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List of cancer patients
This is a list of people who have suffered from or died of cancer.
Entertainment
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Bud Abbott, actor
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Ansel Adams, photographer
- Claude Akins , actor
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Jack Albertson, actor
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Steve Allen, actor, composer, writer
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Stephen Ambrose, historian
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Don Ameche, actor
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Anastacia, singer, breast cancer
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Victor Argo, (1934-2004), actor
- Pedro Armendáriz , actor
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Desi Arnaz (March 2, 1917 - December 2, 1986), actor and bandleader
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Hal Ashby, actor, director, editor, producer
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Chet Atkins, composer, musician
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Tex Avery, animator
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Chuck Barris, game show host, producer, writer
- Paul Bartel , actor, director, writer, producer
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Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
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Richard Barthelmess, actor
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Count Basie, musician, composer
- Clyde Beatty , circus performer, hunter
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Melvin Belli, attorney, actor
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Jack Benny, actor, comedian
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Ingrid Bergman, actress
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Milton Berle, actor, comedian
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Bill Bixby, actor who played The Incredible Hulk on television
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Harry Blackstone Jr., magician
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Art Blakey, musician
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Humphrey Bogart, actor
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Ray Bolger, actor, dancer
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Richard Boone, actor
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Lucy Boscana, actress
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Barry Bostwick, actor
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Laura Branigan, (1957-2004), singer
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Jacques Brel, actor, composer, director, writer
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Tod Browning, actor, director, writer, producer
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Yul Brynner, actor
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Anthony Burgess, writer
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Raymond Burr, actor
- Pedro Cabrera (1938-2002), Cuban actor and director who starred for many years in Puerto Rico's television. He survived cancer but succumbed to another disease in 2002.
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Cantinflas, actor
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Eric Carr (1946-1991), drummer for the rock band Kiss
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Leo Carrillo, actor
- Rosa Carrillo (1960-2002), Univision news anchor.
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Leo G. Carroll, actor
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Gower Champion, dancer, choreographer
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Lon Chaney, actor
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Graham Chapman, actor, composer, writer, producer (Monty Python)
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Paddy Chayefsky, writer, producer
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Nat King Cole, singer, musician
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John Coltrane, musician, composer
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Chuck Connors, actor
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Gary Cooper, actor
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Joan Crawford, actress
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Richard Crenna, actor
- Lorel Crespo , Puerto Rican television model, skin cancer
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Tony Croatto, Argentine-Puerto Rican singer, lung and brain cancer
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Scatman Crothers, actor
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Celia Cruz, singer
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Bill Cullen, game show host
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Michael Curtiz, director, writer, producer
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Peter Cushing, actor
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Marion Davies, actress
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Bette Davis (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989), actress
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Sammy Davis Jr., actor, singer
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Raul De Molina, show host and papparazo, kidney cancer
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Robert De Niro, actor (prostate cancer)
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Walt Disney, writer, producer, voice actor, animator
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Jimmy Dorsey, Big band leader
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Ben Duskin, the boy who created Ben's Game
- Vince Edwards , actor
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Duke Ellington, composer, musician
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Melissa Etheridge, singer
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Joe Eszterhas, writer, producer
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Peter Falk, actor
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Frances Farmer, actress
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Fernandel, actor, director, producer
- Vicente Fernandez , singer
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José Ferrer, actor
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John Ford, cinematographer, director, writer, editor, producer, actor
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Victor French, actor
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Giorgio Gaber, Italian singer, composer, comedian
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Andres Garcia, Dominican-born Mexican national who is a soap opera (telenovela) super star
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George Gershwin, musician, composer
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Arthur Godfrey, radio and television host
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Delta Goodrem, singer, actress
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Betty Grable, actress
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Gloria Grahame, actress
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Tom Green, comedian
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Fred Gwynne, comedian (Herman Munster)
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Joan Hackett, actress
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Jean Hagen, actress
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George Harrison, musician, member of The Beatles
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Rex Harrison, actor
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Susan Hayward, actress
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Audrey Hepburn, actress
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Bill Hicks, comedian
- Glenn Hughes , singer, "the biker" of Village People
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Jill Ireland, actress
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Kate Jackson, actress (Charlie's Angels), breast cancer survivor
- Ann Jillian , actress, breast cancer survivor, had a double masectomy,
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Carmita Jimenez, Puerto Rican singer
- Funky Joe , Puerto Rican television and radio gossiper.
