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Meng Qingshu, also known as Roza Vladimirovna Osetrova was a Chinese politician, member of the 28 Bolsheviks and wife of the Chinese Communist Party active leader, Wang Ming.
Meng Qingshu, Chinese politician (born 1911)
Tamurbek Dawletschin was a Soviet writer and intellectual, best known for publishing one of the few memoirs by a Soviet prisoner of war held by Germany during World War II.
Tamurbek Dawletschin, Tatar author and prisoner of war (born 1904)
Antonin Magne was a French cyclist who won the Tour de France in 1931 and 1934. He raced as a professional from 1927 to 1939 and then became a team manager. The French rider and th…
Antonin Magne, French cyclist (born 1904)
Felix Bloch was a Swiss–American theoretical physicist who shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physics with Edward Mills Purcell "for their development of new methods for nuclear magnet…
Felix Bloch, Swiss-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1905)
Norah Ethel Lofts was a 20th-century British writer. She also wrote under the pen names Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. She wrote more than fifty books. Although specializing in hi…
Norah Lofts, English author (born 1904)
Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normal…
Jon Brower Minnoch, American heaviest man (born 1941)
Balthazar Johannes Vorster was a South African politician who served as the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978 and the fourth State President of South Africa from 197…
B. J. Vorster, South African lawyer and politician, 4th State President of South Africa (born 1915)
Brian Vinrace Lawrance was an Australian singer and violinist who led his own British dance band in the 1930s. Known for regular broadcasts with Fred Hartley and his Quintet, Lawra…
Brian Lawrance, Australian bandleader and singer (born 1909)
Prince Far I was a Jamaican reggae deejay and producer, and a Rastafarian. He was known for his gruff voice and critical assessment of the Jamaican government. His track "Heavy Man…
Prince Far I, Jamaican DJ and producer (born 1944)
Humberto Sousa Medeiros was a Portuguese-born American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Boston from 1970 until his death in 1983, and was created a cardinal in 1973. Me…
Humberto Sousa Medeiros, Portuguese-American cardinal (born 1915)
Birgit Tengroth was a Swedish film actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1926 and 1950. She was married briefly to Danish politician Jens Otto Krag in 1950.
Birgit Tengroth, Swedish actor (born 1915)
Xavier Zubiri was a Spanish philosopher.
Xavier Zubiri, Basque philosopher (born 1898)
Leopold III was King of the Belgians from 23 February 1934 until his abdication on 16 July 1951. At the outbreak of World War II, Leopold tried to maintain Belgian neutrality, but …
Leopold III of Belgium (born 1901)
Wilfred Graham Burchett was an Australian journalist known for being the first western journalist to report from Hiroshima after the dropping of the atomic bomb, and for his report…
Wilfred Burchett, Australian journalist and author (born 1911)
Alan McCrae Moorehead, was an Australian war correspondent and author of popular histories, most notably two books on the nineteenth-century exploration of the Nile, The White Nile…
Alan Moorehead, Australian war correspondent and author (born 1910)
Humberto Duarte Mauro was a Brazilian film director. His best known work is Ganga Bruta. He is often considered the greatest director of early Brazilian cinema.
Humberto Mauro, Brazilian director and screenwriter (born 1897)
Earl Silas Tupper was an American businessman and inventor, best known as the inventor of Tupperware, an airtight plastic container for storing food, and for founding the related h…
Earl Tupper, American inventor and businessman, founded the Tupperware Corporation (born 1907)
Terence James Cooke was an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of New York from 1968 until his death, quietly battling leukemia throughout his tenure. He was named a…
Terence Cooke, American cardinal (born 1921)
Roy Fraser Armstrong was a Canadian hospital administrator and engineer who served as the Superintendent of Kingston General Hospital from 1925 to 1957.
R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (born 1889)
Willard DeMille Price was a Canadian-born American traveller, journalist and author.
Willard Price, Canadian-American historian and author (born 1887)
George Ogden Abell was an American astronomer and professor. He taught at UCLA, primarily as a research astronomer. He earned his B.S. in 1951, his M.S. in 1952 and his Ph.D. in 19…
George O. Abell, American astronomer, professor, science popularizer, and skeptic (born 1927)
Joan Ann Hackett was an American actress. in film, television, and theater. She played roles in The Group (1966), Will Penny (1968), Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969), The Last of…
Joan Hackett, American actress (born 1934)
Sir Ralph David Richardson was an English actor. Along with his contemporaries John Gielgud, Michael Redgrave, Laurence Olivier and Alec Guinness, he made up a quintet of male acto…
Ralph Richardson, English actor (born 1902)
William Joseph Patrick O'Brien was an American film actor with more than 100 screen credits. Of Irish descent, he often played Irish and Irish-American characters and was referred …
Pat O'Brien, American actor (born 1899)