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©2008 C.O.P. Audit Committee - file update generated 12-3-2008 at 06:38 GMT

kid actor  Lee William Aaker   played Rusty on Rin Tin Tin tv series born on 9-25-1943 in Inglewood, California

"actress"  Angela Aames born on 2-27-1956 in Pierre, South Dakota expired 11-27-1988 in West Hills, California   age 32   cause: heart disease

actor  Willie Aames born on 7-15-1960

Comcast Cable co-founder (1963)  Daniel Aaron born on 1-27-1926 in Giessen, Germany expired 2-20-2003 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   age 77   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

baseball great  Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron   broke Babe Ruth's all-time home run record (1974); an Atlanta, GA Krispy Kreme franchisee born on 2-5-1934 in Mobile, Alabama    Contest Selectors 2002 JEDS 9.1% 2003 ABRA 5.6%

tin-horn Nigerian dictator  Sani Abacha   died during an orgy with a bunch of prostitutes born on 9-20-1943 in Kano State, Nigeria expired 6-8-1998 in Abuja, Nigeria   age 54   cause: heart attack; Viagra overdose

new PLO chairman  Mahmoud Abbas   succeeded Arafat in the post ¤ aka: Abu Mazen  born on 3-26-1935 in Safed, British Mandate Palestine    Contest Selectors 2005 FA, RAVN, SLIM 13.0% 2006 RAVN, TWOS 6.7% 2007 ANG, RAVN 6.5% 2008 ANG, RAVN, RIE, TWOS 12.5%

terrorists  Muhammad Zaiden Abbas   Palestine Liberation Front founder; responsible for the Achille Lauro hijacking (1985) ¤ aka: "Abu Abbas"  born on 12-10-1948 in Safed, Palestine expired 3-9-2004 in Iraq   age 55   cause: heart failure    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD 5.6%    Scored 9.5000 solo points

original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer  Nancy Abbate   appeared on series as Nancy born on 6-19-1942 in Los Angeles, California

farmer  Richard Huntington Abbey   one of the 18 grand jurors that indicted Milam & Bryant for the murder of Emmet Till (9/6/1955) born on 8-12-1891 expired 3-??-1986 in Webb, Mississippi   age 94

Broadway producer  George Francis Abbott born on 6-25-1887 in Forestville, New York expired 1-31-1995   age 107

violent repeat felon  Jack Henry Abbott   Norman Mailer got him out of jail once (big mistake); his correspondence with Mailer was published in book form as In The Belly of the Beast born on 1-21-1944 in Oscoda, Michigan expired 2-10-2002 in Alden, New York   age 58   cause: suicide; hanged

inspirational one-handed baseball pitcher  James A. "Jim" Abbott   born without a right hand; won 1987 Sullivan Award; 1988 Olympic gold medalist born on 9-19-1967 in Flint, Michigan

actor  John Abbott born on 6-5-1905 in London, England expired 5-24-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 90

movie special visual effects specialist  Lenwood Ballard Abbott   won oscar for Doctor Doolittle (1967) born on 6-13-1908 in Pasadena, California expired 9-28-1985 in Los Angeles, California   age 77

theatrical/tv producer  Michael Abbott   staged the original (off-Broadway) production of Stalag 17 (1951) ¤ born: Abbott Gold  born on 6-1-1926 in New York, New York expired 1-24-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 81   cause: complications from cancer

magician  Percy Abbott   world famous magic equipment manufacturer in Colon Michigan born on 5-3-1886 expired 8-26-1960 in Colon, Michigan   age 74

actor  Philip Abbott   co-starred in The F.B.I. tv series born on 3-20-1924 in Lincoln, Nebraska expired 2-23-1998 in Tarzana, California   age 73   cause: cancer

Chicago Defender founder (1905)  Robert Sengstacke Abbott   also founded the Michigan Chronicle in Detroit born on 11-24-1868 in Frederica, Saint Simon's Island, Georgia expired 2-29-1940 in Chicago, Illinois   age 71   cause: Bright's Disease

former "The Canadian Press" sports editor  Scott Abbott   co-inventor of the Trivial Pursuit game (12-15-1979) born on ??-??-19??

comedic straight man  William Alexander "Bud" Abbott   teamed with Lou Costello born on 10-2-1898 in Asbury Park, New Jersey expired 4-24-1974 in Woodland Hills, California   age 75   cause: cancer

Saudi prince  Faisal ibn Musad Abdel Aziz   assassinated his uncle King Faisal born on 4-4-1944 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia expired 6-18-1975 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia   age 31   cause: executed

blind cleric Sheik  Omar Abdel-Rahman   terrorist; involved in the assassination of Sadat (1981) & World Trade Center bombing (1993); doing life in the Ferderal "super-max" penitentiary born on 5-3-1938 in Daqahliya Province, Egypt    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG 14% 2001 ANG 12½% 2002 ANG 9.1% 2003 ANG 5.6% 2004 ANG 5.6% 2005 MOT 4.3% 2006 TWOS 3.3% 2007 ANG, AUDC, DGW, DTM, LMLD, MOT, PCD, RAVN, RIE, TFM, 4GUE 35.5% 2008 DGW, DTM, LMLD, MORB, PCD, RIE, TFM, TWOS, 4GUE 28.1%

dancer  Paula Julie Abdul born on 6-19-1962 in Los Angeles, California

Ruslan Abdulgani   organized the 1955 Bandung Conference of non-aligned nations born on 11-24-1914 in Surabaya, Dutch East Indies expired 6-28-2005 in Jakarta, Indonesia   age 90   cause: complications from stroke

basketball player & actor  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ¤ born: Lew Alcindor  born on 4-16-1947

Texas death row inmate  Jalil Abdul-Kabir   currently awaiting a death warrant ¤ fka: Ted Calvin Cole number 906  born on 7-27-1956    Contest Selectors 2006 KLS 3.3% 2007 KLS 3.2%

Saudi Arabian  King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz al-Saud   installed in 2005 born on 8-1-1924 in Riyadh, Arabia    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3%

Kuwait ruler (1950-65)  Abdullah al-Salin al-Sabah   lead "country" to independence from Britain in 1961 born on --1895 expired ??-??-1965   age 70

model/actress  Iman Abdulmajid   did January 1986 Playboy pictorial born on 7-25-1955 in Mogadishu, Somalia

Archbishop of Canterbury (1162-70)  Thomas à Becket   had "problems" with King Henry II; got martyred for his efforts born on 12-21-1118 in London, England expired 12-29-1170 in Canterbury, Kent, England   age 52

BCCI founder (1972)  Agha Hasan Abedi   acronym = Bank of Credit and Commerce International; acronym came to mean Bank of Crooks and Criminals Indicted; bank collapsed in 1991 born on 5-14-1922 in Luckow, India expired 8-5-1995 in Karachi, Pakistan   age 73   cause: cardiac arrest

actor  Alfred Abel   played John Fredersen in Metropolis (1926) born on 3-12-1879 in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany expired 12-12-1937 in Berlin, Germany   age 58

United Steelworkers Union co-founder & head (1965-77)  Iorwith Wilbur Abel born on 8-11-1908 in Magnolia, Ohio expired 8-10-1987 in Malvern, Ohio   age 78

computer animation pioneer  Robert "Bob" Abel   provided visual effects for TRON (1982) born on 3-10-1937 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 9-23-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 64   cause: complications from heart attack

Soviet spymaster Colonel  Rudolf Ivanovich Abel   exchanged for U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers born on --1902 in Saint Petersburg, Russia expired 11-15-1971 in Moscow, Russia, USSR   age 68   cause: lung cancer

former Detroit Red Wings broadcaster  Sidney Gerald Abel ¤ nickname: boot nose  born on 2-22-1918 in Melville, Saskatchewan, Canada expired 2-7-2000 in Farmington Hills, Michigan   age 81    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS 14%    Scored 6.9000 solo points

statuesque model/"actress"  Siv Marta "Sivi" Aberg   Swedish delegate to/3rd runner up in the 1964 Miss Universe contest; Chuck Barris' "assistant" on The Gong Show; the apex of her acting career was to coo "Take it off. Take it all off." in shaving cream commercials born on 5-7-1944

Rev.  Ralph David Abernathy born on 3-11-1926 in Linden, Alabama expired 4-17-1990   age 64

former American Motors Company president & CEO (1962-67)  Roy Abernethy born on 9-29-1906 in Wet Monterey, Pennsylvania expired 2-28-1977 in Tequestra, Florida   age 70

World War I veteran  Raymond Abescat born on 9-10-1891 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 8-25-2001 in Rueil-Malmaison, France   age 109

South Dakota senator (1973-78)  James George Abourezk born on 2-21-1931 in Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, South Dakota

inventor  Robert Henry Abplanalp   co-owner of Precision Valve Corporation; his improved/cheap aerosol valve (1949) led to the ubiquitous spray cans we use/throw away today; Nixon friend/contributor born on 4-4-1922 in New York, New York expired 8-30-2003 in Bronxville, New York   age 81   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%    Scored 6.9000 solo points

actor  F. Murray Abraham   won Best Actor oscar for playing Mozart rival Antonio Salieri in Amadeus (1984) born on 10-24-1939

movie spoof writer/director  Jim Abrahams   did Airplane spoofs with Zucker brothers (D&J) born on 5-10-1944 in Shorewood, Wisconsin

convicted felon  Jack Abramoff   a crooked lobbyist & corrupter of easily-corrupted hack politicians born on 2-28-1958

architect  Max Abramovitz   designed Philharmonic Hall in Lincoln Center (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall) born on 5-23-1908 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-12-2004 in Pound Ridge, New York   age 96    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS 14% 2001 DTM, KLS 25% 2002 DTM 9.1% 2003 COCO, DTM, KLS 16.7% 2004 DTM, KLS 11.1%    Scored 4.1500 points

Emerson Radio co-founder  Banjamin Abrams expired 6-23-1967 in White Plains, New York   age 74

Color Me Badd singer  Bryan Abrams born on 11-16-1969

former Army Chief of Staff (1972-74) General  Creighton Williams Abrams   commanded U.S. forces in Vietnam 1968-72; oversaw withdrawal of forces born on 9-14-1914 in Springfield, Massachusetts expired 9-4-1974 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 59   cause: complications from lung cancer surgery

typeface & logotype designer  George Abrams   did logos for B. Altman, Godiva Chocolates and Ballantine Beer; typefaces include: Abrams Venetian, Augereau & Caslon; brother of Harry Abrams born on 9-3-1919 in New York, New York expired 6-7-2001 in Manhasset, New York   age 81

aerial photo pioneer Dr.  Talbert Abrams born on 8-17-1895 in Tekonsha, Michigan expired 9-25-1990   age 95    Contest Selectors 1979 MM  7.7% 1980 HA, MM 12.5%

2003 Nobel physics co-laureate  Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov born on 6-25-1928 in Moscow, Russia, USSR

actress  Victoria Abril   best known for playing Marina Osorio in ¡Átame! (1990) ¤ born: Victoria Mérida Rojas  born on 7-4-1959 in Madrid, Spain

death row inmate  Mumia Abu-Jamal ¤ born: Wesley Cook  born on 4-23-1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania    Contest Selectors 2000 ANG, KLS 29% 2001 ANG, KLS 25% 2003 KLS 5.6% 2004 KLS 5.6% 2005 KLS 4.3% 2006 TWOS 3.3% 2007 JCM 3.2% 2008 TWOS 3.1%

loud-mouthed former New York Rep. (1971-77)  Bella Savitsky Abzug born on 7-24-1920 in New York, New York expired 3-31-1998 in New York, New York   age 77   cause: complications from heart surgery

radio Easy Aces co-host (1928-45)  Goodman Ace   husband of Jane born on 1-15-1899 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 3-25-1982 in New York, New York   age 83

radio Easy Aces co-host (1928-45)  Jane Ace   a master of malapropisms; wife of Goodman ¤ born: Jane Sherwood  born on 10-12-1905 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 11-11-1974 in New York, New York   age 74

malevolent dentist  David Johnson Acer   infected numerous patients with the AIDS virus prior to his own death born on 11-11-1949 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 9-3-1990 in West Palm Beach, Florida   age 40   cause: AIDS

chef/restauranteur  Grant Achatz   receiving radiation treatments for Stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma of the mouth born on ??-??-19?? in Michigan    Contest Selectors 2008 GOHI 3.1%

novelist  Albert Chinualumogu Achebe ¤ "Chinua"  born on 11-16-1930 in Nigeria    Contest Selectors 2005 WORM 4.3%

Truman Secretary of State (1949-53)  Dean Gooderham Acheson born on 4-11-1893 in Middletown, Connecticut expired 10-12-1971 in Sandy Spring, Maryland   age 78   cause: heart attack

silent film actress  Jean Acker   Rudolph Valentino's first wife born on 10-23-1893 in Trenton, New Jersey expired 8-16-1978 in Los Angeles, California   age 85

Kathy Acker   bisexual former stripper into performance art & radical feminist rhetoric born on 4-18-1947 in Manhattan, New York, New York expired 11-30-1997 in Tijuana, Mexico   age 50   cause: medical quakery; breast cancer

actress  Sharon Acker born on 4-2-1935

sci-fi publicist  Forrest James Ackerman   first to abbreviate "science fiction" as "sci-fi" (1954); launched Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine (1958); awarded an honorary Hugo Award born on 11-24-1916 in Los Angeles, California    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2006 CSI 3.3% 2008 CSI 3.1%

tv producer (I Love Lucy, Gunsmoke, Leave It To Beaver)  Harry S. Ackerman born on 11-17-1912 in Albany, New York expired 2-3-1991   age 78

actor  Joss Ackland   plays great villains born on 2-29-1928 in London, England

Shuttle STS-51-F astronaut  Loren Wilber Acton born on 3-7-1936

Olympic high jumper  Amy Acuff   appeared on cover/nekid in September 2004 Playboy born on 7-14-1975 in Port Arthur, Texas

country music legend  Roy Claxton Acuff   his band was called The Smokey Mountain Boys born on 9-15-1903 in Maynardville, Tennessee expired 11-23-1992   age 89    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

dwarf commercial skate boarder  Jason Bryant Acuña   appeared in the Jackass movie as one of the jackasses ¤ aka: "Wee-man"  born on 5-16-1973 in Huntington Beach, California    Contest Selectors 2004 GHG 5.6%

character actress  Jean Adair   featured in Arsenic and Old Lace born on 6-13-1873 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada expired 5-11-1953 in New York, New York   age 80

oil/gas rig firefighter  Paul Neal "Red" Adair born on 6-18-1915 in Houston, Texas expired 8-7-2004 in Houston, Texas   age 89   cause: "natural causes"    Contest Selectors 1979 MM  7.7% 1980 JH 6.3% 2003 CSI, JEDS 11.1% 2004 CSI, EOD 11.1%    Scored 4.8500 points

photographer  Ansel Easton Adams born on 2-20-1902 in San Francisco, California expired 4-22-1984 in Monterey, California   age 82    Contest Selectors 1979 VM  7.7% 1980 HP, MM 12.5%

Carter Transportation secretary (1977-79)  Brockman Adams   also senator from Washington (1987-93) who resigned amid allegations of sexual misconduct born on 1-13-1927 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 9-10-2004 in Stevensville, Maryland   age 77   cause: Parkinson's disease

actress  Brook Adams born on 2-8-1949

singer  Bryan Adams born on 11-5-1959

New York Journal-American sports writer  Caswell Adams   credited with coining the term "Ivy League" expired 12-9-1957 in Manhasset, New York   age 50

actress  Catlin Adams born on 10-11-1950

casting agent/character actress  Cecily April Adams   daughter of Don Adams; played Quark's mother Ishka (Moogie) on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine; has lung & spinal cancer ¤ Mrs. Jim Beaver  born on 2-6-1958 in New York, New York expired 3-3-2004 in Los Angeles, California   age 46   cause: lung cancer    Contest Selectors 2004 RR 5.6%    Scored 11.1000 solo points

Get Smart comic actor  Don Adams   played Maxwell Smart on Get Smart; the voice of Tennessee Tuxedo ¤ born: Donald James Yarmy  born on 4-13-1923 in New York, New York expired 9-25-2005 in Beverly Hills, California   age 82   cause: lung infection; osteolymphoma    Contest Selectors 2000 SPAM 14% 2003 ABRA 5.6% 2004 RR 5.6% 2005 BYE, FA, SPAM 13.0%    Scored 4.9250 points

42 and that's our final answer author  Douglas Noël Adams   wrote The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1979) born on 3-11-1952 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England expired 5-11-2001 in Santa Barbara, California   age 49   cause: heart attack

actress & comedienne  Edith "Edie" Adams   widow of Ernie Kovacs; played Daisy Mae in Broadway musical production of Li'l Abner (1956; received a Tony Award); appeared in May 1957 Playboy pictorial "Li'l Abner's Girls"; pitched Muriel Cigars on tv (1950s & 60s) ¤ born: Edit Elizabeth Enke  born on 4-16-1927 in Kingston, Pennsylvania expired 10-15-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 81   cause: pneumonia; cancer    Contest Selectors 2007 TFM 3.2%

Associated Press photographer  Edward Thomas "Eddie" Adams I   won the Pulitzer Prize in breaking news photography for his photograph of South Vietnamese National Police Force commander Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing VC terrorist Nguyen Van Lem on the streets of Saigon during the 1968 Tet Offensive born on 6-12-1933 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania expired 9-18-2004 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: ALS

New York Hearld-Tribune columnist  Franklin Pierce Adams   member of the Algonquin Round Table; panelist on Information Please radio show born on 11-15-1881 in Chicago, Illinois expired 3-23-1960 in New York, New York   age 78

Sinn Fein leader  Gerry Adams Jr. born on 10-6-1948 in West Belfast, Northern Ireland    Contest Selectors 2002 RAVN 9.1%

glamour photographer  Hal Adams   shot a number of early Playboy centerfolds & covers expired 12-??-2006   age 92

Harriet Stratemeyer Adams   daughter of Edward Stratemeyer (the original Carolyn Keene) born on 12-11-1892 in Newark, New Jersey expired 3-27-1982   age 89

Borscht-belt comic  Joey Adams   husband of gossip columnist Cindy (Heller) Adams ¤ born: Joseph Abramowitz  born on 1-6-1911 in New York, New York expired 12-2-1999 in New York, New York   age 88   cause: heart failure

American revolutionary  John Adams   negotiated Treaty of Paris (1793) that ended the American Revolution; 1st U.S. Vice President (under Washington; 1789-1797); 2nd U.S. president (1797-1801); father of John Quincy Adams born on 10-30-1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts expired 7-4-1826 in Quincy, Massachusetts   age 90

composer  John Coolidge Adams   wrote opera Nixon in China born on 2-15-1947 in Worcester, Massachusetts    Contest Selectors 2007 GREB 3.2% 2008 GREB 3.1%

formerArmy general counsel  John Gibbon Adams   had repeated clashes with the alcoholic sociopathic junior jackass from Wisconsin born on 3-23-1912 in Ashland, Kentucky expired 6-26-2003 in Dallas, Texas   age 91

politician  John Michael Geoffrey Manningham "Tom" Adams   prime minister of Barbados (1976-85) born on 9-24-1931 in Barbados expired 3-12-1985 in Bridgetown, Barbados   age 53   cause: heart attack

