Category: Featured Connections Archive 2020

Categories: Featured Connections Archive

All the profiles in this category were featured in the Connection Finder in 2020.

• August 19: Aviation Pioneers
• August 26: Thriller Novelists
• September 2: Harlem Renaissance
• September 9: Rum Rebellion
• September 16: TV and Film Detectives
• September 23: Romantic Composers
• Sepetmber 30: Hamilton (musical)
• October 7: US Supreme Court Justices
• October 14: Mars Sci Fi Authors
• October 21: Nobel Prize Winning Scientists
• October 28: Dracula on the Screen
• November 4: US Presidents
• November 11: World War I Heroes
• November 18: James Bond
• November 25: First Thanksgiving
• December 2: Rock Stars
• December 9: Newspaper Founders
• December 16: Remarkable Aviators
• December 23: Christmas Crooners
• December 30: Game Show Hosts

A

John Adams 30 Oct 1735 Braintree, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 04 Jul 1826

William Aitken 25 May 1879 Maple, Ontario, Canada - 09 Jun 1964

Mary (Allerton) Cushman abt 1617 Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden - 28 Nov 1699

Christine Amphlett 25 Oct 1959 Geelong, Victoria, Australia - 21 Apr 2013

Marian Anderson 27 Feb 1897 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 08 Apr 1993

Orvon Autry 29 Sep 1907 Tioga, Grayson, Texas, United States - 02 Oct 1998

B

Joan (Bader) Ginsburg 15 Mar 1933 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 18 Sep 2020

Albert Ball 14 Aug 1896 Lenton, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England - 07 May 1917

Vlad (Basarab) of Wallachia abt Nov 1431 Segesvár, Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary - bef 10 Jan 1477

Romare Bearden abt 02 Sep 1911 Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States - 12 Mar 1988

Antoine Henri Becquerel 15 Dec 1852 Paris, Seine, France - 24 Aug 1908

Vida (Berry) Jowett 08 Feb 1893 Waimangaroa, West Coast, New Zealand - 01 Jun 1982

Nancy (Bird) Walton 16 Oct 1915 Kew, New South Wales, Australia - 13 Jan 2009

William Bishop 08 Feb 1894 Owen Sound, Grey, Ontario, Canada - 11 Sep 1956

Bela (Blaskó) Lugosi 20 Oct 1882 Lugos, Kingdom of Hungary, - 16 Aug 1956

Louis Blériot 01 Jul 1872 Cambrai, Nord, France - 01 Aug 1936

William Bligh 09 Sep 1754 Plymouth, Devon, England - 07 Dec 1817

Niels Bohr 07 Oct 1885 Garnisons Sogn, Copenhagen, Danmark - 18 Nov 1962

John Bonham 31 May 1948 Redditch, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom - 25 Sep 1980

Arnaud Bontemps 13 Oct 1902 Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States - 04 Jun 1973

Ray Bradbury 22 Aug 1920 Waukegan, Illinois, United States - 05 Jun 2012

William Bradford bef 19 Mar 1590 Austerfield, Yorkshire, England - 09 May 1657

Johannes Brahms 07 May 1833 Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt, Deutscher Bund - 03 Apr 1897

Louis Brandeis 13 Nov 1856 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 05 Oct 1941

John Buchan 26 Aug 1875 Perth, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1940

Aaron Burr 06 Feb 1756 Newark, Essex, New Jersey - 14 Sep 1836

Raymond Burr 21 May 1917 New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada - 12 Sep 1993

Edgar Burroughs 01 Sep 1875 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 19 Mar 1950

George Bush 12 Jun 1924 Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States - 30 Nov 2018

C

Cabell Calloway 25 Dec 1907 Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States - 18 Nov 1994

Richmond Carradine 05 Feb 1906 Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 27 Nov 1988

Raymond Chandler 23 Jul 1888 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA - 26 Mar 1959

Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin 01 Mar 1810 Żelazowa Wola, Sochaczew, Poland - 17 Oct 1849

Fletcher Christian bef 25 Sep 1764 Moreland Close, Brigham, Cumberland, England - 20 Sep 1793

Richard Clark 30 Nov 1929 Mount Vernon, New York, United States - 18 Apr 2012

Arthur Clarke 16 Dec 1917 Minehead, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 19 Mar 2008

Rosemary Clooney 23 May 1928 Maysville, Mason, Kentucky, United States - 29 Jun 2002

Elizabeth Coleman 26 Jan 1892 Atlanta, Cass, Texas, United States - 30 Apr 1926

Nathaniel (Coles) Cole 17 Mar 1919 Montgomery, Alabama, United States - 15 Feb 1965

