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Don Adams
Television Actor, Comedian / 1923 - 2005
American actor and comedian Don Adams is best known for his role as secret agent Maxwell Smart on NBC's hit 1960s sitcom Get Smart.
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(1923-2005)
Television Actor, Comedian
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Diane Arbus
Photographer / 1923 - 1971
Photographer Diane Arbus's distinctive portraits showed the world how crazy (and beautiful) New Yorkers were in the 1950s and '60s. She was married to actor Allan Arbus.
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(1923-1971)
Photographer
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James Arness
Television Actor, Radio Personality / 1923 - 2011
James Arness is an American actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on the TV show Gunsmoke for 20 years.
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(1923-2011)
Television Actor, Radio Personality
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Richard Attenborough
Actor / 1923 -
Richard Attenborough is an award-winning actor and director known for helming acclaimed works like Gandhi and Cry Freedom.
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(1923-)
Actor
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Richard Avedon
Photographer / 1923 - 2004
American photographer Richard Avedon was best known for his work in the fashion world and for his minimalist, large-scale character-revealing portraits.
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(1923-2004)
Photographer
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Conrad Bain
Television Actor / 1923 - 2013
Conrad Bain was a Canadian-American actor best known for his role as Philip Drummond on the hit show Diff'rent Strokes.
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(1923-2013)
Television Actor
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Bob Barker
Animal Rights Activist, Game Show Host / 1923 -
Bob Barker was the host of the TV game show
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(1923-)
Animal Rights Activist, Game Show Host
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Brendan Behan
Journalist, Author, Playwright / 1923 - 1964
Bredan Behan was a rebellious Irish author of plays and short stories noted for his earthy satire and powerful political commentary.
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(1923-1964)
Journalist, Author, Playwright
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Glen Bell
1923 - 2010
Glen Bell is the American entrepreneur responsible for the bringing Mexican food into the fast food world with Taco Bell.
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(1923-2010)
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Maria Callas
Singer / 1923 - 1977
Maria Callas was best known for her dramatic operatic performances around the world.
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(1923-1977)
Singer
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Paddy Chayefsky
Playwright, Screenwriter / 1923 - 1981
Broadway playwright Pddy Chayefsky picked up two Academy Awards for his films The Hospital and Network.
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(1923-1981)
Playwright, Screenwriter
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André Courrèges
Fashion Designer / 1923 -
André Courrèges is a French fashion designer who worked for Cristobal Balenciaga and opened his own house in 1961.
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(1923-)
Fashion Designer
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Victoria de los Angeles
Singer / 1923 -
Victoria de los Angeles is a lyric soprano noted for her 19th-century Italian roles and her performances of Spanish songs.
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(1923-)
Singer
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James Dickey
Literary Critic, Author, Poet / 1923 - 1997
James Dickey was a Poet Laureate and novelist best known for his 1970 book Deliverance.
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(1923-1997)
Literary Critic, Author, Poet
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Larry Doby
Baseball Player, Coach / 1923 - 2003
Baseball player Larry Doby was the second African American player in the major leagues and first in the American League when he joined the Cleveland Indians.
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(1923-2003)
Baseball Player, Coach
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Bob Dole
U.S. Representative / 1923 -
Bob Dole is a former member of the U.S. House (1961-69) and U.S. Senate (1969-96) from Kansas. In 1996, he was the Republican Party's candidate for the presidency.
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(1923-)
U.S. Representative
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Charles Durning
Film Actor, Theater Actor / 1923 - 2012
Actor Charles Durning appeared in such films as The Sting, Tootsie and Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. He also had roles on such shows as Rescue Me, Everybody Loves Raymond and Evening Shade.
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(1923-2012)
Film Actor, Theater Actor
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Estelle Getty
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1923 - 2008
Estelle Getty played Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls, and was one of television’s most popular comedic actresses of the 1980s.
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(1923-2008)
Film Actress, Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Nadine Gordimer
Author / 1923 -
Nobel Prize–winning author Nadine Gordimer wrote The Conservationist (1974), Crimes of Conscience (1991), and Get a Life (2005), among others.
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(1923-)
Author
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Dexter Gordon
Saxophonist / 1923 - 1990
Dexter Gordon was a big-toned, exultant, lyrical soloist on the tenor saxophone who thrived in the 1930s and 1940s.