6th U.S. president (1825-29)  John Quincy Adams   son of John Adams born on 7-11-1767 in Braintree, Massachusetts expired 2-23-1848 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 80

actor  Jonathan Adams   was the narrator in the original The Rocky Horror Picture Show London stage play (1973) & Dr. E.V. Scott in The Rocky Horror Picture Show movie (1975) born on 2-14-1931 in Northampton, England expired 6-13-2005 in London, England   age 74    Contest Selectors 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2003 RAVN 5.6% 2004 RAVN 5.6%

actress  Julie Adams   played Kay Lawrence in The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954) & had a recurring role as Eve Simpson on Murder, She Wrote tv series ¤ born: Betty Mae Adams aka: Julia Adams ex-Mrs. Ray Danton (1954-81)  born on 10-17-1926 in Waterloo, Iowa    Contest Selectors 2008 SPAM 3.1%

sports team owner  Kenneth Stanley "Bud" Adams Jr.   founded Ada Resources; owns the Houston Oilers/Tennesse Titans NFL franchise born on 1-3-1923 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma    Contest Selectors 2007 BYE 3.2% 2008 BYE 3.1%

World War II sergeant  Lucien Adams   Medal of Honor recipient born on 10-26-1922 in Port Arthur, Texas expired 3-31-2003 in San Antonio, Texas   age 80

actress  Mary Kay Adams   played India Spaulding on The Guiding Light, Grilka on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Na'Toth #2 on Babylon 5 born on 9-12-1962 in Middletown, New Jersey

character/voice actor  Mason Adams   played Charlie Hume on Lou Grant; delivered the tagline "With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good" in their commercials born on 2-26-1919 in New York, New York expired 4-26-2005 in New York, New York   age 86

actress  Maud Adams   did October 1981 Playboy pictorial ¤ born: Maud Wikström  born on 2-12-1945 in Luleå Norrbottens län, Sweden

Broadway actress  Maude Adams   portrayed Peter Pan in the original 1905 production ¤ born: Maude Kiskadden  born on 11-11-1872 in Salt Lake City, Utah expired 7-17-1953 in Tannersville, New York   age 80

Thin Blue Line documentary subject  Randall Dale Adams   convicted of murder; exonerated by efforts of movie maker & tv reporters born on ??-??-1949 in Ohio

Playboy June 1995 Playmate of Month  Rhonda Adams born on 11-27-1971 in Columbus, Georgia

author  Richard George Adams   wrote an ode to wabbits Watership Down (1972) born on 5-9-1920 in Newburn, Berkshire, England    Contest Selectors 2008 GOHI 3.1%

anthropologist  Robert McCormick Adams Jr.   Secretary Emeritus of the Smithsonian Institution born on ??-??-1926 in Chicago, Illinois    Contest Selectors 2005 TBC 4.3%

poet  Sarah Fuller Flower Adams   wrote lyrics for hymn Nearer, My God, To Thee based upon Genesis 28: 10-22 (1840; first published 1841); music later arranged by Lowell Mason born on 2-22-1805 in Harlow, Essex, England expired 8-14-1848 in Saint Martin-in-the-Fields, Middlesex, England   age 43   cause: tuberculosis

cartoonist  Scott Raymond Adams   creator of the Dilbert strip (1988); was the 1997 Reuben Award winner born on 6-8-1957 in Catskill, New York    Contest Selectors 2008 SPAM 3.1%

lyricist  Stanley Adams   wrote Rollin' Down the River (to music by Fats Waller; 1930) born on 8-14-1907 expired 1-27-1994   age 86

Playboy November 1992 Playmate of Month  Stephanie Adams   descended from two presidents (J & JQ Adams); claims to be a lesbian born on 7-24-1970 in Orange, New Jersey

movie producer  Tony Adams   produced Victor/Victoria, 10 & the Pink Panther movies born on 2-15-1953 in Dublin, Ireland expired 10-22-2005 in New York, New York   age 52   cause: stroke

former Spice Girls singer  Victoria Caroline Adams ¤ aka: "Posh Spice" married name: Victoria Beckham  born on 4-17-1974 in Hertfordshire, England

economist  Walter Adams   former Michigan State University president (1969); professor (1947-93) born on 8-27-1922 in Vienna, Austria expired 9-8-1998 in East Lansing, Michigan   age 76   cause: pancreatic cancer

animated movie director  Andrew Adamson   director of Shrek (2001) born on 12-1-1966 in Aukland, New Zealand

Born Free co-author  George Adamson born on --1906 in Dholpur, India expired 8-20-1989 in Kora, Kenya   age 82

Shuttle STS-28 & 43 astronaut  James Craig "Jim" Adamson born on 3-3-1946 in Warsaw, New York

Born Free co-author (1960)  Joy Adamson born on 1-20-1910 in Troppau, Austria-Hungary (now Opaua, Czechoslovakia) expired 1-3-1980 in Shaba, Kenya   age 69   cause: mauled by lion

former Milwaukee Braves first baseman  Joseph W. "Joe" Adcock born on 10-30-1927 expired 5-3-1999 in Coushatta, Louisiana   age 71   cause: Alzheimer's disease

Lucille J. Adcock   last known survivor of the July 4, 1918 Columbia Steamboat sinking — Mississippi River near Peoria born on 6-27-1900 expired 8-13-2006 in Pekin, Illinois   age 106

cartoonist  Charles Addams   gave us Gomez, Morticia, Uncle Fester, Pugsley, Wednesday, Thing, Cousin Itt and Lurch born on 1-7-1912 expired 9-29-1988   age 76   cause: heart attack

social reformer  Laura Jane Addams   co-founded Hull House; shared the 1931 Nobel Peace Prize born on 9-6-1860 in Cedarville, Illinois expired 5-21-1935 in Chicago, Illinois   age 74   cause: cancer

jazz saxophonist  Julian Edwin "Cannonball" Adderley   brother of Nat; his original nickname was "Cannibal" (because of his prodigious appetite) ... it eventually was corrupted into "Cannonball" born on 9-15-1928 in Tampa, Florida expired 8-8-1975 in Gary, Indiana   age 46   cause: complications from stroke

jazz cornetist & composer  Nathaniel C. Adderley   brother of Cannonball born on 11-25-1931 in Tampa, Florida expired 1-2-2000 in Lakeland, Florida   age 68   cause: complications from diabetes

composer  Richard Addinsell   wrote Warsaw Concerto (1941) born on 1-13-1904 in Oxford, England expired 11-15-1977 in London, England   age 73

music composer  John Addison   won an oscar for the musical score of Tom Jones (1963) and an Emmy for the theme to Murder, She Wrote born on 3-16-1920 in West Cobham, England expired 12-7-1998 in Bennington, Vermont   age 78   cause: stroke

butt of late night comedian jokes  Lois Crouch Matheny Addy   Strom Thurmond's baby sitter; retired teacher born on 10-24-1892 expired 12-3-2001 in Saluda, South Carolina   age 109

musician  King Sunny Ade ¤ born: Sunday Anthony Ishola Adeniyi aka: "King of Juju Music"  born on 9-22-1946 in Oshogbo, Ondo State, Nigeria

Playboy July 1994 Playmate of Month  Traci Adell   also did August 1995 pictorial; hit up by O.J. for date just hours before Nicole & Ron were killed -- she turned him down (good call) ¤ full name: Traci Adell Sikkink  born on 2-17-1969 in New Orleans, Louisiana

former People magazine writer  Suzanne Adelson   in the May 10, 1982 issue, in a story on the end of the Barney Miller tv series, mistakenly "killed-off" Abe Vigoda born on ??-??-1955

former West German Chancellor  Konrad Adenauer born on 1-5-1876 in Köln, Germany expired 4-19-1967 in Rhondorf, Germany   age 91

actress  Isabelle Adjani born on 6-27-1955

Cedric Donald Adkins   co-inventor of process that produces frozen concentrated orange juice (1946) born on 9-7-1913 in Winter Haven, Florida expired 6-3-2000 in Winter Haven, Florida   age 86

cult rockabilly singer  Hasil Adkins born on 4-29-1937 in Boone County, West Virginia expired 4-26-2005 in Madison, West Virginia   age 67

country singer  Trace Adkins born on 1-13-1962

pro wrassler  Chris B. Adkisson   member of the family wrasslin' dynasty ¤ aka: "Chris von Erich"  born on 9-30-1969 expired 9-12-1991   age 21   cause: suicide

pro wrassler  David Adkisson   member of the family wrasslin' dynasty ¤ aka: "David von Erich"  expired 2-10-1984   age 25   cause: infection

pro wrassler  Jack B. "Fritz" Adkisson   patriarch of the family wrasslin' dynasty ¤ aka: "Fritz von Erich"  born on 8-16-1929 expired 9-10-1997 in Lake Dallas, Texas   age 68   cause: brain & lung cancer

pro wrassler  Kerry G. Adkisson   member of the family wrasslin' dynasty ¤ aka: "Kerry von Erich"  born on 2-3-1960 expired 2-18-1993   age 33   cause: suicide

pro wrassler  Mike Adkisson   member of the family wrasslin' dynasty ¤ aka: "Mike von Erich"  expired 4-12-1987   age 23   cause: suicide; drug overdose

public key encryption researcher  Leonard Max Adleman   he's the A in RSA encryption; 2002 A.M. Turing Award co-recipient born on 12-31-1945 in California

WXYZ-TV film editor & accomplished pie-thrower  Clyde Adler   a regular on the Soupy Sales show "Lunch with Soupy", chucking pies, doing the puppetteering (White Fang, Black Tooth, Pookie, Hippie) & voicing various behind-the-door characters that always seem to have shown up on Soupy's doorstep loaded with pies & ready to fling born on 1-24-1926 in Oak Park, Illinois expired 9-4-1993 in Petoskey, Michigan   age 67

harmonica soloist  Lawrence Cecil "Larry" Adler   hounded out of U.S. during 1940s/50s Red Scare hysteria born on 2-10-1914 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 8-6-2001 in London, England   age 87

music/movie producer  Lou Adler   produced Brewster McCloud (1970); executive producer of The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) born on 12-13-1933 in Chicago, Illinois    Contest Selectors 2003 MB 5.6% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

actor  Luther Adler   second husband of Sylvia Sidney ¤ real name: Lutha Adler  born on 5-4-1903 in New York, New York expired 12-8-1984 in Kutztown, Pennsylvania   age 81

former Sears, Roebuck & Co. president  Max Adler   donated the Adler Planetarium in Chicago (1930) born on 5-12-1866 in Elgin, Illinois expired 11-4-1952 in Beverly Hills, California   age 86

author/philosopher  Mortimer Jerome Adler   former Encyclopedia Britannica editor; complier of Great Books of the Western World born on 12-28-1902 in New York, New York expired 6-28-2001 in San Mateo, California   age 98

Broadway composer  Richard Adler born on 8-3-1921

Zenith Radio/TV engineer  Robert Adler   came up with the second remote control device for tvs — the Space Command — that used ultrasonic sound generated by small metal bars stuck by hammers in the device to change channels, etc (in a pinch loose change & car keys could also do the trick) born on 12-4-1913 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary expired 2-15-2007 in Boise, Idaho   age 93   cause: heart failure

acting teacher  Stella Adler born on 2-10-1902 in New York, New York expired 12-21-1992   age 91

NYC mobster  Joe Adonis ¤ real name: Giuseppe Antonio Doto  born on 11-22-1902 in Montemarano, Italy expired 11-26-1971 in Ancona, Italy   age 69   cause: heart failure

Dr.  Edgar Douglas Adrian   shared the 1932 Nobel prize in medicine for discoveries regarding the functions of neurons born on 11-30-1889 in London, England expired 8-8-1977 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England   age 87

actor  Benjamin Geza Affleck   brother of Casey; dumped by Jennifer Lopez; currently married to Jennifer Garner ¤ born: Benjamin Geza Bolt  born on 8-15-1972 in Berkeley, California    Contest Selectors 2003 GHG 5.6%

actor  Lauren Casey Affleck   appeared in Drowning Mona (2000) born on 8-12-1975 in Falmouth, Massachusetts

professional wrassler  William Richard Afflis ¤ aka: "Dick the Bruiser"  born on 6-27-1929 in Lafayette, Indiana expired 11-10-1991 in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida   age 62   cause: internal hemorrhaging from ruptured blood vessel in esophagus

widower  Begum Aga Kahn III ¤ born: Yvette Blanche Labrousse  born on 2-15-1906 in Sète, France expired 7-1-2000 in Le Cannet, Alpes-Maritimes, France   age 94

former League of Nations president (1937)  Aga Khan III ¤ title: Aga Sultan Sir Mohammed Shah  born on 11-2-1877 in Karachi, India expired 7-11-1957 in Versoix, Switzerland   age 79

actor  John G. Agar   briefly married to Shirley Temple born on 1-31-1921 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-7-2002 in Burbank, California   age 81   cause: emphysema    Contest Selectors 2002 JAC 9.1%    Scored 6.9000 solo points

Assyrian-American football great  Alexander Arrasi Agase   an All-American guard & linebacker for Illinois (1942) & Purdue (1943); coached at Northwestern (1964-72), replacing Ara Parseghian when he left for Notre Dame & Purdue (1973-76); also was athletic director at Eastern Michigan (1977-81) and a volunteer assistant for Bo Schembechler at Michigan; elected to the College Football Hall of Fame born on 3-27-1922 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-3-2007 in Tarpon Springs, Florida   age 85

tennis player  Andre Agassi   ex-hubby of Brooke Shields born on 4-29-1970

attempted papal assassin  Mehmet Ali Agca   a member of the Turkish ultra-nationalist group "The Grey Wolves"; claimed that he was in the plot along with Sergei Antonov (Bulgarian Airline representative in Rome), Zhelyo Vasilev (Bulgarian Embassy secretary of military attaché in Rome) & Todor Aivazov (Bulgarian embassy accountant); in 2000, at the behest of John Paul II, he was pardoned from prison then shipped to Turkey to do time for the murder of a Turkish journalist; on January 12, 2006 was released from prison into the custody of the Turkish military for a period of mandatory "service"; on January 20th was back in prison — the judge had miscalculated his release date big-time (had given Agca credit for time served for assassination attempt on Pope) born on 1-9-1958 in Boztepe, Malatya, Türkiye    Contest Selectors 2008 TWOS 3.1%

novelist, poet, critic, film writer  James Rufus Agee born on 11-27-1909 in Knoxville, Tennessee expired 5-17-1955 in New York, New York   age 45

former CIA agent  Philip Burnett Franklin Agee   a critic of U.S. foreign policy; wrote books, one of which "named names" of agency operatives (1975) born on 7-19-1935 expired 1-7-2008 in Havana, Cuba   age 72   cause: ulcer surgery    Contest Selectors 2008 SPAM 3.1%    Scored 7.8000 solo points

tunesmith  Milton Ager   co-wrote Ain't She Sweet (1927) & Happy Days Are Here Again for movie Chasing Rainbows (1929) born on 10-6-1893 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-6-1979 in Inglewood, California   age 85

history professor  Hashemi Aghajari   no longer under sentences of death/flogging/exile in Iran for blesphemy born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2003 ANG 5.6%

industrialist  Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli   chairman of FIAT (Fabbrica Italiana di Automobili Torino; 1960-present); grandson of company founder born on 3-12-1921 in Turin, Italy expired 1-24-2003 in Turin, Italy   age 81   cause: complications from prostate cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 HP 7.7% 2003 CSI 5.6%    Scored 6.9000 solo points

Nixon Vice President (1969-72)  Spiro Theodore Agnew   resigned in disgrace; made a number of speeches using the phrases "nattering nabobs of negativism" (written for him by William Safire), "pusillanimous pussyfooters" and "vicars of vacillation" (written for him by Pat Buchanan) born on 11-9-1918 in Baltimore, Maryland expired 9-17-1996 in Berlin, Maryland   age 77   cause: acute leukemia    Contest Selectors 1979 HFS  7.7%

2003 Nobel chemistry co-laureate  Peter Courtland Agre born on 1-30-1949 in Northfield, Minnesota

tv talking head  Martin Zama Agronsky born on 1-12-1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 7-25-1999 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 84   cause: congestive heart failure

pop singer  Christina Marie Aguilera born on 12-18-1980 in New York, New York

Equadorian president (1979-81)  Jaime Roldoó Aguilera born on 11-5-1940 in Guayaquil, Ecuador expired 5-24-1981 in Guachanama, Ecuador   age 40   cause: plane crash

Philippine General  Emilio Aguinaldo   leader of revolt against Spain in 1894; first Philippine president in 1899 born on 3-22-1869 in Cavite, The Philippines expired 2-6-1964 in Manila, The Philippines   age 94

former Detroit Tigers pitcher  Henry J. "Hank" Aguirre born on 1-31-1931 expired 9-5-1994   age 63

actress  Jenny Agutter born on 12-20-1952

World War II Dutch Nazi  Anton Christiaan "Tonny" Ahlers   believed to be the person that turned in to the Nazis the Jewish families being hidden at 263 Prinsengracht Street born on 12-29-1917 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands expired 8-4-2000   age 82

Playboy July 1958 Playmate of Month  Linné Nanette Ahlstrand born on 7-1-1936 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-18-1967 in Pasadena, California   age 30   cause: cancer

Harrisburg 7 terrorist  Eqbal Ahmad born on --1932 in Bihar State, India expired 5-11-1999 in Islamabad, Pakistan   age 67   cause: heart failure; colon cancer surgery

nut-job Iranian president (2005-present)  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad   quoted as having said "We did not have a revolution in order to have democracy."; the running-dog lacky of the nutty mullah's; several former U.S. Embassy hostages claim that he was one of their captors; the CIA sez he's just a look-alike of one of their captors; now into Holocaust denial as political theory born on 10-28-1956 in Garmsar, Iran    Contest Selectors 2006 BYE, SSH 6.7% 2007 ABRA, ANG 6.5% 2008 TWOS 3.1%

Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed   transitional president of Somalia (ie. current target of opportunity for all factions) born on ??-??-19?? in We'll Find Out When They Blow Him Up In, Mogadishu, Somalia    Contest Selectors 2008 RAVN 3.1%

character actor  Philip Ahn   played Master Kan on Kung Fu tv series (1972-75) ¤ born: Pil Lip Ahn  born on 3-29-1905 in Los Angeles, California expired 2-28-1978 in Los Angeles, California   age 72   cause: complications from lung surgery

former president of Finland (1994-2000)  Martti Oiva Kalevi Ahtisaari   received the 2008 Nobel Peace prize born on 6-23-1937 in Viipuri, Finland (now Vyburg, Russia)

actor  Danny Aiello born on 6-20-1933    Contest Selectors 2008 SPAM 3.1%

poet  Conrad Aiken   won 1930 Pulitzer Prize for poetry born on 8-5-1889 in Savannah, Georgia expired 8-7-1973 in Savannah, Georgia   age 84   cause: heart attack

Harvard professor (1939-61) Dr.  Howard Hathaway Aiken   built Mark I computer (1944) born on 3-8-1900 in Hoboken, New Jersey expired 3-14-1973 in Saint Louis, Missouri   age 73

former Dallas quarterback  Troy Aikman born on 11-21-1966

choreographer  Alvin Ailey born on 1-5-1931 in Rogers, Texas expired 12-1-1989   age 58

