Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Politician
1
Tom Petty (1950-2017)
Rock Singer
2
Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Novelist
3
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
TV Actor
4
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
Movie Actor
5
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
6
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Movie Actress
7
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
Playwright
8
Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)
Journalist
9
Austin Peay (1876-1927)
10
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
11
Bob Gibson (1935-2020)
Baseball Player
12
Francis Lee (1944-2023)
Soccer Player
13
August Wilson (1945-2005)
14
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Pianist
15
Cookie Monsta (1989-2020)
DJ
16
Harriet Nelson (1909-1994)
TV Actress
17
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
Entrepreneur
18
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
19
Rebecca Caudill (1899-1985)
Children's Author
20
Coleridge Goode (1914-2015)
Bassist
21
Elfriede Geiringer (1905-1998)
22
PHiZZURP (1992-2016)
YouTube Star
23
Paul Hartman (1904-1973)
Stage Actor
24
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Benjamin Kidd (1858-1916)
Philosopher
25
Ernest Renan (1823-1892)
Historian
26
John Andre (1750-1780)
War Hero
27
Kim Shattuck (1963-2019)
28
Hermenegildo Sabat (1933-2018)
Cartoonist
29
Otto Gunsche (1917-2003)
30
John Wes Townley (1989-2021)
Race Car Driver
31
John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003)
32
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
33
Donna Ares (1977-2017)
World Music Singer
34
Tamara Dobson (1947-2006)
Model
35
Geoff Emerick (1945-2018)
Sound Designer
36
Sidney Walton (1919-2021)
37
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
38
John Groff (1890-1990)
39
Frances Bergen (1922-2006)
40
Nguyen Chi Thien (1939-2012)
Poet
41
George Savalas (1924-1985)
42
Essington Lewis (1881-1961)
43
Neal Dow (1804-1897)
44
George Grizzard (1928-2007)
45
Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962)
46
Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897)
47
William Shea (1907-1991)
Lawyer
48
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