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<html> <head> <title>Heart Bypass Operation</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> Heart Bypass Operation EVENT See also <a href="/event/223/000087959/">Open Heart Surgery</a>. <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/663/000022597/">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>NBA records for most minutes, most points</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000207972/">E. Ross Adair</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-May-1983</tt></td> <td>Congressman from Indiana, 1951-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/233/000025158/">Ansel Adams</a></td> <td><center>Photographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Apr-1984</tt></td> <td>Yosemite photographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/710/000162224/">Iajuddin Ahmed</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Dec-2012</tt></td> <td>President of Bangladesh. 2002-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/711/000023642/">Emperor Akihito</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Dec-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Emperor of Japan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/577/000028493/">Sparky Anderson</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-2010</tt></td> <td>Reds and Tigers manager</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/648/000173129/">Rocky Aoki</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Oct-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-2008</tt></td> <td>Benihana founder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/488/000022422/">Neil Armstrong</a></td> <td><center>Astronaut</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-2012</tt></td> <td>First man on the Moon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000023159/">Arthur Ashe</a></td> <td><center>Tennis</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1993</tt></td> <td>First black man to win Wimbledon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/702/000023633/">Isaac Asimov</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-1992</tt></td> <td>Foundation</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/297/000119937/">Victor G. Atiyeh</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jul-2014</tt></td> <td>Governor of Oregon, 1979-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/860/000025785/">Red Auerbach</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Sep-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Oct-2006</tt></td> <td>Boston Celtics coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/749/000086491/">George Balanchine</a></td> <td><center>Dancer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1983</tt></td> <td>Choreographer co-founded NYC Ballet</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/789/000063600/">Bill Ballance</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Oct-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-2004</tt></td> <td>Shared naked pix of Dr. Laura</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/925/000022859/">Barbara Bel Geddes</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-2005</tt></td> <td>Miss Ellie on Dallas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/714/000022648/">Milton Berle</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1908</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-2002</tt></td> <td>Mr. Television</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/408/000062222/">Bobby Bland</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Jan-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-2013</tt></td> <td>Turn on Your Lovelight</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/377/000032281/">Sherwood Boehlert</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman from New York, 1983-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/859/000116511/">David Bohm</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-1992</tt></td> <td>Particle physicist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/348/000024276/">Ed Bradley</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-2006</tt></td> <td>60 Minutes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000087953/">Joseph Brodsky</a></td> <td><center>Poet</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jan-1996</tt></td> <td>"Social parasite" turned Poet Laureate</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/124/000169614/">J. Hyatt Brown</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brown & Brown</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/373/000165875/">Earle Bruce</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Mar-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>OSU Head Coach, 1979-87</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/399/000165901/">Frank R. Burns</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-2012</tt></td> <td>Rutgers Head Coach, 1973-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/096/000030006/">William S. Burroughs</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1997</tt></td> <td>Naked Lunch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/811/000060631/">Richard G. Butler</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Feb-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-2004</tt></td> <td>Founder of the Aryan Nations</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/610/000345572/">Roger Caron</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Apr-2012</tt></td> <td>Go-Boy! Memoirs of a Life Behind Bars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/396/000022330/">Johnny Carson</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-2005</tt></td> <td>Longtime host of Tonight Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/421/000025346/">Dana Carvey</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jun-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Saturday Night Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000023707/">Johnny Cash</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-2003</tt></td> <td>The Man in Black</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/960/000099663/">Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar</a></td> <td><center>Astronomer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Oct-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1995</tt></td> <td>Evolutionary stages of stars</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/598/000022532/">Dick Cheney</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jan-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Vice President, 2001-09</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/797/000054635/">Clark Clifford</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1998</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of Defense, 1968-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/427/000026349/">Bill Clinton</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Aug-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>42nd US President, 1993-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/217/000051064/">Ben Cohen</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1951</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/083/000166582/">Charlie Conerly</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Sep-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1996</tt></td> <td>NY Giants QB, 1948-61</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000022247/">Walter Cronkite</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Nov-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-2009</tt></td> <td>America's most trusted newscaster</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/432/000112096/">Johan Cruijff</a></td> <td><center>Soccer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dutch football great</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/355/000022289/">Javier Pérez de