Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Politician
1
Tom Petty (1950-2017)
Rock Singer
2
Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Novelist
3
Bob Gibson (1935-2020)
Baseball Player
4
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
Movie Actor
5
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
6
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
TV Actor
7
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
8
Harriet Nelson (1909-1994)
TV Actress
9
Cookie Monsta (1989-2020)
DJ
10
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Pianist
11
Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)
Journalist
12
August Wilson (1945-2005)
Playwright
13
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Movie Actress
14
Hermenegildo Sabat (1933-2018)
Cartoonist
15
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
16
Francis Lee (1944-2023)
Soccer Player
17
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
Entrepreneur
18
Austin Peay (1876-1927)
19
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
20
John Andre (1750-1780)
War Hero
21
Elfriede Geiringer (1905-1998)
22
Otto Gunsche (1917-2003)
23
PHiZZURP (1992-2016)
YouTube Star
24
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John Groff (1890-1990)
25
George Grizzard (1928-2007)
26
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
27
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
28
Tamara Dobson (1947-2006)
Model
29
Coleridge Goode (1914-2015)
Bassist
30
Paul Hartman (1904-1973)
Stage Actor
31
Umer Shareef (1955-2021)
Comedian
32
Donna Ares (1977-2017)
World Music Singer
33
Kim Shattuck (1963-2019)
34
John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003)
35
Sidney Walton (1919-2021)
36
Nguyen Chi Thien (1939-2012)
Poet
37
John Wes Townley (1989-2021)
Race Car Driver
38
Neal Dow (1804-1897)
39
Geoff Emerick (1945-2018)
Sound Designer
40
Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962)
41
Rebecca Caudill (1899-1985)
Children's Author
42
Ken Tobias (1945-2024)
Folk Singer
43
Ernest Renan (1823-1892)
Historian
44
Justus Muhlenpfordt (1911-2000)
Physicist
45
Frances Bergen (1922-2006)
46
William Ellery Channing (1780-1842)
Religious Leader
47
Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897)
48
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