| A B C D Ea - Ed Ee - Eh Ei - En Eo - Et Eu - Ez E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Main |
Nazi death camp commandant Adolph Karl Eichmann kidnapped from Argentina by Israeli agents (5-11-1960); executed after "trial"
expired 5-31-1962 in Ramle, Israel age 56 cause: executed; hanged | ||||||||||||||||||||
| engineer Alexandre Gustav Eiffel built Parisian tower bearing his name (1889); also built the framework for the Statue of Liberty (1885) born on 12-15-1832 in Dijon, France expired 12-28-1923 in Paris, France age 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Dr. Christiaan Eijkman shared the 1927 Nobel prize in medicine for the "discovery of the antineuritic vitamin"born on 8-11-1858 in Nijkerk, Gelderland, The Netherlands expired 11-5-1930 in Utrecht, The Netherlands age 72 cause: "a protracted illness" | ||||||||||||||||||||
Frederick Joseph Eikerenkoetter Jr. ran an "it's OK to be rich" ministry
expired 7-28-2009 in Los Angeles, California age 74 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
| retired Zenith tv engineer (1948-97) Carl G. Eilers lead team that developed FM stereo broadcasting (1961), the main channel having L+R audio & employing a 19KHz "pilot" tone to indicate presence of a modulated 38KHz tone carrier of the L-R information, which when combined produces separate Left & Right audio channels — (L+R) + (L-R) = 2L and (L+R) - (L-R) = 2R; was the co-developer of multi-channel sound for NTSC television (stereo audio plus the SAP) born on 3-21-1925 in Fairbury, Illinois expired 6-20-2008 in River Forest, Illinois age 83 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||
mathematician Albert Einstein came up with E=mc2 and the Theory of Relativity; 1921 Nobel Physics prize winner; his letter to Roosevelt led to the Manhattan Project and development of the Atomic Bombborn on 3-14-1879 in Ulm, Würtemberg, Germany expired 4-18-1955 in Princeton, New Jersey age 76 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UC-Berkely hydraulic engineering professor Hans Albert Einstein first son of Albert & Mileva Einstein born on 5-14-1904 in Bern, Switzerland expired 7-26-1973 in Woods Hole, Massachusetts age 69 cause: heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||
Greek dialect comedian Harry Einstein father of Albert Brooks and Dave Osborne
expired 11-24-1958 in Hollywood, California age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| mathematician Maleva Marić Einstein first wife of Albert (1903-19) — she used to check his math; mother of their three children: Lieserl (b.1/1902), Hans Albert & Eduard (7/28/1910-10/25/1965); she got Albert's Nobel Prize money in the divorce settlement born on 12-19-1875 in Titel, Vojvodinae, Austria-Hungary (now Serbia) expired 8-4-1948 in Zürich, Switzerland age 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Dr. Willem Einthoven received the 1924 Nobel prize in physiology for the discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram born on 5-21-1860 in Semarang, Java, Dutch East Indies expired 9-29-1927 in Leiden, The Netherlands age 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Apollo 7 astronaut Donn Fulton Eisele born on 6-23-1930 in Columbus, Ohio expired 12-2-1987 in Tokyo, Japan age 57 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||
| former President and Allied Supreme Commander in World War II Dwight David Eisenhower brought about cease fire in Korean War; sent military advisors to South Vietnam in mid-1950s after French military disaster at Dien Bien Phu born on 10-14-1890 in Abilene, Kansas expired 3-28-1969 in Washington, District of Columbia age 78   | ||||||||||||||||||||
| former first lady Marie Geneva Doud "Mamie" Eisenhower born on 11-14-1896 in Boone, Iowa expired 11-1-1979 in Washington, District of Columbia age 82 cause: heart failure; complications from stroke
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| Dr. Milton Stover Eisenhower born on 9-15-1899 in Abilene, Kansas expired 5-2-1985 age 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sweet 'n' Low inventor Benjamin Eisenstadt born on 12-27-1906 expired 4-8-1996 age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt born on 12-6-1898 in Dirschau, Germany expired 8-23-1995 age 96
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| early Russian filmmaker Sergei Maksimilyanovich Eizenshtein made only seven films; produced, directed, or wrote Glumov's Diary (1923), Strike (1925), The Battleship Potemkin (1925), October (1927), The General Line (1929), Alexander Nevsky (1939) and Ivan the Terrible (Part I, 1945) born on 1-23-1898 in Riga, Russia (now Latvia) expired 2-10-1948 in Moscow, Russia, USSR age 50 | ||||||||||||||||||||
actor Anthony Eisley high point of his career was playing Tracey Steele on Hawaiian Eye tv series (1959-62)
expired 1-29-2003 in Woodland Hills, California age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
