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NEW YORK CITY

Most Famous People Born in New York City, USA

Notable people
22,064
Peak decade
1940s
Median birth year
1935
Most distinctive
Screenwriter 5.4×

If the 20th century held a casting call, it was in New York. Almost all of the city's notable births fall after 1900, fueled by an entertainment economy — Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, the studio system, late-night TV, hip-hop in the Bronx — that has minted more actors, comedians, and musicians than any other American city. Even its 19th-century names skew literary: poets, editors, journalists, not generals or industrialists.

Standouts

What New York City Is Known For

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Actor is New York City's biggest profession — 14% of all notables (3,012).

New York City over-indexes on screenwriter 5.4× the global rate.

New York City under-produces football — only 0.1× the global rate.

  1. Actor 3,012 2.6×
  2. Politician 1,004 0.4×
  3. Writer 859 1.2×
  4. Film 841 3.1×
  5. Lawyer 794 2.1×
  6. Music 767 2.4×
  7. Baseball 584 2.3×
  8. Singer 573 1.3×
  1. Screenwriter 522 5.4×
  2. Producer 225 3.6×
  3. Novelist 299 3.4×
  4. Film 841 3.1×
  5. Photographer 287 2.7×
  6. Actor 3,012 2.6×
  7. Music 767 2.4×
  8. Baseball 584 2.3×
  1. Football 365 0.1×
  2. Politician 1,004 0.4×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of New York City's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

1800 1850 1900 1950 2000
  • Film & TV
  • Writing
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Politics & Law
  • Science
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14194 DIPLOMAT

Walter Carrington

1930 - 2020

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14204 CHEMIST

George Vande Woude

Born 1935

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14209 PHILOLOGIST

William M. Calder III

Born 1932

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14210 ARCHITECT

William Turnbull Jr.

1935 - 1997

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14218 WRITER

Jeff Faux

Born 1936

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14226 CARTOONIST

Mort Gerberg

Born 1931

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14227 PRODUCER

Mike Berniker

1935 - 2008

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14236 PLAYWRIGHT

Aishah Rahman

1936 - 2014

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14238 ACTOR

Beverly Hope Atkinson

1935 - 2001

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14251 EDITOR

Barry Sussman

Born 1934

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14259 JOURNALIST

Christopher Glenn

1938 - 2006

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14264 POLITICIAN

Herman D. Farrell Jr.

1932 - 2018

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14270 ACTOR

Paul Cavonis

Born 1937

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14276 LAWYER

Kenneth Conboy

Born 1938

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14284 TELEVISION

Allen Klein (author)

Born 1938

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14289 ACTOR

Robert Milli

1933 - 2019

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14300 POET

Steve Kowit

1938 - 2015

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14319 DRUG TRAFFICK

Arlyne Brickman

Born 1934

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14325 POLITICIAN

Eliot Glassheim

1938 - 2019

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14326 WRITER

Jeri Laber

Born 1931

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14391 CARTOONIST

Stan Mack

Born 1936

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14397 MATHEMATICIAN

Norman J. Pullman

1931 - 1999

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14402 ACTOR

Lee Delano

1931 - 2017

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14417 LAWYER

Joseph Mondello

Born 1938

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14461 DEPUTY

Robert C. McCormack

Born 1939

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14472 POLITICIAN

Bernard S. Cohen

1934 - 2020

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14497 POLITICIAN

Suzi Oppenheimer

Born 1934

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14502 JOURNALIST

Bernard Weinraub

Born 1939

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14503 LAWYER

Lawrence K. Karlton

1935 - 2015

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14505 WRITER

David Jaffin

Born 1937

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14512 ACTOR

Howard Ryshpan

Born 1932

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14520 ARTIST

Valerie Maynard

Born 1937

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14534 ENGINEER

Edward E. Hammer

1931 - 2012

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14540 LAWYER

Lawrence M. McKenna

Born 1933

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14554 ATHLETIC

Marjorie Larney

Born 1937

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14566 INVENTOR

Bernard J. Lechner

1932 - 2014

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14596 BANK

Donald Marron

1934 - 2019

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14599 WRITER

Peter Dixon (écrivain)

Born 1931

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14600 ACTOR

Dick Yarmy

1932 - 1992

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14602 SCREENWRITER

John Pascal

1932 - 1981

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14607 FEMINIST

Peggy McIntosh

Born 1934

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14610 RUNNER

Tom Murphy (athlete)

