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Mae Clarke was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, and for being on the …
Mae Clarke, American actress (born 1910)
Wilbur Daigh Mills was an American Democratic politician and lawyer who represented Arkansas's 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 1939 un…
Wilbur Mills, American lawyer and politician (born 1909)
George Lloyd Murphy was an American actor and politician. Murphy was a song-and-dance leading man in many big-budget Hollywood musicals from 1930 to 1952. He was the president of t…
George Murphy, American actor, dancer, and politician (born 1902)
James Gregor Mackenzie was a British Labour Party politician.
Gregor Mackenzie, Scottish politician (born 1927)
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" Dietrich was a German and American actress and singer whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1920s Berlin, she performed on the stage and in silent…
Marlene Dietrich, German-American actress and singer (born 1901)
Joyce Ricketts was a right fielder who played from 1953 through 1954 in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL). She batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
Joyce Ricketts, American baseball player (born 1933)
Nikos Gatsos was a Greek poet, translator and lyricist.
Nikos Gatsos, Greek poet and songwriter (born 1911)
Frederick Edward McWilliam, was a Northern Irish surrealist sculptor. He worked chiefly in stone, wood and bronze.
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Nie Rongzhen was a Marshal of the People's Republic of China. He died as the last People's Liberation Army (PLA) marshal.
Nie Rongzhen, Chinese general and politician, Mayor of Beijing (born 1899)
Lawrence Welk was an American accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1951 to 1982. The program was known for its light and fami…
Lawrence Welk, American accordion player and bandleader (born 1903)
Konstantinos Davourlis born in Agyia, Patras, popularly nicknamed The Black Prince, was a former Greek footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. A gifted and talented playe…
Kostas Davourlis, Greek footballer (born 1948)
Hitoshi Ogawa was a Japanese racing car driver. He is the father of Ryo Ogawa, the 2015 Japanese Formula 3 champion.
Hitoshi Ogawa, Japanese race car driver (born 1956)
Charles Nelson Osborne, affectionately known as "Uncle Charlie," was a musician in the Appalachian Mountains of southwest Virginia. He was born in what is now known as Cowan Osborn…
Uncle Charlie Osborne, American fiddler (born 1890)
Robert Reed was an American actor. He played Kenneth Preston on the legal drama The Defenders from 1961 to 1965 alongside E. G. Marshall, and is best known for his role as patriarc…
Robert Reed, American actor (born 1932)
Zellig Sabbettai Harris was an American linguist, mathematical syntactician, and methodologist of science widely considered to have been influential in his fields. Originally a Sem…
Zellig Harris, American linguist and academic (born 1909)
Giovanni Falcone was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to over…
Giovanni Falcone, Italian lawyer and judge (born 1939)
Rogério Lemgruber also known as Bagulhão, was a Brazilian bank robber, murderer, kidnapper, and drug trafficker. He founded the criminal organization Falange Vermelha, the predeces…
Rogério Lemgruber, Brazilian criminal, founder of Comando Vermelho (born 1952)
Philip Ives Dunne was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer, who worked prolifically from 1932 until 1965. He spent the majority of his career at 20th Century Fox. …
Philip Dunne, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1908)
Robert Adolph Wilton Morley was an English actor who enjoyed a lengthy career in both Britain and the United States. He was frequently cast as a pompous English gentleman represent…
Robert Morley, English actor and screenwriter (born 1908)
Carl E. Stotz was the American founder of Little League Baseball.
Carl Stotz, American businessman, founded Little League Baseball (born 1910)
William Henry Getty France was an American businessman and racing driver. He was also known as Bill France Sr. or Big Bill. He is best known for founding and managing NASCAR, a san…
Bill France Sr
Hachidai Nakamura was a Japanese songwriter and jazz pianist.
Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (born 1931)
Rafael José Orozco Maestre was a Colombian singer of vallenato music. He was one of the major representatives of Colombian popular folk music and was lead singer and co-founder, al…
Rafael Orozco Maestre, Colombian singer (born 1954)
Charles David Menville was an American animator and writer for television. His credits included Batman: The Animated Series, Land of the Lost, The Real Ghostbusters, The Smurfs, St…
Chuck Menville, American animator, producer, and screenwriter (born 1940)