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- Bud Abbott, actor
- Ansel Adams, photographer
- Claude Akins[?], actor
- Jack Albertson, actor
- Steve Allen, actor, composer, writer
- Stephen Ambrose, historian
- Pedro Armendáriz[?], actor
- Desi Arnaz - (March 2, 1917 - December 2, 1986) -- actor and bandleader
- Hal Ashby[?], actor, director, editor, producer
- Chet Atkins, composer, musician
- Tex Avery, animator
- Chuck Barris, game show host, producer, writer
- Paul Bartel[?], actor, director, writer, producer
- Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer
- Richard Barthelmess, actor
- Count Basie, musician, composer
- Clyde Beatty[?], circus performer, hunter
- Melvin Belli[?], attorney, actor
- Jack Benny, actor, comedian
- Milton Berle, actor, comedian
- Bill Bixby - Actor, who played The Incredible Hulk on television
- Harry Blackstone Jr.[?], magician
- Art Blakey, musician
- Humphrey Bogart, actor
- Ray Bolger, actor, dancer
- Richard Boone[?], actor
- Lucy Boscana[?], actress
- Barry Bostwick, actor
- Jacques Brel, actor, composer, director, writer
- Tod Browning, actor, director, writer, producer
- Yul Brynner, actor
- Anthony Burgess, writer
- 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.
- Cantinflas, actor
- Eric Carr[?] - (1946-1991) - Drummer for the rock band Kiss
- Leo Carrillo, actor
- Rosa Carrillo[?] - (1960-2002) Univision news anchor.
- Leo G. Carroll, actor
- Gower Champion[?], dancer, choreographer
- Lon Chaney[?], actor
- Graham Chapman, actor, composer, writer, producer (Monty Python)
- Paddy Chayefsky[?], writer, producer
- Nat King Cole, singer, musician
- John Coltrane, musician, composer
- Chuck Connors[?], actor
- Gary Cooper, actor
- Richard Crenna, actor
- Scatman Crothers, actor
- Celia Cruz, singer
- Bill Cullin[?], game show host
- Michael Curtiz, director, writer, producer
- Peter Cushing, actor
- Bette Davis - (April 5, 1908 - October 6, 1989) -- actress
- Sammy Davis Jr., actor, singer
- Walt Disney, writer, producer, voice actor, animator
- Jimmy Dorsey, Big band leader
- Vince Edwards[?], actor
- Duke Ellington, composer, musician
- Joe Eszterhas[?], writer, producer, director
- Peter Falk, actor
- Fernandel, actor, director, producer
- José Ferrer, actor
- John Ford, cinematographer, director, writer, editor, producer, actor
- Andres Garcia[?] Dominican born Mexican national who is a soap opera (telenovela) super star
- George Gershwin -- musician, composer
- George Harrison -- musician
- Rex Harrison
- Audrey Hepburn
- Bill Hicks, comedian
- Carmita Jimenez - Puerto Rican singer
- Funky Joe[?] - Puerto Rican television and radio gossiper.
- Andy Kaufman - comedian, actor
- Michael Landon[?]- actor
- Linda McCartney - first wife of Sir Paul McCartney
- Bob Marley - musician
- Zeppo Marx - (February 25, 1901 - November 30, 1979) - actor
- Gary Merrill[?] - (August 2, 1915 - March 5, 1990) -- actor
- Sharon Osbourne - wife of Ozzy Osbourne
- Edith Piaf - (1915-1963) Famous French singer
- Gilda Radner - comedian
- Robert Reed - actor, played Mike Brady on The Brady Bunch
- Jason Robards[?] - (July 26, 1922 - December 26, 2000) -- actor
- Fred Rogers - (1928-2003) - Presbyterian minister known for "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" children's television show
- Joan Sebastian[?] - Famous Mexican northern music singer
- Ann Sheridan[?]- Actress 1915-1967
- Robert Stack- actor, 1919-2003, died of unrelated cause.
- Raul Vale[?]- Venezuelan born Mexican comedian
- Barry Watson[?] - star of 7th Heaven[?]
- John Wayne - actor
- Kerri Yascheshyn- (1985-2003)-- aspiring actress whose friendship with Madonna made the newspaper headlines across Canada.
- Loretta Young- (1913-2000)-- actress
- Frank Zappa (1940-1993), composer and musician
- Willy Brandt German politician
- Jacqueline Bouvier-Kennedy[?] Onassis - (July 28, 1929 - May 19, 1994)
- Cai E[?], protagonist of anti-Yuan movement
- Claire Chennault, United States general
- Chou En-lai, Chinese Communist leader and Premier of China
- Moshe Dayan, Israeli General, politician
- John Foster Dulles, United States Secretary of State
- King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom
- Rudy Giuliani - former Mayor of New York
- King Hussein
- Lester Maddox- former governor of Georgia
- Lila Mayoral[?]- former first lady of Puerto Rico (+2003)
- Richard Nixon- American President
- Thelma Catherine (Pat) Ryan Nixon[?]- American first lady - (March 16, 1912 - June 22, 1993)
- Henri d'Orleans, Count of Paris[?] - (July 5, 1908 - June 19, 1999)
- Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran - (October 26, 1919 - July 27, 1980)
- 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)
- Donald Regan
- John Savage premier of Nova Scotia (1932-2003)
- Ulysses Simpson Grant - (April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) -- U.S. President
- Paul Tsongas[?], Massachusetts state senator and US Presidential candidate