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Ivica Račan was a Croatian politician who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2000 to 2003, heading two centre-left coalition governments.
Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (born 1944)
Kevin Danyelle Mitchell was an American professional football linebacker in the National Football League (NFL) from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He played for the San Francisco 49ers,…
Kevin Mitchell, American football player (born 1971)
Gordon Scott was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films of the Tarzan film series from 1955 to 1960. Gordon S…
Gordon Scott, American film and television actor (born 1926)
Brad McGann MNZM, was a New Zealand film director and screenwriter.
Brad McGann, New Zealand director and screenwriter (born 1964)
Warja Lavater was born in Winterthur, Switzerland. She was a Swiss artist and illustrator noted primarily for working in the artist's books genre by creating accordion fold books t…
Warja Honegger-Lavater, Swiss illustrator (born 1913)
Knock Yokoyama was a Japanese politician and comedian.
Knock Yokoyama, Japanese politician (born 1932)
Isabella Blow was an English magazine editor. She was mentor to Philip Treacy, and is credited with discovering the models Stella Tennant and Sophie Dahl, and fashion designer Alex…
Isabella Blow, English magazine editor (born 1958)
Mitiarjuk Attasie Nappaaluk was an Inuk author, educator, and sculptor from Kangiqsujuaq in Nunavik, in northern Quebec, Canada. She was noted for writing Sanaaq, one of the first …
Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Inuk writer (born 1931)
Thomas Gordon Poston was an American actor, appearing in television roles from the 1950s through the early to mid-2000s, reportedly appearing in more sitcoms than any other actor. …
Tom Poston, American actor, comedian, and game show panelist (born 1921)
Walter Marty Schirra Jr. was an American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which wa…
Wally Schirra, American captain, pilot, and astronaut (born 1923)
Theodore Harold Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other…
Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (born 1927)
Enéas Ferreira Carneiro was a Brazilian polymath, cardiologist, physicist, mathematician, professor, writer, military serviceman and politician. He represented the state of São Pau…
Enéas Carneiro, Brazilian physician and politician (born 1938)
Gene Curtis Harrington was an American film and television director, screenwriter, and producer. He emerged in the experimental film scene of the 1940s and ‘50s, notably as a colla…
Curtis Harrington, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1926)
Diego "Chico" Corrales Jr. was an American professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2007. He was a multiple-time world champion in two weight divisions, having held the Interna…
Diego Corrales, American boxer (born 1977)
Octavian Paler was a Romanian writer, journalist, politician in Communist Romania, and civil society activist in post-1989 Romania.
Octavian Paler, Romanian journalist and politician (born 1926)
James Carson Whitsett was an American keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer.
Carson Whitsett, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (born 1945)
Yahweh ben Yahweh was an American religious leader and founder of the black separatist and black supremacist Nation of Yahweh, a new religious movement headquartered in Florida tha…
Yahweh ben Yahweh, American cult leader, founded the Nation of Yahweh (born 1935)
Percy "Dwight" Wilson was the second-last surviving Canadian veteran of the First World War.
Dwight Wilson, Canadian soldier (born 1901)
Malietoa Tanumafili II was a Samoan paramount chief and politician who was O le Ao o le Malo of Samoa from its independence in 1962, and the Malietoa titleholder from 1940, until h…
Malietoa Tanumafili II, Samoan ruler (born 1913)
Mary Scheier was a noted American ceramicist, and the wife and artistic partner of Edwin Scheier.
Mary Scheier, American sculptor and educator (born 1908)
Ülo Jõgi was an Estonian war historian who was active in the Estonian resistance against the Soviet occupation of Estonia.
Ülo Jõgi, Estonian historian and author (born 1921)
Jerry Laymon Falwell was an American Baptist pastor, televangelist, and conservative activist. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchbu…
Jerry Falwell, American pastor, founded Liberty University (born 1933)
Lloyd Chudley Alexander was an American author of more than 40 books, primarily fantasy novels for children and young adults. Over his seven-decade career, Alexander wrote 48 books…
Lloyd Alexander, American soldier and author (born 1924)