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Kaido Reivelt is an Estonian physicist and science populariser who works at the University of Tartu Institute of Physics. His research area is wave optics and he is President of th…
Kaido Reivelt, Estonian physicist and academic
Toby Grafftey-Smith, known professionally as Toby Smith, was an English musician, most famous for being the keyboardist and co-songwriter for Jamiroquai from 1992 to 2002.
Toby Smith, English keyboardist and songwriter (died 2017)
Edwin van der Sar is a Dutch football executive and former player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he was most recently the chief executive of Eredi…
Edwin van der Sar, Dutch footballer and sportscaster
Benjamin Ray Bailey is an American comedian best known as the host of the game show Cash Cab. He also does stand-up comedy, and as an actor has appeared in some films and televisio…
Ben Bailey, American comedian and game show host
Maria Concepcion "Christine" Peji Bersola-Babao, also known as Tin Tin, is a Filipina multi-media personality. She is best known for appearing in the educational television program…
Christine Bersola-Babao, Filipino journalist and actress
Salvatore Paul Belleci is an American television personality and model maker, best known for his work on the Discovery Channel television program MythBusters. He has also worked wi…
Tory Belleci, American visual effects designer and television presenter
Billy Brown is an American actor best known for his lead roles as Richard 'Death Row' Reynolds on the FX sports drama series Lights Out (2011), Archer Petit on the CBS drama serie…
Billy Brown, American actor
Nia Talita Long is an American actress. Best known for her work in black cinema, Long rose to prominence after starring in the film Boyz n the Hood (1991), and for her portrayal of…
Nia Long, American actress
Ekaterini Voggoli is a retired Greek discus thrower.
Ekaterini Voggoli, Greek discus thrower
Richard Joseph Neutra was an Austrian-American architect. Living and building for most of his career in Southern California, he came to be considered a prominent and important mode…
Richard Neutra, Austrian-American architect, designed the Los Angeles County Hall of Records (born 1892)
Péter Veres was a Hungarian politician and writer, who served as Minister of Defence from 1947 to 1948.
Péter Veres, Hungarian politician, Hungarian Minister of Defence (born 1897)
Otis Spann was an American blues musician many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist.
Otis Spann, American singer and pianist (born 1930)
Anita Louise was an American film and television actress best known for her performances in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Story of Louis Pasteur (1935), Anthony Adverse (19…
Anita Louise, American actress (born 1915)
Erik Henrik Fredrik Bergman was a Swedish parish minister of the Lutheran Church and the father of diplomat Dag Bergman, novelist Margareta Bergman, and film director Ingmar Bergma…
Erik Bergman, Swedish minister and author (born 1886)
Gypsy Rose Lee was an American burlesque entertainer, stripper, actress, author, playwright and vedette, famous for her striptease act. Her 1957 memoir, Gypsy: A Memoir, was adapte…
Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress, striptease dancer, and writer (born 1911)
Arthur Shields was an Irish actor on television, stage and film.
Arthur Shields, Irish rebel and actor (born 1896)
Jacob (Jacques) Presser was a Dutch historian, writer and poet who is known for his book Ashes in the Wind on the history of the persecution of the Jews in the Netherlands during …
Jacques Presser, Dutch historian, writer and poet (born 1899)
Inger Stevens was a Swedish-born American film, stage, and Golden Globe–winning television actress.
Inger Stevens, Swedish-American actress (born 1934)
Yi Un was the 28th Head of the Korean Imperial House, an Imperial Japanese Army general and the last Imperial Crown Prince of the Korean Empire. Before becoming the heir apparent t…
Yi Un, Korean prince (born 1897)
Edward James Begley Sr. was an American actor of theatre, radio, film, and television. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film Sweet Bird …
Ed Begley, American actor (born 1901)
Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk was a Turkish footballer and Sailplane pilot.
Cemil Gürgen Erlertürk, Turkish footballer, coach, and pilot (born 1918)
Alexander Pavlovich Rodzyanko was an officer of the Imperial Russian Army during World War I and lieutenant-general and a corps commander of the White Army during the Russian Civil…
Alexander Rodzyanko, Russian general (born 1879)
Walter Philip Reuther was an American leader of organized labor and civil rights activist who built the United Automobile Workers (UAW) into one of the most progressive labor union…
Walter Reuther, American union leader (born 1907)
Nelly Sachs was a German–Swedish poet and playwright. Her experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokesperson for t…
Nelly Sachs, German poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1891)