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Helmut Kallmeyer was a German chemist in the era of National Socialism. He served as a consultant in Adolf Hitler's Chancellery for gasification methods. Later, he worked in the Te…
Helmut Kallmeyer, German chemist and soldier (born 1910)
Walter Arnold Hadlee was a New Zealand cricketer and Test match captain. He played domestic first-class cricket for Canterbury and Otago. Three of his five sons, Sir Richard, Dayle…
Walter Hadlee, New Zealand cricketer and manager (born 1915)
Michael Anthony Monsoor was a United States Navy SEAL who was killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom during the Battle of Ramadi when he dived onto a live grenade to shield his fellow S…
Michael A. Monsoor, American sailor, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1981)
Louis-Albert Vachon, was a Canadian educator, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church, and Archbishop of Quebec.
Louis-Albert Vachon, Canadian cardinal (born 1912)
Fawaz Yahya al-Rabeiee was a Yemeni Islamist militant who was a cell ringleader for al-Qaeda in Yemen (AQY). Rabeiee and his cell were responsible for several attacks and plots on …
Fawaz al-Rabeiee, Saudi Arabian terrorist (born 1979)
Jerald Dee Tanner and Sandra McGee Tanner are American writers and researchers who publish archival and evidential materials about the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latt…
Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (born 1938)
Helen Margaret Palmer Chenoweth-Hage was an American politician from the U.S. state of Idaho, serving three terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2001. She remain…
Helen Chenoweth-Hage, American politician (born 1938)
Paul Richard Halmos was a Hungarian-born American mathematician and probabilist who made fundamental advances in the areas of mathematical logic, probability theory, operator theor…
Paul Halmos, Hungarian-American mathematician (born 1916)
Lucilla Matthew Andrews Crichton was a British writer of 33 romance novels from 1954 to 1996. As Lucilla Andrews she specialised in hospital romances, and under the pen names Diana…
Lucilla Andrews, Egyptian-Scottish nurse and author (born 1919)
John Crank was a mathematical physicist, best known for his work on the numerical solution of partial differential equations.
John Crank, English mathematician and physicist (born 1916)
Peter George Norman was an Australian track athlete. He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds, which remai…
Peter Norman, Australian runner (born 1942)
Alberto Baldovino Ramento was the ninth supreme bishop and a former chairperson of the Supreme Council of Bishops of the Philippine Independent Church or Iglesia Filipina Independi…
Alberto Ramento, Filipino bishop (born 1937)
Bertha "Puck" Brouwer was a Dutch sprinter.
Bertha Brouwer, Dutch sprinter (born 1930)
Eduardo Mignogna was an Argentine film director and screenwriter.
Eduardo Mignogna, Argentinian director and screenwriter (born 1940)
Arthur Wilson "Bob" Tucker was an American author who became well known as a writer of mystery, action adventure, and science fiction under the name Wilson Tucker.
Wilson Tucker, American author and critic (born 1914)
Julen Goikoetxea Garate was a Basque racing cyclist from Ondarroa.
Julen Goikoetxea, Spanish cyclist (born 1985)
Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada was a Mexican professional wrestling promoter who founded the Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) promotion in 1992. Peña's promotion reached i…
Antonio Peña, Mexican wrestling promoter, founded Lucha Libre AAA World Wide (born 1953)
John Jordan "Buck" O'Neil Jr. was an American first baseman and manager in the Negro American League, mostly with the Kansas City Monarchs. After his playing days, he worked as a s…
Buck O'Neil, American baseball player and manager (born 1911)
Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya was a Russian investigative journalist who reported on political and social events in Russia, in particular, the Second Chechen War (1999–2005). She w…
Anna Politkovskaya, American-Russian journalist and activist (born 1958)
Mark Robert "Didley" Porter was a New Zealand racing driver who competed in the Fujitsu V8 Supercar touring car racing series in Australia.
Mark Porter, New Zealand race car driver (born 1974)
Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet were a duo of French filmmakers who made two dozen films between 1963 and 2006. Their films are noted for their rigorous, intellectually stim…
Danièle Huillet, French filmmaker (born 1933)
Paul Alan Hunter was an English professional snooker player. He was a three-time Masters champion, winning the event in 2001, 2002, and 2004; on all three occasions, he recovered f…
Paul Hunter, English snooker player (born 1978)
Kanshi Ram, also known as Bahujan Nayak or Manyavar, Sahab Kanshiram was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Ba…
Kanshi Ram, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1934)
Michael ('Mike') John Rogers was an English ornithologist and Honorary Secretary to the British Birds Rarities Committee.
Michael John Rogers, English ornithologist and academic (born 1932)