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Joseph Edward Levine was an American film distributor, financier and producer. At the time of his death, it was said he was involved in one or another capacity with 497 films. Levi…
Joseph E. Levine, American film producer (b, 1905)
Georg Gaßmann was a German politician.
Georg Gaßmann, German politician, Mayor of Marburg (born 1910)
Lieutenant general Ira Clarence Eaker was a general of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Eaker, as second-in-command of the prospective Eighth Air Force, was s…
Ira C. Eaker, American general (born 1896)
Camille Nimr Chamoun was a Lebanese politician and statesman who served as the 2nd president of Lebanon from 1952 to 1958. He was one of the country's main Christian leaders during…
Camille Chamoun, Lebanese lawyer and politician, 7th President of Lebanon (born 1900)
Danilo Blanuša was a Croatian mathematician, physicist, engineer and a professor at the University of Zagreb.
Danilo Blanuša, Croatian mathematician and physicist (born 1903)
Georgios Athanasiadis–Novas was a Greek poet, lawyer and politician who briefly served as Prime Minister in 1965.
Georgios Athanasiadis-Novas, Greek lawyer and politician, 163rd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1893)
Gary Chester was an American studio drummer, author, and teacher. Beginning in the 1960s, he played on hundreds of records for bands such as the Coasters, the Monkees and the Lovin…
Gary Chester, Italian drummer and educator (born 1924)
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess was a German politician, convicted war criminal, and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Germany. Appointed Deputy to the Führer in 1933, Hess held tha…
Rudolf Hess, German soldier and politician, convicted Nuremberg war criminal (born 1894)
Shaike Ophir was an Israeli actor, comedian, playwright, screenwriter, director, and the country's first mime.
Shaike Ophir, Israeli actor and screenwriter (born 1929)
Walenty Kłyszejko was an Estonian–Polish basketball coach and player. He was also a professor of physical education at the Józef Piłsudski University of Physical Education in Warsa…
Walenty Kłyszejko, Estonian–Polish basketball player and coach (born 1909)
Joseph Paul Lash was an American radical political activist, journalist, and writer. A close friend of Eleanor Roosevelt, Lash won both the Pulitzer Prize for Biography and the Nat…
Joseph P. Lash, American author and journalist (born 1909)
Didier Joseph Louis Pironi was a French racing driver and offshore powerboat racer, who competed in Formula One from 1978 to 1982. Pironi was runner-up in the Formula One World Dri…
Didier Pironi, French race car and boat driver (born 1952)
Malcolm Kirk was an English professional wrestler who went by the ring name of "King Kong" Kirk as well as Kojak Kirk, Killer Kirk and "Mucky" Mal Kirk. He started as a professiona…
Malcolm Kirk, English rugby player and wrestler (born 1936)
John Douglas Claude Goddard OBE was a cricketer from Barbados who captained the West Indies in 22 of his 27 Tests between 1948 and 1957.
John Goddard, Barbadian-English cricketer and manager (born 1919)
Georg Wittig was a German chemist who reported a method for synthesis of alkenes from aldehydes and ketones using compounds called phosphonium ylides in the Wittig reaction. He sha…
Georg Wittig, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1897)
John Marcellus Huston was an American and Irish filmmaker and actor. In a career spanning five decades, he wrote the screenplays for many of the 37 feature films he directed, many …
John Huston, Irish actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1906)
Archie Campbell was an American comedian, writer, and star of Hee Haw, a country-flavored network television variety show. He was also a recording artist with several hits for RCA …
Archie Campbell, American actor and screenwriter (born 1914)
Lamont Warren Marvin Jr., known as Lee Marvin, was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and prematurely white hair, he is best remembered for playing har…
Lee Marvin, American actor (born 1924)
Brian Joseph 'Poppa' Clay (1935–1987) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s. He was a five-eighth with the St. George Dragons during their 11-…
Brian Clay, Australian rugby league player (born 1935)
Morton Feldman was an American composer. A major figure in 20th-century classical music, Feldman was an important exponent of indeterminacy in music, a development associated with …
Morton Feldman, American composer and educator (born 1926)
William Eric Bowes was an English professional cricketer active from 1929 to 1947 who played in 372 first-class matches as a right arm fast bowler and a right-handed tail end batsm…
Bill Bowes, English cricketer and coach (born 1908)
Boris Rõtov was a Russian-Estonian chess player who won the Estonian Chess Championship (1978).
Boris Rõtov, Estonian chess player (born 1937)
Lorne Hyman Greene was a Canadian actor, singer, and radio personality. His notable roles include Ben Cartwright in the Western television series Bonanza and Commander Adama in the…
Lorne Greene, Canadian actor (born 1915)
Peter Tosh was a Jamaican musician and reggae singer. Along with Bob Marley and Bunny Wailer, he was one of the core members of the band the Wailers (1963–1976), after which he est…
Peter Tosh, Jamaican singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1944)