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Patrick Joseph Caulfield,, was an English painter and printmaker known for his bold canvases, which often incorporated elements of photorealism within a pared-down scene. Examples …
Patrick Caulfield, English painter and academic (born 1936)
Austin Leslie was a chef from New Orleans, Louisiana, who specialised in Louisiana Creole cuisine.
Austin Leslie, American chef and author (born 1934)
Ronald William George Barker was an English actor, comedian and writer. He was known for roles in British comedy television series such as The Frost Report, The Two Ronnies, Porrid…
Ronnie Barker, English actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
Nurettin Ersin was a Turkish general.
Nurettin Ersin, Turkish general (born 1918)
Stanley Knapp Hathaway was an American politician who served as the 27th governor of Wyoming from 1967 to 1975 and as the 40th United States secretary of the interior under Preside…
Stanley K. Hathaway, American lawyer and politician, 40th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 1924)
Charles Adams Claverie, known by stage names Charlie Hamburger, Charlie Kennedy, and Charles Rocket, was an American actor. He was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, played the …
Charles Rocket, American actor and comedian (born 1949)
Julius "Nipsey" Russell was an American entertainer best known for his appearances as a panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including Match Game, Password, Hol…
Nipsey Russell, American comedian and actor (born 1918)
August Wilson was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pitts…
August Wilson, American author and playwright (born 1945)
Louis Nye was an American comedic actor. He is best known for his work on multiple television, film and radio programs.
Louis Nye, American actor (born 1913)
Wayne Clayson Booth was an American literary critic and rhetorician. He was the George Pullman Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in English Language & Literature and the Col…
Wayne C. Booth, American educator and critic (born 1921)
Apollo Milton Obote was a Ugandan politician who served as the Prime Minister of Uganda from 1962 to 1966 and the president of Uganda from 1966 to 1971 and later from 1980 to 1985.
Milton Obote, Ugandan politician, 2nd President of Uganda (born 1925)
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Sitara-e-Imtiaz, Tamgha-e-Quaid-i-Azam, was an Urdu poet, writer, journalist, broadcaster, translator, critic, researcher, linguist and lexicographer of Pakista…
Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (born 1917)
Attilâ İlhan was a Turkish poet, novelist, essayist, journalist and reviewer.
Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (born 1925)
Edward Franciszek Szczepanik was a Polish economist and the last Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile.
Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1915)
Cynthia Delores Tucker was an American politician and civil rights activist. She had a long history of involvement in the American Civil Rights Movement. She was Secretary of the C…
C. Delores Tucker, American activist and politician (born 1927)
Jason Jeffrey Collier was an American professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Jason Collier, American basketball player (born 1977)
Matti Ossian Wuori was a Finnish lawyer, politician, and Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Green League in 1999–2004.
Matti Wuori, Finnish lawyer and politician (born 1945)
Wilbur King was an American sports announcer. In 2016, the National Baseball Hall of Fame named King recipient of the 2017 Ford C. Frick Award, the highest honor for American baseb…
Bill King, American sportscaster (born 1927)
Suburban Legends are an American ska punk band that formed in Huntington Beach, California, in 1998 and later based themselves in nearby Santa Ana. After building a fanbase in the …
Ryan Dallas Cook, American trombonist (born 1982)
Vivian Juanita Malone Jones was the first Black American student to graduate from the University of Alabama, in 1965. She and James Hood were the first Black students able to enrol…
Vivian Malone Jones, American activist (born 1942)
John Norman Haynes was an English association footballer who played as an inside forward. He made 56 appearances for his country including 22 as captain. He was selected for three …
Johnny Haynes, English-Scottish footballer (born 1934)
Shirley Valerie Horn was an American jazz singer and pianist. She collaborated with many jazz musicians including Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Toots Thielemans, Ron Carter, Carmen…
Shirley Horn, American singer and pianist (born 1934)
Eva Švankmajerová was a Czech surrealist painter, ceramist, costume and stage designer, poet and prose writer. She was wife and partner of the artist and film director Jan Švankmaj…
Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter and poet (born 1940)
Arie Andries "Andre" van der Louw was a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist.
André van der Louw, Dutch lawyer and politician, 16th Mayor of Rotterdam (born 1933)