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Leonid Ivanovich Rogozov was a Russian general practitioner and surgeon who took part in the Sixth Soviet Antarctic Expedition at Novolazarevskaya Station from September 1960 to Oc…
Leonid Rogozov, Russian physician and surgeon (born 1934)
Aurelio Rodríguez Ituarte, Jr., sometimes known by the nickname "Chi Chi", was a Mexican professional baseball player, who spent the bulk of his Major League career with the Detroi…
Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player and manager (born 1947)
Baden Powell de Aquino, known professionally as Baden Powell, was a Brazilian virtuoso guitarist and composer. He combined classical techniques with popular harmony and swing. He p…
Baden Powell de Aquino, Brazilian guitarist and composer (born 1937)
Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau was a Canadian politician, lawyer, jurist, academic, author, and journalist who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to…
Pierre Trudeau, Canadian journalist, lawyer, and politician, 15th Prime Minister of Canada (born 1919)
David Oliver Tonkin was an Australian politician who served as the 38th Premier of South Australia from 18 September 1979 to 10 November 1982. He was elected to the House of Assemb…
David Tonkin, Australian politician, Premier of South Australia (born 1929)
Benjamin Orr was an American musician. He was best known as the bassist, co-lead vocalist, and co-founder of the band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their hits, includ…
Benjamin Orr, American singer-songwriter and bass player (born 1947)
Yu Kuo-hwa was a Taiwanese economist who served as the Premier of the Republic of China from 1984 to 1989.
Yu Kuo-hwa, Chinese politician, 32nd Premier of the Republic of China (born 1914)
Johanna Liesbeth Kubelka Döbereiner was a Brazilian agronomist and pioneer in soil biology.
Johanna Döbereiner, Brazilian agronomist (born 1924)
Cătălin George Hîldan was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Cătălin Hîldan, Romanian footballer (born 1976)
Sheila Ann Mary Coates Holland, best known by her pen name Charlotte Lamb, was a British novelist. She signed her novels with her married and maiden names and under the pen names S…
Charlotte Lamb, English author (born 1937)
Michael Smith was a British-Canadian biochemist and businessman. He shared the 1993 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Kary Mullis for his work in developing site-directed mutagenesis. …
Michael Smith, English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)
Richard William Farnsworth was an American actor and stuntman. He was twice nominated for an Academy Award: in 1978 for Best Supporting Actor for Comes a Horseman, and in 2000 for …
Richard Farnsworth, American actor and stuntman (born 1920)
David Coleman Dukes was an American character actor. He had a long career in films, appearing in 35. Dukes starred in the miniseries The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, and h…
David Dukes, American actor (born 1945)
Colonel Patrick Anthony Porteous VC, who as a Scottish captain in the British commandos, received the Victoria Cross – the British Commonwealth's highest award for valour – for lea…
Patrick Anthony Porteous, Indian-Scottish colonel, Victoria Cross recipient (born 1918)
Sirima Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike, commonly known as Sirimavo Bandaranaike, was a Sri Lankan stateswoman who thrice served as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka from 1960 to 1965, from 19…
Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 6th Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1916)
Luc-Marie Bayle was a French naval officer, painter, and artist.
Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (born 1914)
Elizabeth Jean Peters was an American film actress. She was known as a star of 20th Century Fox in the late 1940s and early '50s, and as the second wife of Howard Hughes. Although …
Jean Peters, American actress (born 1926)
Arthur Edmund Coulter was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League.
Art Coulter, Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1909)
Anthony Dean Roper was an American professional stock car racing driver. A competitor in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, he died after suffering injuries in a racing accident at…
Tony Roper, American race car driver (born 1964)
Donald Campbell Dewar was a Scottish statesman and politician who served as the first first minister of Scotland from 1999 until his death in 2000 and leader of the Labour Party in…
Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (born 1937)
Konrad Emil Bloch was a German-American biochemist. Bloch received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1964 for discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the …
Konrad Emil Bloch, Polish-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
Vincent Canby was an American film and theatre critic who was the chief film critic for The New York Times from 1969 until the early 1990s, then its chief theatre critic from 1994 …
Vincent Canby, American journalist and critic (born 1924)
Melvin Eugene Carnahan was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 51st governor of Missouri from 1993 until his death in 2000. Carnahan was a Democrat and held various…
Mel Carnahan, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 51st Governor of Missouri (born 1934)
Rick Jason was an American actor. He is most remembered for starring in the ABC television drama Combat! (1962–1967).
Rick Jason, American actor (born 1923)