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Shripad Amrit Dange was an Indian politician who was a founding member of the Communist Party of India (CPI) and a stalwart of Indian trade union movement. During the 20th century,…
Shripad Amrit Dange, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1899)
Stanley Harding Mortensen was an English professional footballer, notable for his part in the 1953 FA Cup final, in which he became the only player ever to score a hat-trick in a W…
Stan Mortensen, English footballer and manager (born 1921)
Wilhelm Walter Friedrich Kempff was a German pianist, teacher and composer. Although his repertoire included Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Brahms, Kempff was particular…
Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (born 1895)
Jean Marie Joseph "Jan", Baron Van Houtte was a Belgian politician who served as the Prime Minister of Belgium from 1952 to 1954.
Jean Van Houtte, Belgian academic and politician, 50th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1907)
Fletcher Markle was a Canadian actor, screenwriter, television producer and director. Markle began a radio career in Canada, then worked in radio, film and television in the United…
Fletcher Markle, Canadian director, screenwriter, and producer (born 1921)
Harold Eugene Clark was an American singer-songwriter and founding member of the folk rock band the Byrds. He was the Byrds' principal songwriter between 1964 and early 1966, writi…
Gene Clark, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)
Leopold Nowak was an Austrian musicologist chiefly known for editing the works of Anton Bruckner for the International Bruckner Society. He reconstructed the original form of some …
Leopold Nowak, Austrian musicologist and theorist (born 1904)
Margaret Barr was an Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama who worked in the United States, England, New Zealand and Australia. During a career of more than sixty yea…
Margaret Barr (choreographer), Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (born 1904)
David Eli Ruffin was an American soul singer most famous for his work as one of the lead singers of the Temptations (1964–1968) during the group's "Classic Five" period as it was l…
David Ruffin, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)
Ahmed Arif was a Turkish-Kurdish poet.
Ahmed Arif, Turkish poet and author (born 1927)
Brian Eyrl Bevan, also known by the nickname of "Wing Wizard", was an Australian professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. He became the only p…
Brian Bevan, Australian rugby league player (born 1924)
Catherine Joséphine "Katia" Krafft and her husband, Maurice Paul Krafft were French volcanologists and filmmakers who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, Nagasaki, Japan, on…
Katia Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (born 1942)
Catherine Joséphine "Katia" Krafft and her husband, Maurice Paul Krafft were French volcanologists and filmmakers who died in a pyroclastic flow on Mount Unzen, Nagasaki, Japan, on…
Maurice Krafft, French volcanologist and geologist (born 1946)
Lê Văn Thiêm was a Vietnamese scientist. Together with Hoàng Tụy, he is considered the father of Vietnam Mathematics society. He was the first director of the Vietnam Institute of …
Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician and academic (born 1918)
Claudio Arrau León was a Chilean and American pianist known for his interpretations of a vast repertoire spanning the baroque to 20th-century composers, especially Bach, Mozart, Be…
Claudio Arrau, Chilean-American pianist and educator (born 1903)
Jean Marcel Adolphe Bruller was a French writer and illustrator who co-founded the publishing company Les Éditions de Minuit with Pierre de Lescure.
Jean Bruller, French author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (born 1902)
Cromwell Everson was primarily known as a composer during his lifetime. He was brought up as an Afrikaner by his mother, Maria De Wit and father, Robert Everson. He continued this …
Cromwell Everson, South African composer (born 1925)
Stan Getz was an American jazz saxophonist. Playing primarily the tenor saxophone, Getz was known as "The Sound" because of his warm, lyrical tone, with his prime influence being t…
Stan Getz, American saxophonist and jazz innovator (born 1927)
Dame Edith Margaret Emily "Peggy" Ashcroft was an English actress whose career spanned more than six decades, both on screen and stage.
Peggy Ashcroft, English actress (born 1907)
Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr. was an American politician from Kentucky. He represented Kentucky in the U.S. Senate and served as its 44th and 49th governor. Aside from his p…
Happy Chandler, American businessman and politician, 49th Governor of Kentucky (born 1898)
Sir William Arthur Lewis was a Saint Lucian economist and the James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University. Lewis remains the only black person to have won …
Arthur Lewis, Saint Lucian economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1915)
Jean Arthur was an American film and theater actress whose career began in silent films in the early 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s.
Jean Arthur, American actress (born 1900)
Sumner Locke Elliott was an Australian novelist and playwright.
Sumner Locke Elliott, Australian-American author and playwright (born 1917)
Rufino del Carmen Arellanes Tamayo was a Mexican painter of Zapotec heritage, born in Oaxaca de Juárez, Mexico. Tamayo was active in the mid-20th century in Mexico and New York, pa…
Rufino Tamayo, Mexican painter and illustrator (born 1899)