02/18/1950 - 08/06/2009
John Wilden Hughes, Jr. (February 18, 1950 – August 6, 2009) was an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.
09/15/1890 - 01/12/1976
Dame Agatha Christie (15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976), was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 80 detective novels...
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06/01/1926 - 08/05/1962
Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, but interest in her life and her story continues in popular culture and in feminist studies. Marilyn Monroe, born Norma Jean Mortensen, was born in 1926, starred in many popular films, married Arthur Miller and Joe DiM...
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10/21/1927 - 02/22/2009
Howard Zieff (21 October 1927 – 22 February 2009), (pronounced Zeef ) was an American director, television commercial director, and advertising photographer.
01/16/1933 - 12/28/2004
Susan Sontag (January 16, 1933 – December 28, 2004) was an American author, literary theorist, feminist and political activist whose works include On Photography and Against Interpretation.
04/29/1925 - 01/08/2007
Iwao Takamoto (April 29, 1925 – January 8, 2007) was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director.
04/13/1743 - 07/04/1826
Thomas Jefferson was the third President of the United States (1801–1809) and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers, known for his promotion of the ideals o...
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Lou Rawls (Louis Allen Rawls)
12/01/1933 - 01/06/2006
Louis Allen "Lou" Rawls (December 1, 1933 – January 6, 2006) was an American soul, jazz, and blues singer.
08/21/1725 - 03/04/1805
Jean-Baptiste Greuze (21 August 1725 – 4 March 1805) was a French painter. He studied at the Royal Academy in Paris. His first exhibited painting, The Father Reading the Bible to His Children, won him immediate success at the Salon of 1755....
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11/09/1936 - 09/16/2009
Mary Allin Travers (November 9, 1936 – September 16, 2009) was an American singer-songwriter and member of the folk music group Peter, Paul and Mary, along with Peter Yarrow and Noel (Paul) Stooke...
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10/13/1920 - 11/10/2007
Laraine Day (October 13, 1920 – November 10, 2007) was an American actress and a former MGM contract star.
03/06/1860 - 03/30/1934
Ronald Craufurd Munro Ferguson, 1st Viscount Novar (6 March 1860 – 30 March 1934), was a Scottish politician and colonial governor. He served as the sixth Governor-General of Australia (1914–1920), and is considered as proba...
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12/09/1906 - 19/30/1983
Frederick Alfred (Freddy) Martin (December 9, 1906 – September 30, 1983) was an American bandleader and tenor saxophonist.
06/20/1944 - 01/06/2009
Cheryl Holdridge (June 20, 1944 – January 6, 2009) was an American actress, best known as a cast member of the original Mickey Mouse Club.