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Juan Pedro de Miguel Rubio was a Spanish handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
Juan Pedro de Miguel, Spanish handball player (born 1958)
Kenneth George "Kenny" Baker was a British actor, comedian and musician. He portrayed the character R2-D2 in the Star Wars franchise and also appeared in The Elephant Man, Time Ban…
Kenny Baker, English actor and musician (born 1934)
Philip "Fyvush" Finkel was an American actor and director known as a star of Yiddish theater and for his role as lawyer Douglas Wambaugh on the television series Picket Fences, for…
Fyvush Finkel, American actor (born 1922)
John Joseph McLaughlin was an American television personality and political commentator. He created, produced, and hosted the political commentary series The McLaughlin Group from …
John McLaughlin, American television personality (born 1927)
Pramukh Swami Maharaj was the guru and Pramukh, or president, of the Bochasanwasi Akshar Purushottam Swaminarayan Sanstha (BAPS), a major branch of the Swaminarayan Sampradaya, a H…
Pramukh Swami Maharaj, Indian Hindu leader (born 1921)
Jean-Marie Faustin Godefroid "João" de Havelange was a Brazilian lawyer, businessman, and athlete who was the seventh president of FIFA from 1974 to 1998. His tenure as president i…
João Havelange, Brazilian water polo player, lawyer, and businessman (born 1916)
Arthur Hiller, was a Canadian film and television director. He directed over 33 feature films during a 50-year career. He began his career directing television in Canada and later …
Arthur Hiller, Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1923)
Ernst Nolte was a German historian and philosopher. Nolte's major interest was the comparative studies of fascism and communism. Originally trained in philosophy, he was professor …
Ernst Nolte, German historian (born 1923)
John Albert Riley Jr. was an American actor, comedian and writer, best known for his comedic roles. He is known for playing Elliot Carlin, a chronic psychology client of Bob Newhar…
Jack Riley, American actor and voice artist (born 1935)
Sellapan Ramanathan, often known as S. R. Nathan, was a Singaporean civil servant, diplomat and politician who served as the sixth president of Singapore between 1999 and 2011. He …
S. R. Nathan, 6th President of Singapore (born 1924)
Jean-Baptiste Frédéric Isidor, Baron Thielemans, known professionally as Toots Thielemans, was a Belgian jazz musician. He was mostly known for playing the chromatic harmonica, as …
Toots Thielemans, Belgian and American jazz musician (born 1922)
Walter Scheel was a German statesman. A former member of the Nazi Party who joined the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) in 1946, he first served in government as the Federal …
Walter Scheel, German politician, 4th President of Germany (born 1919)
Marvin Wilbur Kaplan was an American actor, playwright and screenwriter who was best known as Henry Beesmeyer in Alice (1978–1985).
Marvin Kaplan, American actor (born 1927)
Cookie was a male pink cockatoo residing at Brookfield Zoo, near Chicago, Illinois, United States. He was believed to be the oldest member of his species alive in captivity, at the…
Cookie, Australian Major Mitchell's cockatoo, oldest recorded parrot (born 1933)
Alberto Aguilera Valadez, known professionally as Juan Gabriel, was a Mexican singer-songwriter. Colloquially nicknamed Juanga and El Divo de Juárez, Juan Gabriel was known for his…
Juan Gabriel, Mexican singer and songwriter (born 1950)
Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara was an American professional wrestler, actor and manager, known professionally by his ring name Mr. Fuji. He was famous for often throwing salt in the eye…
Mr. Fuji, American professional wrestler and manager (born 1934)
Gene Wilder was an American actor, comedian, writer and filmmaker. He was mainly known for his comedic roles, including his collaborations with Mel Brooks on the films The Producer…
Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (born 1933)
Gerald Elliot Heller was an American music manager and businessman. He was best known for managing West Coast rap and gangsta rap pioneers N.W.A and Eazy-E. He rose to prominence i…
Jerry Heller, American music manager (born 1940)
Islam Abduganiyevich Karimov was an Uzbek politician who served as the first president of Uzbekistan, from the country's independence in 1991 until his death in 2016. He was the Fi…
Islam Karimov, Uzbek politician, 1st President of Uzbekistan (born 1938)
Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr. was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Clarence D. Rappleyea Jr., lawyer and politician (born 1933)
Hugh O'Brian was an American actor and humanitarian who starred in the ABC Western television series The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and the NBC action television ser…
Hugh O'Brian, American actor (born 1925)
Phyllis Stewart Schlafly was an American attorney and activist who was nationally prominent in conservatism. She opposed feminism, gay rights, and abortion, and campaigned against …
Phyllis Schlafly, American lawyer, writer, and political activist (born 1924)
Hannes Arch was an Austrian pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship from 2007 to 2016. Arch won the World Championship in the 2008 season.
Hannes Arch, Austrian race pilot (born 1967)
Dragiša Pešić was a Yugoslav and Montenegrin politician. He was the penultimate Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Dragiša Pešić, Montenegrin politician, 5th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1954)