People who died in traffic accidents

1. Rex Allen

Rex Allen started out as a singer in vaudeville, and sang on numerous radio shows before hooking up with a traveling rodeo show. He signed with Republic Pictures and became a popular singing cowboy, and was often paired with sidekick Slim Pickens. He starred in his own western TV series, Frontier ...

2. Steve Allen

Actor | Casino

Steve Allen was born on December 26, 1921 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Casino (1995), The Player (1992) and College Confidential (1960). He was married to Jayne Meadows and Dorothy Goodman. He died on October 30, 2000 in Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA.

1921-2000 (78 years old)

Died of a heart attack brought on by a car crash in Encino, California.

3. Duane Allman

Self | Untitled Allman Brothers/Nick Cassavetes Project

Duane Allman was born in Nashville, Tennessee in November 1946. On Christmas Day in 1960, Duane was given a motorcycle as a gift while his younger brother, Gregg Allman, got a guitar. A few months later, Duane wrecked his motorcycle in an accident, but traded in the spare parts for a guitar of his ...

1946-1971 (24 years old)

Lost control of his motorcycle trying to avoid an oncoming truck.

4. Theodoros Angelopoulos

Director | Mia aioniotita kai mia mera

Theo Angelopoulos began to study law in Athens but broke up his studies to go to the Sorbonne in Paris in order to study literature. When he had finished his studies, he wanted to attend the School of Cinema at Paris but decided instead to go back to Greece. There he worked as a journalist and ...

1935-2012 (76 years old)

Hit by a motorcycle while trying to cross a road in Drapetsona, Greece.

5. Álex Angulo

Actor | El laberinto del fauno

Álex Angulo was born on April 12, 1953 in Erandio, Vizcaya, País Vasco, Spain. He was an actor and producer, known for Pan's Labyrinth (2006), The Day of the Beast (1995) and Live Flesh (1997). He died on July 20, 2014 in Fuenmayor, La Rioja, Spain.

1953-2014 (61 years old)

Died in a car crash in Fuenmayor, Spain.

6. Silvana Armenulic

Actress | Ljubav na seoski nacin

Silvana Bajraktarevic, known professionally as Silvana Armenulic, was a Yugoslav singer-songwriter and actress and one of the most prominent commercial folk music and traditional sevdalinka singers in Yugoslavia. She is called the "Queen of Sevdalinka". Her life was cut short when she died in a car...

1939-1976 (37 years old)

Died in a high speed crash in Kolari, Yugoslavia (now Serbia).

7. Pascale Audret

Actress | Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes

Pascale Audret was born on October 12, 1936 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She was an actress, known for Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975), Les enquêtes du commissaire Maigret (1967) and Countdown to Doomsday (1966). She was married to Francis Dreyfus and ...

8. Ian Bannen

Actor | Waking Ned

Scottish character actor and occasional leading man who enlivened scores of fine films in Britain and America. His father was a lawyer in a small town in Lanarkshire. Bannen served in the army and attended Ratcliffe College, Leicestershire. His first acting role came in a 1947 Dublin production of ...

9. Jill Banner

Actress | The President's Analyst

Jill Banner's early life was somewhat nomadic. Her father died when she was 2, and her mother moved from Washington to South Dakota and Iowa before settling in Glendale, California. Jill attended the Hollywood Professional School (one of her classmates was Peggy Lipton). Her debut film, Spider Baby...

10. Roland Barthes

Writer | Mouvements du désir

Roland Barthes was born on November 12, 1915 in Cherbourg, France. He was a writer and actor, known for Mouvements du désir (1994), The Brontë Sisters (1979) and Let the Sunshine In (2017). He died on March 25, 1980 in Paris, France.

11. Chris Bell

Soundtrack | Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

Chris Bell was born January 12, 1951 in Memphis, Tennessee. He was always a talented artist but began displaying his ability as a writer and guitarist at about 12 years old. After high school Bell became a founding member of possibly the greatest post-Beatles-style rock band that the USA has yet ...

12. J. Stuart Blackton

Director | The Glorious Adventure

In the US from the age of 10, he first worked as a journalist-illustrator for the New York World. Interviewing Thomas A. Edison, he so impressed the inventor with his drawings that Edison suggested he allow some of them to be photographed by the Kinetograph camera. The result was a short film, ...

