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Leo Charles Reise Jr. was a professional ice hockey player in the NHL and son of former pro Leo Reise. He was born in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
Leo Reise, Jr., Canadian ice hockey player (born 1922)
Ricky R. Grundy, who went by the stage name Rickey Grundy, was an American gospel musician and leader of The Rickey Grundy Chorale. He started his music career in 1988, with Sparro…
Rickey Grundy, American singer-songwriter (born 1959)
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian aerospace engineer and statesman who served as the president of India from 2002 to 2007.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Indian engineer, academic, and politician, 11th President of India (born 1931)
Samuel Pisar was a Polish-American lawyer, author, and Holocaust survivor.
Samuel Pisar, Polish-born American lawyer and author (born 1929)
Major-General Anthony John Shaw was a senior British Army officer, who was Director General of the Army Medical Services from 1988 to 1990.
Anthony Shaw, English general (born 1930)
Flora Isabel MacDonald was a Canadian politician and humanitarian. Canada's first female foreign minister, she was also one of the first women to vie for leadership of a major Cana…
Flora MacDonald, Canadian banker and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Communications (born 1926)
Ann Rae Rule was an American author of true crime books and articles. She is best known for The Stranger Beside Me (1980), about the serial killer Ted Bundy, her co-worker and one-…
Ann Rule, American police officer and author (born 1931)
Jan Jerzy Kulczyk was a Polish billionaire businessman. He was the founder and owner of Kulczyk Holding and an international investment house Kulczyk Investments with headquarters …
Jan Kulczyk, Polish businessman (born 1950)
Edward Nipake Natapei Tuta Fanua`araki was a Vanuatuan politician. He was the prime minister of Vanuatu on two occasions, and was previously the minister of Foreign Affairs briefly…
Edward Natapei, Vanuatuan politician, 6th Prime Minister of Vanuatu (born 1954)
Clive Edward Butler Rice was a South African international cricketer. An all-rounder, Rice ended his First Class cricket career with a batting average of 40.95 and a bowling averag…
Clive Rice, South African cricketer and coach (born 1949)
Antony Holland was an English actor, playwright and theatre director who until his death in 2015 lived on Gabriola Island, British Columbia, Canada.
Antony Holland, English-Canadian actor, director, and playwright (born 1920)
Sir Peter O'Sullevan was an Irish-British horse racing commentator for the BBC, and a correspondent for the Press Association, the Daily Express, and Today. He was the BBC's leadin…
Peter O'Sullevan, Anglo-Irish sportscaster (born 1918)
Michael Johnson Pyle was an American professional football player who was a center for nine seasons between 1961 and 1969 in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Bear…
Mike Pyle, American football player and sportscaster (born 1939)
Lynn René Anderson was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, "Rose Garden", was a number one hit internationally. She also chart…
Lynn Anderson, American singer (born 1947)
Stuart Baggs, also known by his self-styled sobriquet as Stuart Baggs "The Brand", was an English businessman and entrepreneur from Plymouth, Devon. He founded and ran BlueWave Com…
Stuart Baggs, English businessman (born 1988)
Endel Lippmaa was an Estonian scientist, academician, politician, and twice government minister in 1990–1991 and 1995–1996.
Endel Lippmaa, Estonian physicist (born 1930)
Franklin Herbert Westervelt was an American engineer, computer scientist, and educator at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University. Westervelt received degrees in Math…
Franklin H. Westervelt, American computer scientist, engineer, and academic (born 1930)
Francis Paul Prucha was an American historian, professor emeritus of history at Marquette University, and specialist in the relationship between the United States and Native Americ…
Francis Paul Prucha, American historian and academic (born 1921)
Alena "Ája" Vrzáňová was a Czech figure skater who represented Czechoslovakia in competition. Vrzáňová is the 1949 & 1950 World champion and 1950 European champion.
Alena Vrzáňová, Czech figure skater (born 1931)
Alan Stuart Cheuse was an American writer, editor, professor of literature, and radio commentator. A longtime NPR book commentator, he was also the author of five novels, five coll…
Alan Cheuse, American writer and critic (born 1940)
Howard Wilbur Jones, Jr. was an American gynecological surgeon and in vitro fertilization (IVF) specialist. Jones and his wife, Georgeanna Seegar Jones, were two of the earliest re…
Howard W. Jones, American surgeon and academic (born 1910)
Walter William Pierce was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball between 1945 and 1964 who played most of his career for the Chicago White Sox. He was the team's sta…
Billy Pierce, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1927)
Roderick George Toombs, known by his ring name "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, was a Canadian professional wrestler and actor.
Roddy Piper, Canadian wrestler and actor (born 1954)
Stephan Beckenbauer was a German footballer who played as a centre-back.
Stephan Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (born 1968)