by Bill Wall
(http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/7378/famous.htm)


Celebrity's Name

Profession

A

Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem (4/16/1947)

Basketball player

Abdullah ibn Huseain (1882 - 1951) Royal -King of Jordan
Adams, John Quincy (1767 - 1848) Former U.S. President
Adams, Richard Writer (Watership Down)
Agnew, Spiro T. (1918 ?) Politics (39th U.S. Vice President)
Akins, Claude (5/25/1926 - 1/27/1994) Film, TV (Sheriff Lobo)
Albert, Prince (8/26/1819 - 1861) Royal (married Queen Victoria)
Alda, Alan (1/28/36) Film
Alfonso Royal (King of Spain)
Allen, Woody (12/1/35) Film
Amis, Martin Writer (Money)
Amory, Cleveland (9/2/1917) Writer
Anderson, Clive TV host
Anderson, Terry Captive/hostage
Andrews, Anthony (1948) Film  (Brideshead Revisited)
Aquino, Cory Politics (Philippine President)
Arafat, Yasser Politics (PLO)
Ardiles, Ossie Sports (Soccer player)
Ascham, Roger Politics (England)
Asimov, Isaac (1/2/1920 - 4/6/1992) Writer (Science, science fiction)
Atahualpa (1500 - 1533) Royal (Last Inca ruler of Peru)
Attlee, Clement (1/3/1883 - 1967) Politics (British Prime Minister)
Auchinleck, General Sir Claude Military (World War II hero)
Ayer, Alfred (1910 - ?) Thinker (British philosopher)
Ayers, Lew (12/28/1908 - ?) Film (All Quiet On The Western Front)

B

Bacall, Lauren Actress
Bacon, Sir Francis (1/22/1561 - 4/9/1626) Thinker (English philosopher)
Balfour, Arthur (7/25/1848 - 3/19/1930) Politics (British prime minister)
Ballesteros, Seve Masters Golf Champion
Balzac, Honore de (5/20/1799 - 8/18/1850) Writer (French Writer of realist novels)
Barnett, Dick Basketball player (NY Knicks)
Barnham, Phineas.T. Circus, museum
Barrymore, John (1882 - 1942) Film
Barrymore, Lionel (4/28/1878 - 11/15/1954) Film
Baryshnikov, Mikhail (1/28/1948 - ?) Film (Ballet star)
Bathory, Stephan (1553-1586) Royal (King of Poland from 1576 - 1586)
Baum, Frank (5/15/1856 - 1919) Writer (Wizard of Oz)
Beauharnais, Eugene (1781 - 1824) French General; Napoleon's adopted son
Becker, Boris (11/22/1967 - ?) Sports (Tennis)
Becket, Thomas (1118 - 12/29/1170) Holy (Archbishop of Cantebury)
Beckett, Samuel (4/13/1906 - 12/26/1989) Writer (Nobel prize in literature 1969)
Bedi, Kabir (1/16/1946 - ?) Film (Villian in James Bond Octopussy)
Beecham, Thomas (4/29/1879 - 1961) Music (English conductor)
Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 - 3/26/1827) Music (German composer)
Begin, Menachem (8/16/1913 - 3/8/1992) Politics (Israeli Prime Minister)
Bellamy, Guy Writer (The Secret Lemonade Drinker)
Benedictus, David Writer (Wrote "Fourth of June")
Bergman, Ingmar (7/14/1918 - ?) Film (Swedish Film director)
Bernhardt, Sarah (10/22/1844 - 3/26/1923)  Film
Berthelot Royal (Charlegmagne's nephew)
Berthier, L. Military (French General)
Bikel, Theodore Film (Fiddler on the Roof)
Blackmore, R.D. Writer (wrote Lorna Doone)
Blakey, Art Music (Jazz)
Bliss, Sir Arthur (8/2/1891 - 3/27/1975) Music (Master of the Queen's Music)
Blyton, Enid (8/11/1897- ?) Writer (Children's books)
Boccaccio, Giovanni (1313 - 12/21/1375) Writer (Renaissance Humanist)
Bogart, Humphrey (12/25/1899 - 1/14/1957) Film
Boleyn, Anne (1507 - 5/19/1536) Royal (Mother of Queen Elizabeth I)
Bonaparte, Napoleon (8/15/1769- 5/5/1821)  Emperor
Bonar Law, Andrew Politics
Bondarchuk, Sergei Film (Director)
Bonnington, Chris British mountain climber
Bono Singer (U-2)
Boone, Richard (1917 - 1981) Actor (Paladin - Have Gun, Will Travel)
Booth, Shirley (8/30/1907) Film
Borges, Jorge (8/24/1899 - 1986) Writer (Argentine Writer)
Borodin, Alex (11/12/1833 - 2/27/1887) Music (Russian composer and chemist)
Bouton, Jim Baseball player; Author (Ball Four)
Bowie, David (1/8/1947 - ?) Music
Boyer, Charles (1899 - 1978) Film
Brabazon of Tara, Lord Sports
Brando, Marlon (4/3/1924 - ?) Film (On the Waterfront; The Godfather)
Brandt, Willy (12/18/1913 - ?) Politics (West German Chancellor)
Braque, Georges (5/13/1882 - 8/31/1963) Artist (Cubism)
Brodsky, Adolf Music (Violinist)
Bronowski, Jacob (1908 - 1974) Thinker (wrote Ascent of Man)
Brown, Clifford (1930 - 1956) Music (Jazz)
Bruce, Nigel (1895 - 1953) Film
Bruno, Frank (11/16/1961 Sports (British heavyweight Boxer)
Bryant, Kobe Sports (NBA Basketball player)
Brzezinski, Zbigniew (1928 - ) Politics (National security advisor)
Buchwald, Art (10/20/1925) Writer
Buckle, Henry (1821 - 1862) Writer (History of Civilization)
Bugner, Joe (3/13/1950) Sports (Heavyweight Boxer)
Burleigh, Lord Sports (Track)
Burr, Aaron (1756 - 1836) 3rd US Vice President

