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Mayo Kaan was a bodybuilder who claimed to be the original model for Superman. Mayo was the father of millionaire Valerie Kaan.
Mayo Kaan, American bodybuilder (born 1914)
Joseph Julien Jean-Pierre Côté was a Canadian parliamentarian and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec.
Jean-Pierre Côté, Canadian politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (born 1926)
John Michael Frankenheimer was an American film and television director, known both for his social dramas and his action/suspense pictures. Among his best-known theatrical film cre…
John Frankenheimer, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1930)
Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic s…
Rod Steiger, American actor (born 1925)
Evangelos Florakis was a Greek Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general. After retiring from the Hellenic Army, from 2000 until his death in a helicopter accident in…
Evangelos Florakis, Greek general (born 1943)
Laurence Mark Janifer was an American science fiction author, with a career spanning over 50 years.
Laurence Janifer, American author (born 1933)
John Cocke was an American computer scientist at IBM and recognized for his large contribution to computer architecture and optimizing compiler design. He is considered by many to …
John Cocke, American computer scientist and engineer (born 1925)
Joseph Marie Antoine Hubert Luns was a Dutch politician, diplomat and jurist who served as the fifth secretary general of NATO from 1971 to 1984, being the longest-serving officeho…
Joseph Luns, Dutch politician and Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1911)
Metin Toker was a Turkish journalist and writer.
Metin Toker, Turkish journalist and author (born 1924)
Dave Carter was an American folk music singer-songwriter who described his style as "post-modern mythic American folk music". He was one half of the duo Dave Carter and Tracy Gramm…
Dave Carter, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1952)
Michalis Kritikopoulos was a Greek professional footballer who played as a striker.
Michalis Kritikopoulos, Greek footballer (born 1946)
Esphyr Solomonovna Slobodkina was a Russian-born American artist, author, and illustrator, best known for her classic children's picture book Caps for Sale. Slobodkina was a celebr…
Esphyr Slobodkina, Russian-American author and illustrator (born 1908)
Chaim Potok, was an American author, novelist, playwright, editor and rabbi. Among the more than a dozen books he authored, his first novel The Chosen (1967) was listed on The New …
Chaim Potok, American novelist and rabbi (born 1929)
Clark Gesner was an American composer, songwriter, author, and actor. He is best known for composing the musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, based on the Charles M. Schulz co…
Clark Gesner, American author and composer (born 1938)
Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, best known for his numerous field recordings of folk music during the 20th century. He was a musician, folklorist, archivist, writer, …
Alan Lomax, American historian, scholar, and activist (born 1915)
Reginald "Leo" McKern was an Australian actor who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in more than 200 stage roles. His notab…
Leo McKern, Australian-English actor (born 1920)
William Luther Pierce III was an American neo-Nazi political activist. For more than 30 years, he was one of the highest-profile individuals of the white nationalist movement. A ph…
William Luther Pierce, American activist and author (born 1933)
Abdel Rahman Badawi was an Egyptian existentialist philosopher, professor of philosophy and poet. He has been called the "foremost master of Arab existentialism." He published more…
Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian philosopher and poet (born 1917)
Archer John Porter Martin was a British chemist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the invention of partition chromatography with Richard Synge.
Archer John Porter Martin, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910)
Joshua Ryan Evans was an American actor who became known for his role of Timmy Lenox in the soap opera Passions. Evans was aged 17 to 20 during his tenure on Passions, but had the …
Josh Ryan Evans, American actor (born 1982)
Francis Dayle "Chick" Hearn was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association for 41 years, as well …
Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (born 1916)
Franco Lucentini was an Italian writer, journalist, translator and editor of anthologies.
Franco Lucentini, Italian journalist and author (born 1920)
Darrell Ray Porter was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1971 to 1987 for the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, St. Loui…
Darrell Porter, American baseball player (born 1952)
Edsger Wybe Dijkstra was a Dutch computer scientist, programmer, mathematician, and science essayist.
Edsger W. Dijkstra, Dutch physicist, computer scientist, and academic (born 1930)