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Anne was the wife of King Michael I of Romania. She married Michael in 1948, the year after he had abdicated the throne. Nonetheless, she was known after the marriage as Queen Anne…
Queen Anne of Romania (died 2016)
Albert Harold "Al" Quie was an American politician and farmer from Minnesota. Quie served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing Minnesota's 1st con…
Al Quie, American politician, 35th Governor of Minnesota (died 2023)
Bertha Wernham Wilson was a Canadian jurist and the first female puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Before her ascension to Canada's highest court, she was the first fe…
Bertha Wilson, Scottish-Canadian lawyer and jurist, 60th Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada (died 2007)
Maurice Sauvé was a Canadian economist, politician, cabinet minister and businessman. He was the husband of Jeanne Sauvé, who served as 23rd Governor General of Canada.
Maurice Sauvé, Canadian economist, academic, and politician (died 1992)
Herbert Frederick Hunt was an English jazz pianist.
Fred Hunt, British jazz pianist (died 1986)
Daniel Abse CBE FRSL was a Welsh poet and physician. His poetry won him many awards. As a medic, he worked in a chest clinic for over 30 years.
Dannie Abse, Welsh physician, poet, and author (died 2014)
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal was an Egyptian journalist. For 17 years (1957–1974), he was editor-in-chief of the Cairo newspaper Al-Ahram and was a commentator on Middle East affairs f…
Mohamed Hassanein Heikal, Egyptian journalist (died 2016)
Vello Helk was an eminent Danish historian of Estonian origin.
Vello Helk, Estonian-Danish historian and author (died 2014)
Louis Stirling Edmonds was an American actor. He was best known for his roles in Dark Shadows and All My Children.
Louis Edmonds, American actor (died 2001)
Theodore "Fats" Navarro was an American jazz trumpet player and a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. A native of Key West, Florida, he toured with big b…
Fats Navarro, American trumpet player and composer (died 1950)
Raoul Bott was a Hungarian-American mathematician known for numerous foundational contributions to geometry in its broad sense. He is best known for his Bott periodicity theorem, t…
Raoul Bott, Hungarian-American mathematician (died 2005)
Robert Laxalt was an American writer from Nevada.
Robert Laxalt, American author and academic (died 2001)
Samuel Carthorne Rivers was an American jazz musician and composer. Though most famously a tenor saxophonist, he also performed on soprano saxophone, bass clarinet, flute, harmonic…
Sam Rivers, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2011)
Dev Anand was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in the history o…
Dev Anand, Indian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2011)
William Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, MC, PC was a British soldier, cricketer, barrister, judge and life peer.
Hugh Griffiths, Baron Griffiths, English cricketer, lawyer, and judge (died 2015)
Sir James Patrick Ivan Hennessy was a British diplomat and public servant who was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons from 1982 to 1987.
James Hennessy, English businessman and diplomat (died 2024)
Naphtali "Tuli" Kupferberg was an American counterculture poet, author, singer, editorial cartoonist, comic artist, columnist, publisher, and co-founder of the rock band The Fugs.
Tuli Kupferberg, American singer, poet, and writer (died 2010)
Walter Francis John Montagu Douglas Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch and 11th Duke of Queensberry,, known as Lord Eskdaill from birth to 1935 and then as the Earl of Dalkeith from 1935…
John Scott, 9th Duke of Buccleuch, Scottish captain and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Selkirkshire (died 2007)
William Windom was an American actor. Known as a character actor of the stage and screen, he is famous for his recurring role as Dr. Seth Hazlitt alongside Angela Lansbury in the C…
William Windom, American actor (died 2012)
Stanley Melvin Berenstain and Janice Marian Berenstain were American writers and illustrators best known for creating the children's book series The Berenstain Bears.
Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator (died 2005)
Oail Andrew "Bum" Phillips Jr. was an American football coach at the high school, college and professional levels. He served as head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for…
Bum Phillips, American football player and coach (died 2013)
Donald Ibrahim Swann was a British composer, musician, singer and entertainer. He was one half of Flanders and Swann, writing and performing comic songs with Michael Flanders.
Donald Swann, Welsh-English pianist and composer (died 1994)
Edward Oliver LeBlanc was a Dominican politician who served as the chief minister from January 1961 to 1 March 1967 and as the first premier from 1 March 1967 to 27 July 1974. Born…
Edward Oliver LeBlanc, Dominican lawyer and politician, 1st Premier of Dominica (died 2004)
Charlton Heston was an American actor and political activist. He gained stardom for his leading man roles in numerous Hollywood films including biblical epics, historical drama fil…
Charlton Heston, American actor, director and gun rights activist (died 2008)