Sam Simon

Comedy writer and producer; co-creator of "The Simpsons" -- via CNN.

Lloyd Fonvielle

Screenwriter, novelist, essayist, and writer - via the Hollywood Reporter.

Gerald Sim

Actor -- via the Guardian.

Sarah Foot

Journalist and writer -- via the Telegraph.

Skip Bey

Drummer -- via narkive.com.

Jimmy "Spider" Wilson

Guitarist -- via the Tennessean.

Patricia Norris

Costume designer -- via Variety.

Vlada Divljan

Singer and songwriter -- via B92.

Jim McCann

Musician -- via Sky News.

Robert G. Dean

Coastal engineer -- via the New York Times.

Charlotte Spiegel

Created Window Guard program, saving thousands of children's lives -- via the New York Times.

Mal Peet

Children's author and illustrator -- via the Guardian.

Dennis Barker

Journalist and obituarist -- via the Guardian.

George Motoi

Actor -- via news-round.com.

Harve Bennett

TV and film writer and producer -- via the New York Times. AKA Harvard Bennett Fischman. He is best known for reinvigorating the "Star Trek" franchise with his scripts and producing work. He created the Star Trek films II through V. He also created memorable series and works such as "The Mod Squad," "Rich Man, Poor Man," "Th Bionic Woman," "The Six Million Dollar Man," and a good TV adapatatin of "From Here to Eternity." As a child, he was once a rather famous Quiz Kid -- a radio show in which precocious children answered difficult questions.

Brian Carman

Guitarist -- via the L.A. Times. Co-write the hit song "Pipeline."

Lynn Borden

Actress, singer, and artist -- via legacy.com. AKA Lynn Freyse.

Bando Mitsugoro X

Kabuki actor -- via ajw.asahi.com. AKA Hisashi Morita. Kabuki actors traditionally take the name of their father or mentor, preserving it for generations.

Francisco Gonzalez Ledesma

Journalist, humorist, and novelist -- via antena3.com. Pen name: Silver Kane.

Albert Maysles

Filmmaker -- via the New York Times. With his brother David and alone, he created some of the most influential documentaries in American history -- among them "Salesman," "Gimme Shelter," and "Grey Gardens." He made technical improvements, especially with sync sound, that allowed him to shoot "fly on the wall"-style observational films. Most of all, he had the sense when to shoot, and how to keep people relaxed.

Alex Baum

Advocate of cycling -- via the L.A. Times.

Ezra Laderman

Composer -- via the New York Times.

Dwight Grell

Balletomane -- via the L.A. Times.

Christopher Morris

Organist -- via the Telegraph.

Len Shelley

Artist -- via the Guardian.

Daniel von Bargen

Actor -- via the Hollywood Reporter. His range was much broader than his usual assignments of authority figures -- he could do comedy, horror, drama, and so forth!

Richard Finnell

Drummer for Shiva's Headband and later, journalist -- via music.blog.austin360.com.

Kenneth Moore

A medic who treated all wounded during WWII -- via the Independent.

Jeff McKnight

Former MLB player -- via the New York Daily News.

Alex Johnson

Former MLB player -- via ESPN.

Tod Dockstader

Composer -- via Pitchfork.

Rosa Novell

Actress -- via wn.com. AKA Maria Rosa Novell Clausells.

Barry Newbery

Production designer; most prolific designer in "Doctor Who" history (1963-1984) -- via kasterborous.com.

Braulio Castillo

Actor -- via El Nuevo Dia. AKA Braulio Castillo Cintron.

Robert Saloschin

Lawyer who figured out how to desegregate interstate bus travel, aiding the Freedom Riders -- via the Washington Post.

Graeme Goodall

Sound engineer, music producer, sound studio builder -- via the Jamaica Observer. Recorded the Wailers, the Skatalites, Desmond Dekker, and many more. His remix of "Israelites" was the key to its big success.

Malcom Boyd

Priest, poet, and gay-rights activist -- via the L.A. Times.

Charmayne "Maxee" Maxwell

Singer with R & B trio Brownstone -- via the L.A. Times.

Orrin Keepnews

Jazz writer and producer -- via the New York Times.

Carel Visser

Sculptor -- via kunstmarkt.com.

Avjit Roy

Writer and blogger -- via the New York Times.

William Thomas McKinley

Composer -- via the New York Times.

June Randall

Script supervisor extraordinaire -- via the Telegraph. She ensured continuity, and much more, for projects as diverse as the Bond series, and those of director Stanley Kubrick.

James "Jimsy" Boudwin

Child actor and later, psychiatrist -- via legacy.com.

Yasar Kemal

Writer -- via the BBC.