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Vijayendra Kasturi Ranga Varadaraja Rao was an Indian economist, politician and educator.
V. K. R. Varadaraja Rao, Indian economist, politician, professor and educator (died 1991)
Raza Hussain also known as Allama Rasheed Turabi (9 July 1908 – 18 December 1973) was an Islamic scholar, religious leader, public speaker, poet and philosopher.
Allamah Rasheed Turabi, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1973)
Minor Martin White was an American photographer, theoretician, critic, and educator.
Minor White, American photographer, critic, and educator (died 1976)
Evert Willem Beth was a Dutch philosopher and logician, whose work principally concerned the foundations of mathematics. He was a member of the Significs Group.
Evert Willem Beth, Dutch mathematician and philosopher (died 1964)
Milton Berle was an American actor and comedian. His career as an entertainer spanned over eight decades, first in silent films and on stage as a child actor, then in radio, movies…
Milton Berle, American comedian and actor (died 2002)
René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud, and for his performances for the Théât…
Alain Cuny, French actor (died 1994)
Paul Scott Runyan was an American professional golfer. Among the world's best players in the mid-1930s, he won two PGA Championships and is a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame.…
Paul Runyan, American golfer and sportscaster (died 2002)
Vernon Harold "Tim" Spencer was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. Spencer is best known for founding the popular American Cowboy singing group the Sons of the Pioneers in …
Tim Spencer, American country & western singer-songwriter and actor (died 1974)
Peace Pilgrim, born Mildred Lisette Norman, was an American spiritual teacher, mystic, pacifist, vegetarian activist and peace activist. In 1952, she became the first woman to walk…
Peace Pilgrim, American mystic and activist (died 1981)
Dorothy Edith Round was a British tennis player who was active from the late 1920s until 1950. She achieved her major successes in the 1930s. She won the singles title at Wimbledon…
Dorothy Round, English tennis player (died 1982)
María Guadalupe "Lupe" Villalobos Vélez was a Mexican actress, singer, and dancer during the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Lupe Vélez, Mexican-American actress and dancer (died 1944)
Beatrice Aitchison was an American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist who directed the Transport Economics Division of the United States Department of Commer…
Beatrice Aitchison, American mathematician, statistician, and transportation economist (died 1997)
Daniel William Fry was an American contactee of the 1950s who claimed he had multiple contacts with an alien and took a ride in a remotely piloted alien spacecraft. Fry was born in…
Daniel Fry, American contactee (died 1992)
Hans Trippel was a German industrial designer, responsible for the designs of the Trippel SG6, Mercedes-Benz Gullwing's door and the Amphicar.
Hans Trippel, German engineer, developed Amphicar (died 2001)
Harold Lee "Jug" McSpaden was an American professional golfer, and golf course architect.
Jug McSpaden, American golfer and architect (died 1996)
Amy Osborne Vanderbilt was an American authority on etiquette. In 1952 she published the best-selling book Amy Vanderbilt's Complete Book of Etiquette. The book, later retitled Amy…
Amy Vanderbilt, American author (died 1974)
William Eric Bowes was an English professional cricketer active from 1929 to 1947 who played in 372 first-class matches as a right arm fast bowler and a right-handed tail end batsm…
Bill Bowes, English cricketer (died 1987)
Ambroise-Marie Carré OP was a Catholic priest, author and member of the Académie française. Born in Fleury-les-Aubrais in Loiret, France, Carré studied at l'école Saint-Joseph and …
Ambroise-Marie Carré, French priest and author (died 2004)
Jack Gilford was an American Broadway, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Save the Tiger (1973).
Jack Gilford, American actor (died 1990)
Lucien Wercollier was a sculptor from Luxembourg. While he worked primarily in bronze and marble, some of his work is sculpted in wood, alabaster, stone and onyx. His public monume…
Lucien Wercollier, Luxembourger sculptor (died 2002)
Joseph Quincy Mitchell was an American writer best known for the work he published in The New Yorker. He is known for his carefully written portraits of eccentrics and people on th…
Joseph Mitchell, American journalist and author (died 1996)
Terris Chester McDuffie was an American professional baseball player. He was listed at 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m), 200 lb (91 kg).
Terris McDuffie, American baseball player (died 1968)
Kurt Peter Eichhorn, was a German conductor.
Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (died 1994)
Harold Edward Holt was an Australian politician who served as the 17th prime minister of Australia from 1966 until his disappearance and presumed death in 1967. He held office as l…
Harold Holt, Australian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Australia (died 1967)