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(1923-1990)
Saxophonist
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Jean Harris
Educator, Murderer / 1923 - 2012
In 1982, Jean Harris shot and killed author and cardiologist Herman Tarnower, who wrote the international best-seller The Complete Scarsdale Medical Diet.
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(1923-2012)
Educator, Murderer
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Joseph Heller
Anti-War Activist, Author / 1923 - 1999
Based on his experience, novelist Joseph Heller wrote the satirical novel Catch-22, considered one of the most significant works of postwar protest literature.
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(1923-1999)
Anti-War Activist, Author
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Charlton Heston
Film Actor / 1923 - 2008
Charlton Heston was an American film actor best known for his roles in Antony and Cleopatra, The Ten Commandments, Ben Hur and Planet of the Apes (1968).
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(1923-2008)
Film Actor
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Milton Jackson
Musician / 1923 - 1999
Milt Jackson was an African-American jazz musician, the first and most influential vibraphone improviser of the postwar, modern jazz era.
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(1923-1999)
Musician
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Ellsworth Kelly
Artist / 1923 -
The geometric paintings and sculptures of abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly are influenced by the avant-garde movement, including work by Henri Matisse.
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(1923-)
Artist
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Jack Kilby
Engineer, Inventor / 1923 - 2005
Jack Kilby was an American physicist and electrical engineer who co-created the integrated circuit.
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(1923-2005)
Engineer, Inventor
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Henry Kissinger
Diplomat, Political Scientist / 1923 -
Henry Kissinger is an American political scientist and diplomat who won the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts to broker a peaceful settlement of the Vietnam War.
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(1923-)
Diplomat, Political Scientist
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Walter Kohn
Chemist, Physicist / 1923 -
Walter Kohn is a physicist who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1998 for his work in quantum chemistry.
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(1923-)
Chemist, Physicist
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Peter Lawford
Film Actor / 1923 - 1984
Actor Peter Lawford ran with the Rat Pack, married a Kennedy, and was the last person to speak to Marilyn Monroe. He also made movies now and then.
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(1923-1984)
Film Actor
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Denise Levertov
Anti-War Activist, Poet / 1923 - 1997
Denise Levertov was an English-born poet, essayist and political activist who wrote matter-of-fact verse on both personal and political themes.
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(1923-1997)
Anti-War Activist, Poet
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Al Lewis
Film Actor, Television Actor, Entrepreneur / 1923 - 2006
Al Lewis was an entertainer who was best known for his role as Grandpa, the elderly vampire in a family of monsters, in the 1964 sitcom The Munsters.
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(1923-2006)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Entrepreneur
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Roy Lichtenstein
Illustrator, Painter / 1923 - 1997
Roy Lichtenstein was an American pop artist best known for his boldly-colored parodies of comic strips and advertisements.
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(1923-1997)
Illustrator, Painter
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Norman Mailer
Journalist, Author / 1923 - 2007
Author Norman Mailer used a style combining fiction and journalism to write the Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Executioner's Song.
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(1923-2007)
Journalist, Author
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Marcel Marceau
Actor, Artist / 1923 - 2007
Marcel Marceau was best known for his work as a mime artist in France.
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(1923-2007)
Actor, Artist
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Rocky Marciano
Boxer / 1923 - 1969
American professional boxer and world heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano beat Jersey Joe Walcott for the title and won an unrivaled 49 straight fights.
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(1923-1969)
Boxer
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Rudolph A. Marcus
Academic, Chemist / 1923 -
Rudolph A. Marcus is a Canadian chemist known for his research in electron-transfer reactions. He established what is known as the Marcus Theory, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1992.
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(1923-)
Academic, Chemist
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Ed McMahon
Comedian, Game Show Host / 1923 - 2009
Ed McMahon was the announcer on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, made famous through his banter and his opening introduction, 'Heeeere's Johnny!'
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(1923-2009)
Comedian, Game Show Host
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Wes Montgomery
Guitarist / 1923 - 1968
Wes Montgomery was a jazz guitarist and probably the most influential postwar improviser on the instrument.
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(1923-1968)
Guitarist
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Fats Navarro
Saxophonist, Trumpet Player / 1923 - 1950
African-American jazz trumpet virtuoso Fats Navarro was one of the founders of bebop. He struggled with a heroin addiction and tuberculosis.
