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General Sir Brian Leslie Graham Kenny, was a senior British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe from 1990 until his retirement in 1993.
Brian Kenny, English general (died 2017)
Mitsuteru Yokoyama was a Japanese manga artist. Considered to be one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of manga and anime, his works have had a significa…
Mitsuteru Yokoyama, Japanese author and illustrator (died 2004)
Gérard Latortue was a Haitian politician and diplomat who served as the prime minister of Haiti from 12 March 2004 to 9 June 2006. He was an official in the United Nations for many…
Gérard Latortue, Haitian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Haiti (died 2023)
Barack Hussein Obama was a Kenyan senior governmental economist and the father of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States. He is a central figure of his son's memoir,…
Barack Obama Sr
Wendy Craig CBE is an English actress who is best known for her appearances in the sitcoms Not in Front of the Children (1967–1970), ...And Mother Makes Three (1971–1973), ...And M…
Wendy Craig, English actress
Josef Stoer is a German mathematician specializing in numerical analysis and professor emeritus of the Institut für Mathematik of Universität Würzburg.
Josef Stoer, German mathematician
James Daniel "BJ" Bjorken was an American theoretical physicist. He was a Putnam Fellow in 1954, received a BS in physics from MIT in 1956, and obtained his PhD from Stanford Unive…
James Bjorken, American physicist, author, and academic (died 2024)
Keith Norman Sutton was the 97th Bishop of Lichfield from 1984 to 2003.
Keith Sutton, English bishop (died 2017)
William Arthur Torrey was a Canadian hockey executive. He served as a general manager in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Oakland Seals, New York Islanders, and Florida Pan…
Bill Torrey, Canadian businessman (died 2018)
Virbhadra Singh was an Indian politician who served 6 terms and 21 years as the 4th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. A leader of the Indian National Congress party, he was elect…
Virbhadra Singh, Indian politician (died 2021)
Ferdinand Biwersi was a German football referee.
Ferdinand Biwersi, German footballer and referee (died 2013)
Jean-Pierre Ferland, was a Québécois singer and songwriter. He was noted for writing over 450 songs and releasing more than 30 albums. He was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters…
Jean-Pierre Ferland, Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2024)
Gloria Christian is an Italian canzone napoletana singer, mainly successful between the second half of the 1950s and the 1960s.
Gloria Christian, Italian singer
Jean Louise Geissinger was an American infielder and outfielder who played from 1951 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League with the Fort Wayne Daisies…
Jean Geissinger, American baseball player (died 2014)
Jack Hayford was an American Pentecostal minister, author, songwriter, and broadcaster. He is best known for serving as the senior pastor of The Church on the Way from 1969 to 1999…
Jack W
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan Scarbrough, better known as Beatriz Sheridan, was a Mexican actress and director. A pioneer of the Mexican telenovelas and prominent figure of the Mexican th…
Beatriz Sheridan, Mexican actress and director (died 2006)
Toru Goto is a former freestyle swimmer from Japan, who represented his native country at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. There he won a silver medal as a member of…
Toru Goto, Japanese swimmer
Robert David Grusin is an American composer, arranger, producer, jazz pianist, and band leader. He has composed many scores for feature films and television and has won numerous aw…
Dave Grusin, American pianist and composer
Robert Douglas Carswell, Baron Carswell,, was a British barrister and judge who served as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland and a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary.
Robert Carswell, Baron Carswell, Northern Irish lawyer and judge, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland (died 2023)
Roy Gilchrist was a West Indian cricketer who played 13 Tests for the West Indies in the 1950s. He was born in Saint Thomas, Jamaica and died of Parkinson's disease in St Catherine…
Roy Gilchrist, Jamaican cricketer (died 2001)
Bette Jean Greene was the author of several books for children and young adults, including Summer of My German Soldier, The Drowning of Stephan Jones, and the Newbery Honor book Ph…
Bette Greene, American journalist and author (died 2020)
Carl Milton Levin was an American attorney and politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1979 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the chair …
Carl Levin, American lawyer and politician (died 2021)
Georges David Wolinski was a French cartoonist and comics writer. He was killed on 7 January 2015 in the Charlie Hebdo shooting.
Georges Wolinski, Tunisian-French journalist and cartoonist (died 2015)
Corey Allen was an American film and television director, writer, producer, and actor. He began his career as an actor but eventually became a television director. He is best known…
Corey Allen, American actor, director, and producer (died 2010)