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John F. Loder was an English sound engineer, record producer and founder of Southern Studios, as well as a former member of EXIT and co-founder of the Southern Records distribution…
John Loder, English sound engineer and producer, founded Southern Studios (born 1946)
Miguel Arraes de Alencar was a Brazilian lawyer and politician. He was mayor of Recife, State Deputy, Federal Deputy and three times Governor of Pernambuco.
Miguel Arraes, Brazilian lawyer and politician (born 1916)
David Russell Lange was a New Zealand politician who served as the 32nd prime minister of New Zealand from 1984 to 1989. A member of the New Zealand Labour Party, Lange was also th…
David Lange, New Zealand lawyer and politician, 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1942)
Dr. Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana was an Indian dermatologist who was known as 'the doyen of dermatology' in Andhra Pradesh, India.
Bendapudi Venkata Satyanarayana, Indian dermatologist and academic (born 1927)
Vassar Carlton Clements was an American jazz, swing, and bluegrass fiddler. Clements has been dubbed the Father of Hillbilly Jazz, an improvisational style that blends and borrows …
Vassar Clements, American fiddler (born 1928)
Antonio "Tonino" Delli Colli was an Italian cinematographer.
Tonino Delli Colli, Italian cinematographer (born 1922)
William Corlett, was an English author, best known for his quartet of children's novels, The Magician's House, published between 1990 and 1992.
William Corlett, English novelist and playwright (born 1938)
Roger Schutz, popularly known as Brother Roger, was a Swiss Christian leader and monastic brother. In 1940 Schutz founded the Taizé Community, an ecumenical monastic community in B…
Frère Roger, Swiss monk and mystic (born 1915)
John Norris Bahcall was an American astrophysicist and the Richard Black Professor for Astrophysics at the Institute for Advanced Study. He was known for a wide range of contributi…
John N. Bahcall, American astrophysicist and academic (born 1934)
Christopher Jonathan Bauman Jr. was an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Chri$ Ca$h. Bauman wrestled in many independent promotions, but is known for hi…
Chri$ Ca$h, American wrestler (born 1982)
Marjorie "Mo" Mowlam was a British Labour Party politician. She was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Redcar from 1987 to 2001 and served in the Cabinet of Tony Blair as Secretary …
Mo Mowlam, English academic and politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (born 1949)
Thomas Lovell Herrion was an American football offensive guard in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and San Francisco 49ers. He also was a member of the Ham…
Thomas Herrion, American football player (born 1981)
Krzysztof Raczkowski, also known as Docent or Doc, was a Polish drummer, best known as a member of Polish death metal bands Vader (1988–2005) and Dies Irae. He also appeared as a g…
Krzysztof Raczkowski, Polish drummer and songwriter (born 1970)
Martin Dillon was an American musician, operatic tenor, and professor of music at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey.
Martin Dillon, American tenor and educator (born 1957)
Robert Arthur Moog was an American electronics engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first co…
Robert Moog, American businessman, founded Moog Music (born 1934)
Dahlia Ravikovitch was an Israeli poet, translator and recipient of the Israel Prize for Poetry in 1998.
Dahlia Ravikovitch, Israeli poet and translator (born 1936)
Marcus Schmuck was an Austrian mountaineer. In 1957, together with Hermann Buhl he organized the expedition, firstly envisaged and initiated by Buhl, to climb the world's 12th high…
Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (born 1925)
Lucien Ferrari was a French composer and pioneer in musique concrète and electroacoustic music. He was a founding member of RTF's Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRMC), working alo…
Luc Ferrari, French-Italian director and composer (born 1929)
Ernest Oliver Kirkendall was an American chemist and metallurgist. He is known for his 1947 discovery of the Kirkendall effect.
Ernest Kirkendall, American chemist and metallurgist (born 1914)
Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbir…
Brock Peters, American actor (born 1927)
Jamshed Ansari was a Pakistani film, television and radio actor.
Jamshed Ansari, Pakistani film, television and radio actor (born 1942)
Peter Glotz was a German social democratic politician and social scientist.
Peter Glotz, Czech-German academic and politician (born 1939)
Denis "Piggy" D'Amour was a Canadian guitarist. He was a member of the heavy metal band Voivod from its inception in 1982 until his death in 2005.
Denis D'Amour, Canadian guitarist and songwriter (born 1960)
Robert Denning was an American interior designer whose lush interpretations of French Victorian decor became an emblem of corporate raider tastes in the 1980s.
Robert Denning, American art collector and interior designer (born 1927)