Nepalese  Queen Aishwarya Rajya Laxmi Devi Rana   mother of assassin/"king" Dipendra born on 11-7-1949 in Lazimpath, Nepal expired 6-1-2001 in Katmandu, Nepal   age 51   cause: shot to death by Crown Prince Dipendra

Margaret Ann Aitcheson   Tipper Gore's mother ¤ née: Carlson  born on --1924 in Battle Creek, Michigan expired 10-15-2001 in Alexandria, Virginia   age 77

comedian & actor  Franlin Ajaye born on 5-13-1949

Hawaiian Senator (1990-present)  Daniel Kahikina Akaka born on 9-11-1924 in Honolulu, Hawaiian Territory    Contest Selectors 2007 BYE 3.2% 2008 BYE 3.1%

former U.S. Army Sgt.  Hasan Karim Akbar   on the night before the attack on Iraq fragged some soldiers; convicted/sentenced to death in 2005 ¤ born: Mark Fidel Kools  born on 4-21-1971 in Los Angeles, California

U.C. Berkeley economist  George Arthur Akerlof   shared the 2001 Nobel prize in economics born on 6-17-1940 in New Haven, Connecticut

Shuttle STS-41, 49, 61 & 79 astronaut  Thomas Dale Akers born on 5-20-1951 in Saint Louis, Missouri

Hong Kong governor (1985-7) Sir  David Akers-Jones ¤ aka: Zhong Yat-kit  born on 4-14-1927    Contest Selectors 2005 TBC 4.3%

Taliban "defense minister" Mullah  Obaidullah Akhund   was number three in the organization until he got his ass arrested in March 2007 — send him off to Club Gitmo born on ??-??-19??

siesmologist Dr.  Keiiti Aki   developed the concept of the "seismic moment" to describe the magnitude of an earthquake (1960s) born on 3-3-1930 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan expired 5-17-2005 in Réunion Island, Indian Ocean   age 75   cause: brain hemorrhage; fall

Japanese  Emperor Akihito   125th Japanese Emperor (1989-present); son of Emperor Hirohito & Empress Nagako born on 12-23-1933 in Tokyo, Japan    Contest Selectors 2000 IVY 14% 2003 RAVN 5.6% 2006 HH 3.3% 2007 SBAP 3.2% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

Miss America 1986  Susan Diane Akin born on ??-??-19??

actor  Claude Akins born on 5-25-1918 in Nelson, Georgia expired 1-27-1994 in Altadena, California   age 75

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright  Zoë Akins   wrote play How To Marry a Millionaire born on 10-30-1886 in Humansville, Missouri expired 10-29-1958 in Los Angeles, California   age 71

horror movie producer  Moustapha Akkad   produced the Halloween movies born on 7-1-1930 in Aleppo, Syria expired 11-11-2005 in Amman, Jordan   age 75   cause: terrorist bombing

actor  Marc Alaimo   has played many (7) Star Trek characters, most notably Gul Dukat on Deep Space Nine ¤ born: Michael "Mike" Alaimo nickname: "The Neck"  born on 5-5-1942 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

convicted murderer  Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin   SNCC chairman (1967-70) ¤ born: Hubert Rap Brown  born on 10-4-1943 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

"actress"  Jessica Alba   star of Dark Angel tv series; did the limp-porn Into the Blue (2005); a publicity photo from that movie wound up as Playboy's March 2006 cover born on 4-28-1981

Yemeni al-Qaeda operative  Jamal Ahmed Muhammad Ali al-Badawi   under death sentence for bombing the U.S.S. Cole; escaped from prison 2/4/2006 born on ??-??-1969 in Yemen    Contest Selectors 2005 PCD 4.3%

Saddam stooge/co-defendant  Awad Ahmed al-Bandar al-S'adun   former chief judge of the Iraqi Revolutionary Court born on 1-2-1945 in Sa'dun, Iraq expired 1-15-2007 in Baghdad, Iraq   age 62   cause: executed; hanged    Contest Selectors 2007 JCM, RAVN, WEP, 4GUE 12.9%    Scored 6.6125 points

Catholic Church leader (1700-1721)  Giovanni Francesco Albani   elected 244th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church November 23, 1700 ¤ Pope Clement XI  born on 7-23-1649 in Urbino, Italy expired 3-19-1721 in Rome, Italy   age 71

international terrorist  Sabry Khalil al-Banna   various sources say he suffered from bone cancer, heart disease, diabetes & alcoholism ¤ nom de guerre: Abu Nidal  born on 5--1937 in Jaffa, Palestine expired 8-16-2002 in Baghdad, Iraq   age 65   cause: "multiple unexplained gunshot wounds to the head"

wrassler "Captain"  Lou Albano   also "managed" in the WWF born on 7-29-1933 in Carmel, New York    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD, RAVN 11.1% 2005 SLIM 4.3%

playwright  Edward Franklin Albee   won Tony award for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1963); won 3 Pulitzer prizes for A Delicate Balance (1967), Seascape (1975) and Three Tall Women (1991) born on 3-12-1928 in Washington, District of Columbia    Contest Selectors 2005 FA 4.3% 2007 TFM 3.2% 2008 GREB 3.1%

singer  Anna Maria Alberghetti born on 5-15-1936

original Mickey Mouse Club Mouseketeer  Sharyn Eileen Alberoni   appeared on series as Sherry in its second season (1956-57) born on 12-4-1946

Prince Albert   husband of British Queen Victoria I; no, she didn't keep him "in a can"; father of Edward VII ¤ full name: Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel Saxe-Coburg und Gotha  born on 8-26-1819 in Rosenau, Bavaria, Germany expired 12-14-1861 in Windsor, England   age 42   cause: typhoid fever

Belgian  King Albert II born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2008 KLS 3.1%

retired House Speaker (1971-76)  Carl Bert Albert   grew up in the hamlet of Bug Tussle (near McAlester) born on 5-10-1908 in McAlester, Oklahoma expired 2-4-2000 in McAlester, Oklahoma   age 91

actor  Edward Laurence Albert   played lead role in Butterflies are Free movie & Zayra in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode A Man Alone (1993) born on 2-20-1951 expired 9-22-2006 in Malibu, California   age 55   cause: lung cancer

Arnold Ziffel's pal actor  Edward "Eddie" Albert Sr.   celebrity spokesperson for Hoyt-Clagwell lawn tractors ¤ born: Edward Albert Heimberger  born on 4-22-1906 in Rock Island, Illinois expired 5-26-2005 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 99   cause: pneumonia; Alzheimer's disease    Contest Selectors 2000 KLS, RR, SPAM 43% 2001 DTM, KLS, NFG, ROTS 50% 2002 CMH, DTM, JAC 27.3% 2003 ABRA, COCO, CSI, DTM, KLS, PCD, RAVN, TAP 44.4% 2004 ABRA, ANG, CSI, DTM, KLS, NFG, RAVN, RIE, RR, TAP 55.6% 2005 ADWC, ANG, BOD, CSI, DTM, FA, KLS, MOT, NFG, PCD, QKU, RIE, RR, SPAM, SPIT, TMD 69.6%    Scored 2.6001 points

former college/pro quarterback  Frankie Albert   noted for his success with the T-formation born on 1-27-1920 in Chicago, Illinois expired 9-4-2002 in Palo Alto, California   age 82   cause: complications from Alzheimer's disease

toy designer  Judith F. Albert   redesigned the Cabbage Patch Kids dolls for mass production by Coleco born on 9-30-1938 expired 7-20-1998 in Mill Neck, New York   age 59   cause: breast cancer

kinky cross-dressing sportscaster  Marv Albert born on 6-12-1941

Stewart Edward "Stew" Albert   a co-founder of the Yippie Party born on 12-4-1939 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-30-2006 in Portland, Oregon   age 66   cause: liver cancer

Four Aces singer  Al Alberts born on 8-10-1922

movie & tv actor  Frank Albertson   played RT-42 in Just Imagine (1930) born on 2-2-1909 in Fergus Falls, Minnesota expired 2-29-1964 in Santa Monica, California   age 55

actor  Jack Albertson   co-starred on Chico and the Man tv series; Best Supporting actor recipient for The Subject Was Roses (1968); in 1964 won a Tony for playing the same role in the stage production born on 6-16-1910 in Malden, Massachusetts expired 11-25-1981 in Hollywood Hills, California   age 74   cause: cancer    Contest Selectors 1979 JH  7.7% 1980 BD, DR, EB, JH 25.0%

Kathryn McCurry Albertson   widow of grocery store chain founder born on 8-27-1908 in Boise, Idaho expired 4-30-2002   age 93

Detroit Free Press sports writer  Mitch Albom   wrote book about his dying college mentor — Tuesdays With Morrie (1997) born on 5-23-1958 in Passaic, New Jersey

novelist  Martha Albrand   wrote After Midnight (1948; made into movie) & Desperate Moment (1953) ¤ real name: Heidi Huberta Freybe Loewengard Mrs. Sydney J. Lamon  born on 9-8-1914 in Rostock, Germany expired 6-24-1981 in New York, New York   age 66

plutocrat  Karl Hans Albrecht   with brother co-founded the Albrecht-Discount (Aldi) for market chain (1961) born on ??-??-1920 in Essen, Germany

Clinton Secretary of State (1997-2001)  Madeleine Korbel Albright born on 5-15-1937 in Prague, Czechoslovakia

Our Gang child actor  Wally Albright ¤ aka: "Waldo"  born on 9-3-1925 in Burbank, California

rock groupie  Cynthia Albritton   known for making molds of celebrity schlongs ¤ aka: "Cynthia Plaster Caster"  born on ??-??-1947 in Chicago, Illinois

actress  Louise Allbritton   appeared as Harriett Putnam in The Egg and I (1947) & Edna Philby in Sitting Pretty (1948) ¤ aka: Mrs. Charles Collingwood  born on yy7-3-1920 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 2-16-1979 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico   age 58   cause: cancer

former Army Air Corps captain  Charles Donald "Don" Albury   co-pilot of Bockscar, the plane that nuked Nagasaki born on ??-??-1921

Egyptian geezer  Youssef Mohamed Attia al-Chadhli   one-time carpenter who never saw a doctor expired 2-1-2003 in Damietta, Egypt   age 122

engineer  Al Alcorn   programmed Atari's original Pong game (1972) born on ??-??-19??

illustrator  John E. Alcorn born on 2-10-1935 expired 1-15-1992   age 56

author  Louisa May Alcott   wrote Little Women and Little Men born on 11-29-1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania expired 3-6-1888   age 55

actor  Alan Alda   Hawkeye Pierce on M*A*S*H tv series born on 1-28-1936    Contest Selectors 2004 GHG 5.6% 2005 FA, GHG, SPAM 13.0% 2006 GHG 3.3% 2007 SBAP 3.2% 2008 SBAP, SPAM 6.3%

Kurt Alder   1950 Nobel chemistry laureate (shared award with his former teacher Otto Diels) born on 7-10-1902 in Königshütte, Upper Silesia, Germany expired 6-20-1958 in Köln, Germany   age 55

oldest U.S. Olympian  Frederick P. Alderman   won gold medal in 1928 games 1,600 meter relays born on 6-24-1905 in Lansing, Michigan expired 9-15-1998 in Social Circle, Georgia   age 93

inventor  Samuel W. Alderson   founded Alderson Research Labs to build human simulacra — anthropomorphic test devices (dummies) for use in testing ejection seats (1952); built first automobile crash test dummy (1960; remember Vince & Larry in auto safety commercials of the 70s & 80s) born on 10-21-1914 in Cleveland, Ohio expired 2-11-2005 in Marina del Rey, California   age 90   cause: pneumonia; myelofibrosis

Waco, Texas pharmacist  Charles Courtice Alderton   created the Dr Pepper soft drink (1885) born on 6-21-1857 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 5-29-1941 in Waco, Texas   age 83

retired Lansing State Journal sports editor (1923-62)  George S. Alderton   in 1926 was first to use nickname "Spartans" in reference to Michigan Agricultural College sports teams (suggested to him by baseball team catcher Perry J. Fremont) born on 9-21-1897 expired 2-19-1993 in Traverse City, Michigan   age 95   cause: myocardial failure

Catholic Church leader (1592-1605)  Ippolito Aldobrandini   elected 232nd Pope of the Roman Catholic Church January 30, 1592 ¤ Pope Clement VIII  born on 3-??-1536 in Fano, Italy expired 3-5-1605 in Rome, Italy   age 68

former Saddam Hussein cronie  Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri   still at large, allegedly directing the bombings rumor has it that he has died of leukemia some time before the end of 2005 born on 7-1-1942 in Tikrit, Iraq

movie director  Robert Aldrich   made Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Hush ... Hush, Sween Charlotte (1964), The Dirty Dozen (1967) & The Longest Yard (1974); a cousin of Nelson Rockefeller born on 8-9-1918 in Cranston, Rhode Island expired 12-5-1983 in Los Angeles, California   age 64   cause: kidney failure

retired Air Force Colonel  Edwin Eugene Aldrin Sr.   a founder of the Air Force Institute of Technology; father of astronaut born on 4-12-1896 expired 12-28-1974 in San Francisco, California   age 78

Apollo 11 astronaut  Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.   second man on the moon, July 20, 1969; had his given name legal changed to "Buzz" in 1982 ¤ now just: Buzz Aldrin  born on 1-20-1930 in Montclair, New Jersey    Contest Selectors 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2004 SS 5.6% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

poet  Vincente Pio Marcelino Cirilo Aleixandre y Merlo   won 1977 Nobel prize in literature born on 4-26-1898 in Seville, Spain expired 12-14-1984 in Madrid, Spain   age 86    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

former Nicaraguan president (1/10/1997-1/10/2002)  Arnoldo Alemánn Lacayo born on 1-23-1946

Odysseus Alepoudhelis   was the 1979 Nobel literature laureate ¤ pen name: Odysseus Elytis  born on 11-2-1911 in Iráklion, Crete expired 3-18-1996 in Athens, Greece   age

May 2008 Playboy Playmate of Month  Amanda Jane "AJ" Alexander ¤ real surname: Herrmann  born on 9-16-1980 in Evansville, Indiana

circus aerialist  Fay Alexander   one of the few people to perform a triple somersault (and live) born on --1924 in Seattle, Washington expired 7-16-1999 in Sarasota, Florida   age 75   cause: lung cancer

baseball pitcher  Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander born on 2-26-1887 in Elba, Nebraska expired 11-4-1950 in Saint Paul, Minnesota   age 63

bank clerk & part-time jazz band leader  Jack Alexander   said to have inspired 1911 Irving Berlin song Alexander's Ragtime Band expired 7-1-1958 in Hewlett, New York   age 74

actress  Jane Alexander born on 10-28-1939

actor  Jason Alexander born on 9-23-1959

actress  Khandi Alexander   has appeared on News Radio & CSI: Miami born on 9-4-1957

singer/actor  Peter Alexander ¤ born: Ferdinand Maximilian Neumayer  born on 6-30-1926 in Vienna, Austria    Contest Selectors 2007 WEP 3.2% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

journalist  Shana Alexander   daughter of song writer Milton Ager (subject of 1927 song Ain't She Sweet); did commentary on 60 Minutes opposite James J. Kilpatrick (1975-79) born on 10-6-1925 in New York, New York expired 6-23-2005 in Hermosa Beach, California   age 79   cause: cancer

one-time Kelsey Grammer fiance  Tammi Alexander   got over dumping him in time to do April 1996 Playboy pictorial ¤ born: Tammi Baliszewski  born on ??-??-19??

Macedonian conquerer  Alexander the Great   founded Alexandria, Egypt born on 9-20-356 BC expired 6-13-323 BC   age 32

radio broadcasting pioneer  Ernst Frederick Werner Alexanderson   under Reginald Fessenden's direction built first high frequency alternator, making possible the first voice broadcast (12/24/1906); became chief engineer of RCA when it was created (1923); holder of 322 patents; invented first home television (1927) born on 1-25-1878 in Uppsala, Uppsala län, Sweden expired 5-14-1975 in Schenectady, New York   age 97

United States Lines fleet commodore  Leroy John Alexanderson   last captain of the S.S. United States passenger liner (1955-60) born on 6-27-1910 in New York, New York expired 2-29-2004 in Hampton, Virginia   age 93

exiled Yugoslav  Queen Alexandra   widow of Peter II born on 3-25-1921 in Athens, Greece expired 1-30-1993 in East Sussex, England   age 71

Grand Duchess  Zenia Alexandrovna   eldest sister of Czar Nicholas II expired 4-20-1960 in London, England   age 85

Vasily Alexiev   former Soviet Olympic power lifter born on 1-7-1942 in Pokrov, Russia

model  Kim Alexis born on 7-15-1960

Prince  Saud al-Faisal   current Saudi Arabian foreign minister born on ??-??-1940 in Taif, Saudi Arabia    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC 3.2% 2008 DFFC 3.1%

Saudi sheik/village idiot  Mohammed al-Fassi   in 1978 cheesed-off his Beverly Hills Sunset Blvd neighbors by painting the mansion & statuary garish colors expired 12-24-2002 in Cairo, Egypt   age 50   cause: infected hernia

Harrads department store owner  Muhammad Abdel Moneim al-Fayed   still-grieving father of Dodi born on 1-27-1929 in Alexandria, Egypt    Contest Selectors 2005 FA 4.3% 2006 MOT, TFM, 4GUE 10.0% 2008 MORB, SPAM 6.3%

physicist  Zhores Ivanovich Alderov   shared the 2000 Nobel physics prize born on 3-15-1930 in Vitebsk, Byelorussian SSR, USSR

British Army Major  Kenneth Joseph Alford   used his pseudonym to write military marches, the most famous of which is Colonel Bogey (1914) ¤ real name: Frederick Joseph Ricketts  born on 2-21-1881 in London, England expired 5-15-1945 in Redgate, Surrey, England   age 64

actor  W. Lamar Alford born on 10-11-1944 expired 3-29-1991   age 46

English King (871-899)  Alfred the Great   last son of Ethelwulf to ascend to the throne born on --849 expired 10-28-899 in Wantage, Berkshire, England   age 50

plasma physicist  Hannes Olof Gösta Alfvén   shared the 1970 Nobel physics laureate for his work in magneto hydrodynamics born on 5-30-1908 in Norrköoping, Sweden expired 4-2-1995 in Djursholm, Sweden   age 86

Swedish composer  Hugo Alfven born on 5-1-1872 in Stockholm, Sweden expired 5-8-1960 in Faluns, Sweden   age 88

novelist  Nelson Algren   wrote A Walk on the Wild Side & The Man with the Golden Arm (1949) ¤ born: Nelson Algren Abraham  born on 3-28-1909 in Detroit, Michigan expired 5-9-1981 in Sag Harbor, New York   age 72   cause: heart attack

Shiite poobah  Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2008 LMLD, RAVN 6.3%

Somalian president (1991-present)  Ali Mahdi Mohamed born on ??-??-1940 in Mogadishu, Somalia

ex-boxer  Muhammad Ali ¤ born: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.  born on 1-17-1942 in Louisville, Kentucky    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD, IVY, SPAM, TEX 57% 2001 BOD 12½% 2002 BOD, JEDS, TMTX 27.3% 2003 ABRA, KOHD, OGGI, TMTX 22.2% 2004 ABRA, BOD, EOD 16.7% 2005 BOD, FA, GHG, HH, MOT, SLIM, SPAM 26.1% 2006 BOD, BONY, CSI, DTH, GGG, GHG, HH, LMLD, OIE, RAVN, TBC, TFM 40.0% 2007 ABRA, ANG, BOD, LMLD, OIE, RAVN, RIE, RPRM, SBAP, TFM 32.3% 2008 BOD, DTM, GOHI, MORB, OIE, RAVN, RIE, RPRM, SBAP, SPAM, TFM 34.4%

