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Carol Ann Shields was an American-born Canadian novelist and short story writer. She is best known for her 1993 novel The Stone Diaries, which won the U.S. Pulitzer Prize for Ficti…
Carol Shields, American-Canadian novelist and short story writer (born 1935)
David Christopher Kelly was a Welsh scientist and authority on biological warfare (BW). A former head of the Defence Microbiology Division working at Porton Down, Kelly was part of…
David Kelly, Welsh weapons inspector (born 1944)
Rosalyn Tureck was an American pianist and harpsichordist who was particularly associated with the music of Johann Sebastian Bach. However, she had a wide-ranging repertoire that i…
Rosalyn Tureck, American pianist and harpsichord player (born 1914)
Walter Zapp was a Baltic German inventor. His best-known creation was the Minox subminiature camera. Over the course of his life, he was granted over 60 patents.
Walter Zapp, Latvian-Swiss inventor, invented the Minox (born 1905)
William R. Bright was an American evangelist. In 1951 at the University of California, Los Angeles, he founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students. In 1…
Bill Bright, American evangelist and author, founded the Campus Crusade for Christ (born 1921)
Pierre Graber was a Swiss politician and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1970–1978).
Pierre Graber, Swiss politician, President of the Swiss National Council (born 1908)
Nicolas Freeling, was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the "Van der Valk" series of detective novels. A television series based on the character, Van der Valk,…
Nicolas Freeling, English author (born 1927)
John Llewellyn Davies was a New Zealand Olympic bronze medallist and president of the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC).
John Davies, English-New Zealand runner and coach (born 1938)
James E. Davis was an American politician who served on the New York City Council from 2002 until his assassination.
James E. Davis, American police officer and politician (born 1962)
Ludwig Bölkow was a German aeronautical engineer.
Ludwig Bölkow, German engineer (born 1912)
John Richard Schlesinger was an English film, television and theatre director, and actor. He emerged in the early 1960s as a leading light of the British New Wave, before embarking…
John Schlesinger, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
Rupert Vance Hartke was an American politician who served as a Democratic United States senator from Indiana from 1959 until 1977. Hartke was elected to the Senate after serving as…
Vance Hartke, American lieutenant, lawyer, and politician (born 1919)
Lester Townes "Bob" Hope was a British-born American comedian, actor, entertainer and producer with a career that spanned nearly 80 years and achievements in vaudeville, network ra…
Bob Hope, English-American actor, comedian, television personality, and businessman (born 1903)
Valerie Hamilton, Lady Goulding was an Irish campaigner for disabled people, and senator who set up the Central Remedial Clinic in 1951 alongside Kathleen O'Rourke which is now the…
Valerie Goulding, Irish activist and politician (born 1918)
Robert Steven Hislop was a Scottish motorcycle racer. Hislop won at the Isle of Man TT eleven times, was the British 250cc Champion (1990) and lifted the British Superbike champion…
Steve Hislop, Scottish motorcycle racer (born 1962)
Samuel Cornelius Phillips was an American disc jockey, songwriter and record producer. He was the founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where he produced rec…
Sam Phillips, American record producer, founded Sun Records (born 1923)
Guido Crepax, was an Italian comics artist. He is most famous for his character Valentina, created in 1965 and very representative of the spirit of the 1960s. The Valentina series …
Guido Crepax, Italian author and illustrator (born 1933)
Guy Jean-Leonard Thys was a Belgian football manager, mostly known for being the most successful manager in the history of the Belgium national football team as he managed to lead …
Guy Thys, Belgian footballer, coach, and manager (born 1922)
Foday Saybana Sankoh was a Sierra Leonean rebel leader who was the founder and commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) rebel group, which was supported by the Charles Tay…
Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founded the Revolutionary United Front (born 1937)
Marie Trintignant was a French film and stage actress. She appeared in over 30 movies during her 36-year career. Her family was deeply involved in France's film industry, as her fa…
Marie Trintignant, French actress and screenwriter (born 1962)
Peter Safar was an Austrian anesthesiologist of Czech Jewish descent. He is credited with pioneering cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
Peter Safar, Austrian-American physician and academic (born 1924)
John Roger Voudouris was an American musician best known for his 1979 hit "Get Used to It". He died from liver disease at the age of 48.
Roger Voudouris, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1954)
Frederick Chapman Robbins was an American pediatrician and virologist. He was born in Auburn, Alabama, and grew up in Columbia, Missouri, attending David H. Hickman High School.
Frederick Chapman Robbins, American pediatrician and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1916)
Julius Baker was one of the foremost American orchestral flute players. During the course of five decades he concertized with several of America's premier orchestral ensembles incl…
Julius Baker, American flute player and educator (born 1915)