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Albert Marius Soboul was a historian of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods. A professor at the Sorbonne, he was chair of the History of the French Revolution and autho…
Albert Soboul, French historian and academic (born 1914)
Federico Moreno Torroba was a Spanish composer, conductor, and theatrical impresario. He is especially remembered for his contributions to the classical guitar repertoire, becoming…
Federico Moreno Torroba, Spanish composer and conductor (born 1891)
Reed Leonard Crandall was an American illustrator and penciller of comic books and magazines. He was best known for the 1940s Quality Comics' Blackhawk and for stories in EC Comics…
Reed Crandall, American illustrator (born 1917)
Christian Ferras was a French violinist.
Christian Ferras, French violinist (born 1933)
John Champlin Gardner Jr. was an American novelist, essayist, literary critic, and university professor, who wrote the popular 1971 novel Grendel, a retelling of the Beowulf myth f…
John Gardner, American novelist, essayist, and critic (born 1933)
Bachir Pierre Gemayel was a Lebanese militia commander who led the Lebanese Forces, the military wing of the Kataeb Party, in the Lebanese Civil War and was elected President of Le…
Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (born 1947)
Grace Patricia Kelly was an American actress and Princess of Monaco as the wife of Prince Rainier III from their marriage on April 18, 1956 until her death in 1982. Prior to her ma…
Grace Kelly, American-Monegasque actress; Princess of Monaco (born 1929)
Manos Loïzos was one of the most important Greek Cypriot music composers of the 20th century.
Manos Loïzos, Egyptian-Greek composer (born 1937)
Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan, born Hovhannes Baghramyan, was a Soviet military commander of Armenian origin who held the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. As commander of the …
Ivan Bagramyan, Russian general (born 1897)
Sarah Millicent Hermione Touchet-Jesson, Baroness Audley, was an English actress and dancer and a daughter of Winston Churchill.
Sarah Churchill, English actress (born 1914)
Józef Nawrot was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. He was one of the top scorers in the Polish top division with over 100 goals. During his career, he played for WKS 1 P…
Józef Nawrot, Polish-English footballer (born 1906)
Alexander Hurwood, was an Australian cricketer who played in two Tests in the 1930–31 season.
Alec Hurwood, Australian cricketer (born 1902)
Mabel Ida Albertson was an American actress of television, stage, radio and film who portrayed Phyllis Stephens in the TV sitcom Bewitched. She also appeared in TV's The Time Tunne…
Mabel Albertson, American actress (born 1901)
Albert Lancaster Lloyd, usually known as A. L. Lloyd or Bert Lloyd, was an English folk singer and collector of folk songs, and as such was a key figure in the British folk revival…
A. L. Lloyd, English folk singer (born 1908)
Monty Franklin Pierce Stratton was an American professional baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was born in Palacios, Texas and lived in Greenville, Texas, for part…
Monty Stratton, American baseball player and coach (born 1912)
Glenn Herbert Gould was a Canadian pianist and broadcaster. Regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, he was renowned as an interpreter of the keyboard works of…
Glenn Gould, Canadian pianist and conductor (born 1932)
Stefanos Stefanopoulos was a Greek politician, and served as Prime Minister of Greece from 1965 to 1966.
Stefanos Stefanopoulos, Greek politician, 165th Prime Minister of Greece (born 1898)
Fernando Álvaro Lamas y de Santos was an Argentine-American actor and director of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He is the father of actor Lorenzo Lamas.
Fernando Lamas, Argentinian-American actor and director (born 1916)
Philip John Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker was a British politician, diplomat, academic, athlete, and renowned campaigner for disarmament. He carried the British team flag and won a …
Philip Noel-Baker, English runner and politician, Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, Nobel Prize laureate…
Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt was a German internist, art historian, and cultural historian.
Herbert Meinhard Mühlpfordt, German historian and physician (born 1893)
Jean Effel, real name François Lejeune, was a French painter, caricaturist, illustrator and journalist. Mostly he considered himself to be a journalist and political commentator. H…
Jean Effel, French painter and journalist (born 1908)
Louis Auguste Paul Rougier was a French philosopher who introduced the idea of neoliberalism to France in the 1930s. Rougier made many important contributions to epistemology, phil…
Louis Rougier, French philosopher from the Vienna Circle (born 1889)
Mario Del Monaco was an Italian operatic tenor.
Mario Del Monaco, Italian tenor (born 1915)
Dwain Atkins Esper was an American director and producer of exploitation films.
Dwain Esper, American director and producer (born 1892)