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James Maury Henson was an American puppeteer, actor, animator, creative producer, and director who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well…
Jim Henson, American puppeteer, director, producer, and screenwriter, creator of The Muppets (born 1936)
Thomas Rocco Barbella, better known as Rocky Graziano, was an American professional boxer and actor who competed in the Welterweight and Middleweight divisions. He held the lineal …
Rocky Graziano, American boxer (born 1922)
Arthur Villeneuve, was a Québécois painter and member of the Order of Canada.
Arthur Villeneuve, Canadian painter (born 1910)
Victor Tayback was an American actor. He was best known for his role as diner owner Mel Sharples on the television sitcom Alice (1976–1985), as well as his multiple guest appearanc…
Vic Tayback, American actor (born 1930)
Robert Baumle Meyner was an American Democratic Party politician and attorney who served as the 44th governor of New Jersey from 1954 to 1962. Before being elected governor, Meyner…
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Julius Eastman was an American composer. He was among the first composers to combine the processes of some minimalist music with other methods of extending and modifying his music …
Julius Eastman, American composer (born 1940)
Cécile Chabot was a Canadian poet and illustrator.
Cécile Chabot, Canadian poet and illustrator (born 1907)
Steven John Bator, known professionally as Stiv Bator and later as Stiv Bators, was an American punk rock vocalist and guitarist from Youngstown, Ohio. He is best remembered for hi…
Stiv Bators, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1949)
Zdenka Ziková, also known as Zdenka Zika, was a Czech soprano opera singer and music teacher.
Zdenka Ziková, Czech opera singer (born 1902)
Erna Berger was a German lyric coloratura soprano. She was best known for roles such as Queen of the Night and Konstanze.
Erna Berger, German soprano and actress (born 1900)
George F. Addes was a founder of the United Automobile Workers of America (UAW) union and its secretary-treasurer from 1936 until 1947. Along with R. J. Thomas and Richard Frankens…
George Addes, American trade union leader, co-founded United Automobile Workers (born 1911)
Isabella Smith Andrews, known professionally as Isobel Andrews, was a New Zealand playwright, novelist, short-story writer and poet. She wrote over sixty plays, many of which were …
Isobel Andrews, New Zealand writer (born 1905)
Sir Reginald Carey Harrison was an English actor. Harrison began his career on the stage at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Ter…
Rex Harrison, English actor (born 1908)
Robert Norton Noyce, nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 196…
Robert Noyce, American physicist and businessman, co-founded the Intel Corporation (born 1927)
Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (NI), was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate …
Terence O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, English captain and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland (bor
Cedric Henning Belfrage was an English film critic, journalist, writer and political activist. He is best remembered as a co-founder of the radical US weekly National Guardian. Lat…
Cedric Belfrage, English journalist and author, co-founded the National Guardian (born 1904)
June Christy was an American singer, known for her work in the cool jazz genre and for her silky smooth vocals. Her success as a singer began with The Stan Kenton Orchestra. She pu…
June Christy, American singer (born 1925)
Ilya Mikhailovich Frank was a Soviet physicist who received the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov and Igor Y. Tamm, also of the Soviet Union. H…
Ilya Frank, Russian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1908)
Harindranath Chattopadhyay was an Indian English poet, dramatist, actor, musician, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sar…
Harindranath Chattopadhyay, Indian poet, actor, and politician (born 1898)
Anni Viktoria Blomqvist was a Finland-Swedish novelist.
Anni Blomqvist, Finnish author (born 1909)
Irving Wallace was an American best-selling author and screenwriter. He was known for his heavily researched novels, many with a sexual theme.
Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (born 1916)
Jurriaan Willem Schrofer was a Dutch sculptor, graphic designer, type designer, and art school educator.
Jurriaan Schrofer, Dutch sculptor, designer and educator (born 1926)
Roy Landman, better known as Snooky Lanson, was an American singer known for co-starring on the NBC TV show, Your Hit Parade.
Snooky Lanson, American singer (born 1914)
Olive Ann Burns was an American writer from Georgia best known for her single completed novel, Cold Sassy Tree, published in 1984.
Olive Ann Burns, American journalist and author (born 1924)