13. Larry Blyden

Actor | On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

Genial, dark-haired, often bespectacled Ivan Lawrence Blieden (pronounced Blee-den), better known as actor Larry Blyden, was born in Houston, Texas, the son of a lawyer. He developed an early interest in acting, appearing in various theater productions as a teen but never entertained the notion of ...

14. Marc Bolan

Soundtrack | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Born on September 30, 1947 in London, England, Mark Bolan was always destined to be a star. Even as a teenager, he was already seeking fame. Well known as a sharp dresser, he was employed by a modeling agency and became a "John Temple Boy", wearing John Temple suits in their catalogs as well as ...

15. Lino Brocka

Director | Gumapang ka sa lusak

Lino Brocka was born on April 7, 1939 in Pilar, Sorsogon, Luzon, Philippines. He was a director and writer, known for Dirty Affair (1990), Bayan Ko (1984) and Dipped in Gold (1970). He died on May 22, 1991 in Quezon City, Philippines.

16. Gladys Brockwell

Actress | Lights of New York

The daughter of actress Billie Brockwell, Brockwell first appeared on the stage at the age of three. She made her screen debut in Philadelphia for the Lubin Company in 1913, later working with D.W. Griffith. Joining Fox Studios, Brockwell was one of the busiest actresses in town and easily made the...

17. Herb Brooks

Self | Miracle

Born in St. Paul, Brooks played hockey at the University of Minnesota, where he later coached from 1972-79, winning three national titles. Brooks was inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990. Brooks never had his own moment as a player. He was the last one cut from the 1960 U.S. ...

18. Cliff Burton

Soundtrack | Triple Frontier

Clifford Lee Burton was born on February 10, 1962 in Castro Valley, California, to Janet (Morgen) and Ray Herbert Burton. He had two siblings. His mother was from a German Jewish family, and his father was of British Isles descent.

As a youngster, Clifford always liked music, listening to genres ...

19. Norman Burton

Actor | Diamonds Are Forever

Norman Burton graduated from The Actor's Studio in New York. He appeared in NY onstage in professional stage productions of "Sound of Hunting", "Anna Christie", and José Quintero's production of Brendan Behan's "The Quare Fellow". He appeared in such notable films as Towering Inferno, Save the Tiger...

20. Rasual Butler

Actor | Think Like a Man

Rasual Butler was born on May 23, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Think Like a Man (2012) and Trina Feat. Kelly Rowland: Here We Go (2005). He died on January 31, 2018 in Studio City, California, USA.

21. Albert Camus

Writer | Bajo la metralla

Albert Camus was born on November 7, 1913, in Mondovi, Algeria. His parents were Spanish-French-Algerian (pied noir) colonists. His father, Lucien, died in the Battle of Marne (1914) during WWI. His mother, named Catherine Helene Sintes was of Spanish origin, she was a deaf mute due to a stroke, ...

22. Yu-Sheng Chang

Soundtrack | Take Me to the Moon

Yu-Sheng Chang was born on June 7, 1966 in Magong, Penghu, Taiwan. He was an actor, known for Take Me to the Moon (2017), Chang Yu-sheng: Take Me to the Moon (1992) and Winds of September (2008). He died on November 12, 1997 in Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan.

23. Tim Choate

Actor | Pearl Harbor

Dallas-born Tim Choate considered himself better qualified as a theatrical performer than as a screen actor. The University of Texas graduate had indeed a solid background in stagecraft, having performed on Broadway (including 300 performances in the Pulitzer prize-winning 'Crimes of the Heart') ...

24. Cheol-su Park

Director | Haksaeng bukgun shinwi

Cheol-su Park was born in 1947. He was a director and writer, known for Farewell My Darling (1996), 301, 302 (1995) and Green Chair (2005). He died on February 19, 2013 in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Korea.

25. Bob Clark

Director | A Christmas Story

Bob Clark was born on August 5, 1939 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Christmas Story (1983), Baby Geniuses (1999) and Porky's (1981). He died on April 4, 2007 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

26. Joseph Cure

Actor | Miracle

Joseph Cure was born on December 10, 1983 in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Miracle (2004). He died on November 8, 2015 in Ennis, Montana, USA.

27. James Dean

Actor | East of Eden

James Byron Dean was born February 8, 1931 in Marion, Indiana, to Mildred Marie (Wilson) and Winton A. Dean, a farmer turned dental technician. His mother died when Dean was nine, and he was subsequently raised on a farm by his aunt and uncle in Fairmount, Indiana. After grade school, he moved to ...

