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John Van Ryn was an American tennis champion of the 1930s. He was primarily known as the doubles partner of Wilmer Allison.
John Van Ryn, American tennis player (died 1999)
John A. Gibson was a runner and Olympic athlete.
Johnny Gibson, American hurdler and coach (died 2006)
Harald Kihle was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is particularly known for his pictures with motifs from Telemark.
Harald Kihle, Norwegian painter and illustrator (died 1997)
Irving McClure Johnson was an American sail training pioneer, adventurer, lecturer and writer.
Irving Johnson, American sailor and author (died 1991)
Robert Maurice Alers Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, was a British diplomat and public servant.
Robert Hankey, 2nd Baron Hankey, British diplomat and public servant (died 1996)
Lionel Mordecai Trilling was an American literary critic, short story writer, essayist, and teacher. One of the leading U.S. critics of the 20th century, he analyzed the contempora…
Lionel Trilling, American critic, essayist, short story writer, and educator (died 1975)
Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau was a pioneering Haitian sociologist and educator. In 1934, she was one of the principal founders of the Ligue Féminine d'Action Sociale, the first fem…
Madeleine Sylvain-Bouchereau, Haitian sociologist and educator (died 1970)
Juan O'Gorman was a Mexican painter and architect.
Juan O'Gorman, Mexican painter and architect (died 1982)
Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin was a French mathematician, the second woman to obtain a doctorate in pure mathematics in France, the first woman to become a full professor of mathema…
Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin, French mathematician (died 1972)
Leonid Alekseyevich Amalrik was a Soviet animation director and animator. Honoured Worker of the Arts Industry of the RSFSR (1965).
Leonid Amalrik, Russian animator and director (died 1997)
Clarence Sutherland Campbell was a Canadian ice hockey executive and referee, and soldier. He refereed in the National Hockey League (NHL) during the 1930s, served in the Canadian …
Clarence Campbell, Canadian ice hockey player and referee (died 1984)
Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson was an American journalist and writer of children's books. She wrote some of the earliest Nancy Drew mysteries and created the detective's adventurous…
Mildred Benson, American journalist and author (died 2002)
Thomas Gomez was an American actor.
Thomas Gomez, American actor (died 1971)
Wolfram Sievers was a Nazi and convicted war criminal for medical atrocities carried out while he was managing director of the Ahnenerbe from 1935–1945. He was convicted of war cri…
Wolfram Sievers, German physician (died 1948)
Frances Elizabeth Allan was an Australian statistician. She was known as the first statistician at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), as "the…
Betty Allan, Australian statistician and biometrician (died 1952)
Prince John of the United Kingdom was the fifth son and youngest of the six children of King George V and Queen Mary. At the time of his birth, his father was heir apparent to John…
Prince John of the United Kingdom, Youngest son of George V and Mary of Teck (died 1919)
Alfredo Manapat Santos was Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1962 to 1965, making him the first four-star general of the Philippines' armed forces.
Alfredo M. Santos, Filipino general (died 1990)
Eugenio Pagnini was an Italian modern pentathlete. He competed at the 1928 and 1932 Summer Olympics.
Eugenio Pagnini, Italian modern pentathlete (died 1993)
Magda Foy, also known and often credited as "The Solax Kid", was a child actor in the silent film era who worked for Solax Studio, the largest pre-Hollywood studio in the United St…
Magda Foy, American child actress (died 2000)
Dorothy Fields was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include "The Way You Look Tonight" (193…
Dorothy Fields, American songwriter (died 1974)
Anita Farra was an Italian stage and film actress. She appeared in around forty films during her career, generally in small or supporting roles, such as that in The Siege of the Al…
Anita Farra, Italian actress (died 2008)
William Dennis Gargan was an American film, television and radio actor. He was the 5th recipient of the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1967, and in 1941, was nominat…
William Gargan, American actor (died 1979)
Joseph Levis was an American foil fencer. He won nine national fencing championships, and participated in three Olympic Games representing the United States. The Roll of Honor at t…
Joseph Levis, American foil fencer (died 2005)
Leopold Engleitner was an Austrian conscientious objector, as one of Jehovah's Witnesses, and a concentration camp survivor who spoke publicly and with students about his experienc…
Leopold Engleitner, Austrian author and educator (died 2013)