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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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
Zeki Müren was a Turkish classical music artist, composer, songwriter, actor and poet. Known by the nicknames "The Sun of Art" and "Pasha", he was one of the prominent figures of T…
Zeki Müren, Turkish singer-songwriter (born 1931)
Nicu Ceaușescu was a Romanian physicist and communist politician who was the youngest child of Romanian leaders Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu. He was a close associate of his father'…
Nicu Ceaușescu, Romanian politician (born 1951)
Mohammad Najibullah Ahmadzai was an Afghan military officer and politician who served as the fifth president of Afghanistan from 1987 until his resignation in April 1992, shortly a…
Mohammad Najibullah, Afghan physician and politician, seventh President of Afghanistan (born 1947)
Shūsaku Endō was a Japanese writer who wrote from the perspective of a Japanese Catholic. Internationally, he is known for his 1966 historical fiction novel Silence, adapted into …
Shūsaku Endō, Japanese author (born 1923)
Robert Bourassa was a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 22nd premier of Quebec from 1970 to 1976 and from 1985 to 1994. A member of the Liberal Party of Quebec, he s…
Robert Bourassa, Canadian lawyer and politician, Premier of Quebec (born 1933)
Andrey Karlov Lukanov was a Bulgarian politician. Between February and November 1990, Lukanov was the final Prime Minister of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. He was murdered in …
Andrey Lukanov, Bulgarian politician, 40th Prime Minister of Bulgaria (born 1938)
Seymour Roger Cray was an American electrical engineer, computer scientist, mathematician, and supercomputer architect who designed a series of computers that were the fastest in t…
Seymour Cray, American engineer and businessman, founded CRAY Inc (born 1925)
Lodewijk 'Lou' Lichtveld was a Surinamese politician, playwright, poet and resistance fighter who wrote under the pseudonym "Albert Helman".
Lou Lichtveld, Surinamese-Dutch author, playwright, and politician (born 1903)
Walter Francis Kerr was an American writer and Broadway theatre critic. He also was the writer, lyricist, and/or director of several Broadway plays and musicals as well as the auth…
Walter Kerr, American author, composer, and critic (born 1913)
Keith David Boyce was a cricketer who played 21 Tests and 8 One Day Internationals for the West Indies between 1971 and 1976. He was a member of the squad that won the 1975 Cricket…
Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (born 1943)
Eleanor Frances (Butler) Cameron was a children's author and critic. She published 20 books in her lifetime, including The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954) and its se…
Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (born 1912)
Renato Russo was a Brazilian musician who was the lead singer of the post-punk band Legião Urbana. Before founding the band, Renato was a member of the band Aborto Elétrico, which …
Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1960)