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Gary Glasberg was an American television writer and producer. He was born in New York City. He was the showrunner on NCIS and creator of NCIS: New Orleans.
Gary Glasberg, American television writer and producer (born 1966)
Shimon Peres was an Israeli politician and statesman who served as the prime minister of Israel from 1984 to 1986 and from 1995 to 1996 and as the president of Israel from 2007 to …
Shimon Peres, Polish-Israeli statesman and politician, 9th President of Israel (born 1923)
Gloria Naylor was an American novelist, known for novels including The Women of Brewster Place (1982), Linden Hills (1985) and Mama Day (1988).
Gloria Naylor, American novelist (born 1950)
Miriam Palma Defensor-Santiago was a Filipino politician and lawyer who served in all three branches of the Philippine government: judicial, executive, and legislative. Defensor Sa…
Miriam Defensor Santiago, Filipina politician (born 1945)
Sir Neville Marriner, was an English conductor and violinist. Described as "one of the world's greatest conductors", Gramophone lists Marriner as one of the 50 greatest conductors …
Neville Marriner, British conductor (born 1924)
Brock Yates was a prominent American journalist, TV commentator, TV reporter, screenwriter, and author. He was the longtime executive editor at Car and Driver magazine—and contribu…
Brock Yates, American journalist and author (born 1933)
Ross Higgins was an Australian vaudevillian, character actor, television host, comedian, singer and voice actor. He was best known for his role as Ted Bullpitt in the 1980s televis…
Ross Higgins, Australian actor, comedian (born 1930)
Andrzej Witold Wajda was a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an Honorary Oscar, the Palme d'Or, as well as Honorary Golden Lion and Honorary Golden Bear Awards, he was…
Andrzej Wajda, Polish film and theatre director (born 1926)
Bhumibol Adulyadej, titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 9 June 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch, the longes…
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (born 1927)
Helen Kelly was President of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions from 2007 to 2015.
Helen Kelly, New Zealand trade union leader (born 1964)
Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, was a Canadian professor and computer scientist who has been called the "Father of Computing" in Canada. He was a Professor of Computer Science at the …
Calvin Carl "Kelly" Gotlieb, Canadian professor and computer scientist (born 1921)
Donn Charles Fendler was an American author and public speaker. Born in Rye, New York, Fendler, at the age of 12, became separated from his family and was lost on Maine's Mount Kat…
Donn Fendler, American author and speaker (born 1926)
Dario Luigi Angelo Fo was an Italian playwright, actor, theatre director, stage designer, songwriter, political campaigner for the Italian left wing and the recipient of the 1997 N…
Dario Fo, Italian playwright, actor, director, and composer Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
Peter Eric James Prentice was a Canadian politician who served as the 16th premier of Alberta from 2014 to 2015. In the 2004 federal election he was elected to the House of Commons…
Jim Prentice, Canadian lawyer and politician, 16th Premier of Alberta (born 1956)
Philip Chess was a Polish-born American record company executive, the founder of Chess Records alongside his brother Leonard.
Phil Chess, Czech-American record producer, co-founded Chess Records (born 1921)
Giovanni Steffè was an Italian rower who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Giovanni Steffè, Italian rower (born 1928)
Robert Edward Kramek was an admiral of the United States Coast Guard who served as the 20th commandant from 1994 to 1998. During his tenure as commandant, he successfully led the s…
Robert E. Kramek, former United States Coast Guard admiral (born 1939)
Junko Tabei was a Japanese mountaineer, author and teacher. She was the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest and ascend the Seven Summits, climbing the highest peak on…
Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer (born 1939)
Kaneta Kimotsuki was a Japanese actor, voice actor, and theater director. He was also the founder of the theater troupe 21st Century FOX and was affiliated with 81 Produce.
Kaneta Kimotsuki, Japanese actor, voice actor, and theater director (born 1935)
Steve Dillon was a British comic book artist, best known for his work with writer Garth Ennis on Hellblazer, Preacher and The Punisher.
Steve Dillon, British comic book artist (born 1962)
Jack Thomas Chick was an American cartoonist and publisher, best known for his fundamentalist Baptist "Chick tracts". He expressed his perspective on a variety of issues through se…
Jack Chick, American cartoonist and publisher (born 1924)
Willem "Wim" van der Voort was a Dutch speed skater. At the 1952 Olympics in Oslo Van der Voort was the silver medalist in the men's 1500 meters, finishing 0.2 seconds behind Hjalm…
Wim van der Voort, Dutch speed skater (born 1923)
Michael Groo Massee was an American actor. Active on screen for three decades, he frequently portrayed villainous characters. His film roles include Funboy in the dark fantasy The …
Michael Massee, American actor (born 1952)
Sheri Stewart Tepper was an American writer of science fiction, horror and mystery novels. She is primarily known for her feminist science fiction, which explored themes of sociolo…
Sheri S. Tepper, American writer (born 1929)