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Brett Whiteley was an Australian artist. He is represented in the collections of all the large Australian galleries, and was twice winner of the Archibald, Wynne and Sulman prizes.…
Brett Whiteley, Australian painter (born 1939)
Chief Kofoworola Abeni Pratt Hon. FRCN was a Nigerian nurse who was one of the first notable black nurses to work in Britain's National Health Service. She subsequently became vice…
Kofoworola Abeni Pratt, the first black Chief Nursing Officer of Nigeria (born 1910)
Peter Allen was an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer, known for his flamboyant stage persona, energetic performances, and lavish costumes. Allen's songs were …
Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter and pianist (born 1944)
Mordecai Ardon was an Israeli painter.
Mordecai Ardon, Polish-Israeli painter and educator (born 1896)
Ben Alexander, also known by the nickname "Boods", was an Australian rugby league footballer who played as a halfback or hooker for the Penrith Panthers in the New South Wales Rugb…
Ben Alexander, Australian rugby league player (born 1971)
Arthur Dingwall Gorrie was an Australian hobbyist. He ran a small hobby shop in Woolloongabba and was involved with model aeronautical clubs including the Model Aeronautical Associ…
Arthur Gorrie, Australian hobby shop proprietor (born 1922)
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah was a Bangladeshi poet noted for his revolutionary and romantic poetry. He is considered one of the leading Bengali poets of the 1970s. He received Munir…
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah, Bangladeshi poet, author, and playwright (born 1956)
Li Xiannian was a Chinese Communist military and political leader, president of China from 1983 to 1988 under paramount leader Deng Xiaoping and then chairman of the Chinese People…
Li Xiannian, Chinese captain and politician, President of China (born 1909)
Eric Thomas Andolsek was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for the Detroit Lions in the National Football League (NFL). He played college footba…
Eric Andolsek, American football player (born 1966)
Willie Jerome Brown III was an American professional football defensive tackle who played for the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He played his entire fi…
Jerome Brown, American football player (born 1965)
Guy Nève de Mevergnies, commonly known as Guy Nève, was a Belgian racing driver. He was the younger brother of fellow racer Patrick Nève, who he had competed with and against.
Guy Nève, Belgian racing driver (born 1955)
Mikhail Tal was a Soviet Latvian chess grandmaster and the eighth World Chess Champion. He is considered a creative genius and is widely regarded as one of the most influential pla…
Mikhail Tal, Latvian chess player (born 1936)
Mohamed Boudiaf, also called Si Tayeb el Watani, was an Algerian politician and statesman, and one of the founders of the revolutionary National Liberation Front (FLN) that led the…
Mohamed Boudiaf, Algerian soldier and politician, President of Algeria (born 1919)
Franco Cristaldi was an Italian film producer, credited with producing feature films from the 1950s to the 1990s.
Franco Cristaldi, Italian screenwriter and producer (born 1924)
Buddy Rogers, better known by the ring name "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers, was an American professional wrestler who was one of the biggest professional wrestling stars in the beginnin…
Buddy Rogers, American wrestler (born 1921)
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was an Argentine tango composer, bandoneon player, and arranger. His works revolutionized the traditional tango into a new style termed nuevo tango, incor…
Astor Piazzolla, Argentinian bandoneon player and composer (born 1921)
Marsha P. Johnson was an American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer. Sometimes known as the "Saint of Christopher Street", she is considered an important figure in the LGBT…
Marsha P. Johnson, American drag queen performer and activist (born 1945)
Kelvin Coe OBE was an Australian ballet dancer and the first male artist to be promoted from the corps de ballet in the Australian Ballet principal dancer. He died of AIDS-relate…
Kelvin Coe, Australian ballet dancer (born 1946)
Arnold Eric Sevareid was an American author and CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He was one of a group of elite war correspondents who were hired by CBS newsman Edward R. Mur…
Eric Sevareid, American journalist (born 1912)
Caroline Pafford Miller was an American novelist. She gathered the folktales, stories, and archaic dialects of the rural communities she visited in her home state of Georgia in the…
Caroline Pafford Miller, American journalist and author (born 1903)
Hammer DeRoburt was a Nauruan politician and independence leader. He led negotiations for independence from Australia and the end of the country's status as a United Nations trust …
Hammer DeRoburt, Nauruan educator and politician, 1st President of Nauru (born 1922)
Chingiz Fuad oghlu Mustafayev was an independent Azerbaijani journalist, posthumously bestowed the title of National Hero of Azerbaijan. Mustafayev, with the medical degree and no …
Chingiz Mustafayev, Azerbaijani journalist and author (born 1960)
Paolo Emanuele Borsellino 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 tryin…
Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (born 1940)
Bruce Conde was a US Army officer, stamp collector, royal imposter, and a general for Royalist forces during the North Yemen Civil War.
Bruce Conde, American US army officer, stamp collector, and royalist mercenary general in the North Yemen civil war.