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Ian Lancaster Fleming was a British writer best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Flem…
Ian Fleming, English spy, journalist, and author (born 1908)
John Joseph Burnette was an American singer and songwriter of rockabilly and pop music. In 1952, Johnny, his brother Dorsey Burnette, and their mutual friend Paul Burlison, formed …
Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (born 1934)
Hildegard Johanna Maria Trabant was an East German woman who became the fiftieth known person to die at the Berlin Wall. Trabant was shot and killed by East German border guards du…
Hildegard Trabant, Berlin Wall victim (born 1927)
Edmond John "Ned" Hogan was an Australian politician who was the 30th Premier of Victoria. He was born in Wallace, Victoria, where his Irish-born parents were small farmers. After …
Edmond Hogan, Australian politician, 30th Premier of Victoria (born 1883)
Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became famous as the zany partner and comic foil of husband George Burns, her strai…
Gracie Allen, American actress and comedian (born 1895)
Salme Anette Pekkala-Dutt, known by the pen name Sancho, was an Estonian-British communist politician, essayist, writer and translator.
Salme Dutt, Estonian-English lawyer and politician (born 1888)
Palmiro Michele Nicola Togliatti was an Italian politician and statesman who led the Italian Communist Party for nearly forty years, from 1927 until his death. Born into a middle-c…
Palmiro Togliatti, Italian journalist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (born 1893)
Glenn Albert Black was an American archaeologist, author, and part-time university lecturer who was among the first professional archaeologists to study prehistoric sites in Indian…
Glenn Albert Black, American archaeologist and scholar (born 1900)
Alvin Cullum York, also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an …
Alvin C. York, American colonel, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1887)
Walter Augustine Brown was an American sports executive. He was the founder and original owner of the Boston Celtics, operated the Boston Garden-Arena Corporation, and served as pr…
Walter A. Brown, American businessman (born 1905)
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh was a prominent Hindi poet, essayist, literary and political critic, and fiction writer of the 20th century.
Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, Indian poet and critic (born 1917)
Seán O'Casey was an Irish dramatist and memoirist. A committed socialist, he was the first Irish playwright of note to write about the struggles and experiences of the working clas…
Seán O'Casey, Irish dramatist and memoirist (born 1880)
Josef Müller, also known as Giuseppe Müller, was a Croatian entomologist.
Josef Müller, Croatian entomologist (born 1880)
Eddie Cantor was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.
Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892)
Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus was a Russian and Soviet pianist and teacher. Part of a musical dynasty, he was of German descent. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. N…
Heinrich Neuhaus, Ukrainian-Russian pianist and educator (born 1888)
Arthur "Harpo" Marx was an American comedian, actor and harpist, and the second-oldest of the Marx Brothers. In contrast to the mainly verbal comedy of his brothers Groucho and Chi…
Harpo Marx, American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1888)
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Many of his songs became standards noted for their witty, urbane lyrics, and many of his scores found success on Broadwa…
Cole Porter, American composer and songwriter (born 1891)
Francis Charles Winslow "Patsy" Callighen was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 36 regular season and nine playoff games in the National Hockey League with the N…
Patsy Callighen, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1906)
Sergey Semyonovich Biryuzov was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Chief of the General Staff.
Sergey Biryuzov, Marshal of the Soviet Union (born 1904)
Janet Gertrude "Nettie" Palmer was an Australian poet, essayist and Australia's leading literary critic of her day. She corresponded with women writers and collated the Centenary G…
Nettie Palmer, Australian poet and critic (born 1885)
Christopher William Vane, 10th Baron Barnard,, was a British peer and military officer.
Christopher Vane, 10th Baron Barnard, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Durham (born 1888)
Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933. Hoover's term as president was dominated by the Great Depression. His ineffectual respo…
Herbert Hoover, American engineer and politician, 31st President of the United States (born 1874)
Frank Luther Mott was an American academic, historian and journalist, who won the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for History for Volumes II and III of his series, A History of American Magazi…
Frank Luther Mott, American historian and journalist (born 1886)
Toni Kinshofer was a German mountaineer.
Toni Kinshofer, German mountaineer (born 1931)