Samuel Adams (1722-1803)
Politician
1
Tom Petty (1950-2017)
Rock Singer
2
Bob Gibson (1935-2020)
Baseball Player
3
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
Movie Actor
4
Gene Autry (1907-1998)
5
Tom Clancy (1947-2013)
Novelist
6
Nipsey Russell (1918-2005)
TV Actor
7
Harriet Nelson (1909-1994)
TV Actress
8
Cookie Monsta (1989-2020)
DJ
9
Paavo Nurmi (1897-1973)
Runner
10
Kim Shattuck (1963-2019)
11
August Wilson (1945-2005)
Playwright
12
Elfriede Geiringer (1905-1998)
13
Madeleine Carroll (1906-1987)
Movie Actress
14
Coleridge Goode (1914-2015)
Bassist
15
Jamal Khashoggi (1958-2018)
Journalist
16
Umer Shareef (1955-2021)
Comedian
17
Hazel Scott (1920-1981)
Pianist
18
Francis Lee (1944-2023)
Soccer Player
19
Tamara Dobson (1947-2006)
Model
20
John Andre (1750-1780)
War Hero
21
Otto Gunsche (1917-2003)
22
PHiZZURP (1992-2016)
YouTube Star
23
Brian Friel (1929-2015)
24
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Ernest Renan (1823-1892)
Historian
25
Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968)
Painter
26
Hermenegildo Sabat (1933-2018)
Cartoonist
27
Sudhamoy Pramanick (1884-1974)
28
Charles Francis Adams (1876-1947)
Entrepreneur
29
Austin Peay (1876-1927)
30
John Thomas Dunlop (1914-2003)
31
George Grizzard (1928-2007)
32
Alec Issigonis (1906-1988)
33
Sidney Walton (1919-2021)
34
John Groff (1890-1990)
35
John Wes Townley (1989-2021)
Race Car Driver
36
Thomas Lipton (1850-1931)
37
Paul Hartman (1904-1973)
Stage Actor
38
Donna Ares (1977-2017)
World Music Singer
39
Neal Dow (1804-1897)
40
Geoff Emerick (1945-2018)
Sound Designer
41
Nguyen Chi Thien (1939-2012)
Poet
42
Ken Tobias (1945-2024)
Folk Singer
43
Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962)
44
William Ellery Channing (1780-1842)
Religious Leader
45
Frances Bergen (1922-2006)
46
Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832-1897)
47
William Shea (1907-1991)
Lawyer
48
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