Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Politician
1
Tom Petty (1950-2017)
Rock Singer
2
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
Movie Actor
3
Bob Gibson (1935-2020)
Baseball Player
4
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
5
Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Novelist
6
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
TV Actor
7
Harriet Nelson (1909-1994)
TV Actress
8
Francis Lee (1944-2023)
Soccer Player
9
Henry Ringling North (1909-1993)
Entrepreneur
10
William Ellery Channing (1780-1842)
Religious Leader
11
Cookie Monsta (1989-2020)
DJ
12
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
13
Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)
Journalist
14
George Grizzard (1928-2007)
15
August Wilson (1945-2005)
Playwright
16
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Pianist
17
Austin Peay (1876-1927)
18
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Movie Actress
19
Manchán Magan (1970-2025)
Non-Fiction Author
20
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
21
Otto Gunsche (1917-2003)
22
Elfriede Geiringer (1905-1998)
23
John Andre (1750-1780)
War Hero
24
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John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003)
25
Tamara Dobson (1947-2006)
Model
26
John Wes Townley (1989-2021)
Race Car Driver
27
Neal Dow (1804-1897)
28
Kim Shattuck (1963-2019)
29
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
30
Paul Hartman (1904-1973)
Stage Actor
31
Sidney Walton (1919-2021)
32
PHiZZURP (1992-2016)
YouTube Star
33
John Groff (1890-1990)
34
Umer Shareef (1955-2021)
Comedian
35
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
36
Hermenegildo Sabat (1933-2018)
Cartoonist
37
Coleridge Goode (1914-2015)
Bassist
38
Frances Bergen (1922-2006)
39
Geoff Emerick (1945-2018)
Sound Designer
40
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927)
Biologist
41
Peter Medawar (1915-1987)
Zoologist
42
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
43
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
44
Ken Tobias (1945-2024)
Folk Singer
45
Nguyen Chi Thien (1939-2012)
Poet
46
Donna Ares (1977-2017)
World Music Singer
47
Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962)
48
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