Jordanian  Queen Alia   3rd wife of Hussein ¤ born: Alia Toukan  born on 12-25-1948 in Egypt expired 2-9-1977 in Tafileh, Jordan   age 28   cause: helicopter crash

Princess Alice   last grandchild of Queen Victoria; daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany & Princess Helene of Waldeck-Pyrmont ¤ title: Countess of Athlone  born on 2-25-1883 in Windsor Castle, England expired 1-3-1981 in London, England   age 97

poet  Dante Alighieri   wrote The Divine Comedy (1307-21) born on 5-27-1265 in Florence, Tuscany, Italy expired 9-14-1321 in Ravenna, Italy   age 56

community organizer  Saul David Alinsky   wrote Rules for Radicals (1971) born on 1-30-1909 in Chicago, Illinois expired 6-12-1972 in Carmel, California   age 63   cause: heart attack

former San Francisco mayor  Joseph Lawrence Alioto born on 2-12-1916 in San Francisco, California expired 1-29-1998 in San Francisco, California   age 81   cause: pneumonia; prostate cancer

Joan Alison   co-wrote 1938 play Everybody Comes to Rick's; it became the 1942 movie Casablanca born on --1902 expired 3-30-1992   age 90

Supreme Court associate justice (2006-present)  Samuel Anthony Alito Jr.   replaced Sandra Day O'Connor on the court born on 4-1-1950 in Trenton, New Jersey

former Soviet Secret Police general  Heydar Alirza Aliyev   took advantage of military mutiny & booted previous president; president of Azerbaijan (1993-2003) born on 5-10-1923 in Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan expired 12-12-2003 in Cleveland, Ohio   age 80   cause: congestive heart failure

head of state/ruler Sheik  Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa ¤ title: Emir of Bahrain  born on 6-3-1933 in al-Jasrah, Bahrain expired 3-6-1999 in Manama, Bahrain   age 65

Chechen Republic president  Ali Alkhanov born on 1-20-1957 in Kazakhstan    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3%

Baghdad mathematics professor  Muhammad ibn Musa abu Abdullah al-Khowarizmi al-Madjusial-Qutrubulli   wrote several mathematics textbooks; introduced Hindu numerals to the arab world (0, 1, 2, etc.); his name is an eponym for a carefully described procedure/process: algorithm born on --780 in Khorezm (now Urgench, Uzbekistan) expired ??-??-850   age 70

Playboy March 1980 Playmate of Month  Henriette Allais   also did April 1982 Playboy pictorial born on 7-22-1954 in Jacksonville, Florida

economist  Maurice Félix Charles Allais   recipient of the 1988 Nobel Prize in economics born on 5-31-1911 in Paris, Île-de-France, France    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 RR, WEP 6.5% 2008 RR, SPAM, WEP 9.4%

Playboy September 1996 Playmate of Month  Jennifer Lynn Allan born on 5-14-1974 in Las Vegas, Nevada

movie producer and radio actor  William Alland   played the newsreel reporter trying to find out the meaning of Rosebud in Citizen Kane; produced It Came From Outer Space, This Island Earth (1955) and Creature From the Black Lagoon born on 3-4-1916 in Delmare, Delaware expired 11-10-1997 in Long Beach, California   age 81   cause: heart disease

interim Iraqi prime minister  Iyad Allawi born on ??-??-1945 in Baghdad, Iraq    Contest Selectors 2005 BYE, SPIT 8.7% 2006 BYE 3.3%

director  Alfred Lewis Allen   directed The Uninvited (1944) & Suddenly (1954) born on 12-25-1905 in Oakergates, Shropshire, England expired 5-3-2000 in Santa Monica, California   age 94

Shuttle STS-46, 62 & 75 astronaut  Andrew Michael "Andy" Allen born on 8-4-1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Playboy August 1992 Playmate of Month  Ashley Allen born on 2-7-1968 in San Antonio, Texas

racing cyclist  Bryan Allen   pilot of the first human-powered flight (Gossamer Condor; 8/23/1977; 3-mile course) & first human-powered flight across the English Channel (Gossamer Albatross; 6/12/1979; Folkestone, England to Cape Gris-Nez, France born on ??-??-1953

comedian  Byron Allen born on 4-22-1961

California death row inmate  Clarence Ray Allen born on 1-16-1930 in Blair, Oklahoma expired 1-17-2006 in San Quentin, California   age 76   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2006 BOD, OIE, PCD, RAVN, RR, SPIT, TWOS 23.3%    Scored 4.9391 points

former Holy Cross football coach  Dan Allen born on 12-7-1955 expired 5-16-2004 in Westboro, Massachusetts   age 48   cause: multiple chemical sensitivity    Contest Selectors 2004 RAVN 5.6%    Scored 10.2000 solo points

familiar voice  Dayton Allen   provided the voice of Deputy Dawg, Heckle and Jeckle, as well as being Mr. Bungle on Winky Dink and You & mayor Phineas T. Bluster on Howdy Doodie ¤ born: Dayton Allen Bolke  born on 9-24-1919 in New York, New York expired 11-11-2004 in Hendersonville, North Carolina   age 85   cause: stroke    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6%

dancer/actress  Debbie Allen born on 1-16-1950

Oak Ridge Boys singer  Duane Allen born on 4-29-1943

former University of Kansas basketball coach (1908-09 & 1920-56)  Forrest Claire "Phog" Allen   a practicing osteopath; helped make basketsball an Olympic sport (1936) born on 11-18-1885 in Jamesport, Missouri expired 9-16-1974 in Lawrence, Kansas   age 88

computer scientist  Frances Elizabeth "Fran" Allen   received the 2006 A.M. Turing award born on 8-4-1932 in Peru, New York

"Great White Hunter"  Frank Maurice "Bunny" Allen born on 4-17-1906 in Berkshire, England expired 1-2-2002 in Lamu Island, Kenya   age 95   cause: "natural causes"

comedian and early What's My Line panelist  Fred Allen ¤ real name: John Florence Sullivan  born on 5-31-1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 3-17-1956 in New York, New York   age 61   cause: heart attack

football coach  George Herbert Allen born on 4-29-1922 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan expired 12-31-1990   age 72

radio, tv, movie comedienne  Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen   wife & comedy partner of George Burns ¤ aka: "Gracie", as in "say goodnight Gracie";   born on 7-26-1906 in San Francisco, California expired 8-27-1964 in Hollywood, California   age 58

"doting" father  Heywood "Woody" Allen   oscar-winning director — Annie Hall (1977); previously married to Harlen Rosen and Louise Lasser; currently married to Soon-Yi, one of Mia Farrow's adopted brood ¤ born: Allen Stewart Konigsberg  born on 12-1-1935 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 1979 HP  7.7% 2004 EOD 5.6% 2006 GHG 3.3% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

Motown drummer  Howard Richard "Pistol" Allen   worked for AC Delco before joining Motown born on 8-12-1932 in Memphis, Tennessee expired 6-30-2002 in Detroit, Michigan   age 69   cause: cancer

Playboy December 1987 Playmate of Month & 1988 Playmate of the Year  India Allen born on 6-1-1965 in Portsmouth, Virginia

disaster movie producer  Irwin Allen   Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and Towering Inferno; also produced the Lost in Space tv series born on 6-12-1916 in New York, New York expired 11-2-1991   age 75

former Atlanta mayor (1962-70)  Ivan Earnest Allen Jr. born on 3-15-1911 in Atlanta, Georgia expired 7-2-2003 in Atlanta, Georgia   age 92

playwright  Jacqueline "Jay" Allen   wrote screenplays for Marnie (1964), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1969; also wrote play), Cabaret (1972) ∓ Funny Lady (1975); widow of Lewis M. Allen ¤ née: Presson  born on 3-3-1922 in Fort Worth, Texas

Jay Presson Allen   adapted the novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie for the stage (1966) & screen (1969); she did the screen adaptations of Marnie & Cabaret (1972) born on 3-3-1922 in Fort Worth, Texas expired 5-1-2006 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 84   cause: stroke

actress  Joan Allen born on 8-20-1956

Shuttle STS-5 & 51-A astronaut Dr.  Joseph Percival Allen born on 6-27-1937 in Crawfordsville, Indiana

actress  Karen Allen   movie love interest: Boone's Katie in Animal House, Indy's Marion Ravenwood in Raiders of the Lost Ark & Frank Cross' Jenny in Scrooged (1988) born on 10-5-1951

actress  Krista Allen   played the busty elevator brunette in Liar Liar (1997), lifeguard Jenna Avid on Baywatch Hawaii (1999-2001) & Emmanuelle in 8 flicks born on 4-5-1972 in Ventura, California

Broadway producer  Lewis M. Allen   produced Annie (1977-83), I'm Not Rapaport (1986) & Master Class (1996) — all three shows won Tony Awards born on 6-27-1922 in Berryville, Virginia expired 12-8-2003 in New York, New York   age 81   cause: pancreatic cancer

USC tailback  Marcus Allen   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1981) born on 3-26-1960 in San Diego, California

comedian  Marty Allen born on 3-23-1931    Contest Selectors 2007 AUDC 3.2%

baseball announcer  Mel Allen ¤ born: Melvin Allen Israel  born on 2-14-1913 in Johns, Alabama expired 6-16-1996 in Greenwich, Connecticut   age 83

actress  Nancy Allen born on 6-24-1950

Microsoft co-founder  Paul Gardner Allen   with Bill Gates hacked Q-DOS into PC/MS-DOS born on 1-21-1953 in Seattle, Washington

singer  Peter Woolnough Allen born on 2-10-1944 in Tenterfield, Australia expired 6-18-1992   age 48

theater historian  Ralph G. Allen   wrote a revue based upon old vaudeville sketches; at a leacture he read from the script & a producer (Harry Rigby) approached him and they eventually came up with "Sugar Babies" born on 1-7-1934 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 9-9-2004 in New York, New York   age 70   cause: heart ailment; diabetes

singing cowboy actor  Rex Elvie Allen Sr.   narrated some 1940s and 1950s Disney nature films born on 12-31-1921 in Willcox, Arizona expired 12-17-1999 in Tucson, Arizona   age 77   cause: run over by car    Contest Selectors 1980 HA 6.3%

song writer  Robert Allen   co-wrote Chances Are & Home for the Holidays born on 2-5-1927 in Troy, New York expired 10-1-2000 in Quogue, New York   age 73   cause: colon cancer

political columnist  Robert Sharon Allen   co-founder of Washington Merry-Go-Round column (1932) born on 7-14-1900 in Latonia, Kentucky expired 2-23-1981 in Georgetown, Maryland   age 80   cause: suicide; self-inflicted gunshot wound; cancer

English beat group member  Rod Allen   a co-founder of The Fortunes ¤ born: Rodney Bainbridge  born on 3-31-1944 in Leicester, England expired 1-10-2008 in Covenrty, England   age 63   cause: liver cancer    Contest Selectors 2008 RAVN 3.1%    Scored 8.7000 solo points

Georgia geezer  Rosa Allen born on 5-17-1886 expired 1-26-2001 in College Park, Georgia   age 114

yodeling radio cowgirl  Rosalie Allen ¤ real name: Julia Marlene Bedra Mrs. Malcolm McGlasson  born on 6-27-1924 in Old Forge, Pennsylvania expired 9-23-2003 in Palmdale, California   age 79   cause: heart failure; diabetes

nudie-movie "actress"  Rusty Allen   played Pamela Walker in Daughter of the Sun; also appeared in Girl Happy & The Sexperts ¤ born: Terri Kay Cooper  born on 3-10-1944 in Texas expired 11-1-2004 in Las Vegas, Nevada   age 60

Guinness Book tallest woman  Sandra Elaine "Sandy" Allen   surgery halted her growth at 7 feet 7¼ inches born on 6-18-1955 in Chicago, Illinois expired 8-13-2008 in Shelbyville, Indiana   age 53   cause: blood infection; kidney failure; diabetes    Contest Selectors 2004 CSI 5.6%

"child" bride  Soon-Yi Previn Allen   adopted daughter of Mia Farrow; wife of Woody Allen born on 10-8-1970 in South Korean

original Tonight Show host  Stephen Valentine Patrick William "Steve" Allen Sr. born on 12-26-1921 in New York, New York expired 10-30-2000 in Encino, California   age 78   cause: heart attack; hemopericardium    Contest Selectors 2000 BOD 14%    Scored 7.2000 solo points

Home Improvement comedian  Tim Allen   busted at the Kalamazoo airport carrying 1.4 pounds of cocaine (10-2-1978); turned state's evidence & got off light ¤ real name: Timothy Allen Dick  born on 6-13-1953 in Denver, Colorado

Oklahoma death row inmate  Wanda Jean Allen born on 8-17-1959 expired 1-11-2001 in McAlester, Oklahoma   age 41   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2001 TEX 12½%    Scored 10.9000 solo points

dentist & former Chilean Marxist president Dr.  Salvador Allende Gossens   overthrown in CIA-aided coup born on 7-26-1908 in Valparaiso, Chile expired 9-11-1973 in Santiago, Chile   age 65   cause: suicide    Contest Selectors 1980 JH

former Cheers actress  Kirstie Louise Alley   was the original Spock protegé Saavik in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982); also portrayed Gloria Steinem in A Bunny's Tale (1985); now she is just one more Fat Actress born on 1-12-1951 in Wichita, Kansas    Contest Selectors 2005 WORM 4.3% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

al-Qaeda muckety muck  Abu Laith al-Libi   supposedly the number 3 or 4 man in the terrorist network born on --1967 in Libya expired 1-28-2008 in Mir Ali, North Waziristan, Pakistan   age 41   cause: Predator drone missile

World War I veteran  Henry Allingham   oldest man in the UK born on 6-6-1896 in London, England    Contest Selectors 2006 SPIT 3.3% 2007 SPIT 3.2% 2008 DFFC, SPAM, SPIT 9.4%

NASCAR driver  Clifford L. Allison born on 10-20-1964 expired 8-6-1992 in Brooklyn, Michigan   age 27   cause: race car crash

race car driver  David Carl "Davey" Allison born on 2-25-1961 expired 7-13-1993   age 32

Kukla's friend  Frances Allison born on 11-20-1924 in La Porte City, Iowa expired 6-13-1989   age 81    Contest Selectors 1980 DO 6.3%

rock musician  Jerry Allison   was one of Buddy Holly's Crickets born on 8-31-1939

blues guitar player  Luther Allison born on 8-18-1939 expired 8-12-1997 in Madison, Wisconsin   age 57   cause: lung cancer & brain tumors

oldest Delaware geezer  Mary M. Allison born on 8-15-1886 in Sussex County, Delaware expired 12-4-2000 in New Castle, Delaware   age 114

race car driver  Robert Arthur "Bobby" Allison   father of Davey born on 12-3-1937 in Hueytown, Alabama

former Washington Senators/Minnesota Twins outfielder (1958-70)  William Robert "Bobby" Allison   1959 Rookie of the Year born on 7-11-1934 in Raytown, Missouri expired 4-9-1995 in Rio Verde, Arizona   age 60   cause: ataxia

character actress  Elvia Allman   was the original "voice" of Clarabelle the Cow in commercials; played Cora Dithers on the Blondie tv series, the Librarian in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) & busybody Elverna Bradshaw on The Beverly Hillbillies born on 9-19-1904 in Enochville, North Carolina expired 3-6-1992 in Santa Monica, California   age 87   cause: pneumonia

rock musician  Gregg Allman born on 12-8-1947    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, HFS, VM 23.1% 1980 EB 6.3%

singing voice of Mr. Ed  Sheldon Allman   co-wrote tv themes for George of the Jungle cartoon & Let's Make a Deal game show born on 6-8-1924 in Chicago, Illinois expired 1-22-2002 in Culver City, California   age 77   cause: heart failure

Israeli military/political leader  Yigal Allon ¤ born: Yigal Paicovich  born on 10-10-1918 in Kfar Tabor, Palestine expired 2-29-1980 in Afula, Israel   age 61   cause: heart attack

ambulance/newsvan chaser  Gloria Rachel Allred ¤ born: G.R. Bloom  born on 7-3-1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

tv producer  William Allyn   produced Peyton Place in the 1960s born on 1-27-1927 in New York, New York expired 1-3-1999   age 71   cause: heart disease

actress  June Allyson   ended up skilling adult diapers on tv (Depends) ¤ born: Ella Geisman  born on 10-7-1917 in Lucerne, New York expired 7-8-2006 in Ojai, California   age 88   cause: pulmonary-respiratory failure; acute bronchitis    Contest Selectors 1980 BB 6.3% 2005 MOT 4.3% 2006 ADWC, KLS, MOT 10.0%    Scored 4.3250 points

Saddam cousin  Ali Hassan al-Majid   ordered poison gas attacks on Kurds, (1988) killing over 100,000; Governor of Kuwait during Iraq's 7 month occupation; sentenced to be hanged ¤ aka: "Chemical Ali"  born on ??-??-1941 in Tikrit District, Iraq    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD 5.6% 2005 ANG 4.3% 2006 ANG, TWOS 6.7% 2007 ANG, 4GUE 6.5% 2008 CSI, DFFC, PCD, RAVN, RR, TWOS, 4GUE 21.9%

Emir of Dubai Sheik  Maktoum bin Rashid al-Maktoum   he was big in horse racing circles born on --1943 in Shindagha, Dubai expired 1-4-2006 in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia   age 62   cause: heart attack

international terrorist  Abu Ubaida al-Masri   purported to have masterminded the London subway bombings; originally thought to have been killed in a Predator drone missle strike ¤ real name: unknown  expired 3-??-2008 in Waziristan, Pakistan   age 40s   cause: hepatitis C

conductor  Antonio de Almeida born on 1-20-1928 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France expired 2-18-1997 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania   age 69   cause: liver & lung cancer

jazz & classical guitarist  Laurindo Almeida born on 9-2-1917 in São Paulo, Brazil expired 7-26-1995   age 77

film writer/director  Pedro Almodóvar   directed ¡Átame! (Tie Me Up, Tie Me Down; 1990); wrote/directed Hable con ella (Talk to Her; 2002; earning him the Best Original Screenplay oscar) ¤ born: Pedro Almodóvar Caballero  born on 9-25-1951 in Calzada de Calatrava, Ciudad Real, Castilla-La Mancha, España

PLO terrorist  Majid Youssef al-Molqi   murderer of Leon Klinghoffer born on ??-??-19??