comic artist William Erwin Eisner created The Spirit (1940); once partnered with Jerry Iger (1937 co-founders of "Eisner & Iger" comics production company); also worked for MAD Magazine; author of the first modern "graphic novel" (a term he coined) A Contract with God !978) and the textbooks Comics and Sequential Art (1985) & Graphic Storytelling (1996); received the Reuben Award in 1998; since 1988 namesake of the comics industry's top award —
"the Eisners"born on 3-6-1917 in New York, New York expired 1-3-2005 in Lauderdale Lakes, Florida age 87 cause: complications following quadruple bypass surgery
AKS: Will Wil | ||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Bengt Ekerot portrayed Death in Det Sjunde inseglot (The Seventh Seal; 1957) born on 2-8-1920 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden expired 11-26-1971 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden age 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hollywood stunt man James Sherwin "Bud" Ekins did the "Cooler King's" motorcycle jump in The Great Escape (1963) born on 5-11-1930 in Hollywood, California expired 10-6-2007 in Los Angeles, California age 77 AKS: Elkins | ||||||||||||||||||||
| former Hollywood accountant Jack Elam character actor — played Jug May (the phony Swift Morgan) in Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971) and the Doctor in Cannonball Run (1981) born on 11-13-1920 in Miami, Arizona expired 10-20-2003 in Ashland, Oregon age 82 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||
| former University of Michigan music student Louis Elbel wrote school's fight song The Victors (1898) born on --1878 expired ??-??-19?? age ?? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor Ibson Dana Elcar played Mr. Foster in Fail Safe (1964), Col. Cathcart in Catch-22 (1973), the Chief in The Nude Bomb (1980), Lt. Shiller on Baretta, Col. Laird ("Lard") on Black Sheep Squadron & Peter Thornton on MacGyver; eventually went blind from glaucoma born on 10-10-1927 in Ferndale, Michigan expired 6-6-2005 in Ventura, California age 77 cause: complications from pneumonia | ||||||||||||||||||||
former history professor Abulfaz Elchibey first president of Azerbaijan (1992-93) after the breakup of the Soviet Union (1991); overthrouwn in military mutiny
expired 8-22-2000 in Ankara, Turkey age 62 cause: lung infection; prostate cancer; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||
cartoonist William Elder was a childhood friend of Bess Myerson; was one of the original cartoonists as MAD Magazine (1952-56); co-creator of Little Annie Fannie (October 1962-88) after the failure of the humor magazine Trump (only two issues were published: January & March 1957)
expired 5-15-2008 in Rockleigh, New Jersey age 86 cause: Parkinson's disease AKS: Will Willie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| former railroad executive Arthur K. Eldred first Eagle Scout (8/21/1912) as member of Oceanside, Long Island troup born on --1895 in Brooklyn, New York expired 1-4-1951 in Clementon, New Jersey age 55 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| royal consort Eleanor of Aquitane wife of Henry II; mother of Richard the Lionhearted born on --1122 in Aquitane, France expired 4-1-1204 in Maine-et-Loire, France age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| big band leader Les Elgart wrote Bandstand Boogie (Dick Clark's theme song) born on 8-3-1918 in New Haven, Connecticut expired 7-29-1995 age 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Iraqi Baath Party poobah Barzan Ibrahim el-Hasan al-Tikriti half-brother of Saddam Hussein; his head was ripped from his body during the execution — some would characterise his hanging as "botched", while others would consider it a complete success (he's dead, ain't he?)born on 2-17-1950 in Al-Awja, Iraq expired 1-15-2007 in Baghdad, Iraq age 56 cause: executed; hanged
AKS: al-Hasan Hassan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Big Boy restaurant chain owner Fred Elias Sr. born on 8-11-1913 expired 6-19-1993 age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
biochemist Gertrude Belle Elion shared the 1988 Nobel prize in medicine born on 1-23-1918 in New York, New York expired 2-21-1999 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina age 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
cat-loving poet Thomas Stearns Eliot the 1948 Nobel literature laureate born on 9-26-1888 in Saint Louis, Missouri expired 1-4-1965 in London, England age 76 cause: emphysema AKS: T. S. Eliott Elliot Elliott | ||||||||||||||||||||
| sculptor & teacher Frank Eliscu designed the Heisman Trophy (1935) born on 7-13-1912 in Brooklyn, New York, New York expired 6-19-1996 in Sarasota, Florida age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
English Queen (1558-1603) Elizabeth I daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; had Mary, Queen of Scotts executed; last Tudor monarch born on 9-7-1533 in Greenwich, England expired 3-24-1603 in Richmond, England age 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate Jaime Elizalde Jr.
