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Philippé Wynne was an American singer, best known for his role as a lead vocalist of The Spinners. Wynne scored notable hits such as "How Could I Let You Get Away", "The Rubberband…
Philippe Wynne, American soul singer (The Spinners) (born 1941)
Kathleen "Lally" Bowers was an English actress.
Lally Bowers, English actress (born 1914)
Grigori Kromanov was an Estonian theatre and film director. He directed some of the best-known Estonian movies, including Viimne reliikvia and "Hukkunud Alpinisti" hotell.
Grigori Kromanov, Estonian director and screenwriter (born 1926)
Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya was a Soviet actress. She is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms.
Faina Ranevskaya, Russian actress (born 1896)
Aziz Sami Bey Abi-Samim was an Iraqi writer and translator. Born in Kirkuk, then part of the Ottoman Empire he moved to Istanbul to continue his studies and taught in schools in va…
Aziz Sami, Iraqi writer and translator (born 1895)
Bryan Aldwyn Hextall was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Considered one of the top wingers of th…
Bryan Hextall, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1913)
Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton, was an American singer and songwriter of blues and R&B.
Big Mama Thornton, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)
George Horace Gallup was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a statistically based survey sampled measure of public opinion.
George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (born 1901)
James Neville Mason was an English actor. He achieved considerable success in British cinema before becoming a star in Hollywood. He was nominated for three Academy Awards, three G…
James Mason, English actor (born 1909)
Fredrick Malcolm Waring Sr. was an American musician, bandleader, choral director, and radio and television personality, sometimes referred to as "America's Singing Master" and "Th…
Fred Waring, American television host and bandleader (born 1900)
Edward Theodore Gein, also known as the Butcher of Plainfield and the Plainfield Ghoul, was an American murderer and body snatcher. His crimes, committed around his hometown of Pla…
Ed Gein, American serial killer (born 1906)
Richard Walter Burton was a Welsh actor.
Richard Burton, Welsh actor (born 1925)
Richard Lewis Deacon was an American television and motion picture actor, widely known for playing supporting roles in television shows such as The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It to …
Richard Deacon, American actor (born 1921)
Ellen Raskin was an American children's writer and illustrator. She won the 1979 Newbery Medal for The Westing Game, a mystery novel, and another children's mystery, Figgs & Phant…
Ellen Raskin, American author and illustrator (born 1928)
Alfred Abraham Knopf Sr. was an American publisher of the 20th century, and co-founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and Donald Klo…
Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (born 1892)
Paul Felix Schmidt was an Estonian and German chess player, writer and chemist.
Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (born 1916)
Ladi Dosei Kwali, OON NNOM, MBE was a Nigerian potter, ceramicist and educator.
Ladi Kwali, Nigerian potter (born 1925)
Tigran Vardani Petrosian was a Soviet-Armenian chess grandmaster. The ninth World Chess Champion from 1963 to 1969, he was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost-impenetrable de…
Tigran Petrosian, Georgian-Armenian chess player (born 1929)
Virgil Lawrence "Spud" Davis was an American professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Ph…
Spud Davis, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1904)
John Boynton Priestley was an English novelist, playwright, screenwriter, broadcaster and social commentator.
J. B. Priestley, English novelist and playwright (born 1894)
Dušan "Duško" Radović was a Serbian writer, journalist, aphorist and a poet.
Duško Radović, Serbian children's writer, poet, journalist, aphorist and TV editor (born 1922)
Truman Garcia Capote was an American novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. Several of his short stories, novels, and plays have been praised as literary classics, and he is regar…
Truman Capote, American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1924)
Viktor Ivanovich Chukarin was a Ukrainian gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union. He won eleven medals, including seven gold medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics and was …
Viktor Chukarin, Ukrainian gymnast and coach (born 1921)
Waite Charles Hoyt was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball for seven different teams during 1918–1938. He was one of the domi…
Waite Hoyt, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1899)