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Dolores Gonçalves Costa, known by her stage name Dercy Gonçalves, was a Brazilian actress, comedian and singer. In her 86-year-long career, she worked in the theater, revues, film,…
Dercy Gonçalves, Brazilian comedian and actress (born 1907)
Arthur Roy Traum was an American guitarist, songwriter, and producer. Traum's work appeared on more than 35 albums. He produced and recorded with The Band, Arlen Roth, Warren Bernh…
Artie Traum, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (born 1943)
Dinko Šakić was a Croatian Ustaše official, and convicted war criminal, who commanded the Jasenovac concentration camp in the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from April to Novem…
Dinko Šakić, Croatian concentration camp commander (born 1921)
Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes was an English industrialist. He was the head of British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC) from 1968 to 1975.
Donald Stokes, English businessman (born 1914)
Kurt Furgler was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1972–1986).
Kurt Furgler, Swiss lawyer and politician, 70th President of the Swiss Confederation (born 1924)
Norman Dello Joio was an American composer active for over half a century. Best known for his choral music, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1957.
Norman Dello Joio, American pianist and composer (born 1913)
Jeff Fehring was an Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong and St Kilda in the Victorian Football League from 1977 to 1981.
Jeff Fehring, Australian footballer (born 1955)
Estelle Gettleman, known professionally as Estelle Getty, was an American actress and comedian. She was best known for her portrayal of Sophia Petrillo on The Golden Girls (1985–19…
Estelle Getty, American actress (born 1923)
Howard Tracy Hall was an American physical chemist and one of the early pioneers in the research of synthetic diamonds, using a press of his own design.
Tracy Hall, American chemist and academic (born 1919)
Randolph Frederick Pausch was an American educator, a professor of computer science, human–computer interaction, and design at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Penns…
Randy Pausch, American computer scientist and educator (born 1960)
Youssef Chahine was an Egyptian film director. He was active in the Egyptian film industry from 1950 until his death in 2008. He directed twelve films included in a list of Top 100…
Youssef Chahine, Egyptian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
Horst Walter Stein was a German conductor.
Horst Stein, German-born Swiss conductor (born 1928)
Isaac Saba Raffoul was a Mexican businessman of Syrian Jewish descent; his father emigrated from Aleppo, Syria to Veracruz, Mexico where he started a rag business which the family …
Isaac Saba Raffoul, Mexican businessman (born 1923)
Bruce Edwards Ivins was an American microbiologist, vaccinologist, senior biodefense researcher at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRII…
Bruce Edward Ivins, American scientist and bio-defense researcher (born 1946)
Anne Legendre Armstrong was a United States diplomat and politician. She was the first woman to serve as Counselor to the President and as United States Ambassador to the United Ki…
Anne Armstrong, American businesswoman and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1927)
George Gertan Klauber was a Czech-born British actor, known for playing various character parts in films and television programmes, particularly the Carry On comedies.
Gertan Klauber, Czech-English actor (born 1932)
Harkishan Singh Surjeet was an Indian Communist politician from Punjab, who served as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1992 to 2005 and was a me…
Harkishan Singh Surjeet, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1916)
Fujio Akatsuka was a Japanese manga artist. Known as the "King of Gag Manga" (ギャグ漫画の王様, he created many popular manga such as Osomatsu-kun, Himitsu no Akko-chan, and Tensai Bakabo…
Fujio Akatsuka, Japanese illustrator (born 1935)
Harry Christopher "Skip" Caray Jr. was an American sportscaster, best known for his long career as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the Atlanta Braves of Major Lea…
Skip Caray, American sportscaster (born 1939)
Erik Darling was an American singer-songwriter and a folk music artist. He was an important influence on the folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Erik Darling, American singer-songwriter (born 1933)
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Soviet and Russian author and dissident who helped to raise global awareness of political repression in the Soviet Union, especially the Gula…
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelist, dramatist and historian, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
Craig Jones was an English motorcycle racer. He grew up in the town of Northwich in Cheshire and attended Charles Darwin Primary School, and later Hartford High School. He died in …
Craig Jones, English motorcycle racer (born 1985)
Neil Bartlett was a British chemist who specialized in fluorine and compounds containing fluorine, and became famous for creating the first noble gas compounds. He taught chemistry…
Neil Bartlett, English-American chemist and academic (born 1932)
Reginald John Lindsay OAM was an Australian country music singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and radio and television personality. He won three Golden Guitar Award…
Reg Lindsay, Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1929)