Oklahoma City bombing victim  Baylee Almon born on 4-18-1994 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 4-19-1995 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   age 1   cause: severe head trauma

Hezbollah's frequent flier Sheik  Abbas al-Musawi   he's now going to party with God born on --1952 in al-Nabi,Lebanon expired 2-16-1992 in Lebanon   age 39   cause: assassinated; air strike on his location

United Arab Emirates founder & president Sheik  Zayed bin Sultan al-Nahayan   owner of BCCI — the Bank of International Credit and Commerce (aka: Bank of Crooks and Criminals) born on --circa 1918 in Abu Dhabi town, Kingdom of Abu Dhabi expired 11-2-2004 in Abu Ahabi, United Arab Emirates   age 89   cause: renal failure; diabetes

Yemeni al-Qaeda operative  Abd al-Rahim al-Nachiri born on ??-??-19?? in Saudi Arabia    Contest Selectors 2005 PCD 4.3%

actress  Maria Conchita Alonso born on 6-29-1957

obscure actor  Ed Alonzo   also does magic; played Max on some episodes of Saved By The Bell born on ??-??-19??

economist & poet Dr.  Mana Saeed al-Otaiba born on 5-15-1946 in Abu Dhabi    Contest Selectors 1980 BD 6.3%

real estate agent  Sharona Alperin   inspired 1979 The Knack hit My Sharona while dating bandleader Doug Fieger born on ??-??-1962    Contest Selectors 2008 CSI 3.1%

Tijuana Brass bandleader  Herb Alpert   co-founded A&M Records born on 3-31-1935

author & film critic  Hollis Alpert   was the fiction editor at The New Yorker (1950-56); co-author of Playboy's The History of Sex in Cinema series (starting in 1965); co-founder of the National Society of Film Critics (1966) born on 9-24-1916 in Herkimer, New York expired 11-18-2007 in Naples, Florida   age 91   cause: pneumonia; respiratory failure

retired General Electric physicist  Ralph Alsher Alpher   as an astrophysics grad student provided the mathematical basis for the "Big Bang" theory in the late 1940s (his doctoral degree defense even had press coverage); ignored for decades, the Nobel committee forgot to include him when they handed out an award for the "discovery" born on 2-3-1921 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 8-12-2007 in Austin, Texas   age 86   cause: physical decline due to broken hip

saxophonist & Ska pioneer  Rolando Alphonso   played with the Skatalites born on 1-12-1931 expired 11-20-1998 in Los Angeles, California   age 67   cause: brain hemorrhage

Emir of Kuwait (1977-2006) Sheik  Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah   suffered cerebral hemorrhage Sept. 2001 born on 6-29-1926 expired 1-15-2006 in Kuwait City, Kuwait   age 79    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3%

Sheikh  Saad al-Abdullah al-Salim al-Sabah   briefly served as Emir of Kuwait (January 15th through 24th, 2006) born on --1930 in Kuwait, British Mandate Arabia expired 5-13-2008 in Kuwait City, Kuwait   age 78   cause: colonic exsanguination    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1%    Scored 7.2000 solo points

first Emir of Kuwait Sheik  Sabah al-Salem al-Sabah expired 12-31-1977   age 62   cause: heart attack

Iraqi Shia militia leader  Muqtada al-Sadr born on 8-12-1973 in Kazimayn, Iraq    Contest Selectors 2007 ANG 3.2% 2008 SBAP 3.1%

wacko former Iraqi Information Minister  Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf   gave bizarre interviews that would have made Göbbels proud ¤ aka: "Baghdad Bob" & "Comical Ali"  born on ??-??-1940 in Hilla, Iraq

Shuttle STS-51-G astronaut Sultan  Salman Abdel-aziz al-Saud born on 6-27-1956 in Saudi Arabia

Sheik  Abdel Hamid al-Sayeh   head of Palestine National Council (1984-93) expired 1-8-2001 in Amman, Jordan   age 100

Queen  Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamal Ali   mother of Jordanian King Hussein born on 4-2-1916 expired 4-26-1994   age 78

political columnist  Joseph Wright Alsop Jr. born on 10-11-1910 in Avon, Connecticut expired 8-28-1989 in Washington, District of Columbia   age 78

author  Mary O'Hara Alsop   wrote My Friend Flicka (1941) & its sequel Thunderhead (1943) born on 7-10-1895 in Cape May Point, New Jersey expired 10-15-1980 in Chevy Chase, Maryland   age 85

syndicated columnist  Stewart Johonnot Oliver Alsop   brother of Joseph born on 5-17-1914 in Avon, Connecticut expired 5-26-1974 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 60   cause: leukemia

former North Carolina death row inmate  Charlie Mason Alston Jr.   in January 2002 the N.C governor commuted his sentence to life without parole born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2002 BOD 9.1%

model/actress  Carol Alt   1982 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model; did December 2008 Playboy pictorial born on 12-1-1960 in Long Island, New York

Iraqi human rights criminal Sultan  Hashim Ahmed al-Tay   ran Saddam's campaign against the Kurds; sentenced to death born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2008 DFFC, PCD, RAVN 9.4%

Qatar ruler Sheik  Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani born on 1-28-1950 in Doha, Qatar

Playboy August 2000 Playmate of Month  Summer Danielle Altice born on 12-23-1979 in Fountain Valley, California

Catholic Church leader (1670-1676)  Emilio Altieri   elected 240th Pope of the Roman Catholic Church April 29, 1670 ¤ Pope Clement X  born on 7-13-1590 in Rome, Italy expired 7-22-1676 in Rome, Italy   age 86

comedian  Jeffrey Altman   had 1970s tv series with Pink Lady born on 8-13-1951 in Syracuse, New York

movie director  Robert Bernard Altman   made M*A*S*H (1970), Gosford Park (2001) & A Prairie Home Companion (2006); had a heart transplant around 1995 born on 2-20-1925 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 11-20-2006 in Los Angeles, California   age 81   cause: complications from cancer    Contest Selectors 2004 RIE 5.6% 2005 RIE 4.3% 2006 ANG, RIE 6.7%    Scored 5.6500 points

Shuttle STS-90 & 106 astronaut  Scott Douglas Altman born on 8-15-1959 in Lincoln, Illinois

molecular biologist  Sidney Altman   shared the 1989 Nobel chemistry prize born on 5-7-1939 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

former Assistant Sec. of Labor (1934)  Arthur J. Altmeyer   chief architect of the Social Security Ponzi scheme; first Social Security commissioner born on 5-8-1891 expired 10-16-1972 in Madison, Wisconsin   age 81

cinematographer  John Alton born on 10-5-1901 in Sopron, Hungary expired 6-2-1996 in Santa Monica, California   age 94

former Iraqi Ba'ath Party official  Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi ¤ aka: the "Two of Hearts"  born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2006 TBC 3.3%

Hawaiian singer  Irmgard Keali'iwahinealohanohokahaopuamana Farden Aluli ¤ nickname: "Auntie Irmgard"  born on 10-7-1911 in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii expired 10-4-2001 in Honolulu, Hawaii   age 89

actress  Carmen Álvarez   played Moonbeam McSwine in Broadway musical production of Li'l Abner (1957) & in the movie (1959); widow of Chad Dee Block born on ??-??-19?? in Hollywood, California

1968 Nobel physicist laureate  Luis Walter Alvarez   father of the dinosaur death-by-asteroid guy born on 6-13-1911 in San Francisco, California expired 9-1-1988 in Berkeley, California   age 77

UC-Berkeley geologist  Walter Alvarez   advanced the theory of death-by-asteroid for the dinosaurs 65 million years ago (something about the K-T boundary layer clay being chock-full of iridium); son of Luis born on ??-??-1940 in Berkeley, California

interim Iraqi president/target  Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer born on ??-??-1958 in Mosul, Iraq    Contest Selectors 2005 FA 4.3%

international playboy Prince  Aly Khan   son of Aga Khan III and Begum Aga Khan; Pakistani ambassador to U.N. 1958 to 1960; married to Rita Hayworth (1949-53) born on 6-13-1911 in Turin, Italy expired 5-11-1960 in Suresnes, France   age 48   cause: car crash

actor  Kirk Alyn   original movie Superman in the 1940s ¤ born: John Feggo Jr.  born on 10-8-1910 in Oxford, New Jersey expired 3-14-1999 in Woodlands, Texas   age 88

former football player  Lyle Martin Alzado   years of steroid & human growth hormone abuse took their toll born on 4-3-1949 in New York, New York expired 5-14-1992 in Portland, Oregon   age 43   cause: pneumonia; brain lymphoma (cancer)

Hamas poobah  Mahmound Khalid al-Zahar   was one of it's founding members born on ??-??-1945 in Gaza City, British Mandate Palestine    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3% 2006 RAVN 3.3% 2007 RAVN 3.2% 2008 RAVN 3.1%

alcoholic rapist & al-Qaeda terrorist/murderer  Abu Musab al-Zarqawi   a leader of the wave of murder in Iraq at time of death ¤ Arabic: ابو مصعب الزرقاوي born: Ahmad Fadil al-Nazal al-Khalayleh      (أحمد فاضل النزال الخل ايله)  born on 10-20-1966 in Zarqa, Jordan expired 6-7-2006 in Hibhib, Diyala Province, Iraq   age 39   cause: "precision munitions"; two 500 pound laser-guided bombs    Contest Selectors 2006 BYE, KLS, WEP 10.0%    Scored 9.2250 points

renegade pediatrician Dr.  Ayman al-Zawahiri   a co-founder of Islamic Jihad; involved in assassination of Sadat; Number 2 in al-Qaeda terrorist organization born on 6-19-1951 in Egypt    Contest Selectors 2002 ANG 9.1% 2003 ANG 5.6% 2004 ANG 5.6% 2005 ANG, MOT 8.7% 2006 ANG 3.3% 2007 ANG, 4GUE 6.5% 2008 4GUE 3.1%

Mosul, Iraq "businessman"  Nawaf al-Zeidane   winner of the U.S. State Department's $30,000,000 Uday/Qusay lotto; prominent target of Saddam's fedayeen goons born on ??-??-19??

physician & psychiatrist Dr.  Alois Alzheimer   first person to describe the disease that now bears his name born on 6-14-1864 in Markbreit, Bavaria, Germany expired 12-19-1915 in Breslau, Germany   age 51   cause: rheumatic heart disease; cardiac failure

novelist  Jorge Amado   wrote Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon (1958) & Dona Flor e Seus Dois Maridos (Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands; 1966) born on 8-10-1912 in Ferradas, Bahia, Brazil expired 8-6-2001 in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil   age 88   cause: heart & lung failure

one-armed head of the Nazi Press Chamber  Max Amann   first business manager of the Nazi Party expired 3-1-1957 in München, Germany   age 65

former Afghan  King Amanullah   ruled 1919-29; led Afghanistan to independence from Britain born on 6-1-1892 in Pagham, Afghanistan expired 4-25-1960 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 67

artificial intelligence pioneer Dr.  Saul Amarel born on 2-16-1928 in Salonika, Greece expired 12-18-2002 in Princeton, New Jersey   age 74   cause: complications from cancer

new super-geezer claimant  Miriam Amash   lives in Jisr a-Zarka, Israel born on ??-??-1888 in Ottoman Palestine

tv writer/producer/director  Rodney Amateau   involved in a number of classic series, including: The Bob Cummings Show, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, Mr. Ed, My Mother the Car & Gilligan's Island (directed pilot) born on 12-20-1923 in New York, New York expired 6-29-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 79   cause: cerebral hemorrhage

Arizona death row inmate  Jose Jacobo Amaya-Ruiz ¤ number 057279  born on 3-18-1958    Contest Selectors 2001 TEX 12½% 2006 TWOS 3.3%

British suspense writer  Eric Ambler   wrote screenplays for A Night to Remember (1958) and Topkapi (1964) ¤ aka: Eliot Reed  born on 6-28-1909 in London, England expired 10-22-1998 in London, England   age 89

print/tv model  Eileen "Terry" Ambrose   mother of Ronna Romney & Terry Rakolta born on 7-1-1925 in Ann Arbor, Michigan expired 2-17-2004 in Jupiter, Florida   age 78   cause: heart failure

University of Illinois, Urbana anthropologist Dr.  Stanley H. Ambrose   postulated the Toba Catastrophe Theory — abrupt climate changes caused by the eruption of the Sumatran super-volcano Toba about 75,000 years ago reduced the population of humans to 10,000 (or fewer) adults worldwide (based upon a "bottleneck" of diveristy in mitochondrial DNA at roughly that same time period) born on ??-??-1955

historian  Stephen Edward Ambrose   author of D-Day June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II (1994) & Band of Brothers (1992) born on 1-10-1936 in Decatur, Illinois expired 10-13-2002 in Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi   age 66   cause: lung cancer

computing pioneer  Gene Myron Amdahl   known for instruction lookahead and task pipelining; for a while had his own line of mainframe computers born on ??-??-19??

Wisconsin fullback  Alan Dante Ameche   winner of the Heisman Trophy (1954) ¤ nickname: "The Horse"  born on 6-1-1933 in Kenosha, Wisconsin expired 8-8-1988 in Houston, Texas   age 55

actor  Don Ameche   falsely remembered as the inventor of the telephone ¤ born: Dominic Felix Amici  born on 5-31-1908 in Kenosha, Wisconsin expired 12-6-1993   age 85    Contest Selectors 1980 DR 6.3%

Spanish film director  Alejandro Amenábar   won 2005 Best Foreign Language Film oscar for Mar adentro (The Sea Inside) born on 3-31-1972 in Santiago de Chile, Chile

cartoonist  William "Bill" Amend   draws the Foxtrot comic strip; was the 2006 Reuben Award winner born on 9-20-1962 in Northampton, Massachusetts

turncoat spy  Aldrich Hazen Ames born on 6-16-1941 in River Falls, Wisconsin

singer/actor  Ed Ames born on 7-9-1927    Contest Selectors 2004 TAP 5.6% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

singer/actor  Ed Ames born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2008 ADWC 3.1%

actor  Leon Ames ¤ born: Leon Wycoff  born on 1-20-1903 in Portland, Indiana expired 10-12-1993   age 91

Savile Row couturier Sir  Edwin Hardy Amies   designed for the Queen born on 7-17-1909 in Maida Vale, England expired 3-5-2003 in Langford, Gloucestershire, England   age 93

cannibalistic former Ugandan dictator-for-life (1971-9)  Idi Amin Dada Oumee   overthrew Milton Obote (1971); ordered the execution of Dora Bloch; the Saudi Royal family harbored this slug born on 1-1-1923 in Kuboko, British Uganda expired 8-16-2003 in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia   age 80   cause: kidney failure; hypertension    Contest Selectors 1979 DO, DW, HA, HFSHP, JW, RR, SBVM, YJ 76.9% 1980 BD, DR, DW, EK, GP, VA 37.5% 2002 RAVN 9.1% 2003 CSI 5.6%    Scored 7.0000 solo points

Israel Amir   first commander of the Israeli Air Force ¤ born: Israel Zblodovsky  born on --1903 in Russia expired 11-1-2002 in Tel Aviv, Israel   age 99

Yigal Amir   Rabin assassin born on ??-??-1970 in Herzliya, Israel

author  Kingsley William Amis born on 4-16-1922 in London, England expired 10-22-1995   age 73

adulterous actress  Suzi Amis   got caught "taking direction" from James Cameron during the production of Titanic (1997) born on 1-5-1962 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Dr.  Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash   one of Saddam's lethal cronies ¤ aka: "Mrs. Anthrax"  born on ??-??-1953 in Baghdad, Iraq    Contest Selectors 2007 AUDC 3.2%

jazz saxophonist  Eugene "Jug" Ammons born on 4-14-1925 expired 8-6-1974 in Chicago, Illinois   age 49   cause: pneumonia

Playboy August 1989 Playmate of Month  Gianna Amore born on 4-5-1968 in Warwick, Rhode Island

animal rights facist  Cleveland Amory   the only good animal is a properly-cooked animal born on 9-2-1917 in Nahant, Massachusetts expired 10-14-1998 in New York, New York   age 81

actor  John Amos born on 12-27-1941    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6% 2006 HH 3.3%

insurance company executive  Joh Beverly Amos   in 1955, with brothers Bill & Paul, founded AFLAC (American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Georgia) born on 6-5-1924 in Enterprise, Alabama expired 8-13-1990 in Columbus, Georgia   age 66   cause: lung cancer

retired insurance executive  Paul Shelby Amos I   in 1955, with brothers Bill & John, founded AFLAC (American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Georgia) born on ??-??-19??

singer  Tori Amos born on 8-22-1963

"famous" cookie maker  Wally Amos Jr. born on 7-1-1936 in Tallahassee, Florida    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD 5.6% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

insurance company executive  William Lafayette "Bill" Amoa   in 1955, with brothers Paul & John, founded AFLAC (American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, Georgia) born on 2-8-1920 expired 1-18-1997 in Columbus, Georgia   age 76

electrodynamics pioneer  Andre Marie Ampere   has unit of electrical current flow named after him born on 1-22-1755 in Lyon, Rhône, Rhône-Alps, France expired 6-10-1836 in Marseilles, France   age 81

comedian  Morey Amsterdam   played Buddy Sorrell on the Dick Van Dyke Show born on 12-14-1908 in San Francisco, California expired 10-28-1996 in Los Angeles, California   age 87   cause: heart attack

Right Livelihood Award co-winner (1991)  Murlidhar Devidas "Baba" Amte born on 12-24-1914 in Hinganghat, Wardha District, Maharashtra State, British India expired 2-12-2008 in Warora, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra State, India   age 93   cause: leukemia    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1%    Scored 5.7000 solo points

Norwegian explorer  Roald Engelbregt Amundsen   first to reach the South Pole (12/14/1911; 5 weeks ahead of Scott); died during search for Nobile (1928) born on 7-16-1872 in Vedsten, Norway expired 6-18-1928 in Barents Sea, near Charles XII Island, Norway   age 55   cause: plane crash

model, entertainer, cytologist  Nedra F. Harrison Anargyros   original model for the "Dragon Lady" in Terry & the Pirates comic strip (1939) born on 12-3-1915 in New York, New York expired 9-20-2004   age 88

orchestra conductor  Karel Ancerl born on 4-11-1908 in Tucapy, Czechoslovakia expired 7-3-1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada   age 65

tv programming executive  Garth Ancier   responsible for "killing" Michigan J. Frog (2005) born on ??-??-19??

concert pianist  Geza Anda   his recording of the Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 was used as the incidental music for Elvira Madigan (1967) born on 11-19-1921 in Budapest, Hungary expired 6-13-1976 in Zürich, Switzerland   age 54   cause: internal hemorrhaging; cancer of esophagus

navy gunboat executive officer  Arthur F. Anders   took command of the Panay following December 12, 1937 Japanese attack on the vessel in China's Yangtze River; father of astronaut William Anders ¤ nickname: "Tex"  born on 10-2-1903 in Weimar, Texas expired 8-27-2000 in Rancho Bernardo, California   age 96

"actress"  Avalon Anders   best known as Swedish Bikini Team member "Uma Thorensen" born on ??-??-19??

