Fred Astaire was an American dancer of stage and film who is best known for a number of successful musical comedy films in which he starred with Ginger Rogers.
1899-1987
1906-1987
James Baldwin was an essayist, playwright and novelist regarded as a highly insightful, iconic writer with works like The Fire Next Time and Another Country.
1924-1987
1903-1987
Joseph Campbell was a professor and author who focused on comparative folklore with books like The Power of Myth and The Hero With a Thousand Faces.
1904-1987
Septima Poinsette Clark was a pioneering educator and activist who championed teacher’s rights with organizations like the NAACP.
1898-1987
1927-1987
1916-1987
1910-1987
American film actress Rita Hayworth is best known for her stunning explosive sexual charisma on screen in films throughout the 1930s and 1940s.
1918-1987
1913-1987
Adolf Hitler appointed Rudolf Hess deputy of the Nazi party in 1939. Following World War II, Hess was convicted at the Nuremberg Trials and sentenced to life in prison.
1894-1987
1906-1987
Actor and comedian Danny Kaye was enormously popular across stage, radio, TV and movie venues for his singing, dancing, impersonations and improvisations.
1913-1987
Italian Jewish chemist Primo Levi survived a year at Auschwitz against all odds. He is best known his moving memoir, If This Is a Man.
1919-1987
Liberace was a flamboyant pianist who twice had his own TV show and frequently performed in Las Vegas.
1919-1987
1906-1987
1922-1987
Actor Lee Marvin’s appeared in about 70 films, including Hell in the Pacific and The Dirty Dozen, between 1951 and 1986.
1924-1987
1896-1987
Nobel Prize-winning Swedish economist and sociologist Gunner Myrdal is regarded as a major theorist of international relations and developmental economics.
1898-1987
Actress Geraldine Page, born in Missouri 1924, was well respected for her dedication to her roles on stage and screen, winning an Oscar and an Emmy.
1924-1987
1918-1987
1917-1987
Bayard Rustin was a civil rights organizer and activist, best known for his work as adviser to Martin Luther King Jr. in the 1950s and '60s.
1912-1987
1893-1987
1923-1987
1920-1987
1901-1987
Peter Tosh was a renowned reggae artist and founding member of the band the Wailers, which gave reggae artist Bob Marley his start.
1944-1987
Santo Trafficante is best known for running casinos in Cuba, prior to Castro's revolution.
1914-1987
Sam J. Wagstaff was an important art curator and collector of photography. He was also a companion and benefactor of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe.
1921-1987
Illustrator Andy Warhol was one of the most prolific and popular artists of his time, using both avant-garde and highly commercial sensibilities.
1928-1987
Harold Washington became the first African-American mayor of Chicago in 1983.
1922-1987
1156-1987