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Teresa Brewer was an American singer whose style incorporated pop, country, jazz, R&B, rock 'n roll, musicals, and novelty songs. She was one of the most prolific and popular femal…
Teresa Brewer, American singer (born 1931)
The Trapp Family was a singing group formed from the family of former Austrian naval commander Georg von Trapp. The family achieved fame in their original singing career in their n…
Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1915)
Robert Denard was a French mercenary. He served as the de facto military leader of the Comoros twice, first from 13 May 1978 to 15 December 1989 and again briefly from 28 September…
Bob Denard, French soldier and academic (born 1929)
Todor "Toše" Proeski was a Macedonian singer and songwriter. Considered a top act of the local Macedonian and Balkan music scene, Proeski's music was popular across multiple countr…
Toše Proeski, Macedonian singer-songwriter (born 1981)
Joseph Abraham Gottlieb, known professionally as Joey Bishop, was an American entertainer who appeared on television as early as 1948 and eventually starred in his own weekly comed…
Joey Bishop, American actor and talk show host (born 1918)
Suzy Covey (Shaw) was an American comics scholar, whose work examined intersections of comics, technology, and sound, including Internet studies and studies of the Comic Book Marku…
Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (born 1939)
Alan Coren was an English writer, humorist, broadcaster and satirist. He was a regular panellist on the BBC Radio quiz The News Quiz and a team captain on BBC television's Call My …
Alan Coren, English journalist and author (born 1938)
William James Crowe Jr. was a United States Navy admiral and diplomat who served as the 11th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. B…
William J. Crowe, American admiral and diplomat, United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (born 1925)
Vincent Michael "Vince" DeDomenico, Sr. was an American entrepreneur, one of the inventors of Rice-A-Roni, and a founder of the Napa Valley Wine Train.
Vincent DeDomenico, American businessman, founded the Napa Valley Wine Train (born 1915)
Dr. Randall Caroline Forsberg led a lifetime of research and advocacy on ways to reduce the risk of war, minimize the burden of military spending, and promote democratic institutio…
Randall Forsberg, American activist and author (born 1943)
Michael Douglas Maidens was a British professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He started his career with Hartlepool United in 2004, making his debut in the League Cup a…
Michael Maidens, English footballer (born 1987)
Lucky Philip Dube was a South African reggae musician and Rastafarian. His record sales across the world earned him the Best Selling African Musician prize at the 1996 World Music …
Lucky Dube, South African singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1964)
Winifred "Tim" Alice Asprey was an American mathematician and computer scientist. She was one of only around 200 women to earn PhDs in mathematics from American universities during…
Winifred Asprey, American mathematician and computer scientist (born 1917)
Jan Hendrik Wolkers was a Dutch author, sculptor and painter. Wolkers is considered by some to be one of the "Great Four" writers of post-World War II Dutch literature, alongside W…
Jan Wolkers, Dutch author, sculptor, and painter (born 1925)
William Max McGee was an American professional football player who was an end and punter for the Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1954 to 1967. He is be…
Max McGee, American football player and sportscaster (born 1932)
Paul Richard Fox was a British singer and guitarist, best known from his work with the UK punk band, The Ruts. The Ruts' style combined punk with dub reggae, a sound that owed much…
Paul Fox, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1951)
Ève Denise Curie Labouisse was a French and American writer, journalist and pianist. Ève Curie was the younger daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie. Her sister was I…
Ève Curie, French pianist and journalist (born 1904)
John Ilhan was an Australian businessman. He was the founder of Crazy John's mobile phone retail chain and, in 2003, was the richest Australian under 40 years of age.
John Ilhan, Turkish-Australian businessman, founded Crazy John's (born 1965)
Lim Goh Tong was a prominent wealthy Malaysian Chinese businessman and entrepreneur. He was the founder of Genting Highlands and renowned for transforming the resort from an unexpl…
Lim Goh Tong, Malaysian-Chinese businessman (born 1918)
Petr Eben was a Czech composer of modern and contemporary classical music, and an organist and choirmaster.
Petr Eben, Czech organist and composer (born 1929)
Ian Middleton was a New Zealand novelist, who made a particular mark with his books set in post-Second World War Japan. Born in New Plymouth, he was the younger brother of noted Ne…
Ian Middleton, New Zealand author (born 1928)
Alisher Saipov was a Kyrgyzstani journalist of Uzbek ethnic origin and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Siyosat of the country's ethnic Uzbek minority, which reported on human righ…
Alisher Saipov, Kyrgyzstan journalist (born 1981)
Jay Blakeney was a British writer and newspaper reporter, well known as a romance novelist under the pen names Anne Weale and Andrea Blake. She wrote over 88 books for Mills & Boon…
Anne Weale, English journalist and author (born 1929)
Nicolae Dobrin was a Romanian professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and a manager.
Nicolae Dobrin, Romanian footballer and manager (born 1947)