Apollo 8 astronaut  William Alison Anders   son of Arthur F. Anders born on 10-17-1933 in Hong Kong

child actress  Brigitte Andersen   star of Savannah Smiles (1982) born on 7-11-1975 in Malibu, California expired 5-18-1997 in California   age 21   cause: drug/alcohol overdose

author  Hans Christian Andersen   wrote The Red Shoes, Thumbelina and The Little Mermaid born on 4-2-1805 in Odense, Fyn, Denmark expired 8-4-1875 in Copenhagen, Denmark   age 70

cabaret singer  Lale Andersen   first to record Lili Marleen (1938) ¤ born: Eulalia Bunnenberg  born on 3-23-1905 in Lehe, Bremerhaven expired 8-29-1972 in Vienna, Austria   age 67

advertising artist  Alexander Anderson   nephew of Paul Terry; created the Crusader Rabbit cartoon character & co-produced the show for NBC (1949); created the characters Rocket J. Squirrel, Bullwinkle J. Moose & Dudley Doright in 1948 born on 9-5-1920 in Berkeley, California

former cartoon shill vocalizer  Arthur Anderson   provided the voice of Lucky the Leprechaun in Lucky Charms commercials (1963-92); was a radio actor on "Let's Pretend" born on 8-29-1922 in Prince's Bay, Staten Island, New York    Contest Selectors 2008 SPAM 3.1%

country singer  Bill Anderson born on 11-1-1937

1936 Nobel physics laureate  Carl David Anderson Jr.   discoverer of the positron (1932) born on 9-3-1905 in New York, New York expired 1-11-1991 in San Marino, California   age 85

horse race caller  Charles "Chic" Anderson born on 12-17-1931 in Evansville, Indiana expired 3-24-1979 in Commack, New York   age 47   cause: heart attack

Shuttle STS-117 & 120 astronaut  Clayton Conrad Anderson born on 2-23-1959 in Omaha, Nebraska

Truman Agriculture secretary (1945-48)  Clinton P. Anderson   also New Mexico senator (1948-72) born on 10-23-1895 in Centerville, South Dakota expired 11-11-1975 in Albuquerque, New Mexico   age 80   cause: stroke

Civil War Union veteran widow  Daisy Anderson   widow of former slave ¤ aka: Daisy A. Leonard  expired 9-19-1998 in Denver, Colorado   age 97

actor & Jack Benny "valet"  Eddie "Rochester" Anderson born on 9-18-1905 in Oakland, California expired 2-28-1977 in Woodland Hills, California   age 71   cause: heart failure

bacteriologist  Ephraim Saul "Andy" Anderson   predicted that the overuse & misuse of antibiotics would lead to resistant strains of the bacterial they were supposed to kill (1968) born on 10-28-1911 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumbria, England expired 3-14-2006 in London, England   age 94

long time ABC announcer  Ernest E. "Ernie" Anderson   was "Ghoulardi" on tv in Cleveland born on 11-12-1923 expired 2-6-1997 in Los Angeles, California   age 73

former MSU basketball coach (1954-65)  Forrest "Forddy" Anderson born on 3-17-1919 expired 10-25-1999 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma   age 80   cause: pneumonia

former Cincinnati Reds (1970-78) and Detroit Tigers (1979-95) manager  George Lee "Sparky" Anderson   first manager to win a World Series in both leagues born on 2-22-1934 in Bridgewater, South Dakota    Contest Selectors 1980 BB 6.3% 2003 JEDS 5.6% 2004 SS 5.6% 2005 ANG 4.3% 2006 ANG 3.3% 2007 ANG, AUDC 6.5% 2008 ANG, SBAP, SPAM 9.4%

pioneering movie actor  Gilbert M. Anderson   debuted in Edison's The Great Train Robbery (1903); co-founded Chicago's Essanay Film Co. (1897) ¤ real name: Max Aaronson; aka: "Bronco Billy"  born on 3-21-1882 in Little Rock, Arkansas expired 1-20-1971 in Hollywood, California   age 88

X-Files actress  Gillian Anderson born on 8-9-1968 in Chicago, Illinois

magician/actor  Harry Anderson born on 10-14-1952

football great  Heartly "Hunk" Anderson   played for/succeeded Rockne at Notre Dame (1918-21/1931-34); line coach for the Chicago Bears (1942-45; under him their line got the nickname "Monsters of the Midway") expired 3-24-1928 in West Palm Springs, Florida   age 79   cause: respiratory illness

actor  Herbert Anderson   played the father (Henry Mitchell) on tv's Dennis the Menace (1959-63) born on 3-30-1917 in Oakland, California expired 6-11-1994 in Palm Springs, California   age 77

Jethro Tull singer  Ian Anderson born on 8-10-1947

political columnist  Jackson Northman "Jack" Anderson   won 1972 Pulitzer for his column "Washington-Merry-Go-Round" born on 10-19-1922 in Long Beach, California expired 12-17-2005 in Bethesda, Maryland   age 83   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

country singer  John Anderson born on 12-13-1954

actor  John Anderson   Kevin Uxbridge on Star Trek: The Next Generation born on 10-20-1922 in Clayton, Illinois expired 8-7-1992 in Sherman Oaks, California   age 69   cause: heart attack

former Illinois rep. (1961-80)  John Bayard Anderson   1980 Independent Party presidential candidate born on 2-15-1922 in Rockford, Illinois    Contest Selectors 2007 GREB 3.2% 2008 GREB 3.1%

actress Dame  Judith Anderson ¤ real name: Francis Margaret Anderson-Anderson  born on 2-10-1898 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia expired 1-3-1991   age 93

Playboy July 2002 Playmate of Month  Lauren Anderson   selected on Fox tv sweeps special born on 6-6-1980 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

rock singer  Laurie Anderson born on 6-5-1947

composer & arranger  Leroy Anderson   wrote Sleigh Ride, Blue Tango (1952), The Syncopated Clock & The Typewriter born on 6-29-1908 in Cambridge, Massachusetts expired 5-18-1975 in Woodbury, Connecticut   age 66   cause: lung cancer

tv clown & bandleader  Lewis Burr Anderson   not the leader of a clown band ... he was the third person (after Bob Keeshan and Bobby Nicholson) to portray Clarabell on Howdy Doodie (1954-60) born on 5-7-1922 in Kirkman, Iowa expired 5-14-2006 in Hawthorne, New York   age 84   cause: prostate cancer

country singer  Liz Anderson born on 3-13-1930

actress  Loni Anderson   played "receptionist" Jennifer Marlow on WKRP born on 8-5-1946 in Saint Paul, Minnesota    Contest Selectors 2004 ANG 5.6% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

rotund comedian  Louie Anderson born on 3-24-1953 in Minneapolis, Minnesota    Contest Selectors 2003 ABRA 5.6% 2004 GHG 5.6% 2005 GHG, MOT 8.7% 2006 DTH, GHG, 4GUE 6.7% 2007 SBAP 3.2%

Four Step Brothers tap dancer  Maceo E. Anderson born on 9-3-1909 in Charleston, South Carolina expired 7-4-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 90

singer  Marian Anderson born on 2-27-1897 in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 4-8-1993 in Portland, Oregon   age 96    Contest Selectors 1979 VM  7.7%

actress  Melissa Sue Anderson born on 9-26-1962

movie director  Michael Joseph Anderson Sr.   made The Dam Busters (1954), 1984 (1956), Around the World in Eighty Days, Logan's Run (1976) & The Martian Chronicles (1980 tv mini-series) born on 1-30-1920 in London, England

Shuttle STS-89 & 107 astronaut  Michael Phillip Anderson born on 12-25-1959 in Plattsburgh, New York expired 2-1-2003 in over north-central Texas   age 43   cause: disintegration of Shuttle Columbia during re-entry

Texas death row inmate  Newton Burton Anderson ¤ number 999355  born on 8-8-1976 expired 2-22-2007 in Huntsville, Texas   age 30   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2007 DFFC, DTH, JCM, OIE, PCD, SPIT 19.4%    Scored 9.5781 points

Playboy February 1990 Playmate of Month  Pamela Denice Anderson   former Tool Time handywoman & BabeWatch "lifeguard"; no longer flaunting her boobs on V.I.P. tv series — cartoon equivalents are instead being flaunted on the Spike tv series Stripperella; also did July 2001, July 1992, November 1994, January 1996, September 1997, February 1999. July 2001, May 2004 & January 2007 Playboy pictorials; may currently be KNOCKED-UP (by soon-to-be-dumped hubby?) born on 7-1-1967 in Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada    Contest Selectors 2003 GHG 5.6% 2004 GHG 5.6% 2005 HH 4.3% 2006 XXX 3.3% 2008 XXX 3.1%

filmmaker  Paul Thomas Anderson   directed Boogie Nights (1997) born on 6-26-1970 in Studio City, California

Bell Labs researcher  Philip Warren Anderson   shared the 1977 Nobel prize in physics born on 12-13-1923 in Indianapolis, Indiana

blues guitarist/singer  Pinkney "Pink" Anderson   his first name was used as part of the name of a rock band (Pink Floyd) born on 2-12-1900 in Laurens, South Carolina expired 10-12-1974 in Spartanburg, South Carolina   age 74

physicist & science fiction writer  Poul William Anderson   author of Tau Zero (1970) born on 11-25-1926 in Bristol, Pennsylvania expired 7-31-2001 in Orinda, California   age 74   cause: prostate cancer

Six Million Dollar Man actor  Richard Anderson born on 8-8-1926

tv actor  Richard Dean Anderson   played Angus MacGyver in the self-named series & Colonel/General Jack O'Neil on the Stargate: SG-1 syndicated series born on 1-23-1950 in Minneapolis, Minnesota

former child actor  Robert J. Anderson   played the young George Bailey in It's A Wonderful Life (1946); also appeared on the Mickey Mouse Club's Spin and Marty serial born on 3-6-1933 in Hollywood, California expired 6-6-2008 in Palm Springs, California   age 75   cause: melanoma

oil wildcatter/philathropist  Robert Orville Anderson   created ARCO in 1966 (from the Atlantic & Richfield oil companies) — it later merged into British Petroleum (BP; 2000) born on 4-13-1917 in Chicago, Illinois expired 12-2-2007 in Roswell, New Mexico   age 90

California death row inmate  Stephen Wayne Anderson born on 7-8-1953 expired 1-29-2002 in San Quentin, California   age 48   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2002 BOD 9.1%    Scored 10.2000 solo points

former 3-term Tennessee congressman (1967-73)  William Robert Anderson   commanded the Nautilus submarine on it's 1958 voyage beneath the north-polar ice cap born on 6-17-1921 in Bakerville, Tennessee expired 2-25-2007 in Leesburg, Virginia   age 85

ABBA singer  Benny Andersson born on 12-16-1946 in Stockholm, Stockholm län, Sweden

actor  Keith Andes   played tribal leader Akuta on original Star Trek series episode "The Apple" (October 1967) ¤ born: John Charles Andes  born on 7-12-1920 in Ocean City, New Jersey expired 11-11-2005 in Santa Clarita Valley, California   age 85   cause: suicide; asphyxiation; bladder cancer; kidney failure

quick-food pioneer  Momofuku Ando   founder of Nissan Foods; came up with instant Ramen Noodles (1958) born on 3-5-1910 in Japanese-occupied Taiwan expired 1-5-2007 in Ikeda, Japan   age 96   cause: heart failure

Playboy March 1998 Playmate of Month  Marliece Andrada   "lifeguard" Skylar Bergman on Baywatch (1997) born on 8-22-1972 in Manteca, California

graphical World Wide Web browser inventor (Mosaic)  Marc Andreesen   co-founded Netscape; spent a brief time with America Online (what a comedown) before moving on born on 7-9-1971 in New Lisbon, Wisconsin

Italian politician  Giulio Andreotti   seven-time minister president ¤ aka: Divo Giulio  born on 1-14-1919 in Rome, Latium, Italy    Contest Selectors 2006 WEP 3.3% 2007 WEP 3.2% 2008 WEP 3.1%

actress  Ursula Andress   second wife of John Derek (he took pictures of her for June 1965, July 1966, November 1973 & April 1976 Playboy pictorials); played bikini-clad Honeychile Ryder in Dr. No and Vesper Lynd in Casino Royale (1967) born on 3-19-1936 in Bern, Switzerland    Contest Selectors 2003 MJ 5.6% 2004 MJ 5.6% 2005 SPAM 4.3% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

race car driver  Mario Gabriel Andretti born on 2-28-1940 in Montono Trieste, Italy    Contest Selectors 1979 HA, HFS, MM 23.1% 1980 HA 6.3%

race car driver  Michael Andretti born on 10-5-1962 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

virologist  Christopher Andrewes expired 12-31-1988   age 92

photographer  Bert Andrews born on 6-2-1901 in Colorado Springs, Colorado expired 1-25-1993   age 63

actor  Carver Dana Andrews born on 1-1-1909 in Collins, Mississippi expired 12-17-1992   age 83    Contest Selectors 1980 HP 6.3%

singer/actress  Julie Andrews   played Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music and title role in Mary Poppins (1964); Mrs. Blake Edwards born on 10-1-1935 in Walton-on-Thames, England    Contest Selectors 2004 EOD 5.6% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

singer  Laverne Andrews   elder sister of Patti & Maxene born on 7-6-1915 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 5-8-1967 in Brentwood, California   age 51   cause: cancer

singer  Mark Andrews   his first big hit - the Thong Song (2000) ¤ aka: "Sisqo"  born on 11-9-1978 in Baltimore, Maryland

singing sister  Maxene Andrews born on 1-3-1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota expired 10-21-1995   age 77

singer  Patricia Marie "Patti" Andrews   youngest of the Andrews Sisters singers born on 2-16-1918 in Minneapolis, Minnesota    Contest Selectors 2001 ROTS 12½% 2003 MB 5.6% 2004 LMLD 5.6% 2005 QKU 4.3% 2006 OIE, QKU 6.7% 2007 AUDC, DGW, QKU 9.7% 2008 DGW, OED, OIE, QKU, SPAM 15.6%

actor  Tiger Andrews   played Captain Adam Green on The Mod Squad & was the second Klingon seen on Star Trek — Kras (episode "Friday's Child"; 1967) born on 3-19-1920 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 1-27-2007 in Encino, California   age 86   cause: heart attack

1961 Nobel literature laureate  Ivo Andric   wrote The Bridge on the Drina (1945) born on 10-9-1892 in Dolac, Bosnia, Austria-Hungary expired 3-13-1975 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia   age 83   cause: complication from stroke

cartoonist  Alfred J. Andriola   drew the Kerry Drake strip (1943-83); got a Reuben Award for his efforts born on 5-24-1912 in New York, New York expired 3-29-1983 in New York, New York   age 70

Soviet president  Yuri Vladimirovich Andropov born on 6-15-1914 in Nagutskaia, Russia expired 2-9-1984 in Kuntsevo, Russia, USSR   age 69

AARP co-founder (1958)  Ethel Percy Andrus born on 9-21-1884 in San Francisco, California expired 7-13-1967 in Los Angeles, California   age 82

biochemist  Christian Boehmer Anfinsen II   shared the 1972 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 3-26-1916 in Monessen, Pennsylvania expired 5-14-1995 in Randallstown, Maryland   age 79

movie director  Ang Lee   directed Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) born on 10-23-1954

Lame-O Las Vegas illusionist  Criss Angel   currently boinking one of Hefner's discards ¤ real name: Christopher Nicholas Sarantakos  born on 12-19-1967 in East Meadow, New York

WWI pilot, gold prospector, soldier-of-fortune  James Crawford "Jimmy" Angel   discovered South American waterfall that became known as Angel Falls in 1929 expired 12-8-1956 in Balboa, Panama   age 57

actress  Vanessa Angel born on 11-10-1966 in London, England

film actress  Pier Angeli   ex-wife of Vic Damone ¤ born: Anna Maria Pierangeli  born on 6-19-1932 in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy expired 9-9-1971 in Beverly Hills, California   age 39   cause: suicide; barbituate overdose

music "producer"  Rene Charles Angelil Sr.   manager/husband of Celine Dion born on 1-16-1942 in Montréal, Québec, Canada    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14%

artist  Carlton W. Angell   sculpted Girl with a Cat for the Bath School Bombing Memorial born on 10-13-1884 expired 5-??-1964 in Lomita, California   age 79

former Cheers writer/producer  David Lawrence Angell   was executive producer of Wings & Frasier sitcoms born on 4-10-1946 in West Barrington, Rhode Island expired 9-11-2001 in New York, New York   age 55   cause: aboard hijacked American Airlines flight 11

retired Stanford University electrical engineering professor  James Browne Angell   also served as the university's carillonneaur (1960-91) born on 12-25-1924 in Staten Island, New York, New York expired 2-13-2006 in San Francisco, California   age 81   cause: complications from Parkinson's disease

former New Yorker writer/editor  Roger Angell born on 9-19-1920 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2007 DGW 3.2% 2008 DGW, SPAM 6.3%

vastly overrated poet  Maya Angelou born on 4-4-1928 in Saint Louis, Missouri    Contest Selectors 2000 SPAM 14% 2004 GHG 5.6% 2005 GHG 4.3% 2006 GHG 3.3%

publicity hound  Angelyne   appears on giant billboards around L.A.; received 2,533 votes in 2003 California replacement election — came in 29th behind Ahnold ¤ born: Rene Goldberg??, Angyline Angelyne ???  born on ??-??-1958 in Idaho??    Contest Selectors 2006 XXX 3.3% 2008 XXX 3.1%

cinematography optics innovator  Pierre Angénieux   won 1965 Scientific & Engineering Oscar for the 10-to-1 zoom lens; also won 1989 Gordon E. Sawyer Award born on 7-14-1907 in Saint-Héand, Saint-Etienne, Loire, France expired 6-26-1998   age 90    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI

author & filmmaker  Kenneth Anger   gee ... wonder if he is any relation to Weekly World columnist Ed Anger? (inquiring minds could care less) ¤ real name: Kenneth Wilbur Anglemyer  born on 2-3-1927 in Santa Monica, California    Contest Selectors 2007 DGW 3.2% 2008 DGW 3.1%

World War II Swedish diplomatic attaché (1944-45)  Par Johan Valentin Anger   worked with Raoul Wallenberg to save thousands of Hungarian Jews from Nazi death camps born on 12-7-1913 in Goteborg, Sweden expired 8-25-2002 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 88   cause: stroke

actor  Philip Anglim   had role of John Merrick in the off-Broadway production of The Elephant Man (1979); played Vedek Bareil on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine tv series born on 2-11-1953 in San Francisco, California

former Vietnamese president (1992-97)  Lê Ðúc Anh born on 12-1-1920 in Thùa Thiên, Huê Province, Annam    Contest Selectors 2008 RIE 3.1%

screenwriter  Edward Anhalt   won oscars for Panic in the Streets (1950; with wife Edna) and Becket (1964) born on 3-28-1914 in New York, New York expired 9-3-2000 in Pacific Palisades, California   age 86   cause: cancer

