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Ayatollah Muhammad Baqir Muhsin al-Hakim at-Tabataba'i, also known as Shaheed al-Mehraab, was a senior Iraqi Shia Islamic scholar and the leader of the Supreme Council for Islamic …
Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi politician (born 1939)
Charles Bronson was an American actor. He was known for his roles in action films and his "granite features and brawny physique". Bronson was born into extreme poverty in Ehrenfeld…
Charles Bronson, American actor and soldier (born 1921)
Donald Herbert Davidson was an American philosopher and the Slusser Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley (1981–2003), having previously held teaching a…
Donald Davidson, American philosopher and academic (born 1917)
Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a …
Terry Frost, English painter and academic (born 1915)
Alan Dugan was an American poet.
Alan Dugan, American soldier and poet (born 1923)
Rudolf Leiding was the third post-war chairman of the Volkswagen automobile company, succeeding Kurt Lotz in 1971.
Rudolf Leiding, German businessman (born 1914)
Lola Violeta Ana-Maria Bobesco was a Belgian violinist of Romanian origin.
Lola Bobesco, Romanian-Belgian violinist and educator (born 1921)
Tibor Varga was a Hungarian violinist, conductor, and music teacher who developed pedagogic methods for teaching string music. He was a founding member of the string department in …
Tibor Varga, Hungarian violinist and conductor (born 1921)
Gisèle MacKenzie was a Canadian-American singer, actress, and commercial spokesperson, best known for her performances on the US television program Your Hit Parade.
Gisele MacKenzie, Canadian-American singer and actress (born 1927)
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German filmmaker, photographer, and actress. She is considered one of the most controversial personalities in film history. Regarded b…
Leni Riefenstahl, German actress, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1902)
Warren William Zevon was an American rock singer and songwriter. His most famous compositions include "Werewolves of London", "Lawyers, Guns and Money" and "Roland the Headless Tho…
Warren Zevon, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)
Edward Teller was a Hungarian-American theoretical physicist and chemical engineer who is known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" and one of the creators of the Tel…
Edward Teller, Hungarian-American physicist and academic (born 1908)
Donald Robert Willesee was an Australian politician. He was a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1950 to 1975. He held mi…
Don Willesee, Australian telegraphist and politician, 29th Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs (born 1916)
Ylva Anna Maria Lindh was a Swedish politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1998 until her assassination in 2003. A leading figure of the S…
Anna Lindh, Swedish politician, 39th Minister of Foreign Affairs for Sweden (born 1957)
John Ritter was an American actor. He was a son of the singing cowboy star Tex Ritter and the father of actors Jason and Tyler Ritter. He played Jack Tripper on the popular ABC sit…
John Ritter, American actor (born 1948)
John R. Cash was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career…
Johnny Cash, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1932)
Arthur Leonard Johnson was a Canadian sprint canoeist who competed in the early 1950s. He finished eighth in the C-2 1000 m event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.
Arthur Johnson, canoeist (born 1921)
Frank Lewis O'Bannon was an American politician who served as the 47th governor of Indiana from 1997 until his death in 2003. He is the most recent American governor to have died i…
Frank O'Bannon, American publisher, lawyer, and politician, 47th Governor of Indiana (born 1930)
Gerald R. Fleck was an American assistant director best known for his work on the Star Trek franchise across eleven years.
Jerry Fleck, American actor and director (born 1947)
Garrett James Hardin was an American ecologist, microbiologist, and white nationalist best known for the concept of the tragedy of the commons.
Garrett Hardin, American ecologist and author (born 1915)
John Serry was an American concert accordionist, arranger, composer, organist, and educator. He performed on the CBS Radio and Television networks and contributed to Voice of Ameri…
John Serry Sr., American accordion player and composer (born 1915)
Garner Ted Armstrong was an American evangelist and the son of Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God, at the time a Sabbatarian organization that taught obse…
Garner Ted Armstrong, American evangelist and author (born 1930)
Shelby Fredrick Wooley was an American singer, songwriter, and actor. He recorded a series of novelty songs, including the 1958 hit rock-and-roll comedy single "The Purple People E…
Sheb Wooley, American singer-songwriter (born 1921)
Erich Hallhuber was a Bavarian actor. He was born in Munich and worked in theatre, opera, television and film.
Erich Hallhuber, German actor (born 1951)