Frederick McKinley Jones, inventor and entrepreneur (1893-1961); Cool Papa Bell, baseball player and manager (1903-1991); Zinka Milanov, soprano and educator (1906-1989); Julius Sumner Miller, physicist and academic (1909-1987); Lisa Fonssagrives, model (1911-1992); Maureen O’Sullivan, actress (1911-1998); Archibald Cox, lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (1912-2004); Ace Parker, baseball and football player (1912-2013); Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, inventor (1912-2006); Robert N. Thompson, chiropractor and politician (1914-1997); Merle Miller, author and screenwriter (1919-1986); Bob Merrill, composer and screenwriter (1921-1998); Marshall Applewhite, cult leader, founded Heaven’s Gate (1931-1997); Dewey Redman, saxophonist (1931-2006); Earl Morrall, football player and coach (1934-2014); Ronald Wayne, computer scientist, co-founded Apple Inc. (1934- ); Dennis Hopper, actor and director (1936-2010); Hazel R. O’Leary, lawyer and politician, 7th United States Secretary of Energy (1937- ); Jason Bernard, actor (1938-1996); Pervis Jackson, R&B bass singer (The Spinners) (1938-2008); Gary Paulsen, author (1939- ); Alan Kay, computer scientist and academic (1940- ); David Cope, composer and author (1941- ); Ben Nelson, lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Nebraska (1941- ); Taj Mahal, blues singer-songwriter and musician (1942- ); Jesse Winchester, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (1944-2014); Keith, pop singer (1949- ); Howard Ashman, playwright and composer (1950-1991)
… and that’s only counting Americans who were alive at the time. (Wikipedia, of course)
Anton Sherwood over 4 years ago
Frederick McKinley Jones, inventor and entrepreneur (1893-1961); Cool Papa Bell, baseball player and manager (1903-1991); Zinka Milanov, soprano and educator (1906-1989); Julius Sumner Miller, physicist and academic (1909-1987); Lisa Fonssagrives, model (1911-1992); Maureen O’Sullivan, actress (1911-1998); Archibald Cox, lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (1912-2004); Ace Parker, baseball and football player (1912-2013); Mary Beatrice Davidson Kenner, inventor (1912-2006); Robert N. Thompson, chiropractor and politician (1914-1997); Merle Miller, author and screenwriter (1919-1986); Bob Merrill, composer and screenwriter (1921-1998); Marshall Applewhite, cult leader, founded Heaven’s Gate (1931-1997); Dewey Redman, saxophonist (1931-2006); Earl Morrall, football player and coach (1934-2014); Ronald Wayne, computer scientist, co-founded Apple Inc. (1934- ); Dennis Hopper, actor and director (1936-2010); Hazel R. O’Leary, lawyer and politician, 7th United States Secretary of Energy (1937- ); Jason Bernard, actor (1938-1996); Pervis Jackson, R&B bass singer (The Spinners) (1938-2008); Gary Paulsen, author (1939- ); Alan Kay, computer scientist and academic (1940- ); David Cope, composer and author (1941- ); Ben Nelson, lawyer and politician, 37th Governor of Nebraska (1941- ); Taj Mahal, blues singer-songwriter and musician (1942- ); Jesse Winchester, singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (1944-2014); Keith, pop singer (1949- ); Howard Ashman, playwright and composer (1950-1991)
… and that’s only counting Americans who were alive at the time. (Wikipedia, of course)