28. Roger Delgado

Actor | Doctor Who

Born of a Spanish father and French mother in Whitechapel. Although most often called upon to play the villain (due to his dark good looks and sinister beard), he also had a career as a voice actor on BBC Radio appearing on such programs as the "Morning Story". He was a notable 'The Master' in many...

29. Brandon De Wilde

Actor | Shane

Brandon De Wilde was born into a theatrical family and made a much-acclaimed Broadway debut in "The Member of the Wedding" at age 9. He was the first child actor to win the Donaldson Award, and went on to repeat his role in the film version, directed by Fred Zinnemann in 1952. As the blond-haired, ...

30. Kazimierz Deyna

Actor | Victory

Kazimierz Deyna was born on October 23, 1947 in Starogard Gdanski, Pomorskie, Poland. He was an actor, known for Victory (1981). He was married to Mariola. He died on September 1, 1989 in San Diego, California, USA.

31. Arnold Diamond

Actor | Fiddler on the Roof

Arnold Diamond was born on April 18, 1915 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Fiddler on the Roof (1971), The Italian Job (1969) and The Saint (1962). He died on March 17, 1992 in Bournemouth, Dorset, England, UK.

32. Princess Diana

Self | Charles & Diana: Never Meant to Be

Princess Diana was a member of the British royal family. She was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales, and the mother of Prince William and Prince Harry. Diana's activism and glamour made her an international icon and earned her an enduring popularity.

Diana was born into the British nobility ...

33. Françoise Dorléac

Actress | L'homme de Rio

The radiant Françoise Dorléac is better remembered today as the elder, ill-fated sister of French film star Catherine Deneuve. The Paris-born actress, however, was actually the first to become a star and had quite a formidable career of her own in the 1960s until it was cut short. Born into a ...

34. Ryan Dunn

Writer | Jackass 3D

Ryan Dunn (June 11, 1977 - June 20, 2011) was an American reality television personality, actor and stunt man. He was a member of the Jackass and Viva La Bam crew.

Ryan Matthew Dunn was born in Medina, Ohio, to Linda Sue (Reese) and Ronald James Dunn. He came to prominence as a member of the CKY ...

35. Junior Durkin

Actor | Recaptured Love

Quiet, benign, blue-eyed, rangy-framed child/teen actor Junior Durkin, who was an absolute natural on film and possessed major "down home" appeal, showed strong promise in just the few 1930s films he appeared in. A fatal roadster accident quickly ended the dreams of this young "Henry Fonda" type ...

36. Fernando Martín

Self | En familia

Fernando Martín was born on March 25, 1962 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain. He died on December 3, 1989 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

37. Falco

Soundtrack | Pineapple Express

He was born as Johann Hölzel in Vienna, but was mostly called "Hans". Very young, he was considered as a new Mozart and decided to have a musical career. He started playing the bass guitar in local bands such as "Drahdiwaberl" or "The Hallucination Company". Around that time he changed his name to ...

38. Jessica Falkholt

Actress | Mystery Road

Jessica Falkholt was born on May 15, 1988 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Mystery Road (2018), Harmony (2018) and Underbelly (2008). She died on January 17, 2018 in St. George Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

39. Janet Gaynor

Actress | A Star Is Born

Janet Gaynor was born Laura Gainor on October 6, 1906, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. As a child, she & her parents moved to San Francisco, California, where she graduated from high school in 1923. She then moved to Los Angeles where she enrolled in a secretarial school. She got a job at a shoe ...

40. Giuliano Gemma

Actor | Il gattopardo

Giuliano Gemma was born in Rome on 2 September 1938, grew up in Reggio Emilia but returned to Rome with his parents in 1944. While he was playing on the grass he found a WW II bomb that exploded and today the signs of injury are still visible on his face. He played many sports in his life including...

41. Terry Glenn

Self | The NFL on CBS

Terry Glenn was born on July 23, 1974 in Columbus, Ohio, USA. He died on November 20, 2017 in Dallas, Texas, USA.

42. Kirby Grant

Actor | Gunman's Code

As a child, Kirby received a scholarship to the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago. Kirby won the scholarship as a violinist and singer, but he also dabbled as a sculptor. He would play a violinist in the film, I Dream Too Much (1935), which starred Henry Fonda. While his movie career was ...

