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Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin was an American biochemist, broad researcher of synthetic psychoactive compounds, and author of works regarding these, who independently explored…
Alexander Shulgin, American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014)
Robert Beadell was an American composer.
Robert Beadell, American composer and educator (died 1994)
Doris Hart was an American tennis player who was active in the 1940s and first half of the 1950s. She was ranked world No. 1 in 1951. She was the fourth player, and second woman, t…
Doris Hart, American tennis player and educator (died 2015)
Audie Leon Murphy was an American soldier, actor, and songwriter. He was widely celebrated as the most decorated American combat soldier of World War II, and has been described as …
Audie Murphy, American lieutenant and actor, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1971)
Larisa Ivanovna Avdeyeva or Avdeeva was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, who starred with the Bolshoi Opera for thirty years. She was awarded the title of People’s Artist of the…
Larisa Avdeyeva, Russian mezzo-soprano (died 2013)
Stanley Moss was an American poet, publisher, and art dealer.
Stanley Moss, American poet, publisher, and art dealer (died 2024)
Giovanni Spadolini was an Italian politician and statesman, who served as the 44th prime minister of Italy. He had been a leading figure in the Republican Party and the first head …
Giovanni Spadolini, Italian journalist and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (died 1994)
Lois Maureen Stapleton was an American actress. She received numerous accolades, becoming one of the few actors to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting, winning an Academy Award, a P…
Maureen Stapleton, American actress (died 2006)
Miriam Karlin was an English actress whose career lasted for more than 60 years. She was known for her role as Paddy in The Rag Trade, a 1960s BBC and 1970s LWT sitcom, and in part…
Miriam Karlin, English actress (died 2011)
Arthur Bertram Modell was an American businessman, entrepreneur and National Football League (NFL) team owner. He owned the Cleveland Browns franchise for 35 years and established …
Art Modell, American businessman (died 2012)
Anna Chennault, also known as Anna Chan Chennault or Anna Chen Chennault, was a war correspondent and prominent Republican member of the U.S. China Lobby. She was married to Americ…
Anna Chennault, Chinese widow of Lieutenant General Claire Lee Chennault (died 2018)
Ogden Rogers Reid was an American politician and diplomat. He was the U.S. ambassador to Israel and a six-term United States representative from Westchester County, New York, servi…
Ogden Reid, American politician (died 2019)
June Kathleen Lockhart was an American actress, beginning a film career in the 1930s and 1940s in films such as A Christmas Carol and Meet Me in St. Louis. She appeared primarily i…
June Lockhart, American actress (died 2025)
Robert Charles Venturi Jr. was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates.
Robert Venturi, American architect and academic (died 2018)
Virginia Ann Marie Patton Moss was an American actress. After appearing in several films in the early 1940s, she was cast in her most well-known role as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank …
Virginia Patton, American actress and businesswoman (died 2022)
Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev was a Soviet cosmonaut who commanded the historic 1965 Voskhod 2 space mission which saw the first space walk. He had been a fighter pilot with extensive e…
Pavel Belyayev, Soviet soldier, pilot and cosmonaut (died 1970)
Wolfgang Unzicker was one of the strongest German chess Grandmasters from 1945 to about 1970. He decided against making chess his profession, choosing law instead. Unzicker was at …
Wolfgang Unzicker, German chess player (died 2006)
Jean Frydman was a French-Israeli businessman, film and television producer, and a decorated member of the French Resistance during the Second World War. He received the Légion d'h…
Jean Frydman, French resistant and businessman (died 2021)
Leonard Solomon Lerman was an American scientist most noted for his work on DNA.
Leonard Lerman, American geneticist and biologist (died 2012)
Jerome Solon Felder, known professionally as Doc Pomus, was an American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the co-writer of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducte…
Doc Pomus, American singer-songwriter (died 1991)
Willard Wayne Terwilliger, nicknamed "Twig", was an American professional baseball second baseman. He played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1949 and 1960 for t…
Wayne Terwilliger, American second baseman, coach, and manager (died 2021)
Francis Sherman Currey was a United States Army technical sergeant and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his heroic …
Francis S
Giorgio Napolitano was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 2006 to 2015. At the time the longest-serving president in Italian history, and the first to …
Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy (died 2023)
Chan Woods, was a common-law wife of jazz musician Charlie Parker. She later married musician Phil Woods.
Chan Parker, American dancer and author (died 1999)