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Enn Tarto was an Estonian politician who was a leading dissident during the Soviet occupation of Estonia. He was imprisoned from 1956 to 1960, 1962 to 1967, and again from 1983 to …
Enn Tarto, Estonian politician (died 2021)
Lucette Aldous was an Australian prima ballerina during her performing years. She was the resident principal dancer with The Australian Ballet, and well known for performing the ro…
Lucette Aldous, New Zealand-Australian ballerina and educator (died 2021)
Jonathan Goldsmith is an American character actor. He began his career on the New York stage, then started a career in film and television. He appeared in several TV shows from the…
Jonathan Goldsmith, American actor
Rosemarie Magdalena Albach, known professionally as Romy Schneider, was a German and French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became …
Romy Schneider, German-French actress (died 1982)
Ronald Hill MBE was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, and laid claim to…
Ron Hill, English runner and businessman (died 2021)
Jonathan Jakob Jørgen Otto Motzfeldt was a Greenlandic priest and politician. He is considered one of the leading figures in the establishment of Greenland Home Rule. Jonathan Motz…
Jonathan Motzfeldt, Greenlandic priest and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Greenland (died 2010)
Lars-Jacob Krogh was a Norwegian anchorman and television presenter.
Lars-Jacob Krogh, Norwegian journalist (died 2010)
Jean-Loup Dabadie was a French journalist, writer, lyricist, screenwriter, novelist, author of sketches and songs, playwright, translator, and dialogue writer and member of the Aca…
Jean-Loup Dabadie, French journalist, songwriter, and screenwriter (died 2020)
Benjamin Earl King was an American soul and R&B singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence as one of the principal lead singers of the R&B vocal group the Drifters, singing the l…
Ben E. King, American singer-songwriter and producer (died 2015)
Willem "Wim" Kok was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002. He was a member of the Labour…
Wim Kok, Dutch union leader and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2018)
Michael Stürmer was a German conservative historian who specialised in the history of the German Empire (1871–1918). He is best known for his role in the Historikerstreit of the 19…
Michael Stürmer, German historian
Alan Ray Hacker was an English clarinettist, conductor, and music professor.
Alan Hacker, English clarinet player and educator (died 2012)
Tunç Başaran was a Turkish screenwriter, film director, film producer and actor.
Tunç Başaran, Turkish actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2019)
Mary McFadden was an American fashion designer of women's clothing and other high-fashion items, including historically inspired form-fitting dresses.
Mary McFadden, American fashion designer (died 2024)
Stella Stevens was an American actress. Stevens began her acting career in 1959 in the musical Say One for Me, winning the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress. Sh…
Stella Stevens, American actress and director (died 2023)
Nicholas George Gravenites was an American blues, rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his work with Electric Flag, Janis Joplin, Mike Bloomfield, and se…
Nick Gravenites, American singer-songwriter (died 2024)
Waheed Murad, also known as Chocolate Hero, was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and un…
Waheed Murad, Pakistani actor, producer, and screenwriter (died 1983)
Rex Taylor Reed was an American film critic, journalist, actor and media personality. Raised throughout the American South and educated at Louisiana State University, Reed moved to…
Rex Reed, American film critic (died 2026)
Edward Ray Cochran was an American rock and roll musician. His songs, such as "Twenty Flight Rock", "Summertime Blues", "C'mon Everybody" and "Somethin' Else", captured teenage fru…
Eddie Cochran, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1960)
Captain David Hart Dyke, is a retired Royal Navy officer, former aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II, and former commanding officer of HMS Coventry, which was sunk during the Falkla…
David Hart Dyke, English captain
Jack Hodgins is a Canadian novelist and short story writer. Critically acclaimed, among his best received works is Broken Ground (1998), a historical novel set after the First Worl…
Jack Hodgins, Canadian author and academic
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski Godard, also known simply as PPK, is a Peruvian economist, public administrator, and former politician who served as the president of Peru from 2016 to 2018. …
Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peruvian entrepreneur and politician, 66th President of Peru
Norman D. Wilson was an American actor. He appeared in Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Always Outnumbered (1998) and The Stone Killer (1973). He died on December 9, 2004, in Los Angeles.
Norman D. Wilson, American actor (died 2004)
Kurt Wüthrich is a Swiss chemist/biophysicist and Nobel Chemistry laureate, known for developing nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) methods for studying biological macromolecules.
Kurt Wüthrich, Swiss chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate