02/17/1919 - 08/23/2001
Kathleen Freeman (February 17, 1919 – August 23, 2001) was an American film, television, and stage actress. In a career that spanned more than 50 years, she portrayed tart maids, secretaries, teachers, busybodies, nurses, and battle-axe neig...
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12/04/1738 - 09/09/1815
John Singleton Copley (1738 – 1815) was an American painter, born presumably in Boston, Massachusetts, and a son of Richard and Mary Singleton Copley, both Irish. He is famous for his portrait paintings of impor...
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02/21/1933 - 04/21/2003
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (February 21, 1933 – April 21, 2003), also known by her stage name Nina Simone, was an American singer, songwriter, pianist, arranger, and civil rights activist widely associated with jazz music.
Simone aspired to...
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Gene Vincent (Vincent Eugene Craddock)
02/11/1935 - 10/12/1971
Vincent Eugene Craddock (February 11, 1935–October 12, 1971), better known as Gene Vincent, was an American musician who pioneered the styles of rock and roll and rockabilly. His 1956 top ten hit with his Blue Caps, "Be-Bop-A-Lula...
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05/07/1956 - 03/06/2004
Raymond Fernandez (May 7, 1956 – March 6, 2004) was a professional wrestler who primarily wrestled in Florida and Texas before joining the World Wrestling Federation. He was best known by the ring name Hercules or variations thereof. Fernand...
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Jelly Morton (Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe)
09/20/1885 - 07/10/1941
Ferdinand Joseph LaMothe (September 20, 1885 – July 10, 1941), known professionally as Jelly Roll Morton, was an American ragtime and early jazz pianist, bandleader and composer.
05/16/1782 - 07/24/1842
John Sell Cotman (16 May 1782 – 24 July 1842) was an English marine and landscape painter, etcher, illustrator and author, one of the leading lights of the Norwich school of artists.
12/28/1856 - 02/03/1924
Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921.
09/14/1983 - 07/23/2011
Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer-songwriter, known for her powerful contralto vocals and her eclectic mix of various musical genres including. Amy Winehouse was a five-time Grammy Award-winner. She...
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Ray Barrett (Raymond Charles Barrett)
05/02/1927 - 09/08/2009
Raymond Charles "Ray" Barrett (2 May 1927 – 8 September 2009) was an Australian actor. He was one of the more popular leading men on British television in the 1960s, where he was best known for his appearances in The Troubleshooter...
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10/26/1909 - 03/06/2004
Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American actress. She starred opposite Maurice Chevalier in the early talkie musical, The Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in the film...
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10/02/1871 - 07/23/1955
Cordell Hull (October 2, 1871 – July 23, 1955) was an American politician from the U.S. state of Tennessee. He is best known as the longest-serving Secretary of State, holding the position for 11 years...
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04/20/1893 - 03/08/1971
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (born April 20, 1893, Burchard, Neb., U.S.—died March 8, 1971, Hollywood, Calif.) U.S. motion-picture comedian who was the highest paid star of the 1920s and one of the cinema's most popular personalities.
04/01/1928 - 10/02/2007
George Cooper Grizzard, Jr. (April 1, 1928 – October 2, 2007) was an American actor of film and stage.
02/01/1915 - 02/23/2000
Sir Stanley Matthews, (1 February 1915 – 23 February 2000) was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the English game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing, as well as being...
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