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Canadian actor (1935–2024)
Joni Mitchell
Canadian musician
Mitch McConnell
American politician and lawyer (born 1942)
Mia Farrow
Maria de Lourdes Villiers Farrow is an American actress. She first gained notice for her role as Allison MacKenzie in the prime-time television soap opera Peyton Place and gained further recognition for her subsequent short-lived marriage to Frank Sinatra. She achieved her career breakthrough and international acclaim as the titular character Rosemary in Roman Polanski's psychological horror film Rosemary's Baby (1968), receiving nominations for a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress. She went on to appear in several films throughout the 1970s, such as Follow Me! (1972), The Great Gatsby (1974), and Death on the Nile (1978). Her younger sister is Prudence Farrow.
Johnny Weissmuller
American swimmer, water polo player, and actor (1904–1984)
Alan Alda
American actor (born 1936)
Paul Martin
prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006
James Garner
American film and television actor (1928–2014)
Dorothea Lange
American photojournalist (1895-1965)
Wilma Rudolph
American athlete (1940–1994)
Ida Lupino
British actress and filmmaker (1918–1995)
Itzhak Perlman
Israeli-American violinist and conductor (born 1945)
Louis Gossett Jr.
American actor (1936–2024)
Mel Ferrer
American actor, director and producer (1917–2008)
Hildegard Knef
German actress, singer and writer (1925-2002)
Manuela Gómez
Empresaria, Chica reality (1989)
Thomas Midgley
American chemist and engineer (1889–1944)
Paul Alexander
American lawyer and polio survivor (1946–2024)
Warren E. Burger
chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986 (1907–1995)
Paul Winchell
American actor (1922–2005)
Ian Dury
British new wave singer (1942–2000)
Margarete Steiff
foundress of Margarete Steiff GmbH in Germany
James Drury
American actor; oil and natural gas business (1934–2020)
Edward Egan
American Catholic cardinal (1932–2015)
Phyllis Thaxter
American actress (1919–2012)
Philip Morrison
American astrophysicist (1915–2005)
Ilan Gilon
Israeli politician (1956–2022)
Kim Fowley
American musician (1939–2015)
Alex Cord
American actor (1933-2021)
Kerry Packer
Australian publishing, media and gaming tycoon (1937–2005)
Steve Cohen
American lawyer and politician
Alfred Noyes
English poet (1880–1958)
Odette Hallowes
French resistance member (1912-1995)
Ray Peterson
American musician (1939–2005)
Karl Plagge
German military Wehrmacht Army officer (1897–1957)
Steve Harley
British musician and songwriter (1951–2024)
J. Walter Kennedy
American politician (1912–1977)
Rosa May Billinghurst
British suffragist (1875-1953)
Steinn Steinarr
Icelandic poet (1908–1958)
Peg Phillips
American actress (1918-2002)
Israel Vibration
Jamaican musical group; reggae harmony band
Marjorie Lawrence
Australian singer
Lindley Murray
American grammarian and lawyer (1745-1826)
Mari Blanchard
American actress
Rex White
American racecar driver (1929–2025)
William Foote Whyte
American sociologist (1914-2000)
Phyllis Kirk
actress (1927-2006)
Patrick Cockburn
Irish journalist
Linda Laubenstein
American physicien and medical researcher on AIDS
Harry Everts
Belgian motocross racer
Paul Schultz Martin
American geoscientist (1928-2010)
Shlomo Eliahu
Israeli politician
Michael Flanders
English writer and performer (1922-1975)
Eyvind Earle
American artist (1916-2000)
Barbara Lang
American actress, singer and model (1928-1982)
Zvi Yavetz
Israeli historian, professor
Tanaquil Le Clercq
French-American ballerina
Norman J. Warren
English film director, editor and producer (1942–2021)
Ed Roberts
Disability rights activist (1939-1995)
Herta Herzog
American social scientist (1910-2010)