Tibetan "Warrier Nun"  Ani Pachen   fought against the Chinese invasion of Tibet (1950-60); captured & spent 21 years in prison under extreme duress ¤ born: Pachen Dolma name (roughly translated) means "Nun Big Courage"  born on --1933 in Gonjo, Province of Kham, Tibet expired 2-2-2002 in Dharmsala, India   age 68   cause: heart failure

automobile designer  Benjamin H. Anibal   designed original Pontiac automobile (1926) for the Oakland Motor Company (it later became GM's Pontiac division) born on 12-2-1886 in Linden, Michigan expired 6-19-1977 in Royal Oak, Michigan   age 90

former Friends actress  Jennifer Joanna Aniston   divorced from Brad Pitt ¤ born: Jennifer Anastassakis  born on 2-11-1969 in Sherman Oaks, California

soap opera actor  John Aniston   father of Jennifer ¤ born: Yannis Anastassakis  born on 7-24-1933 in Crete, Greece    Contest Selectors 2008 DFFC 3.1%

singer  Paul Anka born on 7-30-1941    Contest Selectors 2004 SS 5.6%

Emmy award-winning set designer  Kathleen Ankers   did set design for original Sale of the Century game show, as well as all three Letterman tv shows; appeared as the foul-mouthed Bookmobile Lady on Letterman's show born on 10-22-1919 expired 10-1-2001 in Bethlehem, Connecticut   age 81

character actor  Morris Ankrum   played General Hanley in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956), General Considine in The Giant Claw (1957) and a judge on the Perry Mason tv series ¤ born: Morris Nusbaum  born on 8-27-1896 expired 9-2-1964 in Pasadena, California   age 68   cause: trichinosis

movie director  Ken Annakin   directed Swiss Family Robinson (1960) & Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965); George Lucas took his surname as the given name of Luke Skywalker's father in the Star Wars movies born on 8-10-1914 in Beverley, Yorkshire, England    Contest Selectors 2003 CSI 5.6% 2004 CSI 5.6% 2005 CSI 4.3% 2006 CSI 3.3% 2008 CSI 3.1%

blithering lifelong U.N. apparachik  Kofi Atta Annan   seventh U.N. secretary-general (1996-2006) — shared the 2001 Nobel Peace prize with the organization born on 4-8-1938 in Kamsai, Ghana    Contest Selectors 2005 FA, HH 8.7% 2006 TFM 3.3%

English  Queen Anne   daughter of James II; sister of Mary II; last Stuart monarch of England (1702-1714) born on 2-6-1665 in London, England expired 8-1-1714 in Kensington, England   age 49

royal consort  Anne of Cleves   fourth wife of Henry VIII born on --1515 expired ??-??-1557   age 42

TV Guide billionaire  Walter Hubert Annenberg born on 3-13-1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin expired 10-1-2002 in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania   age 94   cause: complications from pneumonia    Contest Selectors 2000 RR 14% 2001 RR 12½% 2002 JL 9.1%    Scored 5.6000 solo points

14-term Chicago congresmman (1965-92)  Frank Annunzio born on 1-12-1915 in Chicago, Illinois expired 4-8-2001 in Lincolnwood, Illinois   age 86

former WWF wrassler  Rodney Anoia   slammed Hulk Hogan under the ring name of Yokozuna; had a 240 egg-a-day habit born on 10-2-1966 in Samoa expired 10-23-2000 in Liverpool, England   age 34   cause: heart attack

dramatist  Jean Marie Lucien Pierre Anouilh born on 6-23-1910 in Bordeaux, France expired 10-3-1987 in Lausanne, Switzerland   age 77    Contest Selectors 1980 GP 6.3%

actor  Michael Ansara   once married to Barbara Eden; played Klingon Kang on original series & Deep Space Nine Star Trek tv series born on 4-15-1922    Contest Selectors 2005 SPAM 4.3% 2008 SPAM 3.1%

entrepreneur  Amir Ansari   co-founded Prodea, Inc venture capital firm; donated $10,000,000 to fund the X Prize born on ??-??-1970 in Tehran, Iran

entrepreneur  Anousheh Ansari   co-founded Prodea, Inc venture capital firm; donated $10,000,000 to fund the X Prize; in September 2006 was the 4th space tourist aboard Soyuz TMA-9 (September 18-29, 2006) born on 9-12-1966 in Mashhad, Iran

Qwest co-founder  Philip F. Anschutz born on ??-??-1939 in Great Bend, Kansas

wild and crazy Aussie  Rodney William Ansell   his exploits were the basis for the Crocodile Dundee movie character born on --1955 expired 8-4-1999 in Urapunga Ranch, Northern Territory, Australia   age 44   cause: shoot-out with police

Pantera lead singer  Phil Hansen Anselmo   also singer for bands Down & Viking Crown born on 6-30-1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana    Contest Selectors 2003 JEDS 5.6% 2005 TBC 4.3%

mathematician & orchestral conductor  Ernest Alexander Ansermet   conductor with the Ballet Russe; founder & conductor of l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande born on 11-11-1883 in Vevay, Switzerland expired 2-20-1969   age 85

midget shoe huckster  William Edmond Ansley   appeared as Buster Brown for 27 years born on 11-11-1888 expired 9-26-1972 in Gainesville, Texas   age 83

author  Jay Anson   wrote The Amityville Horror born on 11-4-1921 expired 3-12-1980 in Palo Alto, California   age 58   cause: complications following heart surgery

actress  Susan Anspach born on 11-23-1945

movie director  David Anspaugh   directed Hoosiers (1986) & Rudy (1993); ex-hubby of Roma Downey born on 9-24-1946 in Decatur, Indiana

avant garde composer  George Johan Carl Antheil   co-inventor of Spread Spectrum radio technology born on 7-8-1900 in Trenton, New Jersey expired 2-12-1959 in New York, New York   age 58

PBA Hall of Fam bowler  Earl Roderick Anthony born on 4-27-1938 in Kent, Washington expired 8-14-2001 in New Berlin, Wisconsin   age 63   cause: fall down flight of stairs

Mutual Network radio host  John J. Anthony ¤ real name: Lester Kroll  born on 9-1-1902 in New York, New York expired 7-16-1970 in San Francisco, California   age 67   cause: heart attack

aactress  Lysette Anthony   did December 1988 Playboy pictorial ¤ born: Lysette Chodzko  born on 9-26-1963 in London, England

bandleader  Ray Anthony   had 1950s hits with the Dragnet and Peter Gunn themes; once married to Mamie Van Doren ¤ born: Raymond Antonioni  born on 1-20-1922 in Bentleyville, Pennsylvania

suffragette  Susan Brownell Anthony   model for failed U.S. dollar coin born on 2-15-1820 in Adams, Massachusetts expired 3-13-1906 in Rochester, New York   age 86

jockey  Christopher W. Antley   won 1999 Kentucky Derby aboard Charismatic born on 1-6-1966 expired 12-1-2000 in Pasadena, California   age 34   cause: drug overdose (Clobenzorax, methamphetamine ...)

air-headed royal consort  Marie Antoinette   when told that the peasants of France were starving and had no bread to eat flippantly suggested "Let them eat cake!" born on 11-2-1755 in Vienna, Austria expired 10-16-1793 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 37   cause: guillotined

singer/actress  Susan Ellen Anton born on 10-12-1950 in Yucaipa, California

Playboy June 1969 Playmate of Month  Helena Antonaccio   also did August 1997 pictorial born on 3-21-1949 in Morristown, New Jersey

Catholic Church leader (1769-1774)  Giovanni Vincenzo Antonio-Ganganelli   elected 251st Pope of the Roman Catholic Church 1769 ¤ Pope Clement XIV  born on 10-31-1705 in Sant' Arcangelo, Italy expired 9-22-1774 in Rome, Italy   age 68

director  Michelangelo Antonioni   made Blowup (1966) & Zabriskie Point (1970) born on 9-29-1912 in Ferrara, Italy expired 7-30-2007 in Rome, Italy   age 94    Contest Selectors 2002 DTM 9.1% 2003 DTM 5.6% 2005 TBC 4.3% 2007 NFG 3.2%    Scored 5.6000 solo points

Sergei Antonov   one-time Balkan Airlines representative in Rome; accused of giving a weapon to Mehmet Ali Agca that was used in the attempt to kill Pope John Paul II, held in jail for four years, but acquitted at trial for lack of evidence (1986) expired 7-31-2007 in Sofia, Bulgaria   age 59

Roman leader  Marc Antony   rival of Octavius; defeated at the Battle of Actium (31 BC); committed suicide with his mistress (Cleopatra) ¤ full name: Marcus Antonius  born on --83 BC expired 8-30-30 BC in Alexandria, Egypt   age 53   cause: suicide

restauranteur & ballonist  Hiroaki "Rocky" Aoki   founded Benihana steak house chain (1963) born on 10-9-1938 in Tokyo, Japan expired 7-10-2008 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 69   cause: pneumonia; cancer; diabetes; cirrhosis of the liver; hepatitis C    Contest Selectors 1979 HA 7.7% 1980 HA 6.3% 2008 QKU, SPAM 6.3%    Scored 6.8500 points

Lebanese warlord  Michel Aoun born on ??-??-1935 in Haret Hraik, Lebanon

Chinese Honolulu Police Department detective (1898-1932)  Chang Apana   carried a bullwhip instead of a gun; basis for the Charlie Chan fictional character born on --1871 in Hawaii expired 12-??-1933   age 68

Hall of Fame baseball player  Luis Aparicio born on 4-29-1934

fomer DC Comics illustrator  James N. Aparo   drew Batman, the Green Arrow & other characters born on 8-24-1932 expired 7-19-2005 in Southington, Connecticut   age 72   cause: cancer

Drech-O-Rama movie director  Stephen C. Apostolof   made what probably is the worst movie of all time (even worse than Plan Nine...) — starring Criswell and scripted by Ed Wood (see, you just knew he had to have a hand in it somehow) born on 2-25-1928 in Borgas, Bulgaria expired 8-14-2005 in Mesa, Arizona   age 77

movie documentary producer  Lynn Appelle   shared 2001 Documentary Short oscar for Thoth born on ??-??-1967 in New York, New York

singer  Fiona Apple born on 9-13-1977

actress  Christina Applegate born on 11-25-1971 in Los Angeles, California

Sir  Edward Victor Appleton   his work in the physics of the upper atmosphere earned him the 1947 Nobel prize in physics born on 9-6-1892 in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England expired 4-21-1965 in Edinburgh, Scotland   age 72

wacko UFO cult leader  Marshall Herff Applewhite   snuffed himself and 38 other members of the Heaven's Gate cult to become ET-like aliens before beaming to the "mothership" that was hiding behind the Hale-Bopp comet ¤ nicknames: "Bo", "Do" & "Ti"  born on 5-17-1931 in Texas expired 3-26-1997 in Rancho Santa Fe, California   age 65   cause: suicide

Shuttle STS-37, 59 & 79 astronaut Dr.  Jerome J. "Jay" Apt born on 4-28-1949 in Springfield, Massachusetts

movie director  Michael Apted   directed Coal Miner's Daughter (1980) & The World is Not Enough (1999) born on 2-10-1941 in Aylesburg, Buckinghamshire, England

former Philippine President (2/1986-6/30/1992)  Corazon Cojuangco Aquino   being treated for colon cancer (March 2008) ¤ nickname: Cory  born on 1-25-1933 in Manila, Philippines

conniving widow  Suha Daoud al-Taweel Arafat   still in the hunt for the missing billions? ¤ née: Tawil  born on ??-??-1963 in Jerusalem, West Bank, Jordan    Contest Selectors 2005 RAVN 4.3%

PLO chairman (1969-2004)  Yasser Arafat   shared 1994 Nobel Peace prize ¤ full name: Mohammed Abdel-Raouf Arafat Al-Qudwa al-Hussaeini nom de guerre: Abu Ammar  born on 8-4-1929 in Cairo, Egypt expired 11-11-2004 in Clamart, France   age 75   cause: stroke; disseminated intravascular coagulation; thrombocytopenia; kidney failure; liver failure; cirrhosis of liver    Contest Selectors 1979 DW, HA, HFS, HP, JW 38.5% 1980 BD, DW, EB 18.8% 2000 BOD, IVY 29% 2001 ANG, BOD, RR 25% 2002 ANG, BOD, JEDS, RAVN, RR 45.5% 2003 ABRA, ANG, CSI, JEDS, OGGI, RAVN, RR 38.9% 2004 ABRA, ANG, BOD, CSI, RAVN, RIE, RR 38.9%    Scored 5.0391 points

MAD Magazine cartoonist  Sergio Aragonés Domenech   recipient of the 1996 Reuben Award born on 9-6-1937 in Castellon, Spain

former Guatemalan dictator/presidente (1970-74)  Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio born on 7-17-1918 in Barberena, Guatemala expired 12-6-2003 in Guatemala City, Guatemala   age 85

Werner Arber   shared the 1978 Nobel prize in medicine born on 6-3-1929 in Gränichen, Canton of Aargau, Switzerland

silent film comedy actress  Minta Durfee Arbuckle   co-founded the Keystone Film Company with Fatty; divorced Fatty after his 1925 acquittal on murder charges ¤ born: Araminta Durfee  born on 10-1-1889 in Los Angeles, California expired 9-9-1975 in Woodland Hills, California   age 85   cause: heart ailment

tubby silent film funnyman  Roscoe Conkling Arbuckle   actor, writer, director, got Buster Keaton started in the movie biz; with wife co-founded Keystone Film Co. (think Keystone Kops); on receiving end of first custard pie thrown in the movies; tried 3 times for the "murder" of Virginia Rappe & acquitted --- this incident was the basis for the movie The Wild Party with Raquel Welch playing Virginia and James Coco playing Roscoe; hounded out of the business by the Hearst Newspaper chain ¤ aka: "Fatty" used pseudonym William Gordon  born on 3-24-1887 in Smith Center, Kansas expired 6-29-1933 in New York, New York   age 46   cause: heart attack

photographs & character actor  Allan Arbus   played recurring character Dr. Sidney Freedman on the M*A*S*H tv series; once married to Diane Arbus (1941-69) born on 2-15-1918 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2008 BOD 3.1%

photographer  Diane Arbus   learned photography from her then-husband Allan Arbus ¤ née: Nemerov  born on 3-14-1923 in New York, New York expired 7-26-1971 in Manhattan, New York, New York   age 48   cause: suicide; barbituate overdose & slashed wrists

film director  Denys Arcand   won Best Foreign Language Film oscar for Les Invasions barbares (The Barbaraian Invasions; 2003) born on 6-25-1941 in Deschambault, Quebec, Canada

jockey  Edward George "Eddie" Arcaro   5-time Kentucky Derby winner (1945 aboard "Hoop Jr."); won two Triple Crowns, aboard Whirlaway (1941) and Citation (1948), for Calument Farms born on 2-14-1916 in Cincinnati, Ohio expired 11-14-1997 in Miami, Florida   age 81

Shuttle STS-117 astronaut  Lee Joseph Archambault born on 8-25-1960 in Oak Park, Illinois

actress  Anne Archer   daughter of John Archer and Marjorie Lord born on 8-25-1947 in Los Angeles, California

actress  Beverly Archer   played "Gunny" on Major Dad tv series born on 7-19-1948

professional golfer  George William Archer   winner of the 1969 Masters Golf Tournament born on 10-1-1939 in San Francisco, California expired 9-25-2005 in Incline Village, Nevada   age 65   cause: Burkitt's lymphoma

radio and movie actor  John Archer   first husband of Marjorie Lord (1941-55); father of Anne Archer; announcer on The Shadow who intoned "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow Knows."; also appeared on The FBI in Peace and War; appeared in Destination Moon, Rock Around the Clock and Blue Hawaii ¤ born: Ralph Bowman  born on 5-8-1915 in Osceloa, Nebraska expired 12-5-1999 in Los Angeles, California   age 84

Hollywood gossip columnist  Armand "Army" Archerd born on 1-13-1922 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14% 2001 NFG, TEX 25% 2002 TMTX 9.1% 2003 TMTX 5.6% 2004 NFG 5.6% 2005 NFG 4.3% 2006 NFG 3.3% 2007 NFG 3.2% 2008 NFG 3.1%

actress  Eve Arden   had title role in radio & tv Our Miss Brooks series ¤ real name: Eunice Quedens  born on 4-30-1908 in Mill Valley, California expired 11-12-1990   age 87

Creole button accordionist  Alphonse "Bois Sec" Ardoin   for many years performed with fiddler Canray Fontenot born on 11-16-1915 in Duralde, Louisiana expired 5-16-2007 in Eunice, Louisiana   age 91

oscar-winning director (Dirty Dancing, Sister Act)  Emile Ardolino born on 5-9-1943 in Maspeth, New York expired 11-20-1993 in Bel Air, California   age 50   cause: AIDS

Iraqi politician  Abdel-Rahman Muhammad Aref   was the country's president (1963-68) until ousted in a Baath Party insitgated coup born on --1916 in Baghdad, Iraq expired 8-24-2007 in Amman, Jordan   age 91

Claudine Louise Mudd Arehart   grand-daughter of Dr. Samuel Mudd trying to get him cleared born on 6-9-1917 expired 3-11-2002 in La Plata, Maryland   age 84   cause: complications from stroke

pro wrassler  George J. Arena ¤ aka: "Gorgeous George"  born on 9-13-1907 expired 7-16-1992   age 84   cause: bone cancer

speed/drag racer  Arthur E. Arfons   built the "Green Monster," a jet powered 17,000 horsepower car that he used to set world speed records at Bonneville in the 1960s born on 2-3-1926 in Akron, Ohio expired 12-3-2007 in Akron, Ohio   age 81

Nicaraguan president (May 1st-26th, 1947)  Leonardo Argüello expired 12-15-1947 in Mexico City, Mexico   age 74   cause: heart attack; chronic diabetes

three-time former Panamanian president (1940-41; 1949-51; 1968)  Arnuldo Arias Madrid   always exited the office via coup born on 8-15-1901 in Columbia expired 8-10-1988 in Miami, Florida   age 86   cause: heart attack

former Costa Rican president (1986-90)  Oscar Rafael de Jesús Arias Sánchez   the 1987 Nobel peace prize recipient born on 9-13-1941 in Heredia, Costa Rica

Nigerian Cardinal  Francis Arinze born on 11-??-1932 in Eziowelle, Nigeria

Tibetologist  Michael Vaillancourt Aris   husband of Burmese dissident Aung San Suu Kyi born on 3-27-1946 in Havana, Cuba expired 3-27-1999 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England   age 53   cause: prostate cancer

Carnival Cruise Lines founder (1972)  Ted Arison ¤ born: Theodore Arisohn  born on --1924 in Zichrow Ya'acova, Palestine expired 10-1-1999 in Tel Aviv, Israel   age 75   cause: heart attack; throat cancer

on-and-off-and-on again Haitian president  Jean-Bertrand Aristide   resigned & fled 2/29/04; now back in power born on 7-15-1953 in Port-Salut, Haiti    Contest Selectors 2003 ANG 5.6% 2005 BOD 4.3% 2006 BOD 3.3% 2007 BOD 3.2% 2008 BOD 3.1%

actor  Adam Arkin born on 8-19-1956

actor  Alan Wolf Arkin   played Yossarian in Catch-22 (1970); father of Adam born on 3-26-1934 in New York, New York

American International Pictures co-founder (1954)  Samuel Zachary Arkoff born on 6-12-1918 in Fort Dodge, Iowa expired 9-16-2001 in Burbank, California   age 83

Marquis  François-Laurent d'Arlandes   accompanied friend Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozière on first untethered balloon ride (1783); stoked the burner that kept them aloft expired ??-??-17??   age ??

