Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Politician
1
Tom Petty (1950-2017)
Rock Singer
2
Bob Gibson (1935-2020)
Baseball Player
3
Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Novelist
4
Marjoe Gortner (1944-2026)
Religious Leader
5
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
Movie Actor
6
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
7
Francis Lee (1944-2023)
Soccer Player
8
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
TV Actor
9
August Wilson (1945-2005)
Playwright
10
Donna Ares (1977-2017)
World Music Singer
11
George Grizzard (1928-2007)
12
John Groff (1890-1990)
War Hero
13
Essington Lewis (1881-1961)
Entrepreneur
14
Harriet Nelson (1909-1994)
TV Actress
15
John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003)
16
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
17
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Pianist
18
Elfriede Geiringer (1905-1998)
19
Kim Shattuck (1963-2019)
20
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Cookie Monsta (1989-2020)
DJ
21
Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)
Journalist
22
Coleridge Goode (1914-2015)
Bassist
23
Austin Peay (1876-1927)
24
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Movie Actress
25
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
26
Sidney Walton (1919-2021)
27
Umer Shareef (1955-2021)
Comedian
28
John Andre (1750-1780)
29
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
30
Tamara Dobson (1947-2006)
Model
31
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
32
Sudhamoy Pramanick (1884-1974)
33
Hermenegildo Sabat (1933-2018)
Cartoonist
34
Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897)
Poet
35
PHiZZURP (1992-2016)
YouTube Star
36
Otto Gunsche (1917-2003)
37
Manchán Magan (1970-2025)
Non-Fiction Author
38
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
39
Ken Tobias (1945-2024)
Folk Singer
40
Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962)
41
Geoff Emerick (1945-2018)
Sound Designer
42
Henry Ringling North (1909-1993)
43
William Shea (1907-1991)
Lawyer
44
Samuel Paynter (1768-1845)
45
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
46
Sarah Danser (1990-2024)
Diver
47
John Wes Townley (1989-2021)
Race Car Driver
48
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