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Hans Theodor Steinbrenner was a German painter and sculptor based in Frankfurt who focused on abstract figures in wood and stone. Many of his works are in public space.
Hans Steinbrenner, German sculptor (born 1928)
Barun Sengupta, the founder-editor of Bartaman newspaper, was a Bengali journalist and popular political critic. He is remembered for his bold and simple diction of political analy…
Barun Sengupta, Bengali journalist, founded Bartaman (born 1934)
Scott D. Kalitta was an American drag racer who competed in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes in the National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. He had 1…
Scott Kalitta, American race car driver (born 1962)
Natalia Petrovna Bekhtereva was a Soviet and Russian neuroscientist and psychologist who developed neurophysiological approaches to psychology, such as measuring the impulse activi…
Natalia Bekhtereva, Russian neuroscientist and psychologist (born 1924)
George Denis Patrick Carlin was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor and author. He was known for his dark comedy and reflections on politics, English, psychology, r…
George Carlin, American comedian, actor, and author (born 1937)
Dody Goodman was an American character actress. She played the mother of the title character in the television series Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, her distinctive high-pitched voice…
Dody Goodman, American actress and dancer (born 1914)
Claudio Capone was an Italian actor, voice actor and narrator.
Claudio Capone, Italian-Scottish actor (born 1952)
Arthur Raymond Chung was President of Guyana from 17 March 1970 to 6 October 1980. He was the first ethnic Chinese president and head of state of a non-Asian country. A leader in G…
Arthur Chung, Guyanese surveyor and politician, 1st President of Guyana (born 1918)
Marian Witold Glinka was a Polish actor and bodybuilder. He appeared in many Polish movies.
Marian Glinka, Polish actor and bodybuilder (born 1943)
Gerhard Ringel was a German mathematician. He was one of the pioneers in graph theory and contributed significantly to the proof of the Heawood conjecture, a mathematical problem c…
Gerhard Ringel, Austrian mathematician and academic (born 1919)
Lyall Watson was a South African botanist, zoologist, biologist, anthropologist, ethologist, and author of many books, among the most popular of which is the best seller Supernatur…
Lyall Watson, South African anthropologist and ethologist (born 1939)
Field Marshal Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw, nicknamed as Sam Bahadur, was an Indian Army general officer who was the Chief of the army staff during the India–Pakistan wa…
Sam Manekshaw, Indian field marshal (born 1914)
Melville John Galley was an English guitarist, best known for his work with Whitesnake, Trapeze, Finders Keepers and Phenomena.
Mel Galley, English guitarist (born 1948)
Elizabeth Jean Spriggs was an English actress.
Elizabeth Spriggs, English actress and screenwriter (born 1929)
Clive William Hornby was an English actor and musician, best known for his role as Jack Sugden in the ITV soap opera Emmerdale. He first appeared in the programme in 1980, and rema…
Clive Hornby, English actor and drummer (born 1944)
Oliver Schroer was a Canadian fiddler, composer, and music producer.
Oliver Schroer, Canadian fiddler, composer, and producer (born 1956)
Natalia Mikhailovna Schneiderman, known as Natasha Shneider, was a Latvian-born Soviet-American musician and actress. She was most notably the keyboardist and vocalist in the band …
Natasha Shneider, Russian-American singer, keyboard player, and actress (born 1956)
Thomas Michael Disch was an American science fiction writer and poet. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book—previously called "Best Non-Fiction Book"—in 1999. He had two othe…
Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (born 1940)
Jesse Alexander Helms Jr. was an American politician, a journalist, and Navy veteran. A leader in the conservative and nationalist movement, he represented North Carolina in the Un…
Jesse Helms, American politician (born 1921)
Evelyn Louise Keyes was an American film actress. She is best known for her role as Suellen O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.
Evelyn Keyes, American actress (born 1916)
Terrence Dewayne Kiel was an American professional football player who spent his entire career as a safety for the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League (NFL) from 200…
Terrence Kiel, American football player (born 1980)
Sir Selwyn Charles Cornelius-Wheeler was a German-born British journalist and broadcaster. Having joined the BBC in 1947, he became the corporation's longest-serving foreign corres…
Charles Wheeler, German-English soldier and journalist (born 1923)
Hasan Doğan was the 37th president of the Turkish Football Federation. He died of a heart attack in Bodrum, a popular tourist destination in the southwest Turkish Riviera, where he…
Hasan Doğan, Turkish businessman (born 1956)
Bruce Conner was an American artist who worked with assemblage, film, drawing, sculpture, painting, collage, and photography.
Bruce Conner, American sculptor, painter, and photographer (born 1933)