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Valdemaras Martinkėnas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional footballer and coach.
Valdemaras Martinkėnas, Lithuanian footballer and coach (born 1965)
Edward Butts Lewis was an American geneticist, a corecipient of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He helped to found the field of evolutionary developmental biology.
Edward B. Lewis, American geneticist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)
Alexandre "Sacha" Distel was a French musician and singer who had hits with a cover version of "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head" in 1970, which reached No. 10 on the UK charts, "…
Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (born 1933)
Jerrald King Goldsmith was an American composer, conductor and orchestrator with a career in film and television scoring that spanned 49 years and over 200 productions, between 195…
Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (born 1929)
Jean-Baptiste Illinois Jacquet was an American jazz tenor saxophonist, best remembered for his solo on "Flying Home", critically recognized as the first R&B saxophone solo. He is a…
Illinois Jacquet, American saxophonist and composer (born 1922)
Mehmood Ali, popularly known simply as Mehmood, was an Indian actor, singer, director and producer, best known for playing comic, serious, emotional and versatile roles in Hindi fi…
Mehmood Ali, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1932)
Carlos Paredes was a virtuoso Portuguese guitar player and composer. He is regarded as one of the greatest players of Portuguese guitar of all-time.
Carlos Paredes, Portuguese guitarist and composer (born 1925)
Piero Piccioni was an Italian film score composer.
Piero Piccioni, Italian pianist, conductor, and composer (born 1921)
John Arthur Passmore was an Australian philosopher.
John Passmore, Australian philosopher and academic (born 1914)
William A. Mitchell was an American food chemist who, while working for General Foods Corporation between 1941 and 1976, was the key inventor behind Pop Rocks, Tang, Cool Whip, and…
William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (born 1911)
Francis Harry Compton Crick was an English molecular biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist. He, James Watson, Rosalind Franklin, and Maurice Wilkins played crucial roles in d…
Francis Crick, English biologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
Tiziano Terzani was an Italian journalist and writer, best known for his extensive knowledge of 20th century East Asia and for being one of the very few western reporters to witnes…
Tiziano Terzani, Italian journalist and author (born 1938)
Irene "Rena" Vlahopoulou was a Greek actress and singer. She starred in theatre, musical and Greek cinema productions, including The Gambler and The Countess of Corfu.
Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (born 1923)
Virginia Grey was an American actress who appeared in over 100 films and several radio and television shows from the 1930s to the early 1980s. She was romantically involved with Cl…
Virginia Grey, American actress (born 1917)
Philip Hauge Abelson was an American physicist, scientific editor and science writer. Trained as a nuclear physicist, he co-discovered the element neptunium, worked on isotope sepa…
Philip Abelson, American physicist and author (born 1913)
Ferenc Berényi was a Hungarian painter.
Ferenc Berényi, Hungarian painter and academic (born 1929)
François Craenhals was a Belgian comics artist best known for the comic series Chevalier Ardent and Les 4 As.
François Craenhals, Belgian illustrator (born 1926)
Heinrich Mark was an Estonian politician and Prime Minister of the Estonian Government in Exile.
Heinrich Mark, Estonian lawyer and politician, 5th prime minister of Estonia in exile (born 1911)
Henri Cartier-Bresson was a French humanist photographer and artist. He was considered a master of candid photography, and was an early user of 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of…
Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer and painter (born 1908)
Mary Sherman Morgan was an American rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United …
Mary Sherman Morgan, American chemist and engineer (born 1921)
Hossein Panahi Dezhkooh was an Iranian actor and poet. After graduating from high school, due to his father's recommendation, he found his way to Ayatollah Golpaygaani's religious …
Hossein Panahi (Persian: حسین پناهی), Iranian actor and poet (born 1956)
James Ambrose Johnson Jr., better known by his stage name Rick James, was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Rick James, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1948)
Donald Rodney Justice was an American poet and teacher of creative writing who won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1980.
Donald Justice, American poet and academic (born 1925)
Paul Neal "Red" Adair was an American oil well firefighter. He became notable internationally as an innovator in the specialized and hazardous profession of extinguishing and cappi…
Red Adair, American firefighter (born 1915)