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Carol Marcel Vadnais was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1966–67 until 1982–83. Vadnais won the Stanley…
Carol Vadnais, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1945)
Ahmed Abdi Godane, also known as Mukhtar Abu Zubair, was a Somali militant leader who served as the second emir of al-Shabaab, an Islamist militant group based in Somalia. Godane, …
Ahmed Abdi Godane, Somali militant leader (born 1977)
Roger Hornsby McKee was an American Major League Baseball pitcher who played from 1943–44 for the Philadelphia Phillies while still a teenager.
Roger McKee, American baseball player (born 1926)
Joseph Clois Shivers Jr. was an American textile chemist who was based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, best known for his role in the structural development of Spandex, a thermoplas…
Joseph Shivers, American chemist and academic, developed spandex (born 1920)
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick Jr. was an American politician, attorney and professor. A noted criminal defense attorney, he served as the District Attorney of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, b…
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, American lawyer and politician, 20th District Attorney of Philadelphia (born 1930)
Norman Gordon was a South African cricketer who played in five Test matches during the 1938–39 South African cricket season.
Norman Gordon, South African cricketer (born 1911)
Helena Rakoczy was a Polish artistic gymnast. She is a 1956 Olympic bronze medalist with the Polish team, as well as 4-time World champion and a 7-time World Championships medalist…
Helena Rakoczy, Polish gymnast (born 1921)
Goolamhussein Essaji Vahanvati (1949-2014) was an Indian senior counsel who served as the 11th Attorney General for India. His first term in office began in June 2009 and was for t…
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati, Indian lawyer and politician, 13th Attorney General of India (born 1949)
Aarno Raninen was a Finnish singer, songwriter and musician. His main instrument was piano but he has also mastered violin, cello and accordion.
Aarno Raninen, Finnish singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
Ayilam Panchapakesha Venkateswaran was an Indian diplomat, former Foreign Secretary of India and former chairman of Asia Centre, Bangalore, rated by many as one of the most efficie…
A. P. Venkateswaran, Indian soldier and politician, 14th Foreign Secretary of India (born 1930)
Ronald Joseph Mulock AO KCSG was an Australian politician. A former City of Penrith mayor, he was an Australian Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from …
Ron Mulock, Australian lawyer and politician, 10th Deputy Premier of New South Wales (born 1930)
Gustavo Adrián Cerati Clark was an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter who gained international recognition for being the leader, vocalist, composer, and guitarist of the rock…
Gustavo Cerati, Argentine Musician (born 1959)
Wolfhart Pannenberg was a German Lutheran theologian. He made a number of significant contributions to modern theology, including his concept of history as a form of revelation cen…
Wolfhart Pannenberg, Polish-German theologian and academic (born 1928)
Joan Alexandra Molinsky, known professionally as Joan Rivers, was an American comedian, actress, producer, writer and television host. She was noted for her blunt, often controvers…
Joan Rivers, American comedian, television host, and author (born 1933)
Bruce Alexander Morton was an American television news correspondent for both CBS News and CNN in a career which spanned over 40 years.
Bruce Morton, American journalist (born 1930)
Mara Dicle Neusel was a mathematician, author, teacher and an advocate for women in mathematics. The focus of her mathematical work was on invariant theory, which can be briefly de…
Mara Neusel, German mathematician, author, and academic (born 1964)
Odd Bondevik was a Norwegian theologian who was the Bishop of the Diocese of Møre in the Church of Norway from 17 November 1991 until retirement in 2008. He also served as Preses o…
Odd Bondevik, Norwegian bishop and theologian (born 1941)
Kira Alekseyevna Zvorykina was a Soviet chess player who spent many years living in Belarus. She was a three-time winner of the Women's Soviet Championship. In 2018, she was induct…
Kira Zvorykina, Belarusian chess player and educator (born 1919)
Jacob Sanford "Jack" Cristil was the long-time radio voice of Mississippi State University Bulldog men's basketball and football. Over his 58-year tenure (1953–2011), Cristil calle…
Jack Cristil, American sportscaster and radio host (born 1925)
Raul Maravilla Gonzalez was the Chief Presidential Legal Counsel and was the Secretary of Justice of the Philippines.
Raul M. Gonzalez, Filipino lawyer and politician, 42nd Filipino Secretary of Justice (born 1930)
Yoshiko Yamaguchi was a Japanese singer, actress, journalist, and politician. Born in China, she made an international career in film in China, Hong Kong, Japan and the United Stat…
Yoshiko Ōtaka, Chinese-Japanese actress, singer, and politician (born 1920)
Seth Martin was a Canadian ice hockey goalie. He played 30 games in the National Hockey League with the St. Louis Blues during the 1967–68 season. The rest of his career, which las…
Seth Martin, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1933)
Kwon Ri-se, known professionally as Rise, was a South Korean singer. She was a member of the South Korean girl group Ladies' Code under Polaris Entertainment. Prior to her joining …
Kwon Ri-se, South Korean singer (born 1991)
Harold Gordon Shipp was a Canadian businessman, philanthropist and the chairman of Shipp Corporation Limited.
Harold Shipp, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (born 1926)