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Sir Francis Osbert Sacheverell Sitwell, 5th Baronet CH CBE was an English writer. His elder sister was Edith Sitwell and his younger brother was Sacheverell Sitwell. Like them, he …
Osbert Sitwell, English-Italian author and poet (born 1892)
Arthur Remington Kellogg was an American naturalist and a director of the United States National Museum. His work focused on marine mammals.
Remington Kellogg, American zoologist and paleontologist (born 1892)
Enid Eulalie Bennett was an Australian silent film actress, mostly active in American film.
Enid Bennett, Australian-American actress (born 1893)
Frederick Claude Vivian Lane was an Australian swimmer who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics.
Frederick Lane, Australian swimmer (born 1888)
Maurice Joseph Cletus Malone was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He played in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and National Hockey League (NHL) for the Quebec Bulld…
Joe Malone, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1890)
Coleman Randolph Hawkins, nicknamed "Hawk" and sometimes "Bean", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. One of the first prominent jazz musicians on his instrument, as Joachim E. …
Coleman Hawkins, American saxophonist and clarinet player (born 1901)
Robert Paul Hawkins was an Australian motor racing driver. The son of a racing motorcyclist-turned-church minister, Hawkins was a capable single-seater driver but really made his m…
Paul Hawkins, Australian racing driver (born 1937)
Allan Haines Lockheed was an American aviation engineer and businessman. He formed the Alco Hydro-Aeroplane Company along with his brother, Malcolm Loughead, which became Lockheed …
Allan Haines Loughead, American engineer, co-founded the Lockheed Corporation (born 1889)
Jeffrey Hunter was an American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as The Searchers and King of Kings. On television, Hunter is known for his 1…
Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (born 1926)
Ivar Eugen Ballangrud was a Norwegian speed skater, a four-time Olympic champion in speed skating. As the only triple gold medalist at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Ballangrud was the …
Ivar Ballangrud, Norwegian speed skater (born 1904)
Elisabeth Rozetta Geleerd Loewenstein was a Dutch-American psychoanalyst. Born to an upper-middle-class family in Rotterdam, Geleerd studied psychoanalysis in Vienna, then London, …
Elisabeth Geleerd, Dutch-American psychoanalyst (born 1909)
Leo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of street-wise city toughs known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side …
Leo Gorcey, American actor (born 1917)
George Edwin Cooke was an American amateur soccer player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in St. Louis, Missouri.
George Edwin Cooke, American soccer player (born 1883)
Arunachalam Mahadeva, KCMG was a Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and diplomat. He served as Minister of Home Affairs (1942-1946) and High Commissioner to India (1948-1949).
Arunachalam Mahadeva, Sri Lankan politician and diplomat (born 1885)
Robert Taylor was an American film and television actor and singer who was one of the most popular leading men of his era.
Robert Taylor, American actor (born 1911)
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka was a Soviet painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of…
Aleksandr Deyneka, Ukrainian-Russian painter and sculptor (born 1899)
Pralhad Keshav Atre, popularly known as Āchārya Atre, was a prominent Marathi writer, poet, educationist, founder–editor of Maratha, and above all a noted orator.
Pralhad Keshav Atre, Indian journalist, director and producer (born 1898)
Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, was a British Army officer who served in both of the world wars. Alexander was born in London and…
Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (bo
Bishnu Prasad Rabha was an Indian cultural figure from Assam, known for his contributions to music, dance, painting, literature, and political activism. As an advocate of the peopl…
Bishnu Prasad Rabha, Indian artist, painter, actor, dancer, writer, music composer and politician (born 1909)
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker, known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first w…
Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (born 1934)
Judy Garland was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian whose career spanned four decades. She is known for her artistic range and strong contralto voice, working in a varie…
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (born 1922)
Volmari "Vomma" Fritijof Iso-Hollo was a Finnish runner. He competed at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics in the 3000 m steeplechase and 10000 m and won two gold, one silver and one bronz…
Volmari Iso-Hollo, Finnish runner (born 1907)
Frank Oscar King was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Gasoline Alley. In addition to innovations with color and page design, King introduced real-time continui…
Frank King, American cartoonist (born 1883)
Willy Otto Oskar Ley was a German and American science writer and proponent of space exploration and cryptozoology. The crater Ley on the far side of the Moon is named in his honor…
Willy Ley, German-American historian and author (born 1906)