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Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. A member of the Republican Party, he became an important figure in the American conservative movement. The period encompassing his presidency is known as the Reagan era.
Frank Gehry
Frank Owen Gehry was a Canadian and American architect and designer known for his postmodern designs and use of unconventional forms and materials. A number of his buildings, including his private residence in Santa Monica, California, have become attractions. His most famous works include the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in Spain, the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris. These buildings are characterized by their sculptural, often undulating exteriors and innovative use of materials such as titanium and stainless steel.
Darryl F. Zanuck
American film producer (1902–1979)
Dexter Gordon
American jazz saxophonist (1923–1990)
John C. Frémont
American politician, explorer and military officer (1813–1890)
Pancho Gonzales
American tennis player (1928–1995)
Tab Hunter
Tab Hunter was an American actor, singer, film producer, and author. Known for his blond hair and clean-cut good looks, Hunter starred in more than forty films. During the 1950s and 1960s, Hunter was a Hollywood heartthrob, acting in numerous roles and appearing on the covers of hundreds of magazines. His notable screen credits include Battle Cry (1955), The Girl He Left Behind (1956), Gunman's Walk (1958), Damn Yankees (1958), Polyester (1981), and Lust in the Dust (1985). Hunter also had a music career in the late 1950s; in 1957, he released the no. 1 hit single "Young Love". Hunter's 2005 autobiography, Tab Hunter Confidential: The Making of a Movie Star, was a New York Times bestseller.
Bob Mathias
American athlete and congressman (1930–2006)
Michael López-Alegría
American astronaut
John Agar
American actor (1921-2002)
Don Young
American politician (1933–2022)
Michael Blake
American writer (1945-2015)
Werner Klemperer
German-American actor and musician (1920–2000)
Michael A. Baker
American astronaut
Carl Osburn
Olympic American shooter and 11-time Olympic medalist.
Robert Warwick
actor (1878-1964)
Elmo Zumwalt
United States Navy admiral (1920–2000)
Frederick C. Weyand
American general (1916–2010)
Buddy Baer
American boxer (1915–1986)
Duke Cunningham
former U.S. House of Representatives member, convicted and sentenced for conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion
Robert Lansing
American actor (1928-1994)
Duncan D. Hunter
American politician and U.S. Marine Corps officer
Frank Cady
American actor (1915–2012)
Michael Erik Kurilla
American Army general (born 1966)
Franklin Adreon
Screenwriter, director, producer, actor (1902-1979)
William Campbell
American actor (1926–2011)
Mariannette Miller-Meeks
American physician and politician (born 1955)
Edwin Hurd Conger
Union Army officer and U.S.A. diplomat (1843-1907)
Douglas Kelley
Lieutenant Colonel Douglas McGlashan Kelley was a United States Army Military Intelligence Corps officer who served as chief psychiatrist at Nuremberg Prison during the first months of the Nuremberg trials. He worked to ascertain defendants' competency before they stood trial.
Robert Horton
American actor (1924–2016)
Bill Kaysing
American writer and conspiracy theorist (1922–2005)
Ernest S. Brown
American politician (1903-1965)
Ron W. Miller
American football player, business executive, and film producer (1933-2019)
John D. Sloat
Military Governor of California (1781-1867)
Byron De La Beckwith
American White Supremacist and murderer (1920-2001)
Spencer Stone
American former U.S. staff sergeant
Pete McCloskey
American politician (1927–2024)
Larry LaRocco
American politician
Gary Lewis
American musician
Gyo Obata
American architect
Denver S. Dickerson
11th Governor of Nevada from the Silver – Democratic coalition party. (1872-1925)
Dinsmore Alter
American astronomer (1888–1968)
Lam Quang Thi
South Vietnamese commander
Sam Yorty
American politician (1909–1998)
William Harrison Standley
United States admiral (1872–1963)
James Henry Carleton
officer in the Union army during the American Civil War (1814–1873)
Gary Zukav
American writer and revivalist
Harold Conklin
American anthropologist (1926-2016)
Brad Johnson
actor (1924-1981)
Emilio Delgado
American actor (1940-2022)
Glen Edwards
American test pilot (1918-1948)
Kenneth O'Keefe
Irish-American political activist
Daniel R. Hokanson
American Army National Guard general
Edward Fitzgerald Beale
American explorer, surveyor, ambassador (1822-1893)
Robert A. Scalapino
American political scientist (1919-2011)
Rex Downing
American actor
Megan Leavey
American soldier
John Larkin
American actor (1912-1965)
Peter Paret
German cultural historian, military historian, regional historian, historian and author (1924–2020)
John K. Singlaub
US military officer