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Risk Factor: Diabetes

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Risk Factor: Diabetes

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Gamal Abdel-Nasser Head of State 15-Jan-1918 28-Sep-1970 President of Egypt, 1956-70
Omar Abdel-Rahman Criminal 3-May-1938   The Blind Sheikh
Sami Al-Arian Criminal 14-Jan-1958   Professor convicted of funding terrorism
Yuri Andropov Head of State 14-Jun-1914 9-Feb-1984 Soviet General Secretary, 1982-84
Piers Anthony Novelist 6-Aug-1934   Xanth, Incarnations of Immortality
Rocky Aoki Business 9-Oct-1938 10-Jul-2008 Benihana founder
Arthur Ashe Tennis 10-Jul-1943 6-Feb-1993 First black man to win Wimbledon
Hoyt Axton Country Musician 25-Mar-1938 26-Oct-1999 Folk singer, songwriter, composer
Ann Ayars Actor 23-Jul-1918 27-Feb-1995 The Youngest Profession
Johann Sebastian Bach Composer 21-Mar-1685 28-Jul-1750 Baroque composer
LaVern Baker Singer 11-Nov-1929 10-Mar-1997 Jim Dandy
Syd Barrett Musician 6-Jan-1946 7-Jul-2006 Pink Floyd
Marion Barry Politician 6-Mar-1936   Twice Mayor of Washington, DC
Richard Bartlett Film Director 8-Nov-1922 11-Jun-1994 Joe Dakota
Warren A. Bechtel Business 12-Sep-1872 28-Aug-1933 Founder of Bechtel Corporation
Menachem Begin Head of State 16-Aug-1913 9-Mar-1992 Prime Minister of Israel, 1977-82
Brendan Behan Playwright 9-Feb-1923 20-Mar-1964 The Hostage
Alexander Graham Bell Inventor 3-Mar-1847 2-Aug-1922 Inventor of the telephone
Jack Benny Actor 14-Feb-1894 26-Dec-1974 The Jack Benny Show
Fred Berry Actor 13-Mar-1951 21-Oct-2003 Rerun on What's Happening!!
Halle Berry Actor 14-Aug-1966   Monster's Ball
Pierre Berton Author 12-Jul-1920 30-Nov-2004 Canadian writer and TV personality
Bruno Bettelheim Psychologist 28-Aug-1903 13-Mar-1990 Fraudulent child psychologist
John G. Brady Politician 25-May-1848 17-Dec-1918 Territorial Governor of Alaska 1897-1906
Wilford Brimley Actor 27-Sep-1934   Grandfatherly actor, shill for Oatmeal Industry
David Broder Journalist 11-Sep-1929 9-Mar-2011 Washington Post reporter
Robert H. Brooks Business 6-Feb-1937 16-Jul-2006 Hooters chairman
Danny Joe Brown Singer/Songwriter 24-Aug-1951 10-Mar-2005 Singer for Molly Hatchet
James Brown Singer 3-May-1933 25-Dec-2006 Godfather of Soul
Mordecai Brown Baseball 19-Oct-1876 14-Feb-1948 Three Finger Brown
Blanche K. Bruce Politician 1-Mar-1841 17-Mar-1898 US Senator, former slave
William F. Buckley Columnist 24-Nov-1925 27-Feb-2008 National Review
Ralph Bunche Diplomat 4-Aug-1904 9-Dec-1971 UN Mediator in Palestine 1948
Edward Bunker Author 31-Dec-1933 19-Jul-2005 Animal Factory
Delta Burke Actor 30-Jul-1956   Designing Women
Daniel H. Burnham Architect 4-Sep-1846 1-Jun-1912 Built skyscrapers and planned cities
James Cagney Actor 17-Jul-1899 30-Mar-1986 New York tough guy
Rory Calhoun Actor 8-Aug-1922 28-Apr-1999 Auto thief turned actor