ABC honcho  Roone Pickney Arledge II   headed their sports division (1968-86) & news division (1977-2002); won 37 Emmies (1st as producer of Shari Lewis' puppet show) & 4 Peabody Awards born on 7-8-1931 in Forest Hills, New York expired 12-5-2002 in New York, New York   age 71   cause: complications from cancer    Contest Selectors 2002 DTM 9.1%    Scored 7.9000 solo points

composer  Harold Arlen   wrote Over the Rainbow (with E.Y. Harburg) ¤ born: Hyman Arluck  born on 2-15-1905 in Buffalo, New York expired 4-23-1986 in New York, New York   age 81

film actor  Richard Arlen   starred in 1927 Academy Award-winning Wings ¤ real name: Richard Cornelius van Mattimore  born on 9-1-1898 in Charlottesville, Virginia expired 3-28-1976 in North Hollywood, California   age 77   cause: emphysema

dignified actor  George Arliss   played title roles in Disraeli (1921 & 1929) and Voltaire (1933) ¤ born: George Augustus Andrews  born on 4-10-1868 in London, England expired 2-5-1946 in London, England   age 77

Great Lakes sailor  Michael Eugene Armagost   Third Mate of the Edmund Fitzgerald born on 10-14-1938 expired 11-10-1975 in Eastern Lake Superior, Canada   age 37   cause: drowned when ship foundered

fashion designer  Giorgio Armani born on 7-11-1934 in Piacenza, Italy

Ivonne Armant   grand-daughter of Placido Domingo; did May 2000 Playboy pictorial born on 1-16-1974 in Mexico City, Mexico

former Texas death row inmate  Edgar Armas-Tomayo ¤ aka: number 999130  born on 7-22-1967    Contest Selectors 2000 TEX 14%

singer  Joan Armatrading born on 12-9-1950

tv writer  Margaret Armen   wrote for The Rifleman, The Big Valley, Lawman, Cannon & Star Trek — original series episodes The Gamesters of Triskelion (introduced Kirk to hot drill thral space babe;paid off in Quatloos), The Paradise Syndrome (Kirk marries hot Native American princess space babe) & The Cloud Minders (Spock meets hot intellectual space babe) born on 9-9-1921 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 11-10-2003 in Woodland Hills, California   age 82   cause: heart failure

actor  Pedro Gregorio Armendáriz Hastings   got irradiated while shooting The Conquerer (156); played the Turkish station chief in From Russia With Love born on 5-9-1912 in Mexico City, Mexico expired 6-18-1963 in Los Angeles, California   age 51   cause: suicide; gunshot; advanced neck cancer

U.S. House Republican leader  Richard Keith "Dick" Armey born on 7-7-1940 in Cando, North Dakota

former pro soccer player  Jimmy Armfield   now a BBC radio pundit born on ??-??-19??    Contest Selectors 2008 RAVN 3.1%

former Acapulco H.E.A.T. "secret agent"  Alison Armitage   Playboy October 1990 Playmate of Month ¤ aka: "Brittany York"  born on 2-26-1965 in London, England

poet  Richard Willard Armour born on 7-15-1906 in San Pedro, California expired 2-28-1989   age 82

Weather Girls singer  Izora M. Rhodes Armstead   with Martha Walsh had hit "It's Raining Men" (1983) born on 7-6-1942 expired 9-16-2004 in San Leandro, California   age 62   cause: heart failure

jazz cornetist & bandleader  Daniel Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong born on 8-4-1901 in New Orleans, Louisiana expired 7-6-1971 in New York, New York   age 69   cause: heart attack

character actor  Donald Robert Armstrong   played Jerry Malone in Dumbbells in Ermine (1930), Broadway producer Carl Denham in King Kong (1933) and Son of Kong (1933); played nightclub owner Max O'Hara in Mighty Joe Young (1949) born on 11-20-1890 in Saginaw, Michigan expired 4-21-1973 in Santa Monica, California   age 82

Major  Edwin Howard Armstrong   inventor of the Audion radio receiving system (1913) & Frequency Modulation radio born on 12-18-1891 in New York, New York expired 2-1-1954 in New York, New York   age 62   cause: suicide; plunge from apartment window

Edwin's widow  Esther Marion Armstrong   met her husband while working as David Sarnoff's secretary; put the screws to the weasel corporations that had infringed her husband's patents ¤ née: MacInnes  born on 8-13-1898 in Merrimac, Massachusetts expired 8-8-1979 in Exeter, New Hampshire   age 81   cause: "a short illness"

adultering televangelist  Garner Ted Armstrong   estranged son of Herbert W. Armstrong born on 2-9-1930 in Portland, Oregon expired 9-15-2003 in Tyler, Texas   age 73   cause: pneumonia

composer  Henry W. "Harry" Armstrong   wrote music for Sweet Adeline expired 2-28-1951 in New York, New York   age 71

Herbert W. Armstrong   founder of the Worldwide Church of God born on 7-31-1892 in Des Moines, Iowa expired 1-16-1986 in Pasadena, California   age 93   cause: heart disease

Enid, Mississippi farmer  Howard N. Armstrong   one of the jurors in the "trial" of J.W. Milam & Roy Bryant for the murder of Emmett Till born on 4-19-1919 expired 8-25-2003 in Enid, Mississippi   age 84

professional bicyclist  Lance Edward Armstrong   while spinning his wheels for the U.S. Postal Service team won the Tour de France six consecutive times (he won a seventh time for the Discovery Channel); testicular cancer survivor ¤ born: Lance E. Gunderson  born on 9-18-1971 in Dallas, Texas    Contest Selectors 2006 DFFC 3.3%

1932 Olympic gold track medalist  Mary Carew Armstrong born on 9-18-1913 expired 7-12-2002 in Framingham, Massachusetts   age 88

Gemini VIII and Apollo 11 astronaut  Neil Alden Armstrong   first man on the moon, July 20, 1969; "That's one small step for man .... one giant leap for mankind" born on 8-5-1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio    Contest Selectors 2003 MJ 5.6% 2004 MJ, SS 11.1% 2005 MOT 4.3% 2006 DTH, MOT, 4GUE 10.0% 2007 SBAP, 4GUE 6.5% 2008 SBAP, SPAM, 4GUE 9.4%

Playboy September 1986 Playmate of Month  Rebekka Lynn Armstrong   has tested positive for HIV (1989); recently got into bodybuilding ¤ Mrs. Oliver Luettgenau  born on 2-20-1967 in Bakersfield, California    Contest Selectors 2002 JL 9.1%

character actor  Robert Golden Armstrong born on 4-7-1917 in Birmingham, Alabama    Contest Selectors 2008 SPAM 3.1%

teacher & author  William Howard Armstrong   wrote children's novel Sounder (1970) born on 9-14-1914 in Collierstown, Virginia expired 4-11-1999 in Kent, Connecticut   age 84

jazz fidler  William Howard Taft Armstrong ¤ aka: "Louie Bluie"  born on 3-4-1907 in Dayton, Tennessee expired 7-30-2003 in Boston, Massachusetts   age 96   cause: compliations from heart attack

photographer  Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones   ex-husband of Princess Margaret ¤ title: Lord Snowdon  born on 3-7-1930 in London, England    Contest Selectors 1980 HP 6.3%

Ameriquest Mortgage founder  Roland E. Arnall   once was the largest sub-prime lender; it "crashed and burned" and was picked up by Citigroup (2007) born on 3-29-1939 in Paris, Île-de-France, France expired 3-17-2008 in Los Angeles, California   age 68   cause: cancer

big band, orchestra & movie arranger/composer  Léo Arnaud   on a commission from Felix Slatkin composed "The Change Suite" (1958); part of that piece, "Bugler's Dream," is the best-known — ABC & NBC have used it as their theme music for coverage of the Olympic games born on 7-24-1904 in Lyon, France expired 4-26-1981 in Los Angeles, California   age 76

Ba-Ba-Loo bandleader  Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y De Acha III   ex-husband of Lucille Ball; co-founder of Desilu Studios born on 3-2-1917 in Santiago de Cuba expired 12-2-1986 in Del Mar, California   age 69    Contest Selectors 1980 BD 6.3%

famous tv offspring  Desi Arnaz Jr.   younger brother of Lucie born on 1-19-1953    Contest Selectors 2004 ADWC 5.6%

actress  Lucie Arnaz   daughter of Lucille Ball & Desi Arnaz born on 7-17-1951

role playing game pioneer  Dave Arneson   was co-creator of the Dungeons & Dragons game (1974) born on 10-1-1947 in Minnesota

actor  James Arness   brother of Peter Graves; played the original Thing From Outer Space ¤ born: James Aurness  born on 5-26-1923 in Minneapolis, Minnesota    Contest Selectors 1980 HP 6.3% 2005 SPAM 4.3% 2008 OED, RPRM, SPAM 9.4%

Playboy January 1986 Playmate of Month  Sherry Arnett   her first appearance was in a September 1984 "Girls of the Big 10" pictorial ¤ real name: Sherry Klemesrud  born on 10-2-1964 in Sterling, Illinois

actor  William Emerson Arnett born on ??-??-1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

actress  Alison Arngrim   played Nellie Oleson on Little House on the Prairie (1974-81); sister of Stefan; daughter of Norma MacMillan born on 1-18-1962 in New York, New York

child actor  Stefan Arngrim   Barry Lockwood on Land of the Giants; brother of Alison; son of Norma MacMillan born on 12-23-1955

American Revolutionary War traitor  Benedict Arnold born on 1-14-1741 in Norwich, Connecticut expired 6-14-1801 in London, England   age 60

saxophone player  Buddy Arnold ¤ born: Arnold Buddy Grishaver  born on 4-30-1926 in New York, New York expired 11-9-2003 in Los Angeles, California   age 77   cause: complications from open-heart surgery

tv writer/producer  Danny Arnold   co-author of most of the Barney Miller scripts ¤ born: Arnold Danny Rothman  born on 1-23-1925 in New York, New York expired 8-19-1995 in Los Angeles, California   age 70   cause: heart failure

photojournalist  Eve Arnold born on 4-21-1912 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania    Contest Selectors 2008 NFG 3.1%

WWII commander of U.S. Army Air Forces General  Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold born on 6-25-1886 in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania expired 1-15-1950 in Sonoma, California   age 63   cause: coronary occlusion

movie/tv director  Jack Arnold   made It Came From Outer Space (1953), The Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954), Tarantula (1955), Revenge of the Creature (1955), The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957), High School Confidential (1958) & The Mouse That Roared (1959); wrote screenplays for Tarantula & The Monolith Monsters (1958; co-writer) ¤ born: Jack Arnold Waks  born on 10-14-1916 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 3-17-1992 in Woodland Hills, California   age 75   cause: arteriosclerosis

Texas death row inmate  Jemarr Carlos Arnold ¤ number: 987  born on 9-27-1958 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-16-2002 in Huntsville, Texas   age 43   cause: executed; lethal injection    Contest Selectors 2002 BOD, DTM, RR, TMTX 36.4%    Scored 8.5125 points

Playboy May 1954 Playmate of Month & March 1954 cover model  Joanne Arnold   appeared in Girl Gang (1954); her first Playboy appearance was in the March 1954 issue (Hartog Shirt story) ¤ born: Joanne Arnold ¿Frontier?  born on 4-1-1931

Idaho business/private pilot  Kenneth Arnold   claimed to have seen a fast-moving saucer-shaped object on June 24, 1947... credited with coining term Flying Saucer born on 3-29-1915 in Subeka, Minnesota expired 1-??-1984 in Meridian, Idaho   age 68   cause: cancer

film/orchestral composer Sir  Malcolm Henry Arnold   won an oscar for scoring The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) born on 10-21-1921 in Northampton, Northamptonshire, England expired 9-23-2006 in Norwich, Norfolk, England   age 84   cause: chest infection; frontal lobe dementia    Contest Selectors 2005 TBC 4.3%

country singer  Robert Edward "Eddy" Arnold ¤ nickname: "the Tennessee Plowboy"  born on 5-15-1918 in Henderson, Tennessee expired 5-8-2008 in Cool Springs, Tennessee   age 89    Contest Selectors 1979 JW  7.7% 2007 PUD 3.2% 2008 JCM, OED 6.3%    Scored 4.8500 points

actor  Tom Arnold born on 3-6-1959

Klas Pontus Arnoldson   shared the 1908 Nobel peace prize born on 10-27-1844 in Göteborg, Sweden expired 2-20-1916 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden   age 71   cause: heart attack

former Hefner executive assistant  Roberta "Bobbie" Arnstein   pressured by government to rat out druggies in bunnyland born on 5-2-1940 expired 1-12-1975 in Chicago, Illinois   age 24   cause: suicide; barbituate overdose

jewelry store operator  Julien Arpels   son of Van Cleef & Arpels co-founder Leon Arpels; brother of Louis born on 12-29-1884 in Marseilles, France expired 4-8-1964 in New York, New York   age 79

jewlery business co-founder  Leon Arpels expired ??-??-19??   age ??

jewelry store operator  Louis Arpels   son of Van Cleef & Arpels co-founder Leon Arpels; brother of Julien expired 3-20-1976 in Paris, Île-de-France, France   age 89

Joffrey Ballet Company co-founcer  Gerald Arpino   took over as artistic director after the death of Robert Joffrey born on 1-14-1923 in Staten Island, New York, New York expired 10-29-2008 in Chicago, Illinois   age 85   cause: "a long illness"

actor  Alexis Arquette   son of Lewis born on ??-??-1969 in Los Angeles, California

humorist and Hollywood Square  Cliff Arquette   frequent visitor to Tonight Show in 1950's; father of Lewis; grandfather of actress Rosanna Arquette ¤ aka: Charley Weaver  born on 12-28-1905 in Toledo, Ohio expired 9-23-1974 in Burbank, California   age 68   cause: heart attack

Friends actress  Courtney Cox Arquette   married to nut-case long distance calling shill born on 6-15-1964

weird goofball "actor"  David Arquette   Mr. Courtney Cox; son of Lewis born on 9-8-1971 in Winchester, Virginia

tv/movie character actor  Lewis Arquette   son of Cliff; father of Rosanna, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis & David born on 12-14-1935 in Chicago, Illinois expired 2-10-2001 in Los Angeles, California   age 65   cause: congestive heart failure

actress  Patricia Arquette   played Kathy Wood in Ed Wood (1994); daughter of Lewis born on 4-8-1968 in Chicago, Illinois

writer & bit-part actor  Richmond Arquette   son of Lewis born on 4-8-1963

actress  Rosanna Lauren Arquette   daughter of Lewis; granddaughter of Charlie Weaver; did September 1990 Playboy pictorial born on 8-10-1959 in New York, New York

classical pianist  Claudio Arrau born on 2-6-1903 in Chillan, Chile expired 6-9-1991   age 88

chemist  Svante August Arrhenius   winner of the 1903 Nobel prize in chemistry born on 2-19-1859 in Vik, Uppsala län, Sweden expired 10-2-1927 in Stockholm, Sweden   age 68

soul singer  Joseph Arrington Jr.   had a hit with "Skinny Legs" (1967) ¤ aka: "Joe Tex"  born on 8-8-1933 in Baytown, Texas expired 8-13-1982   age 49   cause: heart attack

cartoonist  Gustavo Montano Arriola   briefly worked as an animator at MGM; created & drew the Gordo strip (1941) born on 7-23-1917 in Florence, Arizona expired 2-2-2008 in Carmel, California   age 90   cause: complications from cancer & Parkinson's disease

former Suriname prime minister (1977-80) & vice president (1987-90)  Henck Alphonsus Eugène Arron   led Dutch Guiana to independence from The Netherlands; overthrown twice in coups born on 4-25-1936 in Paramaribo, Dutch Guiana expired 12-4-2000 in Alpen aan de Rijn, The Netherlands   age 64   cause: heart attack

Kenneth Joseph Arrow   shared the 1972 Nobel prize in economics born on 8-23-1921 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2008 GREB 3.1%

erotic tale author  Emmanuelle Arsan   wrote Emmanuelle ¤ born: Marayat Bibidh aka: Marayat Andriane  born on ??-??-1932 in Bangkok, Thailand

Playboy June 1988 Playmate of Month  Emily Arth   for a while worked for Vince McMahon at WWF/WWE ¤ married surname: Feinberg  born on 10-18-1960 in Evanston, Illinois

actress  Beatrice Arthur   played Maude Finlay on tv series ¤ born: Beatrice Frankel  born on 5-13-1926 in New York, New York    Contest Selectors 2000 SPAM 14% 2003 ABRA 5.6% 2004 ABRA 5.6% 2005 SLIM 4.3% 2006 DTH, HH, 4GUE 10.0% 2007 ABRA, JCM, 4GUE 9.7% 2008 GAS, JCM, SPAM, 4GUE 12.5%

21st U.S. president (1881-85)  Chester Alan Arthur born on 10-5-1830 in Fairfield, Vermont expired 11-18-1886 in New York, New York   age 56

actress  Jean Arthur ¤ born: Gladys Georgianna Greene  born on 10-17-1900 in Plattsburg, New York expired 6-19-1991 in Carmel, California   age 90

Playboy January 1991 Playmate of Month  Stacy Leigh Arthur   was the 1990 Mrs. Ohio born on 6-4-1968 in Naperville, Illinois

8th oldest male on earth  Arne Armas Arvonen   last surviving Finnish Civil War veteran (1918); worked on the fortifications of St. Petersburg, Russia born on 8-4-1897 in Helsinki, Finland    Contest Selectors 2008 WEP 3.1%

former religious cult leader  Shoko Asahara   born with glaucoma; changed name in 1987 when he founded the cult (Aum Shinrikyo sect); now on Japans death row for the murders of 12 people & injury of thousands in a March 20, 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system ¤ born: Chizuo Matsumoto  born on 3-2-1955 in Yatsushiro, Kyushu, Japan    Contest Selectors 2005 MOT 4.3% 2006 MOT, TWOS 6.7% 2007 ABRA, MOT 6.5% 2008 MORB, TWOS 6.3%

cosmetics executive  Mary Kay Ash ¤ born: Mary Kathlyn Wagner  born on 5-12-1918 in Hot Wells, Texas expired 11-22-2001 in Dallas, Texas   age 83   cause: "natural causes"

Hall-of-Fame Phillies center fielder (1948-59)  Don Richard Ashburn   more recently was a broadcaster for the Phillies; gave Marv Throneberry the nickname "Marvelous" born on 3-19-1927 in Tilden, Nebraska expired 9-9-1997 in New York, New York   age 70   cause: heart attack

movie editor/director  Hal Ashby   edited In the Heat of the Night (1967 oscar); directed Harold and Maude (1971), Shampoo (1975), Coming Home (1978), Bound For Glory (1976) & Being There (1979) born on 9-2-1929 in Ogden, Utah expired 12-27-1988 in Malibu, California   age 59   cause: cancer

jazz saxophonist  Harold Ashby   played with the Duke Ellington Band born on 3-27-1925 in Kansas City, Missouri expired 6-13-2003 in New York, New York   age 78   cause: complications following heart attack

Shuttle STS-93 & 100 astronaut  Jeffrey S. Ashby born on 6-16-1954 in Dallas, Texas

actress Dame  Peggy Ashcroft ¤ full name: Edith Margaret Emily Ashcroft  born on 12-22-1907 in Croydon, Surrey, England expired 6-14-1991   age 83

tennis great  Arthur Robert Ashe Jr. born on 7-10-1943 in Richmond, Virginia expired 2-6-1993   age 49   cause: complications from AIDS    Contest Selectors 1980 DH, DR, GP, HA, HP, MM 37.5%

former topless dancer  Danielle "Dani" Ashe   now runs Danni's Hard Drive internet porn site (the most downloaded woman on the 'net); appeared in the April 1996 Playboy "Woman of the Internet" pictorial born on 1-16-1968 in South Carolina    Contest Selectors 2006 XXX 3.3%