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Sir Sydney Brookes Chapman was a British Conservative Party politician and architect who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Birmingham Handsworth and Chipping Barnet.
Sydney Chapman, English architect and politician, Vice-Chamberlain of the Household (died 2014)
Sir Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis is an English dairy farmer and the co-creator of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset.
Michael Eavis, English farmer, founded the Glastonbury Festival
Carlos Alberto Pairetti was an Argentine racing driver.
Carlos Pairetti, Argentine racing driver (died 2022)
Peter Richard Boyle was an American actor. He is known for his work as a character actor on film and television and received several awards including a Primetime Emmy Award and a S…
Peter Boyle, American actor (died 2006)
William Eldon O'Ree is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player from Fredericton, New Brunswick. He is widely recognized for being the first black player in the National Ho…
Willie O'Ree, Canadian ice hockey player, first black player in the National Hockey League (NHL)
Donald Joseph Ward was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 34 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins between 1957 a…
Don Ward, Canadian-American ice hockey player (died 2014)
Jerome Bernard Orbach was an American actor and singer described as "one of the last bona fide leading men of the Broadway musical".
Jerry Orbach, American actor and singer (died 2004)
Judith Rosemary Locke Chalmers was a British television and radio presenter. She began broadcasting for the BBC as a teenager and went on to present a wide range of programmes, inc…
Judith Chalmers, English television host and actress (died 2026)
George Derek Fleetwood Bell, MBE was a Northern Irish harpist, pianist, oboist, musicologist and composer who was best known for his accompaniment work on various instruments with …
Derek Bell, Irish harp player, pianist, and songwriter (died 2002)
King Malachi "Mel" Street was an American country music singer who had 13 top-20 hits on the Billboard country charts.
Mel Street, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1978)
JacSue Kehoe was an American neuroscientist and neuroscience researcher. She spent decades working with the neurons of Aplysia californica, studying post-synaptic nerve response. S…
JacSue Kehoe, American neuroscientist (died 2019)
Malcolm Bilson is an American pianist and musicologist specializing in 18th- and 19th-century music. He is the Frederick J. Whiton Professor of Music in Cornell University, Ithaca,…
Malcolm Bilson, American pianist, musicologist, and educator
Antonino Calderone was a Sicilian Mafioso who turned state witness (pentito) in 1987 after his arrest in 1986.
Antonino Calderone, Italian mobster (died 2013)
Sir William Mark Tully was a British journalist and the bureau chief of the BBC in New Delhi, a position he held for 20 years. He worked with the BBC for 30 years before resigning …
Mark Tully, Indian-English journalist and author
Russell Louis Schweickart is an American aeronautical engineer and former NASA astronaut, research scientist, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, business executive, and government execu…
Rusty Schweickart, American soldier, pilot, and astronaut
Harold Michael Gray was an American writer, screenwriter, cinematographer, film producer and director.
Mike Gray, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2013)
Gloria Conyers Hewitt is an American mathematician. She was the fourth African-American woman to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. Her main research interests were in group theory an…
Gloria Conyers Hewitt, American mathematician and academic
Mauricio Araújo de Sousa, known artistically as Mauricio de Sousa or mononymously just as Mauricio, is a Brazilian cartoonist and businessman who has created over 200 characters fo…
Maurício de Sousa, Brazilian journalist and cartoonist
Charlie Tagawa was a Japanese-born American musical entertainer and banjoist. In a music career spanning seven decades, he was regarded as one of the best contemporary four-string …
Charlie Tagawa, Japanese-American banjo player and educator (died 2017)
Alan John Clarke was an English television and film director, producer and writer.
Alan Clarke, English director and screenwriter (died 1990)
David Arthur Allen was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Gloucestershire between 1953 and 1972. He also played 39 Test matches for England between 1960 and 19…
David Allen, English cricketer (died 2014)
Edward Hopkinson was an English football goalkeeper. He was born in Wheatley Hill, near Peterlee, County Durham.
Eddie Hopkinson, English footballer (died 2004)
Michael A. James, known professionally as Michael Jayston, was an English actor and voiceover artist. He was best known for his numerous television appearances, which included port…
Michael Jayston, English actor (died 2024)
Isao Takahata was a Japanese director, screenwriter and producer. A co-founder of Studio Ghibli, he earned international critical acclaim for his work as a director of Japanese an…
Isao Takahata, Japanese director (died 2018)