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Roy Del Ruth was an American filmmaker.
Roy Del Ruth, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1893)
Lucian Blaga was a Romanian philosopher, poet, playwright, poetry translator and novelist. He is one of the most important philosophers and poets of Romania, and a prominent philos…
Lucian Blaga, Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (born 1895)
Gary Cooper was an American actor known for his strong, silent screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three no…
Gary Cooper, American actor (born 1901)
George Arthur Malcolm was an American lawyer who emerged as an influential figure in the development of the practice of law in the Philippines in the 20th century. Constitutional s…
George A
Josef "Pips" Priller was a German military aviator and wing commander in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a fighter ace, he was credited with 101 enemy aircraft shot down in 3…
Josef Priller, German colonel and pilot (born 1915)
George Simon Kaufman was an American playwright, theater director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. In addition to comedies and political satire, he wrote several musicals …
George S
Rafael Leónidas Trujillo Molina, nicknamed "El Jefe", was a Dominican military officer and dictator who ruled the Dominican Republic from August 1930 until his assassination in May…
Rafael Trujillo, Dominican soldier and politician, 36th President of the Dominican Republic (born 1891)
Carl Gustav Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist, psychotherapist, and psychologist who founded the school of analytical psychology. He was a prolific author of over twenty books, illustr…
Carl Gustav Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist (born 1875)
Jean-Marie Camille Guérin was a French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist who, together with Albert Calmette, developed the Bacillus Calmette–Guérin (BCG), a vaccine for…
Camille Guérin, French veterinarian, bacteriologist and immunologist (born 1872)
Giulio Cabianca was a Formula One driver from Italy.
Giulio Cabianca, Italian racing driver (born 1923)
Peyami Safa was a Turkish journalist, columnist and novelist. He came to the fore in the Turkish literature of the Republican era with his psychological works such as Dokuzuncu Har…
Peyami Safa, Turkish journalist and author (born 1899)
Marcel Junod was a Swiss medical doctor and one of the most accomplished field delegates in the history of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). After medical school…
Marcel Junod, Swiss physician and anesthesiologist (born 1904)
Jeff Chandler was an American actor. He was best known for his portrayal of Cochise in Broken Arrow (1950), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Act…
Jeff Chandler, American actor (born 1918)
James Woodall Rodgers was an American attorney, businessman, and mayor of Dallas, Texas.
Woodall Rodgers, American lawyer and politician, Mayor of Dallas (born 1890)
Mazo de la Roche was a Canadian writer who wrote the Jalna novels, one of the most popular series of books of her time.
Mazo de la Roche, Canadian author and playwright (born 1879)
Nina Karlovna Bari was a Soviet mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series. She is also well-known for two textbooks, Higher Algebra and The Theory of Series.
Nina Bari, Russian mathematician (born 1901)
Emin Halid Onat was a Turkish architect and former rector of Istanbul Technical University.
Emin Halid Onat, Turkish architect and academic (born 1908)
Hilda Rix Nicholas was an Australian artist. Born in the Victorian city of Ballarat, she studied under a leading Australian Impressionist, Frederick McCubbin, at the National Galle…
Hilda Rix Nicholas, Australian artist (born 1884)
Lee de Forest was an American inventor, electrical engineer, and early pioneer in electronics of fundamental importance. He invented the first practical electronic amplifier, the t…
Lee de Forest, American inventor, invented the audion tube (born 1873)
Louis Ferdinand Auguste Destouches, better known by the pen name Louis-Ferdinand Céline, was a French novelist, polemicist, and physician. His first novel Journey to the End of the…
Louis-Ferdinand Céline, French physician and author (born 1894)
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has …
Ernest Hemingway, American novelist, short story writer, and journalist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1899)
Rocco Scott LaFaro was an American jazz double bassist known for his work with the Bill Evans Trio. LaFaro broke new ground on the instrument, developing a countermelodic style of …
Scott LaFaro, American bassist (born 1936)
Whittaker Chambers was an American author, journalist, and spy. After dropping out of Columbia University, Chambers joined the open Communist Party in 1925. He wrote and edited for…
Whittaker Chambers, American spy and witness in Hiss case(born 1901)
Julia Peterkin was an American author from South Carolina, who advocated for African Americans and wrote about the portrayals of the southern life. In 1929 she won a Pulitzer Prize…
Julia Peterkin, American author (born 1880)