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Rudolf Uhlenhaut was a British-German engineer, driving engineer for Mercedes-Benz, and the father of Mercedes-Benz 300 SL and 300 SLR. He had a long association with the Mercedes-…
Rudolf Uhlenhaut, English-German engineer (died 1989)
Vincent Sherman was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include Mr. Skeffington (1944), Nora Prentiss (1947), and The Young Philadelphians (1959).
Vincent Sherman, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2006)
Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connec…
Philip Johnson, American architect, designed the IDS Center and PPG Place (died 2005)
Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa was a Canadian-born American academic and politician of Japanese ancestry. A professor of English, he served as president of San Francisco State University a…
S. I. Hayakawa, Canadian-American academic and politician (died 1992)
Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill…
Clifford Odets, American director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 1963)
Vladimir Prelog was a Croatian-Swiss organic chemist who received the 1975 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions. Pr…
Vladimir Prelog, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1998)
Chandra Shekhar Sitaram Tiwari, popularly known as Chandra Shekhar Azad, was an Indian revolutionary who reorganised the Hindustan Republican Association (HRA) under its new name o…
Chandra Shekhar Azad, Indian activist (died 1931)
John Cornelius "Johnny" Hodges was an American alto saxophonist, best known for solo work with Duke Ellington's big band. He played lead alto in the saxophone section for many year…
Johnny Hodges, American saxophonist and clarinet player (died 1970)
Irena Morzycka-Iłłakowicz was a Polish second lieutenant of the National Armed Forces and intelligence agent. The daughter of Bolesław Morzycki and Władysława Zakrzewska and the si…
Irena Iłłakowicz, German-Polish lieutenant (died 1943)
Jerzy Władysław Giedroyć was a Polish writer, lawyer, publicist and political activist. For many years, he worked as editor of the highly influential Paris-based periodical, Kultur…
Jerzy Giedroyc, Polish author and activist (died 2000)
Herbert Henri Jasper was a Canadian psychologist, physiologist, neurologist, and epileptologist.
Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist and neurologist (died 1999)
Luis Martín García was a Spanish Jesuit, elected the twenty-fourth Superior General of the Society of Jesus.
Luis Martín, Spanish religious leader, 24th Superior-General of the Society of Jesus (born 1846)
Pierre Curie was a French physicist and chemist, and a pioneer in crystallography and magnetism. He shared one half of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with his wife, Marie Curie, f…
Pierre Curie, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1859)
Thelma Alice Todd was an American actress and businesswoman who carried the nicknames "the Ice Cream Blonde" and "Hot Toddy". Appearing in about 120 feature films and shorts betwee…
Thelma Todd, American actress and singer (died 1935)
Spencer William Gore was an English tennis player who won the first Wimbledon tournament in 1877 and a first-class cricketer who played for Surrey County Cricket Club (1874–1875).
Spencer Gore, English tennis player and cricketer (born 1850)
John Knowles Paine was the first American-born composer to achieve fame for large-scale orchestral music. The senior member of a group of composers collectively known as the Boston…
John Knowles Paine, American composer and educator (born 1839)
Oscar Leopold von Gebhardt was a German Lutheran theologian, born in the Baltic German settlement of Wesenberg in the Russian Empire.
Oscar von Gebhardt, German theologian and academic (born 1844)
Carl Christian Schurz was a German-American revolutionary and an American statesman, journalist, and reformer. He migrated to the United States after the German revolutions of 1848…
Carl Schurz, German-American general, journalist, and politician, 13th United States Secretary of the Interior (born 182
Gabriel Dumont (1837–1906) was a Métis political figure best known for being a prominent leader of the Métis people. Dumont was well known for his movements within the North-West R…
Gabriel Dumont, Canadian Métis leader (born 1837)
Henrik Johan Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright. He is considered one of the world's pre-eminent writers of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama".…
Henrik Ibsen, Norwegian director, playwright, and poet (born 1828)
John Riley Maxwell was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
John Maxwell, American golfer (born 1871)
George Chetwynd Griffith-Jones was a British writer. He was active mainly in the science fiction genre—or as it was known at the time, scientific romance—in particular writing many…
George Griffith, British writer (born 1857)
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann was a German philosopher, independent scholar and writer. He was the author of the influential Philosophy of the Unconscious (1869). von Hartmann's …
Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, German philosopher and author (born 1842)
Richard John Seddon was a New Zealand politician who served as the 15th premier of New Zealand from 1893 until his death in 1906. In office for thirteen years, he is to date New Ze…
Richard Seddon, English-New Zealand politician, 15th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1845)