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Mochtar Lubis was an Indonesian journalist and novelist who co-founded Indonesia Raya and monthly literary magazine Horison. His novel Senja di Jakarta was the first Indonesian nov…
Mochtar Lubis, Indonesian journalist and author (born 1922)
Andriyan Grigoryevich Nikolayev was a Soviet cosmonaut. In 1962, aboard Vostok 3, he became the third Soviet cosmonaut to fly into space. Nikolayev was an ethnic Chuvash and becaus…
Andriyan Nikolayev, Russian general, pilot, and astronaut (born 1929)
Marlon Brando Jr. was an American actor. Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential performers in the history of cinema, he received numerous accolades, including …
Marlon Brando, American actor and director (born 1924)
Jean-Marie Auberson was a Swiss conductor and violinist.
Jean-Marie Auberson, Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1920)
Hugh Lawson Shearer was a Jamaican trade unionist and politician, who served as the 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica, from 1967 to 1972. He was also Deputy Prime Minister and Minister…
Hugh Shearer, Jamaican journalist and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of Jamaica (born 1923)
Rodger Morris Ward was an American racing driver best known for his open-wheel career. He is generally regarded as one of the finest drivers of his generation, and is best known fo…
Rodger Ward, American race car driver and sportscaster (born 1921)
Thomas Klestil was an Austrian diplomat and politician who served as the president of Austria from 1992 until his death in 2004. He was elected in 1992 and re-elected in 1998.
Thomas Klestil, Austrian politician, 10th President of Austria (born 1932)
Syreeta Wright, known as Syreeta, was an American singer-songwriter, best known for her music during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Wright's career heights were songs in …
Syreeta Wright, American singer-songwriter (born 1946)
Paula Danziger was an American children's author who wrote more than 30 books, including her 1974 debut The Cat Ate My Gymsuit, for children's and young adult audiences. At the tim…
Paula Danziger, American author and educator (born 1944)
Paul Klebnikov was an American journalist and historian of Russia. He worked for Forbes magazine for more than 10 years and at the time of his death was chief editor of the Russian…
Paul Klebnikov, American journalist and historian (born 1963)
Eloise Gwendolyn "Isabel" Sanford was an American stage, film, and television actress and comedian known for her role as Louise "Weezy" Mills Jefferson on the CBS sitcoms All in th…
Isabel Sanford, American actress (born 1917)
Pati Behrs Eristoff was a Russian-American prima ballerina and actress.
Pati Behrs, Russian-American ballerina and actress (born 1922)
Renée Saint-Cyr was a French actress. Born Marie-Louise Catherine Eugénie Renée Vittore, she appeared in more than 60 films between 1933 and 1994. She was the mother of Georges Lau…
Renée Saint-Cyr, French actress and producer (born 1904)
Nancy Elizabeth Oliphant was a co-founder of the National Ballet School of Canada.
Betty Oliphant, English-Canadian ballerina, co-founded the National Ballet School of Canada (born 1918)
George Dekle Busbee Sr. was an American politician who served as the 77th governor of Georgia from 1975 to 1983.
George Busbee, American lawyer and politician, 77th Governor of Georgia (born 1927)
Laurance Spelman Rockefeller was an American businessman, financier, philanthropist, and conservationist. Rockefeller was the third son and fourth child of John D. Rockefeller Jr. …
Laurance Rockefeller, American financier and philanthropist (born 1910)
Charles William Sweeney was an officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II and the pilot who flew Bockscar carrying the Fat Man atomic bomb to the Japanese cit…
Charles Sweeney, American general and pilot (born 1919)
André Castelot, born André Storms, was a French writer and scriptwriter born in Belgium. He was the son of the Symbolist painter Maurice Chabas and Gabrielle Storms-Castelot, and t…
André Castelot, Belgian-French historian and author (born 1911)
Émile Peynaud was a French oenologist and researcher who has been credited with revolutionizing winemaking in the latter half of the 20th century, and has been called "the forefath…
Émile Peynaud, French wine maker (born 1912)
Sylvia Daoust, CM, CQ RCA was a Canadian sculptor who was one of the first female sculptors in Quebec. She studied at the Council of Arts & Manufactures and the École des Beaux-Art…
Sylvia Daoust, Canadian sculptor (born 1902)
J. Gordon Edwards was an American entomologist and proponent of the use and safety of the pesticide DDT. He was professor of entomology at San Jose State University for 40 years, a…
J. Gordon Edwards, American entomologist, mountaineer, and DDT advocate (born 1919)
Francis A. Marzen was a priest of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Honolulu, former editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald and an information specialist for the City & County of Honolul…
Francis A. Marzen, American priest and journalist (born 1924)
Zenkō Suzuki was a Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan from 1980 to 1982.
Zenkō Suzuki, Japanese politician, 70th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1911)
Ro Lala, Lady Mara, maiden name Litia Cakobau Lalabalavu Katoafutoga Tuisawau was a Fijian chief, who was better known as the widow of Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, modern Fiji's foundin…
Lala Mara, Fijian politician (born 1931)