Born 1935

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14616 ACTIVIST

Claudia Cockburn

1933 - 1998

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14619 OFFICER

James E. Dalton

Born 1930

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14632 COMMENTATOR

John Andariese

1938 - 2017

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14637 POLITICIAN

Arthur Eve

Born 1933

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14642 ACTOR

Lou Cutell

Born 1930

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14646 TRUMPET

John Eckert (musician)

Born 1939

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14666 CURATOR

Eileen Harris

Born 1932

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14682 PAINTER

Lynn Randolph

Born 1938

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14691 ACTOR

Michael Lombard

Born 1934

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14696 BASEBALL

Pete Mikkelsen

1939 - 2006

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14746 SOCIOLOGIST

Arthur B. Shostak

Born 1937

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14765 ACTOR

Élisabeth Alain

1937 - 1974

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14779 POET

Peter Sears (poet)

1937 - 2017

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14787 MOBSTER

Benedetto Aloi

1935 - 2011

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14790 OFFICER

Russell A. Rourke

1931 - 2003

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14794 NOVELIST

Morton Marcus

1936 - 2009

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14800 TELEVISION

Joseph Behar

1933 - 2003

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14802 ART HISTORIAN

Cindy Nemser

Born 1937

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14807 LAWYER

Bernard Nussbaum

Born 1937

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14810 NOVELIST

Judy Green (socialite)

1931 - 2001

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14819 ACTOR

Kenneth Brown (playwright)

Born 1936

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14821 THEATRE

Michael Kahn (theatre director)

Born 1937

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14840 BUSINESS

Al Lerner

1933 - 2002

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14856 INVESTOR

Harris Rosen

Born 1939

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14868 ACTOR

Stanley Beck

Born 1936

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14882 PHYSICIST

John Quinn (physicist)

1933 - 2018

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14908 ACTOR

Marie Wallace

1939 - 2013

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14912 ACTOR

Emily Yancy

Born 1939

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14917 THEATRE

Roger Berlind

Born 1930

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14926 COACH

Fred O'Connor

Born 1939

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14941 POLITICAL SCIENTIST

Marianne Githens

1936 - 2018

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14958 FINANCIER

Warren Hellman

1934 - 2011

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14974 POLITICIAN

Paul J. Curran

1933 - 2008

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14981 BIOCHEMIST

George R. Stark

Born 1933

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15000 NEWS PRESENTER

Pat Harper

1935 - 1994

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15005 JOURNALIST

Thomas F. Darcy

1932 - 2000

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15026 ACTOR

Sharon Gans

Born 1932

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15040 COMPOSER

Sylvia Glickman

1932 - 2006

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15056 LITERARY

Michael Benedikt (poet)

1935 - 2007

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15066 RABBI

Yisroel Eliyahu Weintraub

1932 - 2010

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15079 POET

John Allman (poet)

Born 1935

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15085 WRITER

John J. Clayton

Born 1935

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15096 ENTREPRENEUR

Andrew McKelvey

1934 - 2008

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15116 RABBI

Ronald Greenwald

1934 - 2016

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15132 JUDGE

Albert Rosenblatt

Born 1936

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15143 ACTOR

Joseph Walsh

Born 1937

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15148 ACTOR

Rosemary De Angelis

1933 - 2020

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15151 BUSINESS

Alan B. Miller

Born 1937

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15153 HISTORIAN

Ralph Della Cava

Born 1934

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15165 LAWYER

Peter A. A. Berle

1937 - 2007

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15178 BUSINESS

Robert A. Daly

Born 1936

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15180 DESIGNER

Vince Camuto

1936 - 2015

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15192 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Helen Safa

1930 - 2013

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15211 RABBI

Leib Groner

1932 - 2020

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15212 COMPOSER

Daniel Goode

Born 1936

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15233 FINANCIER

Pincus Green

Born 1936

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15235 PHYSICIST

Eugene Hecht

Born 1931

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15243 SENATE

Alan Blinken

Born 1937

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15260 LAWYER

Richard H. Stern

Born 1931

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15266 SOCIOLOGIST

Edwin M. Schur

Born 1930

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15274 COMPUTER SCIENTIST

Louis Hodes

1934 - 2008

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15288 ARTIST

Bruce Marks (ballet)

Born 1937

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15298 LAWYER

John E. Sprizzo

1934 - 2008

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15350 FILM

Jeb Rosebrook

1935 - 2018

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15351 FILM

Marvin Minoff

1931 - 2009

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15355 PAINTER

Francis Cunningham (painter)

