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Alexandru Nicolschi was a Romanian communist activist, Soviet agent and officer, and Securitate chief under the Communist regime. Active until 1961, he was one of the most recogniz…
Alexandru Nicolschi, Romanian spy and activist (born 1915)
Andy Russell was an American popular singer, actor, and entertainer. He specialized in traditional pop and Latin music. He sold 8 million records in the 1940s wherein he sang bilin…
Andy Russell, American singer and actor (born 1919)
Francis Alick Howard, better known by his stage-name Frankie Howerd, was an English actor and comedian.
Frankie Howerd, English actor and screenwriter (born 1917)
Marjorie Gestring was a competitive springboard diver from the United States. At the age of 13 years and 268 days, she won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 …
Marjorie Gestring, American springboard diver (born 1922)
Alfred Hawthorne "Benny" Hill was an English comedian, actor and scriptwriter. He is best remembered for his television programme, The Benny Hill Show, a comedy-variety show that m…
Benny Hill, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (born 1924)
Väinö Valtteri Linna was a Finnish author and a former soldier who fought in the Continuation War (1941–44). Linna gained literary fame with his third novel, Tuntematon sotilas, an…
Väinö Linna, Finnish author (born 1920)
Satyajit Ray was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. He is widely considered to be one of the greates…
Satyajit Ray, Indian director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1921)
Tanka Prasad Acharya, also known as Jeudo-Shahid, was a Nepali politician who served as the 19th Prime Minister of Nepal from 1956 to 1957. He was one of the founders and the leade…
Tanka Prasad Acharya, Nepalese politician, 27th Prime Minister of Nepal (born 1912)
Mamarou Nakamura was a Palauan jurist. Nakamura was a founder of Palau's court system—which he based on the judiciary of the United States—and served as the first chief justice of …
Mamoru Nakamura, Palauan jurist (born 1939/1940)
Yutaka Ozaki was a Japanese singer-songwriter. His hit debut single "Jūgo no Yoru" and debut album Jūnanasai no Chizu were released in 1983. He died in 1992 at the age of 26.
Yutaka Ozaki, Japanese singer-songwriter (born 1965)
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th century, he was also an outstanding teacher of co…
Olivier Messiaen, French organist and composer (born 1908)
Gerard Kitchen O'Neill was an American physicist and space activist. As a faculty member of Princeton University, he invented a device called the particle storage ring for high-ene…
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Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes…
Francis Bacon, Irish painter (born 1909)
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)
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)
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)