43. David Halberstam

Writer | Rowing Through

David Halberstam was born on April 10, 1934 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Rowing Through (1996), The Fifties (1997) and In the Year of the Pig (1968). He was married to Jean Sandness Butler and Elzbieta Czyzewska. He died on April 23, 2007 in Menlo Park, California, ...

44. Charles Hallahan

Actor | Dante's Peak

Beefy, Philadelphia-born Charles Hallahan was often cast as cops, both good and bad, mainly because the map of Ireland was written all over his face. A graduate of Rutgers University, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Temple University in his hometown. After spending some time in regional...

45. Joi Harris

Stunts | Deadpool 2

Joi Harris was born on December 11, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Joi is known for Deadpool 2 (2018). Joi died on August 14, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

46. Wei-Lun Hsu

Actress | Heung joh chow heung yau chow

Wei-Lun Hsu was born on November 13, 1978 in Taipei, Taiwan. She was an actress, known for Turn Left, Turn Right (2003), Meteor Garden (2001) and Express Boy (2005). She died on January 28, 2007 in Taichung, Taiwan.

47. Edwin Jackson

Self | The NFL on CBS

Edwin Jackson was born on December 19, 1991 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. He died on February 4, 2018 in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.

48. Claudia Jennings

Actress | The Unholy Rollers

Born Mary Eileen "Mimi" Chesterton (nicknamed Mimi by her friends and family) in St. Paul, Minnesota, titian beauty Claudia Jennings was raised in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In 1966, she moved to Evanston, Illinois, the first suburb north of Chicago just south of the Wisconsin state line, where she ...

49. Sylvester Ritter

Actor | WWWF Championship Wrestling

The man who would eventually become known as the Junk Yard Dog was born on December 13, 1953, in Wadesboro, North Carolina. He played football & wrestled in high school and was drafted by the Houston Oilers in 1975 after graduating from Fayetville State University, but was cut after blowing out his...

50. Grace Kelly

Actress | Dial M for Murder

On November 12, 1929, Grace Patricia Kelly was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to wealthy parents. Her girlhood was uneventful for the most part, but one of the things she desired was to become an actress which she had decided on at an early age. After her high school graduation in 1947, Grace ...

51. Sam Kinison

Actor | Back to School

Sam Kinison was a popular stand-up comedian from Yakima, Washington, mainly active in the 1980s and the early 1990s. He also had a few acting roles in film and television. His only recurring role was that of Hugh, the main character's alter ego in the short-lived sitcom "Charlie Hoover" (1991). The...

52. Ernie Kovacs

Actor | Bell Book and Candle

Author, actor, comedian, composer and producer. He was educated at the New York School of Theatre, and received the Sylvania Television Award. Joining the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1957, he composed a number of songs and themes, a number of which were used in ...

53. Sammi Kane Kraft

Actress | Bad News Bears

Sammi Kane Kraft was born on April 2, 1992 in Livingston, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress, known for Bad News Bears (2005), Today (1952) and Help Her Live (2022). She died on October 9, 2012 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

54. Juscelino Kubitschek

Self | Belo Horizonte

Juscelino Kubitschek was born on September 12, 1902 in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. He died on August 22, 1976 in Resende, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

55. Leah LaBelle

Actress | Leah LaBelle: Sexify

Leah LaBelle, born Leah Vladowski on 8 September 1986 in Toronto, Canada, was the only child of Troshan and Anastasia Vladowski. Troshan and Anastasia, musicians and immigrants to the United States, defected from communist Bulgaria during a tour of Western Europe in 1979 at the height of success ...

56. Pelle Lindbergh

Actor | Lämna mej inte ensam

Was most noted for being goalkeeper with the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey club from 1981-85. Won Vezina Trophy (awarded to the NHL's top goaltender) for 1984-85 season. Also was starting goalie for Swedish national hockey team in 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY, USA, helping that team win...

57. Desmond Llewelyn

Actor | GoldenEye

Desmond Llewelyn was born in South Wales in 1914, the son of a coal mining engineer. In high school, he worked as a stagehand in the school's productions and then picked up sporadic small parts. His family would not give up their effort to prevent him from a life on stage, so an uncle who was a ...

58. Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes

Soundtrack | Captain Marvel

Controversial, flamboyant, and spontaneous are probably the best words to describe Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. Born in Philadelphia, and raised throughout the world as the daughter of a U.S. Army serviceman, Lisa Lopes became one of the most important trendsetters in the 1990s music scene. After ...

