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John Kenneth Constantine Holt, known as J. K. Holt junior, OD was a West Indian international cricketer who played in 17 Test matches between 1954 and 1959.
John Holt, Jamaican cricketer (died 1997)
Alice Margaret Ghostley was an American actress and singer on stage, film and television. Ghostley was best known for her roles as bumbling witch Esmeralda (1969–72) on Bewitched, …
Alice Ghostley, American actress (died 2007)
Rose Marie Guy, known professionally as Rose Marie, was an American actress, singer, comedienne, and vaudeville performer with a career spanning nine decades, which included film, …
Rose Marie, American actress and singer (died 2017)
Millôr Fernandes was a Brazilian writer, journalist, cartoonist, humorist and playwright. Born Milton Viola Fernandes, his birth was registered on May 27, 1924; the handwriting on …
Millôr Fernandes, Brazilian journalist and playwright (died 2012)
Carlos Cruz-Diez was a Franco-Venezuelan artist recognized within the kinetic art movement. He lived and worked in Paris from 1960 until his death. Cruz-Diez proposed conceiving co…
Carlos Cruz-Diez, Venezuelan artist (died 2019)
Larry Rivers was an American painter, musician, filmmaker, and occasional actor. Considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, he was one of the f…
Larry Rivers, American painter and sculptor (died 2002)
Katherine Victor was an American actress, perhaps best known for her roles in Ron Ormond's Mesa of Lost Women (1953) and a number of Jerry Warren's films. She was also known as Kat…
Katherine Victor, American actress (died 2004)[better source needed]
Edgar Frank "Ted" Codd was a British computer scientist who, while working for IBM, invented the relational model for database management, the theoretical basis for relational data…
Edgar F. Codd, English computer scientist, inventor of relational model of data (died 2003)
James Travis Reeves was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. One of the earliest pioneers and practitioners of the Nashville sound, he played a central role in the sonic d…
Jim Reeves, American singer-songwriter (died 1964)
Courtney Keith "Bingo" Allen was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and National Hockey League (NHL) head coach and general manager. He played 28 games in the NHL for th…
Keith Allen, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2014)
Arthur Robert Jensen was an American psychologist and writer. He was a professor of educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley. Jensen was known for his work …
Arthur Jensen, American psychologist and academic (died 2012)
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo was a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist. His best-known work is the novel sequence The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll, which revolves around th…
Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (died 2013)
Allyre Louis Joseph Sirois was a Canadian fransaskois judge of the Court of the Queen's Bench in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Allyre Sirois, Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2012)
Wolfgang Sawallisch was a German conductor and pianist.
Wolfgang Sawallisch, German pianist and conductor (died 2013)
James Radcliffe Greenhalgh was an English football player and manager. He played as a wing half and made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League for Hull City, Bury and Gilli…
Jimmy Greenhalgh, English footballer and manager (died 2013)
Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough was an English actor, film director, and producer. He won a total of two Academy Awards, six BAFTA Awards, and four Golden Globe Awa…
Richard Attenborough, English actor, director, and producer (died 2014)
Barbara Mary Ansell was a British medical doctor and the founder of the field of paediatric rheumatology. Ansell was notable for outstanding contributions to the advancement of pae…
Barbara Ansell, English physician and author (died 2001)
Charmian Clift was an Australian writer. She was the second wife and literary collaborator of George Johnston.
Charmian Clift, Australian journalist and author (died 1969)
Elias Victor Seixas Jr. was an American tennis player.
Vic Seixas, American tennis player (died 2024)
Rocco Francis Marchegiano, better known as Rocky Marciano, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1947 to 1955. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1952 t…
Rocky Marciano, American boxer (died 1969)
Kenneth Roy Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, known in Canada as Ken Thomson, was a Canadian/British businessman and art collector. At the time of his death, he was listed by Fo…
Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet, Canadian businessman and art collector (died 2006)
René Frédéric Thom was a French mathematician, who received the Fields Medal in 1958.
René Thom, French mathematician, biologist, and academic (died 2002)
Ramón Esteban Gómez-Valdés y Castillo was a Mexican actor and comedian. He is best remembered for his portrayal of Don Ramón in the Mexican sitcom El Chavo del Ocho. He is also rec…
Ramón Valdés, Mexican actor and comedian (died 1988)
Glen William Bell Jr. was an American restaurateur who was the founder and namesake of Taco Bell.
Glen Bell, American businessman, founded Taco Bell (died 2010)