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Hugo Winterhalter was an American easy listening arranger and composer, best known for his many arrangements and recordings for RCA Victor.
Hugo Winterhalter, American bandleader and composer (born 1909)
Paul Guillaume, Viscount van Zeeland was a Belgian lawyer, economist, Catholic politician and statesman who served as Prime Minister of Belgium from 1935 to 1937.
Paul van Zeeland, Belgian lawyer, economist, and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Belgium (born 1893)
Víctor Lidio Jara Martínez was a Chilean teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist political activist. He developed Chilean theater by directing a broad arra…
Víctor Jara, Chilean singer-songwriter, teacher and theatre director (born 1932)
Ingram Cecil Connor III, known professionally as Gram Parsons, was an American musician. He recorded with the International Submarine Band, the Byrds, and the Flying Burrito Brothe…
Gram Parsons, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1946)
James Joseph Croce was an American folk and rock singer-songwriter. Between 1966 and 1973, he released five studio albums and numerous singles. During this period, Croce took a ser…
Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1943)
Pablo Neruda was a Chilean poet-diplomat and politician who won the 1971 Nobel Prize in Literature. Neruda became known as a poet when he was 13 years old and wrote in a variety of…
Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet and diplomat, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1904)
August Johannes Kippasto was an Estonian wrestler who competed for the Russian Empire at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm.
August Kippasto, Estonian-Australian wrestler and poet (born 1887)
Josué de Castro, born Josué Apolônio de Castro, was a Brazilian physician, nutritionist, geographer, writer, public administrator, and activist against world hunger.
Josué de Castro, Brazilian physician, geographer, and activist (born 1908)
Samuel Flagg Bemis was an American historian and biographer. For many years he taught at Yale University. He was also president of the American Historical Association and a special…
Samuel Flagg Bemis, American historian and author (born 1891)
Ralph Lee Earnhardt was an American stock car racer and patriarch of the Earnhardt racing family. He was the father of seven-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Dale Earnhardt, grandfa…
Ralph Earnhardt, American race car driver (born 1928)
Anna Maria Magnani was an Italian actress. She was the first Italian woman to win an Academy Award.
Anna Magnani, Italian actress and singer (born 1908)
Wystan Hugh Auden was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry is noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and it…
W. H. Auden, English-American poet, playwright, and critic (born 1907)
Peter Pitseolak (1902–1973) was an Inuk photographer, sculptor, artist and historian. Pitseolak was Baffin Island's first indigenous photographer.
Peter Pitseolak, Canadian photographer and author (born 1902)
Paul Hartman was an American dancer, stage performer and television actor.
Paul Hartman, American actor and dancer (born 1904)
Paavo Johannes Nurmi was a Finnish middle-distance and long-distance runner. He was called the "Flying Finn" because he dominated distance running in the 1920s. Nurmi set 22 offici…
Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner (born 1897)
Sidney Alderman Blackmer was an American Broadway and film actor active between 1914 and 1971, usually in major supporting roles.
Sidney Blackmer, American actor (born 1895)
Albert François Cevert was a French racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1969 to 1973. Cevert won the 1971 United States Grand Prix with Tyrrell.
François Cevert, French race car driver (born 1944)
Dick Laan was a Dutch children's writer and film pioneer. He is best known for his Pinkeltje series of children's books.
Dick Laan, Dutch actor, screenwriter, and author (born 1894)
Dennistoun John Franklyn Rose Price was an English actor. He played Louis Mazzini in the Ealing Studios film Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and the omnicompetent valet Jeeves in 1…
Dennis Price, English actor (born 1915)
Margaret Wilhelmina Wilson was an American novelist. She was awarded the 1924 Pulitzer Prize for The Able McLaughlins.
Margaret Wilson, American missionary and author (born 1882)
Gabriel Honoré Marcel was a French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist. The author of over a dozen books and at least thirty plays, Marcel's …
Gabriel Marcel, French philosopher, playwright, and critic (born 1889)
Peter Aufschnaiter was an Austrian mountaineer, agricultural scientist, geographer and cartographer. His experiences with fellow climber Heinrich Harrer during World War II were de…
Peter Aufschnaiter, Austrian mountaineer, geographer, and cartographer (born 1899)
Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı was a Cretan Turkish author, essayist, ethnographer, travel writer and tourist guide.
Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı, Turkish ethnographer and author (born 1886)
Ahmed Hamdi was an Egyptian engineer and a general of the 3rd Army of Egypt during the Yom Kippur War. He was killed while crossing the Suez Canal with his soldiers and was awarded…
Ahmed Hamdi, Egyptian general and engineer (born 1929)