Mo Udall (politician) -- Dead. Parkinson's Died December 12, 1998. Born June 15, 1922. Longtime Congressman, championed environmental causes, briefly ran for president, died the same day as Lord Lew Grade IMDb
Stewart Udall (politician) -- Dead. After effects of a fall. Died March 20, 2010. Born January 31, 1920. Helped expand national parks and helped craft environmental legislation during the 1960s, died same day as another LBJ administration member, Liz Carpenter. IMDb Obituary
Leslie Uggams (actress/singer) -- Alive. Born May 25, 1943. Kizzy on Roots. IMDb
Liv Ullmann (actress) -- Alive. Born December 16, 1939. As a teenager, starred as Anne Frank in a Norweigian production; later, had a daughter with Ingmar Bergman, Cries and Whispers. IMDb
Miyoshi Umeki (actress) -- Dead. Cancer. Died August 29, 2007. Born May 8, 1929. First Asian actor to win an Oscar (Sayonara, in 1957), starred on Broadway (Flower Drum Song), retired after co-starring in The Courtship of Eddie's Father in the early '70s, died on the same day as Richard Jewell. IBDB IMDb Obituary
Johnny Unitas (quarterback) -- Dead. Heart attack. Died September 11, 2002. Born May 7, 1933. Great Baltimore quarterback during the '60s, died on the same day as Kim Hunter. IMDb Obituary
John Updike (writer) -- Dead. Lung cancer. Died January 27, 2009. Born March 18, 1932. Author of the Rabbit books and The Witches of Eastwick, won two Pulitzer Prizes. IMDb Obituary
Carlo Urbani (WHO doctor) -- Dead. SARS. Died March 29, 2003. Born circa 1956. Italian doctor who worked to identify SARS and treated the businessman who spread it ourside of China in February 2003; served as president of the Italian branch of "Doctors without Borders." Obituary
Robert Urich (actor) -- Dead. Synovial cell carconoma. Died April 16, 2002. Born December 19, 1946. Spenser for Hire, Soap. IMDb
Leon Uris (writer) -- Dead. Died June 21, 2003. Born August 3, 1924. Exodus and Trinity. IMDb
Peter Ustinov (actor/writer) -- Dead. Heart failure. Died March 28, 2004. Born April 16, 1921. Spartacus, wrote Monsieur Rene, good will ambassador for the UN, died on the same day as Art James. IMDb
Garrick Utley (journalist/professor) -- Dead. Prostate cancer. Died February 20, 2014. Born November 19, 1939. NBC newscaster for many years, later worked for ABC and co-anchored 9/11 coverage for CNN, fluent in four languages, later taught journalism. Wikipedia IMDb Obituary