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Nellie Wong was an American poet and activist for feminist and socialist causes. Wong was also an active member of the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women.
Nellie Wong, Chinese American poet and activist
John Anthony Pickard is a British former tennis player turned coach. He is best known as the longtime coach of former world No. 1 Stefan Edberg.
Tony Pickard, English tennis player and coach
Sarah Kofman was a French philosopher.
Sarah Kofman, French philosopher and academic (died 1994)
Paul Francis Little was a New Zealand rugby union player. A centre, Little represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Bl…
Paul Little, New Zealand rugby player (died 1993)
Donald Ray Walser was an American country music singer. He was known for his Texas country and yodeling.
Don Walser, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2006)
Jaegwon Kim was a Korean-American philosopher. At the time of his death, Kim was an emeritus professor of philosophy at Brown University. He also taught at several other leading Am…
Jaegwon Kim, South Korean-American philosopher and academic (died 2019)
Elgin Gay Baylor was an American professional basketball player, coach, and executive. He played 14 seasons as a forward in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minnea…
Elgin Baylor, American basketball player and coach (died 2021)
Joseph Ronald Drew was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor who had a fifty-year career recording with The Dubliners.
Ronnie Drew, Irish singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2008)
Maureen Catherine Connolly-Brinker, known as "Little Mo", was an American tennis player, the winner of nine major singles titles in the early 1950s. In 1953, she became the first w…
Maureen Connolly, American tennis player (died 1969)
Brian Samuel Epstein was an English music entrepreneur who managed the Beatles from 1961 until his death in 1967.
Brian Epstein, English businessman, The Beatles manager (died 1967)
Austin Vernon Mitchell was a British academic, journalist and Labour Party politician who was the member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from a 1977 by-election to 2015. He wa…
Austin Mitchell, English journalist, academic and politician (died 2021)
Hamit Kaplan was a Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler of Circassian descent in the Heavyweight class. He won the gold, silver and bronze medal in men's freestyle wr…
Hamit Kaplan, Turkish World and Olympic champion sports wrestler (died 1976)
Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone, known professionally as Sophia Loren, is an Italian actress, active in her native country and the United States. With a career spanning ov…
Sophia Loren, Italian actress
David Ian Marquand FLSW was a British academic and Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP).
David Marquand, Welsh academic and politician (died 2024)
Jeff Morris was an American film and television actor. Among his roles was Bob, the owner of Bob's Country Bunker, in The Blues Brothers. He later reprised his role in Blues Brothe…
Jeff Morris, American actor (died 2004)
Rajinder Puri (1934–2015), was an Indian cartoonist, veteran columnist and political activist. He was on the staff of The Hindustan Times and The Statesman as a cartoonist and writ…
Rajinder Puri, Indian cartoonist, journalist, and activist (died 2015)
Arturs Alberings was the 6th Prime Minister of Latvia. He held office from 7 May 1926 to 18 December 1926.
Arturs Alberings, Latvian politician, former Prime Minister of Latvia (born 1876)
Konstantin Konstantinovich Vaginov was a Russian poet and novelist.
Konstantin Vaginov, Russian poet and novelist (born 1899)
Louis Criger was an American professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1896 to 1912 for the Cleveland Spiders, St. Louis Perfectos / Cardinals, B…
Lou Criger, American baseball player and manager (born 1872)
Cass Gilbert was an American architect. An early proponent of skyscrapers, his works include the Woolworth Building, the United States Supreme Court building, the state capitols of…
Cass Gilbert, American architect (born 1859)
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow were American outlaws who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, committing a …
Clyde Barrow, American criminal (born 1909)
Mihkel Martna was an Estonian politician and journalist.
Mihkel Martna, Estonian journalist and politician (born 1860)
Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut "Champion" Barrow were American outlaws who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, committing a …
Bonnie Parker, American criminal (born 1910)
Gustav Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite The Planets, he composed many other works across a range of genres, although none ac…
Gustav Holst, English trombonist, composer, and educator (born 1874)