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Andy Kaufman, comedian, actor
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Pedro Knight, trumpetist, husband of Celia Cruz
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David Kossoff, actor and drug abuse activist
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Michael Landon, actor
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Jack Lemmon (February 8, 1925 - June 27, 2001), actor and pianist
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Adamari Lopez, Puerto Rican actress, breast cancer
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Myrna Loy, actress
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Ida Lupino, actress, director
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Linda McCartney, musician, first wife of Sir Paul McCartney
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Hattie McDaniel, actress
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Roddy McDowall, actor
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Margo McLennan, actress
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Steve McQueen, actor
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Henry Mancini, composer, musician
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Bob Marley, musician
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Zeppo Marx (February 25, 1901 - November 30, 1979), actor
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Gary Merrill (August 2, 1915 - March 5, 1990), actor
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Ann Miller, actress, dancer
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Eddie Miro, Puerto Rican television show host
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Elizabeth Montgomery, actress
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Robert Montgomery, actor
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Agnes Moorehead, actress
- Alfredo Najera , sexologist at Telemundo's Ao Rojo Vivo television show, survivor of prostate cancer
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Olivia Newton-John, singer, actress, survivor of breast cancer
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Omi Nieves (1979-2004), son of Salsa music singer Tito Nieves
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Sharon Osbourne, wife of Ozzy Osbourne
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Alice Pearce, actress
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Edith Piaf (1915-1963), famous French singer
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William Powell, actor
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Gilda Radner, comedian
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Johnny Ramone, musician
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Donna Reed, actress
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Robert Reed, actor, played Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch
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Lee Remick, actress
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Florence Rice, actress
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Jason Robards (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000), actor *Rod Roddy (1938-2003), announcer, The Price is Right
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Fred Rogers (1928-2003), Presbyterian minister known for "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" children's television show
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Dick Sargent, actor
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Telly Savalas, actor, Kojak
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Joan Sebastian, famous Mexican northern music singer
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Joan Manuel Serrat, famous Spaniard singer and composer, hip cancer
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Ann Sheridan 1915-1967, actress
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Dusty Springfield 1939-1999, singer
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Robert Stack 1919-2003, actor, died of unrelated cause.
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Sylvia Sidney, actress
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Robert Taylor, actor
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Ramon Valdez (1923-1988), Mexican actor
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Raúl Vale, Venezuelan-born Mexican comedian
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Eddie Van Halen, musician, Van Halen
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Vera-Ellen, actress
- Angela Wallenda , (1968-1996), high wire act performer
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Barry Watson, star of 7th Heaven
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John Wayne, actor
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Wesley Willis (1963-2003), singer
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Kerri Yascheshyn (1985-2003), aspiring actress whose friendship with Madonna made the newspaper headlines across Canada.
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Loretta Young (1913-2000), actress
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Frank Zappa (1940-1993), composer and musician
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Warren Zevon (1947-2003), musician and songwriter
Literature & Journalism
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James Baldwin, writer
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Robert Bloch, writer
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Neil Cavuto, FOX News Anchor
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Peter Jennings, ABC News Anchor, World News Tonight
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John Diamond, Times columnist and broadcaster
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Faith Fancher (1950 - October 19, 2003), television journalist and breast cancer awareness activist
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Ted Hughes (August 17, 1930 - October 29, 1998), poet
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Ivan Noble, BBC journalist and author of "Tumour Diary" and the Tumour Diary weblog
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Harvey Pekar, comics writer
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Stan Rice (1943 - December 9, 2002), poet and artist
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Edward Said, (+ 2003, also a musician)
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Charles Sheffield, physicist and author
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Carol Shields, (+ 2003) writer
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User:Mkweise (b. 1968), wikipedian
Sports
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Lyle Alzado, American football player
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Roone Arledge, broadcaster
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Lance Armstrong, cyclist
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Gerardo Barbero, Argentine chess player
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Don Baylor, baseball player and coach
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Bobby Bonds (1946-2003), baseball player and coach
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Mikhail Botvinnik, World Chess Champion
- Tommy Brooks (+ 2004), well known boxing trainer
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Brett Butler, baseball player
- Edna Campbell , basketball player, Sacramento Monarchs
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Ty Cobb, Baseball Hall of Famer
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Jerry Colangelo, owner of various Arizona professional sports teams, prostate cancer
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Raymond Dalmau, Puerto Rican basketball player
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Eric Davis, baseball player
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Joe DiMaggio, Baseball Hall of Famer
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Dave Dravecky, baseball player
- Dan Duva (+ 1996), boxing manager
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Heather Farr, LPGA golfer
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Cotton Fitzsimmons, (1931-2004) NBA basketball coach
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Curt Flood (1938-1997), baseball player who helped create free agency in sports.
