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
Bob Gibson (1935-2020)
Baseball Player
7
Cookie Monsta (1989-2020)
DJ
8
August Wilson (1945-2005)
Playwright
9
John Andre (1750-1780)
War Hero
10
Otto Gunsche (1917-2003)
11
Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)
Journalist
12
Ken Tobias (1945-2024)
Folk Singer
13
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
14
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
15
Austin Peay (1876-1927)
16
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
Entrepreneur
17
Harriet Nelson (1909-1994)
TV Actress
18
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Movie Actress
19
Elfriede Geiringer (1905-1998)
20
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
21
Umer Shareef (1955-2021)
Comedian
22
George Grizzard (1928-2007)
23
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927)
Biologist
24
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Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Pianist
25
John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003)
26
Tamara Dobson (1947-2006)
Model
27
Francis Lee (1944-2023)
Soccer Player
28
John Wes Townley (1989-2021)
Race Car Driver
29
Donna Ares (1977-2017)
World Music Singer
30
Sidney Walton (1919-2021)
31
John Groff (1890-1990)
32
PHiZZURP (1992-2016)
YouTube Star
33
Paul Hartman (1904-1973)
Stage Actor
34
William Shea (1907-1991)
Lawyer
35
Kim Shattuck (1963-2019)
36
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
37
Sudhamoy Pramanick (1884-1974)
38
Hermenegildo Sabat (1933-2018)
Cartoonist
39
Coleridge Goode (1914-2015)
Bassist
40
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
41
Geoff Emerick (1945-2018)
Sound Designer
42
Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962)
43
Nguyen Chi Thien (1939-2012)
Poet
44
Benjamin Kidd (1858-1916)
Philosopher
45
Rebecca Caudill (1899-1985)
Children's Author
46
Ernest Renan (1823-1892)
Historian
47
Neal Dow (1804-1897)
48
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