1911-2006
Outlaw Clyde Barrow and his partner, Bonnie, robbed banks and store owners during the Depression and were believed to be responsible for at least 13 murders.
1909-1934
Actress Keisha Castle-Hughes was selected from among several hundred children in Mt. Wellington, New Zealand to star as Pai in the acclaimed film Whale Rider.
1990-
Jessica Chastain is an American actress who first gained widespread attention in 2011 for her work in Take Shelter, The Help and Terrence Malick’s Tree of Life.
1977-
1919-
Matilda Joslyn Gage was an author and one of the leading figures in the women's rights and suffrage movement that began in the mid-1800s.
1826-1898
Alyson Hannigan got her start by starring on the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, followed by a recurring role in the American Pie movie trilogy. Since 2005, she has starred on TV's How I Met Your Mother.
1974-
Dorothy Height was a civil rights and women's rights activist focused primarily on improving the circumstances of and opportunities for African-American women.
1912-2010
American fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger created a brand of clothing that was extremely popular with several different communities in the 1990s.
1951-
Harry Houdini's grand illusions and daring, spectacular escape acts made him one of the most famous magicians of all time.
1874-1926
Star Jones is a lawyer and television personality best known for co-hosting ABC's The View from 1997 until 2006.
1962-
Rufus King was an American diplomat, politician and framer of the U.S. Constitution.
1755-1827
1944-
One of the most dominant quarterbacks in NFL history, Peyton Manning has won multiple MVP awards and led the Indianapolis Colts to victory in Super Bowl XLI.
1976-
Thomas R. Marshall was a governor of Indiana and served as U.S. vice president under Woodrow Wilson.
1854-1925
American film star Steve McQueen was one of the most popular and well-paid actors of the 1960s and ‘70s. He starred in films like The Great Escape, Bullit and The Getaway.
1930-1980
1855-1937
Wilhelm Reich was a psychiatrist who developed psychoanalysis that concentrated on overall character structure rather than on individual symptoms.
1897-1957
American radio astronomer and physicist Joseph H. Taylor Jr. was the co-recipient of the 1993 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the first binary pulsar.
1941-
Edward Weston's photography captured organic forms and texture. Portraits of his family taken in the 1940s are some of his best work.
1886-1958