Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist who discovered the pathological condition of dementia and diagnosed the disease that bears his name.
1864-1915
Emily Brontë is best known for authoring the novel Wuthering Heights. She was the sister of Charlotte and Anne Brontë, also famous authors.
1818-1848
Herbert C. Brown was a scientist and professor who won the Nobel Prize for his work in organic chemistry.
1912-2004
Vincent Gigante was an Italian-American mobster, known as "The Enigma in the Bathrobe," who led the Genovese crime family of New York City.
1928-2005
1893-1929
1798-1859
John Lindsay was a U.S. congressman and was the mayor of New York City during the 1960s. He is known for his "ghetto walks" and clashes with labor groups.
1921-2000
Marcello Mastroianni often played the ideal European male in Federico Fellini's films.
1924-1996
1868-1953
Italian operatic soprano Renata Tebaldi was best known for her exquisite and emotional quality of her singing.
1922-2004
J.M.W. Turner was a British landscape painter of the 18th and 19th centuries whose work is known for its luminous almost abstract quality.
1775-1851