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Ain Kaalep was an Estonian poet, playwright, literary critic and translator.
Ain Kaalep, Estonian poet, playwright, and critic (died 2020)
Judith Malina was an American actress, director and writer. With her husband Julian Beck, Malina co-founded The Living Theatre, a radical political theatre troupe that rose to prom…
Judith Malina, German-American actress and director, co-founded The Living Theatre (died 2015)
Flora Isabel MacDonald was a Canadian politician and humanitarian. Canada's first female foreign minister, she was also one of the first women to vie for leadership of a major Cana…
Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (died 2015)
Paul Soros was a Hungarian-born American mechanical engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. Soros founded Soros Associates, which designs and develops bulk handling and…
Paul Soros, Hungarian-American engineer and businessman (died 2013)
Klaus Hermann Wilhelm Tennstedt was a German conductor from Merseburg. Known for his interpretation of the Austro-German repertoire, especially his sympathetic approaches towards G…
Klaus Tennstedt, German conductor (died 1998)
Jean-Noël Tremblay, was a Canadian politician, who made career at both the federal and the provincial levels.
Jean-Noël Tremblay, Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones was an American electric blues bassist and singer. He worked with many blues musicians, including Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, the Legendary Blues Band, Mississi…
Calvin "Fuzz" Jones, American singer and bass player (died 2010)
Margaretta Large "Happy" Rockefeller was a philanthropist who, as the wife of the 41st vice president of the United States, Nelson Rockefeller, served as second lady of the United …
Happy Rockefeller, American philanthropist, 31st Second Lady of the United States (died 2015)
Bruno Bartoletti was an Italian operatic conductor. His active international career lasted from 1953 to 2007, and he specialized in the Italian repertory and contemporary works. He…
Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (died 2013)
Lionel Charles Jeffries was an English actor, director, and screenwriter. He appeared primarily in films and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his role in The Spy with a C…
Lionel Jeffries, English actor, screenwriter and film director (died 2010)
Amadeo Raúl Carrizo Larretape, popularly known by his first name "Amadeo", was an Argentine football goalkeeper and manager. Carrizo is considered a pioneer of the position, helpin…
Amadeo Carrizo, Argentine footballer (died 2020)
Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune was a French pediatrician and geneticist. He is best known for his work on the links between chromosome abnormalities like Down syndrome (trisomy-21…
Jérôme Lejeune, French pediatrician and geneticist (died 1994)
Donald Newcombe, nicknamed "Newk", was an American professional baseball pitcher who played ten non-consecutive seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He began his career in the N…
Don Newcombe, American baseball player (died 2019)
Carlisle Sessions Floyd was an American composer primarily known for his operas. These stage works, for which he wrote not only the music but also the librettos, typically engage w…
Carlisle Floyd, American composer and educator (died 2021)
Paul Edward Lynde was an American comedian, actor, and game-show panelist. A character actor with a distinctively campy and snarky persona that often poked fun at his closeted homo…
Paul Lynde, American actor and comedian (died 1982)
Alfred Thangarajah Duraiappah was a Sri Lankan lawyer who served as Mayor of Jaffna from 1970 until his assassination. He was also a Member of Parliament for Jaffna from 1960 to 19…
Alfred Duraiappah, Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer and politician (died 1975)
José Efraín Ríos Montt was a Guatemalan military officer who served as de facto President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the bloodie…
Efraín Ríos Montt, Guatemalan general and politician, 26th President of Guatemala (died 2018)
Philip Bayard "Phil" Crosby was an American businessman and author who contributed to management theory and quality management practices.
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Allan Rex Sandage was an American astronomer. He was Staff Member Emeritus with the Carnegie Observatories in Pasadena, California. He determined the first reasonably accurate valu…
Allan Sandage, American astronomer and cosmologist (died 2010)
Thomas Grey Wicker was an American journalist. He was best known as a political reporter and columnist for The New York Times for nearly three decades.
Tom Wicker, American journalist and author (died 2011)
Erna Schneider Hoover is an American mathematician who invented a computerized telephone switching method which "revolutionized modern communication". It prevented system overloads…
Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician and inventor
Rehavam Ze'evi was an Israeli general and politician who founded the far-right nationalist Moledet party. He mainly advocated for complete cleansing of the Palestinian population t…
Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli general and politician, 9th Israeli Minister of Tourism (died 2001)
Fred Cone was an American professional football player who was a fullback and placekicker in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Dallas Cowboys. He pla…
Fred Cone, American football player (died 2021)
Conrad Lafcadio Hall, ASC was a French Polynesian-born American cinematographer. Named after writers Joseph Conrad and Lafcadio Hearn, he became widely prominent as a cinematograph…
Conrad Hall, French-American cinematographer (died 2003)