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Paulo Reglus Neves Freire was a Brazilian educator and Marxist philosopher whose work has affected global thought on education. He is best known for Pedagogy of the Oppressed, in w…
Paulo Freire, Brazilian philosopher, theorist, and academic (died 1997)
William Elder was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a frantically funny cartoon style that helped l…
Will Elder, American illustrator (died 2008)
James Kenneth McManus, better known professionally as Jim McKay, was an American television sports journalist.
Jim McKay, American sportscaster and journalist (died 2008)
Sheila Margaret MacRae was an English-born American actress, singer, and dancer.
Sheila MacRae, English-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2014)
Sir Robert David Muldoon was a New Zealand politician who served as the 31st prime minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader of the National Party. Departing from Na…
Rob Muldoon, New Zealand sergeant, accountant, and politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1992)
Miklós Jancsó was a Hungarian film director and screenwriter. Jancsó achieved international prominence starting in the mid-1960s with works including The Round-Up, The Red and the …
Miklós Jancsó, Hungarian director and screenwriter (died 2014)
Milton Subotsky was an American producer and writer of film and television. He was the co-founder of Amicus Productions with Max J. Rosenberg, which produced horror and science-fic…
Milton Subotsky, American screenwriter and producer, co-founded Amicus Productions (died 1991)
Bernard Waber was an American children's author most famous for the books The House on East 88th Street (1962), Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (1965) and the subsequent books in the Lyle se…
Bernard Waber, American author and illustrator (died 2013)
James Richard Cross was an Irish-born British diplomat who served in India, Malaysia and Canada. While posted in Canada, Cross was kidnapped by members of the Front de libération d…
James Cross, Irish-British diplomat (died 2021)
John Anthony Ritchie was a New Zealand composer and professor of music at the University of Canterbury.
John Ritchie, New Zealand composer and educator (died 2014)
Deborah Jane Trimmer, known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a British actress. Kerr rose to fame for her portrayals of proper, ladylike women, who often navigated societal expe…
Deborah Kerr, Scottish-English actress (died 2007)
Aldo Simoes Parisot was a Brazilian-born American cellist and cello teacher. He was first a member of the Juilliard School faculty, and then went on to serve as a music professor a…
Aldo Parisot, Brazilian-American cellist and educator (died 2018)
James Allen Whitmore Jr. was an American actor who appeared in over 150 stage, film, and television roles over a 50-year career. He received numerous honors, notably a Grammy Award…
James Whitmore, American actor (died 2009)
Robert Bruce Montgomery was an English crime writer and composer. Known as a composer as Bruce Montgomery, he published his detective novels under the pseudonym Edmund Crispin.
Edmund Crispin, English writer and composer (died 1978)
Albert Scott Crossfield was an American naval officer and test pilot. In 1953, he became the first pilot to fly at twice the speed of sound. Crossfield was the first of twelve pilo…
Albert Scott Crossfield, American pilot and engineer (died 2006)
Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans. He…
Robert Runcie, English archbishop (died 2000)
Raymond Russell Lindwall was an Australian cricketer who played 61 Test matches for Australia between 1946 and 1960. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in cr…
Ray Lindwall, Australian cricketer and soldier (died 1996)
Stella Pevsner was an American author of children's books and works of young adult literature published since the late 1960s.
Stella Pevsner, American children's author (died 2020)
William Karnet Willis was an American professional football player who was a middle guard and guard for eight seasons with the Cleveland Browns of the All-America Football Conferen…
Bill Willis, American football player and coach (died 2007)
Evgenii Mikhailovich Landis was a Soviet mathematician who worked mainly on partial differential equations.
Evgenii Landis, Ukrainian-Russian mathematician and theorist (died 1997)
Giovanni Michelotti was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. His notable contributions were for Ferrari, Lancia, Maserati and Triumph marques. He …
Giovanni Michelotti, Italian automotive designer (died 1980)
Raymond Goethals was a Belgian football coach who led Marseille to victory in the UEFA Champions League final in 1993, becoming the first coach to win a European trophy with a Fren…
Raymond Goethals, Belgian footballer and coach (died 2004)
Abraham Florendo Sarmiento Sr. was a Filipino jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines from 1987 to 1991. An active figure in the political…
Abraham Sarmiento, Filipino lawyer and jurist (died 2010)
Joseph Echols Lowery was an American minister in the United Methodist Church and leader in the civil rights movement. He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with M…
Joseph Lowery, American minister and activist (died 2020)