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Douglas Croft was an American teen actor who is best remembered for being the first person to portray the DC Comics character Robin, the Boy Wonder, as well as his secret identity …
Douglas Croft, American child actor (died 1963)
John Derek was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He appeared in such films as Knock on Any Door, All the King's Men, Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950), and The Ten Comm…
John Derek, American actor, director, and cinematographer (died 1998)
Joseph Charles Jones was an American R&B singer, songwriter and arranger, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Jones is also generally credited with discovering t…
Joe Jones, American R&B singer-songwriter and producer (died 2005)
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was a Cuban communist revolutionary and statesman who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2011. He served as prime minister from 1959 to 1976, president …
Fidel Castro, Cuban lawyer and politician, ex-President of Cuba (died 2016)
René Goscinny was a French comic editor and writer, who created the Asterix comic book series with illustrator Albert Uderzo. Born in France to a Jewish family from Poland, he spen…
René Goscinny, French author and illustrator (died 1977)
Armando Joseph "Buddy" Greco was an American jazz and pop singer and pianist who had a long career in the US and UK. His recordings have sold millions, including "Oh Look A-There A…
Buddy Greco, American singer and pianist (died 2017)
Julius Katchen was an American concert pianist, possibly best known for his recordings of Johannes Brahms's solo piano works.
Julius Katchen, American pianist and composer (died 1969)
Eddie Little Sky, also known as Edward Little, was an American actor. A citizen of the Oglala Lakota tribe Eddie had parts in 36 feature films and over 60 television shows, mainly …
Eddie Little Sky, American actor (died 1997)
Sami Michael was an Iraqi-Israeli author, having migrated from Iraq to Israel at the age of 23. From 2001, Michael was the President of The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (…
Sami Michael, Iraqi-Israeli author and playwright (died 2024)
John Robert Silber was an American academician and candidate for public office. From 1971 to 1996, he was President of Boston University (BU) and, from 1996 to 2002, Chancellor. Fr…
John Silber, American philosopher and academic (died 2012)
Konstantinos "Kostis" Stephanopoulos was a Greek conservative politician who served two consecutive terms as the president of Greece from 1995 to 2005.
Konstantinos Stephanopoulos, Greek lawyer and politician, 6th President of Greece (died 2016)
Esmé Valerie Eliot was the second wife and later widow of the Nobel Prize-winning poet T. S. Eliot. She was a major shareholder in the publishing firm of Faber and Faber Limited an…
Valerie Eliot, English businesswoman (died 2012)
Angus Scrimm was an American actor, author, and journalist, known for his portrayal of the Tall Man in the 1979 horror film Phantasm and its sequels.
Angus Scrimm, American actor and author (died 2016)
Frank Rosolino was an American jazz trombonist.
Frank Rosolino, American jazz trombonist (died 1978)
Norbert "Nobby" Wirkowski was an American and Canadian football player and coach. He is best known as quarterback of the Toronto Argonauts. The touchdown he engineered in the 1952 …
Nobby Wirkowski, American-Canadian football player and coach (died 2014)
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as the chairman of the Central Military Commission …
Jiang Zemin, Chinese engineer and politician, former General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (paramount…
Can Yücel was a Turkish poet noted for his use of colloquial language.
Can Yücel, Turkish poet and translator (died 1999)
Roger Maurice Louis Bohan was a French fashion designer, best known for his 30-year career at the house of Dior.
Marc Bohan, French fashion designer (died 2023)
Robert Lee Flanigan was an American tenor vocalist and founding member of The Four Freshmen, a jazz vocal group.
Bob Flanigan, American pop singer (died 2011)
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who was known for his influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology and who was considered "for three decades ... the sing…
Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (died 2006)
Gyula Hernádi was a Hungarian writer and screenwriter. He wrote for 36 films between 1965 and 2005, mostly for director Miklós Jancsó. He also wrote many novels, mostly surrealisti…
Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (died 2005)
Nancy Spero was an American visual artist known for her political and feminist paintings and hand pulled art prints.
Nancy Spero, American painter and academic (died 2009)
Anahit Tsitsikian was an Armenian female violinist. She toured around the world through more than 100 cities during the Soviet times; she taught at the State Conservatory for appro…
Anahit Tsitsikian, Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999)
Robert Remsen Vickrey was an American artist and author based in Massachusetts who specialized in the ancient medium of egg tempera. His paintings are surreal dreamlike visions of …
Robert Vickrey, American painter and author (died 2011)