1927 Johnnie Ray - Singer (Cry, Please, Mr. Sun, The Little White Cloud That Cried)

I remember him being quite the rage and he was always featured on some TV variety show or another. I never cared for his voice even when I was a kid.

1961 Dashiel Hammett - US author (The Maltese Falcon, The Thin Man, The Adventures of Sam Spade, The Dain Curse) He was a former detective with the Pinkerton Agency in San Francisco. His realistic writing style was later called "hard-boiled", and his work influenced a generation of crime writers

And, aren't we glad it did?