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Rowena A. Morrill, also credited as Rowena and Rowina Morril, was an American artist known for her science-fiction and fantasy illustration, and is credited as one of the first fem…
Rowena Morrill, American artist (died 2021)
Günter Theodor Netzer is a German former professional football player, executive and pundit. He achieved great success in Germany with Borussia Mönchengladbach in the early 1970s a…
Günter Netzer, German footballer and manager
Winifred Jacqueline Fraser Bisset is a British actress. She began her film career in 1965 and came to prominence in 1968 with roles in The Detective, Bullitt, and The Sweet Ride, f…
Jacqueline Bisset, English actress and producer
Mauro Piacenza is an Italian prelate of the Catholic Church. A cardinal since 2010, he was Major Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary from 2013 to 2024. He was Prefect of the…
Mauro Piacenza, Italian cardinal
Graham Taylor was an English football player, manager, pundit and chairman of Watford Football Club. He was the manager of the England national football team from 1990 to 1993, and…
Graham Taylor, English footballer and manager (died 2017)
Linda Kaye Henning is an American actress and singer most notable for starring in the 1960s sitcom Petticoat Junction.
Linda Kaye Henning, American actress
Betty Kelly, also known as Betty Kelley, is an American singer most noted as being a member of the popular Motown singing group Martha and the Vandellas.
Betty Kelly, American soul/R&B singer
Robert Leslie Emmerson was a Canadian musician and singer. He was the lead vocalist and guitarist for the band Five Man Electrical Band, and their predecessor band The Staccatos. H…
Les Emmerson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)
Reinhold Andreas Messner is an Italian climber, explorer, and author from the German-speaking province of South Tyrol. He made the first solo ascent of Mount Everest and, along wit…
Reinhold Messner, Italian mountaineer and explorer
Jean Ellen Taylor is an American mathematician who is a professor emerita at Rutgers University and visiting faculty at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences of New York U…
Jean Taylor, American mathematician and academic
María del Rocío Mohedano Jurado, simply known as Rocío Jurado, was a Spanish singer and actress.
Rocío Jurado, Spanish singer and actress (died 2006)
Charles Lacy Veach was a United States Air Force (USAF) fighter pilot and NASA astronaut.
Charles L. Veach, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (died 1995)
Anders Per-Arne Björck is a Swedish politician who was Minister for Defence from 1991 to 1994 and Governor of Uppsala County from 2003 to 2009.
Anders Björck, Swedish politician, 25th Swedish Minister of Defence
Edmund Esbern Johannes Joensen is a Faroese politician, who was the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands from 1994 to 1998. From 2015 to 2022 served as a member of the Danish Folket…
Edmund Joensen, Faroese politician, 9th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands
İsmet Özel is a Turkish poet and writer.
İsmet Özel, Turkish poet and scholar
Paul Edward Madeley was an English footballer, who played for Leeds United and the England national team. During his career with Leeds, Madeley played in a variety of different pla…
Paul Madeley, English footballer (died 2018)
Gareth John Evans is an Australian politician, international policymaker, academic, and barrister. He represented the Labor Party in the Senate and House of Representatives from 19…
Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer, politician and the 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs
Steven Lynn Beshear is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 61st governor of Kentucky from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Kentuck…
Steve Beshear, American lawyer and politician, 61st Governor of Kentucky
Marcus Hugh Crofton Binney is a British architectural historian and author. He is best known for his conservation work regarding Britain's heritage.
Marcus Binney, English historian and author
Fannie Flagg is an American actress, comedian, and author. She is most notable as a frequent panelist on the 1973–1982 versions of the game show Match Game and for her 1987 novel F…
Fannie Flagg, American actress, comedian, and author
William Hamilton McWhorter Jordan was an American politician who served as Chief of Staff to President of the United States Jimmy Carter.
Hamilton Jordan, American politician, 8th White House Chief of Staff (died 2008)
Robert Tench was a British singer, guitarist, sideman, songwriter and arranger.
Bobby Tench, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2024)
Brian Gibson was an English film and television director.
Brian Gibson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2004)
Eric Bogle is a Scottish and Australian folk singer-songwriter and musician. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 25 to settle near Adelaide, South …
Eric Bogle, Scottish-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist