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Syed Sibt-e-Hasan was an eminent scholar, journalist and political activist of Pakistan. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Socialism and Marxism in Pakistan, as well as the …
Sibte Hassan, Pakistani journalist, scholar, and activist (born 1916)
Marjorie Lee Eaton was an American painter, photographer and character actress.
Marjorie Eaton, American painter and actress (born 1901)
Muhammad Salah Eldin Bahgat Ahmad Helmy, known as Salah Jaheen was a leading Egyptian poet, lyricist, playwright and cartoonist.
Salah Jahin, Egyptian poet, playwright, and composer (born 1930)
Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 …
Harold Arlen, American composer (born 1905)
James Charles Laker was an English professional cricketer. A right-arm off break bowler, Laker is generally regarded as one of the greatest spin bowlers in cricket history.
Jim Laker, English international cricketer and sportscaster; holder of world record for most wickets taken in a match (b
Mircea Eliade was a Romanian historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, and professor at the University of Chicago. One of the most influential scholars of religion of the…
Mircea Eliade, Romanian historian and author (born 1907)
Otto Ludwig Preminger was an Austrian-American film and theatre director, film producer and actor. He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the …
Otto Preminger, Ukrainian-American actor, director, and producer (born 1905)
Wallis, Duchess of Windsor, was an American socialite and the wife of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor. Their intention to marry and her status as a divorcée caused a constitutional …
Wallis Simpson, American socialite, Duchess of Windsor (born 1896)
William Broderick Crawford was an American actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Willie Stark in the film All the King's Men (1949), which earned him an Academy Award and a …
Broderick Crawford, American actor (born 1911)
Bessie Love was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career sp…
Bessie Love, American actress (born 1898)
Dechko Uzunov was a Bulgarian painter. He was born in Kazanluk and died in Sofia at the age of 87. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer…
Dechko Uzunov, Bulgarian painter (born 1899)
Robert Edward Stevenson was a British-American screenwriter and film director.
Robert Stevenson, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1905)
Hylda Baker was an English comedian, actress and music hall performer. Born and brought up in Farnworth, Lancashire, she is perhaps best remembered for her role as Nellie Pledge in…
Hylda Baker, English comedian, actress and music hall performer (born 1905)
Hugo E. Peretti was an American songwriter, trumpeter, and record producer.
Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and producer (born 1916)
Sergio Cresto was the American co-driver of Finnish Henri Toivonen at the Lancia Martini team for the 1986 World Rally Championship season. He was also a former co-driver for fello…
Sergio Cresto, American race car driver (born 1956)
Henri Pauli Toivonen was a Finnish rally driver born in Jyväskylä, the home of Rally Finland. His father, Pauli, was the 1968 European Rally Champion for Porsche and his younger br…
Henri Toivonen, Finnish race car driver (born 1956)
Robert Alda was an American actor, singer and dancer. He was the father of actors Alan and Antony Alda. Alda was featured in a number of Broadway productions, then moved to Italy d…
Robert Alda, American actor (born 1914)
Haldun Taner was a well-known Turkish playwright and short story writer.
Haldun Taner, Turkish playwright and author (born 1915)
Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford was a noted 20th-century British historian specializing in the Mediterranean world and naval topics. He was also an authority on antique jewellery and …
Ernle Bradford, English historian and author (born 1922)
Tenzing Norgay, born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirme…
Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountaineer (born 1914)
Frederick Douglass "Fritz" Pollard was an American professional football player and coach. In 1921, he became the first African-American head coach in the National Football League …
Fritz Pollard, American football player and coach (born 1894)
Elisabeth Bergner was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. She played the …
Elisabeth Bergner, German actress (born 1897)
Elio de Angelis was an Italian racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1979 to 1986.
Elio de Angelis, Italian race car driver (born 1958)
Theodore Harold White was an American political journalist and historian, first known for his 1946 best-seller Thunder Out of China, reporting from China during World War II and th…
Theodore H