1
Karen Carpenter
(Singer & Drummer Known for Her Distinctive Three-Octave Contralto Vocal Range)
89
25
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: March 2, 1950
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Died: February 4
2
Tennessee Williams
(One of the Finest American Playwrights of the 20th-Century Best Known for His Work ‘The Glass Menagerie’ )
43
5
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 26, 1911
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Columbus, Mississippi, United States
Died: February 25
3
Jack Dempsey
(One of the Most Popular Boxers in American History)
70
19
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 24, 1895
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Manassa, Colorado, United States
Died: May 31
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
4
David Niven
(Actor)
29
8
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 1, 1910
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: London
Died: July 29
5
Muddy Waters
(Musician)
49
14
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: April 4, 1913
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Issaquena County, Mississippi
Died: April 30
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
6
Dennis Wilson
(musician)
20
5
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 4, 1944
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Inglewood, California, United States
Died: December 28
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
7
Bear Bryant
(One of the Greatest College Football Coaches of All Time)
34
9
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 11, 1913
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Cleveland County, Arkansas, United States
Died: January 26
8
Slim Pickens
(Actor and Rodeo Performer)
33
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: June 29, 1919
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kingsburg, California, United States
Died: December 8
9
Carolyn Jones
(Actress)
28
16
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 8, 1930
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Amarillo, Texas, United States
Died: August 3
10
Buckminster Fuller
(Architect)
26
8
Listed In: Inventors & Discoverers
Birthdate: July 12, 1895
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Milton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 1
Height: 5'2" (157 cm)
11
Joan Miró
(Spanish Painter, Sculptor and Ceramicist Known for His work in ‘Surrealism’, ‘Fauvism’ and ‘Expressionism’)
50
11
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 20, 1893
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Barcelona, Spain
Died: December 25
12
Gloria Swanson
(Actress and Producer Best Known for Her Motion Picture Drama ‘Sunset Boulevard’)
19
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 27, 1899
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: April 4
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
13
Dolores del RÃo
(Mexican Actress Who is Regarded as the First Major Female Latin American Crossover Star in Hollywood)
19
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 3, 1904
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Durango, Mexico
Died: April 11
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
14
Norma Shearer
(Best Known for Her Role in the Film ‘The Divorcee')
14
5
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 10, 1902
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Montreal, Canada
Died: June 12
Height: 5'1" (155 cm)
15
Louis de Funès
(Actor)
17
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 31, 1914
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Courbevoie, France
Died: January 27
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
16
Hergé
(Cartoonist (Creator of Tintin))
25
0
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: May 22, 1907
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Etterbeek, Belgium
Died: March 3
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
17
Paul Fix
(Actor)
21
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 13, 1901
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Dobbs Ferry, New York, United States
Died: October 14
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
18
Anthony Blunt
(Art Historian, University Teacher)
4
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: September 26, 1907
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bournemouth, Hampshire, England
Died: March 26
19
George Halas
(American football player)
7
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 2, 1895
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: October 31
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
20
Umberto II of Italy
(The Last King of Italy)
5
1
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: September 15, 1904
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Castle of Racconigi, Racconigi, Italy
Died: March 18
21
Christopher George
(Actor)
9
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 25, 1931
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Royal Oak, Michigan, USA
Died: November 28
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
22
Benigno Aquino, Jr.
(Filipino Senator Who Was the Husband of President Corazon Aquino)
14
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 27, 1932
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Concepcion, Philippines
Died: August 21
23
Michael Conrad
(Actor)
19
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 16, 1925
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: November 22
Height: 6'6" (198 cm)
24
Jessica Savitch
(Television presenter)
8
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: February 1, 1947
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 23
25
John Le Mesurier
(English Actor)
6
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: April 5, 1912
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK
Died: November 15
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
26
Raymond Massey
(Canadian Actor, Known for His Commanding, Stage-Trained Voice)
8
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 30, 1896
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: July 29
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
27
Joan Hackett
(Actress)
4
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 1, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: East Harlem, New York City, New York, USA
Died: October 8
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
28
Ralph Richardson
(Actor)
6
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: December 19, 1902
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tivoli Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died: October 10
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
29
Robert Aldrich
(Director)
7
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 9, 1918
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
Died: December 5
30
Buster Crabbe
(Swimmer)
10
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: February 7, 1908
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Oakland, California, United States
Died: April 23
31
Harry James
(Musician)
8
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 15, 1916
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Albany, Georgia, United States
Died: July 5
32
George Cukor
(Film Director)
8
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 7, 1899
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Died: January 24
33
Arthur Godfrey
(One of the Biggest Radio & TV Personalities in America in the 1950s)
10
2
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: August 31, 1903
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
Died: March 16
34
Meyer Lansky
(One of the Most Financially Successful Gangsters in American History)
25
18
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: July 4, 1902
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Grodno, Belarus
Died: January 15
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
35
George Balanchine
(The Father of American Ballet)
6
1
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: January 22, 1904
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Died: April 30
36
Tom Evans
(Former Musician and Songwriter, Most Notable for His Work With the Band Badfinger)
10
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: June 5, 1947
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: November 19
37
Louise Tracy
(Founder of The John Tracy Clinic)
9
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 31, 1897
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New Castle, Pennsylvania
Died: November 13
38
Luis Buñuel
(Film director, Screenwriter, Actor, Film editor, Writer)
8
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 22, 1900
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Calanda, Spain
Died: July 29
39
Ira Gershwin
(Lyricist)
6
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 6, 1896
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City New York City, New York, U.S.
Died: August 17
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
40
Klaus Nomi
(German Countertenor Known for His Wide Vocal Range and an Unusual, Otherworldly Stage Persona)
6
3
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: January 24, 1944
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Immenstadt, Germany
Died: August 6
41
Eric Hoffer
(Writer, Philosopher, Psychologist)
6
1
42
Leopold III of Belgium
(King of Belgium from 1934 to 1951)
6
5
Listed In: Historical Personalities
Birthdate: November 3, 1901
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: September 25
43
Jon Brower Minnoch
(Heaviest Man)
32
26
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 29, 1941
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bainbridge Island, Washington, USA
Died: September 10
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
44
Earl Hines
(Jazz musician)
6
1
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: December 28, 1903
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Duquesne, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: April 22
45
Corrie ten Boom
(Holocaust Survivor Best Known for Her Book 'The Hiding Place')
3
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: April 15, 1892
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Haarlem, Netherlands
Died: April 15
46
Walter Slezak
(American Actor)
5
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 3, 1902
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: April 21
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
47
Merle Travis
(Musician)
5
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: November 29, 1917
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rosewood, Kentucky, U.S.
Died: October 20
48
Norm Van Brocklin
(American football player)
4
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: March 15, 1926
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Parade, South Dakota, United States
Died: May 2
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
49
William Walton
(Composer)
7
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: March 29, 1902
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Oldham, England
Died: March 8
50
Mary Renault
(Writer)
7
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 4, 1905
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 13
