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Ernst Rudolf Jaakson was an Estonian diplomat whose contribution was to maintain Estonia's legal continuity with his uninterrupted diplomatic service for 69 years.
Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (died 1998)
Enoch Henry Light was an American classically trained violinist, danceband leader, and recording engineer. As the leader of various dance bands that recorded as early as March 1927…
Enoch Light, American bandleader, violinist, and recording engineer (died 1978)
Jean Gebser was a Swiss philosopher, linguist, and poet who described the structures of human consciousness.
Jean Gebser, German linguist, poet, and philosopher (died 1973)
Mikio Naruse was a Japanese film director and screenwriter who directed 89 films spanning the period 1930 to 1967.
Mikio Naruse, Japanese director and screenwriter (died 1969)
Weldon Leo "Jack" Teagarden was an American jazz trombonist and singer. He led both of his bands himself and was a sideman for Paul Whiteman's orchestra. From 1946 to 1951, he play…
Jack Teagarden, American singer-songwriter and trombonist (died 1964)
Bipin Gupta was an Indian actor and artist during the 1930s and 1960s. He acted in Bengali and Hindi cinema, most notably in Baiju Bawra (1952), Jagriti (1954), Gharana (1961), Jee…
Bipin Gupta, Indian actor and producer (died 1981)
Ernest Paul Bushmiller Jr. was an American cartoonist, best known for creating the comic strip character Nancy in 1933, now in print for over 90 years. His work is noted for its si…
Ernie Bushmiller, American cartoonist (died 1982)
Leonard Constant Lambert was a British composer, conductor, and author. He was the founding music director of the Royal Ballet, and he was a major figure in the establishment of th…
Constant Lambert, English composer and conductor (died 1951)
Arthur William "Big Boy" Crudup was an American Delta blues singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known, outside blues circles, for his songs "That's All Right" (1946), "My …
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1974)
Siaka Probyn Stevens was the leader of Sierra Leone from 1967 to 1985, serving as Prime Minister from 1967 to 1971 and as President from 1971 to 1985. Stevens' leadership was often…
Siaka Stevens, Sierra Leonean police officer and politician, 1st President of Sierra Leone (died 1988)
Maria Faustyna Kowalska of the Blessed Sacrament, OLM was a Polish Catholic religious sister and mystic. Faustyna, popularly spelled Faustina in English, had apparitions of Jesus C…
Faustina Kowalska, Polish nun and saint (died 1938)
Helen Katherine Meyers Sharsmith was an American biologist and educator. She was one of the first women botanists at the University of California and is recognized for her contribu…
Helen Sharsmith, American biologist and educator (died 1982)
Athanasios Klaras, better known by the nom de guerre Aris Velouchiotis, was a Greek journalist and politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of Greece and the most promine…
Aris Velouchiotis, Greek soldier (died 1945)
Cyril Frederick Walters was a Welsh first-class cricketer who had most of his success after leaving Glamorgan to do duty as captain-secretary of Worcestershire. In this role he dev…
Cyril Walters, Welsh-English cricketer (died 1992)
Major Dhyan Chand was an Indian field hockey player. He is widely regarded as the greatest field hockey player in history. He was known for his extraordinary ball control and goal-…
Dhyan Chand, Indian field hockey player (died 1979)
Arndt Juho Pekurinen was a Finnish pacifist and conscientious objector.
Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (died 1941)
Robert Fox Bacher was an American nuclear physicist and one of the leaders of the Manhattan Project. Born in Loudonville, Ohio, Bacher obtained his undergraduate degree and doctora…
Robert Bacher, American physicist and academic (died 2004)
Sanford Meisner was an American actor and acting teacher who developed an approach to acting instruction known as the Meisner technique. While Meisner was exposed to method acting …
Sanford Meisner, American actor and educator (died 1997)
Wilhelmus Egbertus Antonius Janssen, better known as Father Chrysanthus OFMCap, was a Dutch priest and biology teacher. He was known for his studies in arachnology. Initially he wa…
Father Chrysanthus, Dutch arachnologist (died 1972)
Carl David Anderson was an American experimental physicist who shared the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics with Victor Hess for his discovery of the positron, which confirmed the existe…
Carl David Anderson, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1991)
John Ernest Mills, known as Jackie Mills, was a New Zealand cricketer who played in seven Test matches between 1930 and 1933.
John Mills, New Zealand cricketer (died 1972)
Eileen Mary Challans, known by her pen name Mary Renault, was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.
Mary Renault, English-South African author (died 1983)
Walter Zapp was a Baltic German inventor. His best-known creation was the Minox subminiature camera. Over the course of his life, he was granted over 60 patents.
Walter Zapp, Latvian-Estonian inventor, invented the Minox (died 2003)
Maurice Challe was a French general during the Algerian War, one of four generals who took part in the Algiers putsch.
Maurice Challe, French general (died 1979)