Chess Playing Celebs

Name Profession
Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem Basketball player
Adams, Richard Writer
Agnew, Spiro T. 39th US vice-president
Akins, Claude Actor
Alda, Alan Actor
Allen, Woody Actor/director
Asimov, Isaac Writer
Ayers, Lew Actor
Bacall, Lauren Actress
Bacon, Sir Francis English philosopher
Barnham, Phineas. T. Circus owner
Barrymore, John Actor
Barrymore, Lionel Actor
Baryshnikov, Mikhail Ballet star
Baum, Frank Writer (Wizard of OZ)
Becket, Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury
Beckett, Samuel Nobel Prize winner in literature, 1969
Beethoven, Ludwig van Composer
Bergman, Ingmar Swedish film director
Bogart, Humphrey Actor
Bono Singer (U2)
Boone, Richard Actor
Booth, Shirley Actress
Bowie, David Musician/singer
Brando, Marlon Actor
Bruce, Nigel Actor
Caeser, Sid Comedian, actor, TV pioneer
Cage, Nicolas Actor
Carroll, Lewis Writer
Carter, Jimmy 39th US President
Castro, Fidel Cuban president
Catherine The Great Empress of Russia
Cervantes, Miguel de Writer
Chaplin, Charlie Actor, comedian
Charles, Ray Musician
Churchill,Winston British Prime Minister
Cobb, Lee J. Actor
Coburn, Charles Actor
Connery, Sean Actor
Conrad, Joseph Writer
Cooke, Alistair PBS broadcaster
Cosby, Bill Actor, comedian
Dali, Salvador Artist
Danson, Ted actor
Darin, Bobby Singer
Darrow, Henry Actor
Diamond, Neil Singer & songwriter
Dickens, Charles Writer
Dietrich, Marlene Actress, singer
Downs, Hugh Actor
Doyle, Arthur Conan Writer
Dylan, Bob Musician
Ebert, Roger movie critic
Einstein, Albert Nobel Prize winner in Physics, 1921
Estrada, Erik Actor
Fairbanks, Douglas, Sr Actor
Falk, Peter Actor
Farrell, Mike Actor
Farrow, Mia Actress
Ferrer, Jose Actor
Flynn, Errol Actor
Fonda, Henry Actor
Fox, Michael J. Actor
Franklin, Benjamin Inventor, writer, diplomat
Freud, Sigmund Founder of psychoanalysis
Gabor, Zsa Zsa Actress
Gardner, Ava actress
Gates, Bill Microsoft CEO
Gillespie, John 'Dizzy' Trumpet virtuoso
Graham, Billy Evangelist
Grant, Ulysses S US President, Civil War General
Harrison, Rex Actor
Hawking, Stephen Physicist
Heinlen, Robert Writer
Henry, O. Writer
Hepburn, Katherine Actress
Holmes, Oliver Wendell US Supreme court justice
Holyfield, Evander World heavyweight boxing champion
Hope, Bob Comedian, actor
Houdini, Harry Escape artist
Huston, John Film director
Ivan the Terrible Russian emperor
Jackson, Kate Actress
Jefferson, Thomas US founding father & 3rd president
John Paul II Pope
Johnson, Don Actor
Jolson, Al Actor, singer
Kennedy, John F, Jr. Son of President John F Kennedy
Kissinger, Henry Diplomat & statesman, US secretary of state
Kreskin Magician
Krupa, Gene Jazz drummer
Kubrick, Stanley Film director
Lee, Robert E. US Civil War General
Lennon, John Musician
Letterman, David Late-night talk show host
Lincoln, Abraham 16th US President
London, Jack Writer
Lorre, Peter Actor
Loy, Myrna Actress
Madison, James US President
Madonna singer, actress
Martin, Steve Actor, comedian
Mathers, Jerry Actor
Matthau, Walter Actor
Melville, Hermann Writer
Milland, Ray Actor
Miranda, Carmen Actress
Murray, Roseanne Actress
Nash, Graham Singer
Nelson, Willie Singer
Newman, Paul Actor
Newton, Isaac English scientist & mathematician
Nimitz, Chester US WWII admiral
Ono, Yoko Artist, musician
Oppenheimer, Robert Physicist
Orwell, George Writer
O'Sullivan, Maureen Actress
Oswald, Lee Harvey Kennedy assassin
Pascal, Blaise Mathematician
Peppard, George Actor
Peron, Juan President of Argentina
Pidgeon, Walter Actor
Poe, Edgar Allen Writer
Quaid, Dennis Actor
Quinn, Anthony Actor
Randall, Tony Actor
Rathbone, Basil Actor
Reddy, Helen Singer
Rembrandt Artist
Robbins, Tim Actor
Roberts, Julia Actress
Romero, Cesar Actor
Roosevelt, Teddy 26th US President
Russell, Bertrand Nobel Prize winner in literature, 1950
Saint John, Jill Actress
Sarandon, Susan Actress
Schwarzenegger, Arnold actor, bodybuilder, Governor of California
Scott, George C. Actor
Selleck, Tom Actor
Shakespeare, William English playwright
Sharif, Omar Actor
Shaw, George Bernard Writer
Sinatra, Frank Singer, Actor
Smith, Will Actor, musician
Starr, Ringo Musician
Steinbeck, John Nobel Prize winner in literature, 1962
Stevenson, Robert Louis Writer
Stewart, Jimmy Actor
Sting Rock musician
Streisand, Barbra Singer, actress
Temple, Shirley Child actress & later US ambassador
Tennyson, Alfred Writer
Thumb, Tom Circus midget for P. T. Barnum
Tolstoy, Leo Writer
Tracy, Spencer Actor
Turner, Lana Actress
Valee, Rudy Singer, actor
Voltaire French philosopher, scientist
Vonnegut, Kurt Writer
Waugh, Evelyn Writer
Wayne, John Actor
Welles, Orson Actor & director
Wells, H.G. Writer
Wilson, Woodrow 28th US President
Windom, William Actor