- Bayard Forrest , former NBA player, Seattle SuperSonics and Phoenix Suns.
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Ruben Gómez, "The Divine Madman", baseball player
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Zach Gowen, professional wrestler
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Scott Hamilton, figure skater
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Ray Harford, British Association football player
- Julie Krone , Horse Racing jockey
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John Kruk, baseball player
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Mario Lemieux, hockey player
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Vince Lombardi, football coach
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Mickey Mantle (1931-1995), baseball player
- Sara Meltz , Puerto Rican Olympic committee mission director, survivor of breast cancer
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Tug McGraw (1944-2004), baseball player
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Wesley Mouzon (+2003), boxer
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Roger Neilson, NHL hockey coach
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Gunnar Nilsson, Formula One racing driver
- Steve Patterson , NCAA basketball player and head coach
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Walter Payton (1954-1999), American football player
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Kim Perrot (+1999), WNBA basketball player, Houston Comets
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Tigran Petrosian, World Chess Champion
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Brian Piccolo (+1971), American football player
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Barry Sheene (1950-2003), world motocross champion
- Mel Stottlemyre , major league baseball player and coach
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Darryl Strawberry, baseball player
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Mikhail Tal, World Chess Champion
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Dick Tiger, world champion boxer
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Rudy Tomjanovich, former NBA player and head coach of the Houston Rockets
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Jim Valvano (+ 1993), college basketball coach
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Babe Zaharias (1911-1956), Olympic athlete and women's golf pioneer
Politics
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Willy Brandt, German politician
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Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994), American first lady
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Prescott Bush (May 15, 1895 - October 8, 1972), US Senator from Connecticut
- Cai E , protagonist of anti-Yuan movement
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Claire Chennault, United States general
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Chou En-lai, Chinese Communist leader and Premier of China
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Moshe Dayan, Israeli General, politician
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Bob Dole, US presidential candidate
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Janez Drnovšek, Slovenian president
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John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State
- King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
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Rudy Giuliani, former Mayor of New York
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King Hussein
- Seham Ibrahim , stepsister of Saddam Hussein
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John Kerry, US Senator and former presidential candidate
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Lester Maddox, former governor of Georgia
- Lila Mayoral , former first lady of Puerto Rico (+2003)
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Thelma Catherine (Pat) Ryan Nixon (March 16, 1912 - June 22, 1993), American first lady
- Henri d'Orleans, Count of Paris (July 5, 1908 - June 19, 1999)
- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran (October 26, 1919 - July 27, 1980)
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Evita Peron, first lady of Argentina
- King George VI of the United Kingdom (December 14, 1895 - February 6, 1952)
- King Paul of Greece (December 14, 1901 - March 6, 1964)
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Colin Powell
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Donald Regan
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William H. Rehnquist, United States supreme court leader
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Winthrop Rockefeller (1912-1973), Governor of Arkansas
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John Savage (1932-2003), premier of Nova Scotia
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885), general and U.S. President
- Mary Stanfield (+1977), former first lady of Nova Scotia
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Paul Tsongas, Massachusetts state senator and US Presidential candidate
Religion
Science
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Rachel Carson, biologist, author of Silent Spring
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Francis Crick, co-discoverer of DNA structure
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Pierre Curie, physicist, chemist
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Edsger Dijkstra, computer scientist
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Enrico Fermi, physicist
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Richard Feynman, physicist
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Rosalind Franklin, contributor to the discovery of the structure of DNA
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Sophie Germain, mathematician
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Stephen Jay Gould, paleontologist and science writer
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Jurgen Moser, mathematician
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John von Neumann, mathematician and computer pioneer
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Simon Newcomb, mathematician
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Julia Robinson, mathematician
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An Wang, computer pioneer
Business
Philosophers
Symbols
Criminals
Others
Last updated: 08-18-2005 06:43:35
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