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General Sir Antony Kenneth Frederick Walker, was a British Army officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1990 to 1992.
Antony Walker, English general (died 2023)
Ruskin Bond is an Indian author and poet. His first novel, The Room on the Roof, published in 1956, received the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Bond has authored more than 500 short st…
Ruskin Bond, Indian author and poet
James Charles Lehrer was an American journalist, novelist, screenwriter, and playwright. He was the executive editor and a news anchor for the PBS News Hour on PBS and was known fo…
Jim Lehrer, American journalist and author (died 2020)
Jocasta Claire Traill Innes was a British writer, journalist and businesswoman. She mainly wrote about cooking, crafts and homemaking, including in her books The Pauper's Homemakin…
Jocasta Innes, Chinese-English journalist and author (died 2013)
Robert Northern, known professionally as Brother Ah, was an American jazz French hornist.
Bob Northern, American horn player and bandleader (died 2020)
Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning pros…
Bengt I
Peter Nero was an American pianist and pops conductor. He directed the Philly Pops from 1979 to 2013, and earned two Grammy Awards, including the award for Best New Artist in 1962,…
Peter Nero, American pianist and conductor (died 2023)
Robert Arthur Moog was an American electronics engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first co…
Robert Moog, electronic engineer and inventor of the Moog synthesizer (died 2005)
Raymond Joseph Robert Daviault was a Canadian professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher, a native of Montreal, Quebec, had an 11-season (1953–63) professional career, …
Ray Daviault, Canadian-American baseball player (died 2020)
Harlan Jay Ellison was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published w…
Harlan Ellison, American author and screenwriter (died 2018)
William Nicholas Vander Zalm is a Dutch-born Canadian businessman and politician who served as the 28th premier of British Columbia and leader of the British Columbia Social Credit…
Bill Vander Zalm, Dutch-Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia
Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov was a Soviet and Russian cosmonaut and aviator, Air Force major general, writer, and artist. On 18 March 1965, he became the first person to conduct a spa…
Alexei Leonov, Russian general, pilot, and cosmonaut (died 2019)
Alketas 'Alkis' Panagoulias was a Greek association football player and manager. He managed the national teams of both Greece and the United States. He also managed several clubs, …
Alketas Panagoulias, Greek footballer and manager (died 2012)
Dana Scott James Hutton was an American actor in film and television best remembered for his role as Ellery Queen in the 1970s TV series of the same name, and his screen partnershi…
Jim Hutton, American actor (died 1979)
Patrick Charles Eugene Boone is an American singer, songwriter, actor, author, television personality, radio host, and philanthropist. One of the best-selling American recording ar…
Pat Boone, American singer-songwriter and actor
Peter Masterson was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. He made his Broadway debut in November 1967 in The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald, playing the title character. A…
Peter Masterson, American actor, director, producer and screenwriter (died 2018)
Doris Buchanan Smith was an American author of award-winning Children's books, including A Taste of Blackberries.
Doris Buchanan Smith, American author (died 2002)
Dame Monica Jessie Dacon is a Saint Vincent and the Grenadines former schoolteacher, educator and politician. She is the widow of parliamentarian St. Clair Dacon.
Monica Dacon, Vincentian educator and politician, 6th Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Dame Daphne Marjorie Sheldrick, was a Kenyan author, conservationist and expert in animal husbandry, particularly the raising and reintegrating of orphaned elephants into the wild …
Daphne Sheldrick, Kenyan-British conservationist and author (died 2018)
Vilhjálmur Einarsson was an Icelandic track and field athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Vilhjálmur grew up in the East-I…
Vilhjálmur Einarsson, Icelandic triple jumper, painter, and educator (died 2019)
Billy Don Moyers was an American journalist and political commentator who served as the eleventh White House Press Secretary from 1965 to 1967 during the Lyndon B. Johnson administ…
Bill Moyers, American journalist, 13th White House Press Secretary (died 2025)
Albert II is a member of the Belgian royal family who reigned as King of the Belgians from 1993 until his abdication in 2013.
Albert II, King of the Belgians from 9 August 1993 to 21 July 2013 (abdicated)
Taichi Yamada was a Japanese screenwriter and novelist. His real name was Taichi Ishizaka .
Taichi Yamada, Japanese screenwriter and novelist (died 2023)
Millicent Mary Lillian Martin is an English actress, singer, and comedian. She was the singer of topical songs on the weekly BBC Television satirical show That Was the Week That Wa…
Millicent Martin, English actress and singer