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Louis Alexandre Chiron was a Monégasque racing driver who competed in rallies, sports car races, and Grands Prix.
Louis Chiron, Monégasque race car driver (born 1899)
Dave Fleischer was an American film director and producer who co-owned Fleischer Studios with his older brother Max Fleischer.
Dave Fleischer, American animator, director, and producer (born 1894)
Philippe Halsman was an American portrait photographer. He was born in Riga in the part of the Russian Empire which later became Latvia, and died in New York City.
Philippe Halsman, Latvian-American photographer (born 1906)
Lieutenant General Akwasi Amankwaa Afrifa was a Ghanaian soldier, farmer, traditional ruler and politician. He was the head of state of Ghana and leader of the military government …
Akwasi Afrifa, Ghanaian soldier and politician, 3rd Head of State of Ghana (born 1936)
Lowell Thomas George was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He was the primary guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter for the rock band Little…
Lowell George, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1945)
Louis Edmond Durey was a French composer. He was among the Les Six group of composers.
Louis Durey, French pianist and composer (born 1888)
Lee Wai Tong was a Hong Kong and Chinese international association football player, head coach, and former Vice President of FIFA. He is often regarded as the greatest Chinese foot…
Lee Wai Tong, Chinese footballer and manager (born 1905)
Shinichiro Tomonaga , usually cited as Sin-Itiro Tomonaga in English, was a Japanese physicist. He shared the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics with Richard Feynman and Julian Schwinger …
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1906)
Michael Charles Gauntlet Wilding was an English stage, television, and film actor. He is best known for a series of films he made with Anna Neagle; he also made two films with Alfr…
Michael Wilding, English actor (born 1912)
Cornelia Otis Skinner was an American writer and actress.
Cornelia Otis Skinner, American actress and author (born 1899)
Van Allen Clinton McCoy was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and singer. He is known for his 1975 internationally successful hit "The Hustle". He has approximately…
Van McCoy, American singer-songwriter and producer (born 1940)
Robert Burns Woodward was an American organic chemist. He is considered by many to be the preeminent synthetic organic chemist of the twentieth century, having made many key contri…
Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1917)
Arthur Fiedler was an American conductor known for his association with both the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops orchestras. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he …
Arthur Fiedler, American conductor (born 1894)
Claude Wagner was a Canadian judge and politician in the province of Quebec, Canada. Throughout his career, he was a Crown prosecutor, professor of criminal law and judge.
Claude Wagner, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1925)
Olive Elaine Morris was a Jamaican-born British-based community leader and activist in the feminist, black nationalist, and squatters' rights campaigns of the 1970s. At the age of …
Olive Morris, Jamaican-English civil rights activist (born 1952)
Minnie Julia Riperton was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1974 single "Lovin' You", her five-octave vocal range, and her use of the whistle register.
Minnie Riperton, American singer-songwriter (born 1947)
Ludwig Merwart was an influential Austrian painter and graphic artist. He is an important representative of Tachism and was a major force in graphic arts and prints, especially aft…
Ludwig Merwart, Austrian painter and illustrator (born 1913)
James Victor Cain, Jr. was an American football tight end who played for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado …
J. V. Cain, American football player (born 1951)
Joseph Kessel, also known as "Jef", was a French journalist and novelist. He was a member of the Académie française and Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour.
Joseph Kessel, French journalist and author (born 1898)
Don "Midnight" Miller was an American football player and coach. He was one of the famous "Four Horsemen" of the University of Notre Dame's backfield in 1924, when the Fighting Iri…
Don Miller, American football player and coach (born 1902)
Charles Murray Winstanley Shadwell was a British conductor and bandleader.
Charles Shadwell, English conductor and bandleader (born 1898)
William Selden Todman was an American television producer and personality born in New York City. He produced many of television's longest-running shows with business partner Mark G…
Bill Todman, American screenwriter and producer (born 1916)
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños was a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970. Previously, h…
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Mexican academic and politician, 29th President of Mexico (born 1911)
Sándor Péter Kocsis was a Hungarian footballer who played for Ferencvárosi TC, Budapest Honvéd, Young Fellows Zürich, FC Barcelona and Hungary as a striker. During the 1950s, along…
Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (born 1929)