Cuellar</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>UN Secretary General, 1982-91</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/721/000025646/">Clive Cussler</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Raising the Titanic</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/877/000022811/">Rodney Dangerfield</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Nov-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Oct-2004</tt></td> <td>Never did get no respect</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/498/000173976/">Severn Darden</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1995</tt></td> <td>Second City</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/827/000023758/">Bob Denver</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-2005</tt></td> <td>Gilligan on Gilligan's Island</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/933/000024861/">Gerard Depardieu</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1948</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Cyrano de Bergerac</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/829/000118475/">Richard DeVos</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Amway</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/214/000023145/">David Dinkins</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of New York City, 1989-93</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/369/000025294/">Lesley-Anne Down</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1954</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Bold and the Beautiful</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/509/000122143/">Lee S. Dreyfus</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jan-2008</tt></td> <td>Governor of Wisconsin, 1979-83</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/775/000022709/">Patty Duke</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Patty Duke Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000024320/">Michael Eisner</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Disney, 1984-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/837/000085582/">Will Eisner</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-2005</tt></td> <td>Turned comic book authors into Sequential Artists</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/255/000113913/">Stanley Elkin</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1995</tt></td> <td>The Living End</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/903/000049756/">John Fahey</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Feb-2001</tt></td> <td>The Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/911/000043782/">Federico Fellini</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1993</tt></td> <td>La Dolce Vita</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/910/000160430/">Ranulph Fiennes</a></td> <td><center>Explorer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>World explorer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/674/000070464/">Eddie Fontaine</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Mar-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1992</tt></td> <td>Rock-a-billy singer and character actor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/159/000032063/">Bob Fosse</a></td> <td><center>Choreographer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Sep-1987</tt></td> <td>Choreographer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/156/000102847/">Rich Galen</a></td> <td><center>Pundit</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Dec-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Republican hack-turned-pundit</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/706/000038592/">Phil Gingrey</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Congressman, Georgia 11th</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/612/000022546/">Jackie Gleason</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jun-1987</tt></td> <td>Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/613/000060433/">George Gobel</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-May-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1991</tt></td> <td>Hollywood Square</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/569/000022503/">Andy Griffith</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jul-2012</tt></td> <td>Laconic sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/731/000167230/">Thomas Guinzburg</a></td> <td><center>Publisher</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Sep-2010</tt></td> <td>Former owner, Viking Press</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/989/000022923/">Alexander Haig</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-2010</tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1981-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/951/000166453/">Leon Hart</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-2002</tt></td> <td>Winner, 1949 Heisman Trophy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/076/000130683/">Chick Hearn</a></td> <td><center>Sports Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Nov-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Aug-2002</tt></td> <td>Legendary basketball announcer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/710/000023641/">Robert A. Heinlein</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-May-1988</tt></td> <td>Starship Troopers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/595/000022529/">Jesse Helms</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-2008</tt></td> <td>US Senator from North Carolina, 1973-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/051/000206430/">Herblock</a></td> <td><center>Cartoonist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1909</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Oct-2001</tt></td> <td>Editorial Cartoonist, The Washington Post</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/458/000023389/">Whitey Herzog</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Nov-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The White Rat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/655/000026577/">Rock Hudson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Oct-1985</tt></td> <td>Ice Station Zebra</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/009/000166508/">Punch Imlach</a></td> <td><center>Hockey</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Mar-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1987</tt></td> <td>NHL Coach, Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/351/000163859/">James Irwin</a></td> <td><center>Astronaut</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Mar-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-1991</tt></td> <td>8th to walk on the Moon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/688/000052532/">Howard Keel</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Apr-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Nov-2004</tt></td> <td>Clayton Farlow on Dallas</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/001/000022932/">George Kennedy</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Feb-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Airport, Naked Gun</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/594/000265796/">Richard T. Kennedy</a></td> <td><center>Diplomat</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Dec-1919</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1998</tt></td> <td>US Ambassador for Nuclear Energy Policy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/429/000022363/">Larry King</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Larry King Live</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/973/000129586/">Les Kinsolving</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Dec-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>WorldNetDaily</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/357/000022291/">Henry