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Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (died 1992)
Giovanni Luigi "Gianni" Brera was an Italian sports journalist and novelist.
Gianni Brera, Italian journalist and author (died 1992)
The 1910s
Explore 3298 historical events from 1910–1919.
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Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (died 2014)
Maria Lassnig was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness". In 1980, she became a professor for Painting at the University of Appl…
Maria Lassnig, Austrian painter and academic (died 2014)
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Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee (died 1998)
Gottfried Dienst was a Swiss association football referee. He was mostly known as the referee of the 1966 FIFA World Cup final.
Gottfried Dienst, Swiss footballer and referee (died 1998)
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Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (died 1996)
James George Snyder Sr., better known as Jimmy the Greek, was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookmaker. A regular contributor to the CBS program The NFL Today, Snyder…
Jimmy Snyder, American sportscaster (died 1996)
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Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (died 1988)
Lex van Delden, born Alexander Zwaap was a Dutch composer and the father of actor Lex van Delden.
Lex van Delden, Dutch composer (died 1988)
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Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (died 2018)
Mary Beatrice Midgley was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote…
Mary Midgley, English philosopher and author (died 2018)
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George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (died 2016)
George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld was a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. He was also a lifelong Zionist and renowned networker. He was on good terms wi…
George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld, Austrian-English journalist, publisher, and philanthropist (died 2016)
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Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)
Deryck Cooke was a British musician, musicologist, broadcaster and Gustav Mahler expert.
Deryck Cooke, English musicologist and broadcaster (died 1976)
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Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)
Gilbert Roche Andrews Langley was an Australian Test cricketer, champion Australian rules footballer and member of parliament, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of A…
Gil Langley, Australian cricketer, footballer, and politician (died 2001)
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Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)
Olga Lowe was a South African-born British film, stage and television actress. She made her film debut in an uncredited role in the 1949 film Trottie True. Described by The Stage a…
Olga Lowe, South African-English actress (died 2013)
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Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)
Margaret Kathleen Regan, better known as Kay Medford, was an American actress and singer. For her performance as Rose Brice in the musical Funny Girl and the film adaptation of the…
Kay Medford, American actress (died 1980)
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Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist and soldier (died 1960)
Angelo Fausto Coppi was an Italian cyclist, the dominant international cyclist of the years after the Second World War. His successes earned him the title Il Campionissimo. He was …
Fausto Coppi, Italian cyclist and soldier (died 1960)
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Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author and translator (died 2010)
Heda Margolius Kovály was a Czech writer and translator. As a Jewish woman during the Holocaust, she survived the Łódź Ghetto and Auschwitz where her parents were murdered. She lat…
Heda Margolius Kovály, Czech author and translator (died 2010)
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Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
William Edward Daley was an All-American fullback who played for the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1940 to 1942 and for the University of Michigan Wolverines in 1943.…
Bill Daley, American football player and sportscaster (died 2015)
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Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (died 1990)
Laurence Johnston Peter was a Canadian educator and "hierarchiologist" who is best known to the general public for the formulation of the Peter principle.
Laurence J. Peter, Canadian-American hierarchiologist and educator (died 1990)
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Andy Russell, American singer and actor (died 1992)
Andy Russell was an American popular singer, actor, and entertainer. He specialized in traditional pop and Latin music. He sold 8 million records in the 1940s wherein he sang bilin…
Andy Russell, American singer and actor (died 1992)
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Roger Grenier, French journalist and author (died 2017)
Roger Grenier was a French writer, journalist and radio animator. He was Regent of the Collège de ’Pataphysique.
Roger Grenier, French journalist and author (died 2017)
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Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer (died 2000)
Amalia Hernández Navarro was a Mexican ballet choreographer and founder of the Ballet Folklórico de México.
Amalia Hernández, Mexican choreographer and dancer (died 2000)
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Earl R. Fox, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran; last active U.S. servicemember to serve in World War II (died 2012)
Earl Russell H. Fox was an American physician and commissioned officer who served in the Navy and later in the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps detailed to th…
Earl R. Fox, U.S. Navy and Coast Guard veteran; last active U.S. servicemember to serve in World War II (died 2012)
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Mario Bunge, Argentinian-Canadian physicist and philosopher (died 2020)
Mario Augusto Bunge was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher and physicist. His philosophical writings combined scientific realism, systemism, materialism, emergentism, and other prin…
Mario Bunge, Argentinian-Canadian physicist and philosopher (died 2020)
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Herman Fowlkes, Jr., American trumpet player and educator (died 1993)
Herman Fowlkes Jr. was an American jazz musician and educator from Chicago, Illinois.
Herman Fowlkes, Jr., American trumpet player and educator (died 1993)
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Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1988)
Fazlur Rahman Malik, commonly known as Fazlur Rahman, was a modernist scholar and Islamic philosopher from present-day Pakistan. Recognized as a leading liberal reformer within Isl…
Fazlur Rahman Malik, Pakistani philosopher and scholar (died 1988)
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Barbara Britton, American actress (died 1980)
Barbara Britton was an American film and television actress. She is best known for her Western film roles opposite Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Gene Autry and for her two-year …
Barbara Britton, American actress (died 1980)
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Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (died 2012)
Aurora Matilde Gómez Camus was a Spanish poet from Cantabria who also wrote non-fiction.
Matilde Camus, Spanish poet and author (died 2012)