Kim Jong-il (1941-2011)
World Leader
1
Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999)
Saxophonist
2
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
Director
3
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
War Hero
4
Harold Holt (1908-1967)
Politician
5
Jennifer Jones (1919-2009)
Movie Actress
6
Leopold II (1835-1909)
King
7
Claire Hartley (2001-2018)
Family Member
8
Rumi (1207-1273)
Poet
9
Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020)
Movie Actor
10
Juan Vicente Gómez (1857-1935)
11
William Jackson (1759-1828)
12
Otto Graham (1921-2003)
Football Player
13
Dana Andrews (1909-1992)
14
Edwin Binney (1866-1934)
Inventor
15
Henry Heimlich (1920-2016)
Doctor
16
Rex Allen (1920-1999)
TV Actor
17
Cesaria Évora (1941-2011)
Pop Singer
18
Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)
Anthropologist
19
Alaina Reed Hall (1946-2009)
TV Actress
20
Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962)
21
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)
22
Sammy Baugh (1914-2008)
23
Captain Beefheart (1941-2010)
Rock Singer
24
Ruby Florence Murray (1935-1996)
25
Hayden Fry (1929-2019)
Football Coach
26
Charles Devoe (1982-2010)
Model
27
Jack Anderson (1922-2005)
Journalist
28
Joe Gill (1919-2006)
Comic Book Author
29
Dina Manfredini (1897-2012)
Supercentenarian
30
Desire Magnus (1828-1883)
Pianist
31
Shriram Lagoo (1927-2019)
32
Big Joe Williams (1903-1982)
Guitarist
33
Mike Hodges (1932-2022)
34
Alan Tilvern (1918-2003)
Stage Actor
35
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
Novelist
36
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Pop Artist
37
Zaevion Dobson (2000-2015)
38
Olinde Rodrigues (1795-1851)
Mathematician
39
Alexander Herrmann (1844-1896)
Magician
40
Feliciano Tavares (1920-2008)
41
William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)
42
Michael Okpara (1920-1984)
43
Justin Levens (1980-2008)
MMA Fighter
44
Larry Sherry (1935-2006)
Baseball Player
45
Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846-1926)
Entrepreneur
46
Don Ellis (1934-1978)
Trumpet Player
47
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
48
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