Bella Abzug was a leading liberal activist and politician in the 1960s and 1970s, especially known for her work for women’s rights.
1920-1998
Scholar Isaac Asimov was one of the 20th century's most prolific writers, writing in many genres. He was known for sci-fi works like Foundation and I, Robot.
1920-1992
1920-1982
American fantasy and horror author Ray Bradbury is best known for his novels Fahrenheit 451, The Illustrated Man and The Martian Chronicles.
1920-2012
Dave Brubeck was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his unconventional meters, as well as songs like "In Your Own Sweet Way" and "The Duke."
1920-2012
Yul Brynner was an actor of stage and screen most famous for portraying King Mongkut of Siam in The King and I.
1920-1985
Author and poet Charles Bukowski wrote the gritty poetry book Love is a Dog from Hell, and the novels Barfly and Factotum, both of which were made into films.
1920-1994
1920-2006
Actor Montgomery Clift starred in films like Red River (1948), A Place in the Sun (1951), and From Here To Eternity (1953).
1920-1966
American actress Laraine Day portrayed steadfast women in Hollywood films of the 1940s, including nurse Mary Lamont in seven Dr. Kildare movies.
1920-2007
I.A.L. Diamond was a Romanian-born American screenwriter who worked extensively with director Bill Wilder.
1920-1988
Actor James Doohan will forever be remembered as the Scottish chief engineer Scotty in the popular science fiction television and film series Star Trek.
1920-2005
1920-2007
1920-2000
Italian film director Federico Fellini was one of the most celebrated and distinctive filmmakers of the period after World War II.
1920-1993
British chemist Rosalind Franklin is best known for her role in the discovery of the structure of DNA ,and for her pioneering use of X-ray diffraction.
1920-1958
1920-2005
1920-2004
1920-2007
1920-
Janet Jagan co-founded the People's Progressive Party. She was the first woman to become prime minister of Guyana and was also Guyana’s first female president.
1920-2009
Daniel James, an alumni of the famous Tuskegee Institute, was the first African-American four-star general in the U.S. Air Force.
1920-1978
P.D. James is an English mystery writer best known for her series of novels featuring fictional detective Adam Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard.
1920-
1920-
Timothy Leary was an American psychologist and author who was a leading advocate for the use of LSD and other psychoactive drugs.
1920-1996
1920-2002
1920-2000
American jazz pianist and composer John Lewis was a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet, one of the longest-lived and best-received groups in jazz history.
1920-2001
Walter Matthau was an actor known for his gruff on-screen demeanor in such films as The Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men.
1920-2000
Jayne Meadows is an American actress best known for her television work on I’ve Got a Secret (1952-'59). She is the wife of comedian Steve Allen.
1920-
Actor Ricardo Montalban is best known for playing Mr. Roarke on television's Fantasy Island—the role that launched him into true stardom.
1920-2009
Sun Myung Moon was founder and leader of the Unification Church, a religious movement whose followers were labeled "Moonies."
1920-2012
Twice appointed the United States' poet laureate, Howard Nemerov was a writer with wit and illuminating irony.
1920-1991
1920-
Maureen O'Hara was an Irish-born actress who was billed alongside Hollywood's leading men in a slew of swashbuckling features in the 1940s.
1920-
Charlie Parker was a legendary Grammy Award–winning jazz saxophonist who with Dizzy Gillespie invented the musical style called bop or bebop.
1920-1955
Pope John Paul II made history in 1978 by becoming the first non-Italian pope in more than four hundred years.
1920-2005
1920-2005
Mario Puzo became famous when he adapted his novel The Godfather into a screenplay for director Francis Ford Coppola in the 1960s.
1920-1999
Tony Randall was an actor who played popular television character Felix Unger on the hit series The Odd Couple.
1920-2004
French film director Eric Rohmer was an editor of respected periodicals, including Cahiers du Cinéma, and the maker of films like My Night at Maud's.
1920-2010
A stage, film and TV actress, Esther Rolle is best remembered as Florida Evans -- a character she played on two comedy series, Maude and Good Times.
1920-1998
Mickey Rooney was a child star best known for his role as Andy Hardy in a long-running film series. He a starred in a number of musicals with Judy Garland.
1920-
Ravi Shankar was an Indian musician and composer best known for popularizing the sitar and Indian classical music in Western culture.
1920-2012
Musician, Isaac Stern was a famous violinist and was responsible for discovering Yo-Yo Ma.
1920-2001
1920-
1920-1987
Percy Sutton was a Freedom Rider, civil rights activist and prominent African-American lawyer best known for representing Malcolm X.
1920-2009
Helen Thomas was the first female member of the White House press corps and the United Press International’s first female White House bureau chief.
1920-
Actress Gene Tierney had a rocky start in Hollywood, but is best known for her role as a memorable murder victim in the 1944 film Laura.
1920-1991
Australian Aboriginal writer and political activist Kath Walker is considered the first of the modern-day Aboriginal protest writers.
1920-1993
Shelley Winters was a popular American actress who is perhaps most remembered for her starring role in the 1951 film A Place in the Sun, for which won an Oscar.
1920-2006