Born 1931

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15359 BODYBUILDER

Jim Morris (bodybuilder)

1935 - 2016

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15363 MUSIC

Chris Stone (entrepreneur)

1935 - 2016

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15379 MODEL

Iris Cantor

Born 1931

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15380 JOURNALIST

Dorothy Sucher

1933 - 2010

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15382 LAWYER

Carl Person

Born 1936

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15383 ACTOR

Bobby Alto

1938 - 2012

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15388 BUSINESS

George Lindemann

1936 - 2018

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15451 JOURNALIST

Richard Setlowe

Born 1933

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15479 LAWYER

Otto G. Obermaier

Born 1936

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15481 MUSIC

Susan T. Sommer

1935 - 2008

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15483 SOCIOLOGIST

Thomas Fararo

1933 - 2020

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15488 POLITICIAN

James Molinaro

Born 1931

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15509 FILM

Barry Levinson (producer, born 1932)

1932 - 1987

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15512 ACTOR

Ray Reinhardt

Born 1930

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15518 BASEBALL

Don McMahon

1930 - 1987

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15523 FENCER

Michael D'Asaro Sr.

1938 - 2000

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15527 ARCHITECT

Paul Byard

1939 - 2008

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15567 ACTOR

Stanley Brock

1931 - 1991

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15577 BUSINESS

Rubin Schron

Born 1939

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15578 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Robert A. LeVine

Born 1932

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15583 ECONOMIST

William Gorham

Born 1930

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15594 ARTIST

Elliot Offner

1931 - 2010

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15596 POLITICIAN

Lud Kramer

1932 - 2004

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15607 SCREENWRITER

Yale Udoff

1935 - 2018

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15615 FENCER

Eugene Glazer

Born 1939

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15646 ACTOR

Lily Lodge

Born 1932

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15647 SCREENWRITER

Myles Wilder

1933 - 2010

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15651 COACH

Michael Yessis

Born 1932

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15654 FINANCIER

John J. Phelan Jr.

1931 - 2012

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15655 ACTOR

Craig Slocum

1934 - 1978

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15667 SCULPTOR

Evangeline Montgomery

Born 1933

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15671 BASEBALL

Bob Davis (pitcher)

1933 - 2001

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15684 BASEBALL

Joe Albanese

1933 - 2000

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15693 DIPLOMAT

Ulric Haynes

1931 - 2020

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15700 BUSINESS

Peter Bottome

1937 - 2016

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15704 BASEBALL

Jerry Casale

1933 - 2019

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15724 NOVELIST

Hilma Wolitzer

Born 1930

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15725 WRITER

Kenneth Bernard

1930 - 2020

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15727 MATHEMATICIAN

Stephen Warshall

1935 - 2006

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15736 DESIGNER

Tony Palladino

1930 - 2014

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15743 PROFESSOR

S. M. Blinder

Born 1932

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15794 WRITER

Michael M. Thomas

Born 1936

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15808 ZOOLOGIST

Peter Brazaitis

Born 1936

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15825 MUSIC

Paul West (Bassist)

Born 1934

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15846 WRITER

Merrill Joan Gerber

Born 1938

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15875 CIVIL RIGHTS

Abdullah H. Abdur-Razzaq

1931 - 2014

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15889 MUSIC

Sonny Costanzo

1932 - 1993

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15893 MUSIC

Bill Anthony

Born 1930

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15897 ACTIVIST

Bob Ross (publisher)

1934 - 2003

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15903 POET

Lynn Sukenick

1938 - 1995

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15909 ACTOR

Betty Bobbitt

1939 - 2020

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15930 BASEBALL

Duke Carmel

Born 1937

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15942 MANAGER

Bob Cavallo

Born 1939

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15953 JOURNALIST

George A. Hirsch

Born 1934

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15994 RABBI

Yaakov Perlow

1931 - 2020

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16003 HISTORIAN

Joel H. Silbey

1933 - 2018

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16008 PALAEONTOLOGIST

Natascha Heintz

Born 1930

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16028 NURSE

Alma S. Woolley

1931 - 2005

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16029 PAINTER

Max Shertz

1933 - 2009

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16035 METALLURGIST

Howard Kent Birnbaum

1932 - 2005

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16039 WRITER

Henry S. F. Cooper Jr.

