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Edgar Johan Kuusik was an Estonian architect and furniture and interior designer.
Edgar Johan Kuusik, Estonian architect and interior designer (born 1888)
Rosario Castellanos Figueroa was a Mexican poet and author. She wrote both fiction, often set in her home state of Chiapas, and nonfiction addressing issues of cultural and gender …
Rosario Castellanos, Mexican poet and author (born 1925)
Joseph Sylvio Theobald Mantha was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Brui…
Sylvio Mantha, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1902)
Luise Wilhelmine Elisabeth Abegg was a German educator and resistance fighter against Nazism. She provided shelter to around 80 Jews during the Holocaust and was consequently recog…
Elisabeth Abegg, German anti-Nazi resistance fighter (born 1882)
Bill Chase was an American trumpeter and leader of the jazz-rock band Chase.
Bill Chase, American trumpet player and bandleader (born 1934)
Vicente Emilio Sojo was a Venezuelan musicologist, educator and composer, born in Guatire, Miranda.
Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (born 1887)
Ida McNeil was an American broadcaster and the designer of the first state flag of South Dakota. She and her husband, Dana McNeil, founded KGFX, in Pierre, South Dakota, one of the…
Ida McNeil, American broadcaster and designer of the flag of South Dakota (born 1888)
Clay LaVergne Shaw was an American businessman, military officer, and part-time contact of the Domestic Contact Service (DCS) of the CIA. Shaw is best known for being the only pers…
Clay Shaw, American businessman (born 1913)
Buford Hayse Pusser was an American police officer, politician, and alleged murderer, who served as the sheriff of McNairy County, Tennessee from 1964 to 1970 and constable of Adam…
Buford Pusser, American police officer (born 1937)
Kirpal Singh was a spiritual master (satguru) in the tradition of Radha Soami.
Kirpal Singh, Indian spiritual master (born 1894)
Jacob Bronowski was a Polish-British mathematician and philosopher. He is best known for developing a humanistic approach to science, and as the presenter and writer of the thirtee…
Jacob Bronowski, Polish-English mathematician, biologist, and author (born 1908)
Roberto Assagioli was an Italian psychiatrist in the fields of humanistic and transpersonal psychology. Assagioli founded the psychological movement known as psychosynthesis, which…
Roberto Assagioli, Italian psychiatrist and author (born 1888)
Alexander Nikolayevich Prokofiev de Seversky was a Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power. He was also a World War I flying ac…
Alexander P. de Seversky, Russian-American pilot and businessman, co-founded Republic Aviation (born 1894)
Charles Augustus Lindbergh was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 m…
Charles Lindbergh, American pilot and explorer (born 1902)
William Pershing Benedict was an American pilot who was born in Ruth, Nevada and raised in California. He was a highly decorated World War II fighter pilot who served in both the R…
William Pershing Benedict, American soldier and pilot (born 1918)
Norman Eric Kirk was a New Zealand politician who served as the 29th prime minister of New Zealand and as well as the minister of Foreign Affairs from 1972 until his sudden death …
Norman Kirk, New Zealand engineer and politician, 29th Prime Minister of New Zealand (born 1923)
Gerd Neggo was an Estonian dancer, dance teacher and choreographer. She studied the musical response methods of É. Jaques-Dalcroze, trained under Rudolf von Laban in Hamburg, Germa…
Gerd Neggo, Estonian dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer (born 1891)
Harry Partch was an American composer, music theorist, and creator of unique musical instruments. He composed using scales of unequal intervals in just intonation, and was one of t…
Harry Partch, American composer and theorist (born 1901)
Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. was a United States Army general who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. He was then Chief of Staff of the United Stat…
Creighton Abrams, American general (born 1914)
Marcel Achard was a French playwright and screenwriter whose popular sentimental comedies maintained his position as a highly recognizable name in his country's theatrical and lite…
Marcel Achard, French playwright and screenwriter (born 1899)
Lieutenant Charles Henry Arnison was a British World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He won the Military Cross for valour in World War I, and returned to the …
Charles Arnison, English airman (born 1893)
Lewi Pethrus was a Swedish Pentecostal minister who played a decisive role in the formation and development of the Pentecostal movement in his country. In 1964, he founded the pol…
Lewi Pethrus, Swedish minister and hymn-writer (born 1884)
Olga Vladimirovna Baklanova, known professionally as Olga Baclanova, was a Russian-born actress who found success in Hollywood films, as well as stage roles in the US and the Unite…
Olga Baclanova, Russian-Swiss actress and ballerina (born 1896)
Otto Kruger was an American actor. Originally a Broadway matinée idol, he established a niche as a charming villain in films, such as in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942) and Doug…
Otto Kruger, American actor (born 1885)