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Emilio Giuseppe "Nino" Farina was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1950 to 1956. Farina won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in its inaugural 1…
Giuseppe Farina, Italian race car driver (born 1906)
Margery Louise Allingham was an English novelist from the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", and considered one of its four "Queens of Crime", alongside Agatha Christie, Dorothy L.…
Margery Allingham, English author of detective fiction (born 1904)
William Franklyn "Bill" Verner was an American athlete and middle-distance runner who competed in the early twentieth century.
Frank Verner, American runner (born 1883)
Jan Wiktor Brzechwa was a Polish poet, author and lawyer, known mostly for his contribution to children's literature.
Jan Brzechwa, Polish poet, author, and lawyer (born 1900)
George Charles de Hevesy was a Hungarian radiochemist and Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate, recognized in 1943 for his key role in the development of radioactive tracers to study …
George de Hevesy, Hungarian-German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1885)
Samuel Pond "Sad Sam" Jones was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball with the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, St. Loui…
Sad Sam Jones, American baseball player and manager (born 1892)
Delmore Schwartz was an American poet and short story writer.
Delmore Schwartz, American poet and short story writer (born 1913)
Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki , was a Japanese essayist, philosopher, religious scholar, and translator. He was an authority on Buddhism, especially Zen and Shin, and was instrumental in …
D. T. Suzuki, Japanese philosopher and author (born 1870)
Eugénie Julie Manet was a French painter, model, diarist, and art collector.
Julie Manet, French painter and art collector (born 1878)
Abdurrahman Seyfettin Arkan, Seyfi Nasih was a Turkish architect, the personal architect of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He was born in 1903 in Istanbul. He attended Kadikoy French Schoo…
Seyfi Arkan, Turkish architect (born 1903)
Robert Gaston Fuller was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for "Let Her Dance" and his cover of the Crickets' "I Fought the Law," recorded with his grou…
Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
Philipp Frank was an Austrian-American physicist, mathematician and philosopher of the early-to-mid 20th century. He was a logical positivist, and a member of the Vienna Circle. He…
Philipp Frank, Austrian-American physicist, mathematician, and philosopher, Vienna Circle member (born 1884)
Edward Montgomery Clift was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to The New York Times.
Montgomery Clift, American actor (born 1920)
Anthony David Lema was an American professional golfer who rose to fame in the mid-1960s and won a major title, the 1964 Open Championship at the Old Course at St Andrews in Scotla…
Tony Lema, American golfer (born 1934)
Francis Russell "Frank" O'Hara was an American writer, poet, and art critic. A curator at the Museum of Modern Art, O'Hara became prominent in New York City's art world. O'Hara is …
Frank O'Hara, American poet and critic (born 1926)
Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi was a Nigerian military officer who served as the first military dictator and head of state of Nigeria. He seized power during the ensuing ch…
Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian general and politician, 2nd Head of State of Nigeria (born 1924)
Francis Adekunle Fajuyi was a Nigerian soldier of Yoruba origin and the first military governor of the former Western Region, Nigeria.
Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (born 1926)
Earl Rudolph "Bud" Powell was an American jazz pianist and composer. A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory, Powell's application of …
Bud Powell, American pianist (born 1924)
Leonard Alfred Schneider, better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-wheeling, a…
Lenny Bruce, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1925)
Charles Joseph Whitman was an American mass murderer who committed the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting, one of the first mass shootings in modern American history to receiv…
Charles Whitman, American mass murderer (born 1941)
Artur Alliksaar was an Estonian poet.
Artur Alliksaar, Estonian poet and author (born 1923)
Kenneth Henry Jarvis Miles was an English sports car racing engineer and driver best known for his motorsport career in the U.S. and with American teams on the international scene.…
Ken Miles, English race car driver and engineer (born 1918)
Francis Xavier Bushman was an American film actor and director. His career as a matinee idol started in 1911 in the silent film His Friend's Wife. He gained a large female followin…
Francis X. Bushman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1883)
Shu Qingchun, known by his pen name Lao She, was a Chinese writer of Manchu ethnicity, known for his vivid portrayal of urban life and his colorful use of the Beijing dialect, such…
Lao She, Chinese novelist and dramatist (born 1899)