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Maurice Bellemare, was a politician in Quebec, Canada. He was known as Le Vieux Lion de la Politique Québécoise because of his colourful style and his many years of public office. …
Maurice Bellemare, Canadian lawyer and politician (born 1912)
Ray McAnally was an Irish actor. He was the recipient of three BAFTA Awards in the late 1980s: two BAFTA Film Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and a BAFTA Television Award for Bes…
Ray McAnally, Irish actor (born 1926)
Elisabet "Betti" Alver, was one of Estonia's most notable poets. She was among the first generation to be educated in schools of an independent Estonia. She went to grammar school …
Betti Alver, Estonian author and poet (born 1906)
Karl Rudolf Werner Best was a German jurist, police chief, SS-Obergruppenführer, Nazi Party leader, and theoretician from Darmstadt. He was the first chief of Department 1 of the G…
Werner Best, German police officer and jurist (born 1903)
Howard Charles Green was a Canadian federal politician.
Howard Charles Green, Canadian lawyer and politician, 27th Canadian Minister of Public Works (born 1895)
Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books Language, Truth, and Logic (1936) and The Proble…
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Georg Henri Anton "Joris" Ivens was a Dutch documentary filmmaker. Among the notable films he directed or co-directed are A Tale of the Wind, The Spanish Earth, Rain, ...A Valparai…
Joris Ivens, Dutch journalist, director, and producer (born 1898)
Andrei Andreyevich Gromyko was a Soviet politician and diplomat during the Cold War. He served as Minister of Foreign Affairs (1957–1985) and as Chairman of the Presidium of the Su…
Andrei Gromyko, Soviet economist and politician, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1909)
James Gilmore Backus was an American actor. Among his most famous roles were Thurston Howell III on the 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island, the father of James Dean's character in Rebe…
Jim Backus, American actor and voice artist (born 1913)
János József Kádár was a Hungarian Communist leader and the General Secretary of the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, a position he held for 32 years. Declining health led to hi…
János Kádár, Hungarian mechanic and politician, Hungarian Minister of the Interior (born 1912)
Melvin Jerome Blanc was an American voice actor and radio personality whose career spanned over sixty years. Referred to as "The Man of a Thousand Voices", he is widely regarded as…
Mel Blanc, American voice actor (born 1908)
Laurence Paul Cunningham was an English professional footballer who played as a winger. He notably played in England, France, and Spain, where he became the first-ever English play…
Laurie Cunningham, English footballer (born 1956)
The Reverend Alfred Itubwa Amram was a Nauruan pastor and political figure.
Itubwa Amram, Nauruan pastor and politician (born 1922)
Kazimierz Aleksander Sabbat, was President of Poland-in-exile from 8 April 1986 until his death, 19 July 1989, after serving as Prime Minister of the Polish government-in-exile.
Kazimierz Sabbat, Polish businessman and politician, President of the Republic of Poland (born 1913)
Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier was an English actor and director. He and his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave and Ralph Richardson made up a quartet of male acto…
Laurence Olivier, English actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
Herbert von Karajan was an Austrian conductor. He was principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 34 years. During the Nazi era, he debuted at the Salzburg Festival, with th…
Herbert von Karajan, Austrian conductor and manager (born 1908)
Donnie Ray Moore was an American relief pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) who played for the Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals (1980), Milwaukee Brewers (1981), Atlanta Braves…
Donnie Moore, American baseball player (born 1954)
Rebecca Lucile Schaeffer was an American actress and model. She began her career as a teen model before moving on to acting. In 1986, she landed the role of Patricia "Patti" Russel…
Rebecca Schaeffer, American model and actress (born 1967)
Forrest Howard Anderson was an American politician, attorney, and judge who served as the 17th Governor of Montana from 1969 to 1973. Prior to this, he served as the Attorney Gener…
Forrest H. Anderson, American judge and politician, 17th Governor of Montana (born 1913)
Donald Barthelme Jr. was an American short story writer and novelist known for his playful, postmodernist style of short fiction. Barthelme also worked as a newspaper reporter for …
Donald Barthelme, American short story writer and novelist (born 1931)
Steve Rubell was an American entrepreneur and co-owner of the New York City disco Studio 54.
Steve Rubell, American businessman, co-owner of Studio 54 (born 1943)
Lane Clyde Frost was an American professional rodeo cowboy who specialized in bull riding, and competed in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA). He was the 1987 PRCA W…
Lane Frost, American professional bull rider (born 1963)
John Andrew Howard Ogdon was an English pianist and composer.
John Ogdon, English pianist and composer (born 1937)