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<p><p> <table border=1 class="sortable" id="sort_grunk"> <tr><th><b>Name</b></th><th><b>Occupation</b></th><th><b>Birth</b></th><th>Death</b></th><th><b>Known for</b></th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/318/000095033/"><font size=-1>Sheldon Adelson</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Aug-1933</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Las Vegas billionaire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/884/000141461/"><font size=-1>Shmuel Agnon</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jul-1888</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Feb-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>'Tmol Shilshom</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/078/000123706/"><font size=-1>Izzy Asper</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Oct-2003</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, CanWest Global</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/209/000179669/"><font size=-1>Isaac Babel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jul-1894</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Jan-1940</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Soviet master of short stories</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/282/000173760/"><font size=-1>Hector Babenco</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Feb-1946</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Kiss of the Spider Woman</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/346/000026268/"><font size=-1>Oksana Baiul</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Figure Skating</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>16-Nov-1977</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Olympic figure skater</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/691/000269881/"><font size=-1>Albert Bandura</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Psychologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Dec-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Bobo doll experiments</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/557/000119200/"><font size=-1>Charlene Barshefsky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1950</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Trade Representative, 1997-2001</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000276061/"><font size=-1>Bruce A. Beutler</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Biologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Dec-1957</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Lipopolysaccharide receptors</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/625/000100325/"><font size=-1>Herbert C. Brown</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-May-1912</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Dec-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Discovered organoboranes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/232/000029145/"><font size=-1>Neko Case</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer/Songwriter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Sep-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>New Pornographers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/462/000179922/"><font size=-1>Erwin Chargaff</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Biologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Aug-1905</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jun-2002</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Biochemist at Columbia University</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/517/000161034/"><font size=-1>Kiran Chetry</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Journalist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Aug-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>CNN anchor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/671/000044539/"><font size=-1>Cid Corman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Poet</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jun-1924</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Mar-2004</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder of <i>Origin</i> poetry magazine</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/081/000098784/"><font size=-1>Rick Danko</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Singer</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Band</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/122/000024050/"><font size=-1>Mike Ditka</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Oct-1939</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Chicago Bears Head Coach, 1982-92</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/674/000032578/"><font size=-1>Edward Dmytryk</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Sep-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>1-Jul-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Caine Mutiny</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/573/000167072/"><font size=-1>T. G. Dobzhansky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Jan-1900</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Dec-1975</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Genetics and the Origin of Species</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/354/000105039/"><font size=-1>Erika Eleniak</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1969</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Shauni on <i>Baywatch</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/744/000122378/"><font size=-1>Vera Farmiga</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>6-Aug-1973</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Down to the Bone</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/199/000026121/"><font size=-1>Russ Feingold</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-Mar-1953</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Senator from Wisconsin, 1993-2011</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/506/000347462/"><font size=-1>Dianne Foster</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-Oct-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Last Hurrah</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/259/000118902/"><font size=-1>Sam Fox</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-May-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Belgium</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/349/000099052/"><font size=-1>George Gamow</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Mar-1904</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Aug-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Proponent of Big Bang Theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/453/000024381/"><font size=-1>David Geffen</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-Feb-1943</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Music and movie industry mogul</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/310/000023241/"><font size=-1>Murray Gell-Mann</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>15-Sep-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Quarks and strangeness</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000117331/"><font size=-1>Erving Goffman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Sociologist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jun-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Nov-1982</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Presentation of Self</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/279/000206658/"><font size=-1>Maurice Goldhaber</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Apr-1911</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-May-2011</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Neutrons</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/343/000118986/"><font size=-1>Duff Goldman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chef</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Dec-1974</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ace of Cakes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/328/000024256/"><font size=-1>Raisa Gorbachev</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>First Lady</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Jan-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Sep-1999</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>First Lady of the Soviet Union</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/715/000140295/"><font size=-1>David J. Gross</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Physicist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Feb-1941</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Deep structure of matter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/593/000203981/"><font size=-1>Alexander Grothendieck</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Mathematician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-May-1928</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Grothendieck topologies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/314/000024242/"><font size=-1>Armand Hammer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Business</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>21-May-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Dec-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Soviet agent of influence</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/040/000166539/"><font size=-1>Dale Hawerchuk</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Hockey</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>4-Apr-1963</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>NHL Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/414/000031321/"><font size=-1>Jill