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Jan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, alongside W…
Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor, painter, and author (died 2007)
Warren Minor Christopher was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, and United States Navy officer who served as the 63rd United States secretary of state from 1993 to 1997.
Warren Christopher, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 63rd United States Secretary of State (died 2011)
Jane Sperry Connell was an American actress and singer.
Jane Connell, American actress and singer (died 2013)
Monica Louie Sims was a British BBC Radio producer who became Head of Children's Programmes, BBC Television, and then Controller of BBC Radio 4. She was also a vice-president of t…
Monica Sims, English radio host and producer (died 2018)
Ian Hamilton Finlay was a Scottish poet, writer, artist and gardener.
Ian Hamilton Finlay, Bahamian-Scottish poet, sculptor, and gardener (died 2006)
Sir Paul Leonard Fox was a British television executive and journalist, who spent much of his broadcasting career working for BBC Television, most prominently as the Controller of …
Paul Fox, English broadcaster (died 2024)
Dominick John Dunne was an American writer, investigative journalist, and producer. He began his career in film and television as a producer of the pioneering gay film The Boys in …
Dominick Dunne, American journalist and author (died 2009)
Timothy Sydney Robert Hardy was an English actor who had a long career in theatre, film and television. He began his career as a classical actor and later earned widespread recogni…
Robert Hardy, English actor (died 2017)
Haim Hefer was a Polish-born Israeli songwriter, poet, columnist, translator and writer. He wrote for numerous composers and musical artists, as well as for military bands. Several…
Haim Hefer, Polish-Israeli songwriter and poet (died 2012)
Klaus Friedrich Roth was a German-born British mathematician who won the Fields Medal for proving Roth's theorem on the Diophantine approximation of algebraic numbers. He was also …
Klaus Roth, British mathematician (died 2015)
John Haley "Zoot" Sims was an American jazz saxophonist, playing mainly tenor but also alto saxophone. He first gained attention in the "Four Brothers" sax section of Woody Herman'…
Zoot Sims, American saxophonist and composer (died 1985)
Stefan Mikhailov Nerezov was a Bulgarian General and Chief of the Bulgarian Army Staff.
Stefan Nerezov, Bulgarian general (born 1867)
André Léon Caplet was a French composer and conductor of classical music. He was a friend of Claude Debussy who orchestrated several of his compositions, as well as arrangements of…
André Caplet, French composer and conductor (born 1878)
Ralph Delahaye Paine was an American journalist and author popular in the early 20th century. Later, he held both elected and appointed government offices.
Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (born 1871)
Antun Branko Šimić was a Bosnian and Croatian expressionist poet, considered to be one of the most important poets of Croatian literature of the 20th century.
Antun Branko Šimić, Croatian and Bosnian-Herzegovinian poet (born 1898)
Clément Ader was a French inventor and engineer who was born near Toulouse in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in avia…
Clément Ader, French engineer, designed the Ader Avion III (born 1841)
Thomas Herman Ridgley was an American R&B singer, pianist, songwriter and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana. In a musical career lasting half a century Ridgley was a stalwart of…
Tommy Ridgley, American singer and bandleader (died 1999)
Sir Richard Butler was an Australian politician. He was a member of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1890 to 1924, representing Yatala (1890–1902) and Barossa (1902–1924…
Richard Butler, English-Australian politician, 23rd Premier of South Australia (born 1850)
Johann Palisa was an Austrian astronomer, born in Troppau, Austrian Silesia, now Czech Republic. He was a prolific discoverer of asteroids, discovering 122 in all, from 136 Austria…
Johann Palisa, Austrian astronomer (born 1848)
William Hesketh Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme was an English industrialist, philanthropist, and politician. Educated at a small private school until the age of nine, then at churc…
William Lever, 1st Viscount Leverhulme, English businessman and politician (born 1851)
John Graham Hope Horsley de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies PC, styled The Hon. John Beresford until 1910, was an Anglo-Irish army officer, civil servant, and polo player in th…
John Beresford, Irish polo player (born 1847)
Amy Lawrence Lowell was an American poet of the imagist school. She posthumously won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1926.
Amy Lowell, American poet and critic (born 1874)
Joseph Howard OBE was the first Prime Minister of Malta, holding this office from 1921 to 1923.
Joseph Howard, Maltese politician, 1st Prime Minister of Malta (born 1862)
Hidesaburō Ueno was a Japanese agricultural scientist, well-known as the guardian of Hachikō, a devoted Akita dog.
Hidesaburō Ueno, Japanese agriculturalist, guardian of Hachikō (born 1871)