1933 - 2016

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16058 ACTOR

Esther Sutherland

1932 - 1986

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16066 WRITER

Ed Waters

1930 - 2004

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16099 ACTOR

J. J. Barry

1932 - 1990

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16112 THEATRE

Riff Markowitz

Born 1938

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16130 FENCER

Harriet King (fencer)

Born 1935

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16152 GEOLOGIST

Peter Vail

Born 1930

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16154 EDITOR

Richard Marek

1933 - 2020

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16156 ACTIVIST

Elombe Brath

1936 - 2014

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16158 FILM

Robert Paget

Born 1935

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16168 SOCIOLOGIST

Bernard Lefkowitz

1937 - 2004

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16189 SINGER

Anita Salta

Born 1937

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16195 DESIGNER

Ruth Ansel

Born 1938

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16197 MATHEMATICIAN

Hershel Farkas

Born 1939

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16207 COMPOSER

Stanley Walden

Born 1932

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16211 ARISTOCRAT

Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff

1930 - 2011

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16219 LAWYER

David L. Levy

1936 - 2014

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16225 ARTIST

Kay Brown (artist)

1932 - 2012

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16233 OPHTHALMOLOGIST

Marvin Kwitko

1931 - 2002

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16248 SCULPTOR

Joan Danziger

Born 1934

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16254 ARCHITECT

Bernard Judge

Born 1931

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16269 PLAYWRIGHT

Murray Mednick

Born 1939

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16285 WRITER

Paul L. Montgomery

1936 - 2008

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16288 POET

Stanley H. Barkan

Born 1936

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16293 TRUMPET

Willie Thomas (trumpeter)

1931 - 2019

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16294 PSYCHOLOGIST

Richard Pew

Born 1933

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16297 POLITICIAN

Peter Vallone Sr.

Born 1934

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16317 BANJO

Bob Yellin

Born 1936

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16320 WRITER

Robert Levin (writer)

Born 1939

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16321 PHYSICIST

Nicholas P. Samios

Born 1932

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16324 SCIENCE

Toby Ann Stavisky

Born 1939

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16340 MEDICINE

Donald A.B. Lindberg

1933 - 2019

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16342 WRITER

Gary I. Wadler

1939 - 2017

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16350 CHOREOGRAPHER

Barbara Sparti

1932 - 2013

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16356 NOVELIST

Nicholas Rinaldi

1934 - 2020

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16368 PAINTER

George Gabin

1931 - 2012

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16376 PAINTER

Gladys Triana

Born 1934

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16388 FOOTBALL

Vince Promuto

Born 1938

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16426 FILM

Evan A. Lottman

1931 - 2001

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16427 ILLUSTRATOR

Richard Bassford

Born 1936

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16434 WIDOW

Harriet Mayor Fulbright

Born 1933

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16453 ACTOR

Jacquelyn Hyde

1931 - 1992

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16462 POLITICIAN

Frank Padavan

1934 - 2018

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16466 WRITER

Diana Ramsay

1934 - 2014

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16471 PHYSICIST

Maury Tigner

Born 1937

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16476 FENCER

Anne Drungis

1931 - 2005

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16482 SCULPTOR

Jonathan Silver (sculptor)

1937 - 1992

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16485 MUSIC

Harold Blanchard (Musiker)

1930 - 2010

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16494 PAINTER

Neltje Doubleday Kings

Born 1934

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16524 BROADCAST

Martin Starger

Born 1932

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16525 LAWYER

Howard J. Rubenstein

Born 1932

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16527 MUSIC

Marlaena Kessick

Born 1935

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16531 LAWYER

E. Leo Milonas

Born 1936

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16535 WRITER

John R. Maxim

Born 1937

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16537 FILM

Larry Gottheim

Born 1936

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16544 ENGINEER

Allan Rosenheck

1938 - 2018

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16581 SONGWRITER

Larry Banks

1931 - 1992

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16598 SPORT

Phil Pepe

1935 - 2015

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16604 FILM

Estela Bravo

Born 1933

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16621 PHOTOGRAPHER

Bettina Cirone

Born 1933

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16648 PHOTOGRAPHER

Don Hogan Charles

1938 - 2017

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16657 POLITICIAN

Gary Popkin

Born 1938

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16664 BUSINESS

Herbert Simon (real estate)

Born 1934

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16670 SCULPTOR

Robert Grosvenor (Bildhauer)