59. Linda Lovelace

Actress | Deep Throat

Linda Lovelace, the most famous porn star of all time, was born Linda Boreman in 1949. In the late 1960s she began a relationship with Chuck Traynor and eventually married him. She appeared in eight 8mm hardcore fetish loops, including one in which she had sex with a dog. She is most well known for...

60. Jayne Mansfield

Actress | The Girl Can't Help It

One of the leading sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, film actress Jayne Mansfield was born Vera Jayne Palmer on April 19, 1933 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, the only child of Vera J. (nee Palmer; later Peers) and Herbert W. Palmer. Her parents were well-to-do, with her father a successful attorney ...

61. Theodore Marcuse

Actor | Harum Scarum

One of the memorable purveyors of screen villainy in the '60s, Theo graduated with a B.A. and M.A. in classical literature from Stanford University and was at one time artist-in-residence. The son of fur designer Theodore Meyer Marcuse (1893-1983), he served with distinction as a lieutenant aboard ...

62. Joseph A. Marella

Actor | WWE Monday Night RAW

Joseph A. Marella was born on February 28, 1963 in Willingboro, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for WWE Raw (1993), Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) and No Holds Barred (1989). He died on July 4, 1994 in Burlington, New Jersey, USA.

63. Nathaniel Marston

Actor | One Life to Live

Nathaniel Marston was born on July 9, 1975 in Sharon, Connecticut, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for One Life to Live (1968), The Craft (1996) and As the World Turns (1956). He was married to Rita Bias. He died on November 11, 2015 in Reno, Nevada, USA.

64. Tareque Masud

Writer | Matir Moina

Tareque Masud was born in Nurpur Village of Faridpur District in Bangladesh. At an early age he was sent off to madrassa (Islamic school) by his deeply religious father. He studied in the madrassa system until 1971, when the upheaval brought about by the 9-month Liberation War interrupted his ...

65. Justin Mentell

Actor | G-Force

Justin Mentell was born on December 16, 1982 in Austin, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for G-Force (2009), Boston Legal (2004) and 5-25-77 (2008). He died on February 1, 2010 in Blanchardville, Wisconsin, USA.

66. Cara McCollum

Self | The 2014 Miss America Pageant

Cara McCollum was born on February 6, 1992 in Forrest City, Arkansas, USA. She died on February 22, 2016 in Camden, New Jersey, USA.

67. Soledad Miranda

Actress | Eugénie

Soledad Miranda was a Spanish actress who appeared in many films in the 1960s. Her remarkable beauty and her tragic untimely death make her story the stuff of legend. She was born on July 9, 1943 in Seville, Spain. She started her career when only eight years old as a flamenco dancer and singer. ...

68. Margaret Mitchell

Writer | Gone with the Wind

Margaret Mitchell was an American historical novelist and a journalist. She published only one completed novel in her lifetime, "Gone with the Wind" (1936), which covered a woman's struggle for survival through the American Civil War and the Reconstruction Era. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for ...

69. Tom Mix

Actor | Dick Turpin

The son of a lumberman, Tom Mix joined the army as a young man and was an artillery sergeant during the Philippine campaign from 1898 to 1901, though he never saw action. In fact, Mix deserted from the army and carefully kept the facts about his military service a closely guarded secret. About 1903...

70. Carlos Monzón

Actor | Soñar, soñar

Argentina's Carlos Monzon was one, if not the, greatest middleweight boxing champions in fistic history. Born in poverty, he was discovered in the famed Luna Park Gym by trainer Amilicar Brussa, who molded the "skinniest" 6 feet 2 incher in the world into a lethal fighting machine. Monzon developed...

71. Peggy Moran

Actress | The Mummy's Hand

Mary Jeanette Moran was born in Clinton, Iowa. The daughter of Louise Moran, a dancer with the famous Denishawn Dancers, and the celebrated artist Earl Moran, whose paintings graced many a barracks wall during World War II. One of Earl's favorite models was Norma Jean Baker, who later changed her ...

72. F.W. Murnau

Director | Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

F.W. Murnau was a German film director. He was greatly influenced by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Shakespeare and Ibsen plays he had seen at the age of 12, and became a friend of director Max Reinhardt. During World War I he served as a company commander at the eastern front and was in the German air ...

