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Edward Payson Whittemore was an American novelist, the author of five novels written between 1974 and 1987, four of which comprised his Jerusalem Quartet series. Following a tour o…
Edward Whittemore, American soldier and author (born 1933)
Brigid Antonia Brophy was an English author, literary critic and polemicist. She was an influential campaigner who agitated for many types of social reform, including homosexual pa…
Brigid Brophy, English author and critic (born 1929)
Alison Jane Hargreaves was a British mountaineer and alpinist. Her accomplishments included scaling Mount Everest in 1995 solo and without supplementary oxygen or support from a Sh…
Alison Hargreaves, English mountaineer (born 1963)
Jerome John Garcia was an American musician who was the lead guitarist and a vocalist with the rock band Grateful Dead, which he co-founded and which came to prominence during the …
Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1942)
Wonga Philip "Phil" Harris was an American actor, comedian, bandleader, and musician. He was an orchestra leader and a pioneer in radio situation comedy, first with The Jack Benny …
Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904)
Václav Jaroslav Karel Pinkava, better known by his pen name Jan Křesadlo, was a Czech psychologist who was also a prizewinning novelist and poet.
Jan Křesadlo, Czech-English psychologist and author (born 1926)
Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–19…
Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1931)
John Cameron Swayze was an American anchorman, news commentator, and game show panelist during the 1940s and 1950s. He later became best known as a product spokesman.
John Cameron Swayze, American journalist and actor (born 1906)
Howard E. Koch was an American playwright and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the Hollywood film studio bosses in the 1950s.
Howard E. Koch, American playwright and screenwriter (born 1902)
Edward James Whitten Sr. OAM was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Footscray Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Ted Whitten, Australian footballer and coach (born 1933)
Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His inno…
Pierre Schaeffer, French composer and musicologist (born 1910)
Charles Joseph Stevenson was an American racing driver who competed in various disciplines of motorsport. He is best known for winning the AAA National Championship in 1952. Steven…
Chuck Stevenson, American race car driver (born 1919)
Alfred Eisenstaedt was a German-born American photographer and photojournalist. He began his career in Germany prior to World War II but achieved prominence as a staff photographer…
Alfred Eisenstaedt, German-American photographer and journalist (born 1898)
Douglas Alan Stegmeyer was an American musician who was best known as a bassist and back-up vocalist for Billy Joel. Stegmeyer also performed as bassist for Debbie Gibson and Hall …
Doug Stegmeyer, American bass player and producer (born 1951)
John Kilian Houston Brunner was a British author of science fiction novels and stories. His 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar, about an overpopulated world, won the 1969 Hugo Award for …
John Brunner, English-Scottish author and poet (born 1934)
Ugo Eugenio Prat, better known as Hugo Pratt, was an Italian comic book creator who was known for combining strong storytelling with extensive historical research on works such as …
Hugo Pratt, Italian author and illustrator (born 1927)
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was an Indian-American theoretical physicist. He shared the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importa…
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-American astrophysicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
John Joseph Carey was an Irish professional footballer and manager. As a player, Carey spent most of his career at Manchester United, where he was team captain from 1946 until he r…
Johnny Carey, Irish footballer and manager (born 1919)
Earl Wesley Bascom was an American-Canadian painter, printmaker, sculptor, cowboy, rodeo performer, inventor, and Hollywood actor. Raised in Canada, he portrayed in works of fine a…
Earl W. Bascom, American rodeo performer and painter (born 1906)
Michael Andreas Helmuth Ende was a German writer of fantasy and children's fiction. He is known for his epic fantasy The Neverending Story ; other well-known works include Momo and…
Michael Ende, German scientist and author (born 1929)
Frank Joseph Perry Jr. was an American stage director and filmmaker. His 1962 independent film David and Lisa earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Director and Best Adapted …
Frank Perry, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
Holmes Sterling Morrison Jr. was an American musician, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band the Velvet Underground. He usually played electric guitar, occasio…
Sterling Morrison, American guitarist and singer (born 1942)
Mary Adshead was an English painter, muralist, illustrator and designer.
Mary Adshead, English painter (born 1904)
Chuck Greenberg, born in Chicago, Illinois, was an American musical artist, composer and producer.
Chuck Greenberg, American saxophonist, composer, and producer (born 1950)