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Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. A member of the Republican Party, he represented California in both houses of the United States Congress before serving as the 36th vice president under President Dwight D. Eisenhower from 1953 to 1961. His presidency saw the reduction of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, détente with the Soviet Union and China, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency and Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Nixon's second term ended early when he became the only U.S. president to resign from office, as a result of the Watergate scandal.

Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994

Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)

Kurt Donald Cobain was an American musician. He was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter, and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana. Through his angsty songwriting and anti-establishment persona, he widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock music. He was heralded as a spokesman of Generation X, and is widely recognized as one of the most influential rock musicians.

Bulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer (1905–1994)

American scientist (1901–1994)

Brazilian racing driver (1960-1994)

German-American writer (1920–1994)

British chemist

Romanian-French playwright (1909–1994)

Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States. She redefined the mostly ceremonial role into a platform for arts and culture, by hosting multiple high-profile events at the White House and leading its restoration into a historical site. Through her fashion and cultural literacy, she improved the global standing of the United States during the politically volatile Cold War. Her personal style became known as the "Jackie Look", which inspired worldwide fashion trends during the 1960s.

former leader of East Germany, General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party (1976-1989)

American actor (1913–1994)

American theoretical physicist (1918–1994)

American German-born psychoanalyst & essayist

Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer, also known as the Milwaukee Cannibal or the Milwaukee Monster, was an American serial killer and sex offender who killed and dismembered seventeen men and boys between 1978 and 1991.

Dutch economist (1903–1994)

Brazilian songwriter, composer, arranger, singer, and pianist/guitarist (1927–1994)

Lithuanian-American archaeologist

British actress (1909–1994)

American comic book artist (1917–1994)

American actor (1907–1994)

Soviet and Russian actor (1925-1994)

Soviet and Russian actor (1926-1994)

Greek actress, singer and politician. Minister of Culture of Greece (1920–1994)

Italian singer, actor and politician (1928–1994)

Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor (1920–1994)

2nd President of Rwanda (1937–1994)

British biochemist (1914–1994)

President of India from 1982 to 1987

American film composer (1924–1994)

Danish immunologist

American athlete (1940–1994)

French Marxist theorist, writer, filmmaker (1931–1994)

American neuroscientist

French microbiologist

British actor (1913–1994)

Austrian-born philosopher of science

American geneticist

French photographer (1912–1994)

French novelist (1912–1994)

South African photojournalist

American novelist, literary critic, scholar and writer (1914-1994)

American film and television actor and singer (1922–1994)

Colombian footballer (1967–1994)

Soviet serial killer (1936–1994)

American actor (1905–1994)

English playwright (1929-1994)

Polish composer and conductor (1913-1994)

John Franklin Candy was a Canadian actor and comedian best known for his work in Hollywood comedy films.

Scottish football player and manager (1909-1994)

Belgian journalist, politician, SS soldier, fugitive (1906-1994)

American comedian (1961–1994)

Puerto Rican actor (1940–1994)

American fiction writer (1917–1994)

John Wayne Gacy was an American serial killer and sex offender who raped, tortured and murdered at least thirty-three young men and boys between 1972 and 1978 in Norwood Park Township, a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. He became known as the "Killer Clown" due to his public performances as a clown prior to the discovery of his crimes.

American actor (1928–1994)

Austrian racing driver (1960–1994)

Italian politician (1943–1994)

Italian actor, film director, and poet (1953–1994)