Don Callander Novelist 23-Mar-1930 26-Jul-2008 Pyromancer
Nell Carter Actor 13-Sep-1948 23-Jan-2003 Housekeeper on Gimme A Break
Johnny Cash Country Musician 26-Feb-1932 12-Sep-2003 The Man in Black
Mary Cassatt Painter 22-May-1843 14-Jun-1926 American impressionist, lived in Paris
Paul Castellano Criminal 20-Jun-1915 16-Dec-1985 Gambino crime boss
Phoebe Cates Actor 16-Jul-1963   Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Paul Cézanne Painter 19-Jan-1839 22-Oct-1906 Post-Impressionist French painter
Wilt Chamberlain Basketball 21-Aug-1936 12-Oct-1999 Wilt the Stilt
Carol Channing Singer 31-Jan-1921   All-Singing All-Dancing
Sylvia Chase Journalist 23-Feb-1938   Co-Anchor of 20/20
Chemical Ali Government 1941 25-Jan-2010 Cousin of Saddam Hussein
Chiang Ching-Kuo Head of State 27-Apr-1910 13-Jan-1988 President of Nationalist China, 1978-88
Dick Clark TV Personality 30-Nov-1929 18-Apr-2012 American Bandstand
Bobby Clarke Hockey 13-Aug-1949   Philadelphia Flyers, 1969-84
Hal Clement Novelist 20-May-1922 29-Oct-2003 Mission of Gravity
Ty Cobb Baseball 18-Dec-1886 17-Jul-1961 Legendary Detroit Tigers hitter
Lansana Conté Head of State c. 1934 22-Dec-2008 President of Guinea, 1984-2008
Brian Cox Actor 1-Jun-1946   The original Hannibal Lecter
Bettino Craxi Head of State 24-Feb-1934 19-Jan-2000 Prime Minister of Italy, 1983-87
David Crosby Musician 14-Aug-1941   Crosby, Stills, and Nash
Marvin Davis Business 31-Aug-1925 25-Sep-2004 Oil magnate, former owner of 20th Century Fox
Miles Davis Jazz Musician 26-May-1926 28-Sep-1991 Jazz trumpeter, Kind of Blue
Paula Deen Chef 19-Jan-1947   Paula's Home Cooking
John Dehner Actor 23-Nov-1915 4-Feb-1992 Carousel
Charles Demuth Painter 8-Nov-1883 23-Oct-1935 I Saw the Figure Five in Gold
Vernon Dent Actor 16-Feb-1895 5-Nov-1963 Frequent foil to The Three Stooges
Richard DeVos Business 4-Mar-1926   Co-Founder of Amway
Bo Diddley Guitarist 30-Dec-1928 2-Jun-2008 Blues diddler and rectangular guitarist
Eric Dolphy Jazz Musician 20-Jun-1928 29-Jun-1964 Jazz saxophonist, clarinetist
James Doohan Actor 3-Mar-1920 20-Jul-2005 Scotty on Star Trek
François Duvalier Head of State 14-Apr-1907 21-Apr-1971 Ruthless "President for Life" of Haiti
Paul Eddington Actor 18-Jun-1927 4-Nov-1995 Jim Hacker on Yes, Prime Minister
Thomas Edison Inventor 11-Feb-1847 18-Oct-1931 Invented the light bulb
Richard J. Egan Business 28-Feb-1936 28-Aug-2009 Co-Founder, EMC Corporation
John Ehrlichman Government 20-Mar-1925 14-Feb-1999 Watergate criminal, served time
Dale Evans Country Musician 31-Oct-1912 7-Feb-2001 Singer and leading lady to Roy Rogers
King Fahd Royalty 1923 1-Aug-2005 King of Saudi Arabia, 1982-2005
Shepard Fairey Artist 15-Feb-1970   Andre the Giant Has A Posse
John Fante Author 8-Apr-1909 8-May-1983 Bukowski's idol
José Feliciano Singer 10-Sep-1945   Feliz Navidad
Freddy Fender Musician 4-Jun-1937 14-Oct-2006 Before the Next Teardrop Falls
