James Arness is an American actor best known for portraying Marshal Matt Dillon on the TV show Gunsmoke for 20 years.
1923-2011
French composer Georges Bizet is best known for the realistic opera Carmen, a work that established itself as the model of opéra comique.
1838-1875
J. Presper Eckert Jr. was the award-winning co-inventor of the first general purpose digital computer.
1919-1995
1870-1949
1578-1657
Author Franz Kafka explored the human struggle for understanding and security in his novels such as Amerika, The Trial and The Castle.
1883-1924
Jack Kevorkian was a U.S.-based physician who assisted in patient suicides, sparking increased talk on hospice care and "right to die" legislative action.
1928-2011
Ayatollah Khomeini became the supreme religious leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, following many years of resistance to Shah Pahlavi.
1902-1989
Actress Rue McClanahan is best-known for her role as self-absorbed bombshell Devereaux on the 1980's sitcom Golden Girls.
1934-2010
Florence Beatrice Price was an award-winning pianist and composer who became the first African-American woman to have her work performed by a major symphony.
1887-1953
Anthony Quinn was an Oscar-winning Mexican-American actor known for his roles in Viva Zapata!, Lust for Life and Zorba the Greek.
1915-2001
Roberto Rossellini, father of actress Isabella Rossellini, was an Italian film director associated with the Neorealist movement. His most celebrated work is Rome, Open City.
1906-1977
1825-1899