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James Robert Mann was a World War II soldier, lawyer and Democratic United States Representative from South Carolina.
James Robert Mann, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (died 2010)
Edwin George Morgan was a Scottish poet and translator associated with the Scottish Renaissance. He is widely recognised as one of the foremost Scottish poets of the 20th century. …
Edwin Morgan, Scottish poet and translator (died 2010)
Edward Blishen was an English author and broadcaster. He may be known best for the first of two children's novels based on Greek mythology, written with Leon Garfield, illustrated …
Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (died 1996)
Harold Samuel Shapero was an American composer.
Harold Shapero, American composer (died 2013)
James Duncan Hamilton was a British racing driver. He was known for his colourful and extroverted personality. After fighting in the Second World War, he took up motorsport. Althou…
Duncan Hamilton, Irish-English race car driver and pilot (died 1994)
Gerda Hedwig Lerner was an Austrian-born American historian and woman's history author. In addition to her numerous scholarly publications, she wrote poetry, fiction, theatre piece…
Gerda Lerner, Austrian-American historian and woman's history author (died 2013)
Captain Sir Thomas Moore, more popularly known as Captain Tom, was a British Army officer and fundraiser. He made international headlines in April 2020 when he raised money for cha…
Tom Moore, British army officer and fundraiser (died 2021)
Joseph Turner Henderson, known as Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, was a Scottish pianist, composer and recording artist who became well-known in Britain in the 1950s, with his entertainm…
Joe "Mr Piano" Henderson, Scottish pianist and composer
John Aaron Lewis was an American jazz pianist, composer and arranger, best known as the founder and musical director of the Modern Jazz Quartet.
John Lewis, American pianist and composer (died 2001)
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, was a Fijian politician who served as Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief…
Kamisese Mara, Fijian politician, 1st Prime Minister of Fiji (died 2004)
Raden Soekarno, better known as Rendra Karno, was an Indonesian actor. Born in Kutoarjo, Central Java, Soekarno entered the film industry in 1941, making his debut appearance in Un…
Rendra Karno, Indonesian actor (died 1985)
Saul Bass was an American graphic designer and filmmaker, best known for his design of motion-picture title sequences, film posters, and corporate logos.
Saul Bass, American graphic designer and director (died 1996)
Barbara Howard was a Canadian sprinter and educator. Growing up in Vancouver, British Columbia, Howard gained national media attention as a sprinter in high school when she complet…
Barbara Howard, Canadian sprinter and educator (died 2017)
Touko Valio Laaksonen, known by his pseudonym Tom of Finland, was a Finnish artist who made stylized erotic art featuring suggestively hypermasculine male characters. He worked pri…
Tom of Finland, Finnish illustrator (died 1991)
Herbert Maurice William Weedon was an English guitarist whose style of playing was popular and influential during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first British guitarist to have a …
Bert Weedon, English guitarist (died 2012)
Paul Michel Audiard was a French screenwriter and film director, known for his witty, irreverent and slang-laden dialogues which made him a prominent figure on the French cultural …
Michel Audiard, French director and screenwriter (died 1985)
Harry Männil, also known as Harry Mannil Laul,[a] was an Estonian businessman, art collector, and cultural benefactor in several countries.
Harry Männil, Estonian-Venezuelan businessman, co-founded ACO Group (died 2010)
Gordon Lee McClymont AO was an Australian agricultural scientist, ecologist, and educationist. The originator of the term "sustainable agriculture", McClymont is known for his mult…
Gordon McClymont, Australian ecologist and academic (died 2000)
Pope John Paul II was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 16 October 1978 until his death in 2005. He was the first non-Italian pope since Adrian VI in t…
Pope John Paul II (died 2005)
Anthony Storr was an English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author.
Anthony Storr, English psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author (died 2001)
Martine Carol was a French film actress. She frequently was cast as an elegant blonde seductress. During the late 1940s and early 1950s, she was the leading sex symbol and a top bo…
Martine Carol, French actress (died 1967)
Tina Strobos was a Dutch physician and psychiatrist from Amsterdam, known for her resistance work during World War II. While a young medical student, she worked with her mother and…
Tina Strobos, Dutch psychiatrist known for rescuing Jews during World War II (died 2012)
John Alexander Cruickshank, was a Scottish banker, Royal Air Force officer, and a Second World War recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for gallantry in the face…
John Cruickshank, Scottish lieutenant and banker, Victoria Cross recipient (died 2025)
John William Barber was an American jazz tubist. He is considered by many to be the first person to play tuba in modern jazz. He recorded with Miles Davis on the albums Birth of th…
Bill Barber, American tuba player and educator (died 2007)