Totie Fields Comic 7-May-1930 2-Aug-1978 Weight-conscious comedienne
Jon Finch Actor 2-Mar-1941   Frenzy
Ella Fitzgerald Singer 25-Apr-1917 15-Jun-1996 The First Lady of Jazz
Mick Fleetwood Musician 24-Jun-1947   Fleetwood Mac
Martin Fleischmann Chemist 29-Mar-1927 3-Aug-2012 Cold fusion crank
Jay C. Flippen Actor 6-Mar-1899 3-Feb-1971 The Killing
Mary Ford Singer 7-Jul-1924 30-Sep-1977 Les Paul & Mary Ford
Nathan Bedford Forrest Military 13-Jul-1821 29-Oct-1877 Confederate Cavalry General
William Fox Film/TV Producer 1-Jan-1879 8-May-1952 Founder of 20th Century Fox
Melvin Franklin Singer 12-Oct-1942 23-Feb-1995 Bass vocals for The Temptations
Joe Frazier Boxing 12-Jan-1944 7-Nov-2011 Smokin' Joe
Lucio Fulci Film Director 17-Jun-1927 13-Mar-1996 The Beyond
Stephen Furst Actor 8-May-1955   Vir on Babylon 5
Jerry Garcia Musician 1-Aug-1942 9-Aug-1995 Grateful Dead
Jeff Garlin Actor 5-Jun-1962   Jeff Greene on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Ghostface Killah Rapper 9-May-1970   Wu-Tang Clan
Kenneth A. Gibson Politician 15-May-1932   Mayor of Newark, 1970-86
Dizzy Gillespie Jazz Musician 21-Oct-1917 7-Jan-1993 Be-bop jazz trumpeter
Allen Ginsberg Poet 3-Jun-1926 5-Apr-1997 Howl!
Jackie Gleason Actor 26-Feb-1916 24-Jun-1987 Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners
Amon Goeth Criminal 12-Nov-1908 13-Sep-1946 Ran concentration camp at Plaszow
Al Goldstein Business 10-Jan-1936   Founder of Screw magazine
Mikhail Gorbachev Head of State 2-Mar-1931   Final leader of the Soviet Union
Jimmy The Greek TV Personality 9-Sep-1918 21-Apr-1996 Oddsmaker
Sydney Greenstreet Actor 27-Dec-1879 18-Jan-1954 Kaspar Gutman in The Maltese Falcon
John Howard Griffin Author 16-Jul-1920 9-Sep-1980 Black Like Me
Buddy Hackett Comic 31-Aug-1924 30-Jun-2003 Abrasive old school comic
Gus Hall Activist 8-Oct-1910 13-Oct-2000 Leader, Communist Party USA
H. Tracy Hall Chemist 20-Oct-1919 25-Jul-2008 Synthetic diamonds
Helene Hanff Author 15-Apr-1916 9-Apr-1997 84, Charing Cross Road
Warren G. Harding Head of State 2-Nov-1865 2-Aug-1923 29th US President, 1921-23
Don Haskins Basketball 14-Mar-1930 7-Sep-2008 UTEP Head Basketball Coach, 1961-99
Dennis Hastert Politician 2-Jan-1942   Speaker of the House, 1999-2006
Hatshepsut Royalty c. 1502 BC c. 1458 BC Female Pharaoh of Egypt
Lionel Hebert Golf 20-Jan-1928 30-Dec-2000 Winner, 1957 PGA Championship
Ernest Hemingway Author 21-Jul-1899 2-Jul-1961 The Old Man And The Sea
Smith Hempstone, Jr. Diplomat 1-Feb-1929 19-Nov-2006 US Ambassador to Kenya, 1989-93
Pete Henry Football 31-Oct-1897 7-Feb-1952 NFL Hall-of-Famer
Christopher Hewett Actor 5-Apr-1922 3-Aug-2001 Mr. Belvedere
Dana Hill Actor 6-May-1964 15-Jul-1996 Audrey Griswold in European Vacation
Shirley Horn Musician 1-May-1934 20-Oct-2005 Here's To Life
Mike Huckabee Politician 24-Aug-1955   Governor of Arkansas, 1996-2007
