June Carter Cash was a Grammy-winning country singer who was married to and performed with country music star Johnny Cash.
1929-2003
1763-1814
Australian actor, producer, writer and director Joel Edgerton played Will McGill in the soap opera The Secret Life of Us, and Tom Buchanan in The Great Gatsby.
1974-
Edward VIII became king of the United Kingdom following the death of his father, George V, but ruled for less than a year. He abdicated the throne in order to marry his lover, Wallis Simpson, thereafter taking the title Duke of Windsor.
1894-1972
1927-1987
Martin Gore is best known as the keyboardist and primary songwriter for Depeche Mode. Gore wrote many hit tracks, including "Policy of Truth" and "Personal Jesus."
1961-
Robert Hunter is a writer and lyricist chiefly known for the songs he has written for the Grateful Dead.
1941-
Record producer and musician Randy Jackson is notable mostly as a judge on the talent-search TV show American Idol
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1956-
Biologist Alfred Kinsey wrote Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, which was based on research he and his colleagues conducted at the Institute for Sex Research.
1894-1956
James Levine is a renowned pianist, violinist and conductor who has served as music director of the Metropolitan Opera since 1971.
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1957-
1911-1999
In 1960, Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
1940-1994
Clarence Thomas is the second African-American justice to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed in 1991 and leans conservative.
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1979-
Famed mathematician Alan Turing proved in his 1936 paper, "On Computable Numbers," that a universal algorithmic method of determining truth in math cannot exist.
1912-1954
Joss Whedon is a writer and director best known as the creator of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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1916-2002
One of soccer's all-time greats, Zinedine Zidane led France to victory at the 1998 World Cup, but was thrown out of the '06 Cup final for striking an opponent.
1972-