Name Year of birth Year of death Description Devorah Baron [ 1] 1887 1956 Hebrew author, Reclusion 1922-1956 Syd Barrett [ 2] [ 3] 1946 2006 English singer-songwriter, former leader of the band Pink Floyd Marlon Brando [ 4] [ 5] 1924 2004 American actor Maria Callas [ 6] [ 7] 1923 1977 Greek opera singer Huguette Clark [ 8] [ 9] 1906 2011 American heiress and philanthropist John Deacon [ 10] 1951 English musician, songwriter and former member of the band Queen Emily Dickinson [ 11] [ 12] 1830 1886 American poet Steve Ditko [ 13] 1927 2018 American Comic Book illustrator, best known for being the first artist to draw Spider-Man . Eliza Emily Donnithorne [ 14] [ 15] 1826 1886 Australian eccentric, rumored model for Miss Havisham in Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Rod Evans [ 16] 1947 English singer who was the original lead singer of the band Deep Purple Bobby Fischer [ 17] [ 18] 1943 2008 American former world chess champion Greta Garbo [ 19] [ 20] [ 21] [ 22] 1905 1990 Swedish-American actress Margaret Clement [ 23] 1881 1952(?) Eccentric Australian pauper who sensationally disappeared under mysterious circumstances Glenn Gould [ 24] 1932 1982 Canadian pianist Alexander Grothendieck [ 25] [ 26] [ 27] 1928 2014 German-French mathematician Gene Hackman [ 28] 1930 2025 American actor Mark Hollis [ 29] 1955 2019 British singer, instrumentalist and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the band Talk Talk Howard Hughes [ 19] [ 30] 1905 1976 American business magnate, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist Ted Kaczynski [ 31] [ 32] 1942 2023 American domestic terrorist known as the Unabomber Harper Lee [ 33] 1926 2016 American author, wrote To Kill a Mockingbird Arthur MacArthur IV [ 34] 1938 Only child of US Army General Douglas MacArthur Jeff Mangum [ 35] [ 36] [ 37] 1970 American singer, songwriter, and musician Lee Mavers [ 38] 1962 English singer-songwriter and the lead singer and rhythm guitarist of The La's Pordenone Montanari [ 39] [ 40] 1937 Italian painter, sculptor and philosopher Kentaro Miura [ 41] 1966 2021 Manga illustrator, famous maily for being the creactor of Berserk (manga) . Richard O'Sullivan [ 42] 1944 English comedy actor William Onyeabor [ 43] [ 44] 1946 2017 Nigerian funk musician Marcel Proust [ 45] [ 46] 1871 1922 French novelist of In Search of Lost Time Thomas Pynchon [ 33] 1937 American novelist Tommy Quickly [ 47] 1945 British singer, known for hit song "Tip of My Tongue " J. D. Salinger [ 19] [ 33] 1919 2010 American author who wrote The Catcher in the Rye Phil Spector [ 48] 1939 2021 American record producer, songwriter and convicted murderer Layne Staley [ 49] [ 50] 1967 2002 American singer and songwriter who was the original lead vocalist of the band Alice in Chains Sly Stone [ 51] [ 52] 1943 2025 American musician, songwriter and record producer Patrick Süskind [ citation needed ] 1949 German writer and screenwriter John Swartzwelder [ 53] [ 54] 1949 American comedy writer best known for his work on The Simpsons Akira Toriyama [ 55] [ 56] [ 57] 1955 2024 Japanese manga artist and character designer, creator of Dragon Ball Meg White [ 58] 1974 American musician best known as the drummer of the rock band the White Stripes . Brian Wilson [ 59] [ 60] 1942 2025 American musician, songwriter and record producer who led the Beach Boys Jocky Wilson [ 61] 1950 2012 Scottish former world darts champion Peter Wilson [ 62] 1947 Australian former footballer Ida Wood [ 63] 1838 1932 American socialite who later chose to remain in seclusion in a New York City hotel suite with two relatives for nearly a quarter century