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Richard S. Caliguiri was an American politician who served as the mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1977 until his death in 1988.
Richard Caliguiri, American lawyer and politician, 54th Mayor of Pittsburgh (died 1988)
Catharina Isabella "Ien" Dales was a Dutch politician and social worker. Born in Arnhem, she received a degree in education from the University of Amsterdam and worked in social se…
Ien Dales, Dutch civil servant and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior (died 1994)
David John Moore Cornwell, known by his pen name John le Carré, was an English author. Many of his espionage novels have been adapted for film or television. He has been described…
John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)
Mickey Charles Mantle, nicknamed "the Mick" and "the Commerce Comet", was an American professional baseball player who played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–19…
Mickey Mantle, American baseball player and sportscaster (died 1995)
Sir Kenneth Duncan Morrison CBE was an English businessman, Life President, and former chairman of Morrisons, the fifth largest supermarket group in the United Kingdom. He was the …
Ken Morrison, English businessman (died 2017)
Park Wan-suh was a South Korean writer.
Park Wan-suh, South Korean writer (died 2011)
Shammi Kapoor was an Indian actor known for his work in Hindi cinema. Kapoor is regarded as one of the greatest actors in the history of Indian cinema. In a career spanning over fi…
Shammi Kapoor, Indian actor and director (died 2011)
James Michael Parks was an English cricketer. He played in forty-six Tests for England, between 1954 and 1968. In those Tests, Parks scored 1,962 runs with a personal best of 108 n…
Jim Parks Jr., English cricketer and manager (died 2022)
William Patrick Clark Jr. was an American rancher, judge, and public servant who served under President Ronald Reagan as the deputy secretary of state from 1981 to 1982, United Sta…
William P. Clark, Jr., American judge and politician, 12th United States National Security Advisor (died 2013)
Diana Dors was an English actress and singer.
Diana Dors, English actress (died 1984)
Ken Utsui was a Japanese actor who worked on stage, film, and television from the 1950s to the 2010s.
Ken Utsui, Japanese actor (died 2014)
Annie Suzanne Girardot was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and realit…
Annie Girardot, French actress and singer (died 2011)
James McIlroy was a Northern Ireland international footballer, who played for Glentoran, Burnley, Stoke City and Oldham Athletic. He was regarded as one of Burnley's greatest playe…
Jimmy McIlroy, Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 2018)
Ann Rae Rule was an American author of true crime books and articles. She is best known for The Stranger Beside Me (1980), about the serial killer Ted Bundy, her co-worker and one-…
Ann Rule, American police officer and author (died 2015)
James Paul David Bunning was an American professional baseball pitcher and politician from Kentucky who served in both chambers of the United States Congress, a member of the Unite…
Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician (died 2017)
John Hiromu Kitagawa, known professionally as Johnny Kitagawa, was a Japanese business magnate, promoter, and record producer. He was best known as the founder of Johnny & Associat…
Johnny Kitagawa, Japanese businessman, and talent manager (died 2019)
Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina was a Soviet and Russian composer of modernist sacred music. She was highly prolific, producing numerous chamber, orchestral and choral works. Her outpu…
Sofia Gubaidulina, Russian-German pianist and composer (died 2025)
Tun Dato' Suhailah binti Mohamed Noah was the widow of the 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia Hussein Onn and the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 15 January 1976, until 1…
Suhaila Noah, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 2014)
Nawal El Saadawi was an Egyptian feminist writer, activist, physician, and psychiatrist. She wrote numerous books on women in Islam, focusing on issues affecting women in the Globa…
Nawal El Saadawi, Egyptian physician, psychiatrist, and author (died 2021)
Anatoliy Zayaev was a Soviet football player and a Ukrainian coach. Merited Coach of Ukraine.
Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer and manager (died 2012)
Harold Raymond Battiste Jr. was an American music composer, arranger, performer, and teacher. A native of, and later community leader in, New Orleans, he is best known for his work…
Harold Battiste, American saxophonist, pianist, and composer (died 2015)
Vincent Francis Callahan Jr. was an American politician who served for 40 years as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates. From January 1968 to January 2008, he represented th…
Vince Callahan, American lieutenant and politician (died 2014)
Sir David Mackenzie Wilson is a British archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator, specialising in Anglo-Saxon art and the Viking Age. From 1977 until 1992 he served as the …
David M. Wilson, Manx archaeologist, historian, and curator
Sir Cosmo Edmund Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, DL was a prominent British aristocrat and sportsman who owned land in Scotland, best known for the controversy surrounding his escape fro…
Sir Cosmo Duff-Gordon, 5th Baronet, Scottish-English fencer and businessman (born 1862)