Kim Jong-il (1941-2011)
World Leader
1
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
War Hero
2
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
Director
3
Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999)
Saxophonist
4
Leopold II (1835-1909)
King
5
Harold Holt (1908-1967)
Politician
6
Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020)
Movie Actor
7
Rumi (1207-1273)
Poet
8
Sammy Baugh (1914-2008)
Football Player
9
Captain Beefheart (1941-2010)
Rock Singer
10
Otto Graham (1921-2003)
11
Claire Hartley (2001-2018)
Family Member
12
Juan Vicente Gómez (1857-1935)
13
Jennifer Jones (1919-2009)
Movie Actress
14
Justin Levens (1980-2008)
MMA Fighter
15
Cesaria Évora (1941-2011)
Pop Singer
16
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)
17
Dana Andrews (1909-1992)
18
Edwin Binney (1866-1934)
Inventor
19
Big Joe Williams (1903-1982)
Guitarist
20
Rex Allen (1920-1999)
TV Actor
21
Dina Manfredini (1897-2012)
Supercentenarian
22
Henry Heimlich (1920-2016)
Doctor
23
Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962)
24
Don Ellis (1934-1978)
Trumpet Player
25
William Jackson (1759-1828)
26
Alaina Reed Hall (1946-2009)
TV Actress
27
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
Novelist
28
Hayden Fry (1929-2019)
Football Coach
29
Feliciano Tavares (1920-2008)
30
Jack Anderson (1922-2005)
Journalist
31
Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)
Anthropologist
32
Joe Gill (1919-2006)
Comic Book Author
33
Shriram Lagoo (1927-2019)
34
Kaspar Hauser (1812-1833)
35
Desire Magnus (1828-1883)
Pianist
36
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Pop Artist
37
Zaevion Dobson (2000-2015)
38
Ruby Florence Murray (1935-1996)
39
Alan Tilvern (1918-2003)
Stage Actor
40
Mike Hodges (1932-2022)
41
William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)
42
Alexander Herrmann (1844-1896)
Magician
43
Olinde Rodrigues (1795-1851)
Mathematician
44
Charles Devoe (1982-2010)
Model
45
Michael Okpara (1920-1984)
46
Larry Sherry (1935-2006)
Baseball Player
47
Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846-1926)
Entrepreneur
48
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