Catfish Hunter Baseball 8-Apr-1946 9-Sep-1999 Pitched a perfect game in 1968
Samuel P. Huntington Author 18-Apr-1927 24-Dec-2008 The Clash of Civilizations
Oscar Hammerstein I Theatre Producer 8-May-1847 1-Aug-1919 Olympia Theatre
Kim Jong Il Head of State 16-Feb-1941 17-Dec-2011 Dictator of North Korea, 1994-2011
Guillermo Cabrera Infante Novelist 22-Apr-1929 21-Feb-2005 Tres Tristes Tigres
Charles Ives Composer 20-Oct-1874 19-May-1954 Third Symphony (The Camp Meeting)
Karl Gustav Jacobi Mathematician 10-Dec-1804 18-Feb-1851 Investigated elliptical functions
Rick James Musician 1-Feb-1948 6-Aug-2004 Superfreak
Bill Janklow Politician 13-Sep-1939 12-Jan-2012 Congressman and Governor of South Dakota
Waylon Jennings Country Musician 15-Jun-1937 13-Feb-2002 Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
Richard Jewell Victim 17-Nov-1962 29-Aug-2007 Innocent security guard blamed for bombing
Diamond Jim Brady Business 12-Aug-1856 13-Apr-1917 Larger-than-life millionaire
Daniel Johnston Singer/Songwriter 22-Jan-1961   Hi How Are You?
Nick Jonas Musician 16-Sep-1992   The Jonas Brothers
David Starr Jordan Biologist 19-Jan-1851 19-Sep-1931 Fishes of North and Middle America
Gordon Jump Actor 1-Apr-1932 22-Sep-2003 Maytag repairman who headed WKRP
Nancy Kelly Actor 25-Mar-1921 2-Jan-1995 The Bad Seed
Walt Kelly Cartoonist 25-Aug-1913 18-Oct-1973 Creator of Pogo
Ken Kesey Novelist 17-Sep-1935 10-Nov-2001 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Jack Kevorkian Doctor 26-May-1928 3-Jun-2011 Euthanasia enthusiast
Nikita Khrushchev Head of State 5-Apr-1894 11-Sep-1971 Deposed leader of the Soviet Union
B. B. King Musician 16-Sep-1925   King of the Blues
Billie Jean King Tennis 22-Nov-1943   Defeated Bobby Riggs in '73 Battle of the Sexes
Larry King Talk Show Host 19-Nov-1933   Larry King Live
Mabel King Actor 25-Dec-1932 9-Nov-1999 What's Happening!
Evel Knievel Daredevil 17-Oct-1938 30-Nov-2007 Daredevil and one-time action figure
Stanley Kramer Film Director 29-Sep-1913 19-Feb-2001 It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Mario Kreutzberger Game Show Host 28-Dec-1940   Don Francisco on Sábado Gigante
Ray Kroc Business 5-Oct-1902 14-Jan-1984 McDonald's fast food tycoon
Ray Kurzweil Inventor 12-Feb-1948   Age of Spiritual Machines
Patti LaBelle Singer 24-May-1944   Lady Marmalade
Fiorello LaGuardia Politician 11-Dec-1882 20-Sep-1947 New York City Mayor, 1934-45
Constant Lambert Composer 23-Aug-1905 21-Aug-1951 Rio Grande
Dick Lane Football 16-Apr-1928 29-Jan-2002 Night Train Lane
Rose Wilder Lane Author 5-Dec-1886 30-Oct-1968 The Discovery of Freedom
Rosemary Lane Actor 4-Apr-1914 25-Nov-1974 Four Daughters
David Lange Head of State 4-Aug-1942 13-Aug-2005 Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1984-89
Samuel W. T. Lanham Politician 4-Jul-1846 19-Jul-1908 Governor of Texas, 1903-07
Peggy Lee Singer 26-May-1920 21-Jan-2002 Is That All There Is?
Tommy Lee Drummer 3-Oct-1962   Mötley Crüe drummer
Larry Levenson Business c. 1936 23-Jan-1999 Founder of Plato's Retreat
Jerry Lewis Comic 16-Mar-1926   Muscular Dystrophy Association
Lil' Boosie Rapper 14-Nov-1983   Bad Azz
Meat Loaf Musician 27-Sep-1947   Bat Out of Hell
George Lucas Film Director 14-May-1944   Creator of Star Wars
Ricardo Flores Magón Anarchist 16-Sep-1873 21-Nov-1922 Agitator behind Mexican revolution
Winnie Mandela Relative 26-Sep-1936   Former wife of Nelson Mandela
Jerry Mathers Actor 2-Jun-1948   Beaver in Leave it to Beaver
Chris Matthews Talk Show Host 17-Dec-1945   Hardball with Chris Matthews
Drummond Matthews Geologist 5-Feb-1931 20-Jul-1997 Plate tectonics
Curtis Mayfield Musician 3-Jun-1942 26-Dec-1999 Superfly soundtrack
Hattie McDaniel Actor 10-Jun-1893 26-Oct-1952 Mammy in Gone with the Wind
John McKay Football 5-Jul-1923 10-Jun-2001 USC Trojans Head Coach, 1960-75
Ruth McKenney Author 18-Nov-1911 25-Jul-1972 My Sister Eileen
Leo McKern Actor 16-Mar-1920 23-Jul-2002 Travelling North, Rumpole of the Bailey
Edwin M. McMillan Physicist 18-Sep-1907 7-Sep-1991 Discovered neptunium and plutonium
Bret Michaels Singer 15-Mar-1963   Poison frontman
George Mikan Basketball 18-Jun-1924 1-Jun-2005 Minneapolis Lakers center
George R. Minot Doctor 2-Dec-1885 25-Feb-1950 Liver therapy for pernicious anemia
Mary Tyler Moore Actor 29-Dec-1936   The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Rudy Ray Moore Actor 17-Mar-1937 19-Oct-2008 Dolemite
Tracy Morgan Actor 10-Nov-1968   Saturday Night Live
Richard Mulligan Actor 13-Nov-1932 26-Sep-2000 Burt Campbell in Soap
Talbot Mundy Novelist 23-Apr-1879 5-Aug-1940 King of the Khyber Rifles
Brittany Murphy Actor 10-Nov-1977 20-Dec-2009 Clueless
Harry Nilsson Singer/Songwriter 15-Jun-1941 15-Jan-1994 Me and My Arrow
Carroll O'Connor Actor 2-Aug-1924 21-Jun-2001 Archie Bunker in All in the Family
Madalyn Murray O'Hair Religion 13-Apr-1919 Sep-1995 Atheist spokeswoman
Patrice O'Neal Comic 7-Dec-1969 29-Nov-2011 Mr. P
Peter O'Toole Actor 2-Aug-1932   Lawrence of Arabia
John Osborne Playwright 12-Dec-1929 24-Dec-1994 Look Back in Anger
Park Overall Actor 15-Mar-1957   Empty Nest
Gary Owens Radio Personality 10-May-1936   Radio DJ, announcer for Laugh-In
LaWanda Page Actor 19-Oct-1920 14-Sep-2002 Aunt Esther on Sanford and Son
Suzy Parker Model 28-Oct-1932 3-May-2003 Early supermodel turned actress
Tonye Patano Actor 1961   Heylia James on Weeds
Johnny Paycheck Country Musician 31-May-1938 18-Feb-2003 Take This Job and Shove It
Minnie Pearl Singer 25-Oct-1912 4-Mar-1996 Her hat cost $1.98
David Peaston Singer 13-Mar-1957 1-Feb-2012 Two Wrongs Don't Make It Right
John Peel Radio Personality 30-Aug-1939 25-Oct-2004 Influential radio presenter
Papa Pilgrim Criminal c. 1941 24-May-2008 Hillbilly Heaven
