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Jack "Jocko" Gotta was an American-born Canadian professional football player, coach, and general manager.
Jack Gotta, American-Canadian football player, coach, and manager (born 1929)
Margherita Hack was an Italian astrophysicist and science communicator. The asteroid 8558 Hack, discovered in 1995, was named in her honour.
Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist and author (born 1922)
Gilma Jiménez was a Colombian politician. She was a member of the Senate for Bogotá.
Gilma Jiménez, Colombian politician (born 1956)
Alan Robertson Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway ERD QC was a British judge, barrister and author who sat in the House of Lords as a Conservative life peer.
Alan Campbell, Baron Campbell of Alloway, English lawyer and judge (born 1917)
Akpor Pius Ewherido was a Nigerian politician. He was elected Senator for Delta Central Senatorial District in the April 2011 national elections, running on the Democratic People's…
Akpor Pius Ewherido, Nigerian politician (born 1963)
Kathryn Morrison was an American educator and Democratic Party politician who was the first woman to be elected to serve in the Wisconsin Senate. Morrison was born in Madison, Wisc…
Kathryn Morrison, American educator and politician (born 1942)
Thompson Oliha was a Nigerian professional footballer who played as a midfielder for clubs in Africa and Europe during an injury-shortened career.
Thompson Oliha, Nigerian footballer (born 1968)
Sir Keith Douglas Seaman was Governor of South Australia from 1 September 1977 until 28 March 1982. He was the second successive governor to have been a minister of religion, Seama…
Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (born 1920)
Sidney Bryan Berry was a United States Army Lieutenant General, Superintendent of West Point (1974–1977), and Commissioner of Public Safety for the state of Mississippi (1980–1984)…
Sidney Bryan Berry, American general (born 1926)
Charles Foley was the co-inventor of the game Twister, with Neil W. Rabens.
Charles Foley, American game designer, co-creator of Twister (born 1930)
William Herbert Gray III was an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who represented Pennsylvania's 2nd congressional district from 1979 to 1991. He also served a…
William H. Gray, American minister and politician (born 1941)
Anthony Gerard Bosco was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg in Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2004. He previously ser…
Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (born 1927)
Douglas Carl Engelbart was an American engineer, inventor, and a pioneer in many aspects of computer science. He is best known for his work on founding the field of human–computer …
Douglas Engelbart, American computer scientist, invented the computer mouse (born 1925)
Armand Gérard Gaudreault was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 44 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins during the 1944–45 season. The rest of his career…
Armand Gaudreault, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1921)
John Anthony Llewellyn was a Welsh chemist and a NOAA aquanaut. In August 1967, Llewellyn was one of only two non-American astronaut candidates selected by NASA as part of NASA Ast…
Anthony Llewellyn, Welsh-American chemist, academic, and astronaut (born 1933)
Roman Bengez was a Slovenian footballer and manager.
Roman Bengez, Slovenian footballer and manager (born 1964)
Francis Ray was a New York Times and USA Today bestselling African-American writer of romance novels. Her literary fiction series – Taggart and Falcon, the Invincible Women, Grayso…
Francis Ray, American author (born 1944)
PJ Torokvei was a Canadian actress. As a trans woman, her professional credits are generally under her former name.
PJ Torokvei, Canadian actress and screenwriter (born 1951)
Bernard Vitet was a French trumpeter, multi-instrumentist and composer, co-founder of the first free jazz band in France (1964) together with François Tusques, Michel Portal Unit (…
Bernard Vitet, French trumpet player and composer (born 1934)
Radu Vasile was a Romanian politician, historian, academic, writer and poet who served as Prime Minister of Romania from 17 April 1998 to 13 December 1999. A leading member of the …
Radu Vasile, Romanian historian and politician, 57th Prime Minister of Romania (born 1942)
Andrew James Wilson, better known as Snoo Wilson, was an English playwright, screenwriter and director. His early plays such as Blow-Job (1971) were overtly political, often combin…
Snoo Wilson, English playwright and screenwriter (born 1948)
David Onllwyn Brace was a Welsh international scrum-half who played club rugby for Newport and Aberavon. He won nine caps for Wales and would captain the team twice in the early 19…
Onllwyn Brace, Welsh rugby player and sportscaster (born 1932)
John Crompton was an English professional footballer. Born in Hulme, Manchester, Lancashire, he was a goalkeeper for Manchester United between 1944 and 1956. He was part of the tea…
Jack Crompton, English footballer and manager (born 1921)
Dr. James E. Fulton Jr., M.D., was an American dermatologist and medical researcher who co-invented Retin-A, a popular acne medication, in 1969.
James Fulton, American dermatologist and academic (born 1940)