73. Alan J. Pakula

Producer | Sophie's Choice

Alan J. Pakula was an American film director, writer and producer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Picture for To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Best Director for All the President's Men (1976) and Best Adapted Screenplay for Sophie's Choice (1982).

He also directed Presumed Innocent (...

74. George S. Patton

Self | Nazi Concentration Camps

George S. Patton III was a highly successful and highly controversial general who held Corps- and Army-level commands during World War II. Because of his great competence as a battlefield commander, Patton might have led the American troops during the invasion of Normandy; however, his impolitic ...

75. AJ Perez

Actor | Cinco

AJ Perez was born on February 17, 1993 in the Philippines. He was an actor, known for Cinco (2010), Boystown (2009) and She-Wolf: The Last Sentinel (2008). He died on April 17, 2011 in San Julian, Moncada, Tarlac, Philippines.

76. Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya

Music_department | Jaatishwar

Kalika Prasad Bhattacharya was born in Silchar, Assam, India. He was a composer and actor, known for The Reincarnate (2014), Bhuban Majhi (2017) and Moner Manush (2010). He was married to Ritacheta Goswami. He died on March 7, 2017 in Gurap, West Bengal, India.

77. June Preisser

Actress | Murder in the Blue Room

Best known at MGM for giving young Judy Garland competition over the attentions of Mickey Rooney in a couple of their famous let's-put-on-a-show musical films, this dimpled blonde cream puff was first and foremost an acrobatic dancer and contortionist. June Preisser was born in New Orleans in 1920,...

78. Valérie Quennessen

Actress | Conan the Barbarian

Valerie Quennessen became an actress almost by accident. She started out performing as a child as an acrobat. She was very accomplished in this field and won an award at the age of ten. However, she hadn't seriously considered performing for a living. In her late teens, she enrolled in acting ...

79. J.C. Quinn

Actor | Maximum Overdrive

J.C. Quinn was born on November 30, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Maximum Overdrive (1986), The Abyss (1989) and Days of Thunder (1990). He died on February 10, 2004 in Mexico.

80. Jocelyn Quivrin

Actor | 99 francs

Jocelyn Quivrin was born on February 14, 1979 in Dijon, Côte-d'Or, France. He was an actor and writer, known for 99 Francs (2007), Syriana (2005) and LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2008). He was married to Alice Taglioni. He died on November 15, 2009 in Saint-Cloud, Hauts-de-Seine, France.

81. Joe Ranft

Writer | The Brave Little Toaster

Joseph Ranft was an American writer, voice actor, animator, storyboard artist and magician. He worked for Disney and Pixar. He worked on The Lion King, The Brave Little Toaster, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Cars, Monsters, Inc and Finding Nemo. He voiced in the many films he worked on, notably as ...

82. Natina Reed

Actress | Bring It On

Natina Reed was born on October 28, 1980 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress and composer, known for Bring It On (2000), Honey (2003) and V.I.P. (1998). She died on October 26, 2012 in Duluth, Georgia, USA.

83. Wolfgang Reitherman

Director | The AristoCats

Wolfgang Reitherman was a German-born American animator who was one of Disney's Nine Old Men.

He began working for Disney in 1933, along with future Disney legends Ward Kimball and Milt Kahl. The three worked together on a number of classic Disney shorts.

Reitherman directed several Disney animated ...

84. Dar Robinson

Stunts | To Live and Die in L.A.

One of the modern US cinema's greatest stuntmen and stunt innovators, Dar Robinson only appeared in a relatively small number of films compared to other stuntmen (before losing his life in an off-set motorcycle accident); however, he set new benchmarks in stunt performances.

Robinson first appeared ...

85. Hansford Rowe

Actor | Dante's Peak

Hansford Rowe was born on May 12, 1924 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor, known for Dante's Peak (1997), V: The Final Battle (1984) and Three Days of the Condor (1975). He was married to Janice Solomon, Ales Elizabeth Jackson, Zilpha Eloise Swan and Mirasol M Angeles. He died on September...

86. Ted Rusoff

Actor | The Passion of the Christ

Canadian-born voice actor Ted Rusoff gave voice (usually uncredited) to hundreds of Italian films as one of the most prolific voiceover artists of his time. The son of screenwriter Lou Rusoff and nephew to B-movie titan Samuel Z. Arkoff, Rusoff got his start in showbusiness as a singer, ...

