1
Buddy Holly
(Singer-Songwriter & Pioneer in Mid 1950's Rock and Roll)
178
51
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: September 7, 1936
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lubbock, Texas, United States
Died: February 3
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
2
Ritchie Valens
(A 'Rock and Roll' Pioneer and a Forefather of the 'Chicano Rock' Movement)
151
27
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: May 13, 1941
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: February 3
3
Billie Holiday
(One of the Greatest Jazz Singers from the 1930s to the 1950s)
122
35
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: April 7, 1915
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: July 17
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
4
Frank Lloyd Wright
(Architect)
54
15
Listed In: Architects
Birthdate: June 8, 1867
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States
Died: April 9
5
Errol Flynn
(Best Known for His Romantic Swashbuckler Roles in the Golden Age of Hollywood)
48
21
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 20, 1909
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Battery Point, Australia
Died: October 14
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
6
George Reeves
(Actor)
47
16
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 5, 1914
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Woolstock, Iowa
Died: June 16
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
7
Lou Costello
(Actor and Comedian Best Known for His Comedy Routine ‘Who's on First’)
52
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 6, 1906
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Paterson, New Jersey, United States
Died: March 3
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
8
The Big Bopper
(Singer, Musician, Disc jockey, Songwriter)
29
3
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: October 24, 1930
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Port Arthur
Died: February 3
9
Cecil B. DeMille
(One of the Most Commercially Successful Producers & Directors in Film History)
25
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 12, 1881
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Ashfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: January 21
10
George Marshall
(3rd United States Secretary of Defense)
30
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: December 31, 1880
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Uniontown, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 16
11
Stepan Bandera
(Political leader)
42
19
12
William Halsey Jr.
(Military officer)
17
4
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: October 30, 1882
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States
Died: August 16
13
Raymond Chandler
(Novelist and Screenwriter)
13
3
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 23, 1888
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: March 26
14
Carl Switzer
(Actor, Singer)
24
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 7, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paris, Illinois, United States
Died: January 21
15
Mario Lanza
(Actor, Tenor)
11
2
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: January 31, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 7
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
16
Ethel Barrymore
(Actress)
17
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 15, 1879
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: June 18
17
Victor McLaglen
(British Boxer-Turned-Hollywood Actor Who Rose to Fame as Character Actor)
6
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: December 10, 1886
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Stepney, East London, England
Died: November 7
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
18
Albert Namatjira
(Artist)
56
5
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 28, 1902
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Hermannsburg
Died: August 8
19
Lester Young
(Musician)
8
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 27, 1909
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Woodville, Mississippi, United States
Died: March 15
20
Heitor Villa-Lobos
(One of the Foremost Latin American Composers of the 20th Century)
12
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 5, 1887
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died: November 17
21
Camilo Cienfuegos
(Armed force officer)
9
4
22
José P. Laurel
(The 3rd President of the Philippines)
9
1
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: March 9, 1891
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tanauan, Philippines
Died: November 6
23
Laxmi Prasad Devkota
(Poet)
11
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: November 13, 1909
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kathmandu, Nepal
Died: September 14
24
Una O Connor
(Actress)
9
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 23, 1880
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Belfast, Ireland
Died: February 4
25
Preston Sturges
(Playwright, Director)
4
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 29, 1898
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: August 6
26
S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike
(Diplomat, Politician, Lawyer)
11
4
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: January 8, 1899
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Colombo
Died: September 26
27
Max Baer
(Heavyweight)
12
12
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 11, 1909
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Died: November 21
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
28
William D. Leahy
(Naval Officer)
2
0
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: May 6, 1875
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Hampton, Iowa, United States
Died: July 20
29
Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax
(British Ambassador to the United States (1940-46))
7
6
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: April 16, 1881
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Powderham Castle, Devon, England
Died: December 23
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
30
Nap Lajoie
(Baseball player)
5
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 5, 1874
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States
Died: February 7
31
Jack Frost
(Composer)
4
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: November 25, 1893
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: October 21
32
Duncan Hines
(Food critic, Journalist)
6
1
Listed In: Critics & Connoisseurs
Birthdate: March 26, 1880
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bowling Green, Kentucky, United States
Died: March 15
33
Stanley Spencer
(Painter)
3
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: June 30, 1891
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cookham, England
Died: December 14
34
Edith Clarke
(Electrical Engineer)
65
5
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: February 10, 1883
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Howard County
Died: October 29
35
Maurice Duplessis
(Politician)
3
1
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 20, 1890
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Trois-Rivières, Canada
Died: September 7
36
George Antheil
(Composer)
2
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 8, 1900
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Trenton, New Jersey, United States
Died: February 12
37
Edward C. Tolman
(Psychologist)
3
0
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: April 14, 1886
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Newton
Died: November 19
38
Ernest Bloch
(One of the Greatest Swiss Composers in History)
5
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 24, 1880
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Geneva, Switzerland
Died: July 15
39
Alfred Munnings
(painter)
2
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 8, 1878
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mendham, Suffolk
Died: July 17
40
Charles Vidor
(Film director)
4
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 27, 1900
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: June 4
41
Enrico De Nicola
(Journalist)
2
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: November 9, 1877
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Naples
Died: October 1
42
Ibrahim of Johor
(Malaysian king)
1
0
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 17, 1873
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Istana Bidadari, Serangoon, Singapore, Straits Settlements
Died: May 8
43
Eugene Meyer
(Financier)
1
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: October 31, 1875
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: July 17
44
Max Gerson
(Physician)
2
1
45
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
(Scottish Physicist, Meteorologist and Winner of the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physics)
6
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: February 14, 1869
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Glencorse, Scotland
Died: November 15
46
Mike Hawthorn
(British Racing Driver Who Became the United
Kingdom’s First Formula One World Champion)
2
2
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 10, 1929
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Mexborough, England
Died: January 22
47
Boris Vian
(Writer)
2
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 10, 1920
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ville-d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died: June 23
48
George Grosz
(German Artist Best Known for His Caricatural Drawings and Paintings of Berlin Life in the 1920s)
1
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: July 26, 1893
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Died: July 6
49
Abraham Flexner
(Educator)
3
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 13, 1866
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: September 21
50
Ed Walsh
(Baseball pitcher)
2
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: May 14, 1881
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Plains Township, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: May 26
