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Antonia Coello Novello is a Puerto Rican physician and public health administrator. She was a vice admiral in the Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and served as 14th Surgeo…
Antonia Novello, Puerto Rican-American physician and admiral, 14th Surgeon General of the United States
Gregory Bruce Jarvis was an American engineer and astronaut who died during the destruction of the Space Shuttle Challenger on mission STS-51-L, where he was serving as payload spe…
Gregory Jarvis, American engineer, and astronaut (died 1986)
Rocky Johnson was a Canadian professional wrestler. Among many National Wrestling Alliance titles, he was the first Black NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champion as well as the NWA Televi…
Rocky Johnson, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (died 2020)
Conrad Moffat Black, Baron Black of Crossharbour is a Canadian and British writer and former politician, newspaper publisher, financier, and convicted felon.
Conrad Black, Canadian historian and author
Jacques Demers is a former Canadian Senator, former broadcaster and former professional ice hockey head coach. Demers had started out as a chief scout for the Chicago Cougars of th…
Jacques Demers, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and politician
Anthony Heald is an American character actor known for portraying Hannibal Lecter's jailer, Dr. Frederick Chilton, in The Silence of the Lambs (1991) and Red Dragon (2002), and for…
Anthony Heald, American actor
Sir Andrew Centlivres Longmore is a British lawyer and retired judge.
Andrew Longmore, British lawyer and judge
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester, is a member of the British royal family. He is the second son of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, and Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, th…
Prince Richard, Duke of Gloucester
Alan Frederick Parker is an English guitarist and composer.
Alan Parker, English guitarist and songwriter
Dame Judith Anne Rees is a British geographer who was interim director of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) from May 2011 until September 2012. Professor Rees …
Judith Rees, English geographer and academic
Maureen Ann "Moe" Tucker is an American retired musician, singer, and songwriter who achieved international fame as the drummer of the rock band the Velvet Underground. Tucker occa…
Maureen Tucker, American singer-songwriter and drummer
George William Bailey is an American actor. His roles include Staff Sergeant Luther Rizzo in M*A*S*H, Lieutenant/Captain Thaddeus Harris in the Police Academy films (1984–1994), an…
G. W. Bailey, American actor
John Voorhis "Tim" Bogert III was an American multi-instrumentalist musician and frequent collaborator with drummer Carmine Appice; the duo performed in such bands as Vanilla Fudge…
Tim Bogert, American singer and bass player (died 2021)
Marianne Yvonne Heemskerk is a former butterfly swimmer from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal in the 100 m butterfly at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. She was al…
Marianne Heemskerk, Dutch swimmer
John Thomas Hearne was a Middlesex and England medium-fast bowler. His aggregate of 3061 first-class wickets is the greatest for any bowler of medium pace or above, and his 257 wic…
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Dimitrios Psarros was a Greek army officer, founder and leader of the resistance group National and Social Liberation (EKKA), the third-most significant organization of the Greek R…
Dimitrios Psarros, Greek lieutenant, founded the National and Social Liberation (born 1893)
Elmer John Gedeon was an American professional baseball player, appearing in several games for the Washington Senators in 1939. Gedeon and Harry O'Neill were the only two Major Lea…
Elmer Gedeon, American baseball player and pilot (born 1917)
Charles Thorton Jordan was an American magician.
Charles Jordan, American magician (born 1888)
Anthony John Mullane, nicknamed "Count" and "the Apollo of the Box", was an Irish professional baseball player who pitched for seven major-league teams during 1881–1894. He is best…
Tony Mullane, Irish-American baseball player (born 1859)
Violette Morris was a French athlete and Nazi collaborator who won two gold and one silver medal at the Women's World Games in 1921–1922. She was later banned from competing for vi…
Violette Morris, French footballer, shot putter, and discus thrower (born 1893)
Emir Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan was the last emir of the Uzbek Manghit dynasty, rulers of the Emirate of Bukhara in Central Asia. Although Bukhara was a protectorate of the Russ…
Mohammed Alim Khan, Manghud ruler (born 1880)
George Joseph Herriman III was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Krazy Kat (1913–1944). More influential than popular, Krazy Kat had an appreciative audience am…
George Herriman, American cartoonist (born 1880)
William Dennison Stephens was an American federal and state politician. A three-term member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1911 to 1916, Stephens was the 24th governor o…
William Stephens, American engineer and politician, 24th Governor of California (born 1859)
William Franklin Knox was an American politician, soldier, newspaper editor, and publisher. He was the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936 and Secretary of the Navy unde…
Frank Knox, American journalist and politician, 46th United States Secretary of the Navy (born 1874)