Augusto Pinochet Head of State 25-Nov-1915 10-Dec-2006 Overthrew Chile with CIA's help
Walter Piston Composer 20-Jan-1894 12-Nov-1976 Symphony No. 3
John Popper Musician 29-Mar-1967   Harmonica player, Blues Traveler
Otto Preminger Film Director 5-Dec-1906 23-Apr-1986 Anatomy of a Murder
Elvis Presley Singer 8-Jan-1935 16-Aug-1977 Rock and roll icon
Giacomo Puccini Composer 22-Dec-1858 29-Nov-1924 Madame Butterfly
Mario Puzo Novelist 15-Oct-1920 2-Jul-1999 The Godfather
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh Religion 11-Dec-1931 19-Jan-1990 Holy man, owned 93 Rolls-Royces
Della Reese Musician 6-Jul-1931   Touched by an Angel
Anne Rice Novelist 4-Oct-1941   Vampire novelist
Zoogz Rift Musician 10-Jul-1953 22-Mar-2011 Island of Living Puke
Irv Robbins Business 6-Dec-1917 5-May-2008 Co-Founder of Baskin-Robbins
Jackie Robinson Baseball 31-Jan-1919 24-Oct-1972 First negro in the major leagues
Sugar Ray Robinson Boxing 3-May-1921 12-Apr-1989 Welterweight and Middleweight champ
The Rock Actor 2-May-1972   Yeah, yeah -- we smell it
Buddy Roemer Politician 4-Oct-1943   Governor of Louisiana, 1988-92
Esther Rolle Actor 8-Nov-1920 17-Nov-1998 Florida Evans on Good Times
Judith Rossner Novelist 31-Mar-1935 9-Aug-2005 Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Dan Rowan Comic 22-Jul-1922 22-Sep-1987 Laugh-In
Muriel Rukeyser Poet 15-Dec-1913 12-Feb-1980 The Book of the Dead
Anwar Sadat Head of State 25-Dec-1918 6-Oct-1981 President of Egypt, 1970-81
Ron Santo Baseball 25-Feb-1940 2-Dec-2010 Third baseman, Chicago Cubs
Maximilian Schell Actor 8-Dec-1930   Judgment at Nuremberg
Bo Schembechler Football 1-Apr-1929 17-Nov-2006 Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89
Bob Schieffer Journalist 25-Feb-1937   Face the Nation moderator
Alex Schoenbaum Business 8-Aug-1915 6-Dec-1996 Founder, Shoney's
Avery Schreiber Comic 9-Apr-1935 7-Jan-2002 Burns and Schreiber
Charles M. Schwab Business 18-Feb-1862 19-Sep-1939 Founder of Bethlehem Steel
George C. Scott Actor 18-Oct-1927 22-Sep-1999 Patton
Reinhard Selten Economist 5-Oct-1930   Game theory
Artie Shaw Musician 23-May-1910 30-Dec-2004 Clarinetist, big band leader
Sherri Shepherd Actor 22-Apr-1967   Ramona Platt on Less Than Perfect
Mikhail Sholokhov Author 24-May-1905 21-Feb-1984 The Silent Don
Norodom Sihanouk Royalty 31-Oct-1922   King of Cambodia
Jaime Cardinal Sin Religion 31-Aug-1928 21-Jun-2005 Former Archbishop of Manila
Joseph J. Sisco Diplomat 31-Oct-1919 23-Nov-2004 Kissinger's Mideast Deputy
Percy Sledge Singer 25-Nov-1941   When a Man Loves a Woman
Robert Smalls Politician 5-Apr-1839 23-Feb-1915 Slave elected to Congress from South Carolina
Jean Smart Actor 13-Sep-1959   Charlene on Designing Women
David Hyrum Smith Relative 17-Nov-1844 29-Aug-1904 Son of Joseph Smith
Kate Smith Singer 1-May-1907 17-Jun-1986 God Bless America
