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Marc Moulin was a Belgian musician and journalist. In the early-mid seventies, he was the leader of the jazz-rock group Placebo. He went on to become a member of the avant-rock ban…
Marc Moulin, Belgian keyboard player, producer, and journalist (born 1942)
Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, filmmaker, racecar driver, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He has been described as "one of the last of the great 20th-century movie st…
Paul Newman, American actor, director, producer, and businessman (born 1925)
Henri Pachard, Jackson St. Louis and Crystal Blue were the pseudonyms of the American film director Ron Sullivan .
Henri Pachard, American director and producer (born 1939)
Hayden Carruth was an American poet, literary critic and anthologist. He taught at Syracuse University.
Hayden Carruth, American poet and critic (born 1921)
Joshua Benjamin Jeyaretnam was a Singaporean politician and lawyer who served as secretary-general of the opposition Workers' Party from 1971 to 2001 and was the de facto Leader of…
J. B. Jeyaretnam, Singaporean lawyer and politician (born 1926)
John Scott Biddle was a foremost yachting cinematographer and lecturer, establishing a film-making career that spanned more than forty years. His films captured not only the techni…
John Biddle, American cinematographer (born 1925)
Peter Francis Cox AO was a politician in New South Wales, Australia.
Peter Cox, Australian public servant and politician (born 1925)
Ângelo Ferreira Carvalho , was a Portuguese footballer who played for FC Porto, as defender.
Ângelo Carvalho, Portuguese footballer (born 1925)
Bob Friend, MBE was one of the original news anchors for the Sky News channel from its launch in 1989 until his retirement in late 2003.
Bob Friend, English journalist (born 1938)
Eileen Herlie was a Scottish actress.
Eileen Herlie, Scottish-American actress (born 1918)
George Emil Palade was a Romanian-American cell biologist. In 1974 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. The priz…
George Emil Palade, Romanian-American biologist and physician, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1912)
Kazuyoshi Miura was a Japanese businessman who was accused of being involved in the killing of his wife, Kazumi Miura. The prolonged legal battle, lasting decades, ended with his …
Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (born 1947)
Commandant Marjorie Fletcher CBE served as Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS) between 1986 and 1988.
Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (born 1932)
Jörg Haider was an Austrian politician. He was Governor of Carinthia on two occasions, the long-time leader of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) and later Chairman of the Alliance…
Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (born 1950)
Ernst-Paul Hasselbach was a Dutch TV host and producer. He hosted several shows on Dutch and Belgian television.
Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (born 1966)
Neal Paul Hefti was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and arranger. He wrote music for The Odd Couple movie and TV series and for the Batman TV series.
Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (born 1922)
Karl Chircop was a family doctor and Maltese politician. He was Member of Parliament in the House of Representatives of Malta of the Malta Labour Party from 1996 to 2008, served as…
Karl Chircop, Maltese physician and politician (born 1965)
Alexei Andreyevich Cherepanov was a Russian professional ice hockey player. He was a winger for Avangard Omsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Previously, Cherepanov had pla…
Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (born 1989)
Kazimieras "Kazys" Petkevičius was a Lithuanian basketball player who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He played for Žalgi…
Kazys Petkevičius, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1926)
Edie Adams was an American comedian, actress, singer and businesswoman who was prominent in the second half of the 1900s. She earned a Tony Award and was nominated for an Emmy Awar…
Edie Adams, American actress and singer (born 1927)
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca was one of the most prolific Turkish poets of the Turkish Republic with more than 60 collections of his poems published as of 2007. He was a laureate of the St…
Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca, Turkish soldier and poet (born 1914)
John Lawrence Narz Jr. was an American radio personality, television host, and singer.
Jack Narz, American game show host and announcer (born 1922)
Robert Ralph Furman was a civil engineer who during World War II was the chief of foreign intelligence for the Manhattan Engineer District directing espionage against the German nu…
Robert Furman, American engineer and intelligence officer (born 1915)
Dagmar Normet was an Estonian literary author and translator.
Dagmar Normet, Estonian author and translator (born 1921)