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Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (died 2011)
Kurt Sanderling, CBE was a German conductor.
Kurt Sanderling, Polish-German conductor (died 2011)
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1912
Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
Charles Martin Jones was an American animator, filmmaker, painter, and voice actor, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies serie…
Chuck Jones, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
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György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 2005)
György Sándor was a Hungarian pianist and writer.
György Sándor, Hungarian pianist and composer (died 2005)
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Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (died 2011)
Herbert Franz Mataré was a German physicist. The focus of his research was the field of semiconductor research. His best-known work is the first functional European transistor, whi…
Herbert Mataré, German physicist and academic (died 2011)
1912
Martha Scott, American actress (died 2003)
Martha Ellen Scott was an American actress. She was featured in major films such as Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments (1956), and William Wyler's Ben-Hur (1959). Martha playe…
Martha Scott, American actress (died 2003)
1912
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (died 2005)
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, SI was a Pakistani researcher, literary critic, linguist, author, scholar of Urdu literature and linguistics, educationist and religious and spiritual leader b…
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Pakistani linguist, author, and critic (died 2005)
1912
Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (died 1980)
Anthony Peter Smith was an American sculptor, painter, architectural designer, and a noted art theorist. As a leading sculptor in the 1960s and 1970s, Smith is often associated wit…
Tony Smith, American sculptor and educator (died 1980)
1912
Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (died 1998)
Robert Lewis Taylor was an American writer who won the 1959 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters. His writing has been adapted into a television series, …
Robert Lewis Taylor, American author (died 1998)
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Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007)
Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and editor. He is best known for a trio of films often dubbed the "alienation trilogy": L'Avventura (1960), La No…
Michelangelo Antonioni, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2007)
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Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (died 1985)
Kenneth Laurence Baker was an American singer and actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on radio's The Jack Benny Program during the 1930s.
Kenny Baker, American singer and actor (died 1985)
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Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (died 2014)
Dame Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw, was a British mathematician and politician who was Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1975 to 1976 and an advisor on educational matters to Margaret That…
Kathleen Ollerenshaw, English mathematician, astronomer, and politician, Lord Mayor of Manchester (died 2014)
1912
Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (died 1981)
Frank Joseph Malina was an American aeronautical engineer and painter, known for his pioneering work in early rocketry.
Frank Malina, American engineer and painter (died 1981)
1912
Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (died 1980)
Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, styled Hon. Charles Wood from 1925 until 1944 and Lord Irwin from 1944 until 1959, was a British peer, Conservative politician, …
Charles Wood, 2nd Earl of Halifax, British peer, Conservative politician (died 1980)
1912
Fritz Fischer, German physician and convicted war criminal (died 2003)
Fritz Ernst Fischer was a Nazi German medical doctor who performed medical atrocities on inmates of the Ravensbrück concentration camp. He was tried and convicted of war crimes and…
Fritz Fischer, German physician and convicted war criminal (died 2003)
1912
Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
Perkins Bass was an American elected official from the state of New Hampshire, including four terms as a U.S. representative from 1955 to 1963.
Perkins Bass, American lawyer and politician (died 2011)
1912
Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, President of Peru (died 2002)
Fernando Sergio Marcelo Marcos Belaúnde Terry was a Peruvian politician who twice served as President of Peru. Deposed by a military coup in 1968, he was re-elected in 1980 after t…
Fernando Belaúnde Terry, Peruvian architect and politician, President of Peru (died 2002)
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Peter Walker, English race car driver (died 1984)
Peter Douglas Conyers Walker was an English racing driver. He was born in Huby, Yorkshire and died in Newtown, Worcestershire. He proved a strong driver in most disciplines, but wa…
Peter Walker, English race car driver (died 1984)
1912
Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (died 2000)
Ram Vilas Sharma was a progressive literary critic, linguist, poet and thinker. He was born in Unchgaon Sani, Unnao District, Uttar Pradesh. In a career spanning nearly five decade…
Ram Vilas Sharma, Indian poet and critic (died 2000)
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Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2006)
Muhammad Shamsul Huq was a Bangladeshi politician and educator. He served as an education minister in erstwhile East Pakistan, and became the minister of foreign affairs six years …
Muhammad Shamsul Huq, Bangladeshi academic and former Minister of Foreign Affairs (died 2006)
1912
Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)
Cornelius Louis Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. His acting career began on Broadway in 1935, followed by small, uncredited appearances in films. By the 1940s he…
Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)
1912
Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (died 2007)
Nellie Rose Lutcher was an American R&B and jazz singer and pianist, who gained prominence in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Lutcher was most recognizable for her diction and exag…
Nellie Lutcher, American singer and pianist (died 2007)
1912
Pope John Paul I (died 1978)
Pope John Paul I was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 26 August 1978 until his death 33 days later. His reign is among the shortest in papal history, …
Pope John Paul I (died 1978)
1912
Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (died 2001)
Theodore Norbert Marier was a church musician, educator, arranger and scholar of Gregorian Chant. He founded St. Paul's Choir School in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1963, and served…
Theodore Marier, American composer and educator, founded the Boston Archdiocesan Choir School (died 2001)
1912
Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (died 2009)
Clifford Peter Hansen was an American politician from the state of Wyoming. A Republican, he served as the 26th governor of Wyoming from 1963 to 1967 and subsequently as a United S…
Clifford Hansen, American rancher and politician, 26th Governor of Wyoming (died 2009)