Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Politician
1
Tom Petty (1950-2017)
Rock Singer
2
Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Novelist
3
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
TV Actor
4
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
Movie Actor
5
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
6
Bob Gibson (1935-2020)
Baseball Player
7
John Andre (1750-1780)
War Hero
8
August Wilson (1945-2005)
Playwright
9
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
Entrepreneur
10
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
11
Cookie Monsta (1989-2020)
DJ
12
Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)
Journalist
13
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Movie Actress
14
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
15
John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003)
16
Harriet Nelson (1909-1994)
TV Actress
17
George Grizzard (1928-2007)
18
Austin Peay (1876-1927)
19
Tamara Dobson (1947-2006)
Model
20
Elfriede Geiringer (1905-1998)
21
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
22
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Pianist
23
Svante Arrhenius (1859-1927)
Biologist
24
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Sudhamoy Pramanick (1884-1974)
25
Francis Lee (1944-2023)
Soccer Player
26
Otto Gunsche (1917-2003)
27
John Wes Townley (1989-2021)
Race Car Driver
28
Paul Hartman (1904-1973)
Stage Actor
29
Donna Ares (1977-2017)
World Music Singer
30
Sidney Walton (1919-2021)
31
John Groff (1890-1990)
32
PHiZZURP (1992-2016)
YouTube Star
33
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
34
William Shea (1907-1991)
Lawyer
35
Kim Shattuck (1963-2019)
36
Hermenegildo Sabat (1933-2018)
Cartoonist
37
Coleridge Goode (1914-2015)
Bassist
38
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
39
Geoff Emerick (1945-2018)
Sound Designer
40
Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962)
41
Nguyen Chi Thien (1939-2012)
Poet
42
Benjamin Kidd (1858-1916)
Philosopher
43
Rebecca Caudill (1899-1985)
Children's Author
44
Ernest Renan (1823-1892)
Historian
45
Neal Dow (1804-1897)
46
Frances Bergen (1922-2006)
47
Eugen Langen (1833-1895)
48
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