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Charles Gregory "Bebe" Rebozo was an American Florida-based banker and businessman who was a close friend and confidant of President Richard Nixon.
Charles Rebozo, American banker and businessman (born 1912)
Alice Faye was an American actress and singer. A musical star of 20th Century-Fox in the 1930s and 1940s, Faye starred in such films as On the Avenue (1937) and Alexander's Ragtime…
Alice Faye, American actress and singer (born 1915)
Talat Mahmood was an Indian playback singer who is considered one of the greatest and most popular Indian male film song and ghazal singers. Although he tried his luck as a film ac…
Talat Mahmood, Indian singer and actor (born 1924)
Marjory Stoneman Douglas was an American journalist, author, women's suffrage advocate, and conservationist known for her staunch defense of the Everglades against efforts to drain…
Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American journalist and environmentalist (born 1890)
Francis Albert Sinatra was an American singer and actor. Nicknamed the "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes", he is regarded as one of the most influential entertainers of th…
Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (born 1915)
Earl Manigault was an American street basketball player who was nicknamed "the Goat" or "the Lip". He is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players never to have pla…
Earl Manigault, American basketball player (born 1944)
Mehmet Naim Talu was a Turkish economist, banker, politician and former prime minister of Turkey.
Naim Talu, Turkish economist, banker, politician, 15th Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1919)
Obaidullah Aleem was a Pakistani poet of Urdu language.
Obaidullah Aleem, Indian-Pakistani poet and author (born 1939)
Sōsuke Uno was a former Japanese politician who served as prime minister of Japan in 1989.
Sōsuke Uno, Japanese soldier and politician, 75th Prime Minister of Japan (born 1922)
Robert Uno Normann was a Norwegian guitarist and considered a jazz guitar pioneer.
Robert Normann, Norwegian guitarist (born 1916)
Robert Marion Gist was an American actor and film director.
Robert Gist, American actor and director (born 1917)
John Derek was an American actor, filmmaker and photographer. He appeared in such films as Knock on Any Door, All the King's Men, Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950), and The Ten Comm…
John Derek, American actor, director, and photographer (born 1926)
José Enrique Moyal was an Australian mathematician and mathematical physicist who contributed to aeronautical engineering, electrical engineering and statistics, among other fields…
José Enrique Moyal, Israeli physicist and engineer (born 1910)
Telford Taylor was an American lawyer and professor. Taylor was known for his role as lead counsel in the prosecution of war criminals after World War II, his opposition to McCarth…
Telford Taylor, American general and lawyer (born 1908)
Minocher Rustom "Minoo" Masani was an Indian politician, a leading figure of the erstwhile Swatantra Party. He was a three-time Member of Parliament, representing Gujarat's Rajkot …
Minoo Masani, Indian lawyer and politician (born 1905)
Philip Edward Hartman was a Canadian and American comedian, actor, screenwriter and graphic designer. Hartman was born in Brantford, Ontario, and his family moved to the United Sta…
Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor and comedian (born 1948)
Barry Morris Goldwater was an American politician and major general in the Air Force Reserve who served as a United States senator from 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 1987, and was the R…
Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (born 1909)
Charles Edward "Poncho" Van Acker Sr was a Belgian-American racing driver. He first attempted to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 in 1946, but was too slow. In 1947, he made the ra…
Charles Van Acker, Belgian-American race car driver (born 1912)
Josephine Hutchinson was an American actress. She acted in dozens of theater plays and dozens of films, including The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936), Son of Frankenstein (1939), Som…
Josephine Hutchinson, American actress (born 1903)
Jeanette Nolan was an American actress. Nominated for four Emmy Awards, she had roles in the television series The Virginian (1962–1971) and Dirty Sally (1974) and in films such as…
Jeanette Nolan, American actress (born 1911)
Samuel William Yorty was an American politician, attorney, and radio host from Los Angeles, California. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives and the …
Sam Yorty, American soldier and politician, 37th mayor of Los Angeles (born 1909)
Sani Abacha was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria as military head of state from 1993, following a palace coup d'état, until his death in 1998.
Sani Abacha, Nigerian general and politician, 10th President of Nigeria (born 1943)
Maria Reiche Grosse-Neumann was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first s…
Maria Reiche, German mathematician and archaeologist (born 1903)
Lois Mailou Jones was an artist and educator. Her work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum o…
Lois Mailou Jones, American painter and academic (born 1905)