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Ibsen Dana Elcar was an American television and film character actor. He appeared in about 40 films as well as in the 1960s television series Dark Shadows as Sheriff George Patters…
Dana Elcar, American actor and director (died 2005)
Joseph Lockey Yon, also known as credited as Jon Locke, was an American actor who appeared in many television and film westerns.
Jon Locke, American actor (died 2013)
Thomas Wilson CBE FRSE was an American-born Scottish composer, a key figure in the revival of interest in Scottish classical music after the second world war.
Thomas Wilson, American-Scottish composer and educator (died 2001)
Anita Jean Kerr was an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer. She recorded and performed with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Los Angel…
Anita Kerr, American singer and arranger (died 2022)
Leon "Lee" Konitz was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer.
Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer (died 2020)
Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Jean. She was the first child of King Leopold III of Belgium, and sister of the la…
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (died 2005)
James Michael Leathes Prior, Baron Prior, was a British Conservative Party politician. A Member of Parliament from 1959 to 1987, he represented the Suffolk constituency of Lowestof…
Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (died 2016)
Halil Turgut Özal was a Turkish politician, bureaucrat, engineer and statesman who served as the president of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the prime minister o…
Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (died 1993)
Sir Roger George Moore was an English actor. He was the third actor to portray Ian Fleming's fictional secret agent James Bond in the Eon Productions/MGM Studios film series, playi…
Roger Moore, English actor and producer (died 2017)
Buhari Syed Abdur Rahman was an Indian entrepreneur, philanthropist and educationist. He had a range of business interests in the UAE and India including maritime shipping, real es…
B. S. Abdur Rahman, Indian businessman and philanthropist (died 2015)
Günter Wilhelm Grass was a German novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, sculptor, and recipient of the 1999 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Günter Grass, German novelist, poet, playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2015)
Marvin Rotblatt, nicknamed "Rotty", was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox in the 1948, 1950 and 1951 seasons. His ERAs in 1948 (7.8…
Marv Rotblatt, American baseball player (died 2013)
George Campbell Scott was an American actor, with a celebrated career on both stage and screen. With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his portrayal …
George C. Scott, American actor and director (died 1999)
Pierre Alechinsky is a Belgian artist. He has lived and worked in France since 1951. His work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction.
Pierre Alechinsky, Belgian painter and illustrator
Stephen John Keynes was a great-grandson of Charles Darwin, and chairman of the Charles Darwin Trust.
Stephen Keynes, English businessman (died 2017)
Joyce Diane Bauer Brothers was an American psychologist, television personality, advice columnist, and writer.
Joyce Brothers, American psychologist, author, and actress (died 2013)
Rosa Rosal was a Filipino actress and humanitarian. She began her career as an actress in the late 1940s and remained active throughout the Golden Age of Philippine cinema, noted f…
Rosa Rosal, Filipino actress
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma B.A. B.L., also known as Yuga Kavi, was a Telugu poet, critic and litterateur. He is well known for his works Naa Desam, Naa Prajalu and Kaala Rekha. He aut…
Gunturu Seshendra Sarma, Indian poet and critic (died 2007)
Fritz Wintersteller was an Austrian climber who made the first ascent of Broad Peak together with Hermann Buhl, Kurt Diemberger, and Marcus Schmuck in 1957.
Fritz Wintersteller, Austrian mountaineer (died 2018)
Howard Burton Zieff was an American director, television commercial director, and advertising photographer.
Howard Zieff, American director and photographer (died 2009)
Helenard Joe Hendrickse, popularly known as Allan Hendrickse, was a South African politician, Congregationalist minister and teacher. He was a founder of the 1969–1994 Labour Party…
Allan Hendrickse, South African minister and politician (died 2005)
William "Sonny" Criss was an American jazz musician.
Sonny Criss, American saxophonist and composer (died 1977)
Dezső Gyarmati was a Hungarian professional water polo player and three-time Olympic champion; he later became the coach of the Hungarian national water polo team. Widely regarded …
Dezső Gyarmati, Hungarian water polo player and coach (died 2013)
Leszek Kołakowski was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analysis of contemporary Marxist thought and theory, as in his three-volume his…
Leszek Kołakowski, Polish-English historian and philosopher (died 2009)