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James W. Rountree was an American college and professional football player who was a defensive back in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for ten years during the 1950s and 1960s. …
Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (born 1936)
Abraham Nemeth was an American mathematician. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Michigan. Nemeth was blind and is known for developin…
Abraham Nemeth, American mathematician and academic (born 1918)
Sanni Sari Abacha was a Nigerian footballer who played as a sweeper. He died in 2013.
Sari Abacha, Nigerian footballer (born 1978)
Sergei Alexandrovich Belov was a Russian professional basketball player, most noted for playing for CSKA Moscow and the senior Soviet Union national basketball team. He is consider…
Sergei Belov, Russian basketball player and coach (born 1944)
Irene Joan Thirsk was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of agriculture, and cryptanalyst. She was the leading British early modern agrarian histo…
Joan Thirsk, English cryptologist, historian, and academic (born 1922)
John Leonard Cloudsley-Thompson DSc CBiol FSB FRES FZS was a British naturalist renowned for his work on desert fauna. He was a tank commander during the Second World War.
John Cloudsley-Thompson, Pakistani-English commander (born 1921)
Philip Louis Ulric Cross was a Trinidadian jurist, diplomat and Royal Air Force (RAF) navigator, recognised as possibly the most decorated West Indian of World War II. He is credit…
Ulric Cross, Trinidadian navigator, judge, and diplomat (born 1917)
Akira Miyoshi was a Japanese composer.
Akira Miyoshi, Japanese composer (born 1933)
Diana Nasution, was an Indonesian singer.
Diana Nasution, Indonesian singer (born 1958)
Võ Nguyên Giáp was a Vietnamese general, communist revolutionary and politician. Highly regarded as a military strategist, Giáp led Vietnamese communist military forces to victory …
Võ Nguyên Giáp, Vietnamese general and politician, 3rd Minister of Defence for Vietnam (born 1911)
Nicholas Oresko was an American combat veteran of World War II who received the Medal of Honor for his valorous actions in Germany on January 23, 1945.
Nicholas Oresko, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1917)
Ruth Mary Rogan Benerito was an American physical chemist and inventor known for her impactful work related to the textile industry. She notably contributed to the development of w…
Ruth R. Benerito, American chemist and academic (born 1916)
Carlo Lizzani was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Carlo Lizzani, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
Yasuo Saitō , also known by the stage name Yakkun Sakurazuka , was a Japanese comedian, singer, and voice actor.
Yakkun Sakurazuka, Japanese voice actress and singer (born 1976)
Ulysses "Crazy Legs" Curtis was an American professional football player who was a running back for the Toronto Argonauts of the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union from 1950 to 1…
Ulysses Curtis, American-Canadian football player and coach (born 1926)
Rift Fournier was an American writer, screenwriter and television producer. Fournier, who lost the ability to walk at 17 years old due to polio, had a long and diverse career in te…
Rift Fournier, American screenwriter and producer (born 1936)
Paul Rogers was an English actor of film, stage and television. He was the first winner of the BAFTA TV Award Best Actor in 1955 and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Lead…
Paul Rogers, English actor (born 1917)
Nicolaas 'Nico' Godfried van Kampen was a Dutch theoretical physicist, who worked mainly on statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium thermodynamics.
Nico van Kampen, Dutch physicist and academic (born 1921)
Mick Buckley was an English footballer who played for Everton, Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Carlisle United and Middlesbrough as a midfielder.
Mick Buckley, English footballer (born 1953)
Elizabeth Teresa "Terry" Burnham was an American actress. She had most of her career as a child actress in television series. She is best known for her performance in the Twilight …
Terry Burnham, American actress (born 1949)
Patrice Chéreau was a French opera and theatre director, filmmaker, actor and producer. In France he is best known for his work for the theatre, internationally for his films La Re…
Patrice Chéreau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1944)
David Elmer Jeremiah was a United States Navy admiral who served as the second vice chairman and also the acting chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. After his retirement from th…
David E. Jeremiah, American admiral (born 1934)
Leandro "Larry" Ramos Mendoza was a Filipino policeman and public official who served as Executive Secretary of the Philippines. He previously served as Chief of the Philippine Nat…
Leandro Mendoza, Filipino police officer and politician, 36th Executive Secretary of the Philippines (born 1946)
Joseph Bernard Rogers was an American politician and attorney who served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado from 1999 to 2003. He was a member of the Republican Party and …
Joe Rogers, American lawyer and politician, 45th Lieutenant Governor of Colorado (born 1964)