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Franz Antel, Austrian director and producer (died 2007)
Franz Antel was an Austrian filmmaker.
Franz Antel, Austrian director and producer (died 2007)
The 1910s
Explore 2613 historical events from 1910–1919.
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George Lloyd, English soldier and composer (died 1998)
George Walter Selwyn Lloyd was a British composer.
George Lloyd, English soldier and composer (died 1998)
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Walter Oesau, German colonel and pilot (died 1944)
Walter "Gulle" Oesau was a German fighter pilot during World War II. A fighter ace, he served in the Luftwaffe from 1934 until his death in 1944. He rose to command Jagdgeschwader …
Walter Oesau, German colonel and pilot (died 1944)
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Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (died 1992)
Earle Elmer Meadows was an American pole vaulter who won a gold medal at the 1936 Olympics. His winning vault is featured in Leni Riefenstahl's film Olympia.
Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (died 1992)
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Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (died 2007)
Alfonso López Michelsen was a Colombian politician and lawyer who served as the 25th President of Colombia from 1974 to 1978. He was nicknamed "El Pollo", a popular Colombian idiom…
Alfonso López Michelsen, Colombian lawyer and politician, 24th President of Colombia (died 2007)
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Harry Wismer, American sportscaster (died 1967)
Harry Wismer was an American sports broadcaster and the founder of the Titans of New York franchise in the American Football League (AFL).
Harry Wismer, American sportscaster (died 1967)
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Frank Barrett, American baseball player (died 1998)
Francis Joseph Barrett was an American baseball player. He was a relief pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals, Boston Red Sox, Boston Braves, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
Frank Barrett, American baseball player (died 1998)
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Lee Guttero, American basketball player (died 2004)
Lee A. "Rubberlegs" Guttero was an American basketball player who was the University of Southern California's first two-time NCAA All-American.
Lee Guttero, American basketball player (died 2004)
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Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 1979)
Vasantrao Phulsingh Naik was an Indian politician, social reformer and Pioneer of Green, White Revolution and Guarantee Employment Scheme. He served as the Chief Minister of Mahara…
Vasantrao Naik, Indian politician, 3rd Chief Minister of Maharashtra (died 1979)
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Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (died 1999)
Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, was a British historian and Conservative peer. From 1974 to 1979 he was principal of the University College of Buckingham, now the University of Buckingha…
Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (died 1999)
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George Costakis, Russian art collector (died 1990)
George Costakis was a Greek-Russian art collector who amassed one of the largest private collections of Russian avant-garde art in the world.
George Costakis, Russian art collector (died 1990)
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Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
Overton Amos Lemons, known as Smiley Lewis, was an American New Orleans rhythm and blues singer and guitarist. The music journalist Tony Russell wrote that "Lewis was the unluckies…
Smiley Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)
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Vance Trimble, American journalist and author (died 2021)
Vance Henry Trimble was an American journalist. He won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in recognition of his exposé of nepotism and payroll abuse in the U.S. Congress. Trim…
Vance Trimble, American journalist and author (died 2021)
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Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, actress, and author (died 1965)
Dorothy Mae Kilgallen was an American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist. After spending two semesters at the College of New Rochelle, she started her career …
Dorothy Kilgallen, American journalist, actress, and author (died 1965)
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Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (died 2011)
Joe Willie "Pinetop" Perkins was an American blues pianist. He played with some of the most influential blues and rock-and-roll performers of his time and received numerous honors,…
Pinetop Perkins, American singer and pianist (died 2011)
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Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician (died 2017)
Alejandra Soler Gilabert was a Spanish politician and schoolteacher. She also worked for the Diplomatic Academy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.
Alejandra Soler, Spanish politician (died 2017)
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Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1985)
Salvador Espriu i Castelló was a Catalan poet from Spain.
Salvador Espriu, Spanish author, poet, and playwright (died 1985)
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Paul Gibb, English cricketer (died 1977)
Paul Antony Gibb was an English cricketer, who played in eight Tests for England from 1938 to 1946. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, Yorkshire and Essex, as …
Paul Gibb, English cricketer (died 1977)
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Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (died 1966)
Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, known by his pen-name Cordwainer Smith, was an American author of science fiction. He was an officer in the US Army, a noted scholar of East Asia, an…
Cordwainer Smith, American sinologist, author, and academic (died 1966)
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Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. was an American physicist who was able to precisely determine a surprising shift in electron energies in a hydrogen atom, known as the Lamb shift. For this w…
Willis Lamb, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008)
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Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality (died 1982)
David Cunningham Garroway was an American radio and television host on NBC. He was the host of Garroway at Large from 1949 to 1951, the founding host and anchor of Today from 1952 …
Dave Garroway, American journalist and television personality (died 1982)
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Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (died 2012)
Arnold Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller was a Danish shipping magnate. He was a longtime figure at A.P. Moller–Maersk Group, which was founded by his father.
Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller, Danish businessman (died 2012)
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Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1963)
Lloyd Estel Copas, known by his stage name Cowboy Copas, was an American country music singer. He was popular from the 1940s until his death in the 1963 plane crash that also kille…
Cowboy Copas, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1963)
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Hammond Innes, English journalist and author (died 1998)
Ralph Hammond Innes was a British novelist who wrote over 30 novels, as well as works for children and travel books.
Hammond Innes, English journalist and author (died 1998)