expired 1-31-2006 in Huntsville, Texas age 34 cause: executed; lethal injection
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| movie matte painting artist Peter Ellenshaw worked on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Mary Poppins (1964), The Black Hole (1979) & Dick Tracey (1990); father of movie artist Harrison Ellenshaw born on 5-24-1913 in London, England expired 2-12-2007 in Santa Barbara, California age 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor & theater director Robert Ellenstein played Licht in North By Northwest (1959), the Federation President in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) & Steven Miller in the "Haven" episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) born on 6-18-1923 in Newark, New Jersey expired 10-28-2010 in West Los Angeles, California age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| pianist and bandleader Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington jazz composer born on 4-29-1899 in Washington, District of Columbia expired 5-24-1974 in New York, New York age 75 cause: pneumonia; lung cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Mama" Cass Elliot vocalist in The Mamas and the Papas; did not die choking on a ham sandwich even though the New York Times obituary did attribute to her physician the statement that she probably choked on a sandwich
expired 7-29-1974 in London, England age 33 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||
| astronomer James Ludlow Elliot discovered the rings of Uranus (1977) and the atmosphere of Pluto (1988) born on 6-19-1943 in Columbus, Ohio expired 3-3-2011 in Wellesley, Massachusetts age 67 cause: complications from cancer treatment AKS: Elliott Eliot Eliott | ||||||||||||||||||||
actor William "Wild Bill" Elliot second actor to play the role of Red Ryder in Republic serials (1945 & 46; also see Don Barry & Allan Lane)
expired 11-26-1965 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 61 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||
sportscaster Win Elliot zoology major & hockey goaltender at the University of Michigan
expired 9-17-1998 in Norwalk, Connecticut age 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||
punk-rock singer Marianne Joan Elliot-Said did her thang with the X-Ray Spex band
expired 4-26-2011 in East Sussex, England age 53 cause: cancers (breast, spinal, lung) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| actor Denholm Mitchell Elliott best remembered for playing Dr. Marcus Brody in the Indiana Jones movies; least remember for starring in Smell-O-Vision bomb Scent of Mystery (1960) born on 5-31-1922 in London, England expired 10-6-1992 in Santa Eulalia, Ibiza, Spain age 70 cause: tuberculosis; AIDS | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World War II private George E. Elliott as a radar operator at the Opana radar site, Kahuku Point, Ohau, Hawaii, was the first person to see the Japanese Zero attack wave approaching from the north almost 50 minutes before it arrived; his co-operator was Joseph Lockard born on 2-7-1918 expired 12-20-2003 in Port Charlotte, Florida age 85 cause: complications from stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
Texas death row inmate John William Elliot
expired 2-4-2003 in Huntsville, Texas age 42 cause: executed; lethal injection
| ||||||||||||||||||||
character actor Stephen Elliott played the Police Commissioner in Death Wish (1974), Burt Johnson in Arthur (1981), police chief Hubbard in Beverly Hills Cop (1984) & Scotty Demarest on Dallas (1980s)
expired 5-21-2005 in Woodland Hills, California age 86 cause: congestive heart failure | ||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball pitcher Dock Phillip Ellis purportedly pitched a no-hitter while stoned on LSD born on 3-11-1945 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-19-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 63 cause: cirrhosis of the liver | ||||||||||||||||||||
