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Henri Verneuil, born Ashot Malakian, was a French-Armenian filmmaker and screenwriter active in French and American cinema. Verneuil was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, …
Henri Verneuil, Turkish-French director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2002)
Edward Montgomery Clift was an American actor. A four-time Academy Award nominee, he was known for his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men", according to The New York Times.
Montgomery Clift, American actor (died 1966)
Miguel Delibes Setién was a Spanish novelist, journalist and newspaper editor associated with the Generation of '36 movement. From 1975 until his death, he was a member of the Roya…
Miguel Delibes, Spanish journalist and author (died 2010)
Zulema Esther González Borbón, better known as Zully Moreno, was an Argentine film actress during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema of the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in more th…
Zully Moreno, Argentine actress (died 1999)
Maria Amalia "Melina" Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer, activist, and politician. She came from a prominent political family for multiple generations. She received an Academy A…
Melina Mercouri, Greek actress, singer, and politician, 9th Greek Minister of Culture (died 1994)
Peter Aquino Aduja was the first Filipino American elected to public office in the United States. He was elected as a representative in the Hawaii Legislature in 1954.
Peter Aduja, Filipino-American politician (died 2007)
Harry Alan Towers was a British radio and independent film producer and screenwriter. He wrote numerous screenplays for the films he produced, often under the pseudonym Peter Welbe…
Harry Alan Towers, English-Canadian screenwriter and producer (died 2009)
Nicholas Viscardi, known professionally as Nick Cardy and Nick Cardi, was an American comics artist best known for his DC Comics work on Aquaman, the Teen Titans and other major ch…
Nick Cardy, American illustrator (died 2013)
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, also known as Dada /Dadaji, was an Indian activist, philosopher, spiritual leader, social revolutionary, and religion reformist, who founded the Swadhya…
Pandurang Shastri Athavale, Indian activist, philosopher, and spiritual leader (died 2003)
LaWanda Page was an American actress, comedian and dancer whose career spanned six decades. Crowned "The Queen of Comedy" or "The Black Queen of Comedy", Page melded blue humor, si…
LaWanda Page, American actress (died 2002)
Fanny de Sivers was an Estonian linguist, literature researcher, and essayist.
Fanny de Sivers, Estonian-French linguist and academic (died 2011)
Akhil Bandhu Ghosh was a Bengali singer from Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He is considered as one of the greatest exponents of Bengali classical based vocal music.
Akhil Bandhu Ghosh, Indian singer (died 1988)
Janet Rosenberg Jagan was an American-born Guyanese politician who served as the 6th President of Guyana from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female president of Guyana, and the fi…
Janet Jagan, 6th President of Guyana (died 2009)
Siddhartha Shankar Ray was an Indian lawyer, diplomat and Indian National Congress politician from West Bengal. In his political career he held a number of offices, including Chief…
Siddhartha Shankar Ray, Indian lawyer and politician, Chief Minister of West Bengal (died 2010)
Timothy Francis Leary was an American psychologist and author known for strongly advocating psychedelic drugs. Evaluations of Leary are polarized, ranging from "bold oracle" to "pu…
Timothy Leary, American psychologist and author (died 1996)
Robert William Montana was an American comic strip artist who created the original likenesses for characters published by Archie Comics and in the newspaper strip Archie.
Bob Montana, American illustrator (died 1975)
Giovanni Francesco "Gianni" Rodari was an Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his works of children's literature, notably Il romanzo di Cipollino. For his lasting contri…
Gianni Rodari, Italian writer (died 1980)
Megan Olwen Devenish Taylor was a British figure skater competitive in the 1930s. She won the World Championships in 1938 and 1939. Her father was Phil Taylor, a speed skater.
Megan Taylor, British figure skater (died 1993)
Tetsuya Theodore Fujita was a Japanese and American meteorologist whose research primarily focused on severe weather. His research at the University of Chicago on severe thunders…
Ted Fujita, Japanese-American meteorologist and academic (died 1998)
Vernon Decatur Stephens was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop from 1941 through 1955. An eight-time All-Star, Stephens was…
Vern Stephens, American baseball player (died 1968)
Marcel-Paul "Marco" Schützenberger was a French mathematician and Doctor of Medicine. He worked in the fields of formal language, combinatorics, and information theory. In addition…
Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician and academic (died 1996)
Sarah Lee Lippincott, also known as Sarah Lee Zimmerman, was an American astronomer. She was a professor of astronomy and director of the Sproul Observatory at Swarthmore College. …
Sarah Lee Lippincott, American astronomer and academic (died 2019)
Nanette Fabray was an American actress, singer and dancer. She began her career performing in vaudeville as a child and became a musical-theatre actress during the 1940s and 1950s,…
Nanette Fabray, American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)
Kocheril Raman Narayanan was an Indian diplomat, academician, and statesman who served as the president of India from 1997 to 2002 and vice president of India from 1992 to 1997.
K. R. Narayanan, Indian lawyer and politician, 10th President of India (died 2005)