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Raymond Frederic Baxter OBE was an English television presenter, commentator and writer. He is best known for being the first presenter of the BBC Television science programme Tomo…
Raymond Baxter, English television host and author (born 1922)
Oriana Fallaci was an Italian journalist and author. As a teenager she joined the Italian resistance movement during World War II, and later had a long and successful journalistic …
Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (born 1929)
Pablo Santos was a Mexican actor.
Pablo Santos, Mexican-American actor (born 1987)
Floyd James "Busher" Curry was a Canadian ice hockey right winger.
Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1925)
Zsuzsa Körmöczy was a Hungarian tennis player. She reached a career high of World No. 2 in women's tennis, and won the 1958 French Open at the age of 33.
Zsuzsa Körmöczy, Hungarian tennis player and coach (born 1924)
Edward Joseph King was an American politician who served as the 66th governor of Massachusetts from 1979 to 1983. A member of the Democratic Party until 1985, he then became a memb…
Edward J. King, American football player, lawyer, and politician, 66th Governor of Massachusetts (born 1925)
Elizabeth Allen was an American theatre, television, and film actress and singer whose 40-year career lasted from the mid-1950s through the mid-1990s, and included scores of TV epi…
Elizabeth Allen, American actress (born 1929)
Daniel Flores, also known by his stage name Chuck Rio, was an American rock and roll saxophonist. He is best remembered for his self-penned song "Tequila", which he recorded with T…
Danny Flores, American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (born 1929)
Martha Holmes Waxman was an American photographer and photojournalist.
Martha Holmes, American photographer and journalist (born 1923)
Roy Schuiten was a Dutch track and road racing cyclist. After retirement he became a team manager before starting a restaurant.
Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist and manager (born 1950)
Armin Jordan was a Swiss conductor known for his interpretations of French music, Mozart and Wagner.
Armin Jordan, Swiss conductor (born 1932)
Sven Vilhem Nykvist was a Swedish cinematographer and filmmaker, best known for his collaboration with directors Ingmar Bergman and Woody Allen.
Sven Nykvist, Swedish director, producer, and cinematographer (born 1922)
John Willard Peterson was a songwriter who had a major influence on evangelical Christian music in the 1950s through the 1970s. He wrote over 1000 songs, and 35 cantatas.
John W. Peterson, American pilot and songwriter (born 1921)
Anastasios Athanasiadis was a writer and academician.
Tasos Athanasiadis, Greek author (born 1913)
Edward Laurence Albert was an American actor. The son of actor Eddie Albert and Mexican actress Margo, he starred opposite Goldie Hawn in Butterflies Are Free (1972), a role for wh…
Edward Albert, American actor (born 1951)
Carla Ida Benschop-de Liefde was a Dutch basketball player.
Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (born 1950)
Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold was an English composer and conductor. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, cha…
Malcolm Arnold, English trumpet player and composer (born 1921)
Etta Baker was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and singer from North Carolina.
Etta Baker, American singer and guitarist (born 1913)
Michael Ferguson was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for West Belfast from 2003 until 2006. Ferguson also served as a Lisburn City …
Michael Ferguson, PIRA volunteer, lawyer, and politician (born 1953)
Philippe Latulippe, better known as Phil Latulippe, C.M., C.Q., M.M.M., C.D., was a Canadian soldier, athlete and philanthropist.
Phil Latulippe, Canadian soldier and runner (born 1909)
John Dean "Jeff" Cooper was a United States Marine Corps officer and firearms instructor. He was the creator of the "modern technique" of handgun shooting, and an expert on the use…
Jeff Cooper, American target shooter and author (born 1920)
John Milo "Mike" Ford was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet.
John M. Ford, American author and poet (born 1957)
John Byron Nelson Jr. was an American professional golfer between 1935 and 1946, widely considered one of the greatest golfers of all time.
Byron Nelson, American golfer and coach (born 1912)
Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American serv…
Iva Toguri D'Aquino, American wartime propaganda broadcaster (born 1916)