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Timothy Severin was a British explorer, historian, and writer. Severin was noted for his work in retracing the legendary journeys of historical figures. Severin was awarded both th…
Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author (died 2020)
Dame Josephine Clare Barstow, is an English operatic soprano.
Josephine Barstow, English soprano and actress
Benoni Beheyt is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer who raced from 1962 to 1968. Beheyt won 22 races and is most famous for winning the 1963 World Cycling Championshi…
Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
Walter William Cobb, known as Billy Cobb, was an English footballer who scored 38 goals from 199 appearances in the Football League playing for Nottingham Forest, Plymouth Argyle, …
Billy Cobb, English footballer
Claudia Falconer Card was an American philosopher who was the Emma Goldman (WARF) Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with teaching affiliations in Wome…
Claudia Card, American philosopher and academic (died 2015)
Harry Winston Jerome was a Canadian track and field sprinter and physical education teacher. He won a bronze medal at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo and set a total of seven world reco…
Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (died 1982)
Dewey Martin was a Canadian rock drummer, best known for his work with Buffalo Springfield, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.
Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (died 2009)
Phyllis Chesler is an American writer, psychotherapist, and professor emerita of psychology and women's studies at the College of Staten Island (CUNY). She is a second-wave feminis…
Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist
Steve O'Rourke was an English music manager and racing driver. He was the manager of Pink Floyd, a position he held from 1968 until his death. Among his accomplishments was negotia…
Steve O'Rourke, English race car driver and manager (died 2003)
Marc Savoy is an American musician, and builder and player of the Cajun accordion.
Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the Cajun accordion
Joseph Gilbert Yvon Jean Ratelle is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins. He featured in three Stanley Cup Finals. In twenty-on…
Jean Ratelle, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Alan Earle O'Day was an American singer-songwriter, best known for writing and singing "Undercover Angel", a million-selling Gold-certified American No. 1 hit in 1977. He also wrot…
Alan O'Day, American singer-songwriter (died 2013)
Michael Francis Troy was an American competitive swimmer, a two-time Olympic champion, and world record-holder in three events.
Mike Troy, American swimmer (died 2019)
Victor Edward Hadfield is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played sixteen years in the National Hockey League (NHL), spending thirteen with the New York Rangers…
Vic Hadfield, Canadian ice hockey player
Silvio Marzolini was an Argentine footballer who gained recognition during his tenure on Boca Juniors (1960–72). He is widely regarded as the best Argentine left-back of all time, …
Silvio Marzolini, Argentinian footballer and manager (died 2020)
Steve Swallow is an American jazz bassist and composer, known for his collaborations with Jimmy Giuffre, Gary Burton, and Carla Bley. He was one of the first jazz double bassists t…
Steve Swallow, American bass player and composer
Alberto Vilar, a.k.a. Albert Vilar was an American investment manager who became particularly known as a patron of opera companies, performing arts organizations, and educational …
Alberto Vilar, American businessman and philanthropist (died 2021)
Robert Maskew Cowper was an Australian cricketer who played Test cricket for Australia from 1964 to 1968, and Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria and Western Australia from 1960 …
Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer
Terry William Trotter was an American jazz pianist and teacher from Los Angeles. He recorded with such artists as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Larry C…
Terry Trotter, American jazz pianist
Johannes "Jan" Nicolaus Ignacius Keizer was a Dutch football referee. He refereed two matches in the 1986 FIFA World Cup in Mexico, and one match in the 1984 UEFA European Football…
Jan Keizer, Dutch footballer and referee
Fred Cash is an American soul singer. He was a member of The Impressions, a group in which he replaced Jerry Butler in 1960. As one of the group's longest-serving members, he is al…
Fred Cash, American singer
John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder, co-lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Lennon's songw…
John Lennon, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1980)
Lucy Ware Morgan was an American long-time reporter and editorialist at the Tampa Bay Times.
Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter (died 2023)
Winston Spencer Churchill, generally known as Winston Churchill, was an English Conservative politician and a grandson of the British prime minister of the same name. During the pe…
Winston Churchill, English journalist and politician (died 2010)