Tex Avery was an American cartoonist best known for creating characters such as Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Bugs Bunny, Droopy and Chilly Willy.
1908-1980
Roger Baldwin was an American civil rights activist who co-founded the American Civil Liberties Union.
1884-1981
Charles Boyer was an Oscar-nominated French actor of stage, film and television with a career that spanned almost six decades.
1899-1978
Lon Chaney was an actor known for his use of makeup to great effect in such films as The Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
1883-1930
1925-2009
Ellie Greenwich is best known as the writer of hit songs from the 1960's through the 1980's.
1940-2009
The writings of psychologist and philosopher William James had a major impact on the way we look at the mind, the body, and the world.
1842-1910
Aviator Charles Lindbergh became famous for making the first solo transatlantic airplane flight in 1927.
1902-1974
1773-1850
1855-1937
Felix Mitchell was a drug kingpin who assembled a backing crew of notorious criminals and dubbed them the "69 Mob."
1954-1986
Charles Scribner co-founded the publishing house Baker & Scribner, which became Charles Scribner's Sons.
1821-1871