87. Frank Ryan

Face/Off

Ryan was born in Toledo, Ohio, the son of Mary Kate Ryan (nee Manion), a registered nurse, and Frank Harry Ryan, a bookkeeper, who died when Ryan was three. He was raised Catholic. He attended art classes at the Toledo Museum of Art.

Ryan graduated from St. Francis de Sales High School in 1978, ...

88. Keiji Sada

Actor | Anata kaimasu

Keiji Sada was born on December 9, 1926 in Kyoto City, Japan. He was an actor and producer, known for I Will Buy You (1956), Taifû sôdôki (1956) and Good Morning (1959). He died on August 17, 1964 in Nirazaki, Japan.

89. Gaetano Scirea

Self | XII FIFA World Cup 1982

Gaetano Scirea was an Italian football player who is considered one of the greatest defenders of all-time. Scirea is one of only five players in European football history to have won all international trophies for football clubs recognized by UEFA and FIFA. Scirea is also one of only nine players ...

90. Larisa Shepitko

Director | Voskhozhdenie

Larisa Shepitko was born on January 6, 1938 in Bakhmut, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Bakhmut, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine]. She was a director and writer, known for The Ascent (1977), Heat (1963) and You and Me (1971). She was married to Elem Klimov. She died on July 2, 1979 in near Redkino, Kalinin Oblast...

91. Sheng Fu

Actor | Jue dai shuang jiao

Born Chang Fu-Sheng to a wealthy family on October 20th, 1954, in Hong Kong. His English adopted name was Alexander. He was the ninth of 11 siblings. He was considered his father's favorite. Unlike the rest of his family, he showed little interest in academic and had no desire to try his hand in ...

92. Trinidad Silva

Actor | The Jerk

Trinidad Silva was born on January 30, 1950 in Mission, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Jerk (1979), Colors (1988) and UHF (1989). He was married to Sofia Alvarez. He died on July 31, 1988 in Whittier, California, USA.

93. Bob Simon

Self | 60 Minutes

Bob Simon was born on May 29, 1941 in Bronx, New York, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for 60 Minutes (1968), 60 Minutes II (1999) and CSI: NY (2004). He was married to Françoise. He died on February 11, 2015 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.

94. Bessie Smith

Soundtrack | Angel Heart

Bessie Smith was born on April 15, 1894 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. She was an actress, known for Angel Heart (1987), Water for Elephants (2011) and Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004). She was married to Jack Gee. She died on September 26, 1937 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA.

95. Kiwako Taichi

Actress | Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake

Kiwako Taichi was born on December 2, 1943 in Tokyo, Japan. She was an actress, known for Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976), Bad Reputation: Turf Wars (1974) and Bullet Wound (1969). She died on October 13, 1992 in Ito, Shizuoka, Japan.

96. Thuy Trang

Actress | Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

Thuy Trang was born on December 14th of 1973 in Saigon, Vietnam. After the fall of Saigon in 1975 to Communist forces, her father who had fought in the Vietnam War, traveled to the United States to seek political asylum. However, his entire family, unable to follow, were left behind.

In 1979, Thuy ...

97. Paul Walker

Actor | The Fast and the Furious

Paul William Walker IV was born in Glendale, California. He grew up together with his brothers, Caleb and Cody, and sisters, Ashlie and Amie. Their parents, Paul William Walker III, a sewer contractor, and Cheryl (Crabtree) Walker, a model, separated around September 2004. His grandfather, William ...

98. Dottie West

Actress | The Aurora Encounter

Dottie West was one of country music's greatest female stars for 30 years. Her career began in 1959 when she made her first recording for Starday Records. She first made the national charts in 1963 and the following year had a blockbuster country hit with "Here Comes My Baby Back Again" which would...

99. Clarence White

Soundtrack | Two-Lane Blacktop

Clarence White was born on June 7, 1944 in Lewiston, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for Two-Lane Blacktop (1971), Cal's Corral (1959) and The Farmer's Other Daughter (1965). He died on July 15, 1973 in Palmdale, California, USA.

100. Gunpei Yokoi

Producer | Metoroido

Gunpei Yokoi was born on September 10, 1941 in Kyoto, Japan. He was a producer and writer, known for Metroid (1986), Super Metroid (1994) and Metroid II: Return of Samus (1991). He died on October 4, 1997 in Neagarimachi, Ishikawa, Japan.