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Marcel Thiry was a French-speaking Belgian poet. During World War I, he and his brother Oscar served in the Belgian Expeditionary Corps in Russia.
Marcel Thiry, Belgian poet and activist (born 1897)
Samuel Joel "Zero" Mostel was an American actor, comedian, and singer. Mostel received three Tony Awards and a Drama Desk Award as well as nominations for a British Academy Film Aw…
Zero Mostel, American actor and comedian (born 1915)
Bantu Stephen Biko OMSG was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-aparth…
Steve Biko, South African activist (born 1946)
Robert Traill Spence Lowell IV was an American poet. He was born into a Boston Brahmin family that could trace its origins back to the Mayflower. His ancestors and contemporary fam…
Robert Lowell, American poet (born 1917)
Leopold Anthony Stokowski was a British conductor. One of the leading conductors of the early and mid-20th century, he is best known for his long association with the Philadelphia …
Leopold Stokowski, English conductor (born 1882)
Marc Bolan was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan is an influence on artist…
Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1947)
Maria Callas was an American and Greek soprano, and one of the most renowned and influential opera singers of the 20th century. Critics praised her bel canto technique, wide-rangin…
Maria Callas, Greek operatic soprano (born 1923)
Paul Isaac Bernays was a Swiss mathematician who made significant contributions to mathematical logic, axiomatic set theory, and the philosophy of mathematics. He was an assistant …
Paul Bernays, English-Swiss mathematician and philosopher (born 1888)
Uday Shankar was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best known for creating a fusion style of dance, adapting European theatrical techniques to Indian classical dance, imbued with…
Uday Shankar, Indian dancer and choreographer (born 1900)
Robert Porter McKimson Sr. was an American animator and illustrator, best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. Cartoons a…
Robert McKimson, American animator and illustrator (born 1910)
Alexander Nikolayevich Tcherepnin was a Russian-born composer and pianist.
Alexander Tcherepnin, Russian-American composer and pianist (born 1899)
Mary Ford was an American guitarist and vocalist, comprising half of the husband-and-wife musical team Les Paul and Mary Ford. Between 1950 and 1954, the couple had 16 top-ten hits…
Mary Ford, American singer and guitarist (born 1924)
Giorgos Papasideris was a Greek singer, composer, and lyricist. He was born on Salamis Island. After leaving elementary school, he spent his entire career working professionally in…
Giorgos Papasideris, Greek singer-songwriter (born 1902)
Angelo Muscat was a Maltese-born British character actor. He is primarily remembered for his role as the silent butler in the 1967 television series The Prisoner.
Angelo Muscat, Maltese-English actor (born 1930)
MacKinlay Kantor, born Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and…
MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (born 1904)
Berndt Andreas Baader was a West German communist and leader of the far-left terrorist organization Red Army Faction (RAF), also commonly known as the Baader-Meinhof Group.
Andreas Baader, German militant (born 1943)
José Ber Gelbard was a Polish-born Argentine activist and politician, and a member of the Argentine Communist Party. He also helped organize the Confederación General Económica (CG…
José Ber Gelbard, Argentinian activist and politician (born 1917)
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby Jr. was an American singer and actor. One of the first multimedia stars, he was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th centu…
Bing Crosby, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1903)
Gudrun Ensslin was a German far-left terrorist and founder of the West German far-left militant group Red Army Faction.
Gudrun Ensslin, German militant leader, founded the Red Army Faction (born 1940)
Steven Earl Gaines was an American musician. He is best known as a guitarist and backing vocalist with rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd from 1976 until his death in the October 1977 airpla…
Steve Gaines, American guitarist (born 1949)
Ronald Wayne Van Zant was an American singer, best known as the founder, lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of Jo…
Ronnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter (born 1948)
Ferit Tüzün was a Turkish composer. His works included the opera Midas'ın Kulakları, on the tale of King Midas' ears.
Ferit Tüzün, Turkish composer (born 1929)
Félix Gouin was a French Socialist politician who was a member of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO).
Félix Gouin, French politician (born 1884)
James Mallahan Cain was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter. He is widely regarded as a progenitor of the hardboiled school of American crime fiction.
James M. Cain, American journalist and author (born 1892)