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Carlos Alberto Portugal Correia de Lacerda was a Portuguese poet and BBC Radio Presenter.
Alberto de Lacerda, Mozambican-Portuguese poet and radio host (died 2007)
Olga Ferri was an Argentine choreographer and ballet dancer. For decades she was the leading figure of the ballet at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, along with Esmeralda Agoglia,…
Olga Ferri, Argentinian dancer and choreographer (died 2012)
Donald Andrew Hall Jr. was an American poet, writer, editor, and literary critic. He was the author of more than 50 books across multiple genres including children's literature, bi…
Donald Hall, American poet, editor, and critic (died 2018)
Juarez Teixeira was a Brazilian professional footballer who played as a forward.
Juarez Teixeira, Brazilian footballer (died 2026)
Eric Harrison Broadley MBE was a British entrepreneur, engineer, and founder and chief designer of Lola Cars, the motor racing manufacturer and engineering company. He was arguably…
Eric Broadley, English engineer and businessman, founded Lola Cars (died 2017)
Eugene Harrison Roche was an American actor and the original "Ajax Man" in 1970s television commercials.
Eugene Roche, American actor (died 2004)
John Theodore Wisniski, better known by his ring name Johnny Valentine, was an American professional wrestler with a career spanning almost three decades. He has been inducted into…
Johnny Valentine, American wrestler (died 2001)
Vitthalrao Gadgil was a leader of Indian National Congress. He served as union minister of information and broadcasting during Rajeev Gandhi era.
Vitthalrao Gadgil, Indian politician (died 2001)
Frank Benjamin Foster III was an American tenor and soprano saxophonist, flautist, arranger, and composer. Foster collaborated frequently with Count Basie and worked as a bandleade…
Frank Foster, American saxophonist and composer (died 2011)
James Morris Lawson Jr. was an American activist and university professor. He was a leading theoretician and tactician of nonviolence within the Civil Rights Movement. During the 1…
James Lawson, American activist, author, and academic (died 2024)
Roger Olin Grimsby was an American journalist, television news anchor and actor. Grimsby, who for eighteen years was seen on ABC's flagship station WABC in New York City, is known …
Roger Grimsby, American journalist and actor (died 1995)
Bob Van Der Veken was a Belgian actor.
Bob Van der Veken, Belgian actor (died 2019)
Wilford Parley "Whizzer" White was an American professional football player who was a halfback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL). He also was a member of …
Wilford White, American football player (died 2013)
Margaret Helen Rule was a British archaeologist. She is most notable for her involvement with the project that excavated and raised the Tudor warship Mary Rose in 1982.
Margaret Rule, English archaeologist and historian (died 2015)
Koko Taylor was an American singer whose style encompassed Chicago blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues, and soul blues. Sometimes called "The Queen of the Blues", she was known…
Koko Taylor, American singer (died 2009)
Eric Reginald Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, was an English politician and human rights campaigner. He served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Orpington from 1962 to 1970. He t…
Eric Lubbock, 4th Baron Avebury, English lieutenant, engineer, and politician (died 2016)
Brajesh Chandra Mishra was an Indian politician and diplomat from the Indian Foreign Service who is best known for serving as the first National Security Advisor of India from 1998…
Brajesh Mishra, Indian politician and diplomat, 1st Indian National Security Advisor (died 2012)
Jeffrey Thomas O'Connell was an American legal expert, professor, and attorney. In 1965, O'Connell and Harvard Law School professor Robert Keeton co-authored the book Basic Protect…
Jeffrey O'Connell, American legal expert, professor, and attorney (died 2013)
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and…
Elie Wiesel, Romanian-American author, academic, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2016)
Ray Willsey was an American gridiron football player and coach. He was the head football coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 1964 to 1971. During his tenure he com…
Ray Willsey, Canadian-American football player and coach (died 2013)
Willem Edouard Numa Ghislain Mairesse was a Formula One and sports-car driver from Belgium. He participated in 13 World Championship Grands Prix, debuting on 19 June 1960. He achie…
Willy Mairesse, Belgian race car driver (died 1969)
Laurence Harvey was a Lithuanian-born British actor and film director. He was born to Lithuanian Jewish parents and immigrated to South Africa at an early age, before later settlin…
Laurence Harvey, Lithuanian-English actor, director, and producer (died 1973)
George Peppard was an American actor. He secured a major role as struggling writer Paul Varjak when he starred alongside Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and later …
George Peppard, American actor (died 1994)
Vettaithidal Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, was an Indian actor and film producer. He was mainly active in Tamil cinema and theatr…
Sivaji Ganesan, Indian actor (died 2001)