Stanley B. Prusiner
born 1942 American neurologist and biochemist
Cloris Leachman
1926–2021 American actress and comedian
Corey Taylor
born 1973 American musician
Bill Bryson
born 1951 American-British author
Brandon Routh
born 1979 American actor
Joey Jordison
1975–2021 American musician
India Summer
born 1975 American pornographic actress
Jim Inhofe
1934–2024 United States Senator from Oklahoma
Caitlin Clark
born 2002 American basketball player
Ashley Hinson
born 1983 American politician
Farrah Franklin
born 1981 American R&B singer
Halston
1932–1990 American fashion designer
Gregory Alan Williams
born 1956 American actor, author
Natasha Kaiser-Brown
born 1967 American track sprinter
Arthur Wahl
1917–2006 American chemist
Stephen Stucker
1947–1986 American actor
Anders Colsefni
born 1972 American singer
Kevin Little
born 1968 American sprinter
Donnie Steele
born 1967 American guitarist
David Anthony Higgins
born 1961 American actor
William H. Riker
1920–1993 American political scientist
Darren Daye
born 1960 American basketball player
Fred L. Turner
1933–2013 American businessman
Gerald Eugene Wilkerson
born 1939 American bishop
Hurl Beechum
born 1973 American basketball player
Matt Bullard
born 1967 American basketball player
Miranda Leek
born 1993 American archer
Phoebe Omlie
1902–1975 American aviator
Roger E. Olson
born 1952 American theologian
Mahlon DeLong
1938–2024 American neurologist
Sondra van Ert
born 1964 American alpine skier
Steve Higgins
born 1963 American actor and writer
Bangladesh
born 1978 American record producer
Zach Stoppelmoor
born 1999 American speed skater
Johnny Gosch
1969–1982 American missing child
Kate Elliott
born 1958 American writer
Lance Norris
born 1962 American actor
Matt McCoy
born 1966 American politician
Michael Annett
1986–2025 American racing driver
Steve Bartkowski
born 1952 American football player
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AT Abel Trujillo
born 1983 American mixed martial artist
Amy Namowitz Worthen
born 1946 American artist, printmaking historian, curator
Dick Dearden
1938–2019 American politician
Rob Johnson
born 1988 American politician in Iowa
Rory Freeman
born 1968 American reality television participant
Ann Weisgarber
American author
Craig Canine
American science writer
Daniel Khalastchi
born 1980 Iraqi Jewish American poet and creative writing teacher
Henry Scholte Nollen
1866–1942 September 26, 1866–April 24, 1942
Jordan Weber
born 1984 American installation artist
Lettie Prell
Science fiction writer
Olivia Valentine
born 1979 American visual artist, professor
Rebecca Schweitzer
American writer
Rick Christman
American author from Wisconsin
Terri Lynn Clark
1959–2020 Early victim of the COVID-19 pandemic
Vicky Zimmer
1920–2001 Jazz musician