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Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was a South African singer, songwriter, dancer and activist. Affectionately called MaBrrr by her fans, she is also known as the "Queen of African Pop" or the…
Brenda Fassie, South African singer (born 1964)
Anna Lee, MBE was an English and American actress, labelled by studios "The British Bombshell".
Anna Lee, English-American actress (born 1913)
Jørgen Nash was a Danish artist, writer and central proponent of Situationism.
Jørgen Nash, Danish poet and painter (born 1920)
Anthony Leonard Randall was an American actor, comedian, director, producer and singer, active in film, television and stage.
Tony Randall, American actor (born 1920)
Ezzedine Salim, also known as Abdelzahra Othman Mohammed, was an Iraqi politician, author, educator, Islamist theorist and one of the leading members of the Iraqi Dawa Movement bet…
Ezzedine Salim, Iraqi politician (born 1943)
Elvin Ray Jones was an American jazz drummer of the post-bop era. Most famously a member of John Coltrane's quartet, with whom he recorded from late 1960 to late 1965, Jones appear…
Elvin Jones, American drummer and bandleader (born 1927)
Mary Dresselhuys was primarily a Dutch stage actress, although she also appeared in a number of films. She was born in Tiel, the Netherlands, and died in Amsterdam. She and her hus…
Mary Dresselhuys, Dutch actress and screenwriter (born 1907)
Richard James Biggs II was an American television and stage actor, known for his roles on the television series Days of Our Lives and Babylon 5.
Richard Biggs, American actor (born 1960)
Mikhail Yakovlevich Voronin was a Soviet and Russian gymnast who competed for the Soviet Union in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He won seven medals, including two gold, at the 19…
Mikhail Voronin, Russian gymnast (born 1945)
Henry Ries was a photographer who worked for New York Times. His most famous photo was of "The Berlin Air Lift" which was later made into a U.S. Postage Stamp commemorative.
Henry Ries, German-American photographer (born 1917)
Milton Shulman was a Canadian author, film and theatre critic who was based in the United Kingdom from 1943.
Milton Shulman, Canadian author and critic (born 1913)
Edward (Charles) Wagenknecht was an American literary critic and teacher who specialized in 19th-century American literature. He wrote and edited many books on literature and movie…
Edward Wagenknecht, American critic and educator (born 1900)
Roger Williams Straus Jr. was an American publisher who was co-founder and chairman of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, a New York book publishing company, and member of the Guggenheim f…
Roger Williams Straus, Jr
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh was a Russian-born Soviet astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea.
Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (born 1931)
Michael A. Buonauro was an American webcomic artist, and author. Best known for his webcomic Marvelous Bob, Buonauro had co-created various other webcomics in collaboration with Je…
Michael Buonauro, American author and illustrator (born 1979)
John Tolos, nicknamed "The Golden Greek", was a Canadian professional wrestler, and professional wrestling manager.
John Tolos, Greek-Canadian wrestler (born 1930)
Archibald Cox Jr. was an American legal scholar who served as U.S. Solicitor General under President John F. Kennedy and as a special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal. Durin…
Archibald Cox, American lawyer and politician, 31st United States Solicitor General (born 1912)
Samuel Joseph Dash was an American lawyer. He was chief counsel for the Senate Watergate Committee during the Watergate scandal. Dash became famous for his televised interrogations…
Samuel Dash, American academic and politician (born 1925)
Aiyathurai Nadesan, a prominent and veteran minority Sri Lankan Tamil journalist was shot dead on 31 May 2004 on his way to work in eastern Sri Lankan town of Batticaloa by gunmen …
Aiyathurai Nadesan, Sri Lankan journalist (born 1954)
Robert Wolfe Quine was an American guitarist. A native of Akron, Ohio, Quine worked with a wide range of musicians, though he himself remained relatively unknown. Critic Mark Demin…
Robert Quine, American guitarist (born 1941)
Étienne Roda-Gil was a songwriter and screenwriter. He was an anarchist and an anarcho-syndicalist.
Étienne Roda-Gil, French screenwriter and composer (born 1941)
William Raymond Manchester was an American author, biographer, and historian. He was the author of 18 books which have been translated into over 20 languages. He was awarded the Na…
William Manchester, American historian and author (born 1922)
Steve Lacy was an American jazz saxophonist and composer recognized as one of the important players of soprano saxophone. Coming to prominence in the 1950s as a progressive dixiela…
Steve Lacy, American saxophonist and composer (born 1934)
Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter.
Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (born 1921)