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Malcolm Jameson Hilton was an English left-arm spin bowler, who played for Lancashire and in four Test matches for England.
Malcolm Hilton, English cricketer (died 1990)
Cécile Aubry was a French film actress, author, television screenwriter and director.
Cécile Aubry, French actress, director, and screenwriter (died 2010)
Henning Moritzen was a Danish film actor. He appeared in more than 70 films between 1950 and 2010. He was born in Taarbæk, Denmark.
Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (died 2012)
Gerardo Rocco "Gerard" Damiano was an American director of adult films.
Gerard Damiano, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)
Nadežda Mosusova (Nadezda) is a Serbian composer and musicologist. She was born in Subotica, Serbia, and studied composition with Predrag Milosevic at the Belgrade Academy of Music…
Nadežka Mosusova, Serbian composer
Clarke Thomas Reed Sr. was an American businessman and politician. He served as Chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party from 1966 to 1976. Prior to his political career, Reed …
Clarke Reed, American businessman and politician (died 2024)
Herbert Moford was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals (1955), Detroit Tigers (1958), Boston Red Sox (1959) and New York Mets (196…
Herb Moford, American baseball player (died 2005)
Andy Warhol was an American artist and filmmaker. Widely regarded as the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, Warhol's practice spanned various media, incl…
Andy Warhol, American painter, photographer and film director (died 1987)
Betsy Byars was an American author of children's books. Her novel Summer of the Swans won the 1971 Newbery Medal. She has also received a National Book Award for Young People's Lit…
Betsy Byars, American author and academic (died 2020)
Donald Vernon Burrows was an Australian jazz and swing musician who played clarinet, saxophone and flute.
Don Burrows, Australian saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (died 2020)
Camilla Dolores Wicks was an American violinist, and one of the first female violinists to establish a major international career. Her performing career included solo appearances w…
Camilla Wicks, American violinist and educator (died 2020)
Jimmy Ray Dean was an American country music singer, songwriter, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman…
Jimmy Dean, American singer, actor, and businessman, founded the Jimmy Dean Food Company (died 2010)
Harold Owen Luder was a British architect who designed a number of notable and sometimes controversial buildings in the United Kingdom in the 1960s and 1970s, many in an uncompromi…
Owen Luder, English architect, designed Tricorn Centre and Trinity Square (died 2021)
James Randi was a Canadian-American stage magician, author, and scientific skeptic who extensively challenged paranormal and pseudoscientific claims. He was the co-founder of the C…
James Randi, Canadian-American stage magician and author (died 2020)
Robert Joseph Cousy is an American former professional basketball player. He played point guard for the Boston Celtics from 1950 to 1963, and briefly with the Cincinnati Royals dur…
Bob Cousy, American basketball player and coach
Dolores Mae Wilson was an American coloratura soprano who had an active international opera career from the late 1940s through the early 1960s. Beginning her career with major thea…
Dolores Wilson, American soprano and actress (died 2010)
Edwin Jack "Eddie" Fisher was an American singer and actor. Popular during the 1950s, he sold millions of records and hosted his own TV show, The Eddie Fisher Show. Fisher had mult…
Eddie Fisher, American singer and actor (died 2010)
Gerino Gerini was a racing driver from Italy.
Gerino Gerini, Italian racing driver (died 2013)
Augustino Eugenio "Gus" Mercurio was an American-Australian chiropractor, actor, boxing referee, boxing judge, and sports commentator. He was equally prominent as a character actor…
Gus Mercurio, American-Australian actor (died 2010)
Charles Raymond Blackman was an Australian painter, noted for the Schoolgirl, Avonsleigh and Alice in Wonderland series of the 1950s. He was a member of the Antipodeans, a group of…
Charles Blackman, Australian painter and illustrator (died 2018)
Robert Ray Buhl was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played with the Milwaukee Braves, Chicago Cubs, and Philadelphia Phillies.
Bob Buhl, American baseball player (died 2001)
Daniel Mayer Cherkoss, known by his pen name Dan Curtis, was an American television and film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was best known as the creator of the gothic so…
Dan Curtis, American director and producer (died 2006)
John Alan Tidmarsh was a British broadcaster and journalist who spent ten years with domestic radio and television and more than thirty years with the BBC World Service magazine pr…
John Tidmarsh, English journalist and radio host (died 2019)
Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Lo…
Lina Wertmüller, Italian director and screenwriter (died 2021)