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Yuri Borisovich Chesnokov was a Russian volleyball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Moscow.
Yuri Chesnokov, Russian volleyball player and coach (born 1933)
Dufferin "Duff" Roblin was a Canadian businessman and politician. He served as the 14th premier of Manitoba from 1958 to 1967. Roblin was appointed to the Senate of Canada on the a…
Dufferin Roblin, Canadian commander and politician, 14th Premier of Manitoba (born 1917)
Louise Joséphine Bourgeois was a French-American artist. Although she is best known for her large-scale sculpture and installation art, Bourgeois was also a prolific painter and pr…
Louise Bourgeois, French-American sculptor and painter (born 1911)
Brian Duffy was an English photographer and film producer, best remembered for his fashion and portrait photography of the 1960s and 1970s.
Brian Duffy, English photographer and producer (born 1933)
William Ashman Fraker, ASC, BSC was an American cinematographer and director.
William A
Rubén Juárez was an Argentine bandoneonist and singer-songwriter of tango.
Rubén Juárez, Argentinian singer-songwriter and bandoneón player (born 1947)
Merata Mita was a New Zealand filmmaker, producer, and writer, and a key figure in the growth of the Māori screen industry. Mita was the first indigenous woman and the first woma…
Merata Mita, New Zealand director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1942)
Kazuo Ohno was a Japanese dancer who became a guru and inspirational figure in the dance form known as Butoh. He is the author of several books on Butoh, including The Palace Soar…
Kazuo Ohno, Japanese dancer (born 1906)
Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of the greatest living poets in any language." He was one …
Andrei Voznesensky, Russian poet (born 1933)
Eddi-Rue McClanahan was an American actress, primarily known for her work in television sitcoms. She portrayed Vivian Harmon on Maude (1972–1978), Aunt Fran Crowley on Mama's Famil…
Rue McClanahan, American actress (born 1934)
Denise Lorraine Narcisse-Mair was a Canadian musicologist, music educator, choral conductor, and composer.
Denise Narcisse-Mair, Canadian musician (born 1940)
John Robert Wooden was an American basketball coach and player. Nicknamed "the Wizard of Westwood", he won ten National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) national championship…
John Wooden, American basketball player and coach (born 1910)
Kenneth Brown was a British guitarist with The Quarrymen, a precursor to The Beatles.
Ken Brown, British Guitarist who was a member of The Quarrymen (born 1940)
Basil Myron Schott was the Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh from 2002 until his death.
Basil Schott, American archbishop (born 1939)
Sigmar Polke was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, ret…
Sigmar Polke, German painter and photographer (born 1941)
Alfonso Williamson was an American cartoonist, comic book artist and illustrator specializing in adventure, Western, science fiction and fantasy.
Al Williamson, American illustrator (born 1931)
Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV …
Jimmy Dean, American singer and businessman, founded Jimmy Dean Foods (born 1928)
Marc Louis Bazin was a World Bank official, former United Nations functionary, and Haitian Minister of Finance and Economy under the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier. He was th…
Marc Bazin, Haitian lawyer and politician, 49th President of Haiti (born 1932)
Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester, was a Canadian operatic contralto.
Maureen Forrester, Canadian singer and academic (born 1930)
Ronald Neame CBE, BSC was an English filmmaker and cinematographer. Beginning his career as a cinematographer, for his work on the British war film One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (…
Ronald Neame, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (born 1911)
Michael Verdi, best known by his ring name Trent Acid, was an American professional wrestler.
Trent Acid, American wrestler (born 1980)
Okan Demiriş was a Turkish composer. He was married to the soprano Leyla Demiris.
Okan Demiriş, Turkish composer (born 1942)
Manute Bol was a Dinka Sudanese-American professional basketball player and political activist. Listed at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) or 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m) tall, Bol was one of the two tall…
Manute Bol, Sudanese-American basketball player and activist (born 1962)
Roberto Rosato was an Italian footballer, who played as a defender.
Roberto Rosato, Italian footballer (born 1943)