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(1923-1950)
Saxophonist, Trumpet Player
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Bettie Page
Pin-up / 1923 - 2008
Bettie Page was a Playboy pin-up model and sex symbol of the 1950s. Her straight black bangs and innocent, playful attitude made her a fashion icon.
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(1923-2008)
Pin-up
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Shimon Peres
World Leader, Prime Minister / 1923 -
President of Israel Shimon Peres was also twice prime minister of Israel and won a Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating the Oslo Accords with Rabin and Arafat.
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(1923-)
World Leader, Prime Minister
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Sam Phillips
Music Producer / 1923 - 2003
American record producer Sam Phillips is best known for discovering musicians Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Howlin' Wolf, among other blues, country and rock 'n' roll artists. He is also known for revolutionizing the music industry and introducing rock 'n' roll to the world throughout the 1950s.
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(1923-2003)
Music Producer
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Tito Puente
Songwriter, Conductor / 1923 - 2000
Tito Puente was a musical pioneer, mixing musical styles with Latin sounds and experimenting in fusing Latin music with jazz.
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(1923-2000)
Songwriter, Conductor
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Dick Shawn
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian / 1923 - 1987
Known as an unusual comic performer, Dick Shawn had both TV and film roles, including in Mel Brooks' The Producers and the sitcom Three's Company.
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(1923-1987)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian
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Alan Shepard
Astronaut, Entrepreneur / 1923 - 1998
Alan Shepard became one of the original seven Mercury program astronauts in 1959. He later commanded the Apollo 14 flight.
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(1923-1998)
Astronaut, Entrepreneur
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Sam Sheppard
Doctor, Surgeon / 1923 - 1970
Sam Sheppard was an American physician best known as a homicide suspect in his wife’s murder.
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(1923-1970)
Doctor, Surgeon
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Norman Shumway
Surgeon / 1923 - 2006
Surgeon Norman Shumway performed the first human heart transplant in 1968.
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(1923-2006)
Surgeon
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Aaron Spelling
Actor, Television Producer, Screenwriter / 1923 - 2006
Aaron Spelling remains television’s most prolific producer, primarily known for escapist entertainment.
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(1923-2006)
Actor, Television Producer, Screenwriter
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Jean Stapleton
Theater Actress, Television Actress / 1923 -
Jean Stapleton is an American actress best known for her award-winning role as Edith Bunker in the TV hit series All in the Family.
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(1923-)
Theater Actress, Television Actress
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Ted Stevens
U.S. Representative / 1923 - 2010
Ted Stevens was a U.S. senator from Alaska, and the longest-serving Republican senator in American history (1968-2009).
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(1923-2010)
U.S. Representative
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Larry Storch
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Television Personality / 1923 -
Larry Storch, a veteran stand-up comic and character actor, is most commonly remembered for his work on the 1960s western comedy F Troop.
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(1923-)
Film Actor, Television Actor, Comedian, Television Personality
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Doc Watson
Guitarist, Singer / 1923 - 2012
Doc Watson was a blind American guitarist/singer and folk music pioneer whose unprecedented flat-picking style and interpretations of traditional American songs influenced generations of musicians.
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(1923-2012)
Guitarist, Singer
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Hoyt Wilhelm
Baseball Player / 1923 - 2002
Hoyt Wilhelm was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher known for his knuckleball and who set a pitching record.
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(1923-2002)
Baseball Player
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Hank Williams
Songwriter, Singer / 1923 - 1953
Hank Williams became one of America's first country music superstars, with hits like "Your Cheatin' Heart," before his early death at 29.
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(1923-1953)
Songwriter, Singer
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Chuck Yeager
Military Leader, Pilot / 1923 -
A World War II fighter pilot ace, Chuck Yeager was the first to break the sound barrier when he flew the Bell X-1 rocket 670 mph in level flight in 1947.
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(1923-)
Military Leader, Pilot
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Lee Kuan Yew
Lawyer, Prime Minister / 1923 -
Lee Kuan Yew was the prime minster of Singapore from 1959 to 1990, making him the longest-serving PM in history. During his long rule, Singapore became the most prosperous nation in Southeast Asia.
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(1923-)
Lawyer, Prime Minister
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Franco Zeffirelli
Director / 1923 -
Italian director Franco Zeffirelli is known for his authentic set designs and Shakespeare film adaptations, including 1967’s The Taming of the Shrew.
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(1923-)
Director