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Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft.
Christopher Cockerell, English engineer, invented the hovercraft (died 1999)
Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, also known as Mubarak bin Landan, was a British military officer, explorer, and writer. Thesiger's travel books include Arabian Sands (1959), on his f…
Wilfred Thesiger, British military officer, explorer, and writer (died 2003)
Arthur Gardner was an American actor and film producer. He was known for his television western, The Rifleman. He was a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie…
Arthur Gardner, American actor and producer (died 2014)
Jan Heinrich Tilman Kiwe, also known as Til Kiver or Till Kiwe, was a German actor, voice actor and screenwriter who also was an ethnologist and highly decorated army officer and P…
Til Kiwe, German actor and screenwriter (died 1995)
Michael John "Lefty" Sebastian was an American football halfback in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cincinnati Reds, Boston Redskins, Philadelphia Eagles, Pittsburgh Pir…
Mike Sebastian, American football player and coach (died 1989)
Henry Bradford Washburn Jr. was an American explorer, mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer. He established the Boston Museum of Science, served as its director from 1939–198…
Bradford Washburn, American mountaineer, photographer, and cartographer (died 2007)
Marion Post Wolcott was an American photographer who worked for the Farm Security Administration during the Great Depression, documenting poverty, the Jim Crow South, and deprivati…
Marion Post Wolcott, American photographer (died 1990)
Bluey was a female Australian Cattle Dog owned by Les and Rosalie Hall of Rochester, Victoria. She holds the Guinness World Record as the oldest verified dog to have ever lived. Th…
Bluey, Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939)
John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. He was editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death and was part of the Golden Age …
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Fernand Fonssagrives, born Fernand Vigoureux near Paris, was a photographer known for his 'beauty photography' in the early 1940s, and as the first husband of the model Lisa Fonssa…
Fernand Fonssagrives, French-American photographer, sculptor, and painter (died 2003)
Sir Edwin William "Ted" Hicks was a senior Australian public servant and diplomat. He was Secretary of the Department of Defence from 1956 to 1968.
Ted Hicks, Australian public servant and diplomat, Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand (died 1984)
Charles Clarence Robert Orville Cummings was an American film and television actor who appeared in roles in comedy films such as The Devil and Miss Jones (1941) and Princess O'Rour…
Robert Cummings, American actor, singer, and director (died 1990)
Joseph Franklin Demaree was an American baseball outfielder. He played all or part of twelve seasons in the majors for the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants (1939–41), Boston Braves (1…
Frank Demaree, American baseball player and manager (died 1958)
Chester Arthur Burnett, better known by his stage name Howlin' Wolf, was an American blues singer, guitarist and harmonica player. He was at the forefront of transforming acoustic …
Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
Carmine Valentino Coppola was an American composer, flutist, pianist, and songwriter who contributed original music to the films The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse No…
Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer (died 1991)
Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatu…
Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (died 1997)
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester was a Spanish writer associated with the Generation of '36 movement.
Gonzalo Torrente Ballester, Spanish journalist, author, and playwright (died 1999)
Mary Wickes was an American character actress, who worked in both film and television. From the 1940s to 1970s, she often played supporting roles as prim, professional women – such…
Mary Wickes, American actress (died 1995)
Constance Mary Whitehouse was a British teacher and conservative activist. She campaigned against social liberalism and the mainstream British media, both of which she accused of e…
Mary Whitehouse, English activist, founded the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (died 2001)
Rudolf Kempe was a German conductor.
Rudolf Kempe, German pianist and conductor (died 1976)
David Daniel Rose was a British-American songwriter, composer, arranger, pianist, and orchestra leader. His best known compositions were "The Stripper", "Holiday for Strings", and …
David Rose, English-American pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1990)
Juan Francisco Velasco Alvarado was a Peruvian general and politician who was the military leader of Peru from 1968 to 1975 after a successful coup d'état against Fernando Belaúnde…
Juan Velasco Alvarado, Peruvian general and politician, 1st President of Peru (died 1977)
Clyde Julian "Red" Foley was an American musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II. For more than two decades, Foley was one of the b…
Red Foley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1968)
George Harris Hees was a Canadian politician and businessman.
George Hees, Canadian football player and politician (died 1996)