Basic Famous People - Biographies of Celebrities and other Famous People

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This online biographical reference contains thousands of profiles of famous people and celebrities, living and dead. Our database of biographies includes celebrities of music, movies and television as well as current famous people and historical figures from all fields of human endeavor.

We invite you to start by selecting famous people & celebrities from today's birthdays and death anniversaries,or browsing our alphapetical listing above. You may also be interested in our browsing our constantly updating lists of most popular actors, musicians, people in the news, and historical figures. Be sure to check out our lists of most significant famous people of all time, as well as by field.

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Today's Birthdays of Famous People & Celebrities:

	1773	William Henry Harrison President - 9th US President
	1854	Edward Carson Judge - Leader of the Irish Unionists
	1866	George Ade Columnist - Fables in Slang
	1879	Amy Lowell Poet - What's O'Clock
	1909	Dean Rusk Government -
	1911	Gypsy Rose Lee Dancer - Minsky's Burlesque
	1914	Ernest Tubb Country Musician - Walking the Floor Over You
	1921	Constance Keene Pianist -
	1923	Brendan Behan Author -
	1944	Alice Walker Author - The Color Purple
	1945	Mia Farrow Actor - Rosemary's Baby
	1963	Travis Tritt Country Musician - Country music star with four #1 singles

Today's Birthdays of Famous People & Celebrities - Complete

Today's Death Anniversaries of Famous People & Celebrities:

	1881	Fyodor Dostoevsky Novelist - Crime and Punishment
	1906	Paul Laurence Dunbar Poet - Lyrics of a Lowly Life
	1951	Eddy Duchin Pianist - American popular pianist and bandleader
	1966	Sophie Tucker Singer - Some of These Days
	1976	Percy Faith Musician - Easy listening arranger and compose
	1979	Dennis Gabor Physicist - Inventor of holography
	1981	Bill Haley Musician -
	1988	Kurt Herbert Adler Conductor -
	1995	David Wayne Actor - The Andromeda Strain
	1995	J. William Fulbright Politician - US Senator - Conceived the Fulbright Scholarships
	2002	Isabelle Holland Novelist -
	2002	Princess Margaret Royalty - Queen Elizabeth II's sister
	2005	Tyrone Davis Singer - Can I Change My Ming

Today's Death Anniversaries of Famous People & Celebrities - Complete

Recent Deaths:

	1947	Mitch Mitchell Drummer - Drummer for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
	1932	Miriam Makeba Singer - South African singer and civil rights activist
	1942	Michael Crichton Author - Jurassic Park, Westworld, etc.
	1924	Yma Sumac Singer - Vocalist with a 4.5-octave
	1912	Studs Terkel Author - Working

Most Influencial People:

	0004	Jesus of Nazareth Religion - Son of God
	1879	Albert Einstein Physicist - Theory of relativity
	1643	Isaac Newton Physicist - Father of modern physics
	0010	Paul the Apostle Religion - Apostle to the Gentiles
	1393	Moses Religion - Wrote the Torah
	0570	Muhammad Religion - Muslim Prophet
	0050	Cai Lun Inventor - Inventor of paper
	1398	Johannes Gutenberg Inventor - Inventor of movable type
	1451	Christopher Columbus Explorer - Re-discovered the New World
	1822	Louis Pasteur Chemist - Discovered process of pasteurization
	1564	Galileo Galilei Astronomer - Invented telescope
	0384	Aristotle Philosopher - Politics
	0365	Euclid of Alexandria Mathematician - The Elements
	1889	Adolf Hitler Head of State - Teppichfresser
	1957	Osama Bin Laden Terrorist - Head of al Qaeda terrorist organization
	1809	Abraham Lincoln President - 16th US President, 1861-65
	1946	George W. Bush President - 43rd US President
	1911	Ronald Reagan President - 40th US President, 1981-89
	1483	Martin Luther Religion - Created Protestant movement
	1847	Thomas A. Edison Inventor - Invented the light bulb
	0563	Gautama Buddha Religion - Enlightened One
	0551	Confucius Religion - Founder of Confucianism
	1929	Martin Luther King Activist - African American civil rights activist
	1564	William Shakespeare Playwright - Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth
	1818	Karl Marx Philosopher - Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto