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August Marian Kowalczyk was a Polish actor, theatre, television and film director who was the last survivor of a breakout of prisoners from Auschwitz Concentration Camp on 10 June …
August Kowalczyk, Polish actor and director (born 1921)
Chris Marker was a French writer, photographer, documentary film director, multimedia artist and film essayist. His best known films are La Jetée (1962), A Grin Without a Cat (1977…
Chris Marker, French photographer and journalist (born 1921)
James Mellaart FBA was a British and Dutch archaeologist and author who is noted for his discovery of the Neolithic settlement of Çatalhöyük in Turkey. He was expelled from Turkey …
James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (born 1925)
John Stampe Møller was a Danish football player and coach.
John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (born 1957)
Anne Maeve Binchy Snell was an Irish novelist, playwright, short story writer, columnist, and speaker. Her novels were characterised by a sympathetic and often humorous portrayal o…
Maeve Binchy, Irish author, playwright, and journalist (born 1939)
Bill Doss was an American rock musician. He co-founded The Elephant 6 Recording Company in Athens, Georgia, and was a key member of the Olivia Tremor Control. Following the band's …
Bill Doss, American singer and guitarist (born 1968)
Stig Ossian Ericson was a Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter.
Stig Ossian Ericson, Swedish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1923)
Leslie Green was an English footballer and manager.
Les Green, English footballer and manager (born 1941)
Jonathan Hardy was a New Zealand-Australian film and television actor, writer and director.
Jonathan Hardy, New Zealand-Australian actor and screenwriter (born 1940)
William Percy Kitchen was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played 41 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs between 19…
Bill Kitchen, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1960)
Mary Louise Milligan Rasmuson was an American army officer, and fifth director of the Women's Army Corps (WAC).
Mary Louise Rasmuson, American colonel (born 1911)
Maureen Mollie Hunter McIlwraith was a Scottish writer known as Mollie Hunter. She wrote fantasy for children, historical stories for young adults, and realistic novels for adults…
Mollie Hunter, Scottish author and playwright (born 1922)
Alfredo Ramos Castilho, was a Brazilian footballer in the defense role. He was simply known as Alfredo or Polvo by fans.
Alfredo Ramos, Brazilian footballer and coach (born 1924)
Eugene Luther Gore Vidal was an American writer and public intellectual known for his cynical epigrammatic wit. His novels and essays criticized the social and sexual norms he perc…
Gore Vidal, American novelist, screenwriter, and critic (born 1925)
Anthony James Sly was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist of the punk rock band No Use for a Name. In his later years …
Tony Sly, American musician, singer-songwriter (born 1970)
Aldo Maldera was an Italian footballer who played as a full-back or as a wide midfielder on the left flank.
Aldo Maldera, Italian footballer and agent (born 1953)
Douglas Townsend was an American composer and musicologist. Born in Manhattan, Townsend became interested in composition while a student at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of…
Douglas Townsend, American composer and musicologist (born 1921)
Barry Maurice Waller Trapnell, was an English academic, school headmaster and a gifted amateur sportsman. As a cricket batsman, he was right-handed, and as a bowler, he was right…
Barry Trapnell, English cricketer and academic (born 1924)
Sir Gabriel Horn was a British neuroscientist and Professor of Zoology at the University of Cambridge. His research was into the neural mechanisms of learning and memory.
Gabriel Horn, English biologist and academic (born 1927)
Magnus Isacsson was a Canadian documentary filmmaker whose films investigated contemporary political issues and topics in social activism.
Magnus Isacsson, Canadian director and producer (born 1948)
James Jones was an American singer-songwriter who moved to New York City while a teenager. His biggest hits were "Handy Man" (1959) and "Good Timin'" (1960). According to Allmusic …
Jimmy Jones, American singer-songwriter (born 1930)
Sir John Desmond Patrick Keegan was an English military historian, lecturer, author and journalist. He wrote many published works on the nature of combat between prehistory and the…
John Keegan, English historian and journalist (born 1934)
Bernd Meier was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Bernd Meier, German footballer (born 1972)
Marguerite Piazza was an American soprano, entertainer and philanthropist from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Marguerite Piazza, American soprano (born 1920)