Quincy Jones (1933–2024), legendary music producer

Quincy Jones was a noted jazz musician, film composer, and one of the greatest music producers of the 20th century, working with Frank Sinatra (1915–1998), Dinah Washington (1924–1963), Michael Jackson (1958–2009), and other top musicians.

Sandra Milo (1933–2024), star of Fellini’s 8½ 

Sandra Milo was an Italian actress best known for her roles in “8½” and “Juliet of the Spirits,” both of which won Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress awards.

Léa Garcia (1933–2023), Brazilian actress in Black Orpheus

Léa Garcia was a Brazilian actress best known for the Academy Award-winning 1959 film “Black Orpheus.” 

Gloria McMillan (1933–2022), “Our Miss Brooks” star

Gloria McMillan was an actress best known for starring as Harriet Conklin in the radio, TV sitcom, and film versions of “Our Miss Brooks.”

Ralph Emery (1933–2022), country music DJ and TV host

Ralph Emery was a disc jockey on WSM radio as well as the host of “Nashville Now” and “Ralph Emery Live.”

Dave Frishberg (1933–2021), “Schoolhouse Rock” songwriter

Dave Frishberg was a pianist and songwriter who composed “I’m Just a Bill” and other songs for “Schoolhouse Rock.”

Lloyd Price (1933–2021), R&B pioneer known for “Personality,” “Lawdy Miss Clawdy”

Lloyd Price was one of the great R&B stars of the 1950s and ‘60s, known for hits including “Personality” and “Lawdy Miss Clawdy.”

Darold Treffert (1933–2020), autism researcher who consulted on “Rain Man”

Darold Treffert was a psychiatrist whose pioneering research helped us better understand autism and savant syndrome.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020), influential U.S. Supreme Court justice

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, the second woman and the first Jewish woman appointed to the court in U.S. history.

Joe Ruby (1933–2020), Scooby-Doo co-creator

Joe Ruby was an animator who was the co-creator of the iconic cartoon character Scooby-Doo.

Lee Mendelson (1933–2019), “Peanuts” TV specials producer

Lee Mendelson wasthe executive producer for the beloved cPeanutsc19 TV special,cCharlie Brown Christmas.c19 He also producedcItc19s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,c19 cA Charlie Brown Thanksgivingc19 and more than 50 other animated TV specials. Outside of cPeanuts,c19 he oversaw the cGarfieldc19 and cCathyc19 animated TV specials. Mendelson decided to hire jazz musician Vince Guaraldi to create music for cCharlie Brown Christmasc19 and he co-wrote the lyrics for the timeless song in that special, cChristmas Time Is Here.c19

Richard Williams (1933–2019), “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” animator

Won an Oscar for best visual effects for his work on the film.

Unita Blackwell (1933–2019), civil rights activist was advisor to seven presidents

Unita Blackwell was a civil rights activist who rose from an early life as a sharecropper to become an advisor to seven presidents and the first black woman mayor in Mississippi.

Lee Radziwill (1933–2019), stylish sister of Jackie Kennedy

Lee Radziwill (born Caroline Lee Bouvier) was the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, she was a known style icon, and at one time was a Princess. One of her three marriages was to Polish Prince Stanislaw Radziwill, They had two children, Prince Anthony and Princess Anna Christina, before divorcing in 1974. Radziwill had a passion for the arts such as painting and dance, and she was at one time an actress, starring in the TV movie version of “Laura” in 1968.

Philip Roth (1933 – 2018), Award-winning novelist

Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to the elegiac lyricism of "American Pastoral," died Tuesday night, according to the Associated Press. He was 85.

Sergio Pitol (1933 – 2018), celebrated Mexican author

Known for "The Magician of Vienna" and "Mephisto's Waltz"…