Kissinger</a></td> <td><center>Government</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-May-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>US Secretary of State, 1973-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/991/000022925/">Ed Koch</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-2013</tt></td> <td>Mayor of New York City, 1978-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/626/000022560/">Walter Koenig</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Sep-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Chekov on Star Trek</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/908/000023839/">Kris Kristofferson</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jun-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Me and Bobby McGee</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/095/000049945/">Charles Kuralt</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Sep-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1997</tt></td> <td>On the Road</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/652/000022586/">Frankie Laine</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Mar-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-2007</tt></td> <td>Moonlight Gambler, Rawhide</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/938/000031845/">Burt Lancaster</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Oct-1994</tt></td> <td>Elmer Gantry</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/098/000161612/">Bob Lanier</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Mar-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Dec-2014</tt></td> <td>Mayor of Houston, 1992-98</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000026672/">Peggy Lee</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-May-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jan-2002</tt></td> <td>Is That All There Is?</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/800/000023731/">Jim Lehrer</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-May-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>PBS NewsHour</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/395/000022329/">David Letterman</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Late Show</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/109/000208482/">Larry Levenson</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jan-1999</tt></td> <td>Founder of Plato's Retreat</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/385/000022319/">Al Lewis</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-2006</tt></td> <td>Grandpa on The Munsters</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000166391/">Sid Luckman</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Nov-1916</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Jul-1998</tt></td> <td>Chicago Bears QB, Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/364/000165866/">Johnny Majors</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>College football coach</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/186/000024114/">Lee Majors</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Six Million Dollar Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/913/000165418/">Charlie Manuel</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jan-1944</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Manager, Philadelphia Phillies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000023699/">Walter Matthau</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Oct-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-2000</tt></td> <td>Messy half of the Odd Couple</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/787/000023718/">Rue McClanahan</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Feb-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-2010</tt></td> <td>Blanche on The Golden Girls</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/794/000055629/">James A. Michener</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Oct-1997</tt></td> <td>South Pacific</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/596/000165101/">Doug Moe</a></td> <td><center>Basketball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Sep-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Head Coach, Denver Nuggets, 1980-90</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/945/000173426/">Orville Moody</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Aug-2008</tt></td> <td>Winner, 1969 US Open</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/227/000352168/">Archie Moore</a></td> <td><center>Boxing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Dec-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-1998</tt></td> <td>The Old Mongoose</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/657/000022591/">Dudley Moore</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-2002</tt></td> <td>Arthur</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/415/000071202/">Eric Morecambe</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-May-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-May-1984</tt></td> <td>Morecambe and Wise</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/580/000116232/">Walter Mossberg</a></td> <td><center>Columnist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Mar-1947</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Technology columnist, Wall Street Journal</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/804/000023735/">Bill Moyers</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jun-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>NOW with Bill Moyers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/549/000174027/">George Hugh Niederauer</a></td> <td><center>Religion</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/943/000043814/">Carroll O'Connor</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Aug-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Jun-2001</tt></td> <td>Archie Bunker in All in the Family</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/001/000210368/">Rodrigo Carazo Odio</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Dec-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Dec-2009</tt></td> <td>President of Costa Rica, 1978-82</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/743/000024671/">Roy Orbison</a></td> <td><center>Singer/Songwriter</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-1936</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1988</tt></td> <td>Pretty Woman</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/542/000098248/">K. T. Oslin</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Prominent country music singer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/186/000110853/">Turgut Özal</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Oct-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Apr-1993</tt></td> <td>8th President of Turkey</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/313/000028229/">Kerry Packer</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Dec-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Dec-2005</tt></td> <td>Richest man in Australia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/804/000043675/">Vincent Pastore</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jul-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Big Pussy on The Sopranos</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/718/000022652/">Les Paul</a></td> <td><center>Guitarist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jun-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-2009</tt></td> <td>Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/464/000022398/">Regis Philbin</a></td> <td><center>Talk Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Aug-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Live with Regis & Kathie Lee and Kelly</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/248/000125870/">Bum