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Alex Katz is an American figurative artist known for his paintings, sculptures, and prints. Since 1951, Katz's work has been the subject of more than 200 solo exhibitions and nearl…
Alex Katz, American painter and sculptor
Zara Grigoryevna Mints was a Slavic literary scientist active in the University of Tartu. She was the wife of Juri Lotman.
Zara Mints, Russian-Estonian philologist and academic (died 1990)
Daniel Ceccaldi was a French actor.
Daniel Ceccaldi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2003)
Midge Decter was an American journalist and author. Originally a liberal, she was one of the pioneers of the neoconservative movement in the 1970s and 1980s. She was a critic of fe…
Midge Decter, American journalist and author (died 2022)
Nawab Sadiq Hussain Qureshi was a Pakistani politician who served as the eighth chief minister of Punjab from 1975 till Zia-ul-Haq's military coup in 1977. He also served as the go…
Sadiq Hussain Qureshi, Pakistani politician, 10th Governor of Punjab (died 2000)
Jean-Marie Seroney was a Kenyan human rights advocate, legislator, and an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience. He was detained as a prisoner of conscience for 1,155 days.
Jean-Marie Seroney, Kenyan activist and politician (died 1982)
Gulabrai Sipahimalani "Ram" Ramchand was an Indian cricketer, cricket coach and administrator who played for the national team in 33 Test matches between 1952 and 1960. In his only…
Gulabrai Ramchand, Indian cricketer (died 2003)
Guy Hughes Carawan Jr. was an American folk musician and musicologist. He served as music director and song leader for the Highlander Research and Education Center in New Market, T…
Guy Carawan, American singer and musicologist (died 2015)
Pierre Granier-Deferre was a French film director and screenwriter.
Pierre Granier-Deferre, French director and screenwriter (died 2007)
Will Jordan was an American character actor and stand-up comedian best known for his resemblance to, and impressions of, television host and newspaper columnist Ed Sullivan.
Will Jordan, American comedian and actor (died 2018)
Chelliah Rajadurai was a Sri Lankan Tamil politician, government minister, and Member of Parliament. He served as the 1st Mayor of Batticaloa from 1967 to 1968.
C. Rajadurai, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 1st Mayor of Batticaloa
John Lawrence Seigenthaler was an American journalist, writer, and political figure. He was known as a prominent defender of First Amendment rights.
John Seigenthaler, American journalist and academic (died 2014)
John Lawrence Ashbery was an American poet and art critic.
John Ashbery, American poet (died 2017)
Harry Kurt Victor Mulisch was a Dutch writer. He wrote more than 80 novels, plays, essays, poems, and philosophical reflections. Mulisch's works have been translated into 38 langua…
Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright (died 2010)
Richard Keith Johnson was an English stage and screen actor, writer and producer. Described by Michael Coveney as "a very 'still' actor – authoritative, calm and compelling," he wa…
Richard Johnson, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015)
Peter Kittilsby Schoening was an American mountaineer. Schoening was one of two Americans to first successfully climb the Pakistani peak Gasherbrum I in 1958, along with Andrew Kau…
Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (died 2004)
Victor Gee Keung Wong was an American actor, artist, and journalist of Chinese descent.
Victor Wong, American actor (died 2001)
Peter Richard Nichols was an English playwright, screenwriter, director and journalist.
Peter Nichols, English author and playwright (died 2019)
María Teresa López Boegeholz was a Chilean oceanographer and academic. She was considered a pioneer in the field of marine sciences.
María Teresa López Boegeholz, Chilean oceanographer (died 2006)
Anthony Gerard Bosco was an American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg in Pennsylvania from 1987 to 2004. He previously ser…
Anthony G. Bosco, American bishop (died 2013)
Sir Henry Peter Francis Swinnerton-Dyer, 16th Baronet, was an English mathematician specialising in number theory at the University of Cambridge. As a mathematician he was best kno…
Peter Swinnerton-Dyer, English mathematician and academic (died 2018)
Edwin Washington Edwards was an American politician who served as the 50th governor of Louisiana for four terms. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. re…
Edwin Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 50th Governor of Louisiana (died 2021)
John Ellis Temple was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball as a second baseman from 1952 to 1964, most prominently as a member of …
Johnny Temple, American baseball player and coach (died 1994)
Maia Teresa Wojciechowska was a Polish-American writer best known for children's and young adult fiction. Her first book and two books for adults were published under her married n…
Maia Wojciechowska, Polish-American author (died 2002)