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Helen Clare was a British singer who was well known in the 1930s and 1940s through her work in variety, radio, television and recording. Clare worked extensively in light entertain…
Helen Clare, British singer (born 1916)
James Burdette Thayer was an American brigadier general who served on active duty during World War II. On May 4, 1945, Thayer and his platoon discovered and liberated 15,000 peopl…
James Burdette Thayer, American brigadier general (born 1920)
Bernard "Bunny" Carr was an Irish television presenter. He presented shows such as Quicksilver, Teen Talk and Going Strong on RTÉ. He later set up his own communications and public…
Bernard "Bunny" Carr, Irish TV presenter (born 1927)
Gary Douglas Kurtz was an American film producer whose list of credits includes American Graffiti (1973), Star Wars (1977), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), The Dark Crystal (1982) …
Gary Kurtz, American film producer (born 1940)
Jane Fortune was an American author and journalist. Many of her publications and philanthropic activities were centered on the research, restoration, and exhibition of art by women…
Jane Fortune, American author, journalist, and philanthropist (born 1942)
Kavita Mahajan was an Indian author and translator who wrote in Marathi. She is noted for her critically acclaimed novels Brr (2005), Bhinna (2007) and Kuhoo (2011), as well as a…
Kavita Mahajan, Indian author and translator (born 1967)
Michael Payton was an American football quarterback. He played college football for the Marshall Thundering Herd, where he won the 1992 Walter Payton Award. After college, he playe…
Michael Payton, American football quarterback (born 1970)
Arthur Mitchell was an American ballet dancer, choreographer, and founder and director of ballet companies. In 1955, he was the first African-American dancer with the New York City…
Arthur Mitchell, American ballet dancer & choreographer (born 1934)
Trần Đại Quang was a Vietnamese politician and former police general who served as the ninth president of Vietnam from 2016 until his death in 2018. After serving for five years as…
Trần Đại Quang, President of Vietnam (born 1956)
Vitaliy Andriyovych Masol was a Soviet-Ukrainian politician who served as leader of the Ukrainian government on two occasions. He held various posts in the Ukrainian Soviet Sociali…
Vitaliy Masol, Ukrainian Former Prime Minister (born 1928)
Charles Nicholas Hodges was an English musician and singer. He was the lead vocalist, pianist and guitarist of the musical duo Chas & Dave, whose most successful singles include "R…
Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (born 1943)
Bomo Edith Edna Molewa, formerly known as Edna Sethema, was a South African politician and member of the African National Congress. Molewa became the Minister of Water and Environm…
Edna Molewa, South African politician (born 1957)
Sir Charles Kuen Kao was a Hong Kong electrical engineer who contributed to the development and use of fibre optics in telecommunications. In the 1960s, Kao created various methods…
Charles Kuen Kao, Hong Kong-American-British electrical engineer and physicist (born 1933)
Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji Jadeja was an Indian politician.
Manoharsinhji Pradyumansinhji, Indian nobleman and politician (born 1935)
Martyn Jerel Buchwald, known as Marty Balin, was an American singer, songwriter, and musician best known as a member of Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship.
Marty Balin, American singer, co-founder of the band Jefferson Airplane (born 1942)
Predrag Ejdus was a Serbian actor of theater, film and television. His extensive body of work includes over 200 theater productions, 50 films and 30 television series.
Predrag Ejdus, Serbian actor (born 1947)
Otis Rush Jr. was an American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter. His distinctive guitar style featured a slow-burning sound and long bent notes. With qualities similar to the s…
Otis Rush, American blues guitarist and singer (born 1934)
Kim Mellius Flyvholm Larsen was a Danish singer, songwriter, author, and guitarist. He began his musical career in 1968 after a brief period as an elementary school teacher and bec…
Kim Larsen, Danish rock musician (born 1945)
Charles Geoffrey Hayes was an English television presenter and actor. He presented Thames Television's children's show Rainbow from 1973 to 1992.
Geoffrey Hayes, British television presenter and actor (born 1942)
Sonia Shainwald Orbuch was an American Holocaust educator. During the Second World War, she was a Jewish resistance fighter in eastern Poland.
Sonia Orbuch, Polish resistance fighter during the Second World War and Holocaust educator. (born 1925)
Charles Aznavour was a French and Armenian singer-songwriter, actor, and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his distinctive vibrato tenor voice: clear and ringing in its upper reache…
Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian singer, composer, writer, filmmaker and public figure (born 1924)
Jamal Ahmad Hamza Khashoggi was a Saudi journalist, dissident, writer and editor. Khashoggi was assassinated at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October 2018 by agents of the S…
Jamal Khashoggi, Saudi journalist (born 1958)
William Delano Wilson, known professionally as Scott Wilson, was an American film and television actor.
Scott Wilson, American actor (born 1942)
María de Montserrat Bibiana Concepción Caballé i Folch or Folc, simply known as Montserrat Caballé, was a Spanish (Catalan) operatic soprano. Widely considered to be one of the gre…
Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (born 1933)