C

Caeser, Sid (9/8/1922 Actor
Canetti, Elias (1905 - ?) Writer (Nobel prize for literature 1981)
Canute, King (995 - 1035) Royal (1st King of England)
Capone, Al Gangster
Cardano, Girolamo (1501 - 1576) Thinker (Founder of probability theory)
Carroll, Charles (1738 - 1832) Signed declaration of independence
Carroll, Lewis (1832 - 1898) Writer (Alice in Wonderland)
Carter, Amy Daughter of President Carter
Carter, Jimmy (10/1/1924 - ?) Politics (39th US President)
Carter, Rosalyn Wife of President Carter
Cartwright, Bill Basketball player for Chicago Bulls
Caruso, Enrico (1873 - 8/2/1921) Music (Opera)
Casals, Pablo (12/29/1876 - 1973) Music (Cellist)
Casanova, Giovanni (4/5/1725 - 6/4/1798) Italian playboy
Casillas, Graciella Sports (World women's karate champion)
Castro, Fidel (8/13/1926 - ?) Politics (Cuban leader)
Catherine II (5/2/1729 - 11/17/1796) Politics (Empress of Russia)
Ceasar, Sid (1922 - ?) Comedian
Cervantes, Miguel de (9/29/1547 - 1616) Writer (Don Quixote)
Chang, Michael Tennis player
Chaplin, Charlie (4/16/1899 - 12/25/1977) Film
Charlemagne (742 - 814) Royal
Charles Borromeo (1538 - 1584) Holy (Bishop of Milan)
Charles I (11/19/1600 - 1/30/1649) Royal (King of England)
Charles V Royal (French Emperor from 1364 - 1380)
Charles VII Royal (King of France from 1422 - 1461)
Charles XII Royal (King of Sweden)
Charles, Ray (9/23/1930 - ?) Music
Cherkasov, Nikolai Film (Soviet Actor)
Chopin, Frederic (3/1/1810 - 10/17/1849) Music (Pianist)
Christie, John ( - 6/25/1953) Misc (Mass murderer of the 1940s)
Churchill, Randolph (1849 - 1/24/1895) Politics; Father of Winston Churchill
Churchill,Winston(11/30/1874 - 1/24/1965) Politics (British Prime Minister)
Cleveland, Grover (1837 - 1908) 22nd and 24th US President
Cobb, Lee J. (1911 - 1976) Film
Coburn, Charles (6/19/1877 - 1961) Film
Conchubair Royal (King of Ireland)
Conrad, Joseph (12/3/1857 - 8/3/1924) Writer (Lord Jim)
Cooke, Alistair (11/20/1908 - ?) Film (PBS broadcaster)
Cornforth, John Nobel prize for chemistry in 1975
Cosby, Bill (7/12/1937) Film
Crane, Les Film, business
Crowley, Aleister (10/12/1875) Author
Cugat, Xavier Film, artist
Culbertson, Ely Sports (Greatest bridge publicist)
Custer, George (1839 - 1876) Military

