Starting in late 2005, I submitted a list to the alt.obituaries deadpool. I entered the stiffs.com deadpool between 1998 and 2007.
The basic rule for the AO deadpool is to list 40 reasonably famous people in alphabetical order. There are no entry fees and no cash prizes, only "glory."
2010 * * 2009 * * 2008 * * 2007 * * 2006
ATTENBOROUGH, Richard
BALLESTEROS, Seve
BRYANT, Ed
BYRD, Robert
COOPER, Jackie
FALK, Peter
FORD, Betty
FORSYTHE, John
FRANCIS, Anne
GARNER, James
GOUGH, Michael (Alfred in the '80s and '90s Batman movies)
GRAHAM, Billy
HASSELHOFF, David
HOPE, Dolores
IRONS, Jeremy
JOBS, Steve
JOOSTEN, Kathryn
JOURDAN, Louis
KAUFMAN, Bel
MARTIN, Hugh
MACCORKINDALE, Simon
MARSHALL, Penny
MCCREADY, Mindy
MOLINARO, Al
PROWSE, David
REAGAN, Nancy
REID, Frances
SALINGER, J. D.
SEEGER, Pete
SHARON, Ariel
SMITH, Maggie
STRITCH, Elaine
STUART, Gloria
THATCHER, Margaret
TORK, Peter
VERSACE, Allegra
VIDAL, Gore
WHITING, Margaret
WINEHOUSE, Amy
ZOE, Rachel
ATTENBOROUGH, Richard
BALLESTEROS, Seve
BLAGOJEVICH, Rod
BRADY, Tom
BYRD, Robert
DILLON, Matt
DYLAN, Bob
EBERT, Robert
FALK, Peter
FORD, Betty
FORSYTHE, John
FRANCIS, Anne
GARNER, James
GELBART, Larry
GRAHAM, Billy
HAGGARD, Merle
JOBS, Steve
JACKSON, Michael (former singer)
JACOBI, Lou
KENNEDY, Edward
MCCREADY, Mindy
NOVAK, Robert
PHILLIPS, MacKenzie
REAGAN, Nancy
REID, Frances
REID, Tara
RICHARD, Wendy
ROURKE, Mickey
SALINGER, J. D.
SEEGER, Pete
SHARON, Ariel
SMITH, Maggie
STILLS, Stephen
SWAYZE, Patrick
STUART, Gloria
THATCHER, Margaret
VERSACE, Allegra
WINEHOUSE, Amy
ZOE, Rachel
ZARDARI, Bilawal (Bhutto's son and successor)
Placed third for 2008, mostly because of my guess about Brad Renfro
Brimley, Wilford
Carter, Jimmy
Castro, Fidel
Clark, Dick
Donen, Stanley
Ebert, Roger
Edwards, Elizabeth
Fawcett, Farrah
Ford, Betty
Forsythe, John
Franklin, Aretha
Funicello, Annette
Getty, Estelle
Glass, Ron
Graham, Billy
Hawking, Stephen
Heston, Charlton
Jacobi, Lou
Kevorkian, Jack
Kitt, Eartha
Lansbury, Angela
Lewis, Jerry
Limbaugh, Rush
Raabe Meinhardt (one of the last surviving Munchkins)
Michael, George
Miller, Mitch
Osment, Haley Joel
Pleshette, Suzanne
Renfro, Brad
Reid, Frances
Reid, Tara
Roberts, Oral
Santo, Ron
Snow, Tony
Spears, Britney
Thatcher, Margaret
Von Bulow, Sunny
Vigoda, Abe
Winehouse, Amy
Zardari, Bilawal (Bhutto's son and successor)
Bishop, Joey
Brimley, Wilford
Buchwald, Art
Carter, Jimmy
Clark, Dick
Donen, Stanley
Fogelberg, Dan
Ford, Betty
Franklin, Aretha
Funicello, Annette
Getty, Estelle
Glass, Ron
Graham, Billy
Hawking, Stephen
Heston, Charlton
Jacobi, Lou
Kevorkian, Jack
Kitt, Eartha
Labouisse, Eve Curie
Lane, Charles
Lewis, Jerry
Raabe Meinhardt (one of the last surviving Munchkins)
Messner, Tammy Faye Bakker
Miller, Mitch
Morrison, Shelly
Randi, James
Reid, Frances
Roberts, Oral
Santo, Ron
Sills, Beverly
Thatcher, Margaret
Valenti, Jack
Von Bulow, Sunny
Vigoda, Abe
Yeltsin, Boris
Red Auerbach
Joey Bishop
Wilford Brimley
Jimmy Carter
Oleg Cassini
Dick Clark
Stanley Donen
Dan Fogelberg
Gerald Ford
Betty Ford
Aretha Franklin
Annette Funicello
Estelle Getty
Ron Glass
Billy Graham
Stephen Hawking
Charlton Heston
Lou Jacobi
Eve Curie Labouisse
Charles Lane
Jerry Lewis
Courtney Love
Raabe Meinhardt
Mitch Miller
Shelly Morrison
Lou Rawls
Frances Reid
Ron Santo
Beverly Sills
Margaret Thatcher
Jack Valenti
Sunny Von Bulow
Abe Vigoda
Shelley Winters
Boris Yeltsin