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Jacob Mironovich Lomakin was a Soviet diplomat, journalist and economist.
Jacob M. Lomakin, Soviet Consul General in New York City, journalist and economist (born 1904)
Arthur George Fox was an English-American fencer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
Arthur Fox, English-American fencer (born 1878)
Roger Martin du Gard was a French novelist, winner of the 1937 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Roger Martin du Gard, French novelist and paleographer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1881)
Paul Henry was an Irish artist noted for depicting the West of Ireland landscape in a spare Post-Impressionist style.
Paul Henry, Irish painter and educator (born 1876)
Ralph Vaughan Williams was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symp…
Ralph Vaughan Williams, English composer and educator (born 1872)
Ernest Orlando Lawrence was an American physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope se…
Ernest Lawrence, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
Marjorie Flack was an American artist and writer of children's picture books. She was born in Greenport, Long Island, New York in 1897. She was best known for The Story about Ping …
Marjorie Flack, American author and illustrator (born 1897)
Charles George Macartney was an Australian cricketer who played in 35 Test matches between 1907 and 1926. He was known as "The Governor-General" in reference to his authoritative b…
Charlie Macartney, Australian cricketer and soldier (born 1886)
Camillien Houde was a Quebec politician, a Member of Parliament, and a four-time mayor of Montreal. He is of the few Canadian politicians to have served at all three levels of gove…
Camillien Houde, Canadian politician, 34th Mayor of Montreal (born 1889)
Robert William Service was an English-born Canadian poet and writer, often called “The Bard of the Yukon" and "The Canadian Kipling". Born in Lancashire of Scottish descent, he was…
Robert W. Service, English-French poet and author (born 1874)
Olaf Leonhard Gulbransson was a Norwegian artist, painter and designer. He is probably best known for his caricatures and illustrations.
Olaf Gulbransson, Norwegian painter and illustrator (born 1873)
Peter Nield Whitehead was a British racing driver. He was born in Menston, Yorkshire and was killed in an accident at Lasalle, France, during the Tour de France endurance race. A c…
Peter Whitehead, English racing driver (born 1914)
Jacob Nicol, was a Canadian lawyer, newspaper publisher, and politician. He became Senator under Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon Mackenzie King.
Jacob Nicol, Canadian publisher, lawyer, and politician (born 1876)
Aarre Merikanto was a Finnish composer.
Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (born 1893)
Robert Rafailovich Falk was a Russian and Soviet avant-garde painter.
Robert Falk, Russian painter and educator (born 1886)
Ida Wüst was a German stage and film actress whose career was prominent in the 1920s and 1930s with Universum Film AG (UFA).
Ida Wüst, German actress and screenwriter (born 1884)
Ran Bosilek, born Gencho Stanchev Negentsov, was a Bulgarian author of children's books. Three years before his death, in 1955, he translated Astrid Lindgren's children's book "Kar…
Ran Bosilek, Bulgarian author and translator (born 1886)
Pope Pius XII was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of Vatican City from 2 March 1939 until his death on 9 October 1958. Pius reigned as pope during a highly consequential …
Pope Pius XII (born 1876)
John Broadus Watson was an American psychologist who popularized the scientific theory of behaviorism, establishing it as a psychological school. Watson advanced this change in the…
John B. Watson, American psychologist and academic (born 1878)
John Abram Boland Sr. was an American politician and businessman from South Dakota. He was an early supporter of Mount Rushmore and served as treasurer for its construction costs b…
John Boland, American politician (born 1884)
Maurice de Vlaminck was a French painter. Along with André Derain and Henri Matisse, he is considered one of the principal figures in the Fauve movement, a group of modern artists …
Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (born 1876)
Gordon S. Griffith was an American assistant director, film producer, and one of the first child actors in the American movie industry. Griffith worked in the film industry for fiv…
Gordon Griffith, American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)
Sir Douglas Mawson was an Australian geologist, Antarctic explorer and academic. He is known for being a key expedition leader during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, along…
Douglas Mawson, Australian geologist, academic, and explorer (born 1882)
Nikolay Alekseyevich Zabolotsky was a prominent Soviet and Russian poet and translator. He was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers.
Nikolay Zabolotsky, Russian-Soviet poet and translator (born 1903)