Kim Jong-il (1941-2011)
World Leader
1
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
Director
2
Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999)
Saxophonist
3
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
War Hero
4
Harold Holt (1908-1967)
Politician
5
Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020)
Movie Actor
6
Leopold II (1835-1909)
King
7
Claire Hartley (2001-2018)
Family Member
8
Jennifer Jones (1919-2009)
Movie Actress
9
Juan Vicente Gómez (1857-1935)
10
Rumi (1207-1273)
Poet
11
Otto Graham (1921-2003)
Football Player
12
William Jackson (1759-1828)
13
Don Ellis (1934-1978)
Trumpet Player
14
William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)
15
Rex Allen (1920-1999)
TV Actor
16
Dana Andrews (1909-1992)
17
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)
18
Captain Beefheart (1941-2010)
Rock Singer
19
Cesaria Évora (1941-2011)
Pop Singer
20
Zaevion Dobson (2000-2015)
21
Edwin Binney (1866-1934)
Inventor
22
Alaina Reed Hall (1946-2009)
TV Actress
23
Sammy Baugh (1914-2008)
24
Kaspar Hauser (1812-1833)
25
Alexander Herrmann (1844-1896)
Magician
26
Mike Hodges (1932-2022)
27
Big Joe Williams (1903-1982)
Guitarist
28
Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)
Anthropologist
29
Henry Heimlich (1920-2016)
Doctor
30
Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962)
31
Hayden Fry (1929-2019)
Football Coach
32
Jack Anderson (1922-2005)
Journalist
33
Joe Gill (1919-2006)
Comic Book Author
34
Alan Tilvern (1918-2003)
Stage Actor
35
Dina Manfredini (1897-2012)
Supercentenarian
36
Desire Magnus (1828-1883)
Pianist
37
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
38
Shriram Lagoo (1927-2019)
39
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
Novelist
40
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Pop Artist
41
Olinde Rodrigues (1795-1851)
Mathematician
42
Charles Devoe (1982-2010)
Model
43
Feliciano Tavares (1920-2008)
44
Justin Levens (1980-2008)
MMA Fighter
45
Michael Okpara (1920-1984)
46
Larry Sherry (1935-2006)
Baseball Player
47
Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846-1926)
Entrepreneur
48
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