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Jan Victor Armas Lindblad was a Swedish naturalist, writer, photographer, film maker, and whistling artist who imitated animals.
Jan Lindblad, Swedish biologist and photographer (died 1987)
Szilárd Keresztes was a Hungarian Greek Catholic bishop. He was Bishop of Hajdúdorog and apostolic administrator of the Apostolic Exarchate of Miskolc from 1975 to 2008.
Szilárd Keresztes, Hungarian Greek Catholic bishop (died 2025)
Nam June Paik was a South Korean artist. He worked with a variety of media and is considered to be the founder of video art. He is credited with the first use (1974) of the term "e…
Nam June Paik, American artist (died 2006)
Otto Georg Schily is a former Federal Minister of the Interior of Germany, his tenure was from 1998 to 2005, in the cabinet of Chancellor Gerhard Schröder. He is a member of the So…
Otto Schily, German lawyer and politician, German Minister of the Interior
Kaye Stevens was an American singer and actress. Her big break in show business came at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, when the headliner for the night, Debbie Reynolds, became il…
Kaye Stevens, American singer and actress (died 2011)
Óscar Arístides de la Renta y Fiallo was a Dominican fashion designer. Born in Santo Domingo, he was trained by Cristóbal Balenciaga and Antonio del Castillo. De la Renta became in…
Oscar de la Renta, Dominican-American fashion designer (died 2014)
Thomas Eugene Robbins was an American novelist. His most notable works are "seriocomedies". His 1976 novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues was adapted into the 1993 film version by Gus…
Tom Robbins, American novelist (died 2025)
Gustav Andreas Tammann was a Swiss astronomer and academic. He served as director of the Astronomical Institute of the University of Basel; as a member of the European Space Agency…
Gustav Andreas Tammann, German astronomer and academic (died 2019)
Paul Joseph Weitz was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, and NASA astronaut, who flew into space twice. He was a member of the three-man crew…
Paul J. Weitz, American astronaut (died 2017)
Forest Edward Able, nicknamed Frosty, was an American professional basketball player.
Forest Able, American basketball player
Marguerite Diane Webber was an American model, dancer, actress and nudist.
Diane Webber, American model, dancer and actress (died 2008)
Natalie Zane Babbitt was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. Her 1975 novel, Tuck Everlasting, was adapted into two feature films and a Broadway musical. She re…
Natalie Babbitt, American author and illustrator (died 2016)
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra was a Brazilian army officer, politician and known and convicted torturer who served as a colonel in the Brazilian Army.
Carlos Alberto Brilhante Ustra, Brazilian colonel (died 2015)
Sir Leslie Fielding was a British diplomat. In the Diplomatic Service, he spent time in the Foreign Office in London before serving as the European Commission Ambassador to Tokyo…
Leslie Fielding, English diplomat (died 2021)
Nancy Josephine Kassebaum Baker is an American retired politician from Kansas who served as a member of the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997. She is the daughter of Alf Lando…
Nancy Kassebaum, American businesswoman and politician
Theodore Crawford Cassidy was an American actor. He tended to play unusual characters in offbeat or science-fiction works, such as Star Trek and I Dream of Jeannie, and he played L…
Ted Cassidy, American actor and screenwriter (died 1979)
John Rogers Searle was an American philosopher widely noted for contributions to the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and social philosophy. He began teaching at the Uni…
John Searle, American philosopher and academic (died 2025)
Meir David HaKohen Kahane was an Israeli Orthodox ordained rabbi, convicted terrorist, writer and ultra-nationalist politician. He was the founder of the Israeli political party Ka…
Meir Kahane, American-Israeli rabbi and activist, founded the Jewish Defense League (died 1990)
Lamar Hunt Sr. was an American businessman and prominent member of the Hunt family. As a sports executive, he was involved in promoting football, soccer, and tennis in the United S…
Lamar Hunt, American businessman, co-founded the American Football League and World Championship Tennis (died 2006)
Peter James O'Toole was an English and Irish actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he received various accolades, including an Academy Honorary Award, a BAFTA Award, a Pri…
Peter O'Toole, British-Irish actor and producer (died 2013)
Frances Elizabeth Allen was an American computer scientist and pioneer in the field of optimizing compilers. Allen was the first woman to become an IBM Fellow, and in 2006 became t…
Frances E. Allen, American computer scientist and academic (died 2020)
Liang Congjie was a Chinese historian best known for his work as an environmental activist who established the Friends of Nature in 1994 as the first environmental non-governmental…
Liang Congjie, Chinese environmentalist, founded Friends of Nature (died 2010)
Tera de Marez Oyens was a Dutch composer.
Tera de Marez Oyens, Dutch pianist and composer (died 1996)
Vladimir Ivanovich Fedoseyev is a Soviet and Russian conductor, bayanist, teacher. People's Artist of the USSR (1980). Laureate of the USSR State Prize (1989) and the Glinka State …
Vladimir Fedoseyev, Russian conductor