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Jean-François Lyotard was a French philosopher, sociologist, and literary theorist. His interdisciplinary discourse spans such topics as epistemology and communication, the human b…
Jean-François Lyotard, French sociologist and philosopher (born 1924)
Konstantinos G. Karamanlis was a Greek statesman who was the four-time Prime Minister of Greece and two-term president of the Third Hellenic Republic, serving in the former role fr…
Konstantinos Karamanlis, Greek lawyer and politician, 172nd Prime Minister of Greece (born 1907)
James Earl Ray was an American fugitive who was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. After the as…
James Earl Ray, American assassin of Martin Luther King Jr
Thanassis Skordalos was a musician from Crete, noted for playing the lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra.
Thanassis Skordalos, Greek singer-songwriter and lyra player (born 1920)
Wright Marion Morris was an American novelist, photographer, and essayist. He is known for his portrayals of the people and artifacts of the Great Plains in words and pictures, as …
Wright Morris, American author and photographer (born 1910)
Anne Cécile Desclos was a French literary critic, journalist, and novelist who wrote under the pen names Dominique Aury and Pauline Réage. She is best known for her erotic novel St…
Anne Desclos, French journalist and author (born 1907)
Harris Browning 'Brownie' Ross is often referred to as the father of long-distance running in the United States.
Browning Ross, American runner and soldier (born 1924)
Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby was an American short story writer and scriptwriter. He wrote the 1953 story "It's a Good Life", which was included in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
Jerome Bixby, American author and screenwriter (born 1923)
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver was an African American writer and political activist, fashion designer, convicted rapist and an early leader of the Black Panther Party serving as Minister …
Eldridge Cleaver, American author and activist (born 1935)
Hideto Matsumoto , known professionally as Hide, was a Japanese musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the rock …
hide, Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1964)
Carlos Castaneda was a Peruvian-American writer, trained as an anthropologist. Starting in 1968, Castaneda published a series of books that describe alleged training in shamanism t…
Carlos Castaneda, Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925)
Nizar Tawfiq Qabbani was a Syrian poet, diplomat, and publisher. Widely regarded as Syria’s national poet. Qabbani’s work is noted for its blend of simplicity and lyrical elegance,…
Nizar Qabbani, Syrian-English poet, publisher, and diplomat (born 1926)
Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be gay, and came out publicly l…
Justin Fashanu, English footballer (born 1961)
Gene Raymond was an American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a singer, composer, screenwriter, director, producer,…
Gene Raymond, American actor (born 1908)
Christine Kurzhals was a German engineer and politician who served in the Bundestag from 1994 until her death in 1998. A member of the Social Democratic Party from Saxony, she was …
Christine Kurzhals, German politician (born 1950)
Allan MacLeod Cormack was a South African and American physicist, academic, and Nobel Laureate. He was Professor of Physics at Tufts University and won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Phys…
Allan McLeod Cormack, South African-English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)
Edward Thomas Rabbitt was an American country music singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing …
Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1941)
Johannes Kotkas was a heavyweight Greco-Roman wrestler from Estonia who won a gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He held the European title in 1938, 1939 and 1947 and placed s…
Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler (born 1915)
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)