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Alexander Raban Waugh was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh, uncle of Auberon Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic and publis…
Alec Waugh, English soldier and author (born 1898)
Christy Brown was an Irish writer and painter. He had cerebral palsy, and this allowed him to write or type only with the toes of one foot. His most recognized work is his autobiog…
Christy Brown, Irish author, poet, and painter (born 1932)
Nisargadatta Maharaj (pronounced [nisəɾgəd̪ɑːt̪t̪ə məɦaːɾaːd͡ʒ] ; was an Indian guru of nonduality, belonging to the Inchagiri Sampradaya, a lineage of teachers from the Navnath Sa…
Nisargadatta Maharaj, Indian guru, philosopher, and educator (born 1897)
Roy Ottoway Wilkins was an American civil rights leader from the 1930s to the 1970s. Wilkins's most notable role was his leadership of the National Association for the Advancement …
Roy Wilkins, American journalist and activist (born 1901)
Hideki Yukawa was a Japanese theoretical physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1949 "for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work o…
Hideki Yukawa, Japanese physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1907)
Sir Robert William Askin, was an Australian politician and the 32nd premier of New South Wales from 1965 to 1975, the first representing the Liberal Party. He was born in 1907 as R…
Robert Askin, Australian sergeant and politician, 32nd Premier of New South Wales (born 1907)
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan was a French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist. Described as "the most controversial psycho-analyst since Freud", Lacan gave annual seminars in Paris from 19…
Jacques Lacan, French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist (born 1901)
Eugenio Montale was an Italian poet, prose writer, editor and translator. In 1975, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his distinctive poetry which, with great artist…
Eugenio Montale, Italian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1896)
William Loeb III was an American newspaper publisher. He is remembered for his unyieldingly conservative political views, which helped made the Manchester Union Leader of Mancheste…
William Loeb III, American publisher (born 1905)
Walter E. "Furry" Lewis was an American country blues guitarist and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. He was one of the earliest of the blues musicians active in the 1920s to be …
Furry Lewis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1899)
Rafael Méndez was a Mexican virtuoso solo trumpeter. He is known as the "Heifetz of the Trumpet."
Rafael Méndez, Mexican trumpet player and composer (born 1906)
Patsy Kelly was an American actress. She is known for her role as the brash, wisecracking sidekick to Thelma Todd in a series of comedy shorts produced by Hal Roach in the 1930s. K…
Patsy Kelly, American actress and dancer (born 1910)
Rómulo Ernesto Betancourt Bello, known as "The Father of Venezuelan Democracy", was a Venezuelan politician who served as the president of Venezuela, from 1945 to 1948 and again fr…
Rómulo Betancourt, Venezuelan journalist and politician, President of Venezuela (born 1908)
Dame Frances Amelia Yates was an English historian of the Renaissance who wrote on the history of esotericism.
Frances Yates, English historian (born 1899)
Harry Lewis Golden was an American writer and newspaper publisher.
Harry Golden, American journalist and author (born 1902)
Harry Warren was an American composer and the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song eleven time…
Harry Warren, American composer and songwriter (born 1893)
Chief Dan George was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vanco…
Chief Dan George, Canadian actor, author, and poet (born 1899)
Robert Montgomery was an American actor, director, and producer. He began his acting career on the stage, but was soon hired by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). Initially assigned roles …
Robert Montgomery, American actor, singer, director, and producer (born 1904)
William Shankly was a Scottish football player and manager who is best known for his time as manager of Liverpool. Shankly brought success to Liverpool, gaining promotion to the Fi…
Bill Shankly, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1913)
Hazel Dorothy Scott was an American jazz and classical pianist and singer. An outspoken critic of racial discrimination and segregation, she used her influence to improve the repre…
Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American activist, actress, and musician (born 1920)
Anna Hedvig Büll was a missionary from Estonia who helped to save the lives of several thousand Armenian orphans during the Armenian genocide.
Anna Hedvig Büll, Estonian-German missionary (born 1887)
Frederick Charles Lindstrom was an American professional baseball player who was a third baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Giants, P…
Freddie Lindstrom, American baseball player and coach (born 1905)
Gloria Grahame was an American actress. She began her acting career in theater and in 1944 made her first film for MGM. Many biographies indicate she was born Gloria Grahame Hallwa…
Gloria Grahame, American actress (born 1923)
Delesio Antonio Berni was an Argentine figurative artist. He is associated with the movement known as Nuevo Realismo, an Argentine extension of social realism. His work, including …
Antonio Berni, Argentinian painter, illustrator, and engraver (born 1905)