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William Claude Rains was a British and American character actor whose career spanned almost seven decades. He was the recipient of numerous accolades, including four Academy Award …
Claude Rains, English-American actor (born 1889)
William Thomas Strayhorn was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger who collaborated with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington for nearly three decades. His c…
Billy Strayhorn, American pianist and composer (born 1915)
Charlotte Serber was an American journalist, statistician and librarian. She was the librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, and the laborat…
Charlotte Serber, American Librarian of the Manhattan Project's Los Alamos site (born 1911)
Benno Ohnesorg was a West German university student who was fatally shot in the back of the head by policeman Karl-Heinz Kurras during a demonstration in West Berlin. His death spu…
Benno Ohnesorg, German student and activist (born 1940)
Linda Marie Eenpalu was an Estonian politician. She was a member of the National Constituent Assembly (1937) and a Member of the Second Chamber of the National Council (1938) and t…
Linda Eenpalu, Estonian lawyer and politician (born 1890)
Arthur Yitzhak Biram was a German-born Israeli philosopher, philologist, and educator. He was the founder of the Reali School in Haifa.
Arthur Biram, Israeli philologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1878)
Sir Harry Percy Brown was a senior Australia public servant. He was Director-General of the Postmaster-General's Department from 1923 until 1939.
Harry Brown, Australian public servant (born 1878)
Anatoly Ivanovich Maltsev was born in Misheronsky, near Moscow, and died in Novosibirsk, USSR. He was a mathematician noted for his work on the decidability of various algebraic gr…
Anatoly Maltsev, Russian mathematician and academic (born 1909)
Dorothy Parker was an American poet, literary critic and writer of fiction. Based in New York, she was known for her caustic wisecracks, and eye for 20th-century urban foibles.
Dorothy Parker, American poet, short story writer, critic, and satirist (born 1893)
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the firs…
Spencer Tracy, American actor (born 1900)
Tatu Kolehmainen was a Finnish long-distance runner who competed at the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics. In 1912, he reached the finals of 10,000 m and marathon races, but failed to …
Tatu Kolehmainen, Finnish runner (born 1885)
Reginald Leigh Dugmore, known professionally as Reginald Denny, was an English actor, aviator, and UAV pioneer.
Reginald Denny, English actor (born 1891)
"Geki" was the racing pseudonym of Giacomo Russo, who was a racing driver from Italy. An experienced driver in the Italian lower formulae, he also participated in three Formula One…
Geki, Italian race car driver (born 1937)
Claude Beat Fehr was a Swiss racing driver.
Beat Fehr, Swiss race car driver (born 1942)
Theodore Sizer was an American professor of the history of art at Yale University and a director of the Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven, Connecticut. He was named the firs…
Theodore Sizer, American professor of the history of art (born 1892)
Françoise Paulette Louise Dorléac was a French actress. She was the elder sister of Sylvie Dorléac and Catherine Deneuve, with whom she starred in the musical comedy film, The Youn…
Françoise Dorléac, French actress and singer (born 1942)
Jaan Lattik was an Estonian politician, writer and a former Estonian Minister of Education and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia.
Jaan Lattik, Estonian pastor and politician, 9th Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia (born 1878)
Primo Carnera was the first Italian Heavyweight Champion boxer, holding the title from 1933 to 1934. Nicknamed the Ambling Alp, he was best known for his immense size and status as…
Primo Carnera, Italian boxer and actor (born 1906)
Jayne Mansfield was an American actress, Playboy Playmate, and singer. Mansfield was a sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, and was known for her numerous publicity stunts, her…
Jayne Mansfield, American actress (born 1933)
Gerhard Georg Bernhard Ritter was a German historian who served as a professor of history at the University of Freiburg from 1925 to 1956. He studied under Professor Hermann Oncken…
Gerhard Ritter, German historian and academic (born 1888)
Hilda Taba was an architect, a curriculum theorist, a curriculum reformer, and a teacher educator. Taba was born in the small village of Kooraste, Estonia. Her mother's name was Li…
Hilda Taba, Estonian architect and educator (born 1902)
Vivian Mary Olivier, known professionally as Vivien Leigh and styled as Lady Olivier after 1947, was a British actress. After completing her drama school education, Leigh appeared …
Vivien Leigh, British actress (born 1913)
Eugen Fischer was a German professor of medicine, anthropology, and eugenics, and a member of the Nazi Party. He served as director of the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute of Anthropology,…
Eugen Fischer, German physician and academic (born 1874)
Fatima Jinnah was a Pakistani politician, stateswoman, author, and activist. She was the younger sister of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder and first governor-general of Pakistan.
Fatima Jinnah, Pakistani dentist and politician (born 1893)