Bob Keeshan (Robert James Keeshan)
06/27/1927 - 01/23/2004
Robert James "Bob" Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) was an American television producer and actor. He is most famous as the title character of the children's television program Captain Kangaro...
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Kick Cavendish (Kathleen Agnes Kennedy)
02/20/1920 - 05/13/1948
Kathleen Agnes "Kick" Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington (February 20, 1920 – May 13, 1948), born Kathleen Agnes Kennedy, was the fourth child and second daughter of Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr.and Rose Kennedy. She...
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01/04/1935 - 05/11/2006
Floyd Patterson (January 4, 1935 – May 11, 2006) was an American 2-time world heavyweight boxing champion. At 21, Patterson was then the youngest man to win the world heavyweight championship and, later, the first to regain it. He had a reco...
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07/03/1870 - 06/26/1947
Richard Bedford Bennett, 1st Viscount Bennett, PC, KC (July 3, 1870 – June 26, 1947) was a Canadian lawyer, businessman, politician, and philanthropist. He served as the 11th Prime Minister of Canada from August 7, 1930, to October 23, 1935,...
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09/01/1714 - 05/15/1782
Richard Wilson (1 August 1714 – 15 May 1782) was a Welsh landscape painter, and one of the founder members of the Royal Academy in 1768. Wilson has been described as '...the most distinguished painter Wales...
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05/11/1963 - 03/18/2009
Natasha Jane Richardson (11 May 1963 – 18 March 2009) was an English actress of stage and screen. A member of the Redgrave family, she was the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and director/producer Tony Richardso...
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06/25/1924 - 04/09/2011
Sidney Lumet (June 25, 1924 – April 9, 2011) was an American director, producer and screenwriter with over 50 films to his name. He was nominated for the Academy Award as Best Director for 12 Angry Men (1957), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Netwo...
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11/29/1832 - 03/06/1888
Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist. She is best known for the novel Little Women, set in the Alcott family home, Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, and published in 1868. This novel is loosel...
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06/02/1923 - 07/01/2011
Jane Elaine Baker (June 2, 1923 - July 1, 2011) was an American politician, community organizer and former cooking show host. Baker on the city council of San Mateo, California, for twenty years. She was appointed the Mayor of San Mateo on six occ...
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05/15/1856 - 05/06/1919
Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author of children's books, best known for writing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works (55 novels...
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Jackie Robinson (Jack Roosevelt Robinson)
01/31/1919 - 10/24/1972
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was the first black Major League Baseball (MLB) player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 19...
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12/11/1923 - 03/13/2009
Betsy Blair (December 11, 1923 – March 13, 2009) was an American actress of film and stage, long based in London.
07/03/1925 - 09/29/2010
Tony Curtis (June 3, 1925 – September 29, 2010) was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genre...
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10/05/1829 - 11/18/1885
Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) served as the 21st President of the United States (1881–1885). Arthur was a member of the Republican Party and worked as a lawyer before becoming the 20th Vice President under J...
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Bobby Robson (Robert William Robson)
02/18/1933 - 07/31/2009
Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career.
His professional playing career as an inside-forward spanned nearly 20 years,...
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