| trumpeter/bandleader Don Ellis born on 7-25-1934 in Los Angeles, California expired 12-17-1978 in North Hollywood, California age 44 cause: heart attack | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Usenet co-creator (1979) James Tice "Jim" Ellis along with Tom Truscott & Dr. Steven M. Bellovin created the internet bulletin board system born on 5-6-1956 in Nashville, Tennessee expired 6-28-2001 in Harmony, Pennsylvania age 45 cause: non-Hodgkins lymphoma | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1984 U.S. Olympic team track coach Larry Thomas Ellis born on 9-29-1928 in Englewood, New Jersey expired 11-4-1998 in Skillman, New Jersey age 70 cause: pulmonary embolism | ||||||||||||||||||||
| jazz guitarist Mitchell Herbert Ellis performed with Oscar Peterson Trio, Jimmy Dorsey & Ella Fitzgerald born on 8-4-1921 in Farmersville, Texas expired 3-28-2010 in Los Angeles, California age 88 cause: Alzheimer's disease | ||||||||||||||||||||
actor James Ellison played Hopalong Cassidy's sidekick Johnny Nelson
expired 12-23-1993 in Montecito, California age 83 cause: broken neck | ||||||||||||||||||||
female wrassler Mary Lillian Ellison started out as "Slavegirl Moolah" (1949) & wrassled into the new millenium
expired 11-2-2007 in Lexington, South Carolina age 84 cause: blood clot «or» heart attack; shoulder surgery | ||||||||||||||||||||
| writer Ralph Waldo Ellison born on 3-1-1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma expired 5-16-1994 in New York, New York age 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth born on 5-12-1880 in Chicago, Illinois expired 5-26-1951 in New York, New York age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| farmer, writer, businessman Monty J. Ellsworth author of The Bath School Disaster (1927) detailing the bombing of the village school earlier that year born on 7-10-1887 expired 4-??-1974 in Saint Petersburg, Florida age 86 | ||||||||||||||||||||
jazz trumpeter "Ziggy" Elman member of the Benny Goodman and Tommy Dorsey bands
expired 6-26-1968 in Los Angeles, California age 54 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| physicist & chess-player ranking system designer Arpad Elo born on 8-25-1903 in Papa, Austria-Hungary expired 11-5-1992 age 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| geophysicist Dr. Walter M. Elsasser born on 3-20-1904 in Mannheim, Germany expired 10-14-1991 in Baltimore, Maryland age 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| actress Faye Margaret Emerson born on 7-8-1917 in Elizabeth, Louisiana expired 3-9-1983 in Majorca, Spain age 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| inventor Victor Lee Emerson invented the automobile universal joint and bevel-gear drive expired 5-6-1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania age 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sœur Emmanuelle humanitarian nun who worked in the slums of Cairo; founder of the Sandrine de Carlo Association
expired 10-20-2008 in Callian, France age 99
AKS: Soeur | ||||||||||||||||||||
tv writer Robert Emmett wrote for the U.S. production of That Was the Week That Was
expired 4-8-2000 in New York, New York age 78 cause: following surgery for acute appendicitis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1920s/30s screen writer Arthur Guy Empey father of Playboy playmate Marguerite Empey born on 12-11-1883 in Ogden, Utah expired 2-22-1963 in Wadsworth, Kansas age 79 | ||||||||||||||||||||
  
Playboy May 1955 & February 1956 Playmate of Month Diane Marguerite Empey daughter of Authur G. Empey; founder of an L.A.-area belly dancing troupe (Perfumes of Araby)
expired 8-19-2008 in Los Angeles, California age 76 cause: pulmonary embolism; right hemicolectomy; liver, lung, colon cancer; hypertension
AKS: Dianne Diana Margurite Margerite Marguereat Weber Empie Empee | ||||||||||||||||||||
| former Panamanian president (1989-94) Guillermo David Endara Galimany replaced Noriega born on 5-12-1936 in Panama City, Panama expired 9-28-2009 in Panama City, Panama age 73 cause: heart attack; renal failure; diabetes | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
