Kim Jong-il (1941-2011)
World Leader
1
Grover Washington Jr. (1943-1999)
Saxophonist
2
Thomas Mitchell (1892-1962)
Movie Actor
3
Penny Marshall (1943-2018)
Director
4
Leopold II (1835-1909)
King
5
Simón Bolívar (1783-1830)
War Hero
6
Jeremy Bulloch (1945-2020)
7
Claire Hartley (2001-2018)
Family Member
8
Rumi (1207-1273)
Poet
9
Harold Holt (1908-1967)
Politician
10
Jennifer Jones (1919-2009)
Movie Actress
11
Sammy Baugh (1914-2008)
Football Player
12
William Jackson (1759-1828)
13
Captain Beefheart (1941-2010)
Rock Singer
14
Kaspar Hauser (1812-1833)
15
Otto Graham (1921-2003)
16
Rex Allen (1920-1999)
TV Actor
17
Daniel Inouye (1924-2012)
18
Juan Vicente Gómez (1857-1935)
19
Edwin Binney (1866-1934)
Inventor
20
Janis Timma (1992-2024)
Basketball Player
21
Justin Levens (1980-2008)
MMA Fighter
22
Hayden Fry (1929-2019)
Football Coach
23
Dana Andrews (1909-1992)
24
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Cesaria Évora (1941-2011)
Pop Singer
25
Mike Hodges (1932-2022)
26
Don Ellis (1934-1978)
Trumpet Player
27
Lewis Morgan (1818-1881)
Anthropologist
28
Henry Heimlich (1920-2016)
Doctor
29
Alaina Reed Hall (1946-2009)
TV Actress
30
Paula Cisneros
Instagram Star
31
Tom Wesselmann (1931-2004)
Pop Artist
32
Ruby Florence Murray (1935-1996)
33
Edith Pretty (1883-1942)
34
Jack Anderson (1922-2005)
Journalist
35
Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957)
Novelist
36
Joe Gill (1919-2006)
Comic Book Author
37
Dina Manfredini (1897-2012)
Supercentenarian
38
Big Joe Williams (1903-1982)
Guitarist
39
Desire Magnus (1828-1883)
Pianist
40
Shriram Lagoo (1927-2019)
41
Alan Tilvern (1918-2003)
Stage Actor
42
Zaevion Dobson (2000-2015)
43
William Barker Cushing (1842-1874)
44
Alexander Herrmann (1844-1896)
Magician
45
Feliciano Tavares (1920-2008)
46
Olinde Rodrigues (1795-1851)
Mathematician
47
Charles Devoe (1982-2010)
Model
48
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