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Linda Darnell was an American actress. Darnell progressed from modeling as a child to acting in theatre and film. At the encouragement of her mother, she made her first film in 193…
Linda Darnell, American actress (died 1965)
Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader, multi-instrumentalist, music producer, arranger, and composer. He made easy listening and jazz-orientated records and wrote the music …
Bert Kaempfert, German conductor and composer (died 1980)
William Pollock McLaren was a Scottish rugby union commentator and journalist, having been a teacher and rugby player. Known as "the voice of rugby", he retired from commentating i…
Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (died 2010)
Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups…
Barney Kessel, American guitarist and composer (died 2004)
Charles Youmans McClendon, also known as "Cholly Mac", was an American college football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Louisiana State University (LSU) f…
Charles McClendon, American football player and coach (died 2001)
Jessie Mae Hemphill was an American electric guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist specializing in the North Mississippi hill country blues traditions of her family and regional heri…
Jessie Mae Hemphill, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
Ruth Carter Stevenson was an American art collector. She was the founder of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art.
Ruth Carter Stevenson, American art collector, founded the Amon Carter Museum of American Art (died 2013)
Virgilio "Baby" Adam Dalupan was a Filipino basketball coach and player. Dubbed "The Maestro", Dalupan was best known for his lengthy coaching tenure with the Crispa Redmanizers …
Baby Dalupan, Filipino basketball player and coach (died 2016)
Robert Lawson Craft was an American conductor and writer. He is best known for his intimate professional relationship with Igor Stravinsky, on which Craft drew in producing numerou…
Robert Craft, American conductor and musicologist (died 2015)
Otfried Preußler was a German children's book author.
Otfried Preußler, German author (died 2013)
Samuel Khachikian was an Iranian film director, screenwriter, author, and film editor of Armenian descent. He was one of the most influential figures of Iranian cinema and was nick…
Samuel Khachikian, Iranian director, screenwriter, and author (died 2001)
Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Bert Trautmann, German footballer and coach (died 2013)
Aslam Farrukhi was an Urdu author, literary critic, linguist, scholar, and radio scriptwriter from Pakistan. He is also known for writing children's books. He remained associated a…
Aslam Farrukhi, Indian-Pakistani linguist, author, and scholar (died 2016)
Ned Miller Rorem was an American composer of contemporary classical music and a writer. Best known for his art songs, which number over 500, Rorem was considered the leading Americ…
Ned Rorem, American composer and author (died 2022)
Frank Spencer Sutton was an American actor best remembered for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter on the CBS television series Gomer Pyle – USMC.
Frank Sutton, American actor (died 1974)
Sir Robin Day was an English political journalist and television and radio broadcaster.
Robin Day, English lieutenant and journalist (died 2000)
Priscilla Denise Levertov was a British-born naturalised American poet. She was heavily influenced by the Black Mountain poets and by the political context of the Vietnam War, whic…
Denise Levertov, British-born American poet (died 1997)
Achille Silvestrini was an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served in the Vatican diplomatic corps, either in Rome or abroad, from 1953 to 1990, and later as Prefect of …
Achille Silvestrini, Italian prelate (died 2019)
Robert Aubrey Hinde was a British zoologist, ethologist and psychologist. He served as the emeritus Royal Society research professor of zoology at the University of Cambridge. Hind…
Robert Hinde, English zoologist and academic (died 2016)
Roy Fox Lichtenstein was an American artist. A leading figure of the Pop Art movement, he is best known for his large-scale paintings inspired by comic books, advertisements, and m…
Roy Lichtenstein, American painter and sculptor (died 1997)
Beate Sirota Gordon was an Austrian and American performing arts presenter and women's rights advocate. Born in Vienna, Austria, she moved to the Empire of Japan in 1929 with her f…
Beate Sirota Gordon, Austrian-American director and producer (died 2012)
Robert Brown Thomson was an American professional baseball player, nicknamed "the Staten Island Scot". He was an outfielder and right-handed batter for the New York Giants, Milwauk…
Bobby Thomson, Scottish-American baseball player (died 2010)
Edward "Ned" Wertimer was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Ralph Hart, the doorman on the sitcom The Jeffersons.
Ned Wertimer, American actor (died 2013)
John P. Connell was an American stage, television, film and voice actor. Born in Philadelphia, Connell served aboard a B-24 Liberator during World War II, for which he received a P…
John Connell, American actor (died 2015)