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Bengt Karl Erik Lindström was a Swedish artist. Lindström was one of Sweden's best known contemporary artists with a characteristic style of distinct colors, often including contor…
Bengt Lindström, Swedish painter and sculptor (died 2008)
Henry William Thompson was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades.
Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2007)
Asa Earl Carter was an American segregationist and Ku Klux Klan organizer who was prominent in the 1950s for his activism and later as a Western fiction novelist. He was particular…
Asa Earl Carter, American Ku Klux Klan leader and author (died 1979)
Justin Daniel Kaplan was an American writer and editor. The general editor of Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, he was best known as a biographer, particularly of Samuel Clemens, Lin…
Justin Kaplan, American author (died 2014)
Andrea Calogero Camilleri was an Italian writer best known for his Salvo Montalbano crime novels.
Andrea Camilleri, Italian author, screenwriter, and director (died 2019)
Mathis James Reed was an American blues musician and songwriter. His particular style of electric blues was popular with a wide variety of audiences. Reed's songs such as "Honest I…
Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
Laura Ashley was a Welsh fashion designer and businesswoman, who founded the eponymous fashion retailer. She originally made furnishing materials in the 1950s, expanding the busine…
Laura Ashley, Welsh-English fashion designer, founded Laura Ashley plc (died 1985)
Jacqueline Michot Ceballos is an American feminist and activist. Ceballos is the former president of New York Chapter of the National Organization for Women and founder of the Vete…
Jacqueline Ceballos, American activist, founded the Veteran Feminists of America
Peter Sellers was an English actor and comedian. He first came to prominence with his performances on the BBC Radio comedy series The Goon Show. Sellers was featured on a number of…
Peter Sellers, English actor and comedian (died 1980)
Richard Charles Lucas is an Anglican cleric, best known for his long ministry at St Helen's Bishopsgate, a conservative evangelical church in London, England, and for his work as f…
Dick Lucas, English minister and cleric
Boris Alexandrovich Tchaikovsky, PAU, was a Soviet and Russian composer, born in Moscow, whose oeuvre includes orchestral works, chamber music, and film music. He is considered as …
Boris Tchaikovsky, Russian pianist and composer (died 1996)
Allan Emrys Blakeney was a Canadian politician who served as the tenth premier of Saskatchewan from 1971 to 1982. Originally from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Blakeney moved to Regina…
Allan Blakeney, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Premier of Saskatchewan (died 2011)
P. Bhanumathi Ramakrishna was an Indian actress, singer, film producer, director, music composer, writer, editor, studio owner and novelist. She is regarded as the first female sup…
Bhanumathi Ramakrishna, Indian actress, singer, director, and producer (died 2005)
Roy James Brown was an American blues singer who had a significant influence on the early development of rock and roll and the direction of R&B. His original song and hit recording…
Roy Brown, American singer-songwriter (died 1981)
Harry Stewart Somers, CC was a contemporary Canadian composer.
Harry Somers, Canadian soldier and composer (died 1999)
Stanley Edward Lopata was an American professional baseball player. A catcher, Lopata played in Major League Baseball for 13 seasons in the National League with the Philadelphia Ph…
Stan Lopata, American baseball player (died 2013)
John Richard Moore Jr. was an American actor who was one of the last survivors of the silent film era. A busy and popular actor during his childhood and youth, he appeared in over …
Dickie Moore, American actor (died 2015)
Melvin Howard Tormé, nicknamed "The Velvet Fog", was an American musician, singer, composer, arranger, drummer, actor, and author. He composed the music for "The Christmas Song" an…
Mel Tormé, American singer-songwriter and actor (died 1999)
Erika Köth was a German operatic coloratura soprano, particularly associated with the roles of Zerbinetta and Zerlina.
Erika Köth, German soprano (died 1981)
Helle Genie Virkner née Lotinga was a Danish actress, author and spouse of Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag
Helle Virkner, Danish actress and singer (died 2009)
Charlie Lee Byrd was an American jazz guitarist who played fingerstyle on a classical guitar. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. I…
Charlie Byrd, American singer and guitarist (died 1999)
Charles James Haughey was an Irish politician who served as Taoiseach three times between 1979 and 1992, when he was leader of Fianna Fáil. Over a forty-year career, Haughey was th…
Charles Haughey, Irish accountant, lawyer, and politician, 7th Taoiseach of Ireland (died 2006)
Riley B. King, known professionally as B. B. King, was an American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on…
B.B. King, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 2015)
Stanley Chapman was a British architect, designer, translator and writer. His interests included theatre and 'pataphysics. He was involved with founding the Royal National Theatre …
Stanley Chapman, English architect and author (died 2009)