microbiologist John Franklin Enders shared the 1954 Nobel prize in medicine for the discovery of the method of growing the polio virus in various types of tissues born on 2-10-1897 in West Hartford, Connecticut expired 9-8-1985 in Waterford, Connecticut age 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| character actor I. Harry Endo played crime scene analyst/forensics specialist Che Fong for the entire run of Hawaii Five-O born on 7-20-1922 in Colorado expired 1-9-2009 in Brooklyn, New York, New York age 86 cause: stroke | ||||||||||||||||||||
former Nazi SS Obersturmbannführer/Intelligence officer Friedrich Konrad Siegfried Engel in July of 2002 ordered to serve 7 years for the May 1944 murders of 49 prisoners in Genoa, Italy; his conviction was later overturned but no new trial was permitted
expired 2-4-2006 in Hamburg, Germany age 98
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| Disney Studios animator Jules Engel choregraphed the 1940 Fantasia dance sequences that featured alligators & hippos ("Dance of the Hours"), mushrooms ("Chinese Dance") and thistles ("Russian Dance"); co-founder of the UPA (United Productions of America) animation studio (1944); left UPA to co-found Format Productions (1959) born on 3-9-1909 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary expired 9-6-2003 in Simi Valley, California age 94 AKS: Engle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| broadway conductor Lehman Aaron Engel born on 9-12-1910 in Jackson, Mississippi expired 8-28-1982 age 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| photojournalist Morris Engel with wife made a number of short "independent" films: Little Fugitive (1953), Lovers and Lollipops (1956) & Weddings and Babies (1958); was credited by Truffaut with inspiring the French "New Wave" of filmmaking born on 4-8-1918 in New York, New York expired 3-5-2005 in New York, New York age 86 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| comatose woman Eluana Jolanda Giulia Englaro following a 1992 auto accident entered persistent vegetative state; per her wishes the feeding tube was removed Friday February 6th, 2009 born on 11-25-1970 in Lecco, Lombardy, Italy expired 2-9-2009 in Udine, Italy age 38
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| baseball player Delmer Ennis born on 6-8-1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania expired 2-9-1996 age 70 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| game show producer (Concentration, Tic Tac Dough) Daniel Enright partnered with Jack Barry; one of the crooked producers in the tv Game Show scandals (21) born on 8-30-1917 expired 5-22-1992 age 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| playwright Nick Enright co-wrote screenplay for Lorenzo's Oil (1992) born on 12-22-1950 in Maitland, New South Wales, Australia expired 3-30-2003 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia age 52 cause: cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||
actor René Enríquezborn on 11-25-1933 in San Francisco, California expired 3-23-1990 in Tarzana, California age 56 cause: pancreatic cancer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| archetype for the female Eurotrash terrorist Gudrun Ensslin real brains behind Germany's "Baader-Meinhof" gang of Marxist thugs; girlfriend of Andreas; died in prison born on 8-??-1940 expired 10-18-1977 in Stammheim, Germany age 37 cause: suicide | ||||||||||||||||||||
| The Who bassist John Alec Entwistle born on 10-9-1944 in Chiswick, England expired 6-27-2002 in Las Vegas, Nevada age 57 cause: heart attack; cocaine use | ||||||||||||||||||||
| frustrated actress Lillian Millicent "Peg" Entwistle took a head-first plunge from the HOLLYWOODLAND sign's "H" born on 7-1-1908 in Port Talbot, Wales expired 9-16-1932 in Hollywood, California age 24 cause: suicide; broken neck AKS: Entwhistle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Top A B C D Ea - Ed Ee - Eh Ei - En Eo - Et Eu - Ez E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Main |
