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José Ernesto Sosa is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Argentina Primera Division club Estudiantes de La Plata. He also represented the Argentina n…
José Ernesto Sosa, Argentinian footballer
Dire Tune Arissi is an Ethiopian professional long-distance runner.
Dire Tune, Ethiopian runner
Aurélien Bayard Chedjou Fongang is a Cameroonian former professional footballer who played as a centre back for Lille, Galatasaray, Bursaspor, Adana Demirspor and the Cameroon nati…
Aurélien Chedjou, Cameroonian footballer
Matthew Clayton Flynn is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the LSU Tigers …
Matt Flynn, American football player
Caroline Elizabeth Polachek is an American singer, producer, and songwriter. Raised in Connecticut, Polachek cofounded the indie pop band Chairlift while studying at the University…
Caroline Polachek, American singer and songwriter
Scott Brady was an American film and television actor best known for his roles in Western films and as a ubiquitous television presence. He played the title role in the television …
Scott Brady, American actor (born 1924)
Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1…
Rudi Gernreich, Austrian-American fashion designer, created the monokini (born 1922)
Tancredo de Almeida Neves was a Brazilian politician, lawyer, and entrepreneur. He served as Minister of Justice and Internal Affairs from 1953 to 1954, President of the Council of…
Tancredo Neves, Brazilian banker and politician, Prime Minister of Brazil (born 1910)
Paul Hugh Emmett was an American chemist best known for his pioneering work in the field of catalysis and for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II. He spearheaded …
Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and academic (born 1900)
Jacques Ferron was a Canadian physician and author.
Jacques Ferron, Canadian physician and author (born 1921)
Samuel James Ervin Jr. was an American politician who served as a U.S. senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A Southern Democrat, he liked to call himself a "country lawye…
Sam Ervin, American lawyer and politician (born 1896)
Francis Michael "Bumper" Farrell was an Australian premiership winning and international representative rugby league footballer. A prop forward, his long club career with the Newto…
Frank Farrell, Australian rugby league player and policeman (born 1916)
Denise Robins was a prolific English romantic novelist and the first President of the Romantic Novelists' Association (1960–1966). She wrote under her first married name and under …
Denise Robins, English journalist and author (born 1897)
Attilio Luigi Antonio Bettega was an Italian rally driver.
Attilio Bettega, Italian race car driver (born 1951)
Larry Clinton was an American musician, best known as a trumpeter who became a prominent American bandleader and arranger.
Larry Clinton, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1909)
Fikri Sönmez was a Turkish communist politician, who served as the mayor of Fatsa district of Ordu Province between 1979 and 1980.
Fikri Sönmez, Turkish tailor and politician (born 1938)
Clarence Dexter Wiseman, was the tenth General of The Salvation Army from 1974 to 1977.
Clarence Wiseman, English-Canadian 10th General of The Salvation Army (born 1907)
Sir Donald Coleman Bailey, OBE was an English civil engineer who invented the Bailey bridge. Field Marshal Montgomery is recorded as saying that "without the Bailey bridge, we shou…
Donald Bailey, English engineer, designed the Bailey bridge (born 1901)
Robert Sherman "Bob" Halperin, nicknamed "Buck", was an American business executive, decorated WWII naval officer and Star class yacht racer, who became an Olympic bronze medalist …
Robert Halperin, American yachtsman (born 1908)
Karl Julius Marx was a German composer and music teacher.
Karl Marx, German conductor and composer (born 1897)
Theodore Sturgeon was an American author of primarily fantasy, science fiction, and horror, as well as a critic. He wrote approximately 400 reviews and more than 120 short stories,…
Theodore Sturgeon, American author and critic (born 1918)
Adolphus Jean Sweet was an American actor credited with nearly 60 television and film roles and more than 50 roles in stage productions, including performances on Broadway. He ofte…
Dolph Sweet, American actor (born 1920)
Eamon Joseph O'Brien, known professionally as Edmond O'Brien, was an American actor of stage, screen, and television, and film director. His career spanned almost 40 years, and he …
Edmond O'Brien, American actor and director (born 1915)
Chester Gould was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and mo…
Chester Gould, American cartoonist, created Dick Tracy (born 1900)