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Ed W. "Too Tall" Freeman was a United States Army helicopter pilot who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Battle o…
Ed Freeman, American soldier and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (born 1927)
Hua Guofeng was a Chinese politician who served as chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and the premier of China. As the successor of Mao Zedong, Hua held the top offices of the…
Hua Guofeng, Chinese politician, 2nd Premier of the People's Republic of China (born 1921)
Stephanie Tubbs Jones was an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 11th congressional district from 1999 until her death in 2008. A member of the Dem…
Stephanie Tubbs Jones, American lawyer and politician (born 1949)
Eugene Thurman Upshaw Jr. was an American professional football guard who played for the Oakland Raiders of the American Football League (AFL) and later the National Football Leagu…
Gene Upshaw, American football player (born 1945)
Jermone Gregory Finn, sometimes credited as "Huckle" Jerry Finn, was an American record producer and mix engineer. He worked with numerous punk rock and pop-punk artists such as Bl…
Jerry Finn, American engineer and producer (born 1969)
Gladys Stokes Luxford Powers was thought to be, at age 109, the last female veteran of the First World War following the 27 March 2007 death of fellow 109-year-old Charlotte Winter…
Gladys Powers, English-Canadian soldier (born 1899)
John Russell CBE was an English art critic and journalist.
John Russell, English-American author and critic (born 1919)
Syed Ahmad Shah, better known by his pen name Ahmad Faraz, was a Pakistani Urdu poet, scriptwriter and became the founding director general of Pakistan Academy of Letters. He wrote…
Ahmad Faraz, Pakistani poet (born 1931)
Kevin Jerome Duckworth was an American professional basketball player who played as center in the National Basketball Association (NBA). A native of Illinois, he played college bas…
Kevin Duckworth, American basketball player (born 1964)
Philip Toll Hill Jr. was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One from 1958 to 1966. Hill won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1961 with Ferrari, and wo…
Phil Hill, American race car driver (born 1927)
Geoffrey Howard Perkins was a British comedy producer, writer and performer. He was BBC head of comedy between 1995 and 2001, and produced the first two radio series of The Hitchhi…
Geoffrey Perkins, English actor, producer, and screenwriter (born 1953)
Michael Schoenberg (1939–2008) was an American theoretical geophysicist noted for his fundamental contributions to the understanding of anisotropy in the real earth and its applica…
Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist and theorist (born 1939)
Brian Clinton Hambly was an Australian rugby league player, a representative forward for the Australia national team between 1959 and 1965. His club career was played with South Sy…
Brian Hambly, Australian rugby player and coach (born 1937)
Wladek Kowalski was a Canadian professional wrestler, known by his ring name Killer Kowalski.
Killer Kowalski, Canadian-American wrestler and trainer (born 1926)
Kenneth Victor Campbell was an English actor, director and writer. He was known for his work in experimental theatre. He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre".
Ken Campbell, English actor and screenwriter (born 1941)
Icarus Nestor Pappas, better known as Ike Pappas, was an American television journalist who worked as a CBS News correspondent for 25 years.
Ike Pappas, American journalist (born 1933)
Victor Moses Yates was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in rugby union. His brother, John, represented New Zealand in rugby league while his father, Moses…
Victor Yates, New Zealand rugby player (born 1939)
Tomáš Jan Baťa,, also known as Thomas Bata Jr. and Tomáš Baťa ml., was a Czech and Canadian businessman and philanthropist. He ran the Bata Shoe Company from the 1940s until the 80…
Thomas J. Bata, Czech-Canadian businessman (born 1914)
Jerry Reed Hubbard, known professionally as Jerry Reed, was an American country singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, and actor who appeared in more than a dozen films. His sign…
Jerry Reed, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (born 1937)
José Cuauhtémoc "Bill" Melendez was a Mexican-American animator, director, producer, and voice actor. Melendez was known for working on the Peanuts animated specials, as well as pr…
Bill Melendez, Mexican-American animator, director, producer, and voice actor (born 1916)
Alan Mossman Waddell was an Australian walker who received national and international media attention for walking every street in over 280 suburbs in Sydney.
Alan Waddell, Australian walker
Donald James Matthew Blakeslee was an American pilot and officer in the United States Air Force, whose aviation career began as a pilot in the Royal Canadian Air Force flying Spitf…
Donald Blakeslee, American colonel and pilot (born 1917)
Anita Page was an American film actress who reached stardom in the final years of the silent film era.
Anita Page, American actress (born 1910)
Kunegonda Elizabeth (Kune) Biezeveld was a Dutch theologian. She was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church.
Kune Biezeveld, Dutch minister and theologian (born 1948)