blake (1757-1827)
Philosopher
9
Kyu Sakamoto (1941-1985)
World Music Singer
10
Les Paul (1915-2009)
Guitarist
11
Gulshan Kumar (1956-1997)
Entrepreneur
12
Ian Fleming (1908-1964)
Novelist
13
John Cage (1912-1992)
Composer
14
Una Stubbs (1937-2021)
TV Actress
15
DJ Arafat (1986-2019)
DJ
16
Prince Friso (1968-2013)
Prince
17
Gareth Jones (1905-1935)
Journalist
18
Robert Robinson (1927-2011)
TV Show Host
19
Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)
Poet
20
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James Russell Lowell (1819-1891)
21
Roger Q. Williams (1894-1976)
Pilot
22
Eliphalet Remington (1793-1861)
23
James B. Sumner (1887-1955)
Chemist
24
Merv Griffin (1925-2007)
25
Louisa Lawson (1848-1920)
26
George Stephenson (1781-1848)
Engineer
27
Wolfgang Petersen (1941-2022)
Director
28
Edith Windsor (1929-2017)
Activist
29
Anna Held (1872-1918)
Stage Actress
30
Salvador Sánchez (1959-1982)
Boxer
31
Stewart Granger (1913-1993)
32
Thomas Mann (1875-1955)
33
Andre Kim (1935-2010)
Fashion Designer
34
Olly Marmon (1991-2024)
Stylist
35
Dorothy Mackaill (1903-1990)
36
Emilio Flores Márquez (1908-2021)
Supercentenarian
37
William Shockley (1910-1989)
Physicist
38
Enos Slaughter (1916-2002)
Baseball Player
39
Kseniya Alexandrova (1994-2025)
Pageant Contestant
40
Dave Edwards (1941-2000)
Saxophonist
41
Lenny Breau (1941-1984)
42
Esther Forbes (1891-1967)
Children's Author
43
Joe Kubert (1926-2012)
Comic Book Artist
44
Donald Erb (1927-2008)
45
Karl Ziegler (1898-1973)
46
Arlene Martel (1936-2014)
47
Sara Seegar (1914-1990)
48
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