Hennessy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Nov-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Crossing Jordan</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/653/000100353/"><font size=-1>Roald Hoffmann</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Chemist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Jul-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Woodward-Hoffmann reaction</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/864/000135459/"><font size=-1>H. Robert Horvitz</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-May-1947</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Genetic regulation of organ development</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/290/000118933/"><font size=-1>Alejandro Jodorowsky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Film Director</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Feb-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>El Topo</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/095/000119735/"><font size=-1>Philip M. Kaiser</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Diplomat</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Jul-1913</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-May-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>US Ambassador to Austria, 1980-81</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/644/000135239/"><font size=-1>Eric R. Kandel</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Nov-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Signal transduction in the nervous system</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/812/000348765/"><font size=-1>Erin Karpluk</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Oct-1978</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Erica Strange on <i>Being Erica</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/781/000118427/"><font size=-1>Larry Klayman</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Activist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Jul-1951</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, Judicial Watch</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/962/000055797/"><font size=-1>Lee Krasner</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Painter</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>27-Oct-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Jun-1984</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Abstract expressionist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/163/000159683/"><font size=-1>Nikolai Krylenko</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Government</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>2-May-1885</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Jul-1938</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Soviet prosecutor executed during the Great Purge</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000027691/"><font size=-1>Anton LaVey</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Religion</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Apr-1930</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Oct-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Founder, Church of Satan</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/503/000023434/"><font size=-1>Traci Lords</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Pornstar</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-May-1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>We Love You, Traci</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/101/000205483/"><font size=-1>Ranan Lurie</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Cartoonist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-May-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Hugely popular political cartoonist</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/828/000050678/"><font size=-1>Trofim Lysenko</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Scientist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Sep-1898</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>20-Nov-1976</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dazzled Stalin with false genetic theory</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/163/000205545/"><font size=-1>Mike Mazurki</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>25-Dec-1907</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Dec-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Murder, My Sweet</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/650/000243918/"><font size=-1>Edward Mezvinsky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>17-Jan-1937</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Iowa, 1973-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/599/000086341/"><font size=-1>George Montgomery</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Aug-1916</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>12-Dec-2000</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Coney Island</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/001/000166500/"><font size=-1>Bronko Nagurski</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Football</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>3-Nov-1908</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jan-1990</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>NFL Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/629/000022563/"><font size=-1>Leonard Nimoy</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>26-Mar-1931</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Commander Spock on <i>Star Trek</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/337/000110007/"><font size=-1>Larisa Oleynik</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>7-Jun-1981</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Secret World of Alex Mack</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/096/000132697/"><font size=-1>Mollie Orshansky</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Economist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>9-Jan-1915</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Dec-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Orshansky Index</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/579/000022513/"><font size=-1>Jack Palance</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Actor</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Feb-1919</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>10-Nov-2006</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Performed one-handed push-ups</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/205/000048061/"><font size=-1>Grace Paley</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Dec-1922</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>22-Aug-2007</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>The Little Disturbances of Man</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/191/000094906/"><font size=-1>Nikolai Podgorny</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Head of State</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>18-Feb-1903</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>11-Jan-1983</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>President of the USSR, 1965-77</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/365/000136954/"><font size=-1>Sidney Reilly</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Spy</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Mar-1874</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>5-Nov-1925</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Ace of Spies</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/899/000110569/"><font size=-1>Randi Rhodes</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Radio Personality</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Jan-1959</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Liberal talk show host</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/843/000048699/"><font size=-1>Henry Roth</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Author</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>8-Feb-1906</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>13-Oct-1995</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1><i>Call It Sleep</i></td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/654/000024582/"><font size=-1>Mike Royko</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Columnist</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>19-Sep-1932</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>29-Apr-1997</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Syndicated Chicago columnist</td> </tr> <tr> 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Sawchuk</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Hockey</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>28-Dec-1929</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>31-May-1970</nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Goalie, NHL Hall of Famer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/817/000094535/"><font size=-1>Bob Schaffer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Politician</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>24-Jul-1962</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Congressman from Colorado, 1997-2003</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000167789/"><font size=-1>David Schizer</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Educator</nobr></center></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr>c. 1968</nobr></tt></td> <td align=right><tt><nobr> </nobr></tt></td> <td><font size=-1>Dean of Columbia Law School</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/713/000113374/"><font size=-1>Selim II</a></td> <td><font size=-1><center><nobr>Royalty</nobr></center></td> <td 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