Born 1937

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16687 ACTOR

Bruce Mars

Born 1935

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16695 OFFICER

David M. Brahms

Born 1938

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16708 ACTOR

Garth Pillsbury

Born 1938

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16709 PHYSICIST

Sheldon Schultz

1933 - 2017

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16720 PHOTOGRAPHER

Lee Tanner

1931 - 2013

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16724 CRIME

Wilfred Johnson

1935 - 1988

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16728 PLAYER

Ed Rubinoff

Born 1935

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16729 FOOTBALL

Al Zerhusen

1931 - 2018

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16742 PHARMACOLOGIST

Elliot Vesell

1933 - 2018

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16747 FILM

Mel Lawrence

1935 - 2016

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16754 BASEBALL

Tony Balsamo

Born 1937

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16791 ACADEMIC

Samuel Bonis

Born 1934

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16805 MUSIC

Sven Hansell

1934 - 2014

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16820 SCREENWRITER

Chris Kazan

1938 - 1991

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16847 HISTORIAN

Ron Ziel

1939 - 2016

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16876 DESIGNER

Reynold Ruffins

Born 1930

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16887 PAINTER

Herbert Bauer (Maler)

1935 - 1986

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16897 PHYSICIST

Paul C. Martin (Physiker)

1931 - 2016

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16910 MATHEMATICIAN

Howard L. Resnikoff

1937 - 2018

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16918 POLITICIAN

Al Adinolfi

1934 - 2019

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16920 FILM

David Foster (producteur)

1930 - 2019

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16926 MOBSTER

Victor Orena

Born 1934

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16930 FOOTBALL

Lloyd Monsen

Born 1931

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16949 LAWYER

Harrison J. Goldin

Born 1936

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16954 RUNNER

Joe Erskine (American boxer)

1930 - 2009

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16967 GUIDE

Walter Zanger

1935 - 2015

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16987 LAWYER

Charles S. Haight Jr.

Born 1930

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17007 ETHOLOGIST

Robert Allen Gardner

Born 1930

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17012 ACTOR

Leonard Termo

1935 - 2012

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17031 NEUROSCIENTIST

Edward Kravitz

Born 1932

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17036 AUTHOR

Bruce Clements

Born 1931

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17050 BASEBALL

Alan Brice

1937 - 2016

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17054 LAWYER

John S. Martin Jr.

Born 1935

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17062 LAWYER

Hugh T. Farley

Born 1932

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17067 FOOTBALL

Jack Losch

1934 - 2004

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17072 DRIVER

Joe Buzzetta

Born 1936

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17073 ACADEMIC

Stuart Pottasch

1932 - 2018

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17077 BASEBALL

Saul Katz

Born 1939

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17085 MOBSTER

Frank Locascio

Born 1933

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17114 SWIMMER

Don Sheff

Born 1931

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17116 ACTOR

Antony Ponzini

1933 - 2002

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17140 WRITER

Raphael Rudnik

1933 - 2009

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17144 PUBLISHER

Bill Reilly

1938 - 2008

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17171 MUSIC

Johnny Maestro

1939 - 2010

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17186 SCULPTOR

Christopher Ross (Bildhauer)

Born 1931

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17190 FILM

Raúl daSilva

Born 1933

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17196 LAWYER

Sidney Davidoff

Born 1939

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17204 JUDGE

Sterling Johnson Jr.

Born 1934

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17210 PHILOSOPHER

George C. Christie

Born 1934

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17211 SOCIOLOGIST

Theodore R. Marmor

Born 1939

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17213 ECONOMIST

Robert Pollak

Born 1938

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17215 BASEBALL

Don Taussig

Born 1932

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17223 ART HISTORIAN

Francis Valentine O’Connor

1937 - 2017

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17224 POLITICIAN

Jay K. Katzen

1936 - 2020

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17233 ACADEMIC

Robert A. Gorman

Born 1937

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17255 PHYSICIST

Michael Bass (Physiker)

Born 1939

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17259 RABBI

Nota Schiller

Born 1930

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17261 WRITER

Thérèse de Saint-Phalle

Born 1930

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17262 ARTIST

Dorothy Podber

1932 - 2008

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17285 ACADEMIC

Ruth Silverman

1936 - 2011

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17300 PIANIST

Walter Chodack

Born 1935

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17317 FENCER

Joseph Paletta Jr.

Born 1937

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17359 TRADE UNION

Michael Sacco

Born 1937

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17389 PHYSICIST

Arthur Komar

1931 - 2011

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17394 PRODUCER

Steve Backer

1937 - 2014

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17422 GEOGRAPHER

Donald R. Deskins Jr.

1932 - 2013

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17429 MARTIAL ART

Thomas Carroll (martial artist)

1938 - 1999

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17436 BUSINESS

Michael Jay Solomon

Born 1938

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