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Erwin Komenda was an Austrian automobile designer and Porsche employee, and a lead contributor to the design of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars.
Erwin Komenda, Austrian car designer and engineer (born 1904)
Margaret Lilardia Tucker MBE was an Aboriginal Australian activist and writer who was among the first Aboriginal authors to publish an autobiography If Everyone Cared, in 1977; a n…
Margaret Tucker, Australian author and activist (born 1904)
Francis Gregory Alan Morris was an American actor. He was best known for portraying Barney Collier on the television series Mission: Impossible and Lieutenant David Nelson on Vega$…
Greg Morris, American actor (born 1933)
Christine Pascal was a French actress, writer, and director known for Le Petit Prince a dit, 1992.
Christine Pascal, French actress, director, and screenwriter (born 1953)
Patrick Bernard Clift was a Zimbabwean first class cricketer for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, who was educated at St. George's College, Harare. He was a right-armed medium b…
Paddy Clift, Zimbabwean cricketer (born 1953)
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, also spelled Emily Kam Kngwarray, was an Aboriginal Australian (Anmatyerr) artist from Alhalker, in the Sandover region of the Northern Territory. Kngwarreye…
Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Australian painter (born 1910)
Basil Salvadore D'Souza was the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mangalore from 22 March 1965 until his death on 5 September 1996. He was the longest-serving bishop in the d…
Basil Salvadore D'Souza, Indian bishop (born 1926)
William Smith Monroe was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass music genre. For this reason, he is often called the "Father of Bluegrass".
Bill Monroe, American singer-songwriter (born 1911)
Joanne Dru was an American film and television actress, known for such films as Red River, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, All the King's Men, and Wagon Master.
Joanne Dru, American actress (born 1922)
Joan Elisabeth Lowther Murray was an English cryptanalyst and numismatist who worked as a code-breaker at Bletchley Park during the Second World War. Although she did not personall…
Joan Clarke, English cryptanalyst and numismatist (born 1917)
Rose-Alma Ouellette OQ, also known by her stage name La Poune was a Quebec actress, comedian, theatre manager and artistic director. Ouellette was born to François Ouellette and Jo…
Rose Ouellette, Canadian actress and manager (born 1903)
Bibi Besch was an Austrian-American film, television, and stage actress. She is best known for her portrayal of Dr. Carol Marcus in the science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath…
Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (born 1942)
Hans List was a technical scientist and inventor and entrepreneur.
Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (born 1896)
Ernesto Beckmann Geisel was a Brazilian Army officer and politician, who served as the 29th president of Brazil from 1974 to 1979, during the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Ernesto Geisel, Brazilian general and politician, 29th President of Brazil (born 1907)
Tupac Amaru Shakur, also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and a…
Tupac Shakur, American rapper, producer, and actor (born 1971)
Juliet Anne Prowse was a British-American dancer and actress whose four-decade career included stage, television, and film. She was born in Bombay then part of British India, and r…
Juliet Prowse, Indian-South African actress, singer, and dancer (born 1937)
McGeorge "Mac" Bundy was an American academic who served as the U.S. National Security Advisor to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson from 1961 through 1966. He is pri…
McGeorge Bundy, American intelligence officer and diplomat, 6th United States National Security Advisor (born 1919)
Gene Nelson was an American actor, dancer, screenwriter, and director.
Gene Nelson, American actor, dancer, and director (born 1920)
Reuben Chitandika Kamanga was a Zambian freedom fighter, politician and statesman. He was educated at Munali Secondary School.
Reuben Kamanga, Zambian politician, 1st Vice-President of Zambia (born 1929)
Paul Weston was an American pianist, arranger, composer, and conductor who worked in music and television from the 1930s to the 1970s, pioneering mood music and becoming known as "…
Paul Weston, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1912)
Ludmilla Chiriaeff was a Russian-Canadian ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher, and company director.
Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Latvian-Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director (born 1924)
Spiro Theodore Agnew was the 39th vice president of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1973 under President Richard Nixon. A member of the Republican Par…
Spiro Agnew, American soldier and politician, 39th Vice President of the United States (born 1918)
Paul Erdős was a Hungarian mathematician. He was one of the most prolific mathematicians and producers of mathematical conjectures of the 20th century. Erdős pursued and proposed p…
Paul Erdős, Hungarian-Polish mathematician and academic (born 1913)
Dorothy Lamour was an American actress and singer. She is best remembered for having appeared in the Road to... movies, a series of successful comedies starring Bing Crosby and Bob…
Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (born 1914)