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Alexandre Lagoya was a French classical guitarist and composer. His early career included boxing and guitar, and as he cites on the sleeve of a 1981 Columbia album, his parents hop…
Alexandre Lagoya, Egyptian guitarist and composer (born 1929)
Rob Fisher was an English keyboardist and songwriter from Cheltenham, England, who achieved chart success as a member of the new wave band Naked Eyes and, later, Climie Fisher. He …
Rob Fisher, English keyboard player and songwriter (born 1956)
Hélder Pessoa Câmara was a Brazilian Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Olinda and Recife from 1964 to 1985 during the military dictatorship in Brazil. He was declared a …
Hélder Câmara, Brazilian archbishop and theologian (born 1909)
Reindert Johannes Brasser also known as Jan Brasser was a Dutch athlete who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Reindert Brasser, Dutch discus thrower (born 1912)
Raymond Poïvet was a French cartoonist.
Raymond Poïvet, French illustrator (born 1910)
William Richard (Rich) Stevens was a Northern Rhodesia–born American author of computer science books, in particular books on Unix and TCP/IP.
W. Richard Stevens, Zambian computer scientist and author (born 1951)
Emma Bailey was an American auctioneer and author, credited with being the first American woman auctioneer. She held her first auction in Brattleboro, Vermont, on May 12, 1950, as …
Emma Bailey, American auctioneer and author (born 1910)
Georg Gawliczek was a German football manager and former player.
Georg Gawliczek, German footballer and manager (born 1919)
Alan Kenneth Mackenzie Clark was a British Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), author and diarist. He served as a junior minister in Margaret Thatcher's governments at the Depa…
Alan Clark, English historian and politician, Minister for Defence Procurement (born 1928)
Allen Albert Funt was an American television producer, director, writer and television personality, best known as the creator and host of Candid Camera from the 1940s to 1980s, as …
Allen Funt, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1914)
Bryce Stuart Mackasey was a Canadian politician and diplomat. He served as twice a Member of Parliament, as a Member of the National Assembly of Quebec, and as ambassador to Portug…
Bryce Mackasey, Canadian businessman and politician, Postmaster General of Canada (born 1921)
Arie de Vroet was a Dutch footballer who was active as a left winger. De Vroet made his debut at Feijenoord and also played for Le Havre AC and FC Rouen. He also represented the Ne…
Arie de Vroet, Dutch footballer and manager (born 1918)
James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter was an American professional baseball player in Major League Baseball (MLB). From 1965 to 1979, he was a pitcher for the Kansas City / Oakland Athle…
Catfish Hunter, American baseball player (born 1946)
Louis Thomas Hardin, known professionally as Moondog, was an American composer, musician, performer, music theoretician, poet and inventor of musical instruments. Largely self-taug…
Moondog, American-German singer-songwriter, drummer, and poet (born 1916)
Ruth Roman was an American actress of film, stage, and television.
Ruth Roman, American actress (born 1922)
Belkis Ayón was a Cuban printmaker who specialized in the technique of collography. Ayón created large, highly detailed allegorical collagraphs based on Abakuá, a secret, all-male …
Belkis Ayón, Cuban painter and lithographer (born 1967)
Gonzalo "Gonchi" Rodríguez Bongoll was a Uruguayan racing driver. He was killed in a crash at Laguna Seca Raceway during practice for the 1999 Honda Grand Prix of Monterey CART rac…
Gonzalo Rodríguez, Uruguayan racing driver (born 1972)
Benjamin Samuel Bloom was an American educational psychologist and didactician who made contributions to the classification of educational objectives and to the theory of mastery l…
Benjamin Bloom, American psychologist and academic (born 1913)
Charles Ainslie Crichton was an English film director and editor.
Charles Crichton, English director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1910)
Giannos Kranidiotis was a Greek diplomat and politician.
Giannos Kranidiotis, Greek politician and diplomat (born 1947)
Frankie Vaughan was an English singer and actor who became popular in the 1950s and 60s, recording more than 80 easy listening and traditional pop singles in his lifetime. He was k…
Frankie Vaughan, English singer and actor (born 1928)
Robert Lebel or LeBel was a Canadian ice hockey administrator, who served as president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA), and the International Ice Hockey Federatio…
Robert Lebel, Canadian businessman (born 1905)
George Campbell Scott was an American actor, with a celebrated career on both stage and screen. With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his portrayal …
George C. Scott, American actor, director, and producer (born 1927)
Ivan Goff was an Australian screenwriter, best known for his collaborations with Ben Roberts including White Heat (1949), Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), Legend of the Lone Ranger …
Ivan Goff, Australian-American screenwriter and producer (born 1910)