05/24/1816 - 07/18/1868
Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze (May 24, 1816, – July 18, 1868) was a German American history painter best known for his painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.
09/01/1926 - 06/23/2011
Gene Colan, a Bronx-born artist and legend in the comic book industry, Thursday, June 23, 2011. He was 84.
04/27/1874 - 09/20/1941
John Lawrence Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, (27 April 1874 – 20 August 1941), known as Sir John Baird, Bt, between 1920 and 1925 and as The Lord Stonehaven between 1925 and 1928, was a British Conservative politician, who served as a...
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Patsy Cline (Virginia Patterson Hensley)
09/08/1932 - 03/05/1963
Patsy Cline (September 8, 1932 – March 5, 1963), born Virginia Patterson Hensley, was an American country music singer who enjoyed pop music crossover success during the era of the Nashville sound in the early 1960s. Since her death in 1963...
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03/09/1925 - 03/17/2006
George William Miller (March 9, 1925 – March 17, 2006) served as the 65th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Carter from August 6, 1979 to January 20, 1981. He previously served as the 11th Chairman of the Federal Reserv...
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06/26/1911 - 09/27/1956
Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias (June 26, 1911 – September 27, 1956) was an American athlete who achieved outstanding success in golf, basketball, and track and field. She was named the 10th Greatest North American Athlete o...
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08/27/1908 - 01/22/1973
Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was a US politician who served as the 36th President of the United States (1963-1969) after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States (19...
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06/21/1925 - 03/13/2006
Maureen Stapleton (June 21, 1925 – March 13, 2006) was an American actress in film, theater and television.
Leslie Brooks (Virginia Leslie Gettman)
07/13/1922 - 07/01/2011
Leslie Brooks (July 13, 1922 - July 1, 2011), born Virginia Leslie Gettman, was an American film actress.
08/04/1901 - 07/06/1971
Louis Daniel Armstrong nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an "inventive" cornet an...
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05/26/1928 - 06/03/2011
Jack Kevorkian commonly known as "Dr. Death", was an American pathologist, euthanasia activist, painter, composer and instrumentalist. He is best known for publicly championing a terminal patient...
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04/01/1905 - 01/09/1993
Sir Paul Meernaa Caedwalla Hasluck KG GCMG GCVO KStJ (1 April 1905 – 9 January 1993) was an Australian historian, poet, public servant and politician, and the 17th Governor-General of Australia.
10/26/1909 - 03/06/2004
Frances Marion Dee (November 26, 1909 – March 6, 2004) was an American actress. She starred opposite Maurice Chevalier in the early talkie musical, The Playboy of Paris (1930). She starred in the film...
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10/10/1917 - 02/17/1982
Thelonious Sphere Monk (October 10, 1917 – February 17, 1982) was an American jazz pianist and composer considered "one of the giants of American music". Monk had a unique improvisational style and made numerous contributions to th...
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