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William Cary Edwards was a New Jersey politician who served as the Attorney General of New Jersey from 1986 to 1989.
W. Cary Edwards, American politician (born 1944)
Robert Charles Joseph Edward Sabatini Guccione was an American visual artist, photographer and publisher. He founded the adult magazine Penthouse in 1965. This was aimed at competi…
Bob Guccione, American publisher, founded Penthouse magazine (born 1930)
Max Kohnstamm was a Dutch historian and diplomat.
Max Kohnstamm, Dutch historian and diplomat (born 1914)
A. Ayyappan was an Indian Malayalam-language poet in the modernist period. He is considered as the "Icon of anarchism" in Malayalam poetry. He was also an iconoclast figure who ha…
A. Ayyappan, Indian poet and translator (born 1949)
Sakata Eio was a 9-dan Japanese professional Go player.
Eio Sakata, Japanese Go player (born 1920)
Eva Maria Charlotte Michelle Ibbotson was an Austrian-born British novelist, known for her children's literature. Some of her novels for adults have been reissued for the young adu…
Eva Ibbotson, Austrian-English author (born 1925)
Farooq Ahmad Khan Leghari was a Pakistani politician who served as the eighth president of Pakistan from 1993 until his resignation in 1997. He, prior to his presidency, also serve…
Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (born 1940)
Francis Crippen was an American long-distance swimmer. After being a pool swimmer for most of his career, Crippen made the transition to open water swimming in 2006. In internation…
Fran Crippen, American swimmer (born 1984)
Stanley K. Tanger was an American businessman shopping]] industry, Tanger founded Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, which began with a single location in Burlington, North Carolina i…
Stanley Tanger, American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Tanger Factory Outlet Centers (born 1923)
Michael "Mike" Esposito, who sometimes used the pseudonyms Mickey Demeo, Mickey Dee, Michael Dee, and Joe Gaudioso, was an American comic book artist whose work for DC Comics, Marv…
Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (born 1927)
Ernest Lamont Johnson Jr. was an American actor and film director who appeared in and directed many television shows and movies. He won two Emmy Awards.
Lamont Johnson, American actor, director, and producer (born 1922)
Joseph Stein was an American playwright best known for writing the books for such musicals as Fiddler on the Roof and Zorba.
Joseph Stein, American author and playwright (born 1912)
Lisa Suzanne Blount was an American actress and film producer. She was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year for her performance in An Officer and a Gentlem…
Lisa Blount, American actress (born 1957)
Gregory Anthony Isaacs OD was a Jamaican reggae musician. Milo Miles, writing in The New York Times, described Isaacs as "the most exquisite vocalist in reggae".
Gregory Isaacs, Jamaican-English singer-songwriter (born 1951)
Vesna Parun was a Croatian poet.
Vesna Parun, Croatian poet and author (born 1922)
Glen Gordon "Frosty" Little was a circus clown who served with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus for over 20 years. He was one of only four clowns ever to have been giv…
Glen Little, American clown (born 1925)
Mas Penewu Surakso Hargo, better known as Mbah Maridjan was the spiritual guardian or "gatekeeper" of the Indonesian volcano Mount Merapi. His birthplace was in the mountainside ha…
Mbah Maridjan, Indonesian spiritual leader (born 1927)
Romeu Tuma was a Brazilian politician and a former director of the Federal Police.
Romeu Tuma, Brazilian police officer and politician (born 1931)
Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the president of Argentina from 2003 to 2007. A member of the Justicialist Party, he previously s…
Néstor Kirchner, Argentinian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Argentina (born 1950)
Liang Congjie was a Chinese historian best known for his work as an environmental activist who established the Friends of Nature in 1994 as the first environmental non-governmental…
Liang Congjie, Chinese historian and activist, founded Friends of Nature (born 1932)
James Gordon MacArthur was an American actor and recording artist.
James MacArthur, American actor (born 1937)
Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt was a Greenlandic priest and politician. He is considered one of the leading figures in the establishment of Greenland Home Rule. Jonathan Motz…
Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (born 1938)
Ehud Netzer was an Israeli architect, archaeologist and educator, known for his extensive excavations at Herodium, where in 2007 he found and identified the tomb of Herod the Great…
Ehud Netzer, Israeli archaeologist, architect, and educator (born 1934)
Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into 38 langua…
Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (born 1927)