1 Buddy Holly
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30
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Singer-Songwriter & Pioneer in Mid 1950's Rock and Roll
Birthdate: September 7, 1936
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas, United States
Died: February 3
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
2 Ritchie Valens
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21
Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Singer, Guitarist
Birthdate: May 13, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: February 3
3 Billie Holiday
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30
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Singer-songwriter
Birthdate: April 7, 1915
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 17
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
4 Frank Lloyd Wright
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9
Listed In: Architects
Famous As: Architect
Birthdate: June 8, 1867
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States
Died: April 9
5 George Reeves
29
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: January 5, 1914
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Woolstock, Iowa
Died: June 16
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
6 Errol Flynn
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11
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: June 20, 1909
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Battery Point, Australia
Died: October 14
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
7 Lou Costello
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Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor
Birthdate: March 6, 1906
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Died: March 3
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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8 The Big Bopper
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3
Listed In: Dancers
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Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Port Arthur
Died: February 3
9 Cecil B. DeMille
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2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Film Director, Producer
Birthdate: August 12, 1881
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 21
10 Raymond Chandler
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1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Novelist and Screenwriter
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Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: March 26
11 William Halsey Jr.
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Military officer
Birthdate: October 30, 1882
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Died: August 16
12 Carl Switzer
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1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actor, Singer
Birthdate: August 7, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, Illinois, United States
Died: January 21
13 Max Baer
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7
Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Heavyweight
Birthdate: February 11, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died: November 21
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
14 Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
7
3
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: British Ambassador to the United States (1940-46)
Birthdate: April 16, 1881
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Powderham Castle, Devon, England
Died: December 23
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
15 Mario Lanza
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1
Listed In: Singers
Famous As: Actor, Tenor
Birthdate: January 31, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 7
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
16 Ethel Barrymore
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2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: August 15, 1879
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 18
17 Stepan Bandera
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8
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Political leader
Birthdate: January 1, 1909
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Galicia
Died: October 15
18 Albert Namatjira
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3
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Artist
Birthdate: July 28, 1902
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hermannsburg
Died: August 8
19 Lester Young
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1
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Musician
Birthdate: August 27, 1909
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Woodville, Mississippi, United States
Died: March 15
20 Victor McLaglen
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0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Famous As: Actor, Boxer
Birthdate: December 10, 1886
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stepney, East London, England
Died: November 7
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21 George Marshall
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Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: United States Secretary of Defense (1950-51)
Birthdate: December 31, 1880
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 16
22 Heitor Villa-Lobos
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0
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Famous As: Composer
Birthdate: March 5, 1887
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: November 17
23 Camilo Cienfuegos
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2
Listed In: Leaders
Famous As: Armed force officer
Birthdate: February 6, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Havana
Died: October 28
24 José P. Laurel
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Famous As: Former President of the Philippines
Birthdate: March 9, 1891
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tanauan, Philippines
Died: November 6
25 Laxmi Prasad Devkota
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1
Listed In: Writers
Famous As: Poet
Birthdate: November 13, 1909
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kathmandu, Nepal
Died: September 14
26 Una O Connor
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Actress
Birthdate: October 23, 1880
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: February 4
27 Harvey Glatman
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2
Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Serial Killer
Birthdate: December 10, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: The Bronx, New York City, New York
Died: September 18
28 Preston Sturges
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0
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Birthdate: August 29, 1898
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: August 6
29 S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
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1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Famous As: Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer
Birthdate: January 8, 1899
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Colombo
Died: September 26
30 Stanley Spencer
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Famous As: Painter
Birthdate: June 30, 1891
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cookham, England
Died: December 14
31 Alfred Munnings
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0
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Famous As: painter
Birthdate: October 8, 1878
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Birthplace: Mendham, Suffolk
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32 Duncan Hines
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Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Famous As: Food critic, Journalist
Birthdate: March 26, 1880
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
Died: March 15
33 Edith Clarke
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Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Howard County
Died: October 29
34 Ernest Bloch
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Famous As: One of the Greatest Swiss Composers in History
Birthdate: July 24, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: July 15
35 Edward C. Tolman
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Psychologist
Birthdate: April 14, 1886
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Newton
Died: November 19
36 Maurice Duplessis
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1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: April 20, 1890
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trois-Rivières, Canada
Died: September 7
37 George Antheil
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0
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Composer
Birthdate: July 8, 1900
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died: February 12
38 Adrian Adolph Greenberg
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39 Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
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0
Listed In: Scientists
Famous As: Physicist
Birthdate: February 14, 1869
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Glencorse, Scotland
Died: November 15
40 Roger Touhy
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Listed In: Criminals
Famous As: Crime boss
Birthdate: September 18, 1898
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: December 16
41 Charles Vidor
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0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Famous As: Film director
Birthdate: July 27, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: June 4
42 Enrico De Nicola
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0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Journalist
Birthdate: November 9, 1877
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Naples
Died: October 1
43 Andrew Loomis
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0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Famous As: Illustrator
Birthdate: June 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Syracuse, New York, United States
Died: May 25
44 Abraham Flexner
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1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Famous As: Educator
Birthdate: November 13, 1866
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: September 21
45 Gilda Gray
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Birthdate: October 25, 1895
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Rydlewo, Poland
Died: December 22
46 D. F. Malan
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Famous As: Politician
Birthdate: May 22, 1874
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Riebeek-West in the Cape Colony
Died: February 7
47 Wanda Landowska
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1
Listed In: Musicians
Famous As: Harpsichordist
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Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Warsaw, Poland
Died: August 16
48 Jim Bottomley
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Listed In: Media Personalities
Famous As: Baseball player
Birthdate: April 23, 1900
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Oglesby, Illinois, United States
Died: December 11
49 Edwin Ray Guthrie
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Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Famous As: Psychologist
Birthdate: January 9, 1886
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
Died: April 23
50 Molla Mallory
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Famous As: Tennis player
Birthdate: March 6, 1884
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Oslo, Norway
Died: November 22