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Dmitry Stepanovich Polyansky was a Soviet bureaucrat who was First Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1965 to 1973. From 1960 to 1976 he was a ful…
Dmitry Polyansky, First Deputy Premier of the Soviet Union (born 1917)
Herbert David Ross was an American choreographer, director, and producer, who was active in both theatre and film. He was known for his work on Broadway as a choreographer for prod…
Herbert Ross, American director, producer, and choreographer (born 1927)
Eddie Futch was an American boxing trainer. Among the fighters he trained are Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Larry Holmes, and Trevor Berbick, four of the five men to defeat Muhammad Ali…
Eddie Futch, American boxer and trainer (born 1911)
Vasily Pavlovich Mishin was a Russian engineer in the former Soviet Union, and a prominent rocket pioneer, best remembered for the failures in the Soviet space program that took pl…
Vasily Mishin, Russian engineer (born 1917)
Beni Montresor was an Italian artist, opera and film director, set designer, author and children's book illustrator. He won the 1965 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustrat…
Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (born 1926)
Quintin McGarel Hogg, Baron Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, was a British barrister and Conservative Party politician. He was known as the 2nd Viscount Hailsham between 1950 and 1963…
Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, English academic and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain…
Hikmet Şimşek was a Turkish conductor of Western classical music.
Hikmet Şimşek, Turkish conductor (born 1924)
(Christopher) Richard Sandford Buckle CBE, was a lifelong English devotee of ballet, and a well-known ballet critic. He founded the magazine Ballet in 1939.
Richard Buckle, Ballet critic and writer (born 1916)
Peter John Doyle was an Australian pop singer who had success with a number of Top 40 hits in Australia in the 1960s, then success internationally as a member of the New Seekers in…
Peter Doyle, Australian singer-songwriter (born 1949)
Zhang Xueliang, also known by the epithet "Young Marshal" in contrast to his father "Old Marshal" Zhang Zuolin, was a Chinese general. He is best known for his role in the Xi'an In…
Zhang Xueliang, Chinese general and warlord (born 1901)
Etta Jones was an American jazz singer. Her best-known recordings are "Don't Go to Strangers" and "Save Your Love for Me". She worked with Buddy Johnson, Oliver Nelson, Earl Hines,…
Etta Jones, American singer-songwriter (born 1928)
Jay Livingston was an American composer best known as half of a composing-songwriting duo with Ray Evans, with whom he specialized in composing film scores and original soundtrack …
Jay Livingston, American singer-songwriter (born 1915)
Micheline Ostermeyer was a French athlete and concert pianist. She won three medals at the 1948 Summer Olympics in shot put, discus throw, and high jump. After retiring from sports…
Micheline Ostermeyer, French shot putter, discus thrower, and pianist (born 1922)
Rehavam Ze'evi was an Israeli general and politician who founded the far-right nationalist Moledet party. He mainly advocated for the complete ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian p…
Rehavam Ze'evi, Israeli historian, general, and politician, Tourism Minister of Israel (born 1926)
Robert Theodore Ammon was an American financier and investment banker. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he was murdered in his home in 2001 by electrician Daniel Pelosi, who was c…
Ted Ammon, American financier and banker (born 1949)
Helmut Krackowizer was an Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist known for his work with vintage motorcycles.
Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (born 1922)
Ronald William "Josh" Kirby was a British commercial artist. Over a career spanning 60 years, he was the artist for the covers of many science fiction books including Terry Pratche…
Josh Kirby, English illustrator (born 1928)
Daniel Leopold Wildenstein was a French art dealer, historian and owner-breeder of thoroughbred and standardbred race horses. He was the third member of the family to preside over …
Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer and historian (born 1917)
Kathleen Ankers was an American scenic designer, best known for her work on The Rosie O'Donnell Show and the Late Show with David Letterman.
Kathleen Ankers, American actress and set designer (born 1919)
Wolf Rüdiger Hess was a German architect and far-right activist. He was the only child of Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler's deputy in the Nazi Party, and Ilse Hess. Hitler was his godfat…
Wolf Rüdiger Hess, German author and critic (born 1937)
Jaromil Jireš was a Czech film director and screenwriter. He was associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement.
Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (born 1935)
Huseyin Hilmi Işık was a Turkish, Sunni Islamic scholar.
Hüseyin Hilmi Işık, Turkish scholar and academic (born 1911)
Pradeep Kumar was an Indian actor who is recognized for his work in Hindi and Bengali language films. With a career spanning across five decades, Kumar is widely considered one of …
Pradeep Kumar, Indian actor, director, and producer (born 1925)
Gerard Hengeveld was a Dutch classical pianist, music composer and educationalist. He is especially known for his compositions of study material for piano. Other compositions inclu…
Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch pianist, composer, and educator (born 1910)