08/08/1893 - 04/25/1968
Donald Grady Davidson (August 8, 1893, Campbellsville in Giles County, Tennessee - April 25, 1968, Nashville, Tennessee) was a U.S. poet, essayist, social and literary critic, and author. He is best known as a founding member of the Nashville, Ten...
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12/31/1869 - 11/03/1954
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, leader of the Fauve group, regarded as one of the great formative figures in 20th-century art, a master of the use of color and form to convey...
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10/20/1931 - 08/13/1995
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American professional baseball player. He played his entire 18-year Major League Baseball career as the center fielder for the New York Yankees (1951-1968). He won 3 American...
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02/06/1958 - 03/03/2004
Cecily April Adams (February 6, 1958 – March 3, 2004) was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, the daughter of comic actor Don Adams and singer Adelaide Efantis, and the sister of actress/TV executive Stacey Adams.
01/13/1931 - 05/25/2007
Charles Nelson Reilly (January 13, 1931 – May 25, 2007) was an American actor, comedian, director and drama teacher known for his comedic roles in theater, movies, children's television, animated cartoons, a...
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Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellee)
1604/1605 - 11/21/1682
Claude Lorrain, also Claude Gellée - his real name,(born in 1604 or 1605 – die 21 or 23 November 1682) was an artist of the Baroque era who was active in Italy, and is admired for his achievements in landscape painting.
02/11/1839 - 04/28/1903
Josiah Willard Gibbs (February 11, 1839 – April 28, 1903) was an American theoretical physicist, chemist, and mathematician. He devised much of the theoretical foundation for chemical thermodynamics as well as physical chemistry.
11/24/1925 - 02/27/2008
William Frank Buckley, Jr. (November 24, 1925 – February 27, 2008) was an American conservative author and commentator. He founded the political magazine National Review in 1955, hosted 1,429 episodes...
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09/01/1875 - 03/19/1950
Edgar Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875 – March 19, 1950) was an American author, best known for his creation of the jungle hero Tarzan and the heroic Mars adventurer John Carter, although he produced works in many genres.
03/14/1960 - 03/06/2006
Kirby Puckett (March 14, 1960 – March 6, 2006) was a Major League Baseball center fielder.
05/17/1936 - 05/29/2010
Dennis Lee Hopper was an American actor, filmmaker and artist. He made his first television appearance in 1954, and appeared in two films featuring James Dean, Rebel Without a Cause (1955) and Giant (1956). During the next 10 years, Hopper appeare...
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Bobby Robson (Robert William Robson)
02/18/1933 - 07/31/2009
Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career.
His professional playing career as an inside-forward spanned nearly 20 years,...
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Leslie Brooks (Virginia Leslie Gettman)
07/13/1922 - 07/01/2011
Leslie Brooks (July 13, 1922 - July 1, 2011), born Virginia Leslie Gettman, was an American film actress.