1943
Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician
Erika Steinbach is a German right-wing politician. She previously served as a member of the Bundestag from 1990 until 2017.
Erika Steinbach, Polish-German politician
The 1940s
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1943
Peter Hyams, American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
Peter Hyams is an American film director, screenwriter and cinematographer known for directing the 1977 conspiracy thriller film Capricorn One, the 1981 science fiction-thriller Ou…
Peter Hyams, American director, screenwriter, and cinematographer
1943
Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Sir Michael Philip Jagger is an English musician, songwriter, and film producer known as the lead singer and founder member of the Rolling Stones. Jagger has co-written most of the…
Mick Jagger, English singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
1943
Jeremy Greenstock, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
Sir Jeremy Quentin Greenstock is a British retired diplomat, active from 1969 to 2004.
Jeremy Greenstock, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
1943
Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2008)
Richard William Wright was an English keyboardist, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd. He appeared on almost every Pink Floyd album and performed on all…
Richard Wright, English singer-songwriter and keyboard player (died 2008)
1943
David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster
David Taylor is an English former professional snooker player. He won the English Amateur Championship 11–6 against Chris Ross in 1968 and the 1968 World Amateur Snooker Championsh…
David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster
1943
Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian physicist and politician
Henri-François Gautrin is a Quebec politician, professor and physicist. He was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Verdun in the Montreal region. He represe…
Henri-François Gautrin, Canadian physicist and politician
1943
Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1981)
Michael Bernard Bloomfield was an American blues guitarist and composer. Born in Chicago, he became one of the first popular music stars of the 1960s to earn his reputation almost …
Mike Bloomfield, American guitarist and songwriter (died 1981)
1943
Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
William Warren Bradley is an American politician and former professional basketball player. After playing in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 10 seasons with the New Y…
Bill Bradley, American basketball player and politician
1943
Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (born 1884)
Isoroku Yamamoto was an admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) and the commander of the Combined Fleet during World War II. He commanded the fleet from 1939 until his death i…
Isoroku Yamamoto, Japanese admiral (born 1884)
1943
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (born 1858)
Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer and theatre administrator, who founded the Moscow Art The…
Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Russian director, producer, and playwright (born 1858)
1943
Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (born 1886)
Joseph Yulyevich Achron, also seen as Akhron was a Russian composer and violinist, who settled in the United States. His preoccupation with Jewish elements and his desire to develo…
Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (born 1886)
1943
Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (born 1875)
Ricardo Viñes y Roda was a Spanish pianist. He gave the premieres of various works by Ravel, Debussy, Satie, Falla and Albéniz. He was the piano teacher of the composer Francis Pou…
Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (born 1875)
1943
Eddy Hamel, American footballer (born 1902)
Eddy Hamel was an American soccer player who played as a right winger for Dutch club AFC Ajax. Hamel was the first Jewish player for Ajax. He was murdered by the Nazis in 1943 in A…
Eddy Hamel, American footballer (born 1902)
1943
Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1860)
Jens Otto Harry Jespersen was a Danish linguist who worked in foreign-language pedagogy, historical phonetics, and other areas, but is best known for his description of the grammar…
Otto Jespersen, Danish linguist and academic (born 1860)
1943
Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (born 1871)
Johan Oscar Smith was a Norwegian Christian leader who founded the evangelical non-denominational fellowship now known as Brunstad Christian Church.
Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (born 1871)
1943
Harry Miller, American engineer (born 1875)
Harold Arminius Miller, commonly called Harry, was an American race car designer and builder who was most active in the 1920s and 1930s. Griffith Borgeson called him "the greatest …
Harry Miller, American engineer (born 1875)
1943
Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1880)
Ali Fethi Okyar was a Turkish diplomat and politician, who also served as a military officer and diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. He was also the second Prime…
Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1880)
1943
Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (born 1919)
Mordechai Anielewicz was the Polish leader of the Jewish Combat Organization during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising; the largest Jewish resistance movement during the Second World War. …
Mordechai Anielewicz, Polish commander (born 1919)
1943
Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (born 1858)
Martha Beatrice Webb, Baroness Passfield, was an English sociologist, economist, feminist and social reformer. She was among the founders of the London School of Economics and play…
Beatrice Webb, English sociologist and economist (born 1858)
1943
Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)
Henri La Fontaine, was a Belgian international lawyer and president of the International Peace Bureau. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1913 because "he was the effective leade…
Henri La Fontaine, Belgian lawyer and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1854)
1943
Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (born 1864)
Johanna Elberskirchen was a feminist writer and activist for the rights of women, gays and lesbians as well as blue-collar workers. She published books on women's sexuality and hea…
Johanna Elberskirchen, German author and activist (born 1864)
1943
Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (born 1883)
Ōnishiki Daigorō was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler. He was the sport's 28th yokozuna.
Ōnishiki Daigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 28th Yokozuna (born 1883)
1943
Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (born 1865)
Alfred Erich Hoche was a German psychiatrist known for his writings about eugenics and euthanasia and his later recanting thereof.
Alfred Hoche, German psychiatrist and academic (born 1865)