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Ezra Taft Benson was an American farmer, federal government official, and religious leader. He served as the 15th United States Secretary of Agriculture during the entirety of both…
Ezra Taft Benson, American religious leader, 13th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 189
Marcel Bich, Baron Bich was an Italian-French manufacturer and co-founder of Bic, the world's leading producer of ballpoint pens, lighters and razors.
Marcel Bich, Italian-French businessman, co-founded Société Bic (born 1914)
Agostino Di Bartolomei was an Italian football player, who played as a midfielder or as a defender, in a sweeper role. Famed for his elegance on the ball and playmaking skills, he …
Agostino Di Bartolomei, Italian footballer (born 1955)
Erich Ernst Paul Honecker was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He h…
Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician (born 1912)
Rony Uzay Heparı was a Turkish musician, composer, producer, arranger, and actor. Heparı received classical music training as a child. In the mid-1980s, during his high school year…
Uzay Heparı, Turkish actor, producer, and composer (born 1969)
Herva Nelli was an Italian and American operatic soprano.
Herva Nelli, Italian-American soprano (born 1909)
David Charles Stove was an Australian philosopher whose writings often challenged prevailing academic orthodoxy. He was known for his critiques of postmodernism, feminism, and mult…
David Stove, Australian philosopher, author, and academic (born 1927)
Puig Aubert, is often considered the best French rugby league footballer of all time. Over a 16-year professional career he would play for Carcassonne, XIII Catalan, Celtic de Pari…
Puig Aubert, German-French rugby player and coach (born 1925)
Derek "Lek" Leckenby was an English musician and lead guitarist, most famous for his work with English pop group Herman's Hermits.
Derek Leckenby, English musician (born 1943)
Mark McManus was a Scottish actor known for his roles in the British television series Sam, Bulman, The Brothers, Strangers, and Dramarama, and the feature film 2000 Weeks. He was …
Mark McManus, Scottish actor (born 1935)
Patrick Barry Sullivan was an American actor of film, television, theatre, and radio. In a career that spanned over 40 years, Sullivan appeared in over 100 movies from the 1930s to…
Barry Sullivan, American film actor (born 1912)
Jan Tinbergen was a Dutch economist who was awarded the first Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied…
Jan Tinbergen, Dutch economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1903)
Alagiah Thurairajah was a Sri Lankan academic and vice-chancellor of the University of Jaffna.
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Nicole Brown Simpson was a German and American woman best known for being the second wife of American professional football player, actor, and media personality O. J. Simpson. She …
Nicole Brown Simpson, ex-wife of O
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known to adherents of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement as the Lubavitcher Rebbe or simply the Rebbe, was an Orthodox rabbi and the Rebbe of the Lubavitch H…
Menachem Mendel Schneerson, Russian-American rabbi and author (born 1902)
Philip Villamin Vera Cruz was a Filipino American labor leader and farmworker. He helped found the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC), which later merged with the Nat…
Philip Vera Cruz, Filipino-American labor leader and farmworker (born 1904)
Nadia Gray was a Romanian film actress.
Nadia Gray, Romanian-French actress (born 1923)
Lionel Grigson was an English jazz pianist, cornettist, trumpeter, composer, writer and teacher, who in the 1980s started the jazz course at the Guildhall School of Music. As Simon…
Lionel Grigson, English pianist, composer, and educator (born 1942)
Henry Mancini was an American composer, conductor, arranger, pianist and flutist, best known as a composer of film and television scores. Often cited as one of the greatest compose…
Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (born 1924)
Marcel André Mouloudji was a French singer, actor, and writer who was born in Paris and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He sang songs written by Boris Vian and Jacques Prévert.
Marcel Mouloudji, French singer and actor (born 1922)
Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of Greek music, widely regarded as one of the greatest Greek composers of all time. He was one of the main proponents of the "ént…
Manos Hatzidakis, Greek composer and theorist (born 1925)
Kristen Marie Pfaff was an American musician and songwriter known as a bassist for the alternative rock bands Hole and Janitor Joe. She died in June 1994 of a heroin overdose at th…
Kristen Pfaff, American bass player and songwriter (born 1967)
William Wilson Morgan was an American astronomer and astrophysicist. The principal theme in Morgan's work was stellar and galaxy classification. He is also known for helping prove …
William Wilson Morgan, American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1906)
Jean Vallerand, CQ was a composer, music critic, violinist, conductor, arts administrator, writer, and music educator from Quebec. As a composer he was active from 1935 to 1969. An…
Jean Vallerand, Canadian violinist, composer, and conductor (born 1915)