Thomas Hart Benton was an esteemed 20th century painter and muralist renowned for works like “America Today” and “Persephone.”
1889-1975
James Dickey was a Poet Laureate and novelist best known for his 1970 book Deliverance.
1923-1997
1954-2007
Denny Doherty was an original member of the 1960s harmonizing rock group the Mamas and the Papas.
1940-2007
William O. Douglas was a government official who in 1939 became the second youngest Supreme Court justice in U.S. history.
1898-1980
In the 1960s, Arthur J. Goldberg held many important government posts, serving as secretary of labor, a Supreme Court justice and ambassador to the United Nations.
1908-1990
Extraordinarily beautiful, Hedy Lamarr was a Austrian-American actress during MGM's "Golden Age."
1913-2000
1941-2006
Suzanne Pleshette was an Emmy Award-nominated actress known for roles in films like The Geisha Boy and The Birds, as well as the television series The Bob Newhart Show.
1937-2008
Indian cult leader Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh created the spiritual practice of dynamic meditation. He started the Rancho Rajneesh commune in Oregon in the 1980s.
1931-1990
1817-1905
1919-2005