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Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, known professionally as Hemanta Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, was an Indian music director and a playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, along …
Hemanta Mukherjee, Indian singer and music director (died 1989)
Jacob H. Gilbert was an American lawyer and politician who served six terms as a United States representative from New York between 1960 and 1971.
Jacob H
Setsuko Hara was a Japanese actress. She is best known for her performances in Yasujirō Ozu's films Late Spring (1949), Tokyo Story (1953) and Tokyo Twilight (1957), amongst many …
Setsuko Hara, Japanese actress (died 2015)
François Jacob was a French biologist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Jacques Monod and André Lwoff "for their discoveries concerning genetic control…
François Jacob, French biologist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2013)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter de Lacy Le Cheminant, was a senior commander of the Royal Air Force (RAF), who served as Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff from 1974 to 1976 and Deputy Co…
Peter Le Cheminant, English air marshal and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey (died 2018)
Ian Gillett Carmichael was an English actor who worked prolifically on stage, screen and radio in a career that spanned seventy years. Born in Kingston upon Hull, in the East Ridin…
Ian Carmichael, English actor and singer (died 2010)
Lodewijk Paulina Van Den Bergh, known as Lode Van Den Bergh, also using the pseudonyms Aster Berkhof and Piet Visser, was a Belgian writer.
Aster Berkhof, Belgian author and academic (died 2020)
Yves Robert was a French actor, screenwriter, director, and producer.
Yves Robert, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2002)
Donato Joseph "Danny" Cedrone was an American guitarist and bandleader, best known for his work with Bill Haley & His Comets on their epochal "Rock Around the Clock" in 1954.
Danny Cedrone, American guitarist and bandleader (died 1954)
Thomas Jefferson was an American Dixieland jazz trumpeter, strongly influenced by Louis Armstrong.
Thomas Jefferson, American trumpet player (died 1986)
Hans Gerschwiler was a Swiss figure skater. He was the 1948 Olympic silver medalist
Hans Gerschwiler, Swiss figure skater (died 2017)
Jovito Reyes Salonga, KGCR also called "Ka Jovy," was a Filipino lawyer and politician, as well as a leading opposition leader during the regime of Ferdinand Marcos from the declar…
Jovito Salonga, Filipino lawyer and politician, 14th President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2016)
Saleh Mohammed Saleh Abdulaziz Al Ajeery was a Kuwaiti astronomer.
Saleh Ajeery, Kuwaiti astronomer (died 2022)
Lassie Lou Ahern was an American actress. Originally discovered by Will Rogers, she was best known for her role as Little Harry in the 1927 silent film Uncle Tom's Cabin and also f…
Lassie Lou Ahern, American actress (died 2018)
Jean-Pierre Roy was a Canadian pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in three games during the 1946 season for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Jean-Pierre Roy, Canadian-American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2014)
Fernando José Riera Bauzá was a Chilean professional football player and manager, patriarch of Chilean football.
Fernando Riera, Chilean football player and manager (died 2010)
Anne Clarissa Eden, Countess of Avon was an English memoirist and the second wife of Anthony Eden, who served as British prime minister from 1955 to 1957. She married Eden in 1952,…
Clarissa Eden, Spouse of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (died 2021)
César Rodríguez Álvarez, sometimes known as just César, was a Spanish football forward and manager.
César Rodríguez Álvarez, Spanish footballer and manager (died 1995)
Raymond Frederick Harryhausen was an American-British animator and special effects creator who is regarded as one of the most influential figures in the history of both fields. In …
Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer (died 2013)
Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford was one of the first female television producers in France. After becoming the Duchess of Bedford, she helped to open and popularize one of the f…
Nicole Russell, Duchess of Bedford (died 2012)
David Llewellyn Snellgrove, FBA was a British Tibetologist noted for his pioneering work on Buddhism in Tibet as well as his many travelogues.
David Snellgrove, British tibetologist (died 2016)
Eleanor Ross Taylor was an American poet who published six collections of verse from 1960 to 2009. Her work received little recognition until 1998, but thereafter received several …
Eleanor Ross Taylor, American poet and educator (died 2011)
Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar was an Indian mathematician who worked during the early 20th century. He made substantial contributions to mathematical analysis, number theory, infinit…
Srinivasa Ramanujan, Indian mathematician and theorist (born 1887)