Bubba Smith (Charles Aaron Smith )
02/28/1945 - 08/03/2011
Charles Aaron "Bubba" Smith (February 28, 1945 – August 3, 2011) was an American actor and athlete. He was a professional football player in the 1960s and 1970s who became an actor in the late 1970s.
10/12/1908 - 04/28/1997
Ann Petry (October 12, 1908 – April 28, 1997) was an American author who became the first black woman writer with book sales topping a million copies for her novel The Street.
06/20/1955 - 07/23/2009
Everette "E." Lynn Harris (June 20, 1955 – July 23, 2009) was an American author. Openly gay, he was best known for his depictions of African American men who were on the down-low and closeted. He authored ten consecutive books to...
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06/01/1913 - 08/17/2007
William Francis Deedes (1 June 1913 – 17 August 2007) was a British Conservative Party politician, soldier and journalist; he is to date the only person in Britain to have been both a member of the Cabinet and the editor of a major daily new...
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11/25/1899 - 04/25/1982
William Riley Burnett (November 25, 1899 - April 25, 1982), often credited as W. R. Burnett, was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel, Little Caesar, whose film adaptation is considered the first o...
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08/09/1963 - 02/11/2012
Whitney Elizabeth Houston (August 9, 1963 – February 11, 2012) was an American singer, actress, producer, and model. In 2009, the Guinness World Records cited her as the most-awarded female act of all time. Her list of awards includes two Em...
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08/01/1819 - 09/28/1891
Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd.
12/05/1970 - 04/20/2011
Timothy Alistair Telemachus Hetherington (5 December 1970 – 20 April 2011) was a British-American photojournalist with work that "ranged from multi-screen installations, to fly-poster exhibitions, to handheld device downloads.
07/03/1957 - 11/15/2009
Ken Ober (July 3, 1957–November 15, 2009) was an American game show host, comedian, and actor.
03/06/1924 - 03/23/2006
Sarah Caldwell (March 6, 1924 – March 23, 2006) was a notable American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director of opera.
02/12/1809 - 04/19/1882
Darwin, Charles Robert (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882), British scientist, who laid the foundation of modern evolutionary theory with his concept of the development of all forms of life through the slow-working process of n...
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03/11/1938 - 05/22/2011
Joseph Brooks was an American screenwriter, director, producer, and composer. He composed the song "You Light Up My Life" for the film of the same name that he also wrote, directed, and produ...
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10/17/1915 - 02/10/2005
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The...
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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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09/08/1157 - 04/06/1199
Richard I (8 September 1157 – 6 April 1199) was King of England from 6 July 1189 until his death. He was known as Cœur de Lion, or Richard the Lionheart, even before his accession, because of his reputation as a great military leader a...
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