D

D'Estaing, Valey Giscard Politics (French Premier)
Dabrowski, Jaroslaw Military (Polish General)
Daladier, Edouard (1884 - 1970) Politics (French Premier)
Dali, Salvador (5/11/1904 - ?) Artist
Darin, Bobby (5/14/1936 - 1974) Music (Mack the Knife, Splish Splash)
Darnell, Linda (1921 - 1965) Film
Darrow, Henry Actor (High Chaparral)
Davis, Steve (8/22/1957 - ?) Sports (World snooker champion)
De Moivre, Abraham Thinker (Mathematician)
De Musset, Alfred Writer (French romanticist)
Debrew, Gerard Thinker (1983 Nobel prize, economics)
Dewey, George (1837 - 1917) Admiral
Diamond, Dustin (1977 - ?) Actor (Screech)
Diamond, Neil (1/24/1941 - ?) Music
Dickens, Charles (2/7/1812 - 6/9/1870) Writer (Oliver Twist, etc)
Diderot, Denis (1713 - 1784) Thinker (French encyclopedist)
Dietrich, Marlene (12/27/1904 - ?) Film
Dikiy, Alexey Film (Soviet Actor)
Dimitrov, Georgi Bulgarian revolutionary
Disraeli, Benjamin (1804 - 1881) Politics (British Prime Minister)
Dobrynin Politics
Dobzynsky, Charles Writer (French)
Dore, Gustave (1832 - 1883) Artist
Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1821 - 1881) Writer
Downs, Hugh (2/14/1921) Actor
Doyle, Arthur Conan (1859 - 1930) Writer (Sherlock Holmes)
Duchamp, Marcel (7/28/1887 - 10/11968) Artist
Duchamp, Raymond Artist and brother of Marcel Duchamp
Dvorak, Antonin (1841 - 1904) Music
Dylan, Bob Music

E

Eagle, Angela Politics (British Member of Parliament)
Edward III, King (11/13/1312 - 6/21/1377) Royal (Founded the Order of the Garter)
Edward VII (1841 - 5/6/1910) Royal (King of United Kingdom)
Ehlman, Mischa Music (Violin virtuoso)
Einstein, Albert (3/14/1879 - 4/18/1955) Thinker (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1921)
Einstein, Hans Thinker (Son of Albert Einstein)
Eliot, George (1819 - 12/22/1880) Writer
Elizabeth I (9/7/1533 - 1603) Royal (Queen of England)
Elizabeth II (1926 - ?) Royal (Queen of England)
Elliot, Sean Basketball player (Detroit Pistons)
Eon de Beaumont, Charles Misc (World's most famous transvestite)
Erasmus, Desiderius (1466 - 7/12/1536) Thinker
Erdos, Pal Mathematician
Erkel, Ferenc Music
Ernest Royal (Duke of Brunswick)
Ernst, Max (1891 - 4/1/1976) Artist (Surrealist)
Estrada, Erik (3/16/1949 Film (CHIPS)
Euler, Leonard (1707 - 1783) Thinker (Mathematician and Physicist)

F

Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr (5/23/1883 - 1939) Film
Falk, Peter (9/16/1927) Film
Farouk, King (1920 - 1965) Royal (King of Egypt)
Farrell, Mike (2/6/1939) Film
Farrow, Mia (2/9/1945) Film
Feld, Fritz (1900 - 1993) Film
Ferdinand, Archduke (1452 - 1516) Royal
Ferrer, Jose (1/8/1912 - 1/26/1992) Film (Actor, Producer, Writer)
Feynman, Richard (5/11/1918 - 2/15/1988) Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1965
Field, Ted Producer (Three Men and a Baby)
Flynn, Errol (6/20/1909 - 1959) Film
Fonda, Henry (5/16/1905 - 1982) Film
Forman, Milos (2/18/1932 - ?) Film (Director - Cuckoo's Nest)
Forster, Edward M. (1/1/1879 - 6/7/1970) Writer (Wrote Passage to India)
Fouche, Joseph (1759 - 1820) Head of Napoleon's Secret Police
Fox, Michael J. (6/9/1961) Film
Franco, Francisco(12/4/1892 - 11/20/1975) Politics (Spanish Dictator)
Frank, Hans Governor General of Poland in 1939
Franklin, Benjamin (1/17/1706 - 4/17/1790) Politics
Frederick the Great (1712 - 1786) Royal
Frederick, John Politics (Saxon Elector)
Freud, Clement Politics
Freud, Sigmond (1856 - 1939) Thinker

G

Gabor, Zsa Zsa (2/16/1919) Film
Garfield, James Former US President
Gates, Bill Billionaire, Microsoft founder
Gauss, Johann Karl (1777 - 1855) Thinker
Genn, Leo (1905 - 1978) Film
George III (1738 - 1820) Royal (King of England)
Gillespie, John 'Dizzy' (1917 - ?) Music (Jazz)
Gladstone, William (1809 - 1898) Politics (British Prime Minister)
Goebbels, Paul Joseph (1897 - 1945) Nazi leader
Goethe, Johann (1749 - 1832) Writer (Faust)
Goetz, Bernard NY Subway shooter
Goffin, Gerry (1939 - ?) Music (Hall of fame songwriter)
Golding, William (1911 - ?) Nobel prize in literature in 1983
Goldsmith, Oliver (1730 - 1774) Writer
Gorky, Maxim (1868 - 1936) Writer
Gowdy, Curt (07/31/1919 - ?)