1
Marvin Gaye
(Known as the 'Prince of Soul' and Popular for His Song 'Sexual Healing')
124
28
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: April 2, 1939
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: April 1
2
Ray Kroc
(CEO of McDonald's (1967-1973))
128
43
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: October 5, 1902
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Died: January 14
3
Ansel Adams
(Photographer)
63
27
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: February 20, 1902
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, United States
Died: April 22
4
Richard Burton
(One of the Most Acclaimed Actors of His Generation)
51
19
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 10, 1925
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Pontrhydyfen, Wales
Died: August 5
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
5
Truman Capote
(Known for His Novella “Breakfast at Tiffany's” and Non-Fiction Novel “In Cold Blood”)
40
13
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 30, 1924
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Died: August 25
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
6
Indira Gandhi
(3rd Prime Minister of India)
150
52
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: November 19, 1917
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India
Died: October 31
7
James Mason
(Actor)
36
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: May 15, 1909
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Huddersfield, England
Died: July 27
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
8
Peter Lawford
(Actor and a Member of the 'Rat-Pack' Group of Entertainers)
42
11
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 7, 1923
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: December 24
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
9
Ed Gein
(Murderer, Suspected Serial Killer & Body Snatcher)
178
97
Listed In: Criminals
Birthdate: August 27, 1906
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States
Died: July 26
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
10
Andy Kaufman
(Comedian, Best known for His Portrayal of 'Latka Gravas' on the Sitcom 'Taxi')
43
32
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 17, 1949
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: May 16
11
Jackie Coogan
(Actor)
18
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 26, 1914
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: March 1
12
Jackie Wilson
(Singer)
26
3
13
Johnny Weissmuller
(Olympic Swimmer and Actor Who Played Tarzan)
23
3
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: June 2, 1904
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Freidorf, Romania
Died: January 20
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
14
Jon-Erik Hexum
(Actor)
24
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 5, 1957
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Englewood, New Jersey, United States
Died: October 18
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
15
Diana Dors
(English Actress and a 'Sex Symbol' of the Mid 20th Century)
18
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 23, 1931
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Swindon, Wiltshire, England
Died: May 4
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
16
Ethel Merman
(Actress and Singer Who was Known as 'the Undisputed First Lady of the Musical Comedy Stage')
22
6
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: January 16, 1908
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Astoria, New York, United States
Died: February 15
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
17
William Horatio Powell
(American Actor Known for His Role of 'Nick Charles' in Six 'Thin Man' Film Series)
13
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: July 29, 1892
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: March 5
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
18
Count Basie
(Former jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer who formed the Count Basie Orchestra)
22
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 21, 1904
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Red Bank, New Jersey, United States
Died: April 26
19
J. B. Priestley
(Novelist and Playwright)
66
7
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: September 13, 1894
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died: August 14
20
François Truffaut
(One of the Founders of the 'French New Wave' Art Movement & An Icon of the French Film Industry)
15
4
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 6, 1932
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 21
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
21
Tommy Cooper
(Comedian)
11
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: March 19, 1921
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Caerphilly
Died: April 15
22
Janet Gaynor
(American Actress Who Became the First Recipient of the Academy Award for Best Actress)
26
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 6, 1906
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: September 14
23
Paul Dirac
(One of the Most Significant Physicists of the 20th Century and Nobel Laureate)
12
5
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: August 8, 1902
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bristol, England
Died: October 20
24
David A. Kennedy
(Robert F. Kennedy's son)
10
3
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 15, 1954
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Died: April 25
25
Walter Pidgeon
(Former Actor who starred in The Bad and the Beautiful and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea)
11
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 23, 1897
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saint John, Canada
Died: September 25
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
26
Sam Peckinpah
(Film director)
7
0
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 21, 1925
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Fresno, California, United States
Died: December 28
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
27
Sue Randall
(Actress)
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13
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 8, 1935
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: October 26
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
28
Julio Cortazar
(Novelist & Translator)
27
6
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: August 26, 1914
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ixelles, Belgium
Died: February 12
29
Lennard Pearce
(Actor)
14
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: February 9, 1915
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Paddington, London, England
Died: December 15
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
30
Big Mama Thornton
(Musician, Singer)
15
1
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: December 11, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ariton, Alabama, United States
Died: July 25
31
Eric Morecambe
(actor, comedian)
8
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 14, 1926
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Morecambe
Died: May 28
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
32
Stanley Milgram
(Psychologist, University teacher, Sociologist)
8
1
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: August 15, 1933
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City
Died: December 20
33
Richard Basehart
(Actor)
8
1
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: August 31, 1914
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Zanesville, Ohio, USA
Died: September 17
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
34
Leonard Rossiter
(Actor)
7
2
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: October 21, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Liverpool, England, UK
Died: October 5
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
35
Lee Krasner
(American Abstract Expressionist Painter Who Specialized in Collage)
9
0
Listed In: Artists & Painters
Birthdate: October 27, 1908
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Died: June 19
36
Ernest Tubb
(Singer-songwriter)
12
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: February 9, 1914
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Crisp, Texas, United States
Died: September 6
37
Martin Niemöller
(German Theologian and Pastor Known for His Most Famous Poem 'First They Came...')
9
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 14, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lippstadt, Germany
Died: March 6
38
Lillian Hellman
(Dramatist and Screenwriter)
6
2
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 20, 1905
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New Orleans, Louisiana
Died: June 30
39
Luke Kelly
(Singer)
4
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: November 17, 1940
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sheriff Street, Dublin, Ireland
Died: January 30
40
Oskar Werner
(Austrian Stage and Cinema Actor)
13
7
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: November 13, 1922
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: October 23
41
Steve Goodman
(Singer-songwriter)
3
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: July 25, 1948
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: September 20
42
Billy Collins Jr.
(Boxer)
5
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 21, 1961
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Died: March 6
43
El Santo
(Actor)
7
3
Listed In: Film & Theater Personalities
Birthdate: September 23, 1917
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hidalgo
Died: February 5
44
Francis Schaeffer
(Theologian, Philosopher)
7
2
Listed In: Intellectuals & Academics
Birthdate: January 30, 1912
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: May 15
45
Brassaï
(Photographer, Artist and Writer Known for His Dramatic Photographs of Paris at Night)
19
2
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: September 9, 1899
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brașov, Romania
Died: July 8
46
Robert Clampett
(Animator)
5
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: May 8, 1913
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: San Diego, California, U.S.
Died: May 2
47
Meredith Willson
(Conductor, Composer, Flautist, Pianist, Songwriter)
5
2
48
Agnes von Kurowsky
(American Nurse and Ernest Hemingway's Lover)
4
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 5, 1892
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Died: September 25
49
John Betjeman
(Poet)
2
1
Listed In: Media Personalities
Birthdate: August 28, 1906
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: London, England
Died: May 19
50
Richard Brautigan
(Writer, Poet, Novelist)
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