Phillips</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Sep-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Oct-2013</tt></td> <td>Coach of the Houston Oilers, New Orleans Saints</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/935/000163446/">Jimmy Piersall</a></td> <td><center>Baseball</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Crazy center fielder</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/228/000032132/">Anthony Quinn</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1915</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-2001</tt></td> <td>Zorba the Greek</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/767/000025692/">Prince Rainier</a></td> <td><center>Royalty</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Apr-2005</tt></td> <td>Monarch of Monaco, 1949-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/746/000022680/">Tony Randall</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-2004</tt></td> <td>Felix Unger in The Odd Couple</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/974/000023905/">Jerry Reed</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Sep-2008</tt></td> <td>When You're Hot, You're Hot</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000123417/">John Rigas</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Adelphia, 1952-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/207/000162718/">Bobby Riggs</a></td> <td><center>Tennis</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Feb-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-1995</tt></td> <td>Winner of 1939 Wimbledon</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/831/000047690/">Dick Riordan</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Mayor of Los Angeles, 1993-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000109674/">Marty Robbins</a></td> <td><center>Country Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Sep-1925</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Dec-1982</tt></td> <td>El Paso</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/392/000120032/">Buddy Roemer</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Oct-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Governor of Louisiana, 1988-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/666/000030576/">Roy Rogers</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jul-1998</tt></td> <td>Cowboy movie actor, rode Trigger</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/435/000357361/">Jimmy Savile</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Oct-2011</tt></td> <td>Jim'll Fix It</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/079/000164584/">George A. Schaefer, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Fifth Third Bancorp, 1991-2007</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/263/000165765/">Bo Schembechler</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Nov-2006</tt></td> <td>Michigan Wolverines Head Coach, 1969-89</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/771/000032675/">John Schlesinger</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Feb-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Jul-2003</tt></td> <td>Marathon Man</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/988/000162502/">Avery Schreiber</a></td> <td><center>Comic</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Apr-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-2002</tt></td> <td>Burns and Schreiber</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000099874/">Earl Scruggs</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Mar-2012</tt></td> <td>Bluegrass banjo pioneer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000050964/">Rod Serling</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jun-1975</tt></td> <td>Creator of The Twilight Zone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/220/000024148/">Martin Sheen</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The West Wing</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/794/000030704/">Carroll Shelby</a></td> <td><center>Auto Racing</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1923</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-May-2012</tt></td> <td>Racecar designer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/323/000023254/">Arlen Specter</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Oct-2012</tt></td> <td>US Senator from Pennsylvania, 1981-2011</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/127/000124752/">John R. Stafford</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of American Home Products, 1986-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/070/000352011/">Alfredo Di Stéfano</a></td> <td><center>Soccer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jul-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jul-2014</tt></td> <td>Real Madrid legend</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/144/000043015/">Vic Tayback</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Jan-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1990</tt></td> <td>Character actor, Papillon, etc</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/640/000022574/">Studs Terkel</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-May-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Oct-2008</tt></td> <td>Working</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/492/000030402/">Dave Thomas</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1932</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-2002</tt></td> <td>Founder of Wendy's Hamburgers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/787/000079550/">Johnny Unitas</a></td> <td><center>Football</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-May-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-2002</tt></td> <td>The Golden Arm</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/893/000173374/">Ken Venturi</a></td> <td><center>Golf</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-May-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-2013</tt></td> <td>Winner of 1964 US Open</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/006/000025928/">Jack Welch</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Nov-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of GE, 1981-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/647/000026569/">Dave Winer</a></td> <td><center>Computer Programmer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1955</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Creator of RSS, Scripting News</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/316/000051163/">Michael Winner</a></td> <td><center>Film Director</center></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Oct-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Jan-2013</tt></td> <td>Death Wish</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/473/000072257/">Edward Woodward</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Nov-2009</tt></td> <td>The Equalizer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/378/000022312/">Chuck Woolery</a></td> <td><center>Game Show Host</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The Love Connection, etc.</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/409/000023340/">Boris Yeltsin</a></td> <td><center>Head of State</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Apr-2007</tt></td> <td>First president of post-Soviet Russia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/622/000162136/">Marvin Zindler</a></td> <td><center>Journalist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Aug-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-2007</tt></td> <td>Houston reporter, KTRK-TV</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=71091" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/912/000003903/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/912/3903/s3903.jpg" width=128> Awesome People Knowing Awesome People</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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