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Norman Frederick Jewison was a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for directing films which addressed topical social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated su…
Norman Jewison, Canadian actor, director, and producer (died 2024)
Grace Glueck was an American arts journalist. She worked for The New York Times from 1951 until the early 2010s.
Grace Glueck, American arts journalist (died 2022)
Carroll Walter "Whitey" Lockman was an American left-handed hitting first baseman and outfielder, coach, manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball.
Whitey Lockman, American baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2009)
Bernard Thompson was a British television producer and director most famous for his work on Last of the Summer Wine and Are You Being Served?. Thompson served as producer and dire…
Bernard Thompson, British television producer and director (died 1998)
Beatriz Segall was a Brazilian actress. One of her most notable works is the role of Odete Roitman on the telenovela Vale Tudo (1988), considered the greatest villain in the histor…
Beatriz Segall, Brazilian actress (died 2018)
Jewel Franklin Guy, known professionally as James Best, was an American television, film, stage, and voice actor, as well as a writer, director, acting coach, artist, college profe…
James Best, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2015)
Charles Reed Biddle, was an American-Canadian jazz bassist. He lived most of his life in Montreal, organizing and performing in jazz music events.
Charlie Biddle, American-Canadian bassist (died 2003)
Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig was a Scottish physician, educator, academic and former President of the General Medical Council.
Robert Kilpatrick, Baron Kilpatrick of Kincraig, Scottish physician, academic, and politician (died 2015)
Betye Irene Saar is an American artist known for her work in the medium of assemblage. Saar is a visual storyteller and an accomplished printmaker. Saar was a part of the Black Art…
Betye Saar, American artist
George Harris Shanard was an American politician and agribusinessman who served as a member of the South Dakota Senate from 1975 to 1992 and served as majority leader for the Repub…
George Shanard, American politician and businessman (died 2012)
Bernard N. Nathanson was an American physician, abortion rights advocate turned anti-abortion activist, and a prominent figure in the abortion debate in the United States. He was o…
Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (died 2011)
George Habash was a Palestinian politician and physician who was the founder and first general-secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) from 1967 to 20…
George Habash, Palestinian politician, founder of the PFLP (died 2008)
George Jost Hauptfuhrer Jr. was an American basketball player who, despite being taken third overall in the 1948 BAA Draft after a collegiate career at Louisville and Harvard, deci…
George Hauptfuhrer, American basketball player and lawyer (died 2013)
Hilary Whitehall Putnam was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. He contributed to …
Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher (died 2016)
Hannah Bayles Tallentire Hauxwell was an English farmer who was the subject of several television documentaries. She first came to public attention after being covered in an ITV do…
Hannah Hauxwell, English TV personality (died 2018)
Rona Anderson was a Scottish stage, film, and television actress. She appeared in TV series and on the stage and films throughout the 1950s. She appeared in the films Scrooge and T…
Rona Anderson, Scottish actress (died 2013)
Anthony Dominick Benedetto, known professionally as Tony Bennett, was an American jazz and traditional pop singer. He received many accolades, including 20 Grammy Awards, a Lifetim…
Tony Bennett, American singer and actor (died 2023)
Anthony Terrell Seward Sampson was a British writer and journalist. His most notable and successful book was Anatomy of Britain, which was published in 1962 and was followed by fiv…
Anthony Sampson, English journalist and author (died 2004)
Gordon Scott was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films of the Tarzan film series from 1955 to 1960. Gordon S…
Gordon Scott, American actor (died 2007)
Rushdy Saeed Baghdadi Abaza was an Egyptian film and television actor. He was considered one of the most charming actors in the Egyptian film industry and is one of the most famous…
Rushdy Abaza, Egyptian actor (died 1980)
George Irving Bell was an American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer, and a grandson of John Joseph Seerley. He died in 2000 from complications of leukemia after surgery.
George Irving Bell, American physicist, biologist, and mountaineer (died 2000)
Elizabeth MacDonald Jolas is a French and American composer.
Betsy Jolas, French composer
Jeri Southern was an American jazz singer and pianist.
Jeri Southern, American jazz singer and pianist (died 1991)
Elisabeth Beresford MBE, also known as Liza Beresford, was an English author of children's books. She is best known for creating The Wombles. Born into a literary family, she worke…
Elisabeth Beresford, English journalist and author (died 2010)