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Scott Alexander Young was a Canadian journalist, sportswriter, and novelist. He was the father of musicians Neil Young and Astrid Young. Over his career, Young wrote 45 books, incl…
Scott Young, Canadian journalist and author (born 1918)
Álvaro Barreirinhas Cunhal was a Portuguese leftist revolutionary and politician. He was one of the major opponents of the corporatist regime of the Estado Novo. He served as secre…
Álvaro Cunhal, Portuguese academic and politician (born 1913)
David Leo Diamond was an American composer of classical music. He is considered one of the preeminent American composers of his generation. Many of his works are tonal or modal. Hi…
David Diamond, American pianist and composer (born 1915)
Carlo Maria Giulini was an Italian conductor. From the age of five, when he began to play the violin, Giulini's musical education was expanded when he began to study at Italy's for…
Carlo Maria Giulini, Italian conductor and director (born 1914)
Mimi Parent was a Canadian surrealist artist. For many years she lived and worked in Paris, France. Her art is known for its symbolism, and the metaphorical use of existing objects…
Mimi Parent, Canadian-Swiss painter (born 1924)
Suzanne Flon was a French stage, film, and television actress. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for her performance in the 1961 film Thou Shalt Not Kill. Flon also received t…
Suzanne Flon, French actress (born 1918)
Enrique Arturo Laguerre Vélez was a teacher, novelist, playwright, critic, and newspaper columnist from Moca, Puerto Rico. He is the author of the 1935 novel La Llamarada, which ha…
Enrique Laguerre, Puerto Rican-American author and critic (born 1906)
Syed Mushtaq Ali was an Indian cricketer, a right-handed opening batsman who holds the distinction of scoring the first overseas Test century by an Indian player when he scored 112…
Mushtaq Ali, Indian cricketer (born 1914)
Manuel Sadosky was an Argentine mathematician, civil servant and author who was born in Buenos Aires to Jewish Russian immigrants who had fled the pogroms in Europe.
Manuel Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (born 1914)
John Lawrence Collins Jr. was an American writer and historian.
Larry Collins, American journalist, historian, and author (born 1929)
Jack St. Clair Kilby was an American electronics engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit whil…
Jack Kilby, American physicist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1923)
Jaime Lachica Sin was a Filipino Catholic prelate who served as the 30th archbishop of Manila from 1974 until his retirement in 2003. He was elevated to the rank of cardinal by Pop…
Jaime Sin, Filipino cardinal (born 1928)
Shana Alexander was an American journalist. Although she became the first woman staff writer and columnist for Life magazine, she was best known for her participation in the "Point…
Shana Alexander, American journalist and author (born 1926)
Paul Winchell was an American ventriloquist, comedian, actor, humanitarian, and inventor whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s. From 1950 to 1954, he hosted The Paul Winch…
Paul Winchell, American actor, voice artist, and ventriloquist (born 1922)
John Donald Fiedler was an American actor. Recognizable for his distinctive voice, Fiedler's career lasted more than 55 years in stage, film, television and radio.
John Fiedler, American actor and voice artist (born 1925)
Kâzım Koyuncu was a Turkish singer-songwriter and activist of Laz origin.
Kâzım Koyuncu, Turkish singer-songwriter and activist (born 1971)
Tõnno Lepmets was an Estonian professional basketball player, who competed for the Soviet Union. He won gold with the Soviet basketball team at the 1963 and 1967 EuroBasket. Electe…
Tõnno Lepmets, Estonian basketball player (born 1938)
Shelby Dade Foote Jr. was an American writer and journalist. Although he primarily viewed himself as a novelist, he is now best known for his authorship of The Civil War: A Narrati…
Shelby Foote, American historian and author (born 1916)
Manolis Anagnostakis was a Greek poet and critic at the forefront of the Marxist and existentialist poetry movements arising during and after the Greek Civil War in the late 1940s.…
Manolis Anagnostakis, Greek poet and critic (born 1925)
John Richard Whiteley was an English presenter and journalist, best known for his 23 years as host of the game show Countdown. Countdown was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4…
Richard Whiteley, English journalist and game show host (born 1943)
Raymond Towers Holmes was a British Royal Air Force fighter pilot during the Second World War who is best known for an event that occurred during the Battle of Britain. He became f…
Ray Holmes, English lieutenant and pilot (born 1914)
John Thomas Walton was an American war veteran, businessman and a son of Walmart founder Sam Walton. He was the chairman of True North Venture Partners, a venture capital firm. Wal…
John T
Brenda Howard was an American bisexual rights activist and sex-positive feminist. The Brenda Howard Memorial Award is named for her.
Brenda Howard, American activist (born 1946)
Michael Patrick Murphy was a United States Navy SEAL officer who was awarded the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the War in Afghanist…
Michael P