Duke Snider Baseball 19-Sep-1926 27-Feb-2011 Dodgers Hall of Famer
Sonia Sotomayor Judge 25-Jun-1954   US Supreme Court Justice
Guy Stockwell Actor 16-Nov-1934 6-Feb-2002 Beau Geste
Sharon Stone Actor 10-Mar-1958   Basic Instinct
Hank Stram Football 3-Jan-1923 4-Jul-2005 Hall-of-fame NFL coach, KC Chiefs
Robert S. Strauss Diplomat 19-Oct-1918   US Ambassador to Russia, 1991-92
Elaine Stritch Actor 2-Feb-1925   Two's Company
Jack Tatum Football 18-Nov-1948 27-Jul-2010 The Assassin
Elizabeth Taylor Actor 27-Feb-1932 23-Mar-2011 Cleopatra
Ross Thatcher Politician 24-May-1917 22-Jul-1971 Premier of Saskatchewan, 1964-71
Dylan Thomas Poet 27-Oct-1914 9-Nov-1953 Most influential Welsh poet
Tiny Tim Musician 12-Apr-1932 30-Nov-1996 Tip Toe Thru the Tulips
Spencer Tracy Actor 5-Apr-1900 10-Jun-1967 Two consecutive Best Actor Oscars
Joe Trippi Activist 10-Jun-1956   Democratic campaign strategist
Jim Turner Actor 1952   Kirby on Arli$$, Randee of the Redwoods
Boss Tweed Politician 3-Apr-1823 12-Apr-1878 Boss of Tammany Hall
Michael Vale TV Personality 28-Jun-1922 24-Dec-2005 Time to make the donuts
Ismael Valenzuela Jockey 25-Dec-1934 2-Sep-2009 Winner, 1958 and 1968 Kentucky Derby
Dick Van Patten Actor 9-Dec-1928   Dad on Eight is Enough
Luther Vandross Singer 20-Apr-1951 1-Jul-2005 R&B Singer, Never Too Much
Immanuel Velikovsky Author 10-Jun-1895 17-Nov-1979 Worlds in Collision
Jules Verne Author 8-Feb-1828 24-Mar-1905 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Bruce Vilanch Author 23-Nov-1948   The fat guy who writes everyone's jokes
Jacques Villeret Actor 6-Feb-1951 28-Jan-2005 The Dinner Game
Silas Warner Computer Programmer 18-Aug-1949 26-Feb-2004 Castle Wolfenstein
Ethel Waters Singer 31-Oct-1896 1-Sep-1977 Sweet Mama Stringbean
Weegee Photographer 12-Jun-1899 26-Dec-1968 Crime photographer
David Wells Baseball 20-May-1963   MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not
H. G. Wells Author 21-Sep-1866 13-Aug-1946 The War of the Worlds
Mae West Actor 17-Aug-1893 22-Nov-1980 Go up and see her sometime
Paul Weyrich Columnist 7-Oct-1942 18-Dec-2008 Conservative activist
Barry White Singer 12-Sep-1944 4-Jul-2003 Soulful R&B singer
Jack Wild Actor 30-Sep-1952 1-Mar-2006 Oliver!
Laura Ingalls Wilder Novelist 7-Feb-1867 10-Feb-1957 Little House on the Prairie
Vanessa Williams Actor 18-Mar-1963   First black Miss America
Carroll D. Wright Sociologist 25-Jul-1840 20-Feb-1909 The Industrial Evolution of the United States
Jane Wyman Actor 5-Jan-1917 10-Sep-2007 Falcon Crest
Elliott Yamin Singer 20-Jul-1978   American Idol
Neil Young Singer/Songwriter 12-Nov-1945   Harvest
Asif Ali Zardari Head of State 22-Jul-1955   President of Pakistan
Zulu Actor 17-Oct-1937 3-May-2004 Kono on Hawaii 5-O

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