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Michel Jacques Boisrond was a French film director and screenwriter.
Michel Boisrond, French director and screenwriter (died 2002)
Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, …
Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (died 2014)
Arthur Charles Clokey was an American animator, director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor. He was a pioneer in the popularization of stop-motion clay animation, best known a…
Art Clokey, American animator, producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, created Gumby (died 2010)
Jaroslav Drobný was a world No. 1 amateur tennis and ice hockey champion. He left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and travelled as an Egyptian citizen before becoming a citizen of the Unite…
Jaroslav Drobný, Czech-English tennis player and ice hockey player (died 2001)
Logie Bruce Lockhart was a Scottish schoolmaster, writer, and journalist, in his youth a Scottish international rugby union footballer and for most of his teaching career headmaste…
Logie Bruce Lockhart, Scottish rugby player and journalist (died 2020)
Ivo Livi, better known as Yves Montand, was an Italian-born French actor and singer. Montand has been described as one of France's greatest 20th-century artists.
Yves Montand, Italian-French actor and singer (died 1991)
José Santos Arraño Acevedo was a Chilean journalist and historian who worked in several regional newspapers, including El Rancagüino from Rancagua, La Discusión from Chillán, amid …
José Arraño Acevedo, Chilean journalist and historian (died 2009)
Angelica Rozeanu was a Romanian table tennis player of Jewish origin, the most successful female table tennis player in the history of the sport, winning the women's world singles …
Angelica Rozeanu, Romanian-Israeli table tennis player (died 2006)
Sita Ram Goel was an Indian Hindu nationalist writer, and publisher known for his literature pertaining to Hinduism and Hindu nationalism in the late twentieth century. He was one …
Sita Ram Goel, Indian historian, publisher and writer (died 2003)
Matthew Daniel Batts was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a catcher from 1947 through 1956 for the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Br…
Matt Batts, American baseball player and coach (died 2013)
MacKenzie "Mack" Todd Miller was an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer and owner/breeder. During his forty-six-year career, he conditioned seventy-two stakes winners, includin…
MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (died 2010)
Priscilla Langford Buckley was an American journalist and author who was the longtime managing editor of National Review.
Priscilla Buckley, American journalist and author (died 2012)
Maria Kondratyevna Gorokhovskaya was a Soviet gymnast of Jewish descent. At the 1952 Summer Olympics, she was the first woman to win seven medals at one Olympics. That is the highe…
Maria Gorokhovskaya, Russian-Israeli gymnast (died 2001)
George Mackay Brown was a Scottish poet, author and dramatist with a distinctly Orcadian character. He is widely regarded as one of the great Scottish poets of the 20th century.
George Mackay Brown, Scottish author, poet, and playwright (died 1996)
Thomas Gordon Poston was an American actor, appearing in television roles from the 1950s through the early to mid-2000s, reportedly appearing in more sitcoms than any other actor. …
Tom Poston, American actor and comedian (died 2007)
Jerry Cooke was an American photojournalist from the 1940s-1990s.
Jerry Cooke, Ukrainian-American photographer and journalist (died 2005)
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. was an American politician, a journalist, and Navy veteran. A leader in the conservative and nationalist movement, he represented North Carolina in the Un…
Jesse Helms, American journalist and politician (died 2008)
George Garfield Nader Jr. was an American actor and writer. He appeared in a variety of films from 1950 to 1974, mainly action and adventure film roles, and had a long stint as a l…
George Nader, American actor (died 2002)
Manuel Leaonedas Ayulo was an American racecar driver. His efforts, along with those of friend and teammate Jack McGrath, helped establish track roadsters as viable race cars. Ayul…
Manny Ayulo, American race car driver (died 1955)
Johannes Adrianus Menne Warren was a Dutch writer. Much of his fame in the Netherlands derives from having published a collection of diaries in which he described his life and homo…
Hans Warren, Dutch poet and author (died 2001)
Bruce Edward Beeby was an Australian actor who worked primarily in British films and television. He was probably best known for portraying Stephen "Mitch" Mitchell in the 1950s BBC…
Bruce Beeby, Australian-English actor (died 2013)
Beatrice Helen Worsley, better known as "Trixie" Worsely, was a Canadian computer scientist, the first woman in the country to work in that profession. She received her Ph.D. from …
Beatrice Helen Worsley, Mexican-Canadian computer scientist and academic (died 1972)
Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold was an English composer and conductor. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, cha…
Malcolm Arnold, English composer (died 2006)
Robert Allan Clothier, DFC was a Canadian stage and television actor most famous for his role as Relic on the CBC television series, The Beachcombers.
Robert Clothier, Canadian actor (died 1999)