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Robert Sabatier was a French poet and writer. He wrote numerous novels, essays and books of aphorisms and poems. He was elected to the Académie Goncourt in 1971, as well as to the …
Robert Sabatier, French author and poet (born 1923)
Doris Jane Sams, nicknamed "Sammye", was an American outfielder and pitcher who played from 1946 through 1953 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). Liste…
Doris Sams, American baseball player (born 1927)
Yong Nyuk Lin was a Singaporean politician who served as the Minister for Communications between 1968 and 1975, Minister for Health between 1963 and 1968, and Minister for Educatio…
Yong Nyuk Lin, Singaporean politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (born 1918)
Vincent Alfred Ostrom was an American political economist, the founding director of the Ostrom Workshop based at Indiana University, and the Arthur F. Bentley Professor Emeritus of…
Vincent Ostrom, American political scientist and academic (born 1919)
Hans Werner "Juan" Reccius Ellwanger was a Chilean athlete who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He competed in the men's triple jump event, but did not advance beyon…
Juan Reccius, Chilean triple jumper (born 1911)
Floyd O. Temple was the head coach of the University of Kansas baseball team from 1954 to 1981. He also managed and played in the minor leagues in the early 1950s.
Floyd Temple, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1926)
Michael Edward Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, was a British-Australian farmer, who is most noted because of the 2004 documentary Britain's Real Monarch, which alleged he was…
Michael Abney-Hastings, 14th Earl of Loudoun, English-Australian politician (born 1942)
Yitzhak Shamir was an Israeli politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Israel, serving two terms. Before the establishment of the State of Israel, Shamir was a leader…
Yitzhak Shamir, Israeli politician, 7th Prime Minister of Israel (born 1915)
Michael Jay Ybarra was an American journalist, author and adventurer whose non-fiction work appeared in various national publications. In 2004, his book about McCarthyism, Washingt…
Michael J
Peter Edward Gillquist was an American archpriest in the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America and retired chairman of the archdiocese's department of missions…
Peter E. Gillquist, American priest and author (born 1938)
Oswald "Ossie" Hibbert was a Jamaican organist, keyboard player and record producer.
Ossie Hibbert, Jamaican-American keyboard player and producer (born 1950)
Evelyn Shulman Lear was an American operatic soprano. Between 1959 and 1992, she appeared in more than forty operatic roles, appeared with every major opera company in the United S…
Evelyn Lear, American operatic soprano (born 1926)
Alan Goodwin Poindexter was an American naval officer and a NASA astronaut. Poindexter was selected in the 1998 NASA Group (G17) and went into orbit aboard Space Shuttle missions S…
Alan G. Poindexter, American captain, pilot and astronaut (born 1961)
Jack Carter Richardson was an American writer born in Manhattan, though his birthplace has been erroneously reported as Bristol, Virginia. He was known for his existentialist dram…
Jack Richardson, American author and playwright (born 1934)
Maurice Chevit was a French actor.
Maurice Chevit, French actor and screenwriter (born 1923)
Julian Byrn Goodman was an American broadcasting executive and journalist.
Julian Goodman, American journalist (born 1922)
Angelo Mangiarotti was an Italian architect and industrial designer. His designs were mostly for industrial buildings and railway stations. In 1994, he received the Compasso d'Oro …
Angelo Mangiarotti, Italian architect and academic (born 1921)
Betty Jane Meggers was an American archaeologist best known for her work in South America. She was considered influential at the Smithsonian Institution, where she was long associa…
Betty Meggers, American archaeologist and academic (born 1921)
Edwin Marvin Stroud was an American professional baseball player. An outfielder, he played in the Major Leagues from 1966–1971 for the Chicago White Sox and Washington Senators. He…
Ed Stroud, American baseball player (born 1939)
Nguyễn Hữu Có was a South Vietnamese soldier and politician who served in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, rising to the rank of lieutenant general. He was prominent in several…
Nguyễn Hữu Có, Vietnamese general and politician (born 1925)
Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern dra…
Andy Griffith, American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926)
Yvonne Bond Miller was a Virginia educator and American politician who became the first African-American woman to serve in both houses of the Virginia General Assembly. A Democrat,…
Yvonne B. Miller, American educator and politician (born 1934)
Sergio Pininfarina was an Italian automobile designer and Senator for life.
Sergio Pininfarina, Italian engineer and politician (born 1926)
Richard Alvin Tonry was an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the United States House of Representatives for Louisiana's 1st congressional district…
Richard Alvin Tonry, American lawyer and politician (born 1935)