Tom Petty (1950-2017)
Rock Singer
1
Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Politician
2
Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Novelist
3
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
Movie Actor
4
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
5
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
TV Actor
6
John Andre (1750-1780)
War Hero
7
August Wilson (1945-2005)
Playwright
8
Harriet Nelson (1909-1994)
TV Actress
9
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
10
Austin Peay (1876-1927)
11
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Movie Actress
12
Cookie Monsta (1989-2020)
DJ
13
Bob Gibson (1935-2020)
Baseball Player
14
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Pianist
15
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
16
Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)
Journalist
17
Elfriede Geiringer (1905-1998)
18
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
Entrepreneur
19
Kim Shattuck (1963-2019)
20
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
21
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
22
George Grizzard (1928-2007)
23
Hermenegildo Sabat (1933-2018)
Cartoonist
24
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Donna Ares (1977-2017)
World Music Singer
25
PHiZZURP (1992-2016)
YouTube Star
26
John Groff (1890-1990)
27
Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962)
28
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927)
Biologist
29
Eugen Langen (1833-1895)
30
Francis Lee (1944-2023)
Soccer Player
31
Otto Gunsche (1917-2003)
32
Coleridge Goode (1914-2015)
Bassist
33
John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003)
34
Tamara Dobson (1947-2006)
Model
35
Geoff Emerick (1945-2018)
Sound Designer
36
Sidney Walton (1919-2021)
37
John Wes Townley (1989-2021)
Race Car Driver
38
Paul Hartman (1904-1973)
Stage Actor
39
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
40
Nguyen Chi Thien (1939-2012)
Poet
41
Benjamin Kidd (1858-1916)
Philosopher
42
George Savalas (1924-1985)
43
Rebecca Caudill (1899-1985)
Children's Author
44
Ernest Renan (1823-1892)
Historian
45
Neal Dow (1804-1897)
46
Frances Bergen (1922-2006)
47
Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897)
48
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