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Alexander Raymond Kellner was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics (1948–1958), Cincinnati Reds (1958) and …
Alex Kellner, American baseball player (died 1996)
David Harold Rowbotham was an Australian poet and journalist.
David Rowbotham, Australian journalist and poet (died 2010)
Sara Rosalie Wahl was an American feminist, lawyer, public defender, clinical law professor, and judge. She was the first woman to serve on the Minnesota Supreme Court, which she d…
Rosalie E. Wahl, American lawyer and jurist (died 2013)
Anthony Roy MacGibbon was a cricketer who played 26 Tests for New Zealand in the 1950s.
Tony MacGibbon, New Zealand cricketer and engineer (died 2010)
Margaret O'Rene Ryan was an American dancer and actress, best known for starring in a series of movie musicals at Universal Pictures with Donald O'Connor and Gloria Jean.
Peggy Ryan, American actress and dancer (died 2004)
Meshullam Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, commonly referred to as Reb Zalman, was an American rabbi, writer, and activist, and one of the founders of the Jewish Renewal movement and an i…
Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, Ukrainian-American rabbi and author (died 2014)
Dinah Washington was an American singer and pianist, one of the most popular Black female recording artists of the 1950s. Primarily a jazz vocalist, she performed and recorded in a…
Dinah Washington, American singer and pianist (died 1963)
McKinley Howard "Kenny" Dorham was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and occasional singer. Dorham's talent is frequently lauded by critics and other musicians, but he never re…
Kenny Dorham, American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (died 1972)
Lajos Kisfaludy was a Hungarian chemical engineer, a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He is renowned for his research in the field of peptide synthesis an…
Lajos Kisfaludy, Hungarian chemist and engineer (died 1988)
Geoffrey Beene was an American fashion designer. Beene was one of New York's most famous fashion designers, recognized for his artistic and technical skills and for creating simple…
Geoffrey Beene, American fashion designer (died 2004)
John A. Davidson was an American politician and practicing chiroprater.
John Davidson, American physician and politician (died 2012)
Buddy Hackett was an American comedian and comic actor. Known for his raunchy material, heavy appearance and thick New York City accent, his notable roles include Marcellus Washbur…
Buddy Hackett, American actor and singer (died 2003)
Herbert Wise was an Austrian-born film and television producer and director.
Herbert Wise, Austrian-English director and producer (died 2015)
Daniel Toroitich arap Moi was a Kenyan politician who served as the second president of Kenya from 1978 to 2002. He is the country's longest-serving president to date. Moi previous…
Daniel arap Moi, Kenyan educator and politician, 2nd President of Kenya (died 2020)
Mary Grace Canfield was an American theatre, film and television actress.
Mary Grace Canfield, American actress (died 2014)
Joan Delano Aiken was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children'…
Joan Aiken, English author (died 2004)
Justinas Lagunavičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He trained at VSS Žalgiris in Kaunas.
Justinas Lagunavičius, Lithuanian basketball player (died 1997)
Paul Franklin Dietzel was an American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator. He served as the head coach at Louisiana State University (1955–1961), the United…
Paul Dietzel, American football player and coach (died 2013)
Frank Armitage was an Australian-born American painter and muralist, known for painting the backgrounds of several classic animated Disney films, designing areas of and painting m…
Frank Armitage, Australian-American artist (died 2016)
John David Melcher was an American politician of the Democratic Party who represented Montana for four terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1969 to …
John Melcher, American veterinarian and politician (died 2018)
Daniel Ken Inouye was an American attorney, soldier, and statesman who represented Hawaii in the United States Senate from 1963 until his death in 2012. A member of the Democratic …
Daniel Inouye, American captain and politician, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2012)
Leonard Rosenman was an American film, television and concert composer with credits in over 130 works, including East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home,…
Leonard Rosenman, American composer and conductor (died 2008)
Marie-Claire Kirkland-Casgrain, was a Quebec lawyer, judge and politician. She was the first woman elected to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec, the first woman appointed a Cabine…
Marie-Claire Kirkland, American-Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (died 2016)
Wendell Hampton Ford was an American politician from Kentucky. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 53rd governor of Kentucky from 1971 to 1974, and as a member of th…
Wendell H. Ford, American politician, 53rd Governor of Kentucky (died 2015)