1992
Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
Mary Esther Wells was an American singer who helped to define the emerging sound of Motown in the early 1960s.
Mary Wells, American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
The 1990s
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1992
Max Dupain, Australian photographer and educator (born 1911)
Maxwell Spencer Dupain AC OBE was an Australian modernist photographer.
Max Dupain, Australian photographer and educator (born 1911)
1992
Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter
Tzeni Karezi also known as Jenny Karezi, was a Greek film and stage actress.
Tzeni Karezi, Greek actress and screenwriter
1992
Sulev Nõmmik, Estonian actor and director (born 1931)
Sulev Nõmmik was an Estonian theatre and movie director, actor, humorist and comedian. He's mostly associated with the comical character of Kärna Ärni and the related fictional vil…
Sulev Nõmmik, Estonian actor and director (born 1931)
1992
Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1952)
Michel Raymond "Bunny" Larocque was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blue…
Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (born 1952)
1992
Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (born 1915)
Brenda Marshall was an American film actress.
Brenda Marshall, Filipino-American actress and singer (born 1915)
1992
Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (born 1914)
Joseph Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1.
Joe Shuster, Canadian-American illustrator, co-created Superman (born 1914)
1992
Leonard Cheshire, English captain and pilot (born 1917)
Geoffrey Leonard Cheshire, Baron Cheshire was a British Royal Air Force pilot, officer and philanthropist.
Leonard Cheshire, English captain and pilot (born 1917)
1992
Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
Michel Jean Hamburger, known professionally as Michel Berger, was a French singer and songwriter. He was a figure of France's pop music scene for two decades as a singer. As a song…
Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter and producer (born 1947)
1992
Wang Hongwen, Chinese labor activist and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1935)
Wang Hongwen was a Chinese politician who was the youngest member of the Gang of Four. He rose to prominence during the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), after organizing the Shangh…
Wang Hongwen, Chinese labor activist and politician, member of the Gang of Four (born 1935)
1992
Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (born 1909)
Seichō Matsumoto was a Japanese writer, credited with popularizing detective fiction in Japan.
Seichō Matsumoto, Japanese author (born 1909)
1992
Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1921)
Sir Robert David Muldoon was a New Zealand politician who served as the 31st prime minister of New Zealand, from 1975 to 1984, while leader of the National Party. Departing from Na…
Robert Muldoon, New Zealand politician, 31st Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1921)
1992
Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (born 1949)
Leszek Błażyński was a Polish boxer who twice won the bronze medal in the men's flyweight division at the Summer Olympics. He first did so in 1972, when Munich hosted the Games. Fo…
Leszek Błażyński, Polish boxer (born 1949)
1992
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (born 1899)
Abu al-Qasim al-Musawi al-Khoei was a major Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja and dean of the Hawza of Najaf. Khoei was widely considered the most influential Twelver Shia Muslim scholar of…
Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Iranian religious leader and scholar (born 1899)
1992
Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (born 1938)
Fereydoun Farrokhzad was an Iranian showman, host, poet, actor, political activist, singer, humanitarian, and writer. He is best known for his television variety show, The Silver C…
Fereydoun Farrokhzad, Iranian singer and actor (born 1938)
1992
John Cage, American composer and theorist (born 1912)
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, artist, and music theorist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, …
John Cage, American composer and theorist (born 1912)
1992
John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (born 1904)
John Joseph Sirica was an American lawyer and jurist who was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1957 to 1992. Siri…
John Sirica, American lawyer and judge (born 1904)
1992
Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (born 1947)
Linda Jane Laubenstein was an American physician and early HIV/AIDS researcher. She was among the first doctors in the United States to recognize the AIDS epidemic of the early 198…
Linda Laubenstein, American physician and academic (born 1947)
1992
Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1951)
John Mark Heard III was an American record producer, folk rock singer and songwriter from Macon, Georgia.
Mark Heard, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1951)
1992
André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (born 1918)
Andreas Matthias Donner was a Dutch judge and the second President of the European Court of Justice, a position which he served between 1958 and 1964.
André Donner, Dutch academic and judge (born 1918)
1992
Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1925)
Robert Frans Marie De Moor, better known under his pen name Bob de Moor, was a Belgian comics creator. Chiefly noted as an artist, he is considered an early master of the Ligne cla…
Bob de Moor, Belgian author and illustrator (born 1925)
1992
Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (born 1933)
Bengt Holbek was a Danish folklorist known for his unorthodox approach to folklore theory. He wrote one of the definitive works of fairy tale scholarship entitled Interpretation of…
Bengt Holbek, Danish folklorist (born 1933)
1992
Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (born 1930)
Pierre-Félix Guattari was a French psychoanalyst, political philosopher, semiotician, social activist, and screenwriter. He co-founded schizoanalysis with Gilles Deleuze, and creat…
Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (born 1930)
1992
Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)
Barbara McClintock was an American scientist and cytogeneticist who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. McClintock received her PhD in botany from Cornell U…
Barbara McClintock, American geneticist and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1902)