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Gamal Hamdan was an Egyptian geographer and scholar known for his work on Egypt's geography, history, and culture.
Gamal Hamdan, Egyptian scholar and geographer (born 1928)
David Koresh was an American cult leader and preacher who played a central role in the Waco siege of 1993. As the head of the Branch Davidians, a religious sect, Koresh claimed to…
David Koresh, American cult leader (born 1959)
George Speaker Mickelson was an American politician and Vietnam War veteran who served as the 28th governor of South Dakota from 1987 until his death in 1993 in a plane crash near …
George S
Mario Fortino Alfonso Moreno Reyes, known by the stage name Cantinflas, was a Mexican comedian, actor, and filmmaker. He is considered to have been the most widely accomplished Mex…
Cantinflas, Mexican actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1911)
Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo was a South African anti-apartheid politician and activist who served as President of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1967 to 1991.
Oliver Tambo, South African lawyer and activist (born 1917)
Trần Đức Thảo was a Vietnamese philosopher. His work attempted to unite phenomenology with Marxist philosophy. His work had some currency in France in the 1950s and 1960s, and was …
Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese philosopher and theorist (born 1917)
Diva Diniz Corrêa was a Brazilian marine zoologist.
Diva Diniz Corrêa, Brazilian zoologist (born 1918)
Cesario Estrada "Cesar" Chavez was an American labor unionist and political activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Associa…
Cesar Chavez, American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers (born 1927)
James Thomas Anthony Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball player, coach, and broadcaster. Valvano had a successful coaching career with multiple schools, …
Jim Valvano, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1946)
Michael Gordon was an American stage actor and stage and film director.
Michael Gordon, American actor and director (born 1909)
Michael Ronson was an English musician, songwriter, arranger, and producer. He achieved critical and commercial success working with David Bowie as the guitarist of the Spiders fro…
Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter and producer (born 1946)
Thomas Stephen Caton was an English footballer who played as a centre half for Manchester City, Arsenal, Oxford United and Charlton Athletic. Caton captained both Manchester City a…
Tommy Caton, English footballer (born 1962)
Pierre Eugène Bérégovoy was a French politician who served as Prime Minister of France under President François Mitterrand from 2 April 1992 to 29 March 1993. He was a member of th…
Pierre Bérégovoy, French metallurgist and politician, Prime Minister of France (born 1925)
Sri Lankabhimanya Ranasinghe Premadasa was a Sri Lankan politician and statesman who served as the third president of Sri Lanka from 1989 until his assassination in 1993. He previo…
Ranasinghe Premadasa, Sri Lankan politician, 3rd President of Sri Lanka (born 1924)
André Moynet was a much decorated French wartime fighter pilot who moved on to become a test pilot and an entrepreneur-businessman. He was also a politician.
André Moynet, French race car driver, pilot, and politician (born 1921)
France Štiglic was a Slovenian film director and screenwriter. His 1948 film On Our Own Land was entered into the 1949 Cannes Film Festival. His film The Ninth Circle (1960) was Yu…
France Štiglic, Slovenian film director and screenwriter (born 1919)
Irving Howe was an American author, literary and social critic, and a key figure in the democratic socialist movement in the U.S. He co-founded and served as longtime editor of Dis…
Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (born 1920)
Dorothy Ann Todd was an English film, television and stage actress who achieved international fame when she starred in The Seventh Veil (1945). From 1949 to 1957 she was married to…
Ann Todd, English actress and producer (born 1909)
Penelope Gilliatt was an English novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, and film critic. As one of the main film critics for The New Yorker magazine in the 1960s and 1970s, Gi…
Penelope Gilliatt, English novelist, short story writer, and critic (born 1932)
Avram Davidson was an American writer of fantasy fiction, science fiction, and crime fiction, as well as the author of many stories that do not fit into a genre niche. He won a Hug…
Avram Davidson, American soldier and author (born 1923)
Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in La Consuma (Abetone), Tuscany, he was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (born1920)
William Randolph Hearst Jr. was an American businessman, newspaper publisher and member of the wealthy Hearst family.
William Randolph Hearst, Jr
Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, was a Sudanese literary writer, poet and diplomat. He is considered one of the most important Sudanese poets of the first generation after the country's indepe…
Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, Sudanese poet and diplomat (born 1933)
Zeno Colò was a champion alpine ski racer from Italy. Born in La Consuma (Abetone), Tuscany, he was among the top ski racers of the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Zeno Colò, Italian Olympic alpine skier (born 1920)