Joey Ramone	American Musician	April 15
Ken Kesey	American Author	November 10
Lance Loud	American Actor	December 22
Leonard Woodcock	American Activist	January 16
Lord Hailsham	British Politician	October 12
Louis Dudek	Canadian Poet	March 23
Marvin Harris	American Scientist	October 25
Mary Kay Ash	American Businessman	November 22
Mary Whitehouse	British Activist	November 23
Maureen Reagan	American Celebrity	August 8
Michael Ritchie	American Director	April 16
Michael Williams		January 11
Katherine Graham	American Publisher	July 17
Katharine Graham	American Businessman	July 17
Juan Bosch	Dominican Republican Statesman	November 1
John Fahey	American Musician	February 22
John G. Schmitz	American Politician	January 10
John Grigg	English Writer	December 31
John Hartford	American Musician	June 4
John Knowles	American Novelist	November 29
John Lee Hooker	American Musician	June 21
John Lilly	American Scientist	September 30
John Phillips	American Musician	March 18
John Walters	British Musician	July 30
Jorge Amado	Brazilian Writer	August 6
Joseph Greenberg	American Writer	May 7
Mike Mansfield	American Politician	October 5
Millicent Carey McIntosh	American Educator	December 27
Mohammad Rabbani	Afghani Politician	April 21
Robert McAfee Brown	American Theologian	September 4
Roger Caras	American Activist	February 28
Simon Raven	English Novelist	May 12
Susannah McCorkle	American Musician	May 19
Thuy Trang	Vietnamese Actress	September 3
Timothy McVeigh	American Criminal	June 11
Tove Jansson	Finnish Novelist	June 27
Victor Kiam	American Businessman	May 27
W. G. Sebald	German Writer	December 14
William Masters	American Scientist	February 16
William Reddington Hewlett	American Businessman	January 12
Robert Ludlum	American Novelist	March 12
Ray Walston	American Actor	January 1
Poul Anderson	American Writer	July 31
Mordecai Richler	Canadian Novelist	July 4
Morris Graves	American Artist	May 5
Mortimer Adler	American Philosopher	June 28
Nguyen Van Thieu	Vietnamese Statesman	September 29
Ninette de Valois	Irish Dancer	March 8
Norman Granz	American Musician	November 22
O. Winston Link	American Photographer	January 30
Pauline Kael	American Critic	September 3
Percy Ross	American Businessman	November 14
Perry Como	American Musician	May 12
Phil Crosby	American Author	August 18
Willie Stargell	American Athlete	April 9
Jay Livingston	American Composer	October 17
Aaliyah	American Musician	August 25
Charles Templeton	Canadian Cartoonist	June 7
Chet Atkins	American Musician	June 30
Christiaan Barnard	South African Scientist	September 2
Claude Shannon	American Mathematician	February 24
Dale Earnhardt	American Celebrity	February 18
Dale Evans	American Actress	February 7
Dan DeCarlo	American Cartoonist	December 19
David Swift	American Director	December 31
Dick Schaap	American Journalist	December 21
Donald Cram	American Scientist	June 17
Donella Meadows	American Environmentalist	February 20
Carroll O'Connor	American Actor	June 21
Carrie Donovan	American Editor	November 12
Boozoo Chavis	American Musician	May 5
Al McGuire	American Coach	January 26
Alberto Korda	Cuban Photographer	May 25
Ann Sothern	American Actress	March 15
Anne Morrow Lindbergh	American Writer	February 7
Anthony Quinn	Mexican Actor	June 3
Anthony Storr	English Author	March 17
Arlene Francis	American Entertainer	May 31
Auberon Waugh	British Author	January 16
Balthus	French Artist	February 18
Barbara Olson	American Journalist	September 11
Billy Higgins	American Musician	May 3
Dorothy Dunnett	Scottish Novelist	November 9
Dorothy McGuire	American Actress	September 13
Douglas Adams	English Writer	May 11
Harvey Martin	American Athlete	December 24
Helge Ingstad	Norwegian Explorer	March 29
Henry Lee Lucas	American Criminal	March 12
Henry Wade	American Lawyer	March 1
Herbert Simon	American Scientist	February 9
Howard Finster	American Artist	October 22
Imogene Coca	American Actress	June 2
Isaac Stern	Russian Musician	September 22
J. J. Johnson	American Musician	February 4
Jack Lemmon	American Actor	June 27
Jack Lemon	American Actor	June 27
Harvey Ball	American Celebrity	April 12
Harold Stassen	American Politician	March 4
Hank Sauer	American Athlete	August 24
Duong Van Minh	Vietnamese Politician	August 5
Eddie Mathews	American Athlete	February 18
Elizabeth Jennings	English Poet	October 26
Eudora Welty	American Author	July 23
Foster Brooks	American Actor	December 20
Fred Hoyle	English Scientist	August 20
George Carman	English Lawyer	January 2
George Harrison	British Musician	November 29
Gordon R. Dickson	Canadian Author	January 31
Gregory Corso	American Poet	January 17
Hank Ketcham	American Cartoonist	June 1
James Pinckney Miller	American Playwright	November 1