William Collins 08 Jan 1824 Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom - 23 Sep 1889

Thomas Connery 25 Aug 1930 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland - 31 Oct 2020

John Coolidge 04 Jul 1872 Plymouth Notch, Windsor, Vermont, United States - 05 Jan 1933

Dino (Crocetti) Martin 07 Jun 1917 Steubenville, Jefferson, Ohio, United States - 25 Dec 1995

Harry Crosby 03 May 1903 Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States - 14 Oct 1977

William Cullen 18 Feb 1920 Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, USA - 07 Jul 1990

Arthur (Curry) Currie 05 Dec 1875 Strathroy, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada - 30 Nov 1933

D

Alexandre (Davy de la Pailleterie) Dumas 24 Jul 1802 Villers-Cotterêts, Aisne, France - 05 Dec 1870

Charles de Gaulle 22 Nov 1890 Lille, Nord, France - 09 Nov 1970

Élisa Deroche 22 Aug 1882 Paris IV, Seine, France - 18 Jul 1919

Philip Dick 16 Dec 1928 Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States - 02 Mar 1982

William Douglas 16 Oct 1898 Minnesota, United States - 19 Jan 1980

Marguerite Durand 24 Jan 1864 Paris VIII, Seine, France - 16 Mar 1936

Antonín Dvořák 08 Sep 1841 Nelahozeves, České království, Rakouské císařství - 01 May 1904

E

Amelia Earhart 24 Jul 1897 Santa Fe, Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States - 02 Jul 1937

Dwight Eisenhower 14 Oct 1890 Denison, Grayson, Texas, United States - 28 Mar 1969

Edward Ellington 29 Apr 1899 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 24 May 1974

Allen (Ellsworth) Ludden 05 Oct 1917 Mineral Point, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States - 09 Jun 1981

F

Peter Falk 16 Sep 1927 New York City, New York, United States - 23 Jun 2011

Ella Fitzgerald 25 Apr 1917 Warwick, Virginia, United States - 15 Jun 1996

Alexander Fleming 06 Aug 1881 Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 1955

F cont.

Ian Fleming 28 May 1908 Mayfair, London, England, United Kingdom - 12 Aug 1964

Howard Florey 24 Sep 1898 Malvern, South Australia, Australia - 21 Feb 1968

Abraham Fortas 19 Jun 1910 Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee, United States - 05 Apr 1982

Otto Frank 12 May 1889 Frankfurt am Main, Hessen-Nassau, Preußen, Deutsches Reich - 19 Aug 1980

G

Joseph Gomer 20 Jun 1920 Iowa Falls, Hardin, Iowa, United States - 10 Oct 2013

Edvard Grieg 15 Jun 1843 Bergen, Norway - 04 Sep 1907

H

Alexander Hamilton 11 Jan 1757 Charlestown, Nevis, British West Indies - 12 Jul 1804

Samuel Hammett 27 May 1894 St. Mary's, Maryland, United States - 10 Jan 1961

George (Hannover) Hanover 24 May 1738 St James's Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England - 29 Jan 1820

Arthur Harris 13 Apr 1892 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England - 05 Apr 1984

Rutger Oelsen Hauer 23 Jan 1944 Breukelen, Utrecht, Nederland - 19 Jul 2019

Clayton (Heermance) Collyer 18 Jun 1908 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 08 Sep 1969

Robert Heinlein 07 Jul 1907 Butler, Bates, Missouri, United States - 08 May 1988

Johnny Hendrix 27 Nov 1942 Seattle, King, Washington, United States - 18 Sep 1970

Peter Heywood 06 Jun 1772 Douglas, Isle of Man - 10 Feb 1831

Lars Hierta 23 Jan 1801 Uppsala, Sweden - 20 Nov 1872

Anthony Hillerman 27 May 1925 Sacred Heart, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma, United States - 26 Oct 2008

Herbert Hinkler 08 Dec 1892 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia - 07 Jan 1933

Gloria Holden 05 Sep 1903 Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom - 22 Mar 1991

Oliver Holmes 08 Mar 1841 Boston, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States - 06 Mar 1935

Lois (Hooker) Maxwell 14 Feb 1927 Kitchener, Ontario, Canada - 29 Sep 2007

James Hughes 01 Feb 1901 Joplin, Jasper County, Missouri, United States - 22 May 1967

John Huston 05 Aug 1906 Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States - 28 Aug 1987

Michael Hutchence 22 Jan 1960 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Nov 1997

I

Burl Ives 14 Jun 1909 Jasper, Illinois, United States - 14 Apr 1995

J

Thomas Jamison abt 1753 Co. Down, Ireland - 27 Jan 1811

John Jay 12 Dec 1745 Bedford, New York - 17 May 1829

George Johnston 19 Mar 1764 Annan, Dumfriesshire, Scotland - 05 Jan 1823

Janis Joplin 19 Jan 1943 Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States - 04 Oct 1970

K

John Kennedy 29 May 1917 Brookline, Massachusetts, United States of America - 22 Nov 1963

Henry Knox 25 Jul 1750 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 25 Oct 1806

L

John Laurens 28 Oct 1754 South Carolina - 27 Aug 1782

Thomas Laycock 1786 Bristol, Somerset, England - 07 Nov 1823

Christopher Lee 27 May 1922 Belgravia, London, England - 07 Jun 2015

John Lee 10 Jan 1908 Acton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 16 Jan 1981

Maria (Lewis) Mathieu 30 Mar 1768 New York City, New York County, New York Colony - 25 Mar 1828

Abraham Lincoln 12 Feb 1809 Sinking Spring Farm, Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky, United States - 15 Apr 1865

Franz Liszt 22 Oct 1811 Doborján, Magyar Királyság, Osztrák Császárság - 31 Jul 1886

Ivo Livi 13 Oct 1921 Monsummano Terme, Pistoia, Toscana, Italia - 09 Nov 1991

Desmond Llewelyn 12 Sep 1914 Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales - 19 Dec 1999

M

Edith Ngaio Marsh 23 Apr 1895 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand - 18 Feb 1982

Thoroughgood Marshall 02 Jul 1908 Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States - 24 Jan 1993

Julius Marx 02 Oct 1890 Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States - 19 Aug 1977

John (Mc Arthur) Macarthur bef 03 Sep 1767 Stoke Damerel, Devon, England - 11 Apr 1834

David McArtney 05 Apr 1951 Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand - 16 Apr 2013

Barbara McClintock 16 Jun 1902 Hartford, Connecticut, United States - 02 Sep 1992

Freda (McDonald) Baker 03 Jun 1906 St. Louis City, Missouri, United States of America - 12 Apr 1975

Alexander McMinn 28 Aug 1842 Dunlady, near Dundonald, County Down, Ireland - 22 Oct 1919

Fanny Zippora (Mendelssohn) Hensel 14 Nov 1805 Hamburg, Germany - 14 May 1847

James Mollison abt 19 Apr 1905 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 30 Oct 1959

John Monash 27 Jun 1865 West Melbourne, Victoria (Australia) - 08 Oct 1931

Roger Moore 14 Oct 1927 Stockwell, London, England, United Kingdom - 23 May 2017

Marie-Joseph (Motier) du Motier de La Fayette 06 Sep 1757 Château de Chavaniac, Saint-Georges d'Aurac, Auvergne, France - 20 May 1834

Priscilla (Mullins) Alden abt 1602 Dorking, Mole Valley, Surrey, England - 05 Feb 1680

N

John Narz 13 Nov 1922 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 15 Oct 2008

Horatio Nelson 29 Sep 1758 Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England - 21 Oct 1805

Leslie Nielsen 11 Feb 1926 Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada - 28 Nov 2010

James David Niven 01 Mar 1910 Belgrave Mansions, London, England - 29 Jul 1983

Alfred Bernhard Nobel 21 Oct 1833 Jakob och Johannes, Stockholm, Sverige - 10 Dec 1896

O

Adolph Ochs 12 Mar 1858 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States - 08 Apr 1935

Isaak (Ozimov) Asimov abt 02 Jan 1920 Petrovichi, Russia - 06 Apr 1992

P

Douglas Packer 03 Dec 1906 Kings Cross, New South Wales, Australia - 01 May 1974

Estelle Pankhurst 05 May 1882 Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 27 Sep 1960

Ivy May (Pearce) Hassard 10 Jun 1914 Ipswich, Queensland, Australia - 26 Apr 1998

Frederik Pohl 26 Nov 1919 New York City, New York County, New York, United States - 02 Sep 2013

Jean (Poiré) Poiret 17 Aug 1926 Paris XIV, Seine, France - 14 Mar 1992

Countee (Porter) Cullen abt 30 May 1903 Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States - 09 Jan 1946

Wiley Post 22 Nov 1898 Corinth, Van Zandt County, Texas, United States - 15 Aug 1935

József Pulitzer 10 Apr 1848 Makó, Kingdom of Austria-Hungary Empire - 29 Oct 1911

R

Philip Rathbone 13 Jun 1892 Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa - 21 Jul 1967

Ronald Reagan 06 Feb 1911 Tampico, Whiteside County, Illinois, United States - 05 Jun 2004

Manfred (Richthofen) von Richthofen 02 May 1892 Breslau, Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, Germany - 21 Apr 1918

Enid Rigg 20 Jul 1938 Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 10 Sep 2020

Charles Rolls 27 Aug 1877 Berkeley Square, London, England - 12 Jul 1910

Petrus Römer 02 Apr 1928 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland - 17 Jan 2012

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen 27 Mar 1845 Lennep, Rheinprovinz, Preußen, German Confederation - 10 Feb 1923

Maude Rose (Rubens) Bonney 20 Nov 1897 Pretoria, South Africa - 24 Feb 1994

Margaret Rutherford 11 May 1892 Balham, London, England - 22 May 1972

John (Ryan) Lord 30 Dec 1920 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 21 Jan 1998

S

Harold Sakata 01 Jul 1920 Holualoa, Hawaii, Hawaii Territory, United States - 29 Jul 1982

Antonin Scalia 11 Mar 1936 Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States - 13 Feb 2016

Ronald Scott 09 Jul 1946 Forfar, Angus, Scotland - 19 Feb 1980

Johan Julius Christian Sibelius 08 Dec 1865 Hämeenlinna, Suomi - 20 Sep 1957

Francis Sinatra 12 Dec 1915 Hoboken, New Jersey, United States - 14 May 1998

Maria (Skłodowska) Curie 07 Nov 1867 Warszawa, Warszawskie, Polska - 04 Jul 1934

George Soule abt 1601 Haarlem, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden - bef 22 Jan 1680

Myles Standish abt 1584 England - 03 Oct 1656

Robert Stevenson 13 Nov 1850 Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom - 03 Dec 1894

James Stewart 20 May 1908 Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States - 02 Jul 1997

Potter Stewart 23 Jan 1915 Jackson, Jackson, Michigan, United States - 07 Dec 1985

Julia Stimson 26 May 1881 Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States - 29 Sep 1948

Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi 16 Sep 1893 Budapest, Hungary - 22 Oct 1986

T

John Thaw 03 Jan 1942 Longsight, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Feb 2002

Elizabeth (Tilley) Howland bef 30 Aug 1607 Henlow, Bedfordshire, England - 21 Dec 1687

Nathan Toomer 26 Dec 1894 Washington, District of Columbia, United States - 30 Mar 1967

Joseph Trebek 22 Jul 1940 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada - 08 Nov 2020

Harry Truman 08 May 1884 Lamar, Barton, Missouri, United States - 26 Dec 1972

Aristotelis (Tsavalas) Savalas 21 Jan 1922 Bronx, New York, United States - 22 Jan 1994

U

Mary (Unknown) Brewster abt 1568 Scrooby, Nottinghamshire, England - 17 Apr 1627

V

Edward Lodewijk van Halen 26 Jan 1955 Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland - 06 Oct 2020

Ronald Van Zant 15 Jan 1948 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA - 20 Oct 1977

Jean-Baptiste (Vimeur) Vimeur de Rochambeau 01 Jul 1725 Vendôme, Orléanais, France - 12 May 1807

Kurt Vonnegut 11 Nov 1922 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. - 11 Apr 2007

Georg (Von Trapp) von Trapp 04 Apr 1880 Zara, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austria-Hungary - 30 May 1947

W

Wilhelm Richard Wagner 22 May 1813 Leipzig, Königreich Sachsen, Rheinbund - 13 Feb 1883

Massasoit Wampanoag abt 1577 Wampanoag Tribal Lands - 13 Sep 1661

George Washington 22 Feb 1732 Pope's Creek, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, British Empire - 14 Dec 1799

Noah Webster 16 Oct 1758 West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut - 28 May 1843

Joan (Weigall) Lindsay 16 Nov 1896 St Kilda East, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria - 23 Dec 1984

Herbert Wells 21 Sep 1866 Bromley, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 13 Aug 1946

D'Arcy Wentworth 14 Feb 1762 Portadown, Armagh, Ireland - 07 Jul 1827

Clara Josephine (Wieck) Schumann 13 Sep 1819 Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany - 20 May 1896

Edward Winslow 18 Oct 1595 Droitwich, Worcestershire, England - 08 May 1655

Orville Wright 19 Aug 1871 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States - 30 Jan 1948

Y

Charles Yeager 13 Feb 1923 Myra, Lincoln County, West Virginia, USA - 07 Dec 2020

Alvin York 13 Dec 1887 Pall Mall, Fentress County, Tennessee, United States - 02 Sep 1964

Z

Léon Zitrone 25 Nov 1914 Петроград, Россійская Имперія - 25 Nov 1995

Cornelia Zulver 07 Apr 1941 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 28 May 2018

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