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Philip Ryan, professionally known as Philip Chevron, was an Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist and record producer. He was best known as the lead guitarist for the Celtic punk b…
Philip Chevron, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1957)
Rodney Dwight Grams was an American politician and television news anchor who served in both the United States House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. A local news anchor, Gr…
Rod Grams, American journalist and politician (born 1948)
Paul Guy Desmarais Sr. was a Canadian financier and philanthropist, based in Montreal. With an estimated family net worth of US$4.5 billion, Desmarais was ranked by Forbes as the f…
Paul Desmarais, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1927)
Rodolphe Kasser, was a Swiss philologist, archaeologist, and a Coptic scholar. He specialized in ancient Coptic language manuscripts, notably including the Codex Tchacos which incl…
Rodolphe Kasser, Swiss archaeologist and philologist (born 1927)
Andrew Pafko was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs (1943–51), Brooklyn Dodgers (1951–52), and Milwaukee Braves…
Andy Pafko, American baseball player and manager (born 1921)
Chöje Akong Tulku Rinpoche was a tulku in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism and co-founder of the Samye Ling Monastery in Scotland, Tara Rokpa Therapy and charity ROKPA Internat…
Akong Rinpoche, Tibetan-Chinese spiritual leader (born 1939)
Chief (Dr.) Solomon Daushep Lar was a Nigerian politician who has held various offices at the National level for over 50 years. He was a member of the first national parliament whe…
Solomon Lar, Nigerian educator and politician, 4th Governor of Plateau State (born 1933)
Srihari was an Indian actor who was active mainly in Telugu cinema. He appeared in some Tamil, Kannada and Hindi films as well. He won seven Nandi Awards and one Filmfare Award.
Srihari, Indian actor (born 1964)
Wilfried Achiel Emma Martens was a Belgian politician who served as prime minister of Belgium from 1979 to 1992, except from April to December 1981. A member of the Flemish Christi…
Wilfried Martens, Belgian lawyer and politician, 60th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1936)
Edmund Niziurski was a popular Polish writer, author of numerous humorous novels and stories for children, recipient of the Order of the Smile.
Edmund Niziurski, Polish sociologist, lawyer, and author (born 1925)
Malcolm Scott Carpenter was an American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and aquanaut. He was one of the Mercury Seven astronauts selected f…
Scott Carpenter, American commander, pilot, and astronaut (born 1925)
Jay Conrad Levinson was an American business writer, known as author of the 1984 book Guerrilla Marketing.
Jay Conrad Levinson, American author and educator (born 1933)
Sohei Miyashita was a Japanese politician who served as Minister of Health and Welfare from 1998 to 1999, Director-General of the Environmental Agency from 1994 to 1995 and Direct…
Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (born 1927)
Calvin Grant Shofner, known professionally as Cal Smith, was an American country musician.
Cal Smith, American singer and guitarist (born 1932)
María Isabel de Villota Comba was a Spanish racing driver who competed in Superleague Formula and Euroseries 3000. She had an accident in straight-line testing as the Marussia Form…
María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (born 1980)
Erich Priebke was a German mid-level Schutzstaffel (SS) commander in the Sicherheitspolizei (SiPo) of Nazi Germany. In 1996, he was convicted of war crimes in Italy for commanding …
Erich Priebke, German captain (born 1913)
George Howard Herbig was an American astronomer at the University of Hawaiʻi Institute for Astronomy. He is perhaps best known for his contribution to the discovery of Herbig–Haro …
George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (born 1920)
Oscar Jerome Hijuelos was an American novelist of Cuban descent. During a year-long convalescence from a childhood illness spent in a Connecticut hospital, he lost his knowledge of…
Oscar Hijuelos, American author and academic (born 1951)
Hans Wilhelm Longva was a Norwegian diplomat.
Hans Wilhelm Longva, Norwegian diplomat (born 1942)
Malcolm MacKenzie Renfrew was an American polymer chemist, inventor, and professor emeritus at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Renfrew Hall, the university's chemistry b…
Malcolm Renfrew, American chemist and academic (born 1910)
Martin Drewes was a German Luftwaffe military aviator and night fighter ace during World War II. He was credited with 52 victories of which 43 were claimed at night whilst flying v…
Martin Drewes, German soldier and pilot (born 1918)
Joe C. Meriweather was an American professional basketball player.
Joe Meriweather, American basketball player and coach (born 1953)
Thomas Whittle was a British jazz saxophonist.
Tommy Whittle, Scottish-English saxophonist (born 1926)
Takashi Yanase was a Japanese manga artist and writer, poet, illustrator and lyricist.
